i?OttRT Ifi, 1SSS. | 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



S3 



in lBSSfBuekeDew-Salhrt, by Mr."W. A. Poster (FlatbttSh, h. I.J to 



■ : , . i. .. aigli 'oittt. S. GO. 



■ ■,■' i.. in,: lo| Bl Nora), byMr.C.M. Munhnll UT-ve- 



',, .Mr. U.K. I.>iival(New York). 

 ,, l X,-,lh-Fh,ii !/•/<•/,/. pluck, white and tan Eugli-I 



line il, by Mr. C. M. Munhall (Cleveland, O.), to Mr. 

 . I 'i,. in i New York). 



s for $S,OO0, English ulnted ('apt. Ciitbhcrl upon til's v 



\ third matcb was at once 

 fill, she will probably be pur- 

 ity and fair -pint of Chicago 

 anadians deserves a word of 

 n the lakes 



rsuo 



ftffe mid 



\hootin$. 



MILITARY RIFLES. 



Kditor Forctf and Stream: 

 Wiib reference to 'T.'s" most Ills! 



in vour iniinhiT of Jul. 

 letter in your April id issue, losta 



1., i.i. a lull t ■ ll.ii. Hi- .•(•') ioi 



was no need for a special long-t 



caliber would, in my opinion, an 

 il lust ration 1 rave tl 

 mental .40-coW)er rifle, ••! wnid 

 nothing more, iflceepl thai some o 

 no doubt in, .hi- •••■■i-s" particular? 



My information al u? rifle 



lecture, published in "in- et last y 

 Service Institution, as mention.-, 

 lately, I caveno the journal to 

 hcrlileini' 



and Interesting i 

 IS, 1 merely wished in my 

 thai l believed tli" 40-caJii 

 militnrv purposes, and th; 



cli no doubt 

 , but as the 

 >r almost tbe 

 :. s .and this 



;xpe:-i 



of lo 



dital at 



lecture, and lamtt 



!if L >■ m<> doubt lhai 



ales and charges 



As an i 



!'; !v 111'. I'll 



flattening 



inches ••" th< sno-ya 

 with shallow brkJV 



As !,. "P V rem 



m -li,-s in the oxptr 

 si, ill isihe iiuinh,' 



table after all. as no doubt full 

 provenientfi in rifling, in quality of powder, 

 r. asfaraslean rec-ollect. ueregiven in tho 



ire sorry I cannot give the information. I 

 •i.s of riding, to suif the projec- 

 , gfYe better results than could formerly be 

 ice. 1 was told by one of Mic leading giiu- 

 a few davs ago, that lie Mad succeeded in 



of bis latest made Kxoi-ss rift's bv several 

 ngc, by adopting an improved kind'of riding 



'on' the unusual misted on.- turn in fifteen 

 talritle. 1 think the best wav io exprc-s lb- 

 :alibers in which there i" one complete turn, 



i ride: 



D 10 



ink- 1 read All 

 rata! riile'nf the Swiss Government 

 had a spiral of one turn in eleven 

 -s;l forgot its charge, but I believe 

 m that of the experimental .40-cal. 



■mail c 



illbere for military pur- 

 the compafativelv large 

 s I'xisr. at 1-ast' as r- 

 n small bores for sport- 

 said be much preferred 

 her Hum Idru., on ac- 



conni ot Hie difficulty CO 

 illd-SMiigrs.,. A similar 

 lieinvon i;s piopos-d inn 



'Th.-,-.- is v-r> evulenUj something mixed here. Perhaps Capt. 



internal evidence that the Captain took a hand in enlightening the 

 reporter. | 



w.vp IIKMOKET GUNCLUB.-East Providence, B. I.. Aug. 7.- 

 For cold badge, IS clay piteous, trap in fourth notch, 

 A Wilcox. ....'..11110ioili»iluil !> I' K I'-rl.ins ... "II'IIOOIOIIOIOO- 7 

 ES Luther niilin oiUKmi- » P E Tlngley fOulOOOllOw. 

 1 Bourne OuiillliilOOOO-lO 



20 glass bulls, for silver badno, Holden trap soreened: 

 E S I .ot in r il 1 (I 1 IM 01 il it 1 1 il 1 1 ill n 0- 9 



'■ E pearce .0 1 o l o 1 1 3 l l 1 1 D l l 0— 11 



F Dunwell <i 1 I iln l l n D u 1 1 I I l w. 



JKBourne 1 1 01 1 I 1 n l 1 <i in n u l i t 1 1—14 



FK Perkins 1 I 1 -0 1 I 1 1 r> o o | w. 



Why the iiiemhers made such poor scores shooting for the badges 

 is unaccountable. While the shooting in sweeps was all ihni could i„- 

 desired.— O. J. R. 



LOWELL, Mass.— The first annual tournament of the Lowell 

 Shooting Club will be held on Thursday. Aug. SO, 1888. Shooting 

 commences at 10 o'clock A. M. No postponement. Clay pigeons and 

 Class balls. Open to all. Class shooting— miss and out- four prizes 

 11 events. A cordial invitatiou toall spo ' 



C H 



lllllllllllllllUlll-30 

 IIII1I111I10I11II111I-1S 

 llllllllinililllliV'lll 15 



ii la 

 ii-n 



C B Potter. 10yds 



C M Sheldon lf.yds . . 

 ({.ICrandall. l-'.vds.. 



W It Sheldon. -i v. 1- 



ii WCarv.aivds 



FOWphoslcv. lords 



L B-imeti . l.-.vrts " 1110100111 KHUOIIVXHI- -10 



Club cup. 10 clav pigeons and 10 glass balls: 



EW Tinker ... . llllllllllllll'Mlll I 10 



OJCrandall 01 1111 111 1 1 1 H'l'M 111 17 



W'H Sheldon .1 II i ll"l ll"10lll 110- 10 



CBPotter iiiooiivkiioiioiiiiioii-i.i 



C H Perkins, Jr nilllHOlltw. 



The halls were thrown from a Holden trap.— L. D. GBEKNK. ,IB.. 

 Sec. 



THE CLAY PIGEONB. Edi 



the supenoritv of :u- claj ui 

 shootinu'. Hut I do wniu to en 

 from v. Inch they are made. I 

 break every lime when fairly 1 

 club shoot n nd found from 1.1 t 

 been Im and not i- 

 shot but not brokti 

 would 



■ ;-v, 



sir- 



I 



•vices f.irtrap- 

 t the materiiil 





diced thai thev break lunch ea 

 venther. The rapid rotaiinK motion impar 

 ihot to glance off. it is no use any one tell 



lllOOtcl and hard enough, or that n-i , 



hat the shot was not the rifrht size, lor all i 

 ihoroughly tested by myself and others. 1 

 'ge busir 



up. and 



E. W. Davy. 



. Auc. 8, I8S8. 



CHICAGO Y. C. INTERNATIONAL SCHOONER 



MATCH. 



rpHE roeail for the schoon-rs was sailed Konday, Am.'. 0. when Idler 

 JL and Countess of Chicago, and Oriole ox Toronto came to Hi- line. 



The result was announced bv telegraph in our last issue, the Idler 

 Winning wilh plcidv to spare, and Oriole s-cond. ' '■ on ■•-. oi miles. 



1 In,, i-s- , s.] and C.'iint-ss .->. 1 1- .v.-.-.l Idler :<;-..■■- The ituu «.'is tired at. 

 I«i:l.'::*>. and -.'"m. were allow-d for iTossintv Wind licht bill at times 

 moderate CouuteaawaBaw.iv ti.-si bin uim-Uy sa^^-.i t., I,-. -ward. 

 Idler working out fast and rounding the biiov with a long l-ad she 

 incr-ased through the resl Of the dav iiri.d'e was late to cross, but 

 at lirsi turn bad rail ('., unless under her lee. though she lacked ton- 

 nag- to make anything like a match wiib the idi-r. Th - race fin 

 ished in same order without further interest friz-, th- Chicago 

 Club cup, vale- JToo. i.peu to challenge, and S:.1K1 in coin. Summary 

 e.- under, the time being for start, first turn, home line, second turn 



Countess i.V.i:,:-.'- i : M : .--4; 3:19:47; 1:53:0; 0:aO;d. 



I'il-r- M':-!:;. i:-iS:3H: •.':-lf.:37: !;-S:0: 5:3:M. 



oriole— lti:'J7:(>7: l:SS::i:>: 3:17:.;:i: l:!.':l: •:,;:;. 



Actual. Corrected. 



Idler (189-I9 ti oO -Sfl 



orinle 7 15 f>7 7 1109 



Com, i ess SOI :itt K 115 II 



which they ought to ha 



i..t,-i 



l.'tlli: 



this Suite m 



"th- 



i- [as 



.ropi-ilv loaded, and be has held right. 



call ''lost bird," which, upon being re- 

 nt marks. The shooting here in Massa- 



ise, and the traji set on the fourth notch. 



is found, il will he adopted. 



I1i.mi.ii Sepoy. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



Rift. - 



w;is used. Tin distal I 



cords were as lollows; 



GCGooqsUe 



PG g- 



a Vlnlliews 



W C l.iiveland 



W 91 Coleumn 



(I Haskell 



i aooyds, oiT-u.ind. Th- principal i 



10 1) 9 7 9 7 10 10 5 !>-M 



9 8 10 1 S 9 7 U 9 0-83 



.Id '.! -1 •! to 11 '.I 2 9 10—80 



,,.. 9 9 H - Ill 11 -, 1 9 9-74 



7 il II i! 5 8 JO 8 8 0-73 



. .in 10 I •> H 5 -i '.' i 9- Hi! 



-nr\ Hdi'.i-.! has written to i.i-nt-n- 



latihglluil it is his intention 



during the 

 g had long 

 ithe liU'.'il 



THE TRAP. 



ALGONOUN ve. WAS1IIN 



h,-l .-,— n Als.'lM and Wash 



the A. o. H. grounds on I 

 favored the Algoii'iuins. who 



guns and ammtmitl. 



11 was i v i.l.-i.i tho 



LVNH vs. BOM 



-boot for th,- possession of the 



il.nsi tis Slat, Association tool 



■ lub, al East 



isetjuen l a ehalle 



shooter shootuig al twenty ball 



15; J, C. HaskaU. l 

 Club— J. S. Sawyer. 1. , C. F. M< 

 i, M. iv.-i:i:;, i:- ;.,lal. s-, . J, 

 PAimCULAKS W \.NTKi. 

 like to make u -■ 



i 'ots for publi -.ni',11 

 of inioresi to -v. rybody. give i 

 ninjoritv of the. readers of Foi 



tter part- of the 

 [jerieuce al Wim 

 s arlsbig f rom t h 



,-arlv dmk when 

 ■d hMineuard. Hi- 

 tter midnight the 

 ?," and the -Al- 

 i heard at one of 

 o'clock ne.vi day 

 ■rightful ..wn-rs 

 11. .con: 

 Aug. I. .- 



Is of th,- Mi' ilTe- 

 1 inst. This shoot 

 antra] Club, each 

 is follows: Lynn 

 V. George, 18; ,1. 



:Vri.V.Schn-i-r. 



10 1 1 In, 



(hos- 

 If yi 



I ba\ 



r reports 



duo 



.u'.l .1" 



s si.... 



._„ to a shooting 

 lemselves. it is a natural mi- 

 jse made by others. In fact, 

 an opinion of our proficiency, 

 ice iuite a common oversight is 

 igeoii.s, balls or live hi.-d- that 



mi. BE PROFESSIONAL CI 

 turned up again," said Dr. Car 

 "and that » ,-, n.n:. 

 aud me. Why, a I 

 Wear to keep away from me an 



best powder and l'-.ioz. S'..s. H or 7 sin 

 lime. Bui 1 coil -ii"» birds the! hav, 

 when "hard bit." I -mild -ay more. 

 loll their experience, and that tbe ma 

 matter under consideration and give 

 ground for complaint.— Lost Bird. 



s something that will i 



fHchting. 



To insure prompt attention, eo 

 dressed to the forest aiul Siren.}, 

 i nd i rid vols, in whose absence ft 

 portance are. liable Jo delay. 



imunirations should be ad- 



PiiUishing Co., and not >■< 



on the Office matters of i>n- 



Aug. ] 

 Aug. ' 

 Aug. I 



Aug. : 

 Aug. i 



'.. «- 



A i 



A.-,,. 

 Aug. Z> 

 Aug. ->: 

 Aug 20 

 Sept. l 

 Sepl ! 



FIXTURES. 



rw Bedford V. ('.. Third Class Sloops. 

 d-m Hav V. I... Third JUamp'tou Match. 



>i Chester V. I'. Siiil for Ileverly. 

 mth Duxbury, Annual Haees. 

 iyal Nova Scotls V S . ll-irbor Cruise, 

 •verlv V. C . Oiii-ti Mat. 'lie.-. *l.l(i:.. 

 .rnnt'o V. c. Third Match. 7-touners. 

 rwark Y. I'.. Open M itches. :i -Us— 

 era-Ullie M.. 81,600. 



-1-, i lib- A!:,', -I M-irbl.-li-ad. -!.."."». 

 ,,;.'-k-,-i,...-!,- Y. c. Thiil t - it.-.mi Match, 

 era Lillie Match. Mai 



'.mil Boston Y.'O., LafflBB' Day." 

 innetonka Y. C, Full Match. 



■v.-rlc Y. '.'., Second Open Match, Monument Beach, 

 iritnii Y". C, Corinthian MalclL 

 ull Y. C. "pen Match, 11.000. 

 New York Oi-'i Boats, l»tL. [•;iiiran.:e$100. 

 I- Bay of Quint,-, Fall Mat ' 



al N" 

 Class 8. 

 provincetowti Y. 0.. club Match. 

 -West Lmui Y. V... open Match. 

 "' i Y. C, Corinthian Match. 



. Challenge Cup i 



Sej.i'. -- llidlY C.!ii;ird Championship Match. 



S-r.t -d Ou'akercity Y. C. H-vieu- and Ha 

 Oct. 7 yuaker Ciiy Y. ( '.. Closing Harbor 



i and 3. 



nt. Third Championship. 



sw and Harbor CniiB-. 



mpionahip Match al Swampseott. 



•• for Neatness. 

 Races. 3- r . f I . and undei- 

 t 'unimudore Cup and < 'lass n. 

 and llariior Cruise. 



CON1Z TO TORONTO. 



.'Twill he remembered thai the international sloop match 

 1 Fisher Cup. sailed August 0. did u,,i result unite satis. a 

 owing to shifting of wind and the difficulty of picking up the 



:.wlng ti 

 buoy by KOI 

 Toronto, challengei 

 Cup August ti. Th 



sequent** 



of Chicago, who had v 

 ailed August 8. Cornmoi 



oases, Mb 



1 Ci 



s. Hal, 



. 10s- 



beat ou 



of the t 



Ii 



ig at I 

 ngle. Alalanta weathering pn ner con 

 perttor in good shape, fetching the angle at 11 :-. , o:19 in good working 

 breeze, with Cora following at 11:84:19. Balloon jibs were then in 

 ,h,|.-i and ('"i.'i sei a i inclail aud wa'er sail in addition. 



'rhe'-ei"iid f,, ur miles down wind still found Atalauta with ovvr 

 i-' uiinctes h-ud '1'ho Canadian eftrried a..a\ sjinmaker boom, but 

 this did not atT-ct lb- result us a strong- beam « i.al took tliem over 

 the"finish as follows- italanto I2-«l:43, Cora 14:35:20. Actual times 

 2'l'tV3S and tJHttCH the Atalonta, therefore winning by 3m. Isec, 

 Commodore Grlswold 3t once boarded the foreign yacht and congrat- 



ic, and 



BELLEVILLE OPEN RACE-AUGUST 3. 

 Editor FVrent tlAd Stream: 



The fame of our local second class craft is such that, fpw can 

 enter against them, make the long voyage up the Bav 

 go home badly beaten. In Hi- race for twelve-ton ..... 

 sailed Auglisl ';.!, Mr, T. Roliiiison. of Kingston, threw down ibe gaunt- 

 let with the Laura— a smart-looking centerbnurd craft of his own 

 design— and with verv -raiining suec-ss. There were three oilier 

 entries, the cutter Svlvin and lb- sloops lolanlhe and (irucie. all ,.f 

 this oil i. Th- :-., - ale of Kind. K-liieb rai-eda nastv, 



lumpy sea. and neci itfitate.l close reeling, lolanthe, Cuthbert's last, 

 wnlked through the seas like a sieamboal , and easilv distanced her 

 compatltore, beating the Laura upward of 13m. It w s a hard fight 



over two-thirds of th u— . but the lat 



tei - pun.p g..| choked and. carrving t<„. much ballasi in the .hap- »l 



cicthi'rd. Silvia, which sailed 

 nvas and a big topmast and re- 



■|T„- prizes were S41J. -?i-, ,,11.1 



liners. The following 



i-v. and Or 

 :id-.| with c 



boat winning second mi 



so well July -'. was over 



tired at Hie. end of tho 8 . ... 



:-?|o; no entrance fee and no deductions 



is the official summary of tne race: 



Start. Finish, 



lolanthe 9 47 30 a 30 00 



Silvia 



Laura 



The 



ris 



•eeflng b 



ile w.-ather. She and the Laura are t 

 heir size in these parts, each carrymi 

 ■towed between the doors. 



A ii-,-, l-J-tuiiiier. from a model by i 

 lere during the winter — 1'oiitTack. 



3 01 35 .1 ni :;:, 



3 09 40 !i 00 hi 



ml the hitter beats the 



her siz» on fresh water 

 rself as good in tuoder- 

 lest centerboarders of 

 toils 01 iron iaillnsi all 



THE AILEEN AT CHICAGO. 



s at Chicago is the 

 clear which vocal 

 opinion of eiperi- 



the cutter would bav- won and -..- :>r 



limes show thai the Ail. -en was b-ateii oiih bv 

 2m. 29s. The C-ra is .v.'ft. Kin. on water line, i 

 By the new rub's of measure,,,, m of th- N-w 

 club, the Cora would have been obliged lo giv. 

 her greater sail area and the prize would have fallen t 



hat hv 

 Is 56ft 

 nnhiika 



my c 



£,SISS h . 



se, but for her failing to steer straight for theturn- 



ili- slo,.p race, is nothing out of thecom- 



• d :■■- ail. '.• • aslly beaten by the illeen 



of Toronto. 



!.-•.- her. The Ail,.-n hud to make u dis- 



:iving th- Cora, who was going a straight 



i.v. who built the Ail-en on lines sent oul 

 a prepared a very handsome model tor a 

 unit here this winter. Sh- has about th- 

 . little merer id to thetopsides, and Is 



hk- Har.-v's n I- Sh- l- lo he U'fl. 



ud lift, draft. Ontario 



MEASUREMENT FOR TIME ALLOWANCE. 

 Edi for forest nml Stream: 

 We find our present .measurement, C i-.,(L— Bi ■ B - -i most il 



satisfactory, and think the new -nil h 



lit. hut are undecided wh. the, lo a 



the Neil York or SeawailhllKa Y. ('., t 

 Y Y. C. Would loogii-ii- vour vie. 



Plus Illelliod h.l- . : ■II..I... II. dw- would 



i onuiien-i , ■•■.' all kinds 



of yachts. Th- rule is a short cut to hulk measurement, or rather 



t the same ends in m-.st cases it makes the large boat 



with large sails i,av to the small boat of sam- length with 



[icipl- linderlvilig bulk in-a^ni emellt. 



And between two boats ot same site, and same length, it makes the 

 out to the small one. so that a t-sl of model is poi Bible 

 upon the lindis of equal propelling power. The general equity of lb- 

 rule cannot 1 . • same method has hcen recommended 

 by the best autuoritv m Great Britain. As r., the particular rating 

 of s. id compared to length.il is a matter of judgment. The New 

 York Y. c. rule giics - ii! slightly I, ss weight I nun the Seawanhaka 

 , .]•■ ai d i- f'.r that reason preferable where violent change would 



thirds th- -id- of th- -ail area put in form ■! a square and dividing 

 ■ ... i. ;:ii.-in \'. t . rule adds whole 



-id-..; lb- square, giving!! on— ix i -v- n-igli! in i he .--nil ,d Hi- 



formula. Th- . I ii r :-- I ounl of timo to be. 



ollowe I for d 



course iihollv lenlalivc. and inav h- . settled upon uc-ol'ding to the 

 judgment ofloaal authorities, The tables cJ the Now YorkY.C are 

 to be found Is the regular club book for I88S, a copy ••! which will no 

 doubl be forwarded ujion application to the s. cr,.-t.,ri-. Mr Chas. A. 

 Mlntoii, at Ibeclub house. Twenty-seventh -licet and Madison avenue.) 



BEAM ANHAKA Y. 0. now has in suhooners, 17 keel sloops and 

 ciilte-s 2s op-n hoots and .', -team lau'.. 



membership is ovei 100. These figures place the club ae^t ro the 

 New York Y. 0. ni home WStel 

 resailed early io September. 



