forest and stream. 
489 
P UN OLTO.-Olub match for a $260 gold badire ore- 
1 5? A - H °PP 0 f : handicap at live single birds and live 
Island rules : aiU * lei g07erne(1 b J Hnrilnghain and doubles by Loog 
E Murphy. S5 yards l 1 1 l 1 11 n II 11 in-la 
A Jamieson, aa yards ....l 1 1 l i n n \\ 
B Traphagen, 25 yards 1 1 1 1 i n u ol in „ 14 
W Murphy, 24 yards l 1 1 l i 11 10 10 w W 
A J Sewell, 21 yards 1 l i i i J, In £ 
W 8 Green, 25 yards l 1 l i { $ 11 10 w 
L Bright, 26 yards i 1 i i i }{ J2 " 
W Manulug, 24 yards 1 1 1 l i io lo w 
B West, 26 yards 1 1 1 l l ii ! 
J 8 21 1 1 0 1 1 10 w* 
E Fox, 21 yards i x { { ft ™ 
RMnrpny, 28 yards. .. i l l i o io w 
W. Stone, Dr. Zolnowskl, J. W. Morgan, F. N. Lew \V Hen<i«r*nn 
A, R. Warner, I, a. Hopper and J. K, Grant withdrew'. ’ 
Ties on fourteen. 
E Murphy 11 01 11— 5 A Jamieson „.n oo w 
bauSogafd^ rules: BU ° 0t th .° °‘ Qb baUge = « ^rds, 8 traps, 25 
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Bright oiiiioiiniiiiiuimm 0—22 
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W Sx>ne 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 „ \ J 
Warner d 0 1 1 1 11) l 1 (10 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1—15 
Dr Zoluowskl 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 01 1 0 1 1 Ow * 16 
M Murphy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l o 0 1 1 0 w 
Bright 0 1 1 1 1 1 l l i i j i o l l w 
E Murphy lOlllOlliiiitooiw 
Hoey 1 lOllOlloiliow 
Manning.... 1 1100010011010000W 
F. Levy, W. Green, R. Murphy, E. Fox and I. A. Hopper withdrew. 
Sweepstakes for those who never Bhot at a pigeon out or a trap ■ Ove 
birds, 21 yards rise ; two traps and HuUngham rules, won bv it B 
Holmes with lour out of live. 1 
Tknnbbseb .Vaehville, July 20 -Glass balls ; Bogardus rules and 
traps ; Paine s patent oalis. Lannom won llret match with Uve straight 
In second match, Turner, Launom, Brackman and Mitchell tied on Uve ■ 
Mitchell won shoot-off. In third match, double bails, Mitchell anti 
Valentino tied on nine and divided. Fourth match. Turner, Polsion, 
PhllilpB, MoKiney, Lannom, Mitchell, Gilbert and Valentine tied on 
nve each. Brackman aud Phillips tielng again on 12 each and dividing. 
In the fifth match, Turner, Fields auu Mitchell tied on Ove; shoot-off 
won by Mitchell, Sixth match, double balls, Valentino and Gilbert 
tied on nine, latter winning shoot-off. 
Chioaoo Soootino Club.— F irst match, July 20 , for gold medal 
presented by Audubon Club, of Chicago, at State Association, and won 
ov Chicago Shooting Club team. To be won three times by same Indi- 
vidual to become his property ; to be shot for according io Hurllug- 
ham rules, twelve birds eacn, 30 yards rise, 5 ground traps, 80 yards 
bouadary: 
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HMusker... 1 llliioiiii o — 10 
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J D Kendall 0 OlOllOlllii— a 
W H Haskell 1 101 10101011— a 
J Mather 1 l o 0 1 1 1 l i l i o— 9 
Dr Rowe 0 IOI 10001111 — 7 
A Kielnman 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 l — 11 
FP Taylor 0 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1— 10 
J B Wiggins 1 llllliiiii i_i 2 
E Gale 0 OlOOlOOOw 
LR Brown 1 l l l l l 1 1 1 0 0 l — 10 
C Green 0 OlOliiiiooi— 7 
G Beaumont 1 11011110100 — 8 
R Fitzgerald . 0 01111101111— 9 
Chas Kern l lllOllioii l — 10 
Bogahdos Matched.— B ogarduB, aud Wallace of England, shot a 
match at the Nottlng Gun Club last Friday, 100 birds. The result was 
a tie on 97 birds, an excellent score. Another match was appointed 
for July 20. 
Captain Boqardcs— London, July 23.— In the return pigeon-shooting 
match between Captain A. H. BogardQs, the American champion, and 
Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell, member of the Hurllugham Park and Gun 
clubs, each to shoot at 100 birds for $1,000 a side, captain Bogardus was 
the winner, killing two birds in excess of the number killed by nis an- 
tagonist. August 9, the captain shoots a match with Mr. Aubrey Co- 
ventry, who has been chosen by the International Gun and Polo Club 
as the first British pigeon-shooter. A gentleman who was present at 
the first match gives us an amusing account of Mr. Pennell’s method 
of shootlug. He was accompanied on the ground by no leas than four 
supernumeraries. One attendant held an ombrella, a second a waiter 
with refreshments, a cnlrd loaded aud handed the gun, while a fourth 
r nod reudy to spouge off and rub down Mr. Cholmoudely-Pennell. Our 
iniormant states that both Englishmen and Americans were ready to 
buck Bogardus to the amount 01 £ 20 , 000 , but that bets after the mutch 
commenced were few. We are requested to state that In the first 
match with Mr. Pennell all the money on Captain Bogardus’ side was 
ready, and If the entire amount was not made up It was not on the 
American side. 
Wallaoe— B ooAHDua.— The cable dispatch announces, Just as we 
are going to press, that In the Wallace match Bogardns was defeated. 
Lacrosse. — The match at Toronto, Ont., July 20, between 
the Torontos and Montreals, resulted in a victory for the 
former, who now retain the championship. In the Buffalo 
game between the Tuscarora Indians and the Union Lacrosse 
Olub, of Port Colburne, Ont., the Indians won three out of 
five games. 
Ennis-Guyon Walk. — The match between these two pedes- 
trians was ended at Buffalo last Saturday evening, Emiis 
having walked 847 miles, and Guyon 324. 
Raokets.— The concluding games of the racket tournament 
between James Keating, of this city, and Oscar Manning, of 
Philadelphia, for the American championship, at Philadel- 
phia, last Friday, resulted in a victory for the New York 
player. The score at the end of the ninteenth and final inning 
was 21 to 6 in Keating’s favor. B. McQuade, William Ryan 
and Professor John Manix, all of the New York Racket Olub, 
are in training and settling, by a series of forty-five games, 
which of them Bhall challenge Keating to a contest. Of the 
nine rubs, best three iu five games, to determine who should 
challenge Keating, three have already been played. In the 
first, Manix won three straight games from B. McQuade, and 
in the second an equal number from W. Ryan; in the third 
he was defeated by McQuade, three to one. 
Albion Society Athletic Games.— The fourth annual 
games of this society for gold and silver medals took place 
at Jones’ Wood last Monday. The contests were as follows : 
One Hundred Yards Handioap— Final heat won by James Henry 
in 12 b. 
Running Long Leap— Won by James Henry, 14ft. 2in. 
One Hundred Yards (for contestants under nine years of age) 
— Won by C. Parsons, aged 8 ; time, 10 2-5s. (?) 
One-half Mile Ron— Won by F. Banham, H. A. C., 2m. 13 4-6s. 
Old Man's 220-yds. Race— Won by G. Hawkins in 38 2-5s. 
Four Miles Walking Handicap— Won by E. Lewis in 35m, 49 
4-5s. 
Quarter-mile Run— Won by E. Smith in lm. Gs. 
Handicap 220-yds. for Boys— R. H. Butler, 29 8-6s. 
Three Miles Walk for Professionals— Won by Qeorge Odell, 150 
yards start, in 25m. 36)£e. 
One Mile Walk— Won by T. 8. Griffiths in 9m. 39 4-6s. 
Manhattan vb. St. George.— A cricket match between 
these clubs at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, last Friday, resulted 
in a score of 61 for the St. Georges, and 109 for the Man- 
hattan. 
&n8wt)8 to (gopespondenta. 
No Notloo Taken ot Anonnuout Communication*. 
15 0IT18 NeW Yorlc, ~ T he partridge season In Pennsylvania opens Oct. 
Aogusns^^* 111 ^ 0 ' U1 ' -The plnnale<1 « r0Q8e aea8 °n opens in Missouri 
F. T., Tllsonborg.— Mr. Bollock 1 b now onlhla Western tour. Will 
not pass over the O. 8. R. r. 
*• °’ C ” B08 ‘°“— For sink-boxes for wlld-fowl shooting go to 
Scheffer, gun maker, 10 Elm at., Boston. 
Bhbx, Ashtabula.— L No such maker, it Is a trade mark put on 
guns. 2 . Address yonr state representative 1 
V '* St- Lem.— ^ Write them again. Your handwriting is not very 
plain. Perhaps that was the reason yon had uo reply. 
h R- ’ Durham > N - Paper for monntlng pressed seaweed can 
be obtained by writing to The Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Mass. 
C ‘ B -’ Catsklll.-The perch season has already opened at Betterton, 
Md. Yon win find good accoffimodatlons there at moderate rates 
J. E. F., ocean Beach, N. J.-Our Barnegat, N. J., correspondent re- 
ports bay birds plentiful there, aud we presume you can find them at 
Squaw Inlet, N. J. 
B. C. E., Coney Island.— The jelly-fishes yon occasionally encounter 
in the surf are not at all dangerous. One kind may sting you a utile, 
as a nettle does, but It will not hurt you. 
Sep, South Bend, Ind.— What Is the prouounclatlon of Coues In the 
name of Dr. E. Cones? Ana. Theou has the sound of ou In scout. 
The name U pronounced as if written Cows. 
A. H. R., Redwing— Where can Col. Fletcher'B "bell metal glass ball 
be found and what are they worth? Ana. Address Fowler & Fulton 
800 Broadway, New York. Do not know price. 
Agile, Phlladelphla.-Yon are right. Make the shell whenever you 
can the fall length of the chamber. Most guns have a shoulder ; this 
stops, or prevents a clear deUvery when shells are cut too short. 
T. C. G., Cedarvllle, O.— Canyon Inform me where Fletcher’s bell 
ball can be procured at and probable cost ? Ans. Address Fowler A 
Fulton, New York. Do not know cost. Just coming Into the market. 
H. D., Jr., Peace Dale, R. 1.— My setter has distemper. Sores on the 
ears and back of his head. What must I do? Ans. Apply kerosene 
for about twenty minutes once a day and then wash off with castUe 
soap and water. 
C. D. D., Morrlsanla, N. Y.— Yon wUl find in Illinois, Iowa and Min- 
nesota pinnated grouse shooting at almost any of the stations of the 
railroads advertised In our columns. See oar back numbers for mix- 
ing Dlttmar powder. 
H. M. H., PhUadelphla.— Chlncoteague Island, Va., Is reached by rail 
from PMladelphla dally ; by raU to GreenbaokvUie, thence ferryboat 
to the Island. Yon will find hotel accommodations with J. English, $2 
per day ; guides for snipe, $ 8 . 60 . 
S. R. D„ Boston.— I am afraid that a boy I know working In a lead 
factory may get lead disease What ought he to take ? Ans. He should 
use Iodide of potassium administered In smaU doses and then Increased. 
Yon had better consult a physician at once. 
H. L., New Orleans— I desire to try your correspondent R. o. C’s. 
remedy for distemper, but do net know how to administer. Should both 
salts be given dry ? I do not understand what It. O. C. means by liquid 
measure In both cases. Ans. The salts should be dissolved In a little 
water. 
King, Cambridge, Mass.— What would be the best manner of shoot- 
ing a glass ball match of 200 glass balls a side, each club cousisilng of 
ten men ; match for fun ? AnB. Take ten men on a eld$, and shoot 
20 balls each ; Bhoot alternately ; go to score by numbers to be drawn 
at random. 
J . M.— M bets P that a crook Is a young crow. Will yon kindly state 
in your next edition If M is correct ? Ana. Never heard a crook called 
a crow, hut this does not decide the question. Have you not got crook 
and rook mixed ? Now, a rook Is not a crow. The first Is the Jrwjile- 
gm and the crow Is C. eorone, 
Viboinian Dove.— T artle dove and mourning dove, In this country, 
are different names for the Bame bird, Terurdura wolineturit. The 
turtle dove of Europe Is a different bird, much nearer the genua Co- 
lumba. In some parts of the South, mourning aove is applied to a 
dove about hall the size of the turtle dove. 
W. S. B., Rochester. — With a .44 cal. rifle, using 76 grains of powder, 
which would give the best results in hnnting, where the rifle caunot be 
wiped after each shot, to use a smooth, patched ballet or a grooved 
bullet, the grooves being filled with a lubricator, and a wad and lubri- 
cating disk being used over the powder in each case? Ans. T 110 
grooved bullet would be the better. 
H. S., Salt Lake City.— Weight of Express 9 to 10 pounds. Almost al- 
ways double-barrelled. Shells made both straight and bottled. All 
leading EogllBh guumakers manufacture them. The great principle is 
a heavy charge of powder and light bullet. Yon mast have excess of 
powder. We have m former Issues fully described the Express. For 
a .460 calibre the exact weight of the ball Is y, oz. 
De L. B., Fort Hamilton.— Yesterday, July 20, 1 shot a red-bellled 
nuthatch (Silla canadensis). Is It not very unusnal to find one of these 
birds here In mldsnmmer? They are not common here at any season, 
and I thought their breeding place was beyond northern boundaries. 
Ans. The Silta canadensis Is unusual here at this season. It might have 
been a failure to migrate. In the fall they aro abundant. 
Sam, Qalcon, O.— We send you Hallock’s “ Vacation Ramble*" which 
were repnbll9hed from this paper by the Grand Rapids and Indiana R. 
R. From the Information of a score of excellent summer camping re- 
sorts you may make your oholce of a vacation resting place. By apply 
tag at the railroad offices In your olty you can readily learn rates of 
travel. A portable boat will prove useful in Michigan waters. 
Mb. F.— Your plant, commonly called "Resurrection plant,” is prob- 
ably Selaginclla lepidophylla, a native of Texas, Mexico, Colombia, etc. 
It is closely allied to S. convoluta, but It Is much stronger In texture, 
the leaves being densely lubricated, blnntlsh, nearly as broad os long, 
and the branching pinnate. Have not seen the Adiantum yon refer to.. 
If yon can send a specimen, will endeavor to find It out for you. 
Farm Speculators.— We fully appreciate the philanthropic motives 
of several correspondents, who have put themselves to some trouble to 
set ns right about that farm speculation, discussed In these columns 
three weeks ago. We mast, however, confess toa most egregious stu- 
pidity, as we fall to find any other solution of this weighty problem 
han the one we have already given. We are still open to conviction. 
TEXAS NATURALIST.-Tho work referred to some time since in the 
article on Crotalida, In this paper is " Notes on tho Herpetology of 
Dakota and Montana,” by Drs Elliott Couea and H. C. Y^row li an. 
pearod In the " Publications of the U. 8. Geol. aud Oeog. Surveys, dV 
F. V. Hayden in Charge;" in •• Bulletin,” v 0 l. ix.. No. 1 . can perhaps 
bo obtained by application to the Department of Interior or the author*. 
Ohio, Grand Valley, o -Could you name a looamy within loo miles 
of Now \ork city where I could settle and have ruffed grouso and gray 
squirrel shooting and blaok bass fishing? Ans. You mlgut Qua a suit- 
able locality In Orange county, say, at Florida, Turner's, or at Port 
Jervis. Except regarding game we could not advise you as to the 
desirability of auy ouo place without knowing what your buslneas l* 
etc. 
R. R. p., Philadelphia.— For instructions as to a pedestrlau tour 
through tho White Mountains we know no better book than the oue 
of Osgood's series of American guldo book* devoted to Now Hampshire. 
Distances, hotel accomodations, practical Instructions, and a very valu- 
able compendium of Informatlou about tho country will be found In 
this manual. We know several persous who have enjoyed their pedes- 
trian tonrs througn the White Mountains. 
C. 8 ., Brooklyn.— My setter had distemper wUen very youDg whloh 
continued for a long tlmo. Pusses daik matter. Is uneasy all the 
time Lies dowu and cries with pa!n. Is now a little hotter. What 
shall I do for him? Ans. Tno dog has probably had lunammailon of the 
bowels; give him a toasponful of oastor oil and 10 drops of laudanum 
once a day until bettor. Continue tho treatment for mango aud give 2 
grains of quloino three times a day If weak. 
Drawer 09, Galveston, Texas.-Thoro arc low goodbookaou boat 
building published. The best Is " Notlaou’s Practical Boat Building for 
Amateurs." Can bo obtained from Van Noatrund, 27 Murray at. N. Y 
Price about $ 1 . Mention our name when yon sand for it. A largcr 
work on yacht and boat building and sailing by Dlxou Kemp, of Eng. 
land, Is about to uppear. Cost about $s. It treats of large boats for 
beach and open water sailing. Seo also back numbers of this paper for 
sixteen articles on boat aud yacht building. 
R. S„ Holyoke, Moss.-i . Where can I get tho Game Law* of Massa- 
chosetts and other States ? 2 . Where can I got the O'Neil testing pad. 
and price? 3. Whore can I get the sportsman’s closing rubber drlukl 
tng cup, and price? 4 , What did you thlnkof tho new sun slghtadver- 
t sed in you paper, AprU 11 ? Ans. 1 . Write to yonr State represents, 
live, or buy Fur, Fin and Feather. 9 . O’NIel testing puds not on the 
market yet. 3 . Peok * Snyder, Nassau st. N. Y. Don’t know price, 
4. We do not know which sight you rofer to. Be more explicit. 
S. R. W., Norfolk, Va.— On one of ray setters the hair comes off out- 
side of his ears tn a place about an Inch In diameter. Think he shows 
symptoms of mange. Put on an olntmeut of green Iodide of ineroury 
The place Is now raw and suppurating. Indication!. of mango are 
plain. Pray give me proper treatment. Ans. Tho dog has boen over- 
fed. Give him uo meat for a time, and exercise freely. Apply kero- 
sene once a day to the uffeoted parts, and then wash off with Castile 
soap and water. Also, give him a little sulphur three times a week. 
F. T., Tllsonburg, Ont.-Nellsou’s "Boat Building for Amateurs” is 
au English publication, and has not yet boon reoelvod in Amorlou. 
Will send you a copy when shipment comes to hand. It does not treat 
of yachts, but only of boats. For small yachts see our back die. for 
sixteen serial articles on "Yacht Building." ••Ouldu" Is the nomde 
plume of a woman at present by profession a novel writer. 8 ome of 
her works do not reflect a very high moral character ou her part. Her 
last work, a Greek novel, however, Is u very excellent story. Antece- 
dents unknown to ua. 
J. D. A., sau Francisco.— Those wishing to enter team must subscribe 
to th&followtng : " I desire to compote for a place on the American 
Rifle team to represent the United Stotes in the Centennial Long Range 
Rifle Match of 1S7S for tho Ccntenuiul Trophy, aud hereby agreo to con 
form to the conditions prescribed for the selection of suld Teum. fr 1 
am a successful competitor I hereby pledge my word mat I will shoot 
In the match and will In addition perform such pruottce ami submit to 
such discipline und government as tho Captain of said Team shall di- 
rect." The composition of the team Is as follows : The team shall con- 
sist of a Captain, Adjutant, eight men and two reserves. The Captain 
may or may not be one of tUe shooting members of tho Teum. 
E. B., Rhlnebeck.— 1 . How Uo yon dean a gun? 2 . What parts do 
you oil ulter It la cleaned ? 3. What will rernovo rust from Imddo the 
barrel? 1 . In loading, us a rifle, does a regular hunter put first pow- 
der, wad, bullet, and then another wad ; or does he put first powder, 
and then wrap the bullet In a piece of greased buckskin, and shove It 
down to the powder? 6. Are tho Rocky Mountain.- opposite Lubnrge 
City explored? 6. When and how did lilt Carson die? Ana. 1 . Wo 
nae, first a brush, and then equal parts of lard oil and benzlno. " 2 . in- 
side and outside barrel, a. Ubo oil, but rust having oaten into the 
metal, never wlU come out. 4. Use the greasod patch around ball ; no 
wad on top. 6. The only Labarge wo know of la in Michigan. Be a 
little more dctlnlto In your Inquiry. 6. In 18T2 or 1873, wo believe. 
F. N. B., Boston.— For lengthy cruising, In which speed Is not so 
much an object as permanent and fixed accommodation, a cabin sail- 
boat Is to be preferred to the catamaran. The latter la best adapted 
to short runs and high speed, aud can boused also for ornlsing near 
home by using a tent stretched aoross the boom for quarters. The cat- 
amaran 1a the safer of the two. TUe Tarantella has recently made 11 
cruise from this city to Greenport, L. I. The eOBtof tho boats is about 
equal. Catamarans cannot carry as many conveniently and without 
loss of speed as a yaohtof ordinary type. For snort river work they 
ure not as suitable at a cat-boat or Jlb-and-malnsall, as they aro slow 
In tacking. Small catamarans have not boon found as successful as 
larger ones, and wo do not take much stock In one so small os 20 ft , bat 
would prefer an ordinary yacht of that length. Price, new, about $200, 
but you can find plenty good second-hand yachts from $76 or $100 up! 
M. A. S., Rochester,— l. Do yon consider the Dobson bait good for 
black bass tn Hemlock Lake, Llv. Co., N. Y ? 2. How may I Identify it 
and where would I be likely to find It? 3. What charge of Dtttmar 
Powder would you suggest for a 10 bore fall ohoked 8 H pound Hollis 
gun for cover Bhootlng and docks ? 4. Can buckshot be used from a 
choke-bore without Injury to the gan ? 5. I have fished for lake trout 
some years on Hemlock Lake and have caught them weighing from 8 
to 12 pound, but at very rare intervals, not over 2 or 8 In a season, trying 
everything In the shape of squids. Those I have caught have been on 
the fillet of a perch ; minnows, craw fish, worms, nothing seem* to at- 
tract them. Can you suggest a taking bait? How would shrimp do, or 
lobster and c(flbs, or clams? Ans. 1 . Believe It might be used with suc- 
cess; that la at certain seasons. 2 . The Dobson is the hoigramlte of 
the South. They are the full grown larvte of an aquatic species of the 
Slalind. They may be found under submerged stones und driftwood, 
and In tbe soft mud on the bank. 8. 8J< measared drachms— same as 
black powder. For docks yon might nse up to four drachms. 4 , Per- 
fectly well, hot chamber from muzzle. 6. Try sbrlmp tn preference 
to lobster; bat quite often bow to make a fish bite is something that 
" no fellow knows, yon know." Have heard from others that ;tue fish 
in Hemlock Lake were fastidious. 
