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I^OREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 28, IWt. 
ON LONG ISLANB. 
.' ,' ^ J TSB OUCKOOS AT ROC&AWAV BSAdlt. 
r wi. ii'— The first shoot of the season for the Cuckoos waa held at 
Bocfcaway Beach to-day. There was a fair attendance of members, 
and some good scores were made. The club has eeonomiied in the 
matter of trapping targets, having put in three traps on the Sergeant 
eystem instead of the old five-trap plan. The working of the Ser- 
geant system ficave entire saiisf action. 
The club shoot for this season is a handicap, 25 targets and up- 
wards, an allowance of extra targets to shoot at being made to the 
weaker shots. A point is scored by a shooter for every oreakover 15, 
but no one can score more than 10 points in a shoot; that is, no one 
can break more than a highest possible of 25. At the end of the sea- 
son the club will donate prizes as follows: To the shooter making 
the greatest number of points during the season, a gold medal; to the 
shooter making the next highest number of points, a $5 gold piece. 
Merchandise prizes will also be distributed among the other shooters 
in order of merit. To day's scores were: 
Points. 
Johnnie Jones (33) ... .011110111101101101111111001001111 —24 9 
Jos A Bourke (38) ...11001001111101100100101100101110110111-23 8 
Edw F Bourke (38),. ..lOOUlOlOllllllOOlilOOOOiOlOlllU —21 6 
Wm Wagner (iS) OOlOllOlOlOllOOlOOlOllOlOllOlOlllOlllO— 81 
B B Fogarty (25) UllllOlllOllUllOlllllOO —20 
F Coleman (33) 000000111100011111101111000300000 —14 
Sweepstakes were shot durhig the day as below: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 1813 
Targets: 10 16 IB to 15 10 10 15 10 S5 15 10 5 
C F Dudley 7 12 13 15 1.8 & 9 12 
J Jennings.,.. 6 11 , .. .. 
H Clifton 8 11 11 12 7 13 
8 11 
.. 14 
4 7 
34 14 
9 
8 5 
T Bassford 7 9 13 14 7 
Geo E Jacksom 8 11 13 15 13 
B B Fogarty 7 11 15 12 13 
F Coleman......... 3 3 3 ,. 7 a 
Johany Jones..;.,,..,..... 7 .. 9 
E Bourke.... 8 7 
W Wagner •! »> .. 6 4.. ,. ., .. 
J Oowdey . . . . , , . . . . 3 , , , 
J Tiernan ..19 9 .. .. 
In the fourth event B. B. Fogarty withdrew on his 16 birds. No 0 
was 5 pairs. J. W. H. FiiEMiNo. 
NEW UTRECHT QrXTS OLITB. 
Oct. 13.— The 50-bird race at the New Utrecht Oun Club's live bird 
grounds, Woodlawn, L. 1., did not have anything hke the number of 
entries that bad been expected. Six names were all that were posted 
Up on (he scoreboard when the race started. The birds were a mixed 
lot, some very fast, with none actually poor ones in the whole 300 
trapped. But ihey bad no wind to help them, the result being that 
Tom Morfey and Cornelius Furgueson both of whom were shooting 
In perfect form, made very high scores. Morfey losn his 7th bird, 
dead out of bounds, and then scored his last 43 straight, going out 
with 49 out of 50. Furgueson ran a4 straight, but I^st his iZth, an ex- 
ceedingly hard bird to kill. Hi's last 25 were all scored dead, so he 
ended with 49 and equaled Morfey's total. Both Furgueson and Mor- 
fey were on the -SOyd. mark Louis Duryea, another 30yds. man, 
scored 46, tallying 23 out each 25, two of his lost birds falling dead out 
of bounds. Chris. Meyer (30yds.) scored 22 in each series of 25, tying 
with Or. B. Hutchings C-Jfi) ; the latter was shooting a Winchester re- 
peating shotgun that was new to him, but he managed to score 26 out 
of his first 27, the lost bird fallit.g dead out of bounds. J.N.Meyer, 
at the 28yds. mark, scored 22 and 21 out of the two series of 25 birds. 
Detailed'scores follow: 
Handicap, 50 birds, $J5. No. 1. No. 2. 
C Furgueson (30)..222.i.i2i2S22a2323322322230— 24 
23<l3i2&}22i2,iia3i2J232222— 25-49 022:2-4 22222-5 
.222222«112U>2i]223li2'223— 24 
332.i222;il2322122«232<J222-25 -49 2222i-5 22222—5 
...21222»21221212i-.i312«2ai21-23 
2220203121Illiai2n211S2<!— 23— 46 .... 
,.2«-32112221«1222a2I222«2221— 22 
12011111«2l01222022112113-2i-44 21212—5 2J223-5 
G B Hutchings (28) 31112232211122<i23]« '11221 -24 
1201210112l21222100S20it;l-20— 41 20212- 4 21110—4 
J N Meyer (38) 2212-.isJlgl212i2201«I2320i2-33 
2101031211122111101120221—21—43 02202- 
TW Morfey (30).. 
LT Duryea (30), 
C M Meyer (30). . 
221S« 
ERIE 6 ON CLUB. 
Oct. JS.— The Erie Gun Club's members met at Dexter Park this 
afternoon for the regular monthly live-bird shoot The club event is 
at 7 live birds, but so good were the pigeots supplied for the occa- 
Bion that not one of the twelve entries could score more than 12 birds. 
Scores: 
Class A. 28yds.: 
Chas Piatt 0211111-6 
John Plait 1121201—6 
Class A, 28yd9.: 
Henry Muller 0110122—5 
H Jankowsky 0112220—5 
Class B, 2; yds.: 
FredGref ...2112210-6 
Geo Fuchs. . . . 0010122—4 
Class C, 26yds.: 
J H Piatt 0222132—6 
M J filsasser 0111130-5 
H Blackly ,....1213002-6 
Wm Robert's 2103001—3 
C H Luhrssen 0000221—3 
H Degenhart 1000011-3 
UNKNOWN GUN CLUB. 
Oct. 15.— John Akhurst. who was placed on the 25yds. mark, was 
the only member of the Unknown Gun Olub to kill straight in the 
Club event this afternoon. This was the. Unknown Gun Club's regular 
monthly shoot at live birds, and, as is the custom of the club, it was 
held at Dexter Park. Below are the scores: 
J Akhurst (25) 1 112112-7 H Knebel (26) 0210122-5 
J B Voorhies (29) 2231102-6 
EAVroome (29) 1112110-6 
H Bremmermann (35). ..2101111-6 
Dr Schwartz (28) 1010231-5 
WESkidmore(26) 0011112-5 
W A Sands (36).. 0302222-5 
Dr Moore (26) 2101101-5 
R J Smith (25) «iai001— 5 
J Bohltng (36) 1110010—4 
J Vogtts (25) 0021101-4 
J Henry (25) ............0102101-4 
H A Ahrens (21) 1100110—4 
CARTKRKT CLUB. 
Oct. JS.— The regular weekly shoot of the Carteret Club was well 
attended. Among those present were Capt A. W. Money, Geo. S. 
McAlpin, W. G. Brokaw, C. M Chapin, W. A H StafiCord, etc. The 
last-named shooter was in great form, and won both cups put up for 
competition this afternoon. McAlpin also shot wonderfully well on 
the fast birds provided by Superintendent Mott, scoring 33 straight 
from the 32Tds. mark in the opening event. The conditions of this 
event were as follows: , , , ^ . ^ „„ 
Handicap, 10 birds, $10; 29yds. and back, two misses out; 38 and 
87ydi., three misses out; 26yds. and forward, four misses out. Cup to 
W A HStafford (26).222a322222-10 W G Brokaw (29) . . ,22«S0 — 4 
F W Duryea (37) ...•22<illl212— 9 G 8 McAlpin (33).... 2223232222— 10 
W W Smith (37) .' . . .02I212«312- 8 Capt Money (3^1) . . . . 11» il33«3l - 8 
Chas Chapin (28) . . .22222«3131— 9 O H Robinson (35) . . .3210030320— 6 
At the end of the 10th round au but Brokaw and Bobinson were still 
in the race Chapin dropped O'V on his 15th, Smith on the 16th, Dur- 
yea on the 17ih. StafEora, McAlpin and Money divided the sweep on 
the 33d round. McAlpin went out on the 84th, and Money missed his 
40th bird. Stafford won the cup with a score of 33 out of 40. 
The nfixt event on ihe programme was the Members' Cup Handi- 
cap £9yds. and back, one miss out; 28yds., two misses; 2?yd8. and 
nrid'er, three misses. Stafford won again, after a prolonged struggle 
with Capt. Money and F. W. Duryea. The scores were: 
Stafford (26) 2212222223212(^222-17 
DiSryea (W. . ; -^^^^^^ 2121123120112320 -14 
Smith caV) V 
Chapin (28),,......,.,. 
Brokaw (29) 
McAlpin (32).,..,...,. 
Money (38).. 
Bobinsoh (26).« • , « 
Nelson (27) 
.......... I 
. .2.312210 — 6 
...ll01112nJ23« —11 
...il2a222222»0 —9 
...82223i0» — 6 
...11112312.111112320-16 
....200230 — 3 
...023313312310 —10 
CKESCBNT A, C, OP BROOKLYN. 
Oct le.— The opening day at the Crescent Athletic Club's shooting 
grounds, at Bay Bidge, was set for to day. The afternoon was ex- 
ceedingly pleasant, there being very little wind, comparatively, to 
bother the flight of the targets. We say "comparatively," for the 
Crescents' grounds overlook the upper oay and get all the wind 
that's going. The baseball field has been turned into a shooting park 
for the winter season, the traps facing nearly due east. While an 
Ideal ground for live-bird shooting (something not permitted by the 
management of the club), the background is about at hard as one 
could find for target shooting It is a particularly hard ground on 
beginners, every target requinng most careful attention to accurately 
gauge its flight, and also needing a mental calculation as to where to 
«h6ot that has to be done with a quickness that can only be gained by 
constant practice. . ' ^ . , , 
The club has placed in position a magautrap, and this machine was 
used to day for the first time. Considering that Supt Kerr had not 
had ahy time to get acquainted with his new charge, the target- 
{throwing by this machine was capital, although there were several 
|>alk8 at flrBt, owing to the man who was running the trap speeding 
it too fast and not taking enough care about cracked fjargete. To- 
ward the close of the afternoon's sport it ran very well, Indeed, and 
the members and their guests who were present did some rapid-fire 
shooting that was rapid-fire in fact. The five expert traps, with their 
rope pull, have been left in position, and these were used when a 
variety of styles of shooting were wanted. For instance, the after- 
noon's programme was varied in this way: Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 7 were at 
unknown angles, magautrap; No 3 was at 5 pairs thrown from the 
magautrap; No. 4 was at 10 pairs from the five traps, while No. 5 was 
at 25 targets, expert rules. Scores were: 
1 » 3 4 5 6 7 
U 15 10 to 25 25 15 
.. 7 .. 13 28 16 .. 
C ASykes 19 4 .. 
T W Stake 18 17 9 
HAKryn ; 18 9 .. 
Events: 
Targets 
Ed Taylor* 
Events: 12 3 4 0 6 7 
Targets: 15 IS 10 SO 35 25 16 
JSRemsen.. 11 11 3 9 19 17 9 
A R Pish II 6 ., ., 19 12 8 
E Banks* .... 13 13 6 20 21 23 .. 
A A Hegeman 7 5 . . 8 15 16 6 
* Guests. 
NEW UTBECHT GDH OLUB. 
Oct. J6.— The semi-monthly target shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club was held this afternoon at the Dyker Meadow grounds. There 
was quite a large attendance, ten members being on hand to take 
part in the two main events, the club shoot and the prize gun event. 
M. Van Brunt, in class A, and C. C- Fleet, in class B, were the winners 
in their respective classes. The scores made in all the events shot off 
this afternoon were as below: 
Olub shoot. 95 targets, unknown angles, handicap: 
M Van Brunt (A) llllllllllllllllllOlOIOll —22 
D C Bennett (A) 1111011101111111101111011 —21 
F A Thompson (A) 1111110011111111000111111 —20 
D Deacon (A) OlllIlllllOOOllOlllOUlll —19 
P Adams (A) ...llOOOllllOOllllllllOllUl —19 
P E George (A) 10l01111101l011101111101010-19 
WH Thompson (A). 1001111011000011010111010 —14 
C C Fleet (B) 10011 IICOIIOI 10010111001111—17 
P A Hageman (B) , .... .10100010110001101100110111 —14 
A Eddy (B) '. IIOIOIIIOIOIOOOIIOIOOIOII —14 
Dr O'Brien (B) COUOOOlOOlOlOlllOllOlllO —13 
*G B Topiitz. .„.;.. OOUOOOllOOOlOOnillOlllO —13 
* Guest. 
Prize gun shoot: 
D C Bennett llOllllllllllOlOllOUOllllll -28 
P E George , .... , . ... ..111010101111100101111111111110-23 
W H Thompson 0111111001111001110111111111 —32 
JGaughen llOllUllllOOllllllllOOlOU -21 
M Van Brunt , ,010111111110011111110011011 —20 
FA Thompson ., OlllllOlOlOOllOllllllOlUll —20 
P Adams lOOUlOOlllllOllllllOOlllll —20 
P A Hegeman 001111101110011001110001110111—19 
D Deacon. .11111000111111100001101111 —18 
G B Topiitz . , r. 1 i . .,v. * . . . .1010111000110110100001011 —13 
Owing to darkness Beiinetfand George did not shoot off their tie. 
Sweeps at 10 targets were shot as follows: 
Events: 1 
Deacon 7 
Adams 6 
W H Thompson .... 8 
Gaughen 6 
FA Thompson 6 
Eddy 6 
2 3 4 5 Events: 18 8 4 5 
6 8 .. ,. Fleet 4 5 7 7 
7 8 7 7 Hegeman... 5 5 .. .. 
9 8 . . . . Bepnett 9 6 .. 7 
4 4 6 8 Tophtz 5 5 5 7 
8 6 5 4 M Van Brunt 7 7 8 10 
5 5 ,. .. George 7 V 8 
G. E. Pool, SecV- 
At East St. Louis. 
St. Louis, Uo.— Editor Forest and Stream: The first annual ama- 
teur and fourth annual rail tournament of the King's Smokeless Gun 
Club, leld on Thursday, Ost. 7, and Friday, Oct. 8, at East St. Louis, 
III , was the most successful shoot ever given under the auspices of 
this club. The only objectionable feature of the shoot was the 
grounds. Owing to the refusal of the owners of the baseball park to 
allow a hole to be dug for the magautrap, the club had to use other 
grounds, and could not get a locq.tion on the electric hne, hence 
wagons had to be used for transportation. The shoot was 
under the ever-popular manager. Jack Parker, of Detroit; W. W. 
Dean, of East St. Louis, presided at cashier's desk. Jack Trendley 
was assistant to Mr. Parker, and was every place when needed. The 
entry list the first day was large, but fell off considerably on second 
day owing to the poor arrangements for getting to the grounds. Mr. 
Trecdle.? wishes to say that at the big spring tournament these dilH- 
culties will be overcome, and shoot will be given on grounds on line 
of electric hne. 
The programme each day called for eight events, four of merchan- 
dise prizes, entrance 40 cents, and four of g5 added money each, 30 
targets, enrrance $3. 
Scores of first day as follows: 
First Day. 
Events: 12345678 Events: 12345678 
30 
18 
13 
Targets: 30 
Howell..., 16 
Hurd 20 
Nold 20 
Schiess.... 14 
Ross 20 
Mallinckr't 19 
Sergeant . . 20 
Cabanne . . 16 
Hershey... 20 
Jap 
Kleisner . , 
Chapman. 
D DeLorme 16 
Dotoway.. 17 
Lewis . , , , . 17 
Beale 16 
Hale 14 
Kessler.,.. 17 
Corray . . , . 8 
Heile 16 
Craig ,. 
Magill 
Bradley , , . , . 
Buck 
F DeLorme ,. 
Events: 
Targets- 
Jap , 
80 SO SO SO sc SO so 
16 20 
15 17 
16 18 
14 19 
IB 18 
14 18 
18 19 
14 19 
17 15 
16 30 
13 16 
., 18 
11 18 
14 18 
19 17 
12 18 
17 20 
13 17 
11 19 
12 18 
16 20 
14 13 
13 20 
18 19 
10 .. 
17 12 19 
16 16 16 
17 17 16 
14 10 18 
17 11 16 
14 13 13 
18 20 19 
13 16 30 
19 14 18 
1» 15 18 
12 18 18 
14 17 13 
15 
. . 18 14 
13 .... 19 
16 18 14 17 
12 
12 15 10 17 
15 17 14 19 17 ., ., 
10 14 11 17 14 , , . , 
17 
16 18 16 .. 14 .. ,. 
.. 20 17 ., 19 15 
Targets: SO SO SO 
Barbour 9 
MrsGa'dn'r .. ,. 12 
Miss King 14 
MrsCorroy . , , . 7 
Stroh 
Mutual 
La Page 
Brown 
Collins 
Fore-end 
McFadden 
Selzner 
Dubois 
J Gardner 
Markle 
Grimsby... ,. ,. 
Skinney 
Davis. , 
R Ross. 
Rookridge. .. .. .. 
Connor ,. 
Ferguson 
Traband , 
Dynamite 
SO so so SO SO 
13 13 
,, 10 
14 18 
14 .. 
16 .. 
9 18 
17 20 
19 19 
15 13 
17 V 
.. 12 
.. 15 
., 13 
,. 18 
,, 17 
,. 17 
.. 13 
18 14 
.. 18 
14 17 13 
15 14 13 
15 12 19 
14 11 15 
17 ., 18 
19 .. .. 
15 .. 13 
13 IS 18 
.. 6 .. 
.. 15 .. 
,. 10 ,, 
18 ik 17 
16 18 17 
.. 11 .. 
17 .. 13 
14 18 17 
13 14 13 
,. 13 .. 
.. 13 .. 
Second Day. 
12 3 
so 
19 
Howell ,,....i>.... 
Sergeant. ., , , 
Woodson 
Henchey ^ ■■ ... .i 
Hurd 
Skinney 
Buck 
Craig 
RBoss 
Rockridge 
Traband 
Dynamite.... .•>. 
Ptasa. ., ..•.. > 
D DeLorme.............. .• 
Miss King 
Mrs Gardner,.... 
Burrows.., «...• 
Mutual «r.r..>...i 
Scott. .r>...«tt.i>i.»r!> 
Wolfe, a.i..i<il...'.«.! 
La Page •<>.. 
Stocker i.. 
Payner • 
J D Gardner 
Trendley.,,,. 
Parker 
* Event No. 10, 10 birds, 21yds. 
SO SO 
13 17 
14 15 
19 17 
13 17 
, 18 19 
, 16 20 
, 15 17 
, 17 15 
, 14 17 
, 14 14 
, 14 13 
. 12 .. 
, 9 ., 
14 
14 
4 5 6 7 8 9 10* 
SO so SO so so SO 10 
16 20 19 19 18 16 .. 
14 15 15 18 13 14 15 8 
18 18 18 20 18 19 19 9 
14 18 17 19 17 18 14 ,. 
18 18 18 18 17 17 17 10 
19 17 20 16 18 17 16 .. 
19 15 17 .. 15 18 .. 
16 13 18 
,. 18 15 19 ,, 16 .. .. 
20 19 .. 18 .. K .. .. 
18 15 8 
11 12 
12 .. 14 .. 15 
12 
10 
14 14 
17 .. 15 .. 
- 14 
.. .. 17 18 
17 16 .. 7 
14 
14 
10 
9 
F. W. Wilton. 
North Milwaukee Gun Clubi> 
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 10.- The North Milwaukee Gun Club held \ti 
monthly shoot at bluerocks yesterday. Owing to the previously 
arranged team match between members of the club, a good majority 
of the boys were on hand. Bain most always comes before sun.shlne, 
and Providence did not spare us. Two of our best shooters did not 
appear, and, as it happened, they belonged to the one side. So the 
team shoot was postponed, and the boys all took part in a 30 score of 
bluerocks. each kiUing out his average number. After en,ioying the 
afternoon's sport, the boys concluded to be on hand to-day and have 
a live-bird snoot. This came off with very good success; the birds 
were a good lot, and out of the 30O birds -57 were straight away, lfi7 
outgoers to the right, 9 outgoers to the left, 51 rightquarterers, 4 lef t- 
quarterers, 5 direct incomers, 5 incomers to the right and 2 incomers 
to the left. The scores are as follows: 
THIRTY TARGETS— OCT. 9. 
A CNimow, .,010101111000111000111101001110-17 
Jas Valeer ...111111111111110011111011111011-26 
E A Weidner...... 111110001111111001111110111111—24 
JTeaudt 011111111011011101111001111101—23 
L Soergel 111111111111111110000111111111-26 
H J Slaybaugh 111111111111101111101111110111-27 
EdRohn OOOOlOlllOnoiOlllllllOlOOOllO— 17 
F Meixner ...... 111111111011110111111011111111— 37 
Dr C J Lange....*............,.,.,.,. 111100110001110110101110011110-19 
L Kidnay lOllllOlOllllOOllOlCOllOOlllll-20 
A S Grootemaat 110001111110010000111110100001—16 
J EFarber 111111111111111111010111111011— '^7 
M Seely . „ .001111100011111011011111110011—21 
F Falkner ; , 1111111011101111111 10111101101—25 
Wm Eagan... 111111101110110111001111011001-32 
S M Duval 111110001100111001101100001111—18 
ABrussock ..,.111111111111111101111110110101—26 
T Barnes 111111111111111111111000111111-27 
Wm Abulia 110111011111111110111110111010-24 
F Van Ells 111111001110111101111111111111-28 
L S Arnold 111110010001011100101100011010—16 
W R Davis lOllOOllOlOllOCOOOlOl 110111001— 16 
Alfred Fowle..^.'...... ..,.001011011100010111101011101110-18 
Geo Hammer .......111111110111111001101110110111—34 
J Leisenfeldt 110001110011110001101111101101—19 
ChasQuistoof 000001001000111011110001111011-15 
LRStoUburg... 111000111111011101101110110011— 31 
FZautcke .......111111111111001011101111111101—26 
G E Zautcke OllllOllllllllllOllOlllQOlllll— 24— 636 
LIVE BIRDS, OCT. 10. 
J Traudt. .2222«0113213021— 12 L sbergel.222322023112023-13 
L Kednay..230301331201«32-ll J F Wulf. .0331113.1220323-12 
J Parber..321211022i01]»l— 13 Grootem 't. 3320002302200 !1— 9 
W Egan. , ,2223«3233002213-13 Dr Lange..C»'322ail0330120-10 
W Abels.. .212312;!32n03JJ0 -13 J Vuleer.. .1100233113«3112 -12 
ABrussocka22233>?23«222J3— 14 Slaybough 33323320232»i32— 13 
F Van EllS.23223233230^332-14 J Pahey. . .220233a03330333-12 
EWeidner.2131220322l«323— 13 F Meixuer.3233233»3333333— 14 
M Seely. . , .2221 00«3al32»30 -10 F Pal kner.2131 1222«oa3301— 12 
T Barnes. .21112111»121113— 14 S Du Val. .113.'03301113013— 12— 244 
S. M. Du Val, Sec'y. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
E. E. H., Wheeling, W. Va.— I have just purchased a copy of Game 
Laws in Brief, and fail to find therein any mention made of the 
law relating to the killing of ruffed grouse in the State of Ohio. Ana. 
The only mention of rulled grouse in the Ohio law is in Section 6964 
fpage 48 of the Brief), wnich forbids having in possession except be- 
tween Nov. 10 and Dec. 15. 
W. E. Wahrkn, Fox Lake, Wis.— I wish to take my wife and two 
little girls to the Southwest (Texas preferred) for the winter; don't 
want to go to a dude resort and must live cheap; am not a game hog, 
but would like a locality where I could get a few ducka and snipe and 
be within one or two days' drive of deer or antelope. Will some 
brother sportsman help me out? Ans. The combination can prou- 
ably not be found. Both fowl and big game «an be had out of 
Brovsmsville, Tex., but the accommodations ave not good, Rockport, 
Tex , would be pleasant, but oflfers no deer and few snipe. Houston, 
Tex , would be good for snipe and ducks, and the Big Thicket of the 
Sabine still holds some big game. The upper Nueces River would afford 
mixed sport, but camping would be necessary. Gulf Coast points, 
such as Galveston, Corpus Christi, etc., have now the yellow fever 
scare. For the trip proposed, and barring the fever scare, Roekport 
would be about as good a point as any. 
S. W., Franklin, Tenn.— There have been a good many dogs dying 
here of a malady unknown to any of us. One friend lost five setters 
that he kept in the kennel all the time. Another lost a Skye terrier 
that followed him about town, and I've lost a setter and a fox terrier 
that had the free range of my farm of several hundred acres. All 
were affected alike. First symptoms are sluggishness and refusal to 
eat, followed in a few hours with a high fever; mouth open all the 
time to breathe; a thick, brown, ropy saliva flecked with foam run- 
ning freely from the mouth; eyes dry, but bright and intelligent; legs 
from knees down and ears cold and clammy; frequent lapping of 
water, but swallowing seldom and then with great pain. This la the 
only sign of pain they ever exhibit. The third day the flow of saUva 
ceased, and the fever left, but ihe dog is too weak to stand; mouth 
dry and parched; dog unable to swallow at all, followed in a few 
hours by death, seemingly painless. What is the matter with 
themf What remedy would you give? What is the best preventive? 
One dog taken fifteen days after the other. Ans. Without an autopsy 
it is impossible to say what the disease ia. They were either poisoned 
or it must be some specific disease. 
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—Adv. 
Dogs Free over Southern Railway. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Will you kindly announce through the columns of your paper that 
effective Oct. 15, 1897, and continuing until March 31. 189S, dogs of 
sportsmen and hunting parties will be transported free In baggage 
cars over the hne.s ot the Southern Railway, when accompanied by 
owners or care-takers, and for further information regarding the 
hunting grounds to communicate with me. 
^ Alex. Thwbat, Eastern Passenger Agent. 
271' Broadway, New York. 
The Intercity Shoot at Chicago. 
Chicago, 111., Oct. W.— Special to Forest and Stream: James 
Whitfield wires me to-day that the Kansas City team for the Chicago- 
Kansas City team match wdl not be completed until Wednesday. On 
that day J. A. R. Elliott, J. B. Porter, Chris Gottlieb, Ed. Hyndman , 
F. J. Smith and Col. Campbell, the six men selected to date, will pre- 
sent at a general meeting the names of the other four regulars, to- 
gether with four or five substitutes. Andy Thomas, J. L Porter, J. 
E Rfley, George Stock well, J. H. Durkee and W, S Hallowell wfll 
probably be named. B. HoUGH. 
1306 BOYCE BnLDlNQ. 
About Dec. 20 1 expect to kill one of the largest and finest buffaloe'3 
in the United States, and dispose of the meat tor the Christmas holi- 
days. The head and hide will also be for sale. The purchaser of the 
head (whoever he may be) can have ttie privilege of killing the ani- 
mal. The buffalo has been fattened upon his natural food (buffalo 
grass) and is fat and fine. His coat is in the beb>t condition, and he 
has an exceedingly large aud fine head. This is a chance to obtain 
some royal game that is now almost extinct; and those who wish to 
secure some should write well in advance. Address Ohaa. Payne, 
Box 913, Wichita, Ka,xi.—Adv. 
