Feb. 11, 1892.] 



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New York German Gun Club. 



The monthly shoot of the New York German Gun Club was 

 held at Dexfer Park on Feb. 4. In the club event each man shot 

 at 8 live birds, tbe scores heing as follows: 



JSchlicht 4 A Jaeger 3 J Carwein 4 



P Garms 5 J Fraser 6 E Widman 5 



MBonden 3 H Thomford 4 P Dannefelser 5 



GHoff 5 F Sauter 4 A Dienst 4 



G Bosenecker 4 J Wellbrock 5 P Garms, Jr 5 



R Bush 3 JGoelitz 3 



Sweepstakes 3 birds, $1 entrance, 2 moneys: 



PJEppig 2 LNeir 3 E Widman 2 



F Sauter 1 R Bush 3 Ties divided. 



Match at 15 live birds, 28yds. rise, $10: 

 P J Eppig . .14 L Neir 12 



Match at 10 birds, $10, 25yds. rise, one barrel: 

 J Fraser 7 G Hoff 6 



East Side— Mutual Monthly Shoot. 



The monthly shoot of the East Side— Mutual Gun Club took 

 place at Wiedeumayei's Park, Newark, N. J., on Feb. 4. In the 

 club event, at 25 targets per man, Yan Dyke broke 19, Kraemer 16, 

 Young 14, Hoilis 13. The following sweeps were also shot, 5 birds, 

 unknown angles, 50 cents entry, 3 moneys: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6 



Koegel 5 2 5 3 4 4 



Hedden 5 o o 5 4 4 



Green 2 3 15 13 



Van Dyke 4 5 5 4 5 5 



Kramer 3 3 5 4 2 3 



Fisher 3 3 3 3 2 2 



Bitz 3 3 4 5 2 3 



Young.. 4 2 3 2 5 0 



Reach 3 14 2. 



Waters 1 



No. 7, 10 tirerets, unknov/n augles, 2 moneys, $1 entry: Hedden 8, 

 Hassinger 8, Kramer 5, Greeu 9, A r an Dyke 9, Koegel 8. 



No. 8, same: Hedden 7, Hassinger 5, Kramer 3, Green 9, Van 

 Dyke 9, Koegel 8. 



No. 9, same: Kramer 4, Hassinger 5, Green 9, Koegel 8, Van 

 Dyke 7, Hedden 8. 



No Name— No Address. 



If the writers of unsigned letters frsm Midland, Ont., and 

 Watson, W. Va., will send their names their orders will be filled. 

 If the sender of $4 without name or place (and the postmark un- 

 decipherable) will supply particulars his order will be filled. If 

 Mr. John Worth and Mr. T. J. Walsh (P. O. Box 252) will send ad- 

 dress their orders will be filled. 



Through Cars to San Francisco— The through car service 

 established by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 

 between New York and the Pacific Coast provides the best facili- 

 ties ever offered trans-continental travel. It is announced that 

 on each Tuesday until further notice a Palace Buffet Sleeping 

 car, containing twelve sections of two double berths each, a 

 drawing room and buffet, will leave New York on the North Shore 

 Limited at 4:30 P. M., and run through to San Francisco on fast 

 overland connection without change or delay at junction points, 

 arriving at destination at 11:45 A. M. the following Sunday. The 

 schedule has been so arranged that the traveler can select any 

 route desired beyond Chicago. Single and round trip tickets sold 

 at regular rates are valid for passage. The cars, which have been 

 built expressly for this service, are planned somewhat on the 

 style of the Wagner private cars, and are fitted with every con- 

 venience for an extended rail journey. Meals are served in din- 

 ing cars, which are attached at convenient points, or may be 

 obtained a, la carte from the buffet. For further particulars and 

 copy of illustrated itinerary apply to nearest ticket agent of the 

 New York Central, or address George H. Daniels, General Pas- 

 senger Agent, New York.— Adv. 



A Book About Indians.— The Forest and Stream will ma 

 free on application a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell's boo 

 "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales," giving a table of conten 

 and specimen illustrations from the volume. — Adv. 



\mwt\s to (^omzgondmts. 



g3T" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



F. W. S., New York.— The load of 3^drs. and lJ4c-z. shot is a 

 perfectly safe one for the arm. The heaviest load it would stand 

 is conjectural; the manufacturers will tell you what it has been 

 tested for. 



J. S. B., Shrewsbury, Pa— When and where can I obtain a 

 copy of the next report of Commissioner of Fisheries containiog 

 the report on the fishes of Pennsylvania? Ans. Address Commis- 

 sioner Henry C. Ford, Philadelphia. 



C. M. D.— 1. Is the common domestic pigeon properly called a 

 dove? Pigeon here is only applied to wild pigeon. 2. Does the law 

 protect the hare as well as the rabbit, and if so, what is the open 

 season? Ans. 1. Either dove or pigeon. 2. The law makes no 

 distinction between hare and rabbit; New York close season be- 

 tween Feb. 1 and Nov. 1. 



B., California.— Please inform me of something that will keep 

 moth from my stuffed birds, Ans. Make a twenty-five per cent, 

 solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol and apply with a brush 

 to the feathers so that the solution wets them all. Bill and legs 

 should also be painted with it. Do not get the solution on your 

 hands as it is a vioLent poison and will make them sore. 



I wish you would in your next issue answer the following: A 

 contends that a man standing 1,000yds. away with a Remington 

 rifle could hit a man before he had time to dodge the bullet. B 

 says that knowing he is going to be shot at, and seeing the smoke 

 from the rifle, the man shot at can dodge the bullet before it 

 reaches him. Who is right? Ans. There is ample time for a man 

 seeing the flash or the smoke discharge to dodge a bullet aimed at 

 him from a distance of 1,000yds. 



G. M. P., Wakefield, Mass.— At about half-past four o'clock Jan. 

 27 I saw nearly a dozen wildfowl of some kind flying northwest. 

 The thermometer at that time was about 18° above zero and there 

 was 8in. of ice on the lake. Can you throw any light on the sub- 

 ject? Were they geese or swan or what? They seemed to be 

 about the size of geese and were light gray or white in color. 

 These fowl were flying quite low and in a V-shaped body. Ans. 

 They may have been wild geese, but we cannot tell. 



Twelve Gauge, Stone-hill, N. Y.— Have the supervisors author- 

 ity to pass a taw prohibiting fishing in a pond situated on the 

 farm of a person who owns the land surrounding it? Said pond 

 is made up of small springs and is not used for State purposes. 

 Ans. One provision of S c. 37 (that section which gives the super- 

 visors authority to ''further protect") is "that nothing herein con- 

 tained shall be construed as conferring upon the board of super- 

 visors of any county the right or authority to prohibit the owner 

 or owners, in whole or in part, of lands and waters wholly private, 

 or the lessee or lessees thereof, from angling and taking fish in a 

 lawful manner during the months now allowed by the laws of 

 this State." This, however, applies only to such lands and waters 

 as shall have been set aside for shooting and Ashing preserves, in 

 compliance with Sec. 27. 



Words of Appreciation. 



Forest and Stream for Jan. 7 was a number of special excel- 

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 the confidence of all sportsmen, and is a reliable register of sport- 

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