FOKEST AND STREAM. 



495 



La. Ilustkaoion Venatorta. — We beg to acknowledge the 

 receipt, of this beautifully illustrated paper, whose editor is 

 Don Jose Gutierriez de la Vega, and place of publication 

 Madrid. The editor of La Ilustracion Venatoria is well known 

 as the publisher of a Hunting Bibliography, and as being fa- 

 miliar with all topics relating to sports of the field and stream. 

 The present number contains articles of the moBt interesting 

 character, which are heightened by capital illustrations. De 

 la Vega is a famous name in the literature of the world, and 

 we are sure that the editor of this paper will not belittle his 

 famous ancestor. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Montreal.— The annual report of the Montreal Protective 

 Association, received Jan. 24th, shows that owiDg to the suc- 

 cessful prosecutions of the past there were fewer violations of 

 the game laws during the past season than heretofore. 



— The Erie Gatne and Fish Protective Association have 

 elected the following officers for the ensuing year : Pres., Henry 

 Souther; Vice-Pres., C. M. Tibbals, Jr.; Sec, Clark Olds; 

 Treas., E. P. Gould ; Directors, W. W. Keed, chairman; 

 John S. Riddle, John P. Vincent, J. P. Metcalf and W. W. 

 Derby. 



— Cecil, Md., is to have a protective club. 



Protection in Nebraska.. — Omaha, Jan. 31. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream : Pinnated grouse and quail have increased 

 very largely over recent years, although the senseless law of 

 last year has been almost totally disregarded in many portions 

 of the State. This law, which was enacted prof essedly in the 

 interest of the farmers, prohibits the killing of all wild birds, 

 at all times, except water fowls, etc. In this vicinity the in- 

 fractions of the obnoxious law have been entirely clandestine. 

 No evidence of its violations has been brought to the atten- 

 tion of the Omaha Sportsman's Club, nor have I heard of an 

 instance upon which a prosecution could have been based. 

 No doubt this has been caused by the judicious course pur- 

 sued bythis club, not only discouraging all violations of the 

 law by its own members, but by admonishing all other per- 

 sons of a determination to prosecute all offenders. Some sys- 

 tem of legislation should be devised to prevent the shipping of 

 game to the Eastern markets, and especially in Boston and 

 New York during the close seasons. The main incentive to 

 violations of the law is the traffic abroad— not at home. No 

 contraband game is exhibited for sale in Omaha, because par- 

 ties know the consequences. But it is this clandestine killing 

 and shipping to Eastern markets in disguise that works the 

 mischief. Bob White. 



QUAIL PRESERVATION. 



Watertown, Wis., Jan. 9 1S78. 

 Editor Fohest and Stream; 



Here la a way for various sporting clubs to increase the quail in their 

 vicinity: 



We Have some members of our club residing a few miles in 1 lie 

 country, and one, a Mr. Smith Hoyt, about one year since, as the cold 

 weather approached, caught with a trap, nine quails, and put tnem in 

 his barn. The cats or rats destroyed six of them, but the remaining 

 three lie winterad through and turned out in the spring. They took up 

 their abode on his premises, and reared their young ; and now .Mr. H. 

 has caught them asain— thirty-seven this time. Ho has constructed a 

 nice little park; in a warm place, secure from molestation from cats or 

 other "varmints," where he feeds them daily, and in the spring, will 

 turn them out again without charge for board or rent. They are quite 

 tarae and appear to enjoy being fed. Now, let others that are in a situ 

 ation to do so, follow this example, and we Bbal! soon have pleuty of 

 quail again. S. M. Eaton. 



[We have printed, from time to time, a good deal on this 

 topic, as its importance deserves, and are glad to call it once 

 more to our readers' attention. This year, unfortunately, live 

 quail are not to be had for love or money in the East, but we 

 hope our Western friends are better situated in this respect. 

 —Ed.] 



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THE FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD 

 AND GUN MEDAL. 



TEAM SHOOTING BY THE LEADING GERMAN RIFLE CLUBS— THE 

 ZETTLER OLTJB WINS. 



Desirous of promoting team shooting among our German 

 citizens, the Forest and Stream and Kod and Gun, some 

 •six weeks ago, determined to present a handsome prize for the 

 best score to be made by a team of twelve. Though the no- 

 tice of the match was a short one, our proposal was met with 

 enthusiasm. It may be stated that, in a general way, the 

 various schutzen corps in the United States have rarely, if 

 ever, united in team shooting, and it was with the desire of 

 interesting our many German friends in this particular branch 

 of shooting that our efforts were mainly directed. We had 

 hoped that some of our purely native organizations would 

 have been found ready to measure their skill with our Ger- 

 man citizens. We do not like to think that any of our lead- 

 ing American clubs were afraid to meet the teams of the 

 Schutzen associations on their own grounds. We accept 

 then, the plea that the short notice given of the match did not 

 allow such teams the necessary time for practice. The fol- 

 lowing were the conditions of the match : 



Each team to consist of twelve men, ten shots per man 

 Shooting, off-hand ; distance, 200 yards ; any rifle ; open to 

 all clubs 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 cap- 

 tain of each team. Entrance fee, $ (J for each team. Rin<>- 

 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. Shooting to take place Jan. 23 

 1878, at Union Hill Schutzen Park. 



Though fairly familiar with the rules and regulations gov 

 erning the shooting of the Schutzen corps, in order that tlmre 

 should not be any conflict with their approved methods, 

 the management of the match was entirely coufided to Mr. 

 John Kaschen, who, acting as shooting master, conducted the 

 whole business in the most satisfactory manner, and to whom 

 our thanks are especially due. In fact, the entire method 

 and arrangement of our German friends, in their shooting, is 

 conducted in the plainest and most common-sense manner, 

 and offers many practical advantages which our N. R. A. 

 would do well to look to. 



As many of our readers may not fully understand the 

 methods of shooting used by our German friends, we will en- 

 deavor to explain them. First, as to rifles : There is no re- 

 striction as to weight or make of rifle. The general average 

 of the rifles used in the match was about fourteen pounds. 

 Some rifles weighed eighteen pounds. A hair-trigger is ad- 

 missible, with any sight save a telescopic one. No artificial 

 rest is permitted. It is off-hand shooting. When the gun is 

 a heavy one, a kind of hand-rest is allowed. This is a wooden 

 adjunct, called a "holder," which is screwed to the gun 

 about four or five inches beyond the guard of the trigger,, 

 which is held in the left hand. The left arm is, in this case, 

 sometimes steadied on the hip, and the " holder " held in the 

 palm of the hand and steadied by a firm clutch of the fingers. 

 The charge, generally, was seventy grains of powder, with a 

 small cone-shaped bullet, say of about forty to the pound. A 

 patch is used. False muzzles are employed in inserting the 

 balls, and the rifles are cleaned out after every fourth or fifth 

 shot. The leading makers of- these rifles are : Mr. Schalk, of 

 Pottsville, Pa. ; Mr. John Rhine, of New York ; Mr. 

 Spencer, of Connecticut, and Mr. Zettler, of New York. We 

 may state that quite a number of breech-loaders, principally 

 Ballards, were used. 





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The targets : The diameter of the target is 23£ inches, the 

 bull's-eye having a diameter of 1| inches. The whole target 

 is divided up with fifteen rings, which are three-quarters of 

 an inch apart. The black in the target extends through the 

 seventh to the eighth ring, the white from the eighth to the 

 fifteenth. The scoring is made twenty-five for the bull's-eye, 

 each circle diminishing by one point. Some of these days, 

 when rifle shooting at long or short range improves, by the 

 use of more accurate weapons, we shall have to adopt a simi- 

 lar method at Creedmoor. It shades off the value of shots. 



In marking the shots at the butts the targets are double, 

 hung in window frames and counterpoised. The shooter at 

 the stand rings a bell, which calls the marker's attention. 

 The target is lowered after the shot, patched, and the other 

 target being run up is ready. The score is shown by means 

 of a black tin plate, with the various numbers painted in white 

 on it. There are special signals as of white, blue and red 

 flags, when the bull's-eye or the circles near it are hit. The 

 markers work under the protection of a solid stone wall 

 higher than their heads. The balls are received in a wooden 

 frame, constructed of soft wood, the timbers being built up at 

 right angles with the plane of the wall, so that the balls bury 

 themselves into the grain of the wood. In this way the balls 

 completely imbed themselves, and there are no splinters. 



The 33d was just as cold as it could be, and the wind blew 



a gale all day with a force which the meteorological bureau 

 says was phenomenal, sometimes as much as forty-five and 

 fifty miles an hour. But the sun was bright and few clouds 

 shaded the horizon. The shooting hall at the Union Hill 

 Schutzen Park ia a large structure, capable of allowing 

 twenty-four men to shoot at the twenty-four targets at a time. 

 Three sides of the hall are covered in, the fourth, fronting 

 the targets, being of course open. Various screens interpose 

 between the targets and the stand, so that bullets shot more 

 or less wild are arrested in their flight. We suppose that 

 shooting at the wrong target is of rare occurrence. By 1 

 o'clock, everything being in order, shooting commenced in a 

 most lively way, and the crackings of the rifles were incessant 

 until 4 o'clock. Four men from each team were always in 

 place, so that there was no delay. As it was intensely cold, 

 the pluck and endurance of the marksmen were all the time 

 taxed to their utmost. Still, the excitement carried every- 

 thing through most pleasantly. The following teams eom- 

 peted : The Zettler Rifle Club, Captain B. Zettler ; the New- 

 ark Shooting Association, Captain W. Hayes; the Jersey 

 Schutzen Corps, Captain A. Ermich ; the New York Schutzen 

 Corps, Captain Aery ; the Brooklyn Schutzen Corps, Captain 

 Kohlmeyer, and the Independent New York Schutzen Corps, 

 Captain J. J. Diehl. The following was the result : 



Zettler's Rifle Club. 



MDorsler 6 IT 25 17 18 19 19 15 21 20-1TT 



i,w n T? mg 18 U 8 IS 10 23 23 3 18- 13T 



MW Farrow 22 19 22 IT 23 22 28 19 21 16—204 



FPattorson ,. 18 17 18 13 16 11 S IS 19-133 



O Miller 22 23 15 13 13 23 20 14 17 15—175 



JGrohman 9 15 18 12 IT 20 15 5 14 9—134 



BZettler 12 18 13 10 20 11 23 23 22 19—171 



C Juclson 12 13 20 21 22 16 11 21 19 21—176 



CO Zettler 7 15 8 13 19 20 18 6 17—123 



MUFngel 14 16 5 11 IT 18 20 IS 22 14—155 



MLHiggS 21 10 22 10 14 23 5 13 15 15—148 



TKlisrath 14 25 22 21 13 23 20 13 24 12— 18T 



Total , 



Newark Shooting Association. 



Clcavland 19 13 21 14 4 16 



A Seitz .16 19 20 15 16 21 17 24 IT 



Belcher 23 19 13 21 22 16 18 23 19 



Kegel 22 12 23 18 19 2 21 14 11 



Wm Hayes 23 15 19 10 13 19 18 13 21 



Pane 12 10 21 13 16 20 8 4 14 



Hartmanu 16 19 15 25 14 12 5 20 4 



Knapp 21 T 14 16 15 14 1 20 15 



1 Wig 18 17 19 6 24 17 16 21 IT 



SChalk 24 5 13 15 16 16 10 17 20 



Kluniwer 6 23 20 9 13 11 7 13 9 



Terril 15 13 6 9 16 16 



Total. , 



P Kaschen 7 



HRaschen ...1> 



J Blumenberg 20 



A Zengner 



Jersey i-ohutzen Corps. 



ia 



14 IT 15 5 11 



3 8 11 18 16 HI 



17 15 13 



14 



A Ermisch.. ....15 IT 23 10 T 16 18 19 T 



Rathyen 14 ' 



Flieqner 16 



3 Dlttmar 1 



J Schneider 14 



B Lippman 2 



F Hansen 5 



18 17 13 16 



T 22 9 11 15 



1 17 24 22 15 5 



Vi 7 18 19 9 la 



10 21 22 3 18 



11 25 10 16 13 



JAeschbach 6 11 20 19 18 17 17 



Total , 



New York Schutzen Corps. 



Pii Klein 8 7 19 21 4 12 



Wm Klein 13 T 19 is 22 22 4 



Will Halm 15 16 25 19 11 21 24 



Robert Faber 16 12 15 6 19 24 19 



John Rein 4 9 20 4 15 



Henry Kuebel ....20 4 19 19 15 9 20 



GAKundahl 13 14 1 20 



CaptGAery 22 IT 2 7 8 2 5 



FrZeller ..9 13 7 7 10 12 15 



GeoBater 18 9 17 11 15 o 



John H Mulle- 9 10 21 16 11 17 10 



Qevert Menken 2 13 10 is 11 10 20 



Total 



...1,925 



18—100 

 17—182 

 20—194 

 17—161 

 17-168 

 19—137 

 13—143 

 4—127 

 S— 154 

 7—143 

 20—131 

 23— 98 



... .1,-188 



23 20 18—120 



22 13 2—109 



9 IT 1—115 



20 14- 94 

 T-1S9- 



15 IT 21-147 



11 24 9—138 



12 22 22—141 

 12 18 17-162 



6 2 22—106 



18 10 21—129 



9 8 20—145 



1,535 



12 20 



16 16 



9 18 



12 12 



23—101 " 



6—128 

 15— 1T8 

 10—158 

 10— 89 

 16—146 

 10— 60 

 IT— 106 

 7-123 

 0— 92 

 •!— 112 



la— 139 



Brooklyn Schutzen Corps. 



GeaTSDakin 14 18 20 13 2u IT 



C Paulsen 2 7 16 1 7 3 



HMuller 20 15 12 12 13 18 



GBudelmanu 13 11 22 17 13 



HDohrrnann 10 14 20 10 8 4 



GPape 15 17 12 16 21 S 



OZiegler 19 10 21 18 16 ° 



LMendorf 1 " 



V\ F Ripke ,, 10 



T'ossberg 



W Torn ford 18 10 _ 



JVonGlahn 11 10 8 13 



19 16 



5 19 



16 18 



18 



13 



18 



14 13 











SH) 







14 



2 23 











S 











T IT 



22 



15 



21 



18 



1(1 



5 18 



6 



15 



20 



1,427 



6 . 23-16S 



9 0- 69 



18 4-146 



19 1-114 

 1 10— 99 

 5 17—144 



25 18-159 



6—85 



0— 5T 



13 15—115 



13 H— 120 



10 14- T4 



Iniepeiident New York Schutzen Corp*. 



George Bechtel 4 20 9 19 12 14 10 10 



Conrad Stein Vi 16 4 4 ~ 



ValLoewer 14 12 7 7 



Wm Giesselberg 16 22 16 12 



Louis Bernolt 2 18 14 6 



Conrad Waideck t 5 1 



Aug Ivan 22 19 19 9 16 



JnoNuffer s 12 14 13 21 



A Gelb 11 13 



A Strohmenyer 10 14 11 20 



Joint J Diehl ;, g 4 9 16 10 21 



Otto Praeger s 9 9 



Total 



..1,348 



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18 



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13 







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9 







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23 



6 











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20 



4 



21 



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at 



13 



0— 98 



20—120 

 5—76 



1S-111 

 8— 7S 

 0- 13 



22—186 

 0— 98 

 0— 53 

 0—104 



10—110 

 0— 37 



, 1,029 



One would suppose from the gale which was blowing, that 

 this match might be useful in demonstrating the comparative 

 advantages of muzzle-loaders and breech-loaders, especially 

 when the light weight of the projectile used by the majority 

 of our German friends was placed alongside of the heavier 

 bullet thrown from the breech-loader. Some twelve breech- 

 loaders were used. The winning score, the premier one, was 

 Mr. M. W. Farrow's, who made 204. This is an unparalelled 

 score— one 23, three 22's and one 21, the lowest being 16— 

 very hard to equal. General T. S. Dakin, with a breech- 

 loader, also led the score of the Brooklyn Schutzen Corps. 

 In commenting on the shooting on this occasion, if not as high 

 generally as the average, it should be borne in mind that the 

 wind was all against the shooters. A score, averaging 194^, 

 has been made by fifteen men shooting ten shots each. 



At the conclusion of the match speeches were made by 

 Charles Hallock, Esq., T. C. Banks, Esq., of the Forest 

 and Stream, and Captain Rlggs, President of the Zettler 

 Club. General Dakin, in his usual felicitous manner, pre- 

 sented the medal to Captain Riggs, of the Zettler Club, m be- 

 half of the Forest and Stbbam and Rod and Gun. Thus 

 concluded a leading event in the rifle annals of the country, 



