FOREST AND STREAM. 



m 



Missouri.— St. Louis, July 18,— St. Louis Gun Club 

 Bhoot on club grounds ; 30 birds ; 21 yards : — 

 Wilson iiiimiimiiuuinimiio 1-29. 



Pierce 1 111111101101 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-26. 



Darter 1101111 011111111101111 n 1111111 -:;■;. 



Of the lost birds Wilson only had one and that fell dead 

 out of bounds ; three of Pierce's four were dead out, of 

 bounds, but Dozier's four were clear misses. A shoot at 

 six pairs of birds was then instituted with the following 

 result :— 



Wilson 10 II II 10 II 11-10 



Hertse 111 10 11 m U 11—9 



Dossier ,11 10 10 00 00 10—5 



Of the lost birds one each for Pierce and Do/.ier fell out 

 of bounds. The birds were all strong and good liyers. 

 The bird that was scored out of bounds for Wilson was 

 the finest shot made during the match, It was a black 

 pigeon and an incomer and it passed the gun so rapidly 

 that he had to turn and shoot after it. The charge liter- 

 ary knocked it out of bounds, as there was a fence 30 

 yards in rear of the score, and to save time it was ruled 

 that birds falling over the fence should be scored lost or 

 dead on I of bounds if hit. It fell CO yards from the trap 

 with Dittmar powder. 

 Tennessee.— Jackson, July 15.— Glass balls :— 



Campbell 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 n I 1 01 1 1 11 11 1 



11110 1111111110 10 11111 - 11. 



D\inn 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (I I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 



1111110101 II 11111111 9-38. 



King 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 (I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 



11110 111111001110 1-38. 



Murrell 1 111111111011111111111111111 



11111111111111111101 1—47. 



Searcy 1 111111111111111111111110 111 



11101111110111111111 -17. 



Theue ... .1111111111111110111110111111 

 111101111001011111001 1— 44. 



Bullock 1110 111111110 11110 110 110 111 



101101111111111111111 1-12. 

 Average each man 4:.';. T. W. M. 



GKOP.GlA—Auyi.ista, July 14. — Twenty single balls 

 from three Bogardus traps; 21 yards rise: — 



MERCHANTS & EX 



CHANGE CLUB. 



AUGUSTA SCOUTING CLUB. 



A. M. Benson .... 

 H. I). 11. Tujfjrs 



w.T. Dortic 



M. .1. Verdcry 



J. P. Bought v 

 .1. W. Jackson.. . 



C. It. Stone 



J. J. Doughty, 

 W. M. Jackson 



14 



17 



19 



IV 



17 



17 



IS 



. . . 17 



17 



T. 0. Dortic 16 



J. D. Huhii 20 



fleora-e Slack 18 



.7. H.Meyer 17 



J. B. L. Dorlie M 



W. H.Jones ?0 



W.H.Rogers 15 



W, E. Schofield IK 



I. D. Rooks . 19 



Totul 



153 Total 15(1 



Immediately 

 double balls fr 

 10 balls each; 2 



after this there was another match at ten 

 im two Bogardus traps : six on each side ; 

 I yards rise: as follows : — 



MERCHANTS & EXC 



HANGE Ct.CB. AUGUSTA SPORTING CLUB. 



W. T. Dortic 



J. P. Doughty.... 

 H p D 'rViggs 

 J. J. Doughty. . . 



J. W. Jackson 



M. J. Verdcry 



4 I T. C. Dortic fi 



9 George Slack 7 



6 J. H. Movers li 



... 9 W. H.JonOS 10 



j Jno. D. Halm 8 



6 I W. E. Schofield T 



Total... 



40 



Total 44 



W. H. J. 



Sacramento vs. Stockton.— Stoclcton, Cut., July 13.— 

 Glass ball match between teams of Sacramento and Stock- 

 ton Gun Clubs. Card's rotary trap ; 18 yards : — 



THE SCORE— STOCKTON TEAM. 



O. Marshall 1 1111, 01111, 1111 1, 11111, 11111—24 



F. Liistreto .1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 0, 1 1 1 1, 10111—20 



Charles Kich 1 1111, 11111, 11111, 1111 J, ul 11 1-24 



G.A.Brown 11111,010 11, 11111, 11111, 11111-23 



C. B. Smith 11111, 11111, 11111, 1111 (I, 10111—23 



C.J. Haas... 11111, 10111, 11010, 11111, 1(1111-21 



135 



BACRAMENTO TEAM. 



1 1 1 1 1. il 1 1 0, 1 0. 1 1 0, 1 1 1 1 1—15 



.. 1 1 1 0, 1 1 1 0, 1 1 1 1, Kill, 10 11 0—lfl 

 ... .1 1 1 1 0, 1 1 1 0, 1 1 1, 1 U 0, 0101 1-10 



Ill 11, U 1111, 00101, 11010, 11100—17 



. 1 1 1, 1 1 0, 1 1 1 1 I, 1 1 1, 1 1 1—16 

 ...11101, 11 1 11, 0111 1, 11111, 11101—22 



12« 



Beede . 



Kane 



Muuldiu 

 Beede.,. 



GULF CITY GUN CLUB. 



Tournament at Mobile, Ala., June 26, 2? and 28— 

 Shoot No. 1.— For $350 : ten single birds : 21 yards rise :— 



Total. 



E. Calve 



WB.N'olk 



J. E. Skinner.;., 



0. fi. Harwell,.., 



P. A. Solo 



P. A. Cousin 



B. C. Le Breton 



F. P. Duvte 



Jno. Gilmer 



T. S. Scales 



P. Williams, Jr. 



Jno. Allston 



O.W. Tunstall ... 



Jus. Buckley 



H.P. Vass 



F. W. Pope . , 

 L. M. Nunc.:- ... 

 W. L. Young — 



C. A. Johnson... 

 W, L. Jones 



1. M. Ladd, Jr. 



F. M. Leigh 



J. C. Bush 



w. E. Gordon.... 



I. Ale: 



-, jr. 



Tie 



i and 



1 



l 



1 



1 l 







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111-9 



1 



l 



1 



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1 



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1 1 1-10 



1 



I 







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111—8 











1 



1 I 



1 



i 



111—8 



1 



i 



1 



l 1 



1 



i 



1 1 0—9 



1 







1 



i i 



1 



i 



111—9 



... 1 



li 



1 



1 



1 



i 



1 1— 7 



.1 



1 



1 



1 ii 



II 



i 



111—8 



1 







1 



i i 



1 



i 



111—9 



1 



i 



1 



i i 



1 



i 



1 1 1-10 



1 



i 



1 



1 i 



'1 



i 



11-8 



.1 



ii 



1 



1 1 



II 



I 



1 I) 1— 7 



... 1 



i 



1 



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1 



I 



1 1 1-10 



- 1 



i 



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1 



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110—8 



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u 



111-7 







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1 



i 



1 

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1 

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1 1—7 

 111-9 



1 



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1 1 1-10 



1 



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i i 



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11—7 



1 



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111-7 



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10 1—8 



1 



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1 I 1—9 



t : Tunstall, 



3 : Nolt 



2 : Scales 



Alexa 



id 



ax 



won 





•ith 6 ; Solo 



ers wit 



it 



out on 



u 



w 



a; scores. 



Ties on 10, 

 1 : Johnson, 



missed his sixth, and otl 



Ties on 8 : Vass and Harwell tied on six and divided. 

 Ties on 7 : Le Breton won with 6 ; Allston killing 5 and 

 Pope 4. 



Match No. 2.— Five single birds ; yards rise ;— 



Total. 



E. Carre 10 11-3 W.B.Holt 11111—5 



Jno. Gilmer 111 1-4 W. K. Jones 110 1—3 



.I.E. Leigh 1110 1-4 P.M. Leigh 1111—4 



C.Prieliaid .10 10 1—3 H. P. Vass 10 111-4 



F. P. Davis 1 1 1 1-1 P.M. Ladd .01 111— t 



F. A. Cousin Ill 1 1—5 P. Williams, jr 10 11 1—4 



O. W. Tunstall 110 11-4 I. M. Ladd, jr 11111-5 



J.Buckley 11110-4 W.T: -,,- .i... i 1 .; i J -, 



L. C. Le Breton. .0110 1—3 L. M. Nance 1011 1—4 



W.S.Goodall 110 10-3 F.W.Pope 11110-4 



W.H. Sheffield 10 111-4 1 C. Bush 1 1111-5 



W. L. Young 110 11—4 I. S. Alexander 11110-4 



C.A.Johnson 10 1—2 Jno.Allslon 00000-0 



T.S. Scales 1111—1 F.jV.Mul.me 1 1 0-2 



.I.E. Skinner 1110—3 



Ties on 5 ; Holt made remarkable score of 45 straight, 



Cousin killing 44. Tics on 4 : Tunstall won with 13 ; 

 Buckley and Sheffield, killing 1 I each. Ties on 3 won by 

 Jones, 14 out of [5; Goodall killing 13, Johnson won 

 ties of 2. 

 Third Match.— Seven single birds ; 21 yards :— 



Total. 

 A. B. Woodcock! 110 11 1— fi II. P. Vass 10 1111 1-0 



J. '„'. Bush 11110 1 J — is F. W. Pone 11111-5 



W. II. Holt 1111 1-5 L. N. Nance 1110 1—4 



T. S. Scales ,,.,1100111-5 F. M. Leigh 1101101-5 



B.C. Le Breton... 1 111111-7 J. E. Skinner ...101111 0—5 

 G, A. Tunstall .111111 1—7 W. H.Shelliehl IN! - :> 



E. L. Marshall, , 1110 11 1-0 J. M.Ludd 1111111-7 



F. A. Solo. , ,1110 1-1 M. K: Jones 10 1111—5 



J. Buckley .011111 0-5 .1. ¥.. Leijth 101011 0-4 



Jno. Gilmer 1 1 1 110 1-8 W.S.Goodall 10 1111-5 



F. A. Cousin. . 111111 1-7 P.M. Ladd 1111110-6 



C. K. Harwell ...111 I 1 1 1—7 P. S. Hi>lliiu?or .0111110-5 



I.:. Prichard II 1 1 1 1-1 .1. ('. George 1111111—7 



H. Austill 1111111-7 C.H.Drusback. .111111 0—6 



E. Cam-. . 1110 111-6 P.A.Malone 0011010-3 



' .\ .I'lhh-Ml, , I ■ I I i i , It. ']. ;i„', nl '. II 1 Li 1 II i> ' 



w. I.. YMiny i ii i I i i i: ,| -. \|., under. ..11 1 11 1-6 



F. P. Davis.: .1 1 1 1 II 1-5 E. T. Manning. 1111111—7 

 Ties on 7. at 31 yards ■. Le Breton and Cousin tied on 



6 and divided. Ties on 6 : Vass scored f> and Marshall 5. 

 Ties on 5 : Scales scored li. Skinner. .5. Solo and Prich- 

 ard divided 4th. 

 Fourth Match.— Double birds :— 



Totul. 



E. Carre 00 10 11 10—1 P. P. Davis 10 10 11 10-5 



H.P. Vass, 10 11 II 11 — 7 Urainard 110110 10-5 



F.A.Solo 10 10 10 11-5 .In,.. Gilmer 1110 1111-7 



F.A, Cousin 10 11 11 11—7 \V. s. Goodall 11 10 11 11—7 



B.C. Le Breton.. .11 II 11 10—7 C. If. Dresnnch .11111100—6 



G. W. Tunstall 1110 1111-7 H. Austel .11111110-7 



C. Prichard.. 11 10 10 11-0 w. K. Jones 10 111111—7 



F. N. Nance II 11 II 01-7 B. I,. Marshall 11 11 10 11-7 



.I.E. Lei-h 111 10 10 11-5 T'.C. Hush 10 11 11 10— 6 



W. L. Young 11 11 11 10-7 J. S. Alexander 10 10 11 11-6 



F.A.Johnston 11 10 10 11—6 .In... Auston 1100 1111—6 



F. G.Hollinoer .11 1.1 10 11.-7 F. M. Leigh... 10 11 10 10-5 



T.S. Scales II 11 10 11-7 Iloolittle 10 1100 00-3 



A. II. Woodcock. .10 01 11 11-6 F. \V. Pope ..11110111—7 



J.M.Ladd.jr 11 11 10 11.-7 W. II. Sheffield.. ..01 11 11 11—7 



Ties on 7, won hv Tunstall. 11 out of 12; ties on 6: 

 Bush 4 straight : tics on 5 : Davis, 9 out of 12. 



Fifth Match. — Sweepstakes: 5 birds; 26 yards; 3 

 class.-; :— 



Total. 



H.P. Vass 11111-5 .I.e. Hush 11101—4 



E. Carre 11111-5 T. S. Scales 11111—5 



Harwell 11111—5 K. P. Priester 11101-4 



Buddy ....11011—4 W. L. Young .1 1 1 I 0-4 



Pope. - - 10 111—4 Jn... Gilmer l l l I 1-5 



Nance 1 1 1 1—4 J.E.Leigh 1 1 0—2 



Tunstall 11111—5 F.M. Ladder .11110—1 



Prichard 11111—5 W. 8. Anderson 1001 1—3 



Iloolittle 1110 1-4 J. S. Skinner 1 1 000—2 



Felder 10 111—4 W.K. Jones 1 1 1 00-3 



Davis 10 111—1 J. A. Solo 1110—3 



Johnston.- 11111-5 J. C. George 11010-3 



W. It. Sheffield 1 1 1 1 1—5 F.M.Leigh 1 I 0—2 



.I.A.Sheton 11111-5 A. B. Woodcock 01111—4 



W. S. Goodall 1 1111—5 J.M.Ladd.jr...- 1 10 1—3 



Ties on 5. won by Tunstall. with 9 straight, Vass killing 

 8 and Johnson 7. Tie on 4 : Pope, Woodcock and Pries- 

 ter, divided on 3. Jones won ties on 3, 



Sixth Match. — Sweepstakes ; miss and out; 31 yards: — 



W.S.Goodall 11110-4 Young 11110-4 



Jag. Buckley 11 10 0-3 Pope 1 1111—5 



J. C. Bush 1 111 1—5 



Bush. Pope. Tunstall, Sheffield and Leigh, divided. John- 

 son, King, Priester, Wittich. Doolittle, Alston. Gilmerr 

 Shelton, Koss, and Scales, killed one each ; Solo 2 ; others 

 missed first bird. 



ST. PAUL TOURNAMENT. 



Annual shooting tournrment under the auspices of the 

 St. Paul, Minn., Sportsmen's Club, Lake Como, July 10. 

 The sport was confined to one day, scarcity of birds pre- 

 venting the usual extension of the' tournament over three 

 days. H and T plunge traps ; rules of State Sportsmen's 

 Association. First match : 21 yards : 3 prizes : — 



Brown 



Carli 



Kennedy.... 

 Dreis . . 



Bulier 



Simmons. ... 

 Warner, E. F. 



Ties on 5. 26 yards, three birds : — 



Baldwin 10 w. I Zimmerman 1 1 1—3 



Dreis 1 1 1—3 | Hamilton ,111—3 



Won by Zimmerman with three straight, at 31 yards. 



Ties oti-1, 26 yards :— 



Brown w. I Pflster.. w. 



Carli w. Becker w. 



Butler 1 1 1— 3 Davis 111—3 



Warner, E. F w. I 



Butler and Davis divided. 



Bntler and Davis divided. 



Second match ; 21 yards rise : — 



.10 11 1—3 

 ..♦111 1—4 

 .11100-3 

 .1111 1—5 

 .01111—4 

 ..0101 0—2 

 .1110 1—4 



Pflster 



Becker 



Timi.erlake 

 Baldwin... 

 Hamilton... 

 Davis 



,1110 1-4 

 .110 1 1—4 

 .* * 1 0—1 

 .1111 1—5 

 1111 1—5 

 .111*1—4 

 .1111 1—5 





000 * 7— 1 



1111 1—6 



1 1 * 1 0—3 



110 0-2 



.0 1111—4 

 1 1 1 1—4 



. .11111-5 

 1 1 10-3 



10—1 





1 



Brown 



Butler . 



Pflster 



Kennedy 



Carli 



Warner. E. F. 



Tiri.l.erluke 



Dave, 



GnUian 



llamUtod 



.. .0 



1 



.1 



1 

 ... .1 



Poehlcr 



Simmons. .... 

 Morse 



.Mitchell 



Dreis ,, .. 



Zimmerman 



". 1 

 .1 



11111-5 

 D 1 1 1—3 

 110 1 1-4 

 1 1 »— 2 

 t 1 1 1 0-4 

 110 11-4 

 ♦111 1—4 

 1111 1—5 

 * 1 1 1-4 



Ties on 5, 26 yards :— 



Brown 1 1 1—3 I Baldwin , , 



Poceher 11 1—3 | Dreis 



Second tie, 31 }'ards : — 



Brown 1 1 1-3 I Baldwin 



Poehlcr 1 w. | 



Ties on 4, 26 yards : — 



Kennedy 0' w. I Hamiton 



Carli li" -■: .Mp.rhol 



Timherlake 11 1— 2 Zimmerman 



Gotz/.ian t* w. | 



Timherlake and Zimmerman divided. 



Ties on 3. 26 yards ;— 



Butler ..'. . , * 1 1—3 | Warner. E. F 



Simmons 1 1—3 I 



In the shoot-off Simmons \ 



Third match ; 21 yards :- 



ivon. 



Roadman... - 

 Mitchell.. 

 Cull. erls.. n . 

 Poehler 



Baldwin. .. 



Davis 



Warner H... 

 Van Syke. . . 

 Huddleston . 

 Carli 



.10111—1 



10 11 1—4 



...1101 0-3 



. ..0111 0-3 



1 10 1-3 



..1 1 1* ~3 

 11111-5 



.1 1 1 1 «—l 



...11 000—2 

 . . 1 1111-5 

 ...0 1111-4 



Morse — 1 



Hiehcson.-- .... ..1 



Lemon 1 



Simmons 1 



Kennedy..- 1 



Butler 



Hamilton 1 



♦ 1 1 1— I 

 10 1-3 

 1 1 0-3 

 1 1 1 1—5 

 1 1-3 

 1111-4 



110 1—4 



111 1—5 

 10 11-3 

 1*1-3 



Ties on 5, 26 yards :— 



Davis ' . 1 1 1-3 I Huddleston ... 111-3 



Simmons 1 1 Ow. | Zimmerman 1 w 



On the second shoot-off Davis won first. 

 Ties on 4, 26 yards :— 



Hodman 1 1 1—3 I Mitchell 10 w. 



Warner, R 1 1 0—2 Carli ..10 w. 



Morse 00 w. Butler 10 w. 



Hamilton 1 w. I 



Ties on 3, 26 yards :— 

 Culbertson w. Poehler 111—3 



''" - ■ ;■■■ • '.- i 



r. . I emoi! - 1 n w 



Kennedy 10 w. Brown 111—2 



Warner, E. F 1 1 *-2 



After a sharp contest Baldwin was winner of the third 

 prize. 



Double bird match :— 



Carli ,10 n 10-4 I Mitchell , 



Hoadinan 11 10 11-5 Kenned v 



Butler H U 10-5 Davis..'. 



Dries 11 10 10— 4 Baldwin . 



Hamilton 10 11 00-3 ' Hich.-s,m 



Huddleston 11 11 11-.; Becker 



VanSvke 00 10 II -3 Simmons 



Warner, H 11 10 l*-4 Brown 



I'lilncrston 10 00 00— 1 I Zimmerntl 



Blister 10 10 11—4 M .. , I I! 



Lemon 11 11 11-6 Morse. 



Warner, E. F 10 10 10—3 I 



11 10 10-4 



.10 10 10—3 



..11 11 10-5 



01 11 11—5 



.11 11 10-5 



.1* 10 11—1 



.10 10 10—3 



. 10 11 11-6 



..11 11 11—6 



.00 00 01-1 



.10 10 11-4 



Ties on (>. 21 yards :— 



Huddleston... U 11-4 I Lemon 10 w 



Poehler 10 w. | Zimmerman 11 * 1—3 



Ties on 5, 21 yards : — 



,10v 



Sutler 



ivis oow. I Baldwin 



cbeson 11 10-3 I Brown . 



In shoot-off Baldwin won. 



The third prize went to Hon. P. J. Dreis. 



Last match : 26 yards rise :— 



Mitchell 



Culbertson, 



Van Syke . 



..10111—41 Hicheson 



.-0011 1-3 Huil.il. -so.. i 



.10 00 1—2 Butler 



.1111 1-5 I Hodman 



1 1 I I— 4 I Hamilton... 

 .01 1 1-1! ' Marshall. 



. . 1 1 1-3 Pflster 



..11 11 1—5 Simmons. . 



.110 0-2 I Davis 



.1111 1— fi Lemon 

 .0111 o— ;■)' Wi 

 . . 1 110 0-3 I Ke 

 ..100 1 1-3 Zii: 

 , .1 1 1—3 I 



E. F 



.0 1 0—1 



1111 1—5 



. . 1 10 1 1-1 



.110 1 1—4 



...0101 1—3 



. 110 1—3 



. 1 * »— 1 



.1110 1-4 



.0 111 0—3 



1111 1-5 



.1111 0-4 



.110 1 0-3 



*1 1 11-4 



In the shoot-off, miss and out, Baldwin won first. Bod- 

 man second, and Becker third prize. 



In the first sweepstakes, three single rises, first prize won 

 by C. A. Zimmerman, second by G. W. Baldwin. 



In the second sweepstakes, Baldwin and Timberlake di- 

 vided first prize: second prize was won by P, J. Dreis, and 

 third by G. A. Hamilton. 



— A Correspondent writes from Old Point Comfort: : 

 •• There is a little here of what would be considered dress 

 in Newport. It has not been fashionable at the South lo 

 be rich since the war — affluence arguing that you failed 

 to sacrifice all for the cause, and Southern ladies, lovers 

 of. ■,!.-, ;>.':■ n fi. /i: ■ o .-ii; ..■ \tu>; several costumes in 

 a day. They are fond of quoting Mrs. (Judge) Aiken of 

 South Carolina who, with all her millions, used to appear 

 at the White Sulphur Springs in cheap lawn and prunella 

 shoes." Hotel prices are $2.60 a day for monthly and 

 S2.S5 for weekly guests. The same facts apply to all the 

 southern watering places, and whatever the true motive 

 or incentive to economy, the lesson is one which might 

 be incalcated with profit everywhere. 



GUN PATTERNS. 



Vicksburgh, Miss., May 31, 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



My brother and I each have a Scott gun. His is 10 

 gauge. 30-inch barrel, and weighs 9 pounds ; mine is 

 1.2 gauge. 314-inch barrel, and weighs 8 pounds. Both 

 are choked and breech-loaders. We have just made a 

 careful, pains-taking trial of their capacity for shot and 

 powder, and append a table of the result herewith. We 

 began with an ounce of shot, with 3 drms. powder for the 

 No. 12, and 3| for the No. 10. heaped up, always using a 

 half drm. more in the larger gun. We made "four shots 

 each for every change of shot or powder, and the table 

 gives the average of the four shots. When using the 

 light charges of powder we did not deem it worth while 

 to use No. 4 nor 5 shot ; and when using heavy charges we 

 omitted the trial on 7 and 8. This test required 88 shots 

 each. 



To test penetration we used a long, narrow box. open at 

 one end and on top, with perpendicular grooves an inch 

 apart, opposite each other, on the inside. Into these 

 grooves we slipped cards five inches long and four wide, 

 the thickness of a postal card, which they very much re- 

 sembled. These we had cut the proper size at a printing 

 office. The box we fastened upon stakes, with the open 

 end towards the point from which we shot, and on the 

 line of sight. To insure a near approach to accuracy we 

 took "a rest" when firing. For pattern we used paper 

 18 inches square, fastened upon stakes just in front of 

 the open end of the box or trough containing the cards. 

 The table below gives the average penetration and pat- 

 terns of both the cards and the 18-inch square paper, in 

 four shots. In taking penetration we only counted the 

 cards perforated by a majority of the pellets entering the 

 card at the mouth of the box. There was great irregu- 

 larity hi the penetration of different pellets of the same 

 charge, especially with No. 4— it being often as much as 

 ten or twelve cards, but the penetration of a majority of 

 them in each of the four shots was surprisingly uniform. 

 We used Dupont's FF powder, at forty yards, measured 

 with a steel tape line. We used Ely's' pink edge wads, 

 and at first shot alternately with double wads on the pow- 

 der, but discovering no perceptible advantage arising from 

 two we discarded one of them. As we had to count for 

 penetration and two patterns, and re-arrange our cards at 

 each shot, it may readily be conceived how tedious the 

 trial was, and the length of time it necessarily consumed. 



It will be seen that the No. 12 made the best patterns on 

 small shot with 3 drms. powder, and the 10 with 3} drms. ; 

 and on the other sizes with 3i drms. and 4 drms. "respect- 

 ively. In all the trials the No". 10 beat the No. 12 in pene- 

 tration, when using half a drm. more powder in the larger 

 gun, while the guns were about equal in pattern. It will 

 also be seen that the additional half drm. to :U in the No. 



