FOREST AND STREAM. 
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The Uxbridse Tournament. 
UxBRiDflE, Mass , July 24. —The tournament of the tJsbridge Gun 
Club and a terrific thunderstorm were jointly and severally pulled 
off on the club's grounds to-day. For over an hour the guns were 
silent, and the members of the four contesting teams present, looked 
out on a fiercer contest raging above. Tbe afternoon was very dark, 
aqd coupled with the wind and rain prevented any favorable scores 
being made in the different events. 
Forty-one gunners were present and took a crack at some of the 
sweepstakes. Over 4,000 targets were thrown from our three-trap 
system. One hundred and fifty shooters and visitors sat down to a 
clam dinner served on the club grounds. Emory P. Burbank. of the 
Uxbridge Gun Club, made 88.1 per cent., it being the highest in- 
dividual average of tbe day's shoot. 
The miss and-out prizas were awarded as follows: First, Kenerson-, 
ruby ring; second. Walls, $5; third, Whitin, $5; fourth. Link, sno 
Squires' hand-loaded shells; fifth, Burbank, 150 Blue Ribbon loaded 
shells; sixth. Card, 100 W-A loaded shells; seventh, Smith, $i: eighth, 
Hammond, cut cotton cloib; ninth, Provo, 31bs. Gold Dust powder; 
tenth, Eawson, Outing for one year; eleventh, Dudley, Recreation 
for one year; twelfth, Corey, Amateur Sportsman for one year; 
thirteenth. Root, pneumatic recoil pad. 
In the team race Worcester took first place, Uxbridge second. 
Providence third, and Woonsocket fourth. The team race was at 40 
targets per man, eight men to a team ; 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club: Knowlton 34, Link 34, Walls 31, Mc- 
Clellan i9, Russell iv, Kennerson a7, Knowles 25, Parker 80—2-^9 
Uxbridge Gun Club: Burbank 85, Ford 30, Noyes 30, Day 30, Wbitin 
29, Johnson sJS, Eawson SSi, Mansfield 18 -220. 
Providence Gun Club: Corey 35, Sheldon 31, Green 27, Hammond 27, 
Whitaker i6. Smith )c6. Boot 25, Arnold 7 - 204. 
Woonsocket Gun Club: Banfill 31. Whipple 28, Darling 24, Card 23, 
Barber 2i, Seagrave 32, Mills 81, Cahoon 2U— 191. 
The scores in the sweepstake events were as below, three of the 
programme events having to be cut out owing to the stoppage due to 
rain and to the large number of shooters in attendance. 
Events : 
183456789 
Targets; 10 15 
Angles: U K 
Burbank... 10 13 
Walls ri3 
Day 9 14 
Ford 7 10 
Whicing. . ^. ..... 413 
Kenerson. 5 13 
Johnson, 6 13 
Eaivson 7 11 
Manfcfleid., S 11 
Hammond. • • I'^i 
Sheldon ,. 14 
Corey .. 13 
Wnitaker ....v......... 15 
Root 13 
Card .. 7 
Noyes 10 15 
Parker 10 7 
J G Knowlton.......... ,. .. 
McClellan .... 
Link .. 
Barber....,..,,,....,,. 5 
Smith 9 
Cahoon , 13 
FW Arnold 10 
Banfill , .. 7 
Green........ 12 
Gilson , 
Russell.... , 
Whipple.... 
MiUs ; 
Seagrave,. .. 
Knowles.,.,,w., ., .. 
Provo............ ..i..... 7 
Sweet.. 
Warren ,. 6 
A Arnold .. 9 
Darling,....,.,,, ,, .. 
Ridley..... 1 .. 
Dudley. 
Whitney 
Feeney 
Sadler...... ,. 
IS 10 15 16 SO SO 
U U K B U U Shot at. Broke, Av. 
14 8 
12 9 
9 8 
9 9 
13 9 
13 9 
13 8 
11 5 
9 5 
12 10 
11 9 
8 7 
la 8 
10 8 
13 7 
12 7 
11 10 
12 10 
12 6 
11 
12 
15 11 
15 13 
12 12 
14 12 
11 9 
10 10 
12 9 
11 11 
8 8 
12 11 
11 11 
8 10 
10 10 
9 r 
10 11 
12 .. 
13 ,. 
11 7 
11 9 
8 11 
10 .. 
8 ,, 
11 ., 
10 .. 
7 
10 
11 , 
10 
4 
ii 
12 
18 17 
17 14 
17 13 
16 H 
16 13 
13 14 
14 12 
14 8 
7 11 
15 12 
15 16 
Itj 19 
14 12 
14 11 
10 13 
14 16 
8 13 
19 15 
15 14 
16 18 
11 11 
17 9 
12 8 
3 4 
13 18 
12 15 
14 15 
16 12 
9 12 
12 10 
13 13 
4 13 
14 10 
6 6 
13 10 
.. 8 
6 
3 
1:^5 
119 
88.1 
135 
111 
82.2 
135 
108 
80 
135 
102 
75.5 
135 
f8 
72.7 
135 
97 
71.8 
135 
91 
67.4 
135 
85 
63 
1K5 
73 
51 
1;5 
99 
79.2 
1^5 
!9 
79.2 
125 
95 
76 
125 
9i 
73.6 
125 
81 
64.8 
125 
80 
64 
120 
92 
76.6 
120 
80 
66.6 
110 
84 
76.4 
110 
81 
78.6 
110 
80 
72.7 
110 
5S 
53 
95 
58 
61 
95 
58 
61 
95 
37 
39 
80 
46 
57.5 
70 
52 
74.3 
70 
30 
42.2 
65 
47 
73.3 
66 
35 
53.8 
65 
34 
52.3 
65 
30 
46 
50 
3! 
64 
50 
30 
60 
45 
- 31 
68.8 
45 
18 
40 
40 
25 
62.5 
40 
24 
60 
40 
13 
82.5 
80 
23 
76.6 
15 
8 
53.3 
10 
6 
60 
10 
3 
30 
G. F. 
Day, Sec'y. 
Catchpole Gun Club. 
WoLCOTT, N. Y., July 23.— The first midsummer tournament of the 
Catchpole Gun Club was held to-day, and was a very successful 
shoot. The weather was fine for shooting, with the exception of 
heavy showers about midday, but as preparations were made in the 
shape of canvas i or protection to shooters from the hot sun, it an- 
swered to keep off the rain, and the traps were kept busy throughout 
the day. 
Shooting commenced promptly at 9:45 A M upon the arrival of tbe 
first trains from east and west, which brought several shooters. The 
following were from Rochester. K. Y.: Dr. Weller, Byer, Lane, Borst, 
McCord and others; also Messrs. Wagner and Hunter, from tbe 
Hunter Arms Co , Fulton, N. y ; the Zwilling Bros., from Lyons, N. 
Y.; Wayteand Ingersoll, from Sterling, and scores o£ others from 
Wayne and adjoinmg coimties. Mr. L. V. Byer, of Rochester, was 
hign man for the day, closely followed by Messrs. Lane and Weller^ 
from the same city. Below we give the totals for the day, the pro- 
gramme consisting of twelve events, all of which were finished 
In the merchandise event, No 9. the prizes conaisted of sixteen 
valuable prizes given by the business men of our town. In this event; 
there were twenty- four entries. The prizas were given to the highest 
scores, high guns having first choice, and so on. 
Shot at. Broke. A v. 
LVByer 165 146 tSA 
CLiiie 165 144 87.2 
Dr Weller,,... .166 143 66.6 
Hunter 165 138 83.6 
Wagner 165 137 83 
McOoid 165 137 83 
Tassell 166 131 79.4 
Wayte 165 U'9 78.1 
Wride 165 123 74.5 
Seaman 150 107 71.3 
Carey 135 83 62.9 
Wadsworth 125 68 51.4 
WZwUling 115 M 81.7 
F Zwilliug .115 1 3 80.8 
Borst 115 83 77 3 
Guns used were: L. C. Smith 17, Parker 4, Ithaca 3, Lefever 3, 
Winchester 2, Francotte 1. E. A, Wadsworth, Sec'y. 
Shot at. Broke. Av, 
Cosad 100 68 US 
Rich 100 65 65 
Foster.. 95 t5 68 4 
Vance ...... .-. ... 65 36 55 3 
Gillett 60 47 78!3 
lagersoU 55 37 67.2 
Barker 5) 38 76 
Uncle Ben 50 £3 68 
FowlPr 40 25 62 5 
De Witt 35 27 88 1 
Egnor 26 21 84 
Smith 20 13 05 
Hopkins. 20 11 55 
Fink 20 10 50 
Hill... 20 8 40 
Missoula Bod and Gun Club. 
MissotUiA, Mont., July 25.— Inclosed please find scores made by our 
club at a practice shoot held July 21, and at our regular weekly shoot 
held to-day. You will nonce that the attendance is dwindling down 
somewhat. Tne fishing in the streams aroimd us proves too strong a 
temptation for many, and I expect that when the bird season opens 
on the 15th of . next month that our shooting at bluerocks will be 
about over, though tkere will be a tournament held in Spokane in 
October, and some of our club intend going, so no doubt we will have 
some practice shoots before that time. 
J-uly 21.— TwenLy-flve targets, unknown angles: W. E. Graham 20, 
J Forbes 16, R. A. Eddy 15 (out of 20), T F. McLeod 11. 
Ten targets, unknown angles: Graham 8, Forbes 7, McLeod 5. 
Dr. Mills 1. 
JmJj/ J5.— Medal shoot, 25 targets, iMiknown angles: 
R A. Eddy . . . .,. OOlllOliniOOniOlllIOlll— 1 J 
Dr Mills .J,... OOOOOOOIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO— 1 
T T McLeod lOOlllOlOOUOOUlOlOOOllO- 1.5 
E c Mix iiiioiioioioiiionoiooiii— n 
R A. Eddy wins the gold medal and E C. Mix the silver medal. 
In a practice event at 10 singles scores were- R. E. Rodgers 8, Eddy 
and Mix 5, McLeod 4, Mills 2, W. E. Graham, Sec'y. 
Sandwich Gun Club. 
Sandwich, Mass., July 24. — The following scores were made at our 
weekly club shoot. We have quite a good membership to our club, 
but it is hard to get them together in the hot weather. Our irap 
throws the pigeons over 85yds., therefore the shooting is never easy 
on -our groimds. Conditions were 30 bluerbcks per man, unknown, 
angles: 
W R Procter. ......,*,„„ . . . , . . . . .00000000000101 lOOOOOOlllOOOlOl— S 
GO Arnold...;:.:.,..;,. „,.,...,.,... OaiOOOOOOUOlinOllOOOOOOOOlOl-ll 
A E Hoxie (,..,*•«.•'. . - .0000000010000100001 OOOOlCOOOlO- S 
tiH Haines ...IIIUCO OliOiiinilioumiii]_^& 
Michigan Trap'Shooters* League. 
Bay City, Mieh., July 28.— The two days' tournament of the Michi- 
gan Trap-Shooters' League was brought to a close this evening. The 
shoot has been a successful one, the attendance being decidedly 
good. 
On the first day the wind blew nearly a gale, while the skies were 
dull and heavy. The Bay City team, composed of Shearer, Merrill and 
Bush, won the team race with 63 out of 75. Thompson, of Jackson, 
won the E. C. cup, this making his second win in succession. 
To-day the attendance was quite as good as that which graced yes- 
terday's shoot. Special interest was taken in tbe medal contests. 
Wood, of Detroit, won the medal for experts; Joe Marks, of the 
saiae city, won the semi expert medal ; the medal for the amateur 
class was tied for by Shearer and Merrill. On the shoot-off Shearer 
won by 22 to 35. Wood, of Detroit, in addition to the expert medal, 
also captured the King Powder Co.'s trophy with 24 out of S5. For 
the Bay City Gun Club's trophy, Parker and Merrill tied on 28 out of 
25; on the shoot off Parker won with the score of 23 to 20. Below 
are the scores: 
First Day, July 27. 
In the table below all the events are at 15 targets each, unkiiown 
angles: 
Events: 123 4 679 10 Events; 1S3467910 
Merrill . 
Graham. . . 
Parker 
Cotti^r. . . 
Shearer.... 
Brady 
Willis 
Wilbite ... 
Baum 
Brown 
Thomps'n . 
Bush....... 
Flues 
Porter 
Qreenleaf.. 
Bousfleld . . 
Mercer. . . . 
Wood 
11 11 
12 13 
15 15 
12 12 
15 10 
11 13 
10 11 
10 12 
10 .. 
9 10 
11 11 
15 14 
6 10 
3 .. 
4 .. 
11 10 
12 8 
10 11 
12 
13 
10 .. 
12 .. 
13 .. 
.. 13 
10 6 
10 10 
10 9 
13 10 
12 15 
12 9 
12 
11 10 
14 15 
9 10 
9 12 
10 13 
7 .. 
13 10 
9 .. 
11 13 
13 12 
10 9 
9 .. 
11 12 
9 11 
14 12 
10 12 
11 io 
11 12 18 11 11 
6 7 10 8 6 
18 10 
11 
7 .. 
13 14 
Jl 10 
9 7 11 10 
11 11 12 10 
11 11 14 13 
5 8 
7 11 
14 13 
Marks Jl 11 11 
Neville.... 11 12 1: 
Dragele 5 
Breck 8 10 12 10 
Carpenter. . . 9 9 13 14 
Meidlein 9 .. 7 
Bliss 14 10 10 
Cowell 9 11 
Scutter 5 8 ., 
Bastian 9 12 .. 
Krogman 9 6 10 
Watts 11 12 11 
Clarkson 13 7 
Hennessy 12 8,. 
Wolf 6 11 ,. 
Jackson , 5 
Hunt 9 
9 8 9 
13 12 
10 8 
No. 5 was a three men team race, open to teams of Michigan gun 
clubs only. Scores were: 
Bay City Team: Merrill 21. Shearer 21, Bush 20; total 62. 
Detroit Team ; Parker 22, Wood 17, Mercer 21 ; total 60 
Detroit Team No. 2: Graham 21, Marks 22, Brady 12; total 55. 
Saginaw Team No. 1: Wilnite 30. Breck 18, Krogman 17; total 55. 
Bay City Team Mo. 2: Flues 20; Neville 19, Bousfleld 15; total 54; 
Jackson Team: Watts 15, Cowell 16, Ttiompsoa 21 ; total 52 
Saginaw Team No. 2: Carpenter 19, Bliss 17, Bastian 12; total 48. 
Saginaw Team No. 3: Mercer 15, Scutter 15, Lidow 15; Total 45. 
No. 8 was the 50- target race for the E. O. powder cup. The scores 
in this event were: 
Graham 45, Merrill 41, Parker 30, Cotter 43, Shearer 42, Bousfleld 41, 
Mercer 32, Wood 45, Marks 45, X^eville 41, Thompson 46. Bush 40, 
Clarkson 31, Wolf 31, Breck 43, Brady 44, Krogman 33, Wilbite 44, 
Brown 18. 
Second Day, July 28. 
All events, the scores of which appear in the table given below, 
were at 15 targets, unknown angles: 
Events: 1 2 3 41 6 7 8 10 Events: 1 S 3 4 6 7 810 
Graham... 13 14 15 12 11 13 12 14 
Parker .... 13 15 14 15 13 13 13 11 
Cotter 11 11 12 11 12 9 14 12 
Thompson 12 14 9 12 11 13 15 13 
Shearer. .. 11 14 11 10 12 10 . . . . 
Bonsfield.. 10 11 10 11 .. 0 9 12 
Mercer.... 13 13 11 11 9 13 9 9 
Wood 14 13 13 14 12 15 15 13 
Bush 
M^arks 
Clarkson.. 10 10 10 8 
Neville.... 9 12 13 11 
Cowell , 
11 13 12 .. 13 11 12 10 
12 13 14 14 12 9 13 12 
7 11 9 
10 10 12 
12 9 9 
10 11 8 8 
Watts 11 13 13 13 .. 10 8 6 
Merrill,... 10 11 11 13 .. 12 11 10 
Brady..... 9 8 11 12 10 9 13 10 
Harris 9 10 12 
Wilhite 9 11 11 13 ,:, ,, 
Wiggins 8 8 , ,. 
Willis , 7 11 11 .. 
Jackison 3 .. .. ., 
Kindler 7 .. 4 .. 
Miller : ., 11 .. .. ., 
Baum...... .. i. .. .. .. 8 .. .. 
Seed 2 
Ambroose 9 
No. 5 was the content for the class medals. Scores: 
Experts: Graham 22, Parker 20, Cotter 22, Thompson 8, Bush 23, 
Wood 23, Harris 15. 
Semi-experts; Carpenter 20, Marks 21. 
Amateiu-s: Shearer 20, Brady 12, Neville 18, Merrill 20, Bousfleld 14, 
Mercer 17, Wilhite 19, Baum 16, Hunt 11, Willis 19. In tie Shearer won 
by 32 to 15. 
No. 9 was the contest for the King Powder Company's trophy, 
handicap, 25 to 30 targets: Graham 23, Parker 22, Cotter 19, Thomp- 
son 17, Merrill 22, Bousfleld 7, Mercer 16, Wood 24, Bush SO, Marks 14, 
Clarkson 15, Neville 18, Cowell 20, Seed 15, Jackson 10, Brady 19, Wil- 
lis 17, Harris 22, Breck 20, Krogman 21, Ambrose 13. 
No. 11 was the shoot for the Bay City Gun Club's trophy, handicap, 
25 to 30 targets: Graham 18, Parker 23, Cotter 33, Thompson 16, Mer- 
rill 23, Bousfleld 13, Wood 22, Bush 22, Clarkson 17. Neville 21, Brady 
17, Krogman 20, Ambrose 17. In tie Parker won by 23 to 20 from Mer- 
rill. 
DETROIT. 
[The scores furnished are probably incomplete, the totals of Squad 
1 in Ko. 4 on the first day, and the scores of the Clarkson Merrill 
squad in No. 5 on the second day being apparently missing. F. 
and B.] 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
THE BMERAI/DS' KBBCHA^tDISE SHOOT. 
.July 29.— The Emerald Gun Club's effort at a live-bird shoot for 
inercnandise piizes was a decided success. The event was brought 
off at Dexter Park, L. I , this aCternoon, and the number of entries 
reached forty-nine. The conditions were: 7 live birds, $1, including 
price of birds, class shooting; 12-gauge guns, 28yds. rise; 10 gauges at, 
liOyds. The weather was very pleasant, the day being the first really 
fine day for at least two weeks. The birds were a moderate lot of 
flyers, and there was no wind at all to help them. The prizes were 
divided into classes, and all ties were decided by lot, thus doing away 
with a lengthy and tedious (as well as espi^nsiveV shoot off 
This sort of a shoot was a novelty in this part of the country, and 
as a producer of an enjoyable day's sport is a hard one to beat. The 
Emerald Gun Club deserves great credit for its enterprise. To Dr. 
Hudson, Louis S horlemeier, Eugene Doeinck, John Banzar and 
others is due the smoothness with which the shoot moved along. The 
scores were: 
No 1, $1 entrance: Thomas Short 7, J. B. Hood 7, Dr. George V. 
Hudson 7, FredPfaenrter 7, George Piercy 7, Eugene Doeinck 7, Thos, 
H. Keller 7, W. Fred Quimby 7, Henry Otten 7, Frank Place 7, Theo- 
dore Leuthesser 7, Chris M. Meyer 7, Chas. Steutzle 7. Ferdinand Van 
Dyke 7, L H Fogarty 6, Wm, Joerger 6. Chas. Stetfens 6, F. S. Meade 
B Emil Steffens 6, Henry Koegel 6, Daniel Valenti 6, John H. Voss 6, 
Wm, Amend 6, Cape. A W. Money 6, John Hainhorst 6. John Woefel 
5 Fred Trostel 5, Dr. Wm. K. Littlefield 5, John H Moore 5, Dr. Wm. 
Richter 6, Jacob Fisher 5, John P. Dannefelser 5, E, F. Bisbee 5. John 
Schhcht 5, Chas Lang 5, Henry J. Bookmau 5, Joseph Banger 4, 
Wm. Hughes 4, Emil Weiss 4, Thomas F. Cody 4, Moses McGuinness 
4, Otto Brown 4, Henry Miiha 3, Henry Seaman 3, Bernard Amend 3, 
J. Raymond 2, J. A. H. Dressel 2, George K Smith 1, Thomas Plun- 
kitt 0. 
No. 2, $1, miss and-out, all 28yds. rise, 50yds boundary; Chris. 
Meyer 8, Capt. Money 8, Van Dyke 8. Leutheuser S. Piercy 6, Koegel 6, 
McGuinness 6. Hood 6, Trostel 4, Keller 3, QiMcnby 2, Seaman 2, Hain- 
horst 2, Dr. Littlefield 1, Charles Steffens 1. Purse divided. 
No. 3, same: Chris. Meyer Capt. Money 12, Quimby 12, Van Dyke 
13, Leutheuser 5, Piercy 4, Charles Steffens 3, Koegel 2, Dr. Littlefield 
2, Hainhorst 1. 
No. 4, same: Quimby 5, Charles' Steffens 5, Leutheuser 5, Piercy 4, 
Capt. Money 3, Koegel 2, Hainhorst 3. 
Missouri State Amateur Association. 
LiiTLB EooK, Ark , July 30.— As predicted in the columns of Forest 
AND Stream several weeks ago, the anticipations of the members of 
the Missouri State Amateur Association were realized, the attendance 
at their seventh annual tournament, which was held at Paris, Mo., 
July 27 to 29, being all that could be desired; the tournament was a 
success in every particular. The entries in a number of events ex- 
ceeded forty. 
The best individual shooting was done by F. M. Faurote, of Dallas, 
Tex.; on the last two days especially he did some very excellent 
shooting, scoring respectively 118 and 117 out of 120 on each of these 
days, losing just 5 targets out of 240 in the regular programme events. 
The trophy contests are always a feature of these shoots, and, as 
usual were conducive of spirited contests. The live-bird championship 
medal was.again won by Wilmot, of Lexington, which makes the 
third consecutive win for him. This is a 10-bird event, but he had to 
kill 20 straight to dispose of those in the tie with him. Tte other 
event was the two-men team race for the L. C. Smith trophy. This 
also brought alioui a hot contest. The holders, Wilmot and Bates, 
and Ittiaefee and Greene tied on a score of 47 out of 50. The lie was 
shot off at 20 targets e&cTx, ot 40 per teaia. This resulted In a win tor 
Minefee and Greene by a score of 37 to 35, Minefee and Greene are 
none other than that clever pair of young shooters from Richmond, 
Davis and MeDonald, 
This was an amateur shoot, but the class was an extremely hot one. 
With such good ones as Sexton, Gottlieb, Faurote, Cornett and Er- 
hardt present, the game was plenty hard enough. The next tourna- 
ment wUl be held at Palmyra, Mo. Paul R. Litzkb. 
No notice taken of anonymous commnnicationa 
F, E. W., Petty, Texas,— Cl) What is the unit of measure used in 
designating the bore of rifles, for instance -2j„|,ths for a 22- caliber, 
etc. (2). 'W'bat is the unit of measure used to designate the bore of 
shotguns? (.3). What scale of measure (or weight) is used in powder 
measures for shotguns? Ans.—(1). The caliber of a rifle is its diam- 
eter expressed in decimals of an inch'; thus, a .32 caliber is one which 
is '^jjiijths in diameter. (2). The bore of a shotgun is expressed by a 
number corresponding to the number of round leaden balls, fitting 
the bore, which would weigh lib. (3). It is an arbitrary measure, 
corresponding to no other scale. 
A L , Kineo, Me.— My pointer dog is covered with small red blotches 
on his legs and belly, which cause him to scratch himself about all of 
the time. He also looks sore around his eyes and ears. The hair IS 
coming out wherever the blotches are. Appetite is good . 1 What 
has he got? 2. Would it affect children to be near him? Please pre- 
scribe. Ans. 1. Mange. We!J rub all over him every other day for 
two weeks the following: ■ 
Sublimed sulphur lib. 
Oil of tar .2oz, 
Kerosene.... ,.10oe. 
Lard oil 4 pints. 
Mix together. 2. No; it would be well not to allow them lo handle 
him much until he is rubbed with the dressing. 
H C. S., Piedmont, W. Va.— I have a pointer which had a slight 
touch of distemper some six months ago, and this left him with a 
nervous twitch in right shoulder which I thiok is St, Vitas's dance in 
mild form. I thought 1 had it under control some two orthree times, 
but it seems as though I cannot master it. Dog is perfectly healthy, 
good coat, etc I put him through a course of strychnine, then Fo .v- 
ler's solution and iron, and now, for about two weeks, I have been 
giving the following tablets: E Reduced Iron Igr.. Acid Arsenious 
Soogr , Strychnine 'so^r. I started with one tablet three times a day, 
and am now giving him three tablets three times a day. The dog is 
of the lumbering Spanish stock. He is just one year old and weighs 
about 65 to 751bs Ans.— Itis inctn-able. The twitching will probably 
become less as the dog becomes stronger. Try GaUanism, 
F. A R., Huntington.— 1. I am a showman. I have several fine 
dogs (5), but the baby and best one i own is sick and not able to do 
his part, so I have had to lay off this season. He is nine months old, 
a fox terrier. When called upon, he stretches before he will do any- 
thing; is covered with a breaking out, scratching continually until 
the blood starts; will bite himself until I make him stop. The hair is 
coming out vei-y badly; quite large lumps appear after he scratci'es. 
I found in one of your papers June :i0, '1)4, the following: Mag. 
sulph. pot. carb., sod. carb. Wash in crcolin twice a week. Shall 
use the above until you answer. I keep all my dogs separate in 
eages. I find they do better and mind far better. 3 Can you recom- 
mend a good book treating on diseases of dogs? Ans 1. Treat for 
worms. Well rub all over the dog every other day the following: 
Sublimed sulphur ^ 8oz. 
Pot. bicarb. , 4drs. 
Creosote 4drs. 
Kerosene ...... .......'..'.J,;... ......;...>. ....,,....6oz. 
Lard oil ..i.^.t... ....Splnts, 
Mix together. Give morning and evening a compound sulphur 
tablet. 2. "Nursing vs. Dosing," price $1. We can furnish ii. 
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Eoute No. 2.— By steamer to Old Point Comfort or Norfolk, thence 
all rail via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Bristol, KuoxvillB, 
Chiekamauga— Chattanooga National Military Park and Lookout 
Moimtain. 
Route No. 3.— Going via Route No. 2 and returning via Route No. 1, 
or vice versa. 
These routes offer the very best opportunity to visit Nashville and 
the best, most historic and picturesque part of the South at the same 
time. 
For descriptive matter, excursion rates, further information or 
tickets, address J. E. Prindle, New York Passenger Agent, 487 Broad- 
way, New York.— Adv. 
New York 
Through Buffet Parlor Car between 
and Cape May. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces that, beginning 
Tuesday, July 27, from New York, and Wednesday, July 28, from 
Cape May, a through Pullman buffet parlor car will be placed in ser- 
vice between New York and Cape May daily except Sunday. This 
car will be attached to train leaving New York, West Twenty third 
street station, at 12:55 P. M. ; Desbrossea and Cortlandt streets, 1:U0 
P. M., stopping at Newark, Elizibeth, Rahway, New Brunswick, 
Trenton, Bordentownaud Burlington. Retilrning car will be attached 
lo train leaving Cape May at 7:00 A M., making same stops.— ^dw. 
The Almanacs Need Mending. 
Banksyille, N. Y., July 19.— Editor Forest and Stream: I have a 
copy of your G^awe Z/Otos m indexed to May 10, lo97. In your 
book you say that gray squirrels can be killed from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15. 
Now, all the farmers up here and all the almanacs say and read that 
Dec. 31 is the last day on which you can shoot gray squirrels and 
rabbits. Pleape tell me if the law is off until Feb. 15 this coming sea 
son, and oblige. W. A, W. 
[The Brief is correct; the farmers are wrong. The almanacs need 
mending.] ■ 
G. A. R. Encampment, Buffalo* 
HALF KATES VIA PENNSYLVANIA R, R. 
For the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
at Buffalo, Aug. 23 the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. will sell special tick- 
ets from aU points on its system to Buffalo and return at the rate of a 
single fare for the round trip. These tickets will be sold and will be 
good going on Aug. 21 to 23, and good to return not earlier than Aug, 
34 nor later tliftn Aug. 31, im.—Adv^ 
