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Creedmoor. —Every day last week found various regi¬ 
ments improving themselves in rifle practice at the range. 
On Tuesday, July 28th, the third competition for the 
“Kellogg” badge took place; open to Company A, Twenty- 
third Regiment; distances, 200 and 500 yards. The badge 
was won by Sergeant Allen. The following are the best 
scores: 
Name. 
200 Yards. 
1 
600 Yards. 
! * i 
.® 
1 fcx. 
A.® 
Sergeant A. Allen, Jr . 
122223 
1 11 
3 0 3 0 4 
10 
21 
Lieutenant Story. 
2 8 2 2 2 
1 11 
2 0 2 0 4 
8 
19 
Private J. M. Allen. 
1 2 2 0 0 3 
1 7 
4 3 0 0 2 
9 
16 
Private C. A. Coffin. 
100322 
i 7 
120032 
7 
| 14 
Private C. W. Dibble. 
123032 
10 
100002 
2 I 
: 12 
Practice by the teams of the Twelfth, Twenty-second 
and Seventy-ninth Regiments followed. The following- 
are the scores of the best twelve made by the Twelfth. 
Five shots at 200 and 500 yards: 
Name. 
200 Yards, j 
l 
Total. 
500 Yards. 
Total. 
Gr'nd} 
Total j 
Private W. S. Smith, Co. D.... 
4 3 2 2 3 
14 
j 4‘4 3 4 4 
1 19 
33 
Private P. Doerle, Co. E. 
2 3 3 3 3 
13 
4 3 3 4 3 
1 17 
31 
Private A. Wood, Co. D. 
3 3 3 3 4 
16 
134233 
15 
31 
Captain H. B. Smith, Co. D — 
2 2 3 3 3 
13 
; 4 3 4 2 4 
! 17 
30 
Captain Banta, veteran. 
3 2 2 2 2 
11 
3 3 4 4 3 
! 17 
28 
Private W. G. Carson, Co. D — 
3 4 2 2 2 
13 
3 3 2 2 4 
14 
27 
Captain Brady, Co. C........... 
3 4 2 3 3 
14 
4 3 2 0 4 
13 
27 
Lieutenant T. D. Rich, Co. C... 
123222 
1 11 
3 4 2 3 3 
15 
26 
PrivateC. B. Waterburv, Co. F. 
1 2 3 3 4 3 
I 15 
0 2 3 3 3 
11 
26 
Adjutant W. II. Murphy. 
13 2 2 2 2 
1 11 
132234 
14 
1 25 
Sergeant J. Wood, Co. D. 
3 2 2 2 2 
11 
2 3 2 2 3 
12 
! 23 
Sergeant W. C. Reddy, Co. D.. 
2 0 0 3 3 
! 8 
!43223 
14 
! 22 
Yards. 
500 Yards. 
Total. 
25 
30 
55 
20 
31 
51 
20 
31 
51 
21 
23 
44 
22 
29 
41 
23 
18 
41 
23 
17 
40 
21 
19 
40 
18 
19 
37 
20 
12 
32 
The Twenty-second team made ten shots at each range. 
The total was below the usul average, which may be ac¬ 
counted for by some defect in the State ammunition. 
Name. 20 
Sergeant Freeman, Co. E- 
Sergeant Magneef Co. F. 
Lieutenant Way dell, Co, A.... 
Captain Horsfall, Co. I. 
Sergeant Briggs, Co. C. 
Private Roux, Co. B. 
Private Backer, Co. F. 
Private Moller, Co. A.— 
Corporal Lockwood, Co. D — 
Private Borrman, Co. E. 
The team of the Seventy-ninth fired seven shots at each 
r ange. Mr. W. S. Smith of Company D, made 19 in a 
possible 20 at 500 yards. 
On Wednesday, July 29th, the match for the selection of 
the distinguished few who are to be pitted against the 
Irish team took place. The shooting was interrupted at 
times by the rain, so that all the marksmen present could 
not have their turns at all the ranges. We append the 
scores made at 800 and 900 yards, the 1,000 yards range 
not having been used. Fifteen shots each at 800 and 900 
yards: 
Name. 
J. S. Conlin. 
Yards. 
9C0 Yards. 
Total. 
50 
51 
101 
49 
44 
93 
54 
37 
91 
43 
46 
89 
50 
37 
87 
42 
43 
85 
47 
84 
81 
49 
30 
73 
36 
41 
77 
33 
34 
72 
G. W. Yale. 
H. E. Fulton. 
L. Backer. 
A. Y. Davis. 
J. P. M. Richards. 
P. S. Gardner. 
Lieut. Colonel Gildersleeve.. 
J. Trageser. 
Mr. Conlin’s score of 51 at 900 yards, a centre and almost 
a half at every shot, is very good shooting. 
On Friday, the 31st July, the second match for the gold 
badge presented by Capt. L. C. Bruce to the Seventy-ninth 
Regiment Rifle Club took place, and was won by Private 
Melville with a score of 41. 
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Hamilton, Ont., August 3d, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I send you an account of the Small Bore Rifle Match for the champion¬ 
ship of Canada, which came off at Toronto, between a team of six of the 
Toronto Rifle Club and six of the Victoria Rifle Club of Hamilton. This 
match has been in abeyance since last year, as nearly all of our 
shooting men were absent, on receiving the challenge; some in England, 
and others in different parts of Canada on their holidays, so the match 
had to he postponed until this season; and for the same reason several of 
our best men being at Wimbledon, we were rather weau. But to do jus¬ 
tice to the Toronto Club, we feel it obligatory on our part to give them 
an opportunity of becoming champions, so the match was arranged to 
take place on the 29th of July. 
The day was one of the worst for shooting that I have experienced. At 
the 800 yards we had sometimes nine feet of wind from the right rear, 
and all of a sudden it would calm down to three feet, and being from the 
rear we had to watch our elevation, as well as our windage, which made 
it very difficult to guess, and consequently most of our scores are very 
low. As you will see, the match resulted in a victory for the Victoria 
Club by 23 points. When through at the 800 and 900 yards the Torontos 
were ahead 13 poiuts, and to all appearances had the match in 
their own hands, but on going back to the 1,000 yards the wind being 
stronger and more tantalizing than ever, seemed to harrass the Toronto 
men, and after the second round the Victoria men made up the 13 points 
which they were behind, and continued to increase their score until the 
end of the match. The Victoria Club have been champions since 1867. 
Some of us are going to the Montreal Tournament, where we hope to 
meet a good representation from the N. R. A. and the Amateur Club. 
We owe them and Colonel Gildersleeve our thanks for their courtesy in 
granting us the use of their ranges to shoot a match with the Irish team, 
and I hope it may be arranged that the three teams shall shoot at the 
same time, as it will make the match so much more interesting. 
The following are the scores:— 
TORONTO RIFLE CLUB. 
Ten Shots at Each Range. 
Rifle. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yds. Total 
...Rigby.. . 
.. .Metford. 
. Metford. 
Rigby. 
Name. 
A. Bell. . 
W. Cruit . 
W. Stanley. 
C. Shepherd. . 
George Margetts.Metford 
R. Anderson.Metford — 
36 
34 
29 
99 
33 
34 
22 
89 
29 
.28 
25 
82 
29 
28 
22 
79 
32 
37 
18 
77 
29 
30 
8 
67 
.. 498 
Name 
victoria rifle club. 
Ten Shots at Each Distance . 
Tlifle. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 
1000 Yds. To\ 
George Mu risen... 
. 32 
34 
27 
93 
F. Schwarz. 
_Metford.. 
.... 35 
30 
27 
92 
James Adam . 
. ... Rigby_ 
. 26 
31 
30 
87 
W. Mitchell. 
_Metford.. 
. 29 
26 
28 
83 
James Hilton. 
_Metford.. 
. 32 
38 
27 
67 
James Mason. 
_Metford.. 
. 80 
28 
21 
74 
Total. 
. 
.. 516 
SHOOTER, 
The following letter, emanating from the Province of 
Quebec Rifle Association, will interest our riflemen .— 
Montreal, July, 1874. 
Dear Sir:— 
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th, and in re¬ 
ply would state that we have agreed to admit all bona fide military rifles, 
of whatever calibre, provided a certificate is shown that they are such 
rifles as are served out to corps in the U. S. service, either regular or 
volunteers. This matter was brought before our committee by a letter 
from Mr. Bruce, of the Turf, ■Field and Farm office, and the committee 
at once resolved to admit your rifles. If you wish to try the Snider’s 
we will place some at your disposal; but our object in making so many 
of the matches open, is to test the merits of the different rifles and not 
only to try the mettle of the men. 
Hoping to see a number of the members of the N. R. A. at our meet¬ 
ing, I remain, yours truly, John Fletcher. 
Lt. Col. H. A. Gildersleeve, Secretary N. R. A., New York. 
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Hannibal, Mo., July 27th, 1874. 
Edltor Forest and Stream:— 
The writer or the printer made an error in my article on Shells, pub¬ 
lished in yonr issue of the 23d. In place of “Chicago Gun Trial” please 
read “New York Gun Trial,” and for “eight guns” read “six guns.” 
Herbert . 
FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 
Salmon, Salmo Salar. Salmon trout. Salmo con finis. 
Trout, Salmo fpntinalis. ' MichlganGrayling, Thymallus tricolor 
Land-locked Salmon ,Salmo gloveri. micropterus nigricans. 
Black Bass, micropterus salmoides Sea trout, Salmo immaculatus. 
Striped Bass, Roccus lineatus . Weakfish.' 
Bluefish, temnodon saltator, 
—The regular run of Spanish mackerel is oil the coast, 
and the price is from twenty to twenty-five cents a pound. 
The fish average three pounds. Bigger schools and even 
primer fish may be expected next week. Bonitos are in 
large supply, and are much eaten by the poorer classes. 
There are queer stories about the bonito being poisonous. 
Me fancy if there was any truth in it, half the tenement 
population of this big city would have been laid out stiff 
and stark before this. Salmon ®n the wane, and worth 
thirty-five to forty cents. Receipts about 10,000 pounds a 
day, ail coming from the Provinces. Salmon trout and 
white fish from the lakes, worth fifteen cents a pound, are 
now offered. These fisli would be in better demand if it 
was not for the quantity of sea fish in the market. Blue 
fish in quantity. Though caught scattering on the coast, 
they are off Hyannis, Mass., now in big schools, and are 
sel.ing at from six to eight cents. Striped bass not so very 
plenty, and worth twenty cents. They are coming from 
Martha’s Vineyard. Halibut in better supply than last 
week. Cod in abundance from east of Nantucket and 
the George’s, worth eight cents. Large lobsters from New 
Jersey still come forward. 
—This week in the market, Mr. Albert Haley of the 
lower Fulton Market showed us a fine specimen of the 
thresher, (alopias vulpes). One can imagine the terrible 
execution such a fish could make with its tail, and how a 
whale, jabbed on one side by sword fish and whipped on 
the other by threshers, would stand but the ghost of a 
chance. The tail was fully five feet long, fashioned like a 
harness trace, pliant and supple as the limberest rattan, 
and in fact absolutely perfect as a weapon of punishment. 
—At last shad have been caught with the hook in the 
Susquehanna River. Last week four were taken at Fites 
Eddy by Surgeon General Foltz, TJ. S.'A., and Mr. Stem- 
man, editor of the Lancaster (Pa.) Herald, and a few days 
previous one was taken by a Mr. Long. They measured 
about six inches in length, and were taken by trolling with 
a worm in quick water among rocks. The river was low 
and the water clear. 
—Salmon fishing in the Provinces of New Brunswick 
and Canada has not been so excellent, or the fish so large, 
for many years past, as they have been this season. The 
United States have been well represented on Canadian 
rivers. 
—We learn from a gentleman who was present, that on 
the 10th instant, in the St. John river, District of Gaspe, 
Lady Dufferin, wife of the Governor General, hooked with 
fly and landed a salmon that weighed twenty-six and a half 
pounds ! We wish some of our American ladies could ap¬ 
preciate the merit of this remarkable feat. 
—In the last number of the Field a correspondent speaks 
of the efficacy of prawn as a salmon bait, and mentions 
cases where the fish, refusing the fly, were caught in 
quantity with prawn. A curious fact mentioned by the 
writer, is that the prawn are boiled. The worst of this 
bait is its delicacy, the broad plates at the head being apt 
to come off, and leave unsightly white patches. This 
defect is remedied by making a turn or so with red silk 
thread round the bait. This bait might he made more fre¬ 
quent use of in this country. 
—A useful letter from C. C. Markham, the artist, con¬ 
taining hints to those visiting the x4.diroridacks, is deferred 
until our next issue. 
—C. F. Orvis, the celebrated rod-maker, of Manchester, 
Vermont, has sent us a beautiful German silver perforated 
trout reel, which he is now manufacturing, the most unique 
we have ever seen, and we might say, equal to any other 
reel in its various features. In some respects it is alto¬ 
gether unlike other reels, and the improvements which the 
patent covers are quite marked. It is a narrow reel; its 
diameter is larger in proportion to its width than is usual, 
so that it not only winds more rapidly, but it lays the line 
more evenly than if the spool 6r cylinder were wider. Its 
perforation makes it quite light—yet heavy enough to 
balance the rod comfortably, and also serves to dry the line 
rapidly by admitting circulation of air. For our own pre¬ 
ference we should wish a click, but others would think 
differently. It is a pretty toy, as well as a useful imple¬ 
ment, and can be carried in a very small space by unship¬ 
ping the crank. Price $5, in case. We should think that 
a salmon reel after this patent would be even more desir¬ 
able, as metal salmon reels are always ponderous. 
—Some idea of the immense fishing business carried on 
around the island of Newfoundland may be formed from 
a fact casually mentioned by a correspondent of the St. 
Johns North Star, writing from Fortune Bay, northern dis¬ 
trict of Newfoundland. Under date of June 29, the cor¬ 
respondent says there were 850 sail of square-rigged vessels 
in St. Peters roads, besides 300 schooners—a fleet of 650 
vessels—all waiting for bait to pursue their business of cod 
fishing; and this is only one district of the island. 
-- 
Rangeley Lakes, Maine. —The thermometer ranged 
during the month of July from 83° to 90° in the shade. 
Black flies are not so thick as in June, but the mosquitoes 
still make life in the woods uncomfortable without some 
protection. 
A party of three from Connecticut have had good suc¬ 
cess on Quimby Pond and that vicinity, stopping with a 
Mr. Quimby, who lives a short distance from the town of 
Raugeley, who is always happy to entertain sportsmen. 
They landed with fly in six days about 250 pounds of trout, 
a great portion of which they packed and brought home in 
good condition. A party of two, on the 13th aud 14th, 
visited a place called “Stony Battau,” on Mooselucmagun- 
tic Lake, and caught twenty six trout weighing about thirty 
pounds, and also had good luck off Bugle Cove. They 
were inexperienced, and fished with bait. A fly fisherman 
could have made a much better record. Same party 
caught on Rangeley stream next day forty trout averaging 
over a pound each. Another gentleman on the 15th inst., 
at the falls of the Kennebago and half a mile above, landed 
in five hours some fifty-four trout, weighing from three- 
quarters to one and a half pounds each. The next day 
this gentleman caught in the same time on the Rangeley 
stream, seventy-five trout, averaging a pound each, return¬ 
ing to their native element (like a true angler) some two 
dozen of less than a pound weight, these last are not in¬ 
cluded in the seventy-five. There has been little or no rain in 
this region for almost the entire month. The following items 
of interest have been received from this locality the last week. 
“A party of four from Cleveland, Ohio, visited the Cup- 
supstuc River, and passing some three miles up the stream 
caught in five hours two hundred and forty-two trout, 
weighing from one to two pounds eacn. They were all 
taken with eight ounce rods, the fish showing a marked 
preference for the scarlet ibis, brown hackle, and a fancy 
fly of a Bismarck color, and the trout were all captured near 
the second rapids above and below the “jam.” The above 
tiles were about equal as regards their killing effect, and 
seeing their diffeience of color was so marked, it was rather 
singular. Thermometer ranges from seventy to eighty 
degrees in the shade; wind northeast and south; violent 
rain storm has prevailed for three days past.” 
—A letter from Marquette, Mich., dated July 25th says: 
“Our bay is now, and has been all summer, swarming with lake and 
salmon trout. Every boat in tlie city is engaged every day by parties of 
strangers and citizens, ladies and gentlemen, trolling, and with great 
success. It is not unusual to catch a dozen or more before breakfast, 
averaging in weight from five to twenty pounds. Mr. Lyon, the land • 
lord of the Northwestern Hotel, hooked one that he estimated weighed 
at least forty pounds, but it was too much for his tackle and escaped. 
Our hotels are well filled with both eastern and western people, and' 
most of them are sportsmen. Flies have nearly disappeared and mosqui¬ 
toes are not numerous.” H. R. M. 
7,'. Long Island, July 18th, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Did you ever notice or hear anout any other bird but the emu (emulus 
canorus), of the old country laying their eggs into smaller bird’s 
nests? Though naturalist myself, and well acquainted with the natural 
history of the old country, especially the German fauna, I never did, 
and so I hereby request your kind information about a fact you will allow 
me to give the following short account of: 
Some days ago I noticed in a group of trees just opposite my window 
a young bird sitting motionless on a naked branch. It was about the 
size of a young thrush or blackbird, had a gray, brown-spotted plumage 
on head, back and wings, and a grayish-white breast. Its beak let me 
recognize in it a member of the family Conirostri. 
Suddenly a very small yellow bird, apparently a kind of Silvia (called 
here by its color yellowhird) came flyiug on the limb bearing in its little 
beak a living insect, and shoving it into the wide, opened mouth of the 
big, hungry fellow, who devoured it with as much swiftness as appetite. 
This feeding was repeated for about five or six times, when an acciden¬ 
tal noise from below scared them from the tree and they both disap¬ 
peared in tlie bushes. The afternoon of that day I witnessed a recapitu¬ 
lation of the morning performance on the garden fence, and there, or in 
the before-mentioned tree, I see now every day the little, never tired 
step-mother flying to and fro and bringing the best flies and bugs she can 
find to her big, lazy pupil, who, though almost full grown, flying with 
sufficient ability and well able to eat alone, only very seldom takes pains 
to-do so, hut prefers to wait in dolce far niente for the good food of its 
ever ready little nurse. 
I should be very thankful to you, sir, if you would tell me in your 
next number your opinion about this case, and what kind of birds you 
suppose both are. Very respectfully, H. de Nehcosnova. 
—Our whilom correspondent, F. D., of Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa, tells us of the kinds of fish found in that State. 
These are :—“Black bass, rock bass, striped bass or pan fish, 
pike perch or salmon, catfish, j^ellow perch, pickerel. 
White perch run up as high as ten pounds. Of the 
sucker family, there is the buffalo, back, red horse and 
sucker.” [What admirable names these Westerners have !] 
“In the spring, in the river, our killing bait for killing black 
bass is a minnow called here a yellow fin; he generally 
runs from three to six inches in length by one inch wide. 
You can tell one from a shiner instantly; he feels rough to 
the touch, while a shiner is a slippery customer. At this 
place is a dam eight feet high. The minnows gather in 
myriads. You can fill a bucket at one haul. The anglers 
of this place use from twenty five to fifty yards of line, size 
of hooks, three to five, Limerick or Kirby. A few of us have 
some imported Carlisle, very rare. It is a common sight to 
see the little boys going home with a big string of fish, as 
much as they can lug. The river has been low the greater- 
part of the season.” 
