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FOREST AND STREAM. 
First Prize—Private Lockwood, 22d Regiment, New York- -Remington 
Military Rifle. 
Second Prize—Sergeant Alexander Roux, 22d Regiment, New York— 
Remington Military Rifle. 
Third Prize—Lieut. J. S$. Horsfall, 22d Regiment, New York—Reming- 
ton Military Rifle. 
Fourth Prize—Captain W. J. Harding, 22d Regiment—Remington Mil- 
itary Rifle. 
Fifth Prize—Private Brill, 22d Regiment, New York—Remington Mil- 
itary Rifle. 
Sixth Prize—Captain Head,i84th Regiment, 
Military Rifle. 
Seventh Prize—Private J. 8. Kellogg, 23d Regiment, Brooklyn. 
Highth Prize—Sergeant Brittenhousen, 32d Regiment, Brooklyn, 
Ninth Prize—Seargeant Freeman, 22d Regiment, New York—Reming- 
ton Military Rifle. 
Tenth Prize—Private J. H. Sterns, 284 Regiment,;New York—Reming- 
ton Military Rifle. 
Eleventh Prize—Private Otto Schneelock, 32d Regiment, Brooklyn— 
Remington Military Rifle. 
Twelfth Prize—Sergeant Wagner, 22d Regiment, New York—Reming- 
ton Military Rifle. 
The team from the Tweniy-second made the highest aggregate score, 
and out of the twelye prizesmembers of the Twenty-second won no-less 
than seyen prizes. 
New York—Remington 
The following table will show the various regiments, number of men, 
shooting, and the scores made: 

200 yards 500 yards 
Regiment. Men Score Men “Score Total 
Twenty-second New York 136 11 127 263 
Engineers U. 8. 4 115 9 46 161 
Twenty-third New York 104 va 55 159 
Thirty second New York 86 5 25 111 
Second New Jersey 80 5 18 98 
Thirteenth New York ve 6 25 98 
Eighty-fourth New York V7 4 21 98 
Nineteenth New York 76 ¢ 20 96 
Seventy-ninth New York 70 3 15 85 
Fourteenth New York 66 5 18 84 
Seventy-first New York 70 4 14 84 
Governor’s Island U. 8S. A 71 4 12 83 
Ninth New Jersey 65 4 9 U4 
Twenty-eighth New York........ 64 3 6 70 
Eleventh New York 53 3 5 58 
Second Bat. New Jersey........ 12 49 2 4 53 
Fifty-fifth New York... 37 2 9 46 
Ninth New York 41 1 4 45 
Sixth New, York = is; -is8- ens 30 1 7 37 
Fourth New Jersey 27 4 4 31 
Ninety-sixth New York 19 1 0 10 
CAGE Som rrometcods hohe ney auae 231 1,301 91 444 1,858 
Compt'rs Total points Compt'rs Total points 
at 200 yds. at 200 yds. Average. at500 yds. at500 yds. Average. 
231 1,301 5.63 91 dt 4.87 
FOURTH MATCH. 
The target being the size of a man on a slab, six feet by two; distance, 
100 yards; position, standing. The competitor making the greatest num- 
ber of hits in one minute to be the winner. Open to all comers. 
Drum-Major Gardner A. Strube, Twenty-second, 20 shots, 17 hits— 
Ward-Burton Rifle. ° 
Lieut. Smoot, 19 shots, 17 hits—Remington rifle. 
J. Bush, 15 shots, 12 hits— Remington rifle. 
John Ryder, 14 shots, 11 hits—Remington rifle. 
W. J. Carmichael,22d Regiment,N. Y.,13 shots, 7 hits—Remington rifle. 
Sergt. Kelly, Eng. Corps, 11 shots, 4 hits—Springfield rifle. 
Sergt. Turner, Eng. Corps, 11 shots, 2 hits—Springfield rifle. 
TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE SHOOTING OF COMPETITORS IN THE 
MATCHES OF THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB TO DEC, 1, 1873. 

Score. 







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Name. July | Aug. | Sept. | Nov. | Nov. aS, oe Average. 
12, its 13. alF 8. |4a MA "a 
JPM. oda 23 26 24 27 | 100) 28} 3.57 
Robert Omand... ie He Seti) a 251 7 | 3.57 
dno. Bodine........ 25 27 21 24 97) 28 | 3.46 
Geo. W. Wingate..| .. 22 25 25 Bo 72| 21 3.42 
Leslee Hepburn.sjes |) we 23 ee Ls he 23) 7 | 3.28 
And. §. Fowle......| 23 23 22 ne éé 68) 21 | 3.23 
deo Coulin aes: as i PR 20 25 45) 14 | 3.21 
Geo. W. Hamilton..| .. ae $3 19 25 44/14} 31 
Bethel Burton.... 21 24 20 so = 65] 21 | 38.09 
GEW. Valor cess. 24 20 21 65} 21 3.09 
S.J. Felloge. Cited! Ex 21 ne oe 22 43} 14 | 3.07 
A. V. Canfield, Jr..| .-. 3 me 19 23 42; 14 | 8 
And, Anderson,.... Ne Pa 19 Be Er 19/7 | 2.858 
ASP yle esa se secne BN 17 22 21 20 80] 28 | 2.857 
Wm. Robertson....| 18 17 21 20 21 97) 35] 2.7 
Hen. Fulton........ 13 17 23 22 Pa 75] 28 | 2.6 
H. A. Gildersleeye | a ne 21 as 15 36] 14 | 2.57 
W. H. Richards.. {| .. = 18 18} 7 | 2.57 
ACO Bruce. A Girele 20 “e ae 16 17 53] 21 | 2.52 
DaROSsy. Stitenl seis ne 17 ee) Ba 
L. W. Ballard..... f a a Ee Se 17 Td re 
J. iB. Collins’ <2... 6 er 22 s8 ea 28] 14 | 2, 
Other competitors..| .. a by le is We 255/168 Be 
Total No, of points. | 1384 | 
Total shots. .710.. | 546 









REMARKS IN REGARD TO THE FIRST MATCH. 
It may be noticed that of 220 shots fired only six Bull’s 
Eyes were made. The average of each shot was pretty 
nearly 1 95-110, not quite an outer. It compares quite fav- 
orably with the early matches at Wimbledon in 1860, at 
the same distance. The Wimbledon average for the As- 
sociation cup in 1860 being 8.19, ours was 9.06. Of course 
there has been manifest improvement made in general 
scores at Wimbledon since that time. We produce 
the figures however as the only method of comparison we 
can find of the commencement of practical rifle shooting 
in America and England. 
REMARKS ON THE SECOND MATCH. 
In this score there is a manifest improvement. Hight 
bull’s eyes were made, and the average was increased from 
9.06 to 9.97, or almost ten. Each shot counted about 24, 
or better than an outer. In the list of contestants may be 
seen the names of many members of the association, who 
have shown amazing progress since the first match. 
To be Continued. 

THE ZoonocicaL ParK.—One of the great features of 
our Fairmount Park duying the Centennial will be the Zoo- 
logical Garden. A large space has been given for this 
purpose, and advantage of the donation has been taken to 
make it worthy of the Centennial. Many specimens have 
already been forwarded to the gardens, among which are 
two San Salvador parrots, by Thomas Biddle, late minister 
to that place; a Mexican mustang dog, by Gen. Babcock; 
three monkeys—one of which was presented by Mrs. 
Megargee; two alligators, by George W. Childs; a pair of 
silver pheasants, by Theodore Harrison, also, an English 
pheasant, by the same person; raccoons, by Mrs. Fox, and 
numerous prairie dogs. The building for monkeysis forty- 
eight feet in lenzth by thirty-four in width, and quite orna 
mental in appearance.—Phi/a. Practical Farmer. 



277 


MY FIRST DEER HUNT. 
Sse 
Epiror Forgst and SrrHAM:— 
It was in the fall of the year, just as the last level rays of 
sunlight were creeping homeward over the pine tops, that I 
found myself rattling and jolting through the one street of 
a little Canadian hamlet, not a thousand miles from the 
city of Ottawa. There I remained for the space of about 
two weeks, gathering health and strength daily, and at the 
end of that time I decided that I was strong enough to go 
deer hunting. 
My first move was to procure a pair of leather moccasins, 
or shoe packs, which were, I was informed, the very best 
things for traveling in the woods, and without which no 
one could hunt deer. The next operation was to obtain a 
conveyance to the house of a noted hunter, whom I will 
call Jim. At last the eventful day arrived. Coming to a 
place where the road made a long bend, Jim, who was lead- 
ing the dogs, said he would cut across and mect George and 
myself at a point some distance ahead. He had been gone 
some five ur ten minutes when suddenly the baying of a dog 
was heard from the direction he had gone. ‘‘ He has let 
out Dick,” said George; ‘‘ Quick! Load up! We may 
have a shot.” Our guns were quickly loaded and, leaving 
the horse standing in the road, we rushed forward to where 
George said the deer would cross. Upon arriving at the 
“runway” we found that both deer and dog had crossed the 
road, and George stooping down said that it was a doe. 
“How do you know it isa doe?” Lasked. ‘Did you 
see it?” 5 
“Tf I had, I should have fired,” he replied. ‘‘ But, here! 
Look at this track! That is a doe!” 
ae Vesa? 
‘* Well! now look at this,” pointing to an old impression 
on the snow. ‘‘ Do you see any difference?” 
‘“ Well! one is round at the toe and the other is pointed. 
That is all I see.” 
‘Exactly! A buck’s track is rounded and a doe’s is 
sharp at the toe, and you can tell a fawn by the size of the 
foot.” 
I still remember the admiration which I regarded this bit 
of Woodcraft and the delight I took in putting it into prac- 
tice on every successive occasion. 
Jim soon came up, and the dog having lost the deer in 
the swamp and given up the chase, returning we once more 
set forth and soon arrived at the house where we were to 
stay all night. 
Once fairly under way for the ground—George leading, 
myself next and Jim following, leading the dogs—I found 
it difficult to take it all as indifferently as the others seemed 
to do, and after Jim had left us at the edge of the woods 
bothered George with incessant inquiries about the chances 
of good sport, until he had to caution me to be quiet or I 
would ‘‘scare every deer in the woods.” We soon reached 
the maple ridge where we were to watch the “runways,” 
andin a few minutes after taking up our stations, one of 
the dogs gave tongue. A few moments of expectation 
passed and then I heard the report of George’s gun. Push- 
ing to the spot I found he had fired at a deer, and upon fol- 
lowing the trail I found a fine doe lying dead about a 
quarter of amile away The fore feét were soon tied to- 
gether and a thong fastened to them to be used in dragging 
the animal over the snow, which was accordingly done. 
That afternoon the hounds ran a buck which Had only three 
legs, but he succeeded in getting to an open part of a 
stream and escaped by taking the water. __ : 
The next morning we took our stations on the same ridge 
as on the previous day and waited expectantly. A half an 
hour had perhaps elapsed when suddenly, without any pre- 
vious warning, there rang out the sharp yelp of a dog with- 
in a hundred yards of where I stood. I knew from my ex: 
perience of the day before that the yelping was a sign the 
dog was close upon the quarry, and I felt my heart beating 
like a small trip-hammer as I heard something bounding P 
with long leaps up the bank. A pang of disappointment 
shot through me as I realised that the deer was not coming 
up my “‘runway;” but no time was allowed for it’s indul- 
gence, for a magnificent doe bounded over the crest of the 
ridge about fifty yards away and disappeared behind a 
clump of hemlocks. Click! click! went the locks of my 
gun, and as she alighted after a leap, I fired. I saw the 
tail go down as I fired the left barrel; a sign, Jim had told 
me, of being struck; but rapidly unslung my revolver and 
fired again as the deer halted under a tree. The heels were 
flung high in the air and the animal with one immense 
bound disappeared. ‘‘ Lost,” I thought, as I hastened over 
the trail, which was plainly visible on the snow. ‘No 
blood, Pve missed it entirely,” and I began to upbraid my 
self roundly for my wretched shooting, judge of my delight 
when I saw the object of all my hopes and fears lying a few 
yards from the spot where I had last fired at it, quite dead. 
I could contain myself no longer, and rent the air with 
such a series of whoops and yells as brought George run- 
ning to see what was the matter. His astonishment on see- 
ing the dead deer knew no bounds. He did not believe 
that such a youngster could have killed the first deer he 
had ever seen in the woods, and Jim coming up in a few 
minutes joined him in the belief, qualifying it, however, by 
the statement that as I had been ‘‘always kind o’ scared 0’ 
missing,” he thought I ‘‘ might stand some chance.” 
George insisted upon my bleeding the animal, for he said 
it was ‘good jiuck,” but no solicitations could induce me 
to do so; in fact as I stood there gazing at the shapely beast 
lying so lifeless upon the snow, I was almost sorry I had 
killed it. However, the deer was hung up on a sapling and 
we proceeded to a second ridge where Jim expected to have 
a good run. 
