372 



FOREST AiND STREAM. 



Westchester Team. 

 100 yards. Taylor. 20ii yards. 



8 U 10 10 11 6 10 12 11 11—101 10 10 10 8 10 10 9 9 10— 86 

 Klunard. 



11 12 11 11 10 11 10 7 10 10—103 9 10 10 9 9 8 11 6 10 11— 93 



Card well. 



12 11 12 12 8 12 11 11 10 12—111 T 6 9 6 7 10 8 10 10 10— 82 



Eachus. 



11 9 S 11 13 9 12 10 11 11— '.04 5 6 11 6 9 10 4 9 7— 72 



iDgram 



10 9 10 10 11 8 9 11 11 10— 99 9 10 9 11 10 12 11 11 11 11—105 



Worffi. 



11 S 10 10 10 11 10 10 8 9— 97 T 6 7 8 9 9 6 6 11 9— 77 



Ham*. 



12 S 11 10 9 10 10 10 11 9—100 9 8 10 9 9 10 7 1111 9—93 



Fltzstminons. 

 10 11 10 11 12 11 10 11 9-10+ 5 9 7 5 



Total . 



..819 



Total.. 



11 7 6— 71 

 679 



Philadelphia Team. 



M Price. 



12 10 1111 12 11111111—109. 10 9 8 10 7 11 7 8 1110—91 



Hexamer. 



9 10 10 9 11 9 10 8 10— 95 7 6 9 7 9 8 6 10 4 6— 72 



J Fox. 



10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 10—110 10 10 10 9 7 9 9 9 6 9— SS 



Vf Sinister. 



8 10 9 11 S 10 12 11 10— 89 7 10 9 6 4 4 9 9 11 10— 73 



J Price. 



12 11 9 11 S 11 11 11 13 12—103 10 10 12 11 9 10 9 10 10 9— ICO 

 Balllnger. 



11 11 11 11 10 9 10 11 12 10-103 9 8 7 8 9 5 9 6 11— 78 



McOwen. 



9 9 10 11 8 9 9 11 11 10— 97 8 6 7 10 7 9 8 9 12— 85 



a Fox. 



11 10 8 11 12 12 11 11 12 9-107 8 9 S 7 8 9 9 12 7— 88 



Total- 



Total S21 



Virginia— Richmond.— Last -week the Richmond Rifle Club 

 cf which Mr. Charles P. Stokes is President, opened their 

 new range, and christened it- the "Fernuioor Rifle Range." 

 The ceremonies were conducted in a modest and unassuming 

 manner, but at the same time were characterized by the usual 

 tun and frolic incident to such occasions. Richmond's 

 Amateur Band furnished the music, and the invited guests of 

 the club partook of an open-air banquet. There was a trial 

 shooting match, to lest thestands.baniers and butts, develop- 

 ing some splendid scores. The distance was 300 yards. 

 Several of the guests made some good shots, while others 

 failed to bit the target even. The new range is located on 

 the farm of Mr. Otho Owens, due north of the city, but with- 

 in its limits in a beautiful grove, and is admirably adapted to 

 the purposes of the club. There will be regular rifle practice 

 at the range in the future. 



Louisiana— New Orleans.- -The third contest for the Mo- 

 bile Trophy on June 1 brought three teams to the butts, and 

 again the Louisiana Field Artillery were victors. Two more 

 Victories will give them final ownership in the trophy. The 

 day was a miserable one. The rain came down steadily all 

 the morning, and for the better part of the afternoon. The 

 wind was gusty and the air full of misty rain, so that it was 

 hardly possible to make good scores, especially at the 500- 

 y ards range. The scores stood as follows, with military rifles, 

 seven shots per distance : 



Louisiana Field Artillery. 



53* s i? sss&rs a a 



*&£::£:£ * 2 * w * 



•Washington Artillery. 



B mT' lu m *" 



Continental Guards. 

 ■RoTiBiirt 26 20 55 Manning. 27 27 



gfeTJ S JSSfr^=3 J 5 



w Towh":::::::» -• - 5 152 88 *° 



1* iisoK—CIiieaqo.— A few members of the George H. 

 Thomas Rifle Club held their regular shoot on their own 

 ran^e on the 81st ult., with score as follows: 



™"°,, .. ' 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5-43 



P\ T . e ] 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5-43 



HobO' 544454545 3-^3 



??S a n.^v;:;:v:::.v.":v::"-::::...4 s * * * s » * * *** 



The Rango Committee is now making arrangements for a 

 tournament on the 4th and 5th of July, the particulars of 

 which 1 hope to write you next week. 



Mr. Stokes'. Wo have, however, a record of 109 Massachu- 

 setts, as follows : 



J H Frost, Spy Pond, Jan 29, '76 11 12 10 11 10 11 10 12 10 12—109 



Of 15 shot records, the following arc the two best. Mr. 

 Osgood's score was shot on the " Massachusetts " target, and 

 counted 163 : 



E T Osgood, Spy Pond, Feb 20, '77 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5-72 



W II JackSOn, Walnut 11111, May 31, '79.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5-72 



SECriETAItY. 



Lu. 



Key ada— A correspondent at Gold Hill, Nevada proposes 

 to the troop of his State: " Let each and all the companies 

 in Nevada pick their best men and organize a team of wenty 

 men, to be known as the Nevada team, and, the California 

 companies doing likewise, appoint a place-say, in the West- 

 mXthillof the Sierras, near Rocklin, Colfax, or any de- 

 sirable location-and shoot for a prize, or several prizes, or 

 say a medal, to be owned by the winning team or to be shot 

 for annually, as they may see fit to decide upon. This would 

 have a .tendency to increase the interest in shooting matters 

 on the coast and also give Nevada a chance to show her 

 "bood" We have as jet had no opportunity to compete 

 with any teams, except our own from our respective com- 

 panies UpZtiie other hand, California has proved herself 

 no slouch but allow me to remark, if this interstate match 

 sh^ouhl take Place, to use a turf phrase, we will show them 

 f clean pair of heels.' I ask that both Nevada and California 

 companies lake this matter under consideration, and I sin- 

 ce Z hope to see a match arranged this coming autumn 

 We are not far from each other, and the expenses for travel 

 would Be slight. I hope to hear through your columns from 

 othe s here a g nd iu California upon this matter. Give it vent ■ 

 keo the ball rolling, and I am in hopes if it is agitated, that 

 we will yet make if stick. Branch out, boys, and show what 

 you are made of ! 



Tiia Off-hakd Reookd at 200 YAam.-Sdttor Forest, 

 and Stream : To answer the query in your issue of June ._, 

 as to the comparative merit of the score oi Mr. C. P. blokes, 

 of Richmond (and to anticipate the answer to other queries 

 which may arise), I send you copies of some of the best 

 tort* recorded % the Massachusetts Rifle Association. 

 They are all match scores at 200 yards, off-hand, Creedmoor 



Lowell walnut H1U, Feb 22. ;79.., 4 4 5 6 5 a 6 5 5 6-49 



f ?T«2i • " SeP •V78.". ".5 5 4 6 4 6 5 5 6 5-4S 



JAl.oWCl', War 1, '79. ...5 5 6 5 4 5 6 5-1 6-43 



Li" HubfcMd " W «, •W...5 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 * 5-46 



Wp i iave ' not the "Massachusetts" record of the above, 

 tut the '" Creedmoor " count is bolter in every instance than 



K. R. A. SPRING MEETING. 



THE seventh annual spring meeting met a stormy recep- 

 tion from the elements. The morning of the 3d opened 

 in a strong rain storm, and the riflemen who went down by 

 the early morning trains did so more in hope than certainty 

 of making decent; scores. The programme was not much to 

 boast of, yet there were matches enough provided, and oppor- 

 tunities for plenty of sport and glory, if not for substantial 

 recompense. There was no excuse for the small attendance. 

 Rain should not deter any but the most doughy of marksmen, 

 and the fact that there may or may not be a prize worth 

 shooting for should not enter the mind of any but a "pro- 

 fessional " rifleman— a rara avis which does not exist to our 

 knowledge. Prizes "in kind " have been called for, and the 

 managers had met this demand in a measure by a most mis- 

 cellaneous collection of odds and ends. Champagne and 

 shoes were mixed up with smoking tobacco and archery bows, 

 while furniture and carpels were to be had for the winning. 



Co.pt. Chas. F. Robbins made an excellent executive officer, 

 and only regretted that he did not have a full field of entries 

 to manage, while Ed. W Price, in the department of figures, 

 got out the scores with wonderful celerity. The directors 

 were conspicuously absent. Major Jones, the Secretary, 

 was at his post, and President Stanton, General Shaler, Major 

 Fulton and Capt. Story paid flying visits to the range du- 

 ring the two days of the meeting. So slim was the attend- 

 ance of directors that the Directors' Match went over without 

 a shot, to the discredit of the Board, and the lope they made 

 should score against them when the next election day comes 

 round. „ . 



At no time during the two clays was the weather even fair 

 for range work. While the short-range contests were on, the 

 wind blew in gusts, and at the long ranges the wind came 

 quartering from the rear, and at times was "fish-taiiy." 



The first match was at 300 yards ; any rifle ; open to all 

 comers. Boston had sent down four of her best men— Jack- 

 son, Sumner. Gerrish and Brown— but the victory went to a 

 Tonkers shot, with but 31 in the possible 35, the scores 

 standing : 



C A. Peafce 5 4 4 5 4 4 5—31 F HHolton 5 4 5 4 4 4 4—30 



\V M Farrow 4 4 5 5 5 4 4—31 J S Sumuer 5 4 o 4 4 4 4—30 



A J Hewlett 4 4 4 4 5 4 6—30 A H Wicktiam....! 4 4 5 4 5 3—29 



J WTOdd 4 6 4 4 4 4 5-30 F J Donaldson. ..3 4 4 4 4 4 5— 28 



J L Paulding, E. T. Davis, A. Mclnnis and A. Hicks, 23 

 each ; T. W. Leavitt, G. L. Morse, J. L. Price, A. H. Cobb, 

 W H Dunlap, E. E. Lewis, J. W. Mangam, M. M. Maltby, 

 37 'each; H. Fisher and N. O'Donnell, 26 each; A. G. Hell- 



The Fokest and Stream and Rod and Gun had offered 

 a subscription to the highest as well as the lowest full scores. 

 Peake with 31 and J. A. Hatry with 20 being the lucky pair. 



A team match at 200 yards, any rifle, for squads of four 

 men, was entered into by five teams, with very close work, 



as follows : 



Empire Team. , „ 



WM Farrow 4 4 5 4 4 4 5-30 J W Todd 4 44444 4-25 



FH Holton. 4 4 4 6 4 5 4-30 MM Maltby 4 3 4 5 4 3 4-27 



Ml " 6 



New Tork Team. .,„,.,, „„ 



A J Howlett 6 4 5 4 4 4 4-30 W HDnn'ap 1 4 4 5 4 3 4-88 



J W Mangam....4 3 5 4 14 4-23 » O'Donnell 4 a 5 4 3 4 4-27 



Flashing Team. ■ 



AHWickliam....5 4 14 5 5 3-30 AHieKS 46 ; 3-28 



BE Lewis 44 54443-28 CHance, 184 4 3 4 3-2j 



Total 



N. E. A. Team. 

 TSSnmner .„ 29 W H Jackson 23 



HiS .'.■::::.:::: :.:: » ah cow. ss-m 



Engineer Officers Team. 

 r-ont A M Miller 7. 30 Lieut J C Mallery 26 



SSft wlS:::.: ::::::::.... 23 n** u>«i« m 



It was discovered that two members of the N. R. A. scrub 

 team were not members of the N. R. A., and that score was 



The next match was a team one, and in it the Regulars 

 showed that their profession of arms was not all a sham 

 and a delusion. But three years ago, when the Regulars first 

 showed themselves on the ranges, they were laughed at for 

 the poor scores made ; but it was in the guns, and officers and 

 men alike of the army were not content to remain in tlie 

 shade Gradually they have crept to the front, and this 

 match gave them a complete victory over such experts as the 

 7th men, whose practice is almost incessant. 



The conditions of the match called for teams of five men 

 from any troop or company, with any military rifle and stand- 

 ing position at 200 yards. The scores showed s 

 Co O, TJ S Engineers. 



Kohrt * 



SergtVou.Lorn.en * 



solis ? 



Fraaer * n \ t % l 4-21— 1 



Corp Kavanagh 3 3 4 8 4 4 n. i 



CO A, US Engineers. 

 Lieut Roessier * t 1 £ 56 4-27 



SMgtGBsmM * ^ H 11 t-n 



Sorgt KoyBtoii * * 4 



Sergt Kelly... f * 



Airgt Kenaod , * * 



Co B, TJ 8 Engineers. 



AKrebs * * 



\V Tracy % J 



Lieut w LFlsk * i 



Capt c Barrett ' \ 



All Miller - * 



Co li, Seventh Keglment. 



.TLeBoatiUler J \\%\\ \^ 



W Underwood « ! 3 ! 3 3 4-:5 



H8T1WB * * % I I 4 4_ 25 



jHBeruor, | S3 4 2 4 4-JS^ ? 



Co. L 7th Regiment, 127 ; Co. A, Uth Regiment 124 ; Co. 



F, 9th New Jersey, 131 ; Cj. H, 8th Regiment, 111. 



Co. I, 7th, Regiment, N. Q. S. N. T.; in 1877 by Co. B, En- 

 gineer Battalion, TJ. S. A.; and in 1878 by Co. C, Engineer 

 Battalion, U. S. A. Another winning will give the victory 

 and the flag to the team of Co. 0. 



The next stated prize was at 300 yards, any rifl», but the 

 bad weather made good scoring out of all probability. The 

 figures stood : 



W M Farrow 3 4 4 4 4 4 5-23 Q LMorse 3 2 4 6 5 8 5-25 



A.T Howlett i 4 3 4 4 4 4—27 A H Cobb 4 S 3 3 4 3 4 24 



C APeake 5 3 3 3 5 3 4-26 E T DiVia 2 2 3 4 S 4 4-22 



A. G. Hellwig, 22; J. W. Todd, J. W- Mangam, J. II. 

 Holton, J. Johnson, VV. H. Dunlap, W. H. Reed, Jr., 21 

 each; IS. O'Donnell, 20. 



The military team match at 500 yards gave another oppor- 

 tunity for the Regulars to show their superior skill, which 

 they did in flue style, leaving a good margin between them- 

 selves and their crack militia competitors as follows, the Reg- 

 ulars and the Jerseymen using the Springfield, while the New 

 York men used the Remington military arm : 

 U S Engineers. 



Corp Kavanagh 3 4 5 5 4 



PrlvProzer 2 4 5 5 3 



Sergt Turner 4 5 15 



PrivSolia 2 6 4 4 



Officers U S Corps. 



Lieut J C Mallery 4 4 8 5 4 



Capt A M Miller 3 5 ' 



Lieut WLFisk 3 4 



LleutSW Eoeasler 5 2 



Seventh P.egiment. 



J Le BontilUer 5 4 



W Underwood 2 5 



CHEigle J B 



JLPr.ce 2 o 



Co I, Seventh Btgiment. 



E WCandee 5 6 



C Le Koutillier 2 3 



(i Li jii'.rchant ° 6 



JSlilous " « 



Co. A, 14th Regiment— Priv, Jas. Monroe, 20 ; Corp. J. 

 Hen wood, 24; Priv. J. Robertson, 23; Corp. J. Corry, 18 ; 

 total, 91. 



Eighth Regiment— Priv. W. H. Reed, Jr., 25; Priv. W. 

 II. Cochrane, Jr., 34; Capt. Jas. H. Balston, 20 ; Priv. W. 

 H. Dewar, 18 ; total, 87. 



The team match at COO yards for four men from any club, 

 with any rifle, brought the Massachusetts and Empire rifle 

 teams together. There was good shooting on both sides, and 

 three perfect scores out of eight show that the men have full 

 command of the range. The visitors coached each other iu 

 good style, and with only four points drop, won, the scores 

 standing : 



Massachusetts Kiue Association. Empire Rille Oluft. 



W H Jackson. .6 5 5 5 5 5 5—35 W M FarroW.6 5 5 5 5 5 5—35 



WG-rilsD 6 6 6 5 5 5 5-35 K BathbOttB-.S 4 5 5 5 5 5—34 



J S Sumner... .6 4 6 5 5 4 6-53 F n tIolt'JU..5 4 6 3 4 5 5-31 



J F Brown.... 4 4 5 5 5 5 5-3a-13U H Fisher. ...6 5 4 5 4 IS— 23— 1!8 



The meeting wound up with the Leech Cup match, with 

 21 entries and 19 completed scores, and while the early part 

 of the day and match enjoyed steady, light and easy wind, 

 the 1,000 yards score afier luncheon was shot in a conglome- 

 ration of untoward conditions. The scores stood : 

 J S Sumner. 



4—29 

 4-3S 

 4—25 

 6-24-108 



4 5 3 8—27 



2 5 2 2—22 



3 % 3 2-la- OS 



5 5 6 4-33 



4 4 4 4-i5 

 3 4 4—21 



5 4 4-18—97 



2 5 4 4—29 



4 3 5 3—23 



4 3 4 3— V3 



4 2 3 4-17— 92 



..5 6 5 5 5 5 



6 5 5 5 6 5 5 



l.ooo.. 



5 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 

 " 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 5 



.,4555455555 

 ..5553555555 



3 5 5 5 4 



F Hyde. 

 S 5 5 5 5 5 6 

 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 



5-T5 

 4-73 

 4—07—215 



6-73 

 5-73 

 3—64-210 



4 5 5 5 8-73 



..5 6564555565 

 ..44555554554 



5 4 5 6—73 

 5 4 5 6-711 

 2 4 3 6—62-205 



900 5 '<' 



1,000 5 * 



800 5 « 



900 ? ° 



1,000 2 o 



..656544 



5 S 6 8 6 6 



5 5 4 



35S4 4 345S 



It H Keene. 



5 6 4 5 14 5 6 5 

 4 5 5555564 



5 5-7S 



5 4-71 



5 2—61—205 



4 5 8 5 3 3 5-60—2 3 



5 4—31 

 4 4-2i 

 4 4— 83 



4 2 4—23-130 



4 4 4—23 



3 3 4— 23 



4 4 3—26 

 8 4 3—25 

 3 B 4— 28— ISO 



900.'.'.'.'.".' 4 



1,000..... * 



S00 ; 



900. J 



1,000 5 



. .5 5558565555056 



5 5 5 2 2 3 

 Dr J M Dart. 



5-73 

 5-71 



2-5S— 2i.2 



„ 5 686565554 5-6S 

 5 5 3 4 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 2 5 S-6! 



S 2 4 6 8 6 



Oydi 



70 



6 5 5 4 3 6— 64-21U 

 900 yds. 1,000 yds. Total 



6" (lili New Jersey, isx ; <-■-•• ^, °m x-.* B i^w, -—• 



The leading prize in this match was an embroideied flag, 

 valued at $100, which is to be won three times before becom- 

 ing the property of the organization. It was w on in 18 . S by 



B GDou?hly 



EAPerrj « £g 



HKatlibonB g g{ S }H 



1L Allen m.,78 63 67 ,83 



tern l\ ^ 65 iss 



Q L Morse « «: " ]f 



ST Q Dudley 63 67 49 184 



AMelaueSB ^7 68 45 1TO 



: ' m w 



\\ T HJaoRson 74 tw w 



ADHoflgmau «« 63 _ w 



This gives a total of 1,650 for the first eight men, while 

 Sumner takes the cup by the best score it has yet brought 

 out its previous winning scores being : In 1675 by Ool. John 

 Bodine 205- in 1870 by Col. H. A. Gildersleeve, 204; in 

 1S77 by Major H. S. Jewell, 213; in 1878 by Erank Hyde, 



" Durino- the meeting several subscription matches were 

 foucht ° They did not receive the attention to which they 

 were entitled from members, though in some cases good 

 scores were made. The leading scores stood , 200 yards ) open 

 to all comers; position, standing ; weapon, any military ntle: 



J L Paulding d0 J L Priuo 



p J Rabbeth, W. M. Farrow, W. II. Jackson. 2!i each ; 

 L. H. Greve, W. L. Eiske, W. H. Jackson, H. Fisher, J. L. 

 Price 28 each. 



500 yards; open to all comers; position, any ; weapon 

 any rifle: A. Mclnnes, 33; G. L. Morse, a2 ; T. J.Donald- 

 son 24 • C. A. Peake, 21 ; J. W. Mangam, 20. 



500 yards; open to all comers ; position, any (as allowed 

 in "any rifle "competitions); weapon, any mihtary rifle : J 

 W. Mangam, 34 ; T. J. Rabbeth, 31 ; bsrgt- Turner, 30 ; J. 



KTlfSSSS N. U'Donuell, 23; C. A. Fea^e 



an 00O ywds? 3 open to all comers; position, any, weapon, 

 any rifle : 



