•Iuxk 7, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



378 



jifle mid 



plotting* 



WitAsoiiiNb Man agi-us.— Tin' ifieetitg of Mic Board oE 

 Directors of tin.- National Rifle Association, held on Tuesday 

 iillei-noun fast, WJtnesscfl n scene which would have dis- 

 graced a party of New fork aldetmen. Instead of a com 

 mon effort to secure a victory foi tin- American team, there 



seems to be a determination, on tlie part of so of those in 



authority, lo push a certain rifle to the front, and to force 

 other 'weapons. Out ol the Held. In the feces? erf the agent's 

 zeal, the decency which should characterize a director is 

 lost, and the daily prCBs is tilled with such reports as those 

 shown, yesterday owning, when the narrative of the mis 

 doings of the board appeared in cold type. The fact is. 

 that the National Bific Association management liasdegene 

 rated until it lilts become the elosest sort of aself-perpeluatcd 

 stai -chamber. To he sure I here is an animal meeting and 

 an election of directors by the life members, but the whole 

 structure of the association is such that, it is entirely pos- 

 sible for less than a half dozen nun to practically have 

 everything their own wa\ . It is especially unfortunai ■ that 

 these Outbursts of passion should occur at this lime, when 

 the association is looking for a p.uulic support to tlte team 

 to he sent abroad. It will be seen that in place of n dis 

 interested desire to see q vttitory, then- is a more fervent 

 Wish In some quarters to have a certain score made with a 

 certain rifle, and all talk of general patriotic effort 18 mere 

 buncombe. 



3 uire his attention fn this country during the summer. The first 

 fl.t 's work was under conditions rery favorable For good work, the 

 score running! 



fflt) 500 600 800 SUM Ldoo 



?iiS. Yds. yds. YH.s, Y,ls YdSi Aggt. 



IW Griffith SO SI 84 31 31 SI 1ST 



.ii.i tuil 'mm. 32 at 81 30 33 P4 183 



.Iota Smith SB i:\ M 33 2B 22 178 



W Scott 30 31 88 31 30 to m 



M w Bull -• "-' BO 84 28 ■;■ 178 



C W llinnmn 80 Bfl 32 21 25 2a L70 



JH Brown SB 80 30 Up 28 28 105 



V Stuart -.'•. 31 89 31 86 32 166 



A U Van II,i. sen... ,88 30 31 27 27 31 10* 



T.I Dolan 2i 31 80 28 18 22 103 



O Jollier ,30 82 28 30 12 20 152 



Mi i.nftVliV i,,(al ..r IS',-,,,,! ,,f ii possil.lt. 210 points is the largosl 



ever made hi Ci-i-.-itmcni- It.- tins ...,| as yet been regularly ap 



pointed a member of the tsatn. and only shot nt lie- request OfCapt. 



!t..w:ir.|. 



MUZZLE vs. BREECH. 



Etftfoi /•■•, 



I feel illll 



cause I thii 



Morrill's l.-i t. i -..l Hi.- -.'till inst, be- 

 • tlie breech louder full justice 

 :.| tlie postscript to hi- letter. .f l-'el. 

 -v iv, .ii. This adds Bfty per, ••■at. to 

 d above, and this serve's to make the 



ties one might verv well int.-r 1 li::l 

 ■I, -J. instead of add.-.l. to the mu/.zl.- 



them.sli.it I'm sli..i. linn, .oils t,, milium;. Only iho lotal string an, 

 average |ierslii.( npiivailaOl, for comparison l.'-t US suppos,.. li,.v. 

 over, that the shots vn-ie actually mad- in the order given in -llii 

 table. Adding 100 per cent, to ih,- muzzle loader's string, «c !,a\e 



1.72 1.!! 



OlIilllZ 



Averag 

 Hi-.-.- -a 

 Averag 



.le-loadc 

 . p, -r si,. 



for tin- la 



lit shots. 



This w 



~t lh-sli 



mid gee 



the Mai 



if the s 



ii, rs \v,-r- 



5 shots, 1*.05. 

 h.us. B.0B5. 



,en very bad showing for ibe muzzle loader. 

 i-i-sslv .-(aims great steadiness in shooting. 

 ■ iia. I'e in this "i-d.-r. whi, -h would sccin'ipiiic 



1" 111.- hie. eh loader would show II], mueli 





fourth prize, "ditto; fifth prize, 6 ditto: sixth prize, 5 ditto; seventh 



prize, J ditto: eight prize, 3 ditto; ninth prize. 2 ditto; tenth prize, 1 

 ditto. 



;■;... ;,. nireelnrs' Mai eli-i .ipen to t he directors, of the association; 

 prize, the "directors' gold medal." to be held one year, distance, 

 200yds, ; rounds. .5: entry fee. B0 cents. 



WTIKKLI.NM, W . Va.. Mav UK — Following are the scores made Mav 

 SO hv the Wheeling Rifle flub. 



Kii-at Match 



RS Stewart 12 in II II a 10 12 12 10 11-108 



Win Co: I 10 12 I" s II II It |0 H'3 



Otto Jaeger 11 10 11 11 It) 10 9 11 10 9 102 



.l.ilui Mill 9 10 10 S 11 10 in 11 S 8-05 



WCMvlos LO 8 13 9 9 10 8 9 93 



Second Match. 



WmCos 11 10 10 11 12 in 9 12 m tl Iflfi 



OltoJacor 10 12 12 10 1" 1" II 10 I to-. 



John Mil) 9 I" 12 11 '.I 10 It! 10 11 10—1112 



USSIewart 10 11 12 Id in III in 10 to 102 



WC Styles a a 10 II Id in D 10 a 8 SB 



9 A. M. and eolililiued 



■ A. M, to -■ P. M on the 

 and ring bargeta. The 



fng out of a possible 101 



•„.,, 



Yds. 



C W Hinman 29 



G Joiner . . 31 



John Smith 30 



F sin,, it :: 



,1 I. Paulding 2!) 



T J Dolan 29 



M W Bull 27 



A U Van Heusen ...28 



R Bcotl 29 



J II Brown .. .. 32 



On the third day of tut 



absence, and Mr. t'. W. II 



Mr. Kabbeth should 1 

 able thin Cap*. GrtffiU 



Yds. 



M W Hull 29 



J .Smith 29 



G Joiner 89 



J S Paulding 20 



J It Brown 27 



T.I Dolan 20 



A B Van Heusen. . . 20 



K Stuart 29 



C \\ Minmail 2U 



Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. 



,-'s work bin eighl in 

 \ Waller Seolt was •. 

 . with, Hew after maki 

 lie three first ranges. 

 i from Mr. F. .I.Rabl] 



SCOUKS COMPARED, l 

 iiiitigham. Mav 2.-,. with tli.i 

 Die (irsi davs for [lit- eomp 



i May M and 1ft- 



H.-Thc \Vo 



NEW YORK S 



New York Sehu- 

 iiiorniiu- at I'm, 

 tinued through tc 

 affairs. 



c'ster Rifle Association 



dav. The decimal target was used, .ninl 

 ile: distance. 200yds : 



. . '. i a a :, a 'J s tl M 



8 -I 9.10 9 in s k H si 



1Q 9 3 7 19 8 ', 1—18 



. :, (5 r, a in s n ,i 9 m ,.s 



10 l in :, a 9 7 2 •-' 8 '■'• 



.Old I I a ii ii T 5 5— til 



i (OKI'S. The annual festival of lb.- 

 .(.'apt. John Mankcm began vesior.las 



,- J.-rsey. nn-l lie- festivities ,vil ,,. 



;e reunions are always very enjoyable 



Elizabeth, N .1.. has heei, o|,.-i„' ' for 



' -ing practice up I" I. wl- will llnd 



' this i- 



more convenient to reach this range fre.m New Y,.rt eiiv 

 atlemptio go lo Creediuoor. The Cenlriil Kaili-,.iid ,,f New 

 runs fretnient trains within a few vards of Die range, « " 

 •king and target arrangements are admirable. 



edinlelv i,| 



! a start. I 

 X. v. 



THE TRAP. 



TRAP AND FIELD SHOOTINC. 



Forest ,ii„/ Stretchy. 

 kinds of arguments have been brought up la'- Ij 



,. I, ring 

 eruellv. 

 ! tag 



' II 



lows ill 



(lis haskel. 



I'd 



line; thai 



a duel, or 





me. for 



recan get 





stop pig 



•on shoot- 



tie,' of II 



.' tirsl !■. 





ans. on the 



third and f 



iiirth davs 



counting i 



i Pollard 











The folio. 



ing arei 

 Aue.rie 



.._,,„.s„r 



loth teams: 



British. 





CreeJmeor, Mav 11 and 15, 



Birmiuguam, May 25. 



Joiner 





. ...3IS 



Lowe 





..a.->2 



Pollard.. 





340 



Parry. . . 





.851 



Stuart . 





. ..it., 



tiibbs... 





312 



Paulding 





... .337 



Mellish 





...'111 



Van ll-us 







Man . 





. .337 







334 



Hales.. 





..m 



Bull 





833 



Angel. . 





..883 



la Ian 





83 i 



Osborn . 





331 



Smith .. 





320 



Seriven. 





,.829 







320 



Burt.... 





. 3211 



Brown 





325 



Edge 





:!-) 



Further on, 

 hunting rille d 

 . yet hunted wit 

 meant was, th 

 can hold it. wi 

 beat the first v 

 extreme a, -em 

 Again he say 



l fully alive to 

 tagfe) The Ma; 



It is hy m 

 will give 

 build in ,; 

 though th 

 resistance 

 it rapidly, 

 the flight i 

 weight is i 

 Battened, 



pa 





RANGE AND GALLERY. 



CREEDMOOR. 



tt ■ -.men,. ■ oi llie team wen- at work. There Is now 



whether or no F. J Rabbetl* will ncoompanj tho team abtoad. He 

 complains of illness, ami ims private engagement* which may re- 



II S Harris . . . 



w Gardner 



S Wilder 



J 1' Hales 



) a 4 ii a <! 5 5 4— 10 



! a a I I .". a I -1 3—13 



..... I 1 r. 1121 .', I II 



.1*55513*3 3—10 



re-d in • Prize Match. 



5 54 5*4554 5— It) 



I 5 :• r. i t 5 1— 10 



. 7 9 « 8 7 8 8 10 10 tS— SW 



Best Match. 



19 10 !) 9 10 10 10 



10 10 1(1 III 10 10 s 



.. .10 II 10 !i in Id (I 



:. 7 H 8 7 ft 7 





9-SIG 

 9-9(1 

 10-95 



ft-71 



No. 



e'k-.v pu-i oils' and 'gla'ss'l.'ills.' 'The' follow ing pro- 

 il ranged for t hen (ing. opening each dav at tl 



iist eh i. e. III.'' ,,11, e| prize 

 p, elce .e.res, l'l.e list of 



..editions same as in ma tell 



all, to point it on the right 

 meat. In fact, on is work 



1 might as well he told 

 man's playing on tbopiani 

 works and do not contain 



As to tho arguii i Hi 



field; 1 have seen good fiel. 

 when they faced tlie traps 



Give us pigeon-shooting 

 killing game, and when , 

 • 111 be. I I. 



Jin 



yCi 



,- Mia, 



of no better sport, 



i no more cruel than 

 cinanly manner, as it 



,' 1. 



. .0111111111— 9 



linn inn -a 



. 1110111111—9 



.1110111111 a 



,.1101111111 a 



. tinmen a 



.[Oil 1111110—8 



.of the Statell Islan 



linoilihv 



Is llOllllOw 



nunjiiiw 



OMUllKlH- 



!s WUlllIw 



IJOw 



..■. t . OlOOlOw 

 l.iltoaw 

 s ifJOw 



meas hefori.: Slel- 

 lu and won Brst: a 



look second. He •:, . 

 n,l took third: fori 

 ■mre and Thouipson 



No. I. e.veepl that eniri, s are liul 



I. Carton Batch (.Ipeutoall comers, riile and position 

 any within lie rule,; rounds, 7; cartons cunt i; ; tin 

 0-n'int; entry :■-. Micni:-; .,-. utiies permitted, la iz... 2ft. ift, I2a.n,l 

 of total entry fees. 



:.. , : i ,1 i..i!„.same as No. •.', i-;eepl:ng 111 it com. 



peli ors nlttv sh..,,( .i r, si. I ii : .t prize, a, Irolihl of the villi I 10 



percent, of total entry fees ; second prize, ditto; third prize, 8 ditto; 



Second F.veiit Handicap rise, at 

 Elliot's -Monograph of the crotise I< 

 sin.-:. t,is entrance. 



.... auv.ts. iiimiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiioiniiiii 3d 



s is a.iVds. 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — ;ta 



Dando :nn-,|s. . IlllllllllllllUIllia -2(1 



Mien. :. 31'vds. .. 1111110-0 



si,„ki,,n .. -y.vd- unite i; 



•tdt"., -..lyds. 1IIII10— 11 



Thoin|,soii. 3'ivds. . II ilia ft 



in;-. The sh. >,, ling was a line dispii 



The Hard event was at live -an 



hirds at 8flyds., double at 85yds. Tie 



of skill 



• hirds and three pair, Single 



me single ami one ,, le. !■ Irat 



