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[Dec. 29, 1887. 



CALIFORNIA KENNEL CLUB. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The California Kennel Clnb held its meeting Dec. 

 14 and elected the following members: John Kerrigan, the 

 champion qnail shot of the Pacific Coast; A. E. Post, Frank 

 Merrifield, Chas. Gudzinskv, Henry Kuchrneister. President 

 G. A. Case reported that he had lost his English setter dog 

 Scott, and was satisfied that he had been stolen. W. G. Cue, 

 the secretary, moved that the matter take its usual course 

 and that the club offer a reward of $100 for the arrest and 

 conviction of the thief. So ordered. J. M. Crane thought 

 it would be a good idea to give a free exhibition, to give the 

 public an opportunity to see the dogs owned by the members 

 of the club, and favored the hiring of a hall suitable for that 

 purpose for two days. President Case believed that such an 

 exhibition every six months would meet with great favor 

 and be for the interest of the club, as well as advancing the 

 interest in dogs. On motion of Mr. T. Higgs the matter was 

 laid over till the next meeting, when more of the members 

 will be present, and he is satisfied that it will be adopted 

 unanimously. A. B. Truman offered the following resolu- 

 tion, which was adopted: "Resolved, That this club having 

 confidence, in ability and integrity of Mr. John Davidson, of 

 Monroe, Mich., and James Watson, of New York, note with 

 pleasure their selection as judges of the anticipated bench 

 show of the Pacific Kennel Club." The secretary reported 

 that the finances of the club were in a flourishing condition. 

 Five members were expelled for non-compliance with the 

 rules of the club. Joseph King made a motion that here- 

 after all the names of expelled members be given to the 

 press.— W. G. Cue, Secretary. 



MASSACHUSETTS FOX HUNTING DECISION.— The 

 decision handed down by the Supreme Judicial Court of 

 Massachusetts, on a case' prosecuted by the Massachusetts 

 S. F. P. C. A., reads as follows: "A rescript has been sent 

 down in the case of Commonwealth vs. Elmer Turner from 

 Plymouth county. This was a complaint made under Pub- 

 lic' Statutes, ch. 207, sec. 53, and alleged that the defendant 

 at a certain time and place was the person having charge of 

 a fox, and did then and there knowingly and wilfully permit 

 such fox to be subjected to unnecessary suffering by turning 

 it loose to be hunted by dogs, whereby it was hunted and 

 subjected to unnecessary suffering. At the trial in the 

 Superior Court, the court refused to rule as requested by the 

 defendant, that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant a 

 conviction. The evidence tended to prove that the defend- 

 ant let a fox loose from his custody in the presence of several 

 dogs, that the fox ran into a thicket wood and disappeared; 

 that about five minutes afterward the. dogs were let loose and 

 pursued the fox, and caught it and tore it to pieces. The 

 evidence as found by the court was sufficient to prove that 

 the fox was let loose by the defendant to be hunted by the 

 dogs, and that the does were procured by him and were let 

 loose by his direction in order that they should hunt the fox. 

 The court now hold that these facts constitute an offense 

 described in the statute; that the statute includes noxious 

 animals; that there was evidence that the fox was subjected 

 to unnecessary sufferiug, and that there was evidence that 

 it was subjected to suffering by the defendant, or while it 

 was in his charge or custody. The defendant's exceptions 

 were accordingly overruled." 



DEATH OF MASTIFFS.— Two celebrated mastiffs have 

 recently died in England. Victor Joseph, says the Sfoc7c- 

 Keeper, "'was the heaviest show dog ever benched, his 

 weight on several occasions exceeded 2341bs." And now 

 comes news of Maximilian, the sire of Mr. Moore's Minting. 

 He died recently from the same trouble that carried off Vic- 

 tor Joseph, inflammation of the lungs. 



COLUMBUS DOG SHOW. — Columbus, O., Dec. 23.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: Pleasa announce that sporting 

 dogs will not be penalized for shortness of coat and feather, 

 at our coming show, Jan. 10 to 13, 1888. A letter from our 

 judge, Major Taylor, says: "I will gladly make all allow- 

 ances for coat of sporting dogs."— H. A. Bridge. 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER for December 

 contains the pedigree records of 126 dogs, bringing the total 

 entry up to 570S. The Register is month by month growing 

 in value as a reliable book of reference. 



WINSTED SHOW. — Manchester, Dec. 24.— Tippoo, the 

 Grasmere Kennels' champion bulldog, did not arrive in time 

 to compete for the special for the best bulldog in the show. — 

 T. R. Vaeick. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, which are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 200 of any one form, bound for 

 retaining duplicates, arc sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



83f" Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Fog Obo. By Starkey & Keating, Fitchburg, Mass, for black 

 cocker spaniel dog, whelped November, by Oho II. (A.K.R. 432) 

 out of Gipsey (Tip— Flossey). 



Lady Teazel. By Gnntoocook Kennels, Peterboro, N. H., for 

 orange and white St. Bernard bitch, whelped Sept. 7, 1S87, by Vic- 

 tor Joseph (Beauchief— Bertha) out of Orgar (Starkey's Hector II — 

 Nires II. 



Hippie D'ish, Spot Dash, Jr., and Jet Dash. By Robert Leslie, 

 Lynn, Mass., for black and white, white and liver ticked, and 

 black and mottled breast pointer dogs, whelped Oct. 22, 1887, bv 

 Spot Dash (Sir Pnilip Sydney— Topsy) out of Rush (Sam— Nell). 



Langhorne Kennels. By Lewis A. Berger, Langhorne, Pa., for 

 his kennels of mastiffs, St. Bernards and Irish setters. 



Wachusett Kennels. By Starkey & Keating, Fitchburg, Mass. 



BRED. 



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Daisy— Foreman, Jr. C. G. Kimberly's (New Haven. Conn.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Daisy (King— Vic) to A. J. Callahan's Foreman, 

 Jr. (Foreman— Jolly Nell). Nov. 27. 



Blonde II— Planet. C. G. Kimberly's (New Haven, Conn.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Blonde II. (Belton— Blonde) to Jos. Pierce's Planet 

 (Plan tagenet— Forest Dora), Nov. 2. 



Stub— Regent Vox. Warham Whitney's (Rochester. N. Y.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Stub (Tip— Spot) to Blemtou Kennels' Regent Vox 

 (Tackier— Sandy Vic), Dec. 13. 



Fandango— Lucifer (as in prcesenti). Blemton Kennels' (Hemp- 

 stead, L. 1.) fos-terrier bitch Fandango (Hampton Joe— Rose) to 

 their Lucifer (as in piaesenti) (Splinter— Kohinoor), Dec. 10. 



Verdict — Raby Mixer. Blemton Kennels' (Hempstead, L. I.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Verdict (Result— Diadem) to J. E. Thayer's Raby 

 Mixer (Raby Mixture— Richmond Olive Bud), Dec. 4. 



Bang Baiig. The f oUowing have been bred to Westminster Ken- 

 nel Club's Bang Bang: 



Dec. 1-C. W. Winship's (Bar Harbor. Me.) Boski. 



Dec. 3— F. T. L. Lane's (Newark. N. J.) Belle of Jersey. 



Dec. 10— Westminster Kennel Club's Glauca. 



Dec. 15— Gpo. H. Bailey's (Portland, Me.) Countess. 



Dec. 1(5— John C. Vail's (Warwick, N. Y.) Belle. 



Dec. 18— Geo. F. Gray's (Alfred, N. Y.) Christmas Vic. 



Dec. 30— E. C. Freeman's (Cornwall, Pa.) Bessie Bravo. 



Ufaso of Kippen. The following have been bred to the Westmin- 

 ster Kennel Club's Naso of Kippen: 



Dec. 10— Westminster Kennel Club's Luckystone. 



Dec. 12— Westminster Kennel Club's Moonstone. 



Dec. 15— Arthur Brock's (Lebanon, Pa.) Virginia. 



Dec. 20~Thos. H. Terry's (Hempstead, L. TJ Modesty. 



WHELPS. 



JS^°* Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Blemton Gingerbread. Blemtou Kennels' (Hempstead, L, IJ fox. 



terrier bitch Blemton Gingerbread (Spice— Blemton Arrow), Dec. 

 10, four (two dogs), by their Lucifer (as in praasenti) (Splinter— 

 Kohinoor). 



Judy Obo. Geo. E. Browne's (Dedham, Mass.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Judy Obo (Obo II— Daisy Zulu), Dec. 19, eight (six dogs), by 



F. H. Perrin's Shady (Obo II.— Darkle). 



SALES. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Nettif May TV. Black, white and tan ticked beagle hi tch,whelped 

 Oct. 14, 1887, by Cameron's Racket out of Pussie, by Harmony Ken- 

 nels, Covert, N. Y., to A. C. Kruegcr. Wrights ville, Pa. 



VeMa W. Black, white and tan ticked beagle bitch, w-helped 

 Oct. 14, 1887, by Cameron's Racket out of Pussic.bv Harmony Ken- 

 nels, Covert, N. Y., to F. M. Shelley, Sheridan, N. Y. 



Sanroy, Jr. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped 

 March 26, 1885. by Sanroy out of Cora, by W. Lunsford, Roanoke, 

 Va., to F. Pitzer, Washington, D. C, and resold by him to Dr. G. 



G. Davis and F. G. Taylor; Philadelphia, Pa. 



Dashing Rover II. Color and age not given, English setter dog, 

 by Druid's Boy out of Victoria, bv F. Pitzer, Washington, D. C, 

 to W. Lunsford, Roanoke, Va. 



Black Joker. Black cocker spaniel dog, whelped July 12, 1887, by 

 Black Pete out of Phyllis (A.K.R. 5293), bv H. D. Brown, Water- 

 bury, Vt.. to Dr. W. V. Balch, Gal way, N. Y. 



Minnie B. Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Oct. 30, 1887, by 

 Black Pete, Jr., out of Althea (A.K.R. 812), bv H. D. Brown.Water- 

 bury, Vt.. to J. M. Shepherd, Trenton, N. J. 



Royal George. Black, white, breast, Newfoundland dog, whelped 

 Oct. 20, 1887, by Brown's Follie out of Fanny B., bv H. D. Brown, 

 Wateroury, Vt., to Geo. T. Howard, Little Compton, R. I. 



Ripple Detsh. Black and white pointer dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1887, 

 by Spot Dash out of Rush, by Robt. Leslie, L,ynn, Mass., to R. H. 

 Chandler, same place. 



Jet Dash. Black and mottled breast pointer dog, whelped Oct. 

 22, 1887, by Spot Dash out of Rush, bv Robt. Leslie,Lvnn, Mass., to 

 F. A. Widger, same place. 



Spot Dash, Jr. White and liver ticked pointer dog, whelped Oct. 

 22, 18S7, by Spot Dash out of Rush, by Robt. Leslie, Lynn, Mass., 

 to J. C. Baker, Boston, Mass. 



King of Ashmont. Fawn mastiff dog, age and pedigree not given, 

 by Ashmont Kennels, Boston, Mass., to Lewis A. Berger, Lang- 

 horne, Pa. 



Sf . Md/ur. Black and white greyhound dog, whelped July 27, 

 1887, by Custer out of Harmonv, by Harmony Kennels, Covert, N. 

 Y., to E. A. Bean, Knoxville, Pa. 



Daisy BrtgM. Black, white and tan English setter bitch.whelped 

 April 22, 1887, by Gun out of Ladv Bright, bv F. Pitzer, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, to Lewen Tugwell, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Young Gath— Belle Starlight whelp. Blue belton English setter 

 bitch, whelped July 12, 1887, by Chas. Y r ork, Bangor, Me., to H. W. 

 Durgin, same place. 



Smash II.— Romp II. whelp. Lemon and white Clumber spaniel, 

 whelped Oct. 3, 1887, by Geo. Piers, Halifax, N. S., to Clumber Ken- 

 nels, Ottawa, Can. 



Gun (A.K.R. 1533)— Morning Star (A.K.R. 151,1) ivhelp. Black, 

 white and tan English setter bitch, whelped Jnlv 8, 1887, by Chas. 

 York, Bangor, Me., to W. F. Penniman, North Woodstock, Conn. 



Ross IT".— Zephyr whelps. Black, white and tan beagles, whelped 

 July 24, 1887, by Harmony Kennels, Covert, N. Y., a dog to D. C. 

 Wheeler, Farmer Village, N. Y., and a bitch to H. Gregg, Tru- 

 mansburg, N. Y. 



Custer— -Harmony whelps. Greyhounds, whelped July 27, 1887, by 

 Harmony Kennels, Covert, N. Y., one fawn and white dog each to 

 F. E. Brandt and F. J. Hobson, and one fawn dog to H. M. Hib- 

 hard, all of Ithaca, N. Y. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



$W No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



W. B. V., Ukiah, Cab— 1. In distemper when high fever is present 

 give tincture of aconite, 3 drops in water every hour. Give also 

 ogrs. quinine morning and evening. In great weakness give 

 brandy, 1 teaspoonful every 3 hours. 2. Eight to ten months. 



G. S. T., Portland.— My St. Bernard puppy, 7mos. old, has dis- 

 temper, but seems much better and eats, but for the last few days 

 he has passed- a great deal of blood with his urine. Ans. Give a 

 teaspoonful of sweet spirits of nitre morning and evening in a 

 little water. 



C. D. P., LowelL — A spaniel about ISmos. old had distemper 

 when about 4mos. old, and was treated for same. His eyes and 

 nose have stopped running, but his shoulders and forelegs twitch 

 and jerk all the time. Ans. See answer to G. E. S. Give 10 drops 

 of tinct. nux vomica morning and evening. 



B. P. B., Cleveland, O.— About a month ago my Newfoundland 

 pup, eight months old, was taken with a weakness in his hindlegs. 

 A few days after he was taken sick he got so bad that he could not 

 stand up. I rubbed him with Kendall's spavin cure and he ap- 

 peared to get better: in fact, he did get better. That was about 

 three weeks ago. Now when he stands firm on his feet his hind- 

 legs give way from under him; ho does not come all the way down, 

 only about half way; at other times he only comes down a very 

 little way. He eats well, and otherwise is all right. Ashort time 

 before he was taken sick a tramp hit him over the hindquarters 

 with a club. Ans. Press your fingers along spine from shoulders 



you had given your address so that it would have reached vou bv 

 mail instead of going astray. People who write to us about sick 

 dogs ought to give correct name and address— just for the dog's 

 sake, to say nothing of courtesy. 



G. E. S., Burlington, Vt.— I have a very close bred cocker pup' 

 10 months old. Six weeks ago I noticed white discharge from his 

 eyes, they grew worse but he kept about. Sixteen days ago I was 

 assured he had distemper, for he had a convulsion. Applied cold 

 water to his head and relieved him. He has not stood up since, 

 but lies in an almost unconscious condition. He has not had any 

 discharge from his nose, except for one or two days. He wasted 

 from a strong dog to a limp skeleton in three days. Have for two 

 weeks given Humphrey's Homeopathic Specifics AA and CC 

 I flunk that broke the distemper. Have fed him whisky and 

 quinine, beef, wine and iron, and beef broth, also lactated food 

 (baby food). For five days his bowels did not move, for he had 

 not strength to void it. His kidneys have passed water a few 

 times. Two days since I gave water injection, also a hot bath, 

 which passed a large quantity. He has moved every day sin' e, 

 and I see him often raise his head as though he would clean his 

 parts, but cannot. He is resting a goed doal and often utters a 

 low yelp, hut when spoken to or patted is again quiet. Ans. We 

 are inclined to the belief that your dog has worms. Watch the 

 passages for them. If you discover any, give the puppy a tea- 

 spoonful of castor oil with 10 drops of turpentine. Keep up the 

 general treatment you are following. Stop the Humphrey medi- 

 cines. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



ST. LOUIS.— The Pistol Club is keeping up its winter tourna- 

 ment with vigor. The conditions are: The club donates a hand- 

 some gold medal, for which all participants shoot on an even 

 footing. The shoot will be a handicap, each member receiving 

 a certain number of points for each score of 10 shots, with the 

 exception of Perret and Lard, who shoot from sciatcb. All new 

 members (on acceunt of not having a record)must also shoot from 

 scratch. The tournament will be 21 shoots, each member must 

 attend not less than 15 scores to obtain an average. The scores 

 for the past week stand as follows, in a possible 120: 



G W Alexander 118 W E Field ■. .110 



W Bauer . . '. U7 A E Bengel 101 



EC Mohrstadt H6 MC Billmeyer 100 



O Neuhaus 116 W Clark 100 



W H Hittel U5 W C Mackwitz 97 



LVD Perret U4 J Sieminskie .-. . . 91 



W J Lard 114 J G Schaaf 87 



M Summerneld ; ... .1 10 



At the election of the club Mr. Perret was elected president; W. 

 Bauer, vice-president, and W. Lard, secretary. Messrs, Mohrstadt, 

 R Alexander, J. G, Schaaf, the board of directors. 



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THE PISTOL CHAMPIONS. 



PROVIDENCE Dec-. 21.- At the request of Chevalier Ira A. 

 i Fame, Mr. A. C. Gould, editor of the Rifle, to-day visited 

 Providence with the object of verifying the scores which Mr. 

 Paine made with has revolver at the shooting ground of the Nar- 

 ragansett Gun Club. He also visited the office of the Chief of 

 Police, who was one of the most interested spectators of the 

 match; Mr. Tinker, president of the club, and the official scorer, 

 the range was measured and the testimony of the scorer accepted 

 as correct. Mr. Paine volunteered to fire 100 shots with his . 44- 

 cal. Smith & VV esson army revolver, with the object of showing 

 his capability to average his last week's shooting. It proved to be 

 an exhibition of the finest revolver shooting cn record. His score 

 surpassed any previous attempt. He secured in 100 shots, 50yds„ 

 on a standard American target, an aggregate of 904 points, which 

 is 133 points higher than has ever before been made out of the 100 

 shots; 90 were bullseyes. Four clean scores of 10 shots, all bulls- 

 eyes, were made, and he made 23 consecutive bullsc ves. The wild- 

 est ^hot m^the shooting was 5^in. from the exact center of the 

 Hows: 



10 10 8 9 10 10 9 9—91 



7 10 9 9 7 7 10 10-»7 



8 7 9 8 10 10 9 8-89 

 8 10 10 10 9 49 9 9-92 



- 10 10 8 9 8 8 7 10-86 

 10 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 9-93 

 10 8 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10-91 

 8 9 10 10 10 7 10 9 10 10-93 

 10 8 9 9 10 8 10 8 7 10-S9 

 10 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 9 10-91-904 



Boston.— The Herald of Dec. 21 publishes the following card: 

 To the Editor of the Herald: Mr. A. C. Gould has not attempted 

 to disprove the charges I made (and sent you $500 to substantiate 

 them) that many of his reports concerning the late so-called record 

 shooting of Mr. Bennett were false and misleading. Mr. Bennett 

 has in no instance offered to cover my mouey when I offered to 

 beat his record, number of bulls or beat him, thereby leaving me 

 no alternative but to go out and beat bis record, which I did with 

 ease, all the scores being properly verified bv the Providence dailv 

 papers. All my shooting was done in the most public manner 

 possible, and witnessed daily by the best members of the Rhode 

 Island Club, as well as reporters of Providence. Therefore, as I 

 see that it will do mo no good to keep post ed anv longer the 

 money I sent, you will please return it to me, as I leave next 

 Thursday night for an engagement in the West. 

 Dec. 21, 1887. Chevalier Ika Paxnb. 



Boston, Dec. 23.— At Walnut Hill range, this afternoon, Mr. 

 W. W. Bennett (brother of Mr. F. E. Bennett, who has been try- 

 ing conclusions with the pistol, and endeavoring to beat Ira 

 Paine's record in various ways) fired 100 shots from a Smith & 

 Wesson Russian model, army revolver .44-cab, factory ammuni- 

 tion, at a bullseye, American standard ta rget, 50} ds. distance, and 

 made the score subjoined, certified to by the official scorer of the 

 range, the rangekeeper and others: 



1 9 10 10 10 10 8 9 10 10 10-96 



2 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 7—90 



3 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 8 9 10-92 



4 8 9 10 9 10 7 10 9 8 10-90 



5 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 8-96 



6 . 9 10 8 10 7 10 9 10 10 9—92 



7 10 10 9 7 10 7 9 9 10 8-89 



8 8 7 8 9 10 10 9 10 7 8-86 



9 9 8 10 8 10 9 10 10 10 9-93 



10 10 7 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 8-90—914 



An analysis of the score of 10 consecutive strings, shot in about 

 1>Sj hours— 100 shots in say 90 minutes— shows just this: That Mr. 

 Bennett made 92 bullseyes in 100 shots; that on the first, third, 

 fifth and ninth strings of 10 shots each, he made "clean scores"— 

 that is. a bullseye for every shot; that from the first to the nine- 

 teenth shot (both inclusive) he made 16 consecutive bullseyes, and 

 that on the first and fifth strings ol 10 shots each he aggregated 

 96 points— thus equaling Chevalier Paine's two best strings made 

 in Rhode Island last Wednesday. Mr. F. E. Bennett's best aggre- 

 gate in 100 shots was made Dec. 5 last. It was 886 in a possible 

 1,000, and beat aR previous records. Mr. Paine's best aggregate 

 in lOO shots was made at Narragansett, R. I., last Wednesday. It 

 was 904 points in a possible 1,000 (with 90 bullseyes), thus beating 

 F. E. Bennett's best score by 18 points. To-day, as the above table 

 shows, Mr. W. W. Bennett made a total of 914 points in a possible 

 1,000— thus beating Mr. Paine's last and best record by 10 points in 

 the aggregate of one score of 100 shots. Next! 



TOPEKA VS. GARDNER.— Below will be found the score of a 

 friendly match between four members of the Topeka (Kas.) Rifle 

 Club and same number of the West Gardner (Mass.) Rifle Club, 

 shot on Dec. 16. 50 shots to each man, 200yds., off-hand, standard 

 American target. The Topeka team accomplished something 

 rather unusual, making two full scores of bullseyes in the match. 

 Mr. George Morrison's third score of 87 is his first full score. Mr. 

 Minkler's fifth score was also a full score, making PI points; this 

 makes the second full score, for the professor: 

 Topeka Rifle Team. 



G E Morrison 9 6 6 8 9 10 9 9 S 9-83 



977 10 77879 8—79 



8 10 8 8 10 8 9 8 10 8-87 

 7688 10 10 799 9-83 



7 10 6 9 8 10 10 8 6 7-81^13 



F G Minkler 6 7 7 9 10 8 7 9 9 8-80 



887768679 9—75 

 7 10 9888787 8-80 

 996 10 88788 8—81 



9 10 8 8 10 10 10 8 10 8—91—407 

 J L Paine 8767 10 79 10 7 7—77 



8978076 10 9 7—80 

 6789897 10 9 10-83 

 10 10 6898786 8—80 

 10 5 7 5 10 7 8 10 9 6—78—398 

 CR Paine 5 10 5 7 5 7 9 5 6 5—64 



6 -7 9796496 9—72 

 869978987 10-81 



7 10 8888977 8—80 

 66 10 9 6 4 9 6 7 10-73-370 



1,588 



West Gardner Rifle Teami. 



GF Ellsworth 885988888 8—78 



9 10 8 10 8 10 7 8 8 7—85 

 8897 7' 6 10 88 10-81 

 7 fi 7 10 6 9 10 7 10 8—81 

 10 10 10 9 9 8 10 7 6 10-89—414 



G C Goodale 8 7 4 7 8 7 10 9 10 8-78 



9768 10 86 10 7 9-80 



5 10 885 10 976 8-77 

 89789 19 977 7-81 



6 6 5 10 10 8 8 9 8 10—80-396 

 C U Edgett 10 88579708 10-78 



864696596 9-68 

 74685767 10 9-69 

 10 10 6 9 6 9 9 10 9 10-68 



7 6 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 9-84-387 

 I U Dodge 10 8 7 8 5 6 8 10 6 5-73 



9 10 67789 7 7 9-79 

 78978 10» 976 9-80 



6 10 8679677 9—75 



7 8 8 10 8 10 7 8 7 7-78-385 



1,583 



A MUZZLELOADER CHALLENGE. — Editor Forestand Stream: 

 We see that Messrs. Warner & Lowe, of Syracuse, are out with a 

 handbill in which they say: "We claim to he able to make a better 

 shooting rifle than can be obtained elsewhere." We qnestion 

 their statement when they say "a better shooting rifle," and we 

 propose to make them prove that their statement is correct, if 

 they can. We, the undersigned, chaUengo any three men of 

 Syiacuse to shoo.t a match, distance 40 rods, sLring measure, the 

 guns to be held to the shoulder. Each man shall put in 

 $50. to make up a purse of S300. We then will commence shooting 

 and each man shall fire a string of 10 shots, and the 30 shots so 

 fired by the three contestants on each side shaU be measured 

 together, and the side making the shortest aggregate string of 

 the 30 shots shall draw out of the purse S30. and so continue to do 

 until eauh party of three has fired 10 strings of SO shots each 

 string. The Syracuse men shall shoot Warner & Lowe's make Of 

 guns, and we, the undersigned, agree to shoot H. V. Perry's make 

 of guns. In regard to weight of guns we will adopt the present 

 rules of the old National Rifle Club, which meets at Vernon, Vt., 

 making a 201b. gun as fired a standard in weight, and adding bjin. 

 to each string of 10 shets for each pound over 201bs. If the Syra- 

 cuse men will come to Falconer Crossing to shoot the match we 

 will furnish a good warm shooting house and will pay one-half 

 their railroad fare,— J. Robebt MopttB, BENJ. Gabi^eld, H, V, 

 JPbrb^ (Jamestown, N. ¥.), 



