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2 2 2 2 0.. 8 21 

 33 3 2 42 0.. 17 31 

 4 4 3 5 3 0.. 19 37 



the Mayor and Common Council and officers of various 

 New Jersey "regiments will call upon them. 



— The American Off-Hand Rifle" Club have challenged 

 the Amateur Rifle Club to shoot a team match, six or 

 more men, at 200 yards, any rifle to be used, for the off- 

 hand championship of America. The challenge has been 

 forwarded to Major Fulton, but his response has not yet 

 been received. 



— A number of the members of the Second Connecticut 

 Regiment are practicing for the competition for the Army 

 and Navy Journal match to be shot at Creedmoor next 

 month. The following is one of their scores, each man 

 shooting two rounds with a Peabody rifle, and subsequently 

 one with a Sharp; distance 500 yards: — 



PEABODY RIFLE. 



Name. 500 Yards. Gr. Total. 



Hooker, F Company 4 2 4 3. . 13 5 4 2 2 5 0. .18 31 



Sandford, E Company 3 4 3 3 0..13 



Bacon, 15 Comonny 2 4 5 4 0. .15 



Richardson, D Company 5 C 4 4 2 3.. 18 



SHA.BP RIFLE. 



Hooker 2 5 0.. 7|Bacon 5 3 4 4 4 3 3. .25 



Sandford 2 3 4 3 3 4 4. .23 1 Richardson 3 3 5 0..11 



Mr. Sandford is one of the best shots in the regiment, 

 and holds a number of badges. 



— The following scores were made by Company C, Six- 

 teenth Battalion, on the range of the Yonkers Rifle Associa- 

 tion, Sept. 20, under supervision of Inspector Douglas 

 Smyth. Five rounds at 150 yards, standing, and five 

 rounds at 400 yards; any position; a score ot 12 out of 25 

 necessary to qualify at the short range, before shooting at 

 400. Battalion represented by 44 men. Twenty-nine quali 

 tied to shoot at 400 yards; of these 5 qualified to shoot 

 later at 200 and 500. The following are the principal 

 scores: — 



Name. 150 yards. 400 yards. Total. 



Captain Smyth 4 5 5 4 5.. 23 i 5 4 5.. 18 41 



Captain A. Jones 3 3 2 2 2. .12 5 4 5 4 4..2i 34 



A. Smith. ...•••• 2 4 4 3 4. .17 4 5 3 3.. 15 32 



Chailes Smith.... . -. 2 3 3 4 2. .14 4 5 5 3. .17 31 



Corporal Emory Acker 2 4 3 4 4. .17 4 3 3 a 2. .11 «1 



A. Tompkins 2 2 3 2 3.. 12 4 5 2 3.. 14 20 



Creedmoor regulations. 



Newark Shooting Society. — This society held a shoot- 

 ing festival on their spacious grounds on the South Orange 

 road on the 13th and 14th insts. The shooting was all done 

 at the 200 yards range, and the scoring was on the ring 

 plan. Most of the prizes were in money. On the 13th Mr. 

 Wra. Hayes took the award for the greatest number of 

 bullseyes on that day, and on the following day Mr. J. J. 

 Rathjen was successful. Prizes for the greatest number of 

 bullseyes during the meeting were won as follows: First, 

 (22,) Wm. Hayes, second, (21,) A. Hellwig;. third, (20,) 

 Win, Knecht; fourth, (20,) J. J. Rathjen. At the ring tar- 

 get, Mr. Wm. Hayes made in three shots 73 rings out of a 

 possible 75, and took the first prize of $50. The other 

 winners were as follows: — 



Names. Points. 



J. Morf 69 



K. Klein " 67 



J. Almonslechner. 6fi 



Names. Points. 



,J. Belcher .02 



■J. J. Rathjen 02 



A. Powell ....01 



OGj A. Hellwig ., 01 



C. Zetilcr 01 



J . Easehen 59 



J. Lippmun 5!) 



Ck j veland 57 



William Kes^ler 57 



Pehalk-.... 



J. P. Beck 65 



William' Klein 64 



O E. Sillard 64 



William Knecht 63 



O. Cliristel,.... 63 



At the man target, where only shots on the line count, in 

 five shots Mr. J. Belcher, of Newark, scored 43 points out 

 of a possible 50, and received first prize of $30. The other 

 prize winners were as follows:— . 



Names?. Points. Names. Points. 



J. Almonslechner 43 



William Hayes 40 



O. E. Tillavd 40 



William Klein 40, Heifers 



J. F. Beck 401 L. G 



John Raschen 38 



J. P. Rathjen 38 



G. Schalk 37 



34 

 33 



J. Cleveland 39;C. Koetrel 31 



Th. Klein 39|U. Faber. 39 



The total value of prizes amounted to nearly .$600, dis- 

 tributed as follows: Premiums on bullseyes, $50; bullseye 

 target, $118; ring targets, $273; man target, $154. 



— A number of members of the Mobile Cadets, First 

 Alabama V. M., have been practicing with the rifle of late, 

 and obtained a most creditable proficiency, as the follow- 

 ing score will show. The shooting was clone at 200 yards, 

 off-hand, at Arlington, near Mobile. The target, which 

 was 6x4 feet, was placed on a jetty with water on each 

 side, and facing west. The following ^is the score: — 



Score. 



1st. 



2d. 



3d. 



Name. 



A B Woodcock 3 4 4 4 4-19.. I 5 4 4 4.. 21.. 3 3 2 4 3.. 15 



M Prime 5 2 4 3 3.. 17.. 3 4 3 3 2.. 15.. 3 4 4 4 4.. 19 



W' H Sheffield 5 3 4 3 2.. 18.. 4 3 3 4 1..18..4 5 5 3 4.. 21 



W S Moreland 4 4 3 3 5. .19.-4 3 3 3 4. .17. .3 4 4 i 4. .19 



C A Holt 4 3 5 3 5..20..4 4 4 4 3..19..4 3 2 2 5..16 



L' h! Kennedy 3 3 3 4 4. .17. .4 5 4 3 5. .21. .3 4 4 4 5. .20 



Gr Total 

 55 



01 

 57 



55 



55 

 58 



110 



111 



110 331 



Totals 



Out of a possible 450. 



Out of the ninety shots there were in the bullseye 12; 

 centre, 43; inner, 29; outer, 6; no misses. The rifle used 

 was the United States Springfield breech loader. 



Johnsvii/le, N. Y,. September 23th, 1875 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



I send yon the scores of a rifle match between two yoang ladies of 

 Washington county. If they are as fortunate in the other matches they 

 may have in contemplation I think we may congratulate them. Distance 

 m yards, ten. shots each; target, bnlheye 2 inch., conn ting 3; centre, 4 

 inch., counling2; outer 6 inch., counting 1; possible 30:— 



Miss S 3 



Miss L 2 



3 3 



2 3 



3-27 

 3-26 



T hese ladies are just beginning, Miss L. having fired eight shots pre- 

 viously and Miss S. eleven. What will they not do with practice? N. 



[True enough, what will the ladies not do with practice? 

 This is a "Ladies Match" in earnest, and if the epidemic 

 spreads what will become of the riflemen? Seriously 

 speaking, although we do not, as a rule, care to see ladies 

 adopt those pastimes which come more particularly within 

 the province of their husbands, brothers or lovers; yet we 

 can imagine no reason why ladies shoutd not practice with, 

 the rifle and pistol. Indeed, proficiency with the latter 



weapon would be no mean addition to woman's education 

 in these days of daring burglaries. — Ed.] 



—A rifle match was shot at Oswego on the 13th inst., 

 open to all comers, distances 200 and 500 yards. The win- 

 ners were J. S. Barton, C. A. Barton and J. L. Wood, 

 their scores being 41:39 and 39, out of a possible 50. In 

 the carbine match at 100 and 200 yards, Captain Turner 

 took first prize with a score of 39. In the 200 yards, off- 

 hand match J-. L. Wood was first with a score of 20 out 

 of a possible 25. 



— The Franklin Rifle Club of Hartford held their annual 

 practice meeting on Saturday last at the' range in the South 

 Meadows. The scoring was on the old fashioned measure- 

 ment plan . Mr. A. F. Spencer made the best score and took 

 the first prize, a Sharp's rifle, presented by Gen. Hawley 

 and the Sharp Rifle Co. 



— The first semi-annual rifle tournament of the Empire 

 State Rifle Association, will be held on the grounds at East 

 Syracuse, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 Sept. 28th, 29th, 30th, and Oct. 1st, 1875. There will be 

 five matches, all to be shot at forty rods, ten consecutive- 

 shots. Why does not the association abolish the old form 

 of shcoting and adopt the Creedmoor targets and regula- 

 tions? 



— The students of the University of California are forming 

 a rifle club. They have at present a 300 yard range which 

 will be increased. We would suggest, however, that they 

 adopt the new Wimbledon circular target instead of the 

 old square one. 



Dominion Association. — Our last issue contained the re- 

 port of the shooting at this meeting up to the fifth day. 

 The shooting on that day commenced with the Governor 

 General's prize, open to all winners at the meeting. The 

 ranges were 500 and 600 yards, five rounds at each. Lieut. 

 Manachtan took first prize with a score of 41 points; Bom- 

 badier Crowe second, with -37, and Capt. Anderson, Tenth 

 Royals, third, with the same score. This match was fol- 

 lowed by the first stage of the Wimbledon match. The 

 competitors in this match bind themselves, if selected, to 

 proceed to Wimbledon with the Canadian team of 1870. 

 The ranges were 20G, 500, 600 and 800 yards. The follow- 

 ing were the prizes winners, although a number of others 

 were qualified to shoot in the second stage: — 



Prizes. Winners. Points. 



$100 Corporal Mitchell, ISth Battalion 75 



75 Sergeant Sutherland, G GFG 74 



50 Sergeant Fly nn, 10th 7;> 



20 Color Sergeant Graybnrn, G G F G 70 



20 Private Cotton 71) 



2\ Lieutenant. Cole, 43d .70 



30 ...Sergeant Mitchell, 12 70 



20 Rnmbadier Crowe, W F B fjj? 



20 Corporal Spronle, B Cav 68 



20 Lieutenant John* ton, 71sf. (^ 



10 Corporal Graham, TIF B tig 



10 Surgeon McDonald, W F B 67 



It) Private Mus'Mi. 13th . , 67 



10 Captain Anderson, 10th '. . . 66 



;0 Captain Boyd, 54th g§ 



10 Captain Walsh, G3d .65 



10 Quartermaster Cleveland, 54th. ' 65 



10 Sergeant Lewis, Queen's "' 65 



10 Corporal Tnroop ' . _ 65 



10 Lieutenant Barnhill, 7tith 64 



On the last day the second stage of the All-comers' 

 Match, 1,000 yards, any rifle, was shot. Sergeant Saucier, 

 Eighteenth Battalion, won the f 100 with a score of 56 

 The second stage of the Wimbledon Match 



The 



points. 



then shot, the prizes amounting to 



were the same as in the first competition. 



are the scores : — 



Names. Points. I Names. 



was 

 conditions 

 The following 



Sergt„ Coroin, 03d 



Corp. Mitchell, 13th Batt ' 



Sergt. Sutherland, G GFG 



Bomb. Crowe, Wellington F B. 



Lieut. Cole, 42d Batt 



Private Ross, P W 11 



Lt-Col.Johnstoue,71st liat.N B. 



Private Turnbull, P W K 



Sergt Mitchell, 13th Batt 



Points. 



O81 Lieut. Bachhllle, 78th Batt... 84 



95 Sergt. Flynn, lOiii Royals g4 



94 1 Asst. Surg. Macdonald, W F B 83 



93Qr-Master Cleveland, 54th Batt. 8'i 



91 Corp. Laugstrath, 8th Batt. N S 81 



90 Lieut. Fitch, 78th Bate SI 



88 Capt. Mason, 13th Batt 81 



8? Capt. Baillie, loth Batt ' ' 79 



85 Corp. Throoo, G G F G 79 



Lieut. Wright, 50th Batt 811Capt. Graham, HamtltonF. B. ' 78 



The Canadian Wimbledon team will comprise the fol- 

 lowing riflemen, together with one man each from the Pro- 

 vinces of Manitoba and British Columbia provided they 

 make the necessary number of points: — 



vate Turnbull, Prince of Wales Rifles; Sergeant T. Mitchell 

 Thirteenth; Lieut. Wright, Fiftieth; Lieut. Barnill, Sev- 

 enty-eighth; Sergeant T. Plynn, Tenth Royals; Assistant 

 Surgeon Macdonald, Wellington, P. R. ; Color Sergeant 

 Cleveland, Fifty-fourth; Corporal Langstrath, Eighth- 

 Lieut. Fitch, Seventy-eighth; Capt. Mason, Thirteenth- 

 Corporal Baillie, Tenth. 



. — -*$■** 



. • Holyokb, Mass., Sept. 20th, 1875 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



At our regular weekly meeting last Saturday, Sept. ISth, the score of 

 the Bolyoko Rifle Club stood as follows: Distance, 200 yards" third- 

 class target; seven shots, standing, off-hand:— 



Name. Points. 



E. C. Smith 29 



E. A. Whitiug ?9 



H. J. Frink ..28 



J. Mercier 27 



S. Chapman 2" 



A. Knietht 26. J. Snover 



R. McDonald 26 J. F. Chase.....' 



G. Parker 



D. H. Smith.... 



25 



...25 



w T? a » e " * Points. 



W. H. Hey wood 9 \ 



D. Kelton..... %\ 



R. Goodail.... i\ 



A. Munger *. 1% 



h. e. Nash...., ..".::.':;;.*"'i9 



""is 



.19 



.13 



J. Munn. 



In shooting off the ties for the badge the score stood— E C Smith o- 

 3. A. Whiting, 24. * • ouuin '^G 



S. 



A New Gun Stock.— We have received from Mr Cpo 

 Smith, of South Bend, Indiana, a rough specimen of hi J 

 new gun stock, the peculiarity of which is that the drol 

 can beso altered and arranged as to suit any shooteT 

 There is a pistol grip upon which the stock moves beht 

 adjusted at any point within a certain radius by meinfof 

 a «jrew. The curious in such matters can see it at oui- 



nn\t §hq mid §un. 



GAME IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



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Moose, Alces malcliis. Snipe and Bay Birds. 



Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis. Caribou, Tarandus rangifer 

 Hares, brown and grey. Red Deer, Caricxs Virqinianus 



Wild Turkey, Mileagris gallapavo. Squirrels, red, black and grey ' 

 Woodcock, Scolopax rus'licola. Quail, Oplyx Virginia. 



Ruffed Grouse, Tetrao umbetlns. Pinnated Grouse,' Tetrao eupida 

 Esquimaux Curlew, Numtnius bo- Curlew, Numenius arquariu. 



reads. - Sandpipers, Tyingance. 



Plover, Charadraius. Willete. 



Godwit. Limosiiue. Reed or Rice Birds, Dohchonyc oriz 



Rails, BaUus Virginianns. von. 



Wild Duck. 



Game in Market.— The first English snipe of the sea- 

 son made their appearance in market this week, coming 

 from New Jersey, though not in sufficient quantities to 

 even warrant a quotation. The supply of Western game 

 is also limited, prairie chickens holding to their price of 

 last week, $1.25 per pair. Ruffed grouse were worth $1.5fl 

 per pair, but until the cold weather fairly sets in neither sun- 

 ply or demand will be very large; the birds, having been 

 packed in ice, do not present a very inviting appearance, and 

 the hotels and clubs are the principal purchasers. Woodcock 

 are in fair supply and retail at $1.50 per pair. Our quota- 

 tions for water fowl, are unchanged: Mallard are worth 

 $1.25 per pair; teal, 75 cents,/ and a few woodcock at $1. 

 Reed birds are being received from the South, and also 

 from New Jersey; the latter sell for $1.25, and the former 

 for 75 cents to $1 per dozen. Wild pigeons, $1.75 per dozen- 

 bay birds for from 50 cents to $1.50 per dozen, according 

 to size. 



—A. S. Kellogg, of Oswego; L. W. Ledyard, of Caze- 

 ncvia; C. W. Crossmon, of the Crossmon House, Alexan- 

 dria Bay, New York, and G. H. Johnson, of Bridgeport, 

 Ct., have all gone this week to the Magnetewan region, 

 Canada, to hunt. There are few places where deer arc 

 more abundant. The inland lake steamers will probably 

 run until ice forms, say until November. The Lake Cou- 

 chiching Hotel will remain open, (according to advertise- 

 ment in this paper,) until October first, and excursionists 

 should not fail to give it a passing visit. It is the most de- 

 lightful Summer resort in Canada, and October is the most 

 attractive month to the sportsman visiting that section. 

 The climate, though frosty, is equable,and the days are 

 warm. • 



Massachusetts— Lexington, Sept. 16.— Ruffed grouse in 

 this part of the country are quite abundant, more so, as 

 old hunters tell me, than they were thirty years ago, owing, 

 I suppose, to the destruction of the large woods and the 

 increase of scrub oak, a great protection to the birds 

 against botli hawk and hunter. Summer woodcock very 

 scarce this year in most places. Have seen several bevies 

 of quail, some nearly full g'own. Russ. 



Minnesota. —Brainerd, Sept.— Messrs. Jerome Marble, 

 O; C. Houghton, and Major White, the party of gentlemen 

 from Worcester, Mass., that was referred to in a late issue, 

 arrived last week, and at once commenced proceedings 

 against the grouse. They shot two days near town with hut- 

 sport, considering that birds have been hunted more than a 

 month, and nearly everybody here shoots more or less. 

 Last Monday, Mr. Towne, of the Northern Pacific Railroad, ; 

 furnished the party with a car fitted up with berths, tables 

 .mihI cuoking apparatus, and they are now somewhere near 

 Crookston, on the St. Vincent Branch of the St. Paul anif 

 Pacific Railroad, not far from jPembina. J. C. Whittacker, 

 one of the best shots on the line, is with them, and no 

 doubt they are having any amount of shooting. Mr. Mar- 

 ble has his imported Gordon dog Grouse with him, and 

 from what we saw of him we should say he will be hard 

 to beat after he has had some work on the prairie. Deer 

 shooting commences on Oct. 15. Deer will be very plenty 

 this Fall, they have not been disturbed much as yet, but 

 after the first they will have to "look a liddle oud" till 

 December 15. T. P. C. 



Michigan.— Pontiae, Sept. 17.— Woodcock are scarce and 

 scattering. Ruffed grouse few and far between. Pigeons 

 are beginning to come in. I have seen several flocks and 

 heard of quite a number being killed. S". 



—In the Virginia game law there is no general period 

 fixed. In some counties named in the act, and in such 

 other counties as shall decide through their boards of su- 

 pervisors to adopt the provisions of the act it is unlawful 

 to hunt, shoot, or otherwise cause the destruction of par- 

 tridges, pheasants, and wild turkeys from the 1st day of 

 January to the 15th of October, or woodcock from the 1st 

 day of January to the 1st day of July. 



Capt. Bogardus and his English Challenge —The 

 Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News calls attention to 

 the fact that after the departure of the champion for this 

 country one of its contemporaries published the following 

 statement: — 



"In reference to the challenge made at Brighton by or>e 

 of the members of the club to shoot a match against the 

 champion wing shot of America, Capt. Bogardus, for 200 

 sovs.aside, we are iuformed that the last named failed 

 to cover the stake at the stated time. The conditions sug- 

 gested were that the match should take place on Monday, 

 August 9th, and that each man should have fifty blue rocks 

 or thirty yards rise, five traps, five yards apart. The 

 American says that on his return from America next May 

 he will be happy to shoot against the representative of the 

 International Gun and Polo Club for 1,000 sovs. a side. 

 This is a large stake to shoot for, and if Capt. Bogardus 

 would like the amount increased it can be made for 10,000 

 sovs. a side." 



With regard to this piece of bombast the News pertinently 

 adds "Now that Capt. Bogardus has gone away we may 

 expect "plucky'Vchallenges of a like description every day 

 in the week. " While in this country he "flaunted" a chal- 

 lenge to shoot any body for any amount, in the faces not 

 only of pigeon shooters but of every body else who lik e( i 

 to try conclusions with him; and we know with what 

 result." 



