Nor. 10, 1892.] 



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417 



The Utah Championship. 



Ogdbn. Utah. Oct. 31.— Tlie lourth contest for the champion- 

 ship of Utah took place in this city yesterday aud was won hy 

 Dermody, the present holder of the badge, Couditionp, 40 single 

 blnerocke, 5 unknown traps and 10 pai's. Sco'e: 



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 Ogdenhb. 



An Expression from Virginia. 



Lynch, A''a.— In a recent issue of your journal I noticed your 

 comments on the slim attenrlance at our shoeing tournametits 

 ard think you arrive at a wrong conclusion. I think the trouble 

 is that as shoots are now conducted they are most all in the inter- 

 est of clubs giving them. Nearly all are run as a money-making 

 scheme for the managers, and as the shooteis are on such a plan« 

 of eoualitv that when they have paid the small entrance and 

 taken out three cents for each target there is but little chance for 

 a shooter to get back mnchmore than hii entrance, and a=i this 

 is becoming known, the shooteis who would travel to thes^ shoots 

 were there a ohaoceto win, stav awav. This, and a failure of 

 managers to stick to their published prosrrammes have about 

 killed tareet shooting. You seldom see men at these shoots 

 except local shots, unless ther« is good added money, as guaran- 

 teed money is no longer a drawing card since the ridiculous 

 action of the manager of the Manufacturprs' and Dealers' inter- 

 state shoots in cutting down guaranteed purees, and last but not 

 least, changing their last shoot into a sweep to save the guarantee, 

 and I must say I doubt if the paUry saviner to the association met 

 their approval when it made their association the laughing stock 

 of the shooters of the world, as there was an implied contract be- 

 tween each shooter attending thotr shoots that th^y would tie 

 run under the published programme, and it was a hreefh or faith 

 for the management to change the samp, nnd had these shoots 

 been run otherwise no doubt they would have been a success, as 

 they opened up well at Baltimore and had a gond entry at St un- 

 tor, where the cloven hoof first appeared, and friends were pro- 

 tected and euarantees cut down, from which time a repetition or 

 the same, till to-dav a corporal's guard cannot be mustered to 

 their shoots. But let us hope their nowise course will be the 

 means of showing others the folly of trying to hoodwink the 

 shooters, and evolve a system that will draw hundreds to their 

 tournaments. I would suggest as a trial that known angle shoot- 

 ing he abolished, as it is too much like ch1ld'^ play to see men 

 standing at the srore with butt of gun to their shoulders, with 

 muzzle pointed nearly at the place of the apes of the target s 

 flight, when they will orly need to swine said guns a few 

 inchps, as the targets pa«s the line of flight, and pull to in- 

 sure a break, but instead give us aU unknown «nerle shooting and 

 divide fhoote's upon a more equable base; that is, let all who can 

 break 85 per cent, shoot from five unknown trans, unknown an- 

 gles, and all who can break 75 per cent, shoot, unkown angles from 

 known trpps. Let unknown trap shooters shoot from a score in 

 front of No. 3 trap and shoot in sauads of fiVROrsix when they 

 ran shoot fullv as fast as by the Keystone svstem. as the indicator 

 has to be used, which gives ample tim'^ for next shooter to step 

 up to score. Then let all tips be shot oflE at their respective handi- 

 cap at another set of traps if management so wish, and fully as 



many targets can be used as under the present svstem of rapid 

 fire, and the man who has the nerve to stay and win one purse is 

 solid for the day. while should he wm twice or more a day he 

 could leave the tournament a bloated bondholder instead of as 

 now, win a piece of every event and be forced to foot it home un- 

 less with more than average forethought ne provided h^merelf 

 With a round-trip ticket. W. T. MiTCHEi.t,. 



l^p" Mo Notice Taken of Anonymona Oorreapondenta. 



V. S. Greenpoint. N. Y.-The State law on "high-bolders" ap- 

 plies to Long Island; they are among the "wild birds" which are 

 protected at all seasons. 



A. B., Cain's P. O., Lancaster Co., Pa.— Please inform me what 

 is the best treatment for the distemper in dogs. Ans. Ke"p the 

 dog indoors in a warm place-nurse well; give one grain of aui- 

 nfne three times a daj\ 



J. W. G. D.,, Club Housfl, Blooming Grove Park, Pa.— The de- 

 scription of hi'd N \ 1 answers verv well to the Enerlish or jack- 

 snine (Gamnago celata). Bird No. 3 was the ruddy duck (Emma- 

 tura rubida), a bird notorious for having b6 different English 

 names. See Trumbull's "Names and Portraits of Birds 



W R P.— Please let me know if the true golden-bellied, small- 

 mouth bass ever weighs 5lhs. All those we catcii which weigh 

 over 31bs. have yellowish bellies and some arp golden. Mv largest 

 weighed 4'4lb8., 31in. long, and was as yellow as a perch. Ans. 

 The small-mouta black bass sometimes exceeds 9ibs. in weight, 

 Mr. A. N. Cheney has recorded one in these columns that weighed 

 more than 91bs. 



G.M., Boston, Mass.-I have a setter bitch, and when I came 

 home to-night I noticed a large lump about the size of an egg up 

 near her shoulder ^ust at the bend of the leg. It is soft and puffy; 

 don't seem to hurt any. What shall I do with itr I was going 

 to lance it. Ans. Lance it and keep open for a few days; it will 

 then gradual ly disppear. 



A. N. K. Harrisburg, Pa.— Will you please tell me what to give 

 a young pointer puppy to cure him of fits when taking him out m 

 the field. He does not get them often; only sometimes. The 

 puppy is six months old. Ans. Treat for worms and then jtnve fol- 

 lowing mixture: Donovan's solution ldr.,water 4oz. JMix. Give one 

 teaspoonful twice a day. 



Dr J. F. D., Wadsworth, O.— Expecting to go South this v/inter 

 I wish to ask how we might, he able to capture a porpoise, dead or 

 alive. What are the methods u^ed to capture those animals f 

 Ana. The harbor porpoise is probably the kind you will seek m 

 the South, although not the only one that enters the brackish 

 water of river miuths. The Maine Indians shoot the porpoise; 

 fishermen along the coast otch thom in fish traps and in gill nets 

 and seines made for the purpose. Still others capture them from 

 boats and vessels by means of the harpoon. Bv addressing the 

 U S. Commissioner of Fisheries, Wasnington. D. C, you may 

 obtain a monograph of the porpoise family containing descrip- 

 tions of the species and accounts of the fishery. lu Florida you 



may be able to pen a school of porpoises in one of the small creeks 

 which they ascend to feed upon fish, and use a rifl? to kill one or 

 a strong seine to capture a living specimen. It ,1? «aid that drum 

 are som»timp8 driven ashore and killed by them and tcssed 

 a-'hore. There is sport in store for you if you will fhase the por- 

 poise. 



W H. RxFWAKT, New York.— The German ring target is num- 

 berf d Irom 25 down to 1, the rings heme U'n. ap-rt. The bullseye 

 isl3in.in diameter, counting from 25 down to 18. mclu=ive. ihe 

 measurements of the standard American (200 yds.) target are as 

 follows, the entire target being 4X6f t.; 



DIAMETER OF CIROLES. 



10 circle, 3.36 inches. 



5.54 

 8. 

 11. 

 14.80 



10,68 

 26. 

 84 23 

 44 96 



VBuUseye. 



WIDTH OS RINGS. 



9, 1.09 inches, 



8, 1.23 " 



7, 1.50 " 

 6. 1 90 



5 3.44 *' 



4. 8.16 " 

 3, 4.11 



2, 5.37 " 



1 Balance of target, 4x6ft. 

 The 8, 9, and 10 comprise the Creedmoor bullseye; 4, 5, 6, and 

 the center, counting 4, 



Praise at Parting. 



A Virginia subscriber and contributor of long standing writes: 

 "I am in receipt of vour card notifying me that my subscription 

 will expire on the 15th inst. I write to say that I wish the paper 

 discontinued after that date. I am getting too old to indulge in 

 field sports. I take leave of the paper with regret, as I have 

 derived much pleasure and profit from the perusal of its pages, 

 and I take this occasion to express my appreciation of the 

 uniform courtesv and kindnoss I have received at your hands, 

 and to wish for the paper a long and prosperous career. 



The Dog's Fatal Trick, 



A Rather reckless Biddeford man, with no respect for 

 law or gospel, is said to have devised a scheme for catcMng 

 trout by the wholesale, which did not work as well as he 

 thought it would. He thought that a bomb exploded in 

 the brook would bring all the fish in it to the surface so 

 that he would only have to pick them up. He provided 

 himself with a bomb powerful enough to blast a schooner 

 out of water and went to a local brook in which there were 

 said to be lots of trout. He fixed the fuse, ignited it and 

 threw the bomb into the brook. As he did so, his dog 

 jumped in after it, seized it in his mouth, got back to shore 

 atid started after his master who was legging it across the 

 field as fast as he could in the realization of his daneer. 

 The man had the good luck to get over a fence, which, 

 bothered the dog, and a moment later, hearing an explosion, 

 he looked around to see Lis dog going skyward,— -Lewistori 

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