FOREST AND STREAM. 



123 



AT 800 YARDS. 



T. S DAK1H— AMERICAN TEAM. 



AT 900 YARD?. 

 W. B FARWELL- AMKRIOAN TEAM. 



AT 1,000 YARDS. 

 T. L. ALLEN-AMERICAN TEAM. 







gCORt-4 4455555556545 5-71. 

 W RIOBY--IRT8H TEAM. 



Score— 5 5545545453555 4— OU. 

 J K. MTLNER— IRISH TEAM. 



8C0RE-5 5454555555545 5-72, 

 HE^RY DYA8-IRISH TEAM. 



" ' " ' \ ' 



AT* — -^ 





§COKE— 5 3555345545555 5—69. 



ScoKE—3 5455545545555 5—7-2. 



Scork— 5 



5 5 0-68. 



THE BEST TARGETS MADE IN THE IRISH-AMERICAN RETURN MATCH. 



THE^IRISH-AMERICAN MATCH. 



ONCE more the Irish riflemen have met our men in 

 friendly contest, and once more has victory been 

 with us. That this culmination was not generally antici- 

 pated was apparent from the pool selling, for your pool 

 buyer is a man of culminations, and the position of the 

 Irishmen at the head of the betting was the result of the 

 careful analyzing of the individual scores of the competi- 

 tors. Indeed, "on paper," it looked like a good thing for 

 them. The wonderful shooting of Milner last week and 

 also in the Long Eange Match of Wednesday, and the 

 scores of Johnson, Dyas, and others, made it evident that, if 

 they were not really a better team than that selected to shoot 

 against them, the least weak spot in the latter would make 

 defeat for them almost certain. Strange enough this weak 

 spot was developed in the unaccountable shooting of Col. 

 Farwell at the 1,000 yard range. Had it not been for the 

 strong lead of 82 points taken by the Americans at the first 

 two ranges, they would have been beaten. A string of 

 seven misses in 15 shots was a heavy load to carry, and yet 

 they did carry it and won by 11 points. At 800 yards the 

 Americans were 15 points ahead, at 900 they had "gained 17 

 points more. At the 1,000 yard's range the shooting by the 

 Irish team was beautiful. String of string of bulleyes 

 were scored and at the conclusion they had beaten the 

 Americans at this range 21 points. The score of Mr. 

 Dyas promised to be the sensational one at this range, as 

 at his fourteenth shot he had scored 13 bullseyes and an 

 inner, but his last shot unfortunately was a miss. Gen. 

 Dakin shot superbly, heading both teams with the highest 

 score. Mr. Allen shot with the steadiness of a veteran, and 

 although he was somewhat weak at 900 yards, his score of 

 72 out of a possible 75 at 1,000, was the top score at this 

 range of the match. Mr. Milner made an unfortunatemiss 

 at L000 yards which hurt his score, but notwithstanding, he 

 headed his team. The crowd at the close of the match was 

 large, and as at one time just before the finish, the Ameri- 

 cans were but four points ahead, the excitement was very 

 great. The raihoad facilities were very good. It would 

 be an excellent plan 'or the N. R A to erect a grand stand 

 at the rear of the thousand yard firing point. A corner of 

 it could be devoted to the use of the reporters, who now 

 have no facilities at Creedmoor, excepting in the case of 

 those who have unusual facial development; those without 

 it are no betier off than the general public. 

 The scores in the match were as follows: — 



Yards. 



800 



90U 



1,000 



SCORES OP THE AMERICAN TEAM. 

 GtNJERALT. S. DAKIN. 



Totals. 



800.. 



9u0. 



l,0CO. 



800.. 



900.. 

 1,000. 



800.. 



9.0 . 



1,000. 



800 . 



900.. 



1,000. 



P00., 



90)., 



1,000. 



1 4455555555545 5—71 



5 5554543444545 5— '7 



5 5555535535554 5-70-208 



RANSOM RATHBONE. 



5 5458455555445 4-68 



4 5555454555553 4-69 



4 4435535455555 5-67-204 



,1. L ALLEN. 



3 5554555553535 5-68 



4R5454334553554 59 



5 545455555554-6 5-72-199 



L. WEBER. 



4 3345545555355 5- -66 



5 5534553455554 5-b8 



5 35545555k 4 445 5—64-198 



MAJOR HKNRT PULTON. 



4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5-70 



3 5505334545423 3—54 



4 3445455355555 5-67-191 



LIEUT. COL, TV. B FAhTVELL. 



5 5455055445554 5-66 



55545545453555 4—69 



3 005 3 2 00550034 0-30—165 



Team total , . , 1,165 



Yards. 

 800 



900 .... 

 1,000 



SCORES OP THE HUSH TEAM. 

 H. K. MILNER. 



800. 

 900. 



1,009.. 



800. 

 1,000. 



800., 



901).. 



1,000. 



800.. 



9J0., 



1.000. 



5 54455554354 



5 54555455455 



5 55455455555 



HEJNRT DYASg: 



4 443 5 3 454555 



5 54544555235 



5 55 5 55 3 55555 



"W. RIGBY. 



5 35553455455 



3 52545543534 



3 35555355553 



LIEUTENANT G. PEJSTON. 



5 43544555454 



3 443 3 4245535 



3 45544545544 



EDMOND JOHNSON. 



5 554 5 5 545543 



3 55 2 5453843 3 



3 5 4434545355 



Totals. 

 5 5 4-68 

 5 5 5—72 

 3 5-66—206 



5 5 5—66 



3 4 5-64 



5 5 0—68—198 



5 5 5- 69 

 5 5 3—61 

 5 5 5—67—197 



5 5 3 -66 

 5 5 4—59 



4 3 5-64-189 



2 5 2—64 

 43 5—57 



5 5 3—63—184 



900. 

 1,000. 



J. RUSSELL JOYNT. 

 ..3 2545545535453 8- 61 

 ..4 553532554 3 3 40 5—56 

 ..5 5525425344554 5—63—180 



Team total 1,154 



Yards 

 800... 

 900... 



1,000 . 



TOTALS AT EACH RANGE. 



Americans. 



409 



i 3R6 



370 



Totals 1.165 



Americans over Irish, 11 points. 



Irian. 

 394 

 369 

 391 



V.54 



— We would call attention to the advertisement, in an- 

 other column, of the Sharps Rifle Company. This arm is 

 too generally and favorably known to require any com- 

 mendation from us; it speaks for itself. 



NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 



Wednesday of last week was the third day of the regular 

 Fall Meeting. Three important matches were shot. "The 

 first was the Inter-State Match, open to teams of 12 men 

 from each State or Territory, chosen from the uniformed 

 militia; ten rounds each at 200 and 500 yards. As was the 

 case last year, Connecticut was the only State besides New 

 York represented. But the totals were completely turned 

 on this occasion. Last year Connecticut withdrew befoie 

 ihe competition of the contest; this time her team won a 

 handsome victory, beating the New York team at each 

 range. The scores were as follows: — 



CONNECTICUT STATE TEAM. 

 200 



Name. Yards. 



Corporal G. G. Le Barnes 35 



Henry -Jones 38 



John N. Lane 35 



E. A. Folsora 35 



S. V.Kennedy 40 



J. B. Mix 35 



D. B,. Craie; 38 



Theodore Rust 36 



Jumes T. Jovey 38 



Captain J. E. Stetson 41 



George Dickenson 37 



if. L. Waples 35 



Team totals 443 



NEW YORK STATE TEAM. 

 300 



Name. Yards. 



Serjjt C. H. Barton, 48th regt 36 



Sergt. J. S. Barton, 48th regt 36 



A. B. Vanheusen, 12 h regt 36 



Lieut. J. L. Pric^, 7ih regt 39 



D. H. Stafford. 49 Lb. regt 35 



M. Rawtey. 49 ; h >egt 37 



J. McCartin, 49ih regt S3 



Sergr. A. Steele. 71st regt 38 



E. H. Van Guilder, 49th regt 34 



S E. Candan, 47th regt 35 



W. H. Davar, 8th regt 39 



T. R. Murphy, 8th regt 36 



Team totals 434 382 816 



The second event was the Championship rjatch, com- 

 menced on the first day but not completed. This was an 

 all comer's match, shot at 200, 600, and 1,000 yards, 10 

 shots at each range. There were ten prizes in all, includ- 

 ing three medals. Mr. E. H. Saudford, a popular and 

 skillful rifleman won the first prize; Mr. Rae, of the Scotch 

 team, the second, and Mr. Milner, of the Irish team, the 

 third. The scores were as follows:— 



200 

 Name. Yards. 



E. H. Saudford (American) .42 



Peter Rae (Scoich team) 42 



J. K. Milner (Iristi team) 37 



W. B. Harwell (American team) 39 



Lieu t. Geo Fenton (Iri sh team) 42 



H. S. Jewell (American) 39 



U. Fulton (American team) 33 



C. E Blydenburgri (American team) 30 



0. E. Overbaugti (American) 42 



Gen. T. S. Dakin (American team) 39 



The other totals (out of a possible 150) were C. E. Rider 

 125; R. C. Coleman, 124; H. S. W. Evans (English), 124; 



1. L. Allen (American team), 124; M. Boyd (Scotch team), 

 123; G. W. Davison, 128; J. J. Slade (Australian team), 

 123; William Hayes, 122; L. M. Ballard, 121; G. W. Yale, 

 118; T. H. Gray, 118; R. S. Gray, 118; A. Ward (Irish 

 team), 118; R. S. Greenhill (Irish team), 117; S. J. Scott, 

 116; A. Anderson, 116; Thos. Lamb, Jr., 115. 



The last event of the day was the Long-Range Match, also 

 open to all comers, and shot at 800 and 1,000 yards, 10 shots 

 each range. Here Mr. J. K. Milner, of the Irish team, 

 displayed some magnificent shooting, scoring a possible 50 

 at 1,000 yards, and won a well deserved victory. Mr. San- 

 ford was alfco in excellent form again, being but one point 

 behind the winner. Mr. Slade, of the Australian team, also 

 shot extremely well, making a clean score at 800 yards 



500 





Yards. 



Total. 



44 



79 



40 



78 



39 



74 



38 



73 



30 



70 



34 



69 



29 



67 



30 



66 







Ki 



l •) 



24 



65 



25 



62 



26 



61 



386 



829 



500 





Yards. 



Total. 



43 



79 



39 



75 



39 



75 



36 



75 



38 



73 



33 



70 



34 



67 



26 



64 



29 



63 



26 



61 



19 



58 



20 



56 



600 



1,000 





Yards. 



Yards. 



Total. 



47 



44 



133 



41 



46 



J 29 



49 



43 



129 



48 



42 



129 



42 



44 



128 



47 



41 



127 



46 



48 



127 



49 



47 



126 



42 



42 



126 



47 



40 



126 



There were 15 prizes in all, the winners and and their scores 

 being as follows: — 



Name. 



809 1,000 

 Yards. Yards. Total. 



Name. 



1.000 

 Yards. Yards. Total. 



J. K. Milner 58 40 98 W. R. Joynt 43 47 90 



E. H. Sandford..48 Zl 49 97 A. Ward 45 45 90 



S.Larrbe,Jr 49 45 94 M. Boyd 45 45 90 



C.E.BIydenburgh.49 45 94 Henrv Dvas 43 46 89 



L. Geiger 47 45 92|Vi a j. G Y. Yale.. 44 45 89 



I. L. Allen 49 43 92 H. Thvnne 46 43 89 



Orange Judd 46 45 91 1». G.Perry 46 43 19 



J.J. Slade 50 41 91 1 



The individual prize of a gold medal, given by the Adju- 

 tant General of the State to the member of the National 

 Guard making the highest score in the Gatling, Stale and 

 Arrny and Navy Journal matches, was won by W. H. 

 Dewar, of the Eighth regiment, on a record of 98 out of a 

 possibe 120 points. The fame man also takes Steward's 

 aggregate prize on a score of 111 points. 



The Meeting of the National Rifle Association was brought 

 to a conclusion on Friday last by the contest for the 

 Wimbledon Cup. This is the magnificent, cup presented, 

 to the American team last year by the British National 

 Rifle Association to be competed for annual^ by Ameri- 

 can riflemen under such conditions as might be named by 

 our own N. R. A. These were fixed at 20 shots by each 

 competitor at 1,000 yards with any rifle under the rules. The 

 winner was Mr. Isaac L. Allen of the American team, who 

 appears to be the coming marksman, if he is uot already at 

 the head of the list. The cup is valued at $500. The fol- 

 lowing are the leading scores out of a possible 150 points, 

 there being 37 entries'in all:— 



Name. Total.! Name. Total. 



I. L. Allen 139E. H. Saudford 116 



A. V. Canfield, Jr 135 E. H Madison 116 



Thomas Lamb, Jr 1 30 L . Weber 115 



D.Smyth 13>»,E C Overha'igh HI 



W B. Farwell 129; William Hayes 110 



C. E. Blvdenburg 128 G. L Motse 107 



H. 8. Jewell 121|G. W. Davison 10? 



G. W. Yale 122 L. M. Ballard 106 



L Geiger 1 18 j A. , Anderson 106 



C. C. Coleman 117| 



Creedmoor. — Saturday wa,3 regular match day at Creed- 

 moor, but the ">nly competition open was that for the Turf, 

 Field and Farm badge. As the weather was threatening 

 and the day generally dismal, in addition to the surfeit of 

 rifle shooting during the previous weeks, the number of 

 contestants was small. The match was shot at 200 yards 

 off-hand, ten shots each. The following are the scores: — 



Name. Total.) Name. Total. 

 W. H. Cochrane 43 H. Fisher 34 



D . McQuillan 42 L Cass 83 



D. F. Davids 41'J. L. Failey 33 



D. C. Pinuey 40|D. Cameron 33 



F. F. Mitten 39J. A. Gee 32 



J.W.Todd 39IJ W. Hale 30 



George Waterman 38 C. E. Truslow 2ri 



T. W. Linton 37 1 Vt M. Maltby 24 



S. Sargent 37 W. H. Clark.. 14 



W. B. Farwell 35| 



Glen Drake. — The members of the American Rifle As- 

 sociation shot a match on their grounds at Pelhamville 

 on the 16th inst. The following scores were made at 500 

 yards, 5 scoring shots: — 



Name. Total.! Name. Total. 



David F. Davids 33[Geo. Ferguson 22 



Geo. Jone* 2l[D. Felt 20 



J. W. Todd 18| 



The De Peyster Badge will be shot for Oct. 19th. 



Rifle Notes.— The distribution of prizes won during 

 the late meeting of the National Rifle Association took 

 place at the State Arsenal on Friday evening. The visit- 

 ing riflemen were present. Maj. Leech made one cf his 

 usual felicitous speeches The Washington Grey Cav- 

 alry, Capt. L. T. Baker commanding, has issued a chal- 

 lenge to the Yates Dragoons, of Syracuse, to shoot a 

 carbine match either at Creedmoor or Syracuse during 

 next month. The preliminaries have not yet been decided 

 upon The members of the foreign rifle teams, accompa- 

 nied by Messrs. Fulton, Bodine, Rathbone, and Blyden- 

 burgh, of the American team, visited Philadelphia on 

 Saturday, and were presented to President Grant and the 

 Centennial authorities. They are now in Washington, 

 and matches were arranged for to-day and Saturday, with 

 visits to Mount Vernon and other places of interest in the 

 interim. The Irish citizens were arranging for a special 

 prize for the member of the Irish team making the highest 



score The Saratoga Rifle Club give a tournament on 



October 10th and "11th. There will be three events, 

 open to all comers, a mid-range for teams of four, a match 

 at 200 yards, 10 shots, and one at 600 yards. Address en- 

 tries to Jerome Pitney, President The annual match of 



the St. John County Rifle Association commenced at* 

 Drury range, near St. Johu, N. B., on the 22d inst. Lieut. 

 Earle won the St. John Corporation silver challenge cup] 

 The shooting was roueh ahead of former competitions, 



