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FOREST AND STREAM. 



WmEGuerrter.. 



EB Souther.. 



Boston and Wakefield Teams. — Weather was not good, 

 though the shooting was excotlent. The following are the 

 scores : 



Boston Team. 



15*5445845 5-46 



JROtborn < 3 44646444 4-41 



(44444544 4 6-42 



Capt W H Jackson. ........ -< 4 444B4644 4—42 



{4*4664444 4-42-120 



14 5 4 4 4 ' 

 . -J 4 4 4 4 4 



(54644 



I 4 4 6 ' 

 ,-4 6 3 4 



(4 6 4 



■i! ' 



eflcld 



(64434 

 ..^44446 

 (44444 

 (4435446 



SPaul ^6 4 4 4 5 4 4 



1.4 5 4 6 4 3 4 



WmDanlel J * 



(6 4544*443 2—39 



D Walker i 4 44444454 4—41 



(.6 44544444 8-41- 



i 3 5 a « a a a s s 4 9ft 



J 4 4 

 (5 4 



(454444444 8— 4U 



4 4 5 4 4— »1 



. 4 5 4 4—43-124 



(44544B444 4-43 



4 3 4 4 4 4 4—39 



3 5 4 4 4 6 4—42—123 



(44684844* 3^12 



JHFrye..... -{ * 33443443 5-3? 



2 5 4 4 5 4 



Wakefield Team. 



4 4-4.1—120 



4 4 4 4 3 5-40 



4 4 4 4 4—41 



6 4 4 4 5—42—123 



443544643 4— lO 



4 4 4—42 



5 4 S— 41— 123 

 364344453 4—39 



44445444 5—41 



_54444446 3—41—121 



645444443 2— f~ 



DOgUvle.. 



5434343S 4—36 

 44445435 4—41 



- 3 5 4 3 4—36—113 

 Recapitulation. 



Boston team total J* 2 



M'asefield team total 801 



Gardner Kd?lb QivB—8ept, 11.— Hackmatack range ; 

 diaiance 300 yards ; ten shots each ; possible, Massachusetts 

 210; Creedmoor, 100; 



Ditam 103 46 101 



HKUOWltOIl. 97 43 100 

 Dodge 94 43 98 



44 PKnowlton. »o 42 



62 Austin 92 41 



44 Hildreta.... 8T 41 



ClAM-BARE AND RlIXE TOURNAMENT FOB THE YELLOW 



Fevek St)fj?bbeeb.— On the occasion or the annual meeting 

 of the employees of Sharps Rifle Company at Bridgeport, 

 Conn., to be held on the 24th of this month, when -IJsGUO 

 worth of prizes will be competed for, one Italf of the en- 

 trance money will be given to the Howard Association for the 

 yellow fever sufferers. The shooting will commence at a. m. 

 There will be a long range match for prizes amouuting to 

 $100, for which the entrance fee will be $8 ; a mid-range 

 match, prizes $140, entrance $2 ; a short-range match, 

 prizes $150, entrance $2, and a short-range military match, 

 with $150 in prizes, entrance $2. Full arrangements have 

 been made for the transportation from New York to Bridge- 

 port at special low rates. We should be glad to receive at 

 our office entries for the match. Competitors desirous 

 of attending should respond at once. We sincerely trust 

 that the meeting will be well supported, and that a liberal 

 subscription will be sent to the yellow fever sufferers. 



Conlin's Gallkby— The riflemen seem to have worked 

 with considerable earnestness, practicing, etc., to get " in 

 time" for the grand competition for the Marksmen's Badges. 

 The following are the names and leading scores made dur- 

 ing the third competition : 



8 W Sibley 47 NO Donnell 48 



J W Roseathal *6 J F Duckworth 42 



p jijta 44 W N Bavler 41 



Fred Alder 44 W K Hewitt 89 



A J Hewlett 44 J B Meeker 3* 



D EOverbaugh 44 BF DavleB 37 



Waifl UuDlaii , 4* W o wetnerbee 87 



W McDouald 43 C H Collins 65 



BL Staple 43 A EMorau 86 



Sibley first, Fita second, Duckworth tbird. 



The next competition for the badges will take place on 

 Monday overling, September 23. Open to all comers. 



J, 3. 



Zettleb'b Galleby— Sept. 11.— Associated Ex. N. Y. 

 Turner Cadets : 



CRecht 3S G Maag. 29 



G Banzer 87 L Dennis 2s 



H Spieiser 35 T Setiniager...-. H 



G lliwlusev • 84 J Koaenbaum., 20 



FHavecK 34 E Zemiegg 24 



Http'mer 84 LFalck 18 



u biuac .....as F Hamburger 22 



C Ruschoff 33 C Denis 13 



H. S. 



Flushing and Willett's Point Teams.— The third match 

 of five men each, at 200 yards, off-hand shooting, was shot 

 at Flushing on the 13th, and was won by the Flushing team. 

 The score was 191 to 176. 



Scorer's Association.— This association will have its first 

 match at Creedmoor on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Private J. W. 

 Sweeney, of the Twenty-third Regiment, Brooklyn, has been 

 chosen Executive Officer of the matches on that occasion. 

 Prizes for the event have been received from the Third 

 Brigade Staff, Fifth, Ninth and Thirty-second Regiments. 



Ceeedmoob— Saturday, Sept. 14. — Preparation for the fall 

 meeting was evident at the range. Among those participat- 

 ing in the long-range match were Messrs. C. E. Dwight and 

 Wallace, of Wheeling, Va., who make fine practice with a 

 Maynard. Judge Gilderoleeve put in an appearance. The 

 Remington inatch was postponed until a later occasion. In 

 the Skirmishers' Badge match increased interest seems to be 

 taken. It was shot in strict aeeordanee with the rules, the 

 distance covered being 600 yards to 200 yards, the competi- 

 tors returning over the same ground, and each firing five 

 shots either way at signal sounded on a bugle. There were 

 twenty entries. The wind was somewhat baffling, but other 

 wise the weather was perfect. Following are the scores, 

 the highest attainable number being fifty points : 



Advance. Eetreat. T'l 



WMSlrby 23 20 43 



Colonel Jay EStorck 30 19 89 



ITCMcLewee is 21 37 



DBEatcm 20 11 81 



James Koss 12 18 30 



JLPttUldlug 16 1* 80 



Oaptala W Reddy...„ 13 16 29 



JMcCartlu 10 IS 23 



FUScafford 8 20 2S 



J It B Dityley U M 27 



O A Jones 15 13 27 



MJBeauman » 16 2S 



A! MUler " « «* 



Ht, Hover " ll 22 



TBjffl * II ai 



FH Westover « g 



WHHeiBger « " 



VBAJW MttWviH"! * w u 



Waklntjt Hill, Sept. 14.— Amateur series ; 200 yards: 



Souther 5 S 1 15 4 4 3 4 5—49 Sins 4 -1*8***84 4—39 



Law 5 5 4 4 4 4 :, 4 3 - .' I J 3 -14 3 4 6^6 



Frje 4 1 I 4 i 4 5 4 4 i— 41 Williams...* 4 4 4 3 4 3 8 4 8. .36 



Lord 4 6 14 5 4 5 4 3 4—10 Lee 3 1 S 4 3 2 3 4 5 4—35 



Butler 3 3 D 4 4 4 6 4 3 4—39 



Sepfenkelijt Rifle Club, 177 Bowery, M. Y., Sept. 14. 

 —Reduced 200 yard target ; distance, 125 feet ; Creedmoor 

 rules : 



Kr Holtzmann 4T L Bachmattn 41 



Js Garrison 16 Tk Regan ■ 42 



Wm Seppenfeldt 46 J Meyer *1 



PHicardo 46 W J l.eary 40 



A Kelier.. *» Th Saunders 40 



Wm Clancy la Jac Cbdojbers 39 



Geo Scrassnar 13 Js Hoaitland 39 



GC Walter 43 M Wlnkei 3S 



Th Waeker 13 Aug Seheli 38 



Max Kern 41 



Helvetia.— We give the scores on the various targets, 

 which were concluded last week at Union Hill. 

 Target of Honor — out of a possible 75 ; 



1st, R Weidman 11 9th, A Irving S3 



2d, L Vogel 66 loth, F Landolt... 57 



3d, WDurfee 05 Llth, I'll Klein 57 



4th, AG Hellwifc 62 mil, A iinopfle 55 



5tb, Wm Hahn. Jr 62 13ih, G Jann 65 



6 h.RNaegeli. ; i i mi 



7th, A Paul to loth, F Tobler 64 



stli, J'Manz 69 



There were in all fifty-one prizes on this target. 



Target of Honor (Columbia)— out of a possible 75 : 



1st, F Kessler 71 12tb,Ph Klein 85 



2d, J J Tobler 70 llth, HDnrfee 65 



3d, R Spitz 69 14th, H MUler 04 



1th, h Vogel 67 I5ih, Capt Horney 84 



6ih. A Paul 86 lf.th. J Steger 64 



6th, H Bergmaun 66 nth, D Miner 61 



7th, C Moiter M ISlti, W llahn, Jr 61 



Sth, PTobin 05 loth, J N Net 64 



9lb, AKnonfle 06 «0Ui, C G Zettler 63 



loth, G Qaitt.ne'rer .....65 21st, A Zengner 63 



I ltd, 3 N orandeuberg 65 



112 prizes in all. 



Eing Target— out of a possible 75 : 



1st, C G Zettler 71 $10 13th, R Spitz 65 $15 



2d, CZiegler ....69 35 llth.RFaber 68 19 



3d, G Qm.tmeyer 07 30 lath, A Knopfle 6( 12 



4th, Au« Zengner 87 25 loth. F W Mledner 64 10 



6th, FLancloit G6 22 17th, Chs Moiter 63 10 



6to, M B Itingel 6C. SO 1st i, E Holzmann 63 S 



Tth.PhKleln 86 18 lath, D Miller 03 S 



Sth, G Jonea 66 IS 2fit,li, Geo Baler 63 8 



9th.WHahn,Jr ^ 65 16 21st, MOiusiua 62 7 



loth. W Klein 65 IB sad, B Zettler 62 7 



iliii.JR Gi oliman 66 IB 23d, R Naegell 6S 7 



12th, HOenl 65 15 



30 prizes in all. 



Man Target— out of a possible 50 : 



l8t,HOehl 47 $40 llth, Ohs Perret 40 16 



2d, P Meyer 47 ?5 12th. E Hermann 40 15 



udDMiler 44 30 13th, C G Zettler 39 12 



4th,NCrUslus 44 25 14lh, B Zettler 39 13 



5th, A G Hellwig 43 22 15th, J Keln 39 10 



6th, NIrvlug 42 20 loih, A KnopSe Ss 10 



7th, VV Klein 42 IS 17th, Chs Zlegler 38 S 



Sth, L Vogel 12 IS 15th, Wm Uahn, Jr 88 S 



»rn! J Manz 41 16 19th,RSpitz ss 8 



lOih, P Fennlng 41 16 



30 prizes in all. 



For the most points shot in 200 shots, Mr. C. G. Zettler, 

 who made 320 points, was declared Kins; of thiB festival. 

 The second most points were made by Wm. Hahn. 



United SobtjETZBN OadbiS. — The second anniversary of 

 the Doited Schueizen Corps was held yesterday at the 

 Schuetzeu Putk. The offloara of the association are Herman 

 Raschen, Pres.; Fr. Seip, Soo'y-, and A. Stetteua, Com- 

 mander. 



Georgia— Atlanta.— 1\ iile club practice at -100 yards ; 



TEAM 1. 

 MatSne .. » D554B305 1-4S 



?™is":r:: :::..: a 443*5445 3-39 



Vfltt 4 552*5654 5—14 



Total I 81 



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Berkle.. 



..545 555465 *— *7 

 ..6 56464656 6—48 



..0 564544*4 2— S3 



—Mr. Blydenbnrgh had hardly landed at Rawlings 

 before he was interviewed by the ubiquitous reporter. 

 " Was he going to shoot ? If so, when and how ? Would 

 he write a challenge, and let the paper he represented have 

 the first chance. Did he think he could beat Carver f Was 

 lie good on a revolver ? Lots of fellows had the drop in 

 Rawlings, and were kind of stuck up. Would Mr. Blyden- 

 bugh take 'em down? Just let him show them what 

 he could do wilh a rifle, and he (the reporter) assured 

 on mo dest New York rifleman, ' ' that if he took the rag off 

 thecrowd he might be made Governor, or Mayor, or Sheriff, 

 or could obtain any political position he aspired to in ihe 

 Territory. 



Shooting Busunra Deer.— Editor ForeM and Stream: 

 In your issue of February 14, 1878,my brother hunter Van 

 Dyke tfives his theory on shooting deer running. I suppose 

 I havcMiiissed as many as he he has, and that is, missed 

 more than either of us has killed (which he will admit.) I 

 have been hunting deer for twenty-five years. This season 

 past, I kept a man watchintr my hunting camp and to cook, 

 sixty-five days, which will give you an idea I hunt some 

 when our season runs ninety days. I keep up five dogs for 

 hunting deer, have a camp and fixtures large enough to ac- 

 commodate twelve wen. I invite all my hunting friends in 

 season, and we have a good time. I am trying to force a 

 Bill through the Legislature this winter to protect the deer, 

 I claim the season is too long, two months iB long enough, 

 and the penalty not severe enough. There are more deer 

 shot m May and June at licks, and in January and February 

 when the snow is deep and crusts, than the balance of the 

 year. In either of those four months the deer is not fit to 

 eat. I also ask in my petition privilege to run dOgs % I 

 claim there ia no sport hunting deer without dogs. You 

 never see them in their splendor. Put a dog alter them, 

 one that will not run more than thirty minutes, and you 

 will see a sight. And if the deer is heading toward you, 

 and happens to have a rocking-chair on his head it is hard 

 on the nerves. There is where my friend wan 

 Sighted ten teet ahead. Now this holding a gun ten feet 

 ahead of the deer won't win. My frieud says he never 

 missed a deer by holding too far abend. He says he has 

 held as far as ten feet ahead on gome that were killed. But 



he says I have missed dozens after dozens by holdi 

 body. Certainly he would miss them holding on the body 

 as he stops his gun to pull the trigger, which ho explains 

 himself, when Tie says he can kill them by holding ten feet, 

 ahead, where if he holds on the body the deer is too quick 

 for him and is a miss. Supposing that deer is running full 

 speed, you are ready with your gun, ten feet ahead pull the 

 trigger, your deer makes a jump off to one side, where does 

 your bullet go ? or, supposing your deer stops when you 

 have your gun aimed ten feet ahead, and you pull the trig- 

 ger, will your bullet be so attracted by the deer coming to 

 such a sudden stop, as to curve and enter behind the fore- 

 shoulder, which I believe is your place to shoot them. You 

 must have a different gun from the ones that are used in our 

 section. I have a gun, breech loader, made by Scott & 

 J3on, ten gage, nine and a quarter pounds. You run a 

 deer by me inside one hundred yards, and I will not hold 

 ten feet ahead. But if I cover the deer with the end of the 

 barrels, I will assure you I will not Bhoot behind it, but 

 shoot from six to ten buck shot into the deer, if held on the 

 deer, but if I don't hold on the deer, I will not say if my 

 shot goes behind or before, over or under the deer. My lit- 

 tle experience in deer shooting is that there are more deer 

 missed by over shooting than any other way. You imagine 

 deer a much larger mark than they really arc, and shoot ac- 

 cording to your imagination, anil over-shoot them every 

 time. I have had some choice wing shotB hunting deer 

 with me. I would station them and I would start the dog, 

 the deer would run by them, I would hear the shot, go to 

 them and ask what they had done, they will tell you how 

 high the deer was jumping, they will point to some jack-pine, 

 if any near, and say he jumped as high as that tree or bush. 

 If yciu come to examine, you will find where their buckshot 

 or bullet has struck a tree, ten or twenty feet from the 

 ground. This shows where most deei are missed. A deer 

 cannot clear a fence six feet high, which I have tested. 1 

 have a park which has a fence six feet high, I have nine 

 deer in it now. Last February, the snow being deep and a 

 crust on, some parties caught four deer, and brought them 

 tome; only two weeks from the time they were caught I 

 bought them and turned them in with my deer. One of 

 them, I think, was the wildest deer I ever saw. She tried 

 to jump out and caught on the top of the fence, fell over, 

 and broke her neck, showing that they do not jump as high 

 as they are represented to" jump. My experience is, you 

 must hold on your game when you pull the trigger, and if 

 not too far distant you will get your game; but do not hold 

 ten feet ahead, if so, the chances are not in your favor. 

 Pine Glen, Pa., 1878. Husteb. 



Tcu Maynard and the Ballard. — Editor i' 

 Stream: In the first place I must express somewhat of my 

 appreciation of the efforts of several of your correspondents 

 (especially " Van Dyke" and •' W. H. H. C."J to furnish 

 amateur sportsmen like tnyseif such practical information 

 as they need. I think the readers of Forest and Bissau 

 are under great indebtedness to both of these able gentlemen 

 for their several articles, and I trust we may see their familiar 

 signatures often. Two years ago, in answer to the queries 

 of some one, Mr. Cleveland told them that he ha< 

 Maynard, 20-inch barrel, and that it was a very effective 

 weapon. I immediately ordered one of those bm 

 wiMi 40 grains of powder, I never saw a rilie which would 

 shoot criual to it. Mr. Headly, the crack shot, at the factory, 

 sent me the target he made with it at 10 rods. The 10 bul- 

 lets all cut into one hole, except one, which was a1 

 The "hang" of the gun is right, and many a woodehuck 

 have I bored with it St distances from 20 to 50 rods. I have 

 a Ballard, 40-cal., 00 grains, 28-inch barrel— one of Martin's 

 best— and it is the handsomest gun 1 ever looked upon, and 

 as true as any rifle ever was made. For sporting purposes 

 there are none better than either of these, yet at 

 combines all the good points. Look at the beauty, strength 

 and simplicity of the improved Winchesters. Wliat terrible 

 weapons these must be in an emergency! In the region of 

 tame one of these or a double Express would add 

 greatly to one's comTort; but in the Eastern Slates, where 

 we encounter nothing more formidable thau a panther or 

 bear, the little 20-ineh detachable barrel of the Maynard is 

 ample for anything, and I have silently thanked our mutual 

 friend for the suggestion many times. With common gun- 

 powder it is best to wipe out the barrel of any rifle every 

 time it is fired when accuracy is desired. In order to do 

 this and not carry a stiff rod get a round whip-las: 1 , made 

 fiom a strip of sole-leather. Cut a slit in the large end and 

 pass a rag through. I had puazled my head over the prob- 

 lem of a -flexible wiper in vain, when one day a friend told 

 me of this, and the problem was solved. D. H. S. 



jRiverton, Conn., Augwt 12. 



For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 

 EXPRESS RIFLES. 



I HAVE taken great interest in the several articles lately 

 published and contributed by different sportsmen in dif 

 ferent States. The last article brings forward a good dog, to 

 remedy the defects of our sporting rifles. I have adopted a 

 pack of six houndi, a lively Texa3 pony, and a very close- 

 shooting Fox breech-loading 10-gauge shotgun, and through 

 three adjoining counties most sportsmen who hunt for pleas- 

 ure use the shotgun in preference to our sporting target rifles. 

 There are a great many Winchesters i i use, and you hear a 

 great deal said about long shots made with them, but I have 

 yet to see a good-sized buck dropp d ouside 7o y arils. I have 

 seen them dropped with Sharps' and Remingtin's 41.70 gram 

 cartridge at over 200 yarda ; but it took some time adj listing 

 sights to eet a certain shot. I also find all old hunters, for 

 still hunting, have fallen back to their old large-bore muzzle- 

 loader. Last fall I had the pleasure of using a Ilougal 5.70 

 Express double.barrel rifle, and I must say it proved itself the 

 most deadly weapon I ever saw. I shot two doe with it on a 

 dead run, over 100 yards, with as much ease as 1 fall a duck 

 at 25 yards with my shotgun. The Express bullets I have 

 ound of different form; those I used were hollow at the base 

 and made by Eley. I have seen some hollow at the point, 

 which in my opinion would flatten out on striking too much 

 for good penetration. Eley's being hollow at. base, only flat- 

 ten on striking a large bone; but they produce on striking 

 flesh as large a hole as same size round ball, with greater pene- 



The Express ball is what we want, but is useless unlas 

 we have an Express i We. Fifty pounds is too large a sum, 

 these times, to pay lor a London gua. It'B Mtoiushing our 



