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score than Mr. Hyde, according to the rules, as imposed by 

 the donor, Mr. Crouch, who was to carry off the prize was 

 still undecided. It was determined that the two contest- 

 ants should shoot for a bullseye at 1,000 yards. Mr. Hyde 

 led off, making a centre, followed by Mr. Geiger, who, 

 with a good bull, was adjudged the undisputured winner 

 of the trophy. So ended a series of contests which, thanks 

 to Mr. George Crouch, have developed a great deal of in- 

 terest among the riflemen. We trust that some badge of 

 precisely the same character will be put up for competition 

 next season. If we are not too high or lofty, even some 

 second trophy might be awarded to the marksman making 

 the most centres. 



Forest and Stream Badge. — The third contest for this 

 trophy, on Thursday, November 4th, was the most inter- 

 esting yet held at Conlin's -gallery. The conditions were: 

 10 shots, 110 feet, off hand, Wimbledon rules, miniature 

 200 yards target reduced in proportion for distance. A 

 score and diagram card was given to every competitor. 



Name Score. Total. 



W. B. Far well (first badge).... 4 445535555 45 



Chaa. A. Cheever ..5355444555 



L. V. Sone 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 



A, G. Hofstatter 5 435554 3 54 



G. W. Tale 4 5 8 4 4 4 5 4-54 



Wilson MacDonald 3545 4 35454 



Geo. W. Hamilton .3 455344445 



Wm. Klein 54535 4 344 4 



Thos. Lloyd 2 4545 43455 



L. C. Bruce (second badge) 4 45344 3 444 



T. O. Banks 1525335553 



R. McPeeley 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 



G. W. Smith 3 445445 3 43 



Otto Schenelock ....5445444333 



Thos. Hofstati/.r 4 333344455 



Wm. Moser, Jr 3454533533 



W. H. Richards 4 552 3 43444 



Robert Faber 3 454332544 



H. G. Tunbe 2 5 45555402 



D. L. Beckwith. 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 



B S. Ronaldson 5 352334350 



II. Fisher 534 3 344 3 33 



M. P. Lennon 4 34423 4 530 



N. G. Duffy 3 42352434 5 



Joseph Woodward 3 4235345 2 4 



J.B. Whitney 2 4445 5 5 420 



J. B. Blydenburgh 3 5 2 3 4 5 3 2 3 4 



C. E. Biydenbnrgh 2 245542520 



J. W. Wright 3 0353335 50 



J. McGiensey 3 444244530 



A. Mann 3 24 3 424442 



John Waydell (third badge). .. .0 3343334 3 4 



F. Hyde 4 234344240 



Frank 11. Hyde 4 3 5442304 



A. F. Ferris 3 3 2 5 4 5 3 4 



J. Wright 2 40352 3 300 



Stock Exchange Riflemen.— Long range or short 

 range, long or short, bulls and so on, must be familiar to 

 the members of the Exchange. We report, then, a match 

 held early last week at Coney Island, distance 200, 400, and 

 000 yards, five shots at each range, with the following re- 

 sults: — 



Name. 200 yds. 400 yds. 600 yds. Tofai. 



McOabe 18 20 13 51 



Gordon 16 19 10 45 



Two other contestants, their balls having barely touched 

 the margin of the target, were nowhere. The prize was a 

 silver cup. 



Morsemere.— The fourth competition for the club rifle 



took place on Friday last, and the totals at both ranges 



show much improvement in the scores. The highest yet 



made in any match at 200 yards has been 41 ; but in the 



last competition five members have each gone beyond it. 



The following are the scores:— 



Name. 200 yds 



Smyth 40* 



Shonnard .37 



Morse 40 



Garrison 39 



Underbill 40 



Quinn 39t 



*H;indicapping 3 points. tHandicapping 5 points. 



Four others completed their scores on Wednesday, as the 

 darkness prevented the match from being brought to a suc- 

 cessful issue on the appointed day. 



The Frost medal, the second competition, was shot for 

 on Wednesday, and the following are the best scores: — 



Shonnard 4 5435555455554 5-G9 



Smnh 5 5434555555 5 54 4-09 



Jocelyn 44444545 5 355 5 4-61 



Garrison 4 543444525544 3 5-61 



A new match will be shot for on each Friday, in place 

 of the one for the club rifle, and to distinguish it from that 

 it has been called the Marksman's Match. The prize will 

 Le a rifle, similar in all respects to the one now being shot 

 for, but under different conditions. It will be open to 

 those only who have no long range rifle. The distances 

 are the same— 200 and 500 yards, with two sighting and 

 seven scoring shots. The prize has to be won three times 

 before it becomes the property of the winner. Entrance, 

 fee, fifty cents. 



A new feature on the range is the telegraph communi- 

 cating with the butts, which was used on Wednesday in 

 the match for the Frost Medal. A bell is placed in each 

 butt, and the marker is required to remain within until it 

 rings. So quickly is the whole thing done that the marker 

 is effacing the shot mark before the shooter has time to 

 rise from his position. 



Four challenges, we hear, are pending for team matches. 

 Poughkeepsie, Mount Vernon, Irvington, and the Scottish- 

 American Kifle Club, The challenge of the Yonkers Rifle 

 Association, to shoot for the citizen's trophy, has been ac- 

 cepted by the Hudson River Rifle Association of Pough- 

 keepsie, Colonel Bodine, President, and the day has been 

 fixed for Friday, November 19th, at ten o'clock. 



Glen Dkake— Saturday, Nov. 1st.— The second compe- 

 tition for the Remington Sewing Machine, took place to- 

 day; the highest scores were as follows: 



500 vds. 



Total. 



49 



89 



45 



82 



40 



80 



40 



79 



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70 



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69 



A. W. Peck 32 



H. E. King..... 20 



G. O. Starr.. 19 



Robert Grooers ..15 



Colonel Underbill .15 



Captain E. Cardoza 14 



Captain J. W. Coburn 13 



the Yonkers Rifle Club, were received and referred to the 

 executive committee. Extensive preparations are being 

 made for Thanksgiving day. Co. G-, 71st regiment Infant- 

 ry, and Go. B, 27th regiment Infantry, N. G. S. N. Y., 

 will visit the grounds. 



The American Rifle Association of Westchester county 

 will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Company G, of the 

 Seventy-first Regiment, IST.G., under Captain Webber, will 

 participate in the shooting matches to take place at Glen 

 Drake, Pelhamville. At Mount Vernon the company will 

 be received by Company B, of the Twenty-seventh Regi- 

 ment, and escorted through the principal streets of the vil- 

 lage and thence to Glen Drake, where the DePeyster badge 

 will be contested for, and several other prizes. An old 

 fashioned turkey shoot and a pigeon match are spoken of 

 as a part of the diversions of the occasion. 



The Rifle in Montana. — On October 1st a match was 

 shot at Helena, Montana, between a toam of four from 

 Deer Lodge and one of four from Helena, for a $130 silver 

 cup and the championship of the Territory, distance 1,000 

 yards, position any, without artifical rest, ten shots each, 

 old Creedmoor target, (square bullseye.) 



DEER LODGE— SHARPS 1 CREEDMOOR RIFLE. 



H. McKinstry 21 



Thos. Stuart 28 



Granville Stuart 24 



R . Anderson 23 



Total 96 



Saturday next practice and subscription matches. Chal- 

 lenges from the Scottish-American Rifle Club, and from 



1IKLENA— SHARPS' SPORTING RIFLE. 



John Rogers 22IW. F. Wheeler 17 



Thos. H, Clark 20 



O. Allen 19| Total 78 



Deer Lodge winning by 18 points. Target unfavorably 

 placed towards the sun, and much obscured by clouds of 

 dust at times. This was the first long range match ever 

 shot in Montana. 



The next day, October 2d, another match was shot on the 

 fair grounds at Helena between the Deer Lodge four and 

 another Helena team, for a Sharps Creedmoor No. 1 rifle, 

 offered as a prize by the fair association; distance 500 

 yards, old style Creedmoor third class target (bullseye, two 

 feet square), positian any, without artificial rest, fifteen 

 shots each man. 



DEER LODGE -SHARP3' SPORTING RIFLE. 



Trios. Stuart 56' R. Anderson 49 



H. McKinsi ,ry 53 — 



Granville S tuart 51 J Total 209 



HELENA— SHARPS 1 CREEDMOOR RIFLE. 



Wm. B. Jndd 52;II. Hewina 44 



Samuel T. Hawser 51 1 — 



Thos. H. Clark 49j Total 196 



Deer Lodge winning by IB points. Weather very un- 

 favorable, raining most of the time, with strong wind, 

 veering once and a half around the compass during the 

 match. 



San Francisco. — On October 30th, an interesting match 

 took place at Harbor View. We append the scores:— 



AT 200 YARDS— WIMBLEDON TARGE.T. 



A. F.Klose 2 II A. H. Heutz 2a 



8. N. Morris 23,C. P. LeRreton 22 



C. Bnrgans 33|P-»H. McHlhrnnev 22 



A. Rhawi ler 23 1 Wm Wr.ght 2! 



L. P . Peck 22 1 M. Doane 21 



AT 150 TARDS. 



C. Bureaus 34IM. Doane 31 



O. P. LoBreton 34 A. F. Klose 30 



S. H. Morris 33! E. C. Snook 29 



This was followed by a team match between the Unions 

 and Nationals. Five men on a side; five shots each. The 

 Nationals made 93, the Unions 99. The winning team 

 only lacking one point of making 80 per cent., made re- 

 markably good shooting. 



Rifle Engagements for November.— Saturday, No 

 vember 13th, at three P. M., Turf, Field and Farm badge. 

 Saturday, November 20th, at 11 A. M., Luther badge. 

 November 13th and 27th, Seventh Regiment shJls. No- 

 vember 20th, Seventh Regiment Rifles, challenge badge. 

 The Morrison medal, Scottish-American Rifle Club, on 

 each Wednesday throughout the month. On Thanksgiv- 

 ing Day, November 25th, the special match of the Scottish- 

 American Rifle Club will be held. The Hepburn match 

 will probably be shot on the 27th. 



The Rifle in Princeton — Princeton, N. </., Nov. 8th. — 

 The Secretary of the Long Branch Amateur Rifle and Pig- 

 eon Club, of which I am a member, informs me of several 

 new by-laws, of which I give you the substance. The ri- 

 fle shooting will hereafter be governed by the laws of the 

 N. R. A. Club. Matches will take place every Satur- 

 day, instead of every ten days, as heretofore; mem- 

 bers not able to be present will be allowed substitutes by 

 paying a fine, said substitutes to be chosen by lot from 

 those present. The champion badge of the club having 

 been won by George Hoey, the next prize will be a hand- 

 some bronze setter, which must be held through three suc- 

 cessive matches. A fine new 500 yard target has been pre- 

 sented to the club by Mr. Wm. Hoey, and will be set up 

 this week. Lounger. 



Rahway Rifle Cltjb. — A club has been formed at Rail- 

 way, N. J., with the following gentlemen as officers: Presi- 

 dent, Hon. B. A. Vail; Vice President, George M. Hard; 

 Secretary, Nelson Carpenter; Treasurer, J. W. Martin. 

 Their range is 1,000 yards in length, and the roll comprises 

 thirty members. The range is within five minute's walk 

 of Scott Avenue Depot, in Rahway. 



Twenty-second Regiment Reception. — The drill sea- 

 son was formerly opened by this regiment with a dress pa- 

 rade and concert at the armory in Fourteenth street on 

 Tuesday evening. A large number of invitations were is- 

 sued, and the galleries and reserved seats on the floor were 

 filled with spectators. The regiment being formed on 

 three sides of a square, the command was turned over by 

 Adjutant Waydell to Lieut. -Col. Campe. The dress 

 parade was gone through with in a very creditable manner, 



the execution of the different maneuvres eliciting frequent 

 applause. After the parade, Mr. Gilmore assembled his 

 orchestra in the middle of the room, and a choice selection 

 of promenade music was performed. 



— On Friday last the Seventy-ninth Regiment Rifle Club 

 presented Captain Joseph Ross, the captain of their team 

 with a handsome snuff box as a token of their apprecia- 

 f or his services . 



SWISS RIFLE SHOOTING. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In No. 10, Vol. V., issue of October lith, you say "it seems that the 

 Swiss are getting uneasy in regard to their rifle laurels," etc. The writer 

 of this thinks himself a better authority than your informant. There 

 was no team shooting at all at Stuttgart. Each shooter shot for him- 

 self individually. The first four goblets were won by four Swiss. To 

 get a goblet each one had to make 180 points, equal to about 120 bullseyes 

 at Creedmoor; and the marksmen who made those 380 points were first 

 Mr. H. Kuceht, of St. Gall, who made them in forty minutes; second' 

 Mr. El were, of St. Gall, who made them in forty -six minutes; third, Mr,' 

 Schupp, of Etlikon, another Swiss shot, who made it in one hour and two 

 minutes. The Swiss shooters took half of all the prizes which were 

 offered, and therefore I do not think they feel very uneasy. In fact 

 their confidence is so great that some of them will most probably cross 

 the ocean naxt year and compete with the well-known American team. 

 T will give yon, as soon as possible, the details of the shooting festival 

 at Stuttgart, by which it will be seen that in six days over a million of 

 shots had been fired at tha targets. How long would it take to accom- 

 plish the same thing at Creedmoor under the present arrangements and 

 regulations? Your authority states "that the German soldiers have to 

 fire about 300 cartridges each year,' 1 but he does not mention that in 

 Switzerland each shooter, aud there are thousands of them, fires from 

 two to three thousand shots each year. *#* 



[We have to thank our correspondent for a correction. 

 Our information was derived from a leading English au- 

 thority in regard to the Stuttgart shooting. We are only 

 too glad to learn that the most famous marksmen of the 

 world have not lost their cunning. Any Swiss riflemen 

 coming to this country would be warmly welcomed. 

 Would our correspondent kindly give us distances, weight 

 of rifle, of ball, charge of powder, and character of sights 

 used by the Columbia Association? — Ed.] 

 . «*♦*- 



RIFLE SHOOTING AT FORT WAYNE. 



Fort Wayjo, Ind., Oct. 28, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Michigan, Illinois and Indiana had an interesting rifle contest jester- 

 day at Pleasant Lake, Ind., Michigan being represented by a team from 

 the Jackson Rifle Club, Illinois by a team from the Chicago Rifle Club, 

 and Indiana by a team from the Indiana Amateur Rifle Association of 

 Fort Wayne. The weather was raw and decidedly unpleasant, with a 

 perfect gale blowing down the lake, across which the shooting took 

 place. Col. C. A. Gallinger, of Fort Wayne, was executive officer. The 

 match was to have been shot at 20C and 500 yards, but a 200-yard range 

 could not be conveniently had, and the 200-yard shooting occurred at 

 J75 yards, two sighting and five scoring shots, off hand. The weather 

 moderated somewhat before the 500-yard match began, which was shot 

 in any position under rules of N. R. A., two sighting and five scoring 

 shots. The following is the score:— 



JACKSON TEAM. 



200 yds. 500 yds. 

 Harrington .9 10 



200 yds. 500 yds. 



G. H. Wolcott 19 15 



T.J, Conely, captain.. 9 10 



J.A.Parkinson 10 9 



Geo. Blair 17 



A. S.Firield 20 



17 

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CHICAGO TEAM. 



200 yds. 50? yds. I 200 yds. 500 yds. 



Dr. T. T). Williams 16 g Hon. J. B. Brad well.... 16 7 



Geo. B?uttenmillur....17 2 Geo. Willard 12 7 



Col. R. S. Tnonipson..l4 17 |S. B. Sexton 9 15 



FORT WAYNE TEAM. 



200 yds. 51X) vds 

 Col. James C. Beeks... 8 19 



wapL. W. W. Stinnett.. 14 17 



Dr. D. D. Weisell 14 12 



200 yds. 500 yds. 



Z.Hopkins 15 6 



Col. T. P. Cordrey 8 13 



A.. F. Devereux, capt. ..11 



At this stage of the 500-yard match it became so dark that we could 

 not see to shoot, and the sport for the day closed, as it was not possible 

 for the Chicago and Jackson teams to remain and finish the match this 

 morning. By consent the match entire was declared off, and it was 

 agreed to shoot it over again at Jackson, Mich., on the 10th of Novem- 

 ber, shooting only at 500 yards, seven scoring and two sighting shots. 

 The match was and will be for the championship of the States repre- 

 sented and for a handsome silver ice pitcher set, given by Mr. V. E. 

 Simmons, of Pleasant Lake, who entertained all of us in fine style We 

 had a good day's sport, and shall have more of it in the future. 



Yours truly, ' J. C. B. 

 «+**. 



SHORT vs. LONG RANGE RIFLES. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I was interested in comparing in your paper of Nov. 4th the descrip- 

 tion of the requisites of a hunting rifle with the views of the writer of 

 the amusing article on the country gunsmith and his rifle immediately 

 following. It reminds me of the old story of the quarrel of the knights 

 over the silver and golden shield. The Creedmoor man looks with per- 

 fect contempt at the country rifle because it could not hit the target at 

 500 yards. On the other hand, the rural practitioner, knowing that with 

 his rifle he can knock the head off of a squirrel with no more deliberate 

 aim than I can kill a quail with my shot gun, and about as surely, de- 

 spises the elevating sights, wind gauges, levels, and other paraphernalia, 

 whose use he does not comprehend. 



The truth is, that each rifle is good in its place and not good out of it. 

 The "Express" tries very ingeniously to reconcile the antagonistic con- 

 ditions of long and short range, but not with perfect success. I must 

 say a good word for my Winchester. I can put up a six-inch ring, and 

 with my open sights unchanged, can go backward from 40 to 100 yards, 

 firing from the shoulder, and hit it nearly every time. This may look 

 like coarse shooting beside some of the fine targets published by you, 

 but. it answers my purpose. If my first ball does not stop a deer I can 

 throw five more into the same spot before he can get away. If it were 

 a grizzly instead of a deer I think I should like heavier projectiles. 



T. C. C. 

 , „, . , « » ♦.» — , 



The Mauseb Gun. — The following description of this 

 gun, the weapon used by the Prussian soldier, may be of 

 interest. Mr. Latham, of England, considered the best 

 authority on military arms, thinks the Mauser not as good 

 as the Martini, and writes as follows in regard to the Prus- 

 sian arm: — 



"The Mauser resembles in appearance both the Prussian 

 needle gun and the Ohassepot. It is a self-cocking arm, 

 having four motions — opened, loaded, closed, and fired. 

 The opening is effected by raising the handle of the breech 

 bolt to a vertical position and then drawing it back. This 

 compresses the spiral mainspring and cocks the arm, and 

 the novelty of the action consists in the way this is ef- 



