Michigan — Detroit, Feb. 9. — J. N. Dodge has had the mis- 
fortune to lose the stud beagle dog Hally, property of Gene- 
ral Rowett, of Carling villc. Hally made his escape by climb- 
ing over a couple of high fences. Red Rufus. 
Rill — Columbia, Tcnn., Feb. 11— Mr. Dew’s bitch pup Rill, 
winner of the puppy slakes at Nashville field trial last year, 
died with distemper a few days ago. He had refused $300 
for her. Val. 
Sale.— M r. L. F. Whitman, of Detroit, has sold to A. G. 
Smith, of New Philadelphia, 0., the Rob Roy, Moll, white 
black and tan dog Dike R. ; also to George Carpenter, of 
Owasso, Mich., the blue belton bitch Louie R. This dis- 
poses of the entire litter. 
Names Claimed. — Belle and Jim — Dr. S. Reilly Beecher, 
of Lebanon, Pa., claims the name of Belle, orange aud white 
setter bitch, born Dec. 29, 1876, out of Dr. H. A. Rosenthal’s 
Sport and Flora. Also the name of Jim, black and while, 
born 1877, sire, Jos. Montgomery’s Gordon Ned, dam Metz- 
ger’s orange and white Fan. 
Whelps. — Sbrathroy. Can., Jan. \ 81. — L. H. Smith’s field 
trial setter bitch, “Chip,” nine puppies, to Byron’s “Gladstone.” 
Brooklyn, Feb. 10.— H. A. Rosenthal's setter bitch Flora 
whelped on the 6th ult. ten pups by Sport. All strong aud 
hearty. 
Glen — New York, Feb. 13. — The setter bitch Glen, owned 
by C. De Ronge and II. Inman, whelped yesterday four pup- 
pies, three bluck and white, and one pure white — three bitches 
and one dog. Sire, Mr. D. Olcott’s Guy Mannering. C. De R. 
Visits— Feb. 4.— D. C. Sanborn’s “Nellie,” Hampton 
champion, to L. H. Smith's “ Leicester.” L. H. Smith's 
“ Victress" to “ Leicester,” and “ Pearl” to “ Palis.” 
Claremont, N. IT., Feb. 3. — Wm. Jarvis’ “Rose,” by 
famous champion “ Palmerstone,” to champion “ Elchp.” 
SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 
To our customers and the public In reply to the damag- 
ing reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 
our split bamboo rods, by “ dealers ” who are unable ' to com- 
pete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular 
which wc shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the 
falsity of their assertions. 
Conboy, Bissett & Malleson, 
Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 
if 
and 
GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. 
Wild duck, geese, brant, etc. 
Aares, brown and gray. 
I pf FOR FLORIDA. 
J Cer^Wlld Turkey, Woodcock, QuaU, Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl. 
“Bay birds” generally, including various species ol plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-cateber, surf birds, phalaropes, avoecet- 
etc.; coming under the group Limicolce, or Shore Birds. 
Fire-Arm Patents, Week Ending Jan. 25.— Gun-lock, Nichols & 
Livingston, 193,669; guns, breech-loading, Nichols A Livingston, 
198,670. 
Week Ending Fed. 1.— Firearms, extrator, Jones AMarston, 198,715. 
Rod and Gun Club of Springfield. — We beg to ack- 
nowledge from the Rod and Gun Club, of Springfield, copies of 
their constitution aod by-laws for 1878, with an extensive list 
of members, and with its most efficient officers the club enjoys 
high reputation in Massachusetts for its sportsmanlike 
character. 
Bear Hunting in Ulster Co. — Poughkeepsie, Feb. 10. — 
Wednesday, Jan. 23, a party from the vicinity of Bull Run, 
town of Denning, while out hunting roused a black bear 
from his winter resting place under the roots of a maple tree. 
The bear was driven out by the shots of the party and es- 
caped, but soon returned and showed fight. He was finally 
brought clown by a rifle shot from Jack Atwell. He weighed 
about 200 lbs. Wednesday last King Sheeley and brothers, 
of South Hill, while hunting on Moose Mountain in Denning, 
discovered a black bear. After tracking him some distance 
and wounding him, the dogs brought him to bay. He showed 
fight and closed on King, striking him on the left shoulder 
aud knocking him down, causing a severe bruise. The dogs 
then seized the bear, and were engaged in a desperate strug- 
gle when King finished Bruin with au ax. The bear weighed 
nearly 500 lbs, being a monster both in size and flesh. While 
engaged in dragging the body to a wood road at the foot of 
the mountains, the dogs began to bark furiously at an over- 
turned tree, aud, on examination, a den containing two 
young bear cubs, one black and the other white, excepting a 
dark stripe along its back, was discovered. The party took 
the cubs out of the nest and took them home. 
Our Harry. 
Greenville Sportsman’s Club.— The following officers 
have been elected : Pres., O. Carlin; Vice-Pres., J. H. Phil- 
lips ; Treas. , C. R. Beatty ; Sec. , Dr. F. Herrick— all active 
sportsmeu. The club will be represented at the State Sports- 
men’s Association, at Wilkesbarre, in June. B. 
Tennessee —Columbia, Feb. 11 — Notwithstanding the large 
bags taken, there will be a great many quails left over for 
breeding, and the shooting bids fair to be uncommonly good 
next season. Rabbits in abundance ; no good bags have been 
made so far. Duck, geese and snipe shooting has almost been 
a tatal failure, owing to the mildness of the winter North. Mr. 
C 7 and myself bagged sixteen mallards and summer 
ducks, in two or three hours shooting on the river, which is 
the best bag made so far. Close season begius 14th iust. Val. 
South CnROi.ms.— Charleston, Feb. 2.— Weather has been 
bad for huuting during the past week, and only a few small 
bags of birds have been brought in. Ducks have made their 
appearauce iu large numbers in the neighboring rivers and rice 
fields within the last three days. A few members of our club 
after two days of capital sport, brought home three doer. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
t u! r f! U bo 4 ~ C^tel /liver, J an. 22. — Three days in the last 
roimHimr k o a < , r0V n° f '' dd turke )' 8 have come to the yard sur- 
nr within of? (hvelllu g h . ou se, and quail come about the house, 
or within fifty yards of it, nearly every day. A. B. D. 
MicH.-Delrert, Feb. 0.-G. Steuton, J. Eldridge and E. 
Pi'nir 1 1 , D an, T^ etur u ' e( , thlS week from a week ' 9 sport at St. 
mJS.il 1 w T V® y had a very ruUKh time ttud deserved better 
flot? ?h • Y 0rkmg twent y-five miles of territory at the 
hhin iiUhi r bag ^ Vas canvas backs and 130 redneck and 
bluo b,lls ' Red Rufus. 
Letter from “Private" Doherty.— Mr. Doherty is the 
energetic hut disgusted secretary of the recently defunct game 
club of St. Charles, 111. He is a sport of the first water from 
the “ ould dart,” but a Yank by adoption. He says this him- 
self, and we believe him. He is not at all flattered by the dis- 
banding of his game club, nor of the material of which its 
members were mado. He writes : 
Vi T T h ? re “« 11 few true sportsmen here, but the rest are- 
Tw il ten D vnn n °f W T hat t t0 ‘. hem ' For 14 8pecimen of them 
,d ' ;« ! you °f a hunt we ha- 1 We started about seven in 
?m Thfr d WCre S ? De a11 day ’ un<1 bad fo und Plenty of 
game. There was one of our party who has a single breech- 
,? ad ‘ D S shot gun (he has had it for ten years), and about tho 
the same number of shells (he has got them vet), nnd he never 
hour h for SU he 0 m' bUt l 0nCe a “ da ?’’ 8ud thea he c »ed for half an 
missed a par i ridge on the set. Them is what 
constitutes our gun club, with a few exceptions." 
Spirit Lake, Iowa.— A correspondent refers to Spirit Lake 
as one of the choice places for mallard, ducks and prairie 
chickens : 
beautiful sheet of water,” he writes, “ is situated in 
th? ™ lbwe9tcr '? part of Iowa, and holds out advauiages to 
The l W ^?^ f T 0f ,ls COui Panions cuu compete. 
rnX ^T Ua th ‘w?' S lhat dot 119 “argin afford fine wood- 
aad tb /? P. raine w hich surrounds it on all sides 
nf t a?- r0US ? '■ k° Q 18 ? orlhern shore is the little village 
RandS, ^ h ‘f h con,aiu , s a veI T fair hotel kept by a Mr. 
fi? na °i> P L’ h i 18 tdways rea '*y t0 accommodate sportsmen as 
H i" 1 m 9 P °r C ‘ r t0 do so ’ but if the stay is to be a 
lake ” 1 L ° U d prefer t0 camp on the western shore of the 
Tho favorite shooting stand is at the pass which nearly 
divides the lake, and where thick brush effectually conceals 
the sportsman. Standing here one morning in September at 
daylight, the writer and his friends shot teal and mallards 
until they and their retrievers were well nigh tired out At 
8 o’clock they went to breakfast, and after breakfast took a 
turn on the prairie after grouse. He concludes : 
l0Q g f ^member that morning’s sport, and the beau- 
i?^ WOrkm§ ° f ^ Ir ; B - 89plcnd ' d Irish setter, Doctor. His 
whin L a £?, g M d L he 8t ? adme8S with which he field his point 
when he tound birds. At times there were three and four 
wi^ UP f£ aCe l aDd , th ? air reso, mded with their whirring 
sharp cluck of the old hen, to which we added 
dogs 0Ur 8b0t gUDS aud ° Ur words °f command to the 
Another correspondent expatiates on the big bags of ducks 
they make out in Colorado. Here is what he says : 
?on°, K H00TLNG m Colorado.— O ur best autumn shooting 
' 8d 1 0 ?,?. k ? re ° n a stormy, -disagreeable day, either when a 
“SjW °f ram full , s ’ or whl ' n snow ails the ail-. At such 
« du ?. k8 COme d ? wn iu S reat numbers from the ponds 
tut i 7? i e mountains to the streams ut their foot. And 
there the dwellers on the plains have grand sport. 
cni!t!. Dday ’ H Ct ^ b ? r WuS a da y long to he remembered by 
.? f ^°. lorado wh o l‘ v cd anywhere between the 
, Dd m e ^ rkt J nsas - For two days the sky had been 
V^? r Q C t ast w ith clouds. Monday came very cold ; the snow 
fell steadily, and soon its effeots were seen in the great flocks of 
ducks thut came from the mouutains. It had doubtless snowed 
here the previous day. My friend, Charlie S., a young fei- 
^--tyet out of his teens, took down the fowling-piece, a 
plain old muzzle-loader that was not dignified with name of 
any maker. Off he went to the neighboring ponds. To use 
his own language “ they were covered. ” Lying down flat he 
made a raking shot into a flock, and as they rose he discharged 
his second barrel. The result of the two shots were 18 ducks; 
his hrst fire killed 12, and his second killed 6 He loaded 
again, quietly as possible, and soon another flock settled in 
tbe same place, and this time six more fell a prey to his de- 
structive fire, making a total of twenty-four killed at three 
shots. Better work than this, done at inland shooting with u 
common-place old gun, I have never seen done. 
After a time two of his cousins joined him, and as theducks 
whirled and circled about them they loaded aud fired as op- 
L,r?irHi y ^ re f n i e K’. an( ] when they came to couat U P tbeir 
birds they lacked but a few of two hundred. Enough were 
rfSSon tbe boys t0 make a g° od dia °cr for the two tamilies, 
au , d , , wure 8ent to tbe nearest town for sale in the market, 
where they commanded the enormous price of ten cents each. 
C. B. 
California.— An unusually large number of swans have 
been killed in the western part of the State this season 
Montreal, Feb. 9.— Cariboo are becoming quite 
plentiful in some sections of the townships. Stanstead. 
Wild Pigeons. —Correspondents will oblige us by keeping 
us informed of the whereabouts of' wild pigeons. The birds 
were in Southwestern Missouri at latest advices. 
Captain Bogardus and His Son.— Captain Bogardus has 
brought forward a rival in the high art of shooting. Accord- 
ing to the laws of heredity, capabilities for shooting should 
run in the whole Bogardus family — men, women and children. 
As it is, Master Bogardus, a fine looking young lad of 13, 
handles a breech-loader with consummate skill, and breaks the 
hardest shooting bulls, right and left in the neatest style. 
Tor a quiet and easy method, with sang froid and adroitness, 
M^ler Bogardus’ performancG is quite wonderful. At his 
“f. , at Tivoli, Muster Bogardus never missed a ball. 
I be Captain, now entirely recovered from the strain on his 
system by the 5,000 ball match, excels, if any thing at present, 
his former feats. The captaiu’s fancy shots consist in pulling 
the trap with his back to the stage, wheeling and hitting the 
ball. 1 he whole performance may be summed up in four 
words, “ there are no misses." 
Recoil. — A correspondent writes us : * 
“ Have any of your readers noticed that recoil is greater in 1 
dump woather and less in dry ? Such has been my experience 
Ly abet fS dUliUg a dftlUP ' driving 8now s,orn ‘ than at 
[It might be possible that the heavier the medium the gun i 8 
fired into, ns the most laden atmosphere being— the greater 
tho recoil. But this is purely theoretical. Query— Has it 
ever been tried scientifically ?] 
Penetration— Using a Pink Board.— F or the benefit of a 
whfrhTr Uy « of your readors > who cannot get the pads for triid, 
W?n™ C ? ° f ln y0,nr P“P er ' 1 would tell them that, 
hi? nF h n ?LT' du “ grCal m ? ny lrials and witnessed the shoot- 
slmt f U of > d l 3?2 r l 1108 ’ lf auy 0,,c cau drive a No. 8 
shut, oz., with 4 or 6 drs. of any kind of powder 
through one-half inch of pme board, «t 30 yards, ho is doing 
remarkably well. lie may be satisfied that he 1ms an cxeef' 
lh?i ff 1 ”' 1 havo ..® ee . u ll . ln . L ' d so omny times, I am convinced 
that if a gun will do it, it is a good gun, aud shoots hard 
enough to kill up to forty yards or more. g. F. U 
A GUN WITH A HISTORY. 
HP H ROUGH tho courtesy of Dr. Emil Bessels, who accom. ' 
A panied Capt. Hall in his last Arctic expedition iu the 
Polaris, I have had the opportunity to-day of handling and in- 
specting a firearm with a history. The weapon is owned by 
the Doctor, Bnd was carried by him up to 81 deg., 50 min 
north, to which point on Hall’s Land, he, with others of the 
Polaris party, penetrated Robeson Channel in an open boat. 
During tbe summer of 1872 ice formed in their rear and cut 
off retreat, so the party was compelled to leave Polaris Camp 
wilh as light loads as possible, and tramp hack many miles 
through the snow to Polaris Bay. They left behind them in 
the boat this gun, a chronometer, sextants, and other instru- 
ments and books, and there they remained uutil in 1876 a 
sledge party from one of Sir George Nares’ ships, while explor- 
ing, struck the camp aud gathered up the articles. Tbeguawos 
but slightly injured by its long exposure to the polar climate, 
and a good thorough cleaning has so far restored it that tho 
Doctor has been able to realize an advautage from the cour- 
tesy of Captain Malcom, it. N., through whom it was 
restored to him, by using it this fall on quails and ducks suc- 
cessfully. The gun is a fine twist barrel, Lefanchez, of .14 
calibre, and for service is uninjured, aud hut slightly injured 
in appearance. The Doctor showed me, also, some of his 
books and papers which had been subjected to tho same ex- 
posure with but trifling injury. The chronometer, one of 
Negus’ make, wus carried on board the ship, wound up, and 
ran with a uniform aad aimill rate until it reached England. 
It is probable that the preservation of these iron and steel im- 
plements, through so lung an exposure, was due to the absorp- 
tion by the snow of a larger portion of the oxygen of the at- 
mosphere 
1 also saw a pretty little chest, filled, to my certain know- 
ledge, with most excellent smoking tobacco, upon whose lid 
there was a silver shield, un which was engraved : 
Emil Bessels. 
This Box is Constructed Irom a Portion of a Cun 
Belonging to E. B., 
Picked up at Life-Bout Cove on July as, 1875.— B. 
A. II. M. 
The initials being those of Capt. Malcom who returned 
them. Pxskoo. 
Pigeon Pie.— Take six young pigeons, have them neatly 
drawn, trussed and singed, stuff them with the chopped livers 
mixed with parsley, salt, pepper, and a email piece of butter. 
Cover the bottom of the dish with rather srnull pieces of beef. 
Ou llie beef put a thin layer of chopped parsley and mush- 
rooms. Season with pepper and suit. Over this place (he 
pigeons. Between euch put the yolk of a hard-boiled egg. 
Add some browu sauce or gravy. Cover with puff paste, and 
bake the pie for an hour and a half. 
Birds Towering When Shot.- Editor Forestand Stream: 
I notice in a recent number of the Forest and Stream, a state- 
ment taken from an English puper, that birds which tower 
after being shot, are not, us has been supposed, shot in the 
head, but through the lungs. This is contrary to my experi- 
ence. I have seen many ruffed grouse tower and some quail, 
and have always found (hat they were shot in the head. One 
exception was very singular. I once fired at a partridge which 
flew directly across me, about forty yards distant— first one 
barrel and then the other. She took no notice of either, hut 
flew straight on for about twenty rods, then suddeuly turned 
back and came towards me. When she reached where I was 
standing, she suddeuly began towering, nnd after three circles 
in the air, going higher and higher, and in smaller and smaller 
circles, she suddenly full dead withiu six feet of where I stood. 
On examining her, I found that 6be was shot iu the neck, 
about one inch below the head. T. S. S. 
The Bogardus Ball.— This popular hall, which hears the 
name of the champion, is rapidly taking a prominent position 
amoDg sportsmen. So constructed as to break readily when 
touched by a shot, the Bogardus glass ball fills exactly the 
place of the pigeon. The makJtig of glass balls is now quite 
au important branch of manufacture, and what with fuming 
out traps and bulls Captain Bogardus has his hands full. 
1 he UuBsit That.— 1 Tills trap has certain peculiarities of make 
which call the atteutlon of gentlemen who desire an excellent appa- 
ratus for throwing glass balls. The springs are of double-colled steel- 
wire, and arc not only light, but wonderfully powerful and eudurlng. 
The manufacturers guarantee any of their traps for six mouths. The 
raDge of tho ballB thrown from the Huber trap can be so mnuigcd as 
to throw them at varying speeds and distances. A hall may be sent 
140 feet, at an elevation of twenty-five or thirty feet, or a driving bird 
can bS Imitate! with the ball, the rise not being over seven feet. The 
trap Is well and solidly built on an oak frame, and thoroughly securrd 
and bolted. It can bo easily turned ln any direction, aud may bo 
packed for shipment In a small compass. The growlDg popularity of 
this trap la the best criterion of It . merits. 
Out! Out!— a man Is oiling hls-guu, and Just then his dog comes in 
and Jostles his arm, nnd dowu trickles the lubricator over n s trousers. 
Now, for this kind of thing, nothing Is better than Parrel's Lightning 
Eradlcator. It Is not only for men's aniucullomtbies that the Professor ' 
