FOREST^ AND /STREAM. 1 



and plunging steamer. Beyond are the woodlands, and away 

 off in the East, looming up in the distance, are the Adiron- 

 dack, ever the same, yet ever changing in hue of gray and 

 purple and blue. Clustered upon this woodland as if nestling 

 for mutual protection in this great wilderness of oaks and 

 pines, is a miniature village of rough and rustic, but comfort- 

 able cottages. Stumbling upon them in winter, you would 

 find the doors barred and the snow crust unmarred by human 

 footprint. But in mid-summer all is life, for this is the ren- 

 dezvous of the Jolly Club. The cottages arc occupied, ham- 

 mocks swing invitingly from porch and tree j a fleet of yachts 

 and boats is moored near the shore ; the well worn croquet 

 grounds are suggestive of hard fought battles, and the targets 

 are well pierced by the bullet and the feathered arrow. But 

 the attractions are without the camp. The leap of the bass 

 in the lake and the flash of the trout in the stream offer 

 abundant employment for rod and reel. The whin - of the 

 woodcock invites the sportsman. There are heights to climb 

 and dark ravines to be explored ; new scenes to be discovered 

 and familiar ones to be viewed at sunset and sunrise, sunlight 

 and moonlight. Here a dashing rivulet in musical accents 

 challenges to the discovery of its parent spring, bubbling up 

 from beneath a mossy rock far up the mountain side. There 

 is a tree, a glen, a mountain outline to be sketched, wild flow- 

 ers to be gathered, questions of natural history to be investi- 

 gated, and all the thousand and one subjects of study, senti- 

 ment and reflection which are known only to those who have 

 communed with nature in her solitude, and as humble trust- 

 ful neophytes been initiated into her mysteries. 



So the summer passes, and with the falling leaves of au- 

 tumn the cottage doors are once more barred, the little fleet 

 disappears from the bay, the headland is left desolate and the 

 JoUy Club disperse to their city homes, every man, woman 

 and child of them, stronger in body and soul. 



Long after, when the snows have descended upon the old 

 point and the gales are howling through the leafless tree tops, 

 in the distant city the flowers are taken from the press, and 

 the sketch is filled in ; while in and out with the pencil's play, 

 run the memories of the golden summer days whose benediction 

 is thus shed through the year. 



And is not this better than the weary round of the fashion- 

 able "season?" 



*" Off foe Texas. — On Monday the 27th August, Mr. J. H. 

 Page, for so long a time . the masterly General Passenger 

 Agent of the Grand Bapids and Indiana Railroad, bade adieu 

 to many regretful friends at the depot in Grand Rapids, 

 Michigan, and set out for Palestine, his future home in Texas. 

 Henceforth he will fill a high and responsible official position 

 on the International and Great Northern Railway of Texas. 

 Those whom he has so valuably served at the north would 

 scarcely have consented to the loss of his services had 

 they permitted selfishness to enter into the consideration. 

 The officials of the G. R. &. I. R. R. are gratified to know that 

 a wider field awaits his large capacities, and that his private 

 endowments will be greatly increased. One special compli- 

 ment was paid to him a fortnight ago at East Saginaw by the 

 General Passenger and Ticket Agents' Association, of Michigan, 

 of which H. C. Wentworth, Esq., of the Michigan Central Rail- 

 road, is President, when a splendid parting ovation was ten- 

 dered to him by his admiring friends. Now that he has 

 taken himself from among them, their grief is searcely molli- 

 fied by the fact that he has turned his steps toward that holy 

 land of "Palestine" where the Lone Star gleams in its single 

 and constant glory, and "thieves never break through and 

 steal" if there is a squad of Rangers to stand guard. 



Mr. Page is brother-in-law to H. O. Hughart, Esq., Presi- 

 dent of G. It. & I. R. Railroad. 



A Spoetsman's Home.— The International Hotel at Niagara 

 Falls fills the bill exactly. It is the only hotel at the Falls 

 that possesses a passenger elevator, and also possesses large' 

 high rooms, properly ventilated, and the building is, moreover, 

 fireproof. J. T. Fulton, a genial sportsman, a warm friend, 

 and the prince of landlords, is the owner and proprietor. 

 __ — . 1 — h»i — • • 



Notice to Sportsmen.— Having received so many ommnnicntions 

 asking us for information in legai-d to our six-section bamboo trout, 

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

 subject, wnich we stall 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 

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

 enamei (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, 38 Maiden Lane. 



AMERICAN TEAM REORGANIZATION. 



Shall the American team be reorganized is just now the 

 most talked of question among the long-range men. There is 

 no doubt that there are shooters outside the chosen eight who 

 possess abilities higher than many of those within the charmed 

 circle. But the team men say that they are strong enough 

 to win, and do not consider it fair that a man should be re- 

 moved' after he has borne, the heat and dust of the battle of. 

 competitions through which his place was won. There is a 

 little trades-union combination within the team to repel any 

 application of the rule of the best man to the front. A glance 

 at a few figures will enable us to point our meaning with 

 fewer words. Since the team has been reorganized they have 

 shot steadily, the reserve as well as the New Orleans men, 

 Their score stood as follows -. 



TEAM. 



Aug. 21. Aug. 22. Aug 28. Aug. 29. T'Udays. Av. 



Hyde 214 806 206 202 827. SM5« 



Alien 209 196 207 201 813 



vYcIht..., 20B V01 205 198 810 2Q2V 



Jewell ion 195 108 204 796 199 



Brnee 200 200 19:5 202 795 I98# 



Blydenburgn 206 178 207 201 792 188 



A.'ll. Jackson 203 197 194 19(5 7'I0 VM'A 



T. S. Dakin 171 190 210 213 T8* 196 



KBSERVE. 



Hepburn 202 202 201 202 K0<! 20U,' 



Lamli, Jr 193 201 206 201 801 <M)}.{ 



NEW OBLEAKS TRAM. 



Selph 201 206 212 210 825 20T>i 



Arms 19S 204 194 205 801 B00& 



This would seem to point to a team of eight, comprising 

 Selph, Hyde, Allen, Weber. Hepburn, Lamb, Arms and 

 Jewell, which would be a strong team. There might be 

 wise reasons against such a wholesale change about, but that 

 a change would strengthen is beyond a doubt. Hepburn and 

 Selph are safe and reliable for better scores than two at least 

 on the team, and a change to that extent could work no 

 harm; whether such a change is necessary is best judged by a 

 glance at whnt the British team arc doing at Creedmore. 

 During the past week they fired on three days, each day im- 

 proving on the preceding, until on Saturday last their first 

 eight men reached a total passing the best which the selected 

 American team have shown in joint practice. 



TM3 

 Aug. 28. Aug. 20. Sept. 1. d'ys. 



J K.Milner 200 n03 2oT 610 



Win. Ferguson 189 197 207 593 



A. P. Humphry Retired 200 207 — 



F. T. l"igt;Olt 199 188 206 593 



H. S. W. EvanF 194 1S3 208 fSO 



L<eut. Geo. Fentou 189 19T 202 598 



Lieut.-Col. Fenton 179 189 199 567 



Win. Kigby 190 199 198 5S7 



Totals 1556 1629 



Sir H. Halford 195 196 195 586 



W. II. Gilder ISt 191 189 560 



R. S. Greenhill 186 188 183 655 



D.M. Fraser. 177 189 173 B39 



The bold fact is that the probable shooting eight of the 

 foreign squad have shown a total better than any of the 

 American team have yet been able to show. If this does not 

 point to reorganization we know of no stronger argument. 



There is a committee of seven with President of the N. R. 

 A., as its head, appointed on the International fall meeting, 

 "with full power to make such arrangements in relation 

 thereto as they shall consider necessary to make such matches 

 a success," and even under the programme of selection for the 

 team it is provided that "any person who may have been 

 selected in accordance with the foregoing regulations may for 

 cause be removed by a two-third vote of the members of the 

 committee, team and reserve." 



There seems to be no lack of authority for reorganization, 

 but the matter rests after all with the team. If the team men 

 choose to hang together and go down to a common defeat, they 

 may also make up their common mind for a most uncommon 

 volume of merited reprobation. Success, of course, covers a 

 multitude of sins, and that alone will obliterate the foolhardi- 

 ness of the present managers in not getting the best men 

 wherever found. 



To silence all doubt as to their ability to do all that could 

 be expected of any team the Americans went to the firing 

 point on Tuesday determined to put something noteworthy on 

 record, and certainly the leading eight's total of 1654 points is 

 little less than wonderful, not a single miss was recorded on 

 the American scores, and but five outers in the 405 shots fired 

 by the nine marksmen. The actually chosen team showed a 

 total of 1641 points, and that too was ahead of anything we 

 know of. To talk of reorganization after such a showing is 

 almost like bettering perfection or of correcting infallibility. 

 The men feel confident against any combination of national or 

 imperial teams, and if they but pull together, regardless of 

 who may lead or foot the list, we can also share then* confl- 

 ence as to results. , 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Philadelphia, Aug, 24, 1877.— On August 2 Robert Marshall, 

 of Chester, Delancey County, Pa., was arrested at the instance 

 of the Philadelphia Sportsman's Club, charged with capturing 

 nine young partridges on the road near Rhodes' mill, early in 

 last month, and had a hearing before Mayor Forwood. The 

 principal witness for the prosecution was a colored woman, 

 named Esther Brown, who testified^that as she was on her way 

 home from Bridgewater, she saw two young men, one of 

 whom she identified as the defendant, whu told her that they 

 had in their possession nine young partridges, which they had 

 caught, and that they intended to take the birds home to rear 

 them. They asked her for something to put them in, and she 

 gave them a tomato can for that purpose. She also stated that 

 she had seen two of the birds in their possession. The Mayor 

 imposed a fine of ten dollars and cost, which Marshall paid 

 and was discharged. 



On Sunday, the 19th, two other poachers of this city came 

 to grief, being arrested at the instance of the same club for a 

 violation of the game laws in shooting rail on Danby Creek 

 out of season. The parties were taken before the Mayor, and 

 had in their possession four rail and one blackbird. They 

 were fined $5 for each bird, and also $5 each for a violation 

 of the Sabbath. John Goff paid the fine, they leaving their 

 guns in his possession as security. 



We hope in a few days to be able to report several other 

 cases for shooting rail out of season. The club have detectives 

 employed to watch various marshes where shooting out of 

 season is likely to occur. They have detected three or four 

 more persons shooting out of season, and in a few days war- 

 rants will be issued for their arrest. 



It is impossible to thoroughly police so vast an extent of 



marsh as there is on the Delaware River, but a great deal has 

 been done this season in connection with the West Jersey 

 Canto Protective Society. It is said that daily infractions of 

 the law occur at Marcus Hook. As many as "forty rail were 

 boated in a single tide during the present week. There is also 

 an ample field for the exercise of the vigilance of the Came 

 Protective Association of West Jersey, on the Hals, on Chester 

 Island, and all along the Jersey shore, where gi oners can be 

 found any day, but particularly on Sunday. ' B. W. I'. 



Omaha, July 28. — Below is the printed circular of GcnT R. 

 R. Livingston, President of the State Sportsmen's Association 

 of Nebraska, respecting the game laws of the State. The law 

 referred to was enacted last winter, and prohibits the killing of 

 all kinds of birds except water fowls, jack snipes, sand pipers, 

 waders and woodcocks at all times. By this you will see that 

 Nebraska is not at this writing " the sportsmen's paradise.'' 

 The legislature will again meet in one year from next Jan- 

 uary, at which time there is little doubt this unwise, not to 

 say obnoxious, law will be repealed i 



PiATTSMOi-Tn, Neb., July, 1877. 

 To all Members of Sportsmen's Ohtbs in Jfebraska : 



Gentlemen — Understanding 1hat an opinion seems preva- 

 lent among many members of Shooting Clubs, affiliated with 

 the State Sportsmen's Association, that the present "Game 

 Laws" are inoperative by reason of no repealing clause being 

 attached, I beg leave very respectfully to call your attention to 

 the fact that the last law enacted is binding on ell good citi- 

 zens until repealed or set aside by the decision of a court of 

 competent jurisdiction. 



As the members of the State Association only ask for a fair 

 law that shall effectively protect game, it would be inconsist- 

 ent with such desire to violate the existing law, because it is 

 oppressive at present. I earnestly ask all gentlemen connected 

 with clubs which have memberships in the State Association 

 to abide by the law as it now stands, and to* prosecute all vio- 

 lators of said law throughout the State; thus setting a com- 

 mendable example of good citizenship, and carrying out the 

 ideas of the legislators who framed the present Game Laws. 

 This course will more certainly insure a proper law than set- 

 ting the present one at defiance. 



Sincerely trusting that all true sportsmen in this State will 

 coincide with me in these views, I suggest that each local club 

 immediately pass a standing resolution, which shall provide 

 for the sure and swift prosecution and punishment of any 

 member thereof, who violates the existing Game Law; anil 

 that a conviction before a proper tribunal shall operate as an 

 expulsion of said member from the club to which he belonged. 



"Very respectfully, Rob't R. Livingston, 



Pres't Neb. State Sportsmen's Ass'n. 



Vivisection.— Mr. Huxley, in his address before the Do- 

 mestic Congress in EDgland, made a new and forcible plea on 

 behalf of vivisection. He said he felt it to be his duty to ex- 

 press regret at a condition of law which permits a boy to troll 

 for pike, or set lines with live frog bait for idle amusement, 

 and, at the same time, lays the teacher of that boy open to the 

 penalty of fine and imprisonment if he uses the same animal 

 for the purpose of exhibiting one of the most beautiful and 

 instinctive of physiological spectacles— the circulation in the 

 web of the foot. 



Correct Professor ! But the principle is much the same j 

 one furnishes food for the body, the other for the mind. 



New Game Club. — Newark, N. J., has a game protection 

 club, composed exclusively of Germans, which was organized 

 July 17, 1877, under the name of Newarker Yagd Schutz Veren. 

 Meetings are held every Thursday night at E. Goepfericli 

 Hall. Charles Elss, President ; F. Lindenlaub, Vice-Pres. • 

 John Tarn valt, Secretary; E. Goepferich, Treas. 



— " Lectures and Essays" is the title of a ghastly piece of 

 rubbish, claimed to have been written by an M. D., it being 

 written in the interest of a Patent Food Company. 



r ih* M¥ e * 



THE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. 



The rival long-range teams are working with vigor and 

 energy in drill and preparation for the great International 

 match on Tuesday, the 28th inst. The Englishmen took 

 their first day's work on the range, and did very fairly 

 indeed, the scores standing as follows. A. P. Humphrey re- 

 tired with a broken mainspring in his rifle : 



J. K. Milner. 

 33445554545345 5—1 

 43525555545 5 55 4— 



42555455555355 5—68 

 Total 200 



F. T. Piggott. 

 5355455455 5 555 5—71 

 45535555355443 4—65 

 54350445555655 3—63 



Total 199 



Sir HeDry Halford. 

 44 454455355544 5—66 

 33555555455355 5-68 

 35443353585544 5—61 



Total 195 



H. S. W. Evans. 

 50454555545555 5—67 

 34544555455345 5-68 

 43354 3 54444545 4—61 



Total 194 



Wm. Kigby, 

 5534554 3 554454 5— «6 

 55255355435 3 55 5-65 

 35545555353355 5—59 



Total 190 



Lieut. Geo. Fenton. 



0423545655543 3 4—57 

 44554355558 4 6 8 2—64 

 5444 5_6 55465586 4—68 



Total 1S9 



Sergeant W. Fergusson. 

 55545453545555 5—70 

 34525355454553 2—00 

 53424344455454 3-59 



Total 7Z 



R. K. Greenhill. 

 04544354445654 5—61 

 5524445535554 5 o—OH 

 46442555205454 5—59 



Total., 



W. H. Gilder. 

 53553555555455 5-70 

 5542445453 3 564 3-61 

 3 5 3 4 3R 4 4 5 5 5 4 8 6-68 



Total 7J^ 



Lient.-Col. Fenton. 

 0033435 4 545455 5-55 

 883 4658 5 82 4564 £-66 

 5545555345554 4 4-6.8 



Total ^ 



Arthur Fraser. 



5 4 5 5 3 3 5 3 5 3 3 5 5 3 5-63 

 5350 040 3 5 44553 S-ol 

 43434 4 53 054556 5—64 



Total iJJ 



E, Grant Peterlrin. 

 35434535635543 3-59 

 2 3 2 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 5-46 

 53534348435343 4--u 



Total,, 



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