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FOREST AMD STREAM. 



Massachusetts— Boston, Walnut Sill, March 32.— At the 

 regular meeting of the members of the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association, at Walnut Hill range, Saturday, there was a large 

 attendance of members, as well as friends from other clubs. 

 A lart;i; number of spectators from W'uburn and other places 

 were aloo present. The wind was fresh from the east, and 

 bothered the riflemen considerably, although some succeeded 

 ia making excellent scores in spite of the disadvantages pre- 

 sented by the weather conditions. Interest centred in the 

 " Winchester Rifle" series, in which there were fifty-eight en- 

 tries at 200 yards : 



4 4 4 4 5 6 



4 4 4 4-1 



4 4 4 4 4 



4 4 4 



w Poland 



W Charles 4 5 



C EdwarclB 4 6 



JBOBborn 5 S 



,) Bj'arker 4 8 



BWLaw 4 4 



HEJepson 4 4 



R DavlB 3 4 



LL Hubbard 4 4 



C A Parker 4 4 



KB Souther 4 4 



JNPrye 6 4 



J F R Kchaeier 3 4 



EBBar.j 5 3 



WBGuerrier 4 4 



n Mortimer 5 4 



OR Griffin 4 J 



444464446 4 4 



4 6— OS 



4 4—66 



4 4-65 



4—65 



r, 04 



444446644456 4— & 

 6-63 



6—63 



e— lis 



4 4 4 5 5 4 

 4554444446 



4 4 4 5 .4 4 



4154444354' 



5 4-6 



46444 4 444544 4—62 



4 4— 62 



3 4— «a 



4 3—62 



4 4—60 



4 4— HO 



% 4—54 



44444444544 

 45406543866 



44444454 8 6 4 

 34454 4 444 4 4 

 44444444443 

 434464445S 



■Boston.— SWM batter shooting 

 of the month at this gallery, 

 !30 for eight consecutive bull's- 

 'he best scores stand (150 feet, 



M L Pratt 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4— 37 



G MeKenzle..-.3 5 4 4 4 4 5 8—36 

 XV 11 KoBtariCk .5644445 6—30 

 C TJ Merges.... 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6—35 

 G A Fletcher.. .5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6—36 



UABent 6 4 1 i 4 4 6 5-115 



A W Kobtnscm.5 4 4 4 S 4 4 5—36 

 FrankHFrjc.4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4— .15 



.445444 6— SO 



.544444 5—80 



.645445 3—30 



.544444 4-29 



Maximotu Bulb Gallery — . 

 has been done the third week 

 though the extra prize of $! 

 eyes has not yet been.won. Tl 

 rounds 8, possible 40): 



FHollls 5 4 5 8 6 6 5 5—39 



Goo Lamb 4 455566 5—38 



F, S Tobey Jr... .5 4 4 5 6 5 6— 3S 



C Edwards 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4-38 



ALEames 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5—87 



W Bradford 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 6-37 



Geo K Everett. .5 6 5 4 4 5 4 5-37 

 Q JFoye 6 6 4 5464 6—37 



Walpolb Amatktjr Rifle Club.— At the annual meeting 

 of the Walpole Amateur Rifle Club, the following officers 

 were elected : William Moore, President ; Wm. II. Pray, 

 Vice-President j W. Glover, Secretary and Treasurer. Di- 

 rectors— Wm. Moore, W. H. Pray, W. Glover, R. 8. Gray, 

 T. H. Gray, E. Reader, Jr., H. P. Blake. 



Medford. — Bellevue Range was thronged on Wednesday 

 afternoon, the weather being fine, and some good shots were 

 made. The occasion was the third competition in the classi- 

 fied matches for March. The following are the scores made : 

 First class. 



JBOsbom 6 5 6 4 4 6 5—33 



J B Oaborn (re-entry) 5 6 4 6 5 6 4—33 



CHRussell 6 6 4 6 4 6—33 



C H Rusaeil (re-entry) 4 5 5 6 4 4—82 



H WUbington ... .....j 5 4 5 4 4 5 6—32 



H II D Cusnlng 4 5 6 5 4 5 4—32 



J H Barnes 4 4 4 6 4 6 6-31 



j H Eames (re-entry) 6 4 6 4 5 5 3—31 



EWyman 4 5 4 4 4 6 5— 31 



B Wyman (re-entry) 5 5 4 4 6 4 4—31 



J Steele.. * 4 6 4 5 5 4-31 



J RTeele (re-entry) 5 5 4 4 5 4 4-sl 



WEGuerrler * 5 4 4 4 4 4—29 



Second class: 



GHHowe 4 4 4 5 4 4 6-30 



G 11 Eowe (re-entry.) 



BHnnt - 



EHunt (re-entry) 



E F Kendrlck 



There were eighty-four re-entries. The Medford Rifle 

 Team have sent a challenge to the Bergen Point team, to 

 which no reply has as yet been received. 



CoxTXwaicvT—CollinsoiUe, March 20.— At a regular meet- 

 ing of the R. & G. Club, held to-day, the following scores 

 were made by the members ; off-hand, 200 yards, 10 shots : 

 Mass. Creed. Mass. Creed. 



j -Hamilton ioa * 7 J L-aubensteln 84 38 



OBHttflL • »' *'* J G Case 79 38 



JD Andrews S3 41 J raster 64 84 



Empibb Rifle Clob.— In an all-comers' match, under the 

 auspices of the Empire Rifle Club, at Hastings' Park, on 

 March 10, the following scores were made : 

 wMFarrow * 66456648 6—47 



^wTodd :...:.::.:. 4 m u ( f u « 



^Dudley ,4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 6-44 



"ffSorl 4 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4-42 



•Kr-nWarri 5 43454544 4—42 



5m**u% •* j t* i* t a Hi 



TJTJiahpr * 44344645 4 — 11 



PHonon »-« 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4-40 



The Empire Club has an all-comers' match every Wednes- 

 day afternoon at the same place. Entries can be made at any 

 time on that day. 



Zbttler Club Pbaotioe, Mareh 18.— Creedmoor targets 

 reduced to gallery distance j 10 shots per man, possible 50 : 



<, n Tonior 49 R Zimmerman 46 



SSIEmL^ "■■ ,G CJiKlacr. 46 



T i iwr«T « FRGrohman 46 



MDon r'"'"." « HOelU 45 



ifS'sSrel 4S SDWtrd 43 



XJli"f 48 DColnane 4S 



AKMnm'e 48 F Faburus 43 



«VKw' « n Fisher 43 



GASebermau 46 L Trenbel 42 



B#etuer . « GHunzinger 42 



NflwYonii— Jamestown.— The Ohalauqua Co. Sportsman's 

 Association have fitted up a very neat gallery, and a member 

 savs of their practice : "We use the Frank Wesson .22 cal. 

 eun bored to .25 cal. by our President, H. V. Perry, and 

 think we now have as true shooting, and convenient a gun as 

 can be found. We have set apart two afternoons in each 

 week for ladies to visit the gallery with one or more members 

 of the association, and participate in rifle practice, two or 

 three of them having made as high as forty-five out of a pos- 

 sible fifty, standing up to it same as the men." 



New Jersey— Newark, March 19.— Weekly score of the 

 Newark Amateur Rifle Club : 



WO Gardner » * « | » g » » » £»0 



TifTTlll . 4 50550655 5 — id 



WPMci^od V... fl 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5-49 



{jSre . \ a 5 s 6 4 s % s 5 ts 



Union Bill, March 21.— First practice shooting of the Now 

 Yorker Bchuetzen Corps, Capt, D. G. Yuengling. Distance, 

 200 Yards: ring-targets of 25 half-inch rings; rifles, any 

 weight or trigger pull: 



ITK8* HISIUES. 



Geo Baier 10 15 15 17 19 23 19 U 1!) 19—169 



J ft Grobmanu ..82 Is 17 u in i 21 i BO 



UAKnnUu.li] I! l-i 1 !3 8 14 21 ' 



BZettler 22 22 20 U 14 14 IS 22 it 24—21)1 



Fli Klein 22 17 9 17 10 22 IS 21 23 13—172 



MW Furrow.. 21 28 23 26 23 20 21 23 21 21-221 



WmKlelu 20 n 13 22 s 2:1 IB 21 



John Brnmerhop 24 IS 21 18 10 24 20 20 16 24—194 



Nle Crusius 16 is 20 lb [s 16 .. SS 29 W-JfA 



('aptTuengliiig 13 14 19 Si 21 6 2 II 15 4—198 



Fr SVilmH 16 22 19 15 22 20 2 iJB 23 18—174 



Average per shot, 16 rings. 



SECOND SKIiiES. 



BZettler 18 22 25 25 19 IS 16 21 15 16—198 



G A Knndahl 23 21 19 24 14 17 6 22 !4 14-174 



JEGroimmnu 19 23 21 19 21 15 15 10 28 20—192 



J Brnmerhop 16 13 25 U 14 18 14 23 22 14—183 



MW Farrow 20 22 13 21 19 20 21 20 21 23—206 



Wm Klein 19 10 25 22 20 21 23 21 16 20—205 



PhKlCln 21 16 21 22 23 16 19 13 21 22—193 



Fr Wilms 6 25 24 Is 11 9 19 18 14 16—166 



Geo Baler 23 n 21 19 21 10 16 15 22 16—181 



FHtmer 19 .. 14 12 7 .. 21 15 12 1—101 



Average per shot, IS rings. 



The 33d annual shooting festival of the New Yorker 

 Bchuetzen Corps, Capt. Dav. G. Yuengling, will be held 

 August the 4th, 5th and 6th nest. 



A Close Fi&hx. — The long-talked-of rifle match between 

 Jake Levy, of the Zettler Club, and Cuss. Eiscman, of the 

 New- York Schuetzen Corps, took place at Zettler rifle range, 

 207 Bowery, on Thursday evening, March 20, for $25 and 

 refreshments for the members of Zettler Club. The follow- 

 ing is the result, 50 shots per man, 200 yards target reduced : 

 Jake Levy, 220 j Chas. Eiseman, 219. 



Michigan — East Saginaw. — At the nineteenth weekly prac- 

 tice of the East Saginaw Amateur Rifle Club to-day, the fol- 

 lowing scores were made (200-yard target reduced, possible 

 50): 



OaptWJShaw 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 4 5—47 



OCYawKey 4 6645 5 56B S-4S 



RFCorhyn 4 43456455 4—13 



J H Howry 4 44644444 5—12 



HHHamilton 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5—42 



F R Oaborn 4 48686444 5—41 



Ohio — Cincinnati, March 17. — The Cincinnati Shooting and 

 Fishing Club had their third competition for club prizes to- 

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

 First Class. 



MGenUitln 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4^3 



W Caldwell 5 4444 4 544 4—42 



LFender 4 44544444 4—41 



MLangdon 4 544434 5 4 4—41 



DTDlsuey 4 44453346 8-40 



GHenaon 4 44444444 4-40 



TJBftum...' 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2—37 



Second class. 



CMEpply 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4-Hll 



AKoehler 4 43445444 4—40 



WCanipbell 4 444441 4 4-30 



Chic aoo, March 22. — The regular weekly competition on 

 the Northwestern Rifle Range did not come off to-day. 

 Some improvements are being made on the range, which 

 made it necessary to postpone the shoot, and, in consequence, 

 the "Old Guard" among Chicago riflemen— the George H. 

 Thomns Club— have passed a very lonsesome Saturday after- 

 noon. We might have gone out on the Lake View Range, 

 where the members of our club have been always most cor- 

 dially welcomed, but that spirited and kindly organization is 

 just now busily perfecting plans for a new 200-yard range. 

 Roth clubs show a gratifying increase in membership, and 

 applications are still coming from the best men in the city. 

 The two organizations number at present about eighty good 

 men and true, and in the event of any mob disturbances here, 

 will make themselves felt as well as heard on the side of law 

 and order. Two companies of forty men each as flankers to 

 our splendid First Regiment, I. N. G. , would make a mob 

 of communistic rioters sick in a very short time. By the 

 way, that was a splendid score that Mr. J. P. M. Richards, 

 captain of your Seventh Reeiment rifle team made on the 

 burglars on the night of the 9th inst. Mr. J. E. Tilt, of the 

 Lake View Rifle Club, has presented a beautiful cup to be 

 shot for on the 24th of May, open to competition for mem- 

 bers of the two clubs. 



The Lake View Rifle Club at practice to-day made : 



Chas Catlin 4 4465 4 466 6—46 



JosTUt 5 64 4 46446 4—44 



Wm Burns E 44545444 4—43 



John Macautey 6 44455444 6—42 



Jas A Colchour 4 654444 4 4 4—42 



FHenroien 4 43645464 3-42 



Guests : 



S A Freeman 6 44555545 4—46 



DBFresman ■ 5 44544444 6—42 



hv. 



Thb Shelton Acxiliab? Rifle Barbel. — A Norristown, 

 Pa., sportsman, who has tested the auxiliary barrel, writes of 

 it: "I have tried it enough to satisfy myself that for 

 sporting purposes I have no use for any other rifle. I used 

 it several times during a day's brant shooting, and would now 

 on a ducking excursion as soon think of leaving my gum 

 boots at home as my auxiliary. I killed a brant goose at 200 

 yards, shooting from a rest, and I struck a loon on the wing, 

 fully 75 yards off, shooting in this latter case without sight- 

 simply as a shotgun. This, you may say, was chance ; but I 

 have killed a meadow-lark on the wing at 80 yards, ana an- 

 other sitting at 125 measured yards. These last were two 

 successive off-hand shots. I would exchange my trusty Par- 

 ker and my auxiliary for no other arm in the world." 



Another gentleman writes of two barrels used by himself 

 and brother: "We are very much pleased with them ; in 

 fact, I have s fld my regular rifle, having now no further use 

 for it. Having changed the rear sight into an open V sight, 

 although I am no expert at rifle shooting, I can now shoot as 

 accurately with it as I could with my other rifle. Having 

 repeatedly driven the nail off-hand at 80 yards, and while in 

 the woods have made excellent shots at 150 yards." 



The Auxiliary Barrel— In your issue of the Oth inst. 

 I noticed an article on the merits of the auxiliary rifle barrel! 

 I have used the auxiliary for some time, and fully agree with 

 Mr. Gushing, In wild fowl shooting I have found it espe- 

 cially convenient, while for deer thooting it has no equal in 

 the hands of average sportsmen, because it in an instant, con- 

 verts his trusty breech-loader that he is accustomed to use 

 into a flr9t-class sporting rifle. What I have found especially 

 noticeable in it is the uniformly good practice made at mov- 

 ing objects by persons not accustomed to the use of the rifle. 

 I would not part with my 10-bote Parker, with its auxiliary, 

 for any other gun in the world. D. M. Yost. 



Norrtitmn, Pa., March, 22, 1879. 



PENNSYLVANIA RIFLEMEN. 



A weekly paper of Philadelphia, Pa., urges very strongly 

 upon the riflemen of the Keystone State' the hurrying up of 

 their organization. The original call was responded to by a 

 dozen clubs and officers elected as follows : President. W. fl. 

 Rauch, member of the Keystone Club 5 Vice-President, J. M. 

 Hoot, of the Pennsylvania Club ; Secretary, John Barry, "E" 

 team, Second Regiment; Treasurer, A. B. Parker, Norristown 

 Club. A committee are now busy in drawing up a plan of 

 organization. The same paper urges a series of tournaments 

 to be held each season, one in May, one in July, and one in 

 September, to be contested by teams from each club, enrolled 

 or affiliated with the State Association. Under such arrange- 

 ments there would be a gala time indeed, and this manly and 

 scientific amusement would in a short tipc become as extreme- 

 ly popular in Pennsylvania as it now is in Massachusetts, 

 New Yorlc, New Jersey, Connecticut and California. Then, 

 again, every team would shoot the same day and under the 

 same conditions, and at the end of the year, the team wliich 

 succeeded in recording the highest total of points iu the three 

 matches would by their superior skill be justly entitled to the 

 Championship of the State of Pennsylvania. 



Philadelphia boasts quite a number of Rifle Clubs, which 

 have mostly been organized within the last year or two. The 

 Keystone was the first to organize, having been formed by a 

 party of gentlemen who met for pleasure, calling themselves 

 the Twentieth Ward Rifle Club. In a little while the name 

 was changed to the "Keystone," with quite a number of 

 prominent business men on its roll. The riflemen have met 

 with considerable trouble in getting a proper range on which 

 targets could be set up from 100 to 1,000 yards, and at the 

 same time within convenient distance of the city. This diffi- 

 culty, however, will be partly met when Company C., Oth 

 Regt., New Jersey, N. G., gets possession of the promised 

 parkin Camden, formerly known as the Camden Schutzen 

 Park, wliich will be fitted up by the State of New Jersey with 

 club houses and a range from 100 to 500 yards, with the possi- 

 bility of 1,200 if desired. The Philadelphia clubs doubtless 

 will be invited to shoot on this range, and the matches of this 

 summer will be principally shot there. 



The Keystone Rifle Club grounds, at Sanger Park, will be 

 improved, and a shooting house erected as soon as the weather 

 opens. The club is in a flourishing condition, containing 

 some 25 active and 35 contributing members. The officers are 

 as follows : President, B. Tomer ; Vice President, Wru. 

 Bower; Secretary, A. J. Kensil(977 N. 6th street) ; Captain, 

 P. A. Schemm ; Vice-Captain, L. J. Scunners. 



The Pennsylvania Rifle Club consists of some forty active- 

 members, who have shot some very creditable matches, par- 

 ticularly last summer. Among the members are some of the 

 best shots in the city. Their Captain is Dr. Price ; H. H. 

 Woodruff, Secretary (633 N. Broad street). 



The Girard Rifle Club is composed of gentlemen living in 

 the northwestern part of the city, and have an active list of 

 twenty members, who are most all shooters. Their officers 

 are as follows : President, Jas. Childs ; Captain, W. F. Wal- 

 lace; Ykc-President, Juo. Helling; Vice-Captain, H. Taylor; 

 Treasurer, Major Hclliug; Secretary, Chas. Hinckle (1,306 

 Girard avenue.) 



The Social Gun and Rifle Club. The membership of this 

 club are gentlemen of this city, who summer at Eiverton, N. 

 J. , where they have a range. They intend going into practice 

 at 200 yards, as soon as the season opens. The officers are 

 Capt. Elleson, and secretary T. Perot Ogden (314 Vine 

 street). 



The Norristown Club is one of the crack clubs, and have a 

 range on an island in the Schuylkill opposite Norristown. 

 Their Captain is A. B. Parker, of Norriatown, who is a most 

 enthusiastic rifleman. 



The West Philadelphia Club iB composed of gentlemen" 

 living on the west side of the Schuylkill. They have their 

 range at Stokes', on the Darby road, at Angora. Secretary, 

 F. Warden, 741 Spruce street. 



Company E Team is composed of members of Co. E, 2d 

 Regt,, N. G. They shot the first match last summer with the 

 Keystone. Their Secretary is John Barry, 800 Chestnut 

 street. 



Company C, 6th (N. J.) N. G., is made up of members of 

 Co. C, Oth New Jersey Regt., who live in Camden. This 

 team is quite popular in Philadelphia, they having shot sev- 

 eral fine matches there last season. Their Uaptain is Geo. 

 Reed ; A. J. Millieth, Secretary, Camden Post-office. 



^Hchting and Routing. 



HIGH WATEK FOR THE WiiFK. 



Date. 



Boston. 



Seu York. 



Charleston 





n. M. 



B. M. 





MCtt. 2« 



10 29 



7 00 



6 22 



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11 04 



T 60 



7 US 



Men. 22 



11 40 



S 28 



7 39 



Mch. 23. 



Morn. 



9 69 



S 12 



Met). 24 , 



13 



8 31 



8 44 



Mch. 25 .. , 



45 



10 04 



9 11 



Mch. 26 



1 IS 



10 41 



9 57 



YACHTING NEWS. ^ 

 u1 Nova Sootia Yacht Squadron.— Through the exertions 



F. O. Sumichrast, Esq., Honorary Secretary of the club, 

 the Department of Marine of the New Dominion will issue 

 Certificates of Competency to yacht owners capable of pass- 

 ing the examination iustituted for Masters in Ordinary as at 

 present required of merchant captains. The examination is 

 voluntary ; only yacht owners are elllgfble, certificates apply 

 to the yacht owned when examined only, specified length of 

 sea-service is not exacted, the fee charged is $10. The hold- 

 ing of such a certificate will give the owner official standing 

 and recognition as a competent fore and aft seaman and navi- 

 gator for all waters at home or abroad. 



Columbia Yacht Club.— The Columbia Yacht Club is 

 coming into prominence among the junior metropolitan clubs, 

 and its adhesion to Corinthian principles will secure 

 for it popular favor and an increased fleet. It was 

 organized 1867, incorporated a year after, and now 

 possesses a fine club house and conveniences foot of West 

 Eighty-sixth street, North River. Initiation fee $5, and 

 monthly dues $1.25. Concerning the adoption of Corinthian 

 rules by this club, their nature and to what they must lead, 

 we will have more to say anon. The club deserves the sup- 

 port of all who desire to "ace honest yachting take the place of 

 machine jockeying, which now has its strong-hold reduced to 

 New York waters only, but which shows signs even of givin 



