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GAME IN SEASON FOR JULY. 
Jaly is a dose month for game, except as to woodcock, In certain 
States. 
{y n«w York Law.— The open season for woodcock In New York 
State begins August l ; for quail, Nov. 1 ; and for ruffed grouse or part- 
ridge, Sept. 1. 
Massachusetts— Nantucket, July 24.— The gunning does 
not commence here until the middle of August, although 
there ere a few birds, the advance guard of the main flight. 
Monday I shot two small yellow-legs, and noticed a flock of 
black-breasted plover flying in the direction of Micomet 
Pond. Jack Curlew. 
New Jersey — Barnegat Inlet, July 20. — Bay birds are 
plenty. They commenced flying on Tuesday last. On 
Wednesday you could see and hear them at all hours. B. 
Virginia.— Curlew, willets and snipe are very plenty at 
Chincoteague Island. 
always in the same line of business, this house has all the ad- 
vantages of a thorough experience. For many years as the 
manufacturers of Tryon’s single and double muzzle loading 
rifles and shot-guns, these arni6 have been widely distributed 
throughout the country. All the tools used by gun-makers 
are made by the Messrs. Tryon. They are also agents for the 
Derringer pistols and revolvers, and for Parker & Brothers' 
breechloaders. In English guns they have constantly in 
stock full lines of Ward & Sons and Williams & Powell’s guns. 
All kinds of shells and cartridges used for shot-guns or rifles 
may be obtained. There is a certain wise conservatism about 
a well-known Philadelphia house, which induces the utmost 
confidence on the part of customers. Whatever arms may be 
sold by the Messrs. Tryon may be relied upon. They are ex- 
actly as represented. The house does a large wholesale and 
retail business, and from their catalogue, which is of the most 
comprehensive character, every want the sportsman requires 
can be filled. 
GAME IN COLORADO. 
Hot Sulphur Springs, ) 
Middle Park, Col., July, 1878./ 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
The crop of grouse of all kinds common here— sage hen, bine, pin- 
tail and ptarmigan— promises to be unusually large, and the early 
Connecticut— Stom/wd.— Second competition for the *« Weed Bowl •• 
Scofleld 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 o 0 l o 0 o i i i o i 0 n 
Gillespie 1 0001110 0101000000010100 « 
Gaylor 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ll- s 
Camming 0 00000000000000000000000()-_n 
Weed loiiooooiooiooioioioooooiCg 
Match for Bishop Revolver : 
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Weed 0 00000000010110111100011 i in 
Oothout 1 11011001110000110011100 o— la 
Grain 010001101101111110111101 Hi? 
Hendrle 0 0 0 oo l l o l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 l l n n v 
Gillespie 1 11010011101100010011101 l_u 
Foote. 1 11101110011010001010101 i j|j 
New Y okk — Buffalo. — Mr. L. Sutter, of Chicago, III., presented the 
Buffalo Audubon Club with an elegant gold medal, valued at tioo to 
be contested for as follows : Ten wild birds, plunge traps, 20 yardg rise 
New York state rules, the ultimate holder to win It three time* in suc- 
cession against all members contesting at a club shoot. The first con 
test took place at Byron Schultz’s new shooting park, Buffalo Plains 
July 6, 1878. Following is the soore : 
Ward 1 10 10 11111—8 Jaegar l 1 1 0 1 0 n o i- 7 
Beier, Jr. .1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 O- 7 Franklin, Jri 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 —a 
Suckow 1 01101010 1-6 Seymour. ...1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0— s 
Qnlnn 1 0 10 10 1111—7 Schultz 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 — a 
Liineens — 0 111111110-9 Roberts ....0 Ilium,! 
Fisher 1 11111111 1-10 Uelnold ....1 0 1 l 0 l 0 l 1 i_ ? 
Heinz 1111110 111—9 Melster 1 ll 1 l 0 1 1 n_ 
Vino 1 10 1111111—9 Flelschman.l 0 1 l 1 1 1 1 0 « 
Sutter 1 111111110-9 Downs 1 0 0 1 l 0 1 1 1 i_ f 
Dansvillk Sportsmen's Association— DansotUe, iV. r,, July 10 — 
Three traps ; Bogardus rales : 
Tennessee— Nashville, July 20.— There are a great many 
doves about, and this is the season for shooting them. Our 
sportsmen are out in numbers. Mr. Fields killed thirteen the 
other afternoon. The weather is too hot to shoot, except 
very early in the morning or late in the afternoon. 
Fobest and Steeam Gun Club.— W e appreciate fully the 
compliment paid us by some gentlemen of Nashville by nam- 
ing their club The Forest and Stream. We wish them full 
success, and hope to chronicle their exploits. The officers of 
the club are: John C. Ferris, President ; J. Louis Valentine, 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
Texas— Qaltcston, July 10.— Plover are appearing in con- 
siderable numbers hereabouts, and quail and prairie chickens 
are being killed above here, though our climate forbids a large 
bag of game just now. O. C. P. 
Illinois. — Some Chicago sportsmen are to organize a club 
and make their headquarters in Wisconsin, somewhere in 
the vicinity of Ashland. 
Harrison, June 30. — Woodcock are plenty here this season. 
Ohio— Canton, July 19.— Quail prospects good ; woodcock 
scarce and hot work to hunt them. G. P. P. 
Iowa— Algona, July 18.— We are sure of fine shooting this 
season. I never saw so many prairie chickens before. Every 
farmer that comes to town tells of large flocks of chickens 
seen every day. The chickens are over two thirds grown. 
All who want to shoot will have a fine chance this season. 
J. G. S. 
“Fated to be Fbee.” — Two thousand stall-fed,' pigeons at 
Petroleum Centre, Pa., were suddenly released the other night, 
when the flames broke out and their coop caught fire. The 
sportsmen of that town lost their club room, with all their 
property, including a champion gold medal. 
The Fourth at Blooming Grove. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The attendance of members and their invited guests 
at Blooming Grove Park was larger than usual this year, 
nearly seventy persons participating in the sports, (which coni 
aisled of rifle and pistol matches for prizes, boating, fishing 
and archery practice, musical entertainments and readings. 
The opening of a new road from Millville to the club-house 
was made the occasion of a celebration, and no pains were 
spared by the Executive Committee, under the direction of 
Dr. Bradley, to make the meeting pleasant and memorable to 
all. The new road from Millville on the Honesdale branch of 
the Erie Railway to the club-house was surveyed and located 
by the park engineers, Messrs. George S. Greene, Jr., and 
John Avery, and found by actual measurement not to exceed 
seven and a half miles in length. It is a charming drive, fol- 
lowing up the romantic Blooming Grove stream through the 
woods until it reaches the high ground, where the views of 
the surrounding country are very fine. This will be the 
favorite route to the Park in future, and ample accommoda- 
tions are furnished at Millville by Mr. John Deming to parties 
arriving from New York by the evening trains, and also con- 
veyances to meet all trains. The rifle matches were as fol- 
lows: 400 yards, off-hand, first prize, a silver-plated re- 
volver, won by Col. P. M. Wilson ; second prize, a gold club 
badge, won by Dr. Glenney ; 200 yards off-hand, first prize, 
a Remington rifle cane, won by H. Kleinhans ; second prize, 
a gold club badge, won by A. H. Wellington. Pistol Match- 
20 yards, prize, a Smith & Wesson 12-inch pistol, won by 
Mr. Pattison. Glass ball trap match— 10 shots, prize, a gold 
club badge, won by Dr. Glenney. Members rifle match— 200 
yards, gold badge, won by Frank Reynolds. There was some 
archery practice by the ladies, in preparation for the coming 
contest for a prize silver pin, designed and presented by the 
secretary, Mr. Avery. The success of this meeting, the 
openiDg of the season, was due to the exertions of the Execu- 
tive Committee, and the careful attention to the welfare of all 
by Dr. E. Bradley and Mr. T. W. B. Hughes. Trout and 
black bass were caught in abundance by the piscatorial mem- 
bers— the bass in Lake Giles and Lake Laura, which latter 
has become the favorite camping ground this season. Excur- 
sion tickets, via Erie Railway, can be purchased ut Twenty- 
third street and Broadway by application to the Secretary, 37 
Park Row, or to Dr. E. Bradley, Executive Committee, No. 1 
West Twenty-fourth street. J. Aveby, Secretary. 
—Mr. C. L. Ritzman, of 934 Broadway, offers for sale a 
very general assortment of sporting goods, including rifles 
pistolB and shot-guns, with all the necessary rig for fishing! 
The recoil pad has had already our approval, and we can 
recommend to our friends. A specialty is to load shells for 
sportsmen. All the varieties of glass balls are offered for 
sale. A very handsome split bamboo rod, three-jointed, with 
extra tip, is offered as low as .$18. Mr. Ritzman has a specific 
for that brute of a black-fly, which fishermen are pretty sure 
to use.— [See Adv. 
—Among the numberless knick-knacks of the sportsman’s 
outfit, which in our day of shooting are made easy, censidered 
indispensable, is Dudley’s pocket cartridge reloader, whose 
claims are set forth in our advertising columns. 
—Among the leading gun houses in the United States, the 
firm of Messrs. E. K. Tryon, Jr., & Co., of Philadelphia is 
worthy of especial notice. Established most fifty years, 
batching 1b read; for the spit or frying pan. The young sage hen Is 
best, and, by a remarkable and pleasing coincidence, very much tbe 
most abundant. They Inhabit the sago plains between the river 
bottoms and the timbered bills and mountains. Tbe pintails and bine 
grouse are found aloDg the edges of tbe timber, and in tbe gulches, 
among willows and aspens. The ptarmigan stays only on the high 
ranges, and Is seldom seen below timber line— that Is, tbe altitude at 
which timber ceases to grow. Among the rocks and scanty herbage of 
that elevated region they are very tame, and can be knocked over with 
stones. In fact, they are hardly Busplclous of man. But few people go 
there, and this rare bird, tbe most beautiful of tbe grouse family, Is 
seldom killed. As before remarked, tbe grouse crop Is excellent. Tbe 
spring has been dry, with no heavy or continuous rains at all, and no 
severe thunder storms, and tbe batch is unquestionably good. Between 
the Stb and lOtb of June I found the old birds slttlDg or tbe chicks Just 
out. On tbe 16 th I found one sage hen upon her neBt, and half a mile 
farther on, started np chicks that were able to fly, and looked as large 
as quails. On tbe 30 th, a covey that appeared to be one-third grown. 
Have not beard of a single one being shot yet. 
Geese and dneks batch along these rivers in considerable numbers. 
Young ducks are reported out, but no goslings yet. The settlers have 
repeatedly raised broods of tbe latter, but they Invariably fall victims 
to tbe shot-guns of roving “ tender-heels” or “ bug hunters” before the 
season closes, despite the red ribbons and other danger signals about 
their necks. Tbe hope has been to prove whether or not they will re- 
turn In successive years to tbe place of nativity. As it Is, they attract, 
while they last, migratory flocks, and furnish their owners good shoot- 
ing for a time In that way. And they are a pretty good bird to raise, 
anyhow, If they could only be preserved. Barney Day, the best author- 
ity on banting and fishing In this neighborhood, avers to me that the 
wild goose sometimes makes her nest In a tree, generally taking posses- 
ion of an abandoned eagle’s nest. He gives places and particulars, 
bat I still think he may be mistaken. Call another witness. 
While on the bird subject let me remark that among the myriads of 
Insectivorous birds— all of which we treat with the utmost friendship— 
we have Immense colonies of swallows that nest by thousands In the 
cliffs, crowded together like bees. Under some sheltering rocks across 
the river from my door Is one of these colonies, and In the evening 
their swift clrollng wings fill the air from the water upward to hun- 
dreds of feet, and their twitter mellows the ceaseless roar of the river. 
Well, the other day I found where one pair of these birds had made 
their nest In a tree a hundred yards away from the others, and were 
busily feeding their young ones. It Is In a knot hole, where a branch 
has rotted out. 
Early In Jane I went on ascont with Barney Day and “ Poney” Hud- 
son, two valiant and famously successful hunters, away out west from 
here, over the Gore range of mountains, and Into the region marked on 
schoolboy maps as the Roan Mountains, or Book Mountains. We rode 
a hundred and fifty or two hundred miles through the freshest and 
wildest of wildernesses, a very paradise for the hunter and fisherman, 
nnscarred even by the track or tbe "blaze” of the pioneer settler. 
Deer are as plenty as cattle In many a civilized pasture, and as tame 
There-ls no telling how many we might have killed, hot, of course, we 
took only what we needed for ourselves and dogs. A back antelope, 
ditto a black- tall, and one or two yearling fawns filled the list. The 
yearlings, generally In pairs, were yet with their mothers, and In some 
Instances there were little ones of but a few days old. Elk are also 
plentiful, but more wary and seldom seen, while we rode by scores or 
hundreds of deer that often stood In easy range and looked curiously 
until we passed out of sight. 3. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
Massachusetts— Worcester, July 18 , 1878.— The Marlborough Sports- 
men's Club visited this city to-uay, and shot at glass balls with the 
Worcester Club at Jourdau's Pond, Lake Qulnslgamond. The balls 
were sprang from traps, 18 yards distance : 
„ Worcester Team. 
0 f_^° ugllton 1 1 1 7 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 
M D G 1 liman... 1 11001011910110101100 1111111 
1 1 — 21 . 
1 ^ 2 ® ud80n — ° 1111110010111111011111 ,1-110 
1 1 HHOHUllllOllll, 11110111 
1 f_^ 7 ^ 0lden • -- 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
1 1 oinillI 1 'i°i 1 «i»iiiiiiioii 
O L Taft l 011010100010101101 00 1 0 1 1 1 00 
1 1 — 10 . 
I 1 “"ifiiioiooniooHooini 
I I B is*°° deU — 0101011001100011111010010111 
W S Perry.... ..0 llllliioilloiOllliiiiiiiiii 
1 0 - 26 . Total for team, 281 . 
Marlboro Team. 
J F Moore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l 1 
1 1 — 2). 
1 £_ d 3 Beaudr *--- 1 111101110111010111111101110 
1 uisM 1018 1 1 1 1 OH 1 U 1 1 1 01 00 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 Oil 
Leighton, Jr....O llllioiliiiioiiiioioillllil 
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1 f _^ 6 Mar8, ' al1 1111111110111101100111111011 
1 iJL*™* ° 1 1 1 1#01 1 1 11 1 •>! 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 0 
1 t A ,r ,d 1 ooi; 0001 * ° 1 ot, °' 1 0001 m 00 1 0 in 
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ° 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
0 ?_Yl' Eager 0 1101011100 11111011101110111 
„ ? Ch'amberjAULi 100010010011000011010011011 
0 0 — lj. Total for team, 219. 
Faulkner.... 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1—0 Moora 1 0 1 1 l 0 1 0 0 O-r 
Youngs 10 0 110 110 1-6 Marcan 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ,_X 
Bryant 0 01010111 0-6 Garnsey 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 oHr 
Root 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0—6 Jeffreys 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 -r 
Green 0 110 10 1111-7 Warkley 1 1 1 0 0 l 1 1 1 
Jeffries 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1—6 Forsyth 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Z5 
Onley 1 0 111110 0 1—7 Schley 1 0 I) 1 0 1 0 1 uj 
Hyde 1 10 110 0 111-7 Toles 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 oIr 
Hyland 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1—9 SUker 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 i_JJ 
Robbins 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1—6 Conklin 0 0 0 1 1 0 l l nlS 
Cogan 0 01101011 0-6 Foley l 0 0 1 0 0 l l 0 1— 5 
Crlsfleld, Raymond, Youngs, Walder, Burkhart and Shepard broke 
four each ; Sweet, Williams, Gregory, Bradley and McUartuey three 
each ; Pratt, Stearns, J. N. Faulkner and Whiteman 2 each • Deaton 
and J. Faulkner 1 each. Ties of nine won bv Forsyth with 3 
straight; seven, by Green, 3 straight; of six, by Faulkner, wiitl 2 and 8. 
Class 2— Ten Single rises. 
Whiteman. .0 01001101 1— 6 HFaulkner.l 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 
Qarnsey — 0 111001110—6 Sanborn 0 1011 1 1 0 0 « 
Jeffreys 1 10 1111111-9 Toles 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 oZ n 
McCartney..o 1 1110001 1— 6 Root 1010101110 — 6 
Williams.. ..1 110 10 10 11—7 Youngs 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 i— 7 
Marean 1 110011111—8 Onley 0 0 l 1 1 1 1 n o_ 1 
Conklin ....1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1- 6 Fraley 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1- t 
Jeffries 1 10100100 1— 6 Townsend. 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 i_ « 
Youngs 1 01011000 1— 6 Moora 1 11010110 1—7 
Faulkner.. .1 110 10 10 11—7 Hyland. ...,1 l 0 11 1 0 1 1 i_ 
SUker 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1- 6 Hyde A 1 l l l 0 l 0 1 0- 7 
nard, 
Pratt 2 eacu ; ouepuru, di«, uurKuart ana noyu i each. Ties on eight 
won by Hyland with 3 straight ; on six, by Onley, with 3 and 2. ’ 
Class 3 — Five doable rises. 
Hyland 11 01 01 11 10—7 Bryant 01 10 11 00 01—6 
F 0l8 yth 1 ° I 1 °1 "1 11—7 Townsend 10 11 10 11 11— s 
Williams 01 00 ll ll 01—6 
Faulkner and Youngs broke 4 each ; Jeffries. 8 ; SUker, Green and 
Hyde, 2 ; Shepard, l. Ties of seven, won by Forsyth. A sweenstAke 
following was won by Tlllotson, Sinclair, Faulkner and Whiteman. 
New Jrrsby.— P alisade Gan Club match for olub badge July 20- 
glass balls, Bogardus traps, 18 yards rise, Long Island rules : ‘ ' 
B S Payne 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 , 7 j 
A Anderson 11010101001 10101 1 10 0—11 
O Hesse 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 q H 9 
J C Corbet 1 IIIIIOII0011001111 i_is 
Ed Collins 1110111011011110101 1— is 
Job Poutras 0 IIIIII001111111111 1-17 
L Palmer 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
J VonLengerke 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 001 11 1 1 n 1 l— is 
H Von Lengerke 1 1 101 1 11 101 1 1 oil 1 1 1 i_u 
W C Payne 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 11 11 0— 13 
Ties on nineteen — 21 yards rise. 
B 8 Payne 0 1 0 1 1—3 OHease i 1 1 j o_^ 
Jersey City Heights Gun Club —T he fourth regular comuetl. 
tlon at Marlon, N. J., July 17 ; three Bogardus traps ten yards aDart • 
trap-puller three yards behind shooter ; balls sprung on casting nrV 
die after shooter has taken his place: 8 “ 
J Cole, 14 yards 1 0 1 l 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 l- 9 
W F Qulmby. 16 yards .1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 
J A Van Geider, 16 yards... 1 1001101100111 i_ 0 
J B Burdett, IS yards 0 0 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 _{!; 
A Heritage, 18 yards 1 l l l l 1 0 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 i_il 
C Leroy. 16 yards l 1011110011111 i_{o 
Geo B Eaton, 18 yards 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 ?_,« 
——Andrews, 18 yards 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 01 l-j 
W Hopsley, 21 yards 1 1111101111117 114 
Q Remmey, 14 yards 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 o- 0 
W Hughes. 18 yards 1 111 11m j",}} i_H 
July 20, Regular competition for doable ball gold badge heldbv 
Heritage ; one Marshall and one Bogardus trap, teu yards apart • boil, 
traps sprung at the same time : f»h.,uoiu 
J A Van Geider, 16 yards 01 01 ll ll 11 10 11 00 ll li-is 
Geo B Eaton, leyards 01 ll 01 11 01 00 01 11 11 _ J 
J B Burden, lSysrds 10 10 01 10 00 10 w 
S erl L a * e \o 1 y ^, de 00 11 11 00 11 10 11 10 00 10-11 
W Hughes, 18 yards 11 n 10 11 11 10 n n Qi—n 
Jacobstaff. 
Hackensack Association of Protection of Game weekly match for 
badge, July 16; best revolving trap ; IS yards rise : y “ ior 
Jas Blauvelt l 1 
D W Arnold 1 1 
W Holberton 1 1 
J Wood 1 1 
Geo Ricardo 1 l 
J Anderson 0 1 1 
W Teln. 
Ed Ackerman. 
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Ties on fourteen. 
J Blauvelt l li_3 DW Arnold 0 1 1-2 
Owing to a scarcity of balls, those having no chance to win withdrew 
Sea 8 idb Gun Club.-Sm CHrl, N. J., July 20.-Pig o on shoot, teD 
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Leonard 11111111 * 1—9 Hastings 1*1011011 0 — c 
Sands l liioillll-o Phelps? lioo 1 «M 
* ! }} ? H } H-S Nelson — . .1 l 0 1 1 l l 0 { 5=4 
Hewes 1 11110010 1 — 7 Lennox 0 10010100 w 
Hem8ireet..,0 l 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1—7 Hastings.... 0 0 * l 1 0 0 w 
Ties on nine. 
Leonard.. ..1 llllllll 1— 10 Sands l 1111*111 0 — 9 
ru^e a “ 6 The y 7(S“ 1 L 8 7ono P w t 8 a : ke8 ' 18 yardfl rl8e ’ 20 balls ’ Bogardu9 
Hastings n 11 11 n n 
£®y 8on n 11 11 u n 
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10 10 10 01 11 
Williams 01 00 ll 00 w 
third and last event was a pigeon sweepstakes, 10 birds eaoU; 
26 yards rise, 8u yards boundary, five traps, Long iBlanu rules. It wa» 
won by George Sands, * 
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