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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Ckeehmc.oi;. —There was a time in the history of Creed- 

 moor when the inure mention that Col. Iiodino or Maj. 

 Fulton Were to shoot in a long range match was sufficient 

 to destroy all hope of victory on the part of the new min- 

 ers, but grit and persistence are characteristics of, our 

 American riflemen. The youngsters kept on "banging 

 i nl with system and judgment, noting with care 

 whatever of valuable, advice dropped from the old reliables, 

 until on Saturday it was shown that, some folks are 

 some others, if not B great deal batter, and the boys walked 

 away up among the "possibles," leaving their elders doing 

 very fair mediocre work far down below t hem. Ostensibly it 



1'ovj lit under the International match rules be- 



twaen teams of six from Brooklyn and New York respectively, 

 captained by Maj, H. S. Tewi II fin the part of the cross-river 

 men and Col. Gildersleeve im the part of the Metropolitans, 

 but really it was a Senior vs. a Junior team contest. 

 Among the veterans were Gildersleeve, Bodine, Fulton, 

 Bruce, Coleman and Stanford. The. younger generation of 

 shooters included Allen, BUdeuburgh, Itathboue, Weber, 

 Jewell, v\ j t 1j Gen, Dakiri a, hoary end man. When the 

 match was ihst proposed on April 1st last, opinion was in 

 favor of the New Yorkers. But the Brooklyn boys went to 

 work with a will, drilled and organized, and for weeks past 

 have been again and again on the field putting themselves 

 in trim, and the result justified the importance which has 

 been placed upon method and team practice in contests of 

 The day was lair, though toward the close the 

 wind became shifty, but from the word "go" it was a clean 

 walk away for tie- lads. At the 'lose of the very first 

 round they wen- : ■ ;,! I im.l from that, on it was 



, era '' se I i the New Sorters, in the list of scores it 



will bi m I poorest Brooklyn score, that of Gen. 



Dakiri, tb still inadTauceof the best New York scoie. Col. 



GilrlerslBCve was indeed suffering from a swollen eye, but 



: soon a are what might be expected 



of fresh sprin" marksmen. The Brooklyn record, on the 



lv good, and would do credit if 



, ,' m , ,,, :,. ri is.. •,,■:,. Va 1 lays when a summer's drill 



has brought hand and eye and brain into harmonious action. 



Compared with previous long range team shooting, the 



work of the Brooklyn shooters is vr. e fine indeed. In the 



Irish American match of last fall the totals were 1154 and 1165 



respectively, and taking the MS <' • -' so res on the first day's 



shooting for the Intermiiiiiieil tiophv, the totals show 



Am-rica. I !'.'C. Ireland and S.-otl.ind. 1202 each. On no other 



.. , ,,-: ,i do we i-emcmbei anything passing Saturday's score 



of 118G. and the others were fall scores after a season's drill. 



h shows that while the "old 'uus" may step down 



and out, we have a group of experts ready to take their 



places and even push them to the wall by making superior 



scores. There need be little fear that when again called 



upon to defend and retain the International prize our men 



will be ready to score another victory. 



The full scores in the Brooklyn vs. New York match are: 



BROOKLYN TEAM. 



800 900 1,01)0 



Name, yds. yds. yds. Total. 



1 !■, lie i";' -- . -' '!" ii'i lie; . 



H.H. J«well 09 72 68 191) 



1. L. Allen 71 67 60 198 



T,. Weber. ....68 67 02 197 



K. Kuthb'iue 73 65 59 196 



Gen. T. S. Dakin 70 65 59 lili 



Total 1,186 



NEW YORK TEAM. 



B C. Coleman .0 63 59 19-3 



Col- John Bndine 7i so 57 190 



f'jiiir, L. O. Bruce 65 6'i 56 181 



Kent. Col. B. H. Bamtotil 66 66 ii ]ril 



Major H. Folion 6D Ml 48 177 



Col. H. A. Gildersleeve 53 6H 53 167 



Total 1,091 



RIFLE NOTES. 



C E. Blydenburgh made the first score of 200 points 'at 

 the long ranges this season. 



The "running deer" target is quite a favorite. 



The members of the American team which was victorious 

 over the Canadians in the Canadian International Match of 

 1S75 are to receive gold badges to commemorate that event 

 in a few days. They were W. B. Farwell, L. L. Hepburn, 

 11. S. Jewell, L. Geiger, J. 8. Conlin, L. C. Bruce, F. Hydo 

 and A. V. Canfield. 



Creedmoor looks better than ever. The range is in ex- 

 cellent condition, and the greenestof grass, dotted with field 

 flowers, gives it a very pleasing aspect. H. S. Jewell has 

 changed his position. ' It's an original one. 



Conlin's Gallery.— Last Saturday evening, May 12th, a 

 number of the amateur "gallery" shots in this city met and 

 competed for the amateur badges at Conlin's Gallery, 1222 

 Broadway. 



The. interest in these weekly competitions keeps still una- 

 bated, and there is no small amount of strife for the 

 supremacy among the competitors, there being 20 of them 

 in number in the last contest. A change has been made in 

 the conditions which allows each competitor to two entries, 

 his high score to count. 



The following are. some of the best scores made during the 

 evening in the competition (3d): P. Fenning, IS; M. L. Biggs, 

 48; Leon Backer 17: M, B. Eugel, 47:1.. 0. Bruce, 17: Thos. 

 Wildes, Jl. J)., 47: Fred Alder, 40; C. Von Geriehten, 4fi; N. B. 

 Thurston. 45; B. Zettler, 44; J. Houig; 41; M. F. Cahill, 44: 

 B. Buff, 43: M. JDeMott, 41; Judge Smith. 41; W'm. Klein, 

 41: A. F. N-wkirk. 40. Seventeen contestants averaging 

 eenters or better. 



In the old gallery of 930 Broadway the targets used in 



,,;,, ; .i, . I ,,,.,■■ I m 200 y I , while at the 



, - I, mght i i Imoor, 200 



yja, red.: ■ i : ' i e a marksman a better 



oTiflTJ ■■ e , r higher emi 1 ■■ I lain el" n a .in; I ... '■' 1U- 



bledon, wl i . orthein 



ber of -! 7 . ' i . 



Hereale . 

 titionslbri ■■■ . . . Thursday 



evening t ill filially won, 



Massachusetts. — We have received a copy of the by-laws 

 of the Walpole Amateur Kifle Club of Walpole, Mass. They 

 have tilled up anew their range with two first-class iron tar- 

 gets, after the Creedmoor style of pits, etc., and everything is 

 in good working order for 200. 500, 000, 800, 000, and 1,000 

 yards, shooting. ~ This is the original rifle club of this State, 

 it being their fourth season ol ihorl range and third year at. 

 long range. They are now preparing for a Lie rangi 

 match with the Massachusetts Kith; Association, to take place 

 the 30th of May. 



—The Lawrence (Massachusetts) liifle Club had a practice 

 shoot at Merrimack Bange. Saturday afternoon. Weather 

 fine, but wind too changeable for high scores. Out of a pos- 

 sible 75 at 500 yards the leading scores were; B. F. Sargflut, 

 72: A.Richmond, 09; O. M. Jewell. 07; C. L. Austin, 07; 

 II. F. Lord, 02; A. B, Derby. 59. 



Gkoiuua. — A match was shot in Bryan County, Georgia, 

 on the 2d inst., between teams of local riflemen. The guns 

 used arc Remington, Sharpe, and Springfield rifles, distance 

 200 yards, seven shots each. The following scores were made : 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



II. T. Williams 2) P. II. Lynah 19 



.1. S. !'. Leeesne 24 I'. M. Price I? 



Geo. It, VVeb'i gi W. ,1. McCormauk 16 



W. St. 3. Jefvcv 21,St. .T. 1'. Kiulocli 15 



E. JJ.Sparkmau l'i 



T. Williams 1!)! Tolal 196 



GBOIHJIA IIUS6AKS. 



Name. Toiab Name. Tolal. 



Julian Schley, possible 35 30 S. McA. While 27 



.1. W. McaIicii. I- - ens. I; !.,ite„;;nl ■;■, 



I). Mcvlpiu ISIO. L.Tillou 25 



J. w. Schley iiS,W.F.JftB«ton 83 



W. M. lieriynian 8BI 



C. Jl. Cunningham 38] Tolal 275 



SAVANNAH VOM'NTEEK C.UARDS. 



Name. Total, i Name. Total. 



G.b. Anplcton US Dr. T. ,). Charlton 51 



I. G. llcyward 27 1 !'. Posted 21 



George Allen mfJl. McL.uiu IB 



H. G. Stevens..... Jfi'li. J. Kieiler 12 



W. T. Thompson, Jr 25 



3. C. Pu.-tcll 24) Total 228 



Wisconsin. — Milwaukee Bine Club practice on May 11th, 

 1877, at their range at Wauwatosa on Soldier's Home Grounds, 

 shooting across the Menominee valley. At the 9QC yard 

 range the execution was scored as follows: Bangs, 32; Tur- 

 ner, 40; Welles, 40; Fielding. 30; Yale, 27; Meunier, 37; 

 Hill, 45; Drake, 30. Practice at the 1,000 yard range— possi- 

 ble 25— also resulted in very creditable scores in view of the 

 unfavorable weather. The tally was: Fielding, 15; Turner, 

 18; Johnson, 18; Bangs, 18; Yale, 12: Hill, 10; Meunier, 18. 



Houston, Texas, April 27, 1877. 

 Editor Forest and Stream. 



1 wish you could prevuil ou somo of those correspondents of yours, 

 who have been choke-boring us one week and cylinder-boring us the 

 nest, to relinquish their pet theories lor a minute, aud turn their at- 

 tention to what I consider a matter of more importance. Down here 

 we want some light on the subject of target, rifles, more especially on 

 the so-called Creedmoor long rouge rifle. Aud, by the way, this name 

 seems to bo applied to all rifles capable of hitting a target (when properly 

 pointed) at 1,000 yards. At the present time, when riflj clubs are 

 springing up everywhere, amateurs who havo not an opportunity of 

 consulting exports find themselves at infiuito loss in selecting a proper 

 weapon. Among the numerous long rango rifles at present on the 

 market, and all claiming to be the best, one cannot help suspecting that 

 some at least are got up with a more immediate view to sale than good 

 target practice. At any rate, 1 do not think that a little gentle criticism 

 could do the manufacturers any harm— it might stimulate them to re- 

 newed exertions; and hy furnishing purchasers with the means of 

 lodging a good gun, you will do the world a service by running worth- 

 less competitors out of the market. 



I do not wish to disparage our choke-boring and cylinder-boring 

 friends; on the contrary, they Bra just the men we should like to hear 

 from; their general knowledge of firearms is so good that their opinions 

 on this particular point could not fail to be of value, and they might 

 help a any in the selection of a rifle who cannot afford to buy their 

 knowledge in the school of experience. I am not opposed to choke- 

 boring myself, and have, indeed, an invention of my own in this lino. 

 I meant to keep it a secret, but for the benefit of science I let it go, and 

 for the edification of your readers I shall try to describe it, as it ob- 

 tains very considerable favor among the knights of the trigger down our 

 way. Mine is what may be called au extreme choke-bore. We win take 

 a champague bottle as a simple exiruple, it being wider at cue end than 

 the other— you see ? Incredulous as it may appear, we use a liquid 

 ammunition, aud when the piece has got the proper elevation and a 

 sufficient charge, it never fails to kill anything anywhere; and so far 

 from alarm iug tho gams, it exerts an attraction on thorn which very 

 few can resist. With this weapon we challenge all comers, men from 

 Jersey uot excepted. And forgive me for adding that the man at least, 

 if not the gun, has a positive side-action— first one side and then the 

 other. I now conclude this scrawl, which may prove, pcrhapB, that I 

 am not a practiced letter-writer, but I hope at least I have made my 

 wishes clearer than those of a brother sports man who wanted an axe 

 to •• saw " a barrel to make a '• hen-coop " for his • ■ dog." White. 



Kkoeptionv— The last grand military reoeption and dress 

 parade review of the Twenty-second Eegiment was held at 

 the armory on tho 8th inst. The Mayor and other city 

 officials were present, and Gilmore's immense band fur- 

 nished some delightful music. 



To OtiK SrrnsCRiMSBS. — The consolidation of the two papers 

 brings us such a largely increased circulation, and so materi- 

 ally adds to the business of the office, that we are forced to 

 defer increasing our paper to twenty-four pages, as contem- 

 plated, until we can make such arrangements regarding the 

 mechanical portion! of it as are necessary. Many correspon- 

 dents whose communications have not yet appeared will 

 b . sir that, fact in mind. 



.»•♦ 



—It is believed that turkeys were introduced into England 

 sea by William Strickland, lieutenant to Sebasl ian 

 the time of Henry VH. Franklin alwa, 

 wild turkey should have been the emblem of the United 

 g : ■.■, ilii- log cabins of (l,e pioneers of his day being sur- 

 rounded by these birds, who ' ■■■ ch other from the 



Row no wild . i ■■ 

 east of Pennsylvania, and in that State tie 

 the mountainous regions, and are few_and_far dietween. J 



§mne §<tg mid §tm. 



MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



New Jrjssiiv. - A pigeon match between two sides, repre- 



-' ;... 'i. Lu ,.i. . . .:-, rs, look place yesterday 



on the II ,.. lonsiel; flats, near Snake Hill. They shot at five 



". ntj m yards rise. The clerks won by the. 



following score: Qlerkfl BtcbbilM i ' . ■ Wldtmore, 



2; Walbert. ITotal 10. Brokers--! >gd,n, 5: Kemp, i: 

 Bratvv,,U, -j ; Wall, 0. '1 , .; 



- A correspondent writing from Charlotte, N. 

 complimenting our appearance, saj 



"A sportsmen's club has just been organized here, which 

 we call the •Charlotte Bod and Gun Club'. We woe I ipro 

 teet, our lords and fishes, and see that the laws recently made 

 by our legislature for that purpose are enforced. For many 

 years past there have been thousands of ijuail shipped north 

 from this section of the State every season: butourLogi latn 

 has passed a law prohibiting their exportation, and we hope 

 to see the iniquitous practice stopped." 



— The Nashvilh- h'»nt! Sun. proposes to open a Dog and 

 Gun department. 



THE GUN TAX. 



. .-. April J". 1877. 

 Enrron Fouesr and Stkcam. 



"Vuimtiir," in ills iinswor lo my arliidS) on taxing guns, stales lhala 

 tux on dogs: would he equally objectionable to me, and nil or the Bame 

 opinion. I have owned dogs nearly all my life, ar I . i . I 

 spent an hem- !;oing areriel in the rain tu find my heuud. who had run 

 away or been stolen. Most wiiliugly would I pay ft tax that, would 

 make dogs on a par with guns, so they could ho considered personal 

 property. It is unnecessary to say more about taxing guns, since I 

 have your opininu, which i3 all tho authority necessary, as V. admits 

 his plan would be unpopular. 



Spoakingof grouse, I consider the fox and skunk ila wore, mi.,; 

 as frennnnt bunches of bones and fV-atlur in it In the « I. -i.i , 



Man has little chance with them in this vicinity, unless a ,i 



shot, lor they rise wild, and Hy like tho wind. Generally they abide iu 

 swamps where the underbrush is so thick one can hardly turn 

 around, let alone shooting them. The quail have all left this section 

 long ago. I never saw but one, and he was feeding leisurely on a black- 

 as guite tame, aed oDly about twenty fPet 

 ) protect our parent stesk is to enforce the 

 ! -.,.■,,-. ,-.; the i .'>--■ ii'i.l other vermin whi.-h 

 alios approves the idea of farmers prohih- 

 ooting on their ground, and trust the same 

 lep him from destroying game in the whole- 

 e sportsmen. Thanking you. Mr. Verator. 



berry, so If- ft lieu: he 

 from me. The i -, e::y 

 game lave and est ir nl a; 

 prey onthe-birds, lam : 

 King sportsmen from si 

 spirit of self-denial will i 

 sale manuer indulged by 



nterest in tho protection of game, and yon, Mr. Editor, for 

 e iu the case. I remain, yours. DEXTXtl. 



GUNS THAT BURST-FAULTY INSPEC- 

 TION. 



Cincinnati, May 10, 18??. 

 Editor Focest and STREAM, 



S.ii: R. Price, in ••TheTwo Americas," relates the particnlars or the 

 bursting of a double gnu in his hands at the ririui; of asccoudBhot at 

 grouse, nnder cirenm.-tances which makes it seem loan American not 

 a lillle singular that he should have taken no action beyond the plebeian 

 one of accepting another gun from the builder, jiist as a laborer would 

 take back to a shop-keeper a garment which had proven shoddy. He 

 states explicitly that the gun "went to pieces," literally and destruc- 

 tively, and that his escape with his life was marvelous; that there was 

 no apparent cause, but that on examination or tho fragments, the builder 

 declared that it was due to the negligence of a drunken-foreman in 

 boring the extractor. This maker, a fashionable one, tolerates a 

 drunken foreman, and then permits his death-traps to eo oui without 

 rigid inspectiou-withont any inspection we'd better say— and a wealthy 

 and influential sportsman, a nobleman at that, allows the damnable 

 thing to :;o unpunished fur a paltry bribe of another forty or sixty- 

 guinea gun! Savoriug or this same milk-and water-policy was the con- 

 duct of a man here, owner of a fashionable rifle, which sent its charge 

 into the face of the shooter. Luckily, he escaped with two sound eyes, 

 and "compromised" with the. principals, through whose rault the rille 

 had been sent; Out. by accepting a simple return or his money. This 

 looks entirely too much like an acknowledgment ihat we arc ready, for 

 a paltry hnndred dollars or for fifty pounds, to hold at arm's length a 

 loaded bombshell wiih its fuse lighted. No; builders who, hy reason or 

 toleiating drunken or worthless Inspectors, condemn to death innocent 

 users or their infernal machine^, should be held answerable to the atter- 

 most; for— "ili final per uliuw"- he who through another docs a thing, 

 does'it himseir. Prompt publication, in .-ui ..I. <■., l .jiving names, 

 would check the inclination or some careless or conscienceless makers to 

 send out uninspected pot- metal. U. K- Dcjcaign-b. 



LIGHT CHOKE-BORES VS. HEAW GUNS. 



ti.vnvEsTON, Texas, April, 1.877. 

 EuiToa I'or.EdT ami Stream. 



Alter a season' 6 duck shooling on Hie Texas cpaal, using an 9-pound, 

 IZgauge, choked HOT! gnu. with an old eh. .re rmixgle-loader, made 

 by Westley Richards, ten years ago, I used the IU gunge in presence, 

 and got better spoit. lu Tact, most ol the time tbc ti-hore was slopped 

 at the uitjpks, and when it was used there were more ducks wwunded 

 tuau brought to bay. Villi the cln.ke ilic gun killed all that uurebit, 

 the ducks falling to the water like cannon balls. ■•Blatk-hcnd ' may 

 say the choke-bore is a humbug, hut, wiih Mr. Greener, 1 say ho must 

 havo had bad luck in ordinary gnus, or else some dealer has been selling 

 him German guns with an English maker's name on tbero. Choke boihs 

 may not throw the shot where held, hut 1 have yet lo shoot a cylinder 

 that, has uot the same faults. SIv choke bore shoots high, lint I con- 

 sider itS good fault. If theysleiol, lo the right or left, it SpOrtSinao 

 must Hid It out and be governed by it. American guns vary less than 

 English, therefore I pronounce Ihern the lest I hud tie 

 using a Nichols & Lerever one duy lurtMoek, and found it d :. I 

 guu as the best by Etialish makers. Their rastcuei 

 decidedly an improvement on eiih.rihe top or side lever. The com- 



perjualor being in tin ■ >. It id if the luq Its the wants of many 



a shaky gun, II - :1LU tr '- ul " 



ook to their laurels, or Messrs. Nichols and Lerever mast. 



capture them. There may be soue-thing in confined gasses, but to set 



ireet .'• 'he choke will not 



boidlt. I 'a I'- WOO atrial, but. I used four-ounce powder 



ii want a wad hair an inch thick, all the 



.. Till then 



iN too intelligent to 



useawBdooneisteetituor an inch thick. B-B.B. 



