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FOREST AND STREAM. 
International Rifle Matches. —The joint committee 
of the National Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle Club 
held a meeting on Friday, Gen. M. T. McMahon in the 
chair. The members present were Inspector General 
“Woodward, Gen. Knox, Major Holland, Major Jewell, 
Judge Stanton, Robert Johnson, and G. 8. Schermerhoru. 
Judge Stanton, in behalf of the Committee on Finance, re¬ 
ported that ho had received a subscription of $2,500 
from Messrs. Poppenhuseu Bros., and had their assurauce 
that ample facilities would be provided for the transporta- 
lion of people lo Creedmoor during the international 
matches. The time-table during the meeting would, he 
said.be made up in accordance with the wishes of the 
joint committee. On motion of Geo. Knox, the Treasur¬ 
er was directed not to disburse any of the funds belong¬ 
ing lo the committee without an order from the Finance 
Committee. On motion, it was decided to invite Gen. 
Shuler, President of the National Rifle Association, and 
Col. Mitchell, President of the Amateur Rifle Club,.to 
participate in the meetings of the joint committee here¬ 
after. The meeting then adjourned: 
Creedmoor.—O ne of the leading matches on this range 
last season was that for the bull's-eye badge presented by 
George Crouch, Esq. The trophy having been finally won 
by Mr. Leonard Geiger, that gentleman has in turn pre¬ 
sented to the Amateur Rifle Club a trophy to take its place. 
The present medal is a gold coin of the value of fifty dol¬ 
lars, suitably mounted, and is shot for under somewhat pe¬ 
culiar conditions, which will probably be modified ere 
long. These are—20 shots at 1,000 yards, 15 at 900,. aud 10 
at 800, commencing: at the long range. The weather dur¬ 
ing the forenoon was flue, hut in the afternoon the wind 
varied between southeast and southwest, blowing half a 
gale. The scores therefore, are not first class, considering the 
the previous records of most of the contestauts. Maj. Ful¬ 
ton was tlie winner with 18 bull’s-eyes, although Mr. Ballard 
beat him on the total score. Mr. Geiger, although declin¬ 
ing to compete for the badge presented by himself, shot 
with 1 he others, and made the top score, viz,: 19 bull’s- 
eyes and 176 out of a possible 225. The scores made by 
tiyj competitors wete as follows:— 
800 900 1,0(10 
Names. yards. yards, yards. total. Btills-eyes. 
Maj. Ilenry Pulton..38 OS OH 1S9 18 
X. M. Baliard.44 52 68 161 17 
U. W. Tala.38 68 69 169 HS 
J. li. Alien...35 59 57 151 11 
IV. B. Fartvell.48 57 50 150 ll 
A. Anderson..34 49 56 139 14 
It. Ruthboue. a4 51 49 144 11 
V. S. Elmendoif.48 53 48 114 IS 
X,. Webber.46 46 44 116 13 
N. Wasltburue.50 38 39 127 10 
H. Fisber.28 46 40 109 9 
E. H. Raymond.43 41 34 122 8 
S. G. Perry..40 44 41 138 7 
V. Hyde.00 51 37 148 7 
A-J. Herndon, Jr.46 34 15 95 4 
Col. C.McNab.16 21 31 67 2 
Creedmoor, Jr.—T he return match between the teams 
representing respectively the New York Life and the Con¬ 
tinental Fire Insurance Companies, was shot at this range 
on Saturday, and won by the first mentioned. The scores 
were as follows:— 
SEW YORK LIFE. 
Name, Total. 
H. C. Harrison. 43 
L. Fosdick. 4; 
X. Darbee, Jr. 41 
G. W. Poutez. 4t 
J. S. Conover. 36 
Totai.201 
CONTINENTAL FINE. 
Name. Total. 
W. Ellsworth. 42 
G. Hope. 4. 
K. X. Roberts. 40 
W. E. Earnest. 37 
VV. Townsend. 31 
Total.191 
Conlin's Gaxlerv.— The St. John’s Guild Rifle Tour¬ 
nament, given at this gallery in aid of the Floating Hos¬ 
pital for :lio poor, sick children, is an immense success, 
and will realize a liberal sum for its object. About one 
humtred competitors have entered. It is respectfully an¬ 
nounced that this contest will positively close on Saturday 
night, April 29lh, 1876, All comers are invited. 
Hexxwig’s Gaxxery. —The prize shooting held at Hell- 
wig’s Gallery, 271 and 273 Eighth avenue, ended Thursday 
April 101h. The first prize, a fine rifle, was won by Fred 
Kessler, the second, a cap rifle, by M. B. Engel, aud the 
third prize, a parlor pistol, by R. C. Wheeler. 
—The Rod aud Rifle Club of Jamaica, L, I., are making 
extensive preparations for. the coming Reason. A few. days 
since Mr. Creed, President of the club, showed us two 
handsome and appropriate medals gotten up by Messrs. 
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, one to be known as the 
Champion badge, and to be competed for on the third 
Wednesday of May and the second Wednesdays of June, 
July, August, September, and October, becomiug the prop¬ 
erty of the member who shall.have won it three times. 
The oilier is to be known as the Challenge badge, and is to 
be shot for on Saturday of each week, commencing May 
6th and ending October 28th, becoming the property of 
the member who shall have won it the greatest number of 
limes during the season. The club now has two 200-yard 
targets on their range, one being found insufficient for the 
number of contestants in the matches. 
Morsemere. —The Yonkers Rifle Association are about 
organizing an off-hand, short-range team to represent it at 
Creedmoor and elsewhere. With such good material to 
select from the team should be a remarkably .strong one. 
In the meantime it is a pity that I he long-taiked of match 
between this association aud the American Rifle Associa¬ 
tion cannot be brought to an issue. 
The spring meeting of the Yonkers Association will take 
place on Friday and Saturday, April 28th and 29th. The 
programme is as follows:— 
Match L—Man Tuiyet Match.— Distance, 200 yards: time, 5 seconds 
hjfaeliott position, standing; wvapon, any rifle; rounds, live; uo sight¬ 
ing abuts. Entrance fee, twenty-live cents. Re-entries allowed. 
Tins matcli to be open duriug the entire meeting. First ana second 
nurses a ill be awarded to tbe higacot scores at me cud or each day. 
Entries close ni.5 P. 51. 
•Mixon H —8/irn t Mange Match.— Distance, 200 yards; position, stand¬ 
ing; weapon, any tine; rounds, ten; no sighting -hois. Entrance Tee, 
liity cents. Re-entries allowed. Prize, a nickel plated revolver. Match 
to be open during the entire meeting. Entries close at 5 P. M. 
Matcu Ill —learn Match, Special Tin get,— Open to [earns of live from 
any rifle club. Distance, 000 yards. In audition to the 22-iiich bull's-eye, 
there wilt be an i:-inch carton, which will count six points. Position, 
any; wevpoii, any rifle; rounds, ten; two sighting shots. Entrance fee, 
one dollar per mail. Each club may send as many teams as they choose, 
Prize, a Jleiugiaes. The winning team wifi compete among themselves 
after the spiing'meeting for the ownership of the glass. Mutch opens 
.lit 10:30 A. 61. Entries close at 11., Friday, April 28th. 
Match l\—Carton Match— Distance, 500yards; position, any; wea¬ 
pon, any rifle; rounds, live: two sighting shots; bull's-eye 12 inches. 
Entrance fee, fifty tents. First and second prizes, the winning carlons 
suitably inscribed. Open at 2 P. 61. Entries close 5 1\ M , Friday, 
April 28th. Re entries allowed. 
Match. Y- Mid-Range Match.— Distance, 500 yards; position, any; 
weapon, any rifts; rounds,seven; no sighting shots. Entrance fee. fifty 
cents. Prize, a field glass. Open at fO A. M. Entries close at 12 61., 
Saturday. April 2!lih- 
61 ATOfi VI —Individual Match , —Distance, 600 yards; 11.inch carton; 
position, anv; weapon any rifle; rounds, ten; two sighting shots. En¬ 
trance fee, $1. Prize, a Creedmoor cnrtiidge box. Open at2P. 61. 
Entries close st 5 P, 6t , Saturday, April 29ih. 
All entries to be matte with the score keepers on the range. 
The matches are open to all comers, and shooting will 
begin each day at 10 A. M. The Amateur Rifle Club have 
announced their intention of sending a team lb compete in 
Match III, and many of the celebrated shots will compete. 
The attendance should be large. 
On Saturday last tlie following scores were made in a 
team match at 500 yards, 40 shots per man: Tlie target 
was regulation size in every particular, the bull's-eye being 
23 in. in diameter, but inside of it was an 11-iueh carton, 
which has one-fourlh the area of the old bull’s-eye, aud for 
hitting this an extra point was counted. We give the 
count both by Oreedraoor and Morsemere. It will be seen 
that the Shotnard team wins by 10 points, Creedmoor, 
and 14 points Morsemere:— 
* Name, 
Charles Dusen berry 
SIIONNARD’S TEAM. 
Scoie. 
I 65 6 5545 6 55 
i5663565656 
, Total. 
656 5 6066 5 5-107 
666665046 5—109 
Grand Toial.. 
Total. 
A. H. Jocelyn. . 
..216 
Creedmoor Style: Grand Total. 
...96-97 196 
Total. 
( 4 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 5 6 4 6 4 5 5 3 5 3— 93 
— i 55544644054656 65655 6—lo2 
Grand Total.... 
Total. 
A. D. Hodgman.... 
.195 
Creedmoor Style. Grand Total. 
.93-95 185 
Total. 
I 3366046 5 5565 3 353645 5— 96 
• '( 6 5 3 4 6 6 5 4 5 4 6 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5- 96 
Grand Total. 
Total.... 
FredShonnard.. 
...192 
Creedmoor Style. Grand Total. 
.96-91 181 
Total' 
J 3 3 6 6535544536.5 55553 4- 92 
•1 3 66530554 3 556533555 5— 96 
Grand Total.188 
Cheedmnor Style. Grand Total. 
Total.89-61 180 
Grand Total of the team 791. Creedmoor style, 743. 
Douglas Smyth. 
-myth's team. 
Total. 
6443665656045655555 5-102 
4146 3 54556036665506 4— 99 
Grand Total.... 
Total. 
Chas. Hodgman — 
.201 
Creedmoor Stylo. Grand Total. 
.95-01 380 
Total. 
I 4556665545554550452 6- 98 
-"j 6 5 5 6464354556554 1 46 6— 98 
Grand Total... .1#6 
Creedmoor Stylo. Grand Tola!. 
Total.-.93-92 385 
_ Total. 
"V, „ . | 6 644544555654485646 6- 96 
H7X, Garrison. [55436455 4 6 5465 6 5444 3- 95 
Grand Total.-.191 
Creedmoor Style. Grand Total. 
Total.90—91 181 
Total 
„ T (5444454465664464444 4— 91 
G. X. Morse. . ( 4566445554460655454 5— 98 
Grand Total . .-. 169 
Creedmoor Style. Grand Total. 
Total..87-93 180 
Grand Total of the team—777. Creedmoor .style, 7:2. 
Nf.w York State.—T he Board of Difectorn of the 
Ninth Division Rifle Association, whose headquarters are 
at Syracuse, have announced their programme Of this 
spring meetings although the dates on wllicit the matches 
are to be shot have not yet been fixed. The programme is 
as follows:— 
I. Director's JJatch.—O pen to Directors of the Sixth Division Rifle 
Association. 
II. Sixth Div. N. G. Match.—O pen to teams of twelve from each 
regiment, battalion, or separate company of infantry in the Sixth Divi- 
Ili. Regimental Matches.—O pen to teams from different companies 
or to individuals of the regiment or company, according to ihe dictation 
of the donors of prizes. 
IV. Cavalry Match.—O pen to teams of five from any troop of cav¬ 
alry in the Sixth Division. 
V. shout Range Match.—O pen to all comers; distance, 200 ya'ds. 
VI. Xong Range Match.—O pen to all comers; distance, 800 and 1,000 
Mid-Range Match.—O pen to all comers; distance, 500,600, and 
700 yards. Handicap mulch. 
Vill. Officers’Match.—O pen to all general, field, staff, aud line of¬ 
ficers; distance, 200 ynnis. . ... ___ 
IX. Consolation MATcn.—Open to members of the Sixth Division 
and competitors in the ion-going matches who hate not won a iliac, sec¬ 
ond, or ihird prize; distance,SCOyafds. 
A team of three from the Amateur Rifle Club, of Roches¬ 
ter, shot on the 2lst, at Geneva, three matches with an 
equal team from the Geneva Rifle Club. Distance, 800 and 
150 yards. At tbe longer range the position was any al 
lowed by Creedmoor rules by the Rochester men; muzzle 
rest allowed to Geneva. The Rochester men used Reming¬ 
ton rifles of ten pounds weight. Gaylord, of Geneva, used 
a lliirty-two pound muzzle loader, with rest; Miller, a 
twenty-one pound muzzle loader in Lhe same way, while 
Smith used a Sharps Creedmoor without rest. The wind 
blew fresh directly across the line of fire, making necessary 
an allowance of eight or ten feet for tlie wind, iu^pile ol' 
which the scores were satisfactory for amateurs, it will 
he seen that Rochester won by eight and fourteen points:— 
FIRST MATCH—£00 YARDS. 
GENEVA. I ROCHESTER. 
Name. Total. Name. Total. 
Smith. 39 Rider.■'.. j;] 
Gaylord.4.5|Htirt.-... 43 
Miller.... 39 SlillsOD ...jj® 
Total.. 123| Totai.,.,,,131 
SECOND 3! A TO ft —806 YAR11H. 
UCNLVA. | ROCHESTER. 
Name. Total. Name. Total. 
Smith . . . 36 Rider.-. « 
Gaylord .. .36|tiurt. 31 
Miller. 33|Stillson.. 32 
Total . , .1051 Total.. - H9 
At 150 yards the shooting was off hand, and the Rochester 
riflemen held their own against their doughty oppnneuls, 
but not with so much advantage as al. the longer range. 
Fifteen shots were fired by each man, with the Tollowing 
aggregate out of a possible seventy-five:— 
150 YARDS—OFF-11 AND. 
ROCll ESTER. I GENEVA. 
Name. Total. Name. Total. 
Rider..... 61 Smith. tiO 
Hurl. 53| Miller_ ___ <37 
Siillson. e-j.Gnylord. . 56 
Total...4741 Total .,,..173 
After the above, an off-hand maleli was shot between 
Mr. Smith, President of the Geneva Club and Ihe Presi¬ 
dent of the Rochesters, ending in a victory for the former 
by a score of 64 to 58. 
’It. is but fair to slate that Gaylord's piece of artillery 
broke down after tlie sixth round of the second long range 
mutch, after which he used lhe- smaller muzzle-loader of 
Miller, but tlie matches have demonstrated that we need no 
longer fear the muzzle-loader in long range shooting. 
Massachusetts. —The members of the Massachusetts 
Rifle Association held their third prize meeting of the sea¬ 
son at the Spy Pond Range on the 18th inst., the conditions 
being fifteen shots each at 200 yards, tlie contestants being 
divided into three classes in accordance with their previous 
standing of scoring. In the first class the prize was won 
by J. B. Osborn, second by W. II. Jafckson, and third by 
J. N. Frye. In the second class E. B. Souther took the 
first prize, C. E. Hebbard second, and J. F. Wheeler third. 
In Ihe third class Ihe honors were conferred on J. L. Ste¬ 
venson, W. F. Symrns, and E. W. Johnson, respectively. 
The following is the score made by each individual Ivy 
both tlie Creedmoor and Massachusetts melliods of reckon¬ 
ing, the first figure representing the former method and the 
second figure the latter:— 
First CUss—J. B. Osborn, 158-69; W. H. Jackson, 146- 
64; O. E. Sanborn, 145-65; J. N. Frye, 145-65; S. U. Noyes, 
144-05; 8. C. Ring, 144-62: J. N. Frost, 143-68; W. Gur- 
fish, 132-61; C. C. Wemyss, 142-63; J. W. Wemyss, 134- 
62; A. P. Clark. 132-61; S. Plummer, 124-51. Second 
class—E. B. Souther, 141-68; C. E. Hebbard, 141-60; J. 
F. Wheeler, 138-63; G. H. Adams, 134-03; E. Lawrence, 
133-01; J. N. Brown, 127-56. Third class—J. L. Steven¬ 
son, 139-63; W. F. SymnSs, 135-60; C. A. Parker, 108-53; 
E.B. Hull, 108-54; E. W. Johnson, 111-56; H. S. Harris, 
107-50; W. E. Gerrier, 100-51. 
At the close of tbe shoot, Mr. Gerrier having made the 
lowest score, he was awarded a small toy gun by a mem¬ 
ber of the association, which he took amid shouts of ap¬ 
plause. It was announced that Major Henry Fulton had 
presented a’Remington rifle, Creedmoor pattern, lo the as¬ 
sociation, lo be contended for by tbe members under such 
conditions as the directors may decide. 
Pennsylvania. —The first annual meeting of the Scranion 
Rifle Club will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 
24th and 25th, when one hundred dollars in prizes will be 
shot for. The officers of tlie club are John Nichols, Presi¬ 
dent ; J. N. Gardner, Secretary, aud Enoch Page, Treas¬ 
urer. 
New Orleans.—T he New Orleans Rifle Club had a 
lovely day for target practice on the 16th inst. Tlie wind 
was rather strong, still there were some very fine scores 
made. The members were out in full force. The follow¬ 
ing are the leading score:— 
Centennial Target, 25 half inch rings, off-hand. 
Name. Total.| Name. Total- 
A.tVatteuhoffer..'.155 F„ J. Wenck.151 
M. Wintelcr... 153|Julos Fiffani...149 
Wimbledon, off hand, oat of a possible 50. 
Name. Total. I Name. Total. 
M. Wliueler.48 L. A. Jang..H 
.Tub's Pi trout..42 A. Wattenhofer.41 
l. J. Wenck.411 
At the Crescent City Rifle Club tlie attendance was very 
good, and until three o’clock in the evening tile firing was 
very brisk. A very strong wiud was blovviug directly 
across tlie targets. The following are tlie leading scores.-— 
2'JO yards off-hand, possible 75. 
Name. Score, 
L. B. Daponte_5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 
J. L. Itcvol.4 554 4 555515354 4 
500 yards withont artificial rest, possible 75. 
Name. Score. 
Dr. Geo. Itowe.5 4555445455555 5 
R. G. Eyrich.4 5 5 4 5 1 5 5 4 5 -1 4 5 5 5 
John Given, Jr. 5 5 5534441 5 4 5 5 5 5 
Dudley Selph .4 3 4-1 1 5 4 5 4 3 4 2 5 5 3 
dales Piffant.2 4 3 5 3 5 5 2 5 1 4 5 4 5 4 
X. U. Daponta.5 4 3 5 2 2 5 4 4 3 4 1 3 2 5 
J. X. Revul. 4 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 4 2 5 3 4 3 
Total. 
1,000 yards. 
Geo. Howe.5 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 1 59 
John Glynn, Jr. .. .3 43445253352434 f.4 
Win.- Arms.3 5 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 5 4 3 0 4 60 
Dudley Selph.5 5 5 3 3 3 4 0 0 0 4 4 2 3 4 45, 
A, C. Smitu.2 35335301 2 43 0 II 3 III 
John Ji. Remind.U 4 0 0 4 2 3 3 4 5 2 4'5 3 0 39 
A team calling themselves the Unknown have issued a 
challenge to shoot a match with a team from any olher 
club in tbe State of Louisiana, at 1,000 yards. As tbero is 
no other club in the State that has a longer range than 
200 yards, we of course expect lively limes. Gussm. 
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MILWAUKEE RIFLE CLUB. 
M II.WAUKEE, April 18th, 1870. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The first competition for the Brodhead Held glass prize, at 500 yards 
came off several days ago. O. D. Turner made 72 out of possible 75, 
and wins the glass once. The second competition for the 200 yards prize, 
came off last Friday lhe 11th inst. J. M. Arnold made 42 out or possi¬ 
ble 50, and wins the glass once. Score at 200 yards; 10 sbote off-hand:— 
Name. Total, j Name. Total. 
J. M. Arnold.42|C. Turner... 37 
E. Fielding.-.411C. Shuonds.32 
John C. Wells.41 |X>. Fraukenberger.31 
John Mcnnier.40| 
Off-hand shooting, according to the Milwaukee Rifle Club rules, means: 
Stand up on your feet like a little mau, “pnll down your vest, keep the 
whole of the left hand forw ard of lhe trigger guard, and both amts tree 
from the body, excepting where they hinge on the shoulder. 
Wan Wan. 
-*<*■- 
California.— Capt. H. J. Bums and Mr. Pliilo Jacoby, 
two expert rifle shots of Sun Francisco, recently shot an 
inleresLingmalcli at Buena Vista Park, the conditions be¬ 
ing twenty shots each at 200 yards off hand at a Creedmoor 
target, tl.c huts lo be measured, however, iustead of count¬ 
ed in the usual wav. Tlie match was brought about be¬ 
cause Mr. Jacoby byljmd tuaj the Creedmoor target did 
