

alive with quail. The close.season ended September 15th. 
—The rail birds are qnite plentiful in the reeds on the 
Delaware, above and below Philadelphia, and the sportsmen 
are unusually numerous, and during high water nothing but 
pop pop is to be heard on every side. The birds are not yet 
as fat as is desirable. : 
—The members of the New Jersey Sportsmans’ Club met 
on their grounds, in Bergen avenue, September 12th, to 
test a challenge contest for the badge of the Club. H. and 
T. traps, twenty-five birds each, twenty-one yards rise, 
boundary, eighty yards. Mr. J. P. Felker, who had won 
it some time ago, was the challenger, which the secretary 
of the club, Mr. R. I. Buckman, accepted, and eventually 
proved the winner. 
THE SCORE. 
Mr. R. I. Buckman—1 111111111411010111111111. 
Killed; 23. 
Mr. J. P. Welker—101 1 11.1 0.001 te 01 12a dott 6 11 0, 
Killed, 20. 
The shooting of Buckman was pronounced on all hands 
to be excellent, his sixteenth bird, although scored to him 
as alost bird, was killed by him, but fell dead abouta 
couple of yards outside the boundary line. 
Ten members shot for the silver cup and entrance money, 
which is challenged for every two months, and was held by 
Mr. Blauvelt up to date. Terms: five birds each, usual 
rules; ten entries. Mr. C. Townsend killed all his birds, 
and won the cup. 
SCORE. 
C, Townsend—1, 1, 1, 1, 1—5. Brightley—1, 1, 0, 1, 1—4. 
Hughes—1, 1, 1, 1, 0=—4. Felker—1, 1, 1, 1, 0—4. 
Dunlap—i, 0, 1, 1, 1-4. Ricardo—O; 1, 1, 1, 0—3. 
Van Brackett--1, 1, 0, 1, 1—4. Blanvelt—), 1, 1, 0, 1-3 
Steele=1, sO. 4h u4i> 1g: ‘Nan Kelly 19 1h) Oo ule 0-28. 
—A number of gentlemen from Brooklyn met at Flatlands, 
L I., last week, to shoot for a Sweepstake and a double- 
barrel breech-loader. 
Sweepstakes—Five birds each; twenty-one yards rise; 
eighty boundary. 
SCORE. 
DSW liaise bay 0: 44a Birds—i, 1, 0, 1, 0—38. 
E.W. M.—1,, 1,-1,. 1; .1—5 Schaver—t, 1, 4, 1, O44. 
Dr Acpeisg be oleae alos, Hicks—0, 0, 0, 0, 1—1. 
Klein=1,' 07 4, “f, "03, Otte OMe) Oy =a 
Chasmer—1, 1, 1, 1, 0—4. Ditmar—1, 1, 1, 0. 
Mr. M. and Dr. A. divided the sweepstakes. 
For the double-barrei gun, ten birds each, the following 
was the total score : * 
5.08 Js en ea ee FE I (oe a ee en eee 
15 18 BT aes TN I Fa Os I 0 eo ee es ee 
Bird Goeeles De Oumar dt st One te? 
Abe Dh elo Lame fear T 0, 1—9. 
Mott 6 ie De Merk yiel PD), 1 ey 120: 
S. Ott) O05 te tet tel 0, P18. 
Bennet—1, 0, 1, LES 8 a a RS Bm Ea 
Bete Owl eet n de te 1. Ot, tae 
To shoot off ties. 
TUREE BIRDS EACH, 
‘D. W.—1, 1, 1—3. Ditmar—1, 1, 1—3. 
BEL Mi—to 1 = 0-2: S. Lott—1, 0, 1-2. 
Dr. W. and Mr. Ditmar having agai tied, agreed to di- 
vide. 
—The Narragansett Gun Club, near Newport, R. I., closed 
their season Sept. 13, with the following sweepstakes and 
handicaps. The birds shot at were the celebrated game 
pigeon called the “Blue Rock,” from England, difficult to 
hit and strong on the wing. Distanced handicapped, from 
five traps, use of both barrels : 
First match, Handicap, 25 birds each. 
GA, Fosti28.yards)— 1,40, 1,1, 01, 1, (Bei, PaO lit OF atts 
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. Total, 18; killed,15; missed, 3; shot out his oppo- 
nent. 
Pierre McCarty (29 yards)—1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 
0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1. Total, 17; killed, 6; missed, 11. 
“Second match, 15 birds, from five traps; 27 yards rise. 
Crea ost ee Opal ty 0) 1) 1) 1. otal. ii killed 
9; missed, 2; shot out his opponent. 
Pierre McCarty—1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 
missed, 7. 
Third match of five birds each, from five traps, 25 yards rise. 
Sir H. Stafford Northcote—1, 0, 1—2. ’ 
A. Barbauson—d, 0, 0, 0—O0. 
Fourth Handicap Sweepstakes; five birds each, from five traps. 
Sir H. S. Northcote, 26 yards—1, 1, 1, 1, 1-5. 
B. L. Deforrest, 30 yards—1, 0, 1, 1—3. 
P. McCarty, 27 yards—0. 1, 1, 0—2. 
C.H. Bridgeway, 25 yards—1, 1, 0. 0-2. 
A. Barbauson, 25 yards—0, 0—O0. 
Second Handicap Sweepstakes; same conditions of birds and traps. 
W. P. Douglass, 30 yards—0, 1; 1, 1, 1-4. 
Sir H. S. Northcote, 27 yards--1, 0, 1, 1, 0—3, 
P. McCarthy, 26 yards—O, 1, 1, 0—2. 
B. L. Deforrest, 30 yards—0, 1, 1, 0—1. 
C. H. Bridgeway, 25 yards—0, 1, 1, 0—2. 
E. T. Snelling, 24 yards—0, 1, 0—1. 
E. A. Post, 28 yards—0, 0, 0--0. 
Same Day—Third Handicap Sweepstakes, same conditions of birds and 
traps. 
E. A. Post, 28 yards—1, 0, 1, 1, 1-4. 
Sir H. 8. Northcote, 27 yards—1, 1, 1, 0, 1—4. 
C. A. Post, 29 yards—1, 0, 1, 1, 1-4. 
W. P. Douglass, 30 yards—1, 0, 1, 1, 0—.3. 
B. L. Deforrest, 30 yards—0, 1, 0—1. 
P. McCarthy, 26 yards—0, 0, 0—0. 
The ties were shot off. 
Sir H. S. Northcote—1, 1.1—3; C. A. Post—1, 1,0—2; E. A. Post—o. 
Fourth Handicap sweepstakes; same conditions. 
W.H. Douglass, 30 yards—i, 1, 1, 0, 1—4. 
Sir H. Stafford Northcote, 28 yards—1, 1, 1, 0, 0—3. 
W. Barbauson, 24 yards—1, 0, 1, 0—2. 
P. McCarty, 26 yards—1, 0, 0, 1—2. 
E. T. Snelling, 24 yards—0, 0—O. 
CREEDMOOR.—On Friday sixty mem of the Ninth Regi- 
ment tried their rifles at Creedmoor, working to get in pro- 
per trim for the October contest. Shooting at 200 and 500 
yards. Practice fair for green hands, being about twelve 
at 200 yards and ten at 500 yards. Eight men of 
the Twenty-second Regiment team, also were on the 
_ ground, and made quite- good- scores: Captain -Hard- 
0, 0, 0, 1, 0. Total, 10; killed, 3; 
ing, Drum Major.Strube, Sergeant Murphy, Captain: Clan- 
Rnnold, Private Cocks, Sergeant Crawford. and Sergeant 
Freeman made respectively, at 200 yards, five shots, 14, 16, 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
18, 14, 16, .14; 
15, 8, 18, 16, 

13, 17; at 500 yards, 17, 
91 

15, 15, 9, 
—On Saturday last the Amateur Rifle Club had their 
third contest for the prize badge. 
and the following scores were made: 




Seven rounds were fired, 
Name. Arm. Used. Score. 
Dew Ue RICHALCS: outer, .ctter Sharpe sporting..........343844 4 426 
GOW Wingate dy eee Remington sporting...... 43443 4 3—25 
GoW. e Vales, ese eee Sharpe sporting........... 444324 3-4 
HS Multom ss. «cae © eve Maynard ee ee ayes 4333244-38 
Bo Burtone. ae eee ee Ward Burton. .)..)..5..- 33343 4-22 
ACSNEVIOS ecctmae ait te Remington sporting....... 23433 4 3-22 
J, ls Bi. Collimsiees ecko -x Sharpe sporting........... 44340 3-22 
As: POWles seas cae cata: Sbarpe sporting........... 24323 4-22 
W. S. Gildersleeve......... Ward Burtons.o.p25. 0: 0... 424344 21 
J. Bodine.................. Remington sporting... 2333 43 3-21 
W. Robertson.............. Remington sporting 33343 3-21 
A. Anderson:;.....:. We Wate Bunton asoe arches. 8 33323 2-19 
W.H. Richard: ..Remington sporting....... 8320424 3—18 
G. Capuch.:.... ..-..sharpe sporting........... 202244 3-17 
Jd: BH. MeEwen.....5.....5. Remington sporting....... 0384423016 
D. Cameron................Remington sporting....... 240333 0—15 
Wives ss CARIoe ieee ete ren Remington sporting....... 042320 3-13 
Mhomas Lloyds. <tr oe ioseeballardiase.)s... ees 1ok-8 0) 0140 2120) 25-11 
A. Alford.................Remington sporting... 230004211 
—It may be*remembered that Capt. Bodine had won 
twice, had he made the biggest scores this time he would 
have secured the prize. The shooting was remarkably 
good. 
—The National Rifle Club at its annual meeting at Spring- 
field, Mass., on September 3rd and 4th, made the follow- 
ing very handsome score, which came to hand too late 
for publication in our last issue. The same Club is to 
have a meeting at Croton Falls on the first W ednesday 
in October. Conditions at Springfield, telescopic sights, 
fixed rests, and distance forty rods. 





First Second = Third 
String. String. String. 
John Williamson....... INGw York): 7224.39, 10} 145-16 12% 
W. W. Wetmore......:New Haven, Conn..... 18 1-16 OR 104 
J.T. Hogeboom........ Ghent, New York. 13 9-16 119-16 144 
ee OWI... cree. Newark, N. J......... 16 3-16 13 15-16 184 
Thomas Williamson....New York............. 15 5-16 144 123 
George W. Fowler...... Croton Falls, N. Y..... 14 9-16 134 184 
L. Amidon............. Bellows Falls, Vt...... 164 13} 108 
N.S. Brockway........ Bellows, Falls, Vt..... 22 5-16 19 000 
D. A. Brown (Sec).....Jamaica Plain, Mass.. 164 1415-16 164 
H. W. Smith...........Boston, Mass.......... 228 234 000 
A. Hebbard ....Boston, Ma 2815-16 17% 
ING Hatch )i..c4-.+..enbort Jervis; Na «5 194 1 100 
AOS VDI) e wee aes See INGw: Youkise sn kee 1711-17) «218 «17 15-16 
DUC HPeNe oe Springfield, Mass...... 21 7-16 
AS BLOW sce eek, Fremont, N. H 1414-16 000 
ZA EL aveme jc ayaiie® ate Seis OxfOrdse Nis Ee ase nee 16 7-16 123 
— Stephensen.......... Hartford, Conn........ 213-16 000 
— Parkhurst........... Hartford, Conn 000 16 7-16 
The members of this club making the shortest aggregate 
string in the thirty shots takes the medal, and has his name 
engraved thereon, and holds it for the year. In the seven- 
teen years during which the club has been in existence no 
one member has taken it more than three times, the compe- 
tition being so great, and the rifles so near perfection, and 
each striving to do his best. Any one can become a mem- 
ber by paying five dollars on the ground, and conforming 
to the rules of the club, which money after paying ex- 
penses, is divided into three prizes, and given to those 
making the three best scores. The next semi-annual meet: 
ing takes place in Chatham, New York, next May, and 
the next annual meeting at Springfield, Massachusetts, on 
the first Tuesday of September, 1874. 
—‘ The American Union Rifle Association” of Connecti- 
cut, were announced to have a meeting on the 17th and 
18th instant at Meriden, Connecticut, butas the latteris our 
day of publication, we are precluded from printing the 
results. Several targets are set, and cash prizes of various 
values, open to all comers, are shot for. An invitation 
was extended to the militia of the State to contest for 
prizes assigned especially for them, and also to the Ger- 
man Union Rifle Clubs of Connecticut. An effort is be- 
ing made to consolidate the several associations of the 
State. 
—New Haven has a new rifle range laid out just below 
Savin Rock, on land owned by George R. Kelsey, who 
tenders it free of charge for the use of the Connecticut 
National Guard. Itis of two hundred yards range, and 
will be formally opened shortly at their target shoot. 
—At the four hundred yards range at Halifax, the Sixty- 
third Volunteer Rifle Battalion representatives made fifty- 
six bulls’ eyes. .Dominion riflemen will have to look sharp 
and fire steady to beat the Sixty-third Battalion team at 
Ottawa. Incase the Provincial riflemen come here, our 
own men of the National Rifle Association will have to 
look sharp too. 
—A very distressing accident has occurred at Sussex, N. 
B., where a marker was killed, the ball striking the man 
an inch and a half below and rather in the rear of the right 
ear. The misfortune was due to the faulty construction of 
the butt. Carmichael, the name of the unfortunate marker 
was sitting on the plank seat against the butt and watching 
the target through the glass when a shot came up. It went 
to leeward and struck the inner side of the edge of the 
board which showed up the range. This caused it to glance 
inward, when it struck a second board edge, turning further 
in and passing on into the marker’s neck, as he had his face 
near the side glass. Parties erecting rifle butts cannot be 
too careful. The arrangements at Creedmoor are admirable 
in every respect. 
—A correspondent calls our attention to an improvement 
in breech-loaders, which does away with indicators—d. é., 
that portion of the mechanism which shows whether a car- 
tridge is in the gun or not. The striker vin spring is left 
out, the strikers being the indicators. When there is a 
shell in the gun the striker sets upon it, but when the 
striker slips in the barrel, it shows there is no shell in the 
gun. . 

—A great pigeon race of 500 miles, was lately flown from 
Marseilles to Brussels. Of 1011 birds tossed off on the 29th. 
of July, very few have yet returned. Some have. been 
killed in Africa. 


Sea and River Sishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 
Sst srl wes 
Coast Fisn. 
Bluefish, Skipjack, Horse Mackerel, Black Bass, (Mic opterus nigricans 
(Temnodon  saltator.) and archigan.) (two species.) 
Spanish Mackerel, (Cero maculatum.) Maskinonge, (Hsox estor and nobil- 
Weakfish, Squetaug (Trout) Ofoli- ior,) (two species.) 
thus.) Pickerel, (Hsow reticulatus.) 
Sheepshead, (Sargus ovis,) Pike perch, Lucioperca Americana.) 
Bays AND EsTuartigs. 
Striped Bass, Rockfish, (Labrax lin- Land-locked Salmon,(Salmo Gloveri 
eatus,) 
LAKES. 

ac 
With regard to thé fishing in the State of Maine, we meet 
fully the many inquiries addressed us, in the very complete 
and comprehensive information which we print herewith. 
The only game fish in the State, excepting an exceptional 
salmon taken in the Penobscot and Union rivers, are the 
speckled or brook trout and the land-locked salmon. There 
are plenty of togue, pickerel, and what are denominated 
‘“‘Jakers”” which are similar to the togue. 
The largest brook trout in the State, or indeed in America, 
except in the Nepigon, Lake Superior, are taken in the 
Rangely Lakes, which lie in the northern part of Franklin 
and Oxford counties, the size varying from one to ten pounds 
each. Of thousands of these that have been caught, we 
know of but two or three that weighed as high as ten pounds. 
Many have been taken that over-run eight pounds. They 
are identical with the speckled trout caught in the brooks 
of Maine. The largest taken this season weighed eight 
pounds. The heaviest weights are taken in September, 
that being the best month when the large fish make their 
appearance at the inlets and about the outlets of the lakes, 
to deposite their spawn. 
The only lawful means of capture is by the artificial fly 
and single baited hook or minnow. The larger part are taken 
with the fly. 
The water this season has been the lowest within memory. 
Many of the streams and springs are entirely dry, in many 
places drying up and leaving the young trout to die. 
The Rangely chain of lakes consists of Rangely, nine 
miles long; Cupsuctic, seven miles: Mooselucmeguntic, 
fourteen miles: Richardson, twelve miles; Umbagog, twelve 
miles, Rangley being the upper one. All are connected by 
thoroughfares from one to six miles between. Then there 
is the Kennebago, situated twelve miles in the wilderness, 
(whose waters flow into the Cupsuctic,) where there is splen- 
did fishing. Also the Parmachene Lake, which is the head 
waters of the Magalloway river, and flows into the Andros- 
coggin river near the outlet of Umbagog Lake, where owing 
to the difficulty of getting there, but little fishing is done, 
and the fish are very plenty. They are not as large as they 
are in the other lakes mentioned; size from one to five 
pounds, with rarely one of seven, which is the largest we 
have ever known of being taken there. Individuals who 
have camped on its banks four weeks at a time, saw no per- 
sons except their comrades. 
For the future use of our readers we give the routes to 
the localities named, as follows: 
To Rangely Lake from Portland, Maine.—Take the Maine 
Central cars for Farmington, stage from Farmington to 
Phillips and Rangely, thirty-seven miles, which brings youto 
the head of Rangely Lake. A sail boat runs daily across 
the lake. At the foot of the lake is a carry of two miles to 
Indian Rock, at the head of the Mooselucmeguntic and 
foot of the Capsuctic lakes. Good hotels at Farmington, 
Phillips and at head of Rangely Lake. 
To Kennebago Lake.—At Rangely you are twelve miles 
from this lake. The route is through the woods via an old 
logging road. Legs must take you there. Your baggage 
can go via oxen and sled, slow but sure. Good partridge 
shooting on the way, and after you have gone a few miles, 
a good appetite too. 
Middle Dam on Outlet Richardson Lake.—Take the Grand 
Trunk Cars at Portland for Bryant’s Pond; stage to Andover, 
twenty-four miles; private team to the arm of the lake, 
twelve miles. From the arm of the lake you can take a 
boat and go to any part of the lake you choose, or to the 
upper Dam at Trout Cove on the Mooselucmeguntic Lake. 
You will find good accomodations at Andover, and also 
at the Middle and upper Dams, plenty of boats, guides, &c. 
At Indian rock there is no hotel. There is a club house 
there owned by the Oquassoc Angling Association, compos. 
ed of gentlemen from all parts of New England and some 
other States who are very gentlemanly and obliging, but 
during the best fishing it has all they can accomodate of its 
own members. 
To Parmarchene Lake.—Take the Grand Trunk Cars for 
Bethel Hill, thence stage to Errol Dam, or stop at Upton 
and cross Lake Umbagog to mouth of Magalloway, ten 
miles up, the Magalloway to the upper settlement, fifteen 
miles, which is the last settlement on the river. Here is a 
carry of two miles past Arcescoos Falls. You then launch 
your boat and go on twenty-seven miles to mouth of Little 
Magalloway. Here is a carry of three miles; you must 
walk it, and let your guide take your boat and baggage up 
the river over the rapids to the lake. After you get there 
you can have it all your own way, and will be likely to 
be monarch of all you survey. You will see plenty of 
moose and deer tracks which will probably be the nearest 
you will come%to seeing the animals themselves, unless you 
learn perfect woodcraft from the Fores? anp STREAM, 
_ Land-locked salmon are not found in middle and the west- 
ern parts of Maine except at Sebago Lake and ponds leading 
into it, Efforts are being made to introduce them inte 
