FOREST AND STREAM. 



389 



Australian Rtbkb News'. — The following letter lias been 

 of the N. Ii. A. from the Net? South 

 Wales Eifle Association. Acoompanping it was a note con- 

 veying a vote q£ thanks passed by the Sydney I'ifiamei : u 

 courtesies cxteaded La their aipnw--iiintiw:s during their atiiyin 



the United Slates. These urn 1 1 .. i -nl -n. it will he re- 



cann overland from San Francisco. From 

 the Closing paragraph of the letter it would seem to be the 

 ripressibn 6f Hie letter-writer that the trophy is to remain 

 indefinitely in America. On this poiul , v.o doubt not, their 

 friends in England hold other opinions. It is not unlikely 

 that the Australian team may have their next dig at the big 

 prixc on English soil. The letter reads : 



KKW SOUTH Wilts 1,'lri.K AsSOl I 



Sjydnby, May, 2D, 18TT. I 

 i atnuiEanoim, in.: 

 . . At the laBt ordinary monthly meeting of tills Association copies 

 o) correspondence between yourself unci Mr. Augustus Morris, captain 



in the late International match at Creed moor. 



relative to the regulations under which future contests tor the Cen- 

 tennial i topBj should be conducted, were read, and it was resolved that 

 the viewB of Hie Council ol the New South Wales Rule Association 

 Btiould be conveyed to yon, and 1 have now the Honor to submit the 

 following Bne.£estious emanating from Mini, body : 



■. Nial ',,- ranges il ii BOO, 1,000 and. 1,100 yards, as these 



ranges arc a better test of skill than these at which the late match was 

 Bred. 



!i h match should not be llred on any ground on which 

 members or any ot the competing teams have frocjuent opportunities of 

 practice, as it is most desirable that all teams should meet in the match 



m 



Thini, That no member of any of the competing teams shonld be 



allowed to lire on ihe range on which the match is to be fired, for at 



least one week prior to the match: any infringement of this rule to 



i ... person offending from competing. 



! mi ,'!■' in .■■: I, should be shot every third year as ruasiti; 

 animal or biennial maich of it must tend to debar distant, count 

 taking part In many of the matches. For instance, there is very little 



probu.i, ; reonld bi ibletosonda team to America 



cither this or next year, but it Bould possibly be done ia 1819. I have 

 hr to be j tors, Titos. 3. Jaql-es, 



Wm. FosKEtt, Sec Major Second Hog. Vol. Rifles, Chairman, 



Lli riii ininor clubs bad a day of it at 



Oreedmoor on Saturday. There was individual practice at 



ii loagranges, while down the. field three clubs were busy 

 at work competing for various, prizes. The Stock Exchange 

 Rifle Olubmen Were holding their first regular match foi the 

 Noeris Holler medal, presented by a gentleman of the Ex- 

 change. The medal is a unique affair. On either side of 

 a target in enamel stand a bull and bear rampant. On 

 the side toward the bull is a target with a number of very 

 liiuh outers, and on the bear side a target with a number of 

 very low ditto. About the whole is a scroll giving the name 

 of toe medal, with the monogram 01 'be club and an eagle, 

 with the legend, "Eicelsior." The cost complete, with 

 pin-bar, etc!" was over s*<2,J0. The conditions require ten 

 contestants, each lo fire ten shots at 800 yards, off-baud, any 

 rifle. 



Dewlllg « WmBlisli 34 



i i, ii.cv, Jr 40 KJliiuibnll 83 



y i, E.mra ;vj jN i» Stanton 3U 



W GDominlck Sf9 W Phtpard '27 



JJIAnory.... SO Win Weeber 20 



RWIJuy 2'1 O uregory r> 



The Irish-American Rifle Club shot a second lime for the 

 P.ui ton trophy, but a general fit of poorness had seized the 

 members of the club, and some very mediocre scores were 

 run up, General Millen getting the least wretched, and again 

 taking the bauble. The leading shots were i 



•200 yards. 600 yards. T'l. 



FFT.i, « W 48 



Ii liurr.s, sharps ''iced -.24 26 4S 



FllllffV lictii Mil M ^ 46 



p m ,-' i -;, ' 26 20 46 



WiiB M'" Ward Burton as i. r > 43 



W I) Ward, Item Mil SI *B 36 



The Seventh Regiment Rifle Club also fired at 200 and 600 

 yards for a specuifmilitary rifle, presented the club, ]\Ir. E. 

 W. Price taking it with 43 in a po'ssible 50. 



\ RrN-v'tKG Max at Cbbbdmooe, — Tbel running deer 

 match died in the most natural way. It afforded very good 

 snort to such as were able lo tit themselves for it, but this 

 class were a mere drop in the bucket of the number visiting 

 Oreedmoor. Now the question is how to make the running- 

 deer apparatus of service to the association and its patrons. 

 Our suggestion would be that in addition to the deer figure 

 now in position, a running man be placed on the track, shots 

 to be made with military rifles, which would bo of service 

 as soldier drill, and would be sufficiently easy to encourage 

 the poorer average shots. Let the deer remain for use 

 against hunting rifles, magazine weapons, or anything the 

 contestants chose to use ; but supplement it with the run- 

 ning man as the proper rounding out of the course ot mili- 

 tary' ball practice now carried out on the range. 



The WriB Badge.— General Daniel D. Wylie, ex-Com- 

 mandant of the Washington Grey Troop and now Chief of 

 Ordnance of the State of Isew York, has determined upon the 

 presentation of a badge, the first ( i m] I il in to come off next 

 mouth. The new- trophy is to he a stand-up ail round, big 

 scores must not he looked lor since at -iOO and o Jt veils, 

 standing, it is pretty fair marksmansuip to avoid getting 

 :=. The medal, which a I bet ro : tni . gi ■ oiis. has 

 been accepted by the Executive CommiUeeN. 11. A., and a 

 vote of thanks carried to the General. The conditions read : 

 " Competition monthly at Oreedmoor, open to members N. 

 K A imlN G S.N. Y.; weapon, any military nlle; dOO 



and 500 yards; position, Handing at each distance: rounds 



seven attach distance wulioui stghtmg ,h ., -: cleaning of 

 rifles allowed only between distances. Lntrauee h-c .41c. lo 

 1 . -,,-r.ri ll'i-, c line- i in. I :-■'■■<-■■ ;:nh n uisecuuvelv J i.H-'tori: !:<- 



nTin" i ,-i=o..-il property of the winner. One-fourth of the 

 entrance money to be awarded to the competitor making the 

 second hignest aggregate score." 



W-iTECLET, N. Y.— WmerUy Mifk Team, July i, shooting 

 at the 300 and 1,000 yards ranges for a rifle presented by E. 

 Remington & Sons. The Hddebrand Bros., by using Ihe 

 same rifle, Stepped to the front I ke Ii aduig scores stood 

 at fifteen shots each distance, and two sighting shots. 



800 raids. 1000;yards. T'l. 



A iiildebnind g S HS 



n D Knapp S { 15 



=' ud ;;;:::; » m 



..-'.•■•-•••:.'::■■■"••;- g % 



fttr-rrr « 



The da)' was beautiful, hut soin. ; in i wind from 



one side of the range to the other. After the contest Hon. 



,i delivered an address in presenting t.l 



Ii ii-ned (o by a large gathering of ladies and gen- 

 tlemen. 



M.vitTisi-IIicNKY Bullets. — The metal, which is com- 

 posed of mixed lead and tin, after leaving the furnace, is 

 squirted forth in the shape of an endless rod, as thick 

 as the intended bullets— these being not globular balls, but 

 of an elongated conical form. The rod of soft metal pusses 

 very swiftly through a machine, which cuts it up into short 

 pieces, compresses oueendof each piece into a cone, hollows 

 out the other end, and so produces the completed bullets 

 with amazing rapidily. 



Rpti.axij, Vt.— Mr, !•;. II. Sanl'ord, of Stamford and 

 Oreedmoor, has been up in Vermont showing the boys there 

 how hest to do it. At a meeting of the Rutland Rifle Club 

 at their range at Centre Kutland, June 23, while firing at 

 long range, before a large attendance of spectators, Mr. 

 Simford rolled up a score of 70 in the possible 75. His style 

 of shooting was carefully watched, and he very generously 

 employed his time in giving points. The scores stood : 



Ji. 11. Sanford 4 5 4-45545455655 5— TO 



Chan, mines S SS354 4. 5Q56BS 3 5— ill) 



til. A. Killiuru 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 5 4-65 



N. S. -Marshall 5 5 :l 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 6 5 i 5— (!R 



3 4054.H5 5 555554 5-bM 



John Hunt, 3 5644605446684 2-6:1 



—Charms for watch chains, as advertised iu another column, are 

 very handsome and significant emblems tor riflemen. 



Habtpord, Conn., July 7. — Franklin Club regular montblv 

 shoot. To Joe it. Bawley— "Gen. Joe Hawley" soumis 

 better and more familiar— must be given a liberal share of 

 iota the brilliant record he made. There tvere fiwenty 

 two entries, and the raotiii was i 1 " best recorded in the 

 booksol the cluh trine! its organization in January, 18G& 



The 



bam 



The 

 the 1 



rcgulai 

 , St'al 



nil's eye eig 

 e from the c 



entre of the bu 1' -ey 

 •ed with a vernier sea 

 esbolswins. Anyi 

 -. General 3. R. 1 



is, staudirig, oil'. 

 500 feet distant. 

 to the centre of 



e. The shortest 

 itle may be used, 

 lawley bad the 



IltllS 



islj made 



if i 



II. Williams 12.5 inches (twice) and 13.6 inches. On Satur- 

 day, IS. If. Williams marie a score, of 18. Ii inches, best sbot 

 1.0; E. 1'. Whitney, 31.8; John Carroll, 33.4, best shot 0.5; 

 O. A. Grower. 24. S hest shot 1 inch. Hawley, Carroll and F. 

 K. Williams (six-tenths! took the three half dollars for 

 single shots. 



Kew Haven, July 7. — Whitney liawje. — Foot Guardsmen 

 and other shooters. A few of the leaning scores stood : 



2110 yards. 600 yards. T'l 



A Allen as il 4<i 



Jliradneek IT 19 36 



A M Johnsou in 20 S3 



.US Nlr.llolls 'il 1G as 



!• .1 Clii.-keni 36 10 M 



isAi-'DisiiiD ar so s? 



U il Walker -Ii 



Lie 



a j Fu 



...IS 



'21 



Massachubsetts Rifle Association.— Walnut Hill range, 

 near Boston. Picked teams of the Waljjole Amateur Rifle 

 Club and the Massachusetts Rifle Association return match. 

 Ten shots each at 800 and UoO targets, and fifteen at the 

 1,000 yard target. 



MASeACHFSETTS IUPLE ASSOCIATION. 



soil yards. 900 jurils. 1,000 yards. Tl. 



James Shepherd 44 45 53 147 



JohaALoweli 4H 35 59 -,4H 



VV 11,1m k.son 41 40 49 142 



APBlllKe 47 35 4S 130 



VV GelTiSh 35 »J 44 li,. 



Total njso 



WALl'OLE AMATEUR KIFLE ( I.DE. 



Nathan Washburn 47 46 5S 161 



KSOray 46 US m 14.1 



JEManil 45 42 41 Ijl 



'i'Hfcrray 39 3(1 49 127 



Ht'BUke 41 38 32 105 



Total.. 



Pbovidence, R. I., July 9.— Some of the members of the 

 R. I. A. Riiie Glub celebrated the Fourth by target practice 

 at the Wackston range. The following scores were made 

 out of a possible 225 : 



800 yards. 900 yards. 1000 yards. T'l. 



J H dwell 07 in ((7 105 



C4 W uuvison ....us lie S5 laj 



FJRabbeu, 65 61 52 lis 



At the recent meeting of the Society of the Army of the 

 Potomac, at Providence, R. L, Gen. McMahon and Col. 

 Church stood head in a rifle match fired there, and tins, too, 

 immediately after a clam bake. 



Pennsylvania — Blomning Grove Park, Pike Co., July 9. — 

 The following named ladies and gentlemen, members and 

 their guests, were at the Club House at Blooming Grove 

 Park on the 4th of July, viz.: T. W- B. Hughes, H. Wolfe, 

 Louis Iken, Doctor and Mrs. Geo. II. Gleany, nurse and 

 Children; Mr. and Mrs, John Avery, John Avery, Jr.; 

 Commodore Van Brunt, Miss R. L. Baxter, T. C. Clarke, 

 Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradley, M. D.; A. H. 

 Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. John Gibb, Brooklyn; H. Elmer 

 Gibb, Walter Gibb, T. M. Gibb, Joseph Atkinson Hawley, 

 H. Kleinhaus, Moses Weelbrook and Herman Frank, of 

 Blooming Grove; Oil. Smith VV. Anderson, of High Bridge. 

 The amusements weie prize shooting, black bass and trout 

 fishing. 



July 4.— OH-hand, any rifle, 200 yards, five shots; prize, 

 belt revolver, plated. 

 Glenney 10 Avery 18 



:;ra ""-y 1' Vui ii.-;;,,.-,, 11. 1 



y*fW • 1» Van Brum 11 



Wellmgcoi 10 KlelQhaus 1.1 



Won by J. Avery. 



200 yards, off-hand; prize, Association, badge. 



Bradley g Wellington 4 



Clarke 10 Avery 6 



Glenuey is Van Brunt.". 10 



VuctSBovieh is Hughes C 



Tie shot oil by Glenney and Vncassovicb, was won by Vueasr-mvieh 

 July 5. Pistol match, 20 yards; prize, Magazine pistol, 

 sis shots each. 



Van rsrunt 15 Averv Is 



Snii.'v a Vueassovioii 4 



21 llllBhna 1 



Glenney 18 



Won by T. C. Clarke. 



Rifle match, loll yard.-;, open sights; prize, Magazino 

 Remington pistol. 



Glunooy 18 Avery M 



Bradley 15 Van Brant IB 



Wellington 1; Allan-,, n ir. 



Clarke Hi Frank - .. 1 



Won by Glenney. 



Glass ball trap, fen shots each; ]iri/,e, pearl-bandled pistol. 



Glenney 9 Van Brunt 5 



Clarke 'J Bradley « 



Wnn by Glenney. 



Rifle match, 400 yards, oil-band, with Sharps military 

 rifle; prize, Association badge. 



Avery 11 Frank s 



Bradley 11 Atkinson 14 



Ciarke lis Van Bfnnt retired 



Glenney 6 



Wou by AtUinsoii. 



The largest black bass was taken by A. H. "Wellington, 

 and weighed :l! lbs. The table is constantly supplied with 

 bass, trout and other game in season. 



1W11 



ily 6.— The Mil 



layed so late that the 



,t their 



shoot on the 0th inst., put iu some 

 rds range. The practice was dc- 

 asinc shots were fired in a rapidly 



stood i . I 



4 4 



4 5 



» 4 :-, 4 5 5 



..4 3 4 8 4 1 E 5 4 



3 

 ..5 5 S 5 5 4 



f, 8 



5 2 ,1 3 :> 



The Executive Gommittei 

 of the fall meeting at Ore 

 elusive. The mulch for the 



4 S 3-55 



6 4 5-fiT 



r> o—BO 



8 2 a— Br 



3 5 0—(l9 



5 i a i— 59 



ed the dates 



I trophy; bet* 



the British and American teams to occupy t.ue Ur'jfland loth 

 September. 



In response to an invitation of the National Puflc Associa- 

 tion to compete for places in the Aiucrkau team of '77, the 

 Milwaukee Rifle Club, while acknowledging Ihe courtesy, are 

 obliged to decline, as a majority of the members who' have, 

 attained the necessary skill are American citizens by choice, 

 and not, by birth, and are therefore debarred, ihe others arc 

 unable_t(y;evote the time requisite for the preliminary con- 

 tests. 



Fkogmook, Nno Orleans, July 2, 1877.— The fifthj com- 

 petition for plates on the Inter-Stale team look place on 

 July 1, on the grounds of the Crescent City Rifle Club. A 

 twelve-pound keg of Hazard powder, presented by the 

 agent, Messrs. C. T. Birdecker A Co., was also shot for, 

 and won by Mr. Selph. The following is the score, no 

 sighting shots allowed : 



R G Eyrich, Kern Greed. 



..4 S 4 5 5 D 5 3 6 ft 

 . 5 4 5 5 ft 5 4 6 5 S 3 



afaj. Wm. Arms, iieui creed. 



ft 5 o ft— 73 



ft 4 4 5-1)9 



5 4 4 5—89—211 



6 3 3 4— «4 

 ft 5 5 f.-J8 



5 6-11— 20S 



..4 3 5 5 ft 6 

 ..544443 

 .A 6 6 3 ft 5 



S 3 6 S ft 5 

 4 4 5 .', ft 5 

 "404 B ft ., 



John K Benaud, Rem Creed. 



ft r> to 



5 5— 0T 



4 o-«!)_2ll« 



800 ..0 



900 4 



i,ooo.- o 



4 



5 B S 4 6 5— 67 



5 ft 4 5 5 5—71 



6 5 5 5 4— OS— 20 



yclB. 1000 yds. X'L 



Col. John Glynn. Jr., Hon Creed ,61 



E. T. Manning, Keni. Cieed 0;i 60 67 180 



A. 1). Dlihbici 0:S 59 43 17(1 



Jules Pi tram, Item Creed 19 53 82 v,H 



The average of the first five in the five competitions now 

 stand : 



KGEyiich 



Dudley Selph 



Wm Arms 



,..1113 2-5 John Glynn 190 ].., 



...192 3-6 Jno K Remuid i-,; 1 -, 



...191 3-5 GUSSIJJ. 



New JotiBNAt..— A new monthly, to be known as the 

 "National Guardsman," will soon be issued. It is to be tho 

 American prototype of the "Volunteer Service ( lay.ette." 



hiiomd Mistimes. 



Hunso;,' Caledonian GAMES. Selmcken l'nrk. Union Hill 



. E. 



1 w. Robert- 



Heavy lIiuiiiiHT-1). C. 'linns, Sft II.; 11. limes. ,s4 ft. 



i.ifihl lliiiinni.'r— 1). C. Eiiss. 102 t'l. '.1 in.; Ii. limes, 99 fi.Oin 



Standing Dlgh Jfimp- E. \Y. Weston, 5 ft.; .\ faster i ft 9'in 



Tossing Caber-E. W. .bjlmsou. :i, fi ; 1,'. iau,-s, :a ft. 



Klinning High Deap— A. C, Eteea, 5 ft. s in. 



Short Race (one lap), 125 yards— First, A. O. Reed ; second, E. w. 



Rum 

 Illin 



,p-A. C. Re 



-,,_j,'| 



; E. 



'.Ro! 



t501l. 



Viuiitirn: witii the Pole— W. BobertBon, 9 11. 8 in ; Robert Inn 



Broadsword Dance— First .lames Atchison ; second, \Y. Robertson 



Three-legged Race— First. A. c. Heed and iv. Hoi., r ',,11 



Hop, Step and Jump— E. W. Johnson, 42 It. in.; W. Robertson, SB ft, 



Boys' Race— First, Alfred McAiiaui ; second. James Siewart 

 Baofc Race-Firat, W.jRobertson ; second, A. Bennett. 



New Yokk Ati 



Ci.ub, Mott Haven, July 4.— Sum- 1 



W 1 



eHui 



red 1 



il Dash-J-'i 



at— John 



Adsetts, a one. 11 s. Si:..._ 



irtohester, 8. Y„ 

 LI 2-5 s. Final heat-John V Crosslev. 1 ; Si 

 3 ; JameB Frost, 0. Won easily. Time, 10 S 

 ond, $10 ; third, $6, 



3, Paterson, Sf. .7., 1 ; 

 I two feet ahead 01 

 sle.v, FrankiVrd, Pa,., 

 n by a yard. Time. 

 rs, 3 ; W H j> dietts, 



First prize, SSSj-aecl 



