GAME PROTECTION. 
MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS 
for 1878. 
Tennessee State Sportsmens Association v 
Soot'y., Clark Pritchett, Nashvillo. Tonn ’ Naebville ' D ®o- 
Wisconsin State Sportsmen's Association 
BallSonSpa thltoue S^he Stft,ed in 
was in that village a few davs 3 Sh%i it el Proprietors 
hunters fifty cems per bird 7 for everv w tu rusid ent 
brought to him before August 1 Wehdp ti! ? aad gro,lse 
topest and stream. 
one 
go 
caught at this business. The guests at K tbe first 
without woodcock. gu sts at Saratoga may 
Stealing Game in England Th» p„„i- , 
again ruled that a conviction for laTcenv E °? urt8 bave 
from a manor cannot be sustaineri hf!? y tur steal| ng game 
wild animals cannot be made the subiecU common Juw 
Lord Chief Justice held, the case beini fL/ J Mcen y- The 
had killed and carried away aSty nSbfls^f i,n- ' naU . wbo 
was not larceny , that killing an J keeoSr nnLL!- mS ™ bbits 
did not amount to larceny, and that i£S 8S lon 01 tbem 
mained to tbe pnnoner, 
the V "Port of 
lished, gives evidence of activity and DrSmcf ^, JUst pub ' 
past year the membership has largely iSS?' D ? nilg tbc 
sixteen other regular associations'have Do , less tban 
out the State as well as numerous private I . tbr0llgh - 
pondence with the main association i» V. ^ 1 m corr M- 
results already manifest in its own State thR U A° n t0 - tbe good 
been instrumental in arousing an inteiV*£ f “ 0c, «* on has 
South Carolina and Georgia. S The LsStinn S 8 , Ubject iu 
important field of work. S Virgin iS^SSS a Iarge and 
and made to yield the rich returns whSh in^ ° be re8tocked 
the rule. Lawless destruction A* 8 WJucb . 10 y ea rs past were 
the supply SSeffnftLtt m Bl a be , abated > aad 
public attention to the merits of their CAnse^? 6 ? y 5? lbng 
action, the friends of game protection d 3udlCl0ua 
their ends. fa Protection m Virginia are securing 
reconJ° D ’ For "th Is conteTt ^tbe bMt^of SC ° re ° f 1878 goea U P™ 
madC - SiTsSSJ* nflem^Kd fjHESff'Sl 2=5 
care, as the trophy w« T 1 , beeu elected with great 
vL th fh ?tUUll ' bore ® lri Pe had mS^va'defen) 1 , Scotlisb rid ?men 
LT the V Wcre at the bottom of v Wipe out ' Lust 
years preceding thev hJ 2 n 5 tbc Elcbo !»*. and for two 
years preceding they had fliw , lcl10 llst > uud for two 
The a-sa = ,Cftra ia the 
,ard in f4it P of the orn^ 1 0 c >'^k from 
the green 
or an average of a little mom hnn 'SS 8 ® t0tal of 54:! Points 7 
scored 634 and Scotland 532 ft " J ^ T Eaglaud 
tion among the Scotch, and the f„ , °i “ Ufth dissatisfac- 
flgbt waa not yet over when thi a r?lnT f bmen boasled ,hfd ‘he 
it was evident to all that th* /W r sul ' was announced. But 
seemed to grasp the weather tluT* l ,°, tb(! Irisb ^‘am. They 
better control. The Irish total harl^S lbei , r S ,,M «ndor 
at Wimbledon, and only equaUcd bv b< i‘ en before bcatef > 
The Scotch and English totals tb ® ms , e a year ago. 
best scores yet madeandiiltJ! ’ , W " h , tbis exception, the 
f 6 rt ne R o f , big sc °res. ’ The 000 vard^nd.!^* tbe day was t0 
land, 535; England 591 o'??, , runae scores were; Ire- 
total for the two ninges ■’ Ireland*^ nil’ i? hi ® madc th 
Scotland, 1,055. The 1 odovalfl « 1,07t>; E ° gland . 1,055, 
carefully, and the light an l £ / f waa fl rad over very 
did not show any S ma fkl Si 0l,lni i' as bef " re scores 
count the difference in S? SS.? lh .? g Tftking into ac- 
1.000 yards is even better tban^tt ar^nn 8 ° f , tbe Irisll meu at 
men fell off at the 1,000 yards ^ 1 ? 'iTl™ \ S \ Tbe ^otch- 
do much better. ComiWT e * b ' e Lnghslnnen did not 
previous Elcho Shield “ernes which' lb ' 8 duy with U,e 
target during the five ^ Ti^'V' 1 . 1 lde , u P ou tli e 
mg up wonderfully is sho^.We'f,, ! I / e,and 13 pick ‘ 
t^ie past six years, and each time k of . four .victories in 
The comparative table shows: ’ °°’ by "‘tiling high scores. 
TriE ELCHO MATCH. 
f Scotland 800yards - 
1 874 -< England...: f£f 
Ireland 
I' eland 50 .? 
Scotland ' ^ 
England '‘V,-, 
England y."4sf 
1877 
(Scotland : 530 
1875 
1870 
(Ireland 
1878 < England 
91)0 yards. 
4SS 
462 
JT3 
527 
611 
604 
490 
503 
449 
617 
478 
470 
635 
521 
523 
1,000 yards. 
415 
464 
440 
477 
494 
483 
434 
461 
455 
60S 
473 
440 
032 
605 
407 
Total 
1 437 
1,405 
1,378 
1 606 
1 503 
1,602 
1,103 
1 46S 
I,8«8 
1,66$ 
1,404 
1,439 
1,610 
1,500 
1,552 
certain sections, as a remedy^or^ ,h Jf® ' ° f Par| s green in 
tended with consequence 8 “vhich nromnPth! t? ' bu ? pest > 1S aU 
after all, the remedy Whether » 
SP^gdcid (Mass.) of ?“u£? ^ I tScoS^V:: ".V.V."® 
FIRST DAT. 
as'th. n h< T’ lhal the y ar c capable of JTraL ^ to tbe gun8 * 
«s the most practiced export can suhL^ d P d a nian ipulution 
Carver could empty his favorira r ii JCt f tbu,u t°- When Dr 
Sm C ?K Sb01 * in 15 seconds, each shot hrin f?Url f n accurately 
z rk piS™ r„ a 1 " ^ o„“ 
I'ttter still, practical test. n,» « Ct ‘ k nd er this severe and 
and Jh'sis more noteworthy £ tho^m^ btbavL ‘ d admirably* 
stock rifles and not special ^ !** U,C ‘i wero °^ina^ 
This is a i great triumph fwonrA^S up for such work 
is doubtful whether aVforcSi^trt Ca f n n,Ie make ^ and it 
cessfully uudergo such a trial wf? n ° f A Wea P° n C0U,d as 8UC ' 
racor lTS n pGrr , ect SCOa ' s nt euchof m,?T !° Dg ' ra[, g 6 small 
records of Oreedmoor will slmro ,» , , , L b,D S ranges, as the 
peat.ng rilles show such a recS bCy , 1,ave - aad our re 
seconds, there would aeem'but Mtthf rrt° Url r en biUj in fifteen 
iSSZsZxrsxi ,or >- 
° f tbe b,a ^ 
dazzling, but no one could sbaro ,u irritating and 
phurous acid in the face an.l u.n ^' , cons,u "t puff of sul- 
roiinding the eye without feefing an "'embranes sur- 
meosures been taken to guard alibi • • Ci ? ct ' Hud some 
certain that the time woulThuve Si n. “ K ll,cl, 1 0n . il i» quite 
the elimination of many of the mnl muc , b red uced, and by 
■ave been effected. It h „£vS^‘ r l her ^in woulfl 
J at they are to be traced to the u S e ,n,! l , ab ° Ut tbo misses. 
' be .« u,)S “re, as near as cau be by thfn^ P ?' 18 ' a,tk ough 
aa like us like can be. Yet there in Z machinery, made 
finer discrimination of actuu 1 ,? r d ' ffereuce . which in the 
when the Doctor took his old r1fl 0 b fnTt eS L PI T Cnt ' Tbus . 
fired meant a struck hall , ria ° la ,IIB bunds every shot 
rifles, exactly tKtock 
to come. Not that the second rdle wn.^ I,H f cs Wer ° likely 
there was wanting between it n nH ,L , " u wb,t inferior, but 
of action which long practrcc ha l c ^' f l 7 ? t . er that exactitude 
the one rifle. EUheS u JSS? b ^. acquire with 
calcdable element of r pe^nolity^nd 0 * tbo^ii^ 
The whole match was P in tcS L^ ^"d mnch to d ° with this 
and then, but us a record show nloSe o^t^ ( CX libitiou there 
°f the possibilities in rifle shooib^ni tb (xl , re mo reaches 
portant poin-s, and an insDecUon of h ,1 bu ? ? c . ltlcd many i m . 
beof .merest, not of theSem? J ( ? ubj V ,nc d table will 
■W push his skill, for the ffi 5 w£ Z 'i? Dr ' Carvcr 
bring the highest possibility of wolk 1 iS .nW 1 08 t0 fail to 
man, hut of what, may SfSonoTn Trtnn “Jf' e , Wl ' B . l<?rn marke- 
chester rifle by a specialist d WOrk Wltb a Win- 
c2 S nudtipiy b jS Zrt* *ee to 
Wes even a 
etle. 
§¥ Sifle . 
THE ELCHO SH IELD -IrelanD WINS. 
On Friday morning last American riflemen 
scotc 87 . 0 : s, nr s - 
Irish 
American .I.V.V.. 5^0 
Australian 
Canadian.... 
900 yards. 
628 
624 
618 
624 
-621 4 7 fi 
SECOND DAY. 
.627 015 
Australian. "• 4S5 
scotch... ®?: J 491 
American. 
Irish 
625 
were gladdened 
by the news that to Ireland the victory in the FlH,n am . 
malch ol the previou* day „ed „J No^'td S 
won, but by such a score as had never yet been dreamer! nf 7 
the Wimbledon range. The Scotch, 
were aU high up, but, with a score of 1,010, the Irish eight 
1“ .I!?.'.*?® “ thc ,t “J’ 01 Wimbledon precedent far behind, 
Canadian ^ 
1877. 
American r„>,o 
Butisii jo 9 
462 
465 
FIRST DAY. 
517 
637 
l.OUO yards. 
623 
623 
609 
490 
403 
609 
635 
601 
490 
47G 
Total. 
1,68(1 
1,582 
1,617 
1,645 
1,490 
1,649 
1.622 
1.517 
1.477 
1,433 
SECOND DAY 
American r , 7r . 
British :: vn 
654 
636 
540 
634 
650 
61S 
1,055 
1,029 
1,679 
1,013 
100 
200 . 
300. 
400. . 
600 . 
000.. 
UlO.. 
Time per 
Hundred. 
u. 8. 
... 5 05 
... li 26 
... 7 60 
■ • . 0 40 
. . . 0 20 
• • . 7 10 
6 60 
official time record. 
I * 1141. (ill. n • 
®99 0 no 
910 
1,000 
1 100 
1,900 
1,300 
1.4110 
1,600 
1,000. 
KTiiO. 
1.800. 
1,010. 
3.0UO 
DR. CARVER’S SHOOT. 
*ZZ? | ^rdedt- Dr ‘ Ca 7 er teah00l,, 8* iMtl 111 previou. records 
..... moiem aad times in breaking 5,600 glass balls with a rifle 
goes across the Channel. Really it is there now, for Irelmid 
wm a winner Jast JuJy with what was then looked upon “a 
7 “!r?'. , Tbe Vict ° ry waa a borough one, not a mere 
fluke at the finish, but from the start the Irishmen led, keep 
wilh^le^d ol^0 ffoto^over'Z lluisllinI 8 
on tbe list, and ye^ that tern bad a fS which S? a “‘?“ 
a ScVS SST b ^ Ty 
3 Z “Z bav?be dm00r - a H 1 , 
misty ranges of Scotland. The Hcotn f and 
the toll advantage'of the day be Tbe ^nner^n^ (bdod to get 
Irish riflemen s t Kd tbem ta£,od stotnow “ ^ lb , e 
moor range thev had m P t in,, • Upon the Creed- 
range _they had met just such a dav On their ^ “ 
en a L? ym0Unt ’ p laQ deboye and fiindafk fhi Irish 
doings have not yet come tn l.nnH i \ -f • otes of tbe day’s 
the opinion that there was eomethtog Vth/Ymer “ 
«*. w* “gtt. 
uie opinion that there was somethin^' 7, uo . 1 ' 0 uazard 
system controlling the worS nf M,/ T tbe . A me r ican team 
could not have been a reteminnlif .i ? e ,i nsb , eigbt Tbere 
self stuin n f .... re .tjon of that old each man-for-him- 
„ If , . r., . icuiiuion 
teristic of°team Di work^t^Tmbledon 11161 ^^^ Wa8 S0 cba ^- 
ranges. Insensible bufmoa fo^ the °- ther Britiab 
to r S 0 o°f r tJe aV lme en C ° rapelled t0 ae ° ^LTheJe^much 
tooXe^ .The rifle ^ 
It is 1 j C C recd tnoor matches.' 
for a decade befora^ 55“thS ElcZo RMM™ 1 Wl “° bad flred 
Ira f Si b ^ s maU-hores AaX at b ° mC - 
were capable of doinc ~ a luat tbe wea Pons 
sighting' and of clS had fiSST 7 ^ loading, of 
^tehafof ^4 to^’77 opMed^he evei^ 
of aU grades. In one ^ 
m oOO minutes, has created no small interest throughout the 
country. Our full report of last week is now supplemented 
tlfe w^ h GXhibit ° f the0lBcial time-keeper, displayin'^ 
the work m a somewhat different form to that of the sum 
2J2 hvT T h A ° nT fUl1 SC ° rC a Week ag0 - record is 
broken^ 7 bund ^od®> according to the time and number to be 
broken. A schedule time of 9m. 5 5-lls. per hundred is 
given, a nd these added to any period of the match will give 
tZ^DOtot ' a ! ? ,lme " COlUm “ the themntchal 
* a “ time COlumQ explains itself os the total 
I Sesf U Thef /“if h °° tiDS UP l ° “ ny particular of the 
behind the^ ? Ti mS C ° lumD8 g^e the time ahead or 
belnnd the schedule at any point, and the column of misses will 
be interesting m connection with the time. 
firs\ t lTur 1 dred U fi ted l tl ; at ‘f® bGSt ^ PCF huadred waa * a the 
brat hundred fired at, which was broken in 6 m. and 6 s hut 
of'K Tom 0l a d nd and 03 ef w® tb<3 rCSt in tbe m '' ddIe 
single hundrprl „ 80s. were consumed in breaking a 
Sswh“Ke nLnr UrSC ,n such a case there were short 
eyes ” and LiL? 0 ,? 1 tor . rece,v ed a rapid treatment of the 
marked TIip tbe mtervals between rifles were very 
hundred th; Q ^tartiDg with a lead of 4m. after the first 
dml'theriwL dd ® dt - Until at the end of the 22d him- 
™ W?.?f 33m. 29s. in favor ot the marks- 
7 00 
. 8 00 
.10 10 
. 6 60 
. 8 00 
.10 10 
. 7 60 
. 7 60 
.11 10 
. 8 ro 
, S 00 
. . 7 01) 
2.J00 9 oo 
?.auo s 10 
.3«0 10 10 
3.100 15 00 
*.6110 8 30 
9.00(1 to 2 g 
9.700 10 10 
*.8011 12 30 
9.900 ic so 
•1 '00 id 00 
3.100 33 80* 
8.200 (j 30 
8.300 7 30 
3.400 6 80 
8,500 S 30 
J.£00 11 30 
8.700 7 on 
3/00 9 lo 
8.900 9 10 
4,0110 9 so 
4,100 9 00 
4)900 7 30 
4 300...., S 10 
4.400 o tO 
4,800 7 20 
4,0u0 9 20 
4.700 7 00 
4,800. 
4.000. 
5.000. 
5,U0). 
6 . 200 . 
6,300. 
5,4mi. 
6.000. 
7 00 
7 00 
7 60 
8 10 
0 20 
8 20 
S 10 
7 80 
Schedule 
Time, 
u. M. s. 
9 R5 
is u 
27 10 
30 22 
46 27 
64 82 
1 03 88 
1 12 43 
1 21 4$ 
1 SO 64 
1 80 69 
1 40 04 
1 68 oa 
2 07 15 
2 16 21 
3 2 a 30 
9 31 32 
2 48 37 
2 52 42 
3 01 48 
3 10 63 
8 19 89 
3 29 01 
8 S3 00 
3 47 15 
3 80 20 
4 05 26 
4 14 31 
4 23 37 
4 32 4.1 
4 41 48 
4 60 54 
4 69 69 
6 09 i 4 
5 18 1(1 
6 27 15 
6 30 21 
6 45 20 
6 54 31 
0 02 8« 
« 11 41 
0 20 47 
0 29 62 
0 3S 58 
0 49 03 
li 57 OS 
7 00 14 
T 15 20 
7 24 20 
7 84 31 
7 43 80 
7 61 42 
8 (id .49 
8 09 55 
8 20 00 
Actual 
Time. 
U. M. 8. 
5 05 
11 30 
19 20 
211 00 
82 20 
39 30 
45 20 
61 20 
68 20 
l 00 20 
1 10 30 
1 22 20 
1 80 20 
1 40 80 
1 4S 20 
1 60 10 
V 06 20 
2 14 20 
2 22 20 
2 29 20 
2 3$ 20 
2 40 30 
2 60 40 
3 11 40 
3 20 10 
3 30 30 
3 40 40 
3 53 10 
4 09 40 
•I 19 40 
4 48 10 
6 04 40 
6 12 )0 
6 1- 40 
6 27 111 
6 3$ 40 
B 40 00 
6 64 10 
G (13 20 
0 12 40 
0 21 40 
0 29 10 
0 37 20 
0 43 40 
0 51 00 
7 00 20 
7 07 20 
7 11 20 
7 21 20 
7 29 10 
7 37 20 
7 43 40 
7 52 00 
8 00 00 
S 07 30 
Ahead. 
M. a. 
4 00 
0 41 
7 60 
10 22 
13 07 
15 02 
18 1 H 
21 23 
24 28 
24 34 
23 29 
2(1 44 
27 49 
20 45 
28 01 
20 1« 
2 $ 12 
29 17 
80 22 
32 28 
32 33 
89 29 
93 21 
20 29 
27 05 
25 60 
24 4 0 
21 21 
13 67 
13 03 
Be- 
hind. 
m. a. 
1 00 
8 00 
6 21 
li 10 
8 02 
8 48 
9 54 
12 30 
10 22 
13 40 
12 11 
9 30 
0 00 
11 25 
9 39 
8 44 
S 19 
10 04 
9 59 
8 23 
7 IS 
4 42 
2 67 
3 12 
1 00 
Total misses 

5 
2 
1 
10 
2 
1* 
9 
10 
t> 
6 
1(1 
9 
6 
13 J 
18. 
10 
2.3 
20 
20 
10 
11 
28 
21 
10 
6 
8 
12 
21 
16. 
16 
10 
10 . 
11 
22 
1 « 
22 
16 
21 
17 
10 
U 
0 
18 
19 
9 
13 
15 
10 
8 
18 
10 
21 
11 
2S&? "ZZmfXV ** 20-Am.tou, 
man. 
During the third thousand balls (his was cut down un- 
3s tt h™ „ H S ! e be ' d f0r a 3bort rt ' spit « »>e was hut 13m 
of than half an hour 
possible 10. Score 
O M Jewell 
L L Hubbard.... ^ ,r> 
jNK^ urtl(re ' Gn '^ ::: 4 4 5 
BbSSioS?.^ * 5 
JN Nichols. Q * * 5 
HE Lord 4 4 4 
TSlaa « 4 
T Dempster..." * 4 4 
E Bennett... 3 4 
W Earner \ 4 6 
S It Ball.. 
G D Curl 13 4 4 
E Mag 4 5 
\V;Biiriiott..'.’. J 4 4 
8 6 5 
series, 200 yards 
82a -«g^t hir Then came a 
era fin id I v C (h o W? f \ be Dlatch • i! was up-hill work, but 
fff ?i p 5 b • climbed - and the skillful Doctor threw 
a miih nf im a « him until at tbe dose of the 45th hundred 
fl_ h f £‘ 0 ° ? f ln ?j romain ' ^d to his favor. From there ou tbo 
oval 19m ot!? 611 - b i C ddlerence, and on the last S huudred 
frnm ^ d ' with the rest, took off 44m. 30s. 
4 
4 
3 
4 
3 5 
4 4 
3 4 
4-47 
4—44 
6-43 
4 — 13 
4-43 
4—43 
6—43 
4—42 
6-41 
•I— It 
6—11 
4—41 
8—41 
4-41 
8-36 
8—38 
No-cleaning match , 200 and'So yarfla , pociblcTS Sc«' 
L L Iluhbaril. . 200 yards. 
i. l .loboaru \ i ; * » 
i: B Souther biiil* 
JNNlch o'« a SSH S3 
chusetts Itifle A^ocimion > 800 TOlT f 000 v^ m J 6t fl r° D 3Iassa 
“ j.wihfl ..ghu°Vrtefe'‘ -«• 
300 yards. 
4 4-1 4 4 8 5— 28— AO 
4 4 3 6 3 5 4 — 2«— 69 
4 1 4 2 3 4 4 — 24—53 
1 il * ] 3 4-21-53 
3 2 3 4 4 3 8—22—45 
horn the 000 mtoutes. ' There are S 
