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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Illinois— Decatur, Aug. 32.— Plenty of chickens here, but 

 law-abiding sportsmen will get none, as the new law is not off 

 till Sept. 1. Might as well be Jan 1 ; chickens are full grown 

 in this latitude Aug. 15, and are scarce even then, as pot-hunt- 

 ers and honest grangers begin shooting them as early as July 4. 



T. L. H. 



[The Jaw is all right; why don't you prosecute if it is 

 violated?— Ed.] 



Kankakee, III, Au<j. 24.— Ducks will afford splendid sport 

 here this fall. 



Quincy, III., Avff. 23.— Wo are going to have number one 

 quail shooting here the coming season. The country is full 

 of them ; not a field but has one or more coveys in them. At 

 one place in sight of town, an old cemetery, now a public 

 park, but not used, has five coveys in, which I call pretty 

 good in a town of 4,000 inhabitants. J. W. E. 



Iowa. — Knoxville, Marion Co., Aug, 23. — Chickens and 

 Bob Wnites have done remarkably well. Chickens hatched 

 >ul, many of them, very early, so much so that coveys in this 

 immediate vicinity at this writing arc almost mature birds. I 

 kept a sharp lookout during the early part of the season, and 

 thought the prospect would be rather slim ; but subsequent in- 

 vestigation has proved to me that rny fears were not well 

 founded. 



Many of the pot-hunting fraternity were out in full force by 

 the 1st of August, Some of these, too, supporting five breech- 

 loaders—with long-pedigreed dog— but such sportsmen ! The 

 name even is dishonored The sportsman that would shoot a 

 little walking chicken— Save us! ghost of Forester. On the 

 evening of 20th ins!., over thobeautiful pointer of a friend, in 

 about two hours, I had the extreme pleasure of bagging ten 

 almost tull-grown birds. They were on the stubble, and were 

 very fat and fine. I flushed some four covies, with perhaps 

 some forty birds in all. 



The prospect for Bob Whites, too, is very flattering— many 

 of these will hatch two broods. Two hens to my certain 

 knowledge— I saw the first broods late in June, and on the 

 20th inst, I passed the nest in which one of these had just I 

 hatched her second brood. So without doubt on these two 

 kinds of game, chickens and bobs, we will during the remain- 

 der of the season be able to furnish you with some entertain- | 

 ing shooting notes. H. 



Des Moines, Aug. 25.— Prairie chickens are not quite as 

 numerous as they were some years, yet there is enough to 

 furnish goodl sport for those who Uke an interest in and 

 enjoy a dog in the field. Quail are quite plentiful aud will 

 furnish good sport in season. F. R. 



Michigan— Ann Arbor, Aug. 20.— Woodcock shooting lias 

 been very poor here this summer. Although the season has 

 been dry, the birds have nearly all been found on high land. 

 A. H. Winslow made a bag of seven one day last week. 

 Father Keal and Will Jolly have done some fair summer 

 shooting. Father Keal is our oracle, and the truest sportsman 

 in the city. The river is low, and bay birds afford fair shoot- 

 ing. Quail shooting promises to be good. Summer rail shoot- 

 ing has been very fair on the Portage Lake marshes ; ducks 

 are coming in. Many farmers are posting their lands, and 

 some trouble may be looked for this fall. Naturalist. 



Olivet, Mich., Aug. 14.— Woodduck are abundant, making 

 the w T e sma' hours hideous on Pine Lake. Buffed grouse arc 

 abundant, as also are hares, plover, etc. If the college hood- 

 lums attend to their duties, and do not poach, fair shooting 

 may be expected. Pinnated grouse are completeiy extermi- 

 nated, but a few woodcock and wild turkeys are left. I 

 found a turkey's nest a few days since along the Indian Creek 

 bottoms, from which I removed the eggs, placing them under 

 a sitting hen ; result, nine y r oung turks. Will you take din- 

 ner with me Thanksgiving ? Kedron. 



Port Huron, Mich., Aug. 27.— The reports of firearms are 

 to be heard every morning in Sarnia Bay. This means ducks, 

 but our morning's experience convinced us that there were, on 

 an average, ten shooters to one duck. Woodcock are more 

 numerous than of late years. Your correspondent bagged 13, 

 along McNeil Creek, last week. Pinnated grouse, of which 

 rare specimens have been seen in the neighborhood of Marys- 

 ville in years past, seem to be on the increase. A farmer saw 

 two broods, from which, though they were very wild, he suc- 

 ceeded in killing one. The bird was a new one to him, and he 

 doubted its edibility. Several sportsmen will start soon on 

 their annual trip to the Flats for ducks, geese, etc. With the 

 average leather-head legislatures to enact laws, shooting will 

 be one of the things of the past on these grounds ere many 

 seasons pass. Detroit sport smen— and I regret to say members 

 of aristocratic clubs — are rapidly driving out the game on the 

 flats by their poaching proclivities. One of these gentry 

 had a touch of Canadian law a few w T eeks since, and re- 

 turned home poorer in pocket, but decidedly richer in legal 

 lore. An attempt was made to form a game club in this city, 

 but like most good things attempted here, ended in smoke. 

 Had it been a ' ' Society for the Dissemination of Politics " it 

 would have been a success. August. 



Chelsea, Mich., Aug. 27.— Ruffed grouse scarce, far less 

 abundant than in former years ; on the contrary pinnated grouse 

 seem to be on the increase. We usually have a few wood- 

 duck flying ere this, but the quackers are scarce. Woodcock 

 a few ; plover a few ; quail are more abundant than usual. 

 Hares are so abundant as to be detrimental to the granger. 

 Squirrels also are abundant in localities. Take it all in all, 

 we expect to have fair sport dining the early fall, which will 

 give preliminary practice ere taking a jaunt to the North 

 Woods. Alex. 



Minnesota— Friend Tutrill writes us from Devil's Lake that 

 he is meeting with good success among the pinnated and 

 sharp-tailed grouse. 



New Beunswick— Camphdlton, Aug. 16.— Ruffed grouse 

 are plenty, i many of the young being nearly full grown. 

 Larger game, such as moose, caribou and bear, are reported to 



i,(- very plentiful a fey? Utiles further hack in the wilderness. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Bogaedus' Rules foe Glass-Ball Trap Shooting.— We 

 are in receipt of so many queries regarding the rules for Glass 

 Ball shooting, that we append the same below, as obtained from 

 Captain Bogardus: 



Rule 1st. All matches or sweepstakes shall be shot from 

 three traps placed ten yards apart, eighteen yards rise, and 

 the choice of trap to be decided by the referee, by drawing a 

 gun-wad from his pocket and showing to trap puller. 



2d. Pullingof traps. — The trap puller shall stand six feet be- 

 hind the shooter. The traps shall be numbered 1, 2 aud 3. The 

 referee shall have three gun-wads, upon each a number cor- 

 responding to the trap. When the shooter is at the score to 

 shoot, the referee will then draw a w r ad from his pocket and 

 show it to trap puller ; the trap puller will then say, Ready ! 

 after which the shooter calls Pull ! In all cases the puller must 

 pull fair for each shooter. If the trap is sprung before the 

 shooter lias given the word, he can take the shot or not ; but if 

 he shoots, the ball or balls shall be scored, whether broken or 

 not, as the case may be. 



3d. _ Referee. — In all cases, a referee shall be appointed, 

 and his decision shall be final. In case the trap, when sprang, 

 breaks the ball, the referee, in all cases, shall require the party 

 toshoot at another ball, whether he shoots or not. 



4ih. Position at the Score.— After a shooter has taken his 

 place at the score, he shall not level his gun, or raise the butt 

 above the elbow until he calls Pull. Should he infringe on 

 this rule, the ball or balls shall be scored as lost, whether 

 broken or not. 



5th. M\ balls must be broken in the air to count ; if shot 

 on the ground, shall be scored as lost. 



6th. There shall be no restriction as to size of shot used, or 

 charge of powder, but the charge of shot shall not exceed \\ 

 07,., Dixon measure. Any one using larger quantity of shot 

 shall forfeit all rights in the inatcln s. After a gun is loaded 

 and challenged, and the shooter discharges his gun, the pen- 

 alty will be the same as for overloading. 



7th. All tics to be shot oil at 21 yards rise, at five single 

 balls each, and in case of second tie, five more balls, and so on, 

 until decided. In all cases, ties must be shot off before sun- 

 set, or postponed until next day, unless the interested parties 

 agree otherwise. 



8th. In double shooting, the distance shall be 16 yards 

 rise, and from two traps placed 10 yards apart. Ties shot off 

 at 18 yards rise, at three pair balls each; and in case of second 

 tics, three more pair each, and so on until decided. In all 

 cases both traps must be sprung at the same time. 



9th. Time at the Score.— A participant in a match shall 

 hold himself in readiness to come to the score when his name 

 is called by the scorer. If he is longer than five minutes, it 

 shall be discretionary with the referee whether he shall allow 

 him to proreed further in the match or not. 



10th. Miss-fire. — Should gun miss fire or fail to discharge, 

 from any cause, it shall score as a lost ball, unless the referee 

 finds, upon examination, that the gun was properly loaded and 

 the miss-fire unavoidable, in which case he shall allow another 

 ball. 



1 1th. Loading Guns. — In case of breech-loaders, the party 

 called to the score shall not place his cartridge in the gun until 

 he arrives at the score. In case of muzzle loaders, the party 

 called to the score shall not place the cap on his gun until he 

 arrives at the score. 



12th. No one but a contestant has aright to challenge. 



Massachusetts— Springfield, Aug. 21. — The annual match 

 of the Rod and Gun Club for the club badge occurred to-day, 

 and was won by H. J. Ferry. I append the score : 



Lathrop 7 Alt Smith 2 



Hammond 7 Bamstead 3 



Emerson 1 Morse 2 



GUmore a Kerry 9 



Warm 7 Clarke 4 



EH Smith o Gabb 7 



Capt. Bogardus gave an exhibition of rapid shooting, getting 

 300 balls out of 314; nine of the misses were miss-fires. 

 Had it not been for these the Captain w T ould have beaten his 

 best 300-ball record. Time, 22m. 27s. All the shooting was 

 from Bogardus' traps and under his rules. L. 



Newpoet, R. l.—Narragansett Gun Club Grounds, Aug. 

 27.— Sweepstake match ; ,f 50 entrance ; one-fourth of amount 

 to second man ; 25 birds each, 30 yards rise, 80 yards fall ; 

 live traps; Hurlingham rules to govern. The score: 



Perry Belmont, 1 1 moil 111101 OlOiil 011 1 1—20 



I Pan Buren.l 111' 00110100111111111111 U— 19 



/..bins 1 0011111111 111100111100 —17 



II W Halleck 01 001 1 01101 1101 I Oil 01 —13 



TCVanBuren 111010111011000100 —10 



Handicap sweepstakes, first miss out : First match won by 

 J. S. Frick by nine birds; second won by T. Van Buren by 

 four birds ; third won by P. Lorillard. 



New York— Dexter Park, Aug. 24. — Monthly contest of 

 the Long Island Shooting Club, for the club champion cup ; 

 seven birds ; H. and T. traps ; 25 yards rise ; 80 yards 

 boundary ; Long Island rules. The holder of the cup, Mr. 

 Henderson, the septuagenarian, was handicapped at 27 yards. 

 Following the prize match were several sweepstakes. The 

 score was : 



Williams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 —13 



Wynne 1 11111111111 0—12 



Broadway 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 — 12 



Gildersleeve 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o*-ll 



Madison fi Hemming 5 



Henderson 4 Walters 4 



* Fell dead out of bounds. 



New Jbbbet— Bordentown, N. J., Aug. 22. — Pigeon shoot; 

 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, ll birds each. 



F 11 10 JHB 10 



QH 10 M HE 10 



K W H 10 IF II 10 



BEH 10 TM H 10 



EII 8 



No ties shot off. R. I. B. 



Jersey Cdy Heights, Aug. 22.— Handicap pigeon shoot of 

 the New Jersey Gun Club, of Jersey City Heights, for the 

 champion badge of the club ; 10 birds each. Score : 



Ben] Dnsenberrv 9 Fred Smith 6 



John Pearson.... S Geo Piercey 7 



Win Panders 7 Jas Barclay 7 



WmHepsly 6 



A match was also shot between three members of the Mid- 

 way Sportsman's Club, and three members of the New Jersey 

 Gun Club, resulting in a tic : 



Midway. 



H Warne 1 10 1111-6 O Warne,..- 1 1101 1 1-6 



U 1! H M 



New Jersey Cun Club. 



3 Barclay 1 111111-7 W Sanders 



JPearson l 1 1 l l i_o 



Long Branch, Aug. 22. — The pigeon shooting match be- 

 tween the New York and Philadelphia citizens, who are 

 summer residents here, was shot under Long Island Club 

 rules, 20 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, H and T traps. 

 Following is the score : 

 „ r ,. „ New York. Philadelphia. 



Walter Hamilton .10 TROwens . 10 



I'en-y Hastings ID M (Jreen 10 



B B Angel 1,1 Win C Irvingtnn !• 



ANn'rt D Yates in Thos Clarkson '.> 



Charles Putney s Matthew Stmfr.rd H 



DrP Ellis ft Edward Fortisrjuc 7 



Samuel Clark r Fted H Spencer 2 



Wm Cleghouse ti Judsnn Mason.. " ....2 



Daniel Woods c George 14 Mallen 1 



In the shoot-off, Hamilton, of New York, 4 birds, and 

 Owens, of Philadelphia, 5 birds, were the highest scores. 

 In the final shoot-off, 10 birds each, Owens killed 8 and 

 Hamilton 9, and took the prize, -which was a brooch-pin 

 costing $300. Mr. Owens was awarded a handsome rifle. 



Kentucky— Logansport— The (run Club hold a tournament 

 Sept. 13. 



Louisville. — Wat. Griffith who is traveling in Germany, last 

 month defeated a party of English travelers at ten single 

 birds each by a score of eight. 



Illinois— Quincy.— A shooting match with forty glass 

 balls each took place on Goose Island, Saturday afternoon, 

 Aug. 18, between J. Webster and Dr. Lanoix. The follow- 

 ing is the score : 



Webster— 1 1011 11111 11111 11111 11111 111 

 it llllt til 1— sn. 



Lanoix— 1 1111 11011 01110 1111011111 111 

 11 11111 1111 1—36. 



Mountain View.— The Gun Club of the Laflin & Rand 

 Powder Company had their semi-monthly trap shoot for the 

 club medal, Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25. The following are 

 the scores : 



In shooting off ties A. H. Boies won. 



Omo— Cincinnati, Aug. 31 .—A glass ball match was held 

 Aug. 17 at the Union Schutzen Park, by the Cincinnati 

 Shooting and Fishing Club. 



First motch. 



MW Henry 6 Jones 1 



Bury 6 Baker ." 1 



Seda.m 10 Gross w 



Second match. 



Henry 8 Baker 1 



imr.y*. 6 Jones ft 



Sedan 7 Gross 2 



Third match. 



Caldwell G Waiters 4 



Henochsberg 8 Top! 3 



Culbertson 2 



Fourth match. 



Caldwell S J Walters 4 



Henochsberg 4 Topf ; 5 



Culbertson 2 



A glass ball match was shot at Price Hill on the^evening 

 of August 21, the shooting being done under the rays of a 

 calcium light. 



Redmond S Granger s 



Sedam 6 Middleton 4 



Schmidt 7 McGraw 14 



Henochsberg 7 L Fey 



California— Sacramento. — Glass ball shoot at Oak Hall, 

 Riverside Road, Aug. 19, 1877. First match, 25 balls : 

 Nick Dole 18 WuiKimber is 



On ties, was won by Bole. 



Freeze out ; won bv Ruble and Aukner. 



J Hennessey w J Kane _ 3 



W Hamilton 4 V Weeks 5 



J Buhle 11 JAukner u 



GStout 6 BBainay i 



Third was a match of 10 balls for three class prizes. 



Ruhio 9 Weeks 10 



Crackboru 3 Aukner in 



Kimber 7 Mauldin <i 



Lamay 9 McGregor ' 5 



Kane 7 Sites a 



W Verity 10 Stout ' s 



Hamilton / 10 Pitcher 1; 



On ties, freeze out. Verity and Aukner divided first, Ruhlo took sec- 

 ond, aud Crackborn third. 



Fourth match, a freeze out: 



Weeks w Ilamilton 11 



Corbin 12 Ruble •, 



Verity 10 Bobbins w 



Sites. w Aukner [« 



Mauldin 7 



Corbin and Aukner divided money. 



Fifth ; freeze out : 



coriiiu 28 Hamilton 27 



Ruble w Weeks a 



Mauldin 24 Verity 28 



Aukner 12 Bobbins 4 



Verity and Corbin divided. 



Sixth ; freeze out : 



Ruble 4 Crack-born w 



Aukner S Corbin 33 



Bobbins w Verb y ;;u 



Hamilton 30 



A'erity and Hamilton divided. 



Seventh match : 



Ruble 7 Weeks s 



Hamilton 9 Robbins ,3 



Hamilton won. 



Eighth ; double balls : 



Double. Single. Double. Single. 



Rnhle 3 2 Weeks 2 :; 



Hamilton 5 .. Bobbins 3 2 



Ninth ; amateur's match, 4 balls each. 



DrTebbets w Dole 3 



A Woods 4 Townsend w 



Woods won. 



Tenth was a match between Dr. Duel and E. Girard, of 10 

 balls each, which was declared drawn, they breaking but 

 one ball each. j. 0. 



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