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327 
It was decided that the prize meeting should be held at Point St. Charles, 
Montreal, on the 11th of August and following days; that the sum of 
S>2,500 should be given in cash prizes, and that with a view of making our 
matches more attractive to strangers, the only matches confined to Que¬ 
becers should be the Sneider championship match and battalion match, 
leaving some ten or eleven others open. We also decided that we would 
make nearly all the matches open to any military rifle, open sights, and 
6 pounds pull of trigger, so as to admit the Remingtons, Sprlngfields and 
other American arms. Our object is to further the cause of rifle shoot- 
in* in general, and to give shooting men a chance of becoming acquaint¬ 
ed with the different varieties of rifles in use. We hope that you will 
help us by using your influence with your Creedmoor men to induce 
them to pay us a visit. We will guarantee them the fairest possible 
play, and will treat them well. I send you some copies of our report 
for last year for distribution. The matches of this season will be almost 
the same as last, with exception of increasing the prizes 25 per cent, all 
round, and allowing any military rifles in place of Sneider’s alone. The 
idea of allowing the Springfields and Remingtons, to compete was sug¬ 
gested by a conversation relative to making a match with an American 
team, and the proposal was carried unanimously. As soon as our pro- 
yrammes are issued, I, shall send you a lot for distribution.. Roping to 
have the pleasure of seeing a good number of your riflemen here in Au¬ 
gust,! am, yours truly, Royal. 
The two Matches at Creedmoor on Saturday 
Last.-— On Saturday, June 27th, the assemblage was a good 
one to witness the competition for the two prizes, offered 
by the Amateur Rifle Club and the Turf ; Field and Farm. 
For the badge of the Amateur Rifle Club there were eight¬ 
een entries, with the following results 
Third competition for the Amateur Long Range Badge, open to mem¬ 
bers of the Amateur Rifle,Club. Distances, 809, 900 and 1,000 yards; po- 
sition, any; weapon, any rifle not exceeding ten pounds in weight, with 
atri^'er pull of at least three pounds: number of sighting shots, two; 
cumber of scoring shots, five. Day clear and bright, a little too much 
glare at times. 
Distance , 
Grand 
Name. 
Bifie. 
Yards. 
Scon 
9 ' 
Total 
1 
\ 800 
4 
4 
3 
4 
3- 
-18) 
John Bodine. 
.... R. 
s^ 
900 
0 
2 
3 
4 
3- 
-12 l 
' 45 
1 
! iooo 
3 
3 
4 
2 
3- 
-15 ) 
1 
800 
4 
0 
4 
4 
4- 
-16 ) 
j. P. M. Richards. 
s< 
900 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4- 
-14 V 
44 
1 
! iooo 
- 4 
2 
2 
3 
3- 
-14 > 
1 
800 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4- 
-19 
A. J. Roux. 
. ...Met.•< 
900 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3- 
-13 - 
■ 44 
1 
[ 1000 
2 
o 
3 
3 
o_ 
-12 i 
1 
l 800 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3- 
-13) 
Henry Fulton. 
.... R. 
S" 
900 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3- 
-14 r 
42 
1 
! 1000 
4 
3 
3 
3 
2_ 
-15 1 
1 
f 800 
3 
4 
3 
4 
3- 
-17) 
John Trageser. 
.S. 
S" 
900 
4 
2 
2 
4 
4- 
-16 V 
42 
1 
1000 
3 
3 
0 
0 
3- 
- 9 { 
800 
0 
4 
4 
4 
2- 
-14 
George Crouch. 
.s. 
S” 
900 
3 
4 
2 
0 
2 - 
34 
1000 
4 
3 
2 
0 
0- 
- 9 \ 
800 
3 
2 
0 
3 
4- 
-12 
L. M. Ballard.. 
.s. 
s< 
) 900 
3 
3 
4 
0 
4- 
-14 r 
32 
1 1000 
2 
0 
0 
2 
2 
- 6 ) 
1 
l 800 
0 
0 
4 
3 
3- 
-10) 
A. Alford....’. 
.R. 
S" 
900 
2 
4 
3 
2 
3- 
-14 V 
26 
1000 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0- 
-21 
A. Y. Davis.. 
.s. 
s- 
800 
900 
4 
0 
4 
g 
3 
0. 
3 
.3 
3- 
2- 
-17 i 
- 7! 
24 
G. W. Yale.... 
.s. 
s- 
J 800 
( 900 
2 
2 
0 
0 
3 
4 
3 
2 
3- 
0- 
-11 1 
-12 f 
23 
J. S. Conlin.. 
.s. 
S“ 
800 
900 
0 
3 
0 
2 
3 
2 
0 
4 
4- 
4- 
- 7 / 
-15 j 
22 
G. W. Wingate. 
.R. 
s- 
800 
900 
0 
3 
3 
3 
3 
0 
4 
2 
0- 
3- 
-10 I 
-ii r 
21 
A. Y. Canfield, Jr.-.. 
.. ..R. 
S- 
f 800 
( 900 
3 
0 
4 
3 
3 
0 
4 
0 
3- 
0- 
-17 ) 
- 3 j 
20 
Colonel Glldersleeve.... 
.S. 
S1 
i 800 
1 900 
0 
2 
4 
0 
0 
4 
3 
0 
3- 
3- 
-10 i. 
- 9 i 
19 
Leon Backer. 
S' 
800 
900 
3 
0 
3 
0 
3 
0 
3 
0 
4- 
2- 
-10 ) 
- 2f 
18 
P. G, Sanford. 
.R. 
S' 
800 
900 
2 
0 
4 
2 
2 
0 
0 
2 
4- 
0- 
-12 } 
- 4f 
IS 
C. W.Baug. 
.R. 
S' 
f 8 0 
I 900 
0 
2 
3 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
2 - 
0- 
- 5 } 
- 2 i 
7 
A. J. Hennion, Jr. 
.S. 
si 
800 
900 
4 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0- 
0- 
- 6 ) 
-of 
6 
Captain Bodine won and. received the badge with a score 
o£ 45, in a possible 60. His score of 18 at 800 yards was 
an excellent one, and he made more, as may be seen, on 
the 1,000 yard range than at 900. Mr. Roux’s score of 19, 
in a possible 20, at 800 yards, is a very fine record, though 
he seems to have slipped up at the longer ranges. At half 
past three the Turf Field and Farm Badge was shot for:— 
SUMMARY. 
bixta competition for the Turf, Field and Farm Badge, open to mem¬ 
bers of the National Rifle Association; distance, 200 yards; position, 
standing; weapon, any rifle not over ten pounds in weight, with a trigger 
pull not exceeding three pounds; number of shots, five; about the same 
liglit as at the first match; Wind toward the conclusion of the match 
about III, and slightly puffy. 
Name. 
Bifle. 
E. H. Mndison. 
It. B. Lockwood. 
A, Wood. 
G, W. Wingate. 
A. G-. McCook. 
T. M. McMillan.. 
General T. S. Dakin.... 
A. V. Davis. 
H- A. Gildersleeve. 
A. J, Hennion, dr. 
G. F. DeBoist. 
S. Oonlin. 
H. B Dominick.. 
A. J. Roux. 
W. P. Edmonston. 
J. L. Price. 
J- McEwen.. 
Philip Klein_........ 
P' P. Fairbanks. 
George Crouch. . 
P- P. Millen. 
H- B. Smith. 
F M. Ballard. 
L-C. Bruce. 
G.F. Man. 
“• S. Conlin. 
8- H. Mead, Jr.... 
A Bodine. 
G. F. Robbins!!!!! 
E- W. Price. .... 
Y‘ h. P. Gibson... 
Andrew Anderson. 
H- Pulton. 
A Cameron_ 
j .I Remington. ... 
j k oai !.I Remington. ... 
W a Gardner.Remington.... 
A hr .I Remington ... 
p Jr Canfield, Jr.! Ballard. 
:::: gS8£".y 
W w .!Remington.... 
I p • R°ssit6r. i Ballard. 
' *C e Ny.j Remington. .. 
Ballard. 
Remington. 
Remington. 
Springfield. 
Sharp military. 
Remington. 
Sharp military. 
Sharp. 
Sharp military. 
Sharp sporting.. 
Remington. 
Remington. 
Remington. 
Remington. 
Ballard. 
Sharp. 
Ballard. 
Remington. 
Sharp. 
Ballard. 
Winchester.... 
Remington : . . 
Sharp. 
Remington. 
Sharp.. 
Sharp. 
Remington. 
Remington. 
Ballard. 
Remington. 
Maynard. 
Winchester. 
Maynard. 
Remington. 
Score. 
Total 
4 
3 
3 
3 
4 
18 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
17 
3 
3 
Q 
3 
3 
15 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
15 
3 
2 
4 
3 
3 
15 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3 
14 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
14 
3 
4 
2 
3 
2 
14 
4 
4 
2 
2 
2 
14 
3 
3 
2 
2 
4 
14 
2 
3 
4 
2 
3 
14 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
14 
3 
2 
2 
3 
4 
14 
3 
3 
4 
2 
2 
14 
2 
2 
3 
4 
3 
14 
2 
2 
3 
3 
.3 
14 
2 
3 
4 
3 
2 
J4 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
14 
4 
4 
2 
2 
2 
14 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4 
14 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
14 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
14 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
13 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
13 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
13 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
13 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
13 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
13 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
13 
2 
4 
0 
3 
3 
12 
2 
0 
3 
3 
4 
12 
4 
J 
3 
0 
2 
12 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
12 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
. 11 
0 
2 
3 
3 
3 
11 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
11 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
It 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
11 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
11 
3 
0 
3 
3 
2 
11 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
10 
3 
2 
3 
2 
0 
10 
2 
o 
2 
0 
2 
8 
3 
2 
Q 
0 
2 
9 
0 
2 
2 
2 
2 
8 
o 
2 
o 
0 
2 
8 
2 
0 
2 
u 
3 
7 
In marking there was some slight delay in the first match, 
but not of sufficient consequence to be more than com¬ 
mented upon. Errors of judgment will sometimes occur 
on the range from persons thinking that when they hear 
the thud of the ball it is on the target. The sleepers on 
which the targets stand are plated with iron, and it follows 
that a shot striking the plating is frequently thought to be 
on the targets. Of course, perfection in marking is very 
desirable, and, we think, ma} r be attained in time. What 
is wanted are two more glasses and a telegraph. Both of 
these auxiliaries will be forthcoming in time. In summing 
up these two matches we think* the efforts of the marks¬ 
men became somewhat exhausted in the long range match, 
as the off hand match, suffers somewhat by comparison. 
In future matches for the badge the Amateur Rifle Club 
have decided that hereafter the twelve highest shall fire at 
1,000 yards, instead of only at 800. 
On July 4tli, at three P. M,, there will be a match at 
1,000 yards, any rifle, twenty shots, and two sighting shots; 
entrance fee, $1; the best score to take what amount of 
money may remain after the markers have been paid for. 
We are pleased to announce that the challenge thrown 
out by the Canadians for a simultaneous match, which ap¬ 
peared in our last issue, is in a fair way of being taken up 
by our marksmen. The arrangements are being made for 
a match say of seven rounds at 200, 500, and 600 yards. 
Time, probably about August 1st. We shall be very glad 
^facilitate this pleasant match in any way. 
Quite a gallant match—to be called the Ladies’ Day—is 
on the tapis, to he shot for at Creedmoor. One rule gov¬ 
erning the match is that every gentleman is to bring one 
lady or more on the range. The prizes, in accordance with 
the presence and the circumstances, are to be ivory fans, 
parasols, gloves, etc., etc. 
—On Monday the Peventy-ninth Regiment, about 200 
strong, went to Creedmoor, under command of Colonel 
Shaw. Ranges were 200 and 500 yards. Ninety-three 
competitors failed to make the average eight points at 200. 
The best 12 shots made 351—by far thejbest shooting made 
by any team as yet. Mr. Edmundstone’s practice at 500 
yards, nineteen in a possible twenty, is very tall shooting. 
We give the shooting of those scoring up to twenty.' 
Name. 
200 500 
yds yds 
T'l 
Name. 
200 500 
yds yds 
T'l 
Private Edmundstone. 
...14 
19 
33 
Captain M*unro. 
...12 
13 
25 
Captain Lindsay. 
.. .15 
17 
32 
Q.uarterm’str S. McKwan.14 
10 
24 
Captain Clarke. 
...15 
16 
31 
Private Birnie. 
...10 
13 
23 
Private D like. 
17 
30 
Private Wilson. 
...10 
13 
23 
Captain Ross. 
15 
30 
D. M. Samo. 
10 
23 
Private Stevenson. 
...15 
16 
31 
Alexander Gray. 
. ..11 
12 
23 
Sergeant Anderson .. 
..MO 
18 
28 
Lieutenant Baird. 
... 8 
14 
22 
Lieutenant Addison... 
...11 
17 
28 
Sergeant May lor. 
...10 
12 
22 
Sergeant Cameron. 
...12 
16 
28 
Private Embree. 
.. 12 
10 
22 
Alex. Pyle. 
...12 
16 
28 
Sergeant Bell. 
... 8 
13 
21 
Piivate Melville. 
...12 
15 
27 
Lieutenant Quinn. 
...12 
9 
21 
Sergeant Molloy. 
14 
27 
Corporal Conqiiolioun. 
... 8 
12 
20 
Sergeant Irwin. 
.. .13 
14 
27 
Private Napier. 
... 9 
11 
20 
Private Moore. 
12 
27 
J. Strawn 
11 
9 
20 
Private Ralston. 
. ..12 
13 
25 
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-- 
THE FOREST AND STREAM VASE. 
- 4 -— 
T HIS silver vase, deigned and manufactured by the 
Gorham Manufacturing Company, was presented by 
us to the New York Association for the Preservation of 
Game and Pish. It was won by B. B. Harmon, Esq., of 
the Central City club of Syracuse. We congratulate this 
gentleman on his skill, and believe the Forest and Stream 
vase could net have fallen into better hands. 
—Ward of Toronto, Can., won the pigeon match at 
Ottawa, on Monday, against Paine of New York, by four 
birds on the single rise and two on the double rise. 
--- 0 -*^-- 
—Persons leaving the city for the summer can have.the 
Forest and Stream mailed to their address for two months 
for one dollar. 
Mink Breeding. —Messrs Phillips & Woodcock, of Can- 
cadea, New York, commenced two years ago the business 
of breeding mink for their fur. A correspondent of the 
Buffalo Express describes the “Minlcery” in the following- 
terms :— 
“The ‘Minkery,’designed to accommodate one hundred 
minks for breeding, consists first of an enclosure about 
forty feet square, made by digging a trench one foot deep, 
laying a plank-at the bottom, and from tbe outer edge 
starting the wall, which consists of boards four feet high, 
with a board to cap the top, projecting upward eight or ten 
inches to prevent their climbing over. Within tins enclo¬ 
sure is a building 14 by 24, supplied by running water, 
from which the mink catch living fish, that are often fur¬ 
nished, with the greatest delight. 
“The building is constructed by an alley three feet wide 
around its circumference. Within are two rows of cells 
four feet deep and two and a half wide, each having a 
door ventilated at the top and bottom with wire screens, as 
is also the front entrance, what the proprietors call the ante¬ 
room, four by four feet, which must be fastened within 
every time the building is entered, to prevent the escape of 
the imprisoned animals. On entering the main hall, which 
the minks have access to (when notT rearing tlieir young), 
they present a very playful group. 
“The person feeding- them is often mounted, for their 
foqd and their tenacity of hold is so strong that they may 
be drawn about or lifted without releasing their hold upon 
the food. The nest of the female is very peculiarly con¬ 
structed with grass, leaves, or straw, with a lining of her 
own fur so firmly compacted together as to be with diffi¬ 
culty torn in pieces. The aperture leading to the nest is a 
round opening, just sufficient to admit the dam, and is pro¬ 
vided with a deflected curtain, which covers the entrance 
and effectually secures her against all invasion when she is 
within. About the middle of March the females are sepa¬ 
rated from the males until the young are reared. The ne¬ 
cessity for this arises from the fact that the males seem 
Inclined to brood the young almost as much as the dam, 
when both are permitted to remain together. 
“The expense of feeding these animals is almost nomi¬ 
nal, being supplied pretty much entirely from the usual 
offal of a farm yard, with occasional woodchucks and game 
in general. They eat this food with equal avidity after de¬ 
composition has taken place, devouring every particle of 
flesh,, cartilage, and the bones. The flesh and bones entire 
of the woodchuck are consumed often at a single meal. 
While the expense of keeping is thus trivial, the profitable 
-yield of the animal is comparatively immense, it being 
considered a moderate estimate or claim that the mink with 
her increase will equal the avails of a cow.” 
—At Pontiac, R. I., recently a pair of American river 
tortoises {gymnopus spinoferns ) of great size, were observed 
coming down the Pawtucket River, with the current. 
When first seen they were engaged in fierce combat, which 
they kept up till the current carried them over the® dam. 
The shock occasioned by the fall of their heavy, unyield¬ 
ing weight on the rocks below, appeared to put an end to 
the fight, and. they were seen just under the dam, many 
times during the da}' - . They’ were afterwards shot, and 
were found to weigh respectively forty-one and thirty-eigh 
pounds, and measure nearly four feet in length. 
hiHtvers dmt§. 
We shall endeavor m this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports¬ 
men. ‘We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper , designating localities for good hunting , fish¬ 
ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im - 
elements, routes, distances , seasons, expenses , remedies, traits , specifs, 
governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman's craft will receive 
attention. Anonymous Communications not Noticed. 
R. & C.—1st. Consult Appleton’s Railroad Guide for 1874. 2d. We 
cannot say. 3d. Ask for July flies at your fishing store. In June. 
J. D. C.—Information such, as you require would take up too much 
space to describe. You can find all about rifle shooting in Wingate’s 
Manual, targets, method, &c., &c. 
Culexifuge.— A Potsdam angler says that camphor dissolved in sweet 
oil, adding £ part of glycerine oil to the mixture, is as good a protection 
against flies as the tar and oil and much more cleanly. 
Frank, N. Y.—There is no fishing nor any hotel at Sloatsburg. There 
is good fishing at Greenwood Lake, about eleven miles off, where excel¬ 
lent board can be had. 
F. D. H., Cambridgeport.—I have been told that the Legislature of 
Nova Scotia has passed a law prohibiting the killing of moose for three 
years; is this so? Ans. Correct. . . 
Alosa.— I see you continue the shad in your list of fish in season for 
July. Did not the close season begin June 20? Ans. The Fish Com¬ 
missioners have removed all restrictions against catching shad with fly 
at any season. 
F. P., Montello, Wis.—Can you give me the address, No, and street of 
the Field and Bell's Life, published in England? Ans.' The Field is 
printed by H. Cox, 316 Strand, London; Bell's Life William Clement, 
East Strand, London. 
Sufferer.— 1 The following recipe is simply dead shot against either 
poison ivy or poison oak: Saturated solution of nitrate of potash, ap¬ 
plied frequently to parts affected. Have a bottle prepared by any drug¬ 
gist to carry in your satchel. 
J. H. W., Fort Wayne.—About mixing sweet oil and tar for fly and in¬ 
sect preventive, what proportions of each? Please give me name of 
some of your correspondents who propose a trip to Neepigon this sum¬ 
mer? Ans. Three parts oil, one of tar. No memorandum of persons 
going to Neepigon, though several are booked. 
F. M. Stone, Brooklyn.—The cheapest place for good fishing, boating, 
&c., at this season is Sag Harbor, Long Island. Take steamer W. W. 
Colt from foot of Wall street, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 5 
P. M.; fare $1.50: board $7 a week at several places. Enquire at Tuck¬ 
er’s fancy goods store, Sag Harbor. 
W. E. T., Brooklyn.—I am about to -start for the west central part of 
Minnesota, but while talking with a doctor about that section, he said 
in the months of July and August there was a fever, caused by the 
streams drying up. Will you ascertain if it is correct or not? Ans. 
Have passed several summers in Minnesota, but never heard of such a 
fever. 
P. W. T.-Cost of the leading sporting papers in the States and Europe 
is as follows: New York— Forest and Stream, $5 a year; Turf, Field 
and Farm, $5 a year; Spirit of the Times, $5 a year-London, Field, 28s.; 
Land and Water, 28s.; Bell's Life, 28s.; Sporting Gazette, 15s.; Paris— 
Chasse Ilimtree, 20f. 
Subscriber, Brooklyn.—What is the best bait for catching fresh water 
eels with a hook, and what time of day will they bite most? Are we al¬ 
lowed to catch trout in August from the mill-ponds in. Smitbtown, L. I. ? 
What is the best bait for perch? Ans. Eels bite best at sunrise and an 
hour after sunset. Fresh worms are the most killing bait. Yon can' fish 
for trout in the preserves as late as September. Minnows. 
