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that lie understood the representatives of Victoria would 
leave Melbourne on May lilli, anil proceed to New York 
via Suez and England. 
At a competition of Scotch riflemen for places on their 
international team on the 14th inst, the following score 
was made out of a possible 225, each man Shooting IS 
shots at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards 
Name. Total. I Name., Tolnl. 
Clowe.iSnlCiimpbell.HU 
Whitolaw ......7S|McVIltie. 
Bovd.. 1:3 Duncan.i->s 
McKorrell.Its Frazer.147 
line.IT2|Monzies.155 
Tliorburu. 11181 Melsaae.151 
Ciilinuiir.105 Findlay. It>l 
Miicboll.164 Smith.146 
Burgees.I63[fircwsler.115 
Clarke.16:i|Mclulyre. HI 
Palm . .1(13 We teen .Ill 
Luke....theiltiUdell.131 
The weather was bad, and there was a heavy gale while 
the men were shooting at long ranges. 
Creedmoor.—T wo matches were shot at Creedmoor, 
uuder not very favorable circumstances, the wind being 
gusty and uncertain. The first was for the Hepburn 
trophy at long range, for which there were thirteen com¬ 
petitors, Mr. E. H. Sandford being the winner by a score 
of 185 out of a possible 225 points. The following are the 
scores.-— 
Name. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yds. Total. 
15. H. Sanford.fit) 61 64 185 
A. J. Roux.68 Gt 58 183 
Lieut. Col. W. B. Farwell .,..66 66 50 1SJ 
K. Until bone.1? 66 57 170 
W. S. Elmcndorf.55 60 47 163 
H. Fisher.62 4!) 49 160 
Isaac L. Allen. 52 60 46 160 
MajorH. 5. Jewell.00 61 37 158 
A. V. Can lie Id. Jr.46 53 52 150 
1). F, Davids.50 56 35 HI 
A. Audereou.46 45 44 135 
E. 11. Madison.49 41 42 132 
The second match was for the Spirit of the Time* badge 
for which there were tliii'ty-nine competitors, the condi¬ 
tions being ten shots each at 200 yards off liaud. The fol¬ 
lowing are some of the best scores:— 
Name. " Total.] Name, Total. 
Henry Pulton.80|E. U. Sanford. 3U 
Isaae L. Alien.35 Old. B- E. Valentine.till 
W. B. Harwell..33) A. Anderson.3U 
C. E. Blydunhnrgll.32F, H. Hotton.29 
Of. E. Moore.38 H, Fisher. 39 
,T. p. M. Richards.SlUieoree Waterman.29 
i: U.iggms.„3l|c.H. Eagle,.38 
To-day-the Third Brigade practices, to-morrow tlie Sec¬ 
ond Brigade and on Saturday the matches comprise the third 
Competition lor the “Geiger" trophy, at 1,000, 900, and 800 
yards, open only to members of Llie Amateur Hide Club; 
aud first competition for the “marksman’s” badge, pre¬ 
sented by Mr. H. C. Poppenlniseu, at 200 and 500 yards, 
with military (State model) rifles only. 
New-York.—T he spring meeting of the Sixth Division 
Rifle Association was held at Syracuse last week, opening 
with the Director's match, 5 shots each at 100 and 300 
yards. There were eight entries, Capt. John A. EicLiols 
being the winner with a score of 87 out of a possible 50. 
In the regimental team match, 6 men, 5 shots each at 200 
arid 500 jaids, the Forty-fourth Regiment, of Albany, 
made 203 points out Of a possible 300; tile Forty-fouUh 
Battalion, of Binghamton, 193 points, aud the Forty-eighth 
Regiment, of Oswego, 189 points. The short-range match 
was next shot, for which there were 24 entries, 18 of whom 
used military rifles. Distances 100 aud 2fl0 yards, 5 shots 
at each range. J. 8. Bar ion, of Oswego, took the first 
prize, an order for a suit of clothes, making 4(5 out of a 
possible 50. 
Tlie second day’s proceedings opened Willi the mid-range 
match, open to all comers, distances 500 yards lor military 
lilies and 700 yards for Creudmoor rifles. In this match 
there were 31 entries, Mr. L. L. Barnes winning with a 
score of 23 points out of a possible 25. The officers’ match 
had 11 entries, and was won by Capt. Jennings with a 
score of 43 points, the conditions being 5 shots each at 100 
and 200 yards. Tlie Duncan gold badge, 5 shots each at 
200 aud 500 yards, was won by Mr. L. L. Barnes with a 
score of 39 points. Tne last and most important event of 
the meeting was the long-range match, shot at 800 and 900 
yards, 10 shots at each distance. There were several en¬ 
tries, and the first prize was won by Mr. L. L. Hepburn. 
The scoi-es were as follows:— 
Name. 800 yds. 1000 yds. Total. 
L. L. ilopbnrn,,,.43 45 88 
11. H. Bart.43 39 81 
H. Fisbsr. 44 31 75 
A. B. Smiib.40 30 70 
J. A. Nichols.36 32 6S 
Dr. G. E. Wider.47 14 6 
Uol. Manning....36 4 40 
Of the success of tlie meeting the Standard says:— 
“This meeting, the first under the auspices of the Sixth 
Division Rifle Association, and the opening one upon tlie 
new range, was a success in every respect. Distinguished 
riflemen from abroad pronouuced it more largely attended 
and more successfully carried out than in Die opening 
meeting of several other ranges in this State, aud the Ad¬ 
jutant General and Inspector General, who were present, 
complimented the association upon tlie finely located and 
laid-out range, which is the best in the State, as to location 
and general formation of the ground, except that at Creed- 
moor. The range will hereafter be open to practice, aud 
during the present summer it will be made frequent use 
of by the members of the National Guard of this city aud 
vicinity.” 
—The second contest for the champion diamond badge 
of the Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association look place on 
their range at the village of Jamaica on Wednesday last, 
with fourteen competitors. Tlie President, George H. 
Creed, Esq., was the successful shooter, making 42 out of 
a possible 50, 200 yards, oil-hand. The following is the 
score:— 
Name Total.] Name. Total. 
George H. Creed.42 Thomas Lloyd.35 
Theodore Rogers .. 42 George A. Dioks.35 
joim M Crane.40 Elbert, N. Remsou..31 
John Fleming. 40 ,Thomas B. Fish.2H 
C J Stewart,.. .,33 Charles A. Prior...27 
J olm B. Floury.36 Wm. Durland, Jr.26 
George W. Dsunuu.3ts|Josepk Bowden. 
At a practice shoot on Monday last Mr. Theodore liog- 
ers scored 44 out of a possible 50; John M. Crane, 41. aud 
George M. Creed, 40. Mr. 0. J. Stewart., a member of the 
club, has offered a prize of a silver cup, value $25, to he 
taken by the first member who shall make seven bull's-eyes 
in succession at 200 yards, either at a practice or m a 
match. The challenge badge, shot for every Saturday, con¬ 
tinues to change hands, having been won by Mr. Theodore 
Rogers on Saturday last by a score of 31 out of a possi- 
blo’35. 
New .Terse v.—The 19th annual shooting festival of the 
New York Schuetzen corps took place Die 13th, 13lli, and 
14l.li inst,, in the- Schuctsseu Park at Union Hill. Poliow¬ 
ing are given the principal scores .at all the targets, dis¬ 
tance of all the targets being 200 yards, off-hand shooting. 
Ring target; divided in 25 equal rings, each of 4 inch 
diameter; possible score 75; 18 rings being a bull's-eye at 
Creedmoor:— 
No. Name. ltingR.|No. Name. Bingn. 
1. JobnJ. llatbjen . 70 4. llerry Kaebel.62 
2. John Rein.63 5. G. A. Knnduhl.. . 61 
3. II. Miller.63| 6. William Hayes. 61 
Man Target, divided in ill perpendicular lines of 1 inch diameter; possi¬ 
ble score, 60. 
No! Names. Lities.|No. Names. Lines. 
1. J. J. Battijen.48; 4. William Hahn. . .43 
2. <T. Blumenbirg _ 45l 5. A. Zenguer.43 
3. William Hayes.43| IS, Julia Hein.42 
Creedmoor Target, same regulations as at Oreedmoor, 5 shots. 
No. Name. Score. |No. Name. Score. 
1 J. Murf.23 5. William Habn.21 
2. J. Klee.231 6. Pli. Klein. 
3. Ph. Jacoby.23,7. John Kein..._ 
4. J. J. Kntbjan.22| 8. William Kubcly.20 
Bull's-eye Targets. 
No. Name. Degrees. No. 
Best, R, Faber.,.. 484 
2. John Raschen___ 55 
3. Pli. Jacoby. 64 
a A. Zcngncr.70 
Pb. Kleiu. 801 
Name. Degrees. 
.T. Morr. 8H 
William Hahn. 91 
A. Uellwig. 914 
J. Tablin'. 934 
L. Lams.1054 
Most bull’s eyes, J. J. Rathjen, gold medal and $15 cash; 
second, A. Hellwig, $10; third, Ph. Jacoby, $8: fourth, 
J. H. Rascheu, $G. All the shooters of New York and 
vicitiilv leave for Philadelphia next Sunday evening, to 
attend the graud shooting tournament iu that city, which 
is to be held from .Tune 25th to July lEt. Team shoot¬ 
ing will take place the Gth of July. 
Wisconsin. —The fourth competition at 500 yards for 
the Brodhead field-glass prize came off at Milwaukee the 
2d inst. Fielding and Bangs tied; Fielding won by Win¬ 
gate’s rules countiug back singly from last to first, 15 shots 
each:— 
Mime. TotaL| Name. Total. 
Fielding;. r 72dMouuier.(55 
Bangs....72 jotiDtttou..- .53 
Turner. C»fci| Haw ley. 42 
The sixih contest, at 200 yards for the Brodhead field- 
glass prize came off on the 9th inst. Meunier aud Fielding 
tied. Meunier wins by fewest tuners, and holds the glass, 
having won it 111 fee times; 10 shots each:— 
Name. Total.) Maine. 
Meumer. 
Fielding - - - 
r. W. Hawley.. 
Hawley.... 
Novel List of Prizes. —The riflemen of the city of 
Toronto have taken a new departure in the class of arti¬ 
cles to be given for prizes. Among oilier curious aud use¬ 
ful things which we find enumerated as won at a recent 
bIiooI Ui ure are found “six dollars and a case of razors,” 
“five dollars and a box of cigars,” “four dollars aud a pair 
of bools,” “lour dollars and a teapot,” "live dollars and a 
barrel of ale,” “three dollars ami a violin,” “three dollars 
and a pair of hoots.” 
There is something substantial in the above, hut the n 
who won the barrel of ale will noed to control himself or 
he may not be in condition to shoot at the next meeting. 
Cigars are bad things for the nerves, according to the doc¬ 
tors, and in offering them for prizes some one may have 
had an intention to weaken the nerves of tlie shooters. A 
case of razors can be put to good use occasionally, and may 
perhaps assist the wiuner to do sharp shooting. The bools 
will enable somebody to “walk off” on something besides 
his auricular organ the first lime he is lu-aten, aud on the 
whole the prizes have been selectuu wan much judgment. 
—Syracuse Standard. 
mine 
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PIGEON MATCHES. 
Iowa.—A Iriendly match between several gentlemen of 
Clinton, Iowa, was shot a few days since. The conditions 
were the usual ones of 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary.' 
The following scores were made at 10 birds each:— 
Name. Total. | Name. Total. 
L. Lamb.S B. Gage.... 
C. O. Morton.4|F. Gage. 
F. U. Juckett.BUT. Jones .9 
G. E. Poynecr .9|B. Lefllngwell.9 
At a shooting match between twelve of the members of 
the Council Bluffs Sportsman's Club, which came off on 
Ihe 13lli inst., 20 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 1J oz. 
shot, shot from five traps, the following scores were made: 
Name. Spore. Total| Name. Score. Total. 
Montgomery ..(illOOOlOOO 8!Morse.0111611111 
•• ~gg* . (jlOliver.1 11 111 ill it 
Jiersheim.1101010111 
Weigh tin an....1 0 1 til 0111 
HoHmayr.1 ) 11 to 1 1 1 1 
Haywood.11 1 1 t 1 1 t 1 1 
Bowman.1 1111 1 0 1 1 1 
Pfifer.till 101 111 
Babbitt. 111111110 1 
Total.46 Total...,.45 
Afler which a double-bird match was shot at three pairs 
double birds by the following gentlemen with the follow¬ 
ing result:— 
Name. Score. Total.] Name, Score. Total. 
Oliver.10 10 It 4 llollmayr...,, ...10 00 It 
PlKer.111160 ^Mollis.10 0110 
lloJl’inayr.-.It 14 41Mnllia . .It 00 
J. W. Morse and B. F. Montgomery shot at two pairs 
with the following score: Morse—10 00-1; Montgomery 
10 00-1. This ended the afternoon’s sport. 
E. P. A. P. 
—The jolly “Early Birds” arose again for their spring 
excursion, on Thursday, June 15th, taking a trip to Mr. 
Dooley's rural hotel. It was evident that the few swift 
“blue rocks” of the last turn out had given them a good 
lesson iu caution, tlie score being as follows, 6 birds each: 
Name. Score. 
Aug. Petrie.9 1 0 l 1 0 
Joseph Zaengle..l 0 6 110 
H. Bailer.........1 1 0 1 1 1 
Felix Horn.1 0 0 111 
D. Flecks._.0 0 1 1 0 1 
En KOatt, Sec. 
Name. Score. Total. 
D. Stein.1 0 0 1 1 1 4 
A. Harlem. % 0 110 1 8 
I'h Krauss.1 11111 6 
J . Koehler.l 0 1 1 0 1 4 
Tlibo, KitAOsi?, Fre=t, 
Pnu.ADEt.rmA, Juno 20th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
The quarterly match for the club medals wore shot at Echo Park (8 
birds, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, clnb mles) by the members of 
the Kensington Hunting Clnb, Philadelphia and their friends, the mem¬ 
bers of the First German Hunting Club of New York. The scoro is 
below:— 
KENSINGTON HUNTING OI.UB. . 
Total 
Total. 
Name. 
Eslgu.I 
G. Nagel. 3 
Charles Hebdiug.4 
William Grober.2 
L. Hohssheieder.8 
4!A. Schenrineer.2 
.7 William Pfeiffer.3 
,6'M. Urievly.6 
.8 51. Heopfnor.2 
.4 J. Mageam.4 
.50 Schulz.8 
,5 0. Keunzel.4 
.6 0. Trofiss.5 
Name. 
J. Gindrie. 
E. stces. 
F. Relz.. 
Charles Metzger.. 
J Snmicck. 
Charles Uaug. 
F. Widnmyer. 
J. Steiger. 
Kr. Deiesroth. 
F. H. Biilkle ... 
J. Sick. 
II. Geiger. 
William Knoeuf.. 
T. Magee.1| 
Ties wore shot off for first and third prize. L. Holzschelder, first; 
Fr. Widmayer, second; and William Knocnf, third. 
FIRST GERMAN HUNTING CI.tlB OF I 
Name. 
G. F. Schiller.. 
I, . Schuler. 
J. Knnz. 
Charias Nagel.. 
11. Berlan. 
Total 
Name. Total 
H. Kaltenbacb.4 
' osepli .Rub Hum...3 
... jVlaisr.lt.4 
H. Zahn. .4 
P, Uemmcr.3 
F. D.j Sec. K. H. Club, Pbila. 
Teaching the Young Idea to Shoot,—A Massachusetts 
correspondent sends the following;— 
There is a proclivity not strange, to fear the use of pow¬ 
der and shot. “Is that gun loaded?" “Oh, no.” “Do put 
it up, it might go off.” So it is that the lady darlings arc 
in a fever whenever there is a gun iu a boy’s hands. This 
fear is natural, and more, it is right on general principles. 
However, a gun with powder and shot is as safe as a dipped 
candle in tlie hands of any lad whose father knows enough 
of spoiling materials to teach him Iheir uses. Take the 
gun to pieces; then put it together, and so do until the ma¬ 
chinery is learned. Give him aim with how and arrow, or 
parlor "rifle. Explain flight, speed, windage; then try him 
on the wing, never on the ground or in tlie tree. If the lad 
he eight or teu years of age, then lie as well as all the fam¬ 
ily will be out of all danger, and cured of fear. Of course 
the motion, carriage of gun, passing fences, and jumping 
ditches, conies under liie head of preliminary instruction. 
I know another grandson, now fourteen years of age who 
kills Die snipe lost by older sportsmen, and bos snatched 
the quail from two experienced shots, right and left; more, 
and illustrative of proper teaching, hath slain his deer on 
the jump, which liad passed the deadly rifles of several 
hunters. Willi all this he has no vuin-glory in it. Won¬ 
der ceased, and useful studies find devotion inspired by 
love of success, while the boyish love for promiscuous use 
of gun and bird murdering finds mrplace in his regulated 
mind. 
Indeed the modest sympathy of the banished duke seems 
to be pervadingali bis thought:— 
•<C| me, shall we go and kill na venisonr 
And yel. it. irks me. The )>oor dup|>Ied fools— 
Being native hnrghetBof this det-ert city, 
Sbonld. in (heir own confines, with forked heads. 
Have their round haunches gored. 1 * 
This means that boys have no business with guns unless 
tiie father or some competent person instructs Diem tho¬ 
roughly in the uses of these deadly, dangerouB instruments. 
The education gives self confidence, great caTe, and takes 
off the edge of careless or truant indulgence with powder 
and shot. This youth can entice a trout with equal skill, 
aud is easily satisfied with enough, as old Leatherstocking 
with his single partridge. 
—We have received from the White Manufacturing Co., 
Bridgeport, Connecticut, a small pocket jack lamp which 
is just the thing to show the hunter his way through 
swamps and thick brush, when making a short cut to camp 
at night. It burns kerosene, gives a large light, and is just 
the thing for the slable or camp, and general use. It is 
about 6 in. high, 2£ in. wide, and If in. deep, making a 
small yet powerful lantern, large enough to shine a deer. 
Every man ought to have one either in camp or at home. 
We presume they can be made of any size. 
Wisconsin. — Montello , June — Pinnated grouse are 
quite abundant in this section, and the coming shooting 
season promises rare sport on this species of shooting. But 
very few if any nests have been destroyed Otis season by 
burning the dry grass on the lowlands, as has been done to 
a great extent years before. Snipe have been very scaree 
in this section this last spring. Fked. 
VELOCITY AND CLOSENESS. 
59 St. James Street. London, May 24th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In your impression of the 11th instant appears a letter over the signa¬ 
ture of George C. Eyrich, in which your correspondent quotes from some 
public or private writing or mine these few isolated words—“closeness 
aud velocity are antagonistic”—aud then challenges my correctness. As 
a public writer of repute, I might be induced to leave the letter unan¬ 
swered, feeliDg assured tbat all who read my published works, or corre¬ 
spond witli me privately, know tbat I never in my life made Bncb an 
axiomatic or sweeping statement, and that the words quoted (but with 
"were,” not “are,”) aie only ever used by me to illustrate the improve¬ 
ment now made in the art of boring gun barrels. To correct the erro¬ 
neous impression which Mr. Eyrich's letter conveys, I think it only just 
to your readers and myself to make this reply. I mnst premise that 
isolated cases, withont the contoxt, may be made to mean almost any¬ 
thing, and should never be so made. 
I have nsed, and do now use, the words quoted solely in (lie past tense, 
and only in explaining that, whereas by the old mode of boring barrels 
“closeness and velocity were antagonistic,” by the new mode these in¬ 
valuable qualities are reconciled, aud I challenge all and sundry to pro¬ 
duce any oiher statement. I have made it my carefnl duty al all times 
since the improvement was introduced to explain that formerly barrels 
as a rule shot in the first instance (that is, before we bogan the regulating 
boring) with rude and ill regulated jorcc. The art of boring them lay in 
so far regulating this force, and causing the gnu to throw its shot more 
closely and evenly, or, in other words, to produce a good pattern on the 
target. But, and the fact is beyond all challenge, every touch of the 
tool in producing pattern, or closeness, diminished velocity, arid there¬ 
fore the two were antagonistic. The best shooting gun that could be 
produced on the old boring was only a Compromise. Giving high Velocity 
yon diminished the closeness; giviug closeness you diminished the 
velocity. 
The new boring, by which the fine lines In the interior or the barrel 
ore quite altered (lines so fine that l measure mine with a micrometer 
showing one thousandth of au inch in variation of calibre), 1ms nlleied 
