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them alone, as I have noticed very large flocks of prairie 
chickens budding on bright mornings are 
hanks of our Minnesota River, Tho woods at tins date are 
chuck full of [Woodchucks?- Ed. j pheasants, and even the 
erav and black squirrels are getting quite numerous. _ Two 
S i not a specimen of the latter could be found m our 
St on he State. Quail are not yet as abundant as I have 
seen them in old Pennsylvania ; the rigor of this northern ch- 
mafe seems to retard their increase. Very often, in post years, 
have I found a little covy frozen under some wood pile or 
brush heau The black bears and deer which were quite 
nlentv iu this region as late as ten years ago are now almost 
extiu’et • the former driven farther West and Is orth to the 
Dlum and crab thic .ets. and the latter slowly, but surely, ex- 
terminated before his relentless aud bloodthirsty enemy— the 
Norwegian aud his dogs and snow shoes ! E. 
Lake City Sportsman's Club.— T his club has held nine 
meetings during the past year; ten trap shooting contests have 
taken place ; Major Van Vliet holds the champion badge, and 
James McCroden was last winner of the Dilley badge, which 
is now in the possession of the chib. Officers elected for the 
ensuing year : Pres. , L. S. Van \ liet ; \ ice-Pres,, C. H. Free- 
man ; Sec., D. C. Estes; Treas., F. Kueckert ; Managing 
Committee, O. F. Benson, chairman; J. McCroden, ISate Pat- 
ton, C. H. Freeman, Charles Wise, 0. W. Smyth and S. M. 
Simpson. 
California. — Sylvester Scott, who lives near Coverdale, 
killed last yeir thirteen bears. Seven of them were killed in 
a two weeks' hunt in December. 
Wild Pigeons.— Pigeons are in the beech woods of Sulli- 
van County. Pa. , in immense numbers, working on the 
beech, which is a heavy crop. They will nest probably near 
Thorndale, Sullivan County. Parties wishing further infor- 
mation can address “Nick,” Wolf Run P. 0., Lycoming 
County, Pa. 
That Chicken Tangle.— To the prairie chicken problem, 
published March 7, there have come several solutions. For 
the enlightenment of all, and as a recognition of their atten 
tion, we give here the correct answer as furnished by the 
correspondent who contributed the problem: A's chickens 
were fifty cents each ; B’s were thirty-three and one-third 
cents each. The average price was then forty-one and < ne- 
third cents, which, multiplied by tbo total number sixty, 
comes to $25. But when B, in the simplicity of his soul— 
How our city street hucksters would bleed him!— sells five 
chickens for $2, he receives only forty cents apiece for them, 
or $24 for the whole, and that dollar has disappeared with as 
much mystery as Heller himself could throw about the ojJera- 
•tion. 
Ditto ar and Black Powder Mixed.— The right-hand 
■barrel of my Geo. Bury (cylinder) averages 121 in a 30-inch 
•cii'cle at 40 yards, off-hand shooting, with 3± drs. of the mixed 
Dowder (5 oz. Hazzard’s sea shooting to 1 oz Dittmar ) I 
get an average of 149, also an average of six pellets of No. 7 
chilled (Sparks) shot, in a 2-inch bull's-eye, at 40 yards. If 
any of your readers have met. with “ bad luck " shooting at 
class balls, especially from a Bogardus trap let them try for 
t 74 lb No 12 gun (cylinder or choke), 3* drs. of the mixed 
powder, with two pink-edge wads over it, and 1J r oz .No. 7 
chilled shot. Don’t use a mallet. C. b. b. 
Philadelphia, Feb. 23. 
William Seeds, “The Jersey Bot."— A Jersey City cor- 
respondent recalls some of the feats of William Seeds, who 
acquired considerable fame some ‘years ago by his exploits 
with the shot gun. The youth and remarkable skill displayed 
by the farmer boy in bis matches with older and more expe- 
rienced opponents, won for him among his admirers the 
soubriquet of “The Jersey Boy.” In his Hippodrome match 
with John Taylor, Sandford and others, his scores were some- 
times wonderful, when we remember that his weapon was the 
old-fashioned muzzle-loader, and the odds of find and trap- 
matches against him. We must, however, question our cor- 
respondent’s estimate of his superiority to Capt. Bogardus. 
A Gold Medal —Messrs; Nichols & Lefever, the celebrated 
mm builders of Syracuse, were the recipients of the gold 
modal at the St. Louis bench show. The fine qualities of the 
Nichols & Lefever arms are well-known, and we may be 
Pretty certain that this new honor will stimulate our Syracuse 
friends to even greater perfection in the construction and 
finish of their guns. 
Bears.— This is the kind of fun they have in Bethel : 
Bethel, Maine, March 9, 1878. 
Mr. Jededlnh Richardson, of Romford, a farmer who occasionally 
boss "out cariboo and moose hunting and trout Ashing about the lakes, 
has had another of his famous laeky explo'ts; this time with bears. 
Uncle Jed. was Ashing through the Ice at the South Arm of Lake Molly- 
ebunkemunk, and while thus engaged he heard his old dog, Bone, bark- 
ing furiously a little way up the mountains, on the south side. He 
knew by the peculiar tone that the dog had some large game, and Im- 
mediately started lor the spot. Arriving at a thicket of evergreens, he 
was summarily embraced by a large bea-, making hie gun ageless ; 
bat be nad a sma 1 ax Id bis hand, and by dropping his gun he dexter- 
ously used the hatchet and broebed the bear off. At this lime the dog 
was’a little farther off engaged with some other object. The bear, 
however, was not to be rudely shoved aside, but gallantly made an- 
other as.iu It, and was tbe second time driven back. The bear con- 
tinned to press the conAlct, and Uncle Jed. after awhile fonnd he was 
getting the worrt of it, and called lustily for old Bone, and the dog 
came to the rescue, and by vigorous movements about the rear end of 
lhe batt'e, attracted the attention of the bear UDtll Uncle Jed. recov- 
ered his gun, when he made short work of the beast. But Imagine his 
surprise wUcd, In picking up his hat which had fallen off, he fonnd 
three cubs snugly stowed away, and nestllog up together to keep 
warm- Tbe great black, beautiful pelt of the old mother, and the 
three living cubs, made Uncle Jed. a good day's work, and a good loud 
to Jug twenty-Ave miles home. J. O. R. 
CHILLED AND SOFT SHOT. 
Editor Forest and Stream : New York, March 19, 1878. 
The prominence which has lately been given to the use of our im- 
proved chilled shot ha3 Induced some persons to Imagine that It bus 
absorbed an interest in the manufacture of soft shot. We desire to as- 
ar« your readers that, while giving all the attention necessary to in- 
sure for onr ohllled shot tho confldence of all who use It, we shall 
continue la the manufacture of our “Patent Finish Drop Shot" the 
ssme care which has given to It a world-wide reputation for superior 
excellence. 
We are, respectfully, Tatram Brothers. 
CHILLED SHOT. 
It has b eon proved by experience that ordinary shot is o jammed 
out of shape before leaving the gun, that a great many pellets fal 
short of the mark or fly out of range. It also flattens on entering 
an object, lessening its penetration. To obviate these difficulties 
use “Improved Chilled 8hot," which is hard enough to retain 
its spherical form, aud so makes a better pattern and has much 
greater penetration. 
Squirrel shooters often find the ordinary shot flattened Just be- 
neath tho skin, and it frequently requires a number of loads where 
a single charge of chilled shot would kill, and it is an undisputed 
fact among duck shooterB that soft shot flattens on the feathers, 
and sometimes on a wing bone. Chilled shot would break the 
wing and pierce the feathers, finding a vital spot. For woodoock 
and all brush shooting it is more advantageous, as it outs the 
bushes, aud flies with more accuracy than soft shot. 
There is much said about the best kinds of powder, and but lit- 
tle about the best shot, when it is, at least, equally important. 
The query among sportsmen, therefore, should bo, what kind of 
shot is most perfect when it leaves the gun ? This can be learned 
by firing into a large bag of bran or some other soft substance, 
preserving the shot for examination. The strongest powder and 
strongest shooting guu will show the best result in favor of obilled 
shot, by crowding the soft shot more in the guu barrel. 
The chilled and soft shot being of tbe same diameter, tbe num- 
ber of pellets is alike by measure, but by weight the chilled shot 
will be found to be a little lighter, say eight pellets to tho ounce in 
No. 7. 
Xumber. 12 11 lO 9 8 7 
Standard dlamete s 5-100 6-100 7-100 8-100 9-100 10-100 
6 5 4 3 2 I 
Standard diameters 11-100 12-100 13-100 11-100 15-100 10-100 
la 11 10 9 8 7 
No pellets In an oz. avoirdupois. 2,3S5 1,880 863 6S5 409 299 
6 5 4 3 2 1 
No, pallets in an oz. avoirdupois. 223 172 136 109 88 73 
Tatham & Brothrbs, New York. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
CosmoTiovT—Saugaluek, March 10.- -Match between Mr. 
James Knox Polk, son of the late president, and Mr. E. S. 
Wheeler, on the grounds of the former. Bogardus’ trap, dis- 
tance twenty-one yards. Fifty balls were shot, the contestants 
each breaking 23 out of 25. The time occupied was about 
half an hour. Considerable attention is paid here to this 
amusement. 
No More Pigeon Shooting in Rhode Island.— The 
Rhode Island Senate passed, March 5th, the following bill 
relegating pigeon shooting to the domain of the unlawful : 
“ Whoever shall keep or use any bird, fowl or otHer animal 
as a target, or to be shot at either for amusement or as a test 
of skill in marksmanship, and whoever shall rent any build- 
ing, shed, yard, ground or premises belonging to him or under 
hi 8 control for the purpose of shooting any bird, fowl or other 
animal as aforesaid, or shall suffer or permit the use of any 
building, shed, room, yard, ground or premises belonging to 
him or under his control for either or any of the purposes 
aforesaid shall, for every such offense, be punished by a fine not 
exceeding $50; and whoever shall be a parly to or be present 
as a spectator at such shooting of any bird, fowl or other ani- 
mal shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10.” 
[The real secret of this legislation, we opine, is jealousy, 
lest birds shot within the limits of the State should die out of 
bounds. — E d.] 
New York— Groton Landing. —Glass balls, 21 yards rise. 
First match : C. Acly, 10 out of 16; C. H. Warring, 14 out 
of 16. Second match : Chas. Tallcott, 20 out of 20 ; C. H. 
Warring, 16 out of 20. O. H. W. 
Brooklyn Gun Club .—Dexter Park, L. /.—Regular 
monthly shoot for champion medal at double birds, seven 
pairs each from ground traps, handicapped rise, 100 yards 
boundary : 
Eddy 2’ yds 11 11 10 11 11 10 01—11 
Wynn 71 “ 11 11 00 11 11 10 11—11 
Atkins 71 “ 11 11 n oo II 01 00- 9 
Woods 18 “ 11 11 10 01 10 11 00— 9 
GUdersleeve 21 “ oo lo 11 11 n oo 10— 8 
Wisner 19 “ oo lo 10 ll ll lo lo— 8 
'Broadway 18 “ ll 10 00 10 11 io 10- 8 
Ties. 
Eddy 10 11 11— » Wynn 11 10 10—4 
Same Day. — Contest for champion trophy’at five “ five trap 
shoot,” shot for at ten birds each, from five H and T traps, 
handicapped rise, 80 yards boundary : 
Wynn 27 yds 1 1 l o 1 1 1 l l l-g 
Woods 27 
Eddy 27 
GUdersleeve 29 
Atkins 27 
Wisner 27 
Broadway ..28 
C Williams 29 
11110 11111-9 
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1—8 
0 111111110—8 
1 11*110 10 1-7 
0 0 11110 11 1—7 
0 1 1 1 o 1 0 1 1 1—7 
•••- 0 111110 10 0—6 
Ties. 
1—3 Woods 1 1—2 
Wynn 4 1 
• Fell dead out ot bounds. 
Jersey City Heights Gun Club.— At the opening of the 
new club grounds last Monday classified sweepstakes were 
shot. The first had four entries, 5 balls each, 18 yards rise. 
Eugene Bogardus, the thirteen year old son of Captain A. H. 
Bogardus, at 12 yards, won first money. Fifteen came to the 
score on the second sweep, the conditions being the same as 
in the first. W. Sheppard, M. Buttles and young Bogardus, 
the latter at 15 yards, broke all their balls and divided first. 
F. M. Thompson and Dr. Burdctt broke four balls each and 
divided second. G. Hurlbut third. The next event was a 
match of 25 balls each between Eugene Bogardus and Henry 
Langstaff, the boys being about the same age. Each shot at 
10 yards rise, and used the same gun, a 20-gauge, weighing 
about 54 lbs. Both broke 20 balls, and Langstaff declined to 
shoot oft the tie, because of not feeling well. A sweepstakes 
had twenty-three entries. Each shot at 10 balls, 18 yards. 
G. H. Herbert broke 9, William Hughes and E. Madison 
broke 8, and divided second. J. S. Dustin and A. Heritage 
scored seven. Captain Bogardus then essayed the feat of 
breaking 300 balls within twenty-one minutes. Two traps 
were used, and three guns of the following weight and cali- 
bre: No. 10 gauge, 10 lbs.; No. 12 gauge, 7| lbs., and No. 
20, 54 lbs. The Captain succeeded in breaking 801 balls in 
the brief time of 20m. S£s., missing 13 in the 314. 
Captain Bogardus at Dkkrfoot Park. — Captain Bo- 
gardus, on Friday afternoon next, will shoot to kill 85 out of 
100 double birds. Match to take place at Deerfoot Driving 
Park, Brooklyn. 
Midway Shooting Club— Mataxoan, N. J.. 
Monthly shoot for gold badge; handicap; 1$ 
yards boundary : 
March 14. — 
ozs! shot, 80 
Frauk E nyer 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0-8 
..24 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1-8 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
I 
1 
1 
1-8 
..23 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1-7 
..22 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1—7 
..22 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1—7 
..24 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1-7 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1—7 
..22 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1-7 
.24 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1-6 
..22 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1-7 
..28 
1 
1 
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1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
w 
...23 1 
..22 0 
..22 1 
..23 1 
Ties on eioht. 
0 
1 
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0 W 
0 w 
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Haigbt 
...24 yds. 
1111—6 
J Oonover...,24 
Philadelphia, March 10. — Following is the score of the 
third of a series of matches for championship of Semper Felix 
Club; 21 .yards rise; shot from new B. trap and behind 
screen. 
DrC T Smith. .0 011011011110111010011011101 
0 1 r 19 
Henry Wright. 110011011111111111100111111 
1 1 0 24 
Dr M A Wood. .1 o l o 1 1 00 l o o l l oi 1 Oil o oo ul u l l t 
o 1 16 
R N Wallace l l l o 0 i 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0—7 
J Barnewitz o l l 0 0 l 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 it- o 
Geo H Summers 1 o 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 o 0 1 1 0- 6 
P Barnewitz 0 0001010100100 1—6 
There were not balls enough for all to shoot full score. 
Dr. C. T. Smith, Capt. Geo. H. Summers, Sec. 
P. S.— From what sort of traps do these other clubs shoot ? 
[P. Huber and Ira Paine, of this city, and Wright of Cin- 
cinnati, have other traps. See advertisements in this paper. 
—Ed.] 
Esperance— Distance 21 yards : 
w Settle l 1101 
J Chapman t oot 1 0 1 l 0 l o 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 
J L Hemck 1 1 
F ChaDman 1 1111111111101101111010 
W Night 1 lOlllllOlllilllllillim 0— 28 
Dr Norwood 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 U 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 —16 
J Baxter 1001100000001010 — 6 
— 6 
-18 
— 2 
-19 
Texas. — Waco, March 13. — Ninth match of 
Club for the Ragland cup : 
H Thompson l l l o 1 
W 8 Almond l l i i i 
W T Lane 1 l l l l 
S A Garland 1 1 1 l l 
G B Gerald 1 10 11 
E McCall 1 1 i l i 
C C McCulloch l i l o l 
J Thompson t i i i i 
E Early 1 1111 
C M Downs 1 1111 
W E Creeap 1 l 1 1 l 
Ties on ten. 
Almond 1 1 1 0 l — t Thompson 
McCall l 1 l o l—i 
Same Day. 
GB Gerald 1 110 1-4 
W T Lane l 1 1 l 1—5 
E Early 1 1 1 0 1-4 
W E Cresap 1 1 0 1 1— I 
S A Garland 1 1 1 1 1—6 
CM Downs 1 111 0—4 
the Waco Gun 
1 1— 8 
1 1—10 
1- 9 
1— 9 
1— 8 
1—10 
1— 9 
1—10 
1- 9 
1— 9 
1— 9 
.1111 1—5 
H M Thompson. 
J Thompson.... 
C C Mounlloch.. 
W 8 Almond.... 
E McCall 
C A Worslng.... 
.1110 0-9 
. 11111-6 
.11110—4 
.1111 1—6 
.1111 1—5 
.10 111—4 
Total 26 Total 26 
Captain Gerald’s side won on the tie. 
Same Day. 
Lane 1 1 1 l 1—5 Almond i i i i i _ s 
Early 1 111 1—6 McCulloch i l i l o — 4 
Total *....10 Total ‘."J 
Tie on five. 
Lane 1 ill 1—5 Early 1 oil 1—4 
Waoo. 
Michigan State Medal Association.— T he last shoot, 
March 6 , at Hamtramck, resulted in the following score, Mr. 
Eldridge, who had won the score, still retaining it : 
J V D Eldrldge 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
E H Gtllman 1 1 0 l 1 1 1 0 1 
Goff Stenton ... .1 l 1 l 0 1 0 w 
E S Barber 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 l w 
Cook Cousins l 0 w 
The sweepstakes following were won, respectively, by Gill- 
man and Cook, and a miss and out by Eldridge on seven 
birds. 
Pacific and Detroit Clubs — A series of matches, shot 
March 8 , resulted in these scores : 
Fifteen birds. 
r. Brown (Paclflcl...... 0 1 00 1 11 1 0 11 0 0 0 1 - s 
C A Mack (Detroit) .1 l 1 0 1 1 1 l 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 — n 
Five birds. 
TN Bermlngham 1 10 1 1—4 JasMlnahan 0 010 0—1 
Five birds. 
C Brown 1 1 1 0 1 — t C A Mack 1 111 1 5 
L Horn 1 1 1 1 1 — 6 — Slocum 1110 1— 4 
Three birds. 
E Reldy 1 0 0 — 1 Jas Mlnahan 00 1 1 
T N Bermlngham 0 1 1—2 
1 0—10 
1 w 
Montreal, P. O., March 16.— Match bet 
three each ; 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary : 
between teams of 
Bonneville 1 0 1 1—3 
C King 1 1 1 0-8 
W A Campbell u 1 0 0—1 
A Horn 0 1 1 1—9 
gM Wa"y 1111—4 
P E Nonnando 110 1—8 
10 
8 
Total 7 Total.. 
Match between teams ; 15 yards rise : 
A Bonneville 1 1 1 1 1-5 EM Wally 0 1 0 0 1-2 
£Elng : 11111—5 a Burn 0 0 1 1 1— 8 
P E Normando 1 1 1 0 1-4 W A Campbell 0 10 11-9 
Total 14 Total... 
Match between teams ; 15 yards rise : 
A Bonneville 1 1 
P E Normando 1 1 
em waiiy \ 
CKlng .0 1 
A Hnrn 1 0 
W A Campbell* ,.]l 1 
1 0 
1 0 
0 0 
1 1 
0 0 
0 0 
1 1 
0 1 
0 — 7 
1 - 7 ■ 
1—4—18 
0-8 
1-8 
0—6—10 
