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pounds, are also used. And here comes in a word about 

 "paper shells" as manufactured in this country. The indus- 

 try has increased enormously, and it is fair to say that the 

 paper shells made in this country for field shooting— Nos. 12 

 and 14— arc as good as any foreign article, and much cheaper. 

 Mow, Why cannot they make an equally good No. S or 4 shell ? 

 You will see on the boxes in which these shells are packed 

 the notice in big letters, "Those shells can be re-loaded." I 

 would like to see anyone ire-load a Ko. 8 Winchester Union 

 shell after it has been fired once, When yon draw 

 them from the gun after firinc. thev aire but the semblance 

 of what they were. They .'are shrunken, shrivelled into an 

 ungainly shape, and blackened with gas and powder. The 

 I'. ML shell, the No. 8, frequently bursts at the base, while if 

 not being dangerous, is unpleasant for those of weak nerves 

 6nd bad tor the ears. In wet weather the American shell, 

 being made of paper that is not sufficiently calendered or of 

 proper gnality, absorbs the dampness, and if they chance to 

 get wet, they easily break in two. This should not be. We 

 able to make the best paper shell in the world. 

 And they can do it if they will only try. G. 



GOSSIP OF A '49ER. 



1 DECEIVING so much pleasure from your columns, I am 

 t tempted to add my mite to (he enjoyment of others, and 

 enjoy wandering back in memory and feeling to the scenes 

 of other days. I have never in many experiences eaten 'pos- 

 sum, hot or cold. That has been a' lost opportunity. But 

 once, 'when after the Golden Fleece, I dined at; a table where 

 cayote was the main dish, and the occasion of the gathering. 

 My hosts were Frenchmen, and the cook was a Frenchman. 

 1 w r as prejudiced, and as the dish is not common, need not 

 give an opinion. On the voyage as an Argonaut, I was 

 tempted with a piece, of albatross, the fishiness of which was 

 neutralized, ah! intensified. with garlic ; a French cook, too. 

 The. famous cook of 'Frisco's De'lmonico in '49 and '50. No 

 opinion required, I trust. Colonel 0. when young and inex- 

 perienced, was invited by Lew- R. to dine 'at a New Yo/k 

 hotel, French bill of fare." G. called for a dish, upon which 

 H. looked at him with quizzical surprise, understanding both 

 French and C's. repugnance to that; particular dish. Cut C. 

 understood the quiz, and ale the food with cool and appar- 

 ent relish, and had the satisfaction of being told by R, that 

 he was "a hero." Last fall at a distant "paradise of 

 sportsmen," with a sound stomach and determination to ac- 

 cept the inevitable, I was enabled to preserve an outward and 

 inward control, upon being told at the end of a meal, that 

 we had supped oil inuskrat, but my fellow guest regretted 

 the uu blissful knowledge. My opinion is that inuskrat, cold, 

 could be, and might be tender, juicy, and palatable. ' Our's 

 was hot. I feel some of Colonel C's". " heroism" yet. 



Pheasants, partridges, grouse, synonymously sitting, 

 standing, \valkiug or running, are certainty shot itf any pose. 

 On the wing, shot at mostly, siuce 1 havediscovered the ex- 

 citing thrill of giving the bird about nine chances out of ten. 

 1 never, never shoot at a ruffed grouse until it is on the wing, 

 but every time I drop one, I am profoundly astonished. It 

 seems an inspiration to locate a thunderbolt twenty yards in 

 the brush from whence I had the last sight of it, yet such an 

 aceid ent occurred to me last fall— a cross shot in a pine thicket, 

 from ground up. My dog brought it to me, or 1 should not 

 have known I had hit" it. T aimed at its level and speed only. 

 1 always shoot at a possibility, and that was the only game. I 

 saw during a long day's hunt, but that one shot was a com- 

 pensation. 



Two of my friends received a charge of shot in their feet 

 by ground pheasant shooters, the aforementioned Colonel 

 C. being one of the unfortunates, and a mutual friend, Lew 

 G., being the shootist. Poor C. has gone. A better 

 soul never gave zest to a, dinner, a fish, or a hunt ; he was a 

 thorough success on the first ; on a fishing trip he would find 

 one of nature's cool retreats and remain there with the lunch. 

 On my last hunt with him, he compelled me to accept his 

 very fine gun, insisting that it would be useful in my hands; 

 "he never had, and probably never would shoot it off ; " I 

 prize it still, as a remembrance of the sport I have had with 

 it. and of him w T ho em'oyed nature and good fellowship 

 — " With him no boast of bog or creel." 



Lew G. still lives. He was a necessity to our party ; he 

 was, and I have no doubt, still is upon the other side of 

 every statement, question, or fact, and sustained his position 

 or opposition by shrewd argument or persistent assertion, 

 with that apparent perfect conviction of truth, with which 

 he also could exceed every remarkable story he would hear. 

 In response to one of a wonderful night of wild pigeons, he 

 bold of the migration, ferrying, and sailing of squirrels he 

 once witnessed " while upon a steamboat trip down the Ohio 

 Paver ; there were thousands of squirrels crossing the river 

 upon chips and pieces of bark, tails up as sails, "to catch a 

 favoring wind. The boat hands placed a plank across the 

 bow at water level, and scooped up squirrels until the boat 

 was filled with them." I always supposed something was 

 done with the squirrels so scooped. It was not essential. 

 Lew could go a, few chips better upon occasion, and a, bark, 

 too, as he did when he assured us that he had cured a friend 

 who was dying of consumption, by feeding him upon dog fat; 

 "his friend was living in the same town; we could ask him." 

 I never heard that he was asked, so the cure is not vouched 

 pi by Juniata, 



RUFFED GROUSE IN VERMONT. 



I AM glad so many are interested in our noble game bird. 

 ruffed grouse, arid seeking to discover the cause of their 

 growing scarcity. The mountains of Central Vermont fur- 

 nish abundant feeding grounds, and the rough, wooded hills 

 and thickets of evergreen makes their capture extremely 

 difficult. Yet each year they are growing more scarce. A 

 few- years more at the present rate "of decrease and there will 

 be none left. When the country was uew. pigeons were 

 very plentiful here. They are gone. It, is time we compare 

 notes -and do what we can to save our grouse, lest ( hey go also. 



The red fox does his full share toward exterminating them, 

 by hreakjng up nests, killing the female on the nest, and kill- 

 ing the young before they can fly. 



A meaner animal than the fox preys upon them, too — the 

 market hunter. Spending weeks every year killing them for 

 flic miserable shillings they will bring in Boston market, 

 finding the nestS that he may capture a whole brood of par- 

 tially grown young killing in season and out of season, only 

 1 by some fear of "the law. 



Cannot we have a, law providing a severe penalty to any 

 (Tho Shall send this bird from the. ""State? 



Should the sportsmen here find such a man like "Judge 

 Rill" lighting a "baah" single-handed, rest, assured they 

 WQuld "hold the dogs" and pray Eor the success of the bear. 

 Royalbok, \*i. Rex. 



THE HERBERT MONUMENT. 

 Efh'tor Forest and Stream : 



Thanking you for your co-operation in the building of the 

 monument to Wm. Henry Herbert, we would like to ask 

 through you that suggestions of an appropriate design for 

 the monument shall lie sent in to the underaignedfat] as early 

 a date, as possible. 



Those favoring us should bear in mind that the monument 

 will be located on the. top of the Bellevale Mountains, where 

 it will he in view from a large area of country, 

 ( It has also been suggested that in addition to the contribu- 

 tions from individuals that each one of the sporting clubs of 

 Great Britain and America should be invited to contribute a 

 stone. 



The Warwick Woodlands furnish a very beautiful sand- 

 stone, but this would not be so visible in the long distance as 

 marble would be. 



As soon as sufficient designs are received the contributors 

 will be invited to meet on the spot where the monument will 

 be located, and appoint a committee to make the final selec- 

 tion and decision. W. O. McDowklt.. 



No. 130 Liberty street, New York. 



The fact that Herbert's grave, at Newark, N. J., had no 

 headstone was brought to the attention of the public in 1875 

 by a correspondent of the Pod and Gcn, who, in the course 

 of a description of a visit to Herbert's grave in Mount Pleas- 

 ant Cemetery, said: "No stone marks the grave where For- 

 ester sleeps. The sportsmen of America should not permit 

 this longer to be said. Whatever may be the verdict of the 

 world regarding William Henry Herbert, the sportsmen of 

 the country * * * should take" the name and memory of 

 Frank Forester into their safe and sacred keeping." He then 

 suggested "the erection of a suitable monument to Herbert's 

 memory, the fund for 'the puipose to be made up of contri- 

 butions by individual sportsmen and sportsmen's associations, 

 and to be known as the 'Forester Memorial Fund.' " "This 

 monument," he added, "need be neither costly nor imposing. 

 No matter how plain or inexpensive, so that it be in harmony 

 with the siu-roundings." And he thought that there were 

 hundreds and thousands of sportsmen who would contribute 

 to the fund. 



These suggestions found a ready response among the read- 

 ers of the Rod and Gun. Numerous letters on the subject 

 were received and published ; and in I he issue of December 

 4, 1875, the editor of that paper suggested that a committee 

 of those who were interested should meet at the Astor House. 

 Accordingly, on December 13, a number of gentlemen met 

 together, among whom were Messrs. George B. Raymond, 

 William Humphreys, editor of the Rod axd Got; Thomas 

 Picton, George B.'Eaton, Greene Smith, N. Rowe, and Ju- 

 lian Scott, The last five were appointed a committee to de- 

 vise a plan for carrying out the scheme of collecting a fund 

 for the Herbert memorial. The title adopted was the "Frank 

 Forester Memorial Association." 



The association's next mectingwas held at the Astor House 

 December 20, when the committee brought in a report, recom- 

 mending that a lot lie secured in Greenwood Cemetery, 

 whither Herbert's remains should be translated; and that an 

 appropriate monument should there be erected. This report 

 was accepted. A Newark gentleman then informed the 

 meeting that an association in his city had raised a subscrip- 

 tion to place a tombstone over Herbert's grave; and that the 

 proposed removal to Greenwood would be strongly opposed 

 by the citizens of Newark. A second and permanent execu- 

 tive committee was then appointed to carry out the provis- 

 ions of the association, its members being :" Messrs. Charles 

 n. Raymond, D. L. Beckwith, G. B. Eaton, N. Saltus, 

 Julian Scott, Charles E. Tilley, Thomas Picton, Charles 

 Hutchinson, Colonel Skinner, George B. Raymond, L. C. 

 Bruce, and William Humphreys. The further work of the 

 association was under the direction of these gentlemen. 

 The turf journal represented by Captain L. C. Bruce and 

 the Rod and Got were appointed joint treasurers of the 

 fund. 



The "Newark Herbert Association" went on with its 

 work, and in the following May placed over Herbert's grave 

 a memorial stone. Tt was fashioned and inscribed in strict 

 accordance with the directions given by Herbert shortly 

 before he killed himself; and bears the following inscription: 



"Frank Forester." 

 By tho Newark HerberL Association. 

 May 19, 187«. 

 WILLIAM HENRY HERBERT, 

 of England, 

 ASED 5 J Tears. 

 "InJ'elit:issim ua." 

 Born April 7, 1807, London. 

 Died May 17, 1858. New York. 

 The erection of the stone at Herbert's grave was the ob- 

 ject for which the "Frauk Forester Memorial Association" 

 had been formed. Now that this work had been done by 

 others, there were two courses open to the association; one 

 to return to the donors the contributions already received, the 

 other to modify the form of the proposed memorial. They 

 decided to adopt the the hitter course; and accordingly in 

 January, 1876, they published a circular in which it 'was 

 stated: 



ExEcrTrvK Committee Rooms, [ 



Astor House, New York. January, 1876; f 

 To the Sportsmen of AmeHca : 



Gentlicmkn — For over seventeen years the memory of 

 Frank Forester, that most talented, practical and instructive 

 of authors upon American game and held sports, has re- 

 mained unhonorcd by a suitable mortuary tribute ; conse- 

 quently, to repair this omission in reverence and in gratitude, 

 has been organized the Frank Forester Memorial Fund Associ- 

 ation, in whose behalf this appeal for financial aid 

 pathetic co-operation is addressed to the friends and admirers 

 of that distinguished and thoroughly national sportsmen. 



The original intention of the association had been the, trans- 

 lation of the remains of Frank Forester to Greenwood, and the 

 erection over them of a durable monument. Obstacles be- 

 yond possibility of removal, and an assurance that prominent 

 citizens of Newark, his burial place, will care for his crave 

 at their own expense, compel a partial deviation from the 

 association's first intention, still without the abandonment of 

 its cardinal object. 



It is at present designed not only to perpetuate the memory 

 of the talented and unfortunate author, but to contribute as a 

 distinctive class of citizens toward commemoration of a mem- 

 orable incident in our Nation's existence. Encoura 

 spontaneous expression ol s mpathj Cri m portsn n dwelling 

 in every section of our common country, the association. has 

 determined to accomplish it- .ugh crea- 



tion of a memorial wpi 



Centennial year of American ^dependence, to oe located in 

 the Central Park of New York City, there permanently to re- 

 main an enduring; monument of the patriotism, artistic taste, 



uberality, r and gratitude of the sportsmen'of America frater- 

 nally united. 



The Central Park is undeniably the most appropriate place 

 wherein could be placed a memorial tribute, or trophy of 

 sporting implements and objects, executed in bronze" and 

 granite by a sculptor of adequate ability in that style of art, 

 1 rendering his work effective and worthy the admiration of a 

 true sportsman, to insure the permanency of the structure 

 for universal exposition. The proposed memorial, unique, 

 imposing, characteristic and representative of the fine taste, 

 moral culture, social position and intellectual tendencies of 

 the American sportsman, must be entitled to the most ex- 

 tended publicity, aud where can that aim be better attained 

 than within a park, the heart of the great American metrop- 

 olis, oftentimes frequented by 30.000 visitors in the course of/ a 

 single day? 



The precise shape, fashion and form to be, assumed by the 

 contemplated Forester memorial cannot at present be" defi- 

 nitely determined, as its ultimate completion depends upon 

 the aggregate of contributions. Consequent! v. it is with this 

 view of creating a work of high art in indestructible bronze, 

 worthy of our common country, of the man we seek to honor, 

 and of the class of citizens we individually represent, that 

 every sportsman in the land is invited to contribute, his mite 

 so that this generation may bequeath to its successor a piece 

 of artistic excellence eliciting their admiration and commend- 

 ation. 



Confidence that the work can be accomplished is guaranteed 

 through precedents furnished by the Central Park alone. 

 Therein Americans have placed memorials to Morse and Fitz 

 Greene Halleck. Germans to Humboldt and Schiller. Cale- 

 donians to Sir Walter Scott, while the laches of New York 

 have in preparation massive testimonials in memory of Wash- 

 ington Irving and other local celebrities. It is unfair to pre- 

 sume that the fraternity of American sportsmen can fail to 

 equal, if not outvie, the liberality of isolated literary clubs, 

 particularly when it is designed to perpetuate to the world at 

 large the memory of the most eminent sportsman of this, or 

 of any other, age or cliine. 



The funds already received, amounting to about $175, 

 were accordingly expended by the committee in the publica- 

 tion and distribution throughout the country of this circular 

 appeal, subscription blanks, etc. The change of programme 

 met with little public favor, and failed entirely of financial 

 support. At a meeting of the association at the Astor House 

 May 1, 1876, the vice-president, stated that although several 

 thousands of the circulars had been sent out there had been 

 no replies to them. The president stated that many letters 

 had been received by the officers of the association, complain- 

 ing of its dilatoriness. The president also said to the meeting 

 that one correspondent, who wits not, however, a contributor 

 to the fund, had charged that the executive committee had 

 indulged in eating and drinking at the Astor House at the 

 expense of the fluid. "It was well that sportsmen should 

 understand," the president added, "that there were no per- 

 sonal expenses of the kind whatever, and that the Astor 

 House proprietors had furnished the room free, out of sym- 

 pathy' with the cause." Mr. Raymond expressed bis regret 

 that the circular appeal had failed of its object, and upon his 

 motion Major Beckwith was appointed a canvasser to per- 

 sonaby solicit subscriptions. That gentleman's personal ap- 

 peals to the sportsmen of the vicinity of New York were un- 

 attended with success, his report made to the association at 

 a meeting held June 9, 1876, showing an expenditure for 

 expenses greater than the receipt of contributions, and at his 

 own suggestion his farther services were dispensed with. 

 This was the last meeting of the "Frank Forester Memorial 

 Association," and the memorial project was abandoned until 

 again taken up by the Greenwood Lake .Association, and 

 brought to the notice of the public in our issue of March 23, 

 last. 



NOTES FROM WORCESTER, MASS. 



ON Thursday, April 6— Fast day — lots of glass balls and 

 clay pigeons were smashed by the members of the 

 Sportsmen's Club and their friends, at the club's grounds, 

 near Lake Quinsigamond. Invitations were extended to 

 several clubs in neighboring towns to spend the day with us, 

 but nothing was heard from them officially. We did hear 

 incidentally that a delegation from Ashland would fie with 

 us on the evening previous to the shoot, Our Marlboro 

 friends, who are always welcome, informed us that a 'bus load 

 would come. It was then rather late to arrange for a large 

 party, and next morning when forty shooters with large bags 

 of ammunition walked in upon us it looked just a little as 

 though some lively work must be done else our friends would 

 be compelled to ca rry some of it, home. All were good-uat urcd 

 and ready to lend a helping hand, and very soon another 

 trap was in place. Friends who came to look on were pressed 

 into service as scorers, pullers, etc., so that we managed to 

 get along fairly well, aud all seemed to enjoy themselves. 

 We should, however, have been better prepared and the 

 shoot would have been run more smoothly had we expected 

 so many visitors. The day was favorable for shooting, and 

 the sport, commenced about 9 A. M. and continued till "dark, 

 A splendid turkey dinner was served at Swan's aud plenty 

 of hot coffee in the club house all day. 



The Worcester Rifle Club and the Shrewsbury Rifle Club 

 have consolidated aud will hereafter be known as the 

 Worcester Rifle Association. They will practice at the Pine 

 Grove range in Shrewsbury, and "will soon erect two new 

 double sash targets for shooting 200 yards. They will also 

 remove the new club house at Lovcll's Grove to I he range in 

 Shrewsbury. Tin' uew association held an all day shoot 

 Fast day. at which thirteen members participated. The 

 shooting' was at 200 yards off-hand, and 400 and 500 yards in 

 any position. They expect to have a 1. 000-yard range in 

 order very soon, and it is hoped that some of the, matches be- 

 tween the various clubs in the State will be shot here, Woi -fes- 

 ter being a central point. 



Woodcock have arrived in good numbers, and several have 

 been picked up in 1he heart of the city that had fallen vic- 

 tims to the telegraph wires. 



Trout are running early, and some good baskets have been 

 marie by the local fishermen. 



I have no great desire to have the last word witli the 

 Winchendon Gun Club. All lamest sportsmen will be gkd 

 to read the announcement that they "know the law and 

 mean to help enforce if, and not break it." I commented on 

 the report as it appeared, and if it was incorrect it was not 

 my fault. I desire to thank your correspoudenl for Baying 

 in substance that T did not "draw it too strong' had' the 

 report been correct. 



It is, however, a little queer how those partridges got iuto 

 th-- case. 



The story of that hunt; and supper reached Worcester sev- 

 eral days before it appeared in the Foc.f.st ami BTBE vm 

 and. as told by two reliable gentlemen from Wincheudou 

 didn't -ouml a bit better than the report, which wis pub- 

 Used, the partridges being the same. As Die report was 

 dated Winchendon. it is to be presumed that the slanderer 



