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August 28, 1875. 
SUESJES ANB AMSWERS. 
Bay Side.— What powder would you adrise me to use in a Parker 
gun. lOB, 9lb9, to get the best work wth paper shells? 2.— Do 
paper shells do as good execution in the Parker as in any other 
breech-loading gun? Axs. 1. — Hazard, or Ladin & Rand are equally 
good. 2.— Yes. 
R. H. S., Bal.— Where can I obtain Frank Forrester's field sports, 
and the price? Axs. — At this o I'ce, price $6 and postage. 
Loomis. — WUl you please inform me what will keep fleas off a 
dog? Been taking your paper for oxer a year, and like the last issue 
best of all. Axs. — Cleanliness, good bedding and good health are 
the only way to keep fleas away. Thanks for eood opinion. 
M.— Is there anything that will clean the leading out of a breech- 
loader better than the common wire brush that comes usually with 
three-jointed wipers? An?. — W e think not, though a good leather 
after it would be effective. 
SuBSCRiBEB.— Do the Parker guns shoot as hard or a? well with 
paper as with brass shells? Gloan says the P. gun shoots poorly 
with paper, being chambered to do best with the brass. 2. Does 
Parker taper the chamber up to bore, or do they now chamber in 
the English stjie, viz. : a square shoulder at the end of chamber? 
Ash. — 1. Parker guns use paper shells to as good advantage as any 
gun made. 2. Chambered to standard gauge, and show shoulder 
same as in English guns. 
Bang.— We had a little shoot the other day. J. Hammon missed 
the second bird, but killed the next eight. The last bird was 
given against him by the umpire as being shot on the ground, 
although more than thirty people say the bi d was eighteen inches 
from the ground when killed. The t ap was a plunge one, and after 
the bird was thrown up, as it was alighting, it was shot. Can Ham- 
mon claim the bird? This is the first question. The second is: when 
Hammon went into the eighth place to shoot off the ties, it was de- 
cided to miss and go ont, and each man shot one round and killed. 
When fire had shot on the second round it was announced that there 
were no more birds, and consequently one man had no bird to shoot: 
but the men tieing concluded to divide up the $20 between the men 
that had not missed and the man that did not shoot at the last bird. 
What I claim is, that not having sufficient birds the ♦ies had no right 
to be shot, and the money should not have be^n divided. Would 
yon please give us your opinion. Ans. — 1. Hammon caunot claim 
the bird now that the shoot is over. 2. If all parties agreed to di- 
vide they had a right to do so. If any one objected he onght to have 
objected on the spot. 
Smoke “ VaxiTT Faib,"— I t has a decidedly ben* fleial effect upon 
the intellectual power. Companion in ouj solitude, amnser in our 
idleness, and soother in our troubles. See advertisement. 
The Apbican Fobest.— Nature is so piodigal of her charms, the 
European sees bi\t little of them, for to loiter In tbe wooded solitudes 
means sickness and perhaps death. The beauty of an African forest 
cannot be described. Gigantic trees, with buttresses seven or eight 
feet in thickness, tower far above toe featlen>’ froudage of the palm 
and bamboo ; creeping plants of the most de'icate tracery, and cov- 
ered with flowers of every hue, entwine each tree and bush ; birds of 
bright-colored plumage dash before the eyes, and the shrill cr>’ of the 
parrot and the never-ceasing chirrup o' the gra.sshopper alone wake 
the stillness of the woods. There is an everlasting twilight in the 
African forest : the air is cool, and the perfome-s of a tboosand 
flowers invite the passer-by to seek a shelter from the burning rays 
of the sun Bat the air, though cool, is also heavy and moist, and 
emits ao odor of decaying vegetable matter ; and at night a thin 
white mist gradually creeps, spectre-like, from every hollow a'ld 
dell, till the whole landscape is effaced. This is the malaria 
Some of the papers are inclined to regard the Ohio floods as indi- 
cating that the destruction of forests that has been going on at such 
a shocking rate in this countiy*. has not resulted in an extreme dry- 
ness according to this theory but in great floods, of which the pres 
ent is not the first or second that has inundated the Mlssisfippi 
valley within a few years. The inference is, that we might just as 
well go on cutting dowm the trees; but the inference is based on a 
mittaken idea of the theory supposed to be confuted by the West- 
ern floods. It is not confuted at all. In the first place, forest.< have 
an effect to moderate aud equalize rather than to increase rain. The 
equalizing effect is more marked than ibe increase. Deluging rains 
alternate wiih drought in treeless countries, au experience closely 
home out by the experience of the prairie States of the Ohio val- 
ley. They don't have too much rain, but it is not equalized through 
the season. In Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, there are comparatively 
few tre< s. and the present experience of these localities strikingly 
suppoits the tree theory. Forests have the effect gradually to dis- 
till fiom the atmosphere the water that otherwise, after lorn? drought, 
would fall in water spouts aud floods. The tornadoes that make a 
stampiog ground of the prairie States are also characteristic of tree- 
less countries. The alternating floods and droughts along the Mis- 
sissippi and its tributaries are theiefore a striking confirmation in- 
stead of a contradiction of the forest theorj*. In Europe, also, the 
meteorological phenomena of the past season point the same way. 
The treeless plains of Hungary in Austria, and Brittany in France, 
and the dry, sandy, and comparatively denuded plains of Langue- 
doc, were the section? \'igited by the innndations. while the Pteppes 
of Southern Russia are dried up by a drought; for droughts and del- 
uge? affect the .same regions. 
Greexe SxnxH challenges Capt. A. H. Bogardns to 
shoot 25 birds each at 21 yards rise from a single plunge 
trap, trap and handle for each other, one yard boundarj- 
from centre of trap. Capt. B. accepts the challenge, 
and the money of both parties has been placed In the 
hands of T. C. Banks, of the Rod axd Gcx, S. H. Tut- 
rill, of Chicago, to act as referee. The match is to be 
shot in the vicinity of Chicago, between the 15th and 
30th of September next. Due notice will be given in 
our columns. 
PIHEOi^ MATCHES. 
Hexdersox, Ky., Aug, 2. — Champion badge; 10 
single rises ; Henderson Club rules ; O. Collins, referee. 
J B Alexander 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1—8 
JBMallonr 11111110 10—8 
HSnow..." 110 110 0 10 1—6 
Tie, 31 yards. 
JB Alexander 1 JB Mallory 0 
This being three times Alexander has won the badge, 
it was declared his individual property. 
Maxsfield, Pa. — A small shoot came off Aug. 19, 
ground traps. 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary. Score; 
M Frederick 0 0 1 1 0 0 0—2 W S Bell 1 1 1 0 0 0 1— 1 
J Stephenson 0 10 10 1 0—3 
SbUlROX, Pa. — A trap shoot came off IVednesday, 
Aug. 18, but as it rained nearly all the afternoon the at- 
tendance was not large; 21 yards rise, 80 yards boun- 
dary, li oz. shot, plunge traps. The birds (wild pigeons) 
were good fliers, The first was a sweepstakes; en- 
trance, birds out. Score: 
Kimberlv 1 0 0 0 1—2 Pearson 1 0 1 0 1—3 
Dickson'. 1 1 0 1 0—3 Crosthwaite 0 0 11 1—3 
Tribby 1 1 1 1 1—5 Blnnt 0 1 0 0 1—2 
First prize $15, to Tribby. 
Tie on three, 26 yards. 
Dickson 1 1 1—3 Crosthwaite 1 1 1—3 
Pearson 1 1 0 — 2 
Second tie, 31 yards . 
Dickson 0 1 1—2 Crosthwaite 1 1 0—2 
Third tie. 
Dickson 0 1 1 — 2 Crosthwaite 1 1 1 — 3 
Second money $10, to Crosthwaite. 
In shooting off for third money, $5, Blunt got it. 
Second sweepstakes, conditions same as above. 
Kimherly 
..toil P — 3 Dickson 
... 1 1 0 1 
Blunt 
..1111 0 — 4 Cco.-thwaite . . . 
1111 1—5 
Pearson 
..0111 1^ Tribbv 
0 1 1 1 0—3 
First money. 
$15, to Crosthwaite. 
Ties on four, 2ti y?rds. 
Blnnt 
10 1—2 
Pearson 
1 1 0-2 
Second tie. 31 yards. 
Pearson • • 
1 0 1—2 Dickson 
1 1 1—3 
Second money, $10, to Dick.son. 
Ties on three, 26 yurds. 
Kimberly 
Second t e, 31 yard.s. 
1 0 (1-1 
Kimberly 
Third money 
$5, to Kimberly. 
Third sweejistakes, .same again. 
Blnnt 
..0 0 1 0 0 — 1 Pearson 
1 1 1 1 0-4 
Crosthwaite 
..1111 1 — 5 McChestney 
....1 0 0 0 1-2 
Tribby 
...1 1 1 1 1—5 Rov 
Tie on five, 26 yards. 
1 10 0 1—3 
Crosthwaite 
1 1 1—3 Tribbv 
Second tie, 31 yards. 
1 1 1-8 
Crosthwaite 
0 0 1—1 Tribbv 
Tribby got first money; Pearson second, and Roy 
third. 
Fourth sweepstakes, same again. 
Blunt 
... 0 1 1 1 0 — 8 UnnlKon 
....110 0 1—3 
[>o?thwaithc.... 
. ..1 1 I 1 1—5 McCbestnev.... 
...1 0 1 0 1—3 
Tribby 
0 1 1 1 1 — 4 Pearson 
Trout 
....1 0 1 1 1-4 Rov 
...1 1 0 1 0—3 
First money to Crosthwaite. 
Ties on four, 26 yanls. 
Tribby 
1 1 0—2 Tront 
0 10-1 
Second money to Tribby. 
Tie? on three. 26 yard?. 
Blunt 
rnnlson 
10 0-1 Roy 
McChestney 
WiXDSOR, Ont., Aug. 20. — A shoot came oft on the 
Ouelette fair grounds for prizes of $20, $17, $15, $12 
and $5. As the birds were exhausted before the best 
shot could be determined, the prizes were divided be- 
tween the men who tied on 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 birds. 
Dr Curtis 110111110 1—8 
John Gondenongh 101 1 10010 1—6 
Mr Johnston 1011010111—7 
JoeCInrk 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1—6 
Wm Billyard 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-5 
MrMarentette 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1—7 
SigXonto 110 1111110—8 
B D D Rorison 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0—5 
EdXonto 0 0 1 0 U 0 1 1 1 1—5 
Wm Raper 0 0 1 1 1 I 1 1 0 1—7 
Capt Aldridge 000 1 0 1 00 1 0—3 
Dan Adams 0 1 0 0 1 1 I 1 1 1—7 
Tom Reid 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 O— 7 
Fred Houston 0 0 1 1 1 1 I 1 0 1—7 
Joseph Winter 0101001111—6 
J Keight'ey 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1—8 
.lean Wagner 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1—3 
R Ball 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—7 
James Scnce 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ii 0 0—5 
John Hammond 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—8 
Dan Revel 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1—8 
Bill Colby 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1—8 
W Simpson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1—3 
Peter Harman 0 0 1 0 0 I 1 0 0 1—4 
Mr Emory 00010001 10—3 
There was a good deal of reckless shooting by skir- 
mishers on the outside, and one young man received a 
small charge of shot injlheJace. His injuries were not 
serious, but the accident created much indignation, and 
the skirmishers were ignominiously driven off. 
JlEMPnrs, Tenn. — Bluff City Club iledal shoot came 
off Aug. 18, five double birds, 18 yards rise, wild birds, 
100 yards boundary'; miss and out. Score: 
Wheatley 11 10 lo —4 D Bryson 10 11 11 11 10—8 
Spicht 11 10 10 Cockerell 01 11 10 —4 
P Bryson 00 10 —1 Saunders 11 10 11 10 —6 
Merriman 11 10 10 —4 Leland 11 11 11 10 11—9 
Won by Leland. 
Same day sweepstakes; eight entries, $5 entrance; 
class shooting, five single rises, 21 yard.s rise; $17.90 to 
first; $8.95 to second. Score; 
Leland 10 0 —1 Saunders 1 1 1 1 0 — 4 
P Bryson 0 0 10 1—2 Wheatlev 1 1 1 t P — 4 
Waldron 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 Cockerell 1 1 1 1 1-5 
D Bryson 1 1 1 1 1—5 Merriman 1111 1—5 
Sanuders and Wheatley divide second money. 
Ties at 31 yards, three birds. 
Cockerell 0 —0 Merriman 1 1 1—3 
D Bryson 0 1 — 1 
Merriman first money. 
A PORTRAIT of Capt. A. H. Bogardus. the champion 
bird shot of the world, is on exhibition at Overton’s 
dining-room, 17 & 19 Park row. 
Harry Jexxixgs is labelled to us as an honest dog 
dealer. “ Rare specimen.” See his advertisement. 
ABVIBTiaEMOTS. 
Three dollars per inch. Discoant on pennanent advertisements. 
YAMTYFAIR. 
I It is shaved from the best Nat- 
J nral Leaf, for Meerschaum and 
Cigarettes. Does not make the 
tongue sore. Liberal sample on receipt of monov. HieheM Award. 
Vienna, 1873. Send for Circular. Wyi. S. KI^B.\LL d: CO., 
Peebles? Tobacco Works. Rochester. N. Y. 
IVant.8 and Excliauges. 
Advertiseuekts under this head are inserted at 25 cents for two 
lines. Send money with order. 
WESTERN SHOOTING — Book finely illustrated — only 25 cents. 
Address Bro. Sportshae, Box 394, Sedaiia, Mo. 
LIVE PIGEONS, for trap shooting, constantly on hand. Clnba 
snpplied at short notice. 
Address, K. T. Martin. 475 W. Enron St., Chicago. 
COCKERS. — I hope to have some very superior English cocker 
paps in a few weeks. For particnlars, address, 
M. P. McKoon, Franklin, Del. Co., N. V. 
FOR SALE— A new Remington, $45. double-barrel breech loader, 
30-in., 10 gauge, 2% in. drop, 8X lt)s. Perfect, and sold for no fault. 
Got it in trade. Price, $36. Particulars, address M. P . McKoon 
F ranklin, Del. Co., N. T. 
WANTED— To purchase one thoroughbred setter slut pup. Ad- 
dress P. and H.. Box 5:18, Little Rock, Ark. 
FOR SALE— A fine mnzzle-loading shot gun, 12 bore, $2.7. J. N 
Davis. Jr., P. O. D., Washington, D. C. 
FOR SALK— Gordon setter pnps. ten weeks old. Address R. L. 
Graves, Snnderland, Vt. 
HARRY JENNINGS, 612 Broadway, in the dog business 20 years 
in this city, a'jd more extensively than any man in the country. Fox 
hounds of every breed; Irish, English and native setters. A beagle 
honnd, sky terrier, Spitz, etc. 
FOR S.vLE. — A liver and white pointer Bitch. 14 months old. well 
honse-broken, good retriever, bright and intelligent, from first-class 
native stock. For further particnlars address L. J. Gaines. West 
Meriden. Conn. 
FOR SALE — A fine Laverack Setter, imported stock (blue Ben- 
ton), well trained. Theodore MEfER, 318 Eighth street, Jersey 
City. 
A FIRST-CLASS Alien breech-loader, 10 gange. bnt little used ; 20 
steel shells: cost $150 — to exchange for a first-class foot-power 
lathe, with slide rest and tools. Address Ron and Gun. 
FOR SALE. — Eight fine bred pointer pnps. single or in pairs, 
seven weeks old, two black ones, very choice; Seth Green’s stock. 
Most be sold at once as the bitch is going to NewYork in a few weeks. 
Address Chas. C. Clement, with Geo. E. Wilson, Manchester. N.H. 
FOR SALE.— A brace of Gordon Setters. Da.sh. best son of Col- 
burn's Dash, ont of Belle; Colburn's Dash, by Dan, out of Mr. Val- 
entine’s celebrat d Gordon Setter slnt; also inriported Prince, four- 
teen months old. Price $150 ea^; $300 for the brace. Address 
This Office. 
FOR SALE.— Eight beantifnl black and tan Gordon setter pups, 
from Qneen Bess, pronounced as handsome a bitch as can be found 
in America; sired by the Gordon dog Pette, owned by Nesbitt of 
Cambridge. For particnlars as to price, address Bassett & Thomp- 
son. Foxboro, Mass. Box 163, 
STUD DOG. — I will receive a few bitches, of ap- 
proved pedigree, to be lined by my imported Irish prize 
winner, Rufus. Rufus is a deep rich red, without white, 
very handsome, and of first-class pedigree. He won 
first at Burslem, third at Dublin, and second, at Nant- 
wich, and «t Paris, Ky. Now first in his class, and 
champion cup as the best setter of any class at the 
show. Send pedigree of bitch, and apply for terms to 
ARNOLD BURGES, Maysville, Ky 
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