FOREST AND STREAM. 



471 



Malcolm, the Captain of the Eight, are obliged to have a 

 second competition for the final selection of the team, The 

 method of selection is simple and yet popular. The first four 

 men who have shot themselves into place meet along with the 

 Captain and make the selection for fifth place. That man is 

 then called in, and the sixth man is then choosen, and so on 

 till the team is completed and the re-erve men fixed on. 

 After that is done the Eight divide themselves into two teams 

 of four each, and thus arranged these four, with their special 

 reserve man, are expected to meet on some convenient day 

 and shoot over the ranges, so aa to get acquainted with the 

 rifles and he able to assist each other in the matter of windage 

 aud elevation. At the conclusion of the shooting, a meeting 

 of the four successful men, along with Captain R. Menzies, 

 was held on the ground, when the remaining members of the 

 team were selected according to the rules. First of all Cap- 

 tain Thorburn was called in— a sure sign that his name was 

 added to the list; and in a few minutes later Corporal W. 

 Caldwell was also called, making six out of the eight. The 

 selection of the remaining two men was not proceeded with 

 bo quickly, and there was a little delay till R. M'Vittiewas 

 asked to come aad lake part in the deliberations, and help 

 them to make the final selection. Ultimately St, Caldwell was 

 chosen aud his name added to the Team, while Captain 

 Johnston, who was expected to have been called earlier, was 

 added to the reserve list, along with n. R. W. Dunlop, of the 

 London Scottish. The adherence of Captain Johnson to the 

 prone position had something to do with the selection. With 

 the exception of Sergeant Fletcher, who shot himself into 

 place during the first competition, all the members of the 

 Team have adopted the back position, and there is a strong 

 feeling that a tnau who shoots lying on his face is more apt 

 to be shaky than a man who lies on his back. The team 

 thus selected is made up as follows : 



M. Boyd, Irvine ; Sergeant Fletcher, 2nd Stirling ; Lieu- 

 tenant M. Kcrrell, London Scottish ; J. (3. S. M'Kenzie, 

 Edinburgh; Captain Thorburn, Peebles; Corporal W. Cald- 

 well, 1st Renfrew ; R. M'Vittie. 7th Dumfries; M. Caldwell, 

 1st Renfrew. 



Reserve Men.- -Captain Johnston, 105th Lanark ; R. H. W. 

 Dunlop, London Scottish. 



A Fatal Rasoe Accident. — A most unfortunate occur- 

 rence at the Bellevuc Range, Medford, Mass., brought the 

 shooting to a sudden close on Saturday afternoon, "the 5th 

 inst. Mr. Geo. Richardson, the victim, was marking, while 

 at the firing point his nephew, H. K. Richardson, was doing 

 good scoring. The accident took place after two hours' 

 practice at the 500-yard range. Mr". Henry Wilbicgton fired 

 the last shot previous to the accident, and was engaged in 

 cleaning his rifle. His sole companion at the firing station 

 was Mr. Horace K. Richardson, who was taking aim, the 

 danger signal having been lowered. Mi', George Richardson 

 was serving as marker, and it is supposed that be suddenly 

 formed the intention of improving the appearance of the 

 bull's-eye which was considerably defaced. Quickly raising 

 his danger signal, he darted in front of the target with a brush 

 in his haud, just in season to receive a mortal wound. The 

 ill-fated shot entered at the back, passed through the chest, 

 cut off the thumb of the right hand holding the brush, and 

 entered the target. Mr. Richardson instantly fell, and 

 before his companions could render assistance he was dead. 

 The deceased was nearly 04 years of age. He leaves a wife 

 and five children. The mishap has occasioned considerable 

 comment in rifle and other circles, and a needless amount of 

 apprehension is experienced in some quarters as to the likeli- 

 hood of a similar tragedy occurring at any time. The fact is, 

 however, that a repetition of the occurrence is one of the 

 least likely things to happen where ordinary care and intelli- 

 gence are exercised ; indeed, with these provisos, it may be 

 said to be impossible. The marker, in all rifle pits, is so 

 sheltered from the flight of bullets that only the grossest ig- 

 norance or carelessness would expose him to the chance of 

 being hit by one of them on its way to the target. On all 

 well-conducted ranges the "pits" are provided with appli- 

 ances which have reduced to a minimum the danger attending 

 the marking of shots. The danger has always been in the 

 " splashing " of bullets— that is, the shattering of them into 

 minute fragments by contact with the iron targets. For a 

 while, because of the imperfect safeguards employed, this 

 was a source of a good many accidents, and the loss of an eye, 

 disfiguration of other features, a badly cut hand, arm or 

 breast, were frequently chronicled as resulting from "splashes." 

 But even this danger was at last in a great measure provided 

 against, and, by the adoption of the plate-glass look-out the 

 "trap," and a proper system of signalling at all first-class 

 ranges, the marker's duty has been rendered much less peri- 

 lous than is, perhaps, generally supposed. That, in the case 

 at present under consideration, the victim, though presuma- 

 bly versed in the duties of the position he had assumed, was 

 very careless, is, it would seem, self-evident to those who are 

 acquainted with the manner of conducting rifle competitions. 

 Otherwise it would, in the nature of things, have been impos- 

 sible for him to have been shot as he was. Surely no blame 

 can attach to the young man who fired the shot, nor should 

 the sport of rifle shooting necessarily be condemned bs dan- 

 gerous because a life was lost in consequence of neglect in tak- 

 ing precautions which should have suggested themselves to a 

 thoughtful person. Let it rather be urged in order to ensure 

 absolute safety in future to those persona participating in any 

 capacity in rifle competitions that no precaution, however 

 slight, be neglected, both at the firing paints and at the butts, 

 which the rules and common sense dictate. 



Massachusetts— Attleboro.— The Attleboro Amateur Rifle 

 Club held a two days' shoot at Menanhant ou the 9th and 10th. 

 The first match was at 200 yards, ten shots, five prhseB : J , 

 H. Crowell, 45; B J. Rabbeth, 43 ; 0, E. VV. Sherman, 43; 

 D. H. Robinson, 40 ; E. L. Freeman, 40. The second match 

 was a combination, ten shots each at 200 and 600 yards, 

 for four prizes. Following are the winners in order of rank 

 J. H. Crowell, 42 49-01 ; F. J. Rabbeth, 42 49—91 ; B L 

 Freeman, 39 49—88; B. J. Angell, 42 46—88. The third 

 match was a carton match, for five prizes, at 600 yards; ten 

 shots; possible 60. Winners: J H, Crowell, 56 ; F J 

 Rabbeth, 54; V. F. Crawford, 54; E. L. Freeman, 51; f! 

 D. Freeman, 50 



.■.'■', v.*/'Wi -, J it?,! 0.— Canton Rod and Gun Club, Riverside 

 Range. Practice meeting at 200 yds. , off-hand, 31bs. pull, 10 

 shots : 



Mass. Creed 



Moore 11 8 111 12 11 u is 10 9 T— 101 45 



Hull 10 11 9 10 10 9 9 10 9 10—91 41 



Lewis 10 8 8 9 10 6 10 12 9 10-92 40 



Andrews 11 n n 10 6 8 9 9 10 7—91 42 



Bldwell 7 1! 11 9 10 7 9 9 9— S9 41 



Laubenotetn 12 9 » 9 12 8 $ 5 9 0— at 40 



GaMDMOOB. -The New York Rifle Club met for weekly 

 200 yards practice, July 0, and shot for the C. E. Blyden- 

 burgh Badge ; at the word of command. The following 

 were the best practice scores made : 



F.I Do-aldEOl] 1 J 1 5 14 4 4 5 4—42 



WHDanlap -.-.3 4 4 S 5 4 4 4 6 5—41 



NO'Donnell 3 4444444+ 4—38 



JWMangam 4 3 5 4, 3 4 3 5 4 3-39 



They next shot for the H. D. Blyden burgh Badge for off- 

 hand shooting at 500 yards, Seven of the leading scores are 

 appended : 



NO'Donnell 4 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 4 3—39 



.1 W M ant-am 2 3 4 4 6 4 3 5 4—39 



AJHDWleit , 8 4 r, 4 4 3 3 4 5 3— 38 



Fred Alder 2 2 4 5 3 4 6 9 4 4— SB 



E B Barker B 4 2 2 + 48 5 8 4-36 



W H Dnulap 2 4 S 4 5 3 4 2 3 0—30 



FJDonaldson 9 2 343363 8-23 



A subscription match followed, at 200 yards, in which Mr. 

 Fred Alder led with the following score, claimed as the best 

 ever made in a subscription match at Creedmoir. no made 

 eight bull's-eves in succession. Score : 54 5 555 5 555 



--19 



Seppesfri.dt vs. S6uth Brooklyn. — 'Che teams of these 

 two off-hand clubs met for another test of ability on the 11th 

 inst., at Koch's Schutzen Park, and at the ring target made 

 scores as follows : 



Seppenfoldt team. 



John W Adams 21 IS 20 24 20 84 22 20 24 20-213 



Wra Seppenfeldt -it 94 20 23 -H 19 20 24 21 31—213 



A Keller ." IS 19 20 20 ;3 23 19 22 22 21—212 



EHolzmann 18 19 23 21 19 19 IS 23 24 23— 207 



.lohnRern ...23 14 2S 2.1 M 25 IS 21 23 IS— 213 



Isaac BarriBan 12 19 17 20 15 w 22 is 17 h;-it3 



Total 1221 



South Brooklyn team. 



ChOaJOhr -21 IS 22 22 21 IS 24 21 24 IS— 209 



Dr Welly 17 20 25 14 23 22 98 29 20 is— 2i9 



Jotm Xauirhton IS 23 23 21 21 20 19 19 21 22—297 



Chaa Zcifdcr 21 IS 17 21 23 23 IS 22 19 19— 19S 



.THKoche 2(1 14 22 10 21 24 21 It! 17 22-195 



John Hazleton .23 1 21 91 10 16 is 12 17 21 is— 177 



Total 1195 



Matches at West End Rangk. — A glass ball tournament 

 will be held on the grounds of the Columbia Rifle Associa- 

 tion, at West End, K J., on Thursday, July 17, 1879, and 

 every Thursday thereafter. Shooting will begin at 10:30 a. 

 it., on arrival of train on Erie R. R. at 10 A. M. from foot of 

 Chambers street, 3ST. Y. Six items make up the programme, 

 as follows : 



First event, twenty-five single balls— First prize, associa- 

 tion gold badge and 10 per cent, of gate money. The badge 

 to be held by the winner for one month ; and to become the 

 personal property of the competitor winning it three times. 



Second event, sweepstakes at twenty-five single balls. En- 

 trance fee, §2. 



Third event, sweepstakes at ten pairs of double balls. En- 

 trance fee, 62. 



Fourth event, classified sweepstakes at ten pairs double 

 bails. Entrance fee, $2. 



Fifth event, classified sweepstakes at twenty-five single 

 balls. Entrance fee, $2. 



Sixth, team match— Gpen to teams of four from any club 

 or association. Eutrance, $10 for each team. 



The matches are open to all comers, and a year's subscrip- 

 tion to the Forest a^d Stbeam will be given to the best 

 aggregate in first five. 



Mabi'Land— Baltimore. — At the annual meeting of the 

 Maryland Rifle Club, July 2, the following officers were elect- 

 ed for the ensuing year: President, A. G. Alford; Vice- 

 President, J. B. Armstrong ; Secretary and Treasurer, H. B. 

 Coulson ; Executive Committee— L. Deitrich, B. B. Lynch, 

 Ed. Melchior, A. Y, Canfield. Jr., Capt. Zollinger. The 

 Patapso Rifle Range opened for the season of 1879 on Satur- 

 day, July 12. Rules of National Rifle Association governing, 

 with shooting every Wednesday and Saturday. 



Wkst Virginia — Wheeling, July 4.— Independence Day 

 was enjoyed by the Maynard Rifle Club here with a series of 

 matches at Tingle Range. The weapons used were of various 

 sort, including many muzzle-loaders, and short-range was ac 

 cordingly shot over in the several contests. Prof. D wight, 

 who will be remembered as one of the last American Team, 

 led the field, gaining three matches out of five. The day was 

 unfavorable for good shooting, as there was a strong wind 

 blowing across the range all day. The distance was 100 

 yards ; position, off hand. The target was the Massachusetts, 

 with a four-inch bull's-eye, with an inner circle two inches in 

 diameter, which counted 12, the remainder of the bull's-eye 

 counting 11. Rings one inch apart from the bull's-eye, de- 

 creasing the count one point every inch. In the first match 

 the scores ran : 



ApnlPgate 8 11 lo 10 10-49 Babcoek 6 SUM 7—42 



Mulnr.vre 12 7 10 7 9-45 Jle'Jleilan 8 s 10 7 B— 41 



Dr Stiriver 9 9 10 7 9—44 Virgin 8 5 1110-40 



Dwlght 1018 7 S e— 42 Jones 9 11 1u 210—10 



Stanton 9 9 8 10— 42 Applegate 5 8 J !» 



Second match, three shots each 1 



Dwlght 10 11 S— 29 Dr Blatt fi 5 S— 19 



Mclutyre 10 10 6— 24 Lewis 8 5 0—19 



Applegate .11 8 9— as Carroll 6 7 6—19 



Stmver 9 9 9—27 Wartuen.... .5 9 4— is 



MoOlellan 7 9 8—2+ 



Third match, three shots each i 



Dwlght to 12 10—32 Applegate 10 It) J— 2+ 



Molatyre 9 10 12—31 Slinver 7 6 11—58 



DrBratt ... 9 7 9—25 Frost, 10 9 2—21 



Sharps rifle match, for a fins Sharps short-range rifle and 

 appendages, value $50 ; seven shots each ■. 



Dwtgtlt 12 11 11 lit 13 6 10—74 



virgin 9 lo n n 12 11 9—73 



Drsrati 9 12 11 12 7 9 8— m 



Snnver 9 iq r 10 9 9 10—64 



McClellao 9 a 8 n 12 s s-04 



Applegate 9 9 9 6 S II) 10-02 



Applegate (re-entry) « 4 10 7 9 9 m— as 



Roberts a 3 10 8 9 6 11—54 



Stipes ...7 11 3 9 9 7— ail 



Mclutyre. 2 10 9 6 w 



Fifth match, three shots each : 



DrBralT 12 11 10—33 Dwlght. ....10 9 7—26 



Apjplegate . .10 111 11— 81 Koberis .,...? 3 10—32 



Mcuityre 9 11 11— HI Davis 9 2 8—19 



Vnglu 11 9 11—31 L-elgluon .. . S 3 0-17 



Louisiana— -Veir Orleans, July 4.— Frogmoor was drawn 

 upon heavily for amusement to-day, and the unusual event 

 of two regular matches being contested attracted a crowd of 

 •iflemen Into the field. The fifth competition for the Lilieu- 

 thai cup and the fourth for the Mobile or Inter-State Trophy 

 took place. The shooting generally was not above a fair 

 average and the contests were in consequence little exciting. 

 In the Lilienthal, Major Arms won for the second time and 



put up the highest score yet made in any of these matches. 

 lu the Mobile contest, the Washingtons had the good fortune 

 to break the run of the Louisiana Field, and the match now 

 takes on another and better look. The individual scores are 

 given herewith : 



Summary— New Lilienthal cup, fifth competition, between 

 individuals under military rules; distances, 200 and 500 yards; 

 five shots at each distance and two sighting shots. Three 

 winnings entitle the winner to possession of prize. First con- 

 test won by Bercegeay, score 41 ; second by Weiss, score 39 ; 

 third by Arms, score 41, and fourth by Gowland, score 40. 

 200 yards. 500 yards. 



Anus 5 5 4 4 4-22 5 5 4 3 8—20—42 



Qerreis 4 4 3 a 4—18 5 6 4 5 2—21—89 



I + 4 4 4 4—80 4 4 5 4 2—19—89 



Cliarlion 4 4 4 4 4—20 2 4 3 4 5— IS— 3S 



Ueroegeay 4 4 4 3 4—19 5 3 3 8 4—16—37 



Renaud ,4 3 4 5—20 4 3 4 2 4—17—37 



Weiss 4 4 3 4 3—15 3 3 2 6 5—18—33 



Selpli 3 3 8 4 3—10 6 4 3 4-16— 82 



Klernan 4 2 3 3 t— 10 4 2 2 2 3-13-29 



Watson 4 + 4 3 4—19 3 4 3—10—29 



l-iil.ri.aeh 3 4 4 8 4—18 3 2 8 2—10—28 



Ooila 4 3 4 2 B— 16 2 5 8 2—19—13 



Qowland 3 440 +—15 3422 0-10—25 



Sporl 4 3 5 4 4—20 2 2 4 2 8—13—23 



HgOt 3 2 2 2—9 2 2 2—6—15 



l',wtler 4 3 3 2—12 withdrawn —12 



Summary— Inter-State or Mobile trophy, fourth competi- 

 tion under new rules, which require five winnings to entitle 

 to possession ; distances, 200 and 500 yards ; teams of eight ; 

 seven shots at each range, with military rifles. The prize 

 was won the first, second and third times by the Louisiana 

 Field Artillery, 



Trie Washington Artillery. 



200 yard?. 500 yards. 



Arms 5 5 4 4 13 4—29 6 5 4 8 3 4 5—29—58 



Bradford 4 4 4 + 45 3—25 4 4 S 4 2 3 5— 27— 55 



Michel + 5 4 4 4 4 4— HII 4 3 2 2 5 4 4—24-64 



Chariton 4 4 4 4 4 3 4—26 2 3 4 4 5 5 3—26—52 



Sporl 4 3 5 4 4 4 4— 24 2 2 4 2 3 4 3—20 IS 



Selph 3 3 3 4 3 4 2—22 II 5 4 3 4 2 2-20-42 



1 Union 2 3 4 3 3 3 3—21 2 5 2 3—12—38 



Dupre 3 I) with'w —3 withdrew —3 



Total ^ 



The Louisiana Field Artillery. 



Bercegeay 4 4 4 3 4 4 4—27 5 3 8 3 4 4 5—27—54 



Welsa 4 4 3 4 3 3 4-25 3 3 2 5 5 5 4-27—52 



Nellean ...4 4 4 5 4 11 5—26 3 3 3 5 4 6— ■'3—40 



Mayroune 3 9 4 4 3 3 3—23 3 4 3 2 4 3 4-23—46 



Uschwlnd 4 4 4 3 3 4 4—26 3 8 3 3 4—15—40 



'itierln 4 2 4 4 4 3 4—23 3 6 3 2 2— 15— jo 



Fortier 2 3 4 2 3 3 4—21 2 3 3 2— 9— go 



Durel 3 4 3 2 2 0—14 2 4 3 0.. 9—23 



Total £5 



The Continental Guards. 



Kenand 4 8 4 5 4 4 4— 2S 4 3 4 2+4 4—25—53 



Ghlen 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-23 4 3 2 4 3 5 3-24-62 



rg 2 5 8 4 3 4 3—24 8 3 4 2 2 2 3-19— 4a 



Watson. ...... ...4 4 4 3 4 2 4—25 3 4 3 3 3— 16-41 



TMel 3 + 3054 3-22 224224 3—19^41 



Tierce 4 3 2 3 3 3 0-1S 2 5 2 4 5 8-21-39 



8 2 4 4 3 4 3-23 2 + 2042 2-16-39 



Cathalongne....4 3 4 3 4 3 3—24 2 0—2-26 



A Phopek Protest— Salem. Mom., July 11.— In looking 

 at the scores made at Walnut Hill, July 9 (and the same can 

 be said of previous dates), I notice that the number of scores 

 published does not correspond with the number of entries. 

 There are several " crack shots" who regularly attend the 

 shooting at Walnut Hill, who, if they make a poor score, or 

 are beaten by members of the secotid or third class, invaria- 

 bly refuse to allow their scores to be published, or, if pub- 

 lished, they use an aliax— of which they have several— and 

 thus, to the uninitiated, keep up tbeir leputation by always 

 having a large score under their names. This, 1 consider is 

 unfair; because, while giving the public an exalted opinion 

 of the " crack shots," it also gives an erroneous impression 

 in regard to the shooting of the other members. Cannot this 

 be remedied so that all may be on an even footing in regard 

 to having their scores published ? Amatetjb 



RIFLES IN WAR AND PEACE. 



Bbaila, Roumania, June 10, 1879. 

 Editor Fobbst and Stream: 



Sir— Your impression of May 2 to hand. As regards 

 your correspondent's (" Q. M.") remarks, I do not find them 

 at all to the point. We ought to be pretty well up in the 

 various points of the " Peabody," considering it is our adopt- 

 ed national arm. There is no more similarity between the 

 Peabody and the Martini than there is between the needle gun 

 {ZiiiidruvJJ.-gciceha) of "Dreyse" and the host of other bolt- 

 actions which afterward came out. The Martini-Henry is 

 simply a rifle with a Martini action, combined with a Henry 

 barrel and bullet, Now, this so-called Peabody-Martini has 

 undoubtedly a Henry barrel and bullet, but where the Pea- 

 body part is I cannot discover. I do not hesitate in sayintt 

 that this Peabody-Martini must have been made from a genu- 

 ine Martini-Henry as a model, as it even has the indentation 

 for placing the thumb in the act of pressing the trigger and 

 this last is roughed exactly the same as the English rifles 

 There is not the least doubt about the Peabody being the ear- 

 lier of the two, nor is there any doubt but that Martini's in- 

 vention was worked out as an improvement, on the Peabody 

 taking this as the earliest practical form of hinged falling block 

 I believe, however, that there is a very ancient breech-loading 

 gun of this form still in eicistence. But, after all, most bieech- 

 loaders are more or less worked out from others. Probablv 

 Henry's patent rights have not been recognized, and there- 

 fore the rifle is dubbed Peabody-Martini instead of Martini- 

 Henry. We take it that they need not be at all "funky" 

 about these Martini-Henry's in England, considering that it 

 is the same rifle as that from which the "deadly lead hail" 

 was fired from Plevna, with the exception that the English 

 cartridge contains more and stronger powder. We here are 

 not so far from Plevna as not to be pretty well up in what 

 took place. It is quite correct that i ach soldier was supplied 

 with a large box of ammunition, and, what is more, they did 

 not waste time in closing the action. They simply pressed 

 down the lever to open the breech and eject the empty case • 

 then put in a fresh cartridge and pulled the trigger, which 

 closed the action and exploded the cartridge at the same time 

 Seeing this, any one at all acquainted with the rifle may form 

 a pretty lucid idea as to "lead hail " kept up. y R 



P. B.— iTttnelO.— I regret to find that the above has not 

 been sent olf. I have since read your article "Carver en 

 Grande Tenue." You are mistaken when you suppose that 

 the Winchester is not known. It is known well enough, but 

 very little used, as up to 1870 it carried no charge, and' was 

 very unsuitable for sporting purposes, as the trajectory was 

 painfully high. Of course, it is in its element when used on 

 glass balls at a range of a few paces , and then the balls 

 can't turn on the sportsman and bite, as is the cage with a 



