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anrt «ixty yards — it tlx the same charge*, olsv with different sized shot. 
Experiment* thus made m y lc*d to opposite result-. Indeed, I could 
point out why they should do so. But 1 pass this by. 
We say to Mr Tnthaxn tha* all sportsmen desire to use the best shot 
manufactured, and that if he can possibly improve hla already most 
excellent shot, we w»ll most h carry rejoice with him, but we tlrst re- 
quire to Know beyond a*toubt that he has improved upon th*-m. Should 
he succeed In so doing, he will certainly win by It. We say In behalf of 
our sportsmen, please go on, Mr. Taiham, with your tria s, and give ua 
the best shot In the world. We watch your experiments with ihc deep- 
est Interest, and with an eagle eye. 
As pertinent here, I beg to relate what a gentleman has recently 
written me in regard to targets. He says he had a very strong shooilug 
gun, and engaged another to be made, but would receive it only In case 
it shot as strong as the one he owned. lie received It, and, on trial, 
fonud it much warning lu penetration. He was about to return It to 
i’ • Ttikcr as a failure, when, on thought, he recalled the fact that the 
si Ot ic found In the ia»get made by It were considerably more flattened 
th.u those of his favorite gun. He had used for a target an old pam- 
phlet nailed compact to the board. He now thought to use the English 
mode of targeting— to hang the sheets of paper by one corner of the 
boolc In order that they should hang loosely together, but not compactly. 
He now tested hts gnns again, when the penetration was completely 
revers-d, and his favorite gun bealen. The new gun, having the great- 
est power in fact, had mashed her shot in the first trial, and thus could 
not penetrate deeply, while the more round shot of the other went on. 
This ex .lenment shows how opposite results may arise In practice, even 
from the Kind of xarg t used. 
Ton will see In your lsst Issue wh t Mr. Knowlton has to say about 
the tnal. If, as he says, the soft shot used were of different brands and 
mixed, then I thlnK hi- point is well taken. Such a trial will not give 
foil satisfaction. You Will also observe he claims that more powder 
should have been used with the sort than with the chilled shot; and 
this for the rea-on tfiat the loads of soft shot were twenty-seven grains 
heavier than the chilled. Here I would disagree with him. It la effect 
and utility In abo., alone, that we are here seeking for. That kiod 
which, with equal mean-, gives the best results Is certainly entitled to 
win. This great end obtained, we stick a pin here. We next pass to 
the powder, and then o ihe gun ; and, by Ihe same ordei of trials, find 
out which Kinds of these give us with equal means the best 
results; then, and n"ttill then, will our problem in shot-gun practice 
be solved. Persistent, and Impartial trials are conducive to this end. 
Agiln, 1 desire to present a point for reflection to ilr. Knowlton as well 
as to your numerous readers generally. 
Question— Since penetration varies with the weight of Ihe pellets Into 
their velocities, may not Mr. K. be wroag in premising that the heavier 
soft pellets into tneir velocities should not give equal or more peuet a- 
ti rnthan ihe lighter chilled pellets into iheir velocities? Just so. This 
Is a deduction uf mine. And further: hence the obvious necessity of 
trials at different distances with ihe same charges of powder and shot, 
and of varying the shot (in size, at least), also.* 
MaJ. H. W. Merrill. 
Audubon Gun Club.— Buffalo, Feb. 22— Score : 
Jamn» Frank In, Jr l 11111110 1—9 
M Smith o u 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 o— « 
TO Collins x oi 1 11 1110—8 
0 Kieisclun.n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1- 0 
A W Eggcri l 1 l l j 1 0 0 1 0- 7 
K Emerson ] 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1— (i 
s \ itoi.eru i o l o o l l 0 i l-G 
CHeloold 0 110 0 110 11—6 
K Ward l 1110 11111-9 
J Beir, Jr o i 1 l l 1 l 1 0 l— 8 
J A DlDgnm 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-7 
Wrn Christian i l l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—10 
V W HtDgneb-rg 1 10 111-1111-9 
James llafferiy i l l l l l 0 l l l— » 
A Downs o 00001111 1— 5 
CSuCkow 1 1 1 o 0 0 0 0 0 u— 8 
Long Island— Babylon, Feb. 23.— 1 The Soutbside Gun Club 
bas been organized here. A sweepstakes mulch at Selah O. 
Smith Wai8on s House to-day resulted as follows : 
Jones. . 
.S5yd8— l llio 
23— 1 1 0 0 1 
25 -1 0 1 1 1 
24—0 1 1 
0 1 
32 
— 1 0 1 • • 
21—1 0 10 0 
21-0 0 0—11. 
Maun .. 
.26 
-01111 
25-0 0 1 0 0 
26-1 0 1*0 
23—1 1 1 
1 1 
24 
-11101 
24-1 1111 
26-1 1 1—24. 
Warner. 
.26 
—1 0 0 0 0 
26—0 11*1 
25—1 0 111 
28-1 0 1 
0 0 
22 
—1 0 0 0 1 
21—1 0 0 0 0 
20—0 1 0-15. 
Pennock.,25 
-01010 
2£ — 1 1111 
26—1 0 111 
withdrew. 
Clancy.. 
.25 
-11111 
26-1 0 111 
26—1 1111 
2S— 1 l 1 
1 1 
30 
-11*11 
30-1 1 1-30. 
Foulke . 
.36 
—10 111 
24—* 1110 
26—1 110 1 
26-1 1 1 
1 0 
23 
-1 1 1 — IS. 
Deerfoot Park — Match, Feb. 22, between N. King and C. 
Hunce; fifteen pairs of double birds each, 21 yards "rise, 1U0 
yards boundary; old Long Island rules; trap and handle for 
each other. The pigeons were an extraordinary lot of fine 
flyers: 
Hunce 01 10 01 10 11 00 10 11 01 00 10 11 00—18 
King .. . 11 11 11 10 01 00 11 U0 01 10 01 11 11 11— lj 
Jersey City, Feb. 14. — Match between a nine from Jersey 
City Heights and the Fairview Guu Club ; glass balls ; score: 
Jersey Cliy Nine. 
* The size of tae charge used was well selected aui proportionate to 
the gauges of guns (see Uaiiock’s •* Gazetteer," page 853 ). 
W Hughes 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1- 9 
Dusennerry 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1— 7 
a ycks 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
Pierce 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1-10 
c s. uore ... 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
Howell 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
Sievens 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
J Pearson 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1- 6-62 
Fairview Guu 
Club. 
J Carling 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1—10 
O Town-eml 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
G Ricaido 
1 
1 
1 
BUoveit 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Wheeler 
1 
0 
0 
\ 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1— 7 
J Day 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
A Si (lore 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
■1 
1 
J Dunn 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0- 3—64 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
6corbs of Matohes.— To insure insertion in current issues 
of our paper, scores should be sent so as to reach us on Tues- 
day. 
Connecticut — Stamford. — Clark’s Hill Gun Club, Feb. 22. 
AS Henderson X l i i x 1 l o l o-8 
Hr. Parker Peps o o l l l ] i o o I— o 
Second match : 
Mr Norton 1 1 1 0 0 1 1—5 Hjrry Pitt 1 1 1 1 1 l (i 6 
Next Day— Match on the grounds of the Clark Hill Gun 
Club between A. H. Smith and 6. W. Smith : 
A H Smith 25 yds 1 ii 11-1101 
S W Simla ...21 yd. o 0 1 l x i i u 0 
Mitch between H. W. Pitt and F. K. Grair : 
0— s 
1 - 6 
H W Pm 19 yds 1 
F K Grair 25 . .1 
0-6 
1—5 
Riverton, Feb. 32.— Riverton ShootiDg Club; 21 yards 
ground trap ; score : 
Philadelphia, Feb. 19, 1878.— The following is the first of 
a series of matches shot between the members of the Semper 
Felix glass bail and rifle club. All are subscril^s of your 
journal. 
Dr M A Wood— 0 001001011001111100101011011 
^ HAJf right— 1 0011101010101111010110011111 
K N Wallace— 0 noi 0 0 0 l o 0 0 1 o o l o 1 1 il 0 I 1 1 0 1 0 l 
1 0 — 14. 
WOT Smith, CapL-0 ooooiiiiiooooioiioiiiin 
11110 0-16. 
The above was shot Bogardus’ trap and rules. 
Geo. H. Summers, Sec. 
rI A Ic BW 8 TorV; NEW UI,ECEI **** L - L ’ jrurer L i A »“^i.Ct 3 taiifS; ,Uk “ B<>i! “ rd “ 8 
Peter LandBchatz oioioioiolloili— o 
Col Frey... 1 o 1 0 1 0 1 i i. i i o 1 l l— io 
Henry upeilmao 0 uoioilioiiiii i_i 0 
has My ra 1 OOOlUllOOOOOl 1 — « 
Fred Miller 1 1 1 0 0 1 u 0 1 0 0 1 1 u 0- 7 
Jonn Miller 0 1 1 1 1 1 o 0 u o 1 0 l l o- 8 
Ellison ..0 1 0 1 
K H Welis 1 0 10 
R merw 1 101 
K Wed*. Jr 0 1 0 1 
Nellaou ..0 0 0 0 
Bernhard 0 u 0 c 
1-10 
1- 6 
1— 6 
0— 6 
0 - 8 
o— l 
Midway Shooting Club — Malawan, JV. J., Feb. 14. 
Monthly shoot at Mount Pleasaut ; 10 birds euch, 80 yards 
bound j-y, H and T traps, club rules ; score : 
S Lan 
Bi... 
....23 yds 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0- 6 
.... 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
* 
1 
U- b 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1— f. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1— 6 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
» 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1— 6 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1— 9 
1 
0 
1 
1 
u 
1 
• 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
83 
• 
1 
1 
1 
u 
1 
1 
1 
1-- 8 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
....21 
1 
1 
l 
1 
0 
1 
1 
• 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1—10 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
....21 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
K. 
1 
H. 
1- 8 
W. 
Bay Ridge. 
OttoHelntgte l i i 
Snnou uu.yta l i i 
Walter Enoj>e u i o 
FlAim W Kejt 1 1 1 
Geo ge U 1 1 ■ i < Ill 
1'eter S Bogurc .1 i i 
1— 8 
1-10 
1- 7 
1- 9 
1— 8 
1- 9-61 
New Utrtchl Lane. 
GPCowenhoven 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 o 
Johnson bk,dmore I 1 0 1 o 1 1 l 
Jerry Lou 0 1 1 1 1 | i i 
P Ri.eohall 1 l o 1 1 0 (I 1 
Peter M iul rt 1 lllllll 
John Cowenhoven 1 1 1 l l i y j 
1— 6 
1— 8 
1- 9 
1- 7 
1-10 
1- 6 — 17 
Sweepstakes; three balls, miss and out: 
Peter Monfort i i 1—3 s Duryea l x i_a 
P Ravenna 1 ium Geo H Hope f 
Wm V .n Horn 1 1 0-2 Otto Ueimgke .'. x 1 l-a 
P 6 Bog-r. 1 1 o _2 j siudinur* . '.1 0 1-2 
In shoot off, Duryea and Hope broke 13 each and divided 
money. 
Mamaboneck, N. Y.— Shooting by members of the Dear 
Guu Club and the MamaroDeck Gun Club, Feb 22 Five 
bads each, $5 entries ; 625 1st prize, $10 2d, 65 8d. 
H D Pomemos 1 l l 1 i-« Alex Taylor, Jr 0 1 l 0 w 
CJ Osborn 1 i i i 0 —* A>r Schuyler 1 101 1—4 
w Murphy .0 1 u l w L Brignt 1 0 l 0 w 
Ben W net 0 1 0 1 1— 3 Edgar Murphy 1 1 0 0 w 
P, PoUl /“ u ® woa 1st prize ; C J Osborn shot off a tie with Mr 
Schuyler ; Osborn wou .d money and Schuyler 3 d. 
The mitch between the Deal and Mamaroneek clubs for 
3309, was withdrawn. During the allernoon rnauy sweeps 
on glass balls were shot, aud both clubs very handsomely en- 
tertained by 3Ir. Taylor. 
Detb .it— Match at Hamtramck Park, Feb. 18, between 
Dell hbeldon and James Minihan, of the Facflic Gun Club 
Score: 
g l h * 1 , , i 0 “ 10 11111111-9 
10 10 11111-8 
W T Jobneton 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1— fi 
Ch.8M.rn* 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-10 
Jus Saxton 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 — o 
Chss E WlUerd 1 11110 10 10—7 
A Cook 11110 11111—9 
JJOitspy 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0—7 
B B Organ 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 I 1 0 — 0 
Abriiliam Prize 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—10 
2Cha»Mecrs 0 0 l l l 1 0 1 0 1 — a 
2 Clius Kerns 1 111110 111-9 
T MHgg 1110 0 110 11—7 
Tics on tcn-Morrls bought prize out. 
Tice oq nine. 
Turrlll 0 1 1 1 1—4 Siagg 1 n 0 w 
Cook. 0111 1—4 Wilson 1 0 0 w 
Gllspy -....10 111-4 
Second Tie. 
Turrlll 1111 1—6 Cook 1 1 1 1 1—5 
Third Tie. 
Turrlll 0 1 l 1 1—4 Cook l 110 1 — 4 
Fourth Tie. 
Turrlll 1 0 1 1 1—4 Cook 0 0 1 1 1—8 
Sweepstakes : 
Johnson 0 1 1 1—3 
Kerns 1 0 1 1—3 
Cl< aver 0 1 1 1-3 
Morris .0 0 1 1-2 
Saxton r l 0 1 1—3 
Mistier 1 1 1 0—3 
The birds guve out and money was divided. 
Canada — Toronto, Feb. 12. — Toronto Gun Club side 6hoot 
for a dinner ; 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary ; H and T 
traps 15 yards apart ; club rules. Score : 
President B.Moore 3 Vice-Pres E Perryman 4 
J Kennedy 6 J Tavi-r 5 
U Wright 6 J Fliheis 6 
K Wilson 4 A Mcwregor 6 
W Ni norland 2 UM. M 1 . 0 n 5 
W Mo ley 6 W London 2 
W Kennedy 4 C C Small 6 
It Ardagh 4 J Maugnaa 5 
Krsniuh 6 T W.uiie d 6 
M A Boeweii 5 J D iigla^s 0 
J Young 4 
Total 62 
Kllninen 0 l l 1—3 
Prize 011 1—3 
wniard l 00 1—2 
Tuirli 0 l 1 1-3 
st.gg l l l 1-4 
Brown 0 0 0 ’.—1 
C Calleghen 3 
Total 46 
me oft <£hess. 
Notice.— Chess exchanges, communications aud solutions should be 
addressed ‘‘Chess Editor Forest and Stream, P, O. box 54, Woloott- 
vllie, Conn.” 
Problem No. 7. 
Tourney set, No. 5. Motto— Success to Literature In Chess. 
Inscribed to John G. Belden. 
rniiii; 
WhUe to play and give mate In three moves. 
solutions — Problem no. 5. 
1— R-Q2 ch 1— Kt tks K I 1— R-Q2 ch 
2 — Maies \ 2— Mates 
The above Is the only solution this problem adinlis of. 
solution Is Impo slble. 
1— Any 
The author's 
Feb. 22.— 30 glass balls ; the rain came down in torrents ■ 
score : 
20 H Wright— 1 111110111011100101101111000 1— 
0 i^ 2 o T Smlth_0 nni.iiniiioioiuiooiiioo 
x Jl 4 N Wallace—0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
No ammunition to shoot off ties. 
Fib man Island Club.— T he Washington’s Birlhday match 
for the championship badge resulted in the following score : 
Baker 9 Kelleti « 
Gil uore s Webb Bonulngion xi 
VnrtG. 9 De Nyse . *. i 
Ambruetcr ,7 Munrau 
J BuQQiogtoQ 5 Trott . 7 
Illinois— Kine&nton, Feb 8.— Greene 8mith vs. F. J 
Abbey and T. Stagg; English rules; weather rough ; wind 
snow and rain ; score : 
8mUb — 1 0010111101100010101011110111101 
101001001111111J1 1—32. 1 1 1 I U 1 
Abbey -0 00 looioilOOlloiiiiiiiioiooilll 
011011011 0 01110111 0 - 31 . 1 1 O i o o 1 1 1 1 
Km.th— i 011101111110011111110001110 0 111 
01101011001111110 0-35. *‘” 00X1100111 
Ktagg — 1 010010110111101101010010001111 1 
11 1 I 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0— 2T. 1 1 1 
Smith, 67 ; Abbey and Siagg, 68. 
Audubon Club. — M atch at Chicago for prize, Feb 5 
Score : ... 
8H Turrlll l l i i i x 
Chas Kerns i o 1 U 0 l u 
T C Wilson oiiioi 
ChaaMeara u o l l i i o 
SOLVERS’ SCORE. 
In our next Issue we shall publish a list of solutions up to and Includ- 
ing problem No. 5. 
The following games between the two celebrated German masters 
Anderssen and Zukertort were played ut Breslau In January, ISOJ : 
Game No. 15.— MUZIO GAMBIT. 
White. 
Zukertort, 
1- P-K4 
2- P-K Bl 
3- Kt-K B8 
4- B-Q Bi 
6— Castles 
6- Kt-Q B3 ! 
7- P-Qi 
8- KI-K5 
9- Kt-Q5 
Black. 
Anderssen. 
1-P-K4 
a — p tk S p 
a-P-K K'4 
4- P-K KC5 
5— Q-K2 7 
6— Q Q Bl ch 
7- 0 tks B 
8- Q-K3 
9— Kt-Q R3 
10— Q Kt IksK B P10-Q-Q3 
White. Black 
Zukertort. Anderas n. 
11— P-K B3 
12— P tks Kt 
13— Q-K lil3 
. 14— K'-I 
16— it tks Ben 18 — Kik-R 
16 — Q Hut Kt oh 16-K-Kt 
17— Kt-K HO ch 17— Q tks Kt 
JS-QtKnQ 18— r-K R4 
10-B-KR6 19— Resigns 
11 - Q Kt-QBI 
12— Q tki P ! 
13- Q-K RBch 
14- QtkS K P chl4— K'-K2 
In the following game the first five (5) moves are the same as in the 
above game • 
Game No. 18 — MUZIO GAMBIT. 
White. 
Zuke tort. 
6 — Kt-K B3 
7— P-Q4 
8 — Kt-Q5 
9— QtkS P 
10— Q tks P 
11— Kt Iks P ch 
Black. 
Anderssen. 
6- P tks Kt 
7- P-Q8 
8- Q-Q? 
n-Kt QB3 
10- B-K3 
11— Q tks Kt 
White. 
Znkeriort. 
12— B tks B 
18— B tks P ch 
13- Q-K R4 
16 — Q K tks B 
16- B R5 ch 
17 — Q-KiB oh 
Black. 
Zukertort. 
12— B K R3 
IB— K-B 
14— B tks B 
16 — Kt-Q 
16 — K Kt2 
17— Resigns 
The first eight (8) moves In the game below are the same as In game 
No. 16: 
Game No. 17 — MUZIO GAMBIT. 
Black. 
Anderssen. 
9-K-Q 
; Kl iksK B P10— Q K 
1- 0 
1 - 6 
1- 7 
1— 8 
White. 
Zukertort. 
0— KI-Q5 
1(1- ~ - 
ll-Kt-Q6 11 — B-K Bl 
17— K Kt Iks Kt PD— R-K Kt* 
13- K Kt ikt B Pi3— Kt Iks Kt 
14- ILK B5 U— Q-K IC 3 
15- B-K R4 18-QtksKP 
16- Q-K Ri 16-lf-K B 
17- QR-H Jf-QtksQP 
wuite. 
Zukertort. 
18— K R 
10— It tks Kt 
20 — 1( Iks It 
21 — B-K KLloh 
22— B-K Bil 
23— H Iks B oh I 
24 — Q KS ch 
26— lt-K7 ell 
' Block. 
Anderssen. 
18— P-Q 113 
19— 1* IKS Kt 
V0-K- -2 
21— P-t 
32- 
23 
24— K BH 
25— Rflblgos 
1— P-Q3 
2- 0 Q B5 
3 K IKS tt 
