FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ELeUjWto's Rifle G\i,i.r:i;v, 695 Sixth Avenue.— The 

 Centennial Rifle Club held Iheir eighth and last competition 

 for the gold badge given them by Mr. Hellwig, June 4, 

 1877, Mr. A. K. Long being the lucky winner the third time, 

 making the badge his personal properly. 



FjtoQMOOE, New Orleans, May ',;. 

 There wasa good attendance of the long-range, marksmen 

 ni Frogmoor to-day. A new rule was adopted in regard totnark" 

 ing at the targets, if the shot did not count, the location was 



shown, tlu'lmysihereforebad to bring thcirwils to work. The 

 day was not a favorable one. Before the completion of the 

 800 yards seore B rain rami: np, anrtafter linishingat this range, 

 instead of opening at (too yards, they retired to the house to 



beil 1000 yards score. At. this range the- wind was very 

 troublesome, fluctuating from 11 to 1, going all around 

 lite dial. The following are the leading - i 

 Mai. Wm. Anus. 

 8«l 4 5 S 4 5 6 9 5 -15 5 4 5 5 4— J" 



tin 4 5 6 o :t ;. 5 4 r, 8 i ;. r, •, r. rn 



a 4 2 3 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 4 5— 5«— 19» 



John K. Renanil. 



S00 3 S 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5—71 



91)11 i 4 5 5 3 4 5 » 5 4 6 4 S 5 5— (16 



1,0011 3 U I 55440406534 5—55—103 



Col. John Glynn. 



5 434 5 55546S644 o— GS 



W0..,., 5 4 4 5 4 5 S 4 5 a 4 5 5 :t 4—05 



1 ,oi.o a a 8 S U B B 8 4 5 8 4 S 6 3— 04— 1ST 



R. S. Erricli. 



BOO 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 5—09 



900 i! 5554555354 S3 5 5-tw 



l.lJlXI 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3— 37— 171 



James Bncklny. 



Kltu S 5 A it 3 5 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 3-Bfi 



000 4 3 3 5 6 4 5 6 4 4 5 5 5 4 3— 04 



1,000 U 3 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 ■! 5-51—171 



L. B, Daponta. 



910 5 3 S S 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 3—58 



'i " 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 a II 0—50 



1,000 3 33 4 4-3*45583054 58—161 



E. T. Manning. 



SOO 3 454444322 5 5 55 5—00 



000 il 4 .( II 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 4—51 



1,','OU '.'3355444 3 3035 5— 4T— 15S 



Dudley Selnli. 



S90 3 2 6 5 5 4 5 I. 4 5 4 2 3 3 4—58 



:>«> 8 .5 5 3 4 4 3 i! 5 5 5 5—69 



i.n ." 52 2 3335350524 —40— Wl 



GcatiE. 



The GleH Aloeb. — Our Rifle Assoeiation of Ifarrisville, 

 Michigan, was organized on May 28, and elected officers as 

 follows : 



J). McGregor. President: Geo. "W. Colwell, Vice Presi- 

 dent; Dr. 1). W. Mitchell, Secretary: K. E. Roberts, Treas- 

 urer. Our Range is called "Glen Alger," in compliment to 

 General R. A. Alger, of Detroit, who gave us the right of 

 using his land along the coast. They expect to have their 

 short-range, and running deer targets" erected by the middle 

 of July. " D. McG. 



Milwaukee, May 05.— The club were out practicing to- 

 day at ! '00 yards, making scores as follows . 



Turner 2 5 -I 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5—114 



lllll 4 5 4 2 3 4 4 5 3 2 5 5 6 5—01 



laulLS ..S 2 3 5 3 2 5 8 5 4 5 4 2 5 3— SO 



Jolluslon -1 3 5 15 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 5—00 



Huunler 3 3 5 2 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 6 4—50 



Yale II 5 3 5 4 II 5 2 3 3 4 3 5-01 



fielding > 4 3 4 5 2 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 5— IS 



WellCS 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 S R— It 



Drake 3 2 4 2 8 3 8 4 S 3-SS 



It is understood that the club and the Chieagoaus are soon 

 to test their skill at the range. The Milwaukee range is one 

 of the most dlficult and treacherous in the United States. 

 They shoot across a valley from one bill to another, and the 

 valley sweeps down to Lake Michigan and is the sporting 

 ground of every wicked breeze that old Michigan stirs up. 

 In all matches at the club's own ranges, the Milwaukee's 

 have rather a hard row' to hoe. 



The Remington Rifle.— The following lias been received by the 

 Jlessrs. ltemington : 



Cbeeiimoot!, New York. May 20, 1S77. 

 Hon. X P. Stanton, Presi-hnt Xation.il ftirf,' .1 swMativn : 



At a meeting held this r. m. by an- members ul ihe New York si„ek 

 L:\rliiiiiu-i' lotle As -ocitinou, the undersigned were appointed a com- 

 mit tee to es press, Hip .nan vou to the National KtuV Assoeiation. their 

 appreciation of the wuii'-i-.-s exteieted to them on mis their first visit 

 at (ree.iiiioor, thaukm- von and wf co-.lueet.ors, lien. Shaler, Col. Al- 

 futd >:apt. Siorv ami Mr". Geo. crouch, for the kindness and attention 

 received at their hands. Also our sincere thanks are tendered to 

 Messrs. E. liemingion k Rons for the gratuitous and liberal pi 

 of rifles and ammunition luiui-hcd the i-ompet.itors. 



Committee— J. M. Ainory, A. A. Drake, I. \Y. Hughes.- Adv. 



(fyumc iQiiq and §un, 



JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



ADVANCED VIEWS ON GUN CALIBRE— 



SMALL-BORES vs. LARGE BORES. 



New Oeleass. La., May 3, 1877. 



It is surprising what ignorance exists, even among good 

 shots and ardent sportsmen, about their favorite weapon. It 

 has been the fashion of late years, especially in the States 

 north of Mason and Dixon's Line, for sportsmen to use shot- 

 guns of large sizes, 12 and 10-gauge and even larger ; and 

 amongst the most common errors about shot-guns prcvalen 

 amongst northern sportsmen, is the idea that a 10-gauge shol- 

 gun will kill a wild duck farther than a 14 or 10-gauge. 

 3 Whenever I hear an assertion like the above 1 am satisfied 

 at once of the ignorance of the speaker. It has been my 

 fortune to have traveled a good deal over this globe, and to 

 have hunted in many different countries, and 1 have noticed 

 that the use of the larger bore shot-guns was confined gener- 

 ally to the English -speaking people of British and North 

 America. I would like to call the attention of the advocates 

 of large bore shot-guns to the following facts : 



1. The United States is not the only portion of the world 

 where game is shot, and where first-class sportsmen are lo be 



.found. 



2. In France, Spain, and generally outside of the English- 

 speaking nations, nine-tenths of the game killed with shot- 

 guns is killed by guns less than 14-gauge, In Brazil, for in- 

 Stance, I found that most of the guns used for shooting wild 

 fowl i ducks and geese ) were less than IS, some being as" small 

 as 30. In France. H is considered large, and French sports- 

 men have often told me they considered the large sizi 



only for bad shots, who had to have a gun that scattered to hit. 

 3". Sixty years ago us much game was killed as now, yet it 

 was mostly done with lt\ -0 and less sizes. The Latin races, 

 [md al " ul bore shot-guns will; 



shot. I nm an advocate of large shot. The effectiveness or 

 killing power of a projectile is in rlirecl proportion to its. di- 

 ameter i I refer to spherical projectiles), all statements in mod- 

 ern American sporting books to the contrary notwithstanding. 

 For the same reason that 1 believe in large bori 

 cal bullet for the bunting rifle, I believe in large shot for the 

 shot-gun, which can be better used in the small bores, as they 

 scatter much less and shoot much closer than the modern 

 blunderbusses. 01 course pot-hunters and market-hunters 

 would prefer the large bore shot-gun, whereas a sportsman 

 who is truly a gentleman would rather kill one duck dead at 

 forty yards, than half a dozen at 85 yards out of a flock. 



The statement 1 wish lo make is, that a 10-borc, properly 

 loaded and held Straight, will kill a duck as far and as well 

 as a 10-borc, and my experience as a hunter has pi 



me over and over again. Borne of yout readers may doubt 

 lies perhaps, but in the fall of 'i'.O I hunted prairie chicki 

 autl ducks in Edgar county, 111., with n little 10-bore, and I 

 could not have been more successful, and your Western 

 sportsmen know what November prairie chickens are. Of 

 course many statements in this article may seem 



many American sportsmen, for as a general thing they are not 

 as well posted as they ought to be on gnus and game oul8ide 

 of I heir immediate seel ions. But. there is nothing in this 

 article except what I've learned from years of exp 

 field sports. It's true I prefer, and am more accustomed of 

 late years lo that noblest of all sports, big game hunting with 

 the rifle: but yet I'm also an ardent lover of the dog and 

 shot-gun. 



Now, a few words lo "Recapper," whose admirable arti- 

 ■ done much to render interesting our papers. I 

 rdially with "Kecapper's" opinion of snap-action 

 at. as a rule, they are an abomination. I also agree 

 i I hat the only 'breech-loading shot-guns that will 

 Ihc old muzzle-loader are guns with r 

 But I must find fault with " Bee ippec." In an article which 

 appeared a short time ago, though advocating small-bore 

 guns, he makes a sort of compromise by saying that if he iu- 

 teinli d using a gun oh such game as woodcock, swipe, etc., he 

 would get "a 14-hore, but for general shooting a 1&-borej 

 thereby implying that for ducks, etc., 15 is too small, which 

 is a mistake." A IG properly loaded will kill the biggest wild 

 goose that ever was shot, and as far, too, as one was ever 

 killed by the 10 or 8-borcs of the gunners of the New Eng- 

 land or New Jersey oast. It is a common mistake to Ihink 

 that because a large bore carries twice, as much powder it 

 will kill twice as far as a small bore, lu shot-guns the range- 

 is by no means proportional to the charge of powder. Again, 



1 think "Recapper" is in error about the weight, of shot- 

 [ agree with Bogardus that a man win 



eh s hav 



with nil 

 last like 



8-Ib. § 



fell, iu 

 at the 



i bad better stay at home. The recoi 



vv gun than in a light one. " Recapper" sneers 

 'all work, but some of the best shots I ever knew 



•' 80 in.. S to S:j lbs. weight, loaded with 3 drs. 

 cr and Ijozs. shot, is the gun tor all shooting, 

 s to a wild goosi or partridge (I mean the paci- 



■ Southern sportsmen, Orti/.r rirginiuiius, not the 

 the North) to a wild turkey. 



Bonnie Bi.ce Flao. 



LiXoOlk's GallKBY, Boston.— The match fcr the Smith & 

 Wesson new model revolver, belli at this gallery on May 31, 

 with 9 entries, distance 150 feet, each marksman being 

 allowed 9 shots ; possible 40. The following is the record ; 



e. P. Smith, Rem 3S S. E. King. Kem 38 



II. K small, Bern 31 LH, Cttiv&tli". Kern S3 



B. H. Spofford, Wesson MO J. A. Brown, Rem S4 



J.F. Fitmore. Wesson fr> J. A. Nickersoii, We-son 84 



II. ii. Uixoy, Wesson 35 E. BesKCTT. 



Clyde, June 2, tsTT.— The following scores were made at 

 a sweepstakes shoot of the Wayne County Sportsmen's 

 Club, at Clyde, N. Y., on the 2d inst., at smooth glass balls, 

 Bogardus' traps. 18 yards rise, 10 birds each ; .st'-'O to first, 

 SI 3 to second, *? to third. 



F \V Dunham 9 C 8 "Van Ostraml 8 



LA Bavinn 10 J M BniRhdurf 9 



II K fiiantsnn -,i tti'in gnu-hook' 



Silas DamewoorJ to Jake Wurt.s T 



Dayton and Damewood divided first money. 



Ties on nine for second monev— 2\ vanls,':, balls. 



Dunham 1 1 1 1 1—5 Buighduif 110—2 



Uonipson l l l i 1—3 



Second tie, 21 yard?, miss and our. 

 Dunham..... 1 C'ompson 



Dunham, of Albion, second" money ; Van Oslrand, third 

 money. 



Second sweep ; s!) to litsl, $p to second, *3 to third. 

 Conditions same as above : 



Sila« Damewood 10 LA Dayton 



JM Hurglidurf 1 HK Oomr.'«in 10 



F W Dunham H E.nj CUilehpole 4 



•t M sweeter 9 OM Heliuur s 



Jake Wurta 9 



Damewood and Compson divided first money/ ; "\V r urts 

 took second money. 



Helmer, third money. 



Third sweep ; So to first, S3 to second j five double rises, 

 18 yards. 



L A Dayton II 11 til 10 10—7 Van Ostium! .... 10 11 11 11 11—9 



S Damewood 00 10 10 ll 10—5 U MIIelmer....ll 10 01 00 On— 1 



Van Ostiand first money, Dayton second money. 



' ,1 as. M. ( rer.Y, Sec, 

 Sec. Wayne Co. Sportsmen's Club. 



Poet RntiMOND, June 1, 1877.— I. send you the scons of 

 some sweepstakes shooting we bad In our town on the 

 30th till:., Decoration Day, at, glass balls. Although they arc 

 better to practice at than the Gyro, still I am Apposed to 

 them, as I consider tha broken glass dangerous to both 

 ca lie and dogs. I should never allow a dog of mine lo run 

 in a field where they bad been shot at, and moreover 1 think 

 a person makes himself liable for tiny damage that may 

 occur. 



Match at r, balls each for price or same. 



Rathyen 1 1 1 1 1—5 Pjlmer 1 1 1—3 



conroy 1 1 o« 1—3 Johnson 1 1—2 



Match at 5 balls each, $2 entrance. 



Ttathyen 1 11 I 0— 2 Palmer ! 1—2 



Couroj 1 1 1—3 Johnson 1 1 1 1—4 



Same as last match. 



Ttathyen 1 1 1 1— 1 .'•aimer t 1 1—3 



Contoy 0001 0— 1 Johnson 1 1 1 1 1—0 



Same as previous. 



Ttathyen 1 1 1 1 1-5 Rath 1 1 1-3 



Palmer 11 1 111-4 Dlsoawaj I !" 1 l 0—3 



I'ourov (I 1 1 0— -J Uale 1 1 1 0-3 



Johnson 1 1 I 1—1 



Several outside malclies took plac ', and quite a little 

 sport wtis occasioned. Meet 1 v 1 i 



T'kn.svyi.ya.ma, Greenville-, June 2. — A champion gluss 

 ball shoot was had on Thursday among the members of the 

 Sportsmen's Club. The prize w as the club's gold badge. 

 Below is the score, each contestant 20 balls, 18 yardsrise to 

 rule : 



,1 F Nelson lt> Lon Silnson 14 



W V Leech lit M E Camp 15 



D Deinv 18 John U uiigit 11 



•I i' llobniiRh 1? John Holmes 8 



s s newet i is WJ Suiton * 



t litis Mo.Nillly IT it! T.i'lltly IS 



,\l II I! '.inks 1« J It Vtiiilips la 



Dr F Derrick 15 



Ties on 19 at 10 balls. 

 Nelson 10 Leech 5 



CittMAN-Towx, Pa., June 2.— Summary of trial shoot at 

 glass balls, using Bogardus' trap. The gentlemen pi 

 were highly pleased with the working of the trap, while the 

 swift Bight of the balls puzzled not a little the gentlemen 

 shooters" The introduction of glass-ball shooting is des- 

 tined to revive much the lagging interest in trap sport in 

 this section. Fifteen single rises each at 18 yards, with the 

 following score i 



Prossel fi Hoop 5 



Emory 11 Karsner 11 



— "We were favored this week with a call from Mr. Schaefcr 

 ,Tr., sou of the celebrated gunsmith, of Boston, whocarne over 

 the Old Colony Line with bis mother and sister en route lor 

 Europe. 



Bogakoi s Beats Bogabbtjs.— On Sunday, May 20, nt 



Cincinnati, Ohio, the great champion shot, in the presence of 

 more than a thousand astonished and enthusiastic wiim 

 more than carried "ui the following programme: 



First Match, at 11 o'clock a., m. — to break fifty balls in live 

 consecutive minutes. Balls to be sprung from Bogaidus' 

 Talent Spring Trap, one ball to be sprung at a time, and I 

 broken in the air to count ; to use one gun and load it himself. 



Second Match, at L3 o'clock, Noon.— To break fori] 11 

 balls out of fifty, eighteen yards rise, one ball to be sprang at 

 a time. 



Third Match, at 4 o'clock p. iff. — Twenty-five double balls, 

 OT will shoot a match with any man, and give him twenty the 

 broken balls in filly-. 



Fourth Match, at 5 o'clock p. m.— One hundred glass balls 

 in ten consecutive minutes. Conditions same as in first match. 



TEWKS3SJO&— GiarkswUe, May 31.— While the birdsan busy 



raising tb< ir • Is for qui fall shoot'mg, we arc amusing our- 

 selves and cultivating our skill with Bogardus' Glass Ball 

 Trap, which affords really fine practice tit a small espi n i 

 The balls lly much more like quail than do the pigeons from a 

 trap, and, consequently, are harder to bit than pigeons. '1 hcy 

 givc a target, about the size of a quail's body, and if sprung at 

 IS yards will reach 30 to 40 yards before shot at. The scores 

 published in the papers show that the work of breaking tin in 

 is by no means easy. Poor wing shots should begin by stand- 

 mg 'id J aids from the trap. 



At our last meeting the best scores were as follims: Two 

 tied on 7 out of 10, three on - r ) in 10, and the dozen others 

 sprinkled all along down to 0. After shooting off ties, Ave 

 allow the foot hoys to practice on five or ten halls fas tlny 

 cau't hurt, them much), so as to stand some chance of turning 

 somebody down next lime. Edisto. 



DITTMAR POWDER. 



Please direct all letters for the above powder to Se I 



Capt. Bogardus ami Ira Paine, are using my powder. Uaiji. DrrauM 

 — Adv. 



According to Shakespeare: "To be honest, as this world goes, is to 

 be one roan picked out of ten thousand." Eare as honesty is, you may 

 believe in the claims made in behalf of B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, 

 that it is the absolutely highest possibility in toilet soap. Made of the 

 purest and best elements, and exceedingly agreeable to the sense, it 

 flits all requirements, not only for babies, bnt for those that beget 

 them— -til tt. 



QiuhihiQ and fjffttfmg. 



111G11 WATER FOR THE WEEK. 



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ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB REGATTA. 



The yachting season was well opened by the Atlantic Yacht 

 Club on Decoration Day, which time it has for many years 

 celebrated by its first review and informal regatta of the fleet. 

 At a meeting of the yacht owners the yachts were placed at the 

 disposal of the club for the day, antl invitations issued to all 

 the members; besides them, there were a few guests, proba- 

 bly invited to speud the day on the water. 



Orders having been issued by Comnodore Thayer, the bil- 

 lowing boats, nt 10 a. m„ \verc at anchor off the Club HotlBe 

 at the foot of Court street, brooklyn : 



I ii. (.ommodore Thayer; Peerless, J. Roger Ma.\iveT; Mettt, Mr. 



oops.— Orion, yioe-Cominodore Cooper; Kaiser Wilhelm, Rear 



Commod i-.- Field; liophm. J. v ...... ., Warr.n E 



iirei'iileal : Nimbus, L. B Btgi '. , i ema, Mr i'lsk,-- \'ljra. ( J [TV 

 rich; Lizzie L. Or. .bom-m ■ II,-,,.- y , -.-,, ,„ ■ m -,,, \, , \ r „'„,;, 



Opea Boats— Nomad, Mr. B «in»: Wind, Mr.'p.et"; L»' D wmS See 

 Morgan; Louise, Tretis. Know 1 -'- ; Barbara I rietctlie, ir lihouea' 



As it drew near the hour to start, which had been set for 10 

 a. m., upward of one hundred and fifty members and guests 

 were speedily conveyed to the different yachts 1 y the yachts 

 in readiness. Sails were hoist ed, cables were shortened and 

 all stood by for the orders to "go." The ynchi Mvslic, or lite 

 Brooklyn Club, and the sloop Peerless had uccepicd lie invi- 

 tation to sail with the club for the day. 



The orders issued were that the open boats should start at 

 the first gun, and after turning buoy No. 13 on the west bank 

 should go into Graveseud Bay, ami anchor off Bath lima 

 First in to take the time of all boats, and report to CoruUlu- 

 dore. 



That the rest of the fleet, upon signal of gnu. BihCuW 



