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the 24th of April, Edmond Orgill, Esq., in the chair, a dis- 
cussion on the question of field trials, as suggested in a late 
number of the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun was 
held. Various subjects of interest were discussed by J. Addi- 
son Smith, Esq., President of the Baltimore Kennel Club, and 
by Messrs. Rowe, Higgins, Davidson, Preston, Sheppard and 
others. On motion of Mr. Whitford, it was proposed and 
carried that the 10th of November next should be the day for 
field trials. The President of the Baltimore Kennel Club 
kindly informs us “that in all probability the ground selected 
will be on the Rappahannock, some sixteen miles below 
Fredericksburg, the trials to be held by the B. K. C., who 
will also have gentlemen of the club to select the place at as 
early a day as possible." 

National Dog Snow at Worcester.— On May 21, 22, 23 
and 24 a bench show will be held in Worcester under the 
auspices of several gentlemen. Mr. Charles Allen has been 
engaged, who will take charge of the dogB. There are in 
Division 1, for sportiDg dogs, free classes for champion Eng- 
lish setters, for champion Irish, for champion Gordons and 
for champion pointers. In the open classes, there are 12 
classes, for imported English setters or their progeny, 4 prizes; 
for native English setters, 4 prizes; for imported red or red 
and white English setters, 4 prizes ; for native red and white 
setters, either Irish or cross-bred, 4 prizes ; for black and tan, 
■white and tan Gordons, either native or imported, 4 prizes ; 
for pointers of 50 pounds w^fcht or oVer, 2 prizes; for 
pointers under 50 pounds, 2 prizes; for pointer puppies 
under 12 months, 2 prizes; for retrieving and field spaniels 
other than pure Irish, 1 prize ; for cocker spaniels, 1 prize ; 
for fox hounds, best couple, 1 prize ; for fox terriers 1 prize. 
In Division 2, non-sporting dogs, there are handsome prizes 
offered for mostills, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Dalma- 
tians, collies, Italian grey hounds, bull dogs, King Charles 
spaniels, poodles, Siberian bloodhounds, pugs, black and tan 
terriers, Skye terriers, Yorkshire terriers. Entrance fee will 
be one dollar. The show will take place at Mechanic Hall. 
The prizes are fairly liberal, commencing with twenty-five 
dollars, the lowest being ten dollars. Mr. A. P. Peck is man- 
ager. Dogs will be received up to Tuesday, May 21. En- 
tries will close May 15. 
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Worcester Dog Snow.— Entries are coming in rapidly, and 
all indications arc that, in number of dogs exhibited and gen- 
eral interest aroused, the show will be a decided success. 
^ Eng. 
Field Trials in Minnesota.— In connection with the Min- 
nesota Kennel Club Bench Show, which is to be held at the 
State Fair at St. Paul, next September, it is proposed to hold 
a series of field trials, and as the grouse season is just then at 
its best and the canine material of the Slate is of an excellent 
quality, a superior event may reasonably, he expected. The 
English colony of Martin county, who keep up the fox hunt- 
ing and hurdle racing of their native country, are to be pres- 
ent in full force at the fair and arrange a coursing meeting. 
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RrPTURK in Dogs. — In answer to some inquiries made in 
the Forest and Stream in regard to rupture or hernia in 
dogs, I will give my experience with my pointer pup. When 
first discovered the rupture was quite small and very soft. I 
used plasters and bandages for some four or five weeks, hut 
could not discern any change in my dog. At last, disconso- 
late about my pup (for he is a fine little fellow), I went to a 
surgeon and asked him to perform an operation on my dog, 
which ho did, successfully. The operation wus only of fif-' 
teen minutes' duration, taking six stitches in the muscles of 
his abdomen, leaving the skiu opened to heal afterward. I 
then placed a piece of heavy muslin around his body, making 
a bandage to lace at the top with rubber cord, and continued 
to dress him in this manner about once a week for six or eight 
weeks, when I was safe in removing the bandage. He has 
not been 6ick a day since the operation was performed. He is 
entirely well now, and is pronounced a daisy by all who have 
Eeen him. Tbaoy. 
Lafayette , Indiana. 

A Field Trial Winner For Sale.— Stafford, bred by L. 
H. Smith, Esq., of Strathroy, Canada, is to be sold, This fine 
dog was one of the Field trial winners at Memphis. A better 
dog, with finer pedigree and recorded performances, cannot 
be met with.— [See advt. 
me gag mid § tm. 
—The owner of a setter bitch, cream color, with orange 
ears, of small size, and auswering to the name of Judy, whs 
lost in Brooklyn some ten days ago. See the reward oflVrtd 
for her recovery, on her return to No. 80 Pierrepont street. 
Visits.— J. fi. Jones' (Marshalltown. Iowa) dog Jet to Re- 
no, owned by Dr. C. U. Field, Geneva. Iowa, April 2, and to 
Pbceby (out of Bismarck), owned by Sh pman. 
State Centre, April 14. 
VJ. W. Foster, Leesburg, Virginia, Kirby to Leicester- 
J. N. Dodge. Detroit, Rose to Leicester ; and Isaac Fiskc’ 
Worcester, Mass., Pearl to Gladstone. 
WnKLPS.— Baltimore, May 1.— Mr. J. Addison Smith’s 
Lillie bad a fine litter of pups, five dogs and iivo bitches all 
white, with lemon markings. A choicer lot never was seen. 
Sire was Mr. Orgill’s Flake, whose death we noticed in lust 
week's issue. 
MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 
Game in Market — Retail Prices, Poultry and Game 
Game— Wilson 6uipc, perdoz., $2.25; plover, $2.00; bay birds, 
large, $3.00; small, 30; wild pigeons, flights, $1; do stall 
fed, $2 ; Philadelphia squabs, $2.50 ; wild do, $1. 
Poultry— Philadelphia and Bucks County dry picked chick- 
ens, per pound, 25 cents ; do., fowls, 18; do., turkeys, 18; 
do., ducks, 20; State aud Western chickens, 15; do., tur- 
keys, 15; do., fowls, 13; do., ducks, 16; spring chickens, 
35. 
Connecticut — Centre Brook , May G. — Snipe shooting poor 
this spring. Too much water on the river meado ws. Larg- 
est bag heard from, 12- » O. H. C. 
Maryland. — Elkton, May 6.— Woodcock unusually abun- 
dant. 
F. S. 
Georgia— Amcricus, April 27.— In some localities in the 
southern part of this State woodcock breed and remain all the 
year arouml. The country is open, except along the branches 
where the undergrowth is thick and laud marshy. Deer are 
plentiful there, and if they were not shot down at all seasons 
of the year their numbers would afford grand sport. Shot. 
Tennessee Turkeys.—" Forester,” of Huntington, TeDn. 
thinks “ Val's" reported 20 pounds turkey (F. aud S., April 
25) a wonderful bird. The average weight be puts at 19 
pounds. What do our Tennessee turkey shooters have to 
say? 
Indiana— Lafayette, May 5.— Chicken will be plenty unless 
season is very wet. Saw large numbers while shooting snipe. 
Found a nest on April 30, with ten eggs. This within 18 
miles of Lafayette. Ashley. 
low a— Pomeroy May 1.— Close season commences to-day. 
Golden plover have beeu quite thick for some time, but no 
Wilson snipe are to be found ; have only bagged two this 
season. I was out la9t Saturday afternoon and killed forty 
plover, one curlew, etc. On goiDg over the ground after the 
great storm of the 21st ult. I found numbers of ducks and 
other spialler birds that bad met a violent death during the 
war of the elements. Abe Dacotah. 
Mihail— M r. E. J. Robbin’s Mirali, Irish setter, whelped, 
April 25th, six pups, two dogs and four bitches, by cham- 
pion Rory O’Moore, Weathcrfield, Conn. 
A Removal — Mr. W. Waldstein, the well-known manu- 
facturer of optical instruments, has removed from his former 
store on Broadway to 41 Union Square. 17th street and Broad- 
way. At Creedmoor everybody should have a good pair of 
glasses, ami at Mr. Waldstein’s establishment is tho place to 
purchase them. * 
A Montana Hunter’s Lodge.— J ust what the poet meant 
when he sighed “ for a lodge in some vast wilderness ” we are 
at a loss to conceive. It certainly could not have been a bun 
ter‘s lodge, for as this self-same poet wept bitter tears in good 
English rhyme upon the death of his pet hares, we cannot, by 
the boldest stretch of the imagination, think of him as mount 
ed on a mustang, and, with shot-guu in hand, chasing the fleet 
jackass rabbit of llie West. But the sportsmen of Helena, 
Ark., have a very definite conception of what will meet their 
needs. Having taken up a tract twenty-five miles north of 
Helena, near the summit of the main range of the Rocky 
Mountains, they propose to stock the lake with fish, build a 
club-house, and otherwise equip the grounds with the most 
approved appurtenances of a sportsman’s park. The game, 
large and small, fur and feather, is abundant, and, with proper 
restrictions, will furnish rare sport for years tv come. 
A Veteran Sportsman.— The columns of the Forest and 
Stream and Rod and Gun are frequently indebted to our 
very much esteemed friend, Dr. Garlick, for most interesting 
matter. In a late communication from Dr. Garlick he writes 
us; “ I have to write lying od my lounge, and much of the 
time am suffering severely.” We copy the following from 
the Chagrin Falls (O.) Exponent of April 18, which shows that 
the fire of former days still burns in the spoilsman : 
“ Dr. Garlick, of Bedford, is a crack wing shot as well as 
expert angler, and although over seventy-three years old, a 
confirmed invalid, and unable to walk without the assistance 
of a crutch, he one day receutly killed on the wing teu snipe 
out of eleven shots, each shot bringing a bird till the tenth, 
when, by more carelessness than lack of skill, he missed.” ■ 
Portable Shooting Boxes.— For several years we have 
been trying to induce builders to manufacture a portable 
shooting box or camping house which could be taken down or 
put up in a few hours, easily packed and transported, and 
sold at a cheap rate. Last year the Messrs. O’Brien, of Yon- 
kers, advertised through our columns and received innumer- 
able inquiries. Sportsmen did not, however, feel like paying 
the prices asked, and held off. This year the prices have 
not only decreased, but material improvements in construc- 
tion have been contrived, and the Messrs. O’Brien are now 
prepared to suit all applicants. 
What perfect structures of this kind can be made may be 
readily ascertained by visiting No. 51 Lafayette Place, New 
York City', where two models of the lightest, most graceful, 
durable and convenient kind are on exhibition. These are 
made by John M. Hoffmire, whose address is at 157 Broad- 
way. The weight of a house 10x11 is only 600 pounds, 
and the cost $120. A house with five rooms, suitable for the 
lake or sea side, costs only $320, aud weighs 1.650 lbs. The 
largest room is 10x16, and the other four rooms each 8x7. 
We verily believe that the time will soon come when the de- 
mand for these houses by shooting clubs, anglers, sportsmen 
and summer visitors on the sea side and in the mountains, as 
well as by fishermen, duckers, sheep rangers, cowboys, orange 
growers and pioneer settlers, will be almost as universal as 
the demand for canvas tents and blankets. We have critical- 
ly examined the Hoffmire portable house with delight and 
fullest approval. It makes a man feel like putting out for 
the woods to step iuside of one of them. These houses can 
be put up in two hours. 
Small Bore Guns.— Mr. Editor — The inquiry of H. M. S. 
in Forest and Stream of April 11, in regard to the desirabil- 
ity of 14 -gauge guns for upland shooting, recalls Frank For- 
ester’s favorite for general use— a 14-gaugo 81b. gun. The 
English makers are maktog 20-gaugc guns that, with a charge 
of 21 drachms of powder aud i of bd ounce of Iso. 0 English 
shot (202 pellets), will make patterns of lbu pellets in a .30- 
inch circle at 40 yards. A circle 30 inches in diameter con- 
tains 706 square inches area, and, supposing the shot to be 
evenly distributed, 165 shot would give one pellet to every 4 
square inches area, or place them about two inches apart. A 
10-gauge cylinder bored gun could not approach this, either 
in pattern or penetration. If choked, the 10-gauge gun would 
niake the same pattern, and the target would be increased iu 
diameter 3 to 4 inches. This is the only advantage the largo 
bore possesses over the small gauge for field shooting, when 
no one cares to use large shot. For large' sizes of shot the 
large bores are best. For field use a 10 gauge, 6£ or GJ lb. 
guu, with a medium choke, will be found the best. 
I own a muzzle-loadiDg fine gun, made by Burke, of Lon- 
don, 15-gauge, Gif lbs., cylinder bored, making a pattern of 
125 pellets at 40 yards, 30-inch circle, with a charge of 24 
drachms of powder and f oz. No. 8 American shot. A cylin- 
der bored 10-gauge gun that will make a target of 140 pellets, 
using 34 drachms of powder and oz. No. 8 shot, must be a 
good one. Now is the “game worth the candle ? ’—one 
drachm more powder aud $ oz. more shot to put 15 extra pel- 
lets in a surface of 706 square inches, or one extra pellet iu 
every 47 squnre inches ! Of course those who wish to cover 
the side of a barn had better use large bores with bell mouths. 
Iu selecting a gun all depends on what you want it for ; if lor 
cover shooting, a light small bore is all that is wanted, the 
right barrel a cylinder and the left medium choke ; if birds 
are wild and long shots are the rule, have the right barrel 
medium choke aud the left full choke. For a duck gun got 
an 8 or 10-gauge, for a Hock gun the right barrel cylinder, the 
left medium choke. When ducks will not decoy well and are 
shy, have the right barrel medium choke and the left full 
choke. Where ducks are scarce and the shooting is at single 
ducks at long distances, have the right barrel full choke, and 
the left extra full choke. Small gauge guns will not shoot 
large shot so well as the large bores; on the other hand the 
small gauges are markedly superior to the large bores in shoot- 
ing small shot. The choking of a gun enables it to shoot 
larger sizes of shot well. Ten Bboeok. 
Some Pattern with a Weblby.— I send you the results of 
some experiments I made with my 12 bore Webley B L gun 
at 5 O'Neil targets, 30 yards distant, and from the results I 
think they may prove of interest to those readers of Forest 
and Stream who wish to secure the best possible results 
from their guns when shootiDg at either game, bird matchA, 
gluss bulls, or targets. The conditions of the trials were os 
follows > 
Targets, 30 in. circle, divided into 109 squares and parts of 
^Shells, Hart’s 2J in. nickle cone, brass shells. 
Loads, 34 drachms Laliin & Rand's F. G. powder. 1-j oz. 
Colwell's drop shot No. 8, on powder, one P E wad and one 
fibre wad ; on shot, one cut pasteboard wad. 
Gun. Webley, 12 bore, 32 in. barrel, 9£ lbs. weight. 
Distance. 30 yards. 
Target No. 1 with left barrel, bad 2S8 shot in circle and hit 
02 out of the 109 squares. Target No. 2, right barrel, had 
304 shot in circle and hit 89 out of 109 squares. Target No. 
3, left barrel, had 331 shot in circle, and hit 89 squares out of 
109. Target No. 4, right barrel, had 310 shot in circle, and^ 
bit 80 squares. Target No. 5, left barrel, 284 shot in circle, 
and hit 85 squares. 
In No. 1 and 2 targets I wet the shot with raw linseed oil, 
and the results are plainly to be seen in the very even distri- 
bution of shot over the face of target. 
In targets No. 3 and 4 the shot was in the same condition 
as when it came from manufacturer. The result is shown by 
the uneven distribution, but larger number of shot in circle. 
In target No. 5 I wet the shot with common lard oil; its 
effect is in my opinion not so good as in No. 1 and 2. but 
is better than in 3 and 4 targets. The question will then arise 
are these results peculiar to my gun, or will any gun show the 
same? I will test it if I have an opportunity some future 
time, but iu the meantime will some of your readers make 
a few trials and give the results? I had no means of getting 
the penetration, so cannot give thut. ' Central. 
Jersey City, May 7. 
A Good, Serviceable and Cheap Gun. — Now if any one 
had said that this season a good, serviceable gun, a central fire 
breech-loader, with patent top lever, direct bolted cam action, 
with a thorough lump, twist barrels, good locks aud fore end, 
could be produced, imported from England and retailed at 
$35, we could hardly have credited it. But so it is. The gun 
is now before us, and quite a neat shooting-iron it is, one that 
no one would be ashamed of. We put the barrels to the 
light, and the work seems perfectly smooth and finished as 
the sun shines through them. We click the locks, the SDap 
sounds clear and good. We work the top lever, it moves 
smoothly and does not grate. Now, in order that persons 
may examine these guns before purchasing, Mr. H. C. Squires, 
of No. 1 Courtlandt street, agrees, on payment of express 
charges one way, to send any of these guns ou examination. 
Of course they differ in prices ; starling at $35, they augment 
in cost to $85, with Damascus barrels. Mr. Squires is well 
known for his probity and square dealing, and for those who 
want a good and cheap gun let them consult the advertise- 
ment. 
Altering Muzzle Loaders to Bbeeoii Loaders. — '['he 
question of altering gims is one so frequently asked us, that it is 
worthy of a careful consideration. A man has a favorite gun, 
one he has shot with for years, which in muzzle loading times, 
was the best of its kind. Is it worth altering ? We have, we 
may frankly state it, been so far very much on the fence. 
Questions of safety being paramount, after that came tho 
economic question. As to the first, we arc quite sure how 
that when an arm has sufficient weight at the breech it can be 
so altered. We are evt-n inclined to think that comparatively 
light barrels can be made into breech loading guns, because 
shells, if metallic ones are used, very much strengthen a bar- 
rel, affording an additional thickness against the bursting 
effects of powder. We may mention too, that when an old 
barrel is taken to a good workman to be looked over prior to 
changing to the breech loader, the metal has to go through a 
critical examination. It is-not always that a barrel is returned 
because at the breech the metal is too thin, but because from 
long use, or for some oversight, it may be from the muzzle 
cud that the barrel is worn out or poor. Now as to the ques- 
tion of cost. As a good breech loading gun can be hud of 
American make at from $50 to $100, or an English one from 
about the same price up to $125, when $75 has to be paid for 
an alteration, the question of cost comes in, or is “ the play 
