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FOREST AND STREAM' 
LiKE Cm, Minn., July Bln, 1876. 
Euitou Forest and Stream:— 
If you will allow tha trespass on your columns, 1 will furnish you 
With (he score made by members of the Lake Pepin Sportsmen's Club, 
July 4th. The prizes offered were a solid silver cap, presented by till 
sens of Lake City for first prise; a red cedar fly rod, presented by Mr. 
G. W. Lear Icy, for f econd prize; a silver cup, presented by members of 
club, for third prize, and an elegantly engraved tin cup for the poorest 
6Core. Tile birds were wild pigeons furnished by E. T. Martin, of 
Chicago, and the score shows some creditable shooting. Our club is in 
a flourishing condition, and the members propose having something to 
say about the protection of game and flsb in this vicinity. The scores 
s follows!— 
■Name. Score. Total. 
S.B. Dilley—1 1110 1113 1 9 
E. A- Patton.. 1 111111101 9 
Chas. Wiee....l 0 11 0 11111 8 
Dr.Townsend.*0 1 0 11 1 11 1 1 B 
Dr. Rogers.... *011 1 101111 8 
H-T. Patton... 1 101111011 8 
•1. McCrodou. O 1 1 0 11 111 1 8 
C. W. Smyth..1101110110 
S.B. Dilley.. 
.10 0 11 
Name. Score. Total. 
S. M. Emery.. 11 0 1 001 11 1 7 
9 Dr. Baker.1010011 110 6 
§ C.Scbmnser_0 llllDlOlO 6 
8 S. M. SimpBon.000 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 
8C. Freeman....1 01 1 101000 S 
BS.ff. Lemley..000110101 1 5 
8 N. Patton.OlOOillOOO 4 
7D.S. Crane....0000011 000 2 
9 at 26 yards. 
31E. A. Patton.10 0 withdrawn 
i 8 at 26 yards. 
II Townsend.1 10 2 
21H. Patton.0 1 1 2 
McCroden and Tewnsend tied 5 times, the latter winning by 2 to 0. 
Tie on 7 at 26yards. 
Smyth. .11011 41Emcry...1 l'l 0 1 4 
Smytb and Emery tied four times, Smyth winning by 3 to 2. 
♦Killed, but gun held in wrong position. 
S. 11. Dilley won the champion cup'; E.L. Townsend secoud prize; C, 
W. Smyth third prize; and D. S. Crane the tin cup. 
THE KAY CARTRIDGE. 
PniLADEU'UlA, June 28th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream: - 
In your issue or the 22d lust. Messrs. Allen B. Kay & Co. have taken 
exception to my communication entitled “Test of Kay Concentrators," 
published iu a previous issue. I reply simply to correct inferen¬ 
ces which they have drawn totally without warrant, and are calculated 
to mislead. I assure the gentlemen I had no desire to injure them, or 
unfaivly decry their goods. The object of the communication was to 
give bald factB, well ascertained, for Ihe information or fellow sports¬ 
men—nothing more. 
Messrs. Kay & Co., in their advertisement, claimed for their cartrid¬ 
ges absolute certainty for close, hard shooting, and I was In hopes of 
being able to substitute them in my own shooting at long range for the 
costly ones furnished by Eley. 1 am not a novice, as perhaps the gentle¬ 
men will learn, and knew perfectly well what I was about, 1 tried 
them precisely as they Bhonld have boon tried, and now repent, with 
stress, the words of my communication; “There was no fault in the 
lording." The printed directions furnished with the cartridge says: 
‘ *ir a creaser is used the crease should be above the roll of the shot car¬ 
tridge, and not directly against it,” and this direction was properly fol¬ 
lowed. Of the twenty cartridges used not one of them was crushed in 
the slightest, degree by the creasings, and the gentlemen had no right to 
pervert this fact. 
Their objection to the tests because the gun was not tried at the same 
time with loose shot, and the results published for comparison, 1 eon 
ceive to be quite without force. The question to be solved was, whether 
the cartridges could be depended npou with absolute certainty for close, 
hard shootTng, with an ordinary gun, irrespective of the gun’s perform¬ 
ance wllb loose shot. When I stated that the gun was a 12-bore, 7}-lb. 
Scott & Sons’ fine breecb loader, not choked, that was enough; and so 
Messrs. Kay & Co., in truth, thought, for they say, “the fault could 
hardly be with the gnu, for we all know that Scott’s makes are good,” 
aud they, as gunsmiths, ought to know. But for the information of the 
gentlemen 1 will state that the average performance of the gun with 
loose shot was quite or more than equal to its performance with t'ueir 
cartridges, except at the 100 yards range. At 65 yards, with 1 oz. of 
No. 6 shot, the average was 46 pellets in a 30-inch circle, while with the 
cartridges containing 1 1-16 oz. or shot of 7 number the average was 
only 38. Tried with Eley’s wire cartridges, B shot, at 100 yards, an av¬ 
erage of 15 pellets was obtained in a 30-inch circle, against 7 with the 
Kay cartridge and No. 1 shot. Various other trials with the Eley car- 
tridoes were made, and In everv instance resulted more in their favor 
uniWiust the Kay. It would, therefore, seem proved beyond a ques¬ 
tion that the fault was not with the gun; and as It was not with the 
loading, or in holding the gun when fired, aB before stated, where could 
the fault have boon? I repeat, however, X wish lo make no comments, 
bur give bold facts only; it is yet >o be ascertained whether or not 
breech-loadiug guns which deliver loose shot well give, one with another, 
very variable results with concentrating cartridges. 
Messrs. Kay & Co ask “Dow does Old Sportsman manage to get 
twenty cartridges of 11-16 oz. each out of the"pmind he bonghtf” I 
bought not a pour d; the word written was parcel, and it was doubtless 
so read by all intelligent readers Their attempt to make capital out of 
a very unimportant misprint is plain enough. But it is wholly unneces 
sary for me to say more in reply; the advice and animus of the gentle¬ 
men are unworthy of notice. Old Sportsman. 
Creedmoor.—T wo matches were shot at Creedmoor on 
Saturday last, the first being for the Hepburn trophy, in 
•which, notwithstanding the beat o£ the sun, some excellent 
scores were made. The conditions were 15 shots each at 
800, 300, and 1,000 yards, Mr. L. Weber being tbe winner 
with a score of 304 out of a possible 335 points. The fol¬ 
lowing are the total scores-.— 
Name 800 Yds, 900Yds. lOOOYdB. Total. 
L weber...70 64 60 204 
W. B. Far well.70 54 62 186 
I. L. Alleu.63 b7 5S 186 
R, Hathbrrae .50 HI 58 D8 
E. H. Sanford.61 59 55 178 
H. Fisher. .. 63 63 44 1.5 
S G Perry.§5 45 59 .09 
A. Anderson....6« 61 38 165 
A. J. Roux...6. 49 4c 158 
Douglass Smyth.5 . 58 41 15b 
The second match was for the Spirit of the Times medal^ 
10 shots at 300 yards off-hand, for which there were 37 
entries. Major Fulton was the winner, with a score of 40 
out of a possible 00points. The scores were:— 
Name. Score. I Nnrae. Score. 
Henry Fulton.40]D. Finney.33 
1. L. Alien.39,11. Fisher.32 
W. Robertson.3SJ..T. T. B. Collins.32 
C.E. Huntington.88IJ1. Fnuke, Jr.32 
W. B. KurweT!.37,11. U. Keene.31 
E. H Sauford.3flll!. F. Robbins.81 
G. A. Rouiller.34|F. N. DeWitt.31 
A. Anderson.331 
The Irish Match.—T he third and last competition for 
place! on the team which is to shoot the return match 
with the Ijisli riflemen was concluded at Creedmoor on 
Wednesday of last weeta»The scores and competitors are 
as follows; — 
800 900 1000 * 
Name Yaids- Yards. Yards. Total. 
Major it. Fulton.66 68 U 208 
C E Blyduiiburgll. ...67 58 80 205 
.J.' L."Allen..68 64 73 208 
T. numb,Jr...--63 5.8 81 202 
Li. W. Davison...69 ^ 58 69 196 
R. Ruthboue.54 87 72 193 
G, L. Morse. 64 49 61 177 
D. Smyth.-. 62 — 63 51 176 
G. W. Yale . 6-’ Sg 64 174 
H. Fhbw..Wj*_6? « 173 
The cause of there being such a small competition was 
owing to the fact that many members of the regular In lev- 
national team stood “content” on tlieir scores made while 
shooting for their places, no that of the above list there 
were but three selected who were not on the other team to 
Shoot against the Irishmen. These were Messrs. Ratbbone, 
Blydenburgh, and Allen. The team aud reserve as now 
composed, with their scores, are as follows:— 
Name. Score.| Name. Score. 
W. B. Farwell.861II. Fulton.812 
F. Hyde....,,......BuOlL. C. Brncc.811 
L. Weber.843IJ. A, Shaffer. . 808 
T.S. Dakin...83r,l(J. E, Oveiliaugh .8M2 
O. E. Blydenburgh.628 H. 8. Jewell.793 
J. L. Allen.813|R. Ratbbone.789 
Mr. Ratbbone is a native of Salem, Mass., fifty-three 
years of age, and is engaged in business in this city. He 
has already won the Luther Badge, a life membership in 
the N. R. A., and the Huntington trophy. In the Luther 
match he made the extraordinary score of 71 out of a pos¬ 
sible 75 points, with five shots at 800, 900 and 1000 yards. 
Mr. Allen is a member of the firm of D. Allen’s Sons, 
manufacturers of cordage, in Pine street, this city. He is 
thirty-four years of age, five feet ten inches in height, and 
has been engaged in praefleing long-range shooting only 
since last fall. Charles E. Blydenburgh is but twenty-two 
years of age, and a student iu the School of Mines, Co¬ 
lumbia College. He graduated in the Class of '74, at 
Princeton College, and is five feet seven inches in height. 
All of these gentlemen shoot the Remington Creedmoor 
rifle. 
Sharp Shooters’ Union.—L ast week saw the close of 
one of the greatest rifle meetings ever held mi the United 
States. Riflemen from every part of the Union had as¬ 
sembled in numbers at Philadelphia and from the 36th of 
June until the 6th of July, a constant cracking of rifles was 
kept up. Mr. Win. Hayes, of Newark, was the champion 
shot, making 830 4-inch bull’s-eyes in three day’s shooting 
(all the shooting was done at 300 yards, off-hand) and was 
awarded the gold medal aud crowned “Bcliutzen King” 
of the United States, to hold the title until the next meet¬ 
ing of the “Union,” which will be held at Union Hill, N. 
J., in 1878. He made in one day, or from 9 A. M. to 6 P. 
M. , 133 bull’s-eyes—a feat never before accomplished, aDd 
Mr. Hayes is the first American who ever held the honor¬ 
able position of shooting king of the United States. The 
other best shots and prizes were: A. Strieker, California, 
made 211, §50; A. Rahwyler, California, made 196, $50; 
P. Jacoby, California, made 173, §40; Wm. Ehrenfort, 
California, made 144, $30. W. A. Strenli, California, 
made 109, $20; J. Laager. Philadelphia, made 106, $13; 
Geo. Schaik, Pottsville, Pa., made 87, $8; A. G. Hellwigg, 
N. Y., made 87, $8; Mr. Bauer, California, made 84, $0; 
Wm. Koenig, California, made 82, $6. Ninety more re¬ 
ceived medals and other prizes. The meeting was appro¬ 
priately closed with the team match participated in by nine 
teams of seven men each, making the following scores, the 
shooting being at riug targets and counting accordingly:— 
Name. Rings.I Name. Rings. 
California team....1206 Helvetia team.1139 
Newark team.llOllN. Y. Scbutzenteam.1US4 
Zet-ler team, N. Y. 997iPbiladelptilttteam..... 985 
Baltimore team. l)49lColttmbia team, N. Y. 916 
Jersey Rifle Corps team, 853 rings. 
Ten shots were allowed to each man, the first, second, 
and third best aggregate the three main prizes, and tbe 
man making the highest score in each team received a 
solid gold meadal; and the marksman who made tbe highest 
individual score of all, received the champion medal, val¬ 
ued at $100, which was won by Mr J. J. Tobler, of the 
Helvetia Club, N. Y., who made 197 rings. The team 
medals were won by Philo Jacoby, California team, 192 
rings; Wm. Hayes, Newark, team, 173 rings; New York 
Scbutzen Corps team, J. W. Sckollermau, 163 rings; 
Zetller team, B. Zettler, 156 rings; Philadelphia team, 
T. Laager, 180 rings; Baltimore team, F. Kramer, 
154 rings; Columbia team, Capt. Ermiscb, 157 rings; Jersey 
team, A. ZengDer, 153’ rings. Tbe prize ($75) for best 
bullseye, 31-1000tb of an inch from the centre was won by 
D. Wigit, of Illinois, W. Hayes, of Newark, being second 
(34-1000th). The winning team from California, with their 
scores according to Creedmoor measurement, was us fol¬ 
lows:— 
Name. Total.I Name. Total.i Name. Total. 
Fhito Jacoby.48 A. Si rocker .48|A. Robwyler.48 
Wm. Knnmg.47 A. W. Slacnli.46 J. A- Bauer.44 
Wm. Ebrenfort. , , .43| I 
AU oat or a possible fifty points. 
This viitory for the California riflemen gave general 
satisfaction. Not only had they traveled an immense dis¬ 
tance to compeLe, but their skill shows that even on tbe 
Pacific Slope the rifle has not been nglected. Mr. Jacoby, 
Captain of the team, belongs to the editorial fraternity, 
and we offer to him and his companions our sincerest con¬ 
gratulations on their success. 
Massachusetts. —A new rifle club has just been organ¬ 
ized at Springfield, Ihe Constitution adopted being that laid 
down iu the Forest and Stream handbook. Tbe title 
of tbe club is “The Springfield Amateur Rifle Association,” 
with the following officers: President and Captain of the 
team, S. S. Bumstead; Vice-President, J. B. Squires; Sec¬ 
retary and Treasurer, L. H. Mayott: Directors, S. S. Bum- 
stead, Chairman; J. B. Squires, L. H. Mayott, E. II. 
Smith, F. E. French, Frank M. Emerson, and Phelps 
Johnson. The association have secured a field near the 
old reservoir on the Chicopee Falls road, which furnishes 
capital ranges from 300 to 600, aud possibly 1,000 yards, 
aud during the coming week will put it in first-class order, 
fully equipping it with all the necessary paraphernalia. 
The first formal practice was to have been on yesterday, 
and we hope soon to record some first-class scores, 
A match was shot at the Anchor Forge Range on the 
13 th inst., between teams representing the Massachusetts 
Rifle Association and the Sportsman’s Club of TamUon. 
The conditions of the match were 10 shots each at 300 
yards off-hand, under the rules of the N. R. A. The 
scores were as follows; possible score, 50:— 
srORTSMAN’e 
Name. 
Jas. A, Woodward... 
W. P. Pormciee. ... 
W. C. Parry.... 
Dr. S. D. Freabroy.. 
Wm. H. Bout.. 
Dr.J.W. Hayward. 
Thus Brood. 
A. B. llodgua. 
B TEAM. I MASS. R1ELK ASSOC'K TEAM 
Total. iName. Total, 
.42!j. B. Osborn.34 
.42 E. T. Osgood.H 
.44 W. H. Jackson. .37 
.3s|j, A. Luwoll.43 
.38 John Foslor.39 
.4l|S. G. Noyes.37 
.42;.J. U. Frost. 42 
.41,S. E. Riug.38 
Aggregate . .323 
*-76, <0|. 
Awage. ' 
....811 
Following this was a match between the captains and 
reserves ol’ each team under similar, conditions, the 
“Sportsmen" again winning, as will be seen from the fol¬ 
lowing scores:— 
Sl’OHTSVIAX'S CLUH. I it. B. A. 
Names. Score. Total.! Name. Score. Total. 
F. Mason. ..4 344435454 40 Stere-'auu ..4462345544 35 
BJ).Kelley. .5 444444444 4ljA.P. Clark..4 3 44243343 34 
Richmond. ..3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 40 Worn yes. ...4 33354443 4 37 
Copeland. ..4 44 4 4 4 5 8 4 3 89 Herrlah. ...5 4 5 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 40 
E. King....4 333344343 34,Poltind 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 1 4 5 42 
Aggregate.191 Aggregate.188 
Average, 38 4 5. | Average, 37 3 5. 
Connecticut.—T be second competition for the bullseyp 
badge took place at Willowbrook Range on July 18lb. 
Mr. Orange Judd was the winner, with a score of seven 
bullseyes out of twenty shots, ten each at 800 and 1,000 
yards. The next meeting will take place on the 22d inst. 
Michigan,—T he following is a report of the lorget prac¬ 
tice of the Greenville Rifle Club, of Greenville, Mich,, 
made on Wednesday, July 5th; distance, 400yards; no 
artificial rest allowed:— 
Name. Score. Total.] Name. Score. Total. 
E. II. Jones.4 5 5 5 5 24 Win. Woodman..3 5 5 5 6 23 
D. T. Sapp.4 5 4 4 4 21 H. Roraniuii.3 4 5 5 5 22 
C. H. Hale.4 5 5 4 4 2a|L. Spaulding. . ...5 5 5 4 4 23 
Wisconsin — Milwaukee , June 15 th, 1876.—The seventh 
competition at 500 yards for the Brodhead field glass came 
off yesterday. Fielding wins the prize the third time and 
holds the glass. Next Friday we shoot for the Remington 
prize at 1,000 yards. The prize has been shot for twice; 
Bangs has won it once and Turner once. The following 
are the scores made yesterday at 500 yards; possible 75.— 
Name. Score. I Name. Score 
Fielding...79 Yale.67 
Turner.691 WellH. .66 
Bangs .671 Wau Wait. 
—Col. G. W. Wingate is now on a tour of inspection of 
the several Rifle Ranges of tbe State. He has officially ap¬ 
proved of the new ranges at Syracuse and Buffalo, which 
lie speaks of in high terms, as being quite perfect in their 
appointments. After visiting the central portion of tile 
State, extending bis tour to Niagara Falls, he took steamer 
through Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Cornwall iu 
Canada, which is seven miles from the border lino; mid 
there embarking on a little steam yacht sailed up tbe Sal¬ 
mon River to Malone. The remainder of his inspection 
tour includes the ranges on the Hutlson River, at Albany, 
Hudson, Poughkeepsie, Yonkers, &c. There is also a fine 
range at Pittsburgh. The work that Col. Wingate is en - 
gaged in will be very useful in systematizing the operations 
of rifle clubs. 
—Mr. G. W. Yale lma been appointed brigade inspector 
of rifle practice in the Connecticut National Guard, his 
rank being Major. The appontmeut is an excellent tine in 
every respect, as in addition to being a first class shot Mr. 
Yale lias a practical knowledge of fire-arms and their 
manufacture. 
Canadian Riflemen. —A dispatch to the Toronto Olvhe, 
dated Wimbledon, July 12th, says: “The weather is splen¬ 
did, but the light bad, discouraging the Canadians, who 
are unaccustomed to fire opposite a bright sun. The com¬ 
petitions are DOt completed, but so far the Canadians have 
clone well. Iu the Queen's Cup competition at 200 and 500 
yards Lieut. Cole, Forty-second Battalion, Ontario, made 
60 out of a possible 70 points. For the Association Cup 
Sergt, D. Mitchell, Thirteenth Battalion, Onlario; Private 
Ross, Prince of Wales’ Rifles, Quebec, aud Corporal 
Sprule, New Brunswick, made 46 out of a possible 50. In 
the Alexandra Prize, Bailey, Tenth Battalion, Ontario, uutl 
Sergt. T. Mitclieil each scored 49 points; Lieut. Wright, 
Fiftieth Battalion, Quebec; Corporal Bpl'oulo, New’ Bruns¬ 
wick, and Bomb Brown, Wellington Field Battery, 46 
points out of apossibie 70.” 
“The Australians have challenged teams of five men 
from the English, Scotch, Irish, aud Canadian representa¬ 
tives to sboot a match with Martini rifles at 200, 500, and 
600 yards; and with small-bore rifles at 800, 900, aud 1,000 
yards, tbe prize to fall to the team making the highest ag¬ 
gregate score. The Canadians are as yet undecided 
whether they will accept, as the first part of ihe challenge 
emails the use of the Martini-Henry rifle lo which they are 
unused.” 
BASE BALL—THE I’liOFEbSiONAL ARENA. 
—The League pennant contests to July 16lh BhOw the 
clubs occupying the following relative positions.— 
A IllL-.'lA", 
Hanford... 
St. Louis... 
Boston. 
LonisviLie.. 
Mutual. 
Athletic.... 
(liuclnoatl.. 
Gai 
I J I 1 
3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 
I 3 I 4 I 8 I 16 
29 | HO¬ 
MO | 24 
nine have a decided 
It will be seen that the Cli —. . 
lead, aud one that it will now be difficult for tbe llnrt- 
fords to overcome. Besides which the 8t. Louis nine have 
drawn up to closer quarters with the ltarlfords than be¬ 
fore. The Athletics are the last on the list of the Eastern 
nines and the Cincinnatis the last of the Western teams. 
CRICKET. 
—An eleven of the Boston and Chicago Base Bali Clubs 
whipped the first eleven of the Chicago Cricket Club at 
Chicago, July 14th, in a four-inning game, George Wright 
leading the ball player’s score with 24; Webb’s bowling on 
the other side was quite a feature. 
—The match between the Gentlemen and Players of 
England, which took plaee the" last of June, was ended 
July lstjLwith the result of a draw game. Daft led the 
score of*Vie Players with 01, and Grace that of the Geu> 
tinmen with 90. Almost every man of both elevens scored, 
double figures, though Grace was bowled In the first in¬ 
nings by Emmett, for a duck egg. The Gentlemen had the 
best of it when lime was called, aB they had scored over 
200 with hut four wickets drawn in their second innings, 
having but 50-odd to go to win. 
—Last week the Staten Island Club, assisted by Messrs. 
Banco and Jones of tbe St. George’s Club, got away with 
the Mauhattans in a match, the bowling of Brewster amt 
Jones being too much for tlio Island eleven’s opponent*. 
