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(SErT. 10, 1885 



THE PHILADELFmA DQG BUOW.— Editor Forest and 

 ■'Stream: Quite a number of working collies have been entered 

 for the trials to be held during the Philadelphia Kennel Chib 

 October show, and this f eatixre of the exhibition is attracting 

 not a little excitement among the professional drovers about 

 bere. The i-eproscntatives from the several hunt clubs met at 

 the rooms of the. Philadelphia Kennel Club on Thursday last 

 to talk over the plans for hurdle jumping, and it was decided 

 to have m connection with high leaping a ditch for broad 

 .Jumpiiig. The Hunt Club members will meet again at the 

 .grounds on Tuesday to conclude arrangements, and it will 

 then be. decided if it is practicable to have the fox hunt desired. 

 Mr. Mather, of the .Bryn Mawr Hunt, says be can furnish a 

 ipack that will (oliow the scent within ttie inclosure. as it is 

 proposed to lead a live fox over the grounds to attract the 

 jhouuds.-^HoMo. In entering dogs for the cash kennel prizes 

 •offel'ed at the Philadelphia Kennel Club's October show, an 

 ■extra will not be charged to compete, as the animals will 

 ■liavf? ia^^en paid for in the regulixr classes entered. --E. Comfort, 

 Seci-^itai-y. 



ALBlOl^.— Editor Forest and Stream: I noticed in your 

 issue of Sept. 3 the sale of a bull-terrier puppy called Albion, 

 by the Pvoyal Bull-Ten-ier Kennel of New Haven, Conu., to a 

 gentleman of Rutland, Vt, I claimea this name for a bull- 

 terrier puppy bred by me, whelped May 10, 1885, by Dutch ex 

 Nellie. I should like to ask whether my claim to"^ the name 

 made through the columns of the A. K. R. is not ahead of one 

 made through the Forest and Stream where no fee is re- 

 quired. The registration of my puppy appeai*ed in the June 

 number of the A. K. it., while the claim to the name by the 

 above mentioned kennel appeared in Forest and vStream 

 some time afcer. As I claimed the name lu-st I request the 

 present owner of the puppy to change the name of his dog. 

 It seems to me that a little originality in the selection of a 

 name for a dog would save much confusion in the future, 

 especially when the dog^ are of the same breed. — E. S. Porter 

 (Blandfoi-d, Mass., Sept. 5). 



ANOTHER STRANGE POINT.— An article headed "A 

 Strange Point" calls to mind a strange and very uncorafort- 

 ble one for a dog that my pointer Bleak made last fall. We 

 had had a fair day's sport near Otis Ponds, Mass., and were 

 almost out of a hu-ge patch of woods, and were just thinking 

 of drawing our charges, the dogs leading the way, when my 

 companion sang out, "Look at Bleak!" He M^as" apparently 

 standing on his head on a large boulder, and "stiff as a rail." 

 My companion wont to one side of the boulder and I to the 

 other, and down at the foot of the rock was an old hen with 

 four or hve tliu'd-grown partridges, as they are called here. 

 Bleak was as comical a sight as 1 ever saw, with his nose flat 

 on the rock and his tail standing up almost hke a lightning- 

 rod. He looked at me as much as to say, "You ought to give 

 me the old hen," when I flushed them and did not raise my 

 gun. He was ui the sulks.for the rest of the day. — Lietjt. 



SHOW DISTEMPER.— £;(Zi«or Forest and Stream: In re- 

 ply to the request of Dr. J. R. HouseLin your issxie of Sept. 3, 

 I am not prepared to state whether there was such a case of 

 distemper in the show or not. I did not see any, Imt my time 

 there was somewhat limited after the first day; however, I 

 would suppose he was safe in that assertion, as it would be a 

 marvelous thing if there were not some dogs afflicted in such 

 a large gatheiiug. I did not question that part of his argu- 

 ment, in fact cared naught about it — it was nothing here nor 

 there to me — I was simply protecting the rights of my dog. 

 In conclusion would suggest to Dr. Housel that in future he 

 mark his game before rashing into papers with it, thereby 

 implicating others who are innocent.---J. M. FaoNEFrELD, Jr. 

 (General Wayne, Pa., Sept. 4. 



SPANIELS AT PITTSBXJR.G.-J7rfttor Forest and Stream : 

 I am told that there will be at the Pittsbux-g show a special of 

 f 10 for spaniels. 1 am given to undei-stand that this prize will 

 be awarded undoi" the standard of the Entre Nous Spaniel 

 Club, of which "Senex" is the pi-esidiug genius, provided 

 "Senex" can furnish names of twelve members of the Entre 

 Nous Chxb. If the twelve names are not forthcoming (and I 

 don't think they wUl be found) the prize is to be awarded 

 under the Amexucan Spaxxiel Chxb standard, ISIi-. James Wat- 

 son to do the judging. For the sake of the grand old cocker 

 of our grand old sires, I hope "Senex" will come forward with 

 a baker's dozen of his fellow members. — FlimpIiAM. 



THE IRISH WOLROUl<IT>.-Editor Forest and Stream: It 

 has become a matter of question with me since the articles on 

 the subject of the Irish wolfhound have appeared in Forest 

 AND Stream whether the head of the dog used by the Phila- 

 delphia Kennel Club as its crest is that of a deerhound or that 

 of a part deerhound and wolfhound. This cut was made from 



DEATH OP BARRY.— Another grand dog gone the way of 

 all flesh, human and canine. This time it is Mr, Sydney Smith's 

 famoxxs rough-coated St. Bex-nard dog, old Champion Bax-ry. 

 He was a huge animal, with the most perfect oi rich orange 

 tawny flat and straight coats. As a Si. Bexixard we always 

 foixnd faxilt with his rather sour expression. He woix his fii-st 

 prize in Darlmgton in 1876, and finished his career, which 

 embraced 166 cixps and prizes, by winning first and px'ize for 

 best stud dog at the first St. J3ernard Club Show. Barxy was 

 just ten years old wheix he died from abscesses in the head. 

 Mx\ Smith impoi-ted him in 187(1 — Stock-Keeper, 



GRAPHIC— In commemting upon the offer of Mr. Anthony 

 of the free service of Graphic in the stud, which ajjpeai-ed in 

 Forest and Stream Aug. 15, the Live Stock Journal says: 

 "Striixgent as the conditions may appear to be, they are only 

 fair considei-atioxx for the advantages to be dei'ived from the 

 fx-ee use of so vakxable a stixd-dog as Gi-aphic, aud they do not 

 in any w-ay detract from the genei-ous motive which 

 prompted Mr. Anthony to place his dog at the service of Che 

 public for the pm-pose of improving the breed of pointex's in 

 America. The example which has thus been set might well 

 be followed by owners of stxid dogs on this side of the water.' 



THE MILWAUKEE DOG SHOW.— Milwaukee, Wis.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The entries for the dog show to be 

 held here, commencing Sept. 23, are coming in ixicely, and we 

 hope to give the best show ever held in this pai-t of the coun- 

 tiy- In addition to the regular x^rizes, which aggregate about 

 $1,000, thei-e will be given |800 in special prizes, nearly aU of 

 them in cash. These will be given to the best of the dxHerent 

 breeds and kennels. The enti'ies close Sept. 12.— M. 



GIVE THE A. K. R. LUMBERS.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: 1 am a registered dog. My master entered me in a 

 dog show last spring, and gave my A. K. R. number, bxxt it 

 was omitted in the catalogue, because "it was too much 

 bother," said the superintendent. Now we registex^ed dogs 

 insist that om- numbers be pubhshed in the catalogues, and 

 we hope managers of fall shows will take notice.— A. K.R. 1765. 



THP: PITTSBURGH DOG SHOW.— The prospects for a 

 good show at Pittsburgh are flattei-ing. There will be a 

 valuable lot of special pi-izes offered for almost evexy breed, 

 including one of $50 for the best mastiff. We shall look to see 

 a large entry of setters and pointers. Pittsburgh has many 

 valuable animals and exhibitors from all parts of the country 

 think it great honor to win over them. 



THE ATTLEBORO DOG SHOW.— There vsdll be a dog show 

 at Attleboro in connection with the Farmei-s' and Mechanics' 

 Association Fair on Sept. 15, 16 and 17. Mr. W. Tallman, the 

 supeiintendeut, informed us that quite a number of entries 

 have been received, and that the show of beagles and New 

 England foxhounds wiU be very fine. 



one of Landseei'^s drawings executed yeax-s ago, and eei-tainly 

 does not resemble the deerhotmd of the present date. The 

 flews in the drawing are heavier, tlxe muzzle squarer, and the 

 eai's more drooping and set on the head lower. Prom the 

 replxtation the ai'tist Landseer has made, his dra.wing was no 

 doixbt a correct one ; but it cex-tainly appears to the writer that 

 theUving model he ixsed was a diflerent dog from that of to- 

 day. I inclose an impression from tlxe original die of the Phil- 

 delphia Keimel Chxb. and ask cxiticism on the subject here 

 and in England. — Homo. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG STANDARD.— iS^diior Forest 

 and Stream: Messrs. J. T. Nox'ris, H. Malcolm and Jas. T. 

 Pearson being the committee appointed by the Amei-ican Ken- 

 nel Clixb on a standax'd for Chesapeake ^iay dogs, request all 

 breeders and exhibitox-s to cox-respond with thom. Address 

 Jas, T. Pearson, 6 Spear's Wharf, Baltimore, Md. 



"Un" will please send address to this office. It was omitted 

 from article sent to us for pubhcation. 



DOG DAYS.— For Ust of dog days see "Fixtures." 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



Kennel notes are inserted in this column tree oi char^; To Snsxxre 

 publication of notes, correstjondetits MUST GIVE the foUovflng par- 

 ticulars ot each ammaU- 



1. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner 



2. Bx-eed. buyer or seller. 



3. Sex. ". Sire, with his sire and dam. 



4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 



5. Dale of birth, of breeding or R. Dam, wtth her sire and dam. 



of death. 10. Owner of dam. 



All names must he plainly written. Communication on one side of 

 paper only, and signed with v/i'lter's name. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 See instructions at head of this coUimn. 



Prince Napolf on. By T. H. Adams, Pawtuclcet, R. I., for lemon 

 and white Eughsh setter doK, whelped July 8. 18S4, by Prince (Pride 

 of the Border— Petrel) out of Katry U. (Bailey's Victor— Blue Daisy), 



Leo, By T. H. Adams. Paw-tucket, R. I., for pup bitch, whelped 

 Feb. tri, 1SS5, by imported Punch out of Daisy III. (A.K.R. 2U2). 



Messenqi'r. By H. E. Bowles, Pawtucket, R. I., for blade, white 

 and tap beagle dog. vvhelped Oct 4, 18H4 by Mmgo (Spot— Rose) out 

 of Nell (Sailor— Nelhe). 



Mischief. By Joseph H. Brady, Pawtucket, R. I., for lemon and 

 white beagle bitch, whelped Oct, 4, 18S3, by Mingo (Spot— Rose) out of 

 Nell (Sailor— Nellie). 



Pearl Laverack. By Alonzo Campbell, Clay Center, Kan., for 

 lemon belton Enghsh setter bitch, whelped Jan. 3. 1884, by Colonel 

 Thunder (Thiuider— Moll) out of Princess Belle (Rufus— Rose). 



Lucly Klrho. Bv A. H. Trnmau, San Francisco, (Jal., for red Irish 

 setter bitch, whel!3Cd April 3. 1HS5, by champion Elcho (A.K.R. 395) 

 out of champion Noreen (A.K.R. MOT). 



Paris Boy. John L.. Bra.gdori , Frnncesca. Madona and Nana. By 

 Edgar E. Haines, WaHliam, Mass., for English setters, one black, 

 white and tan and two black and white dogs and one b'ack and white 

 and two black, white and tan bitches, whelped July 9, 1885, by Count 

 Paris out of Lynn. 



Jerry. By T. J. Pender, San Francisco, Cat, for Irish water spaxxiel 

 dog, wnelped Feb. 10, 1885, by Whix-lpool (Neptune— Mermaid) out of 

 BiddT (Snider— Wapsie). 



Mascot andFavette. By J. E. Hills, Newton. Mass., for lemon and 

 white pointer dog and bitch, whelped July 6, 1885, by imported Bang 

 (champion Bang— Luna) out of Rita Croxtetn (A.K.R. 2548). 



Rollo. By H. D. Chaimcey, Ridgewood, N. J., for mastiff dog, age 

 not given, by Major (Gurth— Lady Ringwood) out of Juno. 



General Grant and Nellie Grant. By Wm. T. McAlus, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., for fox: terriers, dog and bitcb, whelped July 2a, 1885, by Raby 

 Tyrant (Baliff 11.— Peach) out of Warren Lady (brockenhurst Joe— 

 Swansdown). „ , , , 



Royal Jet. By E. A. Higgm<5, Cohocton, N. \., for black cocker 

 spaniel dog. whelped Julv 35, 1835, by charonion Homell Silk (A.K.R. 

 1397) oxxtof Hornell Sunlight (Hornell Ra.tler— Homell Blanche). 



Fedora H. By E. A. Higgms, Cohocbon, N. Y., for black cocker 

 spaniel bitch, whelped July 1, 1885. by Hornell Bab (A.K.R. 131) out 

 of Smith's Curley (Burdette Bob— Carroirs Gyp). 



jSosco H. By Henry 0. Hart, Cohocton, N. Y.,for black cocker 

 spaniel dog, whelped July 34, 1885, by Hoi-nrfl Jock (A.K.R. IS??) out 

 of Hornell Flora (Bub— Jenny). 



Joe B. By J. H. Butler, Perm Yan, N. Y.. for liver and white 

 cocker spaniel dog, whelped July 23, 1884, by tSam (Romey— Jessie) 

 out of E. A. Higgms's Faxmie. 



BRED. 



See instructions at head of this column. 



Pi-incess Belle— Colonel Thunder. Dr. G. A. Seamans (Marys ville, 

 Kan.) English setter bitch Princess Belle (Rufus— Rose) to Colonel 

 Thunder (Thunder— Moll), Aug. 20. 



Morning Star— Gun. Chas. York's (Bangor, Me.) English setter 

 bitch Morning Star (Dashing Dan— Daisy Starlight) to his Gun (A.K.R. 



^^^Daisy—Silk Socks. S S. Wicke'-shanx's Italian gre.ybound bitcti 

 Daisy (Leo— Min) to E. W. Jester's Silk Socks (Sport- Pearl), July 29. 



Peep 0—Silk Socks. I. Yearsley, Jr.'s (Coatesville, Pa.) Italian 

 greyhixond bitch Peep O. to E. W. Jester's Silk Socks (Sport— Pearl), 

 Aug. 14. 



Pudge— Treasure II. Essex Kenaels' (Andover, Mass.) pug bitch 

 Pudge (A.K.R. 1595) to tlieir Treasure II. (A.K.R. 2148). Aug. 31. 



Hoosier Belle— Paul Gladstone. E, J. Wallace's (Banlett, Tenn.) 

 English setter bitch Hoosier Belle (Royal Sec t— Daisy Dean) to W. B. 

 Gates's Paul Gladstone (Gladstone— Livalette), July 29. 



Nellie C'.—Paul Gladstone. Jerry Cockx-ell's (Memphis, Tenn.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Nellie C. (Rake- Phyllis; to W. B. Gates's Paul Glad- 

 stone, Aug. 10. , , _ ^.^ 



Bose—Smla-Mor. M. Wxse's red Irish setter bitch Rose (Kit— 



Sept. 5. 



WHELPS. 

 See instructions at head of this column. 

 Nora. Joseph Hayes's (Boston, Mass.) red Irish setter bitch Nora 

 (Gigax-— Belle), Aug. 29, seven (four dogsi, by his Suii-a Mor (Clare- 

 mon t — Dido). 



Dashing Jest. E. W. Jester's (St. George's, Del.) English setter 

 bitch Dashing Jest (A.K.R. 1614), Aug. 28, five (two dogs), by his Glen 

 Rock (A.K.R. 1616). 



Meg Merrilies. Hany A. Fletcher's (Portland, Me.) red Iiish .set- 

 ter bitch Meg Merrilies (A.K.R. 2181), Aug. 1, eight (four dogs), by 

 Jack (champion Elcho— Meg). 



mta Croxteth II. J. E. Hills's (Newton, Mass.) pointer bitch Rita 

 Croxteth II. (A.K.R. 2548), July 6, eleven (Ave dogs), by imported Bang 

 (champion Bang— Salter's Luna). . u ^ ^-^ ^ 



Flounce. J. W. Mnrnan's (Keeling, Tenn.) Eughsh setter bxtch 

 Flounce (Druid— Ruby), Ang. 30, eleven (six dogs), by champion Glad- 

 stone. 



Althea. Herbert Flint's (Havex-hill, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Althea (A.K.R. 843), Aug. 3), seven (four dogs), by champion Obo II. 

 (A.K.R. 432); all black. . - , 



Hazel Kirke. Herbert Flint's (Haverhill, Mass.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Hazel Kirke, Sept. 1, eight (five dogs), by Young Obo (A.K.R. 

 861); one black, seven liver. 



Princess Blossom. W. B. Gates's (Memnhis, Tenn.) English setter 

 bitch Princess Blossom (Dashing Rover— Princess Rose), Aug. 19, four 

 bitches, by his Paul Gladstone; all black, white and tan. 



.hde. Geo. H. Piercey's (Jersey City. N. J.) pointer bitcb Jule 

 (A.K.R. 1043). Aug. 29, seven (fotlr dogs), by Clifton Kennel.s' Donald 

 II. (A.K.R. 2545); all liver and white. 



Ouptey. A. Quick's (New York) pointer bitch Gaylpy (A.K.R. 144C), 

 Sept. 1, ten (seven dogs), by CHf con Kennels' Donald II. (A.K,R, 3545)^ 

 all liver and white, 



Toodles. Geo. W. Dbcon's CWorcesteri Masis.) pug bitch Toodiea 

 tA.K.R. 214'!'), Aug. B, five (two dogs), by C. Hs Amsden^s Importea 

 Tuck (Comedy— Lady). 



SALES. 



See instructions at head of this cOlum.i^. . , • 



Banrf-Rtta Croxteth (A.K.S. ^my whelp. Livi^r, tend wliitje jlDintef 



dog, whelped July B. 1885, by J. B. Hill.';; Newton, Mass;, to George S; 



Tucker, Pe.terboro, N: H. " 

 Rollo. MastiSdogv.agB net given (Major— Juno), by D.P.Foster, 



Kc.w York; 10 H; D., ChadnCey; Ridgewood, N. J. 

 Judge— Lrity lohelp. AVhite, black and tan beagle dog, whelped 



Aj)ril 15, 1R85, tiy Geo. L. Barnes, Tyriugham, Mass., to N, Elmore, 



Granby, Conn. 



Judge— Dot IT. whelp. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped 

 Jan. 28, 1885, by Geo. L. Barnes, Tyringham, Mass., to N.Elmore, 

 Granby, Conn. 



Queen Blue. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, age not 

 given (Gun— Pearl Blue), by Chas. York, Bangor, Me., to I. T. Qor- 

 ham, Leominster, Mass. 



PRESENTATIONS. 

 See instructions at head of this column. 

 Tenor, Liver and white pointer dog (A.K.R. 22(31), by J. W. Hous- 

 ton, Stuart, Neb., to A. D. Eddy, Chicago, 111. 



Mascot. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped July 6, 1886 (Bang- 

 Rita Croxteth II.), by J. E. Hills, Newton, Mass,, to Geo. L. Bxxllena, 

 same place. 



DEATHS. 



See instmctions at head of this column. 

 Dolly. Lemon and white pointer bitch, 8yrs. (Sensation— Dolly)-: 

 owned by A. E. Burche, Washington, D. C. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Corl-espolulelatB. 



WASMiNftT&x. D. C.-^My Irish setter dog Is fourteen months old i 

 The hair is aU off his face ahd lower jaw and his skin is dJ-y ahd 

 scal.y. The skin Is blue and swollen and xuider Mis ears greatly swollen^ 

 I washed with chloride of soda, and It seems to have done him good. 

 His nose Is cold and appetite good-. Sometimes bowel.'; all right; but 

 seems dull and sluggish. Ans. Get the following- ointuient ahfl 

 apply twice daily to the worst spots ort the oody. after cleansing with 

 soap'^ and wai*m water; Of Zinc oxide and ammouiated mei-cuty 

 Sdrs. each; of lard 3oz. Give live drops of Fowler's solution of arsemc 

 in the food twice daily . Stop the arsenic m a nionth. 



im^ md 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. 



FIXTURES. 



Oct. 20,— First Georgia State Fair Tournament, under auspices of 

 tlxe National Gun Association. Judge M, R. Freeman, Manager, 

 Macon, Ga. Beginning Oct. 20. 



THE TRAJECTORY TEST. 



Editor Forest and Stream-: 



As all rifle matters are of intei'esl to me. 1 very naturally look for- 

 ward to the outcome of your trajectory rrial.s. to be inaugdrated 

 next month. To have the actual facts regarding the line of fligbtof bul- 

 lets, using the varied ammunition at present in U^e, will settle many 

 an uncei'taiu statement that we often hear regarding tlie result.s to be 

 obtained by the xise of certain rifles and ammuuitiou. There is little 

 doubt but what there is a large percentage of "high curve ' ammuni- 

 tion in use for hunting purposes, noticeably the 41 4(i -i'UO for the use 

 of which cartridge so many rifl-'^s are fitted, all of which utight be 

 displaced for something far preferable, and in many c£iaes not change 

 the shells luaterially. 



I hope the trials to be made Under the management of the Forest 

 ANO Stream will influence the cartridge companies to furnloh more 

 suitable cartridges for hunting purposes» that is for use up to 200yds. 

 In the majority of cases, in using the fixed ammunition sold to day, 

 should a man misjudge the distance to his game, by 25yds. in 200, he 

 would miss it entirely by several ioches. 



Besides trying the ainmumtioa at p'-esent in use. I will eSpresg a 

 hope that vou mar go a little further, and tell us by actual demon- 

 stration What can be done in tho way of flat trajectory, by loading 

 the same shells with lighter bullets, even down to the pistol sizes, 

 keeping the powder charge the same as m the cartridges first used. 

 Many of the cai-tridges thus made nxight prove inaccurate, but that 

 would be something for the rifle maker bj remedy; let them ch'-ing© 

 the form of twist or rifting enough to properly control such bullets, 

 should your trials show them to give such results as huntei*s require 

 in both trajectory and penetration or striking energy. 



Just here comes in the question: How much can we afford to lose 

 in accuracy, for the sake of extra flat trajectory? Naturally we must 

 expect to lose somethmg in accuracy by the change. At least that is 

 the inference I draw from the general opinion as he-Id and expressed 

 by riflemen that a heavy bullet in propori/ion to powder charge is 

 essential for the greatest accuracy from 200yds. up at least. 



The largest rifles in use at the present time wdl put their bullets 

 Into a four-inch circle at 2(X)yds. I do not say that is the best they 

 will do, for I have seen far better work, but it is what most of them 

 will do at any time, shot from the shouJtlcr, with muzzle rest. This 

 is far more accurate than we can expect to do on game, for game will 

 not stand for sighting shots, neither can we always have a sight just 

 right for the object aimed at. as we do in target shooting, where, in 

 order to hit the four-inch ring successively, we aim at a bullseye or 

 spot from eight to twelve inches m diameter, that it may be plainly 

 seen, and again, a special shaped fore sight is used to enable us to 

 center this spot as fine as possible— such arrangements for accuracy 

 cannot be used in hunting game; for these reasons would not a hnnt- 

 mg rifle be accurate enough if it would place its shots successively 

 inside a six or eight inch circle at 20Uyds.? With this ratio of varia- 

 tion we could feel quite sure of a four inch object at lOtlyds. and a 

 two-inch one at 50yds. How far can we see a turkey's or sqairrefs 

 head, or the eye of a deer, over thei-ide siglits? Surely we can shoot 

 at it no further away than we can see it over the sights of our rifle. 



The conclusions to be drawn from this would seem to be that we 

 need have our rifles for himting purposes no more accurate at any 

 certain distance, than to be able to hit the smallest object we can see 

 over the sights at that distance, and that would be a much larger ob- 

 ject than we could easily see with the eyes xmobstruated by the sights. 



The next question to arise would seem to be: Can we obtain this 

 flat trajectory and suflftcient accuracy with moderate charges and 

 still retain sufficient killing power? I believe that it can he done, but, 

 of course, only the actual trial will demonstrate to a certainty. Here 

 is where the importance of this fiu-ther test, to be made by you 

 after the origuial programme is carried out- Few Dflemen, except 

 those interested in drfe manufacture, have opportunitie- to experi- 

 ment in this way wit;h different charges and calibers, u liereas, you 

 will have all the rifles at hand for your purposes, aud the shells coidd 

 readily be loaded, as accorduig to your plan only a few shots will be 

 fired of each, sufficient onlv to ootain an average of the curves. 



To go further into the subject, we will stait with the round ball of 

 the muzzleloader; this bullet was supposed to have sufficient kiUing 

 power within its ranges, but with the breechloading hunting rifle we 

 expect greater range, and to obtain this end we elongate the bullet, 

 giving greater bearmg in the rifling, and keeping it steadier in its 

 flight. The round ball for the respective cahbers in use are about as 

 follows: .50-194 grains, ,45-140 grains, .40-100 grains. .38-88 grauis. .35- 

 70 grains, .32-50 grains, .30 41 grains, .25-24 grains, .33-16 grains. 

 Should we give the elongated bullets twice the weight of their re- 

 spective round balls, and retain the same powder charges that are 

 now used in the target nfles, we would have cartridees about as fol- 

 lows: .50-115-388, .45-85-280, .40-70-200, .38-55-175, .35-50-140, ..32-40 100. 

 .30-35-82, ,25 32 48, .22-10-32. Here we find a powder and lead i-axio, 

 from less than 2 to 1 m tho .25-caliber, to a little over 3 to 1 in the .45- 

 calibcr. 



1 ivill say here that the BuUard cartridge of .50-caliber has a bullet 

 of 30n grains, showing that an elongated bullet of less than the weight 

 of two round balls has been made and tried; whether suoce--sfully or 

 not I cannot say from my own experience. Tho 25-caliber men- 

 tioned above as having powder charge of 33 grains had an accom- 

 panymg buflet of 67 grains, which gives a ratio of nearly 2 to 1. Also 

 that the .22-caliber measures nearer .20, which would make its roimd 

 ball 18 grains and elongated one 34 grams. There are also longer 

 shells for the .40 and .45-calibers, which hold 100 or more grains of 

 powder. In the above list of charges there would seem to be variety 



