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The Remington Diamond Badge.— The tenth and last 

 competition for this badge was shot on Saturday last, re- 

 sulting, after some excellent and close " shooting, in a vic- 

 tory for Mr. L. L. Hepburn, who, having won the badge 

 on the fifth and eighth competitions, now becomes the for- 

 tunate possessor of a very handsome trophy. The contest 

 for this badge has always attracted great : interest, but on 

 this occasion it was much enhanced by the presence of 

 several members of the American team, four of whom 

 took part in the match. The wind was light and the 

 weather everything that could be desired for good scoring. 

 The conditions of the match were as folio vs: 



"Open to members National Rifle Association. Weapon, 

 any breech-loading rifle within rules. Distances, 500, 800 

 and 1,000 yards. Position, any without artificial rest. 

 Rounds, seven, with two sighting shots at each distance. 

 To be won three times, not necessarily consecutively, to 

 become the winner's personal properly. Entrance fee, $1." 



There were eighteen contestants. The shooting at the 

 500 yards range was very close, Messrs. Fulton, Jewel and 

 Camield leading with scores of 34 each out of a possible 

 35. At 800 yards Mr. Hepburn came up, making seven 

 consecutive bullseyes, 1,000 yards, as did also Major 

 Fulton. At the 1,000 yards Fulton seemed to have 

 some difficulty in finding the bullseye, but Hepburn suc- 

 ceeded in getting on after the first attempt. At the close 

 of the shooting it was found that Messrs. Hepburn and 

 Fulton had tied, but, as under the rule framed for such oc- 

 currences, the prize goes to the one making the largest 

 score at the longest distance, it was awarded to Mr. Hep- 

 burn and duly presented to him by Major Fulton as Seere 

 tary of the National Rifle Association. Mr. Herlmrn made 

 a short reply, concluding by saying (hat Messrs. E. Rem 

 ington & Sons would replace the diamond badge by another 

 badge or trophy. The following are the scores: — 



Name. Rifle. Tards. .Score. To.'al, 



( 500.... 4 4 5 5 4 5 4.... 3 I ) 



L. L . Hepburn, Remington ■{ 8UU .... 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 . . 3f> y 98 



<10T0....4 5 5 5 5 3 5....32-J 

 5(10.... 5 5 5 5 5 4 5.... 34 



Henry Fulton, Remington < 800 5 5 5 5 5 5 5. . . .35 y 98 



' 3000....4 4 4 4 3 5 5.... 2U ) 



A. V. Canfiekl, Jr., Remington 



J. T. B. Collins, Sharp. 



F. Hyde, Remington. 



85 



S4 



77 



51 



38 



35 



500.... 5 5 5 4 5 5 5.. -.34, 

 800.... 3 5 5 5 4 5 5.... 3;' y 05 

 10G0....5 4 5 4 5 3 S...M) 

 500. ...4 5 5 5 4 4 4. ...31 J 

 800.... 5 4 5 5 5 5 4....33V- 92 

 1000.... 5 4 5 5 5 4.. M ) 

 \ 500.... 4 3 4 5 4 4 5....-J9 I 



A. Anderson, Remington { 800. ... 5 4 3 5 5 4 5. ... 31 I 91 



(1000.... 5 5 3 5 3 5 5....?,: ) 

 500.... 4 5 5 5 5 5 5.... 34) 



H. S. Jewell a 800....3 4 4 5 5 5 5....31 V 91 



( 100b... .-a 4 5 3 5 3 3....ao\ 

 500.... 5 4 3 4 4 5 5.... 30 J 



G. W. Yale, Sharp 1 800. . . .3 3 4 5 5 4 5. . . .29 y 89 



(1C<P....4 5 5 4 5 3 4.... 30 ) 

 I 500. ...4 5 5 4 4 4 5. ...31 1 



L. M. Ballard, Sharp \ 800. .. .3 3 5 5 5 3 5. .. .29 I 8S 



( r000....3 4 5 3 4 4 5.. ,.28) 

 500.... 4 5 5 4 4 5 4.... 31 ) 



D. E. Vannett, Remington \ 800. ...5 5 3 5 5 5 5. ...33 V 88 



(1000.. 4 2 2 3 4 5 4.... 24 

 i 500 .... 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 33 j 



E . H. Sanf ord, Remington 1 800 .' '.'. '. 4 4 5 4 5 3 '. '. '.'. 25 I 85 



( 1000 ...5 5 4 0.4 4 5.... 27 ) 



\ 500. ...5 4 5 4 4 4 4. ...30 



. -s 800.... 5 4 5 3 5 4 4.... 30 



( 1000.... 5 5 5 5 5.... 25 



I 500.... 5- 5 5 4 5 5 3.... 32 



H. Fisher, Sharp < 800. .. .5 5 5 5 3 5 5. .. .33 



1CO0....3 3 3 5 4 S....20 

 { 500.... 4 4 5 5 5 5 4... .32 



R. Rathbone, Remington ■{ 800. . . .4 4 3 5 3 4 5. . . .28 y 



(1000.... 5 2 5 4 5 3.... 24) 

 I 500.... 4 5 4 5 4 5 4.... 31 ) 



W. B. Farwell, Remington •{ 800. . „ .3 4 5 4 3 5. . . .24 y 



( 1000.... 3 4 5 5 4 4.... 25 \ 

 \ 500.... 4 4 5 4 5 3.. ..25 



A.J. Hennion, Jr., Sharp ■{ 800.... 3 3 5 5 5 5 4. .. .30 y 



(1000.. .043533 4... .22) 

 I 500.... 3 5 5 5 5 2 4.... 29) 



C. R. Huntington, Remington { 800. . . .3 2 ? 3 0. . . .10 V. 



( 1000.... 2 4 4 2 0.. .12) 

 500.... 2 3 5 2 3 4... 19 



J. L, Allen, Remington 1 800. . . .3 3 5 3 4 0. . . .16 



(10G0....3 Retired. .... 3 

 l 500.... 4 3 2 3 3 4 4... 21) 



A. Alford, Remington ^ 800.... 022 424. ...14 V 



( 1000.... 00 00 0.... 0) 



The first competition was shot an the 15th of November, 

 1873. Seven competitions were shot at the old style tar- 

 gets, the bullseye counting four, the highest aggregate 

 score per man being 84 points. The other three were shot 

 on the new targets — bullseye 5 — making the highest aggre- 

 gate score 105. The scores of the winners in the ten 

 matches were as follows :— 



Robert Omand .' TOIL Fulton. 77 



John Bodine 69 1 H. Fulton 73 



J. P. M. Richards 71iL. L. Hepburn 98 



A. V". Oaniield, Jr 73[H. S. Jewell 96 



L. L. Hepburn 78|L. L. Hepburn 98 



The Whitworth rifle, presented by Mr. T. C. Clark for 

 second prize in this match, having never been won but 

 once by any one person still remains in abeyance. 



A cut of the Remington badge will be found on page 

 233, vol. 1, No. 15 of this journal. 



Correction. — The new rule of the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation regarding affiliating societies which we printed last 

 week, was by an error made to read that "any rifle club 

 or association, organized and having its headquarters 

 within twenty-five miles of the Creedmoor range, may be- 

 come a member of the National Rifle Association upon 

 payment of fifty dollars per annum to the association." It 

 should have read "any rifle jelnb or association having its 

 headquarters NOT within twenty-five miles of Creedmoor, 

 etc. 



— The Pall Mall Gazette is our authority for the following 

 bit of gossip regarding Mrs. Scott Siddons, the well known 

 actress and elocutionist. "The Biddeford and Torrington 

 Rifle Corps have just obtained a new long range, which 

 was formally opened by Mrs. Scott Siddons lately. In the 

 presence of Sir Edward Green, the local gentry and the of- 

 ficers and men of the respective corps, Mr. Siddons took a 

 Martini-Henry rifle and fired at the target, making a bulls- 

 eye the first time and a centre with her second shot. She 



was loudly cheered, and the Devon volunteers boast that 

 they have now in their county the best marksman and the 

 best markswoman in England." 



— We publish herewith an engraving of the elegant 

 Gold and Silver Badges, manufactured by the Gorham 

 Manufacturing Company for presentation to the victors of 

 the International match at Dolly mount. They were deliv- 

 ered by Col. Gildersleeve to the Irish committee in charge 

 of the match. On the evening of July 3d, at the Exhibi- 

 tion Palace in Dublin, the Lord Mayor presiding, among 

 the numerous awards distributed, the Lady Mayoress pre- 

 sented to the American Rifle Team these beautiful badges, 

 which were universally admired by every one. 



This engraving originally appeared in Harper's Weekly, 

 and has been kindly furnished to Forest and Stream for 

 ts present use. 



The Forest and Stream Badge. — The seventh com- 

 petition for (he badge and the accompanying medals pre- 

 sented by Mr. Conlin occurred at the gallery No. 930 

 Broadway on the 25th uit. The number of contestants 

 was large,and the winner proved to be Mr. J. P. M. Rich- 

 ards, with a score of 13f inches in 20 shots at 75 feet. 

 Messrs. Thos. Lloyd and A. B. Dodge were the winners of 

 the second and third badges, scoring respectively 16$ and 

 20 13-1 G inches, being the score nearest to and over 15 and 

 20 inches. The following are the complete scores: — 



Inches. 



J. P.M. Richards 1S| 



M. P. Lcunon UiJ 



Thos. Lloyd IBi 



Win. llay.s i7| 



T. C. Noone i7 It 16 



Wm. Mo.sier 17 7-16 



Inches. 



Ghas. Johnson iy# 



A. B. Dodfice 20 13-16 



Geo. W. Yale 21f 



II. Wing ,..a 222-8 



1). L. Beckwit.h 22f 



Thos. Fenton 23 5-16 



C. A. Cheevcr 17 13-1 6| Joseph Woodward 23 6 8 



C. P. Bobbins 17 15-16; Fred. Bnllick 23£ 



L. V. Bone 17| ,J. L. Price 24 1-16 



J. B. Gun 29J- 



0. Jones S93- 



W. T. Thorp 30 



W. B. Joline 32£ 



FredKesslar 18 



G. W. Hamilton 184 



A. D. Freeze 18 7-16 



Geo. W. Jones l!) 1-16 



Ed. Brown 19 5-16 



The winners of the Forest and Stream badges are as 

 follows : — 



First Badge. Second Badge. 



G. W. Yale. 

 John Trageser. 

 Wm. Hayes. 

 Wm. Hayes. 

 G. W. Hamilton. 

 M. P. Lennon. 

 J. P. M. Richards. 



Tin id Badge. 



A. Marsh. 

 W. A. Sherman. 

 J. J. O'Kelley. 

 R. F. Hill. 

 A. B. Dodge. 



L. Bird. 



Wilson MacDonald. 

 A. G. Hell wig. 

 W. B. Farwell. 

 Thos. Lloyd. 



The next match will be shot on Thursday, September 9, 

 at No. 930 Broadway. 



Chicago Rifle Club. — "We learn from the last issue of 

 the Chicago Meld that the efforts made to establish an in- 

 terest in rifie shooting at that place, and which by the way 

 were set on foot originally by our Chicago agent, Ira G-. 

 True, have culminated in the organization of a regular rifle 

 club, with a constitution similar to that of the Amateur 

 Rifle Club of this city. In forming this association, the 

 projectors have in view a systematic course of instruction 

 for its members, and propose to encourage shooting under 

 such conditions and rules as those now in force at Creed- 

 moor, abjuring all artificial rests and selecting a range, 

 not in some sheltered spot where the influence of the wind 

 is escaped, but rather one where the marksman will be 

 forced to train himself to allow for wind and be prepared 

 to meet other vicissitudes of weather. No selection of a 

 range has yet been made, but a tract at Gale wood and an- 

 other on the Lake Shore Division of the South Park are 

 talked of. The officers appointed by the ciub are: Presi- 

 dent, Judge Brad well; Vice President, Dr. Arthur Ed- 

 wards; Treasurer, Q. C. Blackmer; Secretary, Col. R. S. 

 Thompson; Executive Committee, W. R. Rooney, James 

 P. Root, J. A. Shaffer, — — Scudder, S. S. Greeley, Mr. 

 Blackmer has been appointed as a committee of one to 

 visit the clubs and ranges in this section and report upon 

 the same. Creedmoor will receive particular attention, 

 and Mr. Blackmer will make himself familiar with all the 

 details of practice and construction. Some good shooting 

 may be expected from the members of this club, many of 

 whom are men accustomed from boyhood to the use of the 

 rifle, and who want only practice to develop them into 

 first class long range shots. We hope to see a visiting team 

 at Creedmoor ere long, and in the distance looms up a 

 vision of inter-State matches without number. Chicago is 

 in time to furnish a team or portion of an American team 

 to participate in the great International matches, which 

 will be one of the marked features of next year's Centen- 

 nial, 



The Rifle in Georgia. — One of the attractions of the 

 Georgia State Fair to be held at Macon in October next, is 

 a series of rifle matches, open to all-comers. The first 

 match, to be shot on Tuesday, October 19th, is open to 

 teams of eight from all parts of the United States, five 

 shots each at 200 and 300 yards, off-hand; prize, $300. 

 The second is an all-comers match at 100 yards, five shots, 

 standing, prize, $100. The third is a similar match at 200 

 yards, with the same premium. Entries are to be made to 

 the Secretary of the Georgia State Agricultural Society be- 

 fore October 18th. The shooting will be conducted ac- 

 cording to the regulations of the National Ritie Association. 

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Savannah, Ga,, August 24th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In reply to a call through our dailies of the 12th inst. by the Board 

 of Directors of the Georgia Game Association, to such members of that 

 organization as were desirous of forming themselves into a rifle team 

 under its auspices, quite a number met at the rooms of the association 

 that evening, and organized a team to be called the Georgia Game Asso- 

 ciation Rifle Team, and elected the following officers: Captain, Malcolm 

 McLean; Lieutenant, J. P. White; Secretary, William N. Nichols. At 

 an adjourned meeting held on the evening of the 19th inst rules and 

 regulations similar to those existing at Creedmoor were read and adopt- 

 ed, after which the names of several new members were added to the 

 list. It was decided that the members should be formed into teams of 

 eight, each team to be commanded by an officer to be elected or appoint- 

 ed, as migbt be decided upon hereafter. Two teams were formed from 

 those present, under the command of the Captain and Lieutenant, as 

 follows: Captain McLean's team -Robert Wayne, W. H. Connerat, T. 

 Halli&an, Jos. Hirschbach, J. Kaufman, W. J. Foiiard, J. W. McAlpln, 

 B. C. Wright. Lieut. White's team— W. F. Chaplin, E. F. Lovell, Wm. 

 N. Nichols, J. G. Butler, Geo. B. Alden, J. R. Hamlet, F. W. Dasher, 

 W. F. Scherff. 



Captain McLean's team at once challenged that of Lieut. White to 

 sboot for a prize to be agreed upon, and as the two teams are very 

 evenly matched, some close shooting will be looked for. It will be seen 

 that Messrs. White and Ilirschbach will be opposed to each other, and 

 to a certain extent it will be decided as to which is the best rille shot. 

 Quite an effort was made some time ago to bring about a match between 

 these two fine shots, but failed. My having stated in a letter some time 

 ago thatCapt. White was the recognized champion rifle shot hereaway, 

 gave considei able oil'eDse to several parties, hence the effort to make a 

 match between them. If he is not— and tie is too modest to claim that 

 distinction— how is it no one who has contended against nim in the 

 matches gotten up by the members of the old Savannah Rifle Club— now 

 defunct— or at the festivals of the Scheutzen Gesellschaft of this city, 

 has ever beaten him? 



Great interest is manifested in the rifle contest which is to come off at 

 Isle of Hope on next Thursday, when a fine Remington rifle and breech 

 loading shot gun will be given as prizes to the successful winners. The 

 guns to be used will be the Spriugrie Id breech loading rifle, regulation 

 pattern. The distance will be one hundred yards and each contestants 

 Avillhave three shots, off-hand. Many of the Springfield rifles among 

 our military men, it is thought, have had the triggers tampered with, 

 acting almost as a hair trigger, and for this reason, I am told, the 

 judges will examine each gun carefully, to see that nothing of that kind 

 has been done to it. It is expected that many line shots from Macon 

 and August:* will be present to participate in the contest. Some very 

 fine shooting has been done lately by the Macon military, but, so far, 

 Savannah is ahead. Mr. George Allen has the credit of making the 

 finest single shot, his ball driving the tack in the centre of the target. 



GuonuiA. 



[It would be well to procure one or more 6 lb. trigger 

 testers, and have every rifle tried before shooting. See 

 regulations of N. R. A.— Ed.] 



Rifle Club at Monroe, Michigan. —A rifle club ling 

 just been organized at Monroe, Michigan, numbering 

 twenty members, with the following officers: President^ 

 F. H. Hubbard; Secretary, Vincent Kin dier; Treasurer, H. 

 A. Conant. Tbe rules governing the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation have been adopted so far as they may apply to the 

 club, and the rules of practice observed at Creedmoor have 

 also been added. The club will commence at once. B. 

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MICHIGAN STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 



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Jackson, Mich., August 24th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



We have formed a rifie club here called the Jackron Rifle Club, and 

 have secured a range of 1,200 yards near the city. Only two or three of 

 our members have the long range rifles yet, but those have been engaged 

 in practice at the longer ranges, and have made fair scores. We hope at 

 no distant day to ■ send a team to Creedmoor. A number of clubs have 

 been organized in other parts of the State, and we hope during the com- 

 ing Winter to form a State association of the amateur riflemen of Michi- 

 gan. G. H. Wolcott, President Jackson Rifle Club. 



^-The second contest of the New T Jersey Rifle and Gun 

 Club for the club medal took place at Ridgewood on Aug. 

 19ih. Distance, 200 yards, off-hand, Creedmoor third class 

 target. The following is the scorer- 

 Name. Score. Total 



Gayler 3 4 14 453454 40 * 



L. Lane 4 443444444 39 



A. Lane 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 31 



Perry .-.2444330230 25 



Reading 0035 32 30 32 21 



Sheffield 3 2 3 2 2 12 



^ C. Martin, Secretary. -- 



Holyoke, Mass., August 28th, J875 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Our club now numbers thirty-two members. We use the Creedmoor 

 targets, rules, etc., and are about equally divided in the use of the Rem- 

 ington, Sharps and Maynard rifles. This week's score is at 400 yards, 

 seven shots, position any without rest: — 



H. White .27 B. C. Smith (taking the badge). 32 



A. Knight .29 J. Sndver. 28 



F. Norton 12 J. Mercier "27 



D. H. Smith 28 D. Kelton '.'.'.'.'."22 



S. Chapman.... 27 C. Farrington ' 17 



W. Hey wood..... 27JR. McDonald i 26 



A. Munger. 33| 



Week before last, August 14th, W. J, Bishop and J. Snover rnade a 

 tie on 34 at the same range, 400 yards, and on shooting off Bishop made 

 15 out of a possible 15, taking the badge. On August 21st E. C. Smith 

 took the badge, 200 yards, score 27. A valuable silver cup is to be shot 

 for in a few weeks. Yours respectfully, g 



— At the* third and last trial of the Parthian Jr. Rifle 

 Club of Hudson, New York, to select a team to shoot 

 against the Saratoga Rifle Club at Saratoga, September 8, 

 the following are the names and score; distance 500 yards'; 

 highest possible score 100:— J. A. Smith, 93; L. Geiger 92- 

 Thos. Dennegar, 91; E. S. Elmer, 85; A. Bush, 81; S. b! 

 Newcomb, 88. Reserve, G. H. Macy and Fred. Geiger. 



Plankers. 

 -At the Provincial Rifle competition at Fredericton, N. 

 B. t on the 24th August, the national silver medal was 

 won by Lieut. Congle, with a score of 39 points at 500 and 

 COO yards. 



