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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 



NEWARK DOG THIEVES.— Dog thieves "are on the ram- 

 page in Newark, as usual. The last case reported is that of a 

 pure liver-colored setter dog. Sam. white spot on chest, white 

 toe on left fore and right hiud legs, also white nails on other 

 feet, not noticeable except when dog's feet arc washed. Re- 

 ward for information leading- to recover}-. All communica- 

 tions will be considered strictly private, by F. Sattee- 

 TnWAiTE (2 West Park street, Newark, N. J.). 



POINTER 3 AND SETTERS. —Attention is called to the 

 advertisement of pointers and setters for sale by Mr. F. Sat- 

 terthwaite, published in another column. Mr. Satterthwaite 

 knows what a good dog is, and we presume those he adver- 

 tises are Worth inspecting. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To insure 

 publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- 

 re of each animal: 

 it. Color. 8. Name and residence of owner, 



reed. buyer or seller. 



I. Sex. 7. Sire, with his sire and dam. 



I. Age, or 8. Owner of sire, 



o. Date of bi th, o" breeding or 0. Dam, with her sire and dam. 

 of death. 10. Owner of dam. 



All names must be plainly written. Communication on one side oi 

 ( aper only, and signed with writer's name. 

 NAMES CLAIMED. 

 structiuus at head of this column. 

 Jr. I'.y Mr. E. G. Babcock. New Britain, Ct., for dark liver, 

 white markings, cocker spaniel, whelped Dec. 0. 1£83, by CM. Stubbs 

 out of Diamond. 



Fancy. By Mr. E. G. Babcoek, New Britain. Ct., for dark liver, 

 white breast, cocker epaninl bitch, whelped Aug. 10, 1881, byQuand 

 out of Piper. 



Modesty. By Mr. John W. Muusun, St. Louis. Mo., for liver and 

 while pointer bitch, '.'years old, by Oroxtetb out of Trinket. 



Brimstone, Madstone. Touchstone. Litckystrme and Clingstone. 

 ■By the Westminster Kennel Club, for liver and white pointers, one 

 dog and four bitches, whelped Aug. 24. 1883, by Tory out of .Moon 

 stone. Imported in utero. 



Queen Dido. By Dr. S. H. Greene, Newmarket. N. H., for black 

 spaniel bitch, whelped Dec. l.'i, 1SS3, bv Obo II. i A.IC.B. 43 i) out of 

 Ruhie (A.K.K 1U\. 



Floss II. By Mr. L. C. Andrus. fitalone, N. Y., tor liver and white 

 cocker spaniel bitch, whelped July 20, 1883, by Handy i Racer- Rutin 

 out of Nelb'e Cobern (Sport— Curley). 



Vixen. By Mi-. F. L. Stebbin*, Geneva, N. Y., for liver and 

 white cocker- spaniel bitch, whelped April 30, 1683, by Dick (RingnM— 

 Dot) out or Little Flirt (Snip— Frolic). 



NAMES CHANGED. 



i3s^ See instructions at head of this column. 



■Jessie to Lady Bub. Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped March 

 IS, 1880, by imported BubfA.K.R. 131 > out of imported Jennie, owned 

 by Mr. Herman F. Sebellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 BRED. 



CSt 5 - tgee instructions at head of this column. 



Modesty— Sang. Mr. John W. Munson's (St. Louis. 3lo.) liver and 

 while pointer birch Modesty to imported Bang (champion Bang— 

 Lunal, Jan. tii and 1 1. 



Folly— Bang Bang. Mr. W. Talltnan's bitch Polly (Beaufort— 

 ) to the Westminster Kennel Club's pointer Bang Bang. Feb. 15. 



Hat— Bang Bang. Mr. Bayard Thayer's bitch Rue (Snapshot— 

 Ruby.) to the Westminster Kennel Club's pointer Bang Bang. Feb. 18. 



Lotto— Sensation. Mr. A. B Conger's bitch Lotta (Faust— Clarg) 

 to the Westminster Kennel Club's pointer Sensation. 



Fly—Cro.vtetli. Mr. Fulle.rum's pointer bitch Fly to Mr. A. E. 

 Godeffrov's Croxteth. Jan. 15. 



Folly— Crorteth. Mr Walker's pointer bitch Folly to Mr. A. E. 

 Godeffroy's Croxteth. Feb. 14. 



Daisy— Glen cho. Mr. G. Hills's ( Hudson . N.Y.j red Irish setter bitch 

 Daisy (Chief— Tilley) to Glcncho (Elcbo— Noreen). Jan. 31. 



Lady Bub— Benedict's Boy. Mr. Herman F. Sehellhass's (Brook- 

 lyn. N. Y.) black cocker spaniel bitch Lady Bub (A.K.R. — ) to his 

 Benedict's Boy (A.K.R. KKb, Feb. 10. 



WHELPS. 

 See instructions at head of this column. 



Lofty. Mr. J. P.AVillev's (Salmon Falls. N. H.i cocker spaniel bitch 

 Lofty (A.K.K. 431), Feb. 13, four (one dog), by Obo II. (A.K.R. 43J); 

 all black. 



SALES. 



C^~ See instructions at head of this column. 



Beaachief. Collie dog, whelped April 25, 1883 (Gyp -Buttercup), 

 by Mr. Arthur L. Kelley, Lawrence, Mass.. to Miss Ida F. Warren. 

 Leicester, Mass. 



Elcho— Meg whelp. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped July 21, 1883, 

 by Elcho (Charlie— Nell) out of Meg (Elcho— Rose), by Mr. Benj. F. 

 Clark, Manchester. N. H.. to Mr. Frank Prendergast, Boston, Mass. 



Don Juan. White, black and ticked English setrer doer, whelped 

 April 16. issy 'champion Dash III.— Katydid), bv Mr. E. H. Fisher. 

 Jr., New Bedford. Mass.. to Mr. F. C. Sno'w, Dover. N. H. 



Caesar. Mulberry fawn mastiff dog (A.K.K. lib, by Mr. Win. Wade, 

 Pittsburg; 1 , Pa., to Mr. C. F. Wilson. Palmyra, O. 



Jessie. Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped March 12, 1880, by im- 

 ported Bub (A.K.R. 131) out of imported Jennie (champion Brush, 

 E.K.C.S.B. 7,871— champion Rhea. E.K.C.S.B. 2,2,,-fcv, by Mr. D. C. 

 Frank, Tremont, N. Y7, to 31r. Herman F. Schellhass, Brooklyn, 



n v. 



Hose. Red Irish setter hitch, whelped Aug. 22, 1883. by Glencho out 

 of Colleen Bawn (A.K.R. 5071, by Mr. Chas. R. Squire. Troy, N. Y., to 

 Mr. John H. Nesnitt, W st Troy. N. Y. 



Dronse. Liver and white and liver ticked English pointer dog, 

 whelped Oct, 3". 1883. bv Beadier out of Winnie II. (A K xi 100 1. bv 

 Mr. Mr. Charles R, Squire, Trov. N. Y., to Mr. John H. Nt.sb.tt, West 

 Troy, N. Y. 



Modesty. Red Irisb setter bitch, whelped Sept. 10, 1883, by Scout 

 (PI. inker Carrie) out of Grace (Hill— Donna"), by Mr. A. W. Pearson, 

 Huntington. N. Y., to Mr. P. Maiionv, Brooklyn, N.Y. 



Nellia, Blick aid tan foxhouud bite:), by Mr. D.C.Paulding, 

 While plains. N. Y.. to Mr. C. II. Kent, Monrtcello, N. Y. 



1-jaronet—kit.a C'ro.rtelh whelps. Pointers, whelped Deo. 22, 1883 

 (champion Baronet— champion i ita Croxteth), by Mr. Geo. S.Tucker, 

 i-'cterho'ough, N. H.. a liver and white bitch and lemon and white 

 dog to Mr. Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass. 

 PRESENTATIONS. 

 See. instructions at head, of tin's column. 



Bessie Case. Bl ek. white and tan setter bitch, by Fr tz (Roderick 

 — No mai out of Duff (Cariowitz— Rose), by Mr. John W. Munson, St. 

 Louis. Mo., to Mr. Geo. A. Caslleman. same place. 



^mwer§ to (^omspandmt^ 



K^~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



F. M. L.. Summit Station, O.-l. About March 1. 2. Write to the 

 manufacturers. 



R. W. M., Alexandria. Va.— We know nothing of the new English 

 rifle referred to. 



B.. Toledo, O.— For some hints on care of quail hi confinement see 

 editorial columns. 



New BUB30RIBEE, New Hampshire.— A 12-bore will do for your 

 shooting. See page 80 of this issue. 



L. B., Jr , Boston.— For government charts, apply to I. Thaxter & 

 Son, No. 125 State street, in your city. 



W. D. D.j Ottawa.— For information respecting English hurdle rac- 

 ing, consult some of the horse papers. 



J. 31. II., Brooklyn.— You can get areca nut of druggists, or send 

 to the firms which advertise it in our columns. 



B. H.— For instructions in trapping consult Gibson's "Complete 

 American Trapper," price $1, w e can supply it. 



Lone Angler— l. The index to Vol. XXI. will probably be printed 

 next week. 2 The rod is worth the price asked for it. 



W. H.,New York.— Address of Secretary New Jersey Fish and 

 Game Protective Society is Wm. L Force, Piainfield, N. J. 



Brooklynite.— 1. The .20 long will carry further than the. .22 short, 

 2. Clean the gumtock thoioughly, apply sweet oil aid rub itbriskly. 



Hunting Horn.— Have lost your address or would send the issue 

 containing directions Low to make a hunting horn. It was the paper 

 of April 10, 1883. 



L. L. B». Washington Ter.— Coues's "Fur Bearing Animals" relates 

 to those of this country; Van Dyke's "Still-Hunter" gives directions 



for deer hunting in America. Mr. Van Dyke lives in California. 

 Dealers in wild animals are Chas. Reiche & Bro., Chatham street, 

 New York. 



C. A. R., Pittsburgh, Pa.-The best material for a canoe deck is 

 mahogany or Spanish cedar J4in. thick, as it will stand both sun and 



water without checking. 



0. C B., North Granville, N.Y". -How far will a .32-ealiber rifle, 

 using long cartridges, shoot with accuracy:- Ans. Excellent work 

 may be relied on at 100 yards. 



, A ,-V R '' Philadelphia.— The charges you name are not excessive. As 

 to ditt rence of reeoiL that is something that would be determined 

 only by actual comparative test. 



W F. K, Tioga County, N. Y.— We can send you the digest of New 

 York game laws compiled under direction of the Commissioners of 

 Fisheries. Price twenty -five cents. 



W, G. V., Bailardvale, Mass.— 1. Y'ou can shoot squirrels, rabbits 

 arid quail with your lfi bore gun. 2. Dr. Carver is the champion wing- 

 shot of the world, so far as there is any such championship. 



N. W., Hudson Centre, N. II.— 1. Would parties trapping be respon- 

 sible for damage done to dogs caught in traps? 2. is there any dif- 

 ference in the shooting qualities of Damascus, or laminated Steel' 

 Ans. 1, NO. 2. NO. 



W E M., Massachusetts.—!. We have refused the advertisement 

 of the gun dealers named, because we do not consider them re- 

 liable. 2. Minks and muskrats are found on sail, marshes as well as 

 on fresh water streams. 



W. F.. Greece, N. V.— We have never been able to learn anything 

 tiling more about the "anti-bow" machine than was printed in our 

 issue of O-.t. 4, 1883. Perhaps that item should have gone among the 

 "Camp-Fire- Flickerings." 



J. B. D. , North (Jran ville, N . Y. —Give me dimensions of a regulation 

 Creedmoor target reduced for a gallery. Ans. Write to Dewuison & 

 Co , New York, or to J. S. Conlin, Broadway and Thirty-first street 

 New York, for sample targets. 



S. C. Troy, New York. —For the articles on left-eyed shooting see 

 issues of Sept, 29 and Oct. 0, 1881. As to the use of one eve or two 

 eyes in shooting, there is a wide diversity of opinion. Some of the 

 crack shots shut one eye, others keep both open. 



G. H. H., Maine.- -There is little difference between the shooting 

 of a 28-mch barrel and that of a 30-inch barrel. The latter will burn 

 a little more powder than the former; and some say that the extra 

 length is of service in aiming, though we have not found it so, 



W r . E. C.Menlo, Iowa.— There is no special hunter's map of Michi- 

 gan that we know of. Any standard map will probably answer your 

 purpose. You might find what you want in the numerous railroad 

 guide book maps that are published by the Michigan railroads. 



T. L., Philadelphia.— Guns are usually targeted at 30in. circle, 

 40yds. These targets are easily prepared, or vou mav obtain them 

 already pi in ted at the gun stores. A modified chokebbre will prob- 

 ably give you the best satisfaction on the game and clay-pigeons. 



W. N. L., Good Ground, Long Island.— They are netting ducks by 

 the hundreds here. Is there no way to stop it'? Ans Netting duck's 

 is against the law. Y r ou may stop it by informing toe game protect! r 

 of jour district, Geo. A. Whittaker, Southampton, and calling on him 

 to prosecute the guilty parties. 



J. J. T., Mansfield, Ohio.— If you cut the gun off back of the 

 "pocket" it will not shoot so closely as it does now; but you do not 

 state length of barrel, so we cannot advise you. Try varying pro- 

 portions of powder and shot charges. You may in this way'alter the 

 shooting to a satisfactory result. 



Buckeye, Ohio.— What is the difference between the muzzle diame- 

 ter of a 10-gauge full choke and a 12-gauge cylinder bore? Ans. It 

 depends upon the degree and style of choke, "if both were cylinder. 

 bores, the difference v> ould be that between .775in. for the 10-gauge 

 and .729in. for the 12-gauge, or .046in. 



W. A. R., New Haven, Conn.— The Fish Commissioners Of Massa- 

 chusetts are: E. A. Bracken, Winchester^ E. H. Lathrop, Springfield, 

 and F. W. Putnam, Cambridge. New Hampshire: G.'u. 

 Manchester; Luther Hayes, South Milton; E. B. Hodge. Plymouth. 

 Maine: E. M. Stilwell, Bangor; H. O. Stanley, Bixfield. Connecticut: 

 Dr. W. M. Hudson, Hartford; R. G. Pike, Middletown. 



Ned, Allegany, N. Y. — 1. What is the regular price for mounting 

 deer heads upon black walnut shields? 2. Who publishes a reliable 

 hardware trade journal in New York. Ans. I. There is no regular 

 price. Much depends on the length of neck and othermattors. Fight 

 dollars for a short-necked head and twelve for a long is about the 

 figure. 2. Try the Iron Age, David Williams, publisher, Chambers 

 street, New York. 



J. H., Guilford, Me.— Dr. Coues's book on the "Fur-Bearing Ani- 

 mals" treats of the natural history of the subject. Gibson's book 

 (mentioned elsewhere in this column) tells how to trap. We know of 

 no book treating specially of fur buying. If you want to keep posted . 

 in fin prices communicate with the commission firms, as Wm. Mac- 

 naugntan'sj Sons, New York, who, we believe, are successors of the 

 great fur millionaire. John Jacob Astor. 



Sport, Brooklyn.— 1. Bird lime is made as follows: Boil down lin- 

 seed oil of the best quality until it becomes thick and glutinous. 

 Boil hi earthen pot, in open air, for two or three hours, an o 

 that the eoverof the pot fits tightly, so that the oil will not catch tire. 

 When boiled, set away in tin vessels with tight fitting covers. To use 

 it: Select small, dry sticks, as thick as a straw and eight inches long. 

 Sharpen the edges, smear them with the lime, and fasten the sticks 

 into grooves cut in a stake stuck into the ground. Place a "call bird" 

 as a lure. When the birds alight upon the sticks they pull them out 

 from the main stake, and when flying the wings, coming in contact 

 with i he lime, are pinioned to the sides. 2. We will receive two -cent 

 stamps for the dog pictures. 



H. F. S., Brooklyn.— For trapping book see answer to B. 11. For 

 huntiBg rifle and its use you cannot do better than to look through 

 the files of the Forest and Stream; for hints on target shooting 

 especially, see review of Farrow's book in our issue of March 22. 1683, 

 or bay the book itself (.$1). There are a number of good books on the 

 snotgun, adapted to your purpose, among them Bogardus's "Field. 

 Cover and Trap Shooting" ($2). "Wing-Shooting," by "Chipmunk" 

 (50 cents). For a book on camping out we advise you to wait until 

 the publication ot "Woodcraft," by our well known contributor 

 "Nessmuk." It will be ready in about a month. Perhaps the work 

 best adapted to meet your needs is Uallock's "Sportsman s Gazet- 

 teer" (S3), which treats 'of game, guns, rifles, etc. 



W T . H. A.. I 'anuda.— The maximum weights of different members of 

 the deer family are given bv Judge Caton as follows: Moose, more 

 than l,2001bs.' Elk, or wapiti deer, exceeding 1 QOGUas, Woodland 

 caribou, 400] bs. (probably more, though record of none heavier known 

 to author). Mule deer, 2501bs.; average much lower. Columbia 

 black-tailed deer (rare sp. cimens), loOlbs : average much lo.-.er. 

 Common deer (Cercus virginianus), largest of which author has au- 

 thentic record, killed in Michigan, weighed before dressing 2-lfilbs. : 

 "average weight may be set down as not more than one hundred 

 pounds. The guesses of hunters often give much larger weights.'' 

 Generally larger on Northern than Southern ranges. Mexican deer 

 (which author says is hut a variety of C. virginianus) is much 

 smaller than his Northern brother. Barren ground caribou, or Arc- 

 tie reindeer, loOlbs. (average much lower). Acapulco deer (speci- 

 mens in possession of author), 30 to 401bs. 



Tanner.— For tanning, Mr. Gibson in his "Complete American Trap- 

 per" recommends the following: "For tanning with the hair ou, 

 the suin sh&uld first be cleaned, every particle of loose fat: or flesh 

 being removed, and the useless parts cut away. When this is done, it 

 should be soaked for an hour or two in warm water. The following 

 mixture should then be prepared: Take equal pai ts of borax, salt- 

 petre and sulpnate of soda, and with them mix water sufficient to 

 produce the consistency of thin batter. This preparation should be 

 painted thickly on the flesh side of the skin, after which these sides 

 should be doubled together and the pelt left in an airy place. A sec- 

 ond mixture should next be prepared. This should consist of two 

 parts sal soda, three parts borax, four parts castile or other hard 

 soap, all to be melted together over a slow fire. At the end of twenty- 

 four hours after the application of the first mixture, the second should 

 be applied in a similar manner, and the fur again left for the same 

 length of time. Next make a mixture equal parts of salt and alum, 

 dissolved in warm water and thickened with coarse Hour to the con- 

 sistency of thin paste. Spread this thickly over the skin and allow 

 it to dry, after which it should be scraped oft with the bowl of a 

 spoon. The skin should be tightly stretched during the operation, in 

 order to pr-vent too great shrinkage. A single application of the 

 last uamed dressing is generally sufficient for small skins; but a sec- 

 ond or third treatment may be resorted to if required, to make theekin 

 soft and pliable, after which it should be finished off with sand-paper 

 and pumice stone A skin may be thus dressed as soft as velvet, and 

 the alum and salt Willi set, the 'hair securely." 



INFORMATION WANTED. 

 F. M. P. (of New Yorii) wants to know of desirable quail locality in 

 Virginia, in season. 



W.H. B. (of Boston) and five companions wish to go fishing in a 

 yacht in July, two weeks, expenses not to exceed §50 for the entire 

 partv; and they want to know where they shall go. 



"Lone Angler" wishes to know of a place to spend the spring and 

 summer in the western part of Maine or in New Hampshire, away 

 from the railroads, where the woods are well preserved, with good fly- 

 fishing and fair accommodations. 



ghwting. 



FIXTURES. 



oc I l irS o, Irlte ^ Iiational day-^eon Tournament, at Chicago, Tib, May 

 26 to 31. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P, 

 cmnati, Ohio. 



ARMY PRACTICE IN 1884. 



LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SHERIDAN is determined that the 

 modern idea of long-range military praete oduoed 



into the regular army, and besides he has give the whole 

 army practice an overhauling, in preparation for the work « 1884. He 

 directs in a recent order that wherever necessary ranges car 

 tamed, marksmen will be advanced in regular target practice to dis- 

 tances of 800, 900 and 1,000yds., using service rifles and service 

 ammunition. 



The grade of sharp shooter is established. To enter this class the 

 toltowmg percentages will he required: s- per cen 

 faOOyds. each, and 76 per cent, at sou. 900 and t.O i. Division 



and department com nun ders in their discretion will extend to sharp- 

 shooters such privileges as interests of the service will permit. 



In view of the grearerainonnt of ammunition now authoi 

 the increased skill attained under systematic training in ride tiring, 

 requirements heretofore ado-,. led are mis, d. Hereafter the best 

 three scores made (each having therequired perceni 

 mine annual classifications. In calculating the figure of merit all 

 company officers and regimental staff will be included; sharpshoot- 

 ers will each be given a multiplier of 2t 0. Bi : ■ ' 

 from consideration, all who desert or aretransferr 

 during the first month, and. all who are prevented b>- 

 firing during the whole practice season, will also be disregarded . 

 Medical certificates will tie required to -.,-' ■.-.:,:■, •■ -■, . 

 claimed on account of sickness. 



When supplied, the following insignia will be worn to indicate skill 

 in markmaiisidp. Marksmen qualifying during the Current - 

 Mways ■.'. ear one pair of mark-man's buttons. Tin ■<■ Qualifying for 

 the second time may wear two pairs. After qualifying thri 

 (not necessarily in consecutive years), a marksman's pin will be 

 worn on the left breast. Tlrase wearing marksman's pins Will no« 

 wear more than the single pair of marksman's buttons, indicating 

 renewed qualification dtoing the year. A sharpshooter v\ ill be indi- 

 cated by a small bronze cross worn below i lie opening of the coat 

 cellar while he continues to qualify annually in that clat 

 cross and the pin will be the property of the winners, and they may 

 be worn upon the breast after ceasing' to qualify in the correspond- 

 ing classes. They will be issue-d and sold according to present regu- 

 is concerning- marksmen's buttons. 



When, through no fault of his own (either through detached ser- 

 vice or sickness through the shooting season), a marksman or a 

 sharpshooter has no opportunity to qualify the next succeeding \ ear, 

 fee may continue to -wear the Insignia of his class for another year. 

 Certificates for marksmen and sharpshooters will be supplied by the 

 Adjutant-General of the army, and w i: : i aitment 



headquarters, with qualifying scores entered upon them, to those 

 entitled to receive them. 



Hereafter, all duly qualified marksmenin the army Will bi 

 Bidered eligible for selection to attend annual department ■ 

 tions; but whenever any marksman has been three til , 

 a department team or has won any three of the authorized prize 

 medals, he will be announced m general orders from these head- 

 quarters as belonging to a distmgidshed class no lot eligible to 

 compete for these honors without special permission from I 

 manding general of the army. 



Post commanders will fend only enlisted men to represei 

 parties at contests for places upon department teams, but department 

 commanders may select (upon recommendations by post command- 

 ers) two commissioned officers from each regiment iii i be commands, 

 to compete. Staff officers may be allowed to enter department com- 

 petitions in the discretion of department command 



At all annual competitions for prizi I and Is :es upon teams, 

 distances will remain as heretofore, bi i the two days' 



score Of the three fired will d^xerv.h:^ .; : iiof teams. Pre- 



liminary practice will not exceed art men 



or three days for division and arm; mrape ins. Individual 



skirmish matches will always beheld al n sse im I ting . e 



will be carefully recorded and announced. This very import 



of target practice will not be neglected, A medal will be awarded to 



the skirmisher making the best individual score at each of the 



annual competitions for department, division and a i 



DOMINION RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 



OTTAWA, Feb. T-i - The annual meeting of thi 

 Kifle Association was held this morning in the Railway 

 Committee room of the Holts oi .ions. There, was 



a large attendance. The annual report oi .on was sub- 



mitted in printed form and accepted as read- Th] aks of 



the sending to England of the Wimbledon team last year under 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Otter. The Kolapore Cup was lost by the I 

 by eighteen points, the competition having been with the Martini- 

 Henri rifle, to the use of which Can 

 One hundred Martini-Henri rifles has been secure 

 Home Government, through intervention of Lieutenant Colonel I i( 

 and would be given out to the Provincial Associations to be used by 

 the members. Among the prizes oifei ed at the last meeting 

 association was "The British Cballenge Shield, "which waapresented 

 through the Marquis of Lome by the auxiliary forces oi Great 

 Britain. The changes in the ownership of p.rt of the grounds ou 

 which the ranges at Ottawa are make u necessary, in the opinion of 

 the Council, to throw the butt back 10d \ ards, so tnat all firing points 

 may be brought- within grouni arnment, 



Ine question of funds was touched upon, the Council reporting that 

 there there was no certainty of income, and therefore no basis on 

 which can be determined the amount that may be prudently offi 

 in the prize list. The cost of working the annual meeting ia 

 §8,600. Tre balance of the Govorhment grant over the expenses of 

 the Trimble 'on team is only $2,250, and this is all that can be de- 

 pended upon with any degree of certainty. 



In view of these facts the Council feel much anxiety as fo the gen- 

 eral future of the association, but trust thi meat may be 

 induced to r, store I he grant to its original stun - - ' thus 

 render possible the continuance of tl.ework in ivhiol ore en- 

 gaged, asthey believe, with no slight benefit to tie ' of the 

 country. 



Lord' Lansdowne. responding to a vote of welcome, said; Mr. 

 President and gentlemen— It is a source of the greate ti faction 



to me to know that your memo ers were anxious thai: 1 should suc- 

 ceed to the place in this association which was occupied 

 decessor. Lord Borne. I regard it as a recognition of the tact thai 

 this association is doing a work not only of great material interest 

 from the point of view of the Dominion, but of great imperial im- 

 portance as « el). I wish I could say that 1 felt that I could bring to 

 the performance ot these duties something of Lord Lome's ability to 

 perform ti.em. Lord Lome was not only a generouc 

 supporter of the association, be t advpbate, 



ot its claims upon all occasions, bun he was a. practice! 

 peTenced rifleman, thoroughly conversant with all matu is of busi- 

 ness with which vou aie concerned, and able loorin t< OUT council 

 a great deal of practical thougntf ulnes s a 

 acquaintance with rifle shooting goes back' to, lam afraid 

 distant date. I was one of the school boys who shot in the first Eton 

 eleven at Wimbledon the fir: r year that, the prue was gi 

 and I am ashamed to say that after that my rallitai 

 what evaporated, and will require a good deal of re- 

 suscitation n- w. I am very glad to see, sir, from th 

 which lies upon the table that I am called to the office of 

 patron at a moment when, upon the whole, the position and pros- 

 pects of the association are such as to give us cause for congi atida- 

 lation. I believe it is taking more and more hold upon the people of 

 the Dominion, and 1 have no fear that during my conneetii 

 it will continue to hold its own. But there is one respect, and I Think 

 one only, iu which, perhaps, the position of the a 

 q**e:so" satisfactory as we all of us desire, and that is the paragraph 

 fiSHre report which touches upon the delicate aud important ques- 

 tion of finances. Mow, as to that, we know, of course, t! 

 come of the association is derived partly from private souicesand 

 partly from the support which the Dominion Bovernm 

 thought fit to extend to it. &$ to those private sources of income. 

 it seems to me that our efforts should be din i to this, to 



secure for the association from as many quarters as possible not so 

 much a very large measure of support as a constant source of in- 

 come. (Applause'. If we. could p. f-vail upon our friends to give us 

 not a very magnificent subvention upon one or two occasions, but 

 to promise us for a term of years such an amount of assistance as 

 will give us something like an assured income. 1 think -. 

 stand upon a fiiKtucial basis more solid th.tu that which wt - 

 at the present time. With regard to the ot] income, 



namely, that which we derive from the kin J thegov- 



erment, I observe that the report expresses tl pe that the 



subvention may be somewhat increased. I can only say tbL. that 

 the moment being one in which I observe there is in the air a good 



