416 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



ffiflOBMBES 2% 1851 



PRICES FOR RAW FURS. 



[84 l'ii -in AvEHUK, New York. Dec. 12, W81. 



ii.lTIi: 



«c herewith i> ig w siiiiuiii oui prices tor taw tars for me com- 

 ing season. Whatever change tliere meg be for no impi 



••or iwiv, we win take ple.vure in keeping you posti 



Fox aud Mink are- si 111 the poorest articles on the list, l Tease note 

 as follows : 



them, accoidthg to si/e and 'iu:i:uy. Prime 



from. .. ... BIO (10 lo$15 00 



Bear, southern Prime and Northern yearlings. Pfline 



from 5 li" to S 00 



Be.iN er, Northern per skin, Parchment according to 



size and color. Prime from 6 on 1o S liu 



Beaver, Western, size and color. Prime froto ... .. <1 00 10 t: no 

 Southern and ordluary, per skin, according 



loslz". Prime Irom li on to 4 on 



Beaver, cobs. " ;.'• io inn 



Badger " into Mill 



Cm, Wild. Northern arid Kaslnru Slaps, eased. 



tflmelrom, CO bo 7(1 



. Tel I! :md West,' Ii. Pi line ll inn 30 to BO 



" llo'.S", ord'nary. iriarge. Prime from .'■ in S 



blaolc furred, according to color. Prime 



from.... 25 to 70 



Fisher Northern u.d V. isn •■n. i,< cording lo size and 



color. Prime from to (Hi 



Fisher. Penn.. (mln ,s w esVtt, according to size and 



eolir. I'll".' l 00 to o nn 



Fisher, Southern, according to size and color. Prime 



ttor - so to IB 



Van trllver.accowlliigtosteeand color. Prime .rom. 15 00 tq soon 

 Cross, Northern and Eastern, according to st/.c 



andc'olor. Prime i mm * 00 to 5 nn 



\ >:ii:. tii nr.d k istern, according to size 



and color. Prune mini 1 30 to 135 



Fox, red, 8. Penn., N. •!.. .t N. Ohio, according to 



t i.„. ..,,(1, oior. Prime fiom 1 00 to 125 



Fos red, southern, according to size and color. 



' Prime from ci) lo 75 



Fox. grav, No. and ICast'n, cased, according to size 



and color. Prime ft 65 to 70 



f,,x • ..••. Si m tin and wcsin, cased, according io 



size and color. Prime from 46 to r,o 



Fox grav, North and East, open, according to size 



' and color crime from 4f> to BO 



Fox gray.SOiitn and West, according to size and 



color, piiiin-nvm an to 40 



Bos BItt, according to Size and color. Prime from.. an uj in 



Lyux according to stee and color. Prime from 8 BO to 3 50 



Marl in. suites, according lo size and color, lrlme 



ii,m.... 1 1001O 1 25 



Mlok, N . V. and N. Eng., according to sizj and color. 



prime trom i no to 1 as* 



Mink Canada, according to size and color. Prime 



[rom 1 on to lffi 



Mluk soul hern N. v.. N. J., Perm, and Ohio, accord- 

 ing to size and color Prime from -in lo r,n 



Jllnk, Mtl.. Va., Ky.. Ind., Wis. and lowa, according 



10 size and color. Prime from 30 to 40 



Mink Missouri and all Southern, according to size 



and color. Prtoiettom 25 to BO 



Slink Minn., Wl.-,. and N. W., according to size and 



color, rrlinclioiii 00 to 70 



Miwkrat, Norlli'n N. V. arid Kist'u Spring from 15 10 10 



Wesl'n, Including Pa. and Ohio. '• " 12 to |4 



Noiih'u linn Eastern Fall and Winter " i: 10 la 



Pa. and Ohio " " s to 10 



Western " " 8 to 10 



i< South Prime " " 8 to 10 



'• Winter and Fall " " 4 « 



" Kittens " -l B 



Otter Norm 11 and F.ast'n, and North Western, »&■ 



cording to size and color. Prim- from 10 00 to 12(0 



on.., pHni S . I., Ohio and Wo.-urn. Pilme from, s nn to 11 in 



oner' Kv Md . va. Kas. and viclully. " " 4 00 to 00 



OtW North Carolina •■ " 1 no to 5 00 



■• 'south CaroUnaa.ua Georgia,..., " " 2 00 to 300 



Opossum. N'ori hern cased, large " " 20 to 22 



" southern Prime ami open, Northern Prime 



from ;•• v.'.'V". " t0 15 



Baccoon. Mich., N. Ind., Indian handled, dark, ac- 



COIdtng los./o uii 1 ■ lOI Prime (rom SO 10 85 



•Raccoon, Il.lnois. Iowa, Wi*. and Minn. •' " flu to CO 

 " H Vork ana E. states aud Northern 



dido .' Prime from 00 to C5 



p.a.vo in, N. .1., Penn., Ind., I1L, Mo. Neb., Kas. and 



New Madrid Prime from 40 to GO 



Haccoon, Md , Va.. Ky. and Tonn ....... . « '• 35 to 50 



" No niid:-.o.c!iioiiiia,ueorgla,Ark,norldft 



and Ala. Prime from 20 to 85 



llalihil-. Prime cased, irolll 2 10 :i 



Skunks, prime black, 1, cased, from 1 00 to 1 ln"f 



I, np-ii. man 75 to 65 



" " v. whit,: .-.ucai:, II. cavil, Irom 115 to 75 



11 n '/, '• M II, open, from J" 10 BO 



whole streaked, III and IV, from into ho 



" scabs, from ' 



"Wolfskins, mountain, large. Prime from lis to 'J on 



•■ prairie, average prime skins. Pi line from "5 to l 00 

 very truly yours, C, G. G r nth mi's Sons. 



must ho really fulr size, prime, dark and 

 -kins unli only two linger marks of white on Hie head, we 



Green skinsare worth twelve cents less per skin than dried and 

 well-8treicbed skins. Woodehueks, siiulri els, weasels and ordinary 



N P. —Above uiiu'.ailous ore lor nil kinds of prime skins, aceonllng 

 .aid color, uood size and good color, of course, command out- 

 side figures, and as much more or less as the market, warrants when 

 tbey come to hand. 



wlihlu 1 he rules 

 tlou-stanlli!-.'. ; 



not have UUiius in our minds, should it icsult 111 ,ii.sriri;aiil/.liig our 

 clubs and sending many rifle? 10 ihe junk dealers, why. men we 

 shall at least In the fuiure have uniformity. Pkahoim UaKTlNA. 



ATtCTIC SHOOTING— Hnadtiuartora Department of the Colum- 

 bia Vaie'iuvcr ll.uiackn, W. T., Nov. 30, 1831.— Ac Hm) Shot /mil 

 ZeadMiTi-irm:iiin:'i '■<-.. .Voi- YorkC-Uy, A. I".- -Hear Sum : M y 

 party used votir shot during its two years and a halt sojourn 111 

 the Arctic, and found it to be especially suited for that .Locality. 

 Tim dense feather covering of the birdn, especially the aquatic 

 vari.lv. unikuH the Arctic the best practical field for testing of 

 Bpol'ting ainmuuition thai exists, and during all the mentioned 

 time the LeRoy shot never failed ha.— Very respectfully your 

 Obedient servant, FrtEDK. Si iiw.vika. Lieutenant r. s. Army, late 

 Commander of toe franklin Search Party of Is7s, 79, and 'jIO. 



iifle and 



\hootittQ. 



OFF-HAND VS. HIP HEST. 



















Klllll V 







landl 









ral.lie 



. 







nip 1 











Others ati 









5 ir trying to get ail 



iger 



olliers, oei: 1111 liu 



i. rlci.i 



•iDii 



Ihai. 



In t Ills POBI 



ion lh. 



\ n 



scores." In li .1 







own. 



\vlileli lie 11a 







and f 



uallyadoi.il 







win : 



and . a Deal 







:. 19, lBSt 

 iomeul yot 



oil ilk,- a Westenhaus . 

 which appears to eompl 

 juii his bullet in Hi 1 



I protest Willi my feili 

 Is scandalous, and. as ri 

 V'li he a good time to b 



i know U10 specious a 



Till, I: li'.KNWTI'iN.U, MII.IT.MIV MATCH. 



jrder mat 



pr. ■>.-■, I 

 ■. ill 



who sa 



ganlr-d 

 coiiceri 

 test, li.' 

 nisi p.. 



the oth 

 Indeed, 

 with hi 



li 

 mailer 01 rifles 



Proposal 1. 1 

 cm this vBar, 

 1 nltedStatea 

 .iiiin u nnmbei 

 union as may 

 rules reached I 

 matehwill be: 

 send over Man 

 Warns uMiic u 

 other In. d y or 

 return 01 the 1 



It the Seiaei 

 the rltles, no d 

 conditions T 



M:ui'iiiil-lici.ry 



lined uliii a h.-l 

 nan likely to gov 

 in may be, if he 



ual fooling In the 



The he. 

 unles3 

 there s 



with the American rifle, 



stances, that Ehe Mar- 



me with tin; 



I. ui iliee.'iidlnalpnlni should !,■•• 10 sec that both 

 -egards rules. -I am, Sir, yours faithfully. 



HEKIIKKT P. Mll.LEK. 



ivater it is funiculi to Unci out what Is going on. 

 em Inclined to enter as contestants 

 ) their wind-gauged weapons, and It looks as If 

 nine In the way of olticlal correspondence rlx- 

 the proposed match. At present the American 



tary Of the committee having Hi 







11 is unlveisally admitted In 





contests tor 



marksmanship with rifles, wi 





een rnshtonable of late 



years, have Improved the gem 





>, and that is what we 





giving all a 



chance to compete for 



Cue privileged composing ihel 





Wimlili don, you add a 



new stimulus lo the National ci 



aid. The . 



ame will occur In Eng- 



land ; and all who are Interest*!' 



in riile pra 



ciieeon both sides or the 





PISTOL SHOOTING. 



■■''""'•■ . 

 ■The article to last Issue of 

 surprised me very much, cor 



your ant !•• on plsl.Oi shoot llj 



bftreoj possible, 1 suppose yoi 



-..ua.f in, inner: hut the idea 

 '••' .nanus"' mind Is thai y 

 make the pisin! do It. Now. 

 ilrmlT and sighted by one w 

 fired ironialKcl rest, will p 

 at 100 yards, wlih a large ma 

 inches," bin lu no other way 

 more Chan t 

 age shorn lug. ai ihai disianei 

 The uullaeye •— 



e, which is completely covered by the line bead In a 

 11, amounts lo nothing at all when shooting a revolver with 

 ordinary 01)' 11 siglils; and If 11 1^ till shoinlng without a rest 01 some 



kitHlli is lie- 1, iciest cln e. I make mis slalemenl after some eon- 



■ :n revolver practice, and after seeing some of 



-'van who -used to" make such wonderrul snots. When 



teiiiM.: ah" it tin- shots they have n. ide, why won't people say that It 



was done wli h u re^t, and then have the pleasure of knowing they 



have mid He- until, if notablgyarn? N. K. M. 



j . /:. r. 



[ the telegraph pole hitting : Have 



01 these tricksters ; they maintain 



A Il.l 



been 1> 



sl/e 'ii ' 



ALBANY, Dec. 15.— This a! 



01 ihe line weallier and shin 



The mulch was .,1 21m .sards, 



box of line clgai 



have heen made on the range si nci coiaweainei s. 1 in. 



ingat :.|1 He- raises can he call led ondiiriug he wmtersa.ison with 

 (.-.nnp-ii ali'.e 1:0111 loll. 1 ne ntauusoi 11a maitu wereaa louows. 



CIOAS MATCH— 211(1 VAIillS. 



Wm F.. Flreli, lial. s 555454555 — 4b 



ii li. Charles, BaL S 5 6 5 1 5 r> 5 i 5 r,_.i^ 



I defer May S 54 545 545 6 5-47 



1 ' Wh''i..'p, 11' S I I 5 I 5 5 r> 4 4 5— Jfi 



4 4 II 5 5 6 4 4 4 a-i:: 



,111 Scliu\f-r. il.il. S ,.54 8 4445 5 1- i:i 



R S 4 I I I I I 5 5 3 4— II 



.., 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 i I 5-40 



NeviTii'i'' itchwlli be bhot at 200 yards, bo thing 



I Chat It win be an Interesting 



NT5WARK, N. <f., Dec. 17.— The rule loiirnament opened on Mon- 



. wlih the Fiellngiiuysen team at ihe score. Weiemann 



:. Wake made la. Kii-ii 1:, N-iin u.n 1-;. Zlmmer 



arid rolled up scores as follows: Bowers 41, Ci x ". D'i 

 Townsend 4i, Summer 45, Baldwin :», Egbei 1 41, Kern 31, Thurlcli 3 



the air i 

 stirring 

 of met] 

 shuts, 1 



and what wind til 



Following Is the detailed shooting : 



nAKuU'AI' MATCH. 



fl. Grey 5554555555—49 J. Richardson. 5454445145— 11 



V.. i„ I'lan-i.- .;:;--.-.v.-,_.i; \\. \i. Hihb.'ini 4.1.11.1.1.3544-44 



I'. .J. B il.h.th :;-.', 1 -. 1 1.1.1.1— 17 E. Whlltler 4465654444— 44 



A.C Adams .-,-,'.; '.af...:. i- it P.. I . (.oiler 41 14414445- -III 



(,. p. i.reeler iii..-,',--..-,|. .ir, ('..). Podge 4 114 1433.14— 1.1 



B. Alison 4154.1.111.74— 10 A. Law 4444455444—49 



II. V. ltlllllgiOll 4 134' 1114.1-43 V. Dwlght 4.144431144— I'i 



W. Willlims 4131 1313.14-45 J. BordCU 54143-1144 1—42 



G. C. Foster 4544455554—45 



SHAKrSTIOOTEBS' MATCD, 



F .). Hahheth 10 !l 12 12 10 10 II 12 10 io— 1ns 



ii. Qrey 12 12 11 10 in s 10 11 11 11— mi; 



B. ... Harris 10 in B 11 IS H 12 10 11 0-104 



A.B.Archer 10 10 10 10 9 11 11 y \> 7- <m 



BOSTON, Dec. is.— (Jompetlon In the several matches now on at 

 the Magnolia Ullh- and PImoI Gallery has heen lively during the pa-.i 

 week, ami some line scores have been made. 



Experts' Pistol Match, 50 If. 



.1. 11. Williams S7 sr SJ— 261 



F. J.Habbelh M B(l 



Amateur Pistol Mateli. 



HFSChneter 71 71 72-214 



B Hind 05 00 7i-2iia 



SFogg 01 Oii 07 — 2UII 



All Comers' Rifle Match, 100 ft. 



J 11 Smith 4S 4S 48 43 48-2411 



Amateur Klfle Match, 100 ft. 



H lirav 40 4C -17 47 tsr — 284 



0> Goodwin J" 46 47 4? 48— sail 



M Mnrlln 44 44 45 15 .17-va.i 



, ■ K i\i vis m 41 12 ii 43— SOS 



F B Cooper 40 41 4-; 49 4a— 203 



II Spraglie 30 40 40 12 44-iii| 



NS.Iailil:, 41 14 44W 



WELLINGTON, Mass, Wee. 10,— The members of the Hoymond 

 Sportsman's Club turned out in large numbers to-day to enjoy their 

 customary clay pigeon slinoi on their grounds at Wellington. Repre- 

 senialives in. in the Trcmout, .-oinerset. (^uluey and Mai, lei, dubs 

 were 11U. 1 present. 1 he day was admlr-ibly adapted to Ihe sport, and 

 the opportunity was thorough!) Improved by Ihe shot-gun ■'. 

 The only cm-i.i ..f the daj wasiheelay pigeon match, lu which the 

 conditions v ese twenty birds, ten yards rise. Some particularly flDe 

 I wo of 1 he comesianis bringing down eighteen hires 

 out or ihe twenty, while four otheis missed only three blrdE 

 Messrs. Geo ge, of me Somerset, and D. Klrkwood, of the Kaimomi 



1 •■: I). \ 



: .1. 



w. iarringion. 14; B. A. Thomas, 12; II. Roberts, m; F. Lorlng, S : p. 

 Kisall, 7; T. Fisher, 6. 



UAl.l.lN(iKoRl), Bee. 1 a. -There was a very exciting glass ball 

 much Tuesday aiternoon Del ween Mr. .lames p. lirogd. n,or Wailing. 

 lord, ami Mr. E. L. post, ot New York; 100 balls a side from icard 

 ioiai'% trap for f 25 a Blda Feathered balls were u-e,|. Following Is 

 Hi e -core : \\ III 1'nleoif, referee; .lohn Houglas, ;i|.|g, i„r p„.,i ; A. I,. 

 Goodrich, iudge mr inogiien; a. B. Plxley, scorer: Post ye, Brogden 

 O.'.-Makk \Iiki:. 



•IT1K (TMINSVn IN'l)i:i'i:Nn!:\T SHOOTING CLUB have 

 letvd Iheold I1.1s.tmll grounds rrom lh- Clmlnnail Il.is.'liall ' 

 tlon.and ihe members shoot. 10 tlnir lieaii- eomeni ai clay pigeons 

 on Thursdays every week, the weal her being lavoralile.- J. ,1. n. 



y. i'.t ri .1:1; RiFi.i: * i' • hip "ii'ii competition 



ble50: SI. B. I.iu-ie";.'. W. Kinii in. M. n-ane'r i-,.l. i.wy 1;', ,1.' iniiei 

 47 II. Hoges4ii, J. liluiiitierg n;, N. I). Ward 45, I). Patterson 45. 



MR, JAMES s. ( I'NI.IN will start a rule tournament at his gal- 

 lery. Broadway and sist street, early in January. 



glnmers to (gorresyoniiettts. 



WNO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS. 

 J. B., Jr.— Colfax, Iowa.— Yes, decidedly Injurious. 



A. s, Toledo, o.— You do not dcilne symptoms with, sufficient 



may he suffering from a blow, may have rheumatism 

 erhaps lnllaiainatlon of Ihe bowels. Write again. 



(pi :ng'ieid, \ t.— will you please inform me where I can 



1 book lelllng how 10 make traps 01 different kinds? Ana. tdb- 



te American Trapper, ' price $2.5", pubii.-died by liar- 



iL— Where can 1 get •• Notes on (be Fishes of the Pa. 

 Ooasl in uie 1 ailed si „us' oy u.ivids.. Ionian i: Charles A. Gil- 

 ■: An:-. '1 he ". Nines" are to be publNhed in Proceedings fj. 8. 

 ual Museum, and are not for sale. We noticed them lrom all- 

 ied sheets. 



II. W., Trenton, N. J.— Where can I obtain a lull and accurate 

 notion 01 a perfect "pug "—the weiglu, best color, measure- 

 fa, marking, etc.— in laiT. all the points of a dog thai is m-i 

 f.' An3. " Points for Judging Dogs" Is Ihe best work we can 

 nimend. For sale a 1 this office; puce so cents. 



einv,' II. A. P., Pord.-niown, N. V -Currl.-r ,v !m-, 

 graph called " A Hl-!ng Family"— a pair 

 :' in New York In business 

 I could o»i am one 01 those pictures mm ■: 

 iem a hotel In Lancaster. Pa., the other 

 . Y. Ans. The address of the linn is I5i 

 ■pile: 01 (he picture Is iX 



V'. va —Your dog seems to he smTerlng 



Iw. F. S., Memphis, N, Y,— I have a cocker spaniel dogwh.eii has 

 .ui, -1 about ayeurwllh an Intense desire inserauli and bile 

 himself, unlit his back Is one great sore. Ills appetite Is good and he 



III Will 



OCOCk and II 



now, 1 



nd can you 1 



1 kno' 



■ of but two ( 



in ah 





Niissa 



u St., New Yi 



