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and matcher early in the Summer. The Riflo Club will 
provo another of tho many attractions of America’s favorito 
wator'ng place. Why not have a college match during re- 
gatta week? 
Short Range Shootino.— The following record of 
shooting at Mr. Conlin's gallery will he found of much in- 
terest in connection both with the present interest mani- 
fested in short range shooting and the competition at 
longer distances, as many of the names mentioned arc 
familiarly connected with Creedmoor. The record covers 
a period of about five years. The figures given represent 
the gross measurement of twenty consecutive shots, fired 
at an inch hullseye, seventy-five feet distance, measured 
from centre of shot to centre of hullseye. Wo give a cut 
of the best twenty shots mentioned in the list, being Mr. 
Hamilton’s score. 
0 W Hamilton a 
John Traqueser, -Jr 
Wilson MacDonald S{ 
Wm Have* 9t 
Philip Klein 0 5-lfl 
J T H Collins 0 9 ill 
LC Urn co 0| 
C E Do Forrest 10 
A Marsh IOJ 
Leon Backer K)f 
VVs Smlih I0M6 
Chas A Chccver. 11 8-16 
J P M Richards lit 
P FMlllan .. .. .12 15-10 
Thomas Lloyd 12 I-:© 
E F Jenkins 12J 
\V A Sherman 18 
Alex ltoux l:| 
1* G Moore 13t 
GW Ynto 18( 
Henry Fulton 13{ 
A Anderson 14t 
T Noone i-lt 
W T Oarmlchael 14* 
O Wllllgerod M 5-10 
— The Joint Committee of the National Rifle Association 
and the Amateur Rifle Club held its regular meeting on 
Friday last. Generals Shaler, Woodward, Dakin, McMahon 
and K. Knox; Colonels Wingate and Gildersleeve; Cap- 
tains Fulton, Bruce and Casey, and Messrs. Alford, Can- 
field and Sanford were present. Colonel Wingate was in 
the chair. The Sub committee on selecting an American 
team for the approaching International match reported that 
competitions for places on the team would commence on 
the following day. General McMahon reported that Messrs. 
W. R. Garrison and Martin B. Brown had each subscribed 
the sum of $100 toward paying the expenses of the con- 
templated trip to Ireland. General Shaler was in favor of 
some more systematic and efficacious mode of taking up 
subscriptions, as the mode adopted was desultory and un- 
satisfactory. Colonel Gildersleeve advocated secrecy re- 
garding scores made by riflemen in the competitions for 
places on the team, on the ground that many persons ob- 
jected to having their names inserted in the newspapers, 
which suggestion we are glad to say was vigorously op- 
posed aud iucontinently voted down. Captain Casey 
sensibly suggested that such publication of scores would 
stimulate the zeal of competitors, and in view of the small 
number of entries such stimulation is undoubtedly benefi- 
cial. It was decided in spite of some opposition that a 
cablegram ho sent to Major Leech announcing the fact that 
a day had been fixed for the departure of the team. On 
the re-organization of tho committee as a sub-committee 
for tho selection of an American team, General Shaler oc- 
cupied the chair and General McMahon announced that a 
colored fellow citizen desired a place on the team. A num- 
ber of gentlemen made application for the position of 
Secretary to the team, all of which were laid over until 
such time as the team should bo organized. After ap- 
pointing a committee to supervise the competitive practice, 
the meeting adjourned. 
—The following telegrams, or rather cablegrams, between 
Mr. Alford of the Committee on Transportation, and Maj. 
Leech of the Irish Rifle Team, show the spirit of recipro- 
cal concord and good will that attends the preparations for 
the comiug match in Ireland : — 
New York, April 23, 1875. 
To Maj. Llbch, Irish Rifle Association, Dublin: 
liunan Lina tenders free passage to American Team, per City of 
Chester, to sail June fifth. A. Alford. 
Transportation Com. International Match. 
DlTBMN, April 21, 1675. 
To A. Alford, Remington Rifle Manufacturers, Broadway, ,V. Y : 
Coed mills fail! he — (Hundred thousand welcomes.) 
Leech. 
The International Match. — The following are the 
rules by which the Irish team will he selected for the match 
on the 29th June: — 
1. Six davs are appointed for public competition to be held simultan- 
eously at Dublin, liclfast. and London— viz.: April 21. Muy 3, May 8, 
May 1 5, May — . May 29. Each competition to consist of 15 shots each 
at 600. Wki and 1,000 yards; no sighting shot or previous shooting on the 
same day will be allowed. Targets and scoring ns at Wimbledon, 1874. 
2. Each competitor to shoot on aDy four of the competing days, and 
no more, the nine best aggregate scores to be primarily selected for the 
toaru aud extra wen . 
3. If at tho conclusion of the competition the Captain thinke It de- 
sirable to cull upon auy of the nine beat scores to enter into one farther 
competition with any of the excluded competitor*, ho shall bo nt liberty 
„ m ’'J' ,rl,r of •cUtrrt agrr* with the Captains 
Sly ^forfeit 2ftB? : nnd U ‘° C0 “ ,PCtl,0r 80 upo “ 
ellgl Wo*or Uio match and 
5. The scores In each of those competitions to be kept by tho Captain, 
or some one depnted by Wm for that purpose. v j * 
K®„A K ? c !‘ c .; m ^ tltor 10 pa 7 " of £l - B, '<1 'ho fund so created to be 
irUh Htd a C Treasurer of Reception Committee In the ..am.- of tho 
iP* h Who Association. F. O orders to be mode payable to It. II. Foster, 
as ateatef 1 ^ "° m ar *““ •>•*“•• «*» 
7. In all matters of detail tho Captain's decision to bo final. 
Some doubt appears still to exist as to tho selection of a 
spot ou which the match shall he shot. 
— Tho Eighth Regiment Rifle Club appointed Thursday 
as a regular practice day, and during the past Winter have 
lost but two days from their regular weekly practice. As 
a consequence of this practice they enter the Summer rifle 
season us the best prepared team in the Guard. 

Choke Borino, — As an illustration of the old saying, 
“there is nothing new under tho sun," a correspondent 
gives us a description of a gun which has been in posseR- 
sion of his family since tho latter part of tho last century. 
Tho barrel is of brass, and underneath is tho stamp G. It. 
(Georgius Rex), 1773, indicating that it was made at one of 
the government arsenals just prior to our war of indepen- 
dence. For u considerable space some eight inches from 
the muzzle there is, or was— for the barrel has been re- 
bored— a contraction of tho bore, evidently intended to 
produce close shooting, and on the same principle as thut 
claimed to be a recent American invention. 
Jr.t anil §iver ishii iff. 
FISH IN SEASON IN MAY. 
Trout, Sohno fontinalls. 
Salmon, Salmo sa/ar. 
Grayling, thym alius tricolor. 
Black Bass, microplems nigricans. 
Salmon Trout, Salma con flu is. 
Sha>l. Alow. 
Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Olovsri 
Black Ba«s fishing is permitted In Now Jersey on and after May 1st ; In 
New York, May 20th; Ohio, Slay 2d; In New England and Pennsylvania, 
June let. 
{Under the head of “Game, ana I'isn. in Seat'll" we can only speci- 
fy In general Urine the several varie'Us, because the laws of Stales vary 
so much that were we to attempt to particularise we cnula do no less 
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of name in 
question. This would require a great amount of our sjwce. In desig- 
nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legis- 
lation Li founded, and our readers would do well to mxnide themselves 
with the laws e)f th.ir respective States for constant reference. Otherwise, 
our allemnts to assist them will only create confusion. \ 
Fish in Market. — Fish of all descriptions now in sea- 
son are abundant and low priced. After long waiting our 
local fishermen have been rewarded, and the shad have 
commenced to ascend tho North River in quantities. The 
finest roe fish sell for 30 cents, while tho mule fish are 
worth but 30 cents. A few Connecticut River fish have 
been received and sold readily of $1 each. Salmon have 
commenced to put in an appearauce from Nova Scotia, 
and bring $1 per pound. Large striped bass aro arriving 
in quantities from the Connecticut, Hudson and Potomac 
Rivers, and sell for 15 to 18 cents per pound, according to 
size. These fish are said to be taking tho bait in our bay. 
Red snappers and sea bass from Savannah sell for 15 to 18 
cents per pound. Crawfish from the Potomac $2.50 per 
100. Long Island brook trout are worth alive $1.50, dead, 
$1 per pound. We saw some elegant specimens of salmo 
fontinalis from the Wild Wood Trout Farm, East Frecton, 
Mass., price $1 per pound. Canada trout arc worth 30 
cents. Maine trout 50 cents. Turbot 15 cents; terrapin 
$15 per dozen counts. Green turtle are in fair supply at 
20 cents per pound. Cod are very abundant off the const 
of Long Island; one smack, the Wallace Blackford, caught 
in 8G hours 1,800 fish, averaging 15 pounds each. They 
sell for 8 cents per pound. Haddock from off Newport are 
unusually fine and large, some weighing ns much as 20 
pounds; tliey retail at 7 cents. In about 10 days we may 
look for fresh mackerel. 
— A gentleman called at our office a few days since and 
desired to know where ho could get a little salt water fish- 
ing. We referred him to Mr. Blackford who sent him for 
a cruise on the Eugene B., off Long Island. The result 
was a.catch as will be sccu above of 1,800 fifteen pound cod 
fish — all taken with hook and line. Our friend stood up 
to his work manfully, and with the exception of a few 
“raws” and projecting fishbones, looks ten years younger. 
— Dr. M. E. Elmendorf, brother of the gallant "Tony," 
captured some trout last week at a public creek, on the 
north side of Long Island, that weighed seventeen ounces. 
— Wo have four salmon privileges to lease in the Ro- 
manic River, Canada, and two in the Little Romanic, at 
$150 each for tho season. Large fish, shanties, Ac. A 
map of the pools can be seen at office Forest and 
Stream. 
— Nova Scotia rivers are generally clear of ice and ang- 
ling for salmon has been enjoyed already by officers of 
the Halifax garrison and others with considerable suc- 
cess. 
—The St. John River is open for thirty miles from its 
mouth. 
— Gentlemen purposing to visit the trout waters of Mich- 
igan and Wisconsin are requested to refer back to our issue 
of April 8th, where they can obtain much useful informa- 
tion. A reference at ull times to tho files of Fouhst and 
Stream for any specified locality, will most generally re- 
sult in a satisfactory answer to any inquires which they 
might wish to made concerning the same. 
Pennsylvania, Pliila., 20th. — I tried dropping a few 
flies to the trout in Drury’s Run, Clinton Co., Pa., on Fri- 
day but the snow and ice is more plentiful than the fish. 
I got but one. Truly, Gillingham. 
J lRO i J !f A A P ra 81«f.— Dr. Chas. Edwards 
captured the first boss of tho season with us Inst Saturday 
some wicked man catching a few on tho following Sunday, 
-.omc few trout have been taken from the Big Spring Run', 
anu one or two stray follows In tho Tuscarora, having es- 
caped perhaps front tho writer’s boxes of wild trout on a 
^ ° , “at stream. Our tackle men aro busy with 
the Spring fever In their line, and will no doubt supply us 
r . c . e,s of the very host kind*. Many of your atfvor- 
tisom would got orders 1 think, if the price of Reticles ad- 
IK"*.™ p, i b i8 \ ,ea ' Whether this would suit all llio 
! hc,r I do’nt know, but many a man 
xvK« l b ’ -T. lf h ®. kn 1 c . w ,hp article was within his means, 
who wo nt trouble himself to send for circulars. F. W. 
Florida.-^. Agustine, April lDtt.— Drum fish aro now 
n n r *, sport can 1,0 lm(l with the bass on the North 
Hench. All that is necessary is to have a lead or rod line 
walk a little way into the surf, and throw out. Mullet 
bait, which can be procured at tho fish market, is the best. 
A gentleman with a rod line, a few days since caught 
several in a short time, tho largest weighing ten pounds, 
the smallest three. On tho Si. Sebastian Bridge sheeps- 
head and whiling aro caught now in abundance The bait 
for tho former, fiddler; for the latter, mullet. 
Fishing Matters .■ — Tho number of fishing arrivals for 
the week ending April 23d, was seventeen— nine from tho 
Grand Banks and eight from Georges. Total amount of 
codfish brought in, 120,000 pounds; halibut, 400, 0H0 pounds: 
Owing to the large supply of halibut, prices have ruled 
rather low, most of the sales being made at $5.50 per cwt. 
for white and $3.00 for gray. 
The scarcity of bait has greatly Interfered with tho fish- 
ing operations this month. About a hundred sail of 
Georgesmcn and Bunkers wore at Eastport, Grand Metum 
uml other eastern ports, at last advices, awaiting herring, 
which have been very scarce there for tho past six weeks. 
The catch of Georges’ codfish, tho present month, will ho 
slim, indeed, and the salt hauliers’ trips will ho greatly de- 
layed by the bait famine. 
The Greenland halibut fishery will not bo prosecuted this 
season by any vessel belonging to this port, nor from any 
other, so far as we can learn. Some six or eight vessels 
have been employed in business during the past six years, 
hut it has gradually died out, and last season hut one vessel 
went. The voyages, with a few exceptions, have never 
proved very successful. 
Schooner Lizzie K. Clark, Capt. Murphy, previously re- 
ported frozen up at St. John’s. Newfoundland, arrived 
homo from tho Grand Banks on Fiiday last, having boon 
absent upwards of tl\rcc mouths on the trip— the longest on 
record. She brought In (10,000 pounds halibut. 
The first of the southern mackerel fleet sailed on Satur- 
day. About twenty-five sail of vessels have left the pres- 
ent week, and others will soon follow. The fleet will num- 
ber about forty sail in all. 
Fishing schooner Elihu Burritt, now fitting out at Messrs. 
Pettingell & Cumiingham’s wharf, has an entire Yankee 
crew— a very unusual occurrence In these days, and well 
worthy of record. — Cape Ann Advertiser, April 2 \th. 
PENNSY LVANIA TROUT. 
FiTMBCnuu, Pa, April 21, 1875.^ 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
1 notice In tho la*t number of Forest and Btiikam a communication 
from Sir, Uubloy, of Wllklnsbnrg, Pa, In which lie gives tho ImpruKilon 
tlmt thacloao *ea«on for brook trout wm oxtonded by tho Lcgbluturo of 
this State to April 15th. This Is n mistake. A hill making the oloso 
suiison for brook trout from August 1st to Muy 1st, passed tho House, 
but there wns'nt "millions Id it," aud tho bill fell In tho Sonnlo. 
Yours, \V. A. M. 
SALTING TROUT. 
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Little Falls, N. Y., April 20, 1878. 
Editor Fosiest and Stream:— 
For fear some of tho nioro Inoxpcricncud of your numerous readers 
may follow tho advice of "J. J. It.," in Forest and Stream of tho 15th 
of April, I wrtto to suy to thorn, don't do It. But If you w ill salt your 
Ilsb, smoke them afterwards as you would venison. “J. J. It V advice 
about drosslng trout Is good, but I would as soon think of salting wood- 
cock ns trout. I hnvo known poople to catch trout with net and grappln 
from their spawning beds and salt thorn for Winter use, und I do not 
know but that they woro good. Trout carefully drcssuil moy bo pre- 
served sovornl days fresh and sweet, without loo or salt, by wrapping 
them In the long while moss fonnd In tho swamps In tho vicinity of tho 
lakes nud streams whoro trout nro caught, and placing them In a cool 
shady place; a hole in tho ground covered over with a foot or moro of 
earth Is a good place. Tho better way la to catch them only as fust an 
youconsumo them. I should think Jerking venison niisporlsmanllko. 
but for tha size of the uuluial aud tho necessity of killing the whole of 
him for any purL Fbriiis. 
Qxchtinfl and gfoittitifl. 
All communications from Secretaries ami friend t should be mailed no 
later than Monday In each week. 
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— Commodore Voorhis, of the Tidal Wave, lias chal- 
lenged the Madeleine to a race twenty miles to windward 
of Sandy Hook and return. 
— Tho yacht Kamehamoha, built by J. & S. Vun Cotf,' 
will he launched ut New-Kochcllc on Thursday, May 15. 
—Mr. nenry Steers, at Greenpoint. has the Idler oi-re 
moro under his care. She has been supplied with mw 
masts three feet longer than the old ones. She is to Be new y 
fitted below? and will appear at the June regatta iu un . n- 
tiro new suit of canvas made by Mr. Sawyer. 
—Mr. John Mumm is altering the schooner Pecrlrss. 
ncr mast will be three feet longer and one foot will bo 
added to her main boom. Tho. centre-board will be di op* 
ped a little at the forward end. 
Mr. Wm. II. Langley's schooner Comet has a new 'ore- 
mast 07 feet 4 inches long and 15} inches in the pnriners. 
She is having a new suit of canvas throughout, subititu- 
ting a lug for a boom foresail. 
