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FOREST AND STREAM. 



however, can only be accomplished by the adoption of a 

 universal system of targets, scoring, marking etc. 



The regulations to govern military rifle shooting at Creed- 

 moor have recently been revised, the principal alterations 

 being as follows: — 



THE TABGETS. 



Score-keepers shall, as each shot is signaled, call in a load voice the 

 name of the competitor and the value of the shot, and at the conclusion 

 of the ecore of each competitor announce in like manner his name and 

 total score. 



All competitors shall he allowed to examine the records of the ecore- 

 keeper during the progress of the match. 



The targets, are diwded into three classes, and shall be of the follow- 

 ing sizes:— 



Third class, to be used at all distances up to and including 300 yards. 

 Target 4x6 feet. 



Bullseye, circular, 8 inches in diameter; centre, circular, 26 inches in 

 diameter; inner, circular, 16 inches in diameter; outer, square, 4 feet by 

 6 feet. 



Second class, to he used at all distances over 300 to and including 600 

 yards. Target. 6x6 feet. 



Bullseye, circular. 22 inches in diameter; centre, circular, 38 inches in 

 diameter; inner, circular, 54 inches in diameter; outer, circular, 70 inches 

 in diameter. 



First class, to be used at all distances over 600 yards. Targets 6x12 

 feet. 



Bullseye, circlar, 36 inches in diameter; centre, circular, 54 inches in 

 diameter; inner, square, 6 by 6 feet; outer, square, 6 by 12 feet. 



MARKING AND SCORING. _____ 



Bullseye counts 5; signal, white circular disc; centre counts 4; signal, 

 red disc; inner counts 3; signal, white and black disc; outer counts 2; 

 signal, black disc; ricochet counts U; signal, red flag waved twice right 

 and left in front of the target. Ricochet hits will be marked out after 

 the flag signal. 



When a sho<- strikes the angle iron upon which (he target stands the 

 marker will open the trap ana raise and lower the flag three times in front 

 of the target. 



When a shot strikes any part of a second class target outside of the 

 boundary of the "outer." he will open the trap so as to display the trap 

 danger signal (red square disc) and close it again without marking the 

 hit. 



Whenever the danger flag is displayed, competitors about to fire will 

 be required to open the breech block of their rifle, (if breech loaders.) If 

 thev leave the firing point they must draw the cartridge. 



No two competitors shall be allowed to shoot with the same rifle in the 

 same match. 



Any competitor delaying his squad may be passed by. Tn no case will 

 the firing be delayed to enable a competitor to procure a rifle 



The positions remain the same, except in National Guard matches, 

 where the head must now be to the target in the "any position" con- 

 tests, and kneeling is prescribed for 400 yards. 



SCORES. 



When the flring takes place at more than one distance, by the score 

 made at the longest distance and if still a tie, and there be three dis- 

 tances in the competition, by the score at the second distance. 



By the fewest misses. 



By the fewest outers. 



By the fewest inners. ' 



By the fewest centres. 



If still a tie, by inverse orders of shots, counling singly rrorn the last 

 to the first. 



By firing single shots at the longest range. 



By the aggregate scores made at the longest distance. 



By the fewest misses. 



By the fewest outers. 



43y the fewest inners. 



By the fewest centres. 



By the competitor on each side who has made the highest score firing 

 five rounds at the longist distance. 



The names of the competitors who have to shoot off ties will be posted 

 on the bulletin board as soon after each match as practicable. 



When the ties are shot off one sighting shot shall be allowed without 

 charge. 



Competitors not present at the firing points at the hour named for 

 shooting off ties lose their right to shoot. 



Any competitor firing on a wrong target in any match will be fined $3, 

 or he will be debarred from further competition in such match, or both, 

 in the discretion of the executive officer. 



These are excellent changes in the rules, and they should 

 be rigidly enforced by the executive officer in command. 



—The programme of the third annual prize meeting 

 to be held at Creedmoor on Tuesday, September 

 23th and following days has been issued, and comprises the 

 following events: — 



Competition I— Judd Match.— Conditions, any military rifle: distance, 

 200 yards; position, standing; rounds, seven; entrance fee, $1. Twenty 

 prizes. 



Competition II— Cavalry Match. —Conditions, distance, 200 yards; 

 ,.)sition, standing; rounds, seven; weapon, Remington breech loading 

 arbine, State model, using carbine ammunition, trigger pull not less 

 than six""ponnds,- entrance fee, $1 each man. Ten prizes. 



Competition ///-Short R.\no:e Match —Conditions, open to all com- 

 ers; any rifle; seven rounds at 200 yards, standing, entrance fee, $1. 

 Twenty prizes. 



Competition IV— 1st Division N. G. Match.— Conditions, five shots 

 each at 200 and 500 yards with Remington rifle. State model; position, 

 standing at 200 yards, any at 500; entrance fee, $1. Twenty-five prizes. 



Comvetion V— 2b Division N. G. Match.— Conditions, same as above. 

 Twenty prizes. 



Competition VI— N. Y. State N. G. Match. — Conditions, same as 

 above. Thirty prizes. 



Competition VII— Inter- State Military Match.— Conditions, open 

 to one team of twelve men from each State and Territory of the United 

 States, from any one or more of the regularly organized regiments, bat- 

 talions, or companies of uniformed militia; distances, 200, 400 and 600 

 yards 



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$ 2 each man. Fifteen prizes. 



Competition VIII— Army and Navy Journal Match.— Conditions, any 

 miliary rifle; distance, 500 yards; any position; seven rounds; entrance 

 fee $1. Twenty prizes. 



Competition /X-Gatlino Match.— Conditions, weapon, Hemington 

 State military rifle; distance, 500 yards; rounds, seven; position, any; 

 entrance fee, $1 each competitor. Twenty prizes. 



Competition X— Press Match.— Conditions, open only to bona fide rep- 

 resentative employes of any newspaper or periodical; weapon, any mili- 

 tary rifle; distance, 500 yards; position, any; rounds, seven; no entrance 

 fe9. Ten prizes. 



Competition XI— Mtd-Range Match —Conditions, open to all comer?; 

 weepon, any rifle; distances. 500 and GOO yards; seven shots at each dis- 

 tance; position, any; entrance fee, $1.50; competitors using rifies other 

 than military to allow those using military rifle of 50 calibre, nine points, 

 and all military rifles of less calibre four points; those using military 

 rifle* of. less tlian 50 calibre to allow those using rifles of 50 calibre six 

 points. Twenty prizes. 



Competition XII— Consolation Match.— Conditions, open to mem- 

 bers of the National Rilie Association and competitors in the foregoing 



petitors using __ 



rifles of that calibre three points. 



comer; 

 each 



we 

 ten 



yards; entrance f^e, $2. First prize, grand medal of the "National Rifle 

 Association in gold; second prize, grand medal of the National Rifle As- 

 sociation in silver; third prize, grand medal of the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation in bronze. Ten other prizes. 



In the above competitions No 2 is open to teams of five 

 men each; Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to teams of twelve men. 



— The third contest between members of the Amateur 

 Rifle Club for the Luther Badge was decided on Saturday. 

 The conditions of the match were, two sighting and five 

 scoring shots at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Eight contest*, 

 aits appeared, the badge being won by Mr. L. L. Hepburn. 

 The new danger and wind flag-staffs recently introduced by 



the National Association were brought into use for the first 



time and found to work admirably. The following are the 



scores made: — 



Name. Yards. Score. Total, 



( 8)0. ...5 5 5 4 5....?4) 



L.L.Hepburn ■ \ 900. ...5 5 5 5 3 ..23< r 67 



f 1000.... 3 5 5 3 4 20 4 



I -800.... 5 5 5 4 5.... 24 



H. S. Jewell ^ 900. ...3 4 5 5 4 21 V 66 



(100U....4 3 5 4 5....21V 



i 800.... 3 5 5 5 4.... 22/ 



A. J. Roux J, 900. ...5 5 5 5 5. ...25V- 62 



/ 1000.... 4 5 4 2....1M 



I 800.... 4 4 3 4 5.... 20 



L. Geiger '{ 900. ...4 4 3 4 4. ...19V 58 



| 1000... 2 3 4 j 5....1<M 



I S00....4 5 4 5 4. ...221 



T.Hyde 1 900. ...0 5 3 4 5. ...17V 55 



|l000....4 3 5 4 0....16) 



I 800.... 4 3 4 4 0....15 



A.Anderson 1 90).... 5 3 4 5....17V 49 



(1000.... 3 3 5 3 3....:7\ 



(80). ...5 5 3 5 0....18 



W.B. Farwell { 900. ...0 2 3 3 5. ...13 V 42 



{ 1000.. ..2 5 4 0....11} 



{ 800, ...0 2 2 2.... 6 



C. R. Huntington { 9)0. ...0 3 5......8> 19 



| 1000.... 5 0.. . 7,) 



A.V.Davis j 800. ...4 5 3 0....12( 



( Withdrew. J 



— On the same day members of the Seventh Regiment 

 Rifle Club competed for the "shells," under the superin- 

 tendence of Lieut. J. O. Abrams, captain of the regimental 

 team. The match was at 500 yards with two sighting and 

 five scoring shots. The badge was won by F. S. Gardner, 

 with a tolal of 21 points our of a possible 25, Samuel 

 Schwartz following with a score of 18. Capt. Robbins, 

 Regimental Inspector, J. Linton, J. W. Gardner and others 

 competed. 



Members of the'Seventh are now in constant practice at 

 the ranges, as from the best scores made this month will be 

 selected the team to represent the regiment in the Fall 

 matches. 



—On Saturday next the Remington Diamond Badge, now 

 in possession of Mr. II. S. Jewell, will be competed for by 

 members of the Amateur Rifle Club. The event receives 

 additional interest from the fact that several members of 

 the victorious International team will probably participate! 



Hudson River Rifle Ranges, — This range, located at 

 Poughkeepsie was opened on the 19th inst. with an all- 

 comers match at 200 yards, and a long range match at 500 

 yards. The highest score made at the 200' yards was 24 

 out of a possible 35, Richard Pittcher winning the first 

 prize, a gold badge. The long ronge match was not con- 

 cluded. • 



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GAME IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



Woodcock. 



Curlew 

 Squirrels. 



Snipe 



Bay birds. 



Pinnated grouse, Telra cupido. 



Game in Market is still confined to woodcock and a 

 few varieties of bay birds. The former, coming from the 

 West, bring $1.25 per pair. A few grass plover are offered 

 on the stalls at 75 cents per pair. Bay birds, comprising 

 yellow legs, robin snipe and willets bring from 75 cents to 

 $3 per dozen. Although the season for pinnated grouse 

 (prairie chickens) has opened in some of the Western States, 

 the law in this State is close until the 1st proximo, and 

 therefore none are offered for sale. 



Mr. McCready, the President of the Old Dominion line 

 of steamers, who is a thorough sportsman, by the way, is 

 building a new line of railroad which will open up a grand 

 wild fowl country — Chincoteague, Northampton, Acco- 

 mac, and adjacent islands to the north, in Worcester 

 county, Maryland, which are now difficult of access, and 

 where a breech loader is seldom seen. Our sportsmen will 

 be under great obligations, for Currituck is full; every 

 point worth anything is taken at a large figure. 



— Next month some of the best duck shooting to be had, 

 will be found among the Thousand Islands of the St. Law- 

 rence, on the first southward flight of the wild fowl. 

 Grenadier Island and Com Island, near Alexandria Bay 

 have long been recognized as favorite points; and if any 

 of our friends who stop at the Crossmon House will en- 

 quire for Fitz Hunt or his brother, we may safely guaran- 

 tee them a boat load of game. The Crossmon House will 

 -keep open as long as guests continue to patronize it in pay- 

 ing numbers. Indeed, it may be said to be open the whole 

 year round, for the wayfarer is sure of good entertain- 

 ment there at any time, Winter or Summer. 



— We have on exhibition in our office one of the Goss 

 Revolving Cartridge Holders, manufactured by N. S. 

 Goss, of Neosho Falls, Kansas. For lightness and simpli- 

 city we prefer it to anything in the shape of a belt we 

 have yet seen. 



— The Richmond Whig says that deer are numerous in 

 Virginia, and have greatly multiplied since the war, es- 

 pecially in the lowland region. On the peninsula they are 

 very numerous, and over in Chesterfield and Amelia and 

 other Southside counties there are scores now where there 

 was one before the war. 



— The annual deer hunting excursion of the Blooming 

 Grove Park Association will take place September 10. 

 Members and invited guests will assemble at the club house 

 on Thursda}?-, and the hunt will commence on Friday, 10th 

 inst. Grouse shooting commences September 1. There 

 will be rifle matches for prizes. Distances, 200 and 400 

 yards, for military and Creedmoor rifles, at Wimbledon 

 targets. 



Massachusetts.— Salem, Aug. 23. — A few coots have 

 been seen m the bay; peeps and ringnecks numerous. 

 There was a flight of yellow legs at Greenwich last Friday. 



Teal. 



New Jersey. — Seaville, Aug. 23.— Messrs. Wm. Reck- 

 less and W, H. Shuster, of the Forest and Stream 



shooting Club, Philadelphia, have just returned from a 

 two days' shoot at Seaville, N. J. They report woodcock 

 very plenty, but the musquitoes so thick, they drive you 

 out of the woods. Bay birds were very plenty; they suc- 

 ceeded in bagging some sixty, principally willets in splen- 

 did order. Mr. Theo. Shulz, who had them in charge, is 

 one of the best sportsmen on the coast, and a good shot- 

 also one of the best whistlers I ever heard; it is "good by 

 willet" when he commences to call, as it surprises them to 

 hear one out-whistling themselves. Setter. 



. — Beach Haven, August 23. — Willets, marlin, peeps 

 yellow legs, robin snipe and plover are quite plenty'. 

 Last week "Mohawk" and "Homo" made big bags. E. 



Maryland. — Bnow Hill, Worcester, Co., Aug. 21.— Birds 

 are plentiful on the beaches, and are being slaughtered in 

 immense quantities. 



Delaware. — Kitts Hammock, Kent Co., Aug. 24.— 

 Young ducks and all the different varieties of beach birds 

 are here in plenty now. Take cars from Philadelphia to 

 Dover, via Delaware Railroad . J. E. D. 



Illinois. — Walnut, August 17t7i. — Prairie chickens are in 

 good condition and in fair quantities for good shooting 

 here now, and should the sloughs keep full of water there 

 will be no lack of ducks, brant, and geese tecier. 



Tuscarora. 



Minnesota — Brainerd, August 19th.— Have just returned 

 from a short foray among the grouse. Birds are plenty . 

 and larger than usual at this "time. We expect quite a 

 number of gentlemen from the East between now and 1st 

 September. Haviland. 



Wisconsin. — Montello, Aug. 20. — The season for pinnated 

 grouse shooting opened finely Aug. 15, and the various re- 

 ports are extremely flattering, as the birds are more abund- 

 ant than for several years previously. This is wholly un- 

 expected, as the severe Winter and late, cold Spring, had 

 a tendency to annihilate, not only the young broods, but 

 the old birds also. Much of this bountiful supply is, 

 doubtless, from the strict watch kept by sportsmen to pre- 

 vent illegal shooting, and hence this season but few broken 

 and scattering covies are found to suggest the marauding 

 visits of the pot-hunter. Fred. 



Capt. Bogardus in England. — The London Illustrated 

 Sporting JSfeios gives its opinion of Capt. Bogardus in the 

 following quaint style: 



"The Chicago Field says that 'Bogardus is teaching the 

 English how to shoot.' This is scarcely exact. Captain 

 Bogardus is showing us how he shoots, and we are mvited 

 to do likewise — if we can. Before he landed in this be- 

 nighted island he had met and beaten all the crack shots of 

 America. He is a phenomenon, and we shall not be over- 

 whelmingly surprised if he teach 'the English how to shoot,' 

 as he has already taught the Americans." 



The same paper says: 



"Captain Bogardus, after being in England a fort- 

 night, and challenging the best men in the south, made 

 two matches, [for £400] one with Mr. Rimel, at 30 yards 

 rise, and one with Mr. A. Stevens (giving the latter four 

 yards), in which the American vanquished both; then, 

 traveling further norlh, he made a match with S. Shaw, of 

 Oldham, near Manchester (considered to be the best shot in 

 the* north of England), on the following terms— viz.: to 

 shoot at one hundred pigeons each, 1 oz. of shot, 21 yards 

 rise, one barrel, the gun to be held below the elbow, to find 

 birds and trap, and pull against each other, Ihe match 

 taking place on Monday last, before a very large company. 

 The American was favorite at starting, and justified the 

 confidence of his supporters by killing eighty out of ninety- 

 two. Shaw killed sixty-five out of eighty-nine." 



BelVs Life says : 



"This score was never before equalled in England;" in 

 fact, the losing man's score is the largest ever previously 

 made. When we take into consideration the swiftness of 

 the birds, they being the best blue rocks that could be ob- 

 tained for the time of year, and the fact of the Captain 

 being made to load every cartridge himself with shot singly 

 before he placed it in his gun, and also trapping the whole 

 of his birds, that is to say, those for Shaw to shoot at, the 

 performance must be deemed a surprising one. He shoots 

 exceeeingly fair, with the gun clean below the elbow, and 

 kills his birds in a most astonishing manner. Each appears 

 to receive the stipulated quantity of shot in its body, being 

 instantaneously doubled up. Shaw shot welL enough to 

 beat 09 sportsmen out of a 100, and yet he never was in 

 the hunt on this occasion. S- Hammond, of Kent street, 

 Borough, supplied the birds against Shaw, and Offer, of 

 Hammersmith, against Bogardus. We have handed over 

 the stakes (£400) to Captain Bogardus, who sails for Amer- 

 ica on August 12. We had almost forgotten to state that 

 Captain Bogardus' gun, a choke bore, was made by W. 

 and C. ScoUf& Son, of Birmingham. It is a strong, plain 

 weapon, without ornament, and an 'extraordinary killer.' 

 He used five drachms of orange lightning powder, and one 

 ounce of No. 9, T. Otis Le Roy, of America, wind shot. 

 Mr. E. Smith, of ' BelVs Life was referee." 



Capt. A. H. Bogardus.... 11011 llllllMr. S. Shaw 01110 11011 11101 



10111 10111 li 111 11111 .11110 11111 M011 11011 01111 11011 01010 OUll'i 

 11111 11111 10010 11111 11110 llllljllllO 01101 11111 11111 1U1101011 

 10111 11111 lollo 10111 II— total 80111111 00110 0! 11— toial, 65 out of 89. 

 out of 92. 1 



That Captain Bogardus has proved himself an extraor- 

 dinary marksman no man can deny. 



—On the 2d of August, at the Preston Gardens, England, 

 the beautiful 100-guinea champion cup was shot for at nine 

 birds each— three at 24 yards, three at 27, and a like number 

 at 30. Mr. Howards. Jaffray, of New York, alone killed 

 nine birds, and was thus awarded the trophy. Mr. Bur- 

 rows received the second prize, and Capt. H. B. Patton 

 the third. 



The Late Hecksher Grunde Match.— A correspond- 

 ent, whose report reached us too late for insertion in our 

 last issue, in describing the second match at Newport, be- 

 tween Messrs. Heckscher and Grunde, states that the latter 

 gentleman, who was the winner, ussd wood powder in his 

 right barrel, and as the day was misty with little or no 

 wind, the absence of smoke gave him an immense advant- 

 age over his opponent, who frequently failed to make use 

 of his second barrel owing to the smoke of the first ob- 

 scuring the bird. If the statement is correct it shows that 

 the wood powder can be made of practical service in trap 

 shooting. 



Syracuse, Aug. 10.— A pigeon shoot took place to-d?y 

 on the grounds of the Central City Sportsmen's Club ac 

 East Syracuse. A very strong wind #43 blowing, and the 



