FOREST AND STREAM. 



469 



The writer has been credibly informed that it is no uncommon occur- 

 rence in the spring, when fish are seeking streams and shallow water 

 to spawn, for these marketmen to lake from Oneida Lake from two 

 to sis thousand fish at one haul of a seine. It Is probably true that 

 a large portion of these flsh so taken are bullheads and suckers, but no 

 game fish is treated with any more consideration. 



To describe these several lakes that so largely make Seneca River 

 would extend this article too long j but. within fifteen minutes' drive 

 from Syracuse, and almost within its city limits, lies Onondaga Lake, a 

 beautiful sheet of water, deep, clear, and with numerous inlets and 

 some well defined springs nearly in its centre, abounding with theflnest 

 whlteflsh known, and a great variety of other choice fish, including sal- 

 mon-trout, some thousands of which, placed therein atymt five years 

 Blnce, have already attained a desirable size. 



This lake also, this fall, has been the resort of poachers; not less than 

 forty men at times, and never less than ten, have been taking barrels of 

 flsh from it by nets and seines. " Why is this not prevented?" " Wlia* 

 is every man's business literally proves to be in this case no one's," and 

 the whole matter seems to have gone by default on the part of those 

 most interested in stopping it. 



It is proposed by the " Onondaga County Fishing Club" to definitely 

 know another season whether these outrages shall be continued or pre- 

 vented. 



Tne " Club" starts with a strong organization, a good and legitimate 

 purpose, and with the approval and moral support of every reasonable 

 person in this vicinity, and has been assured of assistance both from our 

 Board of Supervisors and from business men in different parts of the 

 county. 



It it fails now the purpose will not be abandoned and if it succeeds no 

 better fishing will be found in this State than in Onondaga County. 



Jones. 



TEAM SHOOTING 



FOB THE " F0BE8T AND STKEAM AND HOD AND GTJN " 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, 200 yards, any rifle; open to all 

 club9 or associations. 



No person allowed to compete in a team unless he is an 

 active member of the club for ninety days. 



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



Team shooting to commence at 1 p. m. Targets to be 

 drawn for by each captain of each team. 



Entrance fee, $6 for each team. 



King 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 Bund rules. 



All teams can enter for the competition at the Forest and 

 Stbeam and Rod and Gun office, 111 Fulton street, city, 

 Dn or before January 20, 1878. 



Captains of teams entered will constitute the committee. 



We are pleased to state that the following teams will par- 

 ticipate in the match for the Forest and Stream and Rod 

 and Gun gold medal : A team from the Jersey Schutzen 

 Corps, one from the New York Schutzen Corps, one from the 

 Independent New York Schutzen Corps, and the team of the 

 Zettler Rifle Club. It is likely that from six to eight teams 

 will compete. Mr. John Raschen has kindly consented to act 

 as shooting master. 



WHERE ARE THE HELVETIAS AND 

 NEWARKERS? 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



As a German, Interested in rifle shooting, I have to thank you for the 

 team match for which you offer a gold medal to the winning men. 

 This offer, on the part of your Journal, is fully appreciated by the 

 numerous friends of the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. I 

 should like to see some purely American teams enter into the match. 

 In generous rivalry it would be quite agreeable for us of the Father- 

 land to measure our skill with native riflemen. But where are the 

 Helvetias and Newarkers 1 I should have thought that long ago these 

 two clubs would have entered into the contest. Are they afraid to 

 lose their laurels r 



Yours very truly, .^ Teuton. 



That Strange Bail. — A correspondent, Mr. H. W. Hayt, 

 informs us that he thinks that the strange ball found in the 

 deer (see number of Jan. 3, with illustration,) is a German 

 ball, fired from an Austrian rifle, in use about 1825. 



Another correspondent informs us that Mr. Tait, the well- 

 known artist, used to hunt in the waters south of the St. 

 Lawrence with a peculiar heavy bore rifle, which threw a 

 ball resembling the one in regard to which we made inquiry. 



Still another correspondent, from Eandolph, Mass. , thinks 

 the ball was fired from a Sardinian arm, used in 1854. Prior 

 to the Crimean war, the Sardinian army was equipped with 

 two size of rifles— a iige. In time these rifles were replaced 

 by better rifles, and some seven* or eight years ago these rifles 

 were placed upon the market. Our correspondent informs us 

 that just such a ball as we describe was used in a Famoni 

 Bessaglieri rifle, and that some of them found a market in 

 Canada seven or eight years ago. We incline to think that 

 our correspondent from Massachusetts is in the right, and 

 that the question of the strange bullet may be considered as 

 ended. 



Connecticut Rifle Association.— The annual meeting of 

 this association was held in Hartford, Tuesday, January 8. 

 Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows : Presi- 

 dent, Gen. Joseph R. Hawley j Vice President, O. Vincent 

 Coffin; Secretary and Treasurer, Frederick T. Studley; 

 Executive Committee, Stephen A Hubbard, Hartford ; Wm. 

 Parker, New Britain; C. S. Davison, Hartford ; Henry "Wood- 

 ward, Middletown ; J. L. Woodbridge, Manchester, The As- 

 sociation is entirely free from debt, notwithstanding the addi- 

 tions to the range of a new house and of new butts during the 

 year. 



Bridgeport Amateur Rifle Association,— The officers of 

 the club are : President — S. C. Kingman ; Vice-President— 

 A. B 4 Beers; Secretary — J. W. Range; Treasurer— T. V. 

 Boyton. It now numbers 48 members. 



Massachusetts— Mcdfo-rd, Deo. 25.— The Medford Ama- 

 teur Rifle Association, Belleview range ; 200 yards ; oil-hand ; 

 no sighting. The summary of the best scores is as follows : 



JETeel 3 55344 445 3—40 



ES Piper 4 3 4 5 3 5 3 4 3 5-39 



T Rionardson 4 44 4 23445 5—39 



NPAmes 4 4453 4 523 5—39 



11 II Brooks 6 4 3 2 4 5 4 4 4 4-39 



WMetCalf 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 B— 86 



CB Dawson .....2 44543444 2—86 



HWithington 4 43405444 4—36 



WChr-nev 3 40448434 5-36 



H Ireland, Jr 3 43330533 5—35 



HHDCushlng 5 30433 4 54 2—34 



ASvmms r. 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 3 5 5-33 



j Grady 3 33334432 4-32 



J H Whitney 5 03354234 8-32 



]i Sawyer... 2 38423244 4-31 



Geo T Sampson...'. 8 3 3 433342 3-31 



DN Howard 3 43332424 3-30 



JWViuing 3 04304355 3—30 



HAIleu.... -.3 54408320 4—28 



ES Randall 4 30842344 0-2T 



11 Willis 22454343 0—27 



In a series of pool matches, the first, off-hand, three rounds, 

 200 and 400 yards each, was won by H. II. D. Cushing with 

 a score of 18. The score of the second, 200 yards, 10 rounds, 

 was : 



NPAmes 4 443444 4 4 4—39 



FHWHItneV 4 30423544 5—34 



G A WMe~. 3 33424443 3-33 



HHDCushlng 3 33542233 4-S2 



ESPiper 7 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 3 3—31 



J Grady 2 34233 4 44 2—31 



H Ireland 2 44223343 1—29 



HEames 3 48005384 3— 28 



F Tucker..' 3 333504 2 2 2—27 



At 400 yards, Ave rounds. 



Whitney 15 Cushing 11 



Nemoik. 



New York Rifle Club.— At the practice meeting of the 

 New York Rifle Club, Jan. 10, the following were the scores 

 for the medal given by Mr. C. E. Blydenburgh : 



200 yds. 300 yds. T'l 



STGDudley 4T 45 92 



CEBlvdenbiirgh 4S 44 92 



F Alder 43 44 92 



AJHowlett 48 42 90 



JSOonlin 47 41 88 



Commodore C A Cheever 44 43 87 



J B Blydenburgh 45 42 8T 



p Lord 42 40 82 



J J Duckworth 43 38 81 



SW Sibley 45 36 81 



NO'DonneU 42 38 80 



P Lorillard. Jr 42 38 80 



ACWurtele 42 35 77 



J Meeker 39 27 66 



It was won by Mr. F. Lord on account of an allowance of 

 22 points. The pistol shooting was the best ever made by the 

 club, the two leading scores, those of C. E. Blydenburgh 

 and Dr. Dudley, of five shots each, at a string measurement 

 target, 12 paces distant, being respectively 2f and 2| inches. 

 Four out of the five shots of each score could have been cov- 

 ered with a nickel five-cent piece. 



New York— Syracuse.— The following gentlemen have 

 been elected officers of Sixth Division Rifle Association: 

 President, Major-General D. P. Wood ; First Vice-President, 

 Lieut. -Col. James Manning; Second Vice-President, Colonel 

 J. W. Yale ; Third Vice-President, Captain W. Duncan ; 

 Secretary, Geo. W. Edwards; Treasurer, Lieut. -Col. George 

 N. Crouse. Finance Committee : Maj.-Gen. D. P. Wood, 

 Lieut. -Col. George N. Crouse, Brig. -Gen. R. M. Richardson, 

 Lieut. -Col. James Manning, Col. J. Dean Hawley. Range 

 Committe: Lieut.-Col. James Manning, Lieut. Geo. W. 

 Edwards, Captain John A. Nichols, Lieut.-Col. Rhesa Griffin, 

 Captain Paul Birshmeyer. Prize Committee : Col. J, W. 

 Yale, Captain Wm. Duncan, Lieut. George W. Edwards, 

 Captain M. C. Pierce, Hon. F. E. Carroll, A. C. Chase, Esq., 

 F. B. Klock, Esq. 



Waverley (N. Y.) Rifle Association. — The following 

 scores at 1,100 and 1,200 yards were made Dec. 30, without 

 sighting shots (possible 10 at 1,100 yards, 2S at 1,^00: 



Geo W Fish 10 22 WB Campbell 9 19 



DDKnapp 10 17 E F Well 9 23 



Yorktille Rifle Competition. — Competition for the 

 champion badge, January 12, at Washington Park. 



JR Grohman, Rem Sp... - . 5 544444445 4 545 4—66 



P McMorrow, RemSp 3 5334543444444 4—58 



J JReilly, WinSp 4 435 3 534 3 44443 3— 53 



J L Paulding, Pea Mar 4 5344404444454 4—57 



J R Smith, Sharps Sp 4 334434354535 2 4—56 



WW Dodge, Rem Sp 4 433044 4 434344 4—52 



G Lee, Winchester 2 4434453043333 4—51 



Mr. J. R. Grohman's record of 66 is excellent. The club 

 will hold matches every Friday evening. 



Yoekvlule Rifle Club.— The following scores were made 

 on Jan. 1, at the third competition, Paulding match, at 100 

 yards, reduced Creedmoor target of the Yorkvillc Kifle Club 



JLPauldtagr, Sh Creed 5 4433405454534 2—55 



JR Smith. Sh Sport 3 3542424444343 4-53 



J JReilly, Win Sport 5 4344044334443 4—53 



GMcL Jones, Rem Sport 42 2 3334445443 4-50 



GSee, Wim Sport 4 4044354334330 4—49 



W W Dodge, Rem Sport 4 2334234432848 3-48 



A few more made an average of less than inners (3) ; their 

 names and scores are omitted. Six entries to this match 

 were post-entries. Mr. J. L. Paulding has all the club 

 trophies in his possession now. 



Syracuse.— On the 10th of January the Amateur Rifle As- 

 sociation and the Blydenburgh Rifle Club, had a match at the 

 range of the former. Following is the score : 



Blydenburgh Rifle Club. Amateur Rifle Association. 



■{:■ 



-41 



W Brown.... {| 4 4 8 £-21 J. _3 9 Jones 



Wnite ftJHfcSh" Chase ^JUtMl^ 



wood gttitjsUr Lockwood...{ SHstSH* 



Van Duyn... j* j \ \ f^-37 Nichols { \\\\ fc$J-« 



OMMnu.gfti fcg}-* Northrup....{ °§S$S-J}-* 



Total 179 Total .172 



Another match is to follow. 



Promenade Concert of the Twenty-third Regiment, 

 N. G. S. N. "i . — This well-known regiment will give a prom- 

 enade concert and rifle match on Saturday evening, Jan. 26, 

 1878, at the armory, Clermont avenue, near Myrtle, Brooklyn. 

 The combination of music and rifle will be novel and doubt- 

 less pleasing. We have to return our thanks for the tickets 

 sent us. 



Conlin's Shooting Gallery.— After a series of seven com- 

 petitions the Marksmen's Badges were won last Monday even- 



....42 

 ....41 

 ....41 

 ....41 

 ...40 

 ,...40 



inp, Jan. 14. Nearly 100 persons shot for the badges. The 

 badges, four in number, were offered as follows : The first to 

 be won by the best total score ; the second, three points ; the 

 third, five points, and the fourth, eight points less than the 

 best total score. The badges to be won three times before be- 

 coming the final property of the winners. The conditions 

 were : Weapon, rifle, 22-cal. ; position, off-hand ; targets, 200 

 and 300 yards, class reduced for the distance ; rounds, seven. 

 Creedmoor rules to govern. Highest possible score, 70. OE 

 the seven competitions the first took place Nov. 26. We give 

 winners of badges and scores : 



First Badge. 



200 yds. 



1st Competition, FHHolton 33 



2d " AJHowlett 80 



3d " P Penning 34 33 67 



4th " MBEngel 83 32 65 



5th " CA Cheever 33 84 67 



6th " J B Blydenburgh 32 34 66 



7th " P Fenning 83 89 85 



8th " P Fenning 34 34 68 



Second Badge. 



1st Competition, TsT B Thurston 32 30 68 



2d " DrDudlev 31 31 62 



3d " MLRiggs 81 32 63 



4th » MLRiggs 31 31 62 



5th " MLRiggs 31 32 63 



M. L. Riggs final winner, 



Third Badge. 



1st Competition, Fred Alder 81 2S 69 



2d " Frank Lord 33 29 60 



3d " SW Sibley 29 32 61 



4th " NODonnell 29 31 60 



5th " Fred AUler 31 31 62 



6th " SWSibley 30 29 59 



7th " SWSibley 32 sn 62 



Fourth Badge. 

 1st " No badge. 



2d " JHTrackle 29 28 67 



3d " ACWertele 32 27 69 



4th " WR Brown..., 31 26 5T 



Rth " W H Dunlap 32 27 59 



6th " WH Dunlap 26 28 54 



7th " WHDunlap 30 29 59 



The winners of the Marksmen's Badges last year were as 

 follows : 



1st Badge, Chas A Cheever— average winning score 44 1-2 



,2d " C E Blydenburgh, " " " 43 1-8 



3d " LVSone, " " " 42 2-9 



4th " H D Blydenburgh, " " " 416-7 



5th " TO Banks, " ". " .41 



6th '" B A Brown. " " " 40 1-9 



7th " NBThurston, " " " 39 8-9 



8th " CEDeForest, " " " 39 4-9 



Zettlee Galleby.— The Zettler Rifle Club held their 

 weekly match at 207 Bowery, January 8. Conditions, 100 

 feet, off-hand, Creedmoor target. Possible, 50. The follow- 

 ing are the scores : 



P Fenning 47 FFarbams 43 



B Zettler 46 John Dutil 42 



M L Biggs 45 ABatese 



MBEngel 45 M Dorrler 



B GZettler 45 P Connor 



MLOehl 45 WWlegandt.... 



G A Sherman 44 R Zimmerman., 



C Judson 44 C Vollars 



D Miner 44 



New Jersey Rifle Association. — The Board of Directors 

 of the New Jersey Rifle Association held a special meeting at 

 the rooms of the National Rifle Association on the 10th inst., 

 Col. W. H. De Hart, the vice-president, in the chair. Arti- 

 cles of incorporation of the association were reported which 

 were adopted, and the Law Committee was authorized to pre- 

 sent them to the Legislature. Major Fulton, on behalf of the 

 committee on securing a range, reported that he had exam- 

 ined a tract of land belonging to the Erie Railway Company 

 lying west of the Bergen Tunnel, which could be secured for 

 a nominal sum, as it was entirely unproductive, and the com- 

 pany would be glad to dispose of it to the association. The 

 length of the tract was 5,280 feet, was 3,000 feet across its 

 widest, and 480 feet in its narrowest part. The line of 

 fire would be toward the northwest. The greater part 

 of the tract was dry ground, and a range of 4,000 feet could 

 be had, while the greatest range whicn would ever be re- 

 quired would be 1,200 yards. The range was accessible by 

 two lines of horse-cars from Jersey City, by the Brook- 

 lyn Annex boat, the Newark and New York, Delaware 

 Lackawanna and Western, Northern, Midland and Erie Rail- 

 roads, and no abutment would be necessary. The report was 

 accepted. 



Long Range Shooting.— The San Francisco Long-range 

 Club have perfected arrangements for inaugurating a series of 

 monthly contests over their 1,000-yard range at Bay View, to 

 take place on the first Saturday of each month, the first con- 

 test coming off 5th inst. Major J. W. Laird will present a 

 gold champion badge, with a $100 diamond in the centre. 

 The badge is to become the individual property of any one 

 who wins it four times— not necessarily consecutively— be- 

 tween the first match and the end of the year. Should it not 

 be won four times by one person, then at the last meeting of 

 1878 it will go to the marksman who has won it the greatest 

 number of times ; or, if two or more tie, then the ties shall 

 be shot off. The San Franciscos are now fully organized 

 having leased the ground necessary for a range at Bay View.' 



California— Germama Rifles.— In a late contest of two 

 teams at San Miguel, between the Brockhoff and Obermeyer 

 teams, the first was the winner by a single point. The fol- 

 lowing are the scores : 



Lieut Obermeyer 3 33233332 2—27 



Private J Lohrneyer „.4 4 5433544 5-41 



Corp P Neumann 4 43234824 2—31 



Sergt J H Beckler 3 44234434 3—34 



Private A Miller . .2 2020S022 0—12 



Sergt H Fortmann 3 53 4 33344 4— 3« 



Private JReck 2 3 2 4 5 8 4 2- 8— 28 



Drummer H Von Senden 022000 Of) 0—4—213 



Captain Brockhoff's Team. 



CaptBrockhoff 4 4 4 444334 3—37 



Private H Steil 3 44434444 4—39 



" A Neumann 3 48224323 4—3(1 



" C Wayne........ 3 34340444 4—03 



HMlBsener 3 2 2032200 3—1* 



" ARohde 2 00030 00 2— T 



H Heitman 3 35024*32 2— ■»£ 



" W Kattlemann 4 09224434 b— 28— 212 



The Sumners had a practice with the following good 

 scores : 



„ . , T _ 2 °0 YQS. 500 yds. Total. 



Private L Barrere 41 44 8 ^* 



Corporal W F Leeman 44 4u <>. 



Sergi W W Me-GoffM 40 43 



Captain H.J Burns 41 42 09 



Lieut, J Robertson 44 87 si 



LientEOHunt 40 39 Si 



Private F G Bllnu 40 3« 4« 



Private C Milttgan 40 33 4q 



Private J Hertzog 40 31 I, 



Private EH BuckBlRn..,,, 34 33 61 



