414 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 81, 1883. 



Iii.Oii yards ilii-- would h:ivc causal a difference oi elevation at i I'. M. 

 •.,s.-...„|..u,,l I.. Ml' M ,>f .'id v-ai-il-: .ir III iu.-h.-~ hi height ou Ihe 



larj.-i Th-nirinii -iii-ring between 9 and 3 P.M would have 



produced a Fall of 80 inches on the target in the above instance the 



rrl.-illi, III! ii uasnolsluled It has tie-ll assumed at inv-Y, ]i -i- 



.•.1,1 . as a, the i ibles, 



Tin- .mo pi Mill Indict au.l s-ri-ii Imrge are taken to illustrate the 



nlTi-i-i o£ ilic above vndalfous because! have not been able to ascer- 



l.iin i|.i> moan Inilinl velocity .if Hi.- ammunition actually used al 



Ctoediuoor in the match. 



1 a nuans vroji Lwrrsas of Sir Henry Halpord.I 



WistoV, Leicester, Eng.,Ocl 80, 1888, 



i iiiink Hi.- best thing thai i can do will be to send you along with 



i • mall memorandum which Mi- .Met ford used lo point in 



■ . - 



1.1 >t (mow the veal angles of 111.- rill.-s you used to make your 



r.il, illations with, hill v..ii will see in Mr. Mel ford's paper, Hie ancles 

 of the rill.-s from w'ueli m-si ..I my experiments have been m.-ele I 

 have al-.. allot much with Slurp*' and H-iningions rides with 

 pre. ii.-. iliv Hie same si d and .v.-, -hi ..f pr itfle, and 



ivith Mr. Melford's rides in wind .led. .-lions as Ihey 

 iiat'urallv sle.ul.l from having the same speed form ant) weight of. 

 proj...-iii-.-. I leu.- al-,. e-e.l ■. .si er.iin millet at very highspeed, 

 giving mi angle of 4 '.'■ ai l.un-i yards, hut fr ils lightness It 18 lie- 



i-. i.. ; .-..iiipai-ed with a :..',•> grain bullet. I The ran-, of 

 dell. eii.,ns in tlii- instance is in tlie lovers- raiie "f lh" weights. - 

 K I. / I 



la. .;. n.-ral an -le .■!' fi.- nil - 1 have use I With mateh charges Of 

 114 line grain II u n-.i ,. r :«) runs A llirv.y No. B (-108 flue grain 

 Ma/ ird- 1- -.' IB' with tbo therm. ■ meter ni . Vi InLi-nheit. On my 

 ear.! you w ill see thai a win I iviiit-li would give .! I dell, e'ion ,r , t ,, ir- 



let i'.-,|illr..-.s rise lor head wind, a "7n only require,:. Miss oils. 



I may meuiion that all Our Righting is in degrees and minutes of 



angle, and the wind gauges are oIsd cnt to minutes, We And it the 



Of working. Tin- rill.-s nr.- all shol loi • z.-ro at r.'y.l- l.e- 



l the RcalcJa cut, 30 that l cab take an any of Mr. MetfortTs rifles 



nil. I cocci lo gel llie sighting first shot us well OS With u I id- 11 il Ii 



winch I on well acquainted.} 



i find Hi- effocl of temperature ou angle is Hi 

 iiiini io in Fahrenheit, every M at rlss of temperature require a 

 low-ring of I,' of angle, [hereis. too, some queer difference &. win- 

 ter and summer of n ....-minr.-, and l find 



wi r iiii-I.- raised more than summer, For instance, I baveshot 



in winter wiih lie- ilii-rm u-r al IS and Ihe siiine in slimmer! and 



in winter i require a or 3' higher angle, and 

 cannot yet gives reason fortius, out hope 8 



I see von have tjlken great pains 



. iv virs' hard shooting, w 



gauge and « it li a spiumn 



ehronoini'lei- spring set lo -rains v 



now. or hardly .ver. us- a wind it: 



like ■ on. in ii;.- ii — i ih- smoke fi 



!nig 



I are * . i > ------ 1 



i a hind's 



ige with n 



1 never 



I also. 



Wistow. Leicester. Kilg., P00. :), 1880. 



ii is almost tmposBihleto lay down a law or make a table that will 

 suit more than oue projectile for effect of wind on trajectory. The 



car. I I ... i.l von will soil lull!. N :i :u M I Co 570 grs. Ill Weight, A !-"- 



grain military bullet win require Hi- head column to ho nearly 



doubled when shot fi i the 51 tl .: r-i Again, ihe old bluff-ttos£d 



bullet ri'iiuircd in. ne elevnlion for lead winds, so I think one must 

 . wii'n gelling practieal res-nils, for I don't sei; liow one 

 .-an lay down a law. 



Me! as to si-l- wind. I think 1 !• > Id you. but am not sure, that a 

 aSa-grnin bullet with no angle of 4 at l.nooyds. requires a- m : r over 

 ni.Vch bullet- .Miilgrs will! angle ol - I" 



You are qiiil" w-l, -.ii. to make any use oi my letters if you think 

 them ..'. snltieienr nil rest. 



_\s to winter clevalious ever summer, ih-j are not dm- to differ 

 .•lie.' ol barometer, for I nolcd I hill, point. 



Am-ncati riilemen are very I Igbtened at Chang f light. For 



my on n pan 1 cannot seel at the; make a difference provided one 

 is careful not to take a fuller or Buer sight, and with ,i match rifle 1 

 never hnt-il changes of light I have ant carefully a ttieooo hi, and 

 n-.i;. h.- 1 it foi-.l.o ,i.,.l .-.nil l iioi .lei el any alterations of the ob- 

 ,,.-! do,- io r.-lraeimn. , « « » 



Graduations 6 Bin. roughly for every lOOyds., is very easy to see 

 and easy to ealeulale. I have these spaces on my military rule, and 

 on,- ean's, t sj _.ius v.rv accurately with it. 



soiih- veins since Mr Miilor.i and I col up some half-inch caliber 



rill.-s w. 'inline l.dbs for 4. yds., will! telescope sights and did very 



Co .,1 v. .-r's with iii.-m. I could reckon on hitting 14lt. by 14, but it 



was felt that two sorts of small arms ammunition Mould not be prac- 



-.,-.,- ,i;. ,;.!.. I. And inoreover. il would have 



been dull. -nil lo c.'l a soldi-it . si and I le- recoil ol IBOgrs -I quick 



, , 700 of lead. We used percussion shell 4ii, I very nice 



'I "send s ou : pi Of Mr- Meiford's paper on trajectory in Spirit oj 



-,s li -.,:,.. I thiol; I i,, I, I v..u. republished ina book ou 

 -Killes and Marksui:.nslii|)" by Spfrti -./ the 'rimes. 



Wistow, Leicester, Eng., May 8fj, 1HH3. 



that the 



xp.-1-irn 



ni 



grains of weight of 

 (over that required 

 the ranges. 



racuo) is in i 

 ,!- to have uniform*!! 



il-n compelilions will lake 

 rils.-li. L. Z. 



to show that ihe increase 

 :uo, for a given range, is 

 and ihat ihe number of 

 this increase of elevation 

 •se ratio to the squares of 



graduations of the sights 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



Till: TEAM HI''' 



"'• pre 



■ drill is fat 



n.l averages made by Hie u 



,,..17104 



. i;i'.., 



..l'.i!W. 



dei-ai-d atOi 



The following is a ivtun: 

 hers of ihe team during th... , 



Name. Average. Name. 



I-'.I llablielh loTJ/> (.- W lliiin.au 



s I Sen . . irrw, J L Paulding 



.1 M PoUard lTlAi JSmith 



Wl.fasl, ITH-Si T.I Ilolail IU'i'^i 



M 1\ Hull . i;;-', A H Van ileus.-n Mil 



li.loinei' 17344 1- St mill. 1B4 



Taking these twelve men as tin- Una! team ihey show a grand aver- 

 ::-,. ,,i v., .ni points for a team total. In the match of last year the 

 scores stood I'm' Ihe lirilish ham. I.0IS4 at the shorter and HI.) at Ihe 



by order of Captain Howard. 

 t'onipa r.-d mill these arethe preparalioi, scores made by Ihe Eng- 



ariival wi-re eageily seiinncd hy th- American shots. The avi-rages 

 made by Ihe leaders were an follows: 



I.--.. ... I'.li Angel ltiiiW 



l-nri-v . 17.-.!., Ushoriie II'.- 1 -'. 



Bibles 170 " Seriven 1C4? 



M.-liisii. 109 Burt (03 



Hoi 1IWH Edge l«0J<S 



BOSTON, June PL A rat lier small number of riflemen w. -r- prBS- 

 eul to-day a! Walnut j ■ ill. ami iilitiough the weather conditions were 



very good, no high scores were recorded. The best, scores were: 

 rrecdn.ooi Practice Match. 



It H-ed a 3 5 a •! -1 5 4 1 5—11 



ii Welsh i i I i i r, i i :, i i: 



i I! K.lu.irds i I 'I I 4 4 5 4 5 4-41 



JFoyo... 14 3 13 13 4 4 3-3U 



Creediuoor IT'i/e Mulch. 



BlJCCfl 5 4 5 1 4 a 5 ■-> 6 I It, 



JPBates .....44444 5 ' 5 5 I 14 



Decimal Match. 



.1 Fr.im-K 7 10 10 10 7 10 8 4 7 7-SO 



Rest Match, 

 ii Howard . Ill 9 3 10 8 10 10 111 9 111-05 



5 Wilder 10 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 III !i OS 



.1 I' Bales 10 7 10 7 10 8 5 8 fi-W 



WOlii F.STKP.. Mass ..lime 14.- Ai ihe Pine (irove Kange to-day 

 ilie men were very much troubled by the wind. which was constaiitly 

 cl.anginc. The ioliovviiig are Hie best scores made: 



A l.llie.- . ... IH |l III !! ! 5 HO 



M.G I lller , II) 7 !l S 4 !i II 8 10—81) 



Siednianfinrk 7 8 10 8 8 7 . !l !. ia 



CBurtOn 10 0997 5 797 8-77 



a I.. - . !) I 8 9 10 9 8 8 3 8-74 

 , , [er HI « -1 II 7 7 DID 8 7-74 



6 Williams 8 6 9 9 6 9 2 9 5 9-73 



....fl 10 0469570 9-04 



A KDNKH. Mass.. .luii- 1.1. \i i 

 li. held this evening, Seth He' 

 ,-wood. .1. H. Conant and A. M. ( 



hand, the best totals t 



l'l.eol'ge 



A Maili.-ws . 

 SliHildieth 



Ill 48 WCLovelai.d 88 



89 411 (J cfi l.-ilc 79 



. ...89 46 OMcFarluml BS 



THE TRAP. 



BRIDGEPORT vs. JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS. 

 npHE ictiii-ii mateh between these t» 



f.uho.led an easy victory to 

 was a very close thing, thougl 

 their large nest of eggs. Aftei 

 time some twelve birds, the 

 limes, and lirsi one club and t 

 Idols. Il was at times decide. 

 leg was kept up to the end. a 

 tin- best, il was hardly discern 



ts, and the 



and i 



the 



engine Oi 



mind with the H'ap pullers, and no adiaina-,- 

 aav iv.iv. As is usual in all malclies, s'omc of 

 cluus came to grief, and just al the lime when 

 eclcd bv their friends. Whv even old Soiilli 

 -lass boll breaker of J. C. H.. could find hut one 



i the day 



lined 



■ar.r '.').' Kh-isch-r 0. Andrews i. Qom- 



li 3, Woods 1 Kdhek won first ui-v. 



ond, Andrews iu shooting olt the tie 



1! 



l"> 



Engler 





l-T. 



ischer 



ii. 



|'i 



-1 



Reisu 



S, -liid 

 . r :. 1 i 



fo 



r 3, 



ce4 



Sl.in 

 .'Eeisf 



3, 



'S 



» 



leetfng 



of 



th, 

 ■in. 



83f 



Moid 



'•r 



lis left hand. 



nexl. 



Uhci-.ol I his place, is out in a dial - 

 . Ilogudus at a trial with 100 glass 

 ap. for ?lo.)orS4 |1 ' | asi.le. He fur- 

 i shoot any man in this Stale one, 

 ion.-, for one. a- live hundred dollars 





tv.'.-c'll two in -:aii, is ..f the llope'cim ( 



following are the scores: Kdward lius 



MICHIGAN. -The tifth annual prize 



tan- Kill.- Associalioa will he held , 



Jacteon. en June a 



ouinaiiicni hen 

 I. Held under 

 ay pigeons at 40j 



in (-Inh indulged in their 

 n. Only four of the mem- 



il the close t li- score stood- 

 . .1. S. Uiiinl 14. A. S. Bnirtl 

 r shooting at 15 balls. 



g£<moeing. 



tressed lo the Forest »ntl SI 

 ■n,liri(luul.i. in if/lose .ins, ... 

 in,, ■imicr are liable to delay. 



mtnicatimhs should bead, 



n e.lilishimi Co., and not to 

 i ihe office matters ofim- 



May 31— Toronto Can 



Aug. 4" American Ci 

 Aug. 41, 44, 43 — Amc] 



Lake. 

 Aug 41- American C 



CANVAS CANOES. CORACLES AND BOATS. 

 tt^yOIPtit never get to Halifax in that tiling. Why ils made ou! 



il will he seen that the velocities increase with the rise ol tempera 

 l me. This appeared lobe very dearly defined, as after I lie tempera- 

 I, il- hud nll-iiia-l the maximum recorded. Ihe barrel was cooled by 

 nassiug water ihi-oiigli th.- harrel. T'i ir-uing r-sidts are given in 



:,.n.... i: -1-...1.1.. 1.-..^, I. ....„, ...... O .>..s r.oinl.1.. tl','1 nfler ill- 



ion ,.f llie barrel bv in. ■ baud, th,- latter becoming expanded when 

 b. ,,ie,i and llius permitting a trrenl-r downward vibration ..| 'he 

 ii'u/,-1,. Ii.-r experinienls in 1 his direction are desirable 



and ' 



c le- 



:,,!!,- 



■Iioi 



llarr 

 Ohos 



.lack While . 

 A i) Laws . 

 kC T'ooc-v 



i: \ Folsoa 

 C E Laugdon 



Bridgeport. 



OlOUlllllIll 11 WSCaui 



HOlllOOllOOr- 8 W Hugh' 



11010 IH'1 7 Vanillin 



UoilllliilPVl ■■ s pemares 



ulOOlllllKHIl- S .1.1 Totfc 



lllllOil iu .1 V, 



Slai 



vooti 



.1. 0. H. 

 in.. .OlOOllliiiiiilli- 

 .,,0011010110110 



...ouoioooiun— i 



0000101101110— 



:-rke. 



Illllllll 1 10 — 11 



lllHIOIOIIII ■ II H Von Leng-rkelilllllllini! 14 



. UWIUllllOll — 10 CAntoine. 

 0101001110111— 8 C Yerrington. 

 0001000011100- ! Dilinan 



... iiiimiliil !it>- 8 A Heritage!!! 

 . OOIOOIOIOOIIO— 5 AC Lewis 



ooi'iniiiipnii 



OlOllOllOIOll - 



.1011110111111 



t the final match will 



inds ,,f the W„ 



lions were 



, I should 



IU I'M- -pi 



W !,, .. i 

 made the 

 London ii 



from 



ol 



ivitaticn for'\niericaii liileiu'ii lo participate iu the 



IKKKUMOOR - During Ihe remainder of ihe mouth of June, on 

 e.ieitSiiiurday the rang.- will he open lor guurdsin.-ii lo ipiahfy in 

 . -i classes. The two mulches on are the Oiialillcaiion 

 Mulch iiud the Champion Marksman's Clil=ss Match. 



^oTu^eTuUs nTi'ssed by Sampson 3 were drivers, and left-lmud out- > of tt frame work of lai lis.w hieii cross each other like trellis w 



