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not inform him that ho will find a hearty welcome by as 
true men as ever cast a line, with hearts and purses open to 
make him glad. I do not say this of my own free will and 
accord, but because the same has been liberally expressed by 
many readers of his piscatorial emanations. 
Deer are not found to any extent north of the An Sable, 
except in the vicinity of Thunder Bay and along the west- 
ern shore of Lake Huron. For the further protection of 
this genus, a petition is before the legislature of this State 
changing (he hunting season from the months of October 
November, and December, and substituting in lieu thereof 
the words “from the 15th of September to the 1st of De- 
cember" This is made necessary from the fact that hunt- 
ers from other States have been making raids on this spe- 
cies of game for Eastern markets to such an extent ns to 
cause alarm in our midst. From two stations alone on the 
railroad 1,700 were shipped last year. Another clause in 
the petition is to change or lessen the number of days of 
transportation from thirty to ten, so that express and rail- 
road companies will be debarred from transacting such 
wholesale business as heretofore, respecting game. Also is 
a like petition before the house for the protection of gruy- 
ling. As it is found that their spawning season is not as 
supposed— the same as the brook trout— they find it essen- 
tial, in order to protect this “coming fish," that new laws 
must be made to meet the exigencies of the case, and so 
says yours truly, Barker. 
Jsay City, Michigan , March 4/4, 1875. 
Cheedmoor Spring Meetino.— T ho Board of Directors 
of the National Rifle Association have decided to hold their 
Spring meeting on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 
27th, 28lh, and 29th. The following is the programme 
adopted: — 
Thursday, May 27. — Directors’ match, open to all Direc- 
tors and Honorary Directors of the National Rifle Associa- 
tion; distance 200 yards; two sighting and five scoring shots ■ 
entrance fee, $ 1 ; prize, Directors’ gold badge. Second 
match, short range; two sighting shots and seven scoring 
shots; entrance fee, $1; prize not determined. 
won 5 ®'’ M '!K l 8 o~ T !i ird ma,ch; Leecl ‘ Cu P: distance, 
800, 900, and 1,000 yards; no sighting shots; no previous 
practice on the day of the match; fifteen shots at each 
range; the trophy to be held for the space of one year by 
the winner. J J 
Saturday, May 29.— Fourth match; military short range; 
distance, 200 yards; two sighting and seven scoring shots; 
prize not determined. Fifth match; military long ran^e 
match; distance, 500 and 000 yards; two sighting and 
seven scoring shots at each distance; prize, a Remington 
Long Range Creedmoor Rifle. 
lie gliflc. 
THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. 
'T MIE joint committees of the National Rifle Associa- 
A tion and Amateur Rifle Club held a meeting at the 
office of Col. Wingate, on Friday afternoon last, that gen- 
tlemen in the chair, at which were present Gen. Wood- 
ward, Col. Gildersleeve, Captains Bruce and Fulton, and 
Messrs. Alford, Bird and Philips. The following subscrip, 
tions were announced as having been received. From A 
T. Stewart, $500; John W. Masury, $25; Gen. Franklin 
Townsend, $100. The Chairmau announced that he had 
disposed of tickets to the amount of $100. The First Di 
vision at hIT have engaged a box for the benefit performance 
at the Academy of Music, April 3, at $100, and have also 
taken 300 admission tickets, at $1 each. Royal Phclns has 
contributed $100. Mr. Bird, President of the Murray Hill 
Dramatic Association, who will offer the performance an- 
nounced that he hnd sold $900 worth of tickets and 'also 
mentioned that thus far $2,500 worth of boxes and tickets 
lmd been disposed of by the exertions of eight gentlemen 
only, in an unofficial way. The Chairman also mentioned 
that the proposed match between Canada and American 
riflemen was under discussion, and that a meeting of the 
council of tho Ontario Rifle Club would soon be held and 
the matter closed. 
The Callao South Pacific Times of February 16th, gives 
the following account of an exciting match between the 
American and Prcnch rifle clubs of Lima, Peru, which 
took place at the range or the former in the Piedra Lisa 
Gardens, in the presence of a large and enthnsiastic bony 
of spectators, among whom were the Governor of the de- 
partment and many other persons of note. The challenge 
was sent by the Americans and was promptly accepted by 
the Frenchmen. 
a ‘‘S l ten , m " a9 C0 , m P°9ed of eight of each club, the 
wffibT on mcmbers ‘o choose /rom, 
R m n nn F rTfl n ™ Cn !‘ ! ‘ d The P rizt!8 werc °»c 
Remington rifle, given by the American Club, for the clnb 
t?r.rkr ng ,bC b . CSt SCore ’ n,,d a beautiful silver medal pro- 
Eh ! ? aVCd, , 0n one side in English and on the other in 
scorL h ’K C Pr^i b0th C ubs J 0r tbe highest individual 
score. 1 lie Frenchmen won the toss, and chose that the 
Americans should begin. After the third round the 
Frenchmen were fourteen nliead, but after the fourth the 
ih« T„'c, aD8 We - C sev f ntcen al *ead, which lead they kept till 
the last winning the match with a score of 385 to 292 of 
£j*‘ SnA? |S?' S ' T b ? ‘'‘•‘S 0 *-? ' verc two feet round and 
Tll n m r J' nilcd every rack and numbered 1 to 12. 
num ber of shots for each contestant was ten Tho 
can Club/’ WUS W ° n by J ' H ' WbilC ’ Esq -' of ,bc An >en- 
Col. Wingate also mentioned that he had received an 
offer of a challenge from a rifle association at Poona East 
India, dated January 20, .in which Mr. Adam Smith, Hon- 
orary Secretary of the Poona Rifle Club, speaks of [he re- 
ceipt of the news of the American victory at Creedmoor in 
September last, and usks about tho rifles used by the Ameri- 
cans, and concludes by saying. “I should be glad to know 
d we can arrange a simultaneous rifle match between 
India and America towards the FalPof the year six or 
eight on a side, ton shots at 200, 400, and 500 yard’s, with 
nlk ? 011 ° ne day ’ and len sl *ots each at 800 900 
and 1,000 yards, on the following day, with match Hfles’ 
the whole in any position. I should be glad to hear from 
you on the subject, &c., 
T ^ lu b -spcclal meeting was ordered to be 
held at the 1-irst Division Rendezvous, 11 West Thirteenth 
street on the eve of March 17th. The Secretary report 
roll f'Y 1 ’ *' Lu| herhad offered to present a hands .me 
g d iT P 5° P 8b0t for by lhe members of the Amateur 
Rifle Club during the coming season on the following 
terms: Distance 800, 900, and 1,000 yards; position, any 
two sighting and five scoring shots at each range; weapon 
uny rifle under the the club rules. 
Rifle Tournament.— A competition at short ra»<rc was 
>eguu yesterday at Mr. Conlin’s gallery, No. 930 Broad- 
way. The ostensible object of the tournament is to select 
a team of twelve men to compete with a similar number at 
short ranges; but the practice, as well as the instruction 
gained, cannot but prove beneficial even to those who as- 
pire to proficiency at the longer distances. The tourna- 
ment will remain open for thirty days, during which time 
, Conlin )' jl1 take pleasure in making murksmen of those 
who de-ire it, ami who are in possession of the requisite 
eye and nerve. With regard to the match for the short 
range championship, it can easily be arranged when the 
team has been selected, and a challenge made through our 
columns will meet with acceptance from a source of which 
we have present coguizaucc. 
Dominion Rifle Association.— This organization has 
., e J?. a "" ual n,e eting and appointed a team to represent 
it at Wimbledon. Twenty picked men have been selected, of 
whom Nova Scotia sends eight. Under the fostering care 
of the Governor General and the liberal manner in which 
®‘ ia fl S deu . lt . Wlth the Association, rifle shooting is in a 
very flourishing condition in the Dominion. Its mode of 
selecting a team, although probably not resulting in as 
th« «h H T 0 HS W ° Uld be possible to pick out, still has 
the advantage of opening competition to the entire force, J 
§*n\e §ag anil §un. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR MARCH. 
Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl . 
Game in Market.— Tiie milder weather has resulted in 
increased supplies of canvas back and red bead ducks and 
rci, , UOtion in P rice9 - T be former are worth 
f 3 ~oa$2 50, and the latter $1 50; mallards, $1 25- black 
ducks 75c ; widgeon, 50c.a75c.; wild geese, $1 50 each- 
brunt, $1 60 per pair; wild turkey, 25c. per pound; wild 
pigeons $3a$3 50; squabs, $4 50a$0; English snipe, $4 50- 
plover, $4 o0; bay snipe, 75c.a$l; Canada bunting, $ 1 - 
curlew, 7oc. per pair; rabbits, 75c. ; bares, 75c. 
-Duck shooting is now in full blast near Havre de 
Grace, and on the Susquehanna, Potomac River, Cliesa- 
waters ^ localilies iu the latitude of those 
-Jack Rabbits abound in Utah. Lately a party of six 
of graund 108 ° f thCm " tW ° bour8 - ™ forty Ires 
JSss? - 
ricnced gunner on Slrinnecock B«y, at Currituck and other 
plam,.„dIwi S k t° gi,o you ,il subS L of wka he 
writes. guun.ng liomejs at Pond Qnogue, on Slttone 
Mississippi — Corinth, March 13/4 —We had n 
storm here on the 7th inst., which brought hof^rtf V y 9now 
many pintail ducks. ThcV filled the riit c he! „nH a gre , at 
and even settled down in the open fields Fvitp « P ° nds : 
boy that could get a gun was ?u?5tc r them o? Mol! ^ 
The next day the sky cleared up, the sun S 
warm, and the pintails departed from whence they came 
having left many of their winged comrades deacfonS 
field Snipe are plenty, but tearfully wild, getting no out 
of shot, and scaipmg the whistling charge of No°9’ s P *A 
few woodcock have put in an appearance. My friend Dm. 
can and I gave bob white a purling snlute the other duv" 
and haggcd twenty-seven in four hours. The voice of ilm 
gobbler will soon be beard in the land, when we bone in 
ba^afew. Weather cloudy and warm; mercury to-dav 
03 . Streams higher than for years. Guyon. Y 
Texas — Gainesville, March 5/4, 1875.— Some fishermen 
and * ra Ppcrs have been catching fish and beavers at the 
mouth of Fish Creek, on Red River, eleven miles North- 
west of this place, during. the Winter. This county bus 
been settled thirty years and those are tbe first beaver 
that have been caught I think. I have seen their sign 
along the river ever since I have been in tbe county. I un. 
derstand that a forty pound cat fish was taken recently 
Mr W T. Perry, who lives two miles west of town went 
turkey hunting a few days since, (being on horse back* 
as we most a ways hunt here) and took bis hounds 
a e ' ack aild tan fox bound, better known here 
ns r lop -ears, ) and without shooting chased down and 
caught three wild turkeys before night. Turkeys are 
frequently caught here in the Summer time with grey- 
hounds, but Dus is tbe first case I have beard of their 
being caught in the Winter time and with common bounds 
Black bass have just put in au appearance on our streets. 
Texas. 
—The Cuvier club, of Cincinnati, now embraces 260 
members. Its officers are.— L. A. Harris, President; J.W 
Beesley W. B. Smith, and T. J. Stephens, Vice Presi- 
dents; 1 hos. A. Logan, Corresponding Sectretary; J. F 
Blackburn Recording Secretary; Tlieo. Marsh. Treasurer. 
«“? ie F?, unly , of , P , e ' c ‘ rboro Fish nnd Game Protective 
Society of Canada, held their first annual meeting on Wed- 
nesday evening, March 3d at the Huffman HoSse. Peter- 
boro The President, John Ludgate, Esq., took tbe chair 
at eight c clock and opened the meeting by callina m>on 
the Secretary to read his report. The election of officers 
then took place and resulted as follows— John Ludgate 
President; Major C. A. Boulton, First Vice President- Wif- 
ham Eastiand, second Vice President ; C. A. Post, Secretary 
p nd T T ^ ea 1 surer I ; Hal1 , Counsel; Special Committee, 
L . . I okcr, John E. Hammond, G. B. Sproule, Robert 
Walton and Richard Meade. A general committee was 
also appointed, consisting of a number of the leading gen- 
tlemen sportsmen of the town and county, whose names 
guarantee i be society as firmly established, and that they 
mean business from the start. Two parlies have already 
been prosecuted by the society, convicted and fined, the 
one for killing deer during tbe close season, and the other 
for selling speared bass. The society’s membership list has 
now upward of seventy names, and its future prospects are 
all that could be desired. C. A P 
writes, ms gunning home is at Pond Q 
cock Bay, Good Ground P.O., L I Billv savi 
N. C., but owing to moderate weather, low tides amt 
crease of ducks, we had rather poor soon d ' 
eight clubs between Back Bay C of CurTitnrk ^ "°u 
and Great Gap, chiefly gentlemen from New York and°Bos 
on and y™ may add to the list some three hundred ^' 
wAV X “ykS® H' 
good accommodations and plenty of live gpesf.’ftr. be ,,ls 
^ SSCtSSSK* 
t t „ ’ J* McL. 
LONG Island Sound, New York March 8/4 A . r i 
u " 0,11 d, “ k ^ .o”?: 
other wounded binis which escaped capture- d 
Beat this who can! with four barrels fn this latitue! 
r _ Chas. A. Meigs 
k.ve we seen ,-e t . S » ° M " 
O. H. Hampton, 
Penn Van, New YonK, March 8th, 1G75 
Editoii Foiiest and Stream: — 
A trap .hoot came off here to-day, in which were n B cd pigeons an.f 
enow birds. The pigeons were shot from a ground trap, and the snow 
birds from a plunge trap; 21 yards rise and 80 yards boundary:— 
SNOW DIKDS— TEN EACH. 
\ ? j ? i ? ? 8 H I SSS“: ? SJ8? 8 ? 1 } i=J 
? \l 1 i Y Si \~l I Conkl,n - “oiioJJJtJ 
PIOEONS— FIVE EACH. 
|b cldon 10 0 1 0 — 2 I Baker 0 0 111 a 
Pf “ u 0111 o—3 1 smith loo'S 
,lmvn"h °M lh . e 8 "°' V b ! rdS did not KCt 0,1 Win 8 good, bat would settle 
down by tbe traps, and were then scared by snow balls being thrown at 
C. E. 
GUN TRIALS 
No. 24 Elm Street, Boston, Feb 24 1875 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Frequently, in your columns, as well as many of your contemporaries 
the question crops up of shells for breech loaders, which the paS 
or brass, numerous opinions being offered as to the merits of eUher 
Be ie\ ing that brass shells, more particularly through facility for repeated 
re-loading, must ultimately lake lhe precedence, still it is not for n.e 
purpose of specially advocating the claims of ei.her that dictates my re! 
marks, but more for the purpose of securing uniformity durin- triall in 
testing the advantages of either one or the other, and decidedly in the 
case of shells intended to be re-loadcd. 
A pair of barrels, when put together, with hardly an exception con- 
verge towards the muzzle. The thickness of i he breech neSua.cs 
that tins be the case. Now, breech loading actions at the face exhibit a 
plane, or in other words, a straight line right across. It must be evi- 
dent under such circumstance, that the axis of the bore, or chamber is 
w Iu . p09 ‘ l ,°" true "; uh the face or the action, and. therefore ’the 
base of the shell docs no. lay solid with the breech piece. This Uon 
sidor, at least, with best work, should be more studied than it is at Z 
present time, und would save much of the difllcultv that i r ' 
' v,th ^ 
In some guns this error is much more palpable than others j 
and third qoa.i.y work, where 
heavier, when coming to the flier’s hands so as to give them thean.mre, 
sweep out of the centre, are pulled close together onMils f P ? 
brcecn end, the barrels thus converge still closerthun an ordi.far/stTaieht 
line from breech to muzzle. To prove this. Insert a nair of L " . 
ridge cases and it will be found that to have them flush at thoMH 
where the two barrels join, leaves them below at each of the oiS 
sides of the barrel. When the explosion lakes place . hl , pLt of the i 
has of course to extend itself till it flushes with the w! h i 
Solidity is thus lost, und also betokening a still more uneoual h« w'!!' 
cartridge after reading Is inserted in l 
the rims are only the depth of the shell rim prevents thV™ , 
closing properly. The only feasible remedy for tEs that th^h 
piece must at its fuce make opposite each barrel nn * h ? breec , h 
coincident with the axis of the l.ore, thus producing the nl r ‘ gh, a "f ,e 
very obtuse angle. To hollow It do7 equau/a! wei, TZ'Z™ ° f “ 
in using this shape of breech piece I have always found it "IT 7" ‘T 0 ’ 
