FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE COUNTRY, 

 A Weekly journal of sixteen pages, devoted to the Kennel, 

 Shooting, Fishing, Fox Hunting, Archery, aud other outdoor 

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 addressed " Chess Editor Forest and Stream, P. 0. box 54, Wolcott- 

 ville. Conn." 



Problem No. 2. 

 Tourney set. No.l. Motto— Earnestly Advise Knowledge. 



White. 



Francke. 

 1— r-K 4 

 2— P-K B 4 

 3-B-B4 

 4— Kt-Q B 8 



Ws— K-B 



[6-KttksP 

 7— Kt-K B 3 

 8— Q-K2 t'b) 

 9— P-Q 4 <e) 



10 ITt M.-0 \/r 



White to play and mate in three moves. 

 Game No. 2.— BISfIOP'3 GAMBIT. 



Black. 

 Metger. 

 1— P-K 4- 

 2— P tfca P 

 3-P-KB4 

 4— Q-R 5 Ch 

 5— P tics P 

 6— Kl-K B 3 

 7-Q R 4 (a) 

 S-B-K 2 

 9-P-Q 4 

 10— P ties Ft 

 11— Kt-Q B 3 



White. 

 .Francke. 

 12— Q B tics P 

 13-B-QR4 

 14— B tKS Kt 

 15— P-Q B 3 

 16— K-B 2 

 17-Q-Q 2 

 IS— P tKS B 



Black. 

 Metger. 

 12— B-K Kt 5 

 13-K-B 2 

 14— P tics B 

 1S-Q R-K 

 16— K R-Kt 

 17— B tks Kt 

 18-B-Q 3 



19— K E-K Kt? (d) 19-Q-K 5 ch 



20— B-Kt 3 20-K tks B 



21— K tks R 21— Q tks P ch 



22— R-Kt 2 22— B-Kt 6 Ch 



<i>) The Queen is better placed at her own square, as the Knight can 

 ■then be movtd to K B 3 without incurring an exchange of Queens. 



(c) By far more forcible here is : 7 Kt tks Kt, 9 P tks Kt, 10 P-Q Kt 

 4 I, 1 P-Q i or K-Q, 11 B-Q Kt 2, etc. 



(<i) A doclsive error. He could have played here : 19 B tks B, 19 P 

 tks B. 20 Q-k B 4, or, perhaps, on his nineteenth move, Q R-K Kt.— 

 Schact Zeitung . 



The subjoined game Is taken from the Handbmh : 

 Game No. 3. 



Counter Gambit in the King Knights' Opening. 



White. 

 Mftyjet, 



1-P-K 4 

 2 -Kt-K B 3 

 3— KttkuKP 

 4-P-q.i 

 5-Kt-Q B 4 

 6— Kt-Q B 3 

 7-P-Q5 

 8-B-KB4 

 9— P-K R 3 

 10-Q-Q 3 



Blai 



Danstein. 

 1— P-K 4 

 2-P-KB4 

 3-Q.-K B 3 

 4-P-Q 3 

 5— P tks P 

 6— Kt-K 2 

 7-Q-K Kt 3 

 S— B K B 4 

 9-P-K R 4 

 10— P-Q R 3 



White. 



Mayet. 



11— P-Q R 4 11— Q Kt-Q 2 



12— Castles . 12— Q Kt-K B 3 



13— B tks Q P 13— P tks B 



14— K Kt tksQP ch 14— K-Q 3 

 15— Kt tks Q Kt P 15— K Kt-Q B 

 16-P-Q 6 16— K-K 



1T-Q-K 5 ch 17— K-Q 2 



IS— K B-Kt 5 ch IS— P tks B 

 19-Q tks Q Kt P ch 19— K-K 3 

 20— Kt-Q s mate 



THE FOREST AND STREAM PROBLEM TOURNEY. 



Recognizing the increasing favor with which this branch of the roya 

 game is regarded we have decided to offer a number of liberal prizes 

 for competition. • 



TUB PRIZES. 



i. For the best set $2500 



a For the second best set 20 00 



6. For the third best sH 10 00 



4. Forth- I,,-, :,„■,, in-,-.- Drr.i-iems.. '..... ..'.'.".v..'.";;'.. .,;.'.";'!". 5 00 



5. For the best tw move brob ems . 5 00 

 fl. For tie second best tltreemoye problems;.....™"/!"".!""" 200 



7. For tin- second best two move problems 200 



•8. For the best problem entered in the tourney 500 



Each composer is invited to send in a two move problem accompanied 

 by his photograph, the author of the winning position to receive as a 

 prize all the photographs. 



Problems will be Judged according to the following; standard. 



BULL'S PROBLEM CODE. 



1. Beauty and originality of design 1 to'10 points. 



2. Difficulty of solution . 1 to 10 " 



3. Accuracy and elegance of construction 1 to 10 " 



RTLES. 



Competition is open to the world. All problems to be direct mates— 

 that is to say, white to play aud mate in two or three moves, as the case 

 may be. All problems must be original and not hitherto published. Com- 

 petitors may enter as many sets, or single problems as they pleaBe. 

 Bach competitor will affix a motto to every single set or problem sent 

 in and also Inclose his name aud address. Competing problems will be 

 submitted to the umpire, Charles A. Gilberg, Esq., who will report all 

 unsound positions. American composers will be allowed four weeks in 

 which to correct such positions ; foreign composers being allowed eight 

 weeks for tiie same purpose. Should the recpisite corrections not be 

 received within ihe time specified the positions will then be ruled out of 

 the tourney. The tourney will be open to competition until the first day 

 of Jniy 1878, after which date the list will be closed. The prizes will be 

 led within two weeks after the publication of the last problem. 

 Address E. A. Kunkcl, Wolcottville, Conn. 



TtIK FOREST AND STREAM SORTERS' TOURNEY. 



This tourney commences with problem No. 1 and will continue until 

 all the problems entered in the above problem tourney are published. 



TUB PRIZES. 



1. Cash prize of $10 00 



8. " " " 5 00 



3. The Forest and Stream for one year. 



4. Cash prize of 3 00 



{j. " ;; :; ■ a 00 



CURSORY JOTTINGS. 



—The games in the International Tourney are already well advanced 

 and, judging from the games published, the contestants are generally 

 playing extremely well, and with great care. The pairing of the several 

 participants shows very good judgment on the part of the managers of 

 this tourney, notwithstanding a few critics demur to Mrs. Gilbert, the 

 " Queen of Chess," being opposed to Mr, Gossip, a prominent English 

 player. These aggressions are uncalled for, unkind and unjust to that 

 lady, and these critics ought not to persistently ignore her record con- 

 taining important match games won by as brilliant and sound combina- 

 tions as correspondence play lias yet spread upon the record, from 

 players not inferior to Mr. Gossip m chess strategy. 



—Mr. Gossip's "Theory of the Chess Openings," it is announced, will 

 soon be ready for delivery to subscribers. 



— Ajeeb, the wonderful automatic ohess player/is quartered at Hart- 

 man's Hotel, in the Bowery. Our German exchanges, particularly the 

 Sohach Zeitwnr), pronounce it quite a curiosity, and to all appearances, 

 an ingenious Invention. 



—The American Chess Journal has passed Into the hands of Messrs. 

 Loyd & Moore, two of America's leading problemists, and will be issued 

 hereafter from New York. We do not, doubt but what they will make 

 this chess monthly the equal of any now published. 



—The Hartford " Chess Circle," one of the largest and most Influen- 

 tial chess organizations in America, recently engaged in the first tele- 

 phone chess game on record. 



—Mr. Babson, formerly Chess Editor of the Boston Globe, recently 

 announced in a blindfold game, wherein ho stipulated to compel a self, 

 mate with his opponents K. B. P., an extraordinary mate in thirty-three 

 moves. 



—The grand consultation match at the Cafe International is stil 

 pending. Mr. MacKenzie and his associates have the advantage, hav- 

 ing won two games. 



—Mr. J. A. Miles, Fakenham, Norfolk, Eng., .is preparing a new 

 edition, greatly enlarged and entirely re-arranged, of his "Chess Gems." 

 The subscription price is fixed at 12s. 6d. per copy. 



—Mr. F. M. Teed, umpire of our first tourney, does not consider a 

 supplemental award necessary, and we, therefore, follow the original 

 award, whatever may be said to the contrary notwithstanding. 

 —The chess editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat gives the Forest and 

 Stream chess column, etc., quite a notice. Thanks, Bro. Foster. Hal- 

 lock, the late editor and publisher of the American Chess Journal, says 

 in his new chess column in the Hannibal Herald : " We are pleased to 

 learn that a chess department Is to be introduced into the columns of 

 that excellent journal the Fouest and Streak of New York, etc." We 

 return the compliment : Hallock's new chess column fills two entire 

 columns and is in capable hands. Mr. Peiter's notice in the Hartford 

 Globe of the Forest and Stream as " one of the most popular and re- 

 spectable sporting papers," and friendly compliments paid ourselves, 

 is appreciated. 



%ntn§ IN? dtt d % m * 



GAME IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



Hares, brown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, etc. 



FOR FLORIDA. 



Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl. 



" Bay birds " generally, including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, avoecet- 

 etc, coming under the group Mmicolce, or Shore Birds. 



Massachusetts — New Bedford, Jan. 19. — A flock of wild 

 geese flew over here this week, bound northward, from which 

 one was shot. Sea fowl are plenty. Concha. 



New York — Shelter Island, Jan. 16. — The coot shooting, 

 with battery, has been remarkably good in these waters this 

 fall and winter, and I have enjoyed some sport. Isaao. 



T$srwYoKK.—Hornellsville, Jan. 14. — The shooting season 

 just closed has been very fair, but I did not hear of a single 

 quail being shot. John Penwell is champion hunter, having 

 killed 118 grouse since Sept. 1 ; the last day he bagged 13. 



John. 



Bufealo Gun Club. — At the annual meeting, held Jan. 8, 

 the following officers were elected i J. E. Pierce, Pres. ; T. 

 H. Clough, Vice-Pres. ; C. G. Strong, Sec. ; Richard Edge. 

 Treas. Board of Managers— C. C. Pickering, W. W. Ransom 

 and W. H. Price. J. G. G. 



South Carolina — Charleston-, Jan. 17. — During the last 

 few days of fine weather, several flue bags of partridges have 

 been brought in. On Monday a few of our hunting club, 

 after a capital day's sport, brought home a fine buck ; they 

 report turkey very plentiful, but difficult to get at. There 

 was a large and exciting fox-chase near Beaufort a few days 

 since, and a few ladies joined in the sport. I trust that this 

 good example set by the Beaufort ladies will be followed by 

 all of our fair friends who have the opportunity of indulging 

 in this fascinating sport, and I have no doubt that after a few 

 rushing, ringing runs with the hounds, they will enjoy fully as 

 much as we do the sweet music of a good pack, and feel 

 that glorious, intense excitement as reynard on his last run 

 bursts into view, closely followed by hound and horse. 



Tenots. 



—James Mitchell, Fred Bivins, Johnnie Woodward, of 

 Butler, Ga., went out squirrel-hunting the other day. Mr. 

 Mitchell got into a rattlesnake's retreat and was bitten four 

 times before he could extricate himself. There was a flask of 

 brandy in the party, and after drinking the contents felt no 

 inconvenience from the bites. Mr. Woodward, while at- 

 tempting to shoot the snake, accidentally shot Mr. Bivins in 

 the left arm just below the elbow. The make was killed, 

 and measured fifteen feet in length, with twenty-one rattles 

 and a button. 



Tennessee — Savannah, Jan. 14. — Ducks and geese arriving 

 in large numbers. Quail are getting scarce; turkeys and 

 squirrels still plentiful. One gunner came in from a short 

 hunt last week, with one turkey and seventeen squirrels. 

 Owing to the extremely wet weather, we have heard of no 

 large bags of wild fowl ; there is too much water to the duck. 

 However, I have killed several ducks in the cornfields while 

 out shotting quail. Will. 



Huntingdon, Carrol Co. .Jan. 18. — Yesterday the match quail 

 hunt between Capt. S. W. Hawkins and Ernest Hawkins on 

 one side, and Attorney-General Rice A. Pierce and T. A. 

 Douglass on the other side, came off in this county, the first- 

 mentioned parties hunting with two pointers (Tom and Bruce), 

 and a boy to mark and pack, and the other side with one 

 pointer dog and a boy to mark and pack. Result •. Hawkins 



nd Hawkins, 66 quail and 3 rabbits ; Pierce and Douglass, 83 

 uai/ and 3 rabbits. Can any backwoods sportsmen give a 



report of heavier bags? Capt. S. W. Hawkins used a twelve:- . 



gauge Parker breech-loader. The other used muzzle-loaders. 



jNjmkod. 



Florida— Lalce City, Jan. 14.— The many lakes in the 

 vicinity are frequented by thousands of ducks. Partridges are 

 plenty in the old fields and the pine woods. T. B. R. 



Texas— Fort Clark, Jan. 10.— This post is 125 miles south - 

 of San Antonio. The bears, deer, turkeys, geese, ducks, 

 quail, snipe, and brant make this a grand place for a hunter, 

 and if the wily Apache would only let us enjoy it instead of 

 hunting him all the time wc would get more sport, and more 

 game. I saw a wagon load of turkeys sold last week at fifty 

 cents each, all of which— twenty-six in number— were killed 

 by one man with a shot gun in one night. We have some 

 good dogs and good shots among our officers. Major Mc- 

 Laughlin, Tenth Cavalry, killed forty-nine quail with sixty 

 shells one clay last week. Lieut. Van Vliet, Tenth Infantry ; 

 Major Bliss, Twenty-fifth Infantry, and Dr. Shannon, U. S. 

 A., are all crack shots, who seldom kill less than twenty-five 

 to thirty in a half day's shooting— all wing shooting, of course. 



Bushwhacker. 



Mississippi — Corinth, Jan. 22. — Sacked fourteen quails and 

 one hare yesterday, in three hours, over Kate and Belle. 

 Weather gorgeous, bright and bracing. Guido bagged sixty- 

 nine quails yesterday and part of the day before, at Grand 

 Junction, thirty miles west of this place. D. and Dr. P. 

 sacked twenty-four quails and a hare or two on their way 

 home, after hunting turkeys, Tuesday afternoon. Guxon. 



Tkouble Fob Sportsmen. — We cheerfully do our part to- 

 ward giving to the subjoined warning a wider publicity than, 

 even the most sanguine of its authors could have expected : 



Dunkirk, Harding Co., Ohio., Dec. 10, 1877.— Naber Hill, 

 you Have sum yorkers Boarding with you that are tresspas- 

 ing on our Premises & if you Hant Hunting ground Anuff of 

 your own you Had Better take sum of that Loos change you 

 speak of so often & B} r sum or ship them to sum other Point 

 for we Have no youse for them Hire & if We are Botherd 

 with them any More you May expect your friends will get in 

 trubel for we mean Bizaness. 



David Harigle, Samuel Taylor, T. Sullian, B. Cotner, 

 Jacob Younglove. 



Iowa— Algona, Jan. 8.— Mr. J. G. Smith, the agent of the 

 United States Express Company at Algona, Iowa, is some- 

 thing of a naturalist as well as a sportsmen. He has the 

 finest collection of birds in Iowa, and during the past ten 

 year3 killed more than twelve hundred wild geese, to say- 

 nothing of other kinds of game. 



Michigan. — Rabbit hunting is now a popular sport. Many i 

 of our sportsmen report good bags. Red Ruftjs. 



Market Shooting in Massachusetts.— This is the record 

 of the work of two pot-hunters the past season, as recorded 

 in the Worcester Evening Gazette, of the 18th inst. Messrs. 

 Geo. and John Stone follow shooting as a business and send 

 their birds to New York : 



Partridge. Woodcock 



September 359 41 



Oetrtber 3T2 66 



November 197 14 



December 110 



Total,... ! 1,068 121 



Besides these 1,189 birds sent to New York, some few lots 

 were sold in this city and some to private individuals from 

 time to time, of which no regular account was kept. The 

 men estimate these at about 250, making a grand total of be- 

 tween 1,400 and 1,500. The best days' shooting were as fol- 

 lows : Sept. 18, 30 partridge, 1 woodcock ; Sept. 28, 30 part- 

 ridge, 2 woodcock ; Oct. 2, 34 partridge ; Oct. 12, 27 part- 

 ridge and 16 woodcock ; Oct. 19, 32 partridge ; Oct. 30, 36 

 partridge and 5 woodcock ; Nov. 7, 37 partridge and 1 wood- 

 cock ; Nov. 12, 38 partridge and 3 woodcock ; Nov. 26, Dec. 

 10 and Dec. 24, 30 partridge each day. These were only the 

 birds sent to New York. The poorest day's work was Sept. 

 27, 5 partridge and two woodcock. They were out 20 days 

 in September, 21 days in October, 7 days in November and 6 

 in December, a total of 54 days, an average of aboflt '26 birds 

 per day. 



Combination Jack and Fishing Lamp. — A recent visit to 

 Bridgeport, Conn., when we had the opportunity of inspect- 

 ing the Jack-lamps manufactured by the White. Manufactu- 

 ring Co., has convinced us of their great excellence. Former 

 Jacks made by the company used kerosene. Now kerosene, 

 though admirable in its way as an illuminating fluid, has the 

 disadvantage of a disagreeable smell. The hunter using a 

 Jack sometimes found that his hard-tack or bacon, impregnat- 

 ed with hydro-carbon, was not as palatable as if flavored with 

 Worcestershire sauce. Then again, kerosene cannot; always 

 be conveniently carried. To do away with a fluid lamp en- 

 tirely has been long the study of the White Manufacturing 

 Co. Quite recently they have used candles, and by means of 

 a most ingenious arrangement a full supply of air is given to 

 the candle so as to produce the most brilliant illuminating ef- 

 fects. The light is perfectly steady, and there is no overflow ' 

 of melted wax. We should suppose it was exactly the light 

 sportsmen would want, not only for shooting purposes, but 

 for camp use. The White Manufacturing Co. tell us that 

 they have disposed of quite a number of then - special articles 

 in Germany and Russia, and trace their sales cut irely to their 

 advertisements in the Fobbst and Stream and Rod and 

 Gun. 



—The publishers of Fur, Fin and Feather will send a speci- 

 men copy, containing all the game laws now in force, on re- 

 ceipt of 20 cents. Address Fur, Fin and Feather Publication 

 Office, No. 149 Chambers street, New York. 



Gun Accidents.— In Land and Water there is an excellent 

 article on this subject, a brief analysis of which we give. 

 A decrease in gun accidents is noted during the last year, 

 which is attributed to the increased use of breecJi-loaders. The 



