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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CREEDMOQR. 



— The principal event decided at the ranges this week 

 was the contest for the Crouch "bullseye" badge, which 

 was shot on Saturday last. Mr. Geiger, of the Remington 

 works at Ilion, was successful for the second time. Mr, 

 Jewell's score was higher, but he had one less bullseye 

 than the winner. The day was comparatively fine, the 

 wind, although inclined to be variable, blowing down the 

 range most of the time. The terms of the match were: 

 fifteen shots, by members of the Amateur Rifle Club only, 

 at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. The following are the scores :— 



L. GEIGER. 



Yards. Score. Totals. 



800... 4 54*33555544554 65) 



900..... 5 355 553423 3 5545 .62 V 176 



1000 .....3 3 3 5 4 4 5 3 435323 49 j 



Bullseyes, 18. 



H. S. JEWELL. 



800. B3 43335245455 5 51 ) 



900 ..-•■• 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4-3454444 61 I 177 



1000 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 65). 



Bullseyes, 17. 



W. B. PARWELL. 



800 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 3 5 3 4 4 5 62) 



900... 4 5 4 5 5 453534355 4 61V 172 



1000 3 3324543045433 46) 



, Bullseyes, 15. 



A. ANDERSON. 



800. 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 5 62) 



900; ? 4 5 5 4 5 3 4 3 5 3 4 3 50 V 144 



1000. .3 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 32 ) 



Bullseyes, 15. 



P. HYDE. 



800.. 2 23 5 4523245535 5 45) 



000 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 2 4 46 V 134 



1000---- ..4 4 3 4 5 3 3 5 2,0 33) 



Bullseyes, 11. 



R. RATHBONE. 



800. 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 32 ) 



900 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 48 V 130 



1000 3 244550043553 4 3 50 ) 



Bullseyes, 8. 



On the same day the Irish- American Club held their 

 monthly competition for a challenge cup valued at $50. 

 The conditions were seven shots each at 200 and 500 yards, 

 the first standing and the last in any position. Mr. B. 

 Burton has been the winner on the two previous occasions, 

 but this time he was beaten by his son, Sergeant Wing 

 Burton, of Company K. 12th Regiment. The following 

 are the scores : — 



i p„„ tnri j 200 4 4 4 2 4 3 4.. 



h Burton \ _ vin a 4 a k a 5 k 



..25 1 



54 



1-500. -.,3 4 4 5 8 5 5.... 29 f 

 (200. ...4 5 3 3 4 4 3. ...26 | 51 



W. G 



B. Burton... 



Gon.F.F.MiHan {™- ;J° »J \\ J;; ;;g } 46 



W.H. Murphy ^Alltlll V.^ * 



\ 200' S 3 3 2 4 2.... 17 I OQ 

 B.Browne \ 500.... 5 ~i 5 0. . ..12 f " J 



The ranges have been extensively used for National 

 Guard practice. The Eighth Regiment have been particu- 

 larly regular in attendance and will send a strong team to 

 contest for the Nevada Badge. The Second Brigade com- 

 menced practice on Monday. The Fifth Brigade used the 

 targets on Friday. 



Tiie American Team Abroad.— A dispatch from Paris 

 dated ihe 7th inst, reported the American Rifle Team in 

 that city. They were received on the evening of the 6th, 

 by Victor Hugo at his residence, in the Rue de Clichy. 

 The American gentlemen were presented to M. Hugo by 

 Theodore Michaelis in a complimentary speech, in which 

 he alluded to their recent achievements in rifle matches in 

 Ireland and England. M. Hugo, in welcoming the Ameri- 

 cans, said he was very proud of America and grateful for 

 the recognition it had given to him and his works- Col. 

 Gildersleeve, in response, said their meeting with M. Hugo 

 was the most pleasureable one of their trip. 



—The American team and their friends arrived in Lon- 

 don on the 9th from Paris. Several of the party were to 

 visit Sir Henry Halford the next day at Wistow Hall, his 

 country seat in Leicestershire, where they were to meet a 

 number of distinguished guests. To-day all will go to 

 Liverpool to embark for home on the steamer City of Ber- 

 lin, except Mr. Bruce, who remains on the Continent. 



The American Rifle Team in Florida.— Our frequent 

 correspondent, Major Alden, writes:— 



"You may lliink we are so far from civilization that we 

 would not get excited over the victory of our American 

 team. If so, you are much mistaken, for on the eve of 

 the 6th we had the Evening Telegram, the New York 

 Herald, and the Forest and Stream, all of which had a 

 diagram of the targets and the glorious news. We can 

 shout with your mass meeting— "Glory Hallelujah." Our 

 bets on the result have been small, mine being one gallon 

 of the best quality of snake antidote, and I only wish that I 

 could have the pleasure of giving the team a "right smart" 

 bumper. The result is glorious, and as the Irish have 



Provincial Rifle Association.— We have received the 

 programme of the meeting of this Canadian organization, 

 which commences on the 24th of August. The prize list 

 embraces eleven matches, of which but one, however, is 

 open to all comers, the rest being open only to riflemen of 

 the Dominion of Canada. The rules adopted are those in 

 force at Wimbledon. 



—The National Rifle Association of California has de- 

 cided to hold its Fall meeting in September, the opening 

 matches to be shot on the 25th of that month, at the Presi- 

 dio Reservation. The Principal match will be open to 

 teams of six from every company in the California National 

 Guard. Two all corners' matches have also been adopted. 



one at 300 yards, open to military guns; the other at 1,000 

 yards, any rifle within the rules. 



—The delegation of Canadian Volunteers who visited 

 Wimbledon not only carried off the cup presented by the 

 Rajah of Colahpore and the $400 accompanying it, but 

 won also $550 in money prizes, two of them taking $60 

 each in the Queen's prize, and five of them $15 prizes. 



—Mr. Schoesze, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, has won a 



silver cup in the rifle shooting tournament just concluded 



at Stuttgart. 



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[from our special correspondent.] 

 THE WESTERN CREEDMOOR, Etc 



Chicago, August 4th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



Trap shooting among a certain class in this city is the ab- 

 sorbing question now. Dexter Park is being well patron- 

 ized by the several clubs, and challenges are flying to and 

 fro. As fast as one club gains the victory another throws 

 down the gauntlet. 



Speaking'of trap shooting gives me occasion to refer to 

 the Dittmar powder, which I am inclined to think, not- 

 withstanding so much has been said in your columns 

 through correspondents against its use, has more virtue 

 than the conservative shot is willing to concede. That 

 there have been accidents in its use I do not deny, but may 

 they not have occurred with the Oriental or any other 

 black powder? It is my impression that these accidents 

 would have been aveited had the guns been properly 

 loaded. Mr. Edwin Thomas, gun dealer, No. 79 Clark 

 street, George Sherman, Abner Price, and others, all first 

 class shots, are using the Dittmar with great success, and 

 all declare that they want nothing better. Certainly for 

 double birds it works to a charm. Mr. Thomas says he 

 can make up cartridges, and does every day, that none need 

 fear to shoot. If one don't know how to work it to the 

 best advantage it is not the fault of the powder. I am led 

 to these conclusions from the fact that I often meet with 

 practical men who have succeeded in its use, and will have 

 nothing else. Besides, it is comparatively a new thing. 

 Let us have patience. If one has succeeded others may. 

 May not much depend upon the compactness with which 

 the powder is driven into the cartridge? You will find if 

 you explode a little of it in the open air that the combus- 

 tion is comparatively slow, but if under confinement very 

 quick to ignite. Is there not a happy mean in its manipu- 

 lation whereby its use can be universally indorsed? 



The long talk of forming a shooting club in this city 

 has at last culminated. A very enthusiastic meeting was 

 held at the Sherman House on the evening of the 3d with 

 a view to a permanent organization. There were present 

 Judge Bradwell, a well-known marksman in this city; A. 

 G. Alford, agent of the Remington manufactory; Messrs. 

 Blackmon, Mills, S. B. Sexton, H. H. Hardy, T. D. Wil- 

 liams, W. C. Dyer, John Ennis, Charles Fuller, H. H. 

 Thale, C. H. Arnold, W. H. Roney, and others. Judge 

 Bradwell presided, and Mr. Sexton officiated as Secretary. 

 A committee of three, consisting of Blackmon, Alford, 

 and Cleveland was appointed to prepare a call for a gen- 

 eral meeting, at which the organization could be perfected. 

 A committee of five was also appointed to draft a constitu- 

 tion and by-laws, to be submitted to the next meeting; also 

 to collect information respecting the selection of a range, 

 purchase of rifles, and other requisites. Mr. Gale offered 

 the club the use of his grounds at Galewood, on the Chi- 

 cago and Pacific Railroad, about eight miles from this city, 

 and other places were tendered. The matter will have to 

 be submitted for further consideration at the next meeting. 

 This action has awakened an active interest where it was 

 not expected* Many not supposed to have any penchant 

 for the rifle have signified their intentions to take a place 

 in the team; so much of this having been advanced already 

 that its success is thereby guaranteed beyond peradventure. 

 The West has taken up the lead thrown out by the National 

 Association at Crccdmoor. The victories in Europe of 

 the gallant team from New York is sounded from every 

 hill-top. and echoed in every vale. The spirit is contagious, 

 and ranges will be the order from ocean to ocean, when we 

 may be truly called a nation of sharpshooters. B. 



— An organization to be known as the Boston Highlands 

 Rifle Club has just been formed and the following officers 

 elected: President, M. W. Costello; Vice-President, P. 

 O'Brien; Secretary, P. Shea; Treasurer, R. Timmons; 

 Captain, B. Bevelander. 



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Holtokb, Mass. , August 9th, 1875. 

 .Editor Forest and Stream.:— 



The report of the fourteenth field meeting of the Holyoke Kifle Club, 

 on Saturday, August 7th, is the following:— 



Name. Score. Total. 



D.H.Smith 3425405 23 



E.C.Smith... 03 45 2 34 21 



H. A. Smith 3004332 15 



C.P.Chase 2020023 9 



A. Knight 4034344 22 



S. Chapman 0322400 11 



H.White 4533453 27 



G.Parker 0024333 15 



J. Snover. 3220 350 15 



R.McDooald :'. 3030405 15 



I>. Ketton 443 40 3 18 



Range, 200 yards; position, standing, off-hand; seven shots, with a 

 possible count of 35 . 



In the meeting:, July 31st, Mr. White made a perfect string of five 

 bullseyes. On Thursday, the 5th, he scored 94 out of a possible 100, at 

 400 yards, making 16 bullseyes, (13 in succession) two 4's and two S's. 

 He has been using a Remington 10-pound gun, and considers its shoot- 

 ing qualities perfect; but the expense of shooting it puts it out of the 

 reach of many of the members. Mr. White claims he can make equally 

 as good scores with the.9£ pound Maynard, and the expense of cartrid- 

 ges is less by one-half. 



RHODE ISLAND RIFLE RANGE. 



Providence, R. I., August 6th, 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



A notice was given in one of our daily papers that a meeting of all 

 persons interested in organizing a rifle club, held at the First Light 

 Infantry Regiment's armory, on Wednesday evening, August 4th, and 

 agreeable to the call about one hundred and fifty of our rifle shooters 

 were present. The meeting was called to order by John B. Antbonj^, 

 Esq., President Providence Tool Co., and committees were chosen for 

 the purpose of selecting a 1,000 yards range. Many signed a document, 

 which shows the interest taken in securing the rules of the National 

 Rifle Association, although not binding upon any person until the 

 association assumes a more promising success, which it will, no doubt, 

 in time, as it is now in the hands of the right gentlemen. A meeting 

 will soon be called to adopt by-laws and constitution. Rifle shooting 

 has taken a firm hold anions: some of the military companies, and Com- 

 pany C, First Light Infantry Regiment, made an excursion yesterday to 

 Oakland Beach for a target shoot. The prize offered was a silver goblet, 

 and was won by a member of the Boston Base Ball Club, who were there 

 to defeat the Rhode Islanders, and they did it. What Cheer. 



wt(t j$ng mid $un. 



GAME IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



Woodcock. 



Curlew. 

 Squirrels. 



Snipe . 



Bay birds. 



Pinnated grouse, Tetra ciqrido. 



Pinnated grouse, or "prairie chicken, 1 ' are in season in Missouri, Illi- 

 nois, and Indiana. August 15th; Wisconsin and Iowa, August 20th; 

 Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania, September 

 1st; Connecticut and Kentucky, October 1st. In Massachusetts the 

 season is close until 1876, and in New Jersey until 1880. 



Rhode Island. — Providence, August 6th 1875. — Our Sum- 

 mer woodcock shooting during July was very good; our 

 friend Anthony getting about thirty in two week's shoot- 

 ing, and many more were taking by others in different 

 parts of the State. We have a great many wing shots 

 among us, and our Fall shooters are making extensive ar- 

 rangements to visit the Western States for grouse and 

 quail shooting. Our bay has not, as yet, been visited by 

 shore birds. A few plover were seen a few days since, 

 but they have not as yet become very plenty. The last of 

 this month, will no doubt, bring them along. Several 

 pigeon matches are t© be tested soon, one to be shot next 

 Monday, August 9th, at Newport, R. I. The contestants 

 comprise many of the Summer visitors who are stopping 

 there for the season. A few of <ror gentlemen shots from 

 this city propose going down to take a hand, and if the 

 New Yorkers don't shoot pretty well, our representatives 

 will warm them. What Cheer. 



New Jersey. — Carman House, Forked River, August 2d, 

 The birds have not settled fairly to the feeding grounds 

 yet, but are doing so every day, and should nothing occur 

 we certainly will report big shooting this week. Yesterday 

 we observed going over a bunch of large snipe about the 

 size of curlews, marlin shaped, long bill, long legs, and 

 perfectly white body. They passed over our heads within 

 thirty yards; can any of your readers state what they 

 were? Their appearance created considerable comment 

 among baymen and others who saw them, and all agree 

 that their "like was never seen "before." 



Aug. &h. — Snipe shooting has been variable during 

 thp past week. Some days we have enjoyed good luck 

 and others bad. The birds have not yet taken to the Fall 

 flight, although every day large numbers pass over us. 

 Yellow legs, marlin, curlew, dowitch, and plover come 

 hourly in good flocks, but for some reason have for the last 

 two or three days failed to take the stool as they should. 

 By the latter end of this week the shooting no doubt will 

 be first rate, and it will pay to risk a visit here about that 

 time. The best bag was made yesterday by Messrs. Taylor, 

 Carter, and Frame, from this house, Mr. Taylor killing 

 without decoys over forty birds. Several other good bags 

 were made yesterday, and all good birds. We have here 

 to-day over 'fifteen gentlemen from New York and Phila- 

 delphia waiting'for sunrise to-morrow for the fray. Of their 

 success I will keep you informed. What about tbose 

 white marlin (?) I asked you about last week? What were 

 they? E. H. 



Pennsylvania. — Blooming Grove Park, Aug. 10, 1875.— 

 The prospects for good shooting here are very encouraging. 

 Ruffed grouse are well grown and very abundant. The 

 recent fires in the woods have driven deer and other game 

 into the park grounds, and they are seen in all directions. 

 Mr. Myers took 10 black bass yesterday in Lake Giles, the 

 largest* 2 J lbs. They take live minnows greedily, but are 

 rarely caught on artificial baits. Today a party will start 

 for Lake Laura to spend a few days in camp. 



A duck with a curious bill, or rather with no bill at all, 

 haunts the shores of the lake; it is a dark brown, with a 

 ruff on the head. When followed it takes to the woods 

 and conceals itself. Can you give us a name for it? 



Ancoba. 



— The Norfolk Game Protective Association has just 

 been organized at Norfolk, Virginia, and it is the inten- 

 tion of its promoters to secure the formation of similar 

 clubs all over the State where they are much needed; the 

 game laws of the State being utterly inadequate for the 

 purposes for which they are framed. The following 

 gentlemen were elected officers:— President, S.R.White; 

 First Vice President, S. P. Moore, of Portsmouth; Second 

 Vice President, W. H. Seabury; Secretary, J. C. Adkis- 

 son; Treasurer, Nathaniel Burruss; Attorney of Associa- 

 tion, Judge Garnett; Executive Committee, Messrs. Hardy, 

 Joseph Hobday, L W. Tazewell, and John B. Corpr.ew. 

 Messrs. W. E. Tavlor and J. T. Allyn have been energetic 

 in this matter, and will endeavor to secure the passage ot 

 suitable laws by the Legislature that meets next Winter. 



—A Rifle and Sporting Club has just been organized in 

 Putnam, Connecticut, with about twenty men, including 

 several prominent business men and some of the best rine 

 and shot gun experts in Windham County. The officers or 

 the club, which is named the "Putnam Rifle and Sporting 

 Club " are as follows: President, E. T. Wliitmore: Vice- 

 President, C. C. Walker; Secretary and Treasurer, W. A, 

 Green; Captain, E. P. Kin?;/ 



