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FOREST AND STREAM. 



SHELLS. 



SHREwsBLTtr, August 4th, 3874. 

 ElHTOlt K.IKKST and Stheaji: — 



In answer to your correspondent Herbert, in regard to the difference 

 ill tlli aiztis of the bore of metal lie and paper shells, I will state my judg- 

 mmit was formed (and I see no reason to alter it) from careful measure- 

 ment of the Snirlevanl and Berdan shells, and Eley's green and blue 



shells, and 

 bores of guns, « 



I have used tt 

 good, but do no 

 not steady unde 

 reason will appl; 



AS to earning loaded metal shell; 

 from an accidental discharge of on 

 cause it is thought not likely to 



mplai 



:nts by the table of the sizes of the 

 , book on Modem Breech Loaders, 

 e by the TJ. M. C. Co., and hud them 

 >. anvil used In them. I believe it is 

 vertical striker, and think the same 

 if miss-lire in the Sturtevant shell. 

 , surely no one can doubt the danger 

 1, as compared with paper ones ; be 

 ,tr does not lessen the danger, hence 

 (be reason of my question: "Does it pay to take snch chances?" 



I can join bauds with Herbert in the desire of having sporting matters 

 discussed. Spoilsmen, as a class, I am sorry to say, are not well posted 

 in regard to sporting mutters, and to prove I lay no claim to be an ex- 

 ception, I will ask friend Herbert to give the particulars of the system of 

 choke boring, as mentioned by him as being applied to the guns lately- 

 tested at Chicago. Check Cord. 



>•■♦♦. 



CitEEu.Mooit.— Ou Wednesday last, Aug. 5th, the sixth 

 competition tor selection of the riflemen to compete with 

 the Irish teutn took place. The following will show* the 

 scoring made, including the shooting of Wednesday: — 



6'core. Score. 



E. H. Sanford,..-.-.. .,„.--. 



Seneral Dakin 128 



S. W Vale 125 



L. Backer 124 



Li i. ii i";ildiT-k'.--vi. • >'-' ; . 



L.M. Ballard 11H 



The following are the scores made on Wednesday, fif- 

 teen shots at 800, fifteen at 900, and twenty at 1,000:— 



0O0 Yds. 1000 2H». Total. 



Henry Fulton 156 



J.S. tloullu 155 



A. Anderson --.- 148 



A. V. Ounlield. Ji 

 L. L. Hepburn.. . 

 J. T, B, Collin 



nen 





-lMe.>|. /..-■, 



54 



155 

 149 



J. T B.Collins 3B 39 56 133 



Leon Backer 51 35 43 . 129 



E.H. Sanrord 43 36 49 128 



General T. S. Dakin 31 39 51 121 



G.W.Yale 43 45 33 121 



L. M, Ballard 40 35 37 112 



J. E. Whitley 43 39 32 104 



A. Anderson 28 25 SS 91 



W.W.Skiddy 31 35 6 72 



On Thursday, the 1st Battallion, Ool. Webster, were at 

 Creedmoor The following are the eight hest scores:— 



Srama. 200 YarclsA ~ I5OO Yards. \ | I If 



J_ ULj I g I aiS 



Private Zettler, Co. II [ 8 3 2 S 2 I II I 2 3 4 2 2 113 I 24 



Private SackeU Co G 3 2 3 3 I 11 3 3 3 3 I 12 23 



Cantain Ostman, Co. B ... H 2 3 3 2 I 12 | 8 S 3 i I 11 [ S3 



[•]■■-, .„,. i ,. r,„i (■-. f; I 2 2 2 2 2 I 10 1 2 3 4 i I 12 22 



: .- M , ;,,. , : ,..|Vr, i\. U I 3 2 2 3 3 ! 13 t 30 3 3 I 9 I 22 



PH, at, Scott CO i B 3 •-' 2 2 | 12 I 2 4 3 I 9 I 21 



Sergeant Toellnar, Co. A | 3 002 3 834303 13 21 



Ca p°tain Spencer, Co. A I 2 3 2 2 | 8 I 3 2 2 2 3 j 13 I 2 1 



— There were two matches at Creedmoor, Long Island, 

 on Saturday August 8th, the contest for the ' 'long range 

 badge," open only to members of the Amateur Rifle Club, 

 and the Remington diamond badge, open to all members 

 of the National Rifle Association. There were only eight 

 entries for the first contest, but the shooting was the best 

 that has ever occurred on the range. Some, of the mem- 

 bers of the Amateur Club state that the average of the six 

 besl scores made equals 80 5-6 per cent. , or, in other 

 words that the shooting shows a higher excellence of merit 

 than that of the champion team at Wimbledon this } r ear. 

 Mi'. L. L. Hepburn won the badge presented by the Ama- 

 teur Rifle Club. The following is the score of the first six 

 entries:— 



Smut 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yds. Total. 



L. L. Hepburn -. 18 19 17 54 



HenryFultou 18 16 16 50 



A. V. Cantield. Jr 13 17 18 48 



Captain J. Bodine 17 17 13 47 



GeneralT.8. 'Dakjn 16 1(1 14 16 



A. Anderson 18 15 13 46 



The fourth contest for the Remington diamond badge 

 opened at three o'clock. There were fourteen entries, 

 distance 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, two sighting and seven 

 scoring shots, any position within the rules. The badge 

 was won by Mr. A. V. Canfield, Jr., of the Twenty-second 

 Regiment, by a score of seventy-three out of a possible 

 eighty points. As will be seen by the scores, Mr. J. T. B. 

 Collins also made a score of seventy-three; but, under the 

 rules of the association, Mr. Canfield was declared the vic- 

 tor, as his score at the previous range exceeded that of Mr. 

 Collins by two points. The badge was previously in pos- 

 session of Capt. Bodine, and was won by a score of sixty- 

 nine points. Mr. Collins, the second in the list, becomes 

 the possessor of a "Whitworth", rifle. The following is the 

 score Of the first six entries:— 



Bmfte. 500 Yds. 800 Yds. 1000 Yds. Total. 



A V. Cantield, Jr 24 26 23 73 



•J.T.B. Collins 26 24 28 73 



J Bodine 32 25 24 71 



L.L. Hepburn ... 24 27 18 69 



General f. S. Dakin 24 26 16 6u 



A. Anderson 20 20 19 65 



— An Irish-American Rifle Club was organized last week 

 for the purpose of promoting rifle practice. The rules and 

 regulations adopted are similar to those of the National 

 Rifle Association. The following officers were elected for 

 the- ensuing year:— Gen. F. F. Millen, President; Bethel 

 Burton, the inventor of the Ward Burton rifle, Vice Presi- 

 dent : Adjt. W. H. Murphy, Secretary and Treasurer. The 

 Executive Committee, in addition to the foregoing mem- 

 bers, includes the following:— J. J. O'Kelly, Major P. M. 

 llaverlv. and Dr. McGuiro. 



Capt." Karl Klein with the separate Troop Cavalry and 

 Lieut. Batlow with the Washington Grey Troop were at 

 Creedmoor on Thursday, July 30th, and tried their skill at 

 the range. This shootiug is worthy of particular com- 

 ment, as regulation military carbines were used, an arm, by 

 tlie way, which when handled is capable of very excellent 

 shooting, as may be seen by the scores. Kauges, of course, 



were shortened to 100 and 300 yards. We are pleased to 

 state that the order of the members of the two troops was 

 excellent. The team of the troops made, with five shots 

 at each range, 330, which is excellent. We append the 

 scores of the first fifteen: 



Barnes. 



100 yds. 



g 



300 yds. 



I 



is 



6@ 



Hcargeani Nagel 



Bugler Specht 



l.VaimiTi! Kimpel 



Private I.nhoff 



4 3 4 3 4 

 4 2 2 4 3 



3 3 2 4 2 



4 4 2 4 2 

 3 3 4 2 3 

 23342 



3 3 2 2 3 

 2 3 3 3 3 



4 2 3 3 3 



2 3 4 3 3 



3 3 2 3 4 

 3 2 3 4 2 

 3 3 8 3 2 

 2 23 33 

 22333 



18 

 15 



14 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 16 



15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 l.'l 



3 2 3 4 2 

 3 2 3 2 3 

 3 4 4 3 

 3 3 3 3 



2 3 3 3 2 



3 3 2 3 3 

 3 4 4 3 

 33034 

 3 4 2 3 

 3 2 3 3 



2 3 3 3 



3 2 3 3 



2 2 3 2 2 



3 0333 

 ;-; ,i 1 -J 8 



14 



13 

 14 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 18 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 12 

 12 



32 

 28 

 28 

 28 



Major Aery 



Private Bocruer 



Private Dilleiiburg 



Corporal Felton 



Private Maver .... 



Private Walter 



28 

 27 



27 

 26 



Captain Karl Klein 



Sergeant Begebnan 



C.'oiponti Sehwerdt 



Private Weraad 



25 

 25 

 25 



25 



The team of the Washington Greys did not make as high 

 a score, but it must be remembered that many of the men 

 are using their arms at the range for the first time. We 

 append the scores of the best twelve: 



Nume. 100 Yards. 300 Yards. 



Corporal Trii 



Total. 



Private King 



Private Munteomery 

 Private Decker... •"' 



Ex-Captain Wylie 



Sergeant Van Burcn . . . 

 Lieutenant Batterson . - 

 Private Kelsey. ... •.... 



Private Puller 



Private Hovey 



Private McHugh 



Private McKnight, ... 



Office National Rifle Association, | 

 93 Nassau street, New York, f 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



The twenty-ninth regular meeting of the Board of Direc- 

 tors National Rifle Association was held on Tuesday, 

 August 4th, at the office of the association, at 2 o'clock P. 

 If.," General Alexander Shaler in the chair. 



The Prize Committee reported and presented a badge for 

 employees of the association. 



On motion the matter was referred back to Prize Com- 

 mittee with power. 



General Shaler offered the following resolution, which 

 was adopted. 



Resolved, That the Committee ou Prizes, or a majority 

 thereof, take immediate action in relation to badges for 

 directors and life members. 



On motion of the Secretary, the matter of straightening 

 the boundary line of the Range at Creedmoor, ou the side 

 adjoining the Kissam estate, was referred to the Range 

 Committee', with power. 



Offered by the Secretary and adopted : 



Resolved, That a ticket 'office and shelter at the entrance 

 to the Range be erected by the Range Committee at an ex- 

 pense not exceeding $100. 



Offered by the Secretary and adopted : 



Resolved, That the Range Committee be instructed to 

 erect a shed and refreshment stand in rear of the 1,000 

 yards firing points, similar in construction to' those already 

 erected upon the Range. 



On application from G. B. Shepherd, photographer, for 

 permission to place his apparatus upon the Range and pho- 

 tograph groupes, scenes, &c. , was referred to Range Com- 

 mittee. H. A. Gildersleeve, Secretary. 



A. H. Weston, Ass't. Sec. 



%ntiaml g^times. 



RULES FOR ARCHERY. 



NUMBER three. 



targets. 



TARGETS are generally made of straw rope, upon it is 

 sewn the facing, a piece of canvas, having four bands 

 or circles painted on it round a centre, which is the gold; 

 next to that is the red or scarlet; then blue; black; then 

 white: culside this last is t\\z petticoat, of green, merely to 

 make the edge of this ring distinct. The diameter is four 

 feet, consequently each ring is four inches and eight-tenths 

 in width. 



The targets are usually, for gentlemen, placed at one 

 hundred, eighty, and sixty yards distance from each other; 

 and for ladies, at sixty and fifty yards. It is recommended 

 that beginners should commence with the shortest distance, 

 and increase it in proportion to their improvement. 



Targets of different sizes may be bought ready-made, 

 with iron stands for supporting them. The legs of these 

 are bevelled off to a narrow edge, so as to present as small 

 a surface as possible to the arrow; this gradually reduces 

 the chances of their being struck. 



Whatever the distance may be that you intend to shoot, 

 you should always have two'targets, one at each end, other- 

 wise you will be tempted to shoot more than three arrows, 

 which are quite enough at one time, before you go for them, 

 or send a person to fetch them ; whereas by having two 

 targets, in addition to the exercise of walluug from one 

 target to the other, you give a relaxation to those muscles 

 vou have just exercised, by calling a different set into ac- 

 tion. The centre of the gold should be four feet from the 

 ground. The value of the different circles is generally 

 allowed to be, for the gold, 9; red, 7; blue, 5; black, 8; 

 and white, 1. 



Ladies' targets differ in no other respect than in being 

 much smaller. The only objection to their shooting at 

 targets four feet in diameter is ; that at fifty yards, the 

 distance generally shot by ladies, the targets would be 

 soon worn out by constant piercing. Where this objec- 

 tion does not exist, we would recommend the large ones, 

 as it is encouraging to beginners to get arrows into the 

 target. 



Where circumstances will admit of it, it is advisable to 

 erect butts for the purpose of practice. These should be 

 made of layers of turf. They may be made of any height 

 within the archer's reach, and placed opposite each other 



at any distance at which it is desirable to practice. A level 

 meadow should be chosen, and it is better that the butts 

 should face more to the north and south, than Lo [he a 

 and west, as the sun in the summer evenings will be shin- 

 ing low in the west, and thus in the eyes of the archer, 

 when standing at the east butt. The shape of I hem is im- 

 material, the object being to receive such arrows as would 

 after missing the target, light on the ground. The targets 

 are suspended from a peg placed in the upper purl, of the 

 front of the butt. 



After practising at butts, the archer will find considera- 

 ble difference in the appearance of targets when placed on 

 stands; but this may easily be surmounted by a few hours' 

 practice at them, which we would recommend particularly 

 previous to any great occasion or exhibition. Ladies cspc- 

 peciallywill be induced to shoot more frequently at butts 

 than at common target stands, as the necessity of stooping 

 for the arrows is in a great measure removed;' independent 



of which then 

 as expenditure for arrows, the t 

 not being equal to the prime cosl 

 and in the country where the t 

 probably be adopted, ii is nol al- 

 arrows. Where it is practicabli 

 that targets or butts should be pla 



: as well 

 lense of erectiug butts 

 il half a dozen arrows, 

 ; of bulls would moal 

 vs possible to procure 

 'we would recommend 

 :d with Hie ground be- 



in the summer, when the 

 rows are very liable, to glance 

 sidcrable distance without stiek- 



ards the 



surface is dry and hard, a 

 along the ground for a et 

 ing in where they alight. 



THE GUARD. 



Ill old limes used to be formed of a piece of stout 

 leather, which was buckled round the left arm, to prevent 

 the string of the bow from hurting it. Now, Hie. best sorl 

 of guard is made of patent leather, which draws OjJ 

 over the hand and requires neither buckles nor straps $ 

 keep it in place. Ladies' guards are sfll! made of leather 

 lined with silk and padded, and are buckled rouud the bow 

 arm. 



THIS GLOVE. 



Formerly this resembled a glove more than il does 

 present; it consists now of three little leather tubes, each 

 sewn to the thiee ends of a piece of leather cut into three 

 slips, and buttoned or buckled round the wrisl. It is used 

 lo save the fingers from being cut by the string. Wc tire 

 of opinion thaf the use of two lingers in drawing i- pre 

 ferable to that of three; two must divide the String mon 

 equally, and the loose is generally better. A. pcrnm 

 who draws with twofimrers onlv, is seldom guilty of boldj 

 iug the bow when drawn lei ils greatest extent. The advo- 

 cates for three fingers urge in ils favOr, Eliat the use of (lie 

 third finger gives a. greater degree of strength. We do not 

 deny this, but still recommend the first two lingers only to 

 be 'usea, and these kept in as straight a line as possible 

 with the elbow, 



Some beginners draw the siring wilh the first two joints 

 of the fingers bent, in order to keep the string from (dipping 

 off ; when this is the case the lingers alone sustain all the 

 strength, whereas if they are kept in nearly a straight line 

 with the elbow, with, the first joint as little bent as possif 

 ble, the muscles of the body and arm may be advantage- 

 ously exerted. 



Beginners, as they commence drawing, will t'requenlly 

 find That the arrows will leave the bow, and after describ- 

 ing a segment of a circle, of which the siting seems to be 

 the centre, will fall on the ground to the left of the bow arm. 

 This is caused by the fingers being pul loo far over I. lie 

 string, which makes it turn from the bow, whereas 

 when the lingers are put in the proper position lor drawing 

 the string, il has a tendency to twist towards the bow, and 

 the nock of the arrow fitting the string participates in a 

 like movement. 



the belt. 



Some means of carrying the arrows is necessary, and for 

 this purpose a belt which buckles round the waist has been 

 found convenient; from this is suspended a pouch, or tube, 

 covered with leather, into which the points of the arrows 

 are put; the part on which the feathers are, projecting out- 

 ward, is less liable to injury. 



THE TASslil,, 



This is suspended from the belt, and ils use is to remove 

 any dirt from the point of the arrow. It is generally made 

 of worsted. 



THE GREASE BOX. 



This is a little box suspended from the bell and eon tains 

 a composition of suet, or auy grease; the object of il is, to 

 make the string slip more easiiy from the lingers, for which 

 purpose aliltle'nniy occasionally be put on the finger stall. 

 It is, however, rarely used, ami may be discarded. 



A tin case or cover, generally painted green, is recom- 

 mended for keeping such arrows in as are not required for 

 immediate use; being very susceptible of injury, it is 

 highly desirable lo protect them in every possible -way. 

 ■**»■ 



—Cricket is flourishing in England this year us it never 

 has before. The London, megrap/t, in a recent editorial on 

 the game, says: 



"Cricket, whether deservedly or not, is certainly of all 

 English games the most popular and universal; nor is its 

 acknowledged supremacy ever likely to be disputed. Its 

 conditions, His true, are somewhat altered since the intro- 

 duction of overhand bowding and the abolition of I he old 

 rules, which regulated the height of the delivery. Day 

 by day our quick bowlers appear to grow .pit , ■,. 

 season after season pads and gloves have to be uiore il 

 more carefully constructed. The bowling, top, in its turn, 

 has reacted upon the batting, and our champion batsmen 

 now hit harder than ever, and are seldom to be trusted to 

 play up to their real mark, unless matched against a deli- 

 erv so tierce and accurate as to s 



shot from a gn 



veil i!u 



quality c 

 ue red tlr.i 



the 

 the 



Slushing batsmen, again, ha 

 fielding"," and altogether the game h 



champions of half a century ago would.,,,,. ,,.,„u= u ,™- 

 what difficult to hold their own in au ordinary county 

 match. AVhat India rubber cushions and i. stn to 



have been for billiards round-hand bowling has been for 

 our great national game; and the result is thai, whereas in 

 the good old times everybody played cricket more or less 

 " in3ifferently well," the game now needs not only a quick 

 eye and a steady hand, but also considerable courage and 

 nerve and very long and continuous practice. Yet, not- 

 withstanding this process of "specialization," its old 

 supremacy remains indisputable, and, so far fl'oil 

 any symptom of dying out, the game has, on tin 



