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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Figtttixg wmi Cogniac. — When one thinks about, it, fight- 

 ing with cogniac, or wrestling with rum, must amount to pret- 

 ty much the same thing, and may be held up as a topic for 

 temperance lecturers, only in the present case Cogniac is a 

 horse, and apparently a very vicious one, at least Professor It. 

 II. Tapp must think so. No amount of handling, gentling, 

 or even tapping this fiend of a horse with the bigger end of a 

 whip seemed to do him good. OF course, the San Francisco 

 reporter, like his Chicago confrere, is much aiven to dashing 

 • and high-spirited language, and the terrific onset between the 

 horse, Cogniac. and the professor may be taken— say, in a 

 limited kind of way, especially that portion of the account 

 ■which tells how the heroic lady visitor went for that infuriated 

 stallion with her parasol, and beat. him. We may conclude, 

 however, that it was nip and tuck between the horse and 

 Tapp, and which will be tamed, the beast or the man, awaits 

 further disclosures. 



Dog PonTKAvrs. — From Louisville we are in receipt of a 

 whole series of very clever photographs, the life-like sem- 

 blances of the noted winners of I he Louisville Bench Show. 

 Of course, some dogs without assthetic tastes will loll out their 

 tongues and won't be taken " pretty ;" but that is no fault of 

 the artist. There is one picture of Fan and her seven pups, 

 which is charming. The mother looks so sedate, and the pup- 

 pies so fat and jolly. Doney's semblance, a philosophical 

 looking setter, is quite striking. The whole collection is ex- 

 cellent and highly creditable to the artist, Mr. Frank Wy- 

 brant, of Louisville. Of course, Mr. Wybrant must be a 

 sportsman, otherwise he never could have been able to catch 

 the exact pose of the dogs. We should suppose that for 

 sporting albums. Mr. Wybrant's pictures would be in great 

 demand. Pictures of high-bred dogs are always of interest 

 and materially assist a purchaser in determining his choice of 

 dogs when desiring to add to h is kennel stock. 



Tkouble at the Aquarium. — The animals in their adopted 

 quarter in Thirty-fifth street are so liable to accident and dis- 

 ease that the management keeps a doctor constantly in attend- 

 ance. 1 he other day one of the giraffes died. Half an hour 

 afterward, while they were giving the hippopotamus his break- 

 fast, he opened his mouth so wide that it frightened another 

 giraffe, which poked his head through the roof, knocking Mr. 

 Hamilton off to the ground, and making a hole in the sidewalk 

 seven inches deep. Mr. Hamilton's case is a hard one. He 

 will probably live— but the giraffe is expected to die. 



We have to say, however, that order reigns in the aquarium 

 now, and that the attractions are as manjf as ever. 



Fatal Accident to Me. "W. G. West.— We regret to ac- 

 nource the death of Mr. William G. West, at Yankton, D. 

 T. This sad event resulted from the accidental discharge of a 

 gun while hunting in a wagon on the prairie. The deceased 

 was a brother of Judge I. E. West, formerly of Newbernc, N. 

 C. Mr. W. G. West was a gallant soldier and had distin- 

 guished himself in the service in the principle battles of the 

 war, coming off without a scratch. Oh! when will such ter- 

 rible accidents as this teach greater care in handling arms? 

 For ourselves we never take a loaded gun into a wagon, unless 

 we anticipate a halt from road agents. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Illegal Dfok Shooting on Onondaga Lake. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream : The enclosed clipping from the Syra- 

 cuse Courier of to-day will show you how some of our sports- 

 men (?) proceed to capture the wary wild duek. The game- 

 laws of New York distinctly state 'hat no person shall sail for 

 any wild fowl, or shoot at any wild goose, brant or duck, from 

 any boat or vessel propelled by st'-am or sails, or from any 

 boat or other structure attached to the same, under a penalty 

 of ten dollars, except upon the waters of Chautauqua Lake. 

 This is the first time the attention of the papers has been 

 called to the pursuit of wild fowls by means of steam yachts, 

 but it is by no means the first time it has been practiced on 

 our lake. We have here in Syracuse two sportsmen's clubs, 

 in active operation, yet within two miles of the city limits I 

 have seen two batteries anchored out in the lake. In section 

 forty -nine (49) G«me laws of New York, the penalty for this 

 -'s $100, Notwithstanding this, day after day last fall and 

 ] st spring ducks were shot from these batteries or sink boxes 

 a id nothtug was ever done about it. « X. Y. Z. 



" We have had placed in our possession the names of sever- 

 al parties who wilhui the past week have flagrantly violated 

 the game laws, and that under the very noses of o lr local 

 Spoilsmen's Clubs. It appears that the owners of one or two 

 of the steam yachts which have plied on the waters of Onon 

 flaga lake, during the past summer, have brought these fleet 

 c -aft into a new use in duck shooting, and as a natural con- 

 science have driven everything that, flics off the lake to less 

 dangerous localities. On several occasions these steamers 

 have been loaded with poachers who have pursued the flock- 

 ing duck, throughout the hike, and at every opportunity 

 worked terrible carnage among the birds, opening a battery of 

 ten or twelve guns upon them, whenever within range. We 

 a 'e informed that one day last week there were thousands of 

 ri tck on the lake, but that, these outlawed depredations f right- 

 e led them away in twenty-four hours until not even a pin- 

 1 -at her could be found. If we are not very much mistaken 

 there is a law in operation which prohibits the shooting of 

 game from a sail or steam boat, and this law should be re- 

 garded by all genuine sportsmen, and enforced to the cost of 

 all such as cannot be counted in this class. We have been 

 further informed that some of the meu who have been guilty 

 of such willful dt struction of game have the reputation of 

 being ' members in good standing' of our local associations 

 for the protection of 'fish and game. Time was when gentle 

 men could spend a day very pleasantly at Onondaga lake with 

 a gun, and come home with a plethoric game bag, but there is 



only left a memory of those halcyon days? It might have 

 been otherwise, but never will 1 e, as long as a deadly warfare 

 is waged against game comma; to our shores, and our sports- 

 men's associations are satisfied to blaze away at maimed 

 pigeons, lifed out of a spring trap." 



We are glad to see that the Syracuse Courier has directed 

 public attention to the slaughter of ducks on Onondaga Lake. 

 Odium should be cast on people who grossly violate the laws. 

 There is no use of being mealy-mouthed about such m -liters. 

 The names of the offenders should be printed. 



California Quail in Illinois— Macomb, Oct. 28.— Three 

 years ago last March the Sporting Club of this city sent to 

 California and got four dozen of California quails, and put 

 them out on the farms near here. They layed and hatched 

 through the summer, and seemed to bo perfectly contented 

 with their new home, till about the first of October, Winn 

 every one disappeared, and none have been seen since in this 

 section. What do you suppose became of them ? What has 

 been the success of others who have imported these birds from 

 California to the West and South ? W. O. B. 



We think a very thorough trial of raising California quail 

 was attempted in the neighborhood of Baltimore, some three 

 years ago, but without success. As it is a question of great 

 interest, perhaps some of our correspondents could furnish us 

 with the information as to the chances of raising these birds 

 in the Middle and Eastern States. It is quite likely that the 

 California bird cannot stand a cold winter. 



What 13 a Game Club? — Niagara Falls, Nod. 1. — Is a 

 shooting club for the purpose of protecting game and fish, 

 or for exterminating them? We have a. club here of about 

 fifty members, composed of the richest and most influential 

 people in the town. In fact all of the officers of the village, 

 Pres., J. P's, police and all belong to the club, and they violate 

 the law openly ; and I never knew them to prosecute any one, 

 though the y have had innumerable chances. For the last two 

 weeks three of them have been out every day shooting quail, 

 and calling them woodcock or partridges as their consciences 

 saw fit, and carrying them in their hands in plain sight. 



C. S. Kick. 



We do not wonder that our correspondent is puzzled and 

 indignant. Game clubs are ostensibly for the protection of 

 game as well as for the enjoyment of legitimate shooting in 

 its season, and it is rarely that we have occasion to record such 

 delinquencies as the above. A " sportsman's club " whose 

 members are defiant violaters is not only false in its spirit, but 

 a standing reproach to the cause. 



Creedmooe.— On Saturday last it blew great, guns. It was 

 hard enough to stand alone without being required to hold a 

 rifle steady. In consequence of this circumstance many good 

 shots declined to enter in the military match for the Wylie 

 badge, for fear of impairing their previous records as rifle- 

 men. Long-range marksmen found it necessaiy to allow 11 

 points on their wind gauges for a " left wind," and a consid- 

 erable number would not enter in the match for the Sharps 

 prize of -$250 in gold, which was called at 10:30 a. m. As 

 the conditions governing the contest required ten entries to 

 constitute a match.jjnd it was impossible to ob'ain that num- 

 ber, it was postponed for the season. The Wylie match com- 

 menced at 2 o'clock. There were eleven entries, and the con- 

 siderations were a gold badge to the maker of the highest 

 score, and one-quarter of the entrance money to the second 

 higheat score. The conditions and scores were as follows — 

 Open to all members of the National Rifle Association and the 

 National Guard; distances. 300 and 500 yards; seven scoring 

 shots at each distance, without cleaning or sighting shots: 



BOO ydfi. 500 Tits. Total. 



WMFarrOW 21 17 88 



CHEaKle 21 11 Si 



ColGDScott 18 15 28 



JRGrohraan 15 b 21 



S Sargeant 16 5 21 



PMeMorrow t bs hi 



CaptO KTruslow....: .16 3 10 



FcMcLeWee IS 6 Js 



Dr Moreau Morris 6 7 13 



Capt. W. R. Livermore, of the United States Engineers, 

 Willet's Point, Long Island, scored 43 in the same match, and 

 would have been declared the winner, but he inadvertently 

 fired a shot on the wrong target, and his score was accord- 

 ingly thrown out by Secretary Schermerhorn under the rules. 



Coming Events at Creedmoor.— The programme of rifle 

 matches for the present mouth is as follows: 14th, second 

 competition for the " Skirmishers'" badge, and second com- 

 petition at the running deer for a Winchester repeating rifle ; 

 10th, sixth competition for a Parker shot-gun, and fourth 

 competition for the Marksman's badge; 17th, fifth competi- 

 tion for the Remington prize of f 300 iu gold, sixth competi- 

 tion for the Turf, Field and Farm badge, and second compe- 

 tition for the Spirit of the Times badge. The Washington 

 Grey Cavalry will shoot for prizts on Thanksgiving Day, the 

 29tli. 



Arnold & Constable vs. Jouenet & Rhenium.- On Sat- 

 urday, teams of eight each from Arnold, Constable & Co., 

 and Journey & Burnham, Brooklyn-, contested for supremacy 

 at rifle shooting at the Creedmoor, Jr., Range, corner Broad- 

 way and Warren. Terms of match : 10 Bliots per man, 100 

 yards off-hand. The Brooklyn bovs came out ahead with the 

 following score : 



Journey* Burnham. Arnold, Constable & Co. 



J F Re^an 41 S 1? Marshall 43 



P Harrington 40 FY Oa es 41 



\V McQudland b8 Win March S8 



W K Yunnan 37 B 8 Brown 37 



J M ft UJ-U 37 F Nicholson 37 



F, IS'JiineU 35 A £ Long 8? 



H Gallagher 35 W R Rrown ..38 



H Lockwood..... 34 ACOaroley 31 



Total 297 Total 284 



Conlin's Shooting Gallery.— The second "Time" com- 

 petition was shot last week, and the scores end number of 

 shots fired in the " minute-and-a-half" allotted time, show an 

 improvement over the first contest's results. The folio-wing 



are the names and scores, with number of shots of the ten 

 highest competitors : 



Dr Dudley ig 63 



Dr Wildes in ks 



SPWork 7.\1 6 50 



Hon Shearman Smith Dj , ls > 



Pierre. I.orillard, Jr 14 . r , 



NB Thurston ,32 4'" 



CEKilig '..'.'.'..VI 40 



EKoebling 12 3S 



Ji'LBruce v) 35 



F Knupil 9 32 



—At the New Orleans Rifle Park, on the 28th of October, 

 there was a fine attendance for practice. In I he practice for 

 the coming match for the Press prize, Mr. Henry Guy Carlo - 

 ton made the following score : 



BOOyardB .../. 5 5 5 B 5-25 



the score not including two extra points for c-ntnus. 

 There was then a match' shooting between teams, with the 

 following scores. Distance 500 yards, nine shots allowed j 

 bull's-eyes to count 5, cartons to count 6 : 

 First Team— Off-Hand. 



Stanford 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 4-33 



l' 1 "'!* 3 3 4 5 3 3 5 5-31 



Oerteis i 4 2 6 2 4 sa^-M 



At Rest. 



Ring 5 '5 6 6 6 3 4 E-4* 



Goithier 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3-S3— M5 



Second Team— Off-Hand. 



Kresner ' .....i 6 5 5 r. 4 fi 5-40 



fWfilej 6 4 3 4 2 4 5 3 3-34 



Muller 2 3 8 3 2 4 3— ;<2 



At Rest. 



Carleton 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 4—41 



HasfcfnS 4 3 3 3 2 5 4 4-2S-17S 



Practicing was kept up the entire da}'. The wind was 

 strong, but tolerably steady. The following were the best 

 practice scores made at I he 500-yard range : 

 Off-Hand, ten BaotB, possible 50. 



Kresner 5 45505450 5-43 



At Rest, fifteen shots, possible 75. 



Carleton 5 5555555 5 5 5 455 0—74 



At Rest, nine shot?, possible 45. 

 Maione 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5—45 



Frogmoerr (Clear and breezy)— Unusual excitement was 

 created on the Crescent City Rifle Club grounds, caused by 

 the competition for a beautiful gold badge, open lo all 

 comers, with military rifles. The prize was determinedly con- 

 tested for by Messrs. Branch King and Dave Rosenborg, ihe 

 latter leading and winning the prize, as will be seen by the 

 following scores: 



Pave Ro^cnhurg 4 4 4 3 4—19 JH Stevens 4 3 2 4 2—15 



Branch K ng 2 4 5 4 3—1 8 J il Henderson 2 2 3 3 3—13 



Fred Cook 3434 8—17 



— The San Francisco Amateur Long- Range Rifle Club i3 the 

 name of San Francisco's new club. 



— Mr. W H. SaDford, captain of the New Haven Grays 

 rifle team, has in their behalf forwarded to Captain White, of 

 Ihe Hartford City Guard, a challenge for a rifle contest be- 

 tween teams of twelve men from each company. The con- 

 test, if it takes place, will he five shots each at 200 and 500 

 yards, and will probably take place at the New Haven rifle 

 range. 



Shooting Festival.— The Schuetzen-Bund der Vereiuigteu 

 Staaten von Nordamerika. which will commence Saturday, 

 June 15 and end Monday, June 34, 1878, causes great excite- 

 ment among the German shooting associations of New York 

 and neighborhood. The shooting plan is now so far finished, 

 that it will be published next month. The committee on or- 

 ganization uses all efforts to gain thoie shooting societies that 

 do not yet belong to the Bund as members, and no doubt the 

 coming Scliuelzenfest will be one that will give great honor 

 to our German fellow citizens. S. O. V. 



— A question was put to us by a correspondent which was 

 somewhat as follows ; "If a ball be discharged from a ride 

 barrel, and at the same time as the ball leaves the muzzle of 

 the piece another ball be dropped from the muzzle of the 

 piece, which will reach the ground first?'' In our Answers 

 to Correspondents we think the reply was given rather er- 

 roneously, or at least it should have had certain amplifications. 

 Theoretically, if a ball be fired from a smooth bore, both the 

 ball driven from the arm and the one dropped would both 

 land at the same time. If, however, the barrel of the piece 

 was rifled, and a twist was imparted to the projectile i_a ro- 

 tation on its axis), the hall dropped from the muzzle would 

 land first. As tlos question is a very pretty one, in a later 

 issue we shall be glad to treat the subject at greater length. 

 It is quite an interesting topic, and one worthy of discussion, 

 and by no means as easy of solution as it appears at the 

 first glance. 



THE CENTENNIAL RIFLE MATCH. 



Editor Forest and Stream— I have been prevented by circum- 

 stances from writing eariier to my American friends, to coDgraUilate 

 ihem upon the great victory lately achieved at Creedmoor. Tbe shoot- 

 ing of the American team was of an excellence never before even 

 dreamed of. Be assured that your triumph, accomplished in a way so 

 highly honorable lo your industry, perseverance, pluck and organiza- 

 tion, is highly appreciated here. 



Yonr system of management Is worthy of Imitation, and your ad- 

 mirers will not be slow to follow an example which has resulted in 

 such a triumph, which is ihe more honorable to your countrymen, 

 manufacturers and all, because it was not until 1874 that long-range 

 shooting was introduced into America, and 1 am proud to remember 

 that Hie- stimulus which brought that branch of your manufacture so 

 prominently forward then, tame from Ireland. 



Still, I think the question between breech-loader and muzzle-loader, 

 as a long-range arm, has yet to be decided. That your rides are im- 

 proved in precision, even within the last year, lB-apparcnt from the few 

 misses (only three) this year as against twenty-two m 1S18. 



The whole kiDgdom admires the skill and endnrar.ee which carried 

 your men so brilliantly through bo trylrg an ordeal, end jour Erilish 

 rivals in the match admire your prowess as much es I tic. Although 1 

 had not the pleasiire of being present on the occasion, I am sure from 

 my former experience that the arrangements at CreedmoT, carried 

 cut by my friends, General Shaler, Colonel Wingate and others, were 

 of a character to give the most perfect satisfaction. 



Still, much as I admire your skill and value your frlendf hip, I wistl 

 you to understand that we do not mean to cease invading your hos- 

 pitable shores until we bring home the Centennial trophy ; nor ev.-n 

 then, for it is the intention of -many of us to visit America mote fie- 



