FOREST AND^STREAM. 



409 



J A Lowell.., i ' 



.1 A Loweil (re-entry) 



e.ilanrt ;, i -. :. 4— 23 



Wm Poland (re-entry) S 4 5 5 1— 2« 



J N Fry:- - i j ,wi?, 



J "N Frye (re-entry) .. 4 4 4 5— M 



U \V Davison . t 5 G 5 .(—2.1 



Q W Davison (re-entry) 4 4 6 4 4 



W C Howard . . . .'i .", .1 4 5— S3 



W c Howard (re-entry) •* ' & * *— ho 



UFHiim " 4 j; 4 4 5—22 



D F limit (re-entry) 1 4 5 *— M 



OMJewell 5 .j s i 4—22 



M Jewell (re-entry 4 4 5 B 4 -42 



Li Moi timer 4 4 4 



TT Mortimer (re-entry) 4 4 i d 



11 G Dm-gin... 4 4 4 5 5—22 



J Ii Williams 4 6 S 4 i— 83 



Co! Nathaniel Wales 4 4 4 4 S— 31 



Col Nathaniel Wales (re-entry! 4 -■■ 4 r, 4— at 



HIS Sargent, Jr .". 4 4 4 5 4—21 



Mr. E. B. Souther's twenty-four out of a possible twenty- 

 five was u good performance, while Poland, Lowell, Frye 

 and Davidson followed very close with good tweni: 

 each. 



Bottom, Dai. 14, 1878.— Jackson Rifle Gallery, 85 Reach 

 Street,.— The regular weekly prize shoot; 75 feet; 10 shots; 

 possible 50 : 



ESmith 4 55555555 5—19 



DFSnittll o 4 4 5 n 5 5 5 5 4—47 



C Brown 4 4 4 s 4 s r, s i s— w 



EBmcrBon B 4 5 r, 4 S S 4 4 4— 43 



F H HartsUorne 5 44534445 4—12 



F Williams 4 16463464 4-42 



PJHogan 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 5-41 



M Blcnardson l 2 :i 3 4 4 5 5 s 5—4(1 



Boston.— The usual company of visitors attended at hot 

 Walnut, Hill Range on the Utli. The long-range men did 

 not shoot, and all the work was from the winter shed at 

 200 yards. The cool, bracing weather was delightful and 

 with a pretty fair wind from 10 to 12 o'clock, while the 

 light was clear and the atmosphere bright enough to give 

 the best view of the targets. The old November match 

 was carried over and 10 shots fired per man, the be-i 

 standing : 



C A Parker 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5— H 



,7 B Parker :; 5 4445 4 4 4 4-41 



H 77 Sargent, ,lr 3 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 r, 5-jo 



The current Amateur Series Match, 5 shots, 200 yards, 

 had 76 entries, a majority of the scores eOming inside of 

 the centre average, and the loss of a single point crowded a 

 man far down the list. The leading scores stood ; 



E B .Souther 5 5 5 4—81 D F Hani 1 5 4 4 5—22 



.lALOwell.. 04455—23 OX1 Jewell 4 4 ft r. t-22 



W Poland 5 4 5 4 5-23 H Mortimer 4 4 1 5 5-22 



J N I'rre 5 H 4 4 B-23 J 11 VTOIfKBU 4 5 54 4-22 



G W Davison 4 5 6 5 4—23 Ool Nath Wales 4 4 4 4 6-21 



W Howard 5 5 4 4 5—23 J B Sargent, Jr 4 4 4 is 4-21 



DGDdrgin 4 4 4 5 5—22 



There will be a series of contests at this range Christmas 

 Day, including, probably, the "winter shed" and "amateur 

 scries." It is in contemplation to build a winter shed at the 

 1,000 yards' firing point by subscription, Die project meet- 

 ing with considerable favor from those interested in long- 

 range shooting. The shed for the accommodation of winter 

 marksmen at 200 yards has been fitted up with gun racks, 

 an extension table and other conveniences duly appreciated 

 by the riflemen. 



New York— Syracuse.— The annual meeting of the life 

 members of the Sixth Division Rifle Association was held at 

 the armory here on the evening of Dec. 10. Excellent re- 

 ports were heard from the various officers and committees, 

 and the w T ork of the association seemed to be going on in a 

 very satisfactory way. On the adjournment of The general 

 meeting the board organized in the following manner : Maj. 

 Gen. D. P. Wood, President ; Col. James Manning, First 

 Vice-President; P. B. Klock, Esq., Second Vice-President ; 

 Captain William Duncan, Third Vice-Presidents Captain 

 Geo. W. Edwards, Secretary ; Lieut. Col. Geo. N. Crottse, 

 Treasurer; Finance Committee— Maj. Gen. D. P. Wood, 

 Lieut. Col. Geo. N. Crouse, Brig. Gen. R. M. Richardson, 

 Brig. Gen. J. Dean Hawley, and Col. James Manning. 

 Range Committee— Col. James Manning, Capt. Geo. W. Ed- 

 wards, Col. A.. C. Chase, Col. D. H. Bruce and Capt Paul 

 Birchmeyer. Prize Committee— F. B. Klock. Capt. Wm. 

 Duncan, Capt. Geo. W. Edwards, Capt, M. C.' Pierce, Col. 

 J. W. Yale, Col. D. H. Bruce and Lieut. Col. Geo. N. 

 Crouse. 



Sbppbnpbldt's Gallery— Bowery, <Y. T.— Weekly shoot 

 Dec. 6 ; 10 shots, Creedmoor target reduced : 



AH Anderson 47 Wni Seppenfeldt 43 



John Sohuetz IT G strasaner V> 



Isaac GarrLson ,...40 rail .Taehne 42 



L Baetiman 45 C Hash " 40 



Atig Grueneberg 45 A Suoll .'.'."'.'"".' 41I 



JohnMcCoy 44 CMLaing 39 



GCWalters 44 J Huagland 3s 



JonnW Adams 44 J Uoffen 3? 



J eb Chambers 43 B RotUenberg '.'.'.."..'.'.'.".'.'.'.36 



Deo. 10.— Regular weekly score of the Tenth Precinct, 

 Second Platoon, Police Team ; 200 yards reduced target • 

 possible 50 : 



Pat Brennan 



XI Johnson 



.7.1 Creed 



Dltyan.... 42 H Gibson 



John Maher 42 10 Bayer • " "■>,-, 



B k" 1 g - er ' y *' ° Mead '•'••''"•'■ •"•"•'•'■•'•'•'- ] 9 



Die. 17.— Tenth Police Precinct Second Platoon Rifle 

 Team ; 200 yards, possible 50 points ; 1£ bull's-eye: 



Put Brennan te p ranlc Pucha 39 



JJCreed 4;; w State 37 



DKyan 43 B Kane ' 37 



MJohnson 42 W Hughes 17 



■j jjaher 42 EBayfr...:y,::v.;.v;;::::::::::36 



J H.iger.y , ,11 o Mead lfl 



U Gibson 411 



J. J. Creed, Secretary. 

 Zbttlbb Rifle Chvn—ZeUlcr Gallery, 307 Bowery, Dec. 

 10.— Tenth competition for a clock ; Creedmoor target re- 

 duced to gallery distance ; ten shots per man, possible 60 ; 



CJndaon 4a B Zeitter 45 



Wm Klein 49 h Trouble '"4.1 



Miller 43 G Connor .""", a 



CGZettler .is H Oehl 43 



WM Farrow 49 K Patterson 43 



M Doner 46 GASehurmau 42 



•f DMH 45 J Levy .4/ 



P Penning: 45 P Fabanuo 42 



MLRIgga 45 



Weekly shoot of Zettler Bite Club ; point target reduced 

 to gallery distance; ten shots per man, possible 30 : 



CGZettler ,2-3 Wm Klein 15 



JohnDuut 13 m lionicr... "14 



WM Farrow 19 P Patterson 13 



MLRiggs !9 F Fabarlua 13 



D Muter 13 ASUurman ...13 



..48 WStatt , 40 



..4!> W Hugnes 39 



42 Frank Fttchs 39 



MBSmeel it .TaTfalevj 12 



P Fenntng 17 L Trouble la 



H Oehl 17 JEuckert... ■ 9 



B zettler 17 (i Cnlaane 9 



—A new rifle club lias just been organized, with head- 

 Quai'terfl at No. 183 Dolancey street, under the name of Ihe 

 German ltiflo Club. It now numbers over thirty members, 

 many of them experienced shots. They have adopted a uni- 

 form similar to that worn by the N. Y. Schuetzeu Corps', 

 The following gentlemen were elected officers of the club for 

 Ihe coming year-. P, Freesc, Captain; L. Gaerth, See. ; A. 

 lillerich, Treas. j Chas. Zettler, Shooting Master ; Chas. 

 HuetUch, Sergt.-at-Arms. 



—A. G. Hellwig, shootiug master, fell on a very agreeable 

 piece of business in conducting the matches at the Chelsea 

 Pair Of Ihe Thirtieth street M.IL Church in the early part of 

 the present mouth. TUe ladies shot for a gold medal. There 

 -were four shots per lady at forty feel distance to a J-inch 

 ting target, counting from 13 to 1, and giving the highest 

 possible 43. The hour for closing had been fixed, and it 

 was within twenty minutes of the time and 43 remained the 

 best score. There' were several at that figure, and speculation 

 was high as to the result of the shooting. At last Miss 

 Emma Grentzer stepped up, and, shooting for the third 

 time, carried her score up to 40. This was not passed, and 

 to her the medal went. 



CREBosrooK, Ju., Range.— The underground tunnel range 

 has promise of 11 busy winter seasonj and the insurance 

 clerks and the employees of the various mercantile houses 

 about the lower part of the city are rousing up for some fine 

 team work. On Friday afternoon, Dec. 13, teams of five 

 each from the llome and Citizens Insurance Companies had 

 a close light, with the Cits, ahead. Distance 100 yards, 32 

 cal. rifle ; 



CITIZENS, 



Chapman 5 4 4 5 3-23 



Parker 3 r, ;: 4 3—18 



BOMB. 



Hltoheoelc 4 5 4 4 5—22 



FerriB .1 4 4 4 s— 19 



tiowarua 4 4 4 4 e-21 Grlswold 3 4 5 5 4—21 



* » 5 4 6-i; Wilson 4 4 3 4 5—2(1 



Jones 4 5 5 4 5-23—103 Prendergust 4 5 4 4 4—21—103 



The range proposes a team match for a mid-range rifle, 

 open to teams of rive from any club or association ; more 

 than one team can enter from each club, hut one man cannot 

 shoot on two teams ; distance, 100 yards ; position, stand- 

 ing ; rifle, any .22 calibre, 31b. pull { 10 scoring shots each 

 man ; no sighting shuts ; entrance, $5 each man ; 3 entries 

 to fill ; one-cmarter of entrance money to go to team making 

 second highest score at each competition ; prize, mid-range 

 rifle to be won three times before becoming property of 

 winner ; National Bttles to govern as to tics. First match 

 will be shot, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2 to 6 p. M. Entries can be 

 made up to close of match. The succeeding competitions 

 will be held weekly or semi-monthly, as competitors may de- 

 termine. 



ah aoytgiwo, turn inm u nsu-uui wmu mowing up tue range 



at a lively rate, compelling rapid firing to preserve even rea- 

 sonable bodily warmth, the men were out, pegging away at 

 long range. The sky was gray and clear by turns, and alto- 

 gether it was not such a day as a rifleman would select for 

 making a top-notch score. Col. Burnside and Mr. Partello 

 completed scores, as follows : 



J M T Partello. 



SCO ...5 5455655355555 5-72 



900 - 4 55558655*556 5 5—74 



1,000 6 5555555064535 4—71—217 



Col J o P Burnaide. 



SOU,.,- 5 554 5 544555555 5—72 



900 5 555555B665555 5—75 



1.0111' 5 4 654 4 44555656 8-6S— 215 



Mioui&an— East Saginaw, Ike. 16.— On account of the 

 had weather the Amateur Rifle Club did not shoot last week. 

 The following is the score made on the 14th insl., 200 yards' 

 target reduced, possible 25 : 



Capt WJShaw 4 5 4 4 3-23 CCTawkey 3 i 4 s 8-19 



CFCorbyn 4 :i 5 3 b-'iu H G Hamilton 3 4 3 3 4-18 



JHHOwry 45 4 4 s— 20 



Wisconsin— Milwaukee.— The Milwaukee Rifle Club ou 

 Dec. 10, with fair weather, did good work at its regular 

 weekly shoot. Each man fired 15 shots at 200 yards, the 

 scores standing ; 



W el ' 3 * 5444 4 445344 4 4 3-60 



»f* ke * 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3-59 



77111 ■'■ •!» 56555384443 4—68 



Johnston 3 4544 434343444 4-57 



BCTry 4 54444444388 4 4 8-57 



UawlOy 4 3 3 4 8 4 43454452 4—50 



Yale 6 8444444434024 4-53 



Thick Shooting or Excellent MArasMANsmp.— fhe 

 Cleveland Leader gives an account of a performance by a 

 Capt. Joe Ttainbolt at the Academy of Music in that town. 

 There are no particulars of distance or style of rifle used or 

 appliances in the backward shots, only that "these remark- 

 able shots were made without a moment's hesitation, and 

 with a coolness and unerring precision which would have 

 aroused enthusiasm in a larger audience." Among twenty 

 shots fired, the following are given as samples: Ringing the 

 bell, I inch centre, backwards; shooting an apple from his 

 wife's hand, backwards ; shooting through \ inch ring held 

 in wife's fingers, backwards; shooting quarter of a medium 

 sized apple from his wife's hand, backwards ; extinguishing 

 thehghtinau ordinary lamp by turning it out; shooting 

 swinging apple, backwards ; ringing the bell, | inch centre, 

 lying down on back and shooting over shoulder ; shooting 

 quarter of a medium-sized apple from his wife's forehead, 

 backwards ; ringing bell over wife's head, | inch centre, £ 

 above top of head, backwards ; shooting through a f inch 

 ring placed on his wife's head, shooting backwards ; riugiug 

 the bell through a f centre, the siue face of his wife within 

 | inch of the centre; ringing six bells centre ranging from 

 i of an inch to ?■ of an inch, in 85 seconds, removing cart- 

 ridge and reloading each time. 



Good Wobk wrrn Expbkss Replbs.— Seeing in your issue 

 of the 28th of November an article in which a Captain Wil- 

 liamson is said to have decided that Express Imllets are not 

 sufficiently deadly for grizzly bears, I should like to give my 

 experience with a .45 calibre double Express, made by Lang, 

 of Cockspur street, London, during a trip, from which I- 

 have Just returned, in Montana. We killed six bears, five» 

 of them being large grizzlies, and I found express bullets so 

 fatal that I would not. hesitate to attack the largest of them, 

 when armed as I was, on any ground and on foot. I nit 

 one in the head, and on opening the skull a hole was found 

 as large as a cricket ball, from which everything was blown | 



away. The who.e head was lorn to pieces inside, it being 

 easy to pass a stick into it in any direction, and some pieces 

 had come out through the skull and had lodged un.ler the 



skin at the side of the head. My companion was m; 



vinced of their efficacy that he uses them almost entirely in 

 a Sharps Creedmoor, and I am sure will bear witness as to 

 their awful destructive powers. I killed all the black and 

 white-tailed deer, besides elk and antelope, that I wanted, 

 and I had only twice to hit an animal a second Mine, all ihe 

 others falling at once and dying within a few yards of where 

 they were hit. Numbers of letters have appeared in the 

 London Field as to their efficacy on tigers in India, where 

 they have almost superceded the large bore rifles which 

 were used there formerly. A friend of mine killed sixteen 

 tigers in fourteen days, and no one required a second shot. 

 (He used a .50 calibre double express, by Rigby). Cue 

 great advantage of the express is its freedom from 'fouling. 

 I have frequently left mine uncleaned for a week or ten 

 days, using it almost every day without finding any differ- 

 ence iu its accuracy. Many men are disappointed in their 

 Evpress rifles from having ordered them from gunmakers 

 nearly all of whom profess to make them, whereas there are 

 only some seven rifle makers in Great Britain who under- 

 stand what an Express rifle should be. I may say, in con- 

 clusion, that with one of Henry's, of Edinburgh .50 bore 

 Express rifles, the Prince of Wales killed six tigers in India 

 in one day. Viator, 



(§nmq §ug mid gww, 



GAME IN SEASON FOR DECEMBER. 



Moobo, Alec* malchu. Beu or Ta. deer, C. vtriiiniamus 



Klk or wapiti, Cervus canadensis. Squirrels, red, blacK aiirl gray 



Wlldtun.L r^eagitHsgaUopamo. mts. ' " "!>""" 



Woodcoulc, riufahda minor. ninetted grouse or prairie chlok- 

 RaJIed grouse or pheasant, Bmuaa en, Cupidonia cupido 



wmbellvi, Cartbon, Tarandm ran'giftt; 



"Bay birds" generally, including various species of plover. Fand 



piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surr birds, phalumpes, u 



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



8^~ In New York State December Is a close month for deer. Deer 

 shooting is permuted only during the months of September, October 

 and November. Sole of venison is permitted until January 1, and net 

 after. 



A Nbw Idea for Gunners is foreshadowed in the device 

 of Mr. Charles E. Iliester, mentioned in our advertising 

 columns. By a very simple expedient he makes use of a shot- 

 gun for the firing of Plobert caps, completely overcoming the 

 difficulty of using the rim-fire ammunition with theeentre-flre 

 pin. The device is in the nature of an auxiliary barrel in 

 sorted in that of the shot-gun, and with it a sportsman may 

 practice indoors on moving targets and perfect himself in the 

 manipulation of his gun, the small ball in each case lodging 

 where the centre of the charge would have gone had the ordi- 

 nary cartridge been used. No possible injury of the gun can 

 result, and a vast deal of most valuable dummy practice can 

 be secured at a trifling cost. Mr. Uiesler has not yet patented 

 his improvement, and, having other business in hand, is de- 

 sirous of making terms with a gun -making firm to push his 

 idea. 



A Hunting Party foe Florida.— A dozen very good and 

 subtantial reasons may be adduced why a man who is seeking 

 recreation should go into the woods alone. There are another 

 dozen of equally conclusive reasons why a man who is after 

 real solid fun should go forth with a crowd of congenial spirits. 

 " United we stand " the expense better, and the thousand 

 and one woes of the camp, at which, individually, we should 

 make a most wry face. Give us the tried companions of .the 

 chase, whether our bivouac be in Nova Scotian wilds" or 

 Florida's pineries. A New York reader, who has had long 

 experience in the South, sends us the following letter, which 

 we publish, that those who are like-minded may hwe' the op- 

 portunity or making suitable arrangements for their winter 

 trip South : 



I have resided in Florida about twelve years, and am 

 familiar with all sections of the State. I have conceived the 

 idea of a grand hunting expedition to the best hunting ground 

 in the State. My plan would be to communicate with genl le 

 men who desire to get away from the cold weather for a few 

 weeks in mid-winter, and by forming a company reduce Ihe 

 expense to a minimum, and at the same time secure the aer 

 vices of persons who could produce the live game and rood 

 hounds, horses and other requisites for areasonable'price The 

 great trouble in the past has grown out of the fact that 

 hunters going to Florida did not know where to go and when 

 they go there it is almost impossible to get reliable informs 

 tion in time to be available. The party of sportsmen troia°- 

 from New lork with a guide, who is responsible, and will 

 lead them to a good spot, will be enabled to make the most 

 out of their time and money. I have a great desire to organize 

 and accompany the expedition, not for pay, but to make it a 

 success and share in the sport. John A. Maodonaid 



34 Park Bow, New York City. 



Canada— Wyoming Oo., Lambton, Out., Dec. 1G 1878 — 

 Wild turkey, partridge, quail and rabbits are more plentiful 

 tins seasot) than they have been for a number of years but 

 the weather has been so wet and disagreeable very small 'baas 

 have been made. Deer also plentiful in Ennis, Killen Town 

 "hip. Squirrels almost exterminated. Jack. 



Massachusetts— Salem, Dec. 10.— Big bags continue scarce 

 A gentleman shot two snipe near here last Thursday Thev 

 were fine, fat birds. I have known them picked up as late as 

 January 1. A swampscott gunner has picked up some Sfi rab 

 bits at odd times this season in that town. Partridges are 

 scarce all through the county. Quail season is getting short 

 Mark Proctor or Son, of Swampscott, have got a good many 

 birds on the " Pigs " and Linkus Island this fall. Richardson 

 of .Lynn, has got a good score to show on sea fowl at Bass 

 Point, Nahant He shot a fine teal last Saturday and three 

 eider ducks a day or two before. Geese were numerous off 

 and about Nahant and Lynn harbor Wednesday last. Whis. 

 tiers and sheildrake very plenty ; black ducks rather scarce 



