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FOREST AND STREAM 
ghe §ifle. 
THE N. R. A. PROGRAMME. 
The fourth annual spring meeting of Ihe National Rifle 
Association will open on the 85th of May. Three days 
will be required in which to complete the matches. The 
programme is as follows:— 
riBST—DIRBCTOB8' MATCH. 
Open only to directors and honorary directors of the National Rifle 
Association. Distance, 200 yards; position, standing; weapon, any 
riflo within the rules; rounds, live, with two sighting shots; entrance 
fee, ®1; prize, the Directors’ Championship Gold Badge, shot for an¬ 
nually and held by the Winner during the your, 
SECOND — SHOUT KANOS MATCH. 
Open to all comers; distance, 200 yards; position, standing; weapon, 
any rifle within the rules; seven shots, with two sighting shots; entrance 
fee, gl. Ten prizes, aggregating $100. 
THIRD—M1I.ITAKV MATCH. 
Open to teams of five from any company.'troop, or battery of the 
National Guaid of No v York, or any other State or Territory within 
the United States, to be composed of company officers and privates, 
certified to be numbers of the company they represent on March l-t. 
1876; distance. 200 jaids; standing position; sevtn counting and two 
sighilng shots, teams io use the rifle their company is armed with; 
enirance fee, $1 per man. Teams representing organizations armed 
with <: r'llms will be allowed to use the fnll shell. Prize, Trophy 
offered by trie Sture, to be won three times before becoming the properly 
of the organization; other prizes to be snbeeqnr ntly announced. 
FOURTH—MID-RANGE MATCH. 
Open to teams of five from any company, troop or battery of any 
Slate or of the regular army, navy, or marine corps, or rifle club; posi¬ 
tion, any without artificial rest: rounds, five; weapons, those using 
regular militaiy rifles to snoot at 500 yards; snecial military titles to 
shoot at 600 yards; 'tany’’ rifle to shoot at 700 yards; second class target. 
Si-inch bull’s eye in all cases; each compury. troop, batiery, or club 
may send as many teams as they choose, and each team may enter for 
more than one distance by making a separate entry; entrance fee, £1 
per man for each distance; prizes to be hereafter announced. 
FIFTH — INDIVIDUAL MATCR. 
Open to all comers. The terms are iden’ical with those of the preced¬ 
ing match, except ihat the competitors will shoot as individuals instead 
of (earns. The system of handicapping having proved unsatisfactory 
the Board of Directors have determined to give this new system a trial. 
SIXTH—LEECH CUP MATCH. 
This match is under the auspices of the Amatenr Rifle Club and is 
open to all native bora citizens of the United Males, and to all resi¬ 
dent members of the Amateur Rifle Club, regardless of nationality; 
distance, tou. 900, and 1,tOOyards: position, any without artificial rest; 
rounds, fifteen at each range without sighting shots; wear on, auy rifle 
within ihe rules; entrance fee, $1 for members of the Amateur Rifle 
Ciub; $2 for all others. Prizes, Leech Cup, to be held by the winner 
daring the year, and a championship gold badge, valued at $50. 
BEVEHTH—PATRICK HENRY RIFLE MATCH. 
Open only to the American team and reserve of 1875. (DoIIymount): 
di-tunce, 1,000 yards; ten rounds, without sighting shols; any rifle 
within the.rales. _ 
Creedmoob, Jr.—T he return match between the gentle¬ 
men of the Citizens’and Continental Insurance Companies 
took place on Saturday, the 19ih, and resulted in the defeat 
of the Continentals by one point, the score being as fol 
lows:— 
CITIZENS’ CONTINENTAL. 
Name. Total. I Name. Total. 
F. W. Parker. SSiLloyd Roberts.43 
G W. .Jones.3"!G. li. Hope.59 
J. Donaldson.30 C. E. Trnpdlow.35 
H. Chapman.34 •/. W. Oakley.33 
J. W. Edwards.8I|W\ Ellsworth, Jr.31 
Total.lsal Total....l8l 
The final match of the Home and Continentals will take 
place next Saturday. 
Hellwig’s Gallery—T he twelfth weekly competition 
in lying position took place at Hell wig's new gallery, 371 
and 273 Eighth avenue, Wednesday, Feb. lGlli. The win¬ 
ners of the prizes were as follows: B. Ginger, first prize, 
45; Frederick Kessler, second prize, 40; R. 0. Wheeler, 
third prize, 80. These competitions take place every 
Wednesday until the prizes are won. 
Found.—A Creel moor badge was found on Clinton 
street, Brooklyn, and left at Mr. Miley’s Gallery, No. 26 
Court street, where the owner can find it. 
American Rifle Association.—T he meeting on the 
22d of February, at Glen Drake, was well attended by 
most of the noted off-hand shots of this cily and vicinity. 
The arrangements were such as to win enconiums from all 
present, aud the libeiality of Ihe Association bids fair to 
add to tlie numbers of its members and increase its popu¬ 
larity. Thiee matches were shot, all at 300 yards distance; 
canvass targets, of the third class. The management was 
Btich as to allow of the matches all being in operation at 
the same time. The subscription match nrizes amounted 
to the sum of $30, divided between the three highest scores. 
In Lite all-comers’ a gold badge of $25 value was the first 
prize, a silver badge $15 value the second, and $3 in cash 
the third. The! prizes in the military match were the same 
as in the previous one. Lieut. Geo. II. Thompson was the 
officer of the day. Mr. Edward Gay, and Dr. A.,Starr, 
took excellent care of the refreshments and the guests. 
We are pleased to notice that Sergt. W. U. Madden, of the 
Twenty-seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y , was the fortu¬ 
nate winner of the first badge in the All Comers’ Match. 
We give the highest scores in match below:— 
Distance 300 yards; any rifie; trigger pull, 3 pounds; 
position, off-band; 5 scoriug shols. 
Name. Score, Total, 
Sergt. F. Backofen. 4 4 4 4 4 30 
Capt. E. Baker.3 4 5 3 4 lw 
Sergt. F, Backofen.4 3 4 5 3 19 
Conditions—Distance, 300 yards; auy rifie; trigger pill, 
3 pounds; position, off-hand; 7 scoriug shots. 
Name and Regt. Total,i Name andRegt. Total. 
Sergt. M. it. Madden,27th.29F.N. DcWiit,.....20 
J,' SloGlensey... 22 . T. Dnke.19 
Lieut. J. A. Gee, 8th.2*(T, X . Henderson.19 
Sergt, F. Backofen, 47t.li .23] 
Conditions—Distance, 300 yards; military rifles only, 
state pattern; trigger pull, not less lliau 6 pounds; posi¬ 
tion, offhand; seven Bcoring shots; open to any bona fide 
member of the National Guard. 
Name und Regt. Total. | Name and Regt Total¬ 
ly. S. Bevaris. 8th.ZTiG’apt. A. W. Peck, 87th..'..18 
capt. W. C. Reddy, 12ib.22 Lieut. J. A. Gee, 8th.ill 
Copt. E. Barker, 8,b.lu| 
Morsemkke.—A new competition, to be called “The Off¬ 
hand Match," will lake the place at this range of the Harris 
match now concluded. The conditions are: 10 shots off 
hand at. 300, and ten shots off hand at 500 yards, two sight¬ 
ing shots at each distance. The same rifie to be used at 
both ranges. Entrance fee, 50 cents for members and 75 
cents for others, this match being open to all comers. The 
prize is a sporting rifle, to be won four times before 
becoming the properly of auy competitor. 
Syracuse. —Compclition at Yates’ Dragoon Rifle Range 
for prizes as follows: For the five best strings of five 
shots each, 110 feet distance, a Barber & Lefevre Creed- 
moor rifle. Valued at $100; for second best, a Smith & 
Wesson silver plated revolver; for third best, another 
revolver, handsomely finished. The following are the 
winning scores: 
Name. score. Total. 
F. Singer, tst prize. 25 24 24 24 23 120 
Charles llart. 23 prize... _,_25 24 2-4 33 23 1 IB 
M. B. Nicholson. 3rd prize.21 23 22 23 22 115 
California Marksmen. —The long-range marksmen of 
the Sumner Light Guard, of San Francisco, Cal., indulged 
in a little shooting at the distance of 1,000 yards recently. 
The result is shown below in thestringsof fifteen shots 
each:— 
Name. Score. Total, 
Capt. J. IT. Burns.5 4 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 65 
J. Roi>ert8on.4 5 3 6 5 3 4 5 3 2 3 4 4 2 3 55 
D. Watson .4 6 4 3 5 3 5 5 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 60 
T. E. Carson.2 45533432434534 54 
The San Francisco Cadets, Capt. George Bigley, inaugu¬ 
rated their rauge at San Bruno, by practiciug.nl Ihe 200 
yards range, ffve shols each, with very good results, as 
will be seen from (lie following scores, considering that it 
is only the second time those cadets have fired at ihat dis¬ 
tance :— 
Name. Total. I Name. Total. 
J. Learv .21G. Johnson.7.18 
J. O. Dea.2111’. M. Searcy.17 
J. McNamara___20,H. Carrig. 17 
A, Bennett.l»|Capt. Geo. Bigicy.17 
—The Harvard University Rifle Club bad their regular 
monthly match at the range opposite Mount Auburn, Sat¬ 
urday last. There were eight participants in off baud 
practice at 200 yards, the graud Creedmoor average being 
38.7. 
—Mr. Geo. S. Schermerhorn, Secretary of tlie National 
Rifle Association, has received a letter from a resident of 
Austria, who innocently proposes that if the National Rifle 
Association will pay the passage and expenses to this coun¬ 
try of a team representing the Tyrolese, ho will undertake 
io select one. Mr. Schormerhorn has modestly declined 
ilia unique proposal. 
The Centennial Matches. —Owing to the impossibility 
of securing a rifle-range at Philadelphia, for the purpose of 
contesting the Centennial rifle matches, the Executive 
Committee of the National Rifle Association has decided to 
hold the tournament at Creedmoor, Long Island. While wo 
should have preferred seeing tlie matches shot at Philadel¬ 
phia, there is unquestionably no comparison between any 
range that could have been temporarily prepared there, and 
the permanent arrangements at Creedmoor. Tlie success 
or failure of the meetings at Creedmoor this summer, rests 
almost as much with the railroad company as it does with 
the committees. The joint committees having in charge 
the final arrangement of the matches comprises the follow¬ 
ing gentlemen: National Rifie Association, Gen. J. B 
YVoodward, Col. G. W. Wingate, Col. H. A. Gildersleeve, 
Gen. M. T. McMahon, Hon. N. P. Stanrou, James Gordon 
Bennett, Gen. Eilburn ICuox, Hon. D. YV. Judd, Geu. 
E. L. Molineux. Amateur Rifie Club, E. TI. Sanford, 
George Crouch, G. S. Schermerhorn, Jr., Robert Johnson, 
A. Alford, W. B. Farweli, Major H. S. Jewell, William B. 
Coughtry, aud Major Joseph Holland. 
—The Long Island Shooting Olub are about erecting a 
200 yards rifie range on their grounds at Dexter Park. 
Canvas targets to he used. 
—The Norwich, Conn., rifle club has decided to accept 
Ihe invitation to affiliate with the National Association, 
and has taken the necessary steps to do so. 
Milwaukee, ¥la„ February 19tb, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream: — 
Yesterday, tbe ISfir. btiug our regular practice day, a few of tlie en¬ 
thusiastic members of our association proceeded to our range at Wau¬ 
watosa to shoot twenty-five shots at 500 yards. The weather was 
chilly aud disagreeable, with a very strong 4:30 wind hlowlug. Under 
the circumstances the following scores may be considered very good 
Name. Score. Total. 
W. B. Sketch ....4 55 4 555553 5 5 5 5-5 555455555 5-12i 
E. D. Bangs.5 4 6405555555 5 55555554556 5-122 
E- Fielding.*3 5 54555555555 5 5554555555 5-121 
C’bas. Turner.-1 -1 334445464554 4 4 45545563 3-105 
♦Base of shell burst. 
The chief point of interest in the above shoot was a contest between the 
veteran rifleman Sketch, who shoots a Remington gun, and Fielding, who 
glories in a Sharps. The parties are about as evenlymalehetl as they vvell 
can he. The hopes of victory with both resting principally on an accideir'2 
al hail shot of the other. In this case, the majority of one point for Sketch 
was gained on the first bad shot of Fielding’s. This time the glory falls 
“where it will do the most good,’ 5 (for the club) on Sketch. Than 
whom, a more generous victor, or thoroughbred, modest gentleman, 
would be very hard to find. 
There is considerable interest beli g manifested now towards our asso¬ 
ciation by the liberal ones of our city. E. H. Broadhead, Esq., Presi¬ 
dent of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, has presented to the 
club two very elegant fleld glasses as prizes, one to be competed for at 
200 yards, trod the other at 500 yards, each to he won three times to be¬ 
come ihe property of the member so winning it. The competition for 
these prizes will not commence until the weather becomes pleasanter, 
in order to draw out all the club. I will seud you the scores when the 
time comes. Wau Wau. 
The British National Rifle Association. —The Vol- 
unleer Service Gazette says that the “Wet Wimbledon" of 
last year was, after all, not such a failure as might have 
beeu expected. The loss was only £800, caused by the ab- 
seence of the general public. The entrance fees were larger 
than ever. The N. R. A. Report just issued says;— 
“The entries for prizes were very much in excess of those of previous 
years; the shooting never was berter at any 01 the previous mL-eiiugs; 
and Although lire Council have to announce Hiui the receipts were slk-lrt- 
Xy less than the expenoiture, it will be seen that the deficiency arose 
aolelv from the great falling off in the attendance of the 
public, const-qneut npon the exceptionally unfavorable state of the 
weather during nearly the whole of the meeting. Had the weatuer heeu 
favorable, there can tie no doubt that the meeting of 1875 would, in every 
respect, have been one of the most successful since, onr contemporary 
continues, the foundation of the Association.'’ 
The canvas targets arc reported to have worked marvel¬ 
lously well; “not only did they withstand a constant rain, 
often accompanied with a strong wind, but they were per¬ 
fectly visible, the marking was most accurate, and the 
shooting was never stopped for an instant." It was admit¬ 
ted on til! hands ihat the shooting must have heensuspeuded 
if iron targets had been used during such weather as pre¬ 
vailed at Wimbledon last July. Wo are glad to see that 
the Council intend to introduce canvas targets at tile ex¬ 
treme ranges this year, though the change will probably 
reuder the continuance of long-range score* more compli- 
cated. 
An arrangement for improving the back sight for rifles 
has been invented by Mr. S. Hill, of New Street Borough 
Road, London, says the Broad Arrow . Its object is to do 
away with the haphazard or uncertain aim, and blur from 
the effects of sun, strong light, and most; especially from 
wind, the sighting bar being extra and traversing on front 
of old or oilier ordinary sliding or sighting bar. The top 
of the same hav'iDg a reversed V to aim through, this pe¬ 
culiar shape prevents, to a great extent, the sun and light 
from affecting tlie aim. The bar is also made to traverse, 
by means of a screw, either right or left, thus giviug a 
wind guage on the ordinary or back sight flap thru is suffi¬ 
ciently open. Withthis apparatus the tirercan always aim 
dead on his object, at the same time retaining the ordinary 
open bar and fixed foresight. It can be used on any rifle. 
'utme <§?;/# mid §>nn. 
GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. 
Hares, brown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, Sc. 
rirn floulua. 
Deer,Wild TurkeyiWoodcuok, Quail, Snipe, I hides, and Wild Fowl. 
Game in Market. —This is the last occasion on whicfli 
we will have to quote game in our markets which was Out 
of season, or under protection, two months ngo. Quail 
have been in demand, and the price lias advanced from $5 
to $5.50 per dozen; grouse of both varieties are about the 
same as last quoted, say $1.50 per pair. Ducks are rather 
scarce, and slightly higher. We quote: Canvas backs. 
$3.75 per pair; red heads, §1 to $l t ,25; mallards, $1.50 to 
$1.75; sprig tails, black ducks and widgeon, HO cents to $1; 
broad bills, 75 cents; teal, 75 cents to $t; brant, $1.50; 
geese, $1.25 to $1.50 each; wild pigeous, $2.50 to $2.75 per 
dozen; hares, 40 to 50 cents; rabbits, 50 to 60 cents. 
—Jack snipe have been seen and killed already in the 
marshes near this cily—a good sign of the early approach 
of spring .—Alexandria Gazelle, 17. 
PIGEON SHOOTING. 
Since the withdrawal of the Prince of Wales, and his 
brother, the Duke of Edinburgh, from the leading shoot¬ 
ing club of England, the Bport appears to have fallen into 
disfavor in thut country, and the best pigeon shots go to the 
Continent for their amusement. The little principality of 
Monaco is now the great European center of “sport.” 
Since fixe withdrawal of the gambling licenses from Baden- 
Baden and Homburg, it has become famous as almost the 
only place where public gambling is permitted, and as an 
additional attraction the authorities have organized these 
international pigeon matches. The last, which was shot 
on the 25lh and 26th of January, was truly international 
in character, representatives of England, Germany, Bel¬ 
gium and France, being respectively first, second, third 
aud fourth. That was a nice little prize won by Capt. 
Aubrey Patton, tlie Prix du Casino, a work of art valued 
at 3,000 francs, aud nearly 20,000 francs in money; or, to 
put it in round numbers, about $4,000. To win this, Capt. 
Pat ten killed five birds at 29 yards rise, and six at 294 
yards, the conditions being, 5 birds at the first distance, 
and seven at the second, the winner being the only one 
who killed eleven out off the twelve, notwithstanding there 
were seventy-four competitors. Capt. Patton won this 
same prize last year, and at the present meeting he also 
won the Grande Poule d’Essai, another valuable prize,- and 
was also successful In a match for .2100, with the Baron 
Tschirscliky, who was second to him io the principal 
mutch. One of his birds was retrieved while on the wing, 
by a clever dog named Nell, having been but slightly hit, 
and just saved a tie. 
Pigeon Shootikg at Rye, N. Y.—Al. Beck’s Central 
Hotel, on Sauirday, February lUiIt, several matches took 
place. The first was a match for $50, 15 birds each, 21 
vards rise, 80 yards boundary. The score was as follows: 
Josiah Buckley, 011 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0, killed 8, 
missed 7. Win. Whitliers, 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0, 
killed 7, missed 8- Sweepstakes, o birds, 21 yards rise 80 
yards boundary, $5 entrance: — 
Name. Score. Touil I Name. Score. Total. 
A. Theal . 1 0 111 I f, Dacia.0 1 t I) 0 2 
P. Hum. 1 110 0 SlG. (lovers......1 0 0 0 0 t 
A. Wilkinson . 0 11X0 £|tt. fletKJtllCt.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 
Sweepstake same conditions: — 
Name. Score, Total-1 Name. Score. Total. 
A. WUMnsou..l 0 111 4 P. Hunt... 1 10 10 3 
R. Benedict 1 0 110 3| Will. Partly. .. .0 110 0 2 
Long Island. — The members of the Long Island Shoot¬ 
ing Club assembled in force, on Tuesday, to shoot fir 
their dub cup. The conditions were 7 birds each, 25 yards 
rise, nineteen entries- Alter a tie with Mr. Gildersleeve 
the cup was won by Mr. T. J. Thomas, who killed six 
birds in the first round. We have not bpuce for the scores 
in full. 
Tournament at Davenport, Iowa. —Tlie largest gath¬ 
ering of sportsmen ever held in the State occurred at Da¬ 
venport, Iowa, last week, no less tjiau twenty two cities 
being represented. Capt. A. H. Bogatdus, the champion, 
was present, aud his decisions as referee gave general sat¬ 
isfaction. The shooting lasted through lour days. On 
the first a sweepstakes with 33 entries w r as shot, S. F. Gil¬ 
man and W. Barker tieing on 8 birds each, the former fi¬ 
nally winning first prize, James Joles the second, Henry 
and Charles Young dividing the third, and John and Louis 
Smith taking fourth and fifth. 
On. the second day there were 36 entries for the $10 sweep- 
stakes; eight tieing on eight birds each; on shooting off, 
Capt, Bogardus outlived all opponents and took first prize. 
As the absurd plau of shooting out all who lied in the first 
round was followed, Mr. S. F. Gilman, who had killed, 
seven birds, look second prize, while seve n men who hud 
