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same on arunway. The guide who has previously tracked 
the deer or knows his habitat, puts out the hound, which 
runs the deer to water, or to cover by secluded or well 
known by-paths, and the sure aim of the practiced marks- 
man brings the game to grass. Now, so far as the require- 
ments of this sportsman go, all is well; but his education ts 
anything but complete. He has actually begun at the 
finishing school instead of the rudiments. Perhaps these 
sharp shooters will consent to a few words of instruction 
froma gentleman who knew Bob White when he was a 
boy—1we mean when the gentleman was a boy. ‘‘Bob 
White” is the vernacular for quail, you know: 
In fair weather, his favorite feeding ground is on the 
wheat stubble, especially if it be grown up with “rag 
weeds,” and generally not far from a brook or slough, if 
there be one in the field. During the middle of the day 
quail will be found along the fences of the stubble fields, if 
there be blackberry or other bushes for cover; also on newly 
cleared land that has never been cultivated. In rainy 
weather they take to the bushes and remain there all day, 
and if possible elude pursuit by running. Frequently the 
sportsman has to follow a covey for a quarter of a mile be- 
fore he can get nearenough to flush them. Also, in snowy 
weather they go to the timber, but in a day or two after the 
storm come back to the fields again. After there has been 
sunshine sufficient to melt the snow from the northern 
banks of the brooks, if the weather turn cold and clear, 
every covey that rises in that vicinity will be found sunning 
themselves on the banks which are bare of snow. We re- 
cently found four large coveys within as many hundred 
yards along asmall brook, when on ordinary oecasions that 
would be considered a good half day’s find. When a covey 
has been flushed and gone down, if there be thick weeds or 
grass they will hide at once and are easily found by the 
dog. If they come down near piles of brush they are al- 
most sure to run into them, but a kick or two will generally 
get them out. If they fly to thick bushes they will prob- 
ably run together, and get away as fast as they can run, 
and itis a singular fact that a dog which had no difficulty 
in trailing them before they were put up will be totally un- 
able to do it now, and so it is useless to follow them unless 
there is snow, and even then it is doubtful if you get a shot, 
for they will travel faster through the brush than you can 
follow. Possibly it is generally Known to sportsmen that 
quails will double under such circumstances like a hare, 
but this trait has been noted repeatedly. We have also 
noticed that a dog can smell but very little when the 
weather is cold and the ground covered with fine dry snow. 
‘In fact a dog is at a disadvantage, if not thoroughly broke. 
If a covey aie flushed, and on coming down one of them 
gives a eall or two, you may look for them to fly again al- 
most immediately. They occasionally do this when they 
happen to come down where the cover does not suit them. 
In the early part of the season one can frequently learn 
where the scattered ones are by imitating their call, which 
every one can do with a little practice. Later in the sea- 
son this will not succeed till near sundown. In Florida the 
quail are more frequently found in gardens or clearings along 
the borders of palmetto scrub. If the garden or field be 
fenced, let the dog and one gunner take the field, and another 
gunner work the outside taking the birds as they fly over 
into the scrub. Once in this cover they are safe, for 
neither dog, man, nor double-plated packydermata can fol- 
low them. 
—The annual meeting of the National Rifle Association 
was held on Tuesday evening last, the 13th January, at the 
First Division Rendezvous, West Thirteenth street. An 
abstract of the report of the Secretary will be found in our 
columns. As we are going to press, it is too late to give 
details’ of election, which we will publish in our next 
number. 
—Our attentive Philadelphia correspondent, ‘‘Homo,” 
mentions among the “‘signs of the times,” and as an illus- 
tration of our remarkably open and mild winter, that Leon- 
ard Wren killed an English snipe on the Repoplar mead- 
ows on Christmas day—a large, strong bird. Dick Wood 
and George Morris, two of our Delaware River pushers, 
put up two rail while hunting for snappers last week on 
Tinnicum Island. Suckers are running up the Schuylkill, 
and the net fishermen are ‘‘scooping them” at Fairmount 
Dam. Jessamines are in blossem in West Philadelphia, 
and there is no end of wonders. I heard from one of the 
Philadelphia Sportsman’s Club that a friend of his had | 
gone to our ‘‘neck” meadows to pick up a few snipe, and 
really expected to find them. 
—An Iowa correspondent tells of a remarkable feat in 
quail shooting one Sunday morning, when a Mr. H. Arm- 
field, of Redfield, Iowa, observed four pinnated grouse 
come down in a grass plot in front of his house. Taking 
his gun he put them up, killing two with his first and one 
with the second barrel; the fourth flew directly over his 
head and was killed by a blow from his gun. The affair 
was witnessed by more than twenty people who were on 
their way to church. 
—The prospect for game in Iowa next year is remarka- 
bly good, there being an abundance of grouse and quail at 
the close of the season, and a very mild winter so far. 
“Chicken” shooting does not commence in that State till 
the first of September hereafter. 
Conuin’s RIFLE AND Piston TouRNAMENT.—The entries 
for the different prizes at Conlin’s rifle gallery exceeded by 
far the expectation of the proprietor. The novelty is the 
attraction in the shooting. - It consists in flring at a bullet 
three-quarters of an inch in diameter, suspended from the 
ceiling by a string. A member of Mr. Conlin’s gallery hit 
the bullet seven times in succession, and then was politely 
asked to drop the bullet by cutting the string with his rifle 
ball. He stood rifle in hand, and at the word ‘‘one” cut 
the string, the bullet falling on the ground. This is no 
trick, but simply good nerve, accurate aim, and steady eye. 
We shall publish a list of winners, with the marks of ac- 
curacy. 
—The New Jersey Sportsmen’s Club held a grand pigeon 
shoot on their grounds, Sea View Track, at New Dorp, 
8. I, on January 12th. The wind was very unfavorable 
for making great scores. The birds were the best of the 
kind ever sprung from a trap. The members and friends of 
the Association turned out in goodly numbers, and the 
sports passed off pleasantly, notwithstanding that a gale of 
wind prevailed nearly all the afternoon. All matches to be 
governed by the New Jersey Shooting Club rules. The 
first match was for the Diamond Badge at 25 single birds, 
21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 1} oz. of shot, between 
the present holders G. Watson and W. A. Dunlap. 
DIAMOND BADGE MATCH. 
In succession. Killed. 
Wis Ac Danlap tp fc eeigsdeees 5 14 
Ga Watson Sy arrnss ck ae st wena 6 14 
TIES AT 26 YARDS, 5 BIRDS EACH. 
In succession, Se 
Wi Ag DUN lapie csc ccgeiuctastsees 2 
GREW Stsom sii goes aesicticsinn see 2 3 
The second match was for a Handicap silver cup, 5 birds 
each, 1} oz. shot, same conditions. 
Tn succession. Killed 
J. DYSON 35 QW vards.. eee 3 4 
E. H. Shorb...23 yards........ 3 3 
W. Hugheg.....28 yards........ 2 3 
C. Townsend .24 yards. oo..cc5- 2 2 
D. Kelley...... Poly Ards cia tnacte 0 2 
G.H. Wild....22 yards........ 0 1 
The third match was a Sweepstakes at 5 birds each, $2 
entrance, same conditions. 

In succession. Killed. 
W. Dunlap.. ens tree 5 5 
Gs Wildsnee tbe a ee ee 3 4 
Oe Townsend s.5) ene ose 2 4 
D. Relleycccenastecane seenoee 4 4 
OPEV BOW an ststvist a eae aerate 2 4 
H. Warren......... 2 3 
E, H. Shorb.. . 2 2 
J. P. Felker... 2 2 
W. McFall...... oa 0 2 
Joe CONOVED a caees cetaeoniccion 0 2 
EWU GD GS 5) 42.4-.sesetae dacteres 2 2 
TIES AT THREE BIRDS EACH, 
In succession. Killed. 
CS. Vownsend fo. unpioecies «oe 3 3 
DLV ROMs 2 sais. aaeeemn cee aie 3 3 
D. Keltoy.* ACR RASS OB CeOpUADS 2 2 
(ES Aue eens ee os a -Be saan 0 1 
FA PELUP NCS 5 ccc corecien ueisle cio sities 0 1 
C. Townsend andJ. Tyson divided the sweepstakes. 
The fourth match was a Sweepstakes, 3 birds each, $5 
entrance, same conditions. 
In succession. Killed. 
Pe SR error cin teh 3 3 
wpa. Be wei tale Bors ak Braid 2 2 eo 
Be Saers 0 1 
Ses oe nr cierelayerstcrot a hee 0 z! 

Messrs. J. P. Felker and D. Blake acted as referees dur- 
ing the matches. We take pleasure in complimenting the 
New Jersey Sportsmens’ Club for the fair and creditable 
manner in which the sports were conducted. 
x tae as 
W AsHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9, 1874. 
Epritor ForREST AND STREAM :— 
Dear Sir:—I send you by to-day’ smail the result of the 
tie hetween Derrick and Mills at the match on December 
29, 1873, and a statement of another match for a Reming- 
ton gun which took place yesterday. Derrick and Mills 
shot at ten birds at twenty-five yards rise and tied again, 
each killing seven; they then shot at five birds at thirty 
yards rise, Derrick killing four to Mills’ three. 
In the match yesterday Mayhew and Locraft tied and shot 
off at four birds. Locraft killed his first two, missed his 
third, and the cap snapped on the gun at the fourth, mak- 
ing another tie, Mayhew having killed his two last birds. 
There being no more birds on the ground, the tie will be 
shot off at some future day. 
Col. C. M. Alexander was referee, and C. 8. Wheeler 
and T. Taylor Page were judges. F. O’Brien attended to 
the loading. 
The average of the shvoters in this match shows "no im- 
provement since the previous one. Another match is be- 
ing made up. 
The following are the scores: 
Locraft—1 11110101 1—8. 
Rives—0 0000101 0 1—2. 
Benjamin—0 11101111 0—7. 
Mayhew—1 11011111 0-8. 
Barker—0 00111100 1—5. 
Wandel—0 11011011 1—7. 
Williams—1 11100111 0—%. 
Derrick—0 1111001 1 0—6. 
Jones—1 00110100 1—5. 
, Gittings—0O 11011100 1-6 
O’Neal—0 01010000 1—8 
Ferguson—1 10010110 0—5 
TIES. 
Locraft—1 1 0 0—2 
Mayhew—0 0 1 1—2. 
25 yards: 
Derrick—1 11011101 0—7. 
Mills—1 10111110 0—7. 
30 yards: 
Derrick—1 0 1 1 1—4. 
Mills—0 0 1 1 1—3. J. N. D. 
Here are some of the scores made by the Irish teams 
We select only the best: 
At 800 yards........ Private Young.......... 844434444344334—55 
At 900 yarda.. ..... Private Millner......... 844384433444343 3-54 
At 1,000 yards....... Private Wilson......... 82444442442444 —d3 
The highest aggregate was made by Young with 156, as 
follows: At 800 yards, 55; at 900 yards, 49; at 1, 000 
yards, 52. 
PoRTLAND, 
Eprror ForrEst AND STREAM ;— 
The annual meeting of the Forest City Shooting Club 
was held Thursday, January 8, and the following officers 
elected for the ensuing year: President, Jonas Hamilton ; 
vice president, Lewis Thompson, Jr.; secretary, Frank W. 
Smith; treasurer, Frank Merrill; executive officer, Roscoe 
G. Hall. 
The secretary’s report shows a membership of fifty-six, 
seventeen having joined during the year. The sporting 
record has been very good this year, a larger than usual 
amount of game having been reported bagged, while in 
trap shooting the scores are very fair, when it is taken into 
account that of the three recorded club matches one was 
held in a driving rain storm, and another in an equally bad 
snow storm. <A synopsis of the scores was presented as 
follows: 
Whole number of birds trapped, 685. 
Whole nnmber killed at score, 414. 
Wole number not scored, 217. 
Me., Jan. 9,1 874. 
Hit. Miss 
IBESESCOLER Wasi NOME OU ater aieteentants | tereitere 160 to 86 
Poorest score was made Nov. 18th............ 134 to 114 
Best average at single shoots................-. 6to 0 
Best average at double shoots................. PHL Vey “Fi 
Best average at three shoots.................. S01 LOm 1 
Poorest average at one shoot................. Ltoe 7°5 
Poorest average at two shoots................. stor eit 
Poorest average at three shoots............... 19 to 26 
At gyro shooting, (one match,) the score was 110 hits, 42 
misses; best score, 8 hits, 0 misses; poorest score, 3 hits, °5 
misses. 
Scattered as the members of the club are through differ- 
ent sections of Maine and New Hampshire, they have a 
large tract of country over which to obtain specimens of 
the different birds and beasts most sought after by the 
sportsman, and it is the purpose of the club to form a col- 
lection of such a description, at which, in fact, a small begin- 
ning has already been made. One of the great objects of 
the club is, of course, the preservation of game, and 
in our contest with the active hostility of the so-called ‘‘pot 
hunters” on the one hand, and the utter indifference of a 
majority of our citizens on the other, we look for much 
aid and moral support from our brother sportsmen in other 
States, who must, from our position among the breeding 
places of the wood duck, snipe, and woodcock, reap the 
greatest benefits from our success, and suffer in loss of 
game should we fail to break up the traffic in unseasonable 
flight birds, our State laws being almost a dead letter so far 
as any practical enforcement is concerned. s. 

‘““Vanity Farr Topacco.”—We have received from 
Messrs. Kimball & Co., of Rochester, New York, very 
choice specimens of smoking and chewing tobacco, includ- 
ing the celebrated brands styled, ‘‘Peerless” and ‘‘Vanity 
Fair.” We can appreciate the value of a ‘‘good smoke” as 
well as anybody, and in camp, afield, or in cosy quarters at 
home, the beneficent pipe whose heart is aglow is tous ever 
a solace and joy. As for the chewing tobacco, the chewers 
must speak for themselves. We don’t use it, but we have 
heard an old hunter say that it couldn’t be surpassed—he 
would “‘rather have it than a good meal of vittles.” On one 
occasion, out on the plains, we happened to come across a 
couple of Mexican ‘‘greasers,” who had nothing to eat for 
a week, and were nearly famished. ‘‘Have something to 
eat—some bull beef and hard tack?” we asked in pitying 
sympathy of their condition. ‘‘No—no, tobacco—tobacco!”’ 
they cried, though scarcely able to stand from exhaustion, 
and with a mouthful of the weed they at once proceeded to 
appease their appetite. We ourselves have experienced the 
cravings that resulted from a tobacco famine in wilderness 
regions, and it is by this token that we are induced to waive 
our dislike for editorial puffing, and to declare that the 
packages sent us, especially of the Peerless, are the ne plus 
ultra of consolers for the true sportsman or any other man 
who uses the weed. The name selected by the company for 
their manufacture is a very happy one, and if they keep the 
quality up to the present standard the old candidates for 
popular favor will have to®look to their laurels. The 
“Peerless” is meeting with the endorsement of connoisseurs 
abroad, as well as in this country, as will be seen by a card 
in our advertising columns. 
ee 
(s~ One of our advertising patrons, quite unsolicited on 
our part, writes tous: ‘‘ By all means I will continue the 
advertisement. Itis due to you to say that the advertise- 
ment of my business in the Forest AND STREAM has done 
me a great deal of good. Iam receiving every day letters 
and selling and sending goods away, on that advertisement, 
to all parts of the United States.” 
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A curious page is added to anthropology by Lieutenant 
Colonel Marshall’s book on the Tudas, a pastoral hill tribe 
of southern India. It seems that Tuda society is simply 
held together by the strength of family affection. Colonel 
Marshall states that the Tudas ‘‘are a quiet, undemonstra- 
tive, but intensely domestic people—domestic in the wider 
sense of viewing the entire family, to the last cousin, much 
as one household, in which every one is everywhere entirely 
at home; each one assists in the easy progressiye task of 
emptying his neighbor’s larder; no one exerting himself by 
one fraction to raise the family.” This is indeed socialism 
of the most progressive character, and is well worthy of 
the attention of utopian philosophers. A sad portion of 
the history of this happy family is that children, being 
troublesome and disturbing elements in their domestic hap- 
piness, are generally put out of the way. 

