FOKNST AND STKKAM. 



329 



In the November "Amateur Series" match, ten shotsat 200 

 yards, the top scores were : 



H B Sargent, .Jr 5 i i 5 4 3 3 6 J 4— It 



C Barge-s 5 3 3 f. 3 3 4 4 5 i— 39 



HLLonl 4 1 (14 5 4 2 1 4—39 



At, the 500 yards range practice was active, and the lad? 

 from the Institute of Technology made good scores at 200 

 yards. The close of the long-range classified match at the 

 800, 900 and 1,000 yards was set down for the 20th inst. 



Wakefield — The Med ford Amateur Rifle Association sent a 

 very strong team of off-hand shots to meet a team nf the 

 Wakefield Rifle Club, at "Wakefield, on Saturday last. The 

 shooting -was done at 200 yards, and with favorable weather 

 excellent scores were run up as follows : 

 WtkelleldTeam. 



D Ogllvle 6 8 4 •:. S 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 B 6 4-i,3 



J Houston 3? S 5 1 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 5- «1 



W Daniel 4 S 1 i 4 4 J * 4 B 9 4 i t 4— »a 



Corcoran 4484484*44444* 4— 6S 



4 4 4 4 i 4 1 a 4 34 U 4 4 5-6S 



1> Walker 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— 57— 856 



JiedfordTeain. 



UK EichardSOn 4 5 3 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4ft 5-(i.1 



I1I1D Castling 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 -I! I 



J ft games 4 535444434354 3 5— go 



3 k Teeie a 4344254 5 3 4 9 6 t 3-57 



KS Plpei 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4^24 8—66 



J Brady 33352340324 444 4—4.3—314 



The return match will come off in a few days. 



Gaedneb, Mass.— The Gardner Rifle Club was out for prac- 

 tice on the 13th, using the 200 yard ring target, 24 inches in 

 diameter, the rings being only one inch apart, centre counties 

 12 and so on out to one. The shooting was two scores of 10 

 shots each, possible 240 ■. 



Geo F Ellsworth ,C4— S3 153 S Hlldreth f5— AT 122 



11 O Koowhon 04— TB 143 I N Dodge 57—52 109 



AERobbins 72-64 130 Austin 43— 6T Hi 



A Knowllon 64— 67 131 C Leland 30—51 HI 



CO Bent 00—66 125 



New Yobk— Tankers, Nov. 12.— The third competition of 

 the series of twelve was held to-day. Motsemere targets ; 

 cart. (7), 7 1 3d inches in diameter , carton (0), 14 2-3d inches; 

 bull's-eye, 22 inches, etc. The four leading scores were as 

 under: 



CDusenberry 7 7B6566T7 7-04 



GLMorse 6 5 7 6 6 7 5 6 3 T— 60 



A Charles 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6-56 



AHJocelyn. -.6 86564656 6—53 



At 200 yards, 25 ring targets (German), only three competi- 

 tors finished, owing to the darkness : 



HJOonin 12 10 17 25 15 1G 9 19 IS 20-161 



WQMorse U 11 9n 25 16 8 13 4 7 ((— 124 



CDusenberry 13 17 12 15 9 5 13 s 0— si 



The shooting at both ranges steadily improves. 



Zettler' s ffalkry, 207 Bowery, Nov. 12.— A match came off 

 on Nov. 12 on the German point target, reduced to gallery 

 distance ; 50 shots per man ; possible 150 points : 



II W Farrow 90 Henry Oehl 84 



CO Zettler 6!) 



Second match, point target ; 30 shots ; possible 90 : 



OOZettler 53 H Oelil 45 



W II Farrow 50 M Bonier 44 



MLBlggs 50 



Tbnth Pbeotnot. — Second Platoon rifle team, Seppen- 

 feldt's Gallery, 177 Bowery ; Creedmoor, 200 yards reduced ; 

 possible 50 points ; 



PBrennan *5 JMaher 40 



J Haifgerty +4 W Hughes. 39 



D Ryan 42 E Bayer 36 



M Johnson 42 W stntt 36 



J J Creed 41 C Slead 18 



H Gibson 41 



Seppesteldt Rifle Club— Nov. 15.— Creedmoor 200 yds. 

 target reduced ; possible 50 points ; headquarters, 177 Bow- 

 ery: 



A H Andereon 48 D Sullivan 42 



W Seppenfeldt... 47 T Wacker 41 



eta 46 AScfcoii 40 



A Grueneberg 45 Ci Strassuer., 40 



L Bachniann 45 CLaing 39 



CRaBh 45 J Haas 3s 



J W Adams 44 J Huffoa 3S 



1 Garrison 43 .THoagland, 37 



J Chambers «S H Hotlienberg ,..35 



G C "Walters 43 



Zettler Rifle Club. — At the annual meeting of this club 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 Thomas Broadway, Pres.; M. B. Engel, Vice-Pres.; Chas. T. 

 Vollers, Sec: C. G, Zettler, Treas,; B. Zettler, Shooting 

 Master ; John Dutil, Wm. M. Farrow, G. M. Connor, Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



—Colonel Richardson, of the Sixth Division staff N. G. S. 

 N. Y., is considering a protest entered by Company A, 48th 

 Regiment of Oswego, against the Moravia company, 49th 

 Regiment, in the shooting for the Nevada badge. The 

 scorers, markers, etc., are all very positive that tne scores 

 claimed were actually made; but the investigation has not 

 yet concluded. 



Troy, Nov. 16. — At the annual meeting of the Trojan Rifle 

 Club the following gentlemen were elected for the ensuine 

 year: J. P. Wright, Pres.; Dr. M. Fcltcr, Vice-Prss.; TT 

 Henry Dutcher, Sec.; C. E. Loth, Treas.; L. H. Bowers, l\ 

 Tobin, K. W. Irving, Shooting Masters. The Trojan is ex- 

 clusively an off-hand club, using the German ring targets 

 (centre 25 count), at 200 yards. At the last monthly practice, 

 on Thursday, 14th inst., the following scores were made : 

 W. M. Bonsteel, 189 ; T. H. Dutcher, 180; W. D. Taylor, 

 170 ; O. Dexter, 105 ; ,1. P. Wight, 162 ; G. Polock, 160 ; P. 

 Tobin, 158; C. Babcock, 154. With one exception, the muz- 

 zle-loading rifle is the favorite. Mr. Dexter uses the Ballard 

 breech-loader. T. Hknby Dutcher, Sec. 



New Jbrsei— Newark. — The Newark Amateur Rifle Club 

 at its regular weekly prize shoot at Bayer's Gallery on the 

 12th inst., put in the following scores at Creedmoor "reduced 

 target i 



Bayer 6 455655 ft 5 5-43 McLeod....5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 4—46 



Hill 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5—43 Gardner. ...4 5 5 6 5 5 3 6 4 5-46 



Tobin 5 565 5 6555 4—49 Hesse 4 55 5 44554 4-45 



Hayes 5 65456455 4—17 1'elsberg... 54646*453 4—43 



Bkinton Range, N. J., Nov. 16.— Second competition for 

 Sharps rifle ; 200 yards, any rifle, ten shots : 



W M Farrow 45 J W Margara 41 



FHHollan 44 R P Conion 41 



AMcEnuis *4 Nl) Ward - 39 



AW Gibbi ** E E Stars 39 



CH Eagle *8 T.J Raahe 39 



H WGouriev 43 J KDnnwan 34 



T Hyde.....". 42 EDeunin 33 



J WTodd , 42 , 



competitJon for Winchcsterrcpeating rifle; 



000 yards, any rifle, tor 8 



I ,41 



a w Gttiba.. i 'I Fisher 



.iTBOatmi n ttWCrowell 40 



lIWGomliY 43 FUyde W 



AMoIunis 43 3 W Mangum M 



1 M Dart 42 .! K Denman 33 



Brinton Range, Nov. 8. — The third contest for the Rem- 

 ington rifle, on a cold and windy day, had 21 entries, the 

 leading scores standing, at 200 yards : 



A J Hewlett 4 54 5 56446 3—44 



PHHOltOI 5 4 5 4 4 5 3 6 4 1-43 



RtlMtiri... 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 1—41 



WM Farrow I 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4-40 



jVot. 12. — The fourteenth competition for the Railway Rifle 

 and Sporting Club badge resulted in the same being woo by 

 M r. ,J T B. Collins on n score of 42. Tiiis gentleman having 

 twice Before won the badge, it now becomes his personal 

 properly. 



—The N. Y. Amateur Rifle Club has abandoned Creedmoor 

 for the new West End Range, N. J., and on Thanksgiving 

 Day will hold the sixth short-range match, and in the after- 

 noon will shoot at long range for the N. R. A. bronze medal. 



The Pennsylvania ChampionS. — On Thursday afternoon 

 last the Keystone Ritle Team, of Philadelphia, met the Nor- 

 ristown Rifle Team at Saenger Park. Many citizens and 

 military men from Philadelphia and JSTorristown were present 

 Everything was conducted in strict accordance with the rules 

 of the National Rifle Association, the number of rounds being 

 ten for each man, position oil -hand, distance 100 yards. The 

 Norrisiown team received the medal won in the last match and 

 will receive another for this one. A pleasant time was had 

 after the day's Bport was over, the Keystone Club handsomely 

 entertaining their Norristowit friends. Appropriate speeches 

 were made for the Keystone by Messrs. Rauch, Hogan, See, 

 Capt. Bagley and others, which was neatly responded to by 

 Mr. Shaffer, Capt. Parker, Geo, W. Horner and others. The 

 scores of the day were : 



Norrlatown Team. 



Captain A B Parker 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 S 5 4—45 



FJeiil-,3 5 4 4 5 4 15 4 4 .4—43 



eiiBtefcei 4 55444544 3-42 



TH Porker 6 5445 4 4B6 5—48 



G W Horner 4 62555554 5—43 



GTLoeser 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4— 43 



GHKVrpiT 5 55 4 45554 5-47 



E A Leopold 5 455455 4 4 6-44-354 



Keystone Team. 

 Captain Wm Bagley 4 454 4 4543 4—41 



i: 1<' Turner 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 5—45 



I.JSommer 5 14444444 4 — (l 



WHEftDOn 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4-43 



JSBartHy 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 6-46 



W TL Wanlnnan.- i 54 4 45645 4—44 



WmGrecby 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4-42 



JnoUUogan 4 4454/.4i56 5—14—545 



A scrub match will be shot be t ween the Keystone and Nor- 

 ristown Clubs, at Norristowu, on Thanksgiving Day. The 

 captains of the clubs will pick ihem alternately from either 

 club. 



Virginia — HielimoTSd.— -The score of C. P. Stokes, who 

 won the kingship at the recent Itichmond shoot, won the an- 

 nual badge at ICO* yards, 5 shots at a 2-5 ring target, with 85 

 in the possible 12-6. 



Illinois— Lake Vkw, Clumgo, Nov. 9.— The regular Satur- 

 day shoot of the Lake View Rule Club to-day. Distance, 200 

 yards ; position, off-hand ; resulted as follows : 



Bradley.... 634445543 5—44 Drury 3 54 4 34454 B-41 



McCOnnelL.6 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5—44 CheDOWetU..4 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 4—11 



COICUOU1-....4 544445 4 4 4— 4 J Foster 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 4— 3S 



JIcGauley...* 44545484 8—43 Gardner. ...4 4634434* 3—33 



L H. 1). 



Peoria.— The newly organized rifle club here held its first 

 prize shoot on the 9th inst., at 200 yards, using ring targets, 

 one to sixteen, four inch bull's-eye, Mr. N. Shurtleff winning 

 with 181 points. The marksmen used the Winchester Rifle, 

 model of 1876 : 



DrToel 14 14 12 8 4 8 8 11 » S 14 15 8 S— 13S 



UedrlC'U 14 1* 15 1 (i 11 1(1 9 It! 13 11 12 15 5—153 



Heser 15 1* 5 15 14 16 11 T 15 14 11 13 8 8-164 



Slrarlleil H 11 1* 18 13 IB 16 9 10 16 4 13 9 15-161 



UMca S 12 13 7 S 7 15 7'3 15 11 7 13 13 10 43-109 



Oberhansen 1110 1*12 10 16 '3 13 11 4 2 8 0— 115 



The officers of the new Peoria Rifle Club are 1 Dr. Reeve. 

 President; W. Tool, Vice-President; Wagner, Secretary, and 

 Singer, Treasurer. 



Loed DiiFt'ERis and thb iribh RiFr.KMEN.— Lord Dufferin, 

 the late sportsman-Governor of Canada, is receiving no end 

 of flattering receptions from every class of his fellow-country- 

 meu. Among the many addresses presented to Lord Dufferin 

 on his arrival in Belfast was one from the Ulster Rifle Asso 

 ciation, which was read by Captain Harrison, and referred in 

 grateful terms to the interest which his lordship had taken in 

 their proceedings. Lord Dufferin, in reply, said that although 

 he had been so many years absent, he had constantly followed 

 their course with the greatest attention and sympathy, and 

 among their many friends who rejoiced at Ireland's recent 

 victory at Wimbledon, uoue could have felt a greater flush of 

 pride than himself. He was glad to think that they still 

 found the ranges at Claudeboye useful to them, and he looked 

 forward with the greatest pleasure to the prospect of partici- 

 pating personally in their meetings. He thanked them for the 

 flattering terms in which they had alluded to his endeuvors 

 to discharge his official duties in Canada and among them— 

 as the annual presence of the Canadian team must have proved 

 the encouragement of rifle shooting was by no means an un- 

 important part. 



Satkty Targets. — American rifle ranges have been very 

 lucky in the matter of accidents from the use of the weapons. 

 In Germany there is a strong pressure and agitation for the 

 adoption of a target invented by a Swiss locksmith, which by 

 means of electricity, shows instantaneously upon another tar- 

 ges set up at the firing station the exact spot where a bullet 

 strikes, thus doing away with the necessity of employing a 

 marker to signal the result of each shot. Until this or some 

 similar arrangement is adopted there will always be a risk of 

 accidents happening to markers, however carefully the pre- 

 cautions for insuring their safety may be organized. The way 

 in which a marker was shot a few months since at Eppcndorf, 

 Germany, proves this. Before leaving his shelter to examine 

 exactly where a bullet struck the marker had hoisted his |red 

 flag, planting it in the ground near the target as a signal tbat 

 firing was to cease. While he was still examining the target 

 a sudden gust of wind blew down the flag, and the mm whoso 

 turn it was to tire, thinking that the danger signal bad been 

 purposely lowered, discharged his piece, not noticing that the 

 marker was still in front of the target. Unfortunately the . 

 marker was mortally wounded. j 



—The Bellevuo range at Medford, as well as the Walnut 

 Dili range, will have a winter shed, with stoves and other 

 conveniences, At the Boston range it is proposed to have 

 regular competitions for rifle practice, probably as often as 

 twice or three times a week— that is, whenever the state of 

 the roads and elements will allow of a reasonable fair oppor- 

 tunity of getting to the range. 



—Should any of our patrons wis! to buy a quite new and In every 

 respect excellent piano, made by a prominent and reliable maker, we 

 cordially suggest tliat he communicate with " Brootiman," la_care ot 

 this onloe. The piano has not yet been used. The maker's price ts 

 ?SC0. It will be sold for much less,— [id». 



§rnnq §xg mtd %mu 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Moose, Aketmalehis. 



Elk or wapiti, Dermis canadensis. 



Hares, brown ami gray. 



Wild turkey, Mekagris aallopavo. 



Woodcock, J'hilvhela minor. 



Itofled grouse or pheasant, Bonaaa 



tmbeutu. 

 Plover, Charadriirue. 

 Godwlt. 



Kalis, Rallia virr/inianua. 

 Snipe and Bay Birds. 

 Caribou, Tarandus remgifer. 



Ued or Va. deer C, virainianw. 

 Squirrels, red, black and gray. 

 Quail or partridge, Orty.c mryinU- 



Ptnnated grouse or prairie chick- 

 en, CupuUmia cvpidv . 



Curlew, A'ununius arquaria. 



Sandpipers, ft-inyanm, 



Wlllets. 



Reed or rice bird, Dotiehonya oryz. 

 iuormts. 



Wild Puck. 



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

 piper, snip ijster-i to] er, surf bfrfis, phalaropes, avOoate 



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



"53" The frequent alteration of game laws makes such can- 

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

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

 fore append the following table for reference : 



States. ^^f Huffed Grouse Quail. Woodcock. 



Ill 



lad.... 

 Iowa... 

 Minn... 

 Wis.... 

 5teb.... 

 Kan..., 



Sep 1. to Jams Oct 1 to Feb 1 Nov 1 to Feb 1 Sept 1 to Jan 1 

 Ocr 1 to Febl Nov t to Jan 1 Nov 1 to Jan 1 Inly 1 to Jan 1 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 Oct 1 to Jan 1 Oct 1 to Jan 1 July 10 to .1 in 1 

 Augl4toOctl|:--p 1 ro Dec 1 Sep 1 to Tivc. ] juiy a to Nov 1 

 .ugSStbJanl MtoJanl Aug 25 to Jan 1 



No Shooting i No Shooting Ho Shooting No Kestrictions 

 AugltoFebl) Oct 1 to Janl Forbidden 



Game rs Mabket.— Pinnated grouse (prairie chiokena), $1 per 

 pair ; partridge (ruffed grouse), $1 per pair ; canvas-back duckB, 

 $1.60 to 32 per pair ; red head, 90 cents to $1 per pair ; mallard, 

 ducks, 75 cents to $1 per pair; black do., 75 cents per pair; 

 widgeon do., 50 cerate per pair ; broad bill do., 60 to 75 oenta 

 per pair ; venison, saddle, 22 to 25 cents per pound ; do. carcass, 

 12 to 14 cents per pound ; rabbits, 30 to 40 cents per pah- 

 squirrels, 10 to 15 cents per pair ; hares, 60 to 75 oenta per 

 pair; qnail, ©1.50 to 82 per doz.; Wilson snipe, 33.50 per doz.; 

 reed birdB, $1 per doz.; Philadelphia Bquabs, $2.50 per doz. 



Poultry— Philadelphia and Bucks County dry picW chickens, 



15 to 20 cents per pound ; do. fowls, 16 to 20 cents ; do. turkeys, 



16 to 20 cents ; do. ducks, 14 to 18 cents ; do. geese, 12 to 15 

 cents ; fcttate and Western chickens, 12 to 15 centB j do. turkeys, 

 12 to 15 cents ; do. fowls, 10 to 13 centB ; do. ducks, 10 to IS oenta; 

 do. geese 8 to 10 centB. 



Lahge Woodcock.— There have been some very large 

 woodcock killed at the east end of Long Island, in the vicin- 

 ity of Westhampton, this year. Conductor Ryan, of the 

 Long Island Railway, has one set up in the baggage car which 

 is of unusual size. We would suggest to sportsmen who may 

 take the morning train to Manor Junction to ask him to show 

 it to them. 



Finb Guns.— We had the pleasure, a day or two since, of 

 seeing a splendid pair of guns, made for Hsnry H. Munn, of 

 this city, by the celebrated English makers, Messrs. Holland 

 & Holland. One of the guns is cylinder and the other choke- 

 bore, and both are as fine specimens of the gunsmith's handi- 

 work as we have ever seen. 



CArr. Bogakdos.— On Thanksgiving Day Capt. Bogardus 

 will shoot a match for $200 at tho Brooklyn Driving Park, 

 the conditions being that he will kill 75 pigeons out of 100, 

 50 single and 25 double rises, using Dittmar powder only. 

 Tho first 50 birds are to be Bhot from five ground traps, 5 

 yards apart and 25 yards rise, UBing one barrel only; and the 

 double birds at 20 yards rise, from plunge or spring traps, 

 under Bogardus' Bulea for Pigeon Shooting. Tbis matcli 

 will be shot at twelve o'clock, after which there will he 

 sweepstake shooting, open to all amateurs. During tho last 

 week of this month Capt. Bogardus will shoot afternoou and 

 evening at the Aquarium, in this city, affording an opportu- 

 nity to persons who could not see him elsewhere to witness 

 his remarkable skill with the gun. 



Tub Man Target.— This is a favorite target in city rifle 

 galleries, and by no means is it unpopular in the woods. 

 Every once in a while we hear of a man up a tree and shot 

 for a coon ; in the bushes and shot for a bear ; among the 

 trees and shot for a deer ; in a marsh and shot for a muskrat. 

 The average novice in the woods is blind in a certain way. 

 He sees " men as trees walking," and as almost every con- 

 ceivable kind of game. He blazes away at whatever is black 

 or brown. It may be a stump, a rock, a man or a tiger. If 

 a slump the greenhorn looks around to see if any one has 

 witnessed his blunder, and by the time he reaches home 

 the stump has become a bear. If it is a man, and the gun 

 does not miss fire, the gunner has his name put leto the 

 papers, and there is a certain satisfaction about that. These 

 blunderers in the woods, however, are not always amateurs. 

 We once attended the funeral of a man who was shot for a 

 deer by his son, an experienced market hunter. The moral 



