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FOREST AND STREAM 
§ 1 u giffe. 
Forest and Stream Handbook iron JSjflemkn. —This 
lillle book, which is now iu press and will be ready for de¬ 
livery in a week or ten days, fills a want that has long been 
felt. We are in constant receipt of inquiries for a book 
Which will contain not only the information necessary to 
instruct the rifleman in his practice, but which shall also 
assist in the formation of clubs, by giving the requisite 
forms of by-laws and constitution. The Fouest and 
Stream Handbook not only contains all this, but also a 
description of the paraphernalia required, the cost, etc.> 
together with a list of rifle clubs and their officers. One 
of our leading authorities pronounces it to be the best and 
most concise book of reference that tie,lias seen. The edi¬ 
tor and compiler is Major Geo. O. Starr, Secretary of the 
American Itifle Association. It is embellished with cuts 
of Wimbledon and other ranges, and is handsomely 
houtid. The price of the book will be bnl fifty cents, and 
accompanying each copy are a number of new and novel 
score cards. 
Creedmoor.— The matches at Creedmoor on Saturday 
last comprised one at long Tange for the Hepburn Trophy 
and another at 200 yards, off-liand, for the Turf, Field, and 
Farm medal. The day was very unfavorable for rifle prac¬ 
tice, the wind blowing almost a gale, first from the west 
across the line of fire and afterwards from the northwest. 
In the first match there were twenty entries, the conditions 
being fifteen shots at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. Major II. 
S. Jewell was the winner with a score of 179 out of a pos¬ 
sible 225 points. The leading scores were as follows:— 
n. s. JKWEI.L. 
Yards. Score. Total. 
8WI..55 3 55455444 525 4-Bo 
«"0. 2455453 5 3 3 3 4 6 4 4-5S 
1,000.4 452355436053 8 6-66-173 
It. KATBBOHE 
80(1.5 5 245544354 3 44 5—B2 
Will.4 3 3 5 2 5 5 3 3 3 5 8 5 2 2—53 
1,001).0 45455540855 5 3 3-55-170 
W. B, FAUWKLL. 
80(1.5 3455553562353 4—61 
1KIIJ.5 .1 5 3 4 4 4 3 2 5 3 3 4 3 3-54 
1,000. 3 1 4 3 5 4 4 5 2 4 5 3 3 4 0-53-16S 
A.ANDOUSON. 
800 .0 3 5 2 8 2 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 -55 
. 5 4 4 1 :: 3 4 0 3 5 5 ! 5 3 5—57 
1.0U0.0 5415 5 45503353 3—52—105 
For the short range match there were aboutforty entries, 
the winner being Mr. D. F. David. The best scores wore 
made by the following gentlemen, the conditions being 10 
shots each at 200 yards off-hand:— 
Name. 
D. F. David. .. 
F. H. Holton... 
L. C. Bruce.... 
A. Pyle. 
W. Robertson.. 
U. Fulton. 
.1. Stiuiul.. 
_ Name. 
. 41 J. L. C. Clark.. 
,.41 [. I,. Alien. 
..4(1 A. (i. McCook.. 
.'.40 John Beattie... 
..10 W. Lindsuy_ 
..3!) J. W. Todd.... 
..3'J;A. Anderson.. 
T. Lloyd,..35111. W. Gourlay. 
Schkutzenpest. —The opening festival of the United 
Scheutzen Association will be held on the 22d, 23, and 24lh, 
insts,, at the Scheutzen Park, Union Hill, New Jersey. 
Prizes to the amount of $1,500 will be offered for teams 
and individual shooting. The team match, open to seven 
men each from all rifle corps, will be shot on the last day; 
entrance, $15 for each team, to be paid to H. Raschen, No. 
146 West street, N. Y., on or before the 20th inst. Gold 
medals will be the prizes. 
Glen Drake. —We have received the programme of the 
spring meeting of the American Rifle Association, to he 
held at Glen Drake, commencing to-day aud continuing on 
the 19lh and 20th. The following is the programme in 
full:— 
Atl-Comcrs’ Match.—Conditions—Distance, 209 yards; position, off- 
hand; rifle, any within rules. Entrance lee, Si* Five scoring shoLS. 
Military rifle, 50 calibre, allowed five points. 
Military Match.—Conditions—bamo as above with military rifle. 
Subscription Mutch —Conditions- Same as above. 
Entries in above matches close at one o’clock, P. M. 
Glen Drake Match,—Conditions—Distance, 500 yards; position, any; 
rifle, any within rules; teu scoring shots; military rifle, 50 calibre, allow¬ 
ed ten poims. Entrance fee, $1.50. 
Subscription MaLch.—Conditions—As above; military rifle, allowed 
live poims. 
Oflicer of the day, Capt. Porter. 
SECOND DAY, 
Mid Range match—Conditions—Dislance, 500 yards; rifle, any within 
rules; position any; ten scoring shots. Entrance fee, $2; military rifle, 
50 calibre, allowed ten points 
Subscription Match.—Conditions—As above, five scoring shots; mili¬ 
tary rifle, allowed five points. 
Entries in above roatenes close at one o’clock, P. M. 
Field Match.- Conditions—Distance, 600 yurdc; rifle, any within rules; 
position, any; fifteen scoring shots. Entrance fee, $2 : military rifles 
allowed fifteen points. 
Subscription Match.—Conditions—As In Field Match; four scoring 
shots. 
Officer of the (lay, Capt. Robbins. 
TIIIHD DAY. 
De Pcyster Badge.Match.—Value, $300. X^resentod by Gen. J. Watts 
DePeystcr. First winner, Capt. G\ F. Robbins: second winner, Lieut. 
J. A. Gee; thud winner, F_ Backofeii. Conditions—Distance, 300 yards; 
position, offhand; military rifles, 50 calibre only. Open only to m-m- 
bers of ^National Guard in ntriform. Seven scoring snots. Badge must 
be won three times before property passes. Entrance fee, $2. 
All-Comers’ Match.-Conditions—Distance, 300 yards; position, off¬ 
hand; rifle, any within rules; seven scoring shots. Entrance fee, $1.50; 
military rifles allowed seven points. 
Subscription Match.—Conditions—As above; five scoring shots; mili¬ 
tary rifle, allowed flve points. 
OUlcersof the day, Capt. Chatflcld. 
Connecticut. —A challenge appears in the Hartford 
Times, intended for Hartford riflemen, proposing a friendly 
match at 500 yards between teams of four or six from New 
Britain aud Hartford. If the proposal means business, 
the match can probably be arranged by conferring with 
Major L. A. Barbour, Secretary of the Connecticut Rifle 
Association. The range at Berlin will be iu ordur by the 
end of the week, and the only question would he as to the 
selection of a day. The date proposed by the How Britain 
club Is objectionable, because a mulch occurs at Creedmoor 
on that day which several Hartford riflemen expect to 
attend. 
Syracuse. —The Sixth Division Rifle Association an¬ 
nounces a programme of nine matches for the spring 
meeting of the association, to occur at their range at Bast 
Syracuse in a short time. 
Massachusetts —The Alt, Washington Rifle Club, of 
Haverhill, bad their reeular shoot on the 14th. The usual 
Creedmoor target for 200 yards was used. The following 
is the score. Distance, 200 yards, off-hand, 10 shots. 
A veryliigh wind was blowing:— 
Name. Scoro, Total. 
John M a liners. 1 444545434 41 
J. P. Ah holt.3 343443454 36 
M. A. Hill.4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 33 
C. A. Kimball.4 2 0 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 St 
W. S. Willey.2 244402400 22 
Rhode Island. —The second and third stages (GOO and 
200 yards) of the third competition for the Rhode Island 
Amatuer Club cliatnpiouship badge, were shot off, Satur¬ 
day, May Gill,’at the Blaelcstoue Range, Valley Falls, Rab- 
beth coming out ahead again in an aggregate of 119 out of 
a possible 150. The next highest scores were Crowell, 107, 
and Keyes, 103. This completes the scries of matches for 
the badge, Rabbelli having won it for the third and last 
time, in three consecutive competitions. The following 
is the aggregate scores at GOO and 200 yard ranges out of a 
possible 50:— 
600 Yds. 200 Yds. I 600 Yds. 800 Yds. 
Name. Total. Total. Name. Total. Total. 
Uabbeh. 48 42| Keyes..41 37 
Crowell. 45 42;ltowe...37 t5 
Davison.41 38|F, Z. Freeman.... 26 40 
Minnesota.— A rifle club lias just been organized at 
Rochester, in this State, with the following officers:—Pres¬ 
ident, E. C. Cross; Vice President., George Leonard; Sec¬ 
retary and Treasurer, T. B. Kellog. There are now some 
twenty seven members in the club, and they have a four 
hundred yard range. Friday afternoon is the regular prac¬ 
tice day, and we hope soon to record some handsome 
scores. 
New Orleans. —The New Orleans Rifle Club have 
moved to their new range. At their last meeting the mem¬ 
bers experienced great difficulty in shooting, in conse¬ 
quence of the wind, which was blowing quite strong when 
the shooting commenced, and there was also a great deal 
of rain during the day, neither, however, stopped the shoot¬ 
ing for a moment. Below are the principal scores:— 
Centennial target, 25 half iticlt rings, off hand. A. Wat- 
tenhofer scored 179; Jules Piffant scored 155. Rest target— 
25 half inch rings—li. G. Eyrich, 21, 24, 23, 19, 21, $0, 24, 
20, 18, 20—210. It. G. Eyrich, 22, 23, 25, 23, 22, 22, 21, 
22, 21, 23—224. Wimbledon target, off-hand, ten shots— 
Jules Piffant scored 45; A, Wattenhofer scored 40. 
Gusxe. 
California. —A match at 200 yards, between Ciins. Le 
Breton, Olias, Burgans, and Clias. Nash, of the Nation¬ 
als, First Infantry, and Clias. Thierbach, W. Wagner, and 
Air. Lukes, of the Fusileers, Second Infantry, came off on 
the 23d tilt, at San Bruno, at the range of the San Fran¬ 
cisco Cadets. The terms were forty shots each, with two 
sigbtiug shots, guus to he wiped at the close of each ten 
shots, highest aggregate score to win. Air. T. E. Carson, 
of the Sumners, acted as judge, and Capt. Cantus and 
Lieut. A. W. Hanna kept the scores. The following are 
the scores:— 
LB BKETON. 
Score. Totat. 
4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4....40 5 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4....40 4 
3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4....40 |3 
4344 1 4545 4....41—16111 
4 8 44 5 3 4 3 - 4 3....87 4 
4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3....38 3 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4....41 I 
4 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 5....41—157 5 
BUneAss. 
3 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5....41 4 
444444443 4....30 4 
445544444 3....41 4 
5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4.... 43—163 3 
Total.481 
WBONEIL 
Score. Total. 
44344543 4....40 
35444554 4....48 
5443 3 343 5... 37 
5 3 5 1 5 5 4 3 4..,.13—161 
TBIKKBACU. 
34454454 3... 40 
24335444 4...36 
45 4 53344 4... 40 
43155444 4....43—158 
LUKES 
3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 2....33 
5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4,. ,41 
44354434 4....30 
45544434 4....40—158 
The International Matches.— Dispatches from Lon¬ 
don state that the Scottish small-bore marksmen have re¬ 
cently held a number of meetings at Edinburgh and Glas¬ 
gow for the purpose of maturing arrangements for the se¬ 
lection of a team to represent Scotland at the American 
Centennial rifle match. Col. McDonald, of the Queen's 
Edinburgh Rifles, Volunteer Brigade, and Sheriff of Inver¬ 
ness-shire, has been elected Captain of the team, Col. 
Wilson, of the Sturiingshire Rifle Battalion, Adjutant. 
It lias been determined that the team shall form a 
camp at the Centennial match, and already $8,000 has been 
privately subscribed to assist in defraying the expenses of 
the trip. About twenty of the crack shots of Scotland 
have signified their intention of participating in the com¬ 
petition for the selection of the team, and more are expect¬ 
ed when the shooting begins. Two sets of trial matches 
will be shot, each extending over two days. The first will 
take place simultaneously with/ the Elcho Shield trial, on 
the 13th and 14th of June, at Cow Glen Rauges, near Glas¬ 
gow, and the second on the 26th and 27th of June, at 
Capelhie, in Renfrewshire. Every competitor will fire 
fifteen rounds at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards each, and the 
ten highest aggregate scores in the three out of the four 
days’ shooting will be chosen to go to America, eight as 
the team proper with two reserves. The team will leave 
Liverpool on a Cunard steamship July 19th; this line only 
charging single fare for the round trip. 
—At a recent meeting of the Hudson River Rifle Asso¬ 
ciation at Poughkeepsie a new lease was executed for one 
year upou the laud occupied as its range, near that city. 
The association now proposes to erect targets to he used at 
200, 300, and 1,000 yards distance, and make additional im¬ 
provements under the supervision af Col. John Bodiue. 
—The challenge of the Forty-Ninth Regiment, Hastings 
Rifle Club of Belleville, Ontario, to the Forty-Eighth 
Regiment, iu Oswego to send a team of six to Bellville on 
the 24th instant, to compete with a team from the first 
named regiment, has been accepted. 
—A Syracuse rifleman proposes a novel kind uf chal¬ 
lenge for the consideration of sportsmen generally. He 
proposes to shoot a twelve-inch pistol against any breach- 
loading rifle—sights and rests unrestricted. The only 
restriction imposed is, that the breech-loader shall be 
loaded at the breech. Distance from ten to twenty rods. 
—The Lancast er County Rifle Association of England, will 
give prizes t.o theamount of $8,000 at its spring meeting, and 
the Liverpool Rifle Association will offer prizes valued at 
$6,000 at a similar meeting, which will occur during the 
same week, aud yet the National Rifle Association does not 
recognize them as “organizations.” 
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A NEW RIFLE SIGHT. 
Spjwkgfxeld, Mass,, May 8tb, 18T6. ■ 
Editou Foiibbt and Stkbam:— 
I aeud you a little bit of vegetable Ivory to show wbat; I think to be I 
the best kind of front sight., to be used with a peew rear eight. It should 1 
be thin, so as to be transparent when the light is from the front. After J 
a great deal of experimenting 1 find no substance so good as veyvfitbj$ ■ 
ivory for the purpose. The perpendicular black Hue I make by cutting ■ 
in with a thin saw and filling With black varpish {shellac, alcohol, and I 
lampblack). It can be used open, but I inclose it in a large, narrow fl 
globe to prevent its being injured. The sight, of course, is taken from ■ 
the top of the black line. It makes a vury fine sight, the best, in my I 
opinion, for target shooting or hunting. 
To clean metallic shells, I immerse them In water of ammonia diluted 1 
with several times its volume of boding water, and especially if they I 
have Collected (be green verdigris, there is nothing better to remove it. 
W.u. GuLuTirWAtT, P. O. Box 655. I 
[We think that Mr. Goldthwait has hit upon a very ex- I 
ceileut sight and shall take pleasure in showing the one I 
forwarded to us to prominent riflemen.—E d]. 
Jp?ii fennel. 
—We would call attention to tiro advertisement in 
another column of a pair of fine young pointers for sale by 
Mr. T. P. Cantwell, of Brainard, Minnesota. Intending 
purchasers can rely upon this stock being as represented. 
—Mr. E. A. nerzberg’s setter Jessie, second prize Win¬ 
ner at Springfield, 1876, has visited Air. Charles Raymond’s 
Pride of the Border. 
—Mr. Scliucliardl’s Fan, winner of second prize at 
SpriDgfield, has whelped a fine litter of black pups by Dr. 
Strachan’s Bitot. Shot is out of Peg by George, and Fan 
is out of an imported bitch by Mr. Schuehard'a Tom, win¬ 
ner of first prize at Springfield, this year. Fan is now in 
Dr. Webb’s kennel at West Springfield. 
—Dr. Webb’s Whisky has visited Geo. A. Strong's cham¬ 
pion dog Pete: the progeny should be fine. 
—Squire Horace Smith, our Field and Kennel Edi tor, 
last week forwarded by rail to Clias. Kaediug, of San 
Francisco, a splendid brace of Ikoroughbrod, stylish black 
and tan setters, dog and bitch, Belt aud Bell. Both are good, 
staunch, well-broken dogs, and first-rate retrievers. Bell 
goes out in pup to the famous Gordon setter Fritz, owned 
by Edward Howe, Esq., of Princeton, N. J., which dog 
has proved himself to be a very superior one for stock 
purposes, consequently the purchaser of Belt and Bell will 
have a brace of black aud tan setters equal to any iu’ this 
country. _ _ _ 
—J. Aretas Clark, 859 and 361 Market street, Newark, 
N. J., claims the name of Frank for his setter dog, orange 
and while, and ticked with orange, by Forman Taylor’s 
one-eyed dog Sancho, out of his orange aud white bitch 
Fauuy, whelped July 12lh, 1870. 
A Handsome Cnno.uo.—Oar readers will remember a 
picture of three celebrated dogs, Don, Peg, and George, 
after a painting by Air. H. C. Bispham, which ornamented 
our r flumns some time ago. This picture has appeared 
again in the shape of a handsome chromo-lithograph, one 
of the best we have ever seen. In size it is 80x20 inches, 
and when framed is almost as handsome as an oil painting. 
The price is remarkably low—only $3—and the publishers 
Messrs. Strobridge & Co., of Cincinnati. We have often 
urged the publishing of these pictures of celebrated dogs 
in the shape of chromos, and trust that Messrs. Strobridge 
& Co. will continue to issue them. 
Warts in A Doc's Mouth. —A correspondent writes us 
from Providence, R. I,, as follows:— 
“I notice in answer to correspondent “0. S. J., Cam¬ 
bridge,” you say warts in a dog’s mouth is a new thing to 
you, and tliat you know no remedy. Mr. Wm. Murray, 
of this city, had two afflicted with those excrescences, a’nd 
if C. S. J. would write him I know he would be pleased to 
tell him what he did, and how his remedy worked.” 
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THE SHREWSBURY (ENGLAND) FIELD 
TRIAL. 
T HIS event, so frought with interest to the breeders of 
sporting dogs, was brought to a very successful con¬ 
clusion over the Ensdowu estate, near Slirewsbury, Eugland, 
on the 25th, 36th, aud 27th ull. Most of the gentlemen 
whose names are well known iu this-countvy as breeders of 
fine dogs were present, the list including Mr. Lloyd Price, 
Mr. Barclay Field, Mr. Arthur Lloyd, Mr. Lonsdale, Mr. 
Statter, Air. Llewellin, Capt. Bennett, Air. Lort, Mr. John 
Lort, Air. Whitehsuse, Air. T. PiikiDgton, Mr. G. Piiking- 
ton, Air. F. Aloucton, AI. P., Air. S. Price, the Rev. J. 
Bridgeman, the Rev. J. Sargeaulson, the Rev. J. C. Alac- 
dona, Mr. G. de Landre-AIaedoua, and other's. 
The birds the dogs were wanked on were partridges, and 
the gun was used, although of course not on the birds. 
The first event was the pointer puppy stakes of five guineas 
each, first prize £20; second, £10; third, £5, which resulted 
as follows:— 
Mr. Price’s liv. 
Lady Blanche. 
v. b. Whim beat Mr. J. 11. Whltehouse’aleni. 
Mr. C. Pilk’iugt.on’8 liv. w. b. Fancy beat Mr. F. MonclOn’a Uv. w. b. 
R Mr! > E. Bishop’s liv. w, A Roy beat Mr. Garde’s liv. \ 
Duke or Weatmioaier’e " ’ ** “ 
w. d. Lncky Sixpence. 
Duke of Wesuniualer’s 
w. Bray. 
In Hi g tics Fancy beat; Jewel, Roy beat Whim, aud Fanny 
bof.t I’oy, takiug first prize. The next event was the Sun- 
lewel beat Mr. While tiouse’e tern. 
