208 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



5—13 

 4—13 



4— 4l 

 4-39 

 4-38— 205 



4-45 



8 5—89 



5 4—38 



3 4—33 



4 3-37 



4— 85— 1ST 



M. 0. 



Totals. 



1(12—44 



2IJ-1— 69 



102-45 



2U0— SS 



101—43 



198—88 



a»— 43 



lOS-^sO 



91-42 



103—86 



81—42 



1S1— 83 



90—40 





66-22 



127-52 



Massachusetts JOOe Association. 



David Ktrkwood 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 



W U.la.ksun 4 6 4 4 4 4 r, 5 



JuhuALowell i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 



WJS Gamier 4 i i a 4 4 s a 



EB Souther 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 



First Team -Medford E. A. 



JBO-boroe 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 



LL Hubbard .-4 5 5 4 3 5 4 5 



H KKicuaidson B 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 



H A LJ UQehUlg 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 



J Grady 4 5 3 4 4 2 4s 



Second Team— Medford A. E. A. 



EWflayes 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 



JKTeelo 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 



CH Bussed 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 



JHHatueS 5 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 



JWVinlog 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 



The "ring target" match, open to all comers, had a large 

 number of entries. The rules of the match are that it shall be 

 kept opeu until the proceeds equal the value of the prizes ; 

 winners to be decided by the aggregate of two scores, when- 

 ever made ; ties to be decided by string measure ; distance, 

 200 yards ; rifle and position, any ; rounds, five ; target, 24in. 

 in diameter, divided into inch rings, and counting from twelve 

 (centre) to one on the extreme circumference ; shots not to be 

 spotted, but each target to be removed, when finished, for ex- 

 amination and record. The prizes are : First, $15 ; second, 

 §10; third, $8; fourth, $5; fifth, $3; sixth, $3 ; seventh, 

 $3 ; eighth, $3 ; ninth, $1 ; tenth, $1. The first prize is to be 

 awarded to the person making the best record ; second, third 

 best i third, fifth best ; fourth, seventh best ; fifth, ninth best; 

 sixth, eleventh best; seventh, thirteenth best; eighth, 

 fifteenth best ; ninth, seventeenth best ; tenth, nineteenth best. 



MAssAOArsEiTS.— The Gardner Rifle Club at theHackma. 



tack Kuuge in that town were out last week for practice 



Distance, 200 yards, off-hand ; two scores of ten shots each ; 



possible 840 Massachusetts, 100 Creedmoor : 



m. c. 



IN Dndge 102-45 



fill Pratt 9K—J3 



J Newton....... 97 — 13 



G V BiKwortn 98—43 



SHlldreth 102—43 



FMchois 90—41 



Fred Knowlton h5— as 



BF Butler 11— 30 



On Saturday, the 19th inst,, the fourth and the final com- 

 petition for a champion rifle badge was held by the Worces- 

 ter sportsmen. Two contestants made the score, as follows : 

 Distance, 1,000 yards; A. L. Rice, 98 j A. G.Mann, 84. The 

 wind was blowing very hard. The badge now becomes the 

 property of Mr. Rice, he having taken the lead in three of the 

 four trials made. 



At North Brookfield a sportsman's club has been organized 

 and has 40 members. Its officers are : Warren Tyler, St. D., 

 President; L. H. llobbs and George Campbell, Vice-Presidents; 

 M. D. Wires, Secretary ; O. H. Draper, Treasurer. 



The Sportsman's Club at Westborough is reported to have 

 disbanded. 



At Millbury the Slocomb Guards, a company in the Tenth 

 Regiment, M. V. M., were out for practice Saturday, the 19th. 

 There was not a large turn-out, owing probably to the weather. 

 The four best scores out of a possible 25 were as follows : Al- 

 den Coffin, 19 ; Charles Simmons, 15 ; Louis N. Bell, 15 ; O. 

 G. Green, 14. 



—The Woburn Phalanx, of Boston, enjoyed one of the de- 

 lightful fall days of last week in a target shoot on the Walnut 

 Hill Range,. The men went down with their brass band. 

 There were ladies, toa, and generally it recalled one of the 

 old style bouts on the range, when there was pretty much 

 everything accomplished except good scores. All the matches 

 were at 200 yards, with military rifles. In the first, with five 

 shots N. N. Dickson won with 20 points, the fifth man on the 

 list having but 8 points. In the second match, same number 

 of shots, Private J. Hull won with 18 points. The third con- 

 test with seven shots per man, the leading scores stood : 



P» t Keily 25 Caj.l, Weir 11 Pvt Renney T 



i-iiDt crane .........14 Lt LltUeUeld 1'vt Xeeid B 



tj„1 Kichardson....l4 Lt seeley 8 Pvt sirumonds 2 



FviDarau 14 PvtTrull S 



Habvakd vs. Mkdfoed.— The return match between the 

 Medford and Harvard University teams at 200 yards was com- 

 pleted on the Bellevue Range, Medford Centre, on the 22d. 

 Considerable interest has been felt in the result of this com- 

 petition because of the close finish of the first trial of the 

 series when, the teams having tied, the Harvards won by the 

 misfortune of the Medfords in having an "outer" in their 

 score On the second day the Medford team reversed the 

 tables, and, by excellent shooting, led their opponents by 24 

 points at the end of the match, attaining a high average, 

 |l 5-0 out of a possible 50. The weather was quite pleasant, 

 but as the shooting progressed the air grew cold, the match 

 tinisuin" so late that the black disks on the targets showed 

 quite indistinctly while the last rounds were being fired. 

 Sighting shots were allowed previous to the contest. At 200 

 yards, ten rounds per man. Following is the full score : 

 Medlord Amateur Blue Association. 



jBOaborn 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 



HHUCustung 4 4 4 4445 



LLlWbbml 4 4 4 4 4 4 



HKEioliardson 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 



jHEames * 5 J 5 



JUrady 4 4 4 4 4 8 4 



Harvard University. 



TBusseU I 4 I * 



HW Powell * \ * 



F JS Simpson « J | 



CAi'atKer * * * 



£«W 4 i0 , 



The time and place for shooting the third and decisive 

 match between these teams is not yet decided upon, the 

 choice resting with the Harvard Club. The match will prob- 

 ably be shot at Bellevue range. 



The (Joxkectictt Statu Tbophy.— The Willowbrook 

 Ranne atBerlra on., witnessed some excellent shooting on 

 Wednesday toflt in the third contest for the cup presented to 

 tha Connecticut K:fte Association by i Steele & Sens, The 

 conditions of the match are ten shots each a.. 500, bOO and 

 1 000 yards, town teams of four from any town in the State 

 being allowed to enter. The winning team holds the ts iphy 

 for cne year. In 1S70 the trophy was won by Middletown 

 and in 1877 by Hartford. Teams from Hartford, Middletown 

 and New Britain have competed each year. Badges for the 

 individual members of the wiuuiug team have also been pre- 

 sented by JMi-. Steele. The shooting Saturday commenced 

 about 10 o'clock a. M. Lots were cast for the assignment of 

 targets Hartford going first to the 500 yard range, New 

 Britain to 800 and Middletown to 1,000. In the three years 

 of the competition the scores have stood: 



1876 1S7T 18T8 



Hartford f^J. J{JJ 



New Britain *°„ u ™ 



Middletown.... «— ,su * u ° 



5—45 

 6 6 6 4—43 

 4 6 5 4-43 

 4 4 4 5—42 

 4 3 4 2—40 

 4 8 4 4— 3j— 251 



6 4 4 4-43 

 4 4 3 4-39 

 4 4 4 3—39 



3 4 4 3-39 



4 5 4 4— 36 

 3— 31— 227 



At the close of the shooting the result was announced by 

 Mr. T. Sedgwick Steele, who was chosen executive officer of 

 the day in the morning. Mr. G. W.Yale, captain of the 

 Hartford team, then turned over the trophy to the New Britain 

 team, and Mr. Wm. Parker, captain of the New Britain team, 

 received it. Mr. Yale also presented the individual badges to 

 the members of the New Britain team. The following were 

 the full scores made : 



New Britain Team. 



Wm Parker (Bonilngton). . 



f 500. ...5 



..J. 800.. ..4 



1.1,000. ...5 



554554555 4— 4T 

 4 55554556 5—43 

 ,5 25455345 5— 48— 13S 



S600....6 46655565 5-60 

 800.. ..4 655S6654 4-47 

 1,000.... 4 35644336 3—39—136 

 500 664356545 5—46 

 800.. ..4 45655456 3—15 

 1,000.... 4 666Sli03» 6—3-1—129 

 ( 500.... 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 5—43 

 EnDaviaon (Peaboilv-Murtini).. J. 800. ...3 45455444 5-44 



(l,0i)0....3 54624553 5-41-123 



Hartford Team. 



I M0. ...5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5-49 



li Washburn (Remington) < 800.... 5 55454545 6—47 



(1,000. ...8 4 4 6 3 4 3 .', 5 4-^10—136 

 ( 500.. ..5 45654645 4-48 



O Smith (Sharps) -I 800 ...4 5 446 6 4 6 6 4— 45 



(.1,000. ...3 64633434 4—38—129 

 I 500 4 44566456 6—46 



G W Yale (Eenilngton) < soo....s 54446434 5—11 



(l,00O. ...4 54650634 4-39—126 

 1 500. ...4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 4-3H 



8 A Hubbard (Sharps) ■{ 80O....6 344543 3 3 3-37 



(1,000 3 54S36433 4-37—113 



Middletown Team. 



( 60O..6865J6545 5-49 

 Col CP Graham (Sharps) 1 S00....3 5 4 555556 5—17 



(1.UJ0....O 553 3 4454 4-37— 1.13 

 ( 60O....6 45566446 5—17 



Henry Woodward (SuarpB) J. 800....5 46343465 6—48 



(1,000.... 4 65530445 3—38—128 

 ( 600.. ..3 5S444345 5-40 



J M Camp (SharpB) i S00....3 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 6—41 



(1,000--. .0 40853505 4—31—112 

 1 600.. ..4 4 6 5 4 4 6 4 3 3-41 



H L Brown (Sharps).., J. S00....4 53558554 6—44 



(1,000. ...8 50403046 0—24—109 

 600 yds. 800 jdB. 1,000 yds. Total. 



New Britain ls« 184 161 531 



Hartford ISO 170 164 604 



Middletown 1T7 175 130 482 



Bkinton Range. — A series of five competitions is an- 

 nounced at Brinton Range, N. J., November 1, at 1 p. m.; 

 teams of 10 men, 10 shots at 200 and 300 yards, for the club 

 championship cup ; entrance fee, 60 cents each man each com- 

 petition. The following clubs have signified their intention 

 of joining the competitions : New York Rifle Club, Empire 

 Rifle Club of New York, Rahway Rifle Olub, Bergen Point 

 Rifle Club, and others are expected. 



— The first competition in the Sharps rifle match on the 

 Brinton Bange at 10 shots, 200 yards, any rifle, resulted in a 

 victory for W. M. Farrow, with a scora of 48 in the possible 

 50. If this gentleman goes on in his scooping way it wid be 

 a sufficient inducement for many similarly inclined but a 

 trifle less able to remain out of a contest in which he shall ap- 

 pear as a competitor. The other scores were : 



AJUowlett 46 N O'Donnell 39 TJRoche 37 



F Alder 48 EMSquler 39 O J Houghton 37 



MT Davis , 41 AW uiniock 33 F J Donaldson 31 



F J Ryan 41 B Srjuler 39 C B Palmer 34 



jTBCullins 41 R P Cod Ion as EFStara 32 



J M Dart 41 H Smith 88 J A Hatry 82 



VDaly 40 AMcInnes 37 D Loder 31 



Zettlbb Club— New York, Oct. 29.— Zettler Gallery, 207 

 Bowery, 10 shots, Creedmoor target3, 50 points possible: 



MB Eugel 48 C Judson 45 



W M Farrow 46 T Broadway ,...44 



C (i Zettler 40 B Zdttier 42 



M Dorrler 46 ct A Shurman 40 



D eulhano 45 C Vollars 40 



Wm Klein 45 ND ward 40 



D Miller 45 FF Eeyles 40 



This is the fourth competition for a fine clock, to be won 

 three times : Won by C. Judson on a score of 49 ; H. Oehl, 

 4'J | W. Klien, 47 ; M. B. Eugel, 48. 



G. A. SnuRMAN, Secretary. 



Seppenfeldt Rifle Club, 177 Bowery, Creedmoor rules, 200 

 yards target reduced, possible 59, October 25 : 



A H Anderson 46 JNChamberB 43 



Y SlmUS 40 T Wafcrr 42 



C Kti-li 40 IIC Walter 41 



Johu W Adams..... 45 George Sirawner 40 



Wm Seppeuteidt 44 J Hollen 10 



,1,1 onrn-oa 43 Abcholl 40 



Kd Scorr, Jr 43 John Baaa " 



\u - unieneberg 41 Job lloagland 



in 48 H Bathenberg, 



G. C. W. 



Coki.in's Gallkev. — The seventh and final competition for 

 the Marksmen's Badges of '78 took place Monday evening, 

 Oct. '28, 1878. The average shooting was remarkably good, 

 and thero was a large amount of interest taken through the 

 entire series of competitions. The badges are three in num- 

 ber, and were offered for weekly competition, open to all 

 comers, to be won three times before becoming the final prop- 

 erty of the winner. The conditions of shooting were: 10 

 shots, rifle 22-100 calibre, off-hand, at 300 yards, Creedmoor 

 target reduced for the distance; rules Of the N. R. A. The 

 following are the best scores made by each competitor in the 

 possible 50 : 



S HSlolev 49 CEC-yerbougb. 44 W B Hewitt 39 



AJ Howiert 48 J F Mureh 41 ERoebling 37 



LVSone 4< EfDorla 43 HB Tumsyn 37 



BLoteeule 47 W MaoDonald 48 JJwmith. 37 



MMMaltbv 48 N B Thurston ,41 WP Waters 30 



1 F Dackworth 4& AELoug 41 W P Chapman 32 



FredtAider 46 J H Weeker 41 U Roudeousii 32 



ii 40 WABarier 41 JSEngie 38 



K OD.juticll 45 PJ Culliuan 41 C O Beidaa 30 



J W Rosenthal 45 W O Wetlierbee 40 H V Corned 30 



T FIta 46 JA Ward 39 



W HDuulap 44 J W Bemer 88 



—Mr. James S. Conlin has arranged a golden shooting 

 mat'*, to run through the winter. The conditions prescribe 

 tbat there will be issued 150 tickets at one dollar each, which 

 turtles the holder to shoot ten shots at a " ready measure- 

 ment " target, on which is inscribed the name of the marks- 

 man, the number of his ticket and the date of shooting. The 

 target is then placed in a sealed box, and as soon as the entire 

 number of tickets are sold the targets are measured by disin- 

 terested parties and the prizes awarded according to the 

 various measurements. No competitor is entitled to win 

 more than one prize. In case of ties, unless arranged by 

 mutual consent, the parties must fire ten shots at new targets. 

 Fourteen prizes will be paid in gold as follows : First prize, 

 $20 ; second, $18 ; third, $15 ; fourth, $10 ; fifth, S7 ; sixth, 

 seventh and eighth, $5 each; ninth, $8; tenth $2.50; 

 eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth, $3 each; fourteenth, $1. 



—The fall meeting of the Oalifbi 

 set for the 20th, 27th and 28th instant.-, the 

 to take place at the Bay View Range, and the second and 

 third days' contests on the San Bruno ground. Nine matches 

 were provided, and with but one long-range match there, there 

 was plenty of opportunity left to the military men to show 

 their skill. 



Target-Hitters vs. Game Droppep^.— May I ask this 

 question: Does shooting on the ranges, at the ui 

 ranges, ever make a rifleman a good game hunter ? Doea not 

 that kind of shooting, using globe and peep sights, entirely 

 unfit a man for quick, open-sight work in the forest or on the 

 plains ? My own experience "says yes. I never knew a first- 

 Class target shot worth a— blessing a! tw deer, ilk or ante- 

 lope. But I'd like to hear what others think on this point. 

 I'll put " Texas Jack " against Mr. Hyde or Mr. Partello on 

 the plains, and he will kill two to their one all the time, or 

 more game on the same ground than both of thetn 1 

 gether. E. Z. C. J. 



[A few of the Creedmoor experts are also not unused to 

 work on game. What their success is at thi3 style of work 

 we do not know, but presume it is not great. The majority 

 of our range shooters visit the firing points as a t 

 and do not find time to go on hunting expeditions. The ques- 

 tion whether one style of shooting unfits a man for the other 

 can only be answered. Hy a comparison of experiences. Ned 

 gives his above ; we auTll be pleased to hear from others.] 



The Toronto Club. — Garrison Common, Oct. 21. — Ex- 

 cellent scires were made. The men fifed seven shots each at 

 the ranges named, Mr. A. Bell putting in a perfect scoiont 

 200 yards, Wimbledon rules : 



200 yds. 400 yds. 500 yds. ono jrds. T'l 



ABell BS 20 :io '1\ 115 



Ueo Lewis r... '11 31 is Tl 101) 



W Crult 57 M so it 108 



B Wllkluaon 30 30 20 20 108 



John Lutle B0 30 lit 10 100 



AAndern 30 21 12 27 103 



GlUntOD S3 S8 3i 17 100 



—A new rifle organization has been formed at Trenton, 

 N. J., and a range up to 1,400 yards has been secured. 



Powdbb Tests. — Your issue of October 17 containi 

 experiments by Mr. Davison, which interested me very much ; 

 but why does Mr. D. put slow-burning powder against Curtis 

 <fe Harvey's quickest, or Diamond grain No. (5? I have found 

 that our best brands of quick powder will hold the bullets just 

 as flat as the imported article. Let Mr. D. try the Hazard 

 Electric No. 3 or 4 grain, and I think he will find a little flat- 

 ter trajectory than with the Curtis & Harvey No. 6. 



W. M. P. 



§mnq §<tg mid %ntu 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Moons, Aloes molehill. 



Elfc or wapiti, Cervtis canadensis. 



Uare.H. brown and gray. 



WUd turkey, Meleagria gallopavo. 



Woodeock. Philaheia minor. 



Buffed grouse or pheasaut, Bonasa 



■umbeUus. 

 Plover, Ckatradriinm. 

 Godwlt. 



Halls, {Callus virginicinns. 

 Snipe mm Bay Birds. 

 Caribou, Tarandue rangifer. 



Bed or Va. deer, 0. 1;, 

 Squirrels, red, black an J un.y. 

 Quad or parti Idge, 



Pinuated rrronse or prairie ghiok- 



eu, Cum ■ 

 Curlew, ttv/H 

 Sandpipers, 



Keed or rice bird, /«' 



"Bay birds" generally, including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-oatoher, anrr biros, ohalaropi 

 etc., coming under the group JAmaaittt or Shore Birds. 



■S" The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con 

 fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kindi of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference t 



States. F .^lf iKuUedUroiiBe Quail. 



111.. 



Ind.... 



Iowa... 



Minn 



Wis.... 



Neb... 



Kan.,. 



Sep I to Jan 16, Oct 1 to Feb 1 

 Oot 1 10 FeblNov 1 to Jan 1 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 Oct. 1 to Jan 1 

 Aug 14 to Oct 1 Sep 1 to Dec 1 

 rtug25tn Janll-augS6 to Jan 1 

 S11 snooting I No Shooting 

 Aug 1 to Feb 1 1 " 



Nov 1 10 Feb i 

 toy 1 in JdB 1 

 Oct 1 to Jau i 



uig2->io.r.t.j 

 No Bnooung 

 Oct 1 10 Jau 1 



Woodcock. 



Jiui 1 



to j,m 1 



July 10 10 Jan 1 



D Nov 1 



Gjlxb rs Mabket.— Pinnated grouaofprairiochickeu^i, 81,10 to 

 81.25 per pair ; partridge (ruffed grouse), *1 W 

 mallard duo ku, SO oents per pah-; black do., 75 cents per pair; 

 widgeon do., 60 cents per pair ; broad bill do., 50 cents per pair , 

 teal do., 60 oents per pair; canvas backu, 83.50 per pah; red 

 heads, $1.50 per pair ; venison, saddle, 25 ceuta per pound ; car- 

 cass, 15 oents per pound ; Wilson snipe, $3 per doz, 

 per doz.; bay birda, large, $3 par doz.; do. small, DO cents per doz. ; 

 reed birds, 75 cents to SI per doz.: wild pigeons, stall fed, 82 pe 

 doz. ; Philadelphia squabs, 52 per doz. 



Poultry— Philadelphia and Bucks County dry piokec 

 16 to 22 cents per pound ; do. fowls, 16 to 18 cents ; do. turkeys, 

 IS to 20 cents ; do. ducks, 18 to 20 cents : io. geesa, 

 oents; State and Waatern chickens, 15 to 16 cents ; fa 

 15 to 16 cents ; do. fowlB, 12 to 15 oents ; do. ducke, 15 to 16 cents ; 

 do. geese 10 to 12 oents. 



—The easterly rain storm which commenced on Wednesday 

 last, should be favorable for sportsmen who propose enjoy- 

 ing quail shooting to-morrow, the opening day 0: I 

 in New York and New Jersey. The effect of the ruin should 

 be to keep quails out of the swamps and drive them to the 

 woods and stubbles, while woodcock will be found on higher 

 ground than they have been frequenting of late. 



Quail are very plentiful at the west end of the island 

 this year, owing to the mild weather of 1S77 and 1S7B. 



That Office Bor Again.— That office boy of ours has been 

 down to Bill Lane's at Good Ground, Long Island, once more, 

 and we thought he never would come home, as Uncle Bill 

 used him so well he said ho felt as if he could stay forever. 



