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Tbasip Match. 



Open to teams of four officers, non-comruissioned officers 

 or privates from any military organization, or four members 

 of any rifle club or association. Each organization to send us 

 many teams as it desires. Distance, 100 yards. Position, 

 standing. Weapon, any military rifle (magazine guns to be 

 used as siugle loaders). Target, the figure of a tramp, having 

 a 3-inck bull's-eye, 8-inch centre : above the hips, inner; re- 

 mainder of figure, outer. Teams to be formed in two ranks, 

 and to fire — 



1st Stage.— As many shots as possible by file firing, within 

 one minute after the command " commence firing," taking 

 cartridges from the cartridge boxes ; the second file not to 

 fire unlil the first file has fired, and a bull's-eye to be deducted 

 for each shot tired after the call "time." 



2d Stage. — Five volleys to be fired according to the tactics ; 

 the commands to be given by any person "selected by the 

 squad. 



be signalled at the end of each stage. Each team 

 may enter as many times as it desires, but will not take more 

 than one prize. Entrance fee, $l each team for each entry. 



Seventh Heglment Team— Capt. J. L. Price, J. H. TeacKle, W. J. 

 Ui.iUrwoixt, Jr., ttudE. \V. Prleo. 



FU13T ENTRY. 

 FUe. 

 lllia. Son-e. 

 Bull's-eye (5).... 3 10 



CI.-mrtR (-1) 3 32 



luna-s(S) IS 4S 



Outers (3) 4 8 



SECOND ENTRY 



Vol'ey. File. Volley. 



Ui;=. Sijore. Hies. Score. Hits, score. 



Totals.. 



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19 57-135 24 



THIRD ENTRY. 



78 IS 60—123 



FOtJBTB ENTKT. 



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51-120 23 61 



WasnuiRton Grey Troop Team— David Wilson, M. P. Ross, J. F. 

 MeHnga and W. T. Miller. 



FIBST ENTKT. 



File. 



Ill's. Score. 

 Bull's eye (5).... 1 5 



Centres (4) 1 4 



IruierL- (Si 11 « 



Oilers il) ll 21 



SECOND KNTET. 



File. Volley, 



Hits. Score. Hi a. Score. 



Totals... 



73 



20 66-1S9 3H 



19 51—139 



4 5—45 



5 3-45 

 5 5—44 

 4 5-44 



4 5-41 



4 3— 4i 



4 5— 41 



4 6-4* 



4 4-42 



4 4-42 



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Other Matches. 

 BtASSioHTJSBTia— Walma Sill, Sept. 31.— Third competi- 

 tion ; we give the leading scores • 

 J Borden 5 5 4 4 5 



K 15 ^Outlier 5 4 5 4 5 



JNFiye 4 6 4+6 



JN Knc- (re-entry) 5 5 4 5 3 



W Faitletl * 4 4 4 5 



WBa'tieit(re-entrj) 4 5 5 4 4 



HBJepSOU 4 5 4 4 5 



K IMiiii'll B 5 3 S 4 



HE Lord 4 4 4 14 



TS1»B 4 S 4 5 5 



« W Ijn * 1 4 4 5 



J NirUols ...5 4 4 5 4 



Sbaups' Rifle Company Kanob. — Bridgeport, Rept. 34.— 



The second annual rifle tournament of the Sharps' Rifle Com- 

 pany was held at their armory, in this city, to-day. One- 

 hall! the receipts are ho be donated to the yellow fever suffer- 

 ers (^ the South. The morning and evening trains from 

 New York and ihe East stopped at the factory, and the at- 

 tendance of prominent riflemen was large. There were $600 

 in cash prizes, with the number of entries limited. Four 

 targets were arranged at 200 yards, two of which were for 

 sporting riflts and two for the military. At the 500 yards 

 range there were two targets, and at the 950 yards range one 

 target. Shooting began promptly at ten a. m. at all ranges, 

 und was kept up incessantly during the day. 'ihe hazy at- 

 mosphere was moist and favorable for shooting, but occa- 

 sional fitful breezes appeared to annoy the men at the score. 



Mr, 8cb.ermerb.orn, of the National Rifle Association, had 

 full charge of the shooting during his presence on the range. 

 One new and leading feature of" the occasion was that of 

 gentlemen shooting for and in the names of ladies present, the 

 only to receive the prizes wou for them. As some dis- 

 satisfaction was expressed at .tbis proceeding, the officers of 

 the company announced that all prizes wou by ladies would 

 be duplicated in cash and the original programme of cash 

 prizes would be carried out to the letter. The following is 

 the result of the shooting : 



Rjnge Match.— f?. Hvde. 35; c. Duaeubnry, 34; W. 

 Parker, 'AM : W. H. Bimms. 33 ; J. V. Brown, 32 ; Homer Fisher, 

 30; W. II. Jitckrion, 31; W. Gurm, 33; C. A. Hodgmaa , 33 ; 

 C. Lamb, 32 ; G. L. Morse, 31. 



Mid BangH Match.— C Dutienbury, 40 ; F Hyde, 38 ; A Peaks, 

 SG; RBalhbune,35; C A Hooyman, 85: W Gerrish, 36; VV C 

 Dole, 31 ; B A Folsorn, 38 : F Biowd, 37; N G Ailing, 36 ; F 

 Wesson, 35 ; W C Hing, 35 : C O Case, HI. 



Short Gauge Match.— S S Bamatoad, 32 : J Smith. 31 ; C G Zet 

 lsr, 30 : F Wasaon, 30 : C A . Peako, 28 ; .1 F Hill, 2!) ; E W Price 

 29 ; F J Kabboth, 31 ; A J Hewlett. 31 • W Parker, 30 ; J W Carl 

 ton, 29 ; F G Bennett, 29 j Isaac Mctlourt, 29. 



Military Match.— J L Paulding, 32 ; E O Perry. 31, ,T H Bar- 

 ret, 31; 8 B Nichols, 30; S S Bumstead, 29; T G Lyons, 29; W 

 M Clark, 29 ; I: Spitz, 31 ; H C Nichols, 31 : J Smith, 31 ; E A 

 Yi'hitluek. 30 ; E W Price, 29 ; T E Dudley, 29. 



In tile grove two lorig tables were ornamented by the mas- 

 sive silver cup recent ly won by Mr. Frank Hyde, and chowder 

 was served at noon. 



F.\m, Meeting Sixth Division Rifle Association.— This 

 meetimr will take place at Syracuse on the 2d and 3d of Oc- 

 tober. 1st Competition— Directors' Match. 3d Competition— 

 Duncan Badge Match.— Open to all members of the National 

 din the Sixth Division. Weapon. Remington military 

 liffe; 200 and 500 yards. Hounds, five each distance. En- 

 ee fee, $1. 3d Competition— Short Range Match.— Open 

 to all comers ; 200 yards, Any rifle. (Seven shots. Entrance, 



$1. Ten prizes. 4th Competition- Sixth Division National 

 Guard Match.— Teams of twelve from each regiment, battalion 

 or separate company of infantry in the Sixth Division. Rem- 

 ington rifle, State model. 2Q0 and 500 yards. Fi I 

 each distance. Enlntnce, SI each man. Three prizes. 5th 

 Competition— Cavalry Match.— Open to teams of live from 

 each troop of cavalry in the Sixth Division. Remington mili- 

 tary carbine. 200 and 500 yards. Five shots at each distance. 

 Entrance, $1 each mail. Four prizes. 6th Competition — 

 Officers' Match. — Open to all commissioned officers in the 

 Sixth Division. 200 and 500 yards. Remington military 

 rifle or carbine. Rounds, five at each distance. Entrance; 

 §1.50. Four prizes. 7th Competition— Short Range Match.— 

 Open to all comers. 200 yards. Any ride. Rounds, seven, 

 with two Blghting shots. Entrance, SI. Ten prizes. 8th 

 Competition— Loug Range Match.— Open to all comers. Any 

 Distance, 800 and 1,000 yards. Rounds, ten. Entrance, $3. 

 Four prizes. 



SEPFENFitiiDT Riflb Club.— 177 Bowery, JV. Y., Sept. 21.— 

 Reduced 300 yard target; Creedmoor rules : Wm. Seppen- 

 fftldt, 48; Er. Holfzman, 4(5 ; Aug. Grueneberg, 46; John 

 W. Adams, 45 ; Js. Garrison, 45 ;' Albert Keller, 44 ; Wm. 

 Clancy, 44; O. Strassner, 40; L. Bachmann, 40; Jacob 

 Chambers, 40; Th. Waker, 40; G. C. Walters, 39 ; M. Win- 

 kel, 38 j F. Saunders, 38; T. Myer, 37. 



Unitbd Sohuetzbn Cadets. — The Cadets met on the 18th 

 at Union Hill and had a grand jolitication. This corps of 

 youthful marksmen is composed of boys of from tea to six- 

 teen years of age. They use a miniature rifle for drilling. 

 The shooting was done with air-guns at a 100-yard range. 

 The highest score was 46 out of a possible 54, made by Mas- 

 ter Carstens, Peter Michael scoring second with 44. Miss 

 Bertha Steltjes made a pretty s-eechin crowning the victor, 

 as she pinned a medal to his jacket. Altogether it was a 

 most charming festival, and gave great pleasure to both 

 young and old. 



Zbttleb Rifle Club. — Prize shooting for the yellow fever 

 sufferers from Sept. 5 to 15. Number of prizes 42, valued at 

 about 8120. Ring target, the centre counting 18; number of 

 tickets unlimited ; three shots each, but one prize only: 



Kings. Eliiga 



Wemyes 64 P Sullivan 5J 



Q L Utilise 61 Benbaesen 61 



J P. Grobraan 54 P PenalUE 61 



A G UolI*ttuer 51 J Patterson ....51 



li GBeatee SI A Millet 61 



Q Polner 63 AGelgur 61 



It Spitz 63 Albert Meyer 61 



llr Dudley 53 w Gilselhuig 61 



Kalgl 63 Theo HeHsmtter 51 



M U Eugel 63 MF Rally 61 



MLHIuga 63 TGBoese 60 



CUas Jmlson 62 L Truu.iel 6H 



U Asliurmann 52 MeKieben fO 



F Levy .62 W Culhane 50 



onus -milk 51 Cii.pt Aery bo 



D Miller 62 A Steel 60 



T BiCHdway 62 MeCov 50 



Joun Smith 53 Wm Klein 6 1 



L Gelger 52 FDutii ...60 



KatoT 52 S 11 Keller 60 



li Meyer 52 Lipaie 50 



350 Llctels have been shot In ail. 



Brinton Rasoe. — The next competition for the all comers' 

 gold badge, presented by the Rahway Rifle and Sporting 

 Club, will take place on the above range, at Elizabeth port, 

 N- J, , on Friday afternoon, the 27th inst., at 4:30 o'clock. 

 No entries will be received after that time. The conditions, as 

 heretofore published, are 200 yards off hand, two sighting 

 and ten scoring shots ; any rifle under the rules ; to be wou 

 three times before becomiug the property of the winner. As 

 this is probably the last competition before the fall meetim; of 

 the New Jersey State Rifle Association, a full attendance may 

 be expected. We understand an attractive programme is in 

 preparation for this fall meeting, which will take place com- 

 mencing October 8 and continue through the week. 



Pennsylvania— NorrUlown, Sept. 16.— The match today 

 between the Norrisiown and Keystone teams was well con- 

 tested, and our local riflemen are. much gratified at this victory 

 over the Philadelphia boys. Riflemen were present from the 

 Keystone, Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, Social, Girard, 

 " Cannibal " (of Camden, N. J.,) and other rifle clubs. The 

 scores were : 



Norrlstown Team— A. B. Parker, Captain. 



EALeopOld 4 85555646 5— IS 



A B Paraer B 44451556 5— W 



liTLoeaer 5 54454555 4— -J6 



TH Parker 5 66444445 5—45 



C li lietptt 4 45544465 4—44 



GWlluner 4 55544445 4—11 



Ell Bickel 5 45544145 4-44 



FPrlodebum 4 45654444 4—43—360 



curious to know what ia the line of fall of the double ball 

 thus arrested in its flight. Of course the projectile with the 

 greater momentum would carry the bah with the less power 

 in its own line of flight for a short distance It 13 very fiDe to 

 speculate over such matters in one's chair, but the practical 

 experience of such pheaomena must be rather dangerous. 

 John A. McLaughliu, late Lieufc.-Col. commanding Forty- 

 seventh Ind. Vet. Vol., writes from Topeka, Kinsas, to the 

 Scientific American : 



I hand you herewith a curiosity in the shape of a Rebel and 

 a Union bullet impacted in the air, which was picked up on 

 the field during one of the numerous entrasrements between 

 the Rebel forces aDd those of General N.' P. Banks, at the 

 time of the latter's retreat toward the Mississippi River, after 

 having been defeatod in bis a! tempi, to capture Shreveport 

 La., in the summer of 1864, I wis at th'rt time Lieut.-Col. 

 commanding the Forty seveuth Indiana Veteran Volunteers. 

 A portion of the regiment was deployed as skirmishers, with 

 the main body following four hundred yards in the rear, 

 marching by the flank. These two bullets were impacted in 



the air at a point, between the skirmish Hues of the opposing 

 bodies, and carried to the rear of our skirmish line, where 

 they fell, like a spent ball, near the head of the column of the 

 main body of the regiment. Drum Major Craig, of my regi- 

 ment, seeing the object fall to the ground quite near him, 

 picked it up, supposing it to be a epentball, butinstead found 

 it in the precise condition in which you now see it. He after- 

 ward presented it to me as a token of friendship and a me- 

 mento of the events through which we were passing. The 

 larger bullet is the Kobe! ball, which is known by the fact that 

 it is of 0.08 calibre, of which the rebels had a large number, 

 and the Federal forces in the engagement had none 'larger than 

 057 calibre, which is the. calibre of the smaller bullet. It is 

 supposed that the larger bullet had traveled a less distance 

 than the smaller at the instant of the impact, and possibly it 

 was fired with a superior quality or quantity of powcer ; and 

 this, together with its weight, had the effect of driving the 

 smaller bullet back beyond the line from which ii was fired. 



Keystone Team— Wm II Bower, Captain. 



Wm Bartley 5 5 5545554 4— IT 



WTLWarthman 6 53544465 4-44 



Witmiwtr 4 44546545 4—44 



Wm Bagley 4 4 6444444 5-42 



Joliu Hi (fan 4 45444444 8—42 



JOjnTouier 6 34544454 4—42 



vv HRuuell 5 34344 4 54 4—12 



JOlmBauer 4 55444446 8—42—345 



A Rival of Cakver. — Dr. Alexander, of Indianopolis, 

 lnd., who was set down for a match at that city with J. C. 

 Dunn, is gaining a wide reputation for his skill with the rifle. 

 Some of his feats arc said to be equal to those of Dr. Carver. 

 The attention which has been attracted to ihe so-called " fancy 

 shots " by Carver seems to have given an impetus and de- 

 velopment to their accomplishment. 



The Rifle in Nevada. — Autumn Pine meeting was hold 

 at Carson City during the first week in September. A large 

 number of spectators were in attendance. The Governor of- 

 fered a prize of a handsome gold watch, to be competed for 

 by teams of twelve. If the scores as they come to us are cor- 

 rect, 378 out of a possible G0U was not very remarkable. 



A New Breech Blook for a Riplb.— Mr. Jas. McAlpine, 

 of New Haven, has exhibited to us a breech-loading rifle of a 

 novel and simple construction. The breech block slides at 

 right angles with the bore of the piece. The mechanism to 

 put the breech in or out of position consists of but really two 

 working pieces. It cannot help to be very strong, and we do 

 not see 'how it can be otherwise than safe. 



Bails Welded in their Flight.— We arc indebted to 

 the Scientific American for the following letter, with the cut, 

 illustating how two rifle balls meeting in their line of flight 

 are welded together. We have been informed by the Messrs. 

 Tatham that in their scrap lead, derived from Southern battle- 

 fields, such welded bullets are not uncommon, It would ho 



PASSING RIFLE NOTES ON THE FALL 

 MEETING. 



NOTHING can be more charming than to see a lady take 

 a deep and abiding interest in her husband's pleasures. 

 Quite a nmber of wives acted as squires for their husbands in 

 the late rifle conte.-t, and notably at the long-range match. It 

 was charming to see, ou that importaut occasion, a most gra- 

 cious and affable Boston lady, score-book in haDd, marking 

 adroitly each exact spot on the note-book target, and coaching 

 her husband as to the wind. Such kind solicitude cannot be 

 called coaching, and ought to be permissible under all cir- 

 cumstances Some quite unfriendly criticism may have 



been indulged in as to the trouble which existed on the first 

 day ol the meeting. A crowd of competitors rushed for 

 tickets. When so many men have determined to shoot, why 

 did they not make entries sootier? The tickets had been" 

 waiting for nearly a week, and a two-cent postage sta-np 

 would have simplified the whole matter. A. clerk at an office 

 is not a Briarous, and has not a thousands hand3 wherewith 

 to shove out tickets. Secondly, there was a very determined 

 growl on account of the absence of the President and Secre- 

 tary of the N. R. A. Judge Stanton was quite ill in bed until 

 Friday, and then left his room scarcely convalescent to attend 

 the range. Mr. Scliemmerhorn was moving his family to the 

 cily on ihe first day of the meet, and, at the greatest personal 

 sacrifice, arrived on the ground, and was always on duly, not 

 only by day, but at night. During the spring and fall meet- 

 ings the labors of the Secretary for about fifteen clays may 



average something like eigtteeu hours of work per diem 



The shooting was better than ever. E^en when scores are 

 relatively the same as in former years, the uon rifle public 

 must remember that there were no sighting shots allowed. In 

 former years it was quite possible, with two preliminary 

 essays, to begin the counting score with a bull ; now a fellow 



i3 lucky if he leads off with a centre at a first shot Score 



this in favor of the military matches, that the soldier-guns 

 made as fine work in able hands as the most costly amateurish 

 rifles. The shooting at the Running Deer wa3 simply won- 

 derful. This sheet-iron animal slides along a distance of 110 

 feet in 4 seconds. If you want to hit it, you must hold some 

 2 to 3 feet ahead of the shoulder, to keep smiting it in the 

 haunch. Yet in several single ruus thne consecutive bulls' -eyes 

 were made, and in one of the appearances and disappearances 

 of the deer, Hugh Gildersleeve made 3 bulls and a centre 

 with his Winchester, a score never before equalled. So much 

 for shooting a la Carver. Scotch game-keepers and Fuglish 

 noblemen, used to stalking on the Highlands, might come 

 over, and take a chance. The Tramp was well peppered,, and 

 wa3 more attractive in cast-iron than in the flesh. Several 

 ladies went for that Tramp with rifles and pistols. It being 

 off iu a quiet corner, the fair sex had ample opportunity to 

 maul that Tramp. At 100 yards, one lady, in three shots, 

 made a bull (8 inches) and 2 iuners, which was one shot in 

 each three seconds, and with a revolver. Many ladies could 

 have taken a bit off of the end of a tramp's nose every time 

 with a pistol. General Wingato was ahead. At 100 yards, 

 with a pocket revolver, 3-inch barrel, 33 cat, the General did 

 bettor than many of the riflemen.,... Nothing, could hav 



