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prize, a fine gold badge in the form of a mid-range target ; 

 entrance fee, $1 ; open to all comers: 



600 yard", 



JM Pnrtello....5 SSHS555 5-50 

 Col Buras!cle,..,5 555565SS 5— SO 

 P J Laurlizen...5 5456D5B5 5—49 



W 8'!OH 41445456 5 5—18 



A\ r Canneld....5 5 6 5 6 505 55—50 



eooywds. 

 45546 5 555 S it B 8 

 56 653 4655 5—17—97 

 454065g44 S-4R-95 

 ( J li 5 5 6 5 5 B 5^)9—94 

 444555544 5^44—94 



Wabhingtok, D. C— Long-range match, under the aus- 

 pices of the Columbia Rifle Association, for a handsome 

 Maltese cross badge, Bennine's range, on Ibe 10th inst., and 

 won by Prof. Willsam Harkness, of the Naval Observa- 

 tory. "A trying wind, varying greatly in both force and di- 

 rection, and a smoky light, spoiled the prospect of good 

 scores. One of Col. Burnside's bullets at 900 yards un- 

 doubtedly struck the target, but the splash of the lead could 

 not be identified, and he was, under the ruling, credited with 

 a miss. Another contestant was checked in a promising 

 close to his score by the bursting of a worn-out shell in bis 

 gun. Barring these mischances, the meeting passed off suc- 

 cessfully : 



800 Tarda. 9C0 Tarda. 1,000 YardB. Total. 



Prof Wm HartneEB 71 67 67 3" 5 



JMTPurMIo 68 67 65 200 



Br SI Scott .70 51 15 196 



Cut T O P Burnside. 67 63 63 MS 



AAAdee (5 80 63 1SS 



FJLaurl'i*n 69 6T 13 179 



Thus U Laird ft) 62 51 116 



Walter Hcoti 40 63 w 



Over the fame range last Thursday Mr. A, A. Adee made 

 a creditable intial score of 40 at GOO yards, 46 at 900 yards, 

 and 49 at 1,000 yards: total, 144, out of a possible 150. The 

 spring meeting of the Columbia Rifle Association, which, by 

 the way, is the original association of that name, and not to 

 be confounded with the more recent organization at Brinton 

 Range, which has adopted the same title, will take place 

 early iu June, and will last for three days, when prizes to 

 the yalue of $300 will be contested for by all-comers. 



Virginia — Richmond. — We will commence work on the 

 lake at Fernmoor (our new range) next week, and when fin- 

 ished intend stocking it with fish. This, added to its other 

 attractions, will make it one of the most beautiful spots 

 around our city. S. 



—The German Volunteers, of Savannah, have extended a 

 general invitation to the military and rifle teams of the 

 Southern States to meet at the Scbuetzen Paik, Savannah, 

 for a two days' shooting meeting, July 3 and 4 next. The 

 park is a delightful place, Ihree and a half miles outside of 

 the Forest Cify, and the visitors may be sure of receiving a 

 liberal share of old-style Southern hospitality. Shooting is 

 from 200 to 500 yards, using Creedmoor targets and the N. 

 N. R. A. rules, with a man-target as an extra prize. There 

 will also be a match at glass ball shooting. 



— The Board of Directors N. R. A. have resolved to hold 

 all moneys received from life membership as a reserve fund 

 for the repair of the butts and other plant of the range at 

 Creedmoor. Major Fulton reportB progress in the negotia- 

 tions with Sir Henry Halford in the matter of a Palma con- 

 test. Sir Henry may be certain that he is coming to a defeat 

 if he will glance from time to time at ihe Walnut Hill scores. 

 Long-range shooting at Creedmoor has become one of the 

 defunct arts. 



IiXTNOi9 — Lake View, May 3. — Following is the Ecore to- 

 day of the Like View R'fle Club at regular weekly practice, 

 200 yard9, off hand. Weather cloudy j wind, 2 o'clock : 



FHenrotla 4 444454GB 4—43 



liCBradlev 4 44445534 5-42 



JAC'oiehour 4 4 4454454 4—42 



J K 1 lie 4 54444544 4-42 



Wm Burns 4 44444444 5-41 



John Mm-auky 4 34436445 6-41 



EPChalfk'ld 5 3 5 443443 3-3S 



SFHanclK-tt 4 35334433 3—35 



Michigan — East Saginaw, May 10. — The following is the 

 Bcore of the East Saginaw Amateur Rifle Club at their f wenty- 

 eighih regular weekly practice, 200 yards target reduced; 

 possible 50 



WJ Sbaw 43 JHHowny 45 



U O Tuwkley 40 H 6 Haum on 



KFCortvyn. 4(i FROsborn- 



Next week the club will open its 200 yards practice: 



Onio — Cincinnati, May 1. — The Cincinnati Shooting and 

 Fishing Club had their eighth and final competition for the 

 club prizes to-day ; distance, 200 yards ; position, off-hand ; 

 First Class. 



TJBarm - 554444445 5—44 



W Caldwell 5 45536444 5-44 



TJT Disney .8 4 4 434455 4-42 



OTopr 4 44513448 4— S9 



LFcnder 2 33446334 4-35 



Second Class. 



AKoehler 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4-38 



J We3U>n * 45404334 4—35 



Grand total Drat class— possible 250. 



W Caldwell 43 43 42 42 41-2U 



jiT Disney 42 40 42 43 42— 20J 



MOlLdellU ST 4-3 43 42 41-206 



W Hall 40 S8 44 42 41—205 



L fender 41 43 11 43 38—205 



G Benton 36 42 40 44 40—202 



TJUttUm 30 43 37 45 41— 1S6 



Grand total second class. 



AKoeliler 42 32 40 40 43-191 



W Campbell 3S 36 12 41 38-195 



American Rifles Abroad.— Editor Forest and Stream- 

 Dear Sir: In your impression of March 0, in " Long-Range 

 and Repealing Rifles," there are some misrepresentations. 

 Iu Prussia the value of long-range shooting is by no means 

 generally accepted. It was only after the French war in 

 1870 that they adopted a long-range rifle, and even now they 

 frequently shoot their matches at 170 and 200 metres. In 

 Austria they still shoot at ridiculously short ranges, em- 

 ploying small targets divided into a great number of circles, 

 and with a bull's-eye about an inch in diameter, the hit- 

 ting of which is of course entirely a matter of luck. Eng- 

 land, with her Martini-Henry, need not be very uneasy, as 

 at 1,200 yards it will put all the bullets in a circle 25 inches 

 iu diameter, and they certainly never ridiculed the value of 

 long-range shooting, as tbey always practiced, even with the 

 old Entield, at 1,000 yards, even when the majority of 

 American rifles shot a very short cartridge with a very high 

 trajectory, The Kropatchek rifle is to be atlopted by the 

 Austriaus, not the French. Kropatchek was an Austrian 

 lieutenant, and is now promoted to major. The Swiss in- 

 fantry use tbe Verterli repeater, which is by no means ef- 

 fective at long ranges, as it has a small calibre and weak 

 charge. The terrible rain of lead at Plevna was not from 

 Winchester repeaters, as those tbe Turks have of this make 



are the old pattern with a very light charge, not bigger 

 than a long revolver cartridge. The deadly fire was from 

 Martini-Henry rifles, made in America from the English 

 model, one of which I have from Plevna. Peabody-Martini 

 is stamped on them, but they are genuine Martini-Henrys, 

 nevertheless— that is, the action is Martini and tbe barrel 

 and bullet are Henry. And this bullet, with its wrapper, 

 has, I believe, been copied in all modern rifles of any im- 

 portance. I shall esteem it a great favor if you can through 

 your columns give me the following information : We have 

 a rifle club herg and cannot import loaded shells. Now, is 

 there made in America a practical machine which would 

 render the loading of some thousands of shells a compara- 

 tive easy matter? If so, where is it to be obtained and 

 what is the price ? Is there any mean? of fixing the top 

 wad in brass shot-shells ? I find that it is impossible to use 

 them, as, if they do not get loose in the pocket, they are sure 

 to in left barrel upon the discharge of tbe rigbt. Is there 

 any objection to making a series of centre-punch marks 

 Tound the end of the shell f I am, sir, an admirer of long- 

 range shoct in g, M. S. R, 



Braila, lioumania, Europe, March 25, 1879. 



Our correspondent is possibly in error touching the rifles 

 used at Plevna. It certainly was the report at the time, in 

 private correspondence as in public print, that the " rain 

 of lead "came from "American repeaters," or "Winches- 

 ter" rifles, of the model of 1806. The Turks had 85,000 

 from the Winchester Arms Co., and it was of this stock 

 that the Turks fought the first part of Ihe battle of Plevna, 

 when the Russians were piled up in ranks of dead under the 

 continuous fusilade. There were Peabody-Martini rifles 

 there, for 000,000 have gone out from the Providence Tool 

 Co.'s works, But they are not the weapons referred to in 

 the reports as " American repeaters.'' 



Touching the loading of long range cartridges, it will be 

 better for our correspondent to have them loaded at home 

 as wanted. This plan should certainly be adopted, if he 

 wishes for satisfactory work at the butts. He will notice by 

 our advertising columns that the Union Metallic Cartridge 

 Co. offer a brass shot-shell perforated as be describes. 



A ' ' Professional's " View. — Editor Fvrekt and Stream : I 

 can but be gratified at the compliment rjaicl to my skill with 

 the rifle in the leller of " Amateur," published in a recent 

 issue. His desire is to call me a " professional," and " bar " 

 me from competing in the " All-comers " matches at Creed- 

 moor and Brinton. The fact that 1 have charge of the rifle 

 department of Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gale's, general 

 agents for the Ballard rifles would not be sufficient, per- 

 haps, in Mr. "Amateur's" opinion lo "bar" me from the 

 matches; but being brought into contact with other rifle- 

 men, who are as enthusiastic as myself, am induced to find 

 lime and visit the different janges, and am successful in 

 practice, our Newark amateur is greatly chagrined. Now, 

 if this gentleman will give us his name through the columns 

 of Forest and Stream, and the matches he wishes me tore- 

 main out of, I will try to oblige him. 



Our athletic clubs designate as a " professional " any one 

 having competed for a cash prize. 



New York, May 6. Wiliabd Milton Farrow. 



§dchting mid gonHttg. 



HIGH WATER FOK THE WEEK. 



May 15, 

 May 18 

 May IT 

 May 13 

 Mav IS 

 May 20 

 May 81. 



Boston. New Tort. Charleston 



YACHTS UNDER TWENTY TONS. 



THE subject of yacht's papers, particularly in regard to 

 vessels of small tonnage, has always been involved in 

 more or less doubt. The local authorities of different ports 

 have put upon the general instructions of the Treasury De- 

 partment such interpretations as seemed to them most 

 suitable, and it is needless to add that their views were any- 

 thing but harmonious. Tachts of over twenty tons were less 

 liable to the harassing interference of red tape, and were 

 seldom summarily dealt with, unless, indeed, they so far 

 forgot themselves and set at naught the majesty of the law 

 as to spell their names in gold instead of the democratic 

 whitewashed letters of the regulation mammoth standard pre- 

 scribed for the whaler and the lumbering trader with a 

 counter as big as a store front. Terror was wrought among 

 tbe fleet by the sudden prickings of the official consciences 

 located in Newport town and other places where yachts most 

 do congregate. With the power of a continent to back them, 

 the argiiB eyes of the revenue officer spied gold instead of 

 white lead, and mercilessly swooped down upon the yachts- 

 man, fastening upon bun the sharp claws of the law's stern 

 grip, causing many an amateur sailor to turn out in the mid- 

 watch with a piece of chalk in his hand, and mark in yard- 

 long letters the name of his pet craft, upon her pretty stern. 

 The move now pending to have the laws relating to vessels 

 over 20 tons sirnpbfied to the satisfaction of all parties con- 

 cerned, will no doubt result in the enactment of a concise and 

 comprehensive yet liberal law covering what now is beyond 

 the reach and interpretation of most members of the com- 

 munity. At present we are dealing with the status of 

 yachts under 20 tons. The following communication from 

 the Treasury Department gives alP, the information needed, 

 and is clear in all its bearings. From it we gather that 

 yachts measuring less than 20 tons, Custom House Measure- 

 ment, are not required by law to take out papers or licenses 



of any kind, nor are they required to be enrolled. In short, 

 such yachts occupy the same status as open boats, skiffs, 

 scows etc. They have to comply with no general or Bpecial 

 legislation of any kind or character, other than not to engage 

 in the transport of passengers or merchandise for pay or 

 profit. We trust the matter has now been made so plain that 

 owners of craft under 20 tons will not permit themselves to 

 fall victims to overscrupulous revenue officials, too apt to 

 venture stopping leaks at the spiggot and allow losses at the 

 bung. 



Tachts under 20 tons sailing without any documents at atf 

 render themselves liable, however, to visits and reasonable 

 detention from revenue officers until their exact tonnage and 

 status can be ascertained or accounted for. We append the 

 letter from tbe Treasury Department : 



Washington, D. C, May 1, 1879. 

 Educe Forest and Stream : 



Tbe general rule of the statules, as regards all vessels er- 

 gaged in the coasting trade or fisheries, is to be found in Sec. 

 4,311, R. S. The rule is, that to be entitled to the privileges 

 of Ihe coasling trade or fisheries, and to be deemed at tue 

 Eame time vessels of the United States, they must be either 

 enrolled and licensed, or licensed only, according to their tor- 

 nage. If vessels do not engage in the coasting trade or tie 

 fisheries, they are not obliged by law to be either enrolled or 

 licensed. On the other band, if vessels engage in the coasl- 

 ing trade or the fisheries without enrolment or license, they 

 become liable under Sec. 4,871, R. S., on arrival at any pi rt 

 of the United States, to an alien tonnage tax, or if their cargo 

 consists of foreign goods or distilled spirits, to forfeiture. 



A vessel, therefore, under twenty tons burden, whether a 

 yacht or any other kind of vessel, is not required by law to 

 be licensed unless she engages iu trade or the fisheries. As 

 to what constitutes trade under Sec. 4.371, R 8., the Depart- 

 ment holds that at least the actual transportation of com- 

 modilies as freight, cr of passengers for pay, is essential in 

 order to bring a vessel within the scope of the penalties pre- 

 scribed in that section. While the law is taus liberal, it at 

 Ihe same time requires and allows an inspection of all vessels 

 plying in navigable waters of tbe United States, in order thf.t 

 it may be known whether tbey are engaged in trade in any 

 proper sense of the word. This liability to inspection carrks 

 with it a possible detention of any undocumented vessels by 

 officers of the revenue marine so lorjg as may be needful for a 

 reasonable search. To avoid protracted inspections or re- 

 peated examinations upon a vessel's passing from one dis- 

 trict to another, it is alwsys advisable, even for a yacht of 

 less than twenty tons burden, to take out a license as a coast- 

 ing vessel, as the law recognizes no vessel as a yacht unless it 

 be of twenty tons burden or more, under enrolment as such. 



Very respectfully, H. F. French, As^t Sec. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Seawanhaka Yacht Club. — All yachtsmen in and about 

 New York should begin to organize and train their crews for 

 the Corinthian race which takes place Saturday, June 21. A 

 change is about to be made by the Seawanhaka Yacht Club 

 in the classification of the smaller yachts so as to bring yachts 

 of about the same size together. The change will be as fol- 

 lows -. 



CABIN SLOOPS. 



Class. Sq. ft. area. Prize. 



4:n 400 and nnder, $ 65 



3d 400 to 660 65 



2d 660to9U0 150 



The first class sloops and the schooner class remain as be- 

 fore. It is thought this subdivision will make the event very 

 interesting especially to small Corinthian cruisers. The Sea- 

 wanhaka rule for measurement for time allowance is as fol- 

 lows •. Add the length over all to the length on the water-line, 

 and divide the sum so obtained by two. This gives the 

 "mean length." Multiply the mean length by the extreme 

 beam, and the result will be the area in sq-'are feet. Lergih 

 over all will be measured from the after end of the plankshi.tr 

 at the middle of the stern to a point perpendicular to the fore- 

 ward end of the water-line at the upper line of the plank- 

 sheer, or a point corresponding thereto if the planksheer does 

 not extend so far. The requirements for entering the Corin- 

 thian race are as follows : Kntries from yachts of other clubs 

 must be filed with the Chairman of the Regatta Committee 

 (Mr. James H. Elliott, 19 Tribune Building.) by 3 o'clock p. 

 m. of the 2d day before the race, and must be accompanied by 

 the measurement according to Seawanhaka rules of the yacbt 

 entered, certified to by the owner, or by the measurer of the 

 club from which she enters. If this measurement be called 

 in question through protest, the yacht will he remeasured by 

 the measurer of tbe Seawanhaka Y. C, and if found right the 

 measurer's fee (§10) will be collected from the parly protest- 

 ing, if wrong from the owner. Yachts must be manned by 

 amateurs exclusively; a sailing-master, cook and steward 

 may be carried who shall in no manner assist in sailing the 

 yacht. Before starting in a race each yacht must file with 

 the Regatta Committee a list of the names comprising her 

 crew with the occupation and address of each. This list ia 

 subject to the revision of the Regatta Committee, whose de- 

 cision shall be final. Every yacht winning a prize must al- 

 low the measurer of the Seawanhaka Club to take off her 

 lines, the fee for which will be $15. Yachts paying this fee 

 will not be subject to the measurement fee. The Treasurer 

 can in no case deliver a prize until this rule is complied with. 

 The lines shall remain the property of the club, and no copies 

 or tracings will be allowed unless with the consent of the 

 yacht owner. The light sails allowed will be working gaff 

 topsails, jib topsails and spinakers. To add to the interest 

 in the race a prize will be given to each member of every 

 winning crew. The 4th c'ass sloops will not be obliged to 

 turn the Light Ship, a shorter course will be set apart for 

 tbem, probably lo the Gedney Channel buoy, making about 

 23 miles. The inducements offered in this race are such as 

 should secure a very large entry, and as Corinthian sailors 

 will become very scarce later on, owners of yachts should pre- 

 pare now and engage their friends to join with them for this 

 eveiit. 



The following letter from the club's Secretary will explain 

 itself; 



Secretary's Office, May 8, 1879, 1 

 28 Pine Street, New York,)" 



Dear S.'r— On Decoration Day (Friday, May 30), there will 

 be a review of the fleet in the lower bay, after whi^h the 

 yachts will proceed to the Beach House at New Doip, where 

 the club will provide refreshments. 



It is desired that all members ehoold participate, and invi- 



