May 21, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



333 



could have made with a miiseleflc-ader under the same ciroum- 

 ■ andnre all sbats wbieb would have gotten a deer m these 

 distances. Hinl n eriuis shot flred the kIj.>ls probably a Much better 

 Showing would have resulted: 



Mypuil is sighted with "Freiind's [intent" "more light, sight," 

 whirl) is the best hunting mi target slghl I have ever seen t)r used. 



[Tin- targets slmw lfiO shots fired at distances varying from 10 to 76 

 The targets at-.- a very uniform series '-f gooa shots, all of 

 which would bare hit the game.] 



: .Merrill's' hist l-u.'i 



But remember thai in making this siring 1 assumed, as 1 then slated, 



the center of the target, to be the exact center of the target shot at, 



-' my i. mills as 1. 1 lliis center, and called upon .very One 



i watting s long lime for Ibis, but no nne has replied. 

 Mr Hcic. in. ..si sirnnge to kiiv, did net give the String, uor in ... many 

 Words Bar Hie center "I tin- .-irel.- was* the center of the original tar- 

 get, but this was the language of his MM and target combined. 

 Tims I assumed what he represented to he line (o he s i in fact, but 



["have often noticed that 



■ward 1 will pul them Bo 

 meaning cannot be mis- 

 then 8C1S whether Mr. 

 ;umeut" or not. It was 



n.l full facts in 

 [•cord with no 01 

 he fully prover 



line ft* hitherto, 



acl center ..fa 

 the target used 



Numbered. 



i 3 i i -. Q i 



8 



9 



10 



ES2 

 1.22 



String 



6. L. inrownl.... 

 M. I, o'b.v.- . 



l-i 



..>:'. 



• : .665 ,55 .58 

 .■ :v.' 40 .61 



67 



.79 



1.15 



5.08R in. 



5.3W>iu. 



MiL. Beats 



10 



08 11 .80 .235 .16 











(i 



0.3-10 in 



B. L. Beats 







II .(Hi 



.le 



.42 .43 



muzzle-loader beats 



e ill.1 



dm 



Which Mr. Hume has 

 subject. This show o 

 on Mr. Berg's own da 

 had given the. strings 

 licaiion. Butl'orsom 

 else he did not chose 

 point. Thisisv.-.v... 



Question I, Whs dii 



be did, and thus ass- 



8. WhT.iid he not p 



targets;.,.. ...Il-i,., 



while the strings, in fact, 

 vot come. Your readers 

 >f my whole argument," 



nd say tbnt both 



iubject fully espial 



musi he if targets remain on record. Imperially do 1 Insist, upon 



having proven up Die exact target which he savs was made by Mr. 

 J. n. Brown. 



3. Did Mr. Berg present I his target, full size, for publication? By 

 the draw iiiL-s. but uot in plain words, ho asserts that he did. 



!. Was this Brown target made at tfOfiyds.? 



."». Was the bullsoyn silver dollar circle as he represents it lobe 

 by words and ihe drawing ..f |- 



...Id •• 



iihiti 



ntii 



and did 



b. 1)1,1 the center of this circle or the bullseve 1 when shot nt bv Mr. 

 Brown!, const It ute the exact center of the dollar circle, as Mr. 'Berg 

 asserts it in his drawing:- 



0, Is uoi this dollar circle drawn over the cluster of ten shots, and 

 of the bullseve shot at? If >c.-. shite 



just where t 

 It). Who w 



10. center of the 

 tnessedthissho 



uillsc 



.nd when- is their post office ad- 





as the string -of 



. 



hots at the time the shooting was 





B the original lu 



rCl I 



«: 1. in lahalf of your readers, 









v that the Brawn target he pre- 









and for what uso and purpose? 



ih'c at second hand, should 

 'I his is but simple justice 

 he matter. 



Mr. Berg, who has himself declined or failed to answer the ques- 

 tions I have hitherto public] 1 -put to linn on this subject, has in a 

 published rcplv rcfei red me to Mr. w. M. Farrow as a witness to 

 prove up his , M r Meigs, fare. ts. etc. 



— 's: "Maj. Merrill doubts very much [so 1 do and did] whether 

 "• -own were ev.-r made under the eon.iiti uis 

 '. Berg]. I have not 1 he permission of Mr. Far- 

 row, who is known by even shooter almost in the United Stales, to 

 publish his name as a witness, hut, 09 a friend, ) hope he will ex- 



Now.'wili Mr. Farrow have the kindness to r,f-r to Foiiest and 

 Sxbsah of Eebruory 22. IWll, where he .1 III lil.d 1X0. 3, an exact eon; . 

 made to les- tliiiii the . id of an tatfli, • t the target which Mr. Berg 

 personally had published, ov.-ept that th tsid.- ring is to he 



a'nd'ot ' which le- 

 an. I "this target 



it I did not belie 



■m,i. 



.'ii.de drawi. ovei 



a cl'l" 



not tie exnel. ..-(11 





is full size. 





The string of th. 



S ta i(J 



from Mr 1 





over Sin. 



the 



rival 1 



icfore 



. til 



9 string at the 



mt.eiymea-ure.1 



. What was the string, and was it carefully an. 

 to the .'1 of an inch? 

 S. Who has the original target < Who else witu 



9. Ts not the target a cluster of HI shots, or re] 

 with a dollar circle drawn over or around the 

 regard 1.1 the exact center of the target shot ut? 



10. Is the target true and full size? If not full size, give the scale on 



aSed the Shooting? 

 ■.•Keiiting in shots. 

 1, and this without 



n.l not mine, isft.Olifth 



II do likewise'.' When' this shall In'.d.no then I will 

 Ibu results to your renders, and tliuscuiso Up the 



1 loader was Shot with- "a patched bullet," ami (I 



• ■ placed on public; 



tli.il Mini su.'l. targets should be considered as bio--. 



In this connection I wish to put a .iiiesiion to Mr. W. M. Farrow and 



i pil'l tbisqiii'Kiiun to'lhem here bccaiise'l am railed i.p..u to consider 

 an dlicr and a third rival target in replying to Mr. I'm,...-. Ib-iKis 



am sure your readers nill be much pleased to seethe records as to 

 this target. 



Question, Is the center of Ihe Farrow target made with the Brown 

 ritle as Indiciiled by a -'- crossline, the true and exact center of the 

 target aimed at, or is this center mad.- only in reference. 10 the cluster 

 of ten shots? If the latter, give the true center. (See target Forkst 



AMI iSTKF.AM, .1:111. ft'.. 1883). 



Unless the center is truly given to about ,01 of an inch, then I will 



be imaile to give ihe true results. But in measuring It. as I hare done, 

 I have a-sume.l ..the same as I have in the undefined Hove and Brown 

 targets, its exact center to be the crossline In the target. Am 1 right 

 or wrong: I now present Ihe 



OOVE 





ABB 















i;v 



FARUOW). 



No. Shots. 



1 



a 



3 



-1 



5 



6 



7 



8 







10 



String. 



Farrow, B L. 

 Gove, M. L 



.30 



.06 



.2! 



.88 



.31 



.12 



Hi 



.26 

 .11 



r.l 



.2; 



31 



.05 

 .32 



.33 



.99 

 .40 



,2a 



.74 



si; 

 .711 



til 

 1 15 



1 02 



1.22 



H.ITiu. 

 S.8Hin. 



M. L. Beats.. 



.07 



.U7 



.n 



.0 Dif. I.Q9in. 



B. L. Beats.. 



.0 



.'■ . 



.TJ 



.0 



.1' 



.0 .0 



24 



.201 



Thus the muzzle loader beats eight shots in ten. I cannot help it, 

 for I must record the facts as 1 find them to be. 



Now, what has Mr. Utiane to sav on this point- Here is what he 

 did sav: "I must reiterate mv statement that a 84flb. breech-loading 

 ille did 



..nd'l 



. It made 



nig .. 



. .. Mr. Carlos G( 



Ihe acknowledged "crack shot" of the 

 tin- liiee.-h-loader- 1 mean at the fasni 

 this, too. when Mr. Farrow has been si 

 long ranges in matches, clubs, teams. 

 I lie best aOOySs, shooting he has ever n 

 uig long enough to have made a hundn 

 Clove's, and about the same nuiv be sa 



case, than to elude the force of them, 

 doubtless prove much more useful to 

 than thev have in the past. 

 i\EW Rochklle, N. t., May 9, 1888. 



nd a 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE TEAM CHOSEN. 



THE competitions for tho £ 

 European team closed wi 

 whole some capital 



men to make up the 



.1" the 1Mb. and on the 

 ihjoined full and de- 



...l»-| --l.il 



in the Nation; 



id all the 





ition was 



also not put 



lp.-ii.-.i 



to retire 



2.1.1yds 



that hit 



friends 



liiiillds 



1. was dt. 

 littee ii 

 hat s. 



vS 



80J3yds 



ft. lords 

 (ii.iOyds- 



nal li.ia 

 emitted 

 it in tc 



-,;." thS 



o shoot, 

 rce, and 



2il.iv.ls 

 ftOOyds 

 000yds 



other rifles besides those designated by the committee, were permitted 

 nt the tiring points. 



directors of the association met' in secret session behind' closed 

 doors, and listened i.._:i r.-p.-n I. : .'•">- '■ his 



s. i.Scottof Washington, D,'C-: K w. Bull of Springfield, Mass.; 

 ('. W. HUmanof Boston, Mass.; (ioorgo.loin.T of Jiro.klvn: Thomas 

 J. holan. Frank Sluail. J. 1, Paulding and \. II Van ileos. n of New 

 " \\ I.. Cash and .1 \V. I'olhird 



ad i 



; F. 



of X. ' 



Major Shakespeare and I. 

 was chosen captain of the 

 taut and till any va. anc> tl 



Of these men, Iliuma'n. 

 th« Keiuiiiirti.ii rill.-. Shake 

 the hands of thi 



■iiienaui sc.ti, 

 . Mr. Howard 

 ehis »« ad.iu- 



Wh. 



there 



i di- 



l left, eh" the tei 



. J for the 

 reason. It then transpired thai o.eau:.- Mr Farrow had not lodged 

 with the committee a credential showing him to have been :i National 

 (inardsman in good standing, he had b-.-i. cut oil'. It was pointed 

 out that this sane- object! ., lodged againsi other men who had been 

 appointed., and that there was a -hiftmir f explanation, and it was 



harmony. This'lndeflnite t.-r','., u.e'i'ni '.'.uyihim! or nonVing. and' .'lis 

 dainin- to iiiake any .xi.hiiiaii.m rui-T :i-->- . .f .;.f the most rid icu- 



te.-l.the dii.e'..rs,n.-,|..ie.l away. S.-i rctarv Seabnry in.l director 



BrOwn did all in th. -ir power to prevenl this act... f injiist btu tle-y 



were voted down and the blot wa» rlxcl upon 'he association 



Taking (hose eh..s.n by the direct. .rs as shooting men, and leftrfoE 

 in Farrow for purposes of c.unparts.ni. we find the score of 31ny U 

 to be: 



». I. SCqtt; 



200yds 3 I I I ■'. I 1 -'■- snoyds I 1 .'. .1 .", i .(—31 



BOOj .1 ■ I .". •". I ■'. .". 5 33 91'.)} ,ls . . r, .', I 3 .", -I |_30 



l/iavds ■! I 5 J I 4 -i-riti I. <«'.., ds . I :> :; 3 3 3 0— 20— 171 



A. M. Van Hen's.-.. 



200yds 3 5 I 4 5 1 1-29 gOOyds 2 4-4Z t 



500yds B 5 4 5- 5 6 -1-33 900yds ....;) 5 5 5 -I r, 5 32 



BOOyds 1 .". .I I -I 3 ;l ;s i.inHyds... ::•<■:; i i :. ■:.' i.i.i 



200yds -I -1 I I I I l" -.'-' "»:..i,!.. :i ;. r, .-, I 2 r. 29 



SOOydB 5.SB55 ! .". '.I BOOjrdS .. I -.'•:■ ■ 



BOOydS 5 1 3 5 5 1 .". 31 l.nnnyds •; -.> | .) T, 3 2-28-13H 



2IMyds I 3 a I I I I -js s,i,)v,|s -. :; ;; 3 ;. 5 ;, ■;; 



500yds 4 15465 5 32 :« nv.l.s. . .'. I 1 :. i 3 4— a9 



tlnoyds 4 41 4ft 3 5— 28 l.OOOytls . 3 :, I 2 -I 3 2 23 1"" 



906yds I IE 1 -"• II 2- send-.. :.."..■; 18 4- 2.1 



BOOyds 113 1.". I -1-2S. Utltivds. . , 555S; 4 -1—33 



OOOyda 3 1 5 I 5 •". 3 29 1,000yds. . a 3 2 'J 2 3 3-2" ',''. 



,1 C. I'auldiiie. 



20!)yds 3 4 I .-,.-..'. 1-3 1 Hi.'vd-. .:;:>. I ;.-,.! 1-28 



■ ■•- Is 15 -1 -1 1 5 r. 31 ivds . .., I .', I -i .-, 5 3D 



.-".''vis I 3 1 •'. .'. 3 I 2H l.oi.iiy,!:. .-, 3 3 a -I 11 0-20- 1(17 



1'. Stuart, 



aooyda ... s« i -. i t i aa eooyds. ,.68 6 a 133—27 



f.oo'v.is 3 I 5 .". "j .". 5 32 ! v,!s... 3 .", 2 -. '. : .". 2'. 



r.i'ovds .". -I 3 I I 3 I--2! l,oni&ds .:• 2 :. 3 'l :! ;, ■:•; im 



dii Brown. 



200yds 5433.151--2S M»iyds .", 12 I 5 3 3— 20. 



BOOyds 5 5 5 5 3 5 5-33 flOOyds. 1852806—21 



...3 4 5434 4 27 1 ,000yds. ... .8 6 6 1 4 5 B— 30-165 

 w. m. Farrow, 



200yds 4 4 4 3 4 4 3-2s BODyUs..... 4 2 5 3 :. 4 3—26 



."\,.- . 5 4 I 5 3 :, 5 31 90"'v.ls ....2 :. .I 15 3 0-34 



'iOnvds 2 a :> 1 3 a :. 29 l.noii'vds. .. I 3 D 4 5 4 5 -25-163 



J. Smith. 



200yds t I 1 I i 5 I - 89 BOOyds 3 (1 t 5 •'. 5 S - 2ii 



500yds 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-35 DOilyds ....403036 0-18 



600yds 8 ft 5 4 5 1 »— 81 l.tmayds 3 | r. 3 2 3 8— 3«— ifll 



200yds 5 r. 4 I -I -I I 'SO 800yds •'> 5 a 3 3 -I 1-29 



. r .inivds 6 5 6 5 i", 5 3-33 'jonvds .! ft :, :-. 



WHlyds 3 3 3 ft 5 5 o 21 I.i.,;.iy,ls 2 2 2 4 4 3-17 15'! 



200yds 5 4 11 S4 6 -31 8q0y5s... I ft 5 5 3 1 5-31 



500yds 3 ft 3 I 3 ft 3-2f. n.to'v.ls . . 1 13 4 8 -1-24 



000yds 3 5 4 1532 - ." i. .- .s ...I 5 I 2 3 2 0— Sfl-lSa 



200yds lift ft l I 4- 30 Sfflyda 533053 5-24 



ftnuyds 5405535-8? .mod-. . I ft ft 2 ft I ;.-30 



600yds S3 4 4 2 5-23 l.unibds ...a I 5 3 3 ft-23 -157 



W. H.Ca-h. 



200ydS 4 4 3 3 I ft I 27 .SiWyds. I I 3 ft 3 -1 5-28 



500yds I I 4 ft ft ft l-SI !i..i,.y,ls .3 3 2 4 3 5—80 



two'vds 3 ft ft ft :: I ft 3d 1..HI0V.I-. . .032!ft4i'-:- :m 



St W. Hell. 



200yds 5 2 4 4 5 4 3—28 890yds .25444 3 ft— 27 



ftOOyds 4 5 4 4 5 5 1-31 ODllvds... 3 3 ft ft ft ( -I -29 



(J""y.'ls 2 ft 4 ft .". 5 5 - 31 l.t.M.ly.15 .... o 2 I " n it 11-152 



,i. m. Pollard 



200yds -1115 14 I ft-21 BOOyda .. Kctbed. 



Mlllyds 4 3 5 15 5 1-30 



On May 15 the official score- sto id; 



.1. M. Pollard. 



20Ovds 4 4 5 4 4 5 4-3'i mulvds :, .-, j ,', .-, s y_ a3 



500vds 5 6 4 5 4 5 4 32 . ! 3 5 1 5 4 5- -28 



BOOyd I -' ft 3 ft I ) a -'s l.OOOyila, 5 B : : ; fj a -30-161 



200yds 4 5 4 4 4 I ft--3M ' s.ii)vds. .. !...'■ ; - 



SOOyUs - .. ! I ■'> -I l ft ■ ■ ft ft ft ft -i I 33 



600yds 2 ft 3 4 ft ft ;. -. ■ 1,00 Is.... 5 12 3 3 ft 3-2j- l^i 



20.H.U I ft 4 ft ft ft -1-31 'soib. Is I ft ft ft 3 1 5-31 



BOOyds :t I ft 3 ft ft ft 30 ' i ft 8 ; ■: 3 3 5-2fi 



BOOydS ft I I ". I I .'• "I 1.000yds 5 5 ft 3 I 5 4-31-180 



f. Slu ri. 



200vds 3 4 4 4 4 ft 4-2S HlOvds.. .3 ft 4 5 ft 5 4-31 



ftOOyds 5 ft ft 5 3 4 5-32 OOQydS ,., I 5 ft '. ft ft ft -:jl 



BOOyds 4 4 4 4 ft 5 1-28 1,001 yds 1 3 I ft 4 I 2 -28 179 



W. M. Farrow 



200yds 4 4 ft ( ft ft ft 32 61 la. ....518 34 -ft 



BOOyds 4 4 ft -i ft ft .-.-33 I yds. 2 ! ; i ft l t-27 



limbds .'t 1 ft ft ft ■! ft- 31 l.ilildyds. 4 ft 2 ft -J I I -2t: -171 



200yds ft -I ft 4 I I 5-31 BOOyds... .4685040 21 



500yds 5 4 ft ft ft ft ft 31 tiii.iv. Is .5114455—3 



3 3 3 5 3 5 ft---.") l,.-'v,l- 1 : ft 5 4 3 2-27-173 



W. 1.. dash. 



SOOrds 45 4 4 54 1—410 siiiyo's.. 5 4 5 4 5 5—2$ 



500yds 4 5 4 4 5 5 5-32 9911yds 5 3 6 4 3 o 3-23 



600 '.sis 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 80 1.000yds 5 3 2 5 4 5 3 -23-172 



.1. L Paulding. 



2.«'c.ls I ft I ft I I ft 31 BOOydS. . ft ft ft ft 3 4 4-31 



BOOyds 55555 ! 1-33 900yds 5 ft 5 3 ft ft 4-32 



HOOyds 2 4 3 3 134 23 LOdOydfe 4 1)5 3 3 5—30—170 



200yds 5 4 4 4 5 ft .".-32 BOOyds... 3 4 4 4 ft ft ft SO 



SOOvds ft I ft ft ft I t— 82 OOOvds 5 03 A 



(iODyds ft il 4 1 4 ft 2 -21 l.iJOOytls 5 8 3 ft 5 5 -V 169 



2rt0vtls ft I 14 14 I- 29 -". .•. d.-- | 1 1 ft ; 



ft.lii'l-ds 3 ft -I I ft 4 ft 39 tuiv.ls. ...ft •> I I ft I 3 2.. 



i-..HHds 54544ft! 31 1..I-..V.!: 3 4 4 5 2 4-22 lftj 



A. 13 Van II •. II 



aOOyds 4 I 4 J I i 1-2S s;....rs .-: ; i .-, i 3 B-33 



BOOyds 14445 44—30 I.OllOyd 536 1 2- 23-U,(i 



1,000yds ft 2 ft 'i 3 .1-1-19-1(10 



I . 0-22 

 :...iyds .ft ft 1 ft I 4 ft 32 

 l.oooyds 3 3 2 3 3 a :J— 1T-I6S 



,800yds .ft 3 ft :, 1 3 30 



(84 45 i 29 tl" 



i ft 3 1 :. 1 ft 30 



