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FOREST AMD STREAM. 



The wind-up night of the tournament brought two more 

 teams together. The Zettlers are a powerful club, 

 ;1 team was barely second inaro. 

 leaders of the first night, while the Newark club, with Bach 



a man as Hayes in its ranks, cannot be I . body. 



Averages of 4G made through the evening, and only two shots 

 of the Newark men strayed from the centre circle, and the 

 total showed as follows : 



NewarK Amateur Rifle Team— Wm. Hayes, Capuiti. 



J F Hill 4 5 6 S 5 4 S 6 5 6-4S 



W Hayes 4 S 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 ±-48 



WC Gardner 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4—46 



FS Harrison 5 4 4 5 5 4 9 s 4 6— IS 



F Hrown 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 »— 46 



a Han man 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5—48 



JLTobra 4 66444663 5—46 



V Hesse Jr S 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4—45 



WPMeLeod 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5—45 



JBayer 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4—44-460 



The Zettler men went in to win, but though they could tie 

 on total, the N. R. A. rule of tie decisions left them out of the 

 lead, they having three shots in the inner circle out of the 100 

 fired at the bull's-eye. M. Engel acted as referee. 



Zettler Rifle Club, 2d Team— N. D. Ward, Captain. 



A E Moore 4 5 5 5 6 4 



RZimmerman 4 5 5 5 5 5 



J Levy 5 5 5544 



LGBatea 4 4 5 5 5 5 



FFabarios 5 5 3 4 8 5 



LFTreubel 5 5 4 6 5 4 



H Oehl 5 4 4 4 5 4 



OASharmaa 8 5 5 5 5 4 



D Gainaue 4 6 4 4 5 4 



NDWard 5 4 4 5 6 4 



5 5 5—43 



4 5 6— J? 



5 5 4—41 

 5 6 5— 47 

 5 5 4—46 

 5 4 5—46 

 5 6 5—16 

 4 5 5—45 



- 



8 5 J— 44-460 



^ The match had now closed ; 1,000 counting shots had been 

 tired, of which 494 were bull's-eyes, and among the rest a 

 single outer, and not a solitary miss. No accident had hap- 

 pened to the weapons, aud the excellent character of the am- 

 munition from the Winchester and Union Metallic Works 

 was evidenced by the uniformity of the work done. The list 

 of prizes included the ten gold monogram badges presented 

 by the Forest and Stream and Rod ahd Gun ; an American 

 Express rifle, the first one ever manufactured in thi 

 presented by the Winchester Arms Company ; a Ballard 

 sporting rifle presented by Schoverling & Daly: a gallery 

 rifle presented by the RemiDgtons ; two badges pre 

 S. M. Shepard ; a fine revolver from the Union Metallic Cart- 

 ridge Company, and a similar weapon from Schuyler, Hartley 

 & Graham. The summary of the shooting gives the order 

 of merit as follows in the possible 500 : 



Zettler Rifle Clrjb, first team 475 



New Tort Rifle club, first team 4CS 



Newark Amateur Clot 451) 



Zettler Rise Club, second team [60 



Hellwig Rifle Club 454 



Catholic Institute or Newark 44] 



Seppenf eldt Rifla dab ,us 



Empire Rifle Club 433 



'■:■;";■■'.■." :■■,".- ■.'■! : .-, 



South Brooklyn Rifle Club 4:;:, 



Average score, 450 s-10 

 The presentation of the prizes on Tuesday evening took 

 place at the gallery, and drew together the leading shots of 

 the several teams. All were satisfied with the work done, 

 and with pleasant words from Judge Smith— hiruseit an ex- 

 cellent marksman— the evening passed in the mo 

 manner, and the tournament went into record as the best 

 general exhibition of off-hand shooting yet made. 



Massachusetts— Medford.— The following are the best 

 scores made at the first meeting of the March series at 

 Bellevue range ; 200 yards : 



First Class. 

 Henry Withragton r, 44545 4— Si 



B DaVlS 4 4 4 5 4 



CH Russell 5 4 4 4 4 



A B Archer 4 4 6 4 4 4 4— 28 



E W Archer 3 4 4 4 4 4 4—27 



Second Class. 



J Barker 4 s 5 4 4 1 4— A 



KP Willie 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— 28 



AT Howard 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— 2S 



Third Class. 



OTPerry 4 4 3 4 4 4 4—27 



S A Brown 4 4 4 3 8 4 4— 26 



Boston, March 15. — There was a good attendance of mem- 

 bers of the Massachusetts Rifle Association and visitors from 

 other organizations of the same kino from a number of the 

 adjoining towns and cities at the Walnut Hill range to-day. 

 The weather conditions were fair, but the wind, which blew 

 with force, caused the marksmen considerable difficulty. The 

 best scores made in the "Winchester Kifle" match stood : 



C Edwards.. 4 



E B Souther 5 



WHJactson 6 



Jli Oaborn 5 



N .1 Stepnens 5 



W Poland 5 



w e Querrier 5 



H Tyler 6 



II L Lee ; 6 



CUMeigits 5 



jNFrje 4 



N Kinsman 4 



GSRice 4 



KDjvis -4 



J RShaeler 4 



DF Hunt 2 



CRGrlflln 4 



4 4 4 4 4 



4 5 5 5 4 



64544445644 

 565464 2 54 4 4 

 45344545535 

 5 4 445453654 

 54444444444 

 44864646434 

 444443444 4 4 

 44444 3 45444 

 44444444544 

 44544443445 

 ) 4 ., ! -4 5 4 i 5 4 4 



444 5554434445 

 3434 3 446544 5 4 



"32334 2 364 



5 4 5— 69 



5 4 4-06 



5 5 4—66 



4 4 4—i 5 



4 4 4— A3 



5 4 4—63 

 5 4 4— 64 



4 4 5— ',2 



5 3 4—1,2 

 4 3 6-61 

 3 4 4-fil 



4—60 



) ..,.. 

 4-457 

 4— « 



Boston.— The regular monthly prize shoot at the Mammoth 

 Rifle Gallery is progressing finely. The second week 01 the 

 month was even better than the first. For the second week 

 the best scores are : 



5 1 i 6 6 5 5 5—38 Frank U'lilis.. .5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5—35 

 B MoKetizle....c 344-4 4 



ALEames 4 6 4 4 6 6 5 6—37 WUKmk,; !.....;■ ' 



V. Bradford... .4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5-87 C TJ MeiggS. . . .5 4 4 4 4 4 



C Edwards 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5-37 G A Fleteii- r. . .6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5-35 



G B Everett.. ..6 56 446 46— 37 G A Beni 5 4 i 4 J ; . 



(i J poyfi 66464545—37 A 11 RoblUSOn..S 14 



II L Pratt 5 4 45555 4-37 F H Frye I 



Medford— The second of the March series of competition 

 class matches occurred on Wednesday ; good weather. The 

 following are the best scores made out of fifty-eight cutties : 

 First Class. 



HHD Cushirjg 5 4 



CH i-.usBell.... 5 4 



cij Busseli (re-entry) i r, 



5 5 



ngton (re-entry) ..4 5 



11 < 



■5 4-SJ 



6 4—31 



3 3-31 



4 4— SI 



a (re-entry) S 445 



4 4 4—30 



. 5 4 4 4 







4 4 5 5 



C nathnway (re-entry) 4 44544 4—98 



II 4 4 4 4 5 5 4-30 



« 4 4 4 4 6 4-2S 



B.ecdnil 



ES Piper 5 4 4 5 4 4 5—31 



ESPlpar (re-entry) 4 44445 4— 29 



KFKendrick 4 4 5 4 4 4 5-Sd 



£ F lieudnct 4 15 4 3 4 j,- 23 



OoifSBOHOUT — OoWmMSU\ March 0.— At a regular meeting 

 of the Canton Rod and Gun Club, held to-day, the following 

 scores were made off-hand, 200 yards, 10 shots : 



Ma«s, ! Mass. Creed. 



OB Hull '.is 44 J Hamilton S4 38 



John Paster so 41 Henry JB Hoore. .. ss 40 



J Laubenstetn SS 40 Henry Konold 70 36 



On the 13th hist, the score stood : 



Mass. Creed. Mass. Creed. 



O B Hull 94 41 J Laubenstetn 8(1 40 



J Hamilton 92 42 H Konold 



•I D Andrews 90 40 John Pfister 73 31 



New Club. — A club has been formed at Jamestown, N. 

 Y., for the prosecution of sport aud the protection of game, 

 with the following officers : Pres., H. "V. Perry ; Yice-Pres., 

 Samuel G. Love; Sec'y, A. R. Barton; Tress., R. H. Burns. 

 The club has a shooting gallery fitted up; target, 8-inoh 

 bull's-eye and 4-inch rings, reduced from 200 yards. Among 

 their best scores are the following ten — ten shots out of a 

 possible 50 : H. V. Perry, 49 ; D. W. Prosser, 49 j R. H. 

 Burns, 49 s Samuel G. Love, 43 ; W. J. Fenner, 48 ; W. S. 

 Jenkins, 48; H. W. Watson, 48; S. W. Ayers, 47; A. P. 

 Ward, 47; D. J. Langworthy, 47. 



—The politicians are firing preliminary paper billets at each 

 other, and next week we shall publish the challenge from the 

 Fifth to the Ninth Assembly Districts of the Fifth Senatorial 

 District, with the scores to be made on Monday evening, 24th 

 inst., at Hell wig's Gallery. 



New Jeeskt — Union Hill. — A practice shooting of the 

 Jersey Schuetzen Corp took place last week at Union Hill 

 Schuetzen Park ; distance, 200 yards ; off-hand ; ten shots ; 

 25 ring target : 



MaxB Engel 2li J H Raschen 164 



G Zettler 203 F II Jacob! 168 



Wm Hayea 2<j0 Her u Raschen 151 



Capt A Erraisch 161 A SteSens 124 



AAppel 113 Dr 8 Lienau lis 



Each of the above received a prize from $5 down to 00c. 



— The Jersey Schuetzen Corps held a practice shooting the 

 12th inst., at Union Hill Schuetzen Park ; distance, 200yds , 

 at Mnch ring targets ; ten shots each : M. Engel, 212; Chas. 

 Zettler, 199; John Raschen, 197; and Jacobi H. Raschen, 

 F. Hansen, Jul. Demke and others. Next shooting takes 

 place the 26th. 



— The members of the New York Schuetzen will also 

 begin practice next Friday, the 21st inst., aud continue every 

 other Friday. Open to all comers. 



—The Board of Directors of the United Schuetzen Park of 

 Union Hill, N. J., elected, at their meeting of the 7th instant, 

 Mr. Henry W r ollens, of Hoboken. Superintendent of said 

 Park, in place of Wm. Walbaum, who resigned. 



Washington, D. O. — At a recent meeting of the executive 

 committee of the Columbia Rifle Association, Commander L. 

 A.Beardslee, IT. S. iv; Alvey A. Adee, chief of the Diplo- 

 matic Bureau, State Department ; H. W. Rlman, of the En- 

 graving and Printing Bureau, and Benjamin Chambers, ma- 

 chinist, were elected active members of this popular rifle or- 

 ganization. All of the above named gentlemen have stood 

 argets at Benning's recently and showed their 

 skill with the rifle. 



Omo— Cincinnati, March 9.— The Cincinnati Shooting and 

 Fishing Club had their second competition for club prizes to- 

 day ; distance, 200 yards; position, off-hand: 



First C 

 W Oaldwell.8 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6—43 D T Disney.4 4 4 ., 5 4 4 4 4 4-42 

 L Fender... 4 4 4 5 4 4 S f> 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5—42 



■X 3 Bantu . .4 4 4 4 B 5 5 4 4 4-83 W fl 13 3 4 4-33 



11 Gendeitn.l 44466636 4—43 



ind Class. 



Tjarisfois— I/ike View, March 15.— The regular weekly shoot 

 of the Lake View Rifle Club came off to-day. 800 yards. 

 Score : 



Colebonr 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5— it 



Cram 4 6 4*4444 i 4—41 



■nil I -1 3 4 4 5 .5 4 4 4—41 



Ttradley 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 r . 4—41 



Maeaoiey i 343444 



Bums 5 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4—39 



Uenrotln 4 s 3 3 44424 4-35 



Chaltteiu 3 3335 3 5 



March 15.— The Thomas Rifle Club, at the North 

 , tie Range to-day, made a score as follows. Dis- 



15 shots ; wind strong at 2:30 : 

 reth 5 5 4 4 r, 1 4 i 4 5 6 ;; 4 4 B— 65 



4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 8 4 4— e4 



I A Freeman .A 4 4 6 4 6 4 S 5 4 4 -4 4 4 4 — f;:-i 



IiHDrury i 444345464445 4 4-62 



HP. Freeman 4 4 4 454l44544g4 3-01 



,1 W Morse 3 333444434 44 3 4 4—54 



4 3 4 4 4 9 4 6 13 4 4 4 4-54 



4 43344223 3 



Ln. H. Dhuey. 



Michigan — Wptst iiaginaw, Marcli 8. — At the eighteenth 

 weekly practice Of the Amateur Rifle Club to-day th 

 -e-.c made, 200-yaid target reduced, poasi 



l -Haw 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 5 4 5-46 



CCYawltey.... i 4 6 4464666 ' 



l; F Cornyu 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4—43 



FROsborn ■'■ 5 5 4 4 6-' 



M 4—43 



UU Hamilton 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4—40 



A DoiTBTrao Thomas.- Denver, Col 38— Editor Forest 



< .- In your issue of January 



[i irnsi 



men from Wastiingtuii, D. C , Sir, Partello making the 



i in a snow sto 



i 

 do these gentlei i 

 Just think of it ; "snowing, loo. Only for the Bfc 

 might have scored them all. Now, Mr. Editor, allow us to 



say, and hundreds of others here in the West, who fully 

 intsin rifle shooting, that we don't 

 believe (at this altitude) that the score was ever made. Any- 

 way, the aforesaid gents can't, make the scores mentioned at 

 200^yards in fair weather, for money, soap or marbles, and 

 they can name the amount they wish to shoot for. 



C. Cove and W. Y. Skdam. 



A Range Scenb.— Any range and any time. — The regi- 

 ment was ordered out for target practice, and to the unspeak- 

 able disgust of the instructor, the soldiers made bull's-eyes on 

 barns and centres on the planet Uranus. 



''Gimme that rifle, you cross-eyed son of an old smooth- 

 bore Tower musket," yelled the instructor, " and watch me '." 



He fires and misses the target, the bullet striking about two 

 hundred yards short, and a quarter of a mile to the right. 



"That's the way you gawks do," said the instructor calmly, 

 putting in another cartridge ; " never make any allowance 

 for windage — pay no attention to your elevation — nothing." 



He fires again, and sends the bullet over the target. 



■• And that's the way some more of you do — get a good aim 

 on the mark, but when you pull your trigger, up goes your 

 muzzle, and the ball goes up among the little stars and all 

 around the moon, fair regent of the heavens." 



Fires again, and makes a bull's-eye. 



" And that's the way you ought to do 1" 



!{# and f§fivt\ 



FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH. 



SOUTHERN WATERS. 



Pompano, TV- us GiOTrpeT,SpiJwp7ielpusnigrUus. 



Drum (two species). Family Scias- Trout (black bass), < 



- Lwtjamte btaekfordti. M. f/aUUvs. 



Fisn ra JIabket— KETAin Pricks.— Baas, 15 to 20 eenta; smelts, 

 10 ; bine fish, 12 ; salmor, 35 ; shad, per pound, IS ; white perch 

 15 ; green turtle, 15 ; frost fish, 8 ; halibut, 18 ; haddock, 

 codash, 6 ; blacklist!, 15 ; flounders, 8 ; eels, 18 ; lobsters, 10; 

 scallops, per quart, 80 ; whitefiah, 15 : pickerel, 15 ; salmon front 

 20; moscalonge, 18 ; red snapper, 12)^; hard crabs, per doz., 35 



— Brooklyn anglers will find a full assortment of all kinds 

 of tackle at E. D. Madison's, 501 Fulton street. 



—As the trout season is about to open, Mr. Chas. F. Mur- 

 phy, of 76 Burnett st., Newark, wishes it understood that he 

 is still in the field and is ready to furnish to order as good a 

 split bamboo rod as can be found in the market. We have 

 used his rods for a number of years and found them give 

 perfect satisfaction, 



Uuvemionts of the Fisiiikg Flmet.— -Only G fishing ar- 

 rivals have been reported as this port the past week, 1 from 

 the Banks with 50,0001bs. halibut, 4 from Georges with 56,- 

 OOOlbs. codfish and 5,0001bs. halibut, and 1 from New Bruns- 

 wick with frozen herring. The stock of fish is slender in all 

 departments, and the market firm. — Cape Ann Advertiser, 

 March 14. 



Nbw York— Eldred, Sullivan Co., March 10. — Fishing i 



good here now ; pickerel, perch and pike are the kinds caught. 



The weather was too cold through the winter months to fish 



on the lakes, or ponds as they were called. The ice is 18in. 



thick. The streams in this town were cleared of racks last 



year and we expect good brook trout fishing in April. 



J. M. B. 



T 



Good Material foi; Rods. — I should like to inquire if 



any one has ever used the wood known as shad-blow or shad- 

 flower (Amelanchier canadensis, is it not, Mr. Editor?) for rod 

 making ? I have rods made from bamboo, Jancewood, green- 

 heart, ironwood, etc., but, aside from split bamboo, 1 think a 

 rod made of well-seasoned shad-blow will hold its own with 

 lliem. All of my rods are of my own make, and I 

 have always selected the wood with great care. I nave a rod 

 that I made this winter, the but and second joint of shad- 

 blow and the tip of split bamboo. It is lift. 2in. in length, 

 l 1 weight, and when joined I can hold the but and tip 

 in one band. Shad-blow, like all tough and springy woods, 

 low growth and is very close grained. I should like to 

 hear if any one besides myself has used this wood and what 

 they think of it. Shad-blow. 



bot or Moonlight on Fish— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 I have read the various articles on " Moonshine" with much 

 interest. As some of the laud sailors seem to scout the idea 

 of baneful effects from the rays of the moon, allow me to 

 ;: - known to me. In the year 185;!, when run- 

 ning in a bark between San Francisco and Humboldt Bay, 

 our provisions consisted trip, in most cases, of 



elk meat purchased at Humboldt Bay, and invariably hung 

 up in the rigging, covered with canvas. Upon two occasions, 

 when two hind quarters from the same animal were hung up 

 side by side, the crew some time in the night uncovered one 

 of them to cut off some pieces for bait for the numerous fishes 

 following in our wake, and neglected t canvas 



covering. In the morning the cool: meat had 



a slimy appearance, but not suspecting anything, cut off sun- 

 i.i cook for breakfast. The result was that the 

 whole ship's company were made sick, myself included, 

 tap tain, on inspecting the quarter of meal 



fleet of the moon's rays, and ordered it to 



be thrown overboard ; but the mate, ridiculing this idea, di- 



, ieward to slice off more , bb dinner, 



and at the same time two of the ere .Led meat. 



The result was' that all three were made extremely sick, with 



symptoms resembling those of i vomiting. 



The rest of the crew, who ate liuru the other 



. , . .rim the one that remained 



until our arrival in San Francisco. 



en in the China seas two oi three instancsi 



the rays of the full moon, 

 being attacked With " moon blindness," that 



. although perfetctly sol e day time, 



kg after a time wore off. Although not supersti- 

 tious, I fully believe in the baneful effects of the moon's rays. 

 I think that thesi effects are more prevalenl in the tropical 

 i the Pacific and Indian oceans, and only 

 Cosoha. 

 New Bedford, March 14, 1878. 



