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Medfobd AmAtSOBS.— The third of the -winter-shed class 

 meetings of the Medfbrd Amateur Rifle Team occurred 

 Wednesday, Feb. 10. at Bellevuc Range, at which time, not- 

 withstanding there was a severe snow storm prevailing, the 

 following scores were made : 



First Class. 



n Wellington l Hi! 



H Withlngtou (re-entry) 4 6 4 5 E 



II II t> lu-Mug 



II H D enshing (re-entry) 5 * 4 '* * 



R Sawyer * 4 r, r. 4 



R Sawyer (re-entry) 4 5 4 4 4 



.1 H Barnes -I I 6 5 E 



.1 II Karnes (re-entry) -4 5 1 4 i 



HHDavla J 4 G 4 -i 



H H Davis (re-entry) 4 4 5 4 5 



Second Glass. 



.1 Barker 4 4 5 s 4 



JThonias 5 4 5 4 n 



TMrd Class. 



GBGU1 5 5 5 5 5 



a a Howe , i 5 I i i 



The fourth meeting took place Saturday, Feb. S3 : 



First Class. 



H K lilehardson 4 5 6 8 6 4 5—38 



II li RlcllBTdSOn (re-entry) B 3 4 5 5 



I' H Russell 1 5 5 5 :, 4 4 4— 82 



■ i i r -1-5.-^11 (re-entry) -1 J 4 5 6 6 4-31 



J U Kamos 4 



J 11 n anies (re-eutry) ft 



R Sawyer 4 



Second Class. 



.iHTeele B 4 5 5 4 4 5-32 



J K Teele (re-entry).. 4 5 5 8 5 5 4—31 



Jliarker 4 4 4 5 5 S 4-ffl 



WGTousey 4 t 5 5 6 4 4—31 



Third Class. 



EFKemlilck 4 5 5 3 4 4 4-29 



KF Remind: (re-entry) 4 4 3 4 4 3 5—37 



At 10 o'clock, Feb. 33, the shooting in the Bergen Point 

 match came off with the following score : 



Bergen Point Pane Association. 



JTBCollins fi 6 4 ' 



JFKathyen 4 S 



Thos Ciim-oy 4 5 



HJStllson 4 5 * 



Br Dart S 5 1 4 



AVredenburg ...4 4 4 4 



HMelgt. -lr 5 I 4 i 



Fred Schilling l 4 4 4 4 



J08immonds 4 S 4 4 4 4 4 



ADniine 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 



Medford Team Bergen Point Match. 



B K Richardson 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 



II S Harris 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 



R sawyer 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 



JHEames 5 4455 3 5 



H fl D Cashing 4 4 



II Withingwn 4 4 



c II Russell 5 5 



W Q Tousey 4 4 



.IB Teele 4 4 



WP iletcall. 4 4 



At 3 P. m. occurred the shooting in match with Chicago 

 team with the following results : 



iledford Team— Chicago Match. 



II K Richardson 4 4 



R Sawyer 5 4 



C H Russell 4 4 



II S Harris 3 4 



Hllll Cushiun i 3 



JR Teele. i 4 



H Wlthtngton 3 4 



J H Barnes 4 5 



4 4 5 5 4 5 4-44 



4 4 4 5 4 4 5—13 



6 6 4 4 4 4 4-43 



4 4 5 5 4 3 4-43 



4 5 4 4 4 



-I 4 



6—43 

 5-42 

 6—41 

 5-41 



5-40—423 



5—46 



4 5 4 5—43 



4 4 4 5—43 



5 4 4 5—43 

 4 4 4 4-42 



4 4 4 5—42 



5 4 3 4— « 

 4 4 3 4-40 

 4 4 5 *— 39 

 4 4 2 2—36—116 



5 4 5 4 4 

 5 4 4 3 5 



4 4 5 4 4 



4 3 4 4 



B 4 4—43 



4 S 5-44 



4 5 4—42 



5 4 6-42 

 4 4 6 — 11 

 4 4 4— 89 

 4 3 4—33 

 4 3 4— 3S— 324 



— The annual meeting of the Riverside Rifle and Gun Club, 

 Pittsfield, Mass., was held February 31, and the following offi- 

 cers elected for the ensuing year: Pres., Dr. Wentworl.lt ; 

 First Vice-Pres., R. P. Burbank; Second Vice-Pres., H. R. 

 Piersou; Third Vice-Pres., P. P. Partington ; Sec'y, F. H. 

 Leonard; Treas., W. W. Tracy; Capt, J. H. Wood. 



Connecticut — Bridgeport. — The officers of the Fourth 

 Regiment, C. N. G., resolved in January last to prcscut to 

 Capt. S. C. Kingman, Inspector of Target Practice, some 

 token of their appreciation of his efforts to improve and en- 

 courage marksmanship in the regiment. At the ball of the 

 Sedgewick Guards, held here on the evening of the 31st, Col. 

 Crofutt presented the badge made for the committee by Hayes 

 of Newark. It is a suspended telescope, from which hangs by 

 links a long-range rifle. From this two crossed swords are 

 suspended by a heavy chain, immediately under which is a 

 medal of the Roman style, in the centre of which is a target 

 on an onyx. At the top is the inscription, "4th Regiment," 

 and at the bottom the letters " C. N. G." On the back is the 

 following inscription : "Presented to Captains. C. Kingman, 

 I. T. P., by the officers of the 4th Regiment, Feb. 22, lb'79." 

 The badge is a beauty and the recipient may justly be proud 

 of it. Capt. Kingman has been making a torn- of the com- 

 panies of the regiment scattered through the southwestern 

 portion of the State, and has been giving instruction in aim- 

 ing and position drill. He reports 'that he has been well re- 

 ceived and that good attention is paid by the members and 

 officers of the command. 



New Yomc—Morriscmia, Feb. 23.— Match at 200 yards ; 

 Creedmoor target : 



Alder 1 54 4 45555 5-46 



Donaldson 4 54454544 5—15 



Fanning 5 44456445 5—45 



Todd 4 5454 4 554 6—45 



Howlett 4 4 5 5 5 B 4 S 4 4—46 



Davids 4 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 &— 44 



B-anlap 4 44455454 5—44 



Davis 4 44554554 4—44 



Holton 1 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5—44 



Fisher 8 554564 4 5 4—44 



O'Donnell 4 44444654 4— fi 



Joiner 4 4444 3 455 6—43 



VDBly 43 6 3 4 4-14 4 5—41 



Gourlay 4 5454 4 443 3—40 



Case 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3—39 



Robinson 3 3453 3 354 3—36 



Frank 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3—33 



The {average of the seven New York Club men who took 

 part in the contest was 43 G-Tths ; the average of the six men 

 of the Empire Rifle Club was 43|ds. 



New Yoek Rifle Clot.— A valuable gold badge, pre- 

 sented by E. T. Davis, was finally won February 20, 1879, 

 by A. J. Howlett. The trophy was shot for at the club's 

 weekly shoots, held at Conlin's Gallery, Thursday evening. 

 The competitions were open to the members of the N. Y. K. 

 A., to be handicapped according to the club's adopted system 

 of handicapping. The trophy to be won three times, not 

 necessarily consecutively, before becoming the winner's prop- 

 erty. Shooting to be done with .23-cal. rifle. Position, off- 

 hand; targets, 200 and 300 yards; targets proportionately 

 reduced for the range ; rounds, ten shots per target ; rules of 

 the N. 11. A. to govern. Highest possible score 100. The 

 winners' scores throughout the entire series of competitions 

 are evidences of skill for a rifleman to feel proud of, while the 

 record of a large percentage of the contestant indicate but 



little difference in the degree of proficiency between the win- 

 ners and the losers. The following is a list of the names and 

 scores of the winners of the different competitions for the 

 trophy : 



300 tarda. T'l. 



1 -..49 46 95 



" 28 W H Dlllllap IS 46 94 



Dee. S FredkConlin 48 46 94 



" IS 1< O Full'll-illl -17 47 94 



" ;i) i- !.• rillm 1. .lr 11; 43 S9 



" so No'Donneil it 47 94 



19 T Bite is 40 as 



'1 A -J KOWiett 47 49 96 



" 1H TFir/. 4S 47 96 



" S3 1 11 llfftfr 411 M 90 



" to S 1' Wells 15 41 92 



Feb. 6 F J Donaldson 47 45 92 



" 13 SD Bljaenburgl 48 47 95 



" 20 A.IHowleit SO 47 97 



Bbppereeldt Rifle Club— Jtfem York, Feb. 20.— Creed- 

 moor rules ; possible BO : 



John \V Adams 47 John Haas 43 



John Mcautz , ig LB 43 



MKeru in CM navm „ 43 



-Ill ChDColen 42 



Er liouzmann i.=> e:ii Lutug 40 



-. r. i- v. .:..-.!: ;:'.i 



'>'. in ;- 'iii'.-liii -ir. \v ,1 i.eary 311 



Isaac Harrison 45 .1 c hum hers 



.1 Egan 41 Decker 



John McCoy 44 j Hougland 37 



Th Regan 43 li Ratliendurg 



GG Walters 18 



Zkttlkb Rifle Club— Weekly match; Creedmoor target 

 reduced to gallery distance ; Feb. 1 1 ; possible 00 : 



MLKiggs 13 B Zettler 45 



D Miller 4^ H Oehl 45 



W Klein 47 O A Sohurman 41 



il 11 Bngel 4ii J Levy 44 



JDutil 46 F Patterson 42 



MDorrler 40 DCulhane 4-2 



!1 I man 47 C Rcoht 40 



CO Zettler.... 46 L Treute. 40 



SB Ward 47 F Farbarus 40 



J Regies 4(1 C. Vollers, Seo. 



Kifle Club Election.— At a general meeting of the New 

 York City Sehuetzen Corps, held on the 13th inst., at Germania 

 Assembly Rooms, an election of officers took place with the 

 following result : Captain, John F. Gerdes ; Secretary, F. 

 W. Schumacker; Financial Secretary, W. Brueckmana ; Treas- 

 urer, H. W. Cotdts ; Custodian, Arch. Watts ; Ord. Sergeant, 

 J. E. Meyer ; Quartermaster, Gust. Hy. Gerdes ; Shooting 

 Masters, John W. Schneider, Wm. Raub j Fin. Committee, 

 Hy. Bisehoff, G. F. Wahrenberger, John Bchacht ; Collector, 

 A. Siebert. The shooting festival of the above Corps will be 

 held July 14 and 15 at Jones' Wood. 



The Gallery Record. — The best recorded short range 

 gallery score has just been made by Mr. Fred. Alder, of this 

 city, who, at Hillwig's gallery, last Monday evening, out of 

 forty consecutive shots made thirty-nine bull's-eyes. The 

 position was off-hand ; the rifle a Ballard, and the ammuni- 

 tion that of the Winchester Arms Company, where the two 

 targets are now on exhibition. 



Tkojan Rifle Clitb.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 Trojan Rifle Club have established headquarters and a 75- 

 foot gallery at 88 Congress street, where visiting marksmen 

 will be always welcome. Excellent scores have been made at 

 the gallery, the best of which we give in detail : 45 5 5 5 5 

 5 5 5 5—49. We use a Ballard rifle .23 cal.; 1-inch bull's- 

 eye. On Thursday, Feb. G, at the Vail Avenue Range, 200 

 yards, German ling target, with a muzzle-loading rifle, Mr. N. 

 W. Irving made the following remarkable score, which we 

 give in the order it was shot : 25 24 23 23 25 24 24 18 30 

 25—231. On Feb. 13 occurred our monthly competition with 

 the following results : Geo. Grammell, 198 ; T. H. Dutcher, 

 195 ; H. Out-fee, 192 ; O. Dexter, 190 ; P. Tobin, 189 ; Geo. 

 Folock, 189 ; Dr. Bousted, 18G. T. H. 



Troy, N. 7., Feb. 18, 1879. 



Washington, Feb. 23.— The Columbia Rifle Association 

 shot a series of all-comers' matches to-day over the range at 

 Benning's Station. The first of the series was a contest at the 

 200 and 300 yards targets, which resulted in a tie of 49 be- 

 l ween Mr. James B. Burnside and Mr. J. M. Partello, the for- 

 mer making 23 and 20 and the latter 28 and 31 at the two tar- 

 gets respectively. The medal was awarded to Mr. Burnside, 

 as his score was the greater at the further target. Mr. Par- 

 tello easily won the medal for shooting at the 500 and 600 

 yards targets, his score being 34 and 33, a total of 67 out of a 

 possible 70. The record at the long-range targets, as tar as 

 made, was as follows ! 



„■«-,, „ 800 yds. 900 yds. Total. 



J H T Partello 73 69 14? 



CoU OP Buraside 72 04 136 



JPLauritzen 04 01 125 



DjrSeotc , 63 61 124 



Complete darkness interrupted the shooting here, and pre- 

 vented the firing at the 1,000 yards range, which will be taken 

 up next week. The day was gloomy and cloudy, and during 

 the filing at long-range bail and snow fell. At the close of 

 this last contest Mr. Partello was six points ahead of his near- 

 est competitor for the long-range prize. 



Illinois — Chicago, Feb. 15. — Rifle club of the George H. 

 Thomas Post. G. A. R. ; regular weekly shout at the 200- 

 yard range. A new supremacy badge was presented to be 

 shot for, the winner to hold it until the next weekly compe- 

 tition. The wind was strong and gusty at 2 o'clock ; the 

 score was as follows : 



Frank Hyde 6 44445445 4—43 



SMTyrrell 4 5 4-155444 4-43 



G 4 5 3 4 6 4 5 4 3—42 



W II Chenoweth 444445466 3—42 



D 11 Freeman 4 4 5 3 4 6 5 4 4 3—41 



JAFreemun 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 8 4 3—40 



JAtOrdway 4 43344454 4—39 



JCBoreherdt 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 6 3—39 



4 4 5 444334 3—38 



LHDrury 4 43443 2 43 4—35 



As Mr. Hyde did not belong to the club, comrade Tyrrell 

 wears the badge during the coming week. Lu. 



Chicago vs. Mevvord.— Chicago, Feb. 22.— The Lake View 

 Rifle Club in its match with the Medford, Mass., Club to-day 

 made the following score at 200 yards : 



James A C'olehour , 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4-42 



W 11 Cheuowetii i 4 5 4 4 fi i : 1 IS 



1. Drury 4 44 4 B 6644 6—42 



HO Bradley 4 44446444 4— 41 



-JK'tLI 4 4 4 14 4 3 4 4 6-40 



iTilnsanley ..3 434435 s s -1— m 



OCatiln E 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4—39 



JW Foster 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 5-39 



— George H. Thomas Rifle. Club, Northwestern Rifle Range, 

 second competition for supremacy badge; 300 yds.; wind 

 strong at 0:30 ; score : 



T rn-ell » 5 5 4 5 S 4 :. 6 4— to 



DB Freeman i 4 3 545444 4—41 



Kellogg 4 4 4 4 4 3 -1 4 4 6—40 



.1 4 Freeman i 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 B 



r.'iv.lu nil 3 5 4 3 4 4 3H 



Clark 4 45344044 4-35 



Lu. 



Michigan— East Saginaw, Feb. 15.— Fifteenth weekly 

 practice of the East Saginaw Amateur Rifle Club; 300-yard 

 target reduced, possible 50 : 



Capt w J Shaw 4 55555454 4—46 



CuTawsey 4 4 4 4 4 4 r> 1 5 4—42 



KFCorbyn 2 5445344 4 4—39 



J U Donry 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4—3!) 



J.H.H.,Seo. 



—Mr. A. H. Weston, Assistant Secretary of the National 

 Rifle Association, has prepared a work which is now in the 

 hands of Harper Bros, for publication. It is not a rifle man- 

 ual, but it treats fully of a subject which Mr. Weston, from 

 his experience of a number of years as the conductor of 

 matches and meetings at Creedmoor, is fully able to give au- 

 thoritative information upon. It will treat of the organiza- 

 tion of rifle clubs and the laying out of ranges; the varieties 

 of targets and their construction, and the management of 

 matches. It is to be very full in detail, and from "the thou- 

 sands of letters which have poured into the National Rifle 

 Association, the author has had a very clear idea of the sort 

 of information needed. 



GrBH Sights.— In reply to "A. J. H." in issue of Jan. 30, 

 1879, 1 would say that William Malcolm & Co., Syracuse, 

 N. Y., formerly manufactured the best rifle telescopes in the 

 world, adapted to either breech-loader or muzzle-loader. 

 The prices range between $30 and $55, according to finish. 

 I have used them both for hunting and target practice, and 

 they leave nothing to be desired. De Fobeest. 



IN SEASON IN 



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FEBRUARY" 



Hares, brown and gray. 



Wild dnck, geese, brant, etc. 



FOB FLORIDA. 



Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock:, Quail, Snipe, Dncks and Wild Fowl. 



"Bay birds" generally, Including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surl birds, phalaropea, avocets, 

 etc., coming under the group Limacolce or Shore Birds. 



Wild Rice.— We call the attention of numerous corres 

 pondents to the advertisement of wild rice seed for sale. No 

 time should be lost in securing a supply for spring planting. 



Dcok Dboots. — As the duok season is close at hand, de- 

 coys come into request. Those who wish to provide them- 

 selves will find an excellent article advertised in our paper by 

 H. A. Stevens, of Weedsport, New York. 



A New Ball fob Trap Shooting. — To the making of 

 new inventions there is no end ; the best in use are destined 

 to be superseded by something better. This is in accordance- 

 with the law of progress. In the great struggle for prece- 

 dence and ascendency men cannot long remain stationary or 

 idle. Success can only be reached and secured by constant 

 watchfulness and work. The improvements that have been 

 made in balls and traps since the introduction of the first pat- 

 terns, are very great, but none are so marked and ingenious as 

 that which we bring before our readers in our advertising col- 

 umns this week. The features of this ball are such positive- 

 indications when hit ; as make disputes unnecessary; tamper- 

 ing with the balls, and consequent fraud, impossible ; no ob- 

 jectionable debris of glass or other material. We have simply 

 a wooden globe which is covered with a chemical paper or 

 fulminate. The slightest concussion upon the paper release a 

 a most conspicuous smoke, which indicates the hit. The 

 paper takes fire and is consumed during its fall to the ground, 

 leaving the bare wooden globe ready for another covering ot 

 chemical paper. Of course the ball can be used until it is shot 

 to pieces, when it must be replaced by another. We cannot 

 imagine anything more perfect for open air shooting. It will, 

 have to be proved whether the large volumes of smoke emitted 

 from the balls will not make their use objectionable for in- 

 door practice. We copy from a circular placed in our hands, 

 by the inventor, Mr. C. V. Boughton, of Titusville, Pa. : 



1 . It is unmistakable in its results, even though hit with a 

 single shot, as it throws from it a puff of smoke about the 

 size of a man's body, and dividing itself into three parts, viz.: 

 The wooden ball and two burning paper caps, winch are en- 

 tirely consumed by the time they reach the ground. 



3. They leave no broken glass upon the ground to injure 

 cattle, horses, etc. , but can be used upon your lawns without 

 leaving any marks when your shooting is done. 



3. It only requires about twenty wooden balls to shoot a. 

 match of 1,000 or more, as they are thrown back to the i 

 and recapped ; thereby saving cartage. 



4. One thousand of these balls — that is, covers— are packed 

 in a box abont 15 inches square, instead of taking four barrels 

 as in the case of glass balls, thereby saving trouble, breakage 

 and freight. 



5. These balls require no judge or umpire in the closest 

 c Detests, as they will not ignite by falling upon the grass, but 

 if hit in the air, with even a single No. 10 shot, will show 

 signs that no gentleman can dispute, as the smoke is so vivid 

 to all (the shooter included) that it leaves no chance for a dis- 

 pute as to the result. 



These balls have been tested upon long distances with the- 

 . result: 



The longest distance that "Paine'sthin feather-filled ball" 

 was broken was 70 yards. At 90 yards it was cracked, but 

 not broken. The explosive ball worked perfectly at a d is I 

 of 100 yards. These balls were all placed on the topi 

 stake. Tests show that about one-fourth of the glass bajla 

 are really hit but not broken. 



Each ball is made of two colors, and the effect in the air is 

 very pleasing. 



These balls will be ready for shipment the coming seaaon x 



