April 13, 1882 1 



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to be shot, at 

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 vicinity who 

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 scores made 



B of the popular subscription matches 



■wit a match will be out on the programme which 

 i the first stage of the international mflftaryinatoh 

 lOor next fall toetWi i a h E i 'lishvolbnteersana 



nal Gfuardsmen. The good military shots in this 

 iking for places on the American team will no 

 see what they can do toward getting a place. The 



Subscription Match— aid Yards. 



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G H Charles, May S., 



D P Holder. Bal S.. 



C White, Bal S.. 



SB James, BalS.. 



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Next Thursday the Maynard match will he 

 ance is anticipated. 



SPRINGFIELD VS. P.RATTLEBORO.— Springfield, Mass., April 

 HI -The Rod and Gmi Rifle Club shm a friendly match with the Brat- 

 tleboro, VI. Short-range Club on the latter's grounds, at Brattleboro, 

 Vt.. April 7, winning by 47 points. The day was cloudv and cold, and 

 the wind blew strong, but quite steady. The visitors were escorted to 

 the Brooks House i.u their arrival, where they were handsomely en- 

 tertained by the Oak (irove Rifle Club, after which they were driven 

 to the range br one of John L. Ray's splendid (four-in-hand) turnouts. 

 The Rod and Gun Club will, at an early date, return the invitation to 

 the Oak Grove Club. Below we give the following scores : 

 Rod and Gun. 



Cooley 12 » 11 ? 11 11 11 10 11 11-104 



Look .10 11 11 10 12 8 9 9 11 11=102 



Chapin 12 10 8 11 12 12 11 10 



Barrett 11 8 10 12 9 9 11 



Gorham 9 10 11 8 10 10 10 13 



Stebbins 13 10 '! 9 11 8 12 9 



Wilson 10 8 10 9 9 9 12 9 



Rogers 10 8 10 11 10 10 " 



gumstead 10 It) 10 ° 



Wallace.. 



9—100 

 8— 99 

 11— 99 

 11- 98 

 9 11 10— 97 



7 12 9— 95 



8 10 10— S 



Lamb 10 



Howe 10 11 11 9 



AS Nichols 11 9 10 11 



Cobb 10 



Wood 



Read 7 



Taft ... 



Hannan , 7 



AW Nichols ...11 



Knight. 3 



8 7 10 9 10— 85—972 

 kr.altleboro. 



12 12 12 11 11 10 11—110 

 10 9 9 12 9 11-101 

 9 11 11 9 11 8— 100 

 10 12 9 9 10 8 9 10 12— 99 

 8 10 11 10 9 10 9 10 9— 95 

 12 10 11 10 10 12 9 4 9— 94 

 8 11 5 7 12 11 11 9 9— 89 

 10 S 11 9 9 11 8 5 4—82 

 490789 10 9 11— 78 

 .. 7 10 6 9 10 5 9 10 8— 77—925 

 The Rod and Gun Club have challenged the Walnut Hill short-range 

 team to meet theru at Worcester, about the 25th Inst. , (12 men on a 

 side.)— Rod and Gt;.v. 



FORESTER CLUB.— At a meeting of the Long Island Forester Club, 

 held on the evening of the 11th inst.. a large number of prizes was 

 donated for a glass-ball tournament, to be held on Decoration Day. 

 The club was also presented wli b a handsomely designed etching on 

 copper, illustraih eot duo-.: -da .o'mgat Moriches Bay, by Mr. J.F. Sabin. 

 one of the leading m'erauers. The etching will be used to print the 

 club's noteheads, notices, etc. 



WORCESTER. Mass., April 7. —Yesterday , which was Fast day, was 

 spent by the Worcester Sportsman's Club as a field day at their 

 grounds. They had guests from Ashland and Marlborough. The 

 shooting begun at 9 in the morning, and was kept up until nearly 

 dark, except the hour spent for dinner. They had a right good time, 

 over forty taking part in the shooting, which was for pleasure, not 

 for record. Glass balls and clay pigeons were used. 

 SEQU&WSBL'RY, Mass., April 7.— The members of the Worcester 

 " ttly consolidated, had a meet at Bine 

 rteen taking part in the sport, shoot- 

 sociation is to be known as' the 

 ivell range at Peat meadow, in 

 ud the building removed to the Pine 

 double sash targets are soon to be built. 



r Rifle Club at the 

 ig officers for the ei 

 ident. A. Mathews; 



every week. At their las 

 target at the noskniorasl 

 the Gardner target, v.hici 

 The score tells the story ; 



J N Dodge 



G F Ellsworth.. 



A Mathews 



SL Walker 



F H Knowlton . 



EC Henry 



RP Adams 



I 0. N. D.— For taxidi 



ham street, or J. Wall 



J. H. A.— Lockwood 



Th3 rlptin _i . ■ ! 



see that the style "of" b 



..86 



..77 



..76 



158 



..71 



44 

 42 



93 48 



87 46 



65 42 



66 43 

 59 42 

 52 41 



179 

 164 

 140 



BOGARDUS TRIES THE CLAY PIGEONS.— Cincinnati. O., April 

 5.— Editor Fori stand SI ream: The clay pigeon shooting by Captain 

 A. n. Bogardus. at the Base Ball Park here to-day, attracted a large 

 number ol interested sportsmen. Man'.- ladies v. ,ae nresenl Tfa- 

 feat attempted by the captain, was to break odd cla v pi-eons in thirty 

 minutes, loading his own guns, one bird to be strung at a time from 

 six or more traps three yards apart. The ( 

 nished the birds, traps, and trappers, pledg' 

 birds ready for firing when Capt. Bogardus 

 the match; the birds to be thrown fair, from 

 ground and at least ten yards distance fn. 

 and the company were both on time, anc 

 shooter soon found that the clay pigeons 

 from glass balls. The spectator ' 



any f u 



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t good 



mists' instruments go to Otto & Bvnders, Chal- 

 ice, 16 Norih William street. 

 N. Y. Such an arm would not be a rifle at all. 

 itaeterislic of a rifle is the rifling, the purpose 

 revolving motion to the hall. You will readily 

 ■re yon propose could not be rifled at all. 

 . — New Loudon, Conn. — Can you inform me 

 >n oology? Also a catalogue or list of 



your correspondent - 

 bit off luore'u he coidd 

 the score stood 444 bird: 

 required 4min. 7sec. th 

 Following are the del 

 Sweepstakes— Si 



i?hea 



the 



. that 



expir; 



lil'te. 



rds t 



:ent. 

 WE Limburg. . 

 Jno Whetstone 



E Overman 



.1 Carson , 



J Smith 



A P King . 



f the half hour 



_ Jixty the shooter 



;. . the total 500 being broken in isirnin. 7sec. 



i details of the other matches shot to day: 



entrance: class shooting; ten rinai-' clay pig,-oi;s. 

 money divided into three prizes. 50, 30. and 20 per 



. .1111111111—10 M Stewart 0000100000— 1 



..'laaiildOli— 5 HF Robinson 1001010000—3 



..1111111101—9 BDunlap 0001111111—7 



..1000001011— 4 J Franeotte 0111011111— 8 



. .001 1011010— 5 C W Eckert 0011010011— 5 



1111111010— S A DuBrav OOllllOllO— 6 



Scorer, W. Wilkerson; Referee, Hemy Hills. Puller. Capt. Bogardus. 

 Liniberg took first money. E. Overman, second and Whetstone and 

 "Franeotte,' 1 another name for a prominent Covingtonian, divided 

 third money. 



Second Shoot. 

 Five dollar entrance; class shooting; three prizes. 50, 30 and 20 per 

 cenl.; I ■ ■ n -'in.:.' i.ivik rise rkai teen yards; 1 1 -i ■ i ■ I ■; , i ' ■ iaiirsa-;. £na 

 lish rules, with the exception that both barrels must be fired while the 

 pigeon is in the air. 



C W Eckert 1101111011 — 8 H Overman 0110100111—6 



BTiepel 1111111011—9 J Carson 0011001010—4 



W E Limberg 0000111110—5 J Whetstone 1111101111—9 



B Dunlap 0001110111—6 J Franeotte 0111111111— 9 



Tiepel, Whetstone and Franeotte shot off for first money with the 

 following result: 



Tiepel 01111—4 Franeotte 10111-4 



Whetstone 11111—5 



Eckert took second money and Dunlap and H.^Overmau shot off 

 their tie for third money, as follows: 



Dunlap 00011—3 Overman 11010—3 



To Mr. Franeotte was awarded the silver cup offered by Captain 

 Bogardus for the best average score. 



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and Sh 

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 ing 200. 40 

 Worcester 

 Wore si -,- 

 Grove rang 



KEY" ROI 'I.'ELi.E. -Wednesday the 5th inst. the New Roehelle 

 Rifle Club elected the following officers for the ensuing year: H. C. 

 C'alenberg, Captain; A. Diel, Treasurer; F. W. Ellenberger, Secretary: 

 Executive,' B. Kirchhof, T. Traphagen. Martin Burns. The club con- 

 sists of twenty-six members, meets every first Wednesday of the 

 month; rifle shooting every second Wednesday of the month, and 

 practice every Wednesday afternoon during thest 



^mwtr§ to (jjjsorrespandent^ 



H. B. R.— Syracuse— Ans. See ans. to S. S. W. 



Sub.— Is the "Stranahan cauvas boafstill made, and by whom? 

 Address, Hunt & Co., Chargin Falls, Ohio. 



S. S. W.— Osborn Hollow— Ans. Training vs. Breaking is what you 

 want ; we shall be able to send it soon ; price $1. 



Constant Reader, Atlanticville, Long Island.— For duck shooting 

 select a 10-bore, 101b., right-hand barrel, modified choke, left-hand bar- 

 rel full choke. 



A. L. — Seymour, Conn. — Please inform me if there is a paper pub- 

 lished devoted to birds and bird's eggs, and oblige. Ans. The Nuttall 

 Bulletin is what you want. Address Mr. Ruthorn Deane. Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



J. C. — Is there a book published explaining the various kinds of 

 pleasure boats; how to buy. and how to handle them? Kemp's 

 Yacht & Boat Sailing. Send to Yan Nostrand. 27 Murray street. 

 Price $7.50. 



D. B.— 1. What is the varnish used on the bottoms of canoes- 

 formula for it? 2. What pistol do they use in Conlin's Gallery, and 

 what is the price? What kind of sights? Ans. 1. Regular copal var- 

 nish for canoes. 2. Steven's 10m. barrel, .22-eal., open sights. 



D. H. G., Mayville. N. Y.— 1. You will find all the rules of long range 

 rifle shooting in a pamphlet published by the Forest and Stream Pub- 

 lishing Company, entitled "Long Range Rifle Shooting." price 25 cts. 

 2. For instructions in rowing-training, consult "How to Row," by Der- 

 ruigton, price 82. 



;etts oi egos- Ans. We know of no completed work on N. A. Oology. 

 \\ rite to H. B. Bailey, ol South street, this city. He may be able, to 

 help you. 



L. 31. L.— Baltimore. Md.— My setter dog. three years old, has just 



returned from North Carolina. He has a bad cough, v, hioh comes on 

 with exercise, as he does not cough when still. "What shall I do for 

 him. Ans. Probably he has a cold, perhaps indeed by change of cli- 

 mate. Give him t we ;e a day a dessert spoonful of laudanum, 20 drops 

 essence of anise, 30 drops extract of liquorice, 1 ounce linseed tea. 

 F. G. B.— Jersey City— What is the nearest point to this city where 

 1 can obtain trout or black bass fishing, and how to reach it. I wish 

 to know of a fishing ground open to the public, not preserved. Is 

 there any book on this subject ?. Ans. Probably Greenwood 

 hake is the nearest. Take New York and Greenwood Lain- Railroad. 

 The waters are public. The only book on black bass is Dr. Hen- 

 shall's ; price S3. We can furnish it. 



N. S., Eliza ville, N. Y.— Can you inform me if it is contrary to law 

 to lish with tikes and set-nets in lakes stocked with black bass, pickerel 

 and perch? We have two lakes at this place, one of which I have 

 slocked ivitii black bass, and the other I intend to stock with carp, 

 having procured them from Washington and at present placed them 

 in a private pond to breed. Certain parties fished with impunity last 

 tpring, regardless of my protest, at the season at which they were 

 " Jessup of Hudson. N. Y., said to be a 

 aid no attention to it until after the 

 • taken up. Preparations are making 

 with several nets to fish, audi would 

 i way to stop it. I have been to eon- 

 } stock these waters. If Jessup is in- 

 his duty, who are the proper officials 



pawning. I informed Jo 

 lish and game protector, 

 season closed and the net 

 at the present time by pa 

 like to be informed if 'the; 

 siderable trouble and exp 

 competent or will not perf o; 



appeal to? Ans. Unless the Supervisors of your couiitv'have modi- 

 li'.l the State law, it is unlawful to fish in the waters named with nets, 

 i'ou should again warn Mr. Jessup and appeal to your town consta- 

 bles to protect .your rights. Too often the latter are in lea erne u ith or 

 are kinsmen of the poachers. 



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Horticultural Essays.— By Peter Henderson, 35 Cortlandt street, 

 New York. Price 75 cents. 



European Breezes.— By Marie J. Pitman. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 

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Subdued Southern Nobility.— A southern ideal, by One of the 



Nobility. New York: Sharp's Publishing Company. A book better 

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Early Spring m Massachusetts.— From the journal of Henry D. 

 Thoreau. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1883. A welcome addi- 

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FrRST Aid to the Injured.— By Peter Shepherd. M. B. Revised by 

 Bowditch Morton, M. D. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. 

 Price, 50 cents. This is an exceedingly useful little manual of 

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Marriage and Parentage: And the Sanitary and Physiological 

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Club House For Sale.— A small club in want of a suitable house 

 already furnished wiU do well to look in our advertising columns. 

 . The Smokers' Match Box, recently patented and now put on the 

 market, is an excel em kale thing to hnve on a windy lav. We have 

 examined the article, and find that it does all that is claimed for it in 

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Mr. W. R. Schaefer, the well-known manufacturer and dealer in 

 fire arms, of Boston, Mass., has lately admitted his son into the firm, 

 thus . makim.- a slight .change in the firm name. It nowreadsW. R. 

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 sell just as flnegoods as formerly, and the infusion of young blood 

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Mr. J. F. Marsters, of Brooklyn, dealer in rods, fishing tackle, etc., 

 has display! 1 1 a ass lei aide enterprise in getting up a show of trout at 

 the opening of the season, for the amusement and benefit of his 

 friends ana-patrons. He has a fine lot of fish from the ponds of H. 

 [i. McGovern. L. I. They are in a large glass tank stu dings 

 high by six in length and make a very pretty show, the light striking 



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tion of what kind of flies the fish take best. Mr. Marsters placed on a 

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u-kkuvi '.wh,'s. Tins, when dangled at the side ot the tank, the-fish 



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