JjUlOiiSr AINU fcltU^M. 



Ose "Week's Htot,— The Santa Mangiuita River, California, 

 offers rare inducements for hunters, if we may jnd^e from 

 the following record of a gentleman who spent one week 

 there; Quail,' 7(5; robin-head English diamond-back snipe, 21: 

 canvas-back, mallard, widgeon, teal, spoonbill and bulterball 

 duck, 21; gray upland plover, 2; white and gray geese, 2; 

 sickle-bill curlew, 2; white cock heron, 1; hawk, 4; total, 

 129. He also killed one fox, one badger, and twelve rabbits. 



A. Wild Goose Pest.— According to the Pacific Life the 

 farmers in the Sacramento Valley have but one great, pest to 

 contend with, and that is the wild goose. An immense 

 quantity of powder and 'shot is wasted every season in trying 

 to thin them out. L. F. Moulton's men killed last year some 

 6,000 of them, and others had them killed in like proportion, 

 hut the numbers seem to increase. There are already large 

 numbers of them on the plains busily engaged in pulling up 

 the wheat that has just sprouted. The squirrel poison, which 

 has proved so effective in ridding the country of that pest, is 

 to be tried on the geese. 



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PIGEON MATCHES. 



Tennessee Totiena.mest.— Lack of space compels us to 

 give only this week the ties and the winners of the several 

 matches : 



Nmember 14.— First Match, 31 yards, 5 birds, 3 on ties— 

 Kirkman and Martin tied on 3 ; Martin, 3. Sweepstakes— W. 

 B. Nix and Thompson tied on 4; again on 1; Thompson, 2. 

 Third Match, 21 yards— Jones, Kleinman and Thompson tied 

 on 5; Kleinman and Thompson again on 3, 2, 3; Kleinman, 

 3. Fourth Match— Nicholson, Ed. Wells, Kleinman and Fin- 

 ley tied on 5; Nicholson and Kleinman again on 3; Klein- 

 man, 3. Fifth M atch— Martin, 4. Sixth Match— Nicholson, 

 Tucker and J. Wells tied on 4; Nicholson, 3. Seventh 

 Match— Kirkman, Merriman and Kleinman tied on 4. 



November 15.— Purse No. 1, 21 yards— Leland, Kleinman, 

 Nicholson, Merriman, Mitchell and Martin tied on 10 for first 

 money; ties at 26 yards; Kleinman, Merriman, Mitchell and 

 Martin on 3. The shoot-off at 31 yards won by Kleinman, 3. 

 Match at 5 glass balls, 18 yards— Fox.Oook and Martin tied 

 ou 5 ; Cook, 5. Match at 20 balls, 21 yards— H. C. Pritchitt, 

 17 ; E. T. Martin, 18. 



November 16 —Match for purse, of $500, 10 birds, 21 yards 

 —Kleinman, Merriman, Hughes, J. Wells, Cook, Bray, Ed. 

 Wells Cockrill, Jones, Nicholson and Mitchell tied on 10 ; 

 Kleinman, Cook, J. Wells, Cockrill and Ed. Wells tied again 

 at 26 yards on 3; Cook, J. Wells, Cockrill and Ed. Wells tied 

 at 31 yards on 2; J. Wells won on 3 at 31 yards. 



Chicago, Nov. 13.— The Audubon Club held its regular 

 quarterly shoot for the diamond supremacy badge of the club, 

 at Dexter Park. The terms of these contests are that the 

 badge must be won three times to become the property of any 

 member. The shooting on yesterday was at tame pigeons, 

 English rules, ground traps, thirty yards rise, 80 yards bound- 

 ary, twelve birds each. The shooting was toward the north, 

 a strong wind blowing from the southwest, so that the birds 

 got away very fast. The following is the score : 



SHTurrill - l 10 11111111 1-11 



WT Johnson 1 10 10 11110 11-9 



G^enetnUh I J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-8 



?ho™feg.: 10 010 10 1 1 1 1-7 



M^u;::r;;r.:™::i 1 1 ? I i i " i I oil 



rHri^KKM o 10 110 10 10-5 



n a Suie% e te ,s ::.:."-r. « « u«j § o o 1 1 i- 6 



CEFelteu 1 1 1 1 1 w 



Mr Turrill won the badge, killing 11 birds out of 12. 

 Johnson held it from the last shoot. No member has yet held 



it hut once. „„..,«■* . , , 



Following this Messrs. Johnson and Smith shot a match at 

 25 hirds each, which was a tie, each killing fifteen. The 

 shoot-off at five birds also proved a tie, each killing four. In 

 the second shoot-off Smith won, killing four birds to John- 

 ston's three. 



W T Johnson 1 110 10 10 10 1111110 110 1—15 



Greene Smith 1 l l o l o l l 1 1 o l 1 1 i i 1 1-15 



First Tie. 



WT Johnson 1110 1-4 Greene Smith l 1 1 1 0-4 



Second Tie. 

 WT Johnson 1 11-3 Greene Smith 11 1 1-4 



A Glass Ball Range.— The following suggestion in re- 

 gard to establishing a glass ball range, we think a very good 

 one. If some enterprising man would conduct a glass ball 

 ground in a proper manner, he would be sure of success : 



Is there any place in the city where a gentleman can prac- 

 tice glass ball shooting ? I do not know of any. I believe 

 there is room for one, and that, if centrally located and well 

 advertised, it would pay. There are many here who, like 

 myself, are fond of shootiug but confined to the city, and can 

 not take the time for a trip. 



If there is no such place, I will he one of the 20 or 30 to 

 club together and have a suitable room (expense need not be 

 great), where we can, during; the coming winter, find pleasure 

 and advantage in the practice at glass balls, and keep our- 

 selves in trim for the field. Rifle shooting could be added for 

 those that prefer it. And a club could easily, 1 should fancy, 

 he organized from the abuudant good material here in New 

 York'that would become an institution, if properly kept up. 

 At any rate the trial is worth making, and hope you will give 

 the idea the benefit of your columns for the jsake of all like 

 myself. Rusxiona. 



Booakdtjs and Paine.— Several challenges have been pub- 

 lished in the daily papers by these rival shots. The first one 

 emanating from Mr. Ira A. Paine led to a meeting at the 

 Clipper office last Monday. The parties, however, failed to 

 arrange for a match, disagreeing about the size of gun to be 

 employed, Paine insisting on a 7{ lbs. guu, and Bogardus 

 claimin" the right to shoot with a 10-lbs. piece. Since the 

 meeting of Monday Paine has published in the Sun the fol- 

 lowing : 



I will meet M>. Bogardus in any theatre that can be engaged. 

 Each man to give an entertainment at glass ball shooting of fit- 

 teen minutes' duration. Judges selected from the Sportsmena 

 CiubB of New lotk to deoi to which is the better ehol . The entire 

 proceeds to go to any charitable purpose the editor of the Swjl 

 may suggest. Jba A. Paine, Champion of the World. 



A. challenge appears in the Jlerald from Bogardus : 



NfcW York, Nov. 19, 1877. 



TO THE EDITOR 07 THE HEBALD : 



Inasmuch as Ira A. Paine failed to put up the $1,000 forfeit on 

 the match he was bo eager to make,'I herewith make the following 

 challenge to the world, and have deposited in the hands of the edi- 

 tor of the New York Clipper $250 forfeit for a pigeon match, SI ,000 

 or more a side, 100 pigeons each, auy rules, between now and 15th 

 Of January, 1873 . I will give one yard to any man in England or 



America. Will hot $1,000 to $500 do man can do what I can with 

 a shotgun at glass bails or pigeons, to shoot from 100 to 500 

 tiL'iunst limn Hint score, each man to load his own gnu. I will bet 

 Paine ftl.lJuO to *v!'J0 <»' *o0f> to $100, or $100 to $10 that I can 

 score more glass balls "than he can in less time, in doors or out, 

 each loading his own gun, two traps Bogardus rules. 



A. K. BooAKSns, Champion Wing Shot of the World. 

 Mr. Bogardus has also sent to this office a challenge which 

 we publish below : 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Desirous of making a match of some kind with Mr. Ira A. Paine, 

 I will offer the following: A gun to be purchased by the Fokest 

 and Stream, 12-gauge, of any weight or size they may see fit to 

 select. And neither Mr. Ira A. Paine nor myself are to see the 

 gun, or be informed of its weight, until the day of the match; 

 then both Mr. Paine and mvself are to use this same gun. I will 

 wager from $250 to $1,000 that I will beat Mr. Paine— 100 birds to 

 be used. Each man to load his own shells and bring them on the 

 ground. Match to take place any time between now and the 15th 

 of January, 1878, in the vicinity of New York. 



A. H. Bogardus, Champion Wing Shot of the World. 



New Yohk, Nov. 21, 1877. 



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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Co 



B3?~ A number of anonymous correspondents will understand why 

 their queries are not answered, when they read the lines at the head of 

 this column. 



G. A. L., Haverhill.— We Have referred your matter to Mr. Conlinwho 

 will hirnish you with full description. 



O. F., Ancr.im.— We gave full description with cut of ice boat build- 

 ing in Forest and Streah, Jan. 27, 1S76. 



W. W. H., Cedar Kapids.— The name of the gun maker is a leading 

 one, and in high repute, and standard make. 



A Reader, Attleboro.— Very fair name of maker. Kind of gun your 

 describe we have often seen work admirably. 



T. C, Stamford, Oonn.— Do you think " English cliilled shot" would 

 injure the barrels of a fine gun? Ans. - Not in the least. 



A. C, Rockland.— Will you please tell me where I can And some 

 cartridges No. 77 for Snider rifle ? Ans. Remington or Fowler & 

 Fulton. 



Subscriber, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.— Can you inform we where there 

 are ferrets for, sale and price 7 Ans. Okas. Reiohle, 54 Chatham St., 

 New York. 



D. b .—What is Ten Broeck's fastest time for one mile ? Ans.— One 

 mile,l minute Zni seconds ; two miles, 3:'2T;,' ; three miles, 5:2G!4 ; fou 

 miles, 7:15^. 



John, Hornellsville.— For Fisher muzzle-loading rifle addsess Homer 

 Fisher, 360 Broadway ; and for the Warner rifle address Nichols & Le 

 Fever, Syracuse, N. T. , 



S. H. C, Georgetown, Col.— I waut information regarding Florida Co- 

 operation Colony 7 Ans. Address C. W. Fenton, Pres., Nassau Co-oper- 

 ative Colony, 35 Bayard street, New York . 



W. H. S., Lynn.— Where can I get a good single barrel breech-load- 

 ing shot-gun suitable for heavy shooting, weight about s pounds 12 

 gauge ; one you would recommend ? Ans. Advertise in F. and S. 



H. C, St. Joseph.— Red Irish setter seven years old. Great pain 

 in shoulders. Apparently most after working. Is it rheumatism? 

 Ans. Rheumatism. Whether caused by change of climate or other 

 causes it is difficult to determine. 



M. W. C, Danville.— What food do young partridges live on from 

 the shell to a month or two old? Ans. The young subsist on seeds and 

 berries, together .with insects ; of the former, the seeds of the Triticum 

 uulgare, Secale coreale ; of insects, ants, etc. 



D. R. M., Baltimore— Setter dog two years old has good appetite, 

 plenty to eat, but stays very poor. Has running of the eyes. What is 

 the disease aud remedy ? Ans. Mal-assltnilation of food. Plenty of ex- 

 ercise and a purgative once a week for a month. 



A Reader, Waverly.— I have a dog sick since last spring with a hack- 

 ing cough, vomiting aud bowels very loose. What shall I do? Ans. 

 Try teaspoonf ul doses of paragoric given three times a day. Also give 

 two grains «f quinine three times a day for a week, 



B., Williamsport.— Where can I buy a couple of beagle hounds, or an 

 old 'hound and a pair of pups, and what will probably be the cost for 

 each ? I wish to get a pair if I can buy very cheap. Ans. If you wish, 

 put a two-line advertisement in Forest and Stream. 



A. J. J., Do you know anything about Pelham Bay and Westchester 

 Creek for dock shooting ? Also, how are Bowery and Flushing Bays for 

 ducks ? Ans. A f w .lucks are occasionally picked up in the localities 

 you mention, but you have 1 1 look sharp for flights and get up early in 

 the morning. 



J. A. D., Boston— Newfoundland dog one year and a half old keeps 

 very thin. Nose very warm and dry. Very lively when out. Keep 

 him chained all day. Is it advisable to do so ? Have used areca nut. 

 Ans. Cecils plenty of exercise during the day. Should be chained only 

 during the night. 



B W. S., New York.— 1 would like to go shooting somewhere on Long 

 Island not 'too far from Brooklyn . Ans. Go to Orville Wilcox, or Wm. 

 Lane, Good Ground. You can get fair duck shooting in Jamaica Bay 

 after the first northeaster; also in South Oyster Bay, or at Halscy 

 House at Atlantiovnle 



F A. O., New Orleans.— Please give me some idea of where I can 

 buy' one of 'the Chesapeake duck dogs ? Would prefer ayoung male of 

 say 12 to 11 months old. J want one to n i.rieve ducks in the grass and 

 lagoons on the coast, where I hunt in this part of Louisana. Ans. Ad- 

 dress O. D. Foulkc, Cecil Co , Md. 



P. aud M.. Goshen— 1 wish to mend my aquarium. How shall I make 

 a cement? Ans. Mix together litharge nud glycerine to the consistency 

 of nutty When applied a'low the cement t;> dry thoroughly at least for 

 a week.'. People who sell aquarU use a mixture of this kind. Bat all 

 the cements require timebeforethey set. 



R. 8., New York— Would you kindly inform me through your vain- 

 able paper whether there is any shooting near Orange, N. J., and what 

 tie game is. Also whether there is auy fishing near? Ans. Take 

 MontcUir railroad to Greenwood Lake. You will find rufled grouse and 

 squirrels on the lidgas, and bass and pike in the lakes. 



B T Philadelphia.— Have some valuable patents that I wifh to dis- 

 pose of,' and want, to work duect with principals. Can you advise me 

 of some good parties S Ans. For gun dealers see our advertisements ; 

 for tobacconists, Loriilard & Co., Mrs. Miller, Bra ton Brothers, Mentz- 

 ger* Son, Anderson & Co.; for machinists, Jules Debeauva's. Henry 

 Homer, N, Y. Steam Engine Co., Stevenb & McLean, WorrallA u 00i 



J. C. MT., Boston.— My pointer puppy ate some white lead paint. He 

 wns given an emetic of mustard and salt followed, by qastor oil. Half 

 of the paint was thrown up and some'was paBaed. This occurred some 

 days ago. To-day the dog's appetite is good. Would you recommend 

 any medicines? If so, what? Do yon think there Is danger of any per- 

 manent injury ? Ans. Your treatment was sound. It would be best to 

 administer some small doses of epsom salts should there be coative- 

 ness. Do not think the injury will be permanent. Let the dog have 

 plenty of water. 



Constant READER,Pitt?burg — 1st, Where In the north-western part of 

 Ontarioinot too far) would a party of four And good hunting and camping 

 for deer and bear ? Would not object to roujjhlng it. 2. At what time 

 would be the host to go, if not too late this winter? Ans. Take rail to 

 Detroit, and thence go into the Saranao and Huron counties, Michigan. 

 Will do better there than in other northwestern parts of Ontario, at this 

 season of the year. 



Dion, New York.— 1. now is the time ball on the Western Union Tel- 

 egraph building worked 7 2. Cau a person nnder twenty-one years of 

 age deposit and draw money out of a savings bank, say for instauoe, the 

 Union Dime? Ans. At the Washington observatory there Is a wire 

 which is connected with the W. U. T. building. At 12 o'clock precisely 

 the transmitted spark detaches some very simple machinery in the 

 time ball and the ball falls by its own weight. 2. Certainly a minor 

 can, providing he deposits the money himself. 



jr., Wisconsin.— Can you give me the name of some person in Maine 

 of whom I can obtain a few thousand land-locked salmon spawn? Who 

 are the fish commissioners of JIaine and Vermont ? Where can I ob- 

 tain a treatise on the culture of mink, and where can I buy tame mink? 

 Ans. Address Frank M. Ford, Sebec P. O., or Henry O, Stanley, Dix- 

 fleld. Fish Commissioners are E. JL Stillwell, Bangor, and Henry O. 

 Stanley, Dixtleld. For mtuk, address H. Ressigae Verona, Minkens, 

 Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y. 



A Reader, Ayer.— I have a setter pup 10 months old, and his teeth 

 are badly colored.. What is the cause and what would you do to them? 

 Ans — Discolored teeth come sometimes from improper food or disease. 

 Incrustations of tartar, are formed, occasionally, neglect of this will 

 effect a dog's future health. Give your dog some quinine, 1 grain, 

 every other day for a week. If his teeth are to be cleaned get a stiff 

 short, painters' brush and rub his teeth with a weak solution of chloride 

 of zinc, which flavor with a drop of oil.of aniseed. 



A. J., Covington, Ky.— 1. Have a setter, two years old, that has had 

 distemper for the last nine months. He is now poor, and weak across 

 the hind quarters. When I hunt him he slobbers. Is costive. 2. Does 

 " Hallock's Sportsman's Gazetteer " give account of breaking dogs ? 

 3. What indu cements do you offer to clubs ? Ans. 1. Give your dog a 

 pill containg 2 grs. quinine and ^ gr. nux vomica, twice a day ; proper 

 diet and exercise. 2. Contains an excellent treatise on the subject 

 3. Twenty-live ner cent on clubs of three and over. 



Reader, Staten Island.— 1. Is there such an article as a snipe whistle, 

 and if so where can it be obtained 7 2. Are half a dozen stools suffi- 

 cient to attract a flock or snipe ? 3. What number shot should be used 

 for yellow leg snipe and how many ounces in a load ? Ans. 1. Take a 

 round miniature tin box three-fourths of an inch in diameter and a 

 quarter of an inch thick or less, and make a small hole exactly through 

 the centre. If it does not fully answer on trial ream out the hole a trifle. 

 We have seen these whistles on sale at toy stores. A little practice 

 will enable you to call like a bird. 2. Two dozen stools are few enough. 

 No. 8 shot \yi oz., 4 drs. powder. 



Plankers, Hudson.— Do dogs ever have ring-worm? Jty setter has 

 Ave blotches on her face and neck about the size of a cent. The hair 

 comes off, and leaves a very unpleasant-looking sore. Can you suggest 

 a cure ? Ans. We know of no reason why a dog may not have ring- 

 worm, as it is supposed to be due to mal-nutrition, and has its root in 

 the hair and epidermal lining of the hair follicles. It is, however, con- 

 sidered non-contagious by many of the best authorities. Try the 

 effeci, of a small drop of strong acetic acid, carefully painted over each 

 sore, and smear on some simple ointment. Repeat this every seoond 

 day for a week, and write results to us. 



Amateur, Troy, N. Y.— C. and D. are partners at euchre against L. 

 andS. S. plays a lone hand, calling for his partner's best. C. accepts 

 the situation and also calls. Each party takes two tricks and C. leads 

 the highest trump out (his last card), euchring S., when S. discovers he 

 did not discard on his call, having two cards left in his hand the dis- 

 carding of either of which would not have prevented his being euchred. 

 S. and his partner now claim a misdeal and no count. C. and his part- 

 ner claim a euchre on the ground that the discarding would not have 

 altered the result nor prevented the euchre. C. raised no objection to 

 S. playing with six cards. Who is correct? Ans. You cannot play 

 euchre with six cards. 



R. A. M., Austin, JHnn.— 1. Is the Remington $75 breech-loader con- j 

 sidered a good gun 7 2. What would you think would be the best load | 

 for suok a gun, weight Sy pounds, for woodcock, quail and duck 7 3. 

 Does it harm a gun to leave it after shooting without cleaning? 4, 

 What kind of game can be found near New Smyrna, Florida 7 5. Is 

 there a good book treating on wing-shooting, and where to be got? also 

 trapping ? Ans. 1. Yes, a very good guu. 2. 3% drs. of powder and 

 1 oz. No. 12 shot for woodcock ; 3y drs. powder and 1 oz. No. 8 shot for 

 quail ; 35^ drs. powder and lj£ oz. No. 4 shot for ducks. 3. Not so long 

 as the powder remains moist. When it becomes hard and caked it. does 

 not shoot well. 4. Deer, bears, panthers, quail, turkeys, Bquirrels, 

 ducks and all kinds of beach birds. 



H. D. P., New York.— I have a setter 2% years old that I have fed 

 once a day (7 p. m.) on table scraps, odds and ends of meat, white and 

 yellow potatoes, etc., together with stale bread and pint of milk. Last 

 summer he had the distemper and since has little sores on chest and ' 

 inside of hind flanks. Has usual exercise but no great quantity. What, 

 other kind of food can T give that can be cooked home and won't cost ; 

 much? How will oatmeal, Indian corn or something like that do as a < 

 steady food with occasional scraps of meat ? Do you advise giving so 

 much milk 1 What do you consider the best and cheapest food to give? i 

 Ans. No fault to be found with such diet ; the dog probably still suf- 

 fers from the effects of the distemper needs more exercise and an 

 occasional purgative. Put sulphur in his water .j 



Senex, Conn.— Dog went to kennel one evening apparently all right, i 

 but next morning I found his hindquarters paralyzed. He could not' 1 

 rise or stand when placed on his four legs. There was evidently no 

 derangement of the system— eyes, expression, nose, paws all right, ; 

 glands, etc., swollen, though not inflamed. In the course of 24 hours, 

 muscular power of the limbs was gradually restored, and early nextfl 

 morning the animal Beemed much as usual. I attributed, at first, the 

 cause to a strain, but he showed no evidence of this overnight, as hel 

 would had it been recent. Next, a suspicion of poison occurred to me, 

 but there was no gastric indications of its presence. What could it be ? 

 Ans. You should have stated age and habits of the dog. Sncli tempo- 

 rary paralysis of the dog may be occasioned by a variety of pauses. If 

 the dog has now fully recovered, the attack was due probably to gas 

 irritation of soiq > sort 



