344 
Sept. 4, 1875, 
(Late THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN), 
Published by the Rod and the Gun Association. 
■WILI.IAM HUMPHREYS Editor. 
T. C. BAXES, BcBrsKSS M.t.XA6XB. 
S. H. TCKRILL, Chicago Managxb. 
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1875. 
CO?^T?E2fTS. 
Page. Page. 
The Rifle 337 Letter from S 338 3 *9 
Pi<^eon Matches 341 Xatnralin's Trip to Florida,. 341 
K<f tonal Items 344 -Abases of Field Sports 343 
Bogard os Champion Badge. . 344 Library Table 346 
Fish and Fishing 348 Reminiscences of C. A. Club. 347 
The attention of publishers desiring to continue on ex- 
change with us is respectfully directed to our New York 
address. We miss many old friends, probably from the 
oversights of their mailing clerks. 
Me. S. H. Turkill, of Chicago, W estem manager of 
Rod axd Gun, is to be found at 43 South Clark street, 
Chicago. Parties going W est, and desiring to make 
inquiry as to localities for game and fish, hotels or 
routes, will be welcomed by Mr. Turrill, who will be 
pleased to give any information in his power. — Ed. 
August 13 is the day on which grouse shooting, the 
earliest of British shooting sport, begins. 
names be published in advance of the day of entry. 
The appointment of judges of known probity and ability 
is thus guaranteed, while intending exhibitors may ex- 
ercise the option of staying away. 
The Cheney brothers, of Hartford, Conn., start on 
Saturday for Montauk Point, where they wiU camp out 
for the season. 
Mr. Luther Adams, of Boston, Mass. , and a party 
of friends have gone West for chicken shooting on the 
prairies of Iowa and Wisconsin. 
Mr. H . L. Cowell and five other gentleman from 
New Haven, Conn., with their dogs and guns, left via. 
Erie Railway on Wednesday en-route for Iowa for 
chicken shooting. 
Mr. Jerome JIabble, of Worcester, Mass., has just 
received his dog “ Grouse” from Scotland, with a good 
record both in pedigree and prizes. He has taken the 
dog W est on a short trip. 
Col. Kemble reports that large and small game is 
very plenty in the region south of Olympia, in the In- 
dian Territory, and he has seen plenty of wild turkeys, 
antelope, deer, bear and elk, in that vicinity. 
A WESTERN friend writes us that in company with a 
friend on an afternoon’s shoot, they got fifty-eight fine 
young prairie chickens, aod wished the weather would 
permit of sending Rod and Gun some. Aggravating. 
The medal awarded by Messers. J. & W» Tolley for 
the best small pointer dog, at Watertown, N. Y., and 
won by “ Sancho,” owned by Mr. B. W. Jenkins, 
Baltimore, Md. , has been completed and forwarded to 
the winner. It is a solid gold medal, suspiended from a 
gold buckle. 
A PARTY of seven left Worcester, Mass., on Wednes- 
day last, for fall shooting in Washington Territory. 
Their route was via. N. Y. Central, Great Western and 
ilichigan Central railroads to Chicago ; thence, via. 
Chicago and North Western to Minnesota. They are 
all good shots and take their dogs with them. 
The Cincinnati Rifle Club held an informal meeting 
at the Gibson House August 23. A number of offers 
for a range have been received. The best offer yet is 
that of the New Cincinnati Club. It will cost about 
$1,500 to fix up the grounds. 
Mr. J. H. Acklen, chairman of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Tennessee State Sportsmen’s Association, 
was recently in our office, and states that all arrange- 
ments for the exhibition and field trial of dogs at Mem- 
phis, in October next, are as complete as possible, and 
they intend making it the most magnificent affair of the 
kind ever held in this country. 
The golden oriole has been observed in Kent, Eng- 
land. It is an extraordinarily rare bird in that country. 
When “ dipping for chub” in the River Severn an an- 
gler saw a kingfisher alight on his rod, remain for a quar- 
ter of a minute, and then fly off quietly. 
OuB readers are requested to note a letter from 
“Breeder” on an interesting point. Those who have 
any /acts will do well to state them. 
There has been a fish show in Paris. The English 
anglers and scientists contributed casts of fish and pre- 
served specimens, but the undertaking met with poor 
support. 
Fireflies have been observed this season in England. 
They are supposed to be winged glowworms, males, 
their luminousness being due to some electrical condi- 
tion of the atmosphere. 
The Brighton aquarinm has been the subject of Sun- 
day legislation. The British House of Commons have 
left the matter in the hands of Government to enforce 
the Sunday law or not, at their discretion. The exclu- 
sion of the people from intellectual recreation is a mise- 
rable blunder anywhere. 
A pigeon race was flown on the 5lh August, between 
Penzance and London; distance, 260 miles. Otdy two 
birds out of eight arrived. The others were lost. The 
weather was severe and stormy, the wind very strong, 
and dead against the birds. The first bird made the 
distance in 29 hours and 30 minutes. 
The election of judges by the exhibitors at dog 
shows has been started in England, and is said to give 
more satisfaction than their secret nominations by the 
managing committee. We see no ground for objection 
to the American practice of nominating judges, if their 
Mb. D. D. T. Charles and quite a large party of 
gentlemen leave Albany, N. Y., this week for a hunt on 
the Plains and in the timber of the Rocky Mountains. 
They take their dogs, guns, camp-equipage and every- 
thing complete for sport. From St. Louis they go 
West, via, the St. Louis and Kansas City Northern and 
Kansas Pacific R. R. to Denver. 
:Mb, Eugene G. Blackford, the well-known fish 
commission merchant in Fulton market. New York, has 
the pick of fish brought to market . He is a connoisseur 
as well as a dealer, and takes pride in the gentle craft 
and its details. His stand is visited by every fish cul- 
turist and angler. Baird Roosevelt and Seth Green may 
be seen there when in the city, and we were not ^ all 
surprised to find an artist there, with brush and palette, 
making studies of Spanish mackerel, trout and bass, 
fresh from the water and brilliant with color. 
A TKEMENTXIUB outcry is made about the worrying of 
sheep by dogs, and the consequent destructive loss of 
wool and meat. W e saw a recent inverse or perverse 
calculation that the value of dogs in Iowa was eighty 
million dollars, based on loss in mutton and fleece. 
How is it that the Scotch and English practice of shep- 
herding is not followed ? A boy’s wages and the keep 
of a good colley dog, with the folding of the flock at 
night, would be a better safeguard than any dog law. 
A Sportsman's Club was organized in Franklin, 
Venango County, Penn., Aug.l7, 1875, under the name of 
“The Franklin Sportsmen’s Club and Game Protective 
Society.” The following officers were elected: L. T. 
Wilt, Pres.; S. B. Myers, Vice-Pres. ; R. W. Redfield, 
Sec. ; E. W. Echols, Treas. ; CoL L. D. Rogers, Att’y. 
Board of Directors— J. F. Hallet, Wm. Wenzel, J. St. 
Clair, C. E. Taft, R. H. Redfield. This club organized 
with 70 members. Who can beat this? Let the good 
work go on. 
The Bogardns Champion Badge. 
Captain A. H. Bogardus won the Champion Badge, 
illustrated in this number, in London, shooting against 
Mr. G. Rimell, a crack English shot. The shoot came 
off at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, a pretty viUage in the 
outskirts of London. Conditions: 50 birds each from 
five traps, 30 yards rise, with both barrels; 20 at 21 
yards, with one barrel; <5 double rises from a spring 
trap, 21 yards, one barrel; 15 double, two traps, 18 
yards rise — scores to be added together. The score 
was as follows: 
1= imell 
Eogaidos. 
Fifty birds, 30 vards, fl^e traps, both barrels. 
looif 00011 mil oolon oim ooiio mn i— 23 
mio Hill lom OHIO OlllO lioil OOlll l— 27 
Twenty birds, 21 yards rise, one barrel. 
Rimell Hill OHH HHl 10100—16 
Bogardas 11110 11111 IHH 11111—19 
Fifteen double rises, 18 yards, two traps, both barrels. 
RimeU 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 10—18 
Bogardas 11 11 10 11 01 11 11 11 10 11 11 01 H H 11—26 
Bogardus killing 72 out of 86, after which Mr. Rimell 
gave up, leaving 14 birds not shot at. 
The badge is of pure gold, with enamel ribbon, the 
flags being also in part enamel. The work is very sharp 
and clean, and altogether one of the most beautiful 
trinkets of the kind we have ever seen. The value was 
nominally thirty guineas, but as a piece of fine work- 
manship and nice handling, it could not be got up ex- 
cept at a far higher price. The inscriptions are: On 
the shield, “ Pigeon match between Capt. A. H. Bo- 
gardus aud Mr. George Rimell, won by Capt. A. H. Bo- 
gardus. Championship of the world.” On the hack 
of the shield the inscription is: “100 birds each, viz.; 
20 from one trap, 21 yards rise, one barrel; 15 pairs from 
two traps four yards apart, 18 yards rise, and 50 from 
five traps five yards apart, 30 yards rise, 1^ oz. shot. 
Remarkable Shooting.— On Thursday evening last, 
Messrs. Hamilton and Farwell fired ten shots each at a 
bullet measuring three-quarters inch in diameter, sus- 
pended by a string about three feet long, and kept 
swinging back and forth a distance of at least two feet 
while shooting, at a distance of 25 yards, in Conlin’s 
gallery. Ammunition a No. 23 cartridge, which con- 
tains about five grains of powder, with a ball about the 
size of a small pea. When the bullet was taken down 
it showed seven shot marks, three of whicn glanced 
from the sides; one square on one side; one more ex- 
actly on the opposite side to the last; the next one in 
nearly the same place, and the seventh bored a large 
ragged hole completely through it. Thus were three 
shots fired into the same place on a large lead bullet, 
and that bullet swinging like a pendulum in the air. 
The bullet hit, plainly showing the mark of every shot, 
is on exhibition at this office. 
What is a Pheasant f 
Jersey City, Aug. 26. 
Referring to a synopsis of the Pennsylvania Game 
Law in last issue of Rod and Gun, I do not find quail 
among the list of birds, but partridges and pheasants 
are specified. I desire to ask ; 
First — What is a pheasant, and have we such a game 
bird in the Eastern or Middle States? Second — Have 
they the genuine quail in Pennsylvania? If so, when 
can they be lawfully killed? Third — To what bird doe 
the pheasant in the law above refer? Reebuck. 
