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FOREST AND STREAM. 



em Maine. It is filled with lake?, large and small, and is in- 

 tersected by streams. Forests cover its length and breadth. 

 Moose are found there, and nearly all the game and fish of 

 Maine, excepting cariboo and salmon. The Wisconsin Cen- 

 tral Railroad gives readiest access to it ; but if one has time 

 and loves the water, he can take steamboat from Buffalo, Chi- 

 cago, Milwaukee or Detroit, and traverse the entire chain of 

 the great lakes. . Hallook. 

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Personal. — Probably there is no sportsman better known 

 in the United States than Colonel W. H. Holabird, who paid 

 us a visit last week. Colonel Holabird is now en route for 

 the South and Southwest, where he will pass the winter. 

 He has kindly consented to take charge of Hallock's 

 "Sportsman's Gazetteer" during bis trip South, and will in- 

 troduce the book among his numerous southern friends. Dur- 

 ing this gentleman's absence from Indiana, the extensive 

 business in sportsman's clothing Colonel Holabird carries on 

 will be conducted by Mr. J. S. Holabird. 



Massachusetts— Walnut Hill.— Match number two, m the 

 fall programme of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, was 

 resumed on Saturday. This is a match open to all comers ; 

 distances 200 and 300 yards ; rounds, seven at each distance- 

 to be fired without cleaning from the beginning to the end of 

 the score on both ranges ; winners to be determined on the 

 averages of three best consecutive scores. Prizes— first, a 

 Peafcody-Martini breech-ioadiug Creedmoor rifle, value $125 ; 

 second, a life membership in Massachusetts Rifle Association' 

 $25 j third, a silver medal, value $15; fourth, cash $16; 

 fifth, cash $5. The contest on Saturday was won by J.' 

 YVemyss, Jr., by a score of 55, but, as he has not made the 

 other two requisite highest scores, the match still remains un- 

 decided. The appended summary shows the score made by 

 each competitor in Saturday's contest : 



Mat Morgan's Cartoon in the Spirit of the Spirit or 

 the Times. — The Spirit of the Times sends us a charming 

 cartoon, indicative of the coming year. It is St. Nicholas, 

 the much beloved saint, who, muffled up in his furs, holds in 

 his mittened hands the new advent— a pretty baby. From a 

 a halo around the child's head there blazes out 1878. A com- 

 pany of merry boys and girls welcome the new T year. Mr. 

 Matt. Morgan, whose drawing is always as accurate as his 

 feelings are poetical, has produced a capital picture, and the 

 sentiment conveyed is a most happy one. 



A Sportsman's Christmas Gift. — For an angler nothing 

 is a more acceptable Christmas or New Year's present than 

 one of Leonard's split bamboo fly rods. Mr. James H. Kid- 

 der, at No. 19 Beaver St., upstairs, New York City, has a 

 few of these excellent rods, and invites an examination of 



their merits. 



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— For those who* cannot afford a weekly sporting journal 



for $'l p er annum, the new monthly called Field and, River, 



at $1 per year, will undoubtedly give satisfaction. It is a 



modest but neatly printed periodical, and is published at New 



Brighton, Pa., by John S. Hoopes, steam and job printer. 



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The D. K. E. Anniversary.— The thirty-third anniversary 

 of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was held last Thurs- 

 day evening at Delmonico's, President Sydney Webster, of 

 Yale, in the chair. After the dinner the following toasts were 

 proposed : " Our Fraternity," responded to by Charles Hal- 

 lock, of Amherst; "The Pulpit," by Rev. Dr. Ingersoll, of 

 Williams; "The Bar," by Perry Belmont, of Harvard; 

 " The Medical Profession," by Dr. S. F. Allen, of Amherst ; 

 " The Merchant," by Charles A. Wiley, Cornell ; "The Press," 

 by M. Ellis, of Amherst. 



An English Tribute to American Science. — Sometime 

 since we took occasion in these columns to call attention to 

 the commendable attitude of our Government toward science 

 and scientific investigation. We are pleased to see that this 

 spirit has been recognized and appreciated abroad. At the 

 anniversary meeting of the Royal Society at London, the 

 other day, President Hooker, after a detailed examination of 

 recent scientific investigations in America, said : 



I must not close my notices of some of the labors of our sci- 

 entific brethren in the United States without expressing my 

 admiration of the spirit and manner in which that govern- 

 ment and people have co-operated in making known the 

 physical and biological features of their country. The results 

 they have given to the world are, whether for magnitude or 

 importance, greater of their kind than have been accomplished 

 within the same time by any people or government in the 

 older continents. How great would now be our knowledge 

 of the climate and natural features of India had its trigono- 

 metrical or revenue surveys been carried out in the same 

 catholic spirit, and what scientific literature can England and 

 her colonies show to compare with that of the United States 

 surveys ? 



Vl\& ^ife. 



TEAM 



SHOOTING. 



l'On THE " forest and stream and rod and gun" medal. 

 Under the following conditions this journal proposes pre- 

 senting to the best team, members to belong to. some 

 regularly organized association, a gold medal : 

 Shooting to take place January 23, 1878, at Union Hill 

 Schutzen Park. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



Each team to consist of twelve men; ten shots per man. 



Shooting, off-hand; distance, S00 yards, any rifle; open to all 

 clubs or associations. 



No person allowed to compete in a team unless ha is an. 

 active member of the club for ninety days. 



Practice from 10 a. m. to 1 v. m. 



Team shooting to commenc e at 1 p. m. Targets to be 

 irawn for by each captain of each team. 



Entrance fee, $G for each team. 



Ring targets to be used, three-quarter inch rings. 



After deducting the expenses for the markers, the balance 

 will be divided to the second and third highest teams. 



Shooting to be governed by the Schutzen Band rules. . 



All teams can enter for the competition at the Forest and 

 Stream and Rod and Gun office, 11 Fulton street, city, 

 on or before January 30, 1878. 



Captains of teams entered will constitute the committee. 



200 yards. 



JWcmyss, Jr 4 4 5 4 5 4 4—30 



H Mortimer. ..3 4 4 4 5 4 4—28 



EB Souther. ......3 5 3 4 4 4 5—28 



-JSSuinner 4 4 3 4 4 4 4—27 



IITyler 4 4 5 4 5 4 4-30 



OH DeRochmont,4 4 3 4 4 4 4—27 



JNFrye 4 4 3 4 3 3 S— 24 



800 yards. T'l 



4 2 3 4 4—25-55 



3 4 4 4 3— 26— 54 



3 4 3 3 4—24—52 



4 3 3 4 5-25—52 



3 2 3 3 4—22—52 



4 5 4 2 3-24—51 

 3 4 3 2 3—20-44 



5-31 

 4—30 

 4-29 

 4—28 

 4— 28 

 3-27 

 4-2T 

 4—20 

 4-26 



After this contest a short-range match w r as shot, the dis- 

 tance being 200 yards. Rounds, 7; prize, the regular De- 

 cember badge, to be shot for twice, and won by the highest 

 score on either day. There were nine entries, and the best 

 score was made by H. Tyler. The next meeting will be on 

 Saturday, the 22d inst. The following are the scores made : 



HTyler 4 4 



J S Sumner 5 4 



E B Souther .' 4 4 



II Severance 4 5 



CHDeKoctunont . . '. .' 4 3 



JWemyss, Jr '. '.'.'."4 4 



William Poland 3 5 



H Mortimer , 34 



JNFrye ..<j 4 



New York— Syracuse.— A team of five of the Amateur 

 Rifle Association, of Syracuse, challenged and met a team of 

 similar numbers of the Blydenburg Club on the 14th, at the 

 range of the club last named, for a friendly contest. Scores 

 were made as follows : 



Amateur Kifle Association. 



LockWOOd 4 3445345 5 4-41 



■J° neB -...5 54244544 4-41 



Gliapman 4 54454334 3-39 



Nortbrup 3 43455550 4-3S 



Chase 5 00443343 5-31—190 



Blydenburgh Rifle Club. 



Brown 3 335454 40 4—35 



Brown 4 34504545 0—34 



VanDyne 3 55350250 5—33 



WOOd 4 00336354 3—30 



White. 2 20034235 5—26—158 



Zettler Rifle Club.— At the weekly shoot, Dec. 11, at 

 209 Bowery, 100 feet off-hand, at Creedmoor targets reduced, 

 10 shots per man, possible 50, the score was : 



MBEngel io RDonnell 45 



LA Beatese 47 F Dutil 45 



B Zettler 47 L> Miller. 44 



1 Pai row 40 G Judson 44 



C G Zettler 46 ML Rigijs 43 



G A Sfihurman 46 J R Grohman 43 



P Penning j(j M Dorrler 43 



Wm Kline 46 J? Patterson 41 



B Zimmerman 45 J Reyles 4> 



Conlin's Gallery. — The fourth competition of the 



Marksman's Badges was held at Conlin's Gallery on Monday 

 evening, Dec. 17, 1877, with the following results : 



9. Among a number of good scores made at the different 

 ranges, was that at 500. yards, off-hand, standing, by 



CourKressner....2 5455435555535 3-64 

 and at 1,000 yards by 



Robert Eyrich.... 4 5555555455455 5-72 

 The members of this organization are seriously contem- 

 plating the raising of a team for competition in next year's in- 

 ter-State rifle match, and with the excellent material at hand 

 anticipate a favorable result. Of military organizations the 

 Mitchel Rifle3 contested at this club for the Goodwin badge. 

 T . v D . 200 yards, off-hand. 



?" ,\ P r?° Che 3 3 3 3 4 8 5 4 2 4-34 



^PtMCooney 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 0-26 



Corp M J Couney 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 S 0-26 



M O'Connor , 2 4 4 4 3 2 % 4 3-20 



Good scores were likewise made by Mr. Garry, of the Irish 

 Rifles, and Mr. Robinson, of Fort St. Philip. 



The New Sharps' Hammerlers Rifle.— The following 

 very fine scores were made Nov. tlth, with the new hammer- 

 less rifle, manufactured by the Sharps' Rifle Manufacturing 

 Co, Distance 950 yards. Two sighting shots were taken 

 with the first rifle fired, and elevation etc., having been deter- 

 mined, five rifles were used. The following were the Scores 

 out of a possible 75: 

 RineKo. l 4 



54456545555 

 55554555455 

 54554555555 



5— TO 

 4— 72 

 5—71 



..45505555455565 5—71, 

 ..5 5555455S55B55 5—74 



200 yds. 300 yds. T'l 



200 yds. 300 yds. T'l 



M B. Eogel*.....33 82 65 Fred Alder 31 



W MoDocaId....32 32 04 A E Long 28 



J Blydenburgh.. 30 33 63 H Blvrtenburgh..29 30 59 



Pfenning 32 31 63 W R Brown? ....31 29 f,T 



MLRiggSt 31 31 62 P S Culllnan 31 25 56 



S W Sibley. ...,.31 SO 61 WPKnaux 29 27 56 



A. J Jackson 32 29 61 A K P Boyd 32 22 54 



N O Donnelt 29 31 60 PGPulIgruff 27 26 53 



NB Thurston.... 30 30 60 Jos A Ward 27 25 52 



WRHewitt 30 30 60 J A Calle 27 24 51 



* First badge, t Second badge, t Third badge. § Fourth badge. 



The fifth competition will be held Dec. 24. 



The Amateup. Rifle Club. — The Executive Committee of 

 the Amateur Rifle Club met Dec. 13 at No. 7 West Thirteenth 

 street, the President, Lieut. -Col. E. H. Sanford, in the chair. 

 A committee of three was appointed to arrange for a room, 

 with lockers, at Creedmoor, to be ready for the club by next 

 spring. Mr. A. Alford, the treasurer, was directed to take 

 measures for the collection of members' dues. A bill of $ 182 

 for target hire was received from the National Rifle Associa- 

 tion and ordered to be paid. Col. Sanford announced that he 

 had received the badges won in the late long-range inter-State 

 match by members of the club, and the trophy won by the 

 team was directed to be placed in the window of a prominent 

 jeweller. Mr. A. Alford offered a Remington Creedmoor rifle 

 or shot-gun, worth in either case $150, to be competed for 

 next spring by the members of the club, provided they can 

 procure range room to shoot at 1,200 yards distance. 



New Jerset Rifle Association .--A meeting of the 

 Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Rifle Association 

 was held at Parlor No. 19, Astor House, on Friday last, Col. 

 Edward H. Wright, the President, in the chair. The pre- 

 liminary meeting of the association was held during the pre- 

 vious week, at which the following officers were elected : 

 President, Col. Edward H. Wright; Vice-president, William 

 H. de Hart ; Secretary, George Squires ; Treasurer, H. F. 

 Anderson ; Board of Directors — General Mcintosh, B. A. 

 Vail, A. R. Warner, J. T. B. Collins, C. A. S. Man, Dudley 

 S. Steele, Major Henry Fulton, Peter Bonnett, Dr. J. M. 

 Dart, George Carter, Capt. .Geo. R. Winn and the officers. 

 Major Fulton, of the Committee on By-Laws, submitted a 

 copy of the by-laws goyerniug the National Rifle Association 

 as covering all the necessary rules. The by-laws were adopt- 

 ed, section by section, with 'some slight alterations. The 

 most important change was in the concluding section, which 

 gives the members of the National Rifle Association the power 

 to vote for amendments to the by-laws. This was altered on 

 motion of Gen. Mcintosh, so as to reserve that power to the 

 Board of Directors. On motion of Major Fulton, a commit- 

 tee of three was appointed to secure a permanent place of 

 meeting for the Board of Directions. The chairman selected 

 Messrs. Fulton, Anderson and De Hart. A discussion ensued 

 in reference to procuring a suitable piece of land for laying 

 out a rifle-range. It was announced that a meeting of the 

 association would be held at Elizabeth, N. J., on Monday 

 evening. 



New Orleans Rifle Club.— Probably on account of the 

 fine hunting weather, the assemblage of members of this club 

 was not so large as could be expected at their meeting, Dec. 



A New National Rifle Association.— A scheme is now 

 in process of ventilation to establish a new ("National") 

 National Rifle Association. The proposition is made, as to 

 officers, that vice-presidents be selected from all the States, 

 and that a general of the army be placed at the head of the 

 association as president. 



About tee Championship.— To judge from the articles in 

 the American papers the feeling among the riflemen of the 

 United States is opposed to the organization of any "Inter- 

 national ' small-bore contest, except that for the Centennial 

 trophy, which, by the way, it is proposed to shoot for next 

 year in Pans, as a convenient neutral ground, particularly the 

 occasion of the Great Exhibtion. As we have often said, we 

 think it not very likely that any English team will shoot for 

 the trophy m question against Irish or Scotch antagonists, 

 who are clearly admissible in future ; and certainly no United 

 Kingdom team can take part in the contest except as the sole re- 

 presentative of this country. But we cannot quite understand 

 the objection on the part of the Americans to shooting a 

 match at AVimbledon against a team of the United Kingdom. 

 So far as we can judge, the objection seems to depend mainly 

 -■■■-'• 'rated importance of the term, the "Champion- 

 ship of the World." The match-rifle " world" is as yet very 

 small, and we regret that such a high-flown terra as champion- 

 ship has been invented at all. Certainly, if an American 

 team does come to Wimbledon, and a mixed team of our 

 countrymen does manage to beat it, which seems at present 

 not very likely, we should have no cause to call ourselves the 

 " Champions of the World, *i except in so far as that wo 

 should be the "champions " of the year of the particular cup 

 or prize, if any, which might be connected with the match.— 

 Volunteer Service Gazette. 



All we have to say about the above is this : Aside from the 

 natural spread-eagleism, so inborn iu our free and enlightened 

 people, the term " Championship of the World," though de- 

 cidedly high-flown, spells exactly what it means. So far we 

 have seemed the title, and whether we are Champions or the 

 Best Shots must remain, with all its high-falutinism, until 

 some other team better than our own beats us. 



—Our American cousins, and some Englishmen to boot, 

 seem to think that those among us who decline to admit that 

 the result of the Centennial match ought to lead us without 

 further consideration to disqualify the muzzle-loading match 

 rifle, at once and altogether, are very pig-headed. It appears 

 to us, as we said last week, that the matter may well be left 

 to the competitors in " any rifle " contests, who will certainly 

 get the best rifle they can, If it is found that the power of 

 being perfectly cleansed after every shot, undoubtedly pos- 

 sessed by the breech-loader, (time being of no more import- 

 ance than it is with the muzzledoader), leads to higher scores, 



We think our most careful contemporary, to whose col- 

 umns we are indebted for so much interesting matter, is right 

 here. Now, we hone&tly believe that the competitions for 

 "any rifle" will bring out better shooting in England with 

 improved breech-loaders, and that sooner or later the merits 

 of the two systems will be determined. But the trials "must be 

 with improved breech-loaders. Whether they be English or 

 American arms we do not care. Nothing would be more as- 

 sinine than for us to say than that the wonderful workmen of 

 England could not produce breech-loading arms as accurate 

 as our own, but we are inclined to insist that they have not 

 done so yet. 



— A correspondent writes us in regard to the tone of the 

 English press about our rifle shooting : • 



It is pleasing to see how our English friends have dropped 

 their patronizing tone and begin to lookup to us as instructors 

 in the art of rifle shooting. 



Fokebt and Stream .—An authority upon any given sub 

 ject is a "good thing to have in the house." We refer with 

 pleasure to a sprightly weekly journal, the Forest and 

 Stream. It is replete with most interesting and instructive 

 matter relating to our glorious forests, streams and hikes, and 

 all that is contained therein. Its pages will serve to pass the 

 time of the father, mother, son and daughter, educating each 

 member of the I'amdy circle. The last number is particidar- 

 ly interesting. — Phila. North American, Nov. 2\st. 

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—For the month of November the mean midday tempera- 

 ture at New Smyrna, Fla., was 71°. There was frost on the 

 30th. 



