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—We are pleased to know that a dozen or so ‘‘ gunners” 
were arrested near Englewood, New Jersey, a week ago 
Sunday for violation of that clause of the game laws which 
prohibits shooting on the Sabbath, under a penalty of $25 
for each offence. There are some thorough sportsmen in 
that vicinity and they compel a close observance of the 
laws, 
—The Hartford 7Vimes says ‘‘ruffed grouse are plenty this 
fall. Pot hunters and men and boys of all degrees of 
sportsmanship, in all the wooded regions about the State, 
are shooting or snaring these plump-breasted birds by 
scores. The market in this city is well supplied, and the 
price still keeps up at $l a pair, at retail. This is partly 
owing to the demand for New York city, which takes 
about all the surplus birds that don’t find a market here.” 
—Rey. A. Lamberton, of Rochester, an author and hun- 
ter naturalist of considerable repute, has just returned from 
a three months’ sojourn in the Parrsboro district of Nova 
Scotia, where he has been chiefly engaged in scientific in- 
vestigations. He reports having killed one caribou at 
Half Way river, and seen abundant sign oft moose, besides 
three of the brutes themselves. The moose tracks were the 
largest he ever saw, the imprints on the moss along the 
barrens measuring ten inches in diameter. He had with 
him the famous guide, John hogan, who is familiar with 
the whole Cobequid range of mountains, and whom every 
one speaks of in the highest terms. We are glad to add 
the weight of Rev. Mr. Lamberton’s testimony as to his 
excellent traits and skill in woodcraft. If anyone wishes 
John’s services, address him at Half Way river P. O., Cum- 
berland county, Nova Scotia. 
—The season for ‘‘ calling” moose will be ended by the 
close of the month. It is an interesting and remarkable 
fact that the bull moose eats but little during the rutting sea- 
son. He begins the fall campaign as early as August in 
some districts and is then in fine bodily vigor and condi- 
tion. As time advances he becomes gradually thinner 
and more reduced until at last he is cadaverous and gaunt, 
and his flesh poor, tough, and unpalatable. The cow alone 
is fit to eat in winter, and consequently it has been the habit 
of the Indians and other hunters to kill the bulls for their 
hides, and leave their carcasses to rot in the woods, thus 
hastening the extermination of this largest of the deer fam- 
ily, whose numbers are already few and _ their limits cir- 
cumscribed. We append elsewhere a graphic description 
of the mode of hunting moose hy calling. 
—Grey squirrels are unusually abundant about Boston 
this season. Partridge and quail are also more plentiful 
than usual. Ducking is fair. A two hours’ ramble, a 
‘Jittle out” in the bush and groves and contiguous fields is 
pretty sure to bring to light a flock or two of quail, a brace 
or two of partridge, and a number of ‘‘greys.” 
—The great challenge Squirrel Hunt of the Potsdam Sport- 
ing Club came off last week, resulting in large counts on 
both sides and a pretty even amount of game. Capt. Trav- 
er’s ccmpany had a count of 5,390 and Capt. Swift’s 4,725, 
giving Traver a victory by 665 counts. The following 
members of the club had the highest counts: G. L. East- 
man, 725: W. W. Morgan, 715, and H. Jones, 690. James 
Bridge brought up the other end with a count of 155. Mr. 
Morgan, it was not much of a day for chipmuncks, brought 
in 129 of that species of quadruped. 
The game killed was as follows:— 

“Grey sduirreis............... # Be BUC AYE rnc ts sce oeac SAstonUsEge 13 
Red squirrels 67 Pigeons ee wet; 
Chipmunks...,..... .......... , 1872 Blackbirds 26 
Partrdpesea gic cee 14 Meadow lark 1 
BOSDATES ihe sae ntgsoeinee tae 8 Yellow hammer 1 
Ducks.. 
The ‘supper, “Thursday night, at the American House, 
was an elaborate one, and did credit even to Mr. Bridge’s 
former efforts in that direction. 
'—The Germantown Telegraph, referring to a supposed 
wild cat seen recently in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 
suggests that it may be a domestic feline that ill treatment 
has driven to the woods, which is quite likely, as such cases 
are not rare. On Hart’s Island, opposite Palatka, Florida, 
the proprietor of an orange grove was for some seasons se- 
riously annoyed by animals which he readily recognized 
‘as his own domestic ae run wild, and his dogs bore nu- 
merous scars of wounds which they had received in tooth 
and nail encounters with the varmints, which were found 
more difficult to eradicate than the veritable wild cats them- 
selves. The dogs were large brutes, employed to protect 
the plantation trom thieves “and frespassers. 
—The same paper also says in its last issue: 
We have known 109 rail to be killed on a single tide at 
Bridesburg, i in former years, and from sixty to eighty hap- 
ned'on one or two occasions every season. e never 
ieped over forty-one, with eight to ten reed birds, the lat- 
ter, eing shot on retiring from the marsh along the gut on 
the falling of the tide. “There would be frequently from 
‘ten to twenty boats engaged during the three or three and 
“a half hours’ shooting, and every boat with a ‘“‘good shot” 
init, and a vigorous “pusher ” would secure about the same 
number. On one occasion, and that in October too, we 
bagged twenty fine birds in twenty-one shots, w hich’ was 
our best Shootin gue. 
—A Tribune correspondent says that bears ere seldom 
seen in Greenland, and that so large a number of reindeer 
have been killed s:nce the introduction of guns and gun- 
powder that they are becoming scarce. The inspector of 
the District of Oominak states that no less than ten thou- 
sand reindeer haye been killed within his jurisdiction dur- 
ing the past thirty years. The natives kill them for mere 
sport, and will in time almost, if not wholly, exterminate 
them from thé Greenland coast. 
—-A letter from Mobile, Alabama, reports ducks plenti- 
ful thereabouts, with quail and snipe three weeks behind 
time. 

—A Nashville correspondent writes to us of wood duck 
shooting on the bottoms of the Cumberland river, that va- 
riety of game being quite abundant all the way from Nash- 
ville to the forks, three hundred and forty miles above, es- 
pecially in the month of October, when the white acorns 
commence falling. Ie gives an incident in his experience. 
He writes :-~ 
“There was a large white oak that grew on the bank,and the acorns fail- 
ing rolled into the river. Isaw the wood ducks had collected there to 
feed--a large gang of them—and soI built me a blind about twenty-five 
yards distant fromthe feed ground, and the next morning got up at day 
break and walked down in the blind and stowed myself away as small as 
possible. I did not have long to wait, for while J was pushing my gun out 
through the blind in the direction, I heard the birds come rushing through 
the air and dash into the water near mé¥ and as soon as they swam up to- 
gether—bang! bang! went both barrels, and the water appeared to me 
to be covered with dead and wounded for quite a space around. I went 
for my canoe and picked up twelve ducks, the handsomest birds that 
swim. They breed allalongthe river. I haye seen them go into hollow 
sycamore trees to nest and bring forth their young,” 
The same correspondent tells of having bagged forty- 
three quail, five rabbits, and four partridges in a single 
morning’s work. This region is very little hunted. The 
mild winters are very favorable for breeding, and the 
greatest enemies the quails have are the minks and hawks, 
which levy upon them heavily. Deer and wild turkey are 
also found along the Cumberland in considerable numbers, 
—Here isa characteristic letter from an old ‘‘coon” in 
New Mexico:— 
ELIZABETHTOWN, Colfax Co., N. M., September 30, 1878. 
Eprror Forest AND STREAM:— 
This town is a mere mining camp, having no organization devoted to 
sport, except gambling. The people are all on the make, and come and 
go pretty much after the fashion of ducks. Buffalo are in abundance 150 
miles south of here, also Comanche Indians. I received two copies of 
your paper for which you have my thanks, and will subscribe when I 
strike pay dirt. I own a good gun and spend a day occasionally amongst 
the deer, which are in abundance, Any further information will be glad- 
ly given. Yours, De Bas: 
PortLanp, Ms., October 12, 1873 
Epiror oF FOREST AND STREAM :— 
At ameeting of this flourishing wide awake club a few 
days ago, among other interesting matters concerning the 
welfare of this promising association, the gratifying fact 
was announced that the clu! now numbers upwards of 
sixty members, in whose hands the game laws of Maine 
will find true supporters. All pot-hunters and reckless 
slaughterers will find these ‘‘down east woods,” unless the 
laws are implicitly obeyed, hard roads to travel. Our club 
is comparatively young as yet, and has no debts, with a 
considerable sum in the treasury, and we shall always be 
happy to see any friends from New York who would come 
on and pay us avisit. This club is emphatically the ene- 
my of all ‘‘duck netters,” and a reward of $125 is offered 
for proof of any violation of the law. Annexed to the 
rooms of the club is a fine collection of stuffed birds, and 
quite a sum has been raised by the members in order to 
decorate the rooms so as to add instruction as well as 
amusement to the association. % iWa 
—At the Buffalo Driving Park, on October 14th, two ex- 
citing pigeon matches took place. Each match was for 
$250 a side, fifty single birds, twenty-one yards boundary, 
H. and T. plunge trap. Mr. Joseph Dingens acted as ref- 
eree in both matches. The parties to these matches were, 
in one, Mr. C. L. Burgess, of Buffalo, with his old antag- 
onist, George Rogers, whom he beat in a match shot in that 
city on the 80th ultimo; in the other, Mr. W. J. Close, of 
Pontiac, Michigan, was pitted against Mr. H. Miller, of 
Markham, Ontario. The shooting commenced at about 
two o’clock, Messrs. Close and Miller taking their guns and 
shooting at twenty-five birds. After they had finished that 
number Messrs. Burgess and Rogers commenced their 
match at fifty birds. After this was concluded Close and 
Miller shot at the remaining twenty-five birds. Below we 
give the score in the two matches, from which it will be 
seen that there was some remarkably good shooting in both, 
Mr. Rogers killing twenty-eight straight birds :— 
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THE CLOSE AND MILLER MATCH. 
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Another shooting match between Charles L. Burgess, of 
Buffalo, and George Rogers, of St. Catherines, Ont., came 
off at Cold Springs, Buffalo, on October 15th. There was 
a large attendance, the match of the previous day creating 
quite an excitement among sportsmen. The match was for 
$100, fifty double birds each, twenty-one yards rise, aud 
eighty yards boundary, from H. and T. plunge traps. M. 
J. Close, of Pontiac, Michigan, was referee. Mr. Burgess 
won by two birds:— 
C. L. Burgess—19 10 00 10 00 00 11 11 10 11 00 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 
11 10 10 11 10 11-80. 
G. Rogers—10 10 11 10 00 11 01 00 10 11 11 10 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 
10 00 11 10 11 00—28. 
—At the garrison common of Toronto, the rifle match of 
G. T. R. Rifle Association took place last week. The fol- 
lowing are some of the best sccres made: Ranges 200, 300, 
and 500 yards. Five rounds at each range. Best score— 
Sergeant Maj. Cruit—45. Ranges 200, 400and 600, Five 
rounds at each range. Sergeant Maj. Gray—45. Tcam 
shooting—ranges 200, 400 and 500 yards, Five members. 
No. 2, Battery-—-186. Ranges 400, 500 and 600 rounds. 
Five rounds at each range. Sergeant Maj. Cruit—42. At 
400 yards—seven rounds. @stron made 22. 


Sia aa act ra ER a iE IED 
—It is not to be supposed because the great event of the 
year, the Annual Prize Meeting, came toa most fcrtunate 
conclusion last week at Creedmoor that the interest in rifle 
shooting has the least abated. On Saturday last a spirited 
competition took place between members of several com- 
panies of the New York Seventh for a cartridge shell 
badge and a handsome gold badge offered by the first com- 
pany of that regiment. The first-mentioned badge is very 
insignificant in value, being merely two polished brass 
shells placed across a piece of cloth, yet the competition 
for this trophy has been very active, and the members have 
taken just as much interest in winning this so termed regi- 
mental prize badge as if it were worth hundreds of dol- 
lars. This was the tenth competition for the badge, the 
conditions being five shots at five hundred yards. Mr. J. 
P. M. Richards has won it several times, and in this in- 
stance again came off victorious by a score of seventeen 
points. Messrs. Gardner, McMillan, Price, and Sanford 
came next by a score of 17, 16, 16, 16 points respectively. 
In the second competition the gold badge was won by Cor- 
poral McMillan, of the first company, he making sixteen 
points out of a possible. twenty at two hundred yards. In 
this competition the winner of the shell badge, Mr. Rich- 
ards, made only ten points, Sanford fourteen, Gardner 
thirteen, and Price ten. Corporal McMillan also won a 
badge’for the best aggregate score of the day. We hear 
that the first company of the Seventh regiment propose 
offering for compctition a Gatling gun, to be shot for by 
teams from the different companies of the regiment in the 
early part of November; distance, 200, 500, and 600 yards; 
five shots each man. The Seventh did not enter a team at 
the first annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, 
but seems inclined to go it alone just now. On Saturday 
next there will be two exciting matches. - The Amateur 
Club Badge will be shot for at five hundred yards. It has 
been won so far by Captain Bodine twice, by Captain Win- 
gate once, and by Mr. Richards once. Should Mr. Win- 
gate win the third time he will be entitled to the badge. 
The Turf, Field and Farm Badge will also be contested for: 
distance two hundred yards, to be won under the same 
conditions as the Amateur Badge.| So far the winners have 
been Messrs. Bodine, Wingate and Collins, each having 
secured it once. Several new prizes of great worth are 
being arranged for, which we will shortly announce. Until 
the snow sets in we may expect to hear Creedmoor resound- 
ing with the crack of the rifle. 
—The annual meeting of the New York Rifle Club, 
Judge E. Hogeboom of Ghent, N. Y., President, was held 
at Croton Falls last week, under quite unfavorable circum- 
stances, the weather being rainy with strong winds, ard the 
members using telescopic rifles with fixed rests. Distance 
forty rods. Three strings of ten shots were shot, George 
W. Fowler, of, Croton Falls, and Secretary of the Club, 
winning his three strings measuripg 38 15-16 inches. There 
wore fifteen entries. 
First String. 
Second String. Third String. 
G. W. Fowler...13 15-16 G. W. Fowler. .102 iy. Hogeboom.. .-11¥ 
FH. King:...4:-4; 15 3-16 N. Hatch....... 123-16 WN. Hatch........: ng 
— Peck....... 16 3-16 J.T. Hogeboom.13 13-16 G. W. Fowler...... 14g 
—A very iuteresting rifle match has just been concluded 
at Halifax between the regulars and the volunteers, the con- 
testants being the Sixtieth Royal Rifles and the Sixty-third 
Volunteer Rifle Battalion. The Sixtieth Royals were ad- 
mitted to be crack shotsin the English army, using a 
Martini-Henry rifle, which is a more accurate weapon than 
the Snider-Enfield, with which the volunteers weie armed. 
Ranges used were at 200, 800, 400, and 500 yards; five 
rounds at each distance; five squads of five men on each 
side shooting. The volunteers won by a single point, the 
total score being for the Sixty-third 1,189; for the Srxtieth 
1,188. Sergeant Bowler, of the Sixtieth, and Sergeant 
Bighop, of the Sixty-third, each scored sixty-five. Cor- 
poral Brock, of the Sixtieth, at four hundred yards, made 
five bull’s eyes in succession. The two highest individual 
scores made were as follows :— 
f 200 yds. 300 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. Total. 
BISHOP Eom ects aeete s 14 15 19 1% 65 
Bowler enoen: asceneces 12 17 18 18 65 
The Halifax Daily Reporter, from whose columns we have 
made the above abstract, says ‘‘the match may be looked 
upon more as a test trial of the two weapons—the Snider- 
Enfield and the Martini-Henry—than asa test of skill be- 
tween the riflemen. There seems to be no question that if 
the Sixty-third had the same rifle as the Sixtieth they would 
have beaten by larger figures. The Martini-Henri is a much 
superior rifle to the Snider-Enfield.” 
$$$ <-0- gr ——_______—__. 
—Captain McRitchie, commanding the Tallapoosa, has 
in his possession the flag unfurled by Captain Hall when he 
took possession of land 82 degrees 26 minutes north latj- 
tude, in the name of God and the United States. Aside 
from this, the flag has an interesting history. It is known 
as the ‘‘Grinnell” flag, and was first used by the United 
States ship Peacock in her researches in the Antarctic ocean 
with the Wilkes exploring expedition. It was next used 
by Lieutenant De Haven in the Grinnell expedition in 
search of Sir John Franklin, and subsequently by Dr. 
Kane in his Arctic explorations. Still later it was used by 
Dr. Hayes in his North Pole expedition, and lastly by Cap- 
tain C. F. Hall of the Polaris. It may be said of this his- 
toric flag that it has been further north and further south 
than any other flag in the world. It is the property of Mr. 
Henry M. Grinnell, of New York, who has presented it to 
every polar expedition, from that of De Haven down to 
Hall’s. It was turned over to Captain McRitchie by Cap- 
tain B uddington, to be returned to Mr. Grinnell. It is of 
ordinary bunting, about eight feet by three feet, and has 
twenty-four stars of white muslin sewed into the Union. 
—Army and Navy Journal. 
