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Ceeedmoor.— The seventh competition for tlie Reming- 

 ton Diamond badge came off ftt Creedmoor last Saturday. 

 This is open only to members tit the National Rifle Associ- 

 ation, and of them only tlie best shots engage in it, as the 

 shooting is at long range. The badge must be won three 

 times ere it becomes personal property, but tip to this date 

 it las "been won only once by any rifleman. Lieutenant 

 Pnlton was the victor last Saturday, he beating Mr. Yale- 

 one point. At the conclusion of the match the latter gen- 

 t lemon entered a protest against Lieutenant Fulton being 

 declared the winner of the present match, from the fact 

 that, although shooting with a breech loading rifle, he did j 

 not use if as such, loading the piece in every instance at j 

 the muzzle, as in the case of. a muzzle loader. The protest | 

 was received by the. Secretary of the Rifle Associate. II, j 

 Col. Oilderslccvc, who announced that pending its consid- j 

 evation by the Executive Committee, Lieut, Fulton would ; 

 be the custodian of flic badge. The shooting commenced j 

 at 11 o'clock A. M., and was concluded about 1 P. M. The 

 following is the score: 



Sitmt- 500 YiU. 800 Teh. 10OC TdS. TattU. 



A. Cantield, ,Tr 26 26 -20 72 



Johu Bodiue . 2i 2S 7 SS 



II. A. Gilderslcve 26 24 17 67 



Henry Fulton 26 24 27 77 



G. W. Yale 27 27 22 76 



T. S. Dakin 26 IS 26 71 



J. L. Price 2J 22 21 67 



J s. ('onlin -24 20 20 6) 



.I.T. U. Collins 9S 24 15 64 



V. W. llolete. 21 20 10 M 



W. B. Burton 2'i 16 12 SI 



B. Burton BS 19 8 5>\ 



,1 \' Me.-ernl,. ][• 13 -12 



A.J. Hemiion 13 17 .. 30 



It will be seen that this is excellent shooting, and that 

 some who were not considered fit to compete in the inter- 

 national contest made fine scores. The highest olal, 77, 

 out of a possible 84, by Lieut, Fulton, is exceedingly good, 

 as is also that by Mr. Yale; though Mr. Hcpburu scored 

 78 in the last match. Colonel Bodine did some remarkable 

 work at 500 yards, making 27 points out of a possible 28, 

 and 25 at 800 yards. So all supposed he would claim the 

 badge, as he had won it twice already, but at 1,000 yards 

 he made five misses, which ruined his chances. The 

 records of the last three men were lost on the ground; so 

 their score is not given. 



The competition for the. Turf, Field and Fnnn badge 

 comes off October 31. This, like the preceding, must, be 

 won three times ere it becomes the property of the victor. 

 At an early day in November, the Leech cup will be shot 

 for, and this will close the principal matches for the 

 present year. 



The Inteknationai, Rifle Contest. — Our English ex- 

 changes just at hand deal exceedingly light with the inter- 

 national rifle contest. One might suppose that it had no 

 interest whatever for them, as they give it less space than 

 they would an ordinary horse race, or even a polo game 

 in which nobody is interested except a few titled pony 

 riders. What they have to say, however, is just to our 

 riflemen, and we hope to see the suggestion of one of the 

 journals carried out, so far as the winners of the Elcho 

 Shield are concerned. 



The Volunteer Service Cf/nette. has this to say of the con- 

 test:— 



"We have prophesied long since that if the citizens of 

 the Tinted Stales took to long range rifle shooting, they 

 would he not unlikely to become formidable adversaries 

 But we must say that* we did not anticipate that, after 

 SOtnewtiat less than a. year's practice, the States would be 

 able to produce a small-bore team which would not only 

 beat (though it be a small majority) a crack squad of Irish- 

 men, but would do it with a score which has, in the com- 

 petition for the Elcho Shield, never been approached. 

 Tne scoring was "old Wimbledon," so that it may be com- 

 pared with that of the Elcho Shield Match from its com- 

 mencement until last year. This year, of course, the new 

 scoring prevents any comparison. The American score 

 was 934, and the. Irish 931, the H. P. S. being 1,080 points 

 (15x3x4x6). This gives an average per man of no less than 

 155-66... for the Americans, and 155-166. . . for the Irish, 

 the individual H. P. 8. being 180. Now- the highest average 

 of any team for the Elcho Shield has been that of the English 

 team' in 1871 (150-5), and the next best that of the Irish in 

 1873 (149-375). With these exceptions, the average of a 

 team has never reached 148 points. We may, however, 

 expect the average of six men to be rather better than that 

 of eight, but the individual scores in the Irish-American 

 match are quite above criticism. We find the marvellous 

 score of 171 out of 180 made by Mr. Fulton, America; an- 

 other of 163 made by Mr. John Rigby, Ireland; Mr. Yale 

 makes 162 for America, and Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Wilson 

 each 160 for Ireland. The best individual scores ever 

 made in the Elcho match were those of Messrs. Joyce and 

 Wilson, each 161, and of Mr. Wyatt, 159, all made in 1871 ; 

 and the next to those is 158 made by Colonel Penton last 

 year. We can only heartily congratulate both the Ameri- 

 cans and the Irish' upon their magnificent shooting, and 

 express our earnest hope that we shall have a team from 

 the United States to give us our revenge at Wimbledon next 

 July." 

 The Sporting Gnzette says:— 



"The average individual score of the American side is 

 157, considerably exceeding the average individual score in 

 any winning eight for the Elcho Shield under the same 

 system of scoring, viz., that adopted up to the end of 1873. 

 Fulton's score of 171, out of a possible 180, at the three 

 ranees, has never been approached, so far as we remember, 

 in any public contest in England. It is evident that 

 America possesses long-range shots who can compare with 

 and perhaps eclipse the very best of our "cracks," and an 

 annual competition between the winners of the Elcho Shield 

 and an American team would be an exceedingly interesting 

 contest, both as a test of the marksmanship and of the rifles 

 of the two countries. In the match just'concludedthe Irish- 

 nun shot with the muzzle-loading Rigby, whilst two of the 

 Americans shot with Sharp's target rifle, and four with the 

 Remington breech loader. 



Bennett Prize.— The following is the inscription on 

 the above prize, won by Mr. Rigby, of the Irish riflt- 

 men : 



Presented 



JOHN RIGBY 



By the National Rifle Association, on behalf of 



JAMES GORDON BENNETT. ESQ , 



As the competitor making the highest score in the Bennett Long 



Range Match. Creedmoor Range. New York, TJ. 8. A,, Oct. S, 1874. 



80(1 viirrls 3 I 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 4 4— 56 ) 



900 yards 3a4Sa4384 4 4 34» 1-51 -15!> 



l.rtXI yards 4 11-53344234344 3-5'.' ) 



CANADIANS AT CREEDMOOR. 



Hamilton-, Out.. Oct. 12, 18T4. 

 EniToil Foiiest and Stream :— 



On looking over . veer account or the Creedmoor matches. J notice a 

 mistake, which yon wilt pardon ffle for correcting, bill as 1 consider 

 yonr paper an authority on shooting, it is neec—nry to put yon right. 

 In the Press match at Creedmoor yon have in yonr report .1. J. O'Kelley 

 IS hirvtng won the third prize. It should have heen .lames Adam, tep- 

 resentatii ttof the Hamilton Times, Again. I see that you make a com- 

 pari-oiinf the three teams In the Bennett match, which places na at a 

 mi , ■ V..U have put two or our Canadians, who are not reprc- 



,,,!. ui., men, and who would not have been on our team had the 

 Irishmen or the Americana accepted our challenge il mean Messrs. 



them with the four highest of the Americans, who would have heen on onr 

 team, and yon will see that we beat them by live points, or give us two 

 ■ : res, equal to our lowest of the four who shot, and then we beat 



thein by thirty- points. Hoping you will pardon me for taking up your 

 valuable space, I remain yours, respectfully, SHOO! Kit. 



[The assertion of our correspondent is correct, for 



although Mr. O'Kelly wns reported in all the papers as 



winner of the third prize, we find on investigating the 



score Unit Mr. Adam was the winner. The remarks 



about Ibe Canadian riflemen are apropos, but as all 



menlroned came from the Dominion, we classified them 



for convenience in reference as a representative team. — 



Ed. | 



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SHOOTING IN CANADA. 



.. Canada, October I2tb, 1874. 

 r" of this city, came offiou 



let, 



n Ra 



cc Track. There wnaa good 



e to good scores, lit conae 



rd- 



1 



•I 11. but the patent 

 r very useful, compelling the 

 Batches, each at tii n birds, 



| 



£? 



' the winners, not wishing to 

 Then- were four prises in 



Irlcau... Shot with the club i i 



pet< 



for 



l prize. 



the second match, hut did note 



Vsnii Store. Prize. 



.1. James ... n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I t 1 1 1 1—14 1st prize, gold medal. 

 H. Moore.-. .. 1 i t 1 1 I 1 t t .) I 1 1 I n-13 2d prize. 

 II H. White. 1 ii I 1 1 1 1 I 1 it 1 • 1 1— 13 3d prize. 

 K. Killalv.. . 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1-10 I ,.,,„ 

 A. T. Deacon. 1 II 1 1 () 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-10 I ±1BB - 



Killalv and beacon shot off for the first prize, five shots at 26 yards. 

 KiHally 1111 0-4 - Deacon 1 j 1 0-? 



ATame. Seore. Total. 



Wintield .... n 1 i n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : I 1 \i 



Deacon 1 Ii ] 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 12 



Warren 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 I) II 



Ccmjii i : n i i l o o i i o i l i i n 



C. Shears ....1011 10110111011 11 

 (.en. Major.... 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 \% 



Wlnffcld, Deacon and Major being tied, retired Ave yards and shut ui 

 live birds each for Brat and second prizes. 



Wiuti. id 1 1 1 I 4'Major 1 1 i 1 1 5 



Deacon : 1 S 



Cden, Warren and Shears having tied, retired li.-e yards and shot at 

 Ave birds Tor third and fourth prizes. 



Warren 1 1 1 1 1 BjSheara 1110 1 4 



Coen. ..... 1 II 1 1 I 4. 



Coeu and Shears still being ties, retired to 31 yards. 

 Coen 1 1 1—3 - Shears 1 1 1-3 



It being too dark to continue shooting, they tossed for the fourth prize 



After the shooting was finished the club sat down to a very comfort- 

 able dinner at Wilson's Hotel, and spent a very pleasant evening. 



Yours truly. GOT Cue. 



— The following are the scores of the match between six 

 tien of the 00th Volunteer Battalion and the same number 

 if the 03d Battalion, which came off at Bedford, Canada, 

 ast week:— 



Li. 



II 



Total 



GQt/i team. 



Sergeant Stevens 13 



private Mersom 17 



Sergeant Fader. Ill 



Captain Herbin. ., 14 



Major Watt 8 



Surgeon Slay ter 13 



RETURNING THE COMPLIMENT. 



pHiLADKi.putA, October 18th, 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



"Grouse, 1 ' of Lawrence. Kansas, sends a kind invitation to "Homo," 

 through the Forest asn Stream of October 15th, to come and see how it 

 is with him as regards grouse shooting, and remarks that "he hopes I 

 may make, it convenient at some future time, in order to save my hard- 

 earned tramps in Jersey, where 1 can only bag one or two brace " He 

 evidently supposes that I refer to the pinnated grouse, or prairie hen, 

 when I speak of only betug able lo bag such a small number, and seems 

 ignorant of the fact that we have in the East a ruffed grouse, er pheasant 

 —a totally different bird, frequenting woodland, and seldom, if ever, 

 open fields. 



Thanking him lor his kind invitation, which I hope some day to be 



able to uccept, t would invite him in return to come East, where we have 



no "cnickens." and tramp it with me over rocks and through laurels for 



two brace of the relied variety, which takes just as much sportsmanship 



! to bag as twenty— yes arty— of the pinnated. "Hoko," 



SHOOTING OF A FAMED ADIRONDACK 

 HUNTER. 



New York. October 17th, 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Many or your renders, and especially those who have, frequented the 

 mountain region of the Adirondack*, will be sorry to hear of the accident 

 that came very nearly being the untimely end of that, celebrated old 

 hunter. John Cheney. Ic seems— as I understand hts son David's letter 

 —that on the night of the ad of October his youngest son. Johnny, who 

 has for a number of years been harmlessly simple, was seized with a de- 



sire to shoot S' 

 corner alw 



I loaded, he 



atching the sb 



ished il 



rod i 



the 



i the home of their eldest 

 olds out, (be hopu that the 

 o add many others ro the a 



■choed by all who know hii 



i. which i 



■re his father was sit- 

 ae barrel in his face and breast, 

 ried away by the successor his 

 barrel, and it was with difficulty 

 scaped from the room, and almost 

 e. it was only after severe exer- 

 s, but their clothing and all ttieir 

 i for so many years to get. together. 

 Bering abbes, By the kindness of 

 Dtij (he morning, when thev were 

 t son. where they now are. His 



eady long list of "wild critters' 4 

 a, which hope, I know, will ho 

 Tabawi-s. 



V Denver, Cnt., October 11th, 1874, 



LOuTor, Forest and Strcam : — 



Being at leisure 1 send j-rm a few lines relating to sporting. &c„ in the 

 m miles by trait, on the Denver. S, Park 

 vn of Morrison Springs, with half a dozen 

 houses, and the Kvergreeu House, which is an a No, 1 hotel. Through 

 this town flows the most natural trow stream in the Territory— Beach 

 Creek, which is antral sixiv miles long. It Hows from the Rocky Moflu- 

 tains into the Platte. Treat fish 

 took in forty-nine [m - B 

 trout weigh from (me nnarti r I 

 Platte is. also very good. There 

 ponds in the Territory. 



To the ■juniter excellent advi 

 Cherry Omsk, which sows throe 

 quantiiie-of '•chickens," -t a 



ngat Morrison is excellent. Mvehiim 

 an three bonis with asineiefty. The 

 i lie pounds. Trout lishiug in the 

 are a great number of artificial trout 



ilages afe Ottered, Twenty miles up 



yon. come across deer and bear, and on the plains, sixty mile 



Denver, yen will lind antelope and elk. Unfffllo is scarce this 



h, haste, Henrv Mm 



THE SAFEST SHELLS. 



alway- drive down the cap with a ham 

 while doing so, though using ihctn for 



Jakcksonmi.i.k. Hi.. Oct.. 14,1874. 



I deal has been -aid in your paper in relation 

 •lis for breech loading shot guns. My opinion 



) explode unless the cap received a punch. It 



ounit- heavier to .\plial,. the llerdan cap than 

 The shells I a-.- are made by the Union 



I , ■■ i] .Conn. In recapping:' these shells ' 



icvcr knew one to explode 



: IIayd! 



FOVVDER AND SHOT. 



Shrkw-biry, October 31st. 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Stbbam.— 



It, has been my. experience I hn' there is a great difference in the.qual- 

 Iv of powder, and in nsvng eani.-.ers of it. of the same Im'.ial purchased 

 it me same time. 1 ofn-n have found a marked difference, both in re- 

 gard to Btrength and cleanliness. My observations cover the higher 

 brands made bv Curtis i Harvey, Orange, Hazard, and Dupout Powder 

 Companies. None, with mc have proved uniform. The best and also 

 the poorest 1 ever used wa- man :e Lightning. In trim trials. I have no 

 iotlbl but that the result Of penetration would lie round to be much more 

 even was the powder intended to be used thoroughly mingled together 

 hetore using. By this means a uniformity in strengtli might be gained, 



The 



sized guns? and Wbl 

 guns* Takiie-' into 

 powder, and the ditr. 

 gnu barrel-, the nciv 



strongly advise being adopted by parties when 

 r for ritle practb'o. Poor powder may genet - 

 i it. but. tins is not a sale or ilesirabe occupa- 

 of an ordinary tire; hut it can be thoroughly 

 air by exposing it to the heat of the sun, when 

 lowing by spreading it ont thin on papor in an 



i-Ued through the columns of the Forest and 

 met proportion- ,.f p.w.dcr and shot for certain 

 tied shot are best adapted to different kinds of 

 lideraiion the iineveuness in the strength of 

 :e in the borings, weight, and proportions of 

 'is easily seen of experimenting by shooting 

 proportions or powder and shot, and also the 

 best. For tire two si/.es ot guns mostly used, 

 *■ use wilh the No. 10. 2J to 3 drachms of pow 

 rhe NO. 10, 3J to 4 drachms of powder 



sizes or shot thai suits its b< 



No-, maud la, I would -ay | 

 der and one ounce of shot; 

 mul U ounces of shot. 



In regard lo the sizes ot shot best adapted logame. I would recommend 

 of the in w snide of shot, known as the American Standard, for Wilson's 

 snipe, No. 10; woodcock, No. 8; quail. No. !); rail. No. HI; grouse, No. 7; 

 ducks. No nearly in the Fall; No. 4 late, and in the Spring. The most 

 desirable size of shot for general upland shooting 1 And to be No. 9, con- 

 taining S60 oellets to the ounce Check Cord. 

 -*-.♦■ 



SMOOTH BORE LONG SHOTS. 



Editor Forest ami Stream 

 In a late issue of your paper 



Philadelphia, October 2d, 1874. 



rew years ago I was 



experi fy fisherman 

 ml 1 was rather aur- 

 nitn buckshot. The 

 . ..ne of ,, pair hullt 



ere af- 



tinaliy 



. No' 

 ['her. 



the n 

 ,v the ii 



exchanging the. 

 killing large gal 

 does the hum in 



v m my 



men who like our Alabama friend, will kill deer with a shot gun at dis- 

 tances at .vhie.li a good many common shots would miss with a rifle. As 

 to tha length of barrel, that i'h a matter thai I win aot dieouss. I will 

 give an instance or a short barrel used b.r buckshot; I have a -.4 bore 

 muzzle loader, originally :'il indies in the barrel, bin now cut off to IS 

 inches. 1 had this gan cut off to make it convenient for use on horse 

 back. In November, ix1i, 1 used thi.-. gnu wiih buckshot, and killed a 

 larao buck, running, si W yard», driving the iho: o'ear through bins. I 



