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at the good done by them and the benefit they had conferred upon 
their eastern friends. Supposing they were foot-sore and weary. 
Suppos'Dg their feet were blistered, and their hmbs shaky and 
tired. What had that to do with it anyhow? Don't their friends 
all know why it was they didn't win anything, and isn't it better to 
give than to re'‘eive? — So the Cleveland tournament is a thing of the 
past, and out of the Chicago delegation of twenty-five, but one won 
anything! Do you wonder at the Home Guards making it lively for 
those w'ho went out to make name and credit for Chicago, and cam© 
home to try and find credit for themselves. Perhaps they don't 
catch it; and to show the world that it was only our second rate 
shots that went, ten of the Home Guards are to shoot with ten of 
the Cleveland shooters some time next week, 15 single rises each, 
and to all appearances w'lll beat them badly. 
Quite a delegation leave for the Madison tournament Tuesday 
night, and the three Kleinmans. and Abe Price, from the Kennicoft 
Club, are to give the Madison Club bovs a chance to see what is 
what, and most of those who at first were disposed to sell their 
guns and retire from the business have reconsidered their determin- 
ation. So Eggleston State Association tournament on the 28th, 
28th and 3^th will be well patronized, as will Martin's on the 3d and 
5th, Pigeons are in abandance, and will decrease rapidly around 
here from this on. Testeruay some fine shooting was done on the 
Milwaukee Ave. grounds by John Kleinman, who killed 15 straight 
at 26 and 31 yards, and Tom Wilmarth, w’ho killed 10 at 30 yards, of 
good strong birds in a very high wind. Messrs. Felton and John- 
son shoot a 50 -bird match to-day about which there is considerable 
interest felt. Woodcock are beginning to appear in small numbers. 
Vuusually good fishing is reported in the Calumet and other adja- 
cent streams. Wednesday, Mr. Thompson and Johnson, Commis- 
sioner and Book-keeper of the Board of Public Works, caught 61 
bass and pickerel weighing from two to six pounds each. 
IsoRWALK — A couple of members of the Xorwalk Sportsmen's 
Club had a conple of small shoots on June 3. 
First Shoot-Five Each. 
Harrod 5 Edwards .3 
Clfveland 4 Putnam 3 
Hurlburt 5 Casper 4 
Fite 5 Suyder 3 
Second Shoot— Three Each. 
Harrod 3 Fite 3 
Cleveland 3 Caper 3 
Edwards 3 Snyder 2 
The Missouri Valley Sportsmen's Club held a shoot for a prize 
silver pitcher, plunge traps, three minutes time, no boundaries, 1 1-4 
oz. shot. The prize was taken by H. C. Champlin. who will pro- 
bably hold it, being the best shot hereabouts, unless H. C. Ellis gets 
on the warpath. 
Altschuler. 0 10111001 0 — 5 James 0 lOllllOO 0 — 5 
Nelson ...0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1—8 Ellis 1111110 10 0-7 
Champlin. 1 11111111 0—9 Brown ....111010101 0—6 
Ross 1 10 10 0 10 1 0—5 H C Ellis..! 1 1 0 1 1 I 1 1 1-9 
Tie at 26 Yards. 
Champlin 1 1 1 1 1-5 Ellis 10 1 1 1—4 
Judges, John Lahman and Geo. Musgrave; referee, Marlin Gore. 
Ow’Eoo. Tioga Co.,N. Y.— A trap shoot came off here Mond.iy, 
June 14. New York State rules, wild pigeons,, ground trap. The 
wind blew hard and the birds flew strong. Score: 
Lninhart.l 1110 10 1111-9 Beselcr..! 101111110 1—9 
Tie. 
I.ainbart 1 111 1 — 5 BeseJer 1 011 1 — 4 
South Bend, Ind. — The Fnion Club shooring match far the gold 
medal came off Monday, June 14. E. P. Stanfield and Chas. H. Ap- 
plegate, judges; Dr. U. Harris, referee. 
Andrew 8.. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1—5 Rough ....110110011 1—7 
Longley ...1 0 1111110 0—7 liowley....! n l i o 1 I 1 0 1—7 
Huzby 1 0 110 1111 1—8 Camper ...1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0—7 
Sti’debakerl 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1—4 Galloway.. 0 11110 0 11 1—7 
Vi ade 1110 11111 1-9 Coonley...! 0 10 110 10 0—5 
Cincinnati, June 7 —The Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club 
held their meeting to contend for iheclub badge on Monday, the 
7th inst. Ten sin«^le birds at 26 yards rise, and six double at usual 
distance. Mr Wm. Caldwell, the recently elected President of itie 
Club, was the winner. Messrs. Caldwell and Pickard were ap- 
pointed delegates to Cleveland. 
Singles, 
Yoast ....101000110 0—1 Miller 1 0 10 11111 0—7 
Rlair 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1—6 Thornton..! 111110 11 1—9 
Miller 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1—5 Bates ....0 01011010 0 — i 
Lan^don ..110111011 1—8 GreenweodOO 1111101 1—7 
Epply 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1—4 Caldwell...! 1 1 1 1 0 l 1 1 1—9 
Wade 1 0 111110 0 1—7 Humble...! 0 10 11111 1—8 
Ellard ...,111001111 1—8 
Doubles. 
Yoast ....10 10 10—3 Wm Miller 01 ll H— .5 
Blair 00 11 10—3 Thornton 11 11 0) — I 
J E Miller 11 ( 0 01—3 Bates 11 11 01—5 
Lan"don 10 11 00—3 Greenwood 10 10 10—3 
Epply 10 11 10—4 Caldwell 11 11 11—6 
Wade 01 01 10—3 Humble 10 10 10 - 3 
Ellard 11 11 10-5 
OwEGO.— There was a gyro trap shoot here Saturday afternoon, 
June 19, 21 yards rise. The following is the score: 
Beseler 1 11110 11111111 1-14 
Hutchimson 0 11010 110 10 110 1—9 
Frank Winslow, of Brandon, Vt., shot two vulture hawks that 
were living in a huge perpendicular rock over 100 feet from the base 
of the hill, about two miles south of the village. The most skillful 
hunters in the vicinity have for a long time attempted to shoot the«e 
hawks, but they have always failed. The male hawk has been 
dreaded by the entire neighborhood and heavy rewards have been 
offered for him. Several of his mates have been captured, but in 
the course of a week or more he would fin<l another companion. 
The place has derived its name from this hawk and is known as 
Haw k Hill. He is over 20 years old, as is judged by the families in 
that vicinity, aud no other hawk is known to resemble this in ap* 
pearance. 
The Delaware Fish Commissioners have put 40,000 young shad 
into the Elk river at Elkton; 2,000,000 eggs have been distributed 
this ReMcn In the rivers opening into the Chesapeake i 
The Secretary Bird. — Many and various are the names applied 
to this extraardinary bird by the natives of the different countries 
in which it is common. By some it i^ know’n as the ‘ Devil's Steed," 
by others as the "Bird of Fate." We must own that to us these 
fanciful appelations are quite unintelligible, nor has any Eastern 
tale that we have ever read thrown a light upon thtir origin; never- 
theless, our unpoetical imagination at once recognizes the appropri- 
ateness of its nickname of ttie "Secretary," as the crest upon its 
head, when laid back, looks most comically like the quill pens 
w’hich clerks or secretaries used sometimes to put behind their 
ears. 
Its common name is crane vulture, while it is known to men of 
science as the gypogeranm f^erpf^ntariyf. The crane vulture in- 
habits Africa, Irom the Cape to 15° north latitude, and from the 
Red Sea to Senegal: it is also occasionally seen on the Philipine 
Islands. One species is also met with in Northern Africa.' A glance 
at the bird will show that its life must necessarily be passed almost 
entirely upon the ground. Its toes are short, and it can walk so 
fast that it is sometimes chilled the mes-eucrer bird. Whm desir- 
ous of flying, it is compelled to run a short distance and then spring 
npvvard. in order to get fairly on the wing; at first it moves iicavily 
and with difficulty through the air, but after a few s»renoue efforts 
its flights becomes easy and regular, and it sweeps lightly aid beau- 
tifully aloft, apparently without even moving P 8 broad pinions. It 
finds itself, however, most at home upon the ground, and stalks 
over its surface with much dignity. 
About June or July furious quarrels arise among thc>^e birds n la 
five to the choice of a mate, the disputed female becoming the prize 
of the most pow’crful of the rivals. The pair build a nest upon a 
high tree, using branches and twigs plastered together with day. 
The shallow interior of the nest is lined with feathers, cotton, and 
other soft material. It is no nncominon thing for the branches, of 
which the outer walls are formed, to sprout, afresh and spread, until 
the eyrie becomes literally a leafy bower of great beauty. The eggs 
are two or three in number, and about the same size as those of a 
goose, but somewhat rounder; the shell is either pure white or 
slightly marked with little red spots. 
Snakes of all kinds are the objects of constant attack by these 
birds. When a serpent secs one of these dreaded enemies approach- 
ing, it will rear itself and swell and hiss in rage and fear; but the 
bird will spread his wings, forming with one of them a buckler in 
front of him. and when the reptile makes a spring at him the bird 
will bound about, always presenting that hard, well-prorccted wing; 
and while the lerpcnt is vainly spending its poison on the thick 
bunch of feathers, the foe is inflicting heavy bio a s on the defence- 
less head w*ith his other wing, until, stunned and faint, the veno- 
mous creature rolls on the ground; the bird then catches it and 
throws and dashes it about, finally killing it with his sharp bill. 
Then he swallows his victim with great relish, being in no wav- 
affected by the poison it contain*. 

How to Cook Grasshoppers. — In Somh Afr ca the grasshopper 
joenst) is eaten by every living thing, from lions down to domestic 
cattle, and from the asvogel (a species of eagle) down to the most 
diminutive birds. Nordoes man disdain this article of food: the 
natives will follow' a flight of locusts for dai’s. and become rolling 
fat, if they can follow them long enough. Some of the tribes merely 
roost them in the ashes of the camp-fire, but those possessing a 
greater degree of intelligence have a more intricate modus ojHfrrnndi. 
After the hoppers arc killed they put them in afrying-pan and parch 
them as we do pop-corn, until they are cri.>*p and brown, they arc 
then ground to a powder in the ordinary wooden mortar used in 
thMt country, and made into very palatable and nutritious cakve. 
For a psriod of two mouths, during which I was detained by fever, 
in a native Krall, about twelve hours' ride to the north of the Trani- 
vall Republic, these cakea, with wild honey— like St John— formed 
almost my entire food, yet on this diet, without niadicuies or mrdi- 
cal attendance, I recovered from a severe fever that is almost inra- 
riably fatal to Europeans. — Cincinnafi Timfs. 
Fuask UucKLAHV in Land and M’rtfar records the following: Mr. 
Jennings, of the Board of Trade, writas me; ‘‘(’an yon throw any 
light upon this question?" "Trout caught from Ballinahinch hake, 
more frequently at Waterville, by J. C. Hobbs; from four to six 
ounces weight: greenish black, white and rather ailvirv belly; few 
dark spots. Certainly not the young sea trout at Waterville; the 
fishermen call them "baalards." Far more highly colored and 
handsomer than brown tront." I should very much like to see a 
specimen, as hybrids between salmon and trout is a subject exceed- 
ingly interesting. Would Mr. Jennings be kind enough to catch 
one for me? Dip him in spints before sending him, cutting a bole 
in the stomach to let in the spirits. 
Hunting. Fishing and Pleasure Excursions to 
Colorado. — The St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern 
Railway has just published a new and illustrated Guide 
to Colorado, (season ol 1875), giving a brief description 
of the famous ifesoWs in the Rocky Mountain Regions, 
also rates of fare. This Guide contains valuable infor- 
niatiou for Sportsmen and Inc/tlids. Free. Send for 
copy. Address C. K. Lord, General Passenger Agent, 
St. Louis, Mo. This is a magnificent sporting region, 
unsurpassed in the Union. The officials are accommo* 
dating, the ears clean, comfortable and punctual. Wc 
speak by experience. 
Wants and Exchanges. 
Advertisements under this head are inserted at 25 cents for two 
lines. Send money with order. 
Read J. Cypress, Jr's Recollections. 
FOR SALE— One of Baldwin's Foot Lathes and Fittings, nearly 
new and but little used. For particulars address C. A., Box I'lO, 
Clinton, Mich. 
FOR SALE CUEAF— A hand^olne black and tan Gordon Setter 
bitch, bred Com imported stock. W. L. MoConnt.ll. New Ctw 
•iB, Pa. 
FOR SALE — A splendid setter dog, two years old; price $40. Ad- 
dress U, W. Gause, Wilmington, Del. 
FOR LE —A fine kennel of Setters. Warranted to give entire 
satisfaction; prices moderate. Will G. Parker, Mt. Palatine, HI. 
WANTED— A "Lavarack or Field Trial Dog." Must be the best; 
two to twelve months old. D. C. Bergundthal, Indianapolis, Ind. 
FOR SALE— A good coon dog, hound and spaniel, five years old. 
B. D. Willard, Box 480 Leominster, Mass. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for Idatnne on the Dog, Vol. V of 
the Ambrjcan Sportsman. W' G. Barker, Box 594, Racine, Tfis. 
WANTID— 1 second-hand Maynard Rifle, now model, .4 cal., 32 
inch barrel. State lowest cash price, condition, etc. Address 
A. J. Tallman, Castile, N. Y. 
FOR SALE CHEAP — A Rem!ngton Sporting Rifle in good condi- 
tion, .44 cal., 24 m barrel. Address Box h 8, Newport, R. 1. 
FOR SALE— A beautiful dark red Irish bitch 1 months old, the 
dam imported; pedigree unexceptionable. Address, with stamp, 
Lock Box 54, Claremont. N H. 
WANTED — A well bred and thoroughly broken setter bitch, from 
two to four years old; Gordon preferred. Address, stating color, 
price, etc., Westfield, Box 5377, P. 0., New York City. 
FOR SALE— A heavy fancy twist Duck and Goose Gun. 17^ Ihs. 
weight. 7 bore, 36 inches in barrels, muzzle-loading; made by John 
Krider of PhiludGlphia. Price $50. Address Rev. J. Howard 
Hand, Rocky Hill, Conn. 
SETTER PUPS FOR SALE.- Dam "May." whose pedigree ap- 
peared in this paper. Sire an Irish setter; color orange and white, 
well tickled, and Irish red; six weeks old. For particulars address 
O. D. Foulks, Town point, Cecil Co., Md. 
FOR SALE — A pair of Dash pups 5 months old, almost entirely 
red, splendid color; will be fit for snipe next fall; dog and slut for 
$75. They are ont of the best son of old "Dash" and “Flora" the 
mother out of Grabner's "Lizzie," They cannot be bred any finer 
or better in this country or any other. Address S. R., Rod and Gun. 
FARM FOR SALE — In the valley ef Delaware River, between 
Dinijinan's FeiTy and Water-Gap. on the stage turnpike, midway 
between Port Jervis and Strond-burg. It will be sol I tm Ciisy term**, 
or exchanged for a smaller farm. It coulaius acres besides 
Squirrel Island in the Delaware, the best woodcock ground in the 
State. There are 10 acres of valuable timber and over IIX) acres of 
allu^ml flats which never overflo * . It is the cei tre of fishing and 
shooting groun s. with a trout stream on the farm, river Mshing and 
good shooting all around. Good farmer's biii dings, orchard and 
gardens. Ci ops may be seen on the ground, and will be included 
with the slock and implements if desired. Farm unincumbered, 
and within lOO mile** of New York. Apply to Genio C. Scott, C 5 
Broadway, New York. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Three ilollars per inch. Discount on permanent ailvertheniente. 
IIHSH PRIZE BLOOD ALL RED SETTERS FOR 
SaTjE. Scvei'ol brace of large, slasliing, biauliful 
lookiiii; lilood rcil animals — traincil and uniraineii — the 
best in Ireland, coinbinin!; the blood of Di’eer's famed 
“Dan,” Jliilehinson’s renowmal cliam|ii in “Bob,” 
Cooper’s prize dog "Ranger,” Ilulcliinson’s “Lilly,” 
Miss Warbiiiton’s champion bitch “Venus.” Also the 
Mar(|uis of Waierford’s blood in “Flounce,” and Mr. 
L l Loiiclie’s in ‘ Ranger.” The abr>ve are the real H ue 
type of Jrisli Seller, famed for ibeir pace, endurance, 
and nose, noi the red and white so olten pa vned off as 
Irish. A few young dogs of the old “Iitisit Wateii 
Spaniel” breed now so difficult to ohiaiu, the best, 
most sagacious, and most endurable retriever living. 
Full parliciilars and prices from “DERG,” 
Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland. 
IRISH SETTERS AKD RETRIEVERS.— American 
sportsmen in want of ihorougbbred Irish Setters, broke 
or unbroke; also Irish Water Spaniels of the oldest and 
best stock in Ireland, trained to perfection for land and 
water, aud tirst class at wild fowl shooting, will please 
communicate with the undersigned. 
N. B. — Eight lovely blood red iiisli Setters, ten 
months old, ready for thehrenkcr; he.sides several brace 
of the same .strain perfectly trained; also four ma.gnifi- 
cent Irish Rcirieveis, broki'u, at present for sale. 
American aud English references. Address S. J. HUR- 
LEY, Esq.. Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland. 
SETTEltS. 
I have for sale another litter of Seller juips from my 
celebrated hiti-li "Sue,” by Mosher's tliorouglibred 
dog “Frank.” “Sue” is out of Warwick’s “Flora,” 
by Charles Aurand’s celebrated dog “ Colonel,” 
of Clyde, N. Y., one of the best dogs in the State. 
“ Frank” was bred by Mr. H. L. Wilkinson, of West- 
field, JIass., and besides being very staunch, and 
possessing a wonderful nose, is one of the handsomest 
dogs that ever pointed game. Color of the pups, lemon 
and white, and black and white. Price $25 each. 
On account of a change in my business, I will also 
sell the hitch “ Sue.” She is thoroughly trained, and a 
splendid retriever on land or w ater. Price $100. Fifty 
dulUu's was refused for her when six tnunths old. For 
letereoces and further iuformattou address 
E. E. Phku«s, 
Bos 1166, Auburn, Ni Y. 
