204 



FOREST MNDTSTREAM. 



ot Hf board, He had bad hick in this match. You uausl not 



In i I'M hismily getting 17. Heisa goodsbot. 



i'wln.mi ifi mi old Tweniy-lhirder and knows how to handle 

 a villi'. If in- doesnlt he oug&t to. 



BMppatd is one of the good fellows of the board, but never 

 : in'ini ,-i i.'iv.LMi, before. Be is persevering, and if he makes 



; mind to shoot, look out for him. 



Drake is one of the handsome men of the board : parts his 

 luiiv in the middle ; is an old fancy stock raiser; 1ms otteij hit 

 iln hull jn the eve. lie is a very quiet man, and you can't 

 i' i 'ii him. 



IVs Morels is an ey-offloftr of the Seventy-first,, and he is 

 i ippointed that he didn't make a better score. 



IliUfhes is a Seventh veteran, and to him more than any 

 nihev is ilue the credit of getting np the match and giving the 

 t)Oy& a goi'd day's sport. 



' i id and ij.uick are lioth members of the Seventh. 



('hit is Ui< handsome man of the board. Jn his earlier days 

 in wass crack shot with the crossbow at Albany. He rides 

 1 1 :■>• < nt 1 1n- Twenty-third streel cars, lie was at Crcedmoor 



I day and had made 23 up to the time of the match. J le did 

 well in ihe match. You will see him again. 



( ceil is not used to shooting at bulls'-eyes. If it had been 

 a Star's eye be would have scored every lime. 



Stanton was the biggest toad in the puddle — a good fellow — 

 captain of the hoys, lie made good shooting all over the 

 range, and some excellent rulings. 



\ i .i ii/ie and Biuras propose to pool their shots here- 

 in 



(.'owing is a lieutenant in the Twenty-third and is a good 

 slim. Iniijie didn't tiud the target until the match was over. 

 Belter luck next time. 



i ; i: li.nr Association held their weekly shoot Col- 

 li u . gold badges. Tuesday. May 33. with the following 

 , Target, Crcedmoor. reduced fur 88 van Is. possible 

 50 points: rifle, -S3 cal., off-hand, two sighting shots. On 

 Jinn' 14. the third annual shooting festival of this association, 

 the medals will be awarded as follows: The one making the 

 points since .January, Jt-77. first badge; One for IjeSt 

 average uf centers (any one missing a weekly shoot declared 

 mi' 'i ml badge; highest score to take third badge. Seven 

 mill lie on a full score for this badge: 



r. o. fanning 49 o. .Hudson 40 



I '../.. iii.t 48 J.TJntil 41. 



i num Is M. Bagel 45 



<:. \. Si IIUIIIKIU , 4T V. boss 46 



l: ti down 47 A. K. Mourn 44 



LI Mil"!'.. 47 SI, L. limns « 



i ii 46 11. Durrlor 4.i 



T. K'i'l.-io III 41) 



' ii '-"in:'. The, fifth competition for the Amateurs' 

 I .mi t cone off la-4. Thursday evening. May 34. The follow- 

 ing mi' i iir best scores made during the evening,: 



1„C. [jl'uoc - 45 M. C.lltggB 13 



i' II. .lull" 4,'> I/miii Hacker .« 



M. I!. Iln^il 44 llr.T. Wildes .13 



W. M. farrow -l-'i J. Uonig ai 



1; Mlluy 43 H. Fuuke. Jr 41 



Mr. Ij. 0. Bruce lias now won the first badge twice, as was 

 al "ii the case with Mr. M. L. Jiiggs last week, and if either 



;ji hi Iciueii win il again it will become the winning man's 



The si \tli regular shoot of the Amateur Clubmen was held 



un ,iic '.".'d inst. The morning was fine, but at noonday a 



!', Slower fell, not strong enough, however, to drive all the 



m.n I'i'iimtlie firing points. Tlie scores, fifteen shots at each 



range, sl I: 



800 yds. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. T'l 



II. S. Jewell Bfl OT 72 BUS 



1. I,. Al|e> 64 7(1 69 106 



!•:. il. Ma.tlsoll m 64 86 188 



'I'. Ii. I.amll 67 64 56 1K/J 



•I. S. Ii.ilon 66 60 58 1H4 



It. Kallitpone 6» 62 54 na 



... 1,. .Motse 67 66 52 175 



IlolulT Fisher 58 04 52 174 



Sixth Uifi.e Association. — The second spring meeting of 

 the 6th Division Rifle Association will be held at thftJUast feyra- 

 . us. ranges, on June 8tb and succeeding days. TJie pro- 

 gramme of matches is the largest yet prepared by the associa- 

 tion, the cost of prizes aggregating over $1,300 in value. The 

 competitors arc : 1st. Directors' match. 3d. 51st Hernmcni 

 mutch. :;d. Short-range, all coiners. SOOy'ds, 5 prizes: $58.01). 

 4th. Sixth Divisiun. K. Of., malch for teams of 7. 5th. C'avalry 

 mateh for tennis of f>. Bth. Teams of 6 for each company iii 

 Gth Division. Tib. Open to officers of Slst Kegt. 8th. Open 

 I., line officers of ofth Regt. Otis,. Open to members of 0th 

 Division. 10th. All comers, mid-range, match. 11th. Long 

 range match. 



Jamaica, L. I.. Ron and Rifle Assoi iai ion.— The fifth 

 challenge badge match of Ibis association was shot on Satur- 

 day. May 30. 'The challenge badge was won by Gen. H. 



I: the lis badge by John Fleming. The score was a.. 



follows: 



noon, May 30, llteio'is to be a match imder Ihe auspices of the 

 Club, open to all comers. 'J'Ik- maieh willjOegin al in oVIool, 

 Distance, 200 yards, two sighting and seven scoring shots. 

 Knlrance fee, *1. The prizes are three iu number -lllln 

 first. *7 to second, and *B to third. 



MaSSacmi skits. — 'f'he Massachusetts Rifle Association in- 

 augurated its new 1.000 yards range target at Walnut Hill, 

 Woburn, last Saturday afternoon, the possible aggregate being 

 US, The following was the score: 



0. C. F.Vbhal-fl 41 17 34 95 



W. II. .l.lt'kson 4il 16 i!» S5 



J. A. Lowell 86 • 21 2S 85 



A. 1*. Clark Il is ii'i si 



William Herrteh 36 IS 26 rii 



]). Klrkwoo.l SI ai 35 7J 



,1. McniV-s, Jr H6 



46 Wm. norland. Jr.. U 41 



M .Ino. ts. Fieui.v. K IIB 



..-.-..42 Juo. Fleming.* 3~ 



42 Jan. Ryder, M 37 



" Steph Kvder, II ;u 



33 



tie... It ir.o-.l, P 



(den, a. lt.-e.i. s, . 



,1.1... .M. I'Mli.'. S. 



•Iheo. Kogers, II 



Geo. A. Hicks, M 



ii w. lioim.ii, M 4-> .las. 11. Oukio, 1; 



Wnl.8.0ug«we)l. B 41 



ii, siiaips; jM, Mayna.d; K. liemtngton; B. Ballard carbine. 



— Any one desirous to purchase a rifle gallery would do well 

 to Inquire at Bliley's (uuder Haik Theatre, Brooklyn). The 

 m is owner i.sgoingiuto other business. [See aiU\rf<.« 11,1 id. 

 , , ,im i ,. ThaStomford Amateur Rifle Club held its 

 third cotnpei.il ion for ihe Williams' Challenge Badgeonthe 

 afternoon of the loth inst. Distant JfJO yards, ofT-hand. 

 The previous winners have been \\. II. Samllord and W. W. 

 Skiddy. The score on the 10th Btoodi 



•r. i,'. smii.ii r. i -i i r. 4 i-sr. 3. ii- Sw^rtwiiut. . .3 3 4 s 4 a 4— <ti 



n. II. Will'.-iius -i -i a i 5 i s— 2i c. ^\'. Minor :i :i •.: ;; i b s_*i 



.' Oewlajf. . .1 I 'I '■■■ I II I -S!5 II. A. liiiolelt :; :t -i ;; 5 'J »— 211 



\V II. S1111I011I...1 3 •! 1 -I i: .M-i) W. W.hkiii.ly :; 11 .1 4 ;-; 3 S— 20 



ii., annual tne< ting of the club was held on the evening of 

 th« mm, day. The former -president, Mr. K. II. Sanford, 

 liaving declined M'.v iciucianiiy, at a re-election the follow- 

 in- omccrs were chosen; President, Mr. W. \\ r . Skiddv; 

 ,. . I'm Edeffl ir. K. 11. Keene; Sec. and Treas., fitr. 

 Schuyler Merritl. Executive t'omnii.iei — Messrs. J. II. 

 r.v.ar'uvoiii. ('lark Dewing, W. II. Sanford. A. T. Swords and 

 Walton Ferguson. The club is in a prosperous eoudilion, and 

 il is proposed to extend the range to 500 yards, which will add 

 to the variety of the matches and to the interest of the mem- 

 bers and their friends in rifle shooting. On Wednesday fore* 



w. Poland,. 



n 



12 



76 



Nimv 1,011(1, 500 and; 300-yard targets will be set 

 soon as Ihe work can be done, and then this range will not 

 have ft peer except in Crcedmoor, over which Inner it. how- 

 ever, has advantages, as the liring points are about Hilii pards 

 apart, and the targets are backed with natural hills of line 

 sand. 



MASsACTit-si'/i'Ts Rifi.k Association.-- The first spring meet- 

 ing at Walnut Jlill, near Uoslon, under the auspices' of I he 

 Massachusetts liille Associalion, will lake place .Monday and 

 Tuesday, June 18 and 19j The matches are: 1st. Directors' 

 match. 300 yards, -M. All comers, 300 vards: 111 prizes: value 

 ss:M4. 3d. Opeirto Massachusetts nrilitia, 200 yds., Spring- 

 field or I'.-abodv rifles. 4th. Longrange, all comers, SOU vds. 

 5 rounds] IIOII vds.. H rounds: 1.(100 vds., Ill ruunds: II prizes, 

 value 4175. 5. All comers. 300 and 500 yds., 1(1 rounds each: 

 '.) nriz.es. A2o7. 6th, Challenge match to teanis of 5. from any 

 club in New Kngland, 200, 500 and 1,000 yds., any rifle; 10 

 rounds per dist. 7th. 300 yds., "consolation." T.L.Steven- 

 son acts as executive officer, and a good meeting is antici- 

 pated. 



Nkw .If.I'Sev.— The monthly contest of the ITackensack, 

 N. J.. Itilie Association for that society's badge came off on the 

 35th instant. The result of the competition was as follows: 

 II. L. Rums, 40; W. Solberton, 40: A. Ii. Hanoi, 89; .1. 

 W..0.1, 87-; B. S. Erie. 07; C. W. Vauderbeck, 86; .1. M. 

 Van Valen. 36 j M. 0. Uillbii.m, 35; B. Van Slracbwilz, 84; 

 AV. P. Ellery, 34; J» ConUJiu, 33; .1. M. (iamewell, 2!) ; l'I. 

 Ael.erniiin, 38. In shooliiig off the tie Burns beat, llolberlon. 



— The opening shoot, of Ihe Newark Schutzen Society was 

 held at their park May 14 and 15. At ring target, Win. Klam- 

 nier. of Newark, came out bead with 03 points, Wm. Hayes 

 making B3. At the man target W. Klein won with 38 points. 

 and at Ihe bnll's-eve target ] J b. Klein. The prize for most 

 bull's-eyes went to G, Schalk, of I'ollsville, I'a. 



— The Jersey I il v Shooting Society held their opening prize- 

 shoot al, Greenville, N. .1., May IS and 10. The first prize 

 was won by C. (.). Zcftler, 00 rings; second prize by Wm. 

 Klein, with 05 rings. 



— Adjotaiit.-Oencral W. A. Slrykcr, of New Jersey, has 

 notified Adjutant-General Towns.nd, of New York, of the 

 intention of the First Brigade, N. (4. S. N. .)., to send a team 

 to the inter-state military -match at Creedmoor next fall. 



|i'i:.icm..oi;. -The Crescent City Hide Club were out on the 

 23d, shooting for the Lillienthal Cup j no sighting shots; no 



coaching: fifteen Shots, 800, SIOO and 1,0110 ) ards. The day 

 was very hoi, I bermotneler 88 in the sliade; wind very light, 



shifting from eleven to one; the sun very bright, 'ihe fol- 

 lowing are the scores \ 



Joliu 1C. llenauil, Eera. Trued. 



FOI) 5534545586445 6— 8j 



96(1 ,.4 48555 5 545454 5-6-S 



1,001) 5 44 5 •> 664 4 55544 3-67-197 



R. G. Eyrich, Item. Creed. 



SOD 5455034555B56 5—61 



900 .....6 555 3 5465665 3 5 5—70 



1,000 3 4445554484565 4-64—195 



Wm. Arms, Hera. Creed. 



(-00 4 554554425 5 425 4-63 



900 5 45 5 4435565545 4—68 



1,000 45546454 4 6334 4—59—190 



Julea Piffuul, Kern. Creed. 



800 2 5 43454450 3 553 4— «3 



9110 4 434 3 2544556 « 5 4— 6i 



1,000.. , 3 S fl B a'B S S 5 3 4 5 a 6— JS— 1S3 



James Buckley, Kern. Creed. 



9(10 5 .13 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 5 5 5—57 



9110 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 K 4 4 5 5 6 4 U-ffll 



1,000 55 2 3 40665 4 345 4— 54-180 



K. T. Manning. 



Still 5 II 6 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3-43 



9110 . . 8 5 4 4 5 4 2 A 5 4 3 3 5 3 6-Btl 



lfi,0'.'...7.'.. '..'.. ....4 4 4 5 5 5 3' 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 0-60— lf,3 



Messrs. 1'ilTaut and Manning's scores were their first effort 

 at the long ranges. It. has been the opinion heretofore that 

 d:uk-e\ e.l men do not make good shots. Mr. Pjffauts being 

 black will contradict that belief. In your last, iu Speaking Of 

 the maieh between the Brooklyn and New York teams, you 

 say that. l.lSo is Ihe best score made by six men since the Insh- 

 Ameriean match of last year. You were no doubt, led into 

 I hat error by not having seen the score, made by Hie Crescent 

 City Kille Club's Orsl competition for Sharps' hifleCo.'s prize, 

 shot on 201b of January last. Conditions of the match: IS 

 SbOtS at each distance, no sighting shots and no coaching; 

 winner to lead at the three ranges. The following are the 

 scores of the si. \ highest; .John Glynn", 306; Win. Arms, 305; 

 B. 6. Eyrich, 301; Dr. Geo. fiowe, 200; James Buckley, 

 104; John K. Kenaud, 101-total, 1,197, The Crescents now 



begin competitions for places on the team to go toCreedn r 



in'Seplember to compele in Ihe inle.r-Stalc match. GijSSlE. 



Nkw Oui.eans Bii-i.e Wokk. — Mr. S. O. Eyrich, one of 

 Ihe New Orleans long-range experts, sends Samples of targets 

 made by him at, 1,000 yards, (58 points, and at 000 yards 74, 

 the siiots ranging 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6— 74t ,he 

 best targets we believe yet shown at Ibis intermediate range. 

 In a, letter accompanying the diagrams, Mr. Eyrich says, 

 under date May 10; 



1 bend you by Huh day's mall cop1e« or my targetaat boo and l.ooo, 

 lliilili: .liiuuar.v So, for Sliui i»h Hifle Company toi'-u. Colldltionu. 

 Flfteuii s!ioi» ;o, eaoti range, son, ouo, ami i.umiyur.i-, no Blghdng t-hota, 

 and no pievious practice on day o( match. 1 send you tnesse, as 1 con- 

 xider lh,e 000 yard score very 11 Je and cumiot llnd any record where 11 

 lias been made before in an iudlvidual score where Ooaohing was pro- 

 liliiiU'd. All of our good snooting has neon done with Remington gnus, 

 and our boys swear by them. .Mr. Dudley Selph having twice made a 

 ncore ofSOS, lias excelled Ills previous work by making, on the 6th Inst., 

 214— 13 at SO.', 13 at 9)0, and OS at 1,000— fifteen stmts at each range. 

 Some time ID June Hie Crescent City Klfle Club propose to give a 



festival, lasting lluce or tour d;iys. in which we will havea long range 

 competition for a suitable prl;-.e. at which time we hope lo be able m 

 Induce the long-range clubs of Houston and Galveston, to visit 119 

 and participate. We hope to send an a team to compete in the Inter- 

 state match, to bephot this year at Creedmoor. I think the learns 

 should Consist 6/ eight men, ul east six, instead of four. Out of 

 twelve or tlnrlemiot your yiins that are here, lenof them have made 

 rcores of over 2i>0, and one ol the others ISS— the ottn-Ts have not been 

 use, 1 . The (clubs arefnDW soliciting prizes to be shot for; that, is, 

 donations from our Irieu.ls here. One of the jewelers .here has 

 ordered (rom New York a very handsome cup. Others will do as 

 much. 



—The Hon. B. II. Hill was a guest of the Savannah Rifle As- 

 socialion at their regular practice at the Hermitage last week, 

 and made a score of V, out of a possible 15. 



— A rifle club has been organized at Woodstock, Vt., with 

 (-'has. M. .Marsh as secretary. 



— Al a meeting (if the Fislierville, South Cayuga and Selkirk 

 teams, held at Selkirk, Ontario, on the24lh inst." a team match 

 was held, resulting in the following scores for the several 

 squads: Fislierville Amateur Rifle Club— George Nablo, 

 ('apt., scoring l!5 points: J. W. Holmes. Sec. and Treas.. 17 

 points: .1. Oftermnn, 25 points; (i. Held, 27 points ; Peter Xa- 

 hle. IS. points; N. P. Finch, 37— total, ISO points. South Cav- 

 uga Hille Team— W. Wisincr. 22 points; D. Pashwood, 18 

 points; J. Fathers. 20 points; J. Wismer. 17 points: O. Fath- 

 ers. 33 points ; .1. Clarke. 17— total. 122 points. Selkirk Hide 

 Club.— W. Saunders. 2ii points; B. Beyers. 25 points; J. Arm- 

 strong, 2S points : J. Smith, 17 points ; J. Boyer, 22 points; 

 W. Harper, 19 points- total, 132 points. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Mr. Merrill, King, of the law firms of King vfc Montgomery. 

 Ithaca, writes very approvingly of a], new rifle he has re- 

 ceived. He says : 



1 Have neglected to write you anything with reference to the "Ballard 

 bong Hange Klfle," purchased about, a month since, because I warned 

 to give Ihe gun a thorough trial before saying anything about It. I 

 have given It several trials at loo SCO and 1.' no yards, and am sallsileil 

 Unit i here is uOitilng liRe it. 1 have competed wall the Sharps and Mitt 

 Itetnlngtou long-iange rltles, and beaten them both upon every trial. 

 Ariel besides, tlie recoil With itiy rule is scarcely perceptible, while wllh 

 the other two mentioned It is a source of groat, annoyance. My rifle 

 has been examine I and admired by a great many persons since it 

 ea oe to my possession. 



~ L»_ 



ORANGE JUDD'S RIFLE EXPERIENCE. 



Mimn.F.TOWK, Conn., May 20. 1S77. 

 Editor of Foiikst and Si beam : 



" Wiiyle," of Houston, Texas, in your J ournal Of last wecK, ape&kti 

 of a matter of considerable importance, viz.., the dlltlcully ol Uecllbug 

 aa to what rille to purchase by the nu meroos riile clubs aprinitiug up 

 everywhere, without having to buy thelrknowletlge in the costly school 

 of experience. 



I believe in rifle clubs. If In each of 20,000 towns of our country m 

 have an average of twenty-live men, who, from practice, would be able 

 to send njOBtof their bullets within a three-foot ring at forty yards, and 

 at least one shot In Are at half a mile or more, we should have a con- 

 stant ready force of half a million men, who would be expert cue. i cm 

 to warn off or strike down all the invaders the combined world could 

 send against us. It would be a wonderful economy, and add Immensely 

 to our national strength, if our general government- should Uin.-haige 

 ten regiments of regulars, and expend the money they cost ($8,ihhi,c.oo 

 to*lo,000,OOo annually) in promoting local rifle clubs, by furnishing 

 trainers and, if need be, aaimunitlon, and even ranges and guns, and 

 badges or medals to be competed for as siimulants. 



My own observation is, that rifle clubs are promotive of good morals. 

 The people will have amusement of some kind. Every rifle shooter is 

 aware that the use of liquors and tobacco units him for good markman- 

 ship. I know a case where a man was fast becoming a continued 

 toper, but on getting interested in shooting at a club, where he was 

 ambitious to excel, he laid aside bis cups— to the great gratification of 

 his friends aud neighbors. The tendency of rifle shooting is in this 

 tlirectlou. Any one giving attention to the matter will be surprised at 

 the absence of drinking, profanity, low language, bickenug, etc, at 

 the rille range gatherings, a3 compared with horse racing assemblages, 

 and even ball playing. In ball playing and boating only a picked "nlim," 

 or six take part, and nave the benefit of the exercise. At the rille 

 club, however large, all take pan. In the former two, especially in luiii- 

 playing, the exercises consist ol short, sadden, straining spin ts. Iu 

 rifle shooting, the continuous gun-cleaulng and the gentle reaction ol 

 the uon supply just enough of appropriate exercise, while tne study of 

 the effects of aravlty, wind, light, barometer, thermometer, eto., are of 

 an educating and elevating character. Many have died from direct or 

 indirect injuries in tho ball Held, and there are to-day in onr country 

 at least ten thousand men and boys with broken angers or Other in- 

 juries incident I o twll-playlug. In all therilte shooting in the whole 

 country there have prooably not been a score of accidents, fatal or 

 otherwise. 



I think the above reasons are enough to justify my " belief In rille 

 Blubs ." More could bo added if need be. 1 have personal reason.- b.r 

 Bpeskiug well of this recreution. From malarial disease contracted m 

 ihe Volunteer Sanitary Commission JService during the campaigns of 

 1B8H aud IbW, I was more or Iobs an invalid lor a dozen years. In the 

 summer of ISIS 1 procured a "Creedmoor rille," studied up the " prin- 

 ciples ufjgnnuery," as (aught pretty thoroughly in my college mathe- 

 matics thirty odd years ago, aud, by reading, picked up »h..t lufoi mo- 

 tion l could fioin recent improvements and practice. During nearly two 

 years I have, weather permitting, spent a few hours each Saturday 

 afternoon at. a rifle range, and on as many other days as business w.eiiri 

 allow, sometimes an hour or two dally 

 chief exercise anil diversion from bun 

 result,, I have better health aud more 

 business and writing than In a dozen 

 ihe rille. I can hut speak well of the bridge that carried 



To your Texas correspondent, let mo say that morel from chance 

 than otherwise, my first Creedmoor was a " Itemington." It has been 

 fired by myself and a friend about 8,O0U tunes, and baa never been bacK 

 to the uniiiufactory or other shop; it has had absolutely nothing done to 

 il. except to change the rear sight* from the grip to the heel, and to 

 take out the fly or deiant from ihe tumnler. jo as absolutely tu prevent 

 its being llre.l except with " pes. live intention." In all ot these gunu 

 ot recent make ihe fly is omitted. Andyet thisorlgiual plain em. she,, i 

 Jud as well lo-.lay us when "bran new,'' or belter. (I have '• inslguia " 

 enough lo show how mil it always shoots). 1 want no better gun, aud 

 don't expect to want any other until they get us up one tostinot a mile, 

 which 1 hope they will soon do— say a 13 or 14 lb. gun carrying a .60-lno 

 or .10-100 bullet, U need be. I think 1 could handle such a gun nee . 



ining— making Mutiny 

 ;ht and care. As the 

 ngtb and vigor, aud do more 

 prior to taking up 

 ' from 



