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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1873. 



j Volume I, Number 12, 

 | 103 Fulton Street. 



LEGEND OF "KILL DEVIL HOLE." 



rpHEREis a little conical camp, 



-*- Contrived of a framework of spruce, 

 With splits newly riven of hemlock, 



Exuding an odorous juice. 

 A lawn from the door gently sloping, 



To lave in the river's bright gleam: 

 A pathway by feet daily trodden 



Quite smooth to the edge of the stream. 



In front of the wigwam an eddy, 



Beyond a precipitous shore, 

 Where the foam dashes down with madness, 



And whirls with monotonous roar; 

 And bubbles, formed in the seething. 



Are tossed by the waves to the shore — 

 Then, floating awhile in the eddy, 



Come up and break at the door. 



At eve, thronsh the dusk of the gloaming, 



Leonta, with love's yearning soul, 

 Awaiteth her husband's returning 



From his nets at " Kill Devil Hole. 1 ' 

 And often and often she looketh, 



Where sunset reddens the west, 

 For glimpse of his bark boat careerins: 



Far up on the stream's foaming crest. 

 • 

 (For danger lurks there in the chasm; 



Elf-goblins make it their home; 

 The phantoms that flit there and flutter. 



Are winding sheets wrought of the foam.') 



In vain! and with tearful misgivings, 



Till darkness settles at last! 

 Eyes strained and swelled with long weeping' 



A messenger cometh at last — 

 A waif drifting slow in the eddy, 



A form through the dusk dimly seen— 

 Drifting slow, with a chuckle and ripple, 



Like cadences soft of Undine. 



With motion so strange and uncertain, 



It seems both to come and retreat;' 

 Till finally, fears all confirming, 



A corpse floateth up to her feet. 

 Heaven rest the agonized watcher! 



Forfend her from pain evermore! 

 Poor heart! now stilled by its hreaking, 



Like the bubbles that broke by her door. 



The wind sweepeth by with a flurry, 



And swiftly the wild waters roll; 

 But neither winds or waves shall efface, 



The legend of "Kill Devil Hole." 



—HaUock's Fishing Tourist. 



Riding on a Rail. — [If we have obtained our vernacu- 

 lar from Old England, even to retaining some oi their ob- 

 solete words, some of their customs, stamped as American- 

 isms, can be traced back to its English source. — Ed.] "If 

 a cases of conjugal infidelity be discovered in West York- 

 shire — and it is almost sure to be discovered if it exist in 

 such places— the 'lads of the village' will not neglect to 

 avenge it. Tne offender's effigy will perhaps be paraded 

 through the village and burnt at the culprit's door, amidst, 

 shouts of contempt and derision, two or three nights, in 

 succession; and in very flagrant cases the antiquated prac- 

 tice known as 'riding the steng' is resorted to. I have my- 

 self witnessed this practice within the last five years. The 

 'steng' is a long pole, upon which the offender is" set astride, 

 and marched shoulder-high through the village, anybody 

 being at liberty to salute the victim with a missile as he is 

 borne along. A man rarely remains in a place after hav- 

 ing been subjected to this humiliating punishment, prefer- 

 ring to take his 'diminished head 1 to some remote region 

 where he can live unknown. The feeling from which such 

 practices as these were engendered has not yet departed 

 from the races who inhabit West Yorkshire, and so long as 

 it survives the morality of people must necessarily remain 

 high.— All the Year Round. 



hkhes nt ^reednjaaK 



—The third competition for the Turf Field and Farm 

 Challenge Badge, presented by the Messrs. Bruce, took 

 place at Creedmoor on Saturday last, under the same condi 

 tions as heretofore— that is, the competitors were required 

 to fire five rounds at 200 yards, off hand, using rifles weigh- 

 ing less than ten pounds, with a trigger pull of not under 

 three pounds, the hits on the bull's eye (eight inches square) 

 counting four, on the* centre (two feet square) counting 

 three, and on any other part of the target (six feet by four) 

 counting two, the highest possiole score, therefore, being 

 twenty. The badge has to be won three times before 

 becoming the property of the winner, and has been won be- 

 fore by Capt. J. Bodine with a score of 17; Capt. G-eo. W. 

 Wingate, score 18; J. T. B. Collins, score 16. In this in- 

 stance Mr. L. C. Ballard, of Yonkers, was the winner, his 

 score being 16. Capt. Wingate came very near getting it 

 for the second time, scoring 14 in four shots, tieing the win- 

 ner on every shot but one, when a defective cartridge which 

 dropped the bullet within fifty feet, scored him a round 

 and destroyed his chances. 



As has been before remarked, the military rifles were 

 found to shoot with full as much accuracy as the fine sport- 

 ing weapons, the second and third highest scores being- 

 made with them. It was noticeable also how fatal to ex- 

 treme accuracy is the possession of honors, or even the 

 strong probability of winning them. Mr. Collins, the for- 

 mer holder of the badge, although recognized as one of the 

 steadiest shots on the range, seldom or never averaging less 

 than 15, only scored 14. Gen. Meserole, who had made 

 five consecutive bull's eyes just before the match, only made 

 15. McMillan, who had recently scored 17 and 18 several 

 times, only made 16. Baker, who won the Adjutant Gen 

 eral's prize in the recent State competition, made but 14. 



The total entries were forty-three, including most of the 

 "champions." We were pleased to observe several non- 

 commissioned officers and privates of the Regular Arniy, be- 

 longing to the Engineer Corps a 4 Willet's Point, participa- 

 ting in the competition, and think that the effect of the 

 army taking an interest in rifle practice cannot but be bene- 

 ficial to all concerned. If all the Regular officers took the 

 same interest in the subject as has been shown by General 

 Abbot, Gen. Ord, Capt, King, and a few others, such oc- 

 currences as the Modoc war would seldom be heard of, and 

 the desertions from the ranks would be greatly diminished. 



The following is the score: 



Name. 



L.M.Ballard 



B. Burton* 



F. M. McMillan, 7th N. G 



J. E. McEwen 



A. Pyle, 79th N. G 



Ed. Browne 



N. Engel, 9th N. G 



A. Anderson, 4th 1ST. J 



E. N. Sanford, 7th N. G 



Gen. J. V. Meserole 



Sergeant Collins, U. S. E 



Henry Fulton 



Leon Packer, 22d N. G 



J. L. Price, 7th N.G 



J.T. B. Collins 



G. W. Wingate 



W. Robertson, 79th N. G 



A. Alford 



Arm. 



Remington sporting 



Ward Burton 



Remington Military 



Remington sporting. . . . 



Remington sporting; 



Sharpe sporting.. . 



Remington military 



Winchester 



Sharpe sporting . 



Maynard 



Springfield 



Maynard 



Remington military 



Sharpe 



Remington sporting 



Remington sporting 



Remington military 



Remington sporting 



Sergt. Henderson, 9th N. G |Remington military 



C. F. Rob bins, 7th N. G, 



J. Bodine 



H. A. Gildersleeve, 12th N. G,. . . 



Thomas Lloyd 



A. V. Caniield, Jr., 22d N. G. . . . 

 S. J. Kelloeg, 23d N.G 



E. W. Price 



Richard Hickman, U. S. E 



S. R. Warner 



W. G. Burton 



J. R. Hitchcock, 9th N. G 



T. D. Mather 



T. B. Fish 



C. S. Fincke, 23d N.G 



Captain Ross, 79th N. G 



Robert Kelly, U. S. E 



Lieur, Herzman 



F. W. Linton 



Ballard. 



Remington sporting 



Remington sporting 



Sharpe • 



Remington military 



Maynard 



Remington sporting 



Springfield 



Remington sporting 



Ward Burton 



Remington military 



Remington military 



Maynard 



Remington sporting 



Remington sporting 



Springfield 



Remington military 



Remington military 



Springfield 



Remington mili tary 



Remington sporting 



Sergt. Turner, U. S. E 



Sergt. Phelan 



D. Cameron, 79th N. G __ 



L. C. Bruce .* iMaynard... 



Corporal Cavanagh, U. S. E I Springfield . 



Lieut. J. G. Story, 23d N. G |Remington military 



*The sixteen made by Mr. Burton with the Ward Burton gun shows it 

 to be an arm of great merit. 



bcore. 

 3 3 4 2 4—16 

 2 4 4 3 3—16 



2 2 4 4 4—16 



3 2 4 4 2—15 

 3 3 2 3 4—15 

 3 3 2 4 3—15 

 3 3 4 3 2- 15 



2 3 4 3 2—15 



3 3 3 3 3—15 

 3 3 3 3 3—15 

 3 2 2 3 4—14 

 3 2 3 2 4—14 

 3 3 2 3 3—14 

 3 3 3 2 3—14 

 3 3 3 2 ; 3 — 14 

 3 3 4 4—14 

 3 2 2 2 4—13 

 2 3 3 2 3—13 



2 3 3 2 3—13 



3 3 2 3 2—13 



3 3 2 3 2—13 

 2 2 2 3 3—12 

 2 2 2 3 3-12 

 2 2 3 3 2—12 

 2 3 2 2 3—12 

 2 3 2 3 2—12 

 2 3 2 3 2—12 

 2 3 2 3 2—12 



4 2 2 4—12 

 2 3 2 2 2—11 

 2 2 2 2 3—11 

 2 2 2 3 2—11 



2 2 2 2 3—11 

 3 2 4 2—11 



3 2 2 2 2—11 



2 2 3 2 2—11 



3 2 3 2—10 

 2 2 2 2 2—10 

 2 2 2 2 2—10 

 2 3 2 2 0—9 

 2 2 2 2 0-8 



2 2 2 0—6 



3 2—5 



In a Sweepstake match which followed the Turf Field and 

 Farm Badge, Messrs. A. Pyle, Seventy-ninth; Thomas 

 Floyd, T. B. Collins, and C. L. Fmcke, Twenty-third, won 

 prizes. 



A number of projects are on foot at Creedmoor. The 

 Seventh are at work getting up a competition for the fa- 

 mous "stwe-pipe battery," which created such a furore at 

 their Saratoga encampment. This is intended to be open 

 to all the companies, without limit as to the number of 

 competitors, the company having the five best shots to be 

 the winners. This renowned piece of ordnance is one of 

 the heir-looms of the Seventh, and the struggle for its pos- 

 session will cause as much excitement in their ranks as if it 

 whs worth $2,000, instead of $200. 



Messrs. Remington & Co. are also getting up an addi- 

 tional prize in the shape of a "Diamond Badge, 7 ' to be shot 

 for at long range— that is, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. This 

 is a project which speaks highly for the interest taken by 

 this firm in the progress of the Rifle Association, for it is 

 just what is needed to induce their members to take up 

 long range practice. 



The idea of these badges, such as the Turf Field and 

 Farm, the Amateur Club, and that of Remington & Co. is 

 very happy. They keep up a constant interest in the range, 

 and not only make it popular but constantly develop good 

 shots. A project is under discussion to build a club house 

 at Creedmoor. The need of some accomodations is greatly 

 felt, and Mr. H. C. Popperhusen has expressed an intention 

 of erecting some structure on his property adjoining. 

 Whether this will be in the shape of a large building or de- 

 tached cottages is now under discussion; but the former 

 plan is the more popular. At a conversation after the 

 match, representatives from the Seventh, Ninth, Twenty- 

 second and Twenty-third Regiments, the Amateur Club 

 together with Mr. Bethel Burton, have expressed their wil- 

 lingness to hire rooms, if such a building should be erected. 

 The idea of having a match of the officers of the First 

 and Second Divisions of the National Guard on Thanksgiv- 

 ing Day has been given up, the season being too late, and 

 the calls upon the time of the officers of the Association 

 during the recent match having been too engrossing to per- 

 mit them to go into another this fall. 



General Shaler is indefatigable in pushing the work on 

 the range, and in a short time all the raised butts will be 

 replaced by timber ones. 



A number of the members are agitating the subject of 

 putting up a "running man" by private subscription, the 

 Association not being in funds at present to warrant the ex- 

 penditure. This is a subject that directly concerns our gen- 

 tlemen sportsmen, and they should take a hand in the mat- 

 ter. No mark can be prepared better calculated to train 

 the eye and hand than to practice at the figure of a man 

 moving at the rate of ten miles an hour, and we trust in the 

 interest of good shooting, that the matter will not be al- 

 lowed to rest until Creedmoor is provided with the necessa- 

 ry appliances for such practice. 



Next Saturday, November 1st, the badge of the American 

 Rifle Club will be shot for. This badge has been won twice by 

 Captain John Bocline and once by Mr. J. P. M. Richards. 



At the request of the various regiments we publish the 

 score in detail of the winning teams at the late Grand Match 

 held at Creedmoor on the 8th of this month. 



FIRST DIVISION MATCH. — COMPETITION III. 



Won by the Twenty-second Regiment Team. 



4*200 

 yards. 



Lieut. Horsfall [22342 



Lieut. Dunning |3 2 3 2 2 



Sgt. Maj. Roux 13 3 3 3 3 



Dr. Maj. Strube |3 3 2 2 8 



Sgt, Murphy '2 2 4 2 3 



Sgt. Maguire 3 2 3 2 2 



Sgt. Freeman 3 3 2 3 4 



Pvt. Backer \2 3 2 3 2 



Pvt. Lockwood 



Pvt. Barry 



Pvt. Cocks — 

 Capt. Harding 



3 4 2 2 3 



2 2 2 2 



3 3 3 2 3 

 3 2 3 4 2 



Arm, Remingtoa. 



Total. 

 IX 

 12 

 15 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 15 

 12 

 14 

 8 

 14 

 14 



155 



At 500 

 yards. 



3 3 2 

 4 



2 2 8 3 3 



4 2 4 4 

 ,20034 

 2 3 



3 3 2 3 2 



2 2 2 3 3 

 

 3 3 4 2 



3 4 3 3 2 

 3 



Total. 



8 



4 

 13 

 14 



9 



5 

 13 

 12 





 12 

 15 



3 



108 



Grand 

 Total. 



21 



16 



28 



27 



22 



17 



28 



24 



14 



20 



29 



17 



