Fbb, 6, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



47 



TEST AT 40 YABDS. 



Five Shots per Barrel from, rest at . fixed 30-incb Circle. 



LEFT BAKREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, ■> pellets. 

 322 pellets. 12 sheets. 



RIGHT BARREL. 



Pattern, Penetration, a pellets. 



1. 228 pellets. 



2. 221 pellets. 



3. 252 pellets. 



4. 294 pellets. 



5. 303 pellets. 



17- sheets. 

 13 sheets. 

 13 sheets. 



12 sheets. 



13 sheets. 



194 pellets. 

 308 pellets. 

 242 pellets. 

 289 pellets. 



13 sheets. 

 11 sheets. 

 11 sheets. 

 18 sheets. 



Av. 259 pellets. 13 sheets. A v. 270 pellets. 12 sheets. 



REM,, \?. = n., KCHULTZB POWT>KB,40YTiS.,HiriFIT BARRKt,, 34H PKLLRT8 



Three Shuts at 4~foot square: .io.fnch Circle selected from 

 tmi pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT* BARREL. 



1 339 pellets. 1 364 pellets. 



2 344 pellets. 3 361 pellets. 



3 348 pellets. 3 348 pellets. 



Average 344 pellets. 



Average 358 pellets. 



TEST AT 60 YARDS. 

 Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed 30-mch Circle. 



RIGHT BAKREL. LEFT BARREL. 



Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. Pattern. Penetration, i pellets. 



1. 57 pellets. 7 sheets. I. LOS pellets. 6 sheets. 



2. 89 pellets. . . sheets. 2. 99 pellets. . . sheets. 



3. 92 pellets. It sheets. 3. 66 pellets. 5 sheets. 



4. 116 pellets. 9 sheets. 4. 78 pellets. 6 sheets. 



5. 80 pellets. 7 sheets. 5. 100 pellets. 7 sheets. 



Av. 87 pellets. 8 sheets. Av. 90 pellets, 0 sheets. 



REM., 13-G., SOHTJI/TZK POWDER, 40YDS., LEFT BARREL, 364 PELLETS. 



Three Shots at j-faot square; du-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



I 101 pellets. 1 127 pellets. 



2 117 pellets. 3 114 pellets. 



3 149 pellets. 3 114 pellets. 



Average 122 pellets. Average 118 pellets. 



Western Big Game.— The Columbus (Ohio) Evening 

 Dispatch says: "Regulations concerning the immediate 

 cessation of the wanton slaughter of game by Indians off 

 their reservations and by white men, whether they are 

 native born, or naturalized citizens of the United States, 

 or whether they are foreigners bent on a hunting ex- 

 pedition, should be made and enforced to the very letter 

 and in the spirit of the law. Every one who reads on the 

 subject will see how acceptable such legislation would be. 

 The present condition of the national game laws, apply- 

 ing to the Rocky Mountain region, is a disgrace to the 

 country. But recently a report was sent out that some 

 Austrian army officers on a hunting trip corraled forty 

 elk, in the mountain snow drifts and killed them all. If 

 that was not slaughter from pure wantonness Avhat could 

 it be called ? The United States Government should say 

 to such foreigners that they shall hereafter hunt at -borne 

 or go to Africa to become animal butchers. 



Brass Shell Cleaning.— New York. — My experience 

 has been not to clean the inside any more than to brush 

 ( hem out once or twice during a season. I find wad over 

 shot holds better without much cleaning. For outside of 

 shell I use very fine emery paper when it is actually 

 necessary to Glean them, and that is very seldom. Am I 

 right? — H. C. W. 



AMONG THE SQUIRREL BARKERS. 



SQUIRREL hunting with the rifle in this part of the 

 „ country (Ohio and West Ya.) seems to be more appre- 

 ciated than it is in the North, where the shotgun takes 

 precedence. "Barking" a squirrel is directing the aim 

 so that the ball will just clear the animal's belly and lift 

 the bark on which he lies with force enough to kill him. 

 A negro in Ohio was engaged in this sport one. day, and 

 in his attempt to shoot a squirrel he killed a boy that was 

 getting water at a spring. The negro was arraigned for 

 murder, and the prospect of his acquittal was very slight. 

 He confessed that he made a shot near the spring, but 

 his gun was pointed upward toward a limb on which the 

 squirrel sat. He was then taken to th« spot where he said 

 he had made the shot, and pointed out the limb he had 

 mentioned. Some one suggested that a man take a posi- 

 tion by a spring and rifle shots be fired at the limb from 

 the point where the negro said he stood when tiring at 

 the squirrel. The suggestion was acted upon, and one of 

 the balls was so deflected as to come so near the man at 

 the spring as to convince them that the negro was inno- 

 cent. He was therefore acquitted. 



A strange case was that in which a hunter, whose gun 

 had failed to discharge while he attempted to shoot a 

 squirrel, was resting his gun on his arm to recap it, when 

 the piece accidentally discharged and killed the squirrel. 



While Louis Begar, one of Huntington's crack shots, 

 was shooting glass balls at a match, a martin came in 

 range of the ball at the moment he pulled trigger. The 

 ball was shattered and the bird killed. 



With a single B. L. gun N. D. Elting shot three quail 

 as follows: The birds had been driven into the cover. As 

 he stood near the edge of the thicket a bird rose before 

 bim. As soon as he had fired he put in another cartridge. 

 No sooner was this done than another bird rose at his 

 right which fell near the first bird. He reloaded with 

 haste, when lo ! a third bird rose directly behind hirn. 

 Right about face ! Crack ! Three birds were killed in at 

 least half a minute without the gunner moving out of 

 his tracks. N. D. E. 



West Virginia. 



[On Friday of last week, at Wellsburg, W. Va., fome 

 college students "went out target shooting back of the 

 college grounds. They used revolvers. Miss Phillips 

 and Mr, Will were the last to shoot, and to frighten her, 

 when Miss Phillips raised her revolver to fire, Will 

 pointed his also, but fired skyward. Both revolvers 

 went off at the same time. Immediately after the reports 

 Miss Phillips turned and said that the ball had struck 

 her. There was a slight wound in her right hand. The 

 hand was bandaged, and then Miss Phillips remarked 

 that she had a pain in the right hip. Sunday morning 

 she expired. The doctors were mystified. Their theory 

 is that when Will fired his pistol into the branches of the 

 tree under which the party were standing the ball struck 

 a branch and glancing off toward the ground, struck 

 Miss Phillips. The bullet, it is supposed, first hit her in 

 the fleshy part of the right hand, which was raised at 

 the tinted and passing downward struck her on the hip 

 bone and glanced inward, lodging in the abdomen."] 



THE MEGANTIC CLUB DINNER. 



A LARGE gathering was present to enjoy the second 

 annual dinner of the Megantic Fish and Game 

 Club, at Young's Hotel, Boston, Tuesday evening, Jan. 

 28. The invited guests were ex-Gov. John D. Long, Prof. 

 Putnam, Hon. E. R. Lathrop, Hon. E. A. Brackett, Hon. 

 E. M. Saltonstall, Hon. H. O. Stanley, Hon. E. B. Hodge, 

 Hon. Herbert Brainerd, Capt. F. C. Barker, John Nelson, 

 Jr., Montreal Fish and Game Club; E. A. Samuels, Hon. 

 George Duhamel, J. N. Proulx, Parker Nagle and many 

 others. 



In his address President Wemyss spoke of the solid 

 basis on which the club had been established and con- 

 gratulated the members on their grand possessions. D. 

 Heber Bishop, the secretary, read a report, as follows: 



"The preserve now comprises 77,000 acres under exclu- 

 sive lease, which, added to the Kibby and Moose River 

 valleys adjacent — where the club owns camps — makes 

 132,000 acres, or 192 square miles. Upon the exclusive 

 preserve are 22 lakes and ponds, and five rivers, giving 

 91 miles of stream fishing. Only two members have as 

 yet visited the whole of the Megantic preserve. The 

 total number of camps upon the preserve, exclusive of 

 the club house headquarters, is 16, six at Chain of Ponds, 

 two in the Kibby and Moose River valleys, one at Arnold 

 Pond, three at Big Northwest Pond and two at Big Island 

 Pond, and these camps are connected by 64 miles of 

 trail. 



"During the past season a large cook room has been 

 built at Chain of Ponds and a new camp at Northwest 

 Pond, and l9 miles of trail have been constructed, con- 

 necting the club house with the Chain of Ponds and the 

 Seven Ponds via Snow Mountains. 



•'During the season 80.000 landlocked salmon have been 

 planted. Added to this number the 10,000 planted in 

 Chain of Ponds the year before, makes in all 40,000 

 already planted. The following record of trout caught 

 last season is compiled from the various fish and game 

 registers in the club house and camps: 



Caught. Largest. 

 At club house, taken in Spider Lake and Spider 



River 3 4<5 



Chain of Ponds 772 



Seven Ponds - . • 'jgj 



Hafchan Bay and Crosby Pond 1,0*1 



Arnold Pond 67 



Arnold Bog 91 



Big Northwest 3,4. h 



m Total..... 8439 



"There were 58 black bass caught in Spider Lake, the 

 largest weighing libs. Of the trout 4.785 were returned 

 to the lakes. 



"There were 145 partridges, 21 ducks, 3 caribou, 3 

 moose, 7 deer and 2 bears shot and registered on the pre- 

 serve." 



Mr. Samuels, of the Fish and Game Protective Associa- 

 tion, said the record of the club spoke for itself, and he 

 was doublv overjoyed to see the number of young men 

 that were "interested in sport with rod and gun. The 

 great principle of true sport was not the obtaining of the 

 biggest hag. but killing the game under difficulties. He 

 gave many hints on fishing, which, coming from an old 

 fly-fisherman, were valuable. He wound up with the 

 usual fish story. 



E. A. Brackett spoke of the incalculable good done by 



the Megantic and its sister organizations in presenting 

 game. The lack of enforcement of the laws in times 

 gone by had depleted the stock of game in the United 

 States. He claimed that 90 per cent, of the violations of 

 the law were committed on Sunday, and by a set of men 

 unworthy of the name of sportsmen. 

 ^Stephen O'Meara described the analogy between the 

 sportsman and the newspaper man, in the fact that both 

 pursued game, and referred to the preserve of defaulters 

 in Canada enjoying a close season. 



Col. E. B. Hodge, Fish and Game Commissioner of New 

 Hampshire, congratulate/) the club on the work it was 

 doing, and spoke of bis early experience with fish and 

 game. He told of the marvelous quantity of game in 

 the Megantic district in the early days, and the appear- 

 ance of that section as he remembered it. 



Thomas Hall, on behalf of the club, presented the 

 popular game warden of the club, Robert Phillips, with 

 a handsome breechloading gun, with the apt remark: "I 

 hope it will never leave you, though may you often dis- 

 charge it." 



Mr. Phillips returned thanks, at the same time com- 

 plaining of the "buck fever." 



The secretary then read a letter received from the 

 warden a short time since, commenting on the good the 

 club had done the Megantic section. In the missive Mr. 

 Phillips, among other things, said: "My desire and my 

 effort will be to minister to your comfort and enjoyment 

 as best I can with the means you place at my disposal. 

 I, with you all, enjoy the solemn solitude of the forests, 

 the eurgle and ripple of the stream, and the lap and dash 

 of the waves of the lakes on their pebbly shores and 

 beaches. Now, let us all- listen to the note of enjoyment 

 as it rings out from the throat of forest songsters, and 

 cast our lines on the bosoms of the lakes, not only for out- 

 own pleasure but for the comfort and pleasure of all, that 

 the declaration of all at the close of this year may be, 

 'Long live the Megantic Club!' " 



AFTER-DINNER TOPICS. 



r pHE annual dinner of the Massachusetts Fish and 

 JL Game Protective Association at Young's Hotel, 

 Boston, last Thursday, was a most enjoyable affair. The 

 members present and their guests numbered 135. Presi- 

 dent E. A. Samuels presided with customary grace, and 

 after the birch-bark menu had been discussed, in a felici- 

 tous address he congratulated the Association on its 

 pi'osperity and constant growth in membership. 



Hon. Henry M Sprague, president of the Massachusetts 

 Senate, spoke with warm appreciation of the rejuvenat- 

 ing influences of the hills and forests, and lakes and trout 

 streams of New England, and commended the work of 

 the Association which tended to the preservation of the 

 fish and the game as attractions to draw men out into 

 the fields and the forests. President Sprague is a type, 

 of a very large class of men who find in a gun or a rod 

 only an excuse for indulging in outdoor wild life, and in 

 the recuperation of body and mind a richer reward than 

 the mere capture of game and fish. 



Speaker Wm. E. Barrett, of the House of Representa- 

 tives, humorously expressed his satisfaction at meeting 

 the Association face to face and studying the high char- 

 acter of its membership. Some years ago, he explained, 

 he had spoken ki behalf of a certain game bill before a 

 committee of the Legislature, and had submitted, as a 

 convincing argument in favor of its adox^tion, that the 

 Association was in favor of it. Whereupon another 

 member, a farmer, rose and said to the committee that 

 he hoped they would give no weight whatever to the fact 

 that the Association favored the bill, because the Associ- 

 ation members were only a lot of blanked dudes. 



Fish and Game Commissioner Herbert Brainerd, of 

 Vermont, reported well-defined progress in his State, 

 where under his direction special attention is given to 

 enlisting the support and cooperation of farmers and 

 land-owners, by generous distribution of fish fry for 

 their streams. The old brooks are there, he said, the 

 conditions for fish are still favorable, and before he lays 

 down the work the Commissioner hopes to see the waters 

 so well stocked that posterity may find some fish await- 

 ing its rods and flies. 



Commissioner E. A. Brackett, of Massachusetts, re- 

 ported the enforcement of the fishing laws, under the 

 new system of a special State police detail; and urged 

 that the statute regarding Sunday shooting should be so 

 amended as to forbid having a gun in possession in the 

 field on that day. The law now forbids killing game on 

 Sunday, but it is impossible to enforce such a law, for 

 the actual killing cannot be detected. 



St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4.— A higher temperature in this 

 locality has had the effect of thawing the ice on the lakes 

 and sloughs, and the ducks have again made their ap- 

 pearance hereabouts in fair numbers. A gentleman from 

 here bagged thirty -eight, mostly sprigtails, a few days 

 ago at Comstock, 111., which is about twenty miles north 

 of this city, on the Bee line. The Dardenne and King's 

 Lake clubs report a good flight in at their lakes, and 

 several members are now on the grounds no doubt 

 having fair shooting. From reports the sprig seems to 

 be in the majority. There are some mallards, but they 

 are not near so plentiful as the sportsmen would wish 

 them to be.— Unser Fritz. 



Odd Shots.— Edgar, Neb., Jan. 29.— In the Forest 

 and Stream of Jan. 23, "T. J. S." tell of shooting three 

 large sandhill cranes at one shot. Though I did not kill 

 birds so large, yet I made a shot last fall while huntiug 

 in the mountains which I think equals it. With a .45-90 

 Winchester rifle I killed three grouse at one shot, shoot- 

 ing the heads off all three of them. — H. 



Adirondack Deer.— Holland Patent, Jan. 27.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: In the last issue of your paper (Jan. 

 23), fifth line from the top of page 7, in my article on 

 "Adirondack Deer," "pot-hunter" should read "still- 

 hunter:" and the thirtieth line of same page "hounding" 

 in November should read "hunting."— A Veteran. 



Names and Portraits of Birds, by Chirdon Ti-uoibuu. a 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 identify without question all the American frame birds winch 

 they may kill. Cloth, 320 pages, price #5.50. For gale by Forest 

 anb Stream. 



