212 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



SI.HUorrt Rifle Club. 



H1I OCa-lliDg » 4 4 4 4 ■! 5 * 4 4—13 



11 K Rcliai'uSnn 4 3 4 4 4 5 16 4 1—11 



Jjllll Gra;iy 4 43445443 4—39 



TJ S Harris". 4 34444344 4-38 



.1 U KaillOB 4 44424444 3-37-197 



Wakefield Rifle Club. 



DHWalker 4 64444444 4—11 



W U Daniel. 



BPaul 



D Ogllvte..., 

 K Howard 



.5 48454443 4-40 



.4 44434444 4-89 



.4 443435 5 4 2-3S 



.3 34844444 3-36—194 



Second Team, Mtiaeacliusetts Rifle Association. 



c H De Rocliemont 3 44454544 4—41 



THFrvf 3 54444444 3-39 



j Bon'en 5 43444444 3—39 



r 3 644 4 4434 3-38 



EWLaW 4 54334042 3-31—188 



The ring target match followed, in which there were 148 

 entries. Open to all comers ; rifle and position, any within 

 the rules; five rounds per man. The target is twenty- four 

 inches in diameter, divided into inch rings, and counting 

 from twelve (centre of bull's-eye) to one on the extreme cir- 

 cumference. The match is to be kept open till the proceeds 

 equal the value of prizes, of which there are twelve, aggre- 

 gating $155 in value. The winners of the match are to be de- 

 termined by the aggregate of two scores whenever made- The 

 aggregate of Wednesday's and Thursday's shooting was as 

 follows : 



CHDeRocaemont 91 Wm Poland.... 83 



XW Arnold S7 Capt W H Jackson Sn 



HTBoukwell SS OM Jewell 17 



Kb Somber.., 85 J A Lowell 76 



jn uaborn... S4 JN Frye ...75 



LL Hubbard 82 D KbSwood *.. .76 



The next match was that for a Ballard mid-range rifle, at 

 900 yards, open to all comers, ten shots each man. The 

 njatcb is also to remain open till the entry fees equal the 

 value of the prize ($50), and the winners are to be determined 

 by the aggregate of three scores, not necessarily consecutive, 

 the second and highest aggregates to save the amount of en- 

 try fees actually paid inT There were twenty-seven entries 

 in the first day's trial, fourteen of the scores being given as 

 follows : 



WH.Tackaon 5 56656554 5—50 



OM Jewell « » » J « » 6 5 6 *-60 



JFBTOWn * 6 54555556 6 — 59 



J F Brown ire-entrj ) 6 55555664 6—49 



WHJac.son(re-cmry) 4 65555665 6-48 



N wasiiburn 6 56446665 5—48 



11 W Law s 4564654. 5 5—47 



KW Law' (re-entry) 5 45545545 5-47 



JALOWCll \ % I \ 6 5 4 6 5 5-46 



BWildCr 4 C5546545 4—46 



S\Vild t r\Ve-entry,.... 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 4-45 



•N Washburn (re-entry) 5 6 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 5-44 



•Pl-lnWP • B * " * ** *• * * * 5 — * u 



•I A Lowell '(re-entry) : A 5 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 6-10 



The Military Rifle Match was contested Thursday. The 

 conditions were : Distance, 200 yards j rounds, 7, open to all 

 members of the Massachusetts miiitia and Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association ; weapon, any military rifle, not special ; winners 

 to be determined bv the aggregate of three scores, not neces- 

 sarily consecutive. In this match there were fifty-seven en- 

 tries. Subjoined are the best scores made : 



H T Rockwell, CO D, 1st Bat 4 4 53 55 5-31 



J P Gragg. CO p, 1st Bat * 5 \\\\ \Tl 



Cant W II Jsctsutl • 4 5 4 5 4 4 4— ill) 



C c Wemyss. Co A, 6th Regiment 4 4 4 3 4 5-29 



a W Warner, Co 1), 1st Bat 4 4 4 4 4 6 4-29 



DKirkwn.od....... J 4 4 4 5 4 4-29 



5 3 4 4 



4-24 



J B Parker, 1st Corp 



F C Brownell, Co D, 1st Bat. 



Second Ballard rifle match, No. 3, was continued from the 

 previous day. There were thirty-three entries. The best 

 scores are given : 



, c,,.„a™ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5—50 



TW Brown 6 58555554 6-49 



WHJacI"o'n'.'"... ' 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 4 6—19 



j F Brown (re-entry) 5 S65565S5 fc^a 



L Saunders (re-entry/ 6 5 4 4 5 5 S 



W H Jick-on (re-entry) 



WM Ward 



j F Brown (re-entry) ... 



S Wilder •-•■ 



L S .unders (re-entry) . . . 



LLHuobatd 



OM Jewell 



S Wilder (.e-eutry)..... 

 W M Ward (re-em rO .. 

 OMJtwell (re entry).. 

 S Wilder Ore-entry) 



.8 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 5-48 



6 65665556 3—43 



6 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 4 5-47 



3 64565555 5—17 



5 56453556 5—47 



6 64655555 3—47 



,. 5 55435554 5—16 



6 5446 3 546 5—45 



5 55444535 5—15 



5 4 6 4 5 4 6 5 3 4-44 



. ...5 56544358 5—44 



,4 44655 2 35 4-30 



B C Spofford (re-entry) 5 3 



E Spofford (re-entry) 5 0405334B 5-62 



Consolation Match-Distance, 200 yards; rounds, 7 ; open 

 to members of the Massachusetts R ifle Association. There 

 were fourteen entries, but as there were not enough to fill the 

 requirements, the match was shot leaving out the first prize, 

 a silver medal, and leaving the second and third, both cash 

 prizes of stated value: 

 EWLaw * * J * { | « *jjj 



FNEr£T % -4 4 4 4 4 4 4-28 



GH Dickson (re-entry) ■ 



F is Brown (re-entry ) 



j BParkei 



KW Law (re-entry) 



J B Parker (re entry) 



Saturday Oct. 5..— The first match called was the opening 

 competition in the October " Amateur Series," at 200 yds.: 



i , E A A A A *. A K— 



4 3 3 4 4 4 4—26 



,444443 3-26 



,354426 3—26 



,444342 4-25 



from the fall meeting, had eight entries. Mr. Saunders 

 added another 50 to his record, the second he has made in 

 this match. The best three scores are given below, several 

 not completing their strings : 



LSaunders 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5-59 



L Saunders (re-entry) 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 4— 1« 



L maunders (re entry) .6 5 5 2 6 5 5 5 4 5— 49 



The military match at 200 yards was next finished, 55 

 entries having been made in yesterday's trial, There were 

 some excellent scores made in this match, of which the 

 seven highest are herewith appended, three aggregates being 

 taken to make each total : Adjutant John A. Lowell, First 

 Battalion, 93: H. T. Rockwell, Company D, First Battalion, 

 91 ; Sergeant I. P. Grasfg, Company D, First Battalion, 90; 

 L. L Hubbard, 90; C. Centre, Company B, Fifth Regiment, 

 89; H. O. Gardner, Company D, First. Battatiou, 88 ; G. H. 

 Dickson, Company G. Fifth Regiment, 86". 



Connecticut. — The " T. Steele & Son Prize Cup" annual 

 contest will take place at Wallowbrook range, Hew Haven, 

 Oct. 26. This match Is open to teams of four from any town 

 in the State. Teams will be present this year from Hartford, 

 Middletown, New Britain, Bridgeport and New Haven, and 

 possibly from other towns in the State. The prize is a mas- 

 sive silver cup, standing about sixteen inches high. 



Helena Rifle Club.— Helena, Montana, Sept. 20.— The 

 following score was made yesterday upon the range of the 

 Helena Rifle Club; 100 yardB; Creedmoor rules; wind un- 

 steady, light poor : 



Basbaw . . . .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—11 Beeves 634646446 0—39 



Allen 3 44445445 4-41 KeatUlg. . ..3 454643-14 8-39 



Hewins 4 3 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 4—41 Jone? 4 3 4 3 4-1444 4—33 



Oldham. . .4 34454458 5-41 Hundley....:! 4 5 8 4 3 4 4 4 4-38 

 Stuart 4 3 4 344445 3 — in Carpenter.. .3 4 3 4 4 3 8 2 3 4—33 



Match shot September 26 ; COO yards ; Creedmoor rules ; 

 light and wind both variable : 



Bashaw ....4 54556555 4—47 Reeves. ...5 45635545 5—16 



Stuart 3 46556655 6—47 Allen 4 4 5 .5 4 g 5 5 4 3— 14 



Jones 4 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 5-46 HewiUS 3 5 3 14 5 4 4 4 4—40 



Oldhum 5 44555545 4—46 



Total -316 



Amateur. 



Fifth Division. — Pouglikeepsie, M. T., Sept. 27.— Open to 

 teams of twelve from each regiment, battalion, troop, bat- 

 tery, or separate company in division ; distance, 200 yards 

 standing, 500 yards lying, with face to target ; weapon, Rem- 

 ington State military ! five scoring and two sighting shots at 

 each distance. The day was fine and attendance gaod. Six 

 teams entered for the match : 



201) yardB. 500 yards. Total. 



Twenty-nrst Regiment, PoughkeepBle 230 ion 399 



v i 



Sixteenth Battalion, Slug Sing 1S3 121 394 



Twenty-lonrth separate Co, Klleuville .... 181 115 296 



Twemv-seveiitii ■ -.eg't. Westchester Co.... 175 US 292 



Separate Troop, Wesichester County 189 57 196 



The Twenty-fourth Separate Company is a new organiza- 

 t : on, and have had their arms but a few weeks, and deserve 

 much credit for their energy and pluck in riding forty miles 

 over laud to attend the match- The Separate Troop Cavalry 

 bad no previous practice with the infantry arm. Preparations 

 for match and superintendence of the same was in charge of 

 Lieut- Col. John Bodine, Division Inspector, assisted by 

 Lieut. Col- Henry Huss, Quartermaster. 



The Zettlkk Rifle Club.— Weekly shoot at 207 Bowery, 

 October 8. Conditions: 100 feet, off-hand, Creedmoor tar- 

 get ; 22 cal. rifle. Possible 50 points : 



C Jndson 49 P Fenntng 40 



W M Farrow -IT ]{ Zimmerman 43 



M BEngel 47 M L Hlggs 42 



B Zettler 47 C Zettler , 48 



j Levy ~ 47 ADunslng 42 



H Oetil J6 DCulhaue 41 



Wm Kline 48 Voilara 40 



R Spitz 45 C Recnt 40 



JDutll 41 D Miller 40 



T Broadwav 44 J F Reyles 40 



G A i-ebnruiann 43 <; Connor 40 



L'Xreubel 46 



Settesfbi.dt Rifle Club.— The annual election of offl 

 cers resulted as follows: President, John W. Adams j Vice- 

 President, Em. Holtzruann ; Treasurer, J. K. Garrison ; Sec- 

 retary, G. C. Walters ; Captain, F. A. Grueneberg. The 

 match shot under Cieedmoor rules, 200 yards target reduced : 



F \Grueneberg -47 ASdholl 41 



EHol.zmann «6 T Walker 49 



J E t;..rn>-on 45 c Uiseii M 



J W Adams 45 J Hoffen 



W BeuBenfeldt 45 .Max Kern 



JChamoers 43 -I Hoagland . 



LBaehman 43 >I Wiukel 36 



G C Waiters 41 



G. 

 The Rifle Ball for Debb.— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 I inclose you a ball from my 16 calibre, double express rifle, 

 made by Nichols & Lel'ever, of which I wrote you before. 

 This ball passed through the thickest part of the hams of a 

 large deer, and lodged against, the skin on the opposite side. 

 The indentation in the butt results from the forcing back of 

 the outside metal, as the butt was perfectly flat when loaded. 

 The ball was three quarters of an inch long, 65-100tbS of an 

 inch in diameter and weighed about 600 grains. It was hard- 

 ened and the hole ran half its length, tapered to a point at the 

 bottom, and was about 20-lOOths of an inch in diameter at the 

 front. I find this altogether the best way to cast them for 



•{5°^ 4 6 5 4 4 3 6 4 4 6-43 



iglS?,!, 6 4 6 4 4 5 3 i 1 4-42 



i N £S„?t't :".'.'... ...4 iumimm 



i? varker 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 4-11 



I£"? er 5 4 4 4 4 8 4 5 3 3-41 



£^,,- H .. 4 6 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3-49 



W Tirtie'tt ...."" ..* 4 6 4 4 3 5 2 4 4-39 



tt LTcvet ; -, 4 4 4 3 4 4 'i 3 3 3-35 



The "ring target " match, continued from the fall meeting, 

 was next called." There were 94 entries, which, together with 

 those made on Wednesday and Thursday last, furnished the 

 requisite quota to close the match. The scores were : 



tlSSBS?.v;:.v.:::us «-f pmk«~;::..;.:: « 40-75 



This match has been the most successful ever given by 

 the Massachusetts Rifle Association, -131 entries having been 

 made during the three days on which it was shot. 

 -The Ballard rifle match, at 900 yards, also brought ove 



general use; as a ball that flies to pieces on striking does not 

 have half the effect of these on hip or raking shots, which 

 cannot be avoided at times, especially in running shots 

 while they are quick enough in their effect on forward shot*, 

 do not make such an abominable mess of the iusides, and 

 bleed out a deer much better. 



I have now shot 19 deer with this rifle and not one touched 

 in tbe body has got twenty yards away. I find all the o 

 lections to large calibres (especially recoil and spoiling 

 meat), all of which I have entertained quite step 

 past, vanish entirely upon trial ; and even if they existed t 

 advantages of flat trajectory and getting game when it's h 

 would entirely over-balance them all. T. S. Van Dyke. 



Bbinton Range.— At the meeting last Tuesday, two all- 

 comers matches and several subscription matches were shot 



the two first, which were kept open all day, being the only 

 ones ot consequence. The first, which was open to any 

 rifle, had 82 entries ; the Becond, which was open to military 

 rifles only, had only 40. The range in both matches was 

 200 yards, the number of shots 15 for each man. E. E. 

 Lewis, of Flushing, won the first prize in the first match on 

 a score of 08 points. A. G. Gibbs scored 07, as did also B. 

 A. Vail; T. J. Conway, 00; O. W. Minor, 00; J. T. B. Col- 

 lins, 66 ; W. M. Farrow, GO ; I. L. Allen, 60; F. H. Holton, 

 65 ; W. H. Jackson, 05. William Hayes, of Newark, stood 

 first in competition No. 2 on a score of 60 points. W. M. 

 Farrow scored 04, and J. L. Paulding same score. D. F. 

 .. ,. md F. H. Holton scored 63 each. 



Fokeig>j ^i. j. ions Ahoct the Palsia.— The following 

 letter has been received by the editor of the Turf, Field and 

 Farm from Mr. John Righy, the leader of Irish riflemen. 

 In our next issue we shall give a communication on the same 

 subject from Sir Henry Halford: 



The future of the Centennial rifle match is naturally a 

 matter of much importance to American riflemen, as well as 

 to those nationalities which took part in it in 1870 and 1S77. 



That an international contest so happily inaugurated 

 should fail to survive its second year would be a disaster re- 

 flecting on the judgment of all who were concerned in its in- 

 ception. It. is worth while, then, to examine those causes 

 which are likely to influence its future prospects, and to ask 

 whether the obstacles which have rendered 1878 blank are 

 likely to reappear in future years. 



In the first place it seems to me unreasonable to expect 

 that the same nationalities would continue to send repre- 

 sentatives to America year after year with a constantly de- 

 creasing chance of success, and yet this must be so if the 

 contest be annual. The Barne men cannot he induced to 

 spend the time requisite, even if there were no expense, 

 year after year. 



New men must be sought to whom the trip has the attrac- 

 tion of novelty, and even with new men those who have leisure 

 and freedom to engage in so serious an expedition are but a 

 smidl proportion of the whole. These hindrances do not 

 exist for tbe home team. The elite of their new men are 

 always backed up by the veterans, ready to step into any 

 places imperfectly filled. 



It follows, therefore, that if the home team has succeeded 

 in defeating all comers twice in consecutive years, an inter- 

 val mu^t elapse, and that, probably, of more than one year, 

 before the assailants receive such an infusion of new blood 

 as will encourage them to another attempt. 



Another obstacle which must he faced is the expense. 



The home team in 1877 received, I believe, a sum suf- 

 ficient to cover their practicing expenses, and, as the match 

 attracted considerable gate money, I presume the executive 

 were able to do this without external aid. 



The British team, on the other hand, has no such assist- 

 ance, only their traveling expenses and ammunition used in 

 America having been met by a subscription, which, although 

 public, really fell heavily on the captain and a narrow circle 

 connected with the National Rifle Association of Great 

 Britain. 



I am safe in saying that an attempt to levy a similar sub- 

 scription annually would utterly fail, even in England the 

 wealthy. 



I do not think an efficient remedy for these defects of con- 

 struction will be found by the annual performance of the 

 farce of " the walk-over " until the year arrives when the 

 foreigner recovers his aggressive spirits and again challenges 



inn of the Palm a. Each year tbatfal 

 duce a contest will be reckoned as something taken irom 

 the lustre of the trophy. To remedy these defects, to insure 

 an annual contest and to make the Palma a truly interna- 

 tional, and not merely a Creedmoor trophy, It is only acces- 

 sary to Tevise the rules with a view to locating tbe match in 

 Europe on alternate years. If the proposal to hold it at 

 Paris this year had been cordially adopted in America the 

 necessary arrangements could have been made, 1 am per- 

 suaded. This opportunity has passed away, and soon the 

 question of next year's contest will be imminent. I must 

 confess that I see no stirrings among our riflemen to indi- 

 cate an intention to face the burning sun and puzzling fish- 

 tails of Creedmoor in 1870. One remark— a pregnant one- 

 is frequently made : " We have crossed the Atlantic three 

 times to shoot with the Americans. They have only visited 

 us once. Let them come here next year, and then Palma will 

 flourish again in 1880." Jous Rionv. 



Dublin, Ireland,, Sept. 21, 1878. 



For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 

 THE RIFLE ON GAME AT REST. 



By T. 8. Van Dike. 



Nothing is more true than the remark in an article on 

 deer hunting in a late number of Scribner'l, that " a dead 

 shot at the target may be a perfect muff in the field." For 

 the benefit of such as may this fall try their rifles, for the 

 first time, on game, I shall attempt to point out the main 

 causes of this. 1 shall treat only of standing game, having 

 discussed last year the subject of running game. 



How to find and get a good shot at a deer is a subject I 

 shall leave for the future. Let us assume that you know 

 this most important part of hunting, and are also a first-rate 

 target shot, but have never yet had a shot at game. 



While moving quietly through the woods, let us suppose 

 you suddenly discover that inevitable "big buck," standing 

 broadside to you, at about fifty yards : you will do one of 

 four thinas : 



First, You may stand and gaze at him, lorgefting about 

 the rifle until he is gone. This is the worst form <A " buck 

 ague ." 



Second, A cold shiver may start at your hair, and travel 

 like a shower bath to your toes, while .your hands shake so 

 with anxiety to hit him that you could not huld the sights 

 on a barn door. This is another kind of " buck ague." 



Third. You may throw up the rifle and shoot it as you 

 would a shot-gnu, without seeing the sights at all. This you 

 will be quite apt to do, if familiar with the shot-gun, and it 

 is about as sure a way to miss as you could adopt. 



But what you will probably do will lie the fourth thing. 

 You will think you are quite cool, without the slightest 

 touch of the amue", will raise your rifle with admirable de- 

 liberation, draw them plainly on him, and 

 lire. He skips away untouched. Too close, my friend; 

 that's all. 



"Too close ? What nonsense ! How can a thing be too 

 close ? "I had perfect aim," you say, 



