864 
Sept. 11, 1875. 
that after 2,570 shots there was no falling off, and that 
they were not affected by leading, notwithstanding the 
fart that they were not cleaned, other than being wiped 
ont with oil and rag after each 100 rounds; and as a 
result of this trial the editor of the Field states that the 
new sj'stem is superior to the old fully 20 per cent., and 
the shooting quite, if not more, regular. 
With regard to the concluding remarks, “And what 
a poor showing is made for Green's new system when 
compared with the targets I have given above,” is sim- 
ply an outrage upon common sense. Why were not 
these wonderful guns entered in the New Tck or the 
Chicago trials, and the results place din the published 
list? Whereas the results of these trials show nothing 
approaching his private targets, neither do they bear 
any comparison with the remarkable advance shown in 
the results of the more recent Field trial. 
I can only regret, Mr. Editor, that you did nc^ pub- 
lish the results of the Field trial in your valuable r aper. 
I have, however, forwarded to Messrs. McLaren, Wil- 
liams <fc Co., of St. Louis, a supply of the Field reports, 
and I sincerely trust that spoiu-men and gentlemen in- 
terested in these matters will carefully studj' them, at 
the same time exercising due care to compare the re- 
sults only with public trials fully and fairly carried out 
under somewhat similar conditions, and not with rec- 
ords of any private targets whatsoever. 
W. H. Gbeeser. 
PI6I01S MATCHES. 
Newport, R. I., Sept. 2. — A great shoot for the Ben 
nett Cup came off on the grounds of the Narragansett 
Gun Club at Middletown. The attendance was numer- 
ous and the accommodations satisfactory. The match 
was a handicap, $10 entrance. First prize, the cup ; 
second, 40 per cent. ; third, entrance money. Ten birds ; 
80 yards boundaiy. Twenty-one gentlemen were handi- 
capped, eighteen of whom accepted and took part in the 
contest. The cup was won by Mr. Sands, of Newport ; 
E. Stevenson took second, and Mr. Bloodgood took third 
after two ties. The score was as follows: 
F P San-ls. 27 vds 111111111 1—10 
K Stevrnfon, 2T ydo 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1—9 
H Bloodgood. 28yde 11111110 0 1—8 
E W Da^f, 28 yds 1111110 0 11-8 
Perry Belmont. 28 vds 1110 11110 1—8 
ATRice, 2Syd8 1 10 110 1111—8 
G Couglae. 26 yds 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 — 8 
T VanT^ren, 30 yds 111011011 0— 7 
Ca roll 1 hiugston, 30 yds 111010110 1 — 7 
Charles A P- at 27 yd- 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0—5 
Lawrence Curtis. 28 yds 101001 1 10 0—5 
A Belmont Jr. 26 ya- 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 — 5 
Count Coetelli. 28 yds 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 — 4 
G T ^bney. 27 yds 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 — 4 
J P umnd. 30 yds llllOOU — 4 
Isaac Townsend. 27yd6 1 1 0 0 0 — 2 
51 Van Buren. 29 yda 0 0 110 — 2 
S S Howland. 27 yds 1 0000 — i 
Tie on eight. 
H B Bloodgood 1 1—2 P Belmont 1 0—1 
E W Uavis 1 0—1 G Douglas u 0—0 
A Rice 0 0—0 
After the shooting for the Bennett Cup some of the 
gentlemen present made up a handicap sweepstakes of 
$5 each, 5 birds, two misses and out, the Gun Club 
rules to govern. For the event there were seventeen 
nominations. The shooting between Mr. P. Belmont 
and ^Ir. Earle was remarkably fine. 
Perry Belmont. 27 yds 
Mr Earle, 25 yds 
E A Po-t, 27 yds 
M Van Buren. 28 yd“ 
J P Gmnd. 29 yds 
H Bloodgood. 28 yds 
E W D \is. 28 .ds 
F P Sands. 29 yds 
A Belmont. -Ir. 25 yds 
C Livingston. 29 yds 
Mr Adams, 25 yds 
E Sievenson. 28 yds 
P a Post. 25 yds 
S Curtis. 27 yds 
G T Dabney. 26 yds 
T Van Buren, 29 yds 
A T Rice. 28 yds.' 
11111111111111 1—15 
11111111111111 0—14 
11110 — 4 
11110 — 4 
110 10 — 3 
110 10 — 3 
110 10 — 3 
10 110 — 3 
10 110 — 3 
10 110 — 3 
10 110 — 3 
110 0 — 2 
10 10 — 2 
10 0 — 1 
10 0 — 1 
10 0 — 1 
0 0 — 0 
PTBST TIE. 
PBelmont 1 1 1 1 1—5 MrEarie 1 1 1 1 1—5 
'TTT 
PBelmont 1 1 1 1— » MrEarie 1 1 1 0-3 
Same day Messrs. E. W. Davis and Travis Van Buren 
shot a match for $200, at 25 birds eacli, the former at 
30 yards and the latter at 28. Mr. Davis won the match 
very easily, killing 18 to Mr. Van Buren’s 13. 
SCORE. 
E W Davis. 28 yds. .1 01111111010101110001 11 
1 1— killed. 18. 
Travis Van Buren. .30 vds ...10000000110111] 1011 
0 0 110 1— killed. 13. 
Newport, K. I. — A match for $600 wa.s shot for at 
Narragansett Club, Sept. 7, with the following result: 
E W Davis. 29 yards— 1 01 11010111101011100111 
0111111111111111111111111 1-42 
in 50. 
i P Gmnd— 0 111011110100111101111110101 
111111111100011111111 1—39 in 50. 
SMALL SHOT. 
4.000 gADiOK were taken in the seine of the Pnget Sound Salmon 
CoiapanTy at Mukiteto, only half of « hich, however, were got a8hore. 
These fish averaged over six pounds each, making in the aggregate 
over twelve ions of salmon in the seine. 
Lobsters,— The Boston Transcript says that the strange changes 
in the amount of yearly prodocnon have very much puzzled the 
lobster fi>hermen. In Plymouth Bay they used to hod good ^ized 
lobsters very plenty, bnt recently few can be found inside of the 
Qumet, while the production outside upon the coast is very much 
diminished both in size and numbers. One cause of this falling off 
has lately been found to be the raking oT the rocky bottom for 
Irish moss, which is now carried on to a great extent up and down 
the coast. By this means the young lobsters are uncovered and 
often destroyed, as they need this refuge both for growth and sa/ety. 
Etdropbobia.. — The Lancaster (Penn.) Examiner has an account 
of the death of Samuel Hance, a blacksmith, twenty-three yea-s 
old, in Chester county. He ^ as bitten by a dog in Delaware three 
years ago while working at smithing. On Thursday Mr# Hance 
complained of feeling unwell, and during the night was taken with 
convulsions, the fear of water being marked, tbe first symptoms of 
the affection being the di i culty in swallowing water. From Thurs- 
day until the time of hie death be was frequently seized with the 
most violent convulsions which morphine and chloroform were per- 
fectly powerless to check, the slightest d stnrbing Influence throw- 
ing him into a spasm, as fabuing. a current of air. or a fly lighting 
upon him. Before going into what proved bis last commlsiun he 
requested the attendant to tie him, as be was a'raidof hurting some- 
one, be being a very powerful man. So the doctor bad him tied and 
held during the convulsion, and be died t:O 0 D after the convulsion 
was over. During ibis convulsion he struggled terribly, and snap- 
ped bis teeth several times, the striking of ihe teeth being p)a nly 
heard. Ever since Mr. Hance was bitten, which was upon the fin- 
ger, and which wai: not at all sore during his attack, he bad no mor- 
bid fear of hydrophobia, being of a rather phlegmatic tempera- 
ment than a ner>'ons one. and had during the three years been of 
good health and entirely temperate in his habits. 
A Word tor the Birds. — A farmer writes to the Boston Adver- 
tiser; “A few days ago, as the barley in roy fields was ripening, 
the blackbirds began to gather about it, and my farmer began to 
an> 2 themati 2 e them as thieves and robbers, feeding upon what they 
did not sow. ‘Why, they come.* said he, ‘in clouds from Naushon, 
Hud all about us.* No<withstandir g. I told him I was eatUfivd, that 
they did more good than barm, and that they were welcome to iheir 
share. Tbe harvest began, and as the mowers reached the middle 
of the field they found the stalks of .he grain very much stripped 
and cot up by tbe army worm. When tbe barley was down they be 
gan to march out of the field in a compact stream through tbe bar- 
way into the next one, and here we saw clearly what tbe blackbirds 
were after. They pounced upon them and devoured them by thou- 
sands. very maUrially lessening tb> ir numbers. Tbe worms arc so 
numerous that they have not destroyed them all, but have materi- 
ally lessened them and their power of mifChi^.f. All honor, then, 
to the blaCiibIrds, which are usually counted mischievous, and are 
destroyed by farmers like vermin. These army w orms have returned 
after an interval of eight or ten years.** 
Rattlesnake.— The Williamsport (Penn.) Gazette says: “On 
Wednesday afternoon a little boy named Babcock, about ten years 
of age, residing near the eaw-mill of Mr. Samuel Caldwell, on Ly- 
coming Creek, went out i i tbe fields to gather raspberries, bare- 
footed. After wandering arunnd through tbe boshes his attention 
was drawn to a fine bush of berries in a thicket and oveihang ng a 
large rock. The rock was partially covered with brush and broken 
limbs. He sprang on to tbe rock, landing with his right foot on a 
huge rattlesnake, which lay coiled up among the brash. Before he 
conld recover and get away he was twice bitten in the calf of the 
leg. The little fellow being terribly frightened, ran home, a distance 
of half a mile, to tell bis father wbat bad happened and obtain re- 
lief for his wounds. The father very foolishly compelled the boy 
to go back with him to the spot, before any attention had been giv- 
en to his wounds, and tbe snake was killed. On returning home the 
limb was found to be , very much swollen, and in tbe absence of a 
physician he was given a large quantity of whisky, which did not 
appear to affect him. Poultices of indigo and flour were applied to 
the wounds at regular intervals, and large doses of whisky were 
given him in hopes of ( onnteracting the poison. A letter from 
Thomas Caldwell last evening stales that the boy is Improving, and 
strong hopes are entertained of his recovery.*' 
The Iceland Commissioners sent to Alaska and the Northwest 
Pacific to make inquiries ►f ter eligible places for settlement h*ve 
retained after a year* !• absence. After examining the coast, they 
have sei tied their minds on Kodiak as a good localiiy. They arrived 
October 24. The climate was mild, the codfishing was excellent, and 
the general appearance of things so inviting, that two of the visitors 
determined to stay till spring, in order to make tbemselv s ac- 
quainted with the country', its climate and productions. John 
Olafsson returned on the man-of-war to San Francisco, went thence 
to Washington, and thence to Iceland. The others remained till the 
middle of la.st May. They found the winter very mild, the coldest 
day being the 24th of March, and then the mercury only sank 2 de- 
grees below zero, Fahrenheit's thermometer. In the mountaioous 
districts some distance from the coast, the snow was deep and last- 
ing, hut on the Rowlands between the mountains and ihe sea, tbe 
ground was covered ^v^th snow for only s-xieen dayi* during the en- 
tire winter. As spring approached, rains became verj- frequent. 
During the moxth of February they fed nearly all the time, w th 
short intermissions of fine weather. r»ne storm continued unbroken 
for eleven days. Spring had just opened when they left, but old 
residents assured them that tbe season was nearly two months later 
than any year experienced during their memory. They w ere much 
p eased with the countr}', and especially with me facilities for fish- 
ing. Codfish abounds all tbe year round, and splendid salmon run 
in vast schools !n the spring. Game is plentiful in the heavy woods. 
They say that the climate is v ell adapted to raising cattle and sheep. 
White men are scarce, those living there having charge of stores or 
fisheries. From Kodiak they went to Sitka and thence to San Fran- 
cisco. where they arrived July 16. 
km AISSWIBS. 
Novice. — Can yao give the title and cost of a work that will assist 
a novice in the art of fisb’ng with an artificial fly, and that will teach 
him, by illnstrations, of the various stages of ma* nfacture of artifi- 
cial flies, how to make them? Ans. — Frank Forester's “Fishand 
Fishing.*’ 50 and postage. 
Paducah.— Which do you think is best a metallic or paper shell? 
Would not the wads be apt to drop out of a metallic cihell when rid- 
ing horseback? Ans — A metallic is best for general use. If properly 
loaded the wads will hold tight. 
Beaumont. — T don't o nderstand how a 44 and a 38 extra long cart 
ridge can fit the same bore, one being 06 smaller than the other, as 1 
should say? Please explain. Can I use 70 grains powder in my 40 
cal. xSOgrs. Rem. with efficiency? Most use patched ball, I ^np- 
pose? In tbe hands of a good shot, how small a circle ought this 
rifle, 40x50, to put its ball at 50 and 100 and 200 yards? Ans. 
— 1. Of course 38 and 44 can't be used in same gun. 2. No; you 
cannot use 70 grains unless you re-chamber the gun. 3. 3 in.. 4 in., 
8 in. 
Greenhorn. — 1. Would a rifle of 44 cal., 30-inch barrel and 10 lbs. 
in weight, with a charge of 40 grains of powder and 200 g aios of 
lead, !)•». capable of shooting with sufficient accu acy to hit a bull’s- 
eye two feet square at, say. 600 or 700 yards if the charge is prop- 
erly weigh d, to hit with certainty? 2. What were the charges of 
powder and lead used in the Sharps and Remiugtoo rifles, used by 
the American Rifle Team at Creedmoorin their practice previous to 
their depariure for Ireland? or did they use patched or naked balls? 
3. Is there any cartridge put up by any of t .e cartridge companies 
to fit Winchester rifles for target use, with charges of powd» r and 
ball, each accurately weighed? The other fixed ammunition in 
market is perfectly worthless for la- get use. 4. If. in target shoot- 
ing, the ball should strike on tbe line between the bull’s-eye nnd 
centre, so a.s half the ball-hole would be in tbe buU's-eye and half 
in the centre, which w<»uld it count, a bull's-eye or centre? Axs. — 
70 grains of powder, with a 400 grain bullet, would be the proper 
cartridge. 2. 95 to 100 grains of powde** bullet-*. 500 to 550 grains. 
All rifles at Creedmoor, excepting military rifles, are patched bul- 
lets. 3. Ammuoition sufficiently accurate fur the shut ranges shot 
by the Winchester may be purchased. 4. BoH's-eye. 
W. W. L.— When is the best time of year to fish for black bass? 
Ans. — Try now. 
Smoke “ Vakitt Fair.”— It Is a kind of oil and halm for what- 
ever was stormy and harmful; it gives a pcrmaiieuce to the t-mile of 
exis'ence — [See Adv't. 
ADVERTiSEMEI^TS. 
Three dollars per inch. Diecosr.t on permanent advertisementa. 
Wants and Excliangres. 
Advertisement? under tbiahead are inevrif,! at 2.‘icenis for iwo 
lines. Send money with order. 
WESTERN SHOOTI.nG- Book finely il.nslrated— only 2i cents. 
Addrers Bro. Sportsman, Box 391, Sedalia. Mo. 
FOR SALE— A sand-hill Crane; plays with cliildren. and tame as 
a dog; price $20. W. L. NICHOLSON, Fort ctMlge. la. 
LIVE PIGEONS, for trap shooting, constantly on hand. Cluhs 
sappUed at short notice. 
Address. E. T. Martin, 475 W. Huron St., Chicago. 
WANTED— To purchase one thoroughbred setter slut pup .ad- 
dress P. and H., Box 5:18, Little Rock, Ark. 
FOR SALE— Gordon setter pups, ten weeks old. Addres- 1{. i,. 
Grates. Sunderland, Vt. 
WANTED.— 51aynard rifle, with* appendages. Will give pure 
bred poultry. Light Brahmas, Buff Cochins or Brown Leghorns; also 
books, rifle-cane and other articles. W. F. Mi cumokk, Basking 
Ridge, N. J. 
FERRETS FOR SALE.— Also one 65 lb. swivel gun. .addreas, 
with stamp, Chas. E. VANTtERVEEn Hyde Park. Dnehess Co.. N. 5". 
WANTED— To obtain the names and address of importers and 
trainers of sporting dogs. Address P. A H.. Box 538, Little Rock. 
Arkansas. 
WANTED TO EXCHANGE— A flrst-class orange and white 
ticked pointer dog. two years old; first-rate no‘^e. and well broken 
to house and field, for a very light (6 lb.) breach-loa ding shot gun 
Address LOCK BOX 5, Springfield, Mass. 
HARRY JENNINGS. 612 Broadway, in the dog business 20 years 
in this city, aod more extensively than any man in the country. Fox 
bonnds of every breed: Irish, English and native setters. A beagle 
bound, sky terrier. Spitz, etc. 
FOR SALE.— A brace of Gordon Setters. Dash, beat son of Col 
bum's Dash, ont of Belle; Colburn's Dash, by Dan. out of Mr. Val- 
entine s celebrat d Gordon Setter sInt; also i i ported Prince, fonr- 
tecn months old. Price $150 each; $300 for the brace. Address 
This Office. 
SPOSTSMfH’S SUmiES. 
(jr 
FRED. J. ABBEl & CO., 
ms. FISHING-TACKLE AND SPORTING GOODS. 
Clark Street, Chicago, Dl. 
4-3 
J.AS. B. ROWE & CO., 
G ms, AMMmiTION, ETC. 276 Chapel St., New Haven, 
Conn. 
jrOS. BETLER Sc CO., 
B REECH ANT) 5ICZZLE-LOADERS; FISHING TACKLE. 
179 East Madison St., Chicago, lU. 
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