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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Apb.il 4, 1889. 



NEW JERSEY GAME LAW. 

 TTERE is the text, of the bill prepared by Mr. W. L. Force and 

 J-A the president ,of the New Jersey Fish and Game Prrtective 

 Society, and introduced into the Legislature by Judge Ulrieh: 

 Supplement to an act entitled, "An act to consolidate the several 



acts relating to game and fish in t his State." 

 o. \ Be '< enacted by the Senate and (General Assembly of the 

 State of New Jersey, that hereafter it shall not, he lawful for anv 

 person or persons to capture, kill, or have unlawfulh in posses- 

 sion alter t oe same has been taken or killed, anv quail, commonly 

 called partridge, or any ruft'ed grouse, commonly called pheasant, 

 or any raboit, except only between the last day of October and 

 the sixteenth day of December in any year, under a penalty of 

 twenty dollars for each quail, grouse or rabbit so taken, killed, 

 or had unlawfully in possession. 



2. And be it enacted, That no person or peisons shall take, kill, 

 or have unlawfully in possession after the same has been taken or 

 Killed, any woodcock, except only during the month of July, and 

 also between the last day of September and I be sixteenth (lav of 

 December in any year, under a penalty of $20 for each bird so 

 taKen, killed or had Unlawfully in possession. 



3. And be it enacted, That no person or persons shall take, kill, 

 or have unlawfully in possession after the same has been taken or 

 killed, any uplaiift or grass plover, except only between the last 

 day of July and the sixteenth day of December in any year or 

 any Wilson snipe, commonly called English or grnv snipe, except 

 only during the months of March and April, and also between the 

 last day of September and the sixteenth day of December in anv 

 year, under a penalty of $20 for each bird so taken, killed or had 

 unlawfully in possession. 



4. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful to take, kill, or 

 nave unlawfully in possession, any reed bird, rail bird or any 

 marsh hen, except only between the last day of August and the 

 sixteenth day of December in any year, under a pcna.lt v of *5 tor 

 each and every bird so taken, killed or had unlawfully in po's- 

 SGSSton, 



5. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall prevent anv 

 one, duly authorized by an incorporated game protective sen id v 

 in this fctate, from capturing alive any quail for the sole purpose 

 of protecting and preserving them alive during the winter 

 months; provided the birds so taken are released within the bor- 

 ders of this State. 



6. And be it enacted. That nothing in this act shall prevent any 

 licensed or established dealer in game to dispose of such game 

 mentioned in this act ten days after the periods therein men- 

 tioned; provided that such game was killed within the period 

 allowed by this act, or was killed and purchased outside the 

 limits of this State. 



7. And be it enacted, That all laws now existing, relative to the 

 preservation ot game treated of in this act, be and the same are, 

 so far as the same are inconsistent with this act, hereby repealed. 



8 And be i t enacted. That this ar t shall be taken to be a public 

 act, and shall take effect immediately. 



Names and Pobtraits oi- Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 book .particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use tbe\ can 

 Jw ™ y "i t n° Ut rn qU , 1 CSt .:^ n al1 thp American game birds which 

 AND ST ' Pagr6S ' P1 * iCe $2 - m - B ^ r Sale by FOREST 



life Mfd 



"That reminds me." 

 265. 



THE Littte Blue is a bewildering, tortuous stream that 

 taues its rise about four miles north of Hastings, 

 -Neb. It flows in a southeasterly direction and finally 

 empties I don't know where. Crooked hardly describes 

 it. It forms a number of double-backed S's that are 

 simply disheartening. The duck hunter can wander 

 along its banks for five miles and come out within a mile 

 of his starting point. To the initiated, however, it forms 

 a delightful hunting spot. The hunter keeps on the 

 prairie and the hunted ducks do the long distance flying 

 np the creek, while he walks over a couple of hundred 

 yards and waits for them to come round the bend. In 

 the fall the stream partially dries up, and thus forms a 

 succession of ponds in which the teal abound; and it is 

 quite common to make bags of from 25 to 50 ducks a 

 day. In the fall of 1884, Mr. A. and myself were on the 

 Blue, and as it was blowing a regular "Nebraska zephyr" 

 we concluded to shoot against the wind. We coidd get 

 on the edge of a pond, shoot, and the report of the guns 

 would not disturb anything north of us. We had suc- 

 ceeded in bagging a few teal, when I proposed that I 

 should go up stream and stir them up a little. To this A 

 cheerfully assented, and I started off. I crossed a roll of 

 the prairie, slid to the edge of a pond, and as usual it was 

 fairly black, or rather blue, with teal. I smacked my 

 lips, cocked both barrels and concluded to take nothing- 

 less that a dozen for both shots, but alas ! I pulled both 

 barrels to discover that my loads consisted of empty 

 shells. As the click-click sounded, up rose the ducks and 

 sailed down stream, on the edge of the wind, as only a 

 startled duck can go. I yelled to A. to look out for them. 

 He swung up his gun in answer. In doing so the hammer 

 of the right barrel caught in his coat collar, the gun went 

 off, and down came two ducks out of another flock flying 

 directly over his head; and the first he knew of his good 

 luck was when the pair fell within ten feet of him. What 

 became of those I sent down stream I don't know. I got 

 one out of his flock, and we wound up the day with a 

 large tin dish pan rounding full; but if A. lives for fifty 

 years he will not better Ms shot on the ducks he did not 

 see - A. H. B. 



Gardner, 111. 



266. 



John and I were returning from our morning sheldrake 

 shooting at Piney Point, in Marion. The road was lined 

 on either side with horse briers so thick that it was al- 

 most impossible to see through them. In a particularly 

 bad patch, about twenty feet on my right, I heard a light 

 fluttering, which I knew was made by a grouse getting 

 into position for flight. I swung my gun in that direct ion! 

 raising the hammer as I did so. It was a bitter cold day 

 and I had on an overcoat and mittens, with a pair of 

 wooden decoys and a full game bag slung over my 

 shoulders. Before the gun was fully cocked my thumb 

 slipped from the hammer, and at the report the fluttering 

 ceased. Don, who had been running to his own head 

 coming up at the report of the gun worked his way in at 

 my order, and brought out a fine cock grouse. It was a 

 year or more before I told John it was an accident. 

 Hyde Park, Mass., March 39. M. E. N. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE NEW WIMBLEDON. 



THHE site of the new shooting ground of the National Rifle Asso- 

 J- ciation of Great Britain has been fixed within reasonable 

 distance, viz., at Brookwood, about, twenty-eight miles from 

 v\ aterioo, and so far as time is concerned, not much further from 

 Ijondon than the shooting ground at Wimbledon. The task of 

 tne council m selecting a new site has certainly been a very diffi- 

 cult one, and their constituents are greatlv indebted to them for 

 the way in wlncn they have executed it. Not only had they to 

 consider the nature of the ground at a Very large number of 

 places offered to them, but the facilities of access, the accommo- 

 dation offered m the neighborhood, and so on, as also the finan- 

 cial question of the amount of mouev required tor the purchase 

 ol the necessary ground, and for adapting it to the purpose re- 

 quired. The amount of money required went inversely as the 

 distance of the site from Londou. The obvious sites round about 

 London were not to be acquired except at prohibitive prices. As 

 to those further afield, Lord Wantage, the chairman of the Coun- 



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:riean target: 

 „ ,,. Revolver Match, 50 Yards. 



H Simpson 2 « in <? fl o 



W H M aba ugh 4 4 1 " | , j J, 



HJobnson * YZ.ZZAA 8 I 3 ^ 



S Phillips 6 8 4 S 7 



S Howard 5 7 5 7 4 4 



Off-Hand Match, K00 Yards. 

 H Simpson 9 5 8 5 8 3 



HDMissimer 9 6 3 3 4 9 



fg'^'les 6 7 2 5 4 3 



JBodler 3 8 4 1 9 <t 



MCEvarts ......i YYl .Y .YlYYa 3 114 4 



t w ^ At 100 Yards, Record Practice. 



E C Moore. 5 9 6 



M O Evarts,. e 



G W. lames ' 8 



F Charles ZY.V. .5 



J Bodler § 



O E Garnany 7 



C Grosse g 



8 9-67 

 7 6— 60 



5 6-57 



6 2- 56 



7 7-53 



9 6-65 

 7 8-60 

 6 7-59 

 6 7-57 

 5 5-51 

 " 4-48 



1-40 



6 

 4 



6 6 3 

 4 3 6 



7 3 9 

 4 6 6 



8 10 6 

 8 5 

 6 7 

 3 5 

 7 

 4 

 6 



5 VI 



8 @ 



2 10 



5 I 

 3 



3 4-35 



6 8—74 

 9 10-71 



4 8-59 

 3 6—58 

 6 6— 5t> 

 6 10—56 

 3 4-54 

 "■ 5-52 



BROOKWOOD- THE NEW WIMBLEDON. 



°i?- of ?l ie Association, most liberally offered a site on the Berk- 

 shire Downs, which would have been a "Paradise of riflemen- if 

 it were only accessible from Loudon. A site nearly perfect was 

 ^Q^ ab H S T- Uely Sf? °t COst 011 Cannock Chase, in the middle 

 of Staffordshire, within twenty miles of Birmingham and within 

 easy reach of many other great towns. Nevertheless, the Council 

 ol the National Rifle Association has managed to resist the 

 temptations ot hoth Cannock Chase and the. Berkshire Downs, 

 S^«fftV$&?W , * e thG Y reat lib ^ality, and even muuifi-' 

 2}t 1 e ,?taffords.hire people in regard to Cannock Chase 

 and of Lord Wantage m regard to the Berkshire site ^ 

 it was very shrewdly held that a site near London would draw 

 better than any other spot, and besides Aldershot with its lame 

 gathering ot regulars is near the proposed range. There are many 

 ?ni lW°« nR ? *c e new - T, nge " ^P?cially in the layout of the shoot- 

 ing lines. It is especially needed in such a range where men are 

 squadded by chance, to give the morning and evening footers 

 equality as to sunshine and shadow. There will he some con- 

 siderable fixing up of the ground necessary, but. once fixed up. 

 the new Wimbledon will play as big a part in English life as did 

 the famous old ground, which, by the way, is to continue in use 

 fortius year only, the Duke of Cambridge having consented to 

 one more year's. use of his property. The Volunteer Service 

 Gazette wi th the interests of the snooting men of the force al ways 

 at heart, gives the new choice its unqualified approval, and gives 

 the Council a warm amen on its work. * 



JS^^ il ll!^h^ a l^S *8& of the Ma^sa- 



dayintheyph^ 



medal. Following are the best scores: pwiu.iuuuugi.oH 



Twenty-shot Rest Match-200vds. 

 S W ilder 10 11 9 9 10 12 10 9 10 7 



t t<v„„„{o ^ li 10 12 8 8 Vi 10 10 10-199 



J Francis 8 10 11 12 9 10 10 12 9 11 



11 9 9 9 10 10 'J 8 9 8—194 



10 « -8 87685 10 U 



7-158 



J N Eames., . 



6 9 8 8, 

 Champion Medal Match— 200yds.' 



7 9 8 



9 9 9— 83 



9 9 6- 77 



6 6 7- 71 



6 5 6- 69 



i 6— 62 

 " 3— 62 



J B Eellows . .. .. 



A Loring 



F Carter 



A Stevens 



8 8 10 10- 80 



9 6 6 5- 72 



8 9 10 lb- 88 



9 7 10 10— 84 



in. any other shell. Will use no other shell so long as 

 you keep this at its present standard. You are at libert y to use 



^&^V^SS^}^^ e ^ M09t respeot - 



Forest and Stream, Box 2,832, N. Y. city, has descriptive illn&. 



in^tb^ 1 ^! ^ 3 ^^^^' 611 ' 8 ^^fiXim*: 



%\ ch ^ m -H S, : V kd ,f ree 0X1 request. The book ispro- 



9- 83 

 7- 77 



7- 83 



8- 79 



SL, Lee 1* 8 7 10 7 



J A JESKsf-- 8 7 6 8 9 9 6 



C V\ lllard, mil 5 10 9 6 7 7 8 



)M'/!, rd 'l er 10 6 7 6 6 9 8 



C C Clarke 5 7 6 5 6 



A Loring 6 8 7 5 7 



Victory Medal Match— 200yds. 



'I A , £ rye 8 10 9 « 8 6 



A S Hunt C 8 10 10 7 5 



Fifty-yard Pistol Match. 



7 9 8 9 8 10 



7 9 9 9 7 7 



10 8 7 9 7 8 8 10 



10 7 7 7 10 7 7 8 



Fifty-yard Revolver Match: 



Johnston, Jr 10 9 10 9 7 7 9 7 



53 i A r Wesson 6 9 7 7 9 8 10 



O Moore 8 9 8 10 7 8 7 8 



All-Comers Match. SOuvds. 



G Warren 9 9 9' 7 10 9 10 7 



J A Frye g 10 g 8 6 7 7 10 



II L Lee 10 10 10 " 



F J Brown 8 7 7 



D L Chase 7 4 7 



B G Barker 8 3 5 



CC Clarke 8 9 



Willard (mil.) 4 6 



B L Arthur 8 6 



A Ballard 9 10 



O T Moore 7 8 5 6 5 8 



^ „ Military Match. 



W D Huddleson . . . .6554454154-45 Q Peiroe 545443S1445-41 



WO Johnston, Jr. . 4445445464-43 A S Field 43444 H 454-36 



T Brad 4544444444-41 1 F Hanson 333X140244-29 



. . Rest Match, 200vds. 



■' 1* rancis 10 11 12 12 10 9 10 11 6 11-102 



A Ballard 9 12 91010 8 11 9 12 8- 98 



BGRarker 10 10 11 8 9 9 7 12 9 10- 95 



a?. ^? mes 10 11 10 10 9 8'8 9 10-92 



t C t n < ?? e • 8 9 8 9 12 10 7 10 8 11- 92 



Joel Cutts 9 10 7 7 6 9 12 7 12 7- 86 



A1 f° n .- 5 3 8 10 9 8 8 10 9 8-78 



FD Hart 6 8 7 8 7 6 9 6 7 7- 71 



A NEW MACAZINE.-St. Petersburg, March 21.-Russian offi- 

 ouuuucu uy ihuw," wioan," -\uiok swivellpr » «o v hm«Ti»»^ n rt ?• t,* Ve , sted re P,o r *ed favorably upon a Russian inven- 



I will nre 480 shots a minute. 



8 . 

 5 8 



9 7 

 9 9 



5 7 7 

 3 7 9 



6 10 6 



a 7 5 



5 8 6 



8 8- 86 



8 9- 83 



8 9— 83 



7 9 9- 77 



5 7 9- 70 



8 10 7— 70 

 4 6 6— 68 

 7 9 6- 68 

 r 8 7-67 

 7 6 4- 66 



6 6 4— 61 



ThVr^wI^ A V- P'V^^ ^--To-night was the time for the 

 1 1 . eek i J - shoot of ^e Queen City Pistol Club, and Curlev'- 

 and cxnlrtl "rh^SS ^ an anxious crowd 'of crackS 



and expeits. The shooting as a whole was fair, and in some few 



k of 

 did 



-.scores:^ allowing 



cS^.;;::.:;;;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;::; :i |l| ]I II M II 11 11 3 |=:^ 



hopkms 12 12 12 1" 12 ]•> 11 v> \\ i? iT« 



" m U1 ' t is if 1| af if ii jf ii if— ail 



w? c k • • }i 1? 1° ]f 13 13 11 12 12 10-115 



&™? t 12 11 11 12 9 12 12 12 11 12—114 



Hurst 10 11 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 12-115 



^ e P X' 12 11 11 12 9 11 10 ll 12 2=111 



P el,1 1 11 12 11 10 12 9 10 12 10 10-107 



'Y, " ,;,UUl - ' 10 11 ll 10 10 IS 11 5 i 11-106 



SgPfeftft H 1 11 13 12 10 11 12 11 10-112 



RS^Ilfa 12 12 12 11 11 10 11 12 9 9-109 

 - "2 12 9 11 11 K 12 12 12 11-lli 



\v uson.. 12 ii 9 12 12 10 11 11 12 12-112 



^fi 0r « Jr 1? 1? 11 13 11 12 10 U 11 11-113 



gfc.v V.7/.7.7.".7.'.'io ib 12 s 12 u io g n 7=102 



F B Ollendick yz 12 10 n 9 32 10 9 10 10-105 



^^^H^^^t1610«^ Sohueteen CTub 



ustory of the 



f^}M' f ^ sult f- The receipts fromTh^shooters alonelnfounted 

 to SLIM lue shooting began at 10 o'clock in tile morning and 

 continued until 6 o'clock in the evening, over 150 lovers of the gun 

 trying their luck at the target. The shooting was d vided into 

 two classes the Honorary Target and the Public Target, On the 

 honorary larget the following are the scores of the first eight 

 winners: h irst, T. Kuhnle, 74 rings out of a possible 75; second, 

 F." Freesp rn^ si vi 1! 1 \r ^ttSSi.^' JH.^ ou 5i?' A' H atge, 71; fiftn! 



Owing to the large number of shooters and the number of tickets 

 they purchased it will be impossible for several days to determfne 

 who are the seventy-five winners and to segregate them in their 

 order of precedence according to their scores. Oa the Public 

 Target t hirty prizes were offered, all of them consisting of money 

 in sums of ?30, $20, 310 aU the way to «2.50. The scores ^ T the 

 hrst >,even wmuers on this target are as follows: First, A. John- 

 son, !« out of a possible 100; second, George Helm, 92- third C 

 Meyer 92; fourth, H. Brown, 92; fifth, T. Kuhnle, 92- sixth 'w 

 Carr,91; seventh, H. Heath, 91. The first bullseve in t he i ore-" 

 noon was made by A. Rah wy lor, and the last by'H. Brown k 

 the afternoon the first bullseye was scored bv H. Heath, and the 

 last by A. Rahwyler. The honor of the first 25-ring shot fell to 



t. / j *" uo fumnijig rim un.nuyi, iiarmu. Shootinsr 



9-30 A 6 M re M iWr 1 M fr01 , I \° 7 ~ P v^ 0n the 4? nd d^ySrom 

 H.ou A. M. to 12.30 P. M., and 1 to 7 P. M.; on the third da v fvr>rr> 



9:30 A M. to 12:30 P M. and from 1 to 6 V ° M. The bhilseye tar^ 

 gets, however, will close at 4 P. M. on the third day. Tlie prizes 

 which aggregate about $750, will be as follows: Ring Target-Ali 

 Ttti'f? P1 if »50, second prize $40, third prize $30, fourth 

 $20; twenty-six other prizes, ranging from $13 down to $2. The 

 shooter making the most points on one ticket to take first prize 

 ami so on A premium will also be paid lor the best three tickets' 

 and hi ten the second best. Tickets for three shots-first ticket 

 purchased by eacn shooter $2, succeeding ticket $1. Man Target 

 _Tlck ^n for th J^ shota *!« hest sin *?le ticket to count. First 

 prize $:i0 second $20, third $18, fourth $16; twenty-one other prizes 

 ranging from S14 down to $1. Bullseye Target-Only shots in a 

 «h n n V b t Ul i S ?" e « to f i° nnt - lu '! iets for Vt&otm $1. The best cento? 

 1-5 third c,N fl f ST , CT,'« aj i d so on - F,rst P vize W, second prize 

 iS'J nM |.% foa rtll$l5; twenty-six other prizes, ranging from 

 $13 down to ft. One dollar will be paid lor the firstandlast bull™ 

 eye each morning and afternoon. The following premiums will 

 also be awarded: For the most, bullseyes during the festival filO 

 second must S8, third $5, fourth $3, fifth $Z. Champion Target- 

 Tiekets tor o shots, 50 cents; any rifle, without restrictions as to 

 weight, sig ht or trigger pull. Twenty per cent, of receipts will be 

 deducted tor expenses, balance to be divided into prizes accord- 

 ing to number of competitors. First prize to consist of 2S per 

 cent,, balance to be divided pro rata among one-half the competi- 

 tors. Best single ticket to take first prize, and so on. Bnwie« 

 unlimited. All prizes and premiums will be distributed at, the 

 rails tbefestl ™l. Shooting will be governed by Sohuetzen 



K B W ARK, N. J.— The regular match and practice season of the 

 Newark Shooting Society will open on Thursday, April 4, and f rom 

 that time to October lively times are expected". The Expert Rec- 

 ord match will be shot every Thursday and Saturday, and on the 

 second and fourth Thursdays of each month the Members' Trophy 

 natch will be shot. The former match, on the American cham 

 non target, will be open to all comers, and is expected tc ^dratfa 

 big. crowd. All but 20 per cent, of' the entrance fees will be 

 divided among the competitors, while bronze, silver and gold 

 medals wi 1 be given tor ten scores of 57, ten of 62 and ten of 67 

 respectively. At the end of the season the shooter having - the 

 highest, number of scores, containing 62 or over, will receive a 

 special gold medal The match is open to any style of rifle* 



I 1 %i t01 + i? Ve . Sll0ts . are 25 cents eacn ' and entries are unlim 

 ited. The three targets , on the western end of the range in the 

 Shooting Park are to be made open, for the use of the National 

 Guardsmen The bulkhead and backings are to bf strengt hened 

 and lull t,x4 targets put up. In order to make the targets open 

 the two shields will be removed. y 



THE MASSACHUSETTS TEAM.— The businessmen of Boston 

 are subscribing liberally to the fund for sending the team of 

 Massachusetts militiamen abroad. Maj. J. P. Frost, assistant in- 

 spector-general of rifle practice, M.V.M., some two weeks since 

 addressed a neat statement of facts to leading business men in 

 which he outlined the projected trip. He stated that for three 

 years the rifle team of the Mrssachusetts volunteer militia bad 

 swept all before it atCreedmoor and Chicago, defeating alike 

 the picked teams of the army, navy and national guard, and thai 

 to-day Massachusetts, through these men, holds not onlv the 

 •Soldier of Marathon " representing the championship of the 

 national guard ot the United States, but also the famous Hilton 



— . , on v 11 luauHc jiitvw uuuiy of en 



made possible by enthusiastic and self-sacrificing work on the 

 part of every soldier composing the team. The Massachusetts 

 rifle team wishes to visit Europe the coming summer and partiei- 



IS 1 """"j, ^Jiasnou BjBium ui line practice, and believe 

 5™ l fl C expenence gained b , v a twe-weeks' encampment with 

 3,000 riflemen coming from all parts of the world cannot fail to 

 be of great benefit to every officer and man. About $6 500 will 

 cover the expense of the trip and carry out every detail in a 

 manner worthy of the reputation of the State. This amount 

 must be raised by private subscription." 



