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Hobart Pacha.— A correspondent asks "Who is Hobart 

 Pacha, whose name appears so frequently in the accounts of 

 the present afflurs between Turkey and linssia? Is he an 



Englishman, as some of the- papers claim?" English lie most 

 certainly is, befog the third sou of the Earl of Buckingham- 

 shire. His name iu full is Augustus Charles Hobart, and he 

 was born April I, ih'32, and early displayed that energy of 

 character and si length of purpose which led him tOadopt the. 

 navy as a profession, a career in which lie rapidly advanced 

 so that, he wasa Lieutenant jn L851, and afterward a captain 

 in H. B. M. servicv. Iu 1848 he married the younger sister. 

 of Sir Goiquiu Grant, a lady well qualified to support him in 

 the arduous duties he has since, undertaken iu the Ottoman 

 service, which he entered in 18t>7, when he replaced Museha- 

 Ver Pacha, who was no oilier than Captain Slado, of the 

 Royal Marine, as Vice Vice-Admiral. He is now full Admi- 

 ral, a rank gained by his successful operations against Crete, 

 where he established a blockade that ended the hopes of the 

 insurgents. It was Hobart Pacha who. under the name of 

 Gaptam Robert, eighteen times successfully ran the blockade 

 at Wilmington, ,N. C, during the late civil war, in the steamer 

 Dawn. In 1864 he. published an account of his blockade run- 

 ning adventures in a little book entitled "Never Caught," 

 which is very interesting. At this lime he held the rsmk of 

 Post Captain R. N. 



Woodruff Expedition.— The arrangements of the Wood- 

 ruff Scientific Expedition around the world are now com- 

 pleted. The steamer Ontario, with a full complement of 

 officers, under the command of ('apt. John W. Philip, U. 8. 

 N, , and upward of four hundred passengers, will start from 

 New York on the 1st of October. Among the more noted 

 members of the expedition are such scientists as Burt G. 

 Wilder, M. D., Professor of Comparative Anatomy in Cornell 

 University; Albert Schafller, LL. D., Professor of Modern 

 Languages in the University of Berne ; C. Hart Merriam, 

 Yale College. The expedition will sail directly to St. Thomas 

 and the Barbadoes, remaining a few days for botanical, geo- 

 logical, and other scientific explorations. The next stoppage 

 is to be at the Island of Marajo, in the mouth of the Amazon; 

 then at Bio de Janeiro. The Straits of Magellan will be 

 reached in December, and time will be allowed for exploring 

 the coast. Valparaiso will be reached in February, 1878, 

 and Fiji will be reached on the first of April ; after a week's 

 delay the journey to Australia will be resumed by way of the 

 Samoan Islands, to China and Japan. Two months will be 

 given to the exploration of Borneo. It is intended to reach 

 Calcutta on the 20th of February, 1879. Thence the expedi- 

 tion will be continued to Ceylon, Bombay, Aden, Mecca, 

 Alexandria, the Mediterranean, Lisbon, Plymouth, England, 

 and then to New York. 



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A Sfoetman'sPipe.— Kaldenberg, 117 Fulton street, is now 

 offering a genuine meerschaum pipe, designed especially to 

 meet the. wants of sportsmen, at the extremely low price of 

 $1.50. We have one, and it is comfort unsurpassed. — Ed.] 



The Locust Plague. — Band & McNally, of Boston, 

 have issued a handsome little work of 250 pages tmder this 

 title, containing many illustrations, etc. It is more particu- 

 larly a treatise on the Rocky r Mountain locust, or so called 

 grasshopper, as it occurs east of the Rocky Mountains. The 

 characters of the species, chronological history, native home, 

 geographical range, natural history, habits, etc., are all con- 

 sidered, with practical recommendations for its destruction. 

 The author is Prof. Chas. Rily, Chief of the U. S. Entomo- 

 logical Commission. 



Notice to Sportsmen.— Having received so many communications 

 asking us lor information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, 

 black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a circular on the 

 subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address. 

 We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150. 

 We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers 

 «nd our reputation, for we are unwilling to sell a poor rod with a false 

 enamel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine article) 

 without letting our customers know just what they are getting. 



P. O. Box, 1,294.— [Adv. Abbey & Imbrie, 4S Maiden Lane, 



GAME PROTECTION, 



New York.— Herkimer sportsmen are prosecuting pot 

 hunters who have been detected in killing woodcock out of 

 season. 



New Jersey. — The West Jersey Grouse Association are 



doing good work with their tug. Several violators of the 



law have recently been brought to punishment through the 

 efforts of this wide-awake body. 



Qiao Quail in 1877.— It seems to be the opinion of some 

 excellent geutlemen that Bob White can be killed this year in 

 Ohio on Oct. 1, and of others that Nov. 1 is the date." Even 

 Barrister Logan, in his note to Colonel Skinner, fails for once 

 to indicate with his usual clearness exactly when the autumn 

 shooting, in the case of this estimable bird, may commence. 

 "About" such a time, or "next November," might prove 

 disappointing to intending visitors. The amended act, passed 

 11th April, 1876, provides that, for 1877, no one shall kill a 

 quail " until the 15th day of November, 1877." Succeeding 

 years, Nov. 1 is understood to be the date. Penalty, a fine of 

 .$2 to $ 20, or thirty days' imprisonment, or both. 



Our summer in the "Paris of America" has not been of 

 the torrid type that we have often had, and the nights are now 

 quite suggestive of autumn. R, F. Ducaigne. 



CiminnnU, Aug. 24, 1877. 



Massachusetts— Salem, Aug. 25.— I read with much in- 

 terest Mr. Lathrop's letter in last issue, and certainly think, 

 and earnestly hope, it always will be " much easier to write a 

 hook " than to get a game law, such as some of the shooting 

 men of Massachusetts desire. The best proof of virtue is 

 easily scpu by comparing our fish laws and their backers with 

 the muc 1 died bird laws as they stand. I think the fishermen 

 of Massachusetts could have framed a game law themselves. 

 We should have one that would work as well on woodcock, 

 as theirs does on trout, and I am not a fisherman either. 



Teal, 



Boston, Aug. 25, 1877. 

 Editor FoJoebt and Sxbbam : 



I notice in your issue of the 23d a communication from E. 

 II. Lathi-op, Esq., of Springfield, taking exceptions to my 

 previous letters published in the Boston papers and your own, 

 as to the efficiency of the present game law iu our State. Mr 

 D, says i "lie is aware that the law is not perfect, but he 

 don't think that even the Massachusetts Anglers Association 

 could have got a better one last winter." I happen to be ftic 

 of those who think they could, or, to say the leasl, their pre- 

 vious acts and petitions to the Legislature show that they. 

 would not have been content without a positive close time 

 law, no mailer where killed or taken. A poor law is worse 

 than none at all, as was fully illustrated to us the first two 

 years of our existence, but when the Legislature granted us a 

 positive close lime for the trout and smelt laws we were en- 

 abled to enforce them effectually, and the same will apply to 

 the lobster law. W r e even went so far as to say to the com- 

 mune of Fisheries of 1870 that Unless we could have the 

 clause "Killed in this Commonwealth" stricken out of the 

 trout law, we did not wish any law at all. What was the 

 result? The committee gave us leave to withdraw, but we 

 fought for the new substitute bill persistently, making posses- 

 sion positive evidence to convict, and carried the new law 

 handsomely through both branches of the Legislature, thereby 

 not only observing comity to other States but also protecting 

 our own. Undoubtedly Mr. Lathrop would like to defend the 

 present law, which I still contend is not only good for nothing 

 but even worse than nothing, because he, as I have reason to 

 believe, was the one who drafted the present bill; but his 

 "astute legal acumen" did not in the present case" do much 

 good, and perhaps it would have been better for the. gentle- 

 man instead of trying to undervalue the "large advice and 

 accumulated wisdom of the Anglers Association" to have 

 joined us, and by his aid, counsel and co-operation have 

 done what he could toward a proper close time law, somewhat 

 conforming to States on our borders, instead of trying with 

 bombast to belittle the hotel keepers and sportsmen of Boston 

 by his opinion of their "notorious acts," when he well knows, 

 or ought to know, that the close time is off after the 4th of 

 July in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New 

 Hampshire. ; and after the 1st of August in New York and 

 Vermont. The Brunswick, Parker's, or Whipple & Hall, 

 (formerly Young's,) are not obliged to wait until the 1st of 

 September, which eair Massachusetts Jaw would have them, in 

 order to obtain woodcock for their guests. They are obtained 

 here by the barrel from the above States, and the gentlemen 

 who purchase aud furnish them probably feel that they are 

 violating no law or justice in so doing. As to Mr. Lathrop's 

 offer to "present" me twenty-five dollars apiece for every 

 woodcock I can find in his county dead out of season," I 

 have other business to attend to, and am very happy to know 

 "that he keeps his end of the State right," although I am 

 afraid he may be mistaken. But candidly, Brother Lathrop, 

 fry again, and get a good law that can be enforced without 

 being obliged to get "good counsel to help us convict" (and 

 you know these legal gentlemen present so many different 

 views as to the legality of certain acts), so that we may help you, 

 instead of trying to hold up our association to ridicule by talk- 

 ing about our Accumulated wisdom and what the people and 

 the Legislature expected wlien we were granted our charter," 

 etc., etc. I feel warranted in saying that the acts of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, and of the 

 old Massachusetts Anglers Association, up to the present 

 time, will be indorsed by all who know of them. Now, Mr. 

 Editor, in closing, let me say I should prefer Mr. Hallock's 

 opinion on the legality of any fish or game lawrto Mr. Lathrop's, 

 believing that with liis large experience he would be the most 

 correct. I had the honor of sitting in the Massachusetts Leg- 

 islature of 18G8, with Mr. L., and respect highly his talents, 

 but when an ex-Judge of our Supreme Court with other dis- 

 tinguished legal minds of our State have said that our present 

 law^is " inoperative," let us cease all arguments and go to 

 work to have a close time in conformity with neighboring 

 States. I presume Mr. Hallock will be able to answer thai 

 portion of Mr. L.'s letter which refers personally to him. 



John P. Okdwat. 



The Arrival of the British Team. — The arrival of the 

 British Team by the City of Richmond on Saturday last 

 brings the match of 1877 prominently before the public, 

 and for a time we may expect to hear everybody talking 

 rifle and rifle doings with more or less display of knowledge 

 on the subject. The visitors on their arrival were cordially 

 greeted by their American friends and soon to he an- 

 tagonists. The Reception Committee of the N. R. A. had 

 secured the steamboat N. K. Hopkins on which to carry the 

 receptionists down the bay, and at noon the boat, with a 

 large party of gentlemen on hoard, left the battery on its 

 errand of welcome. 



AmoDg the party were ; N. P. Stanton, President of the 

 National Rifle Association ; George S. Schermerhorn, Jr., 

 its Secretary ; Gen. D. D. Wylie, Major Henry Fulton, Col. 

 George D. Scott, Capt. Jos. D. Story, Gen. Thos. S. Dakiu, 

 Captain of the American Team of 1877 ; Gen. F. Vilraar, 

 Col, W. E. Van Wyck, Gen. K. Knox, Col. R. C. Ripley, 

 Col. R. C. Ward, Herman C. Poppenhusen, Gen. N. Gano 

 Dunn, Alderman Oole, Adjutant M. B. Farr, Capt. Chas. S. 

 Burns, Adjutant Wm. H. Murphy, Dr. G. A. Stockwell,Capt. 

 Bobbins, L. M. Ballard, G. W. Wingate, and Col. C. B. 

 Mitchell , and Capt. James Buckley, Dudley Selph, R. G. 

 Eyrich, Col. John Glynn, Jr.; John K. Reuaud, and E, T. 

 Manning, of the New Orleans Team. A band was taken on 

 at Governor's Island. The Inman steamer City of Rich- 

 mond had already been reported from the Highlands, and 

 all haste was made through the Narrows. The Hopkins 

 was decked out in flags of all sorts and styles, showing 

 prominently the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. As 

 the boats neared one another in the Lower Bay the flags of 



the two nations were dipped from the little American 

 steamboat and the Atlantic liner in reciprocal compliment, 

 while a stout little howitzer on the forward main deck of 

 the Hopkins blazed away, deafening everybody with a 

 many-rounded salute. The riflemen were soon shouting 

 recognitions across from boat to boat. Lieut. George Fen- 

 ton, with his great, brawny, Irish figure, and ruddy, good- 

 natured face, was the first to be identified among the long 

 line of faces looking over the bulwarks. Then Milner upon 

 the maiu bridge was caught sight of, aud as he had not 

 been announced by telegraph his appearance caused some 

 surprise, and certainly did not reassure the American 

 marksmen in any anticipations of an easy victory. A 

 moment later, as the Governor's Island Band was blowing 

 out "God Save the Queen," Sir Henry Halford sprang 

 upon the bulwarks and clinping to the shrouds was uw.>n 

 waving his hat and exchanging nods of recognition wilh 

 the American party, many of whom he had entertained 

 during their trip to British soil in 1875. One after another 

 of the marksmen were picked out among the Richmond's 

 passengers, and cheer after cheer and tigers were ye)l< d 

 over the water, while the Hopkius' i-team whistle scieeeJnd 

 its worst, At last a gang-plank was thrown out from boat 

 to boat, and Capt. Casey, Chairman of the Reception Com- 

 mittee, stepped upon the Richmond's deck, and shaking 

 hands heartily with Sir Henry Ilallord, extended to him the 

 first welcome, and invited him to siep upon the Hopkins in 

 meet the President of the National Rifle Association and Ihe 

 other gentlemen of the American paily. Then as one after 

 another of the British team s ej ped along the ganjr- 

 plank rounds of cheers were given, the three ladies of ihe 

 party gelling the lion's share as they Iripptd fearlessly along 

 the rather slender passageway. Of course there was gpetrh- 

 making, but luckily little of it, Judge Stanton beginning 

 the infliction and saying : 



" SirHbnry Halford, Captatn of thb Rifle Team of the United 

 Kingdom of Cheat Britain and Ikkla no: H ia with great pleasure 

 that I, on behalf of the National Rule Association of America, extend 

 to you and to those accompanying you a hearty welcome. Though 

 you and your associates may be Surrounded at this time by strange 

 faces, yet the interest that you personally have showu in promoting 

 greater excellence in ride shooting has mado the name of Sir Henry 

 Halford as well-known to tlie friends of Creedmoor on this side the 

 Atlantleaa.lt is to those, of your own Wimbledon and Dolryinount on 

 the other; and the names of Ferguson, the two Fentons, Evans, Rigby 

 and Milner, Humphry, Gilder, Frazer and Piggot, have become familiar 

 names to us all, and we greet you with a hearty welcome. Your mis- 

 sion is well known— I may say the civilised world over. A great and 

 unprecedented contest is Boon to take place between representatives of 

 two of the greatest nations on the face of the earth. Armed and 

 equipped as the regulations direct with deadly weapons they will meet 

 at Creedmoor, and then and there in a long-range match contend for 

 the 'American Centennial Trophy and Championship of the World' 

 From this time till the day of the contes', not only will every facility he 

 afforded you for practice and obtaining information on the range at 

 Creedmoor, hut also earing for your personal necessities, comforts and 

 pleasure while you remain with us, will be our highest aim. Again we 

 welcome you and extend the friendly hand." 



Then as the two gentlemen shook hands the crowd from Ihe 

 two sides of the globe shouted and hurrahed. Sir Henrv 

 Halford, in responding, was short and spirited, saying : 



" It is indeed a peaceful errand on which we are bent, though we 

 carry deadly weapons. For the past two years X have looked forward 

 to this visit with the greatest pleasure and interest. As the company 

 is aware, circumstances prevented the appearance last year of a British 

 team. But I felt that it was only deferred, and now the pleasure of 

 meeting is the greater as the delay has been the longer. I can only say 

 that we are here, all in excellent health and spirits, after a most pros- 

 perous, rapid and peaceful ocean trip, more than astonished and 

 pleased with the hearty welcome with which we are met. Never before 

 in the history of the world has such a contest been brought about-the 

 most friendly of battles with the most deadly of weapons. The Ameri- 

 cans have enjoyed an unprecedented succession of triumphs. Again 

 and again has the wreath of victory fallen to them, and it is,' I think- 

 about time for a lapse in this chapter of monotony. All I can say is we' 

 shall strive to put the period to the story. The gentlemen of the team 

 I have the honor to command are all of them good shots, aud I can safe- 

 ly say the team is not a bad one. More I cannot and dare not utter in 

 the presence of such thorough experts as the Americans have shown 

 themselves to be. Of one thing I am sure, that the Americans are far 

 better speech-makers than we are at home, and T can only ask them to 

 pardon any deficiencies in my speech, while I offer them and American 

 riflemen generally many thanks for the kindly feeling shown and the 

 many valuable lessons in long-range practice given by them, and par- 

 ticularly for the attentions shown on the present occasion. 



Without waiting for more than an hour's breathlnc snell 

 in the city, Sir Henry and his party pushed on to the quar- 

 ters they had determined on at Stewart's Garden City Hotel 

 a few miles from Creedmoor, where they will remain in" 

 quiet and strict seclusion, the riflemen taking all the nrac 

 tice possible until the day of the match. 



The team party consists in all of eighteen gentlemen and 

 three ladies. Sir Henry Halford, Lieutenant Colonel by 

 rank In the volunteer service of England, comes as captain 

 of the team. He is an elderly gettk-man, with full gray 

 beard, but a sharp eye and thoroughly healthful cons*!- 

 tution. He is enthusiastic in rifle matters, and if careful 

 management and strict attention lo each and every detail 

 can insure success the victory will lie with his team Lieut 

 Col C. Lenox Peel, late of the Scots Guards, is an old Wim 

 bledon manager, having for a number of years formed one 

 of the working staff at the Wimbledon meetiogs He will 

 act as adjutant of the team under Sir Henry Halford Cant 

 Bowlly, of the Twentieth Regiment Foot,' is a youn'n- maV 

 and accompanies the party as a gtntral assistant Mr 

 Waller is a stout gentleman, who for a number of 

 years has filled various posts about the Wimbledon meet 

 ings. E. vaughan Thompson is another of the non 

 shooting members of the party. He is a cousin of Sir Henrv 

 The last of the non-shooting men is Vernon K Anriitasre 

 who comes accompanied by Mrs. Armitage merelvtb Ia* 

 the match. J 



The riflemen proper are twelve in number, all of them 

 standing well up among the crack shots of the United Kin,' 

 dom Lieut. George Fenton, of the Seventy-seventh Foot' 

 and Wm. Rigby, eoiism ot .John Rigby, are veterans in th.' 

 st ot Irish shooters Joshua K. M&S is the onl^^n 

 the party who has taken part in the matches of the three 

 previous years, while R, S. Greenhlll, who in 1875 shot it 

 Dollymount, comes over to America for the third time L 

 reserve wan, The Scotch contingent copsjs s Snftt 



