POT? E ST AND STREAM. 
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doer. F. C. Oehle. W. Farrow. 
R, Faber. J. Cook, Wriebt II' vonder Linden, Henry Kroger, 
Charles B*^ 0C .^/ n U r g 8 F ’ Bertechy, Covert Pape G Hart- 
C. Judson, F. Bnimenu b, j, w Ems. 8. Hohmann, 
mann.C. Mahnken. H ^ 'spitz, Jac. Heinlz, John A. 
C. Becker, P. Tobin L wl^manu F dnrriflon, C. Keller. Jr.. 
sai 5 : V^T^SSS*:*^ 
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/lanf A Ermiaoh, J. RheiniranK, i • csnroou , ,p p -r\„i a _ 
wmim H.,.. ; s:t. 
Landolt ; tenth, E. Kulgger. 
On Monday the 24th the team match for the Forest and 
Stream and Bod and Gun medul takes place. 
t>°A D pn TrcAS ■ with fifteen members only. Practice meet- 
than our average) 
rules : 
Maas. Creed’r. 
OB Bull » 44 BldWeU 
J D Marks #9 « 
Dr Lewis 90 40 
Mass. Creed’r. 
„„„„ S6 41 
Andrews 81 40 
Laubensteln <8 
B. 
q oirrH Carolina — Charleston . — The Carolina Rifle Bat- 
k^fidinc is plain, but very roomy aDd comfortable, and is 
nn v d ^ g few steps fr«m the shooting-shed. It commands a 
onlJndid view of the entire range and targets. The lifle 
contest was for the “Company Gold Medal, held by Mr. 
contest of 23. As no one made any higher 
Ln 21 Sring lhe day. Mr. Lynch still holds the meda 
zna M he i one of the best shots In; the company, will 
continue to hold it for some time to come. The 
shooting on the whole was not good, owing to a strong 
fk ® 'piic following good average score was made by a 
fewmembere of tbe^Oarolinae in r private match on their 
lew memo yards, six-pound pull, off- 
PaulH Lynch 21 T. Williams, 19; C. J. Walker, 
Sr d W. J Jervey! 20;' E-’ H Sparkman 19; W. McCor- 
mack 21- J- P- Lesesne, 19; C. O. Campbell, 21. 
T adiks' Match — Salt Lake City , June 7 . -Perhaps the first 
i^mnirh in which the fairer sex showed their skill with 
regular match wfiic^ Point| uear salt Lake City, on 
5he 7 df of this month. Dr. Carver having visited Salt Lake 
SfJSute lately undoubtedly fired the Mormon ladies with 
fhe y desire to become riflewomen. Fully forty contestants 
ivein the field, and two targets were set up at fifty ya-ds. 
The Sc2 paragraphs says that all Lands were as cool as 
1 , „n« Ihoiieh some of the ladies “squinting with the 
vete ^'? madeTt lively for the target keepers.” We are 
' Vr r ° v funf that no chronic strabismus had to do with it, and 
S ffterm “ sighting ” should have been used for squint- 
ing. We give the leading scores •- , ]6 
. * j « a on Mr* Slater. .... . < s4 o «5 — lo 
Mies CtklMB 6 4 6 4 21 »irs Maraon 4 0 4 4 4 — lit 
Mrs W F J«n« •• ■■■■% 4 6 . 3 4 -jo Mr. Popper a 3 4 4 2-15 
Miaa Cftdd Young » | 4 4 4 Jg “raRee-le 3 4 o 3 4-14 
Mrs Lawson... M puompson 0 4 4 3 3—14 
Miss Lhauibera 6 4 5 4 Cunjm i Dg 8 4 a 4 0 4-14 
Mrs Meeara » i | S S— 18 Mrs Birl “land 4 4 o 3 2-13 
Mrs WllBOU.. 4 4 ^ a ^_ 18 Mrg h0t)er [ 8 0 3 2 4 3—12 
Miss Musser 3 M Whlttemore 2 2 0 6 2— 2<> 
*£» 1 1 8 tfi Mrs Clark 2 0 4 4-10 
Mra W FRayhonld. -. S 4 2 8 4— 10 
There was a pigeon match and glass ball shooting, and the 
armaments were to have ended in a tub race, but the two 
BUhoS Lannan aud Walsh, having nu inclination toward 
baptiBm’, did not come up to time, and so this orthodox 
amusement did not occur. 
Missouri — Scdalia. — The Sedalia rifle team had their first 
g>it„rdav the 8th inst. A large company of the 
Eneas men and citizens witnessed, with a great deal of m- 
business me cerem0 ny. The target was a reduced 
Creedmoor size ; bull's-eye, lour inches ; distance, 100 yards 
off-hand. First score as follows: a , , , ^ 
F Honaton, .40 cal. Remington 4 3 5 4—19 
Dr Trader .42 cab Wbitoe,-... a 4 4 4-16 
j,C Panneriee, .44 oaL Whimcy^ ... 3 4 6 4 8-lo 
;-;v - 6 9 8 .V 4 -; 4 
Dr Trader and Mr. Dempsey having tied on nineteen 
they decided it by shooting three shots off-hund. The fol- 
lowing is the score : . 
Dr Trader 8 4 A B Dempsey 4 4 4 - 18 
Second score, same distance : 2494 3 -ie 
F Houston 4 3 4 4—19 
Dr Trader 7 . . . .3 3 4 3 3— 16 
6 4 4 3 4—20 
AM Dempsey 77.777 2 2 2 8 4 — 1 3 
M^Rotanson,'.3S cal. Remington 3 33 s 4-10 
E N Small, -40 cal. Remington 
Third Bcore, same distance ; . . , , « „„ 
V Honston ....3 3 4 4 8-17 J Colin 8 4 4 ' 
Dr Trader 7.7 7 7. 4 4 3 8 4-19 Mat Robinson — 3 8 3 A 2-U 
jCParmeriee 4 4 2 8 4—17 E N Small 4 
A B Dempsey 4 4 4 4 4-20 , , AAft . 
The team expect soon to be ready for 800 and 1,000 yard 
nrartice The members are all amateurs, and some 01 
EX were shot for the first time. Occident. 
Wonderful Skill and Preoision-1,000 Glass Balls 
Broken with a Rifle in 72$ Minutes . 
New Haven, June 15, 1878. 
At last Dr. Carver, the great marksman had favorable 
weather for his exhibition at Qumnlpiac Rai Qg • At 
past two at least 5,000 people had h S^’t“ee by 
Doctor began preliminary practice at a ■ Wje befor tu y 
breaking a few single glass balls ^wnin^by an^ 
tendant. Next he astonished P. e0 Pj® ft ^J t ““^ g These 
thrown directly at him from a point fifty f^t a ij. 1 
he broke jus. before they reaped htai. Then «>“J D ““ 
were thrown high in air, and they were , J ighty .g ve 
balls. He began work by attempting to breait eign y 
eves Next came practice upon trade dollars. rbe9e we e 
thrown up ten feet in air ten feet away. Of forty-five thus 
thrown, he hit twenty-six. Each 
from two hundred to five hundred feet with a loud nuzz, 
and at once a hundred boys were digging in the grass for . 
Most of the dollars had holes clean th. rough Jfliein .This ^^ex- 
hibition was a benefit for the crowd. the 
balls thrown up at. the same lime, he ^JEhSkine it 
same ball missing purposely twice and then breaking t. 
He then began the feat of breaking one t^sand ballsm 
eighty minutes, thrown up twenty feet aw. The ^first 
two hundred were broken in ten minutes and thirty seconds, 
tbe first five hundred were broken in exactly thirty 
and in sixty minutes he had broken eigbtbundred andflfty- 
six. Toward the end tbe Doctor’s shootmg WM admiraWe, 
and, after working over three-quarters of am hour on t s 
feat, he made a run of eighty-six consecutive balls without 
misses, thirtv of which were broken in one minute. Seeing 
that he had time enough, this wonderful “ ark9 “ a ^ 
occasionally shoot at a passing swdlow^or fire th ree times 
at the same ball. Only seventy-two and one-half mumtes 
had passed when the feathers flew from 
ball. He continued shooting for some time m^rwara at 
small stones thrown high in air, which the ball would break 
into many pieces. Then the man's skill was exhibited by 
hitting pennies and flve-cent pieces which generally dwap- 
peared with the bullet. The exhibition was remarkable 
and very satisfactory, and no one who saw it denies Carver s 
right to the title of the champion of the world. The rifles 
fc? used were the well-known Winchester repeat^ : nfles, 
fresh from the factory. He uses no o her. While : n this 
city Dr. Carver has been the guest of the Messrs. Winches- 
ter, under whose management the exhibition was given. 
Da. Carver in New York. -We had the pleasure ® f a 
visit from Dr. Carver on his return from New Haven lhe 
Doctor proposes shooting in Meriden next Saturday, and 
later— about the week after— will give his first exhibition in 
New York The famous 5,500 ball match will be announced 
by us in due time, and will be the last ef the performances. 
In breaking the 1,000 balls at New Haven the Doctor says 
that 72$ minutes was the best time be bad yet made. He 
has a new pair of Winchester rifles selected for him, but 
will continue to use bis old ones. After they b ®®“ 
shot some 41,000 times, on examination they were found to 
be perfectly serviceable and but little worn. The rifle is 
the model of '73, calibre .44, using a ball of 200 grains with 
40 grains powder. The plain open tight u wed ( This is in 
response to a host of inquiries.) The magazine holds fifteen 
cartridges. In shooting three rifles are used. 1 he gun be- 
coming decidedly uncomfortable after thirty rapid consecu- 
tive discharges, of course, as the weight of the metal is 
great, the rifle would take longer to cool than a fowling- 
niece An attendant loads, and cools the gun in water. In 
the 5 500 ball feat, which this champion rifle-shot proposes 
accomplishing, it must be remembered that he must raise 
his gun 5,500 times, twice the number of a sbot-gun, as it 
has two barrels. Dr. Carver is determined to bring his 
horsemanship into play next year, and will then give a 
series of exhibitions, Bhooting when in the saddle, lhe 
Doctor expresses himself highly pleased with his reception 
East, and desires us to express his thanks to his many newly- 
acquired friends. 
Sib Henry Halford and the Sharps Rifle.— We prom- 
ised some time ago to give our readers the result of Sir Henry 
Halford's experiments with American rifles. The following 
letter sets forth the result of the first day’s shootipg : 
Wibtow, Leicester, May 29, 1678. 
Messrs. Sharps Rifle Co. 
Dear Sirs ;— I received my rifle In due course of time, and now send 
you tlie results of my flrst day’s shooting. I think comment on the per- 
formance of the rifle ia unnecessary. I can only thank you for the 
pains you have taken, and inclose you a check for amount of bill. 
Believe me yours truly, H - St - j - Halford. 
The score was, thirty shots, distance 1,000 yards : 
44466645636655 6—69 
66656658546564 6 — 73—172 _ 
Shot at Wlsiow by H. St. J. Halford; Sharps Creedmoor, with fac- 
tory ammunition. 
sentient, prono^ced the sound of tflen g ^ the { 
eet of all. In the opinion of seven of the place(J the 
gmin powder came ne^;eeven^BOOf ^ unan . 
rifle large grain thud on the li at , , ' WOl8 t sound-pro- 
imous in pronouncing the pebble-pow differences in 
ducer. These differences are entirely due 
the rapidity of combustion.” 
and £$iver fishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
FRESH WATER. ° 'WATBB. 
Salmon, Sainui solar. K . 
Salmon Trout. Salmo amj • gtrlped Bass, Hoccut linneotu*- 
Land-locked salmon, whlto Ferch? Mow amtrtcana. 
Black Bass. MieropUrus talrnoidot , wniwrw , ( ^ |u)( , rfcn rtgalitm 
m«„ Blueflsh, J’or.uUoviu* »*}*<*'*■ 
#7, my. 
Muekalouge, E«ox nobilvor. 
Pike or Pickerel, E *ox lwiw». 
Yellow Perch, Perea Havetc*nt. 
Blueflsh, Pomatomue saiuurix. 
Spanish Mackerel. Cybiummacula- 
tum 
Cero, Cybtoirn, regale. 
Bonlto, darda pelamyt. 
Klngflah, MenUcxrru* ntbiilOHts. 
—Our thanks are due to the Gazette of Montreal for copies 
of the Proceedings of the Ontario Rifle Association, and for 
that of the Province of Quebec Rifle Association. 
T Ha Noise of Gunpowder Explosions.— In Professor 
Tyndall’s recent experiments on fog signals we find the follow- 
ing as to the reports made by different kinds of powder. 
Professor Tyndall was experimenting in order to produce the 
greatest possible volume of sound with fog guns : 
“The more rapid the shock imparted to the air, the greater 
is the fractional part of the energy of the shock converted into 
wave motion. And as different kinds of gunpowder vary con- 
siderably in their rapidity of combustion, it may be expected 
that they will also vary as producers of sound. This theoretic 
inference is completely verified by experiment In a series of 
nreliminary trials conducted at Woolwich on the 4th of June 
1875 the sound-producing powers of four different kinds of 
powder were determined In the order of their sizes then 
bear the names respectively of Fme-grain (F G ) Large-gram 
(LG ) Rifle Large-grain (R. L, G.„ and Pebble-powder (P). 
Tlie charge in each case amounted to 4$ lbs., four 24-pound 
howitzers being employed to Are the respective charges. 
FLIES IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
Hawthorn, Eo. 11.— Body, shining blaok ; lest and head, black ; wings 
10 —Body, ringed alternately with light and gray sal- 
mon; feet, dark ginger; wings, the “ 
the mottled of the woodcook mixed ; set®, mottled w • 
Black June, No. 10-Body, peacock’s hcrl; feet . 
Dark Slone, Not. 8 and 9.-Body, dark brown ; feet, yellow brown , 
tS 10 .— Body, peacook’8 herl ; feet, dark red hackle ; wings, 
made of the darkest part of the bittern’s wing or brown hen. 
Grun Drake, So. 7.-Body, white posterior, half ribbed with black, 
nreen yellow, mottled with brown ; set*, dark brown. . 
P BroL Drake, So. 7,-Body , feet aud wings, a golden yellow brown , 
setae, dark brown. 
Raven So. 11.— Body, feet and wings, black. 
Wren Fly, So. 9. -Body, clay yellow ; feet, made from the scapulary 
feathers of tho English wren or quail ; wlugsandsetiB, mottled wldgeou. 
Fmn in Market-Retail PaioES-Bass, SO cents ; blue 
a.h, 8 aalmon. 20 i -acker.., 20 ; .had, 85 , ’ w \ , ‘“ 
perch, 16; Spanish mackerel, 20; green turtle. 12 ; halibut, 15 
haddock, 0 ; king fish, 20 ; codfish, 8; blaok fish, 10 ; Aomiders. 8 
porgies. 8 ; sea baas, 15 ; eele. 18 ; lobsters 10 , ; slieepsbead. 15 
frogs, 30; Canada brook trout, 60; Long Island brook trout $1 
pompano, 30 ; whitebait, per pound, $1 ; hard crabs, pel 100, $3 
soft orabs, per dozen, $1.60. 
Restigouche salmon have fallen off very much in numbers, 
at least one-half. The run having been almost a month 
earlier, it is quite supposable that it is almost over. Salmon 
have no business to come when they are not wanted. The 
time the public expects to eat them is in July. It is quite 
possible that there will be more demand then than supply. 
Blueflsh very abundant in tbe New England coast, weighing 
from 4 to 7 poundB. 
Canada. — Montreal, June 10.— Knights of the rod have 
been more than commonly active, as is certainly proved by 
the several very pretty fishing houses which ^ve been built 
and are destined to grace tbe rugged shores of the Qulf. ^nd 
somewhere opposite the lowest end of the Island of Anticosti. 
Mv “ Lord Dundreary’s” is notably the most extensive, and 
is to be transported by vessel chartered for that special pur- 
nose The Fish and Game Protective Club are making efforts 
to alter the law affecting bass and pickerel Ashing. The close 
season for pickerel Is from April 15 to May 15 ; for bass 
from May 15 to June 15 ; but as this has failed to accomplish 
the desired objects of real protection, an application will be 
made to the legislature to cause the close season for both bass 
and pickerel to be from April 1 to May 23. A remarkable 
catch was recently made at the Bock River of a tea and a half 
pound pickerel or dore, as we call them, with an ordinary 
bass rod, and without the aid of net or gaff. Royal 11. 
Canadian Salmon Streams.— The salmon catches in nets 
at the mouths of the rivers argue a large harvest for the an- 
gler. The rivers are already occupied by a large force of 
fishermen, and the sport has already commenced. The fol- 
lowing partial list has been contributed to a New York daily 
poper : 
“ The Moise— Messrs. R. W. Cameron and Thomas J. Have- 
meyer of New York ; Mr. Allen Gilmore, of Ottawa, and 
Mr James Turner, of Hamilton. The Grand— Messrs. An- 
drew Clerk, Charles F. Imbrie and Griffith Rowe of New 
York. The St. Ann’s— Messrs. Hogan, O’Brien and Waddell, 
of Montreal. Grand Cascapediac— Messrs. Stevens, Angus 
and Scott, of Montreal, and Mr. R. G. Dun and Collector Ar- 
thur of New York. The Marguerite-Mr. George Dawson 
and Judge Headley, of Albany ; District Attorney Catlin, of 
Brooklyn, and District Attorney Phelps, of New York. Later 
in the season the river will be fished by Senator Edmunds aud 
family, Mr. Blanchard, of Boston ; Messrs. Robt. Hare Powell 
and son, of Philadelphia ; Messrs. Streit and Green, of New 
York, and Messrs. Willis Russel and son, of Quebec, lhe 
angling privileges on the Marguerite for the early fishing are 
nearly ull taken, but I understand that there are a number or 
the best pool to let after July 10. Earl Duffer in aud party 
are at Tadousio. The York is being fished by Mr. Reynolds, 
of Montreal, and a party of friends. 
—Salmon are selling at four cents per pound in Montreal, 
and at a still lower price in Quebec. 
Massachusetts— New Bedford, June 17.— Swordfish made 
appearance in markets to-day, several having been taken Satur- 
day. Blueflsh plenty. The trout fishermen have had extra 
luck, Capt. Wm. Nye catching five fish, weighing seven and 
one-fourth pounds. Conoha. 
— The Cuttyhunk Fishing Club open their club house Mon- 
day, June 24. 
Movements of the Fishing Fleet. — The number of fish- 
ing arrivals reported at this port the past week have been 80— 
16 from the Banks, 37 from Georges, and 27 from mackerel- 
ing trips. The receipts from the Banks have been 420,000 lbs. 
codfish and 280,000 lbs. halibut ; the call for dry-cured ood 
