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in an instant the vast ring, which a moment before was 
dotted all round with blue and pink and all the colors of 
the rainbow, assumed a sober dark tint, caused by the um¬ 
brellas which were put up as quickly as soldiers shoulder 
arms. Bat in spite of all the “artillery of heaven” the 
match was played out. 
The Eton and Winchester match of a previous week was 
no criterion, as the latter were miserably weak, as generally 
is the case from their brutal system of fagging and domineer¬ 
ing; and their love of investing the bigger lads with des¬ 
potic power and an ash stick to be used indiscriminately, 
resulted in their defeat by a whole innings and 150 runs. 
So there is a good answer to their endeavors to play at 
Lord’s. The issue being uncertain by.public form, which 
was good on both sides, the match was thus rendered more 
exciting. 
The Harrowians went in first, and it was soon found that 
they had a giant among them in the shape of Mr. Webbe, 
who far excelled all his confreres in batting. After a long 
and brilliant innings he was disposed of and caught out by 
the Hon. E. Lyttleton, and he had placed seventy-seven to 
his credit. Of the rest, the only ones who made double 
figures were Messrs. Walker, 14; Hills, 26; and Mclnroy, 
11. The scoring in the first part of the game was far 
quicker than latterly. The captain’s masterly performance 
included seven “fours,” one “three,” and five “twos.” 
Eton went in at 3:5, and left oft with twelve scores to the 
bad, the respective scores being Harrow, 155; Eton, 143. 
The best light blue score was Hon. E. Lyttleton’s 58, which 
was well put together. The next day the Harrow eleven 
made a total of 145, out of which Mr. Webbe claimed for 
his own bat no less than 80, which was a bitter pill for the 
Etonians, who had reckoned on the chances of a man sel¬ 
dom coming out twice in the same match. With 157 runs 
to get, and bad weather to get them in, the Etonians were 
not favorites, and, to use a sporting phrase, Harrow “had 
the call.” Ho sooner, however, was the “transformation 
scene” with the umbrellas, to which I have above alluded 
to, over, than Eton began steadily and surely to reduce the 
odds against her, and the shouting in her favor grew more 
and more boisterous. Harrow changed bowlers six times, 
but could not get them to “nick” with the science they con 
tended against, and at last the balance at the Harrowian 
was overdrawn, and her rival won by five wickets. Strange 
to say, there was not a general melee after the match, for 
the jealousy between the schools is great, and it often hap¬ 
pens that more “claret” is uncorked after the match than 
during it. The committee had, however, this time issued 
a manifesto enjoining the spectators to keep the peace, and 
o this may be attributed the absence of any flagrant “set 
o.” The millinery spoilt by the rain must have seP the 
prqtty dress makers in the Barlington Arcade to work with 
a vengeance, and the wrecked medic! collars and Margue¬ 
rite frills were a piteous sight. 
The match between the Players and Gentlemen termi¬ 
nated in favor of the former by two wickets, this event 
not having come off since 1866. The fact is that Mr. W. 
G. Grace, who is, of course, the most wonderful bat of the 
day, plays on the side of the Gentlemen, though he is said 
to be really a professional, and to this circumstance may 
be attributed some of the Player’s defeats. On this occa¬ 
sion his right hand had somewhat lost its cunning, as he 
only made 48 and 12, his scores usually being nearer 200 
than 50. 
This match was originated in 1830, and the professionals 
have won twenty-eight to the gentlemen’s fifteen. This 
bears out the adage pretty well, that the amateur gets the 
worst of it when he meets a man who makes the game his 
living. Daft played well for his 43 in his first innings, and 
he is one of the best days as far as “style” goes we have in 
England. Mr. Grace does not play in the prettiest of form, 
though he is so successful, and indeed a phenomena, as no 
one has been seen like him since the days of Mr. Alfred 
Wynn. Mr. G. F. Grace is another of this wonderful 
cricketing family, and although he does not make the im¬ 
mense number of runs so easily obtained by his brother, 
yet he plays wonderfully steady, and with great science. 
In the first innings a somewhat amusing incident occurred, 
owing to an ill judged run, in the shape of two men at one 
wicket, but owing to the fumbling of Emmett they got off 
scot free. The respective scores were as follows. I ap¬ 
pend them as the match had some of the best players on 
this side of the water engaged in it:— 
GENTLEMEN. 
FIRST INNING. SECOND INNING. 
W. G. Grace b Hill.48 b Emmett. 
G. H.Longman cfcjhaw b Emmet. 13 b Emmett. 
A. W. Ridley run out. 57 c and b Hill. 
A. N. Hornby b Hill.63 c and b Hill. 
W. Yardley b J. C. Shaw. 9 b A. Shaw. 
G. F. Grace bHill. .22 b Emmett. 
C. F. Boiler b Hill. 0 c Lillywhite b A. Shaw_ 
T. D. Walker b A. Shaw.10 b Hill. 
A. Appleby 1 b w b Hill. 1 b A. Shaw. 
J. A. Bush b Hill. 1 not out . 
D. Buchanan not out.0 b A. Siiaw. 
Byes 4; leg byes, 3. 7 Byes, 3: wides, 1. 
12 
2 
0 
0 
47 
36 
10 
0 
0 
2 
1 
4 
Total.231 Total. 
PLAYERS. 
FIRST INNING. SECOND INNING. 
Jupp b Appleby. 1 c Buchanan b G. F. Grace.. 
Lockwood cHornby b Appleby..70 cW. G. Grace b Buchanan.. 
Oscroft st Bush b Buchanan. 0 run out. 
Daft c Ridley b Buchanan.43 c Push b G. F. Grace. 
Greenwood c Hornby b Buchanan 8 b G. F. Grace. 
Emmett e Bush b Buchanan. 2 b Buchanan. 
Pooley c W.G.Grace b G.F.Grace.16 not out. 
A. Shaw c Ridley b G. F. Grace. .32 b G. F. Grace. 
Hill b G. F. Grace. 5 b Buchanan. 
Lillywhite c and b Ridley. 3 not out. 
J C. Shaw not out. 0 
Byes, 5 . 5 Byes, 2; leg byes, 1; wides, 1 
114 
32 
9 
26 
19 
6 
4 
39 
8 
4 
10 
4 
Total. .185 Total..161 
The last fortnight has been one of great interest to the 
sharpshooters and men fond of theories, such as velocity vs. 
penetration, and the like. The Wimbledon gathering was 
in every way successful, and the Snider competition, be¬ 
tween England, Ireland, and Scotland, was one of the 
great events on the card, and three of the English cham¬ 
pions falling off at the 600 yards distance, it was won by 
the Scoteh team by 13 points, the result being:— 
200 Yards. 500 Yards. 600 Yards. Total. 
Scotland. 524 485 353 1362 
England. 514 513 322 1349 
Ireland. 465 443 340 1248 
This must not, however, be confounded with the Elcho 
Challenge Shield, contested for by eight men selected from 
the best shots of the day. This came off yesterday, and 
the marksmen from the “land of brown heath and shaggy 
wood” beyond the cheviots were again the victors. The 
whole of the English team shot with Metfords by Gibbs, 
but the Irish division with Rigbys, except two, who pre¬ 
ferred Metfords, while the Scotch divided their affections 
between Metfords, Rigbys, Henrys, and Ingrams. The 
Duke of Abercom left his post of her Majesty’s represent¬ 
ative in Ireland to take his place as captain of the Hiber¬ 
nian team, Mr. Dunlop, C. B., headed the Scotch, and 
England was under the captaincy of Mr. Wells. The fir¬ 
ing began at noon, and the winners forged ahead at the 
first range and held their own, although the Englishmen 
shot grandly at the 1,000 yards; but the wind was very 
troublesome, and bad luck had something to do with the 
bullseyes, as everyone knows that at Wimbledon, when 
there is not wind enough to blow away the smoke of a 
cigar at the firing place, very often at the butts, when they 
are nearly a mile off there is pretty near half a gale. The 
scores were:— 
JSame. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1,000 Yds. Total. 
Scotland. 504 488 445 . 1437 
England. 483 462 460 1405 
Ireland. 465 473 440 1378 
For the Rajah’s Cup the mother country came in first 
with 542, India being second with 493, whilst the Cana¬ 
dians were third with 450. Colonel Gilmour, the captain 
of the Canadians, duly offered his congratulations to the 
English team. 
The Ashburton Shield, which is “a challenge prize” 
competed for annually by the cadet volunteer corps of the 
various public schools, was won this year by Marlborough, 
Rugby, the great football school, being second, and Win¬ 
chester, Eton, and Harrow, the elite and largest of the lot, 
being actually at the bottom of the list. Nine schools 
were represented, and the Spencer Cup was won by a Chel¬ 
tenham boy, who scored twenty-eight in seven shots at 500 
yards. 
A great deal of fun was got out of a flat race among the 
men, the horses being wicker, with a couple of volunteers 
for legs, and a real live jockey, and there were many ath¬ 
letic sports which provided the visitors to the heath with 
an endless fund of amusement. 
The Bedford agricultural show has been a rival attrac¬ 
tion, and has converted a quiet pastoral town which, in 
times of peace, has only two cabs and one omnibus, into 
a sort of Paris gone mad. There are bloated pigs and 
obese oxen, gigantic mangels and dropsical turnips, and a 
fine exhibition of dogs, roots, agricultural implements, chaff 
cutters, ploughs and threshing machines “et hoc genus 
omnef but the stallions and bulls, biood mares and milch 
cows, rendered the show, in numbers and quality, some¬ 
thing very superior to anything ever previously witnessed. 
The entries of horses were 420, and included some of the 
best blood in the country. There were two £50 cups for 
the best farms as regards working order, and Lord Charles 
Russell, who gave one of them, seems to have hit on the 
very best plan for reconciling his tenants to hares and 
rabbits. The horse show at the Alexandra palace brought 
forth a similar collection of horse flesh, but I refrain from 
touching on it, as my space is limited, and so is the post. 
The sale of the remainder of Sir Joseph Hawley’s horses 
at Tattersall’s did not realize a large amount of money, 
“Alava,” who is in training, only fetching 350 guineas. A 
colt by General Peel, the property of Mr. Walker, went 
for £61, though he had been purchased when a yearling at 
close up to £2,000, and had never run. Such is the uncer¬ 
tainty of the turf, and of buying thoroughbred stock. 
Lord Rosslyn’s black and tan setters, sold at Aldridge’s 
by auction, fetched some very fair prices, considering they 
were many of them unbroken. One fine dog, Revel, sold 
for £47, and a bitch called Ruth brought £31. Lord Caw¬ 
dor’s drafts fetched prices varying from £9 to £25, most of 
them being puppies of 1873, and Lord Sefton’s pointers 
brought in the total amount realized at the sale to £885. 
The American base ball players are expected here on the 
26th, and I will take care to go and see their exhibitions 
and matches, which all look forward to with great interest. 
Idstone,. Jr. 
London , July 16£7t, 1874. 
-- 4 ^-- 
—San Francisco is inaugurating a regular system of rifle 
practice. The Sumner Light Guard, Capt. H. J. Burns of 
Company E, First Regiment, having purchased Remington 
target rifles, had a good day’s practice on the 20th of last 
month at the range at Almeda. We append some of the 
best scores: 
AT 500 YARDS. 
Captain H. J. Barns. 
1 3 
3 
8 
2 
4 
1 15 
Charles Nash.| 
2 
2 
2 
3 
0 
I 9 
AT 1,(P0 YARDS 
Captain Burns. 
3 
4 
4 
3 
4 
18 
Charles Nash. 
2 
4 
2 
3 
3 
13 
G. E. Foster. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
15 
William Murray. . 
3 
2 
4 
2 
2 
13 
Eighteen points in a possible twenty is tall shooting. 
Next year when we will have a State match, we trust to 
see some of these promising California marksmen at 
Creedmoor. 
jpra/ §futi mid ifle. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. 
Woodcock, philohela minor. Squirrels. 
Pinnated grouse, cupidoria cupido , Snipe and Bay Birds. 
Pinnated grouse, or “prairie chickens,” are in season in Kansas, Ne¬ 
braska, and Minnesota, August 1st; in Michigan, August 5th; in Missou¬ 
ri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, August 15th; Wisconsin, August 20th- 
Iowa, August22d; in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, September 1st, and in Connecticut ancl 
Kentucky, October 1st. 
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. 
—The “gunning” season approaches, and we shall soon 
run up our fall bulletin of “Game in Season.” Sportsmen 
who wish to supply deficiencies in their equipments, or to 
obtain entirely new outfits, will do well to scrutinize our 
advertising columns. There is not a journal in America 
that offers such variety, abundance, and quality of sport¬ 
ing material as the Forest and Stream, and there is not, 
by the written testimony of the advertisers themselves, 
such a satisfactory and directly renumerative medium. 
The reason is obvious. Our few thousand readers are ail 
purchasers of sporting material of some sort, who scan these 
advertisements with even more interest than they do 
the body of the paper, while the many thousands who 
take the widely circulated dailies merely glance at them for 
latest news, or search the advertising columns for special¬ 
ties only, and they include no larger number of sportsmen. 
Merely as a directory, our columns are most serviceable, 
while as a guide to the novice they become invaluable, be¬ 
cause our customers are responsible houses only, they are 
reliable, and long known to the trade. The manager of 
this paper will not knowingly recommend any article which 
is not of utility, or which is not as represented. We have 
not hesitated to reject advertisements repeatedly which we 
felt would mislead or disappoint those who w^uld rely upon 
their recommendation through confidence in us. 
—Woodcock in market very scarce, and worth as much 
as $2.00 a pair. Occasionally a batch of one hundred cocks 
comes from the west, and some scattering few from Con¬ 
necticut. Perhaps the eastern bird is better than those 
from the west. Bay birds increasing in quantity, and in 
prime order. Bunches of black birds from the Delaware 
are putting in an appearance; they are the forerunners of 
the luscious reed birds. 
—A correspondent in Salem, Mass, under date of August 
1st, sends the following full and very interesting informa¬ 
tion. "By comparison of the several localities mentioned at 
any given date, a very correct idea can be formed of the 
time when birds begin to arrive, or are in season.—Ed:] 
Woodcock are scarce, some of our best shots having got 
but three or four a day, and this not often. Quail are going 
to be quite numerous. Partridges about as usual. Shore 
birds are beginning to arrive at Rowley and Ipswich; some 
of the local gunners get some good bunches, (or bags, but 
they usually bunch them,) of birds, two of them "on the 
14th of last month getting twenty-eight out of thirty “robin 
snipe” in one flock; but such chances are not common. 
We usually, if at all, making bags either from single or 
scattering birds to small bunches of not more than twelve 
or fifteen. “Summer yellow legs” are along, as are a few 
“winters;” peeps” and “ring-necks” are in prime order for 
a pie. Upland plover have just got along. I saw the first 
two yesterday, and they were very shy; the prospects are 
for a few days fair shooting if you can “hit the day;” but 
our shooting has been growing poorer for ^ears, there usu¬ 
ally being more gunners than birds. I got a few birds yes¬ 
terday, weather hot and birds scarce. But “patient waiters 
are no losers,” you know, and you may yet hear from me 
in a locality some ways from the present abode of 
Yours, very truly, R. L. N. 
—Fred. Pond writes from Montello, Wisconsin, July 
30th: 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Game of all kinds is plentiful in this vicinity, and 
especially wood-ducks and blue-wing teal, which promise 
to afford splendid sport the ensuing season. Woodcocks 
are exceedingly scarce, and the season has been a poor one 
in most parts of the State. Judging from appearances the 
Mallard duck will be plentiful, as well as all water fowls. 
A prime sporting ground for ducks is at Puckawav Lake, 
five miles east of Montello. The Puckaway Club has its 
headquarters on the margin of this lake, and eastern sports 
men will have a cordial welcome at the rendezvous of this 
hospitable club. It contains the prominent business men 
of northern Wisconsin, and already has obtained an envi¬ 
able reputation among lovers of gun and rod. In the 
region bordering on Lake Superior ruffed grouse abound, 
and on the opening of the season a grand time is antici¬ 
pated by the sportsmen of that vicinity. Black bass and 
pickerel are abundant at Buffalo Lake, west of Montello, 
and those fond of piscatorial sports have enjoyed the fish¬ 
ing immensely. 
—The latest news from Minnesota is contained in the 
following:— 
Minneapolis, July 31st. 
Game is not abundant now, but there is a good prospect 
for fall shooting. Chickens are said to be plentiful all 
around. Partridges (quail) are very common, and one may 
easily start up a covey of ten or fifteen any day now r . The 
young are about two-thirds grown. All the woodcock are 
obtained along the bottom of the Minnesota River. Some 
very good bags have been made. The large bags at first 
were caused by the high water in the river diiving them 
together in certain localities. Pigeons have been very 
scarce here this year. Only very few have been shot. 
Plover, Bartram’s, have been shot this week. They have 
commenced flocking preparatory to migrating. Two guns 
got twenty-one on Tuesday. They go in pairs and in 
flocks of from five to ten, and are very shy. Ducks, few— 
those that have been breeding here. There is more game 
up towards Brainerd and in the southwestern part of the 
State. Franklin Benner. 
