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elected members; good references will be required, as tlie 
managers are determined that the excursionists shall be a 
party creditable to the country. 
—The ball players of the Stevens Institute will hereafter 
occupy the cricket field foot of Ninth street, Hoboken, on 
Saturday. They opened play there on April 18th. 
—The Baltimore Club defeated the amateur Excelsiors 
of that city, at Newington Park, on April 14tli, the pro¬ 
fessional nine playing a fine game. 
—On April 18th the New Brighton Base Ball players met 
on their field at Staten Island and had a practice game to¬ 
gether. 
—The Hartford club will play their first championship 
match on the 27th of April, where they will meet the Phil¬ 
adelphia nine at Hartford. 
—The Zephyrs of Philadelphia played their first game 
with the Rivertons of Riverton, N. J., on the 18th instant, 
when the Zephyrs, who had been defeated 45 to 0 by the 
Athletics on the preceding Saturday, made a close game 
with their formidable opponents. 
Riverton...4 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0—14 
Zephyr...1 1 5 1 0 0 4 1 0-13 
Umpire—Mr. R. Eckendorf. Runs Earned—Zephyr 2, 
Riverton 0. 
—The Harvard College nine for 1874 will consist of T. S. 
Bettens, c.; S. H. Hooper, p.; J. P. Kent, 1st b.; A. G. 
Hodges, 2d b.; J. A. Tyng, 3d b.; IT. C. Leeds, s. s.; C. T. 
Tyler, 1. f.; -Cutler, c. f.; and -— Tower, r. f. Mr. 
Tyler will be Captain of the nine. They will play Yale 
and Princeton College nines in May. 
—The professional games played up to date are as fol¬ 
lows:— 
April 13—Philadelphia vs. Eureka, at Philadelphia, 29—5 
“ 14—Atlantic vs. Montague, at Brooklyn, 40—2 
“ 14—Baltimore vs. Excelsior, at Baltimore, 22—4 
“ 14—Philadelphia vs. Yilla Nova, at Phila¬ 
delphia, 82—8 
“ 15—Boston vs. Field, at Boston, 34—3 
“ 15—Hartford vs. Trinity College, at Hartford, 38—4 
“ 16—Atlantic vs. Nameless, at Brooklyn, 14—1 
“ 16—Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia, 14—5 
“ 17—Chicago vs. Field, at Chicago, 44—3 
“ 18—Atlantic vs. Powhattan, at Brooklyn. 20—9 
jf hot §>uti mid 
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APRIL IS A. CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME 
Details of pigeon shooting and scores of rifle matches, and other interest¬ 
ing matter, should be mailed so' as to reach this office on Tuesday morning 
in each week. 
—There is on exhibition at Mr. Conlin’s gallery, 930 
Broadway, a photograph of the Irish eight, the winners of 
the Elcho shield in the late rifle contest at Wimbledon. 
Tlie picture, an admirable one, has been sent to Mr. Conlin 
by Mr. John Rigby, of Dublin, manufacturer of the cele¬ 
brated rifle which bears his name. Doubtless the portraits,, 
of the gentlemen who are to try their prowess at Creed- 
moor with our own riflemen will be objects of great in 
terest, 
—A letter from Minnesota, dated Lake City, April 13tli, 
says:—“The season here is later than U has been for years. 
The ice in the lake is quite firm, but it is a little shaky. 
The first robins and blue birds made their appearance on 
the 7th. Wild geese were seen and began to light on the 
margin of lake and ponds on the 10th. Ducks in great 
numbers suddenly made their appearance on the 11th. The 
pond& being only partially opened, and the remaining ice 
strong, the very best opportunity is afforded for shooting.” 
—Our correspondent, “Dick,” informs us that a conven- . 
tion of the sportsmen of Tennessee will be held at Mem¬ 
phis on May 1st, in order to take into consideration the 
game laws of the State, and to organize a State Sports¬ 
man’s Association. On Saturday, May 2d, there will be a 
pigeon match under the auspices of the Bluff City club 
and the Chickasaw jockey club, at the jockey club race 
course; open to the world; prizes, $100, $50, and $25, in 
plate or money. Five double birds, eighteen yards rise, 
one hundred yards boundary. Entrance fee, ten dollars. 
The contest for the club prize—silver pitcher—will be in¬ 
augurated by the members of the club at the close of the 
above match. 
—A letter from Elkhorn, Wisconsin, dated April 15th, 
says:—“Wild fowl are abundant here now— i. e., blue bills, 
butterballs, redheads, and occasional widgeon, whistlers, 
brant, and Canada wild geese. Three guns (muzzle load¬ 
ers) scored (bagged) sixty-three head on the 13th, and three 
other guns—muzzle loaders also—bagged ninety-two on the 
11th, mostly bluebills, (broadbills, or blackheads, perhaps, 
on the coast). Our spring shooting, however, is short. Two 
weeks hence the ducks will have all “moved on,” except 
mallard, woodduck, and teal—all close.' 1 ’ 1 
We are indebted to Thos. J. Higgins, Esq., of Chicago, 
Ills., for the revised copy of the by-laws of the Kennicott 
Club of Chicago. The following is a list of officers for 
1874:—President, Abner Price; Yice President, M. Benner; 
Secretary, Joel A. Tliinney; Treasurer, D. G. Alston. 
The Manchester Sportsman’s Association has just been 
formed at Manchester, Vermont. It^bjects are rifle 
j- ra ctice, the protection of game and fish and the restocking 
of our streams with trout. The are—C. F. Orvis, President; 
Dr. G. H. Swift, Yice President; H. Eggleston, Secretary; 
C. J. Wait, Treasurer. Standing Committee—D. H. Sim- 
onds, C. F. Swett, C. F. Orvis. We have the finest stream 
for trout in this State and have many trout in them yet, but 
wish to increase them. This association will thankfully 
reeeive any donations of reports, 1 books, papers, or letters 
on the above subjects. 
—Of course it is all very fine to go into the wilderness 
and do your cooking in the most primeval style. A piece 
of bear stuck at the end of a ramrod and toasted that 
way has its charms, providing you use a muzzle loading 
gun, but when it comes to a breech loader that hasn’t got 
any ramrod, where are you? Commend us then to a most 
neat and portable camping and mining stove, manufactured 
by Messrs. Pond & Duncklee, of No. 87 Blacktone Street, 
Boston. There, in a compact form, and everything fitting 
nicely together, you have a regular range and laltine de 
cuisine all complete. With such an arrangement, you can 
go into the woods, and providing there is game enough, you 
can achieve the triumphs of the hunter’s cuisine. We 
fancy round just such a stove there will assemble many a 
group of good fellows this summer in the wild woods, and 
as they discuss the savory bird or the luscious trout, will 
think of Messrs. Pond & Dunklee’s camping stove. 
—The Hudson Daily Star of the 16th instant says:— 
“The match at Ghent to-day between Lebnard Geiger, of 
this city, inventor of the Remington breech loading rifle, 
and Judge Kisselburgh, of Ghent, with a muzzle loader, 
was a triumph for the inventor of the breech loader and 
this city. The distance shot was 550 yards, at turkeys, 
and Mr. Geiger killed eight, and Judge Kisselburgh two 
out of the same number of shots. The gun used by Mr. 
Geiger is a new one, which he intends using at Creedmoor, 
L. I., in the friendly match between - the Irish eight and 
American riflemen, in October next.”*] 
Twenty-four shots were fired, Mr. Geiger’s score being as 
follows:—0 000011010000010100100 1. 
The eighteenth shot cut the string by which the turkey 
was tied. 
Portland, April 18,1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream;— 
On Fast day, April 16, the Maine Shooting Club, of Portland, held their 
spring match on the usual grounds. The shooting was hardly up to 
their average, the wind being very strong and the birds unusually 6mart 
on the wing. After the pigeons were exhausted the gyro was substitu¬ 
ted. Both scores are appended: 
Pigeons. 
Gyro. 
Hits. 
Missed. 
Hits. 
Missed. 
Ira Burnham. 
.... 2 
4 
3 
3 
H. Soule. 
... 2 
4 
6 
0 
C. Pollieter. 
. .. 4 
2 
6 
G 
C. Stanwood. 
... 3 
3 
4 
2 
M. J. Sullivan... 
.. .. 4 
2 
6 
0 
C. Holden. 
. ... 5 
1 
4 
2 
W. F. Woods.... 
.... 1 
5 
1 
5 
F. Morrill. 
.... 1 
5 
5 
1 
M. Hodson. 
... 2 
4 
4 
2 
AHodson. 
... 1 
5 
5 
1 
J. Sweet. 
... 6 
0 
4 
2 
E. C. Page. 
... 2 
4 
5 
1 
F. Fernaid. 
... 1 
5 
2 
4 
James Bond. 
.... 3 
3 
’ 6 
0 
S. W. Lewis. 
.... 2 
4 
6 
0 
Some excitement was caused by one of 
the marksmen, who made the 
somewhat surprising error of mistaking a 
bystander for*a 
pigeon, and 
thereupon brought him promptly down in 
ner. 
a most sportsmanlike man- 
F. W. S. 
Hamilton, Ont,., April 1, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In your “Answers to Correspondents” of the 2d inst. you say “clean¬ 
ing rifle is permitted under Wimbledon rules, in a match like the Inter¬ 
national open to any rifle, although forbidden in matches restricted to 
breech-loaders alone.” Without an explanation it might appear some¬ 
what strange, that wiping out is disallowed to the breech-loader, the time 
required being a few seconds, whilst it is allowed to the muzzle-loader, 
the time required being necessarily much longer. At Wimbledon the 
competitors in matches open to breech-loaders only are formed up in 
files or pairs, and fire shot and shot alternately, whilst in matches open 
to “any rifle” the competitors are formed in a square, and fire shot for 
shot in the order in which their names are called. It is easily perceived, 
therefore, that the firing would, be greatly delayed were cleaning out al¬ 
lowed to the former, except between the ranges, whilst.no inconvenience 
can ordinarily arise by the muzzle-loader taking advantage of the rule. 
I notice that “T. C. C.,” in article No. 2 on “How to Shoot at Long 
Range,” favors what we call the “bead” foresight. After an experience 
of some years, I am inclined to the opinion that in the clear atmosphere 
with which we are usually favored in this country, the “ aperture” front 
sight is preferable to the ‘ ‘bead.” 
The Council of the Ontario Any Rifle Association will hold a meeting 
shortly to settle the details of the proposed challenge to the Irish Team 
J. J. M. 
[In regard to the “bead sight,” we have to state that several of our 
best shots prefer, as does our correspondent J. J. M., the aperture front 
sight, especially where the light is over bright.— Ed.] 
Milton, Mass., April 20, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In answer to your correspondent “S. T. J. O.’s” communication, I 
would say, had he looked closely he would have found the quacking 
noise of which he speaks to proceed from the speckled frogs. They are 
very musical at this season, but only for a short time. Persons hearing 
their notes for the first time almost invariably take them for the quack¬ 
ing of ducks, the sounds are so similar. Truly yours, G. S. j . 
Jp? (^orrcrjpondcnfg. 
J. T. B., Fort Wayne, Ind.—The crane mentioned in your letter of last 
week, page i50, is evidently the Whooping Crane, grus Americana. 
Taunton, Mass.—Is there any law that forbids catching shad with a 
fly in Taunton River in the months of March, April and May? Ans. 
None. 
Colquhoun, Danville, Va.— You ask price of Remington Creedmoor 
match rifle with loading apparatus—bullet moulds and cleaning fixtures, 
everything complete? Ans. $105; address them personally. 
Frank W., Brooklyn.—Is Sullivan County, N. Y., a good place to 
spend a couple of weeks in July and August? Ans. Few places better. 
What kind of game in season in those months? Ans. Woodcock. 
J. Nixon, N. Y.—Please state when fishing commences, and if around 
Hell Gate, East and Harlem Rivers are good places? Ans. Bass fishing 
good in May. John Hiiliker, 88th street, Yorkville, is a good man to put 
you on the ground. 
Subscriber.— Will you kindly inform me of the best load for pigeon 
shooting for a 10 bore, 10 lb. breech-loader. How would 4£ drachms of 
powder and If- oz. No. 8 shot do? Ans. A proper charge for 30 yards 
rise—use a concentrator. 
Box 190, Schenectady.—I see by your advertising column that you 
have the “Taxidermist’s Manual and Taxidermist’s Manual, Brown, and 
Taxidermy Made Easy.” Which would you advise for a beginner? Ans. 
Buy Coues' new Field Ornithology. 
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D. W., Boston.—Can I find good trout fishiug round and about Me¬ 
chanics Falls, Me. ? Ans. It has been fished a good deal. We should 
advise you to go to the Rangely region; there is fishing there for 100 rods. 
It is 83 miles on the Maine Central to Farmington; thence by stage. 
Trout Fishing, Gates ave., Brooklyn.— Please give a good preparation 
for making boots water-proof? Ans. 6 oz. mutton suet, 6 oz. beeswax, 
4 oz. rosin and a pint of linseed oil; melt the three first ingredients to¬ 
gether and add the last. Apply on uppers and soles of boots. 
J. F. M., Lancaster, Penn.—Are the Long Island trout, such as we see 
in Fulton Market, propagated artificially, cr are they caught regular? 
Ans. Cultivated in breeding ponds by natural or artificial propagation. 
W. II. Furman prefers the natural process; other culturists breed arti¬ 
ficially. 
X. T., Augusta, Me.—Will you give me the address of some reliable 
firm where lance wood and ferrules for making fly rods can be*obtained? 
Ans. Barton, Alexander & Waller, J. Conroy, and Andrew Clerk & Co. 
New York; Bradford & Anthony, Boston, and J. B. McHarg, Rome, 
N. Y. 
J. Sutton, Mich.—Can you tell me how I can preserve crawfish so that 
I can carry them to the lake for bait in large numbers; they die and be¬ 
come soft and worthless; would scalding in strong brine do; I wish to 
use the whole fish? Ans. Pack in wet sawdust and salt, or brine. 
Scalding will discolor them, a little saltpetre added to the salt will im¬ 
prove the pickle. 
Nelson J. & Eph, Columbia. Tenn.—Will you favor us with the ad¬ 
dress of Seth Green, and also the best work on Fish Culture, or such 
work as will give full information in regard to propagation of what is 
called Tront here? - Ans. 1. At 16 Mortimer street, Rochester, N. Y 
2. Write to Livingston Stone, Charlestown, N. H., for his book, or to 
J. II. Slack, Bloomburg, N. J., or Thad. Norris, Philadelphia. 
Beaver, Bald Mountain, N. Y.—I have a breech-loading rifle which 
has become rusty from not sufficient drying after cleaning. What is the 
best thing to remove rust from the inside of a rifle barrel? Ans. Use 
gun or parafine oil, which are the only oils which- should be employed. 
If you cannot get gun oil, use benzine. H the barrel is not badly rusted 
the oil will clean it. Use a woollen rag and no end of elbow grease. 
Never use water under any circumstances. 
W. E. T,, Brooklyn.— 1. Near what place in the vicinity of the 
wooded part of Iowa can I find prairie chicken shooting where deer or 
antelope can be found, or where good sport can bo had with fur, fin and 
feather? Ans. Norway, Iowa, is 245 miles, on the Chicago andN. W. 
Railroad. 2. What will be the fare from New York to the place you 
name, and the price per week for board in a farm house? Ans. The 
fare is about $23 and the board $1 a day. 
A. A. W.—Try the water in your lake with the thermometer this sum¬ 
mer; let it down to the bottom and draw it up quickly; if it does not 
show above 70 degrees you may try brook trout in it; no fear of its be¬ 
ing too cold. You can get spawn from November to April. Write to 
Fred. Mather, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. Brook trout rarely get above two 
pounds weight; they eat other fish; some are not as ravenous as bass or 
pickerel. The greatest danger is of the other fish you mention—perch, 
bream, &c—devouring the young trout, but a small inclosure could be 
made to keep them in the first year. 
Lincolnshire, Montreal.—Can you inform me whether firing ball 
from high priced breech-loading shot guns is liable to injure them or 
not? Ans. Unless it is a matter of necessity we would advise you not 
to use ball in ^onr shot gun. Tlfe weight of powder would be four 
drachms; the ball should be wrapped in chamois leather, so that it will 
fight tightly in the cartridge. The cartridge should not be turned down. 
Are you aware whether any of the manufacturers of breech-loading 
rifles (American) send out their rifles ready sighted as the English ma¬ 
kers do? Ans. They will all test sight their rifles and charge an extra 
price for the labor. 
J. D. Carr, Fall River, Mass.—Two men are found fishing with a 
small net in the south Watuppa Lake near this city; they are arrested 
and their catch, some sixty fish (white and yellow perch and pickerel), 
together with their net, is taken to the police station and the men are 
locked up, but after a few hours, are let go, as the authorities can find 
no case against them. With our present laws here in Massachusetts 
could not something be done to these men? This net fishing is practiced 
to considerable-extent here? Ans. The prosecution failed of its duty, 
and the men should have been fined. The only way to prevent violation 
is by rigorous and and impartial dealing. The reason why the N. Y. 
Society for Protection of Game is held in fear by poachers, &c., is be¬ 
cause of iis inflexible perseverance in punishing offenders. 
Chester, N. Y.-Wc printed last week in this column a recipe for 
curing raw hides, which please note. Here is another 6ent to us by our 
correspondent “Monmouth,” excellent for sheep and buckskins, and 
may answer for caribou and beef-skin, taking more time: Take two 
parts of saltpetre and one of alum, pulverize them well together; spread 
the skin carafully, fur side down, before it has got dried; apply the mix¬ 
tures evenly, being careful to touch every part in sufficient quantity to 
thoroughly wet the surface after it dissolves; double the flesh side and 
roll it up closely; put it in a cool place, out of the way of the frost, and 
let it remain three or four days or more according to thickness; then un¬ 
roll, and when it gets nearly dry, with a dull knife remove the fat that 
may adhere in spots, and a little rubbing makes it pliable and fit for use. 
W. K. M., Senaca Falls, N. Y.—Will you be kind enough to explain in 
your columns how to use bird lime after it is prepared, and what book 
is the best guide for rearing birds other than canaries? Ans. Select 
some small dry sticks, about eight inches long and as thick as a straw; 
sharpen one end of them to a flat thin edge, so they can be stuck into a 
cut in a stake; take a large stick or stake and drive it in the ground; 
make cuts in its sides suitable to receive the flat ends of the stick; take 
two of the small sticks and dip them in the lime; when covered, hold one 
in each hand and roll them between your thumbs and fingers with their 
sides touching, thus equally distributing the lime; insert their ends 
loosely into the notches in the stake in the ground, and place a “call 
bird” in a conspicuous place near the stake; when the birds alight in the 
sticks they pull loose from the main stick, and when flying away the 
wings come in contact with the lime and are pinioned to the bird’s 
sides. It does not hold them by the feet, as is generally supposed. 
Conohiplist, Brainerd, Minn.—1. Can you recommend any breech¬ 
loaders which have one barrel for shot and the other for ball? An s. 
Write to any of our advertisers; they are all reliable. 2. What is your 
opinion of a gun advertised by Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg; 
A. Woodhill’s rifle and shot gun, 50-100 calibre, and 12 bore; price $85? 
Ans. We do not know the gun. 3. What dog can alone catch and kill 
a wolf? Ans. A cross between a thoroughbred old-fashioned mastiff 
and a deer hound. 4. Is it true that first litters of puppies are not good 
where both parents are of full growth? Ans. No. 5. Have deer ever 
been grown successfully for profit? Ans. Yes; in this country, Scot¬ 
land and Germany. 6. A hunter asked me the other day would it pay 
where land can be had for two dollars and a half an acre or as free home¬ 
steads near here to stock a farm with deer. It is suppossd they will 
thrive on meadows and in poplar thickets the year round without other 
food. The chief expense would be fencing and watching. I refer the 
question to you. Venison brings here $5 to $6 per 100 pounds? Ans. 
There should at least be enclosed 1,000 acres to breed deer successfully 
and profitably. The land to be wild, natural and uncultivated, all cover 
or forest land with springs, and if possible one. or two laurel swamps so 
as to provide food without feeding them artificially through the winter. 
They mnst not be interfered with in any way and not touched by the 
hand of man, as directly you begin to domesticate a deer, it destroys the, 
flavor of the venison and prevents them from breeding successfully. 7. 
Can any of your patrons—ladies or gentlemen—show a better score at 
battledore and shuttle cock thanl.596.strikes; two persons playing; single 
bird. Of course without resting or letting bird once touch the floor? 
Ans; We refer this question to our lady readers. 
