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FOREST AND STREAM. 



'MOTHER CAREY'S 



For Forest and Stream. 

 CHICKENS." 



DEDICATED TO THE LITTLK CROSS-WALK SWEEPERS. 



TT7HEN (storm clouds, with their pinions dark, 



V V Swoop down before the gale, 

 And wildly toss'd, the staggering bark 



Sends nnder shortened sail; 

 As toward the longed for, distant home. 



The stout ship ploughs her way, 

 O'er yeasty waves and scattered foam, 



The web-foot wanderers stray. 



Light as the hubbies of the wave, 



They flutter round the track, 

 And crumhs of comfort mutely crave, 



From weather-beaten Jack; 

 And none may tell the hidden nest 



That waits each tiny form, 

 Eocked on old ocean's heaving breaat, 



The nurslings of the storm. 



So, when on laud, the wintry blast, 



Rain lade:i drives along, 

 And home-bound men are hurrying past, 



With eager heart and strong, 

 Then "Mother Cai'ey" broods appear 



On cross-tracks by the way, 

 And tiny patterers draw' near, 



In search of food that day. 



Let not the pittance be denied, 



Some crumbs of comfort throw, 

 As o'er life's waves we safely ride, 



If winds blow high or low. 

 We may not mark the hidden spot. 



Where shivering storm-birds dwell ; 

 But bread thus cast is ne'er forgot 



By One who knoweth well. T. W. A, 



any 



FIRST MATCH. 



OPEKING OP THE RANGE OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, JUNE 



21, 1873. 

 This match was open only to members of the Association, and had 45 

 competitors. Distance, 200 yards; position, standing; weapon, ai 

 military rifle; rounds, five, with privilege of two sighting shots. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR NAMES OF RIFLE . 



R. M.— Remington Military. Spg.— Springfield. 



R. S. — Remington Sporting. Ber. — Berdan. 



Shr.— Sharpe. Bal.— Ballard. 



W. B.— Ward Burton. Win.— Winchester. 



May.— Maynard. _ * 



Name. 



J.O.Bush 



C.L. Fincke,23d Reg. 



E. H. Madison 



Lt. Anderson, 4th N. J 



O. Schneelock 



L.H.Brockway, 22d R 

 W.J. Harding,22d R. 



L. F. Brill..: 



J. H. Sterns 



A. J. Roux, 22d Reg. 



W. S. Gales 



J. Magner, 22d Reg . . 



J.Bodine 



P. Klein 



L. S. Brower 



Lt. Smoot 



J. Ryder 



F. E. Harlow 



F. H. Holton 



D. Cameron,79th Reg 



J. E. McEweu 



J. P. M. Richards,7th 



f*. 



R, M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 Ber'n 



2= 



43423 

 32333 

 32333 

 33233 

 33242 

 23432 

 33223 



32332 



22224 

 22332 

 32322 

 33330 



20322 

 33220 

 22222 

 22032 



Name. 



A. S. Fowle, 2d N. J. IR. M. 

 L. Backer, 22d Reg. . R. M. 

 S. I. Kellog, 23d Reg.|R. M. 



A.V.Canfleld,22dKeg 



Col. Roehr 



G. Schalk 



Gen. Dakin. 



A. Cocks, 22dReg... 



J. Rein 



L. C. Bruce 



G.Edmgton,79th Reg. 

 Col. J. L. Hitchcock. 

 W.J.Carmichael, 32d. 



T. Lloyd 



A Alford 



P. I. Meehan 



Lt. Merritt 



Maj.G.M.Smith,7thR 

 Lt.Lentilhon, 7th R... 



Lt. F. W. Bacon 



F. Dorsev 



Lt Park 



SCORE. 



R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 32030 



&2 



22302! 9 



02223 9 



23022 1 9 



23220 



32223 



02232 



03204 



03320 



B. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 B. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R. M. 

 R.M. 

 R. M. 



ARM. 



23020 

 02023 

 20022 

 02202 

 02202 

 00230 

 03002 

 00202 

 00220 

 02002 

 00202 

 00030 3 



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— ♦ — 



THE SCORES. — FULL DETAILS OF THE MATCHES FOR 1873. 



IN accordance with our intention as expressed in our 

 article on Creedmoor in the issue of the Forest and 

 Stream of November 27th, we publish to-day official .scores 

 of the matches at Creedmoor, commencing June 21st, and 

 will continue giving the scores in successive numbers of 

 our paper, until the whole of the scores made are com- 

 pleted. Heretofore, no account has ever been produced of 

 these matches available to the public, so that means could 

 be afforded of making comparisons as to the shooting. It 

 is true that some of the records we publish to-day do not 

 present any very remarkable merit, (we refer to the shoot- 

 ing of various regimental teams,) but it must be kept in 

 mind that before the first general meeting of the National 

 Rifle Association, held in June last, the range at Creedmoor 

 had just been opened. Many of the competing teams used 

 their rifles in the range on that occasion for the very first 

 time, and were without any practice. 



Regimental organizations, represented by their teams, 

 when they compare their shooting at their debut in June 

 with their later efforts in October, by examining the scores 

 as published by us, cannot but derive great satisfaction 

 from the fact of the rapid progress they have made during 

 less than four months. It will also be a matter of great in- 

 terest to compare the scores made at the commencement of 

 our rifle practice at Creedmoor with the early Wimbledon 

 contests. 



The presentation of prizes by our contemporary, the 

 Tttrf, Field and Farm, by the Amateur Rifle Club, and by 

 the Messrs. Remington, have very much aided in keeping 

 up the general interest at Creedmoor. The good effect of 

 off ering some object for competition every week at-Creed- 

 moor is manifest. Such matches have been easily arranged, 

 have been closely contested, and have given practice at 

 short range for off hand shooting, and at long range for 

 more careful rifle study. 



In an early number of our paper, we suggested the ad- 

 vantages to be derived by the National Rifle Association 

 by offering prizes such as medals, badges, cups, &c, in lieu 

 of money, and we are pleased to state that our suggestions 

 have met with most decided approval. If at Wimbledon 

 a certain amount of pounds, shillings and pence are attach- 

 ed to their contests, it is no reason why at Creedmoor we 

 should blindly follow a very bad example. To show how 

 highly the acquision of a simple prize is estimated by the 

 successful rifle shot, we need but give the example of the 

 Seventh Regiment. A couple of brass cartridge sheila, 

 when won by a member of this gallant corps at Creedmoor, 

 confers an honor on the marksman, giving quite as much 

 satisfaction to the possessor as if it was the decoration of the 

 Legion of Honor. It is then quite evident that it is not the 

 market value of any prize which is the incentive to be skill- 

 ful with the rifle, but the desire to excel in this manly, 

 sportsman-like and military art. 



A word should be said in regard to the excellent service 

 done by the Amateur Rifle Club, whose proceedings will 

 be found in another portion of the paper, where it will be 

 noticed that they have taken the initiative in regard to ac- 

 cepting the Irish challenge. In the Amateur Rifle Club 

 good individual shooting is attended to, but the rifle, the 

 various peculiarities of the arms in use, the varieties of 

 twist, the form of chamber, mechanism, shape of projec- 

 tile, weight of charge, differences of sights, influences of 

 light, wind and temperature, are all carefully discussed and 

 studied by the various experts of the Club. As with all mil- 

 itarv organizations and officers at Creedmoor, the name of 

 a manufacturer of a rifle is a secondary question. If a 

 Queen's Anne arm would make a single point better on a 

 match score than the most improved modern rifle, such a 

 gun, no matter what its antiquity, would be ^used, and the 

 productions pf the modern gunsmith's art' would be cast 

 aside. 



4 2 3—16 Rem. Mil. Rifle. 



WINNERS. 



First prize.... J. O. Bnsh 4 3 



Second prize.. Chas. L. Fincke, 



(23d N.G.N. Y)... 3 2 

 Third prize.... E. H. Madison. .. .3 2 

 Fourth prize . . .Lt. Anderson (4th 



N.G.N. J.) 3 3 2 3 3—14 



Total Competitors. Total Points. 



44 409 



SECOND MATCH. 



This match had thirty-five entries, and was open only to members of 

 the National Rifle Association; distance and position same as in first 

 match; weapon, any rifle weighing less than ten pounds and excluding 

 hair triggers and telescopic sights. 



3—14 Rem. Mil. Rifle. 



3—14 Rem. Mil. Rifle. 



.Rem. Mil. Rifle. 



Average. 



9.06 



Name. 



ta 



John Hiller 



J. O. Bush 



Lt. Anderson, 4th N.J. . 



Lt. Smoot 



Col. Hitchcock, 9th R. 



R.M 

 R.M 

 Win. 

 R.M 

 R.M 



23433 

 43323 

 23243 

 23333 

 33223 



W. J. Harding, 22d Reg R. M| 22422 



Name. 



W.J.Carmichaei,22d R.. R. M 



J. McEwen R. S. 



O. Schneelock R. M 



J. T. B. Collins Bal. 



A. J. Ronx,23d Reg. ... R. S. 

 J. P. Richards, 7th Reg. Ber. 



B. Burton W.B. 



S. J. Kellogg.23d Tieg.. May. 



D. Cameron l 79th Reg.. R. S. 

 L. Backer ,22d Reg R. M 



E. 8. Browe May. 



A. Alford R. S. 



WINNERS. 



First prize John Hiller 2 



15IT. Lloyd 



15 W. S. Gales 



15 1 F. E. Harlow 



14|E. H. Madison 



13 J. Bodine 



12 Col. Gildersleeve.. 



£ 



RM 

 R.S. 

 R.M 

 R. S 

 R.S 

 R.M 



233221121 ACanfield,Jr.22d RjR.M 

 23223! 12 A.S. Fowle, 2d N J.F'le 



23322| 12 



33222112 



30332 11 



20234J11 



40322 J ' 



22222 



32203 



32203 



02224 



32320 



Maj. G.M.Smith, 7tn. R.M 

 G. Edington,79thR:R.S 



J.Ryder R.M 



L. C.Bruce |Bal. 



J. Roebuek |R. M 



R.M 

 R. M 

 R. M 

 R.M 



II 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



SCORE. 



3 4 



J.N. Winslow 



F. W. Bacon 



Lt . J. Lentilhon . . 

 Col. Roehr 



02332 

 33202 

 30223 

 33003 

 20232 

 23022 

 23300 

 20222 

 22022 

 22220 

 23030 

 2222u 

 22022 

 03022 

 02202 

 00022 

 00202 



RIFLE. 



3—15. . . Rem. Mil. Rifle. 

 3-1J ...Rem. Mil. Rifle 

 3—15 ... Winch 1 strRiflff 

 3—14 ...Rem. Mil. Rifle. 



Second prize.. J. O. Bush 4 3 



Third prize.... Lieut. Anderson.... 2 4 2 

 Foutth prize... Lieut. W. S. Smoot. 2 3 3 

 Total Competitors. Total Points. Average. 



35 349 9-97 



THIRD MATCH. 



National Guard competition. Open to teams of twelve from each reg- 

 iment. Distance 200 yards standing, and 500 yards any position; weapon, 

 the rifle used by the regiment to which the competitors belong; rounds, 

 Ave, with two sighting shots at each distance, no one failing to score 

 eight points at 200 yards being eligible to compete at 500 yards. 



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