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FOREST AND STREAM. 



CitEEDitooK. — There were two rifle matches on Saturday 

 The most important was that for the Amateur Rifle Club 

 long range badge. The distances were 800, 900, and 1,000 

 yards; any position within the rules; five shots at each 

 range. There were but nine entries, but this numher in- 

 cluded some of the best marksmen in the club. Mr. L. L. 

 Hepburn won the badge on a score of 54, out of a possible 

 60. It was previously held by A. V. Canfleld, Jr., who 

 won il on a score of 45 points. Gen. Dakin also made a 

 score of 54, which resulted in a "tie" with Mr. Hepburn. 

 The latter was declared the winner, as his score at the 1,000 

 yards range exceeded that of Gen. Dakin by one point. 

 The following is ;i list of the scores: 



Name. Yardn. Score. Total. 



) 800.... 4 4 3 11 19 



L. L. Hepburn > 900 ... 4 2444 18 



\1000.... 3 3 444 17—54 

 I 801).... 4 4 4 4 3 19 



LJenenil T. S. Dakin IhOJ.... 44344 19 



1000.... 2 4 4 4 3 16—04 

 I 800. ... J 4 4 3 4 19 



J.6. CoiiHn V 900..., 34333 Hi 



ilDOO.... 3 44 4(1 15—50 

 I 800,... 3 2 4 3 4 1H 



p..S.Qdrdaat .. '-two..., 34404 is 



) 1000. ... 43433 IT— 17 

 / 800.... 3 3 3 4 3 16 



E. H. SttufottU :- 900.... 43434 18 



llOO.'. .. 34303 13 — 47 



I 800. ... 33334 16 



A. V. Cuutleld, Jr J- 900 — 34344 18 



\ 1000. ... 43222 13—47 



/ 800. ... 32343 15 



h. Gcitu.-r r 901). . ., 4 3 4 4 15 



) 1000..., 3 3 3 3 4 16—46 



I 800.... 4 4 4 4 16 



Lieu tenant H, Fulton -900.... 34444 19 



) 1000. , . ! 2 3 II 11—16 



I 800.... 4 3 3 4 3 17 



.i.T. li. Collin* -900.... 2333 3 14 



j WOO. ... 44203 13—14 



) 800.... 4 4 4 4 4 20 



G. SV. Yule 5-900.... 4 0003 7 



> 1000 321*3 16—13 



Willi regard to this shooting, Col. Wingate writes to 

 fcfoREtn: and Stream j 



"The paucity of competitors at long range Saturday was 

 caused by rain, not for the reasons ascribed by the papers. 

 Fulton's 'bad score was caused by a bull's eye and centre 

 on wrong target, which scored as misses. The Irish score, 

 Eleho Shield, averaged ;i:33 a shot, or it score of fifty in 

 lifeeen shots. This, you will see, is already equalled by 

 several of the team. The tail of the team, however, is 

 where we are weak. I fear Americans are betting too 

 strong on us, and we wish the public to understand the 

 difficulties we have to contend against, 



The other match was the eighth competition for the Turf, 

 Field and Farm "challenge" badge. Distance, 200 yards; 

 position, standing; two sighting and five scoring shots, 

 open to all members of the National Rifle Association. 

 There were forty entries. The shooting was only fair, the 

 highest score being only seventeen. This was one point 

 better than Ihe score that won the badge at the seventh 

 competition. Mr. Madison was the winner for the second 

 time, and should he be so fortunate as to win it at Ihe 

 uext competition, he will become absolute possessor of it. 

 Messrs. L. C. Bruce, W. F. Edmonston, Gen. F. F. Miller, 



F. W. Linton, J. T. 13. Collins, F. McMillan, John Beattie, 

 and Sergeant Collins scored 15 each : J. L. Price, A. V. 

 CautiekC Jr., Gen. T. S. Dakin, J. J. O'Kelly, Col. G. W. 

 Wingate, Leon Backer, J. W. Condy, F. S. Gardner, P. M. 

 Brasher, and A. J. Henuiou scored 14 each ; Sergt. Turner 

 and U. P. Carringtou scored 13, and the others 12 and 

 under. 



A. number of improvements have recently been made on 

 the range. A high picket fence surrounds the field; refresh- 

 ment stands have been erected at 200 and 500 t ards and 

 in rear of the 1,000 yards firing point and a ticket-office 

 is iu process of construction at the entrance to the grounds 

 A new set of number boards are to be erected behind the 

 targets on which the figures are to be made more distinct, 

 ami thus lessen the possibility of accidents by firing at 

 the wrong targets. It is expected that the Fall meeting 

 will be largely attended. 



This will lake place during the last week in September. 

 The day is not yet fixed, but will be named as soon as Ihe 

 President hears from the Irish learn. 



The Executive Committee have decided upon the fol- 

 lowing matches: 



First— Judd March, 200 yards, standing; seven shots any miliary rifle; 

 open tonll members of the National Rifle Association. 



Second— Sportsmen's Match, same distance and nnmber of shots; 

 weapon, any rille under the rules; open to all comers. 



Third— Mw.t Division Mutch, 200 and 500 yards, live shots each dis- 

 tance; weapon. .State Ketnington rifto; to be competed for by teams of 

 twelve from each regiment in the First Division, National Guard State 

 of New York. 



F'lurth— second Division Match, same conditions; open to teams 

 from the Second Division. 



IKfth— New York Statu Match, same conditions as the Division 

 matches; open to teams of twelve from all regiments in the Nations] 

 Guard. In case two or more regiments from any of the division- of l&e 

 National Guard (outside the limits of the First and Second Divisions) 

 shall participate in this match, the one making the highest score will re- 

 ceive the prize offered by the State to this division. 



liixth— New Jersey Match. 200 and SIR) yards, live shots each distance; 

 open to teams of twelve from each regiment of New Jersey N. G.; Wea- 

 pons, such as shall be designated by the Governor of that State 



.■ir.vnih—Arin'j n',-1 Xnnj .l.mrnul Match, rax) yards, seven shots; 

 open to teams of twelve from any military organization, in the United 

 .states, including the regular forces. 



Eujlah— Tin: Gatling Match, 500 yards, seven shots; open to teams of 

 twelve from each regiment of the National Guard of the State. 



.Sintli— All (Joiner's Match, 500 and 600 yards, seven shots e„eh dis 

 ranee; open to all comers; any military rifle. 



j c ;!h— Consolation Match, 500 yards, seven shots; open to unsuccess- 

 ful competitors; any military rifle. 



MteveiU/l— Bennett Long-range Championship. SCO, HOD and lilOO yards 

 fifteen shots each distance; any rifle within the rules; open to all comers 



The particulars of the prize list cannot be announced as 

 yet, further than that for the Bennett Champiouship the 

 prizes will be : First prize, silver trophy, costing .$350, to 

 become Ihe absolute property of the winner ; second 

 prize, cash, $100; lour prizes of tsOO each, *200 ; lour prizes 



of $30 each, $ 120; four prizes of $20 each, $80; ten prizes 

 of $10 each, $100: ten prizes of $5 each. $50, making a total 

 of $1,000. 



For the other matches there will be the Gating gun, pre- 

 sented by the Gating Gun Company ; the State and division 

 prizes, presented by the State; the Army and Navy Journal 

 trophy, presented by W. C. and F. P. Church ; eleven 

 silver-mounted rifles, presented by Ketnington & Co. ; a cup 

 presented by Hon. Nathaniel Niles, another by General 

 Woodward, a long range rifle presented by the Sharpe 

 Manufacturing Company. Tn addition there will be a 

 number of cups, medals, badges, &c, presented by the 

 Association, and quite a number of other prizes by various 

 parties, to Ihe Association. The first day of the match will 

 be devoted to firing at 200 yards and the matches limited 

 to the National Guard disposed of during the first two days. 



—The team selected to shoot against the Irish Eight ha 

 agreed to practice together ever Wednesday and Saturday, 

 firing fifteen shots at 800, 900, and 1.000 yards, besides 

 their private practice. The Amateur Kifle Club will pro- 

 vide each one of the team with 500 rounds of ammunition, 

 and will also pay for their transportation. Messrs. Ketn- 

 ington & Son have offered tn supply, without charge, 

 whatever cartridges may be required by those of the team 

 who shall use their ritlc, which will considerably reduce 

 the expenses of the club. It is probable that Col. Gilder- 

 sleeve will accept the management of the team, in which 

 case another member will be added to Ihe team to shoot in 

 his place. Col. Wingate was expected to take this duty, 

 but business engagements will prevent. 



—As the following names have been s<mt over by Mayor 

 Leech for entrance in the all-comers' match of the National 

 Rifle Association, il is safe to presume that their team will 

 be selected from them: J. Basnell, J. B. Hamilton, P. 

 Walker, E. Johnson, W. Waterbo.tse, J. K. Millner, H. 

 H. Foster, J. Wilson, J. Riffby, and J. Doyle. 



THE MONTREAL. RIFLE MATCH. 



[Front our own Corrci'poiuUnl.] 



MosTitcu.. August lrili. ISM. 



KlilTOK I'.dlKsT AND NTKKAJi: — 



As your paper lakes much interest in rille shotting, I will give you a 

 summary or the winning scores at our Provincial rille matches just con- 

 cluded: 



No. I, or opening match, comiin.nly culled "Bryd£es" t'hallcnge 

 Cup and Snider Championship Hatch," which wtu -hot for at WW. 

 600 and tiOO yards, live shots each ran.-- ««- won by a .-cure of 51 points. 



it &X> ya 



- -r each, 

 y Colonel 



■. ai ;>r: 



four or Ave. 'Jus; lowei 



No. 3 match-Seven 

 Gildersleeve. A. li. A, 

 points. 



No. 1- Battalion match, squads or five men. seven shots each at 500 

 and 600 yards; winning sere. '.M5: highest. Individual score made by 

 "one-eyed Joe" Ferguson, 49 points. 



No. 6 match— Seven shots at 100 yard-; tlireee highest scores full 



No. match— live shots each at 500 and 000 yards: winning score, 34; 

 Yale second, 33; Gildersleeve sixth, vviih 33; lowest prize score, -JO. pri- 

 zes, 27. Wind very troublesome and strong. 



No. T match— Standing, at St'0 yards, seven 8ho's: winning -core, ::i. 

 second 23, lowest prize score, 21: 20 prizes; still left wind. 



. K. 



No. 8 m 



itch- 7 s 



iota! 



winning -< 



ore, 2H p 





A. B.C.! 



o,ve.-l p 





No. a in 



lch-8C\ 



en si 



shots eacl 



, S00 and 



900 



with 55 on 



I of poss 



We ." 



N >. 10 i 



latch— il 



Hen 



ell. 48; lov 







and liOO yard- e 



der rifle, Won by 3d p iroia; 39 I 



t have eiveliVMi, above a tolcrjl 



The t'u-t seven matchi - "ere ail i 



bote. We had thepteusnreof &\ 



Club or New York, aiiioiu-i wl,.,, 



gate, Messrs. Pulton, Vale Cai 



Gildersleeve shot brilliantly and 



every match he lived in with the 



gulshed himself by winning the 



score of33 in ten shots at 500 and HOT! yards, 



contly in No. B und 9, making 1!) bullsoyes tn 



S00 and IIIIO yards, winning liist prize in No. S 



Cunticldnlso won a prize in No. s match, the 



ofupoeible&l. Colonel fli'.dendeeve, I holi 



hi „.. ii,ii, by Bell, 'i 



Toronto, 



,: lowe.-l prize score. 17 



■-'0 prizes. 



) yards. Won by sancier, 



49; Mitch. 



"' ""•" ""'iplniiio ■ 



the wind 





ards. Snip 



ncctlTOte -.onniny'nf'.h 



■ shooting. 



■ irj WCB| e. B,-9a 



id lo small 



from -v, r.di.r the An 



alenr Hide 



■ re Colon! 1- t.ildcrsleev 



Mind Win- 



d. and one or two oilier 



j. Colonel 



ironghly -n-mlilv. being 



well IID1L 



ilarv weapon. Mr. Yale also di-tin- 



ond prize in No. li match, With a 



jUnchtitiQ and Routing. 



mid h 

 e Mel 



li No. 



i hin 



Wingate. h'-uln 





i-iug Gildersleeve to pass his 

 WM, he made the creditable 

 ; match a good joke occurred, 

 •hulling Ksdaile, who had no in- 

 : their scores for 50 cent pieces 

 against mm. lie entered to snoot against Cilderslt-.eve. and the score 

 was-G. 4 i 2 .1 3 3 8-81 K. 1 3 I .; I 3 3 23. which look ihe second prize, 

 much to everybody's amusement. At the conclusion of the small bore 

 chauipiou-liip inatch. a runior was talked about the ground that a man 

 called 1'illeld, from Michigan, tw ho called himself one Of the A. II. C. 

 but was not acknowledged by them) wanted to nack himself to shoot al 

 500 yards, standing, tor J100, against any one on the ground, rapt., in 

 EsdailO, who was uot sl.ojting. but had come to see the liliish of the 

 match, look him up for £10, and the result was— Esdaile, 3 3 342 33-21; 

 Snider; Fiueld. 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 IT: Ketttingtoo. I believe Filield shot after- 

 ward- against two others, whom he hear easily with a very small score. 

 Shooting from tile shoulder at 500 vaids in a bree/.e wu- no easy work. 

 and the Captain had to thank his coolness und good luck for making „, 

 fair a score as centres from the shoulder at -o long a range. The inn,.- 

 nucleoli! of the matches was very fair, ami no complaints were heard, 

 except from inveterate grumblers, whom nothing can satisfy. We Were 

 all deli,. hted to meet the members of the A. H. ('.'., und our unly i egret 

 was that there was not more of them 



Hoping that your men will -urprise the Irish eight, and my word for 

 it they will certainly do so if you have many men like those who favored 

 us wild a visit, 1 am, yours truly, Roval. 



The foregoing' eume one day too late for publication in 

 our last week's issue. — Eo. 



UlGfl WATER. FOR THK WEEK. 



Date. 



Ronton. 



Sew Tori. 



G'haiteton. 



Aug', 28. '. '. ' ... '. ..'.'.',',.'.' '.'.'.]'.'..'."" 

 Aug. 29 



11 29 

 eve 12 



57 



1 40 



2 2H 

 6 13 



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H. M. 



8 t2 



a 5rt 



S 43 



in 25 



11 8 



11 58 



eve 55 



H. M. 



1 29 

 8 12 



8 37 



9 40 



10 88 



Sept, 1 



Sept.2 



11 13 



eve 8 



— The American Institute Fair will be formally opened 

 to the put-lie on Wednesday, the 9th day of September, and 

 will continue until the 14lh of November, 



— In response to requests from several of our inland sub- 

 scribers, we have briefly prepared a list of the kinds of 

 yachts mostly used in this country. Yachts may be pro- 

 pelled by steam and sail. Leaving the classification of the 

 steamers to a steam department, we will turn our attention 

 to the sailing vessels, which may be subdivided in the first 

 place into centre-board or keel, and we would state that 

 yachts may be either the one or the other, Irrespective of 

 rig, as ill our country it seems no yacht, is too small to be a 

 keel-boat, or too large to be a centre-board bout. We ltave 

 already described Whitehall bonis and canoes in tlteso 

 columns, so passing by them lo the next smallest type, we 

 generally find them of the cat-boat rig ; this is simply a 

 boat with one sail, the mast slepped to the very bows; 

 these yachts range in si/.e from fourteen to twenty-five feet 

 in length, and are occasionally longer, Anulher rig for 

 boats of about the same dimension- is the sloop, in which 

 case the mast is stepped further afl, the yacht receives a 

 bowsprit and a head sail, called a jib. We nexl conic, to 

 another class of sloops, ranging lliirly-ihi'ce and thirty-five 

 feet iu length, which, as is the case with all Ihe kinds no- 

 ticed to this time, are open boats, but are dignified with a 

 topmast, a sail set above the mainsail, called a gall' (opsail, 

 and another jib, set front the end of the bowspril In Ihe 

 top masthead, called a jib topsail, From i his size up, the 

 sloops generally have cabins, but the rig remains nearly the 

 same. Some sloops having a Hying jib-boom, which is a 

 spar extending out beyond tile bowsprit ; from the end of 

 this spar to the lower masthead is set the (lying jib, the jib 

 topsail in this case setting between the end of the Hying 

 jib-boom and the topmast head. Sloops of this kind rnnge 

 up to about seventy feet in length, seldom larger. 



The schooner yacht is a vessel with two musts; Ihe for- 

 ward one, which is called the foremast, has a foresail fore- 

 gall topsail and head-sails corresponding to the rig of the 

 large sloops; the main mast has a main sail and main gall 

 topsail, and between the two masts a Iriatigulars'til, shaped 

 like a jib somewhat, setting between the foremast ami main 

 top mast heads; litis is called a main top masi stay -,ul. 

 These are the plain sails; for racing there are vario s bal- 

 loon sails and kites. The schooner rig is used in vessels 

 from sixty to one hundred and thirty feet in length. There 

 are some yachts even larger than this. &t some future 

 time we may be able to give a mote detailed description of 

 the various kinds of yachts. 



The RrvEnsiDE Yacht Club of Yonkers has now on its 

 roll twenty names and a fleet of four sloops, as follows : 

 Belle, owned bv Col. T. F. Morris; Flying Cloud, Win. P. 

 Smull. Palisade Mountain House; Frolic Henry Weed, 

 New York; and Hippie, Frank Post, Yonkers. Tlie othcers 

 of Ihe club are : Col. Thos. F. Morris, commodore; Wm. 

 F. Smull, vice commodore; Wm. H. Sweiiy, secretary; W. 

 R. Ware, treasurer; Frank Post, measurer; Dr. F. S. 

 Grant, fleet surge6u. On the 23d instant it started on a 

 cruise, ending with a regatta at Ked Bank, .New Jersey. 



—The Isles of Shoals Regalia, sailed on Ihe 30th instant, 

 was fully as successful as the large number of entries pro- 

 mised. "Out of the sixty-seven yachts which had signified 

 their intention of competing upon this occasion, forty- four 

 actually appeared upon the scene in racing trim and reads 

 for the affray, The prizes, the gift of Mr. John K. Poor, 

 amounting to something over .$400 in Value, were nl, u, , i, 

 the following manner. The first prize for the first class a 

 solid coin silver punch bowl and ladle, of elegant design 

 and workmanship, was designated for the fastest boat in 

 the class, which comprises sloops and schooners measuring 

 thirty-eight feet and upward on the water line. The second 

 prize for this class is a large, powerful marine glass, to be 

 awarded lo the successful yacht of a dtftcreat size. 



The second class includes centre-board and keel sloops 

 and schooners measuring twenty-five feet and less than 

 thirty-eight feet, The first prize* being a pair of elegant 

 silver napkin rings of special design, and the second an 

 aneroid barometer. 



The third class includes centreboard a-d keel bOttU 

 measuring twenty feet and less than twenty-live feet. The 

 first prize, a silver pitcher, and the second an aneroid ba- 

 rometer. The first to be awarded in the same manner as 

 the first prize in other races, and the second prize to be 

 awarded to ihe second boat, irrespective of rig. 



Promptly at 13:30 the preparatory signal gun was filed, 

 and ten minutes later the lowering of the signal of ihe 

 Boston Yacht Club gave notice to the first class lo starf. 

 All the yachts covered the line within the required time of 

 fifteen minutes, and, after a lapse of live minutes more, the 

 signals starting the second class were given. When tliese 

 vessels were out of the way, the third class settled down to 

 their work, anil the spectacle of forty four racing yaehls 

 presented to the crowds on the accompanying Steamers and 

 on the shore well repaid them for their enterprise in 



however, inclining lo be flukey, and diminishing percepti- 

 bly towards the close of the race. One of the most iiH-it- 

 estiug features of this regatta was the presence Of the cele- 

 brated schooner America, and from her performance after 

 hauling on the wind, it is doubtful whether she has lost 

 much of her old form, or in fact whether we have a 

 schooner in the country who is her equal to windwaid in a 

 seaway. The breeze was entirely too'light for her to save 

 Uer allowance of thirty-five niinutea from her il, , i 



