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and delicately flavored, and afford delicious eating. They 
are abundant from Washington to New Hampshire. Very 
little is known of their breeding places. 
The Peeps,” Actodromas minutilla, so common on all 
our sandy beaches and low muddy flats, is but the larger 
Sand-piper in miniature. 
** Yellow-Legs,” or ‘‘ Tell-Tales,” Gambetta Melanoleuca, 
This large tattler is well known and universally*disliked by 
* all gunners on account of its watchful and noisy nature. 
They will stand motionless and in silence, carefully regard- 
ing the sportsman with watchful attention untilhe is nearly 
within shooting distance, when at a single note from one of 
the flock, all instantly take flight, emitting loud clear whis- 
tles of rejoicing at his discomfiture. Later in the season, 
however, they seem to be less wary, and numbers can be 
procured without difficulty. Though found in all situations 
near the water, their favorite localities are muddy flats laid 
bare by the ebbing tide, the salt marshes adjoining them, 
and the pools which dot these marshes. They are generally 
lean and little valued for the table. 
_—Down at Rockaway Beach and in Canarsie Bay, sports 
men have had good luck the past few days. A good many 
‘¢ Marsh hens” have been shot, as well as ‘‘ Yellow-legs ” and 
Bay Snipe. The localities above named are the most accessible 
shooting grounds we have, and the sportsman has free 
range without embarrassment “from trespass notices and 
watchful wardens. It is an easy, cheap, and ; delightful 
trip from the Fulton, South, and Williamsburgh Ferries by 
horse cars to East New York, steam cars to Canarsie, and 
steamboat to Rockaway Beach—fare fifty-five cents. At 
Canarsie there are no less than forty yachts and sixty skiffs 
and sail boats for hire. The favorite skippers know the in- 
tricacies of the great Jamaica Bay thoroughly, this includ- 
ing Canarsie Bay. 
—Reports from Elk county, Pennsylvania, are unfavorable 
for fall shooting. The severe winter killed off the Pheas- 
ants (Ruffed Grouse) and in the deep snows many deer were 
destroyed by wolves and reckless pot-hunters. From 
Pike county the news is more favorable. The deer shoot- 
ing in this section is always good and perhaps the best in the 
State. The best grounds are accessible from Shohol’s Sta- 
tion or Lackawaxen on the Erie Railroad, and Kimbles Sta- 
tion and Hawley’s on the Honesdale Branch, but as a large 
portion of this tract is taken up by the Blooming Grove 
Park Association, hunters should be wary against trespass. 
—A number of Brooklyn gentlemen met at Deerfoot 
Park, Coney Island road, August 26th, to test their 
skill at the traps. Several hundred pigeons having 
been provided for the purpose, were disposed of in 
haskets behind the company, there to wait the destructive 
crisis, the ‘‘deadly level” that doomed them to instant 
death or gave them liberty. 
The matches were conducted with propriety and deco- 
rum, and humanity. The first trial was at thirty birds, 
H. and T. traps, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, between 
Mr. Bayliss and Mr. Levi Radin, for $100 a side. Mr. Bay- 
liss cut down his birds in splendid form killing six- 
teen straight birds. When Mr. Levi Radin saw there was 
no chance for him to win, he very properly withdrew. Mr. 
Bayliss shot with a Scott breach-loader C. F., Mr. Radin 
with a Goddard muzzle-loader. The next shot was for a 
double-barrel eight-bore Scott breach-loader. Twenty-one 
gentlemen eniered, paying ten dollars apiece. To shoot at 
fitteen birds, 21 yards rise, and 80 yards boundary, H. and 
T. traps. The shooting of these gentlemen was unusually 
accurate. Captain Elmendorf killed all his birds. Mr. 
Birdseye fourteen out of fifteen, the last bird falling dead 
out of bounds. My, Madison the gunmaker, who is a quick 
snap shot succeeded in passing fourteen birds; the rest of 
the gentlemen withdrew; haying missed a bird it was im- 
possible for them to win the gun. The birds were only 
middling, as not more than a dozen left the trap on the 
word “pull,” the rest of them had to be scared up by the 
means of stones, &c., being thrown at them, Captain 
Elmendorf holds the challenge champion gold medal of the 
Brooklyn Gun Club. It is a very beautiful piece of work- 
manship, and has attached to it in links the record of ‘the 
holders and the number of birds killed; we understand that 
Mr. Bayliss has challenged for It. He will have to beat 
fifteen straight birds and good nerve to win it. 

—The Amateur Sportsman’s Club of Auburn, N. Y. de- 
cided their first trap-shoot at Standart’s Park a few days 
since. The champion gold medal given by the club becomes 
the property of the gentleman who wins and _ holds it six 
consecutive times against all members. 
There were sixteen entries, ten birds each, twenty-one 
yards rise, and cighty yards boundary. Messrs. Lewis, 
Samson, Conner and Richardson having each killed nine 
birds, shot off the tie at five birds twenty-six yards. Lewis, 
Sampson and Richardson tied, each killing four birds. 
Second tie at thirty-one yards, Lewis and Richardson. 
Third tie Lewis killing four birds, finally won the gold 
medal. Immediately after this match, Sampson challenged 
Lewis; the latter killed all his birds, thus retaining the medal 
for the present. Richardson has challenged the winner; 
result next week. 
—The first annual contest at Creedmoor, partaking of the 
more general character of the matches at Wimbledon, will 
take place October 8th. It will last three days, but it is 
not impossible that if the assemblage is large and _ ties fre- 
quent that it will take a longer time to finish. Rifle compe- 
tition among our military organizations has been so far 
novel, though the shooting of individual members of various 
regiments at all ranges has been quite creditable, .We | 
should not therefore be surprised to see, even with men 
who have practised but little, quite good shooting. 
—As soon as anything further is heard from our friends 
or the rifle at St. John, we shall be glad to place it 
before the public, with the idea of getting up a match. 
—The arrangements for the competition for the press tro- 
phy, offered by Orange Judd, Esq., editor of the Agrieul- 
turist, have not as yet been completed, but already various 
members of the press have signified their intention of enter- 
ing, and the match promises to be quite an interesting one. 
—The medal competition of the Amateur Rifle Club, will 
be decided on the second Saturday of this month. It has 
been won twice by Captain Bodine, and if he wins a third 
time, he will capture the prize. 
—The Turf Hield and Harm badge, open to all members of 
National Rifle Asssociations, was shot for on Saturday last. 
One trial had already taken place for the badge, when 
Captain Bodine made the highest score. The badge must 
be won three times by the same person before becoming 
his property. The weather was fair, and the wind favor- 
able for shooting: 
Conditions.—Open to members of the National Rifle Association; dis- 
tance 200 yards; ‘position standing; any rifle not over ten pounds in weight 
and with a trigger pull of not less than three pounds; telescopic sights 
excluded, five rounds; bull’s eye, (eight inches square,) counting 4, centre 
(two feet square,) 3, and outers 2. 



Name. |. ae Rifle. Score. 
Capt. G. W. Wingate, Ballard Sporting, 4444218 
Leon Backer, Remington State, 3838434 17 
W. Robertson, | Remington Sporting, 4334317 
Bethel Burton, Ward Burton, 4333 3—16 
H. Fulton, Maynard, , 3333 4-16 
Ed. 8. Browe, Sharpe Sporting, 3333 38—15 
H. Meday, Remington State, 3338 3 3—15 
A. Anderson, Ward Burton, 333 3 3—15 
Asa Farr, Ballard Sporting, 4233 3—15 
A. J. Roux, Remington State, 3843 2 3—15 
Thomas Henderson, Magazine Carbine, 2233 4-14 
J. P. M, Richards, Sharpe Sporting, 3333 2-14 
Alexander Pyle, Remington Sporting, 233 3 3—14 
Andrew 8S. Fowle, Sharpe Sporting, 2432 3-4 
C. F. Robbins, Ballard Sporting, 4232 3-14 
W. J. Carmichael, | Remington Syate, 2343214 
J. Edington, | Remington Sporting, 4332 2-14 
P. Klein, Remington Sporting, 2422414 
Alford, Remington Sporting, 38422213 
W. Yale, Sharp Sporting, 2233 3-13 
Robertson, ; Remington Sporting, 323 3 2—13 
Capt. James Bodine, Remington Sporting, 2322 4-13 
Campbell, Remington State, 3223 3-13 
James Buchanan, Remington State, 232 4 2-13 
Duncan Cameron, Remington Sporting, 38232 3-13 
H. G. Burton, Magazine Carbine, 38242 2—138 
H. Madison, Remington Sporting, 333 0 3—12 
George Crouch, Ballard Sporting, 2223312 
Thomas Lloyd, Ballard Sporting, 2232 3-12 
J. H. Banchle, Remington State, 232 2 38-12 
Gen. Thomas Dakin, Remington State, 2232 2—11 
Adjutant Murphy, Ward Burton, 3222 2—11 
James E. McEwen, Remington Sporting, 2222 3-11 
T. B. Fish, Allen Sporting, 2023 3—10 
J.T. B. Collins, Ballard Sporting, 3023 2—10 
George Schermerhorn, Remington State, 20232-9 
L. C. Bruce. Ballard Sporting, 20222—8 

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The score of the winner, Captain Wingate, with eighteen, 
was a remarkably good one. The total number of compet- 
itors, thirty-seven, shows a decided increased interest taken 
by the public, inrifle shooting. A sweepstake at 200 yards 
which was won by Mr, MadisonJ with a,score of sixteen, 
followed. 
—Much credit is due to the National Rifle Association tor 
their offer of the range at Creedmoor for the use of the 
State National Guard. This will undoubtedly stimulate 
regimental rifle practice. The Seventh Regiment will make 
a day of it at Creedmoor on the 11th of this month. The 
Twelth also proposes visiting Creedmoor, and the Twenty- 
Second, on the 15th. We may look for quite an active shoot- 
ing season now, until the winter finally sets in. The treas- 
urer of the Flushing antl N.S. R. R. has offered a $250 
prize to be contested for by the N. R. A. in October. 
—The legal Reed Bird season in Pennsylvania begins Sep- 
tember Ist, and ends November 30th. 
—The game laws of Iowa permit the killing of wild deer, 
elk, paririe chickens, and woodcock from this time on until 
(st of January; quail and pheasant from September 12th to 
December 15th; and wild turkeys from September ist to 
February (st. We, however, do not regard wild turkeys 
as strictly in season until ‘‘calling” time begins, which is 
at the latter end of this month. 
—At Vienna the following awards were made to Ameri- 
can Arm Manufacturers: 
Colt’s Patent Fire-arms, Hartford; medal of merit. 
Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Revolvers; medal of merit 
and medal of progress in fancy arms. 
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, New York; honorable men- 
tion. 
Providence Tool Company, Fire-arms; medal of merit. 
—Long before Creedmoor was conceived, Rifle Ranges 
were in use in Canada. . At Bedford near Halifax, at Roth- 
say, near St. John, and at Montreal, rifle ranges have been 
in use for fifteen years past. Practice has been greatly en- 
couraged, and a marked proficiency acquired in conse- 
quence. If Canadians are to be admitted at the coming tests 
at Creedmoor, they will-prove formidable rivals and hard to 
beat; so our marksmen best look to their laurels. However, 
if our men will exert themselves as creditably as the half 
dozen who make those remarkable strings at long range at 
Creedmoor each Saturday, we have little to fear, 
—The great storm in Nova Scotia has obliterated the 
Rifle Ranges at Bedford near Halifax. 
—Albert Richardson was fined $95 last week at Washing- 
ton, D. C., for having killed three reed birds and sixteen 
black birds out of season. The law fixes the penalty at 85 
for each bird killed between the first of May and first of 
September, and Richardson got the full benefit of it. 
New York, Sept. 2, 1873. 
Epitor Forest AND STREAM: G 
Many thanks for your journal. Ihave plenty of time to read it, and 
must say it contains a vast deal of useful information to the angler and 
sportsman, If you think the enclosed is interesting enough, you can 
publish it. 
Eyery sportsman has his own fancy with respect to the stock of his 
shot-gun; some prefer straight, others bent; some long, others short in 
the stock. Generally speaking, it is certain that fora tall, long-armed 
man, the stock of agun should be longer than for one of less stature; 
that a straight stock is proper for him who has high shoulders and a high 
neck, for if it be much bent it would be dificult, especially in the quick 
motion required in shooting a bird on the wing, to place the but of the 
gun-stock firmly tothe shoulder. The upper part only would in general 
be steady, which would not only raise the muzzle, and consequently shoot 
high, but the recoil would be more sensibly felt than if the whole end of 
the stock were firmly placed on the shoulder. Besides, supposing the 
shooter to bring the but home to his shoulder, he would hardly be able to 
level his piece at the object. On the contrary, aman with low shoulders 
and a long neck, requires a stock much bent; for if it is straight, he will, 
in the act of lowering his head to that place of the stock at which his cheek 
should rest in taking aim, feel a constraint which he never experiences 
when by the proper degree of bend, the stock lends him some assistance, 
and, as it were, meets him half way. A longstock is preferable to a short 
one, and rather more bent than usual, for along stock fits firmer to the 
shoulder than a short one, and is better for shooting true, than one too 
straight, because the latter, in coming up to the aim, is subject to the in- 
conyenience of causing the sportsman to shoot too high. 
AN OLD SPORTSMAN. 
Che Horse and the Course. 


We do not credit the rumors of the prevalence of cerebro 
spinal meningitis among horses in New York. Occasional 
sporadie cases may have, however, appeared. September is 
a month when many horses are killed from injudicious 
driving. They are driven hard, and carelessness in attend- 
ing to their wants during the cool evenings often kills valu- 
able horses. 
An English horse van has been imported by August Bel- 
mont, at a cost of $1,000, and has arrived at his stables at 
North Babylon, |. I. It is specially adapted for conveying 
by rail horses that are skittish and refuse to enter an ordi 
nary car, as the horse can be housed in it and wheeled up 
on a fiat. : 
—The Graphic has an amusing article in imitation of the 
grave deliberations of the Scientific Association. It endeay- 
ors to solve this questipns in regard to ‘“‘ The Chronometrical 
Differentiations of Hippophagic Speed; an attempt to as- 
certain within what limits the equine buyer may accept the 
equine seller’s solemn assertions as to Hippozootic rapidity,” 
and gives this differential table: 

By purchasers 
Speed per mile watch after 
The Horse. by seller's watch. purchase. Difference. 
$500. Hambletonian colt, 
bought in Orange Co.... 2:36 3:36 1 min. 
$500. Lady Thorn’s half- 
sister, bought in Ky..... 2:30 £:00 112 min. 
$300. Colt at a sacrifice, 
bought in Canada....... 2:50 4:50 2 min. 
It thus appears that the watches carried by the great stock-raisers of the 
above places vary habitually, by from one totwo minutes, from the time- 
pieces elsewhere owned. 
—Persia is famous for her breeds of horses. The best are 
those of the Chab district, and the Turkoman breed. The 
Shuster horse is large, powerful and admirably fitted for 
viding. Taking all his points together, Europeans prefer 
the Turkoman horse. . 
Mipptetowy, N. Y.—Trorrine, August 27.—Purse $800, 
for horses that have never beaten 2:50; mile heats; best 
three in five, in harness. There were thirteen entries; nine 
horses were distanced; I. 8. Baker's chestnut gelding, Geo. 
B. Daniels won—time 2:322,; 2:324; 2:33. 
Same Day.—Purse $1,200, for horses that have never 
trotted better than 2:30; $600 to the first horse; mile heats, 
best three in five, in harness. There were eight entries: 
four horses distanced; W. C. Trimble’s b. g. Commodore, 
won in three straight heats—Time 2:324; 2:334 2:32. 
Same Day.—Purse $1,500, for horses that have never 
beaten 2:26; $700 to the first, $350 to the second, $250 to 
third and $150 to the fourth, mile heats, best three in five, 
in harness. There were six entries; two horses distanced; 
P. Manec’s b. m. Mary A. Whitney won—Time 2:32; 2:314; 
2:334. 4 
Lewisron, Me., Aug. 28.—The stallion race lost some 
of its interest by the the injury to Bismarck and the with- 
drawal of King William, yet an immense crowd was in at- 
tendance. Three horses were entered; Sheridan, Lightfoot, 
and Slasher. Sheridan won the first and second heats in 
2:364 and 2:86}; Lightfoot won the third, fourth, and fifth 
herts, in 2:34, 2:37, and 2:40. Slasher was distanced in the 
third heat. A collision occurred on the Driving Park be- 
tween Bismarck, driven by John May, of Winthrop, and 
and Mary driven by Mr. Getchelle, of Waterville. Mary was 
Killed and Bismarck badly cut. Mr. May received severe 
injuries. 
Boston, Angust 28.—The fall meeting of the Beacon 
Park Association was continued in the presence of an in- 
creased attendance. 
The first race was for & purse of $600 for horses that have 
never beaten 2:50: six horses were started, and the favorite, 
Dustin Jim, won in three straight heats—Time 2:34}; 2:36; 
2:30. 
The second race was for a purse of $1,000, for horses 
that have never beaten 2;32. ‘There were eight entries, six 
of whom started, Arthur and Barney Kelley being drawn. 
Lothair was the favorite before the start and up to the 
second heat, which, being won by Colonel Moulton, made 
him the favorite in the betting. Lothair won the last two 
heats and the races—Time 2:33; 2:33; 2:35. 
Boston, August 29.—The Beacon Park races closed with 
a very large attendance, numbering at least 5,000 people. 
First race, for horses that have never beaten 2:40; purse 
$1,000. Nine horses were entered, and five started. Red 
Patehen won—Time, 2:37; 2:38; 2:58. “The event of the 
day was the race for horses that have never beaten 2:20; 
purse, $2,500; $1,200 to first, $800 to second, $500 to third. 
There were six horses entered, but only threc came to the 
score, viz.—Judge Fullerton, Camors and Sensation. The 
first heat was won by Sensation, In the second heat Ful- 
| lerton, who was driven by Dan Mace, trotted very fast, 
/ making his best record, 2:194, and shutting Sensation out. 

