FOREST AND STREAM 
267 
A CURIOUS SHOT. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
A remarkable shot was made two years ago by Prince Carolatti, who 
owns extensive domains with large forests in Silesia, Prussia. Taking a 
hd and Miter 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
drive of inspection through the woods in company with his chief game- 
keeper, with the intention of having a shot if occasion offered, a drove 
of seven deer feeding near the road were seen. When the wagon came 
near them the drove separated,four of them running to the left and three of 
them, a buck, a doe, and a fawn, turning to the right. The wagon hav¬ 
ing stopped, the three deer halted in their flight and turned their heads, 
eyeing the vehicle, the buck standing apart from the rest. The Prince 
fired at the buck, aiming at its right shoulder, but what was his surprise 
when he saw the three deer drop, killed on the spot by the one shot. 
The game-keeper took at once a measurement and found that the buck 
was standing sixty paces from the wagon, the doe six paces to the left of 
the buck, and the fawn four paces to the left of its mother,as represented 
in this diagram: 
* 
3 
1 
* 
*The wagon, lthe buck, 2 the doe, and 3 the kid. 
The range was perfectly clear of any object, by striking which the bul¬ 
let might have been possibly diverted. An examination of the buck 
showed that the bullet had taken a twist in his body, striking the right 
shoulder in a slanting direction. Instead of passing out in a straight 
line on his left side, it had glanced off from the shoulder blade, and in 
its new course by a strange accident had struck the doe with deadly effect 
three inches below the shoulder, and passing through her body also had 
hit the kid in the eye and killed it. The force of the bullet, meanwhile, 
was spent, so that it lodged in the head of the kid, where it was found 
afterwards. 
This extraordinary result of the shot cannot be accounted for but by 
the course of the bullet being laterally and vertically changed when it 
passed through the bodies of the buck and doe in succession. The 
Prince said, that having handled a rifle since more than fifty years, he 
would not have hesitated at firing at the buck if persons had been stand- 
i in the places where the doe and fawn were killed, because he should 
never have dreamed of a .possibility of the bullet taking so strange a 
course as it didin this instance. Lehman. 
Detroit, May 30, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
Enclosed I take pleasure in handing you score of the last State Medal 
shoot, which took place May 29, using wild birds. After the medal we 
shot a Sweepstake of five birds, each shooter depositing $5, and having 
a drawback of $1 for each bird killed, each man putting $1 for each 
bird missed into a pilose, and the longest liver wins. As will be seen by 
the score, our worthy and much respected president captured it. The 
day was pleasant, although somewhat warm, we were favored with a 
very refreshing breeze from Lake St. Clair, and the day’s sport was 
very enjoyable. We shall probably shoot again next week. Wishing 
for the entire success of your esteemed paper, which is fast gaining 
friends in these parts, I remain yours, J. E. Long. 
state medal. 
Name. 
Straight. Killed. 
Name. Straig 
lit. 
Killed. 
Fisher......... 
.5 11 
Haskall. 
drawn 
Babcock. 
.4 11 
Yan Duser. 
..9 
14 
Berger. 
.2 drawn 
Russell. 
.. t 
drawn 
IMnrvpll 
...5 12 
Eldridge... 
..4 
drawn 
Stenton. 
.4 drawn 
Hawkins. 
..3 
drawn 
Cristey... 
.8 13 
Canniff. 
. .4 
drawn 
Cadman. 
. 8 13 
Gilman... 
..14 
14 
TVTaHipr 
2 drawn 
Dubois.. 
diawn 
Penny. 
. drawn 
Colburn... 
..8 
14 
Long. 
.7 . 13 
Ties shot off, 
5 birds at 26’ yards. 
Yan Dusen, 0 111 
0. 
Gilman, 0 
10 11. Colburn, 11111, winner 
SWEEPSTAKES. 
Name. 
Score. Total. 
Name. 
Score. Total. 
Eldridge. 
. 10 111 4 
Van Duser. 
1 1 
1115 
Haskal. 
. 11111 5 
Cadman. 
1 1 
1115 
Long. 
. 1 T 1 1 I 5 
Stenton. 
0 1 
111 4 
Dubois. 
. 1 I 0 1 1 4 
Cristy... 
1 1 
10 14 
Babcock. 
......11111 5 
Colburn. 
1 1 
1115 
Fisher. 
. 10111 4 
TIES—26 YARDS. 
Haskall. 
. 0 1 1 
Cadman.. 
. I 1 1 
Long. 
. Ill 
Colburn. 
. 10 1 
Babcock. 
. 10 1 
TIES—31 YARDS, 3 BIRDS. 
Long. 
.1 11- 
-Cadman.. 
.1 0 1 
Jno. E. L. 
Memphis, May 23,1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Herewith find score of the match for championship (pitcher) of the 
Bluff City Shooting Club, Memphis. 
Five double birds, 18 yards rise, 100 yards boundary. 
Natne. Score. Total. 
E. Wells...’. 10 11 00 11 10 6 
D. D. Saunders. 16 11 10 11 11 8 
D O. Dyer. .... 11 00 10 11 11 7 
J.W. Alley. 11 11 10 10 10 7 
P. Bryson . 11 H H 10 10 8 
D. Bryson. 10 11 11 10 10 7 
J. E. France. 10 11 10 00 00 4 
W. Bowles. 00 10 10 10 10 <1 
R. W. Lightburn. 11 *10 *10 *10 10 o 
Tie-Saunders, 10 11 11—5; P. Bryson, 00 10 withdrew; 
•Fell dead 10 yards from score on a small house, which, according to 
the club’s rules, “that when a bird alights on a building or tree it shall 
be scored as a missed or lost.” Hard luck for Lightburn. 
Rambler. 
At same place and same day, Sweepstake, 
100 yards boundary. Entrance, $5 each. 
Name. 
Dr. D. D. Saunders. 
P. H Bryson . 
W. A. Wheatley .. 
S. W. Walker...-. 
D. Bryson. 
R. W. Lightburn. 
W. Bowles. 
H. King. 
Oook Waldron. 
3 double birds, 18 yards 
Score. Total. 
11 11 00 4 
10 00 Withdrew. 
11 11 00 4 
11 10 10 4 
10 11 10 4 
10 11 10 4 
11 10 11 5 
10 11 00 3 
00 Withdrew. 
rise, 
Bowles being declared the winner. 
Rambler. 
—Crematory age—“O, ma! ma! Johnny’s got the urn 
and is spilling pa’s ashes over the floor!” “O, what a 
naughty Johnny! Get the feather duster and sweep your 
poor father right up!” 
—We notice with pleasure that the Senate has passed a 
bill, on motion of Mr. Ferry of Michigan, giving shape to 
the proposition made by the Senator, to have a portion of 
the Island of Mackinaw preserved as a public park. Some 
months ago we argued on the necessity of this measure, 
and hope it will become a law before long. 
Salmon, Salmo Solar. Salmon trout, Salmo conjinis. 
Trout, Salmo fontinalis Shad, Alosa. 
Land-locked Salmon^S'a&no gloveri MichiganGrayling, Thymallus tricolor 
Black Bass, micropterus salmoides, micropterus nigricans. 
Striped Bass, Roccus lineatus . Sea trout, Salmo immaculatus. 
Bluefish, temnodon saltator. Weakflsh. 
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From the kinds of fish displayed in our markets from 
week to week, anglers who know the habits of the fish, can 
estimate their chances for sport along shore. From the 
locality where the fish are found to-day they determine 
where they will appear next day or week, subject always to 
contingences of weather and the movements of the fish 
food upon which they prey. The latter is a valuable and 
almost infallible sign. Those who cannot tell for them¬ 
selves, we shall attempt to instruct. Now, this month of 
June marks the advent of the summer schools, and pro¬ 
bably during no other month will the naturalist or epicure 
find such a variety of fish in market. Indeed, there is not 
only variety, but an endless profusion ! In the first place 
let us speak of that rara avis (?) among fish, the delicate, 
luscious, superlative Pompino. We use the singular num¬ 
ber in this case and do not print Pompinoes. Only one 
was caught off the capes of the Chesapeake last week, and 
was sold in market for $3. What did it weigh? Why only 
three-quarters of a pound. Perhaps not 100 pounds of 
these fish are caught in the whole }mar north of Hatteras. 
Spanish mackerel have also put in an appearance, and the 
catch has been fair off Norfolk. They find eager buyers 
at sixty cents a pound. In about ten days they will come 
to the' Jersey coast and fishermen are now on the qui vive 
for them. The fish now on the stands weigh about 1-J 
pounds; later they will turn the scale at 4 to 5 pounds, and 
be better in quality. One rare fish which we saw at Mr. 
Blackford’s stand, the fisherman call the three-tailed Porgee. 
It was a big, broad, flat fish weighing some four pounds 
with an infinitessimal mouth and a monstrous dorsal fin. 
Consulting DeKay we found it to be the moon fish, ( epMp •. 
pus gigas ,) quite rare on our coast, the mouth of the Hud- 
sun being its extreme limit, To satisfy one’s itcliyological 
predilections is one thing, but to delight one’s gastronomic 
tastes is equally pleasant, and having eaten this moon fish 
or a part of him, we must declare ephippus gigas to be the 
most delicate of fish, and make bold to ask for more. Mr. 
Blackford states that about a dozen moon fish come to 
market in a season. Occasional gar fish are also seen. 
They are usually small in these waters; we think we have 
seen them much larger in southern waters. Our Hebrew 
friends being denied tlie luxury of eating eels, because eels 
have no scales, take gar fish in their stead. Gentiles will 
hot eat gar fish, because the bones are green. Our Jewish 
friends laugh at the credulity of their Christian neighbors, 
and keep alive the superstition that green bones in fish 
are poisonous, and so have the garfish market to themselves. 
No people know how to cook fish like the Jews. If you do 
not believe us read the German poet Heine. Salmon still 
rare and dear, and green peas coming in season. Too bad ! 
Salmon bring seventy-five cents a pound, and are coming 
slowly from the Provinces. No matter. The break down 
is not far distant. The influx will come before long and 
then prices will tumble. But then, alas ! peas will be no 
longer tender ! Cod are leaving our waters and moving up 
to draw upon their banks and get fat and solid and ple¬ 
thoric. Halibut good and plenty, and porgies are in 
number. Shad are in plenty too, from the Connecticut 
River, and esteemed the finest of all shad. 
Thank Goodness ! now is the time for the poor. Pisci¬ 
culture means food for the small purses more than for the 
big ones. 
Blue fish are now plentiful at twelve cents a pound and 
likely to be six or five cents before a month passes. Soft 
crabs have never been so plenty, coming from Norfolk and 
selling at fifty per cent less than they brought last year. 
There is a crying shame about this soft crab business. 
The Jersey people are sending them in to market no bigger 
than a half dollar. This is waste and some day there will 
be a crab famine. We still see baby lobsters in the market. 
We trust they are not from the Bay State. Rumor says 
they come from Maine. Some day there will be no lobsters 
there at all. Why does not the Maine legislature make 
laws in regard to the lobster catch like those enforced in 
Massachusetts? By the way, the Martha’s vineyard lob¬ 
sters are coming in, gigantic crustaceans, some of them 
weighing ten pounds. A whole smack load of lobsters 
coming into New York yesterday averaged four pounds 
each. Striped bass scarce, and shedder crabs to catch them 
with worth their weight in gold. Mackerel in quantity 
and sheepsliead, and the first weak fish, and the tautogs. 
We could fill the whole paper with the various fine fishes 
the sea is furnishing us with now, but what we have already 
said should suffice. We add a hint or two as to localities 
for fishing. Blue fish are at Barnegat, and at Port Wash¬ 
ington last Saturday we saw fine large ones. 
—Novae Bay, about four miles from Sag Harbor, has 
been crowded with menhaden during the past week, but 
they have been so followed up by porpoises that the fisher¬ 
men have been unable to secure any large hauls. On Tues¬ 
day, the 26th of May, there were over a million of fish in 
the bay, and ‘ the Payne Company thought they had sur¬ 
rounded an immense shoal safely, but before they could 
encircle them porpoises drove them out of reach. 
—During the hauling of a small seine in front of Mr. 
Sampson’s residence at Noyac on Thursday last, a sturgeon 
over six feet in length was caught The boys at the east 
end of Long Island have not been so full of fish for years 
past as now. There is excellent bass fishing on the inlets, 
off Sag Harbor, with shrimp bait. 
—Farmers at Southampton Township, L. I., will have to 
bear in mind that there is a law now against their throw¬ 
ing moss-bunkers on their lands unless they plough them 
under within a day after they are deposited. 
—The W. W. Coit commenced running three times a 
week to Orient, Greenport, and Sag Harbor, on May 25th, 
but was obliged to lay off until the 30tli, after her first trip, 
owing to the clogging of one of her boiler pipes, which bad 
to be renewed. 
—Tautog are reported to have put in a lively appearance 
in the waters of Buzzard’s Bay. both in quantity and size. 
Fishermen have been wonderfully successful in their catch- 
ings. Parties put out in early morn and return in two to 
four hours bountifully rewarded for morning exercise, 
mingled with rare sport. 
—From the New York Sun we have a clever account of 
the capture of a whale some forty feet long near South 
Amboy. The huge creature had been stranded. The 
Sun says:— 
There were divers conflicting theories as to the cause of 
this whale’s inland excursion. Many old fishermen, who by 
virtue of their calling were supposed to know all about 
whales, though none of them had ever seen one; cherished 
a, pleasant fiction that the creature, being essentially a deni¬ 
zen of the briny ocean, getting accidentally into the river, 
had become blinded arffl bewildered with the unwonted 
effects of the fresh water, and moved on blindly to its fate 
without knowing where it was going to. Others assigned 
sickness as the cause of its coming up the river, saying that 
these creatures always went into shallow water when they 
felt themselves dying, and this theory was somewhat borne 
out by the fact that the creature’s snout was covered with 
parasites, which are said to attach to whales when they are 
on the point of death. 
In coming up the river the whale must have kept in a 
comparatively narrow channel, the water of the Raritan 
being very shallow for some distance from the banks. Had 
it been high tide there is a strong probability that it would 
have passed up to New Brunswick, a distance of seventeen 
miles. 
The whale was found to measure 48£ feet in length, 9 
feet through the body, and 30 feet in circumference. The 
head was 10 feet long and the tail 14 feet. The gills, from 
which the whalebone is produced, were 9-^ feet long by 4£ 
deep. 
The poor creature was shot with a rifle, hacked at with an 
ax, and at last killed by a harpoon. 
— Our anglers who are in the habit of frequenting the 
Grand Lake Stream in Maine for the landlocked salmon, 
will be pleased to know that a splendid little steamer called 
the “Naiad” was built this spring at the Salmon Falls 
Machine Shop and launched at Princeton on the 13th May. 
She will probably run regularly through the season, leaving 
the Stream every morning, connecting with the first train 
to Calais, and returning in the afternoon on the arrival of 
the train at Princeton. She is thirty-eight feet long, with 
an engine of six horse power. 
—The subjoined letter contains two or three points of in¬ 
terest to the angler. We regard the experimental tests in 
fly-casting as of much practical value in determining the 
relative power of rods of different materials. The decision 
in favor of the bamboo is unequivocal and positive. 
Washington, May 20, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
My salmon fishing friend C., who has the River St. John in Gaspe, has 
just left my house, where he has spent a week. He brought on from 
Boston eleven of his fine rods. We threw measured lines with all, and 
made most exact record. C. is so particular to keep his name (as a gen¬ 
eral thing) out of print, that I didn’t dare to write it up for you, and I 
thought I had seen a fly thrown before, but I never had. C. moves his 
body so little that you would hardly notice it 300 feet off. The line qui¬ 
etly begins to unroll and roll over and over on itself, until it straightens 
out perfectly about ten feet or so above the water. About ninety feet 
measured in my yard from his feet to where the end of the line struck. 
About fifteen feet farther could regularly be thrown with the bamboo 
than with the best greenheart rod. A stranger came up to me at Little Falls 
took off his hat, begged pardon and said he merely wanted to pay his re¬ 
spects to my Norris greenheart salmon pole, which he thought the per¬ 
fection of a wooden rod. C. is again coming on from Boston to my house 
for a week about June 15, and we shall thoroughly try the shad fly-fishing 
at Great Falls, the terminus of the Potomac shad route. By the way, 
small shad repeatedly pass through our water service pipes in W-, 
and our water is taken from rivers above Great Falls. Query: Do some 
strong shad at very low water get over Great Falls, which is really a se¬ 
ries of steep rapids, or are they accidentally “locked”, into a canal 
where it empties or connects with the Potomac at Georgetown ? 
A. G. W. 
—Perhaps a Georgia salmo fontinalis , (speckled trout,) 
may seem a rare curiosity to our eastern readers wlio fancy 
that this fish does not exist in that southern State. Never¬ 
theless, the species does abound in the mountain regions, 
and is known as the “mountain trout,” for Georgia is the 
empire State of the South and covers many degrees of laii 
tude. Now here is a “specimen brick” from that section, 
mention of which has been made to us in a private letter 
from Atlanta:— 
“On the 21st day of May, Mr. T. H. McKay caught a 
mountain trout in Col. R. A. Alston’s fish pond, measuring 
16 inches, and weighing four pounds.” 
This will do very well for Georgia. For excellent trout 
fishing in North Carilona see “Buncombe’s” letter in 
Forest and Stream of May 28th. 
The Adirondack, May 23, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The season is backward at least two weeks. I have been here one 
week and have not seen sunshine yet, but rain incessantly and cold. 
Martin, on the Lower Saranac Lake has increased his house room 
enormously and foolishly. The Sportsmens’ Home (rightly named) by 
Y. C. Bartlett, on the river between the Upper Saranac and Round Lake, 
must ever be the centre of attraction in this section. As you approach 
the house a home feeling greets you. The house is admirably kept and 
every appointment all that can be desired. Mr, Dearborn is registered 
here from Boston. Dr. Romeyn of Keesevillei N. Y., Mr,.- J. ‘McGrewof 
