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FOREST AND STREAM. 



the foreigners took their fences in their stroke, flying over 

 them like birds. It was really wonderful, but as the French- 

 man remarked of the charge of the five hundred at Balaklava, 

 " O'ed magnifique mai* c'est n'est jms la guerre. 1 ' The im- 

 ported dogs, though they had a burning scent, overran the 

 trail at every sharp turn of the fox, thus causing constant 

 checks ; but, worse than this, they ran nearly mute. Now, 

 id a country still abounding in wood and dense cover, as is 

 ours, where more than half the time we are guided by the ear 

 in following the pack, a hound that does not -throw his 

 tongue is useless. After giving the new comers a fair and 

 patient trial, they were reluctantly sent off to Mr. James Cald- 

 well at the Greenbriar, White Sulphur Springs, where they 

 were used for driving deer, hence I fear that if the hounds 

 imported by the Westminster Club are, as is probable, from 

 a crack English pack, failure, and, still worse, discouragement 

 may ensue. 



In America, our hunting may be said to be cover-hunting, 

 where nose, staunchness, and, above all, mouth or tongue, are 

 indispensable; whereas in the best counties of England, where 

 the sport partakes more of the nature of coursing, speed 

 and dash, always obtained at the expense of the music, and 

 staunchness are the requisites in a good pack of hound. 



One of the best of hunters of the present day— the peer of 

 T. G. T., of Gaston, and of the Laird of Lochinvar, Captain 

 Assheaton, formerly of the British army, but now a "top 

 sawyer" across the county of Fauquier, in Virginia— hunts as 

 line a pack as ever opened on the trail of a fox. This pack is 

 of his own creation, by crossing a large " mouthy" English 

 harrier of his own selection and importation upon the best 

 native Virginia hitches. Would that the Garden City kennel 

 held such a pack as his. When field editor of the Twf, 

 Field and Farm I had an offer of eight couples of well- 

 trained red fox dogs in North Carolina for the moderate price 

 of $700. A man accustomed to hunt these hounds was to come 

 on with them. They were to be taken on probation, and if 

 they did not prove as represented they were not to be paid for. 

 I should have preferred such an arrangement to the importa- 

 tion of a foreign pack. 



Another objection to Garden City as headquarters for the 

 hunt is the fact that there are no wild foxes within a dozen 

 miles or so of the place ; the club must, therefore, be content 

 to run bag foxes or a drag, and of the two I should prefer 

 the latter. As a general thing captivity deprives a fox of the 

 power of self-preservation, or, the country being new to kirn, 

 he does not know where to go. He funks and is killed with- 

 out a run, whereas^ the drag is entirely under your own con- 

 trol. You may choose your own line of country, the distance, 

 and, what is important to city sportsmen, the hour for the 

 meet. 



If the drag is adopted it is important in the commencement 

 to select an easy line of country until the "field" has acquired 

 some familiarity with cross-country riding. In this way only 

 can ladies and timid horsemen be induced to ride to hounds 

 and acquire a taste for the sport. When this is done the diffi- 

 culties may be gradually increased until the boldest will be 

 put to their metal to follow the hounds. 



It was once objected to me by an eminent banker and turf- 

 man of y»ur city to whom I had suggested a subscription 

 pack, that there were climatic difficulties in the way of hunt- 

 ing in the vicinity of New York, yet packs have been in ex- 

 istence for years at Montreal and Toronto, in Canada, and we 

 have still extant the records of a subscription pack of hounds 

 successfully hunted on Long Island shortly after the revolution 

 by a Mr. Evers, ancestor to the present well known Wm. T. 

 Evers, of New York; and who has not heard of Joe Donohue, 

 of Jersey City, and Ryan, of Hackensack, who doubtless have 

 already commenced this season to run the fox within sound 

 of the chimes of your own Trinity Church? 



Let us hope, Mr. Editor, that the dangerous game of polo 

 will be entirely superseded by the far more noble sport of fox 

 hunting; but to make the latter popular there should be no 

 exclusiv'eness. Provided he be not a disreputable character, 

 take any nun's subscription; let the sport be as democratic 

 here as it is in aristocratic England, where a tinker, if he can, 

 may take precedence of a lord, or take a flying leap over a 

 peer of the realm prostrate in a ditch. F. G. S. 



Sir Henry Halfoed's Departure.— We had the pleasure 

 of a call from Sir Henry just previous to his departure for 

 England last Saturday. He had intended remaining in the 

 West some weeks longer, but the dangers on the Western 

 hunting fields just now, and calls from home, determined 

 his return at an earlier date. The British team captain 

 is now on the Atlantic, and in the send-off, as in the origi- 

 nal greeting," the officers of the N. R. A. strove to show him 

 special honors, and reflect the feelings of good will which 

 all American riflemen feel for the chief of what was in 

 many respects the strongest team the Americans have as yet 

 vanquished. Last Thursday he was accorded the honor of 

 a special meeting of the Board of Directors, N. R. A., and 

 a very friendly chat was had over the questions and details 

 of future international matches. On both sides the feeling 

 was in favor of a continuance of the British-American con- 

 tests. Sir Henry Halford said he would be glad to C' n- 

 tinue Hie matches with the American riflemen, Ho sug- 

 gested a chauge in the distances by substituting 1,100 yards 

 for tjOO yurds, He aUo proposed a change in the range, 



claiming that the Americans had the advantage by shooting 

 on familiar ground. He would be glad to welcome them at 

 Wimbledon, and return the hospitalities he and his team 

 had received while in this country. Liberal offers of aid 

 in procuring a distinctive trophy for competitions between 

 British and American teams are promised, and the confer- 

 ence broke up with the promise by the visitor that he should 

 strive to place such matches on the Wimbledon programme 

 next year as should draw American riflemen to that side of 

 the water. It was the intention of the committee to accom- 

 pany the Inman steamer, beaiing away the guest, down the 

 bay on a steamboat, but this he declined, and instead Sir 

 Henry was accompanied to the steamer by a delegation 

 from the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Associa- 

 tion, consisting of the President, Mr. N. P. Stanton; Maj. 

 General Alexander Shaler, Maj. General John B. Wood- 

 ward, Brigadier General Daniel D. Wylie, Messrs. E. A. 

 Buck and George Schermerhorn, Jr., with several other 

 gentlemen well known to fame as riflemen. At parting the 

 honorable baronet said that he was delighted with his trip 

 to America, and was particularly pleased with the friendly 

 treatment which he had received from the American rifle- 

 men. 



Massachusetts. — The Salem Mechanic Light Infantry, 

 Co. K, and the Sutton Light Infantry, Co. C, of Marble- 

 head, both of the Eighth Mass. Regiment, held a target 

 shoot on the 17th inst., at the range of the Salem Rifle Club. 

 The range was 200 yards, and each member was allowed 

 three shots. The following were the four best shots of each 

 company : Co. K : Thomas Moore, 13 ; J. T. Moore, 13 ; P. 

 W- Jackson, 12 , L. Hamilton, 12. Co. C : Geo. Orne, 13 ; 

 J. C. Caswell, 1 1 ; W. W. Adams, 10 ; Chas. O'Hare, 8. 



Boston, Mass. — The fourth match in the fall programme of 

 the Massachusetts Bifle Association was begun Oct. 17 at the 

 Walnut Hill range. The match is at long-range distances— 

 800, 900 and 1,000 yards— and is to be shot on successive 

 Tuesdays. Pour prizes are offered, as follows : First, a 

 breech-loading, double-barreled shot-gun, presented by a 

 member of the Association and valued at $125 ; second, a 

 telescope valued at $35; third, a lite membership iu the as 

 sociat ion, and fourth a silver medal. The match is open to 

 all comers ; 15 rounds at each distance, match to close when the 

 entry fees equal three-quarters the value of the prizes, the win- 

 ners to be determined by the average of the best three consecu- 

 tive scores. The following was the record. It will be seen that 

 Mr. Gerrish made the highest possible figure (75). The 

 meteorological conditions on the 17th are answerable for the 

 poor scores at 900 yards. After putting in one full possible, 

 one 74, two 73's, a 71 and a 70, with other good strings at 800, 

 it will be observed that 57 was the best score at 900, and 08 

 at 1,000 yards. The wind veered from 1 o'clock to 9, blow- 

 ing such a gale that the tents were hurriedly removed ; and 

 the variations of wind-gauge allowance were fully ten points, 

 from right to left and back again. The following are the 

 scores : 



William Gerrish. T. H. Gray. 



5555555555555 5 5—75 4555 5555555555 5-74 



43308353353545 5-54 055 2 43345 3 545 5—53 



5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 15 5 3-OS 045534434 2 45 5 4 3-55 



Total 197 



N. Washburn. 

 55554555554 5 55 5-73 

 5225544044543 5 5- 57 

 84444444455505 5-60 



Total 190 



E. W. Law. 

 4555555555 5 554 5—73 

 352225 2 4332555 5—53 

 5 4 5455 2 5405534 4—60 



Total ISO 



A. H. Hebbarel. 

 545554 5 0555555 5—68 

 435234540555 2 5 5—57 

 55440544355445 3—60 



Total 1SS 



A. Hebbard. 

 32 5 54545555 3 45 5—65 

 40342554055333 5—51 

 55455554543354 5— BS 



Total 184 



J. Weniyes, Jr. 



454 5 5555445555 4—70 

 2 4 2 5 4 5 5 3 2 2 3 4 3 5 3—53 

 45350455345435 5—60 



Total 182 



The matches were continued Friday, the 19th, under fa- 

 vorable conditions of weather. The second match, which 

 was open to all comers at distances of 200 and 300 yards, was 

 for prizes consisting of a Peabody breech loading rifle valued 

 at 8125, a life-membership in the Massachusetts Rifle Asso- 

 ciation, and two cash prizes. On the Friday previous, Mr. 

 Hubbard was high man, with a score of 52. The individual 

 scores in this match are as follows : 



L L Hubbard. J. Langdon. 



200 3 4 4 5 4 4 4— 2S 200 2 3 4 5 .1 4 5— 2S 



300 4 4 4 3 4 5 4-28—56 300 4 4 2 3 2 4 4—23-51 



Total 182 



R. S. Gray. 



555 5 5545544 5 55 4—71 



4 3 3 2 243433 3 443 5—50 

 330435033545 3 4 5-50 



Total 171 



S. Wilder. 



53335455545 5 35 6—65 

 5334333635 3 250 4—51 

 23R55435533344 4—53 



Total 169 



J. E. Mann. 



504 44345544554 3—59 

 45434435503385 5—56 

 034435253 2 0345 3—46 



Total 161 



B. Reader. 



2300 2 545554553 5—53 

 320430342432 2 3 2—37 



05 3 5 34 3444432 5-48 



Total 138 



C. W. Claveron. 

 24554543455455 5—65 



00 0000000 00 0—00 

 224334353554 5—48 



Total 113 



H T Rockwell. 



20O 4 4 5 4 4 4 4—29 



300... 4 3 4 3 4 4 J— 2T— 56 



D Kirkwood. 



200 5 4 5 4 5 5 4—32 



300 4 5 4 4 3 3-23-55 



J N Frje. 



200 5 4 3 4 3 4 4—27 



30O.. 



E B Sotuner. 



200 4 4 4 3 4 4 2—25 



300 4 3 3 2 4 4 4—24—49 



CHDe Rochmont. 



SOU 3 3 4 3 4 5 4—26 ■ 



5)00 4 4 2 2 3 3 4—22—48 



W Poland. 



200 4 4 5 4 3 4 2-26 



..453343 4-26—53 3U0 ...,3 42432 4— 2i'— IS 



J E Osborne. W E Guerrler. 



200 3 3 4 4 5 4 4-27 200 4 4 5 5 3 4 4—29 



300 4 4 4 3 4 3 4-26-53 300 3 2 3 3 4 4— la— 48 



W Gerrish. F W Stevens. 



200 S 5 4 3 4 4 4—29 200 4 3 4 4 3 4 2—24 



30C 3 4 4 3 % 4 S— 23— 52 300 4 2 2 4 3 4—19-43 



The third match was for three prizes, consisting of a bronze 

 National Hifle Association Bifida] and a gold and Silver medal 



: i -.sachusetts Rifle Association. This it a \ 

 match, lUe d&tan$es wiUtog for superior skill at all points, 



Last week Gerrish led with a score of 122. The following 



are the highest scores made : 



3 Wemyss, Jr. Willhm Poland. 



300. ..3 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4-38 300.. .2 42433434 4—32 



600.. .5 35545555 5—47 600. ..3 55445035 4— 3S 



1,000,. .5 55534555 5-47-132 1,000. ..5 4433453 5 4—40-111 



D Kirkwood. Wm Gerrish. 



800. .,3 4 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 4-37 300'.. .4 3 4 440403 0—26 



60". ..4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5—46 60O...4 8 5 1 i 5 5 .5 5 5— 48 



1,000.. .5 54463445 5—44—127 1,00.1... 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 0—36—107 



The rifle team of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club had a 

 field day, Oct. 20 r at the Greenwood range, in shooting for 

 a gold badge, offered by Messrs. I. G. Blake & Sou for the 

 best total score of 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, 15 shola at each 

 range, witli a possible 225. Mr. Nathan Washburn won the 

 badge. The lull score- was as follows : 



500.. 



900.. 



1,000.. 



S0O.. 



900.. 



1,010.. 



800.. 



900. . 



1,000.. 



..5 5455555555455 

 ..3 5555540 5 55454 

 . .3 "4 445 5 55455355 



A L Rice. 



..544555555555 

 ..5 45554552 5' 58 

 ..5 44 3 54554544 



Frank Wesson. 

 ..555555545655 



R— 73 

 5-65 

 5—67—205 



..4445354 



5 4 4 5 5 3 



3 5 5—71 

 5 5 0-63 

 5 5 5—67—201 



4 8 6—71 



5 5 5—67 



6 5 3-61—199 



800 



900 , 



1,000 



..5555555554645 



..5 44552545355 



900.. 

 1,000.. 



800 5 



900 4 



1,000 3 



Q J Rttgg. 



..5 5 5 5 5 4 5 



..3445534 



-.5556545 



S Clark. 



5 



4 5 5 5 5 



800.. 



HUH.. 



1,000.. 



4 5 2 5 4 



3 5 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 

 54445553555 



A G Mann. 



4 2 4455 3 35 



5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 



5 5-73 



3 4 6—66 



5 4 3—60—199 



5 5 5—73 



3 4 0-53 



5 4 5—71—177 



4 5 4-63 

 4 5 4-51 



5 4— 62 -.-181 



5 5 4 5 4—59 

 5 6 3 2 4-57 

 5 3 8— 53— It 



— Walhngford, Conn., enjoyed a team match, Saturday the 

 13th, between selected squads of citizens and soldiers. 'The 

 shooting was fair on both sides, but the "cits" proved the 

 belter men, and the national guardsmen were compelled to 

 acknowledge a defeat. The beaten team used the regulation 

 State arm, the Peabody, while the victors used the Sharps 

 rifle ; 500 yards was the range, the shooting being over the 

 grounds used by Co. X. The full scores were : 



Citizeus' Score. 



\V I[ob«on 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 



s Whittlesey 5 r> 4 4 4 5 3 5 



Wm Whittaier 3 o o 4 2 o o o 



J D MeGaughey 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 5 



aharlea Vibbert ...5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 



J Finn -.{las ...5 2 5 5 4 4 4 4 



OFFffwere 4 3 2 5 3 5 4 5 



OHWinslow 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 4 



5 3—13 



S B-43 



0—9 



4 8-33 



5 5-46 



4 3—40 



5 4— 40 



5 5-44—298 ' 



8 2-37 



3 U— 30 



5 1—16 



2 3— 2S 



5 5-43 



2 4—31 



5 4—39 



Military Score. 



E Hobson 3 5 5 3 5 3 4 5 



V Whapies 2 3 4 4 5 4 3 2 



'I V Keacll. 3 4 3 4 5 2 4 2 



GSDickinson 4 3 3 4 2 5 2 



OKo>8 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 



P H Keene 4 2 2 5 3 4 2 3 



GLaBarnes a 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 



J MIX 4 23325633 4-35-279: 



Rochester, N. Y.— The Amateur Rifle Club of this city 

 held the first of a series of short range matches on the 17th 

 instant. The prize is a fine revolver, presented by Major 

 Henry r Fulton, and it is to be -won three times before going 

 into iiual possession of winner. The scores at the first con- 

 test stood : 



20H yd*. 



CE Rider 4 45455 5 54 5—16 



S AServlB 3 444544 4 4 4—40 



WS Smith 4 34565344 2—39 



A Roda 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 4—39 



II F Hart 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 -37 



E Ansevine.......3 42435543 3-30 



C Buckley 3 45460834 4—35 



300 yds. 

 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 3 3— 40-ffl 

 344354344 4—38—78 

 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 1! 5-afi— 75 

 3 3 4 4 4 2 5 5 3-33-12 

 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4-33—70 

 444034325 3— 32— 68 

 2544 234 3 0—27—62 



On the 24th the club met to shoot the second time for the 

 barometer and bronze medal of the National Rifle As 

 tion, the match being open to all comers at 800 and 1,000 

 yards. 



—I Co, Seventh Regiment, will compete for the Nevada 

 badge at Creedmoor on the 29th inst. 



Baltimore vs. Wasulngton.— The return match between 

 the selected teams of the Mar}dand Rifle Club, of Baltimore, 

 and the Columbia Long Range Rifle Club, of Washington! 

 was shot at the ranges at Benning's, on the Baltimore and . 

 Potomac Railroad, near Washington, on the 18th inst. The 

 Washington team was composed of Prof. Wm. Harkness, 

 Col. J. O. P. Burnside, and Messrs. P. J. Lauritzen, C. II. 

 Laird and Jas. E. Bell. The riflemen from Baltimore were 

 S. J. Scott, G. T. Smith, A. V. Canfield, Jr., If. B. Colesen 

 and'E. W. Scott. An excellent day gave oppori unity for 

 good scores— clear light, and a wind blowing throughout 

 the shooting, with little force, from the 6 and 7 o'clock 

 quarters. At 800 yards the shooting was very good, par- 

 ticularly by the Washington squad ; but at 1,000 yards there 

 was a great falling off, owing, the marksmen said, to the 

 unsteady character of the shooting platform. The range 

 totals stood : 



Columbia Team. 



soo 



Laird 73 



Bell 71 



Burimde 70 



HarkneBB 74 



Laurttzen ....72 



Maryland Team. 



900 1,000 T'l 800 



67 67 207 E W SO0tt....6S 



72 64 207 S [ Seott 74 



67 63 200 Colesen 64 



69 48 191 Car field 72 



67 46 185 Smith 60 



Total 360 342 28S 990 Total 339 333 311 9 S 3 



A National Rifle Movement.— The Board of Directors . 

 of the National Rifle Association are circulating for signa- . 

 ture a petition to Congress, having for its object that of pro- 

 curing some enactment of a law which would authorize the i 

 Secretary of War to offer prizes to the uniformed militia of 

 the different States and to the regular army and navy for ex- ' 

 cellence in shooting ; to issue ammunition to them "for prac- 

 tice, and to aid the construction of ranges and the g< 

 promotion of rifle practice in such portions of the country < 

 as possess a uniformed and properly organized militia, or i 

 where detachments of regular troops are located. 

 would effect a great and much needed reform, and would > 

 he strictly within the pow« i - The mutter will 



soon be presented to Cos-. ' .Vill» 



of New Twfei 



