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The second contains eight genera and twelve species, the third 
eleven genera and twenty species, ihe fourth one genus and one 
species and the sixth has three genera and four species. 
The game fish of America are found in three orders, numerous 
families, genera and species. The first family, the perch, contains 
a greater number of game fi*h than all the others combined. These 
fishes are highly prized as an article of food and are remarkable for 
their beautiful forms. 
The second family, the scienoids, differ but little from the per- 
coids. The second has but one genus atd one species that appears 
to me to be worthy of the name of g-ime, the perch of Ohio. 
Tlia third family, the catfish, embraces not a few fishes which are 
esteemed by the epicures, though not affording much sport to the 
devotee of the rod. 
The fourth family, the carp, includes the suckers, the roach and 
the famous sized species known as the Buffalo fish. 
The fifth family, the pike, contains one of the most famous and 
noted game fi^^hes of America, the mascalonge. 
The sixth family, the salmonidie, contains the leaping salmon, the 
most royal of game fishes, and speckled trout that dan to the 
tempting fly, spirning the reel as if born to the sport, and the gray- 
ling, the newly discovered game fish of our waters, besides others 
less esteemed for their game qualities, but as highly prized for the 
table. 
The most famous fish in the seventh family, the herrings, is the 
American shad, also the angler's joy. 
The most noted of our salt water fishes are the mackerel, blue fish, 
cod and herring. I will no longer detain you with the fishes. Those 
not named in this brief will be found in the committee's report on 
Xomenclature. 
All embraced in the above classification may be properly, I think, 
regarded as game, though the word game i® purely arbitrary, its 
scope and meaning depending upon the nationality and object of the 
writer rather than upon any accepted definition. In gastronomy, for 
instance, the word game covers all animals fit to be eaten which are 
found in a wild or nainral state. The term has undergone several 
changes in the course of its history. At first, under the denomina- 
tion “game'* came only those animals of fur and feather which cer" 
tain breeds of dogs would naturally pursue through natural instincts 
or sense. ^Cext, all animals pursued by men and does for sport. And 
this is not far from what we sportsmon would have ihi word signify 
now. In England and other countries, where animals of the chase 
are legal property of the aristocracy, the term game U still re* 
stricted to its first and early sense. I need hardly tell any sports- 
man that we cannot enumerate under the term game all animals in 
this country belonging there, and limit its signification as to our 
brother sportsmen abroad, as this would exclude pigeons, squirrels, 
various water fowls, and fur animals too numerous to mention. 
Moreover the early sense of the word did not cover the value or 
use of the animal captured. If an animal but possessed the quality 
of affording sport to dog or man. though unfit for the table and of no 
profit, it was entitled to rank as game. I think the following defi- 
nition will best harmonize with the use of the word, as employed by 
sportsmen of America: Game, in its most liberal sense, includes all 
animals, birds and fishes found in a wild or natural state, which are 
taken for food or profit, the pursuit of which affords iport without 
regard to the mode of capture save that it be legitimate and sports- 
manlike. Neither the trapper, fisherman nor hunter captures any 
animal of value that does not afford sport in the taking, no matter 
how rude and primitive their rules of sportsmanship. 
Your committee has arranged and classified our game as far a< 
possible in accordance with the above definition. Game being an 
arbitrary term, including under certain contingencies and in certain 
countries, various animals that could nut under other circum- 
stances be BO considered; it is, therefore, not only proper but essen- 
tial that the sense of the word with us should accord with the genius 
of our woods, fields and waters, including therefrom all taken of 
value in sport. 
We cannot pursue field sports intelligently, nor enter into the dis- 
cussion of subjects connected with the preservation and habits of 
our game nuless we possess an accurate nomenclature. The ver- 
nacular names now applied to animals of the ebaee must be dropped, 
and their correct scientific or English names used. Sportsmen 
know how rarious are the names applied to the same animals in 
different sections of our country. For iustance, the mffed grouse are 
known in the Middle States as partridges and in the Southern 
States as pheasants. In soma States quail are called partridges. 
These examples ar® sufficient to indicate the present condition of 
our sporting vocabulary. 
Although the arrangement of the names of our games in aceprd- 
ance with the requirements of science will give to field sport.« — a 
most important branch of natural history — the character of a science 
it is not expected that it will do away entirely with the use of local 
names, ignorantly used to designate ceruiu species or varieties of 
game; nevertheless it will produce a marked change. 
A fruitful source of the wrong-uamiog of our game was the apply- 
ing of the cognomens of the animals of the old world to the animals 
of the new. Our bares, for instance, since they bore a slight re* 
semblance to the rabbits of Europe, are call d rabbits, our migra- 
tor}' thrush a robin, our bison a buffalo, and our wapiti deer an elk. 
and our elk a moo^e. After these names became fixed as a part of 
the hietorv of our fauna, naturalists discovered that we had no 
rabbits, no buffaloes, no robins, no partridge® and no pheasants. 
English field writers declare that Americans are ignorant of nat- 
ural history, and we must eoucede the truthfulness of the statement 
though made in bad taste. 
Our newspapers, for instance, are ever making public the discov- 
ery of some animal, bird or insect new to science, which proves to 
be among the most common and well known of the species. A 
short time since a journal of considerable repute described a bird 
that was found in the unfrequented parts of the State of New York 
not mentioned by any omithologibt. as larger than a dove, short 
ivinged, head like a ben turkey, bill white, shaped like a crow, 
blunt ^d heav}', a red bunch on the top of the bead at the joining 
of the leathers and the beak. This remarkable bird was none othe*’ 
than the common Coot ( Ftdit'a anx^ricana.) The following inci- 
dent related to me by a fnend illustrates the want of general infor- 
mation on field sports iu America. On one occasion I was accom- 
panied to the field by a sportsman Iriend; he was w'ell eqnipped, 
good dog, gun, and costly game bag. He professed to be somew hat 
acquainted with game and a fair shot. The first woodcock shot I 
put into the bag of my companion. Not long alter we were sep ira- 
ted by a small “cover.” My friend*® dog flushed a woodcock. I 
was where I could obsei^ e the movements of the would-be-sports- 
man, who drew forth the df^ad bird to see if it and the flying one 
were alike. While it is not n-.-cessary for many genilemeu calling 
themselves sportsmen to carry samples of our game, as a means of 
recognizing the same in the field, yet how few the numl>er who are 
familiar with the proper names of one-half oiir game. In this we 
differ from sportsmen of other counlrit-s. Wq have better wing 
shots and know quite as much ab^ui the habits and ways of ani- 
mals as do the sportsmen of any country, yet w'e are far behind in 
all our acquaintance with the names given game by naturalists. No 
sportsman should call our grouse partridge and pheasants, and our 
quail partridges, bison buffalo, and cougars panthers. As to these 
last animals the generality of sport.'^men are not aw’are that the ani- 
mal called panther is not a piniber but a coug .r. America has no 
panthers. Few of our quadrupeds having so lirge a range as the 
cougar, extending from Florida to Mexico, are so untortuuate as the 
cougar in being misnamed. 
Indians saw' in the forest an animal that lived by br >wsing and 
they called it moosoa, wood-eater. This name has been ccmipted to 
moose. The same animal in Europe is named elk. while naturalists 
here apply the term elk to an entirely different species of the fam- 
ily Corvid®, viz: the wapiti deer. But why multiply examples of 
the wrong naming of o'lr fauna. All mu>t be convinced of the 
necessity of a nomenclature of game. 
PISEO^ MATCHES, 
— - ♦ 
The Xational Tournament at flevelaud, 0. 
FIRST DAY.— THURSDAY, JUNE 10. 
[from OL'R special COnRESPONDEXT.] 
Thnrsday will long be remembered by the loverii of trap .liooting 
who participated in the inauguration of the National Tournement at 
the Northern Ohio Fair Grounds. The prospect in the early morn- 
ing was anything but promising, the cloudy sky and heavy atmos 
phere presaging showers, which, had they occurred, would have 
interfered with the anticipated sport: but. fortunately, ly the lime 
the first squad was ready to face the traps the weather wa< all the 
Clark 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1-10 
Frelai d iwi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
Morand ... .0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— « 
Smith 11110 11101—8 
Flowers 0111111111—9 
Thoma, 1 111100101—7 
Franklin....! 011111110—8 
■M S.Colbnriil 1 0*1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
Valid) ke....O 10001 1 I 1 1— 0 
Pierce 1 0*1 110 1101—7 
silsbiirv....! 1 1 0 1 0*1 1 1 1— 8 
Walsh.'. 1 11111110 1—9 
Doxy 1 1 10*1 1 1 1 0*1— 8 
Hudson 0 11111100 1 — 7 
HnnU-r 1111111111—7 
Piilfor.l 1 1 0*1 110 111—8 
Lamberton .110 011 o*l 1 1 — 7 
Babcock ...101011111 (>*— 7 
Leeland 1 111110* 11—9 
Freezer 11 10111 1—9 
Mars all ....1 1 101 10001— I! 
Orvis 1 1 0*0 1 I 1 1 1 1— 8 
Lami mau. .‘•*0 0 0 1 I 0 0*1 1— 4 
Miller .1 1 fi*l 0*0*0 0 0*1- 4 
Delamater ..0 1111111.1—9 
Schuller 11111110 10—7 
Radhone.... I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— l>i 
Todd 1 1 0*1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
Tvler 1 0 1 0*1 1 1 i 1 1— o 
Hi 'gins .. .0 1 1 1 0*1 1 10 1—7 
P:ice 1 1110 11111—9 
Sherman ...11 1 1 101 0*1 1 — S 
Jonnson ....1 111111100—8 
Harrison 1 111 0*1 100 1 — 7 
Elston 0 1 0*1 111111—8 
Cogswell....0*10 t 1110 10—6 
Hall 0*1 10111111—8 
Glenn 1 11111111 1—10 
Cook 1101111111—9 
Gilman 1 11111111 1—10 
Pratt 1 0*0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1— 6 
Britton 111111 00*1 1— 8 
Bovd 1 11111111 1—10 
South 111111111 1—10 
Ha-call ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0*0 1— 8 
Dick 1011111111—9 
Petty 1111101111—9 
Hamilton... 0*1 1 1 0*1 1 1 1 0— 7 
Ltmgdon.. ..1110101101—7 
Tinker 110 1111110—8 
Kleinman...! 110011111—8 
Wheal 1 1 1 1 10*1 1 0*1— 8 
Oiiavle 1 111110011—8 
huhic 1 1110 10010—6 
J A. Ruble.. 1 11111111 1—10 
Cristv 1 1 1 u*l 1 1 1 1 1— 2 
Church....! 1 1 100 10*10*- 6 
TIES OF 
Grolie 0110 111111—8 
Cool ... P 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1*0— 7 
Wells 0 010111101—6 
Chubb 1110110111—8 
Clark 0 111100111—7 
M. Johnson. 0*1 11001011— 6 
Carson 1 11111111 1—10 
Sherman. ...01 1 1 0 0*1 1 1 1— 7 
Litton 111111111 1—10 
Rockefeller.! 1 0*1 1 1 0 1 0*1— 7 
Dalton 1011011101—7 
Smith 01 11110011—7 
Abbev 111111111 1—10 
Brice 1 1 0 0*1 1 1 1 1 1— 8 
Hawkins....! 1 1 1 1010 * 11 - 8 
Sidwav 0 1 1 0*1 0 1 1 1 1— 7 
Odell 1111110111—9 
Caldwe'l ....1 111011110—8 
« ade 1110111010-7 
Hopkins .. .0*0 0 1 1 1 1 0*0 0— 4 
Tavlor 0 101111111—8 
Whiiner ...10101111 0*0- 6 
Chamherlainl 1 0*1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
M'illiam-on 00 0*1 101101— 5 
Greenwood .0 0*1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1- 7 
Moire .1 1 1 0*1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
Luck' It 1 1 1 1 I *1 1 1 1 1— 9 
Willard. .. .10 1 1 110001—6 
Wvland 1 11110 1111-9 
M'brk 1 1 1 1 0*1 0001— 6 
Bennett 1 1 1 1 10*1 0 1 1 — 8 
McKav 1 0*0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0— 5 
Matthews. ..0111111111—9 
Harmon ....111111111 1—10 
Uendersbottl 1111 0*1 Oo 1— 7 
Maumee 1 1 1 1 1 0*1 1 1 1— 9 
Sand 01 10 110111—7 
Hinsdale.. .1 0*1 1 00 1 1 1 1- 7 
Slnane 1110111110—8 
.Mavhew ....0 111111111—9 
Wade 1 0 00 1 0*0 1 1 1— 5 
Stewart 00001 10010-4 
-Arkwright.. 1 0 1 1 1 0*0 1 1 0- 6 
Lan-ing 1 111101000— 6 
CTosthwalte.l 111111011—9 
Tribbey 1 111111001—8 
Blunt 1 1 0 1 0 1 0*1 1 1— 7 
Brown 1 11111111 1—10 
Cowan 1011001111—7 
Brownlee.... 1000*11 01 1 1— 6 
IP ffman ....1110101100—6 
Turrill M 1111111 1— 111 
Sheflield ....n 00011101— 6 
Farrar .. .10 1110 1111—8 
Stagg 001 1 1 I 1 1 1 1- 8 
G. Holt 1 1 1 1 001 1 00—6 
Ttuesdale...! 0*1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 
10. 23 YDS. 
most exacting could have wished: a light cool wind from the east, 
a cloudy sky, and no dazzling rays of suushine to interfere with the 
shooting, while the temiierature, although warm, was nut suth- 
ciently so to be uncomfortable. The arrangements at the ground 
are perfect in every respect, no pains nor expense having been 
spared which would have added to the success of the opening day 
and the comfort and entertainment of spectators and those purtici- 
pating in the sport. Not a word of complaint was heard, on the 
contrary all seemed satisfied and commented favorably upon the ad- 
mirable arraDgemeiils, bestowing well-meril«l praise upon .Messrs. 
Farrar and Turrill, the projectors, for their untiring efforts to make 
the tournament the largest and most successful ever held in the 
world. That they have succeeded is beyond a questlou, the unpre- 
cedented number of one hundred and ibirly-uine representative 
sportsmen having entered and contested for the largest money 
prizes ever offered for competition. The ground upon which the 
shooting is dune is admirably adapted for the purpose, a level sward 
with the grass cut very close, the boundary eighty yards, being indi- 
cated by an iunumerabls number of flags. The traps were the im- 
proved H and T, far snperiur to those formerly used, and not once 
during the entire day, although put to a severe test, was there any 
aggravating delay necessary for “tinkering.” The birds were 
much better than those g- nerally furnished for tournaments, the 
majority being qnich and strung flyers, “tailing” the instant they 
were freed from the trap, which, in a measure is attributable to ex- 
cellent care and expert trapping. 
Taking into consideration the number of entries the shooting 
was extraordinary. Eighteen of the contestants killed ten birds 
straight, twenty-nine nine each, thirty-eight eight, twenty-six seven, 
seventeen six, only seven being unable to get into the ties. There 
was considerable dodging to get into the most favorable ties, but 
the dodgers, for once, fared bard, without exception, having been 
shot out at the increased distances. All the ties were finished ex- 
ceptiug those on six, which,' owing to darkness putting an end to 
sport, were postponed until Friday morning. The shooting off of 
the ties on ten was very exciting, T. J. South, of Franklin, Ky., 
killing twenty-five straight, before he was declared winner of the 
$230, J. Glenn, Jr., of London, Out,, killing tweuty-four, and J. A. 
Ruble, of McGregor, la., bringing down twenty. 
Of the twenty-nine who killed nine but three succeeded in getting 
down five each at twenty-six yards, when the distance was increased 
to thirty-one yards, and A. S. Fificld of Chicago, and W. Luckett, of 
San Antonio, Tex., missed their first birds, while S. Cook, Jr., of 
Detroit, Mich., killed five, winning the second prize, $2:0. 
The contest between the thirty-eight w ho had each sight to their 
credit was sharp and some very gooil ehootiug was uad, fifteen killing 
three each at twenty-five yard.s, four three each at twenty-five yardf , 
four three each at thirty-one yards, the second tie at the last distance 
resnlting iu the success of H. Hall of Toledo, who killed all his 
birds in the ties, wining the $1.30. 
Twenty-six answered the call for tics of seven twelve killing all 
their birds at twenty-fire yards, and £. B.- Hamilton, of Buffalo, and 
31. Langdon, of Cincinnati, bringing down three each at thirty-one 
yards and dividing the fourth prize of $100. 
Below is the scores of the squad shooting and ties in detail, the 
asterisks denoting birds killed bat falling out of bounds: 
GEXERAL COXTEST. 21 Y'DS. 
Stenton 1 11111111 1—10 
Phillips 1 010011111—8 
Long llllOlOul 1 — 7 
colhum 1 11111011 1 — 9 
R. Phillips..! 1 1 1 0110 1 1 1— 8 
Streator 0 0 1111110 1—7 
.Mtlvin 0 101011110—6 
Pierson 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 O 0 — 8 
Babcock . 0111111101— 8 
Phelps 111111111 1—10 
t reeman....! 111010111—8 
Lovett 111111111 1—10 
Baggie 11110 11111—9 
Sillier 010110110 1—6 
Toast 10 1111111 — 9 
Marsh 1111010110—7 
Phealt 1 111111011—9 
Wiltbank.. .0111001111—7 
Fifield 1111111011—9 
Worthingtonl 11111111 1—10 
Smith 0 111111011—8 
Gyger 0000 1 1 1010—3 
Beck 1 0*1 1 1 1 1 1 10— 8 
Cook Jr. ..1 1 1000*10*10— 5 
..Ill 
1 0*— 4 
....1 1 1 1 
1 —5 
Phelps 
...0 . 
. . — « 
Ruble. Jr 
1 —5 
Loveit 
...1 0 
. . —1 
Worthington .. 
...0 . . . 
. —0 
C'ark 
..1110* .—3 
Carson 
.. .0 . . . 
. -0 
Hunter 
...0 . 
. . —1 
Littleton 
...1 1 1 1 
[ —5 
Kadbono 
...1 0 
. . —0 
Abbey 
.. .0 . . . 
. —0 
Glenn, Jr 
. 1 1 
1 1 —5 
Harmon.... .. 
.. .1 0*. . 
. — 0 
Gilnion 
...1 1110—4 
Brown 
.. .0*. . . 
. —0 
Boyd 
...0 . 
. . -0 
Ten ill 
1 -5 
TIES OF 5, 31 vrs. 
(ilenu 
....1 1 
1 1 1—5 
Littleton 
....1 1 1 1 
0-4 
South 
.1 1 
1 1 1—5 
Turrill 
...1 0 . . 
.—A 
Ruole.Jr 
....1 1 
1 1 1— ."> 
SECOND TIE 
AT 31 TDS. 
Glenn 
.. 1 1 
1 1 1—4 
Turrill 
.— 1 
South 
...0 . 
. . .—0 
TIES OX 9. 3) YD.s. 
1 1 
1 1 0 — 4 
...,1 1 0 . 
.—3 
Ireland 
....0 . 
. . .—0 
Yoa®t. 
.. ..0 . . . 
.— 0 
.M S. Colburn .. 
...11 
0 . .—2 
Pheatt 
1110 
.—3 
IValsh 
....1 1 0 . .—2 
Fifiell 
.... 1111 
1—5 
LeUnd 
....0 . 
. . .-0 
Odell 
1 0*. . 
.—1 
Frazer 
....0 . 
. . .-0 
Merrill 
....1 1 0 . 
.—2 
Flower® 
... 1 1 
1 0 .—3 
Chamberlin 
1 1 1 fl 
.-3 
Delamater 
.. .10 
. . . — 1 
Moore 
1 0 . . 
.—1 
Todd 
....1 O*. . .—1 
Luckett 
1 1 1 1 
1—5 
Piice 
....1 0 
. . . — 1 
TVyland 
0 . . . 
.-0 
Cook 
... 1 1 
1 1 1—5 
Mathews 
....0* . . 
.—0 
Dick 
....1 1 
1 1 0—4 
Maumee 
1 1 0 . 
. — 2 
Petty 
... 1 . 
. . —0 
Mayhew 
1 10 . 
.—2 
Cri»t%' 
....1 1 
1 0* —3 
Triiescell 
0* . . 
.— 0 
TIES on 5, 31 YDS. 
CrOk 
....1 1 
1 1 1-3 
Lockett 
0 
— 0 
Ftfleid 
. ...0 
—5 
TIE? ox 8. 26 YDS. 
Phillips 
1 
1 0-2 
Bennett 
1 1 
1—4 
K. \V. Phillips .. 
1 
0 —1 
Sloaiie 
1 1 
1-3 
Pierfon 
1 
1 0-2 
Crosthwaite ... 
0 
—0 
Babcock 
1 
1 1—3 
Tribbey 
1 0 
Morand 
1 
1 0—2 
Blunt 
1 1 
1—3 
Smith 
1 
n —1 
Farrar 
0 
—0 
Franklin 
1 
1 *0—2 
Siagg 
0 
—0 
Silsby 
1 1—3 
Hall 
1 1 
1—3 
Doxy 
1 
1 0—2 
Britton 
0-2 
Pulford 
1 1—3 
Hascall 
1 1 
1—3 
1 
1 C— 2 
Tinker 
1 1 
1—3 
Schuller 
1 
0 —1 
Eleinman 
1 0* 
—1 
Tyler 
0 
—0 
\Vh al 
0 
-O 
Sherman 
1 
1 1—3 
(^uavie 
0 
—0 
Johnson 
1 
1 1—3 
.'^mith 
0 
—0 
1 s 
B»Tk 
1 
Brice 
0 
—0 
Gobe 
.. ..0 
—0 
Hawkins 
y 
1 1—3 
Elston 
1—3 
Caldwell 
1 
1 1—3 
TIES ox 3, 31 YDS. 
Babcock 
1 
0 —1 
Caldwell 
1 1 
0—3 
Freeman 
1 
1 1—3 
Bennett 
0 
—0 
Sil.bnry 
.... 1 
1 0*-2 
Blunt 
1 1 
0-2 
Pu ford 
0 
—0 
Hall 
1 1 
1-3 
.. .. 1 
1 1—3 
Hascall 
1 1 
0—2 
Johnson 
1 
1 1—3 
Tinker 
1 0 
—1 
Chubb 
1 
1 1-3 
Elston 
—8 
Hawkins 
... . 0 
—9 
Freeman, Sherman. Johnson and Hall having again tied, shot at 
three more birds, and Hall killing all his birds was declared winner 
of the third prize, Freemam killing one, Sherman missing and John- 
son bringing down two. 
TIES ox 7, 26 YDS. 
IiOng... ......1 1 1 — 3 Withaiik. ...... , ......0 — 0 
Sireator 1 1 1--3 Cool 1 1 0*-2 
Thomas 1 0 — 1 Clark 1 0 — 1 
Hudson 1 1 1—3 Sherman 1 1 1—3 
Lambirton 1 1 1—3 Rockefeller 1 — 1 
Babcock 1 1 1 — 3 Smith 1 0* 
Higgins 1 0 —1 Sidway 10—1 
Harmon 1 1 1 — 3 Made 1 0 — 1 
Hamilton ! 1 1—3 Greenwood 0 — 0 
Lacirdou 1 1 1 — 3 Hendsrsbot 1 1 0 — 2 
ilareh 1 0* —1 band 1 0 —1 
The evening shades brought the day’s shoot to a close. On Friday 
the ties on sixes were to be decided. 
