192 



FOREST AMD STREAM. 



First class. 



unnCusli'ng 5 5 tH.f 6 5 6 5-41 



KK Rlclmrdaon 5 n j 6 5 5 G 4 i s n 



CHRasseil 4 B '1 -1 r> 5 6 4 5 5—18 



Second class. 



jHEaraca 6 554554 4 4 r, — 4n 



WQTouseS 4 46644446 5—41 



HS Harris * 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4-44 



KWvman.! 4 44441646 B-« 



J R ThcIc -1 r > « M U 41 5-43 



GHIIowe 4 4 -1 4 4 4 4 6 1 4-41 



DN Howard 4 4B 11 44444 5— 11 



KB Piper 5 I 4 4 :i 4 5 4 4 4-41 



WEGIbhs 4 4 4 4 3 4 8 4 4 4-8S 



WPMetcalf * S 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 B-3S 



Tuird clase. 



EFKemick 8 554545 4 5 4—44 



FE Garden 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4-43 



GBGill 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 ' 



FATucker 4 6 a 2 3 4 3 



The following are the winners of prizes in the " March 

 series ": First class— First prize, J. B. Osborn, CO ; second 

 prize, II. H. D. dishing, GO; Ihird prize, H. Withington, 65. 

 Second lass-First prize, E. S. Piper, 61 ; second prize, G. 

 H. Howe, 60 ; third prize, E. F. Kcndrick, 59. 



Connecticut— CoKfott/iMe, April 3.— At a regular meeting 

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

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

 shots i 



Mass. Creed. Muss. Oeefli 



T T) Andrews 1«S 4R O B Hull SS 42 



jHamlltoT V - : F Lews PS 41 



At the meeting last week the scores were : 



nnnnll 94 41 J D Andrews S2 38 



Y won, i inn •-'••• 43 W Mills 81 40 



JlftuBeSaieii.. 84 41 J Pflster 61 85 



New Haven Rifle Association.— There will be a prize 

 meeting of the New Haven Rifle Association at Quumipiac 

 Range, near New Haven, to-morrow, commencing at nine 

 o'clock a m. There will be "all-comers" and "military 5 ' 

 matches "pool"' shooting, etc., at- the 200-yard and 500-yard 

 ranges ' In the matches, cash prizes will be given in the. pro- 

 portion of one prize to each ten entries, and re-entries will be 

 allowed. 



Naw York Mn .it.uiy Hiflk Fuactice.— General Wingate 

 under date of March 27, issues his preliminary circular, for 

 the season of 1870. The experiences of the several pro- 

 ceeding s:ason is seen in the more business-like grasp of the 

 subject and the succinct directions given for the work in 

 hand. He says : 



It is recommended that the sbooting in each Division should 

 commence with a day devoted to practice for the Marksman's 

 Badge by the present Marksmen, and those known to be like- 

 ly to qualify. This practice should be optional. Those who 

 o.ualil'v are not to shoot further but may be required to act as 

 instructors, or to perform any other military duly required by 

 their officers. All others must shoot through the regular 

 classes prescribed in the Manual, and are prohibited from 

 firiuff in any class to which they do not belong. 



The allowance of ammunition and transportation having 

 h"cn limited, no pains must be spared to obtain the best re- 

 sults with what is available, and with the greatest saving of 

 time to the officers and men. The detainments sent to (he 

 ranges should be no larger than can be conveniently handled 

 during the time available, and all the details ot their practice 

 carefully arranged beforehand. The men should he instructed 

 as much as possible while waiting ttolr "un to shoot, and 

 should have their sights blackened, and lr?r correct eleva- 

 tion and windage given them before gob 6 tv il-e firing points. 

 All Inspectors of Rifle Practice should use their utmost ex. 

 ertions to cause the various companies of their commands to 

 be thoroughly instructed in position and aiming drill before 

 the drill season closes. ^ 



It is a waste of ammunition for men to shoot more than 

 twice at the same distance in any class on same day. 



In view of the limited amount of transportation and ammu- 

 nition available, the rule prohibiting musicians from shooting 

 is to be strictly enforced by all Officers and Inspectors of 

 Rifle Practice. This rule includes drummers. 



Whenever practicable, the estimating of distances should 



be 8cOTes, C in 'class firing, should be kept by an officer or non- 

 commission officer of a different company from that bring, 

 is to be recognized, except in the case of separate companies. 



Any amunition may hereafter be used in all matches for 

 prizes offered by the State. 



No score made by any ofneer or man, in class firing is to 

 be recognized, except when made at a target to which he has 

 been regukr'y assigned, and where his name bad previously 

 been entered upon'a score blank. All must stand upon the 

 first scores made iu any class. 



One-half the allowance of ammunition will be issued to 

 each organization on receipt by him of the shells for the first 



18 Attention is called to the loss in re-loading, arising from 

 the shells returned by the various organizations not being 

 forwarded promptly, and in good condition, to the Chief ot 



r They C should be thrown in water directly after firing, and 

 allowed to remain until the powder crust is removed. It is 

 better, but not indispensible, to dry them, Special pains 

 should be taken to prevent their being beet or crushed. 



A deduction of one cartridge will be made Iroui the allow- 

 ance of each organization for every three shells not returned, 

 or returned in bad order. 



Sbi-pekfeldt Rifle Club-W«o York, April f-Creed- 

 moor rules, 200 yards, target reduced possible 50 : John 

 W. Adams 47; Henry Jaehne, 47 ; W. Beppenfeldt, 47 ; 

 John Rein 46: A. H. Anderson, 46; John Maher, 46; Max 

 Kern 46 • P. Brennan, 44 ; Isaac Garrison, 43 ; Er. Holtz- 

 mann' 43; E. T. Mander, 43; Owen Fitzpatrick, 43; John 

 Chambers 43; Er. Vooth, 43 ; O. Rasch, 43; Chas. Jaehne 

 42; G. C. Walters, 41; O. Decker, 40; Chas. Lamg, 3b ; J. 

 Haeland 25. The South Brooklyn and the Seppcnteldt rifle 

 clubs will shoot a match on Wednesday, April 16, m Seppea- 

 feldl's gallery, 177 Bowery. 



—Hellwig announces a weekly shootiDg at his gallery, 221 

 Sixth avenue, every Saturday from 1 to 12 p. m at point 

 Targets reduced for gallery distance. The price wi 1 be h liy 

 cents for ten shots, and half of the money paid m during the 

 shooting to go for shooting expenses and the other halt to be 

 eoualy divided on the whole number of points made during 

 fhP t me of shooting, as above stated. Mr. W. Milton Far, 

 row has given a medal to the person making the highest score 



in ten shots during the time of shooting, at three different 

 days, not necessarily consecutively. The point target is a 

 two-inch carton divided into three equal parts, the outer 

 counting 1, the inner S, and the centre 3. Shooting to be 

 hand With ri lie, globe and peep-sight, trigger to 

 pull two pounds, 22 calibre. 



Zettlkh Rifle Cute, 207 Bowery.— Ten shots per man ; 

 Creedmoor targets reduced to gallery distance ; possible 50: 



MBEneel «> Henry Oebl 47 



so u Miller ir, 



!• l't-iinlujr 50 O Zettler 46 



II Bumsinger 49 G A Schurman 48 



4s II Z iifter 4il 



A a Moure 48 Wm Klein 45 



K Zimmerman 48 F Faharus 45 



4T K Rathbone , 45 



17 ND Ward 43 



MDorrier 48 DHeoht 43 



C. Vollobs, Seo. 



New Jebsey Statu BifLB Association.— At the annual 

 meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, held in 

 , i be following gentlemen were elected to fill vacan- 

 cies: Col. Edward H. "Wright, Hon. B. A. Vail, Major F. 

 Frelinghir, ' - rV H. Inslee, Chas. B. Squire and 



Frank it- , I I reorganized by the election of Col. 



Edward H. Wright, President, Capt. W. H.BeHart, Vice- 

 President ; II. F. Anderson, Treasurer, and P. Bonuett, Sec- 

 retary. At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Di- 

 ISdinst., it was decided to open the Brinton 

 . . the loth of April, with a competition at 

 200 yards, open to all comers, for the Remington rifle, which 

 e] and won once by Messrs. Wm. Hayes, 



W. II. Farrow and A. J. Howlett, to be followed on Satur- 

 iliir, A pi -il 10, with the fourth competition for the Ballard 

 rifle. Open to 1 all comers, 300 yards. Programmes will be 

 distributed in a few days, giving particulars of further 

 matches, of which there will be two in each week, on Tues- 

 days and Sa; urdays, at 3:30 r. m. All local trains on Central 

 Railroad of New Jersey, and on the Newark and Elizabeth 

 branch, will stop at Brinton Range. The Board of Directors 

 have decided to add 200 feet to the width of the range, which 

 is now 400 feet wide, and put up len more targets, pro- 

 vided said improvement is sanctioned by the State authorities. 

 The National Guard of New Jersey are now being instructed 

 in armory practice, and will be ordered to the range as soon 

 as the weather becomes suitable. The Board of Directors at 

 tneir last annual meeting fixed two dollars as the fee for an- 

 nual membership. 



VJBcram.— Bklmond, April 5.— The following score made 

 to-day in a match by Mr. C. J. Stokes, with a Ballard rifle 



.38 cal., demonstrates very clearly that for 200 yards this cal. 

 will do as good work as a .40 cal. The target used was the 

 German twenty-five ring target; the trigger pull, 31bs.: 20, 

 34, 19, 33, 25. 1C, 21, 23, 33. 22. 23, 19, 24, 22, 25—331. We 

 are now negotiating for a beautiful place in the West End. 

 We will soon have a range equal in natural beauty to any in 

 this country. Z. 



Ohio— -Cincinnati, MarcJa— The Cincinnati Shooting and 

 Fishing Club had their fifth competition for club prizes to- 

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

 First class. 



T.Tllanm 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 6—45 



WHslI 6 43444644 5-42 



4 44443645 5-42 



WOallw.-ll 6 44 4 44435 4—41 



V iiiJ.i 4 454344 4 4 5—11 



4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—40 



L Etnder 3 44444444 3—88 



Second etas?. 



K Kn, tiler ,.. 4 5 5444444 6—48 



I TOpI,.„«. 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5-41 



N&b Orleans, March 55.— Frank Hyde, of New York, who 

 has been here for the last fe W days, shot a match at Frog- 

 moor this afternoon with Messrs. Glynn and Selph, of the 

 Crescent City Rifle Club. The scores were as follows: 

 Dudley selpli. 



SIK] 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 4-66 



(IllO 5 D455555 5 54 5S4 5— 72 



1,1,(10 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6—72—210 



Prank Hyde. 



fOO 3 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 3 5 4—64 



SIOU 5 5 6 1 5 2 6 4 2 3 2 6 5 4 6—01—125 



1,000 Withdrew. 



Wm. ArmB. 



S0Q , ,.3 B 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 5-C6 



2 14 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 5-63— 12S 



1,U00 Withdrew. 



CiiicMin, April 5.— The regular weekly practice of the 

 Thomas Post. Club had to bo omitted to-day in consequence 

 of some defects in the butts, which are being remedied as 

 rapidly as possible. It is also doubtful whether the Lake 

 View boys are out on their range to-day. Their new range, 

 which will be opened on the 12th iust, is now so nearly 

 completed that one can form an idea of its comfort and con- 

 veniences, and I think it will be one of the most pleasant and 

 best arranged short ranges in the country. All the riflemen 

 I have seen since the reception of the Forest ant> Stbkam 

 of the 3d inst. have expressed themselves most favorably in 

 regard to the views of Mr. Farrow on "Position" for long 

 range shooting. The back position, "with feet to the foe 

 and face to the sky," seems to us about the last position a 

 soldier should take. It handicaps persons of the physical 

 conformation of the President of the New York Rifle Club 

 and the Secretary of the Thomas Post Club, who, in the 

 back position, cannot see anything less than 500 feet in 

 height at 1,000 yards, in favor of the captains (Blydcnburg 

 and Lyman ) of the two teams, whose slim anatomies are 

 scarcely .distinguishable from their weapons at a little dis- 

 tance. * The front position, with the krmpsack rest, recom- 

 mended by Mr. Farrow, seems altogether preferable to us. 

 We do no't consider the knapsack, to a soldier, iu the light 

 of an artificial rest, or at least any more so than it would be 

 to rest his rifle between the toes of his army brogans. 



Lc. H. Drdby. 



The Season of 1879.— An ex-captain of the American 

 team, speaking recently of the piospects for the opening sea- 

 son, said : 



A great many seem to think that interest in rifle shooting 

 is on the wane, while others (and these the best informed) 

 are of the opinion that interest in the movement is spreading 

 Widely Tome it seems as though the country at large had 

 but just arrival itafainl i ion of the vast importance 



of the movtinent to a people like ours, thoroughly republican, 

 distrustful of large standing armies, and wholly dependent in 

 time of war upon the citizen soldiery. Our people are just 

 beginning to understand how important in a country like this 

 is the wide diffusion of a knowledge of the use of arms, and 



nowhere cana knowledge of the use and power of arms be so 

 easily and well acquired as in the rifle range. What has been 

 done to give us increased facilities for, nlio practice this year ? 

 And, looking over the work of the past year, we find that 

 much has been done, too. For instance, in New Jersey, 

 mainly through the efforts of one of our veteran riflemen, 

 Major Henry Fulton, two associations have been formed and 

 put in successful operation. The first (the New York Rifle 

 Association) has a iange, Brinton, on the line of the New 

 Jersey Central Railroad, distant fifty minutes from New York, 

 the other on the line of the Erie Railroad, distant from this 

 city only twenty-five minutes, accessible by seven ferries, and 

 from all parts of the State of New York by seven lineB of 

 railroad- Being so near New York, this range (owned by the 

 Columbia Rifle Association) will be of great use to the New 

 Yorkers, and should be liberally patronized by them, as it 

 seems to meet the long felt want of a range so near the centre 

 of business that one can, with comparative ease, slip across 

 the river, and practice for an hour or two after businesshours. 

 The new association has a golden opportunity before it, if it 

 will realize the importance Of liberality in its arrangements 

 and dealings with riflemen, and of losing no time in putting 

 the range in condition for use. Creedmoor will undoubtedly 

 continue (as it should) to be the Mecca of American riflemen, 

 and Columbia will be one of its most powerful auxiliaries, as, 

 on its ground, riflemen will be able, with but slight expendi- 

 ture of time and money to fit themselves to take part in the 

 great meetings held annually at Creedmoor. 



Off-Hano Position.— There is a vast possibility involved 

 in the seeming modest request which Secretary Jones makes 

 in the annexed letter. The question is worth discussion, and 

 we will gladly accord all of our readers and practical rifle- 

 men an opportunity to express their opinion and narrate their 

 experiences. But spare us ! oh, spare us ! anything ap- 

 proaching the recoil discussion : 



New York, April 1, 1879. 

 Editob Fokest and Stream : 



SrR— I have been directed by the executive committee of 

 this Association to request you to invite discussion through 

 the columns of your paper on the question of permitting 

 competitors in military matches to shoot in other than the 

 prone position at distances over 200 yards. 



Very truly yours, James H. Jones, Sec'y N. R. A. 



Ij&cUtiitg mid fading. 



HIGH WATEH FOR TUB WEEK. 



April 10. 

 April 11. 

 April 12. 



A urn !.:■. 

 April 14. 

 April 15. 

 April 16. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



New Yachts.— Besides the yachts building mentioned in 

 our various correspondence iron: he country, 



there are quite a number of vessels^ bunding, though com- 

 paratively few in the yards about New York. Harrington, 

 of Bath, has a schooner of about 50 ft. well under weigh for 

 Mr. Copeland, of the Boston Yacht Club. Thos. Armstrong, 

 of East Boston, has rebuilt the sloop E.iperame, one of .Steers' 

 craft originally. Her racing season will give some interest- 

 ing comparisons between the well-known Steers model and 

 the modern yachts. J. H. Keating, of Marblehead, Mass., 

 has finished a schooner 28ft. keel, ggft. I'm. over all and lift, 

 beam. Pity she has not been yawl-rigged, for she would be 

 a better sailer and quite as handy as with two sticks in her. 

 A large number of small craft are also building at the many 

 ports down East, and the small fry expect a lively season. 

 Alonzo E. Smith will soon put the new SOIt. sloop overboard 

 for Mr. Prague, of New York. He also has other work in 

 prospect. Desmond, of Peck Slip, this city, has his hands 

 full on gig work, having received an order to furnish Mr. 

 Boucieauil's new steam yacht with a full line of boats, in- 

 cluding a handsome 24ft. gig and a 24ft. steam launch. In 

 the latter he has put some excellent, work and material, her 

 dead wood aft being all a solid piece and not built up as usual. 

 Mr. Sam'l Holmes expects soon to lay down a large sea-going 

 yacht for Philadelphia parties. Builders of small open craft 

 have a fair amount of work in hand. 



Baiuhg Canoes.— Mr. Geo. Roahr, of Harhm, has applied 

 to his Bliadow canoes an elbowed centreboard. The slot and 

 well are very small and pretty well forward. The board is 

 an annular section of about 45 deg., which is passed endwise 

 down through the slot, its circular shape securing a large 

 area and sending this area further aft than the slot. By this 

 means the latter can be small and placed forward out of the 

 way. This makes the Shadow an excellent sailer, and as her 

 paddling capacities are fair, she is just what is needed for 

 open waters. 



Rdshton's Sportino Canvas.— Rushton, of Canton, N. Y., 

 has so long made a specialty of light, strong, portable canoes 

 for inland waters that his Eob Roy and traveling canoes are 

 well known and appreciated. Fur single persons an eleven 

 foot boat is most suitable. Thi4 size is 2ft. Oin. wide, and 

 lOin. deep, weighs only 251bs. to SOlbs., and can be had for 

 about $40. For two or three persons, a suitable size is 13ft. 

 lon",'2ft. lOin. wide, and 12in. deep. Weight about 551bs., 

 and price $50. The models of Rushton's canoes are exceed- 

 ingly handsome, and though of light scantling, they are so 

 well put together tbat they will stand a good deal of wear and 

 rough usage. 



HaSdihksb or tub: Cuttei; Bin.— This is what a little 

 shaver of a cutter, 38ft, water-line, does, single-handed, while 

 knocking about the English channel with impunity, unequaled 

 by a 60-feet sloop i Before it came quite dark, and foreseeing 

 wind and squalls, I took in the large jib, shortened the bow- 

 sprit, reefed the mainsail, and hauled down the foresail, put- 

 tin" up the third jib, and only lunuing the traveler out a third 

 of the bowsprit from the stem, so that it might act as jib and 

 foresail. I now felt quite snug, and lay to fer a short time, while 

 1 had some grog and food. In practice, the notion tbat the 

 cutter rig is complicated, owing to her having one more sail 

 than our sloop, does not seem to count for much, So far as 



