FOREST AND STREAM. 



characterizes the shooting as "simply marvelous," and says 

 that nothing like it has ever been done before. With re- 

 gard to rifle shooting on this side of the water it says:— 



"We prophesied long ago that when our ingenious cou- 

 sins on the other side of the Atlantic — the originators of 

 rifle shooting — chose to take the art up in its modern form, 

 they would be hard to beat, and our prediction has been 

 amply verified. Nevertheless, we must hope that the 

 American trophy may one of these years be won by a team 

 for the old country. If it is so won, we observe that the 

 subsequent contest is to take place in the country of the 

 winning team. We venture to suggest, though it is against 

 British interests to do so, that this rule is a mistake, and 

 that if possible it will be well to have it altered. The 

 great American trophy ought always to be shot for at 

 Creedmoor, as the Elcho Shield is always shot for at Wim- 

 bledon. On the whole, it appears to us that the balance 

 of convenience is in favor of the locality for such great 

 contests being permanent, and we strongly recommend the 

 body who may have the disposal of the American trophy 

 to modify, if possible, their existing rules." 



With the latter suggestion we can hardly agree, as it 

 would ba rather too much for the holders, in case it should 

 be a British team, to have to cross the water to shoot at 

 Creedmoor. 



The Dublin Times is rather severe upon the English 

 riflemen, who it asserts were ready to challenge the win- 

 ners until the scores appeared. The article from which we 

 quote is as follows:— 



"The American Rifle team may be credited with a dou- 

 ble victory. According to reliable authority it was the 

 intention of the English eight, whose fine di-play of shoot- 

 ing at Wimbledon won the Elcho Shield from the Scotch 

 and Irish, to challenge the Yankees should they prevail 

 against the foreigners at Creedmoor. It is said that the 

 gauntlet was absolutely prepared for casting, and the men 

 had signified their willingness to put the victors to the 

 proof. When, however, the Centennial scores reached 

 here a change came over the spirit of the Englishman's 

 dream. The totals scored so far above i> ny winning perform- 

 ance ever achieved at this side of the Atlantic that the am- 

 bitious "tirours" were fairly appalled, and wisely concluded 

 to hold their peace. One of the London morning papers 

 commenting on the match at Creedmoor, expressed regret 

 that England was not represented, as in that event even 

 the Yankee colors would surely have been lowered. The 

 experts themselves know better, and have withdrawn from 

 their intention. Unqualified admiration of the scores ob- 

 tained has been the tone among marksmen here, and it will 

 be gratifying to the friends of the lush team to learn that 

 the phenomenal totals piled up by Johnson and Milner have 

 formed the topic of conversation among the proficients." 



Creedmoor.— Saturday was regular match day at Creed- 

 moor, but the miserable weather detained even the most 

 constant of the regular habitues from putting in an appear- 

 ance. The first mutch was the sixth competition for the 

 Geiger bullseye badge, for which there were four com- 

 petitors. This match is shot at long range, 20 shots being 

 fired at 1,000 yards, 15 at 900, and 10 at bOO. Col. Fa'rweil 

 was the winner, as will be seen from the following score. — 

 1000 900 800 Bulls- 



Name. Yds. Yds. Yds. Total. eyes. 



W.B. Harwell 88 71 47 206 34 



K. liathbone 87 65 47 199 26 



Homer Fisiier 84 61 48 193 28 



G.L.Morse 60 59 41 160 16 



The second match was for the, Schuyler Hartley and 



Graham badge for rapidity and accuracy. This match is 



shot at 200 yards, each competitor to have two chances of 



thirty seconds each. Following are some of the scores: — 



r-F'st chance-^ ^-Sc'd chance—. 



No. of No. of No. of No. of Grand. 



Name. Shots. Hits. T'l. Shots. Hits. T'l. T'L 



J. E. Stetson 11 9 33 11 13 40 73 



T. G. Bennett 9 9 31 U 8 29 60 



A. B. Van Heusen... 8 8 27 8 8 24 49 



T.E.Addis. 8 6 17 9 9 *8 45 



W.Robertson 9 7 24 10 4 10 34 



Conlin's Gallery. — The second competition for the eight 

 elegant ''Marksman's badges," offered at Conlin's shooting- 

 gallery, took place last Tuesday evening, October 17th. 

 The increasing interest taken in the matches, and the large 

 number of competitors, is a good sign of the popularity of 

 the competitions, The following are the names, with the 

 scores, of the winners of the badge for the second con- 

 test : — 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



J. B, Blydenburgh 45|T. (J. Banks 40 



L. V. Sone 44ib\ C. Bominick 39 



Frederick Kesslar 42lCbas. E. Blydeubnrgh. 38 



H. D. Blydenburgh 41 1 W . H . Has tings 37 



Each contestant was furnished with an improved score 

 card and diagram, invented by Mr. 'James S. Conlin, giving 

 their score with exact copy of target. Until further notice 

 the competitions will take place every Tuesday, commenc 

 ing at 4 p. in., and continuing till 12 m. Open to all 

 comers. 



JOURNEAY & BURNHAM VS. ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & Co. 



— For some time past the gentlemen of the two noted dry 

 goods firms, Journeay & Burnham, of Brooklyn, and Ar- 

 nold, Constable & Co., of this city, have been selecting 

 their best marksmen, torming their respective teams, elect- 

 ing their captains, etc. Last Saturday evening (October 

 21st) they met at Conlin's gallery, No. 930 Broadway, and 

 after a very cordial greeting between the "Beds" (Arnold, 

 Constable & Co.) and the ■*■ Whites" (Journeay & Burnham), 

 the friendly battle took place. The following were xhe condi- 

 tions: The teams to contain eight men each, to be con- 

 nected with the "house." One target of ten shots per man; 

 rifle, .22 calibre, off-hand; distance, 110 feet, 200-yard 

 Creedmoor target reduced in exact proportion for the range, 

 Creedmoor rules to govern the match. The scores were 

 good considering that many of the men had never shot 

 before commencing their practice for the contest. The fol- 

 lowing are the names and the scores of both teams: — 

 Jotjrneay and Burnham- Captain J. N. Bruyn. 



Name. Total. 



D. McQuillan 38 



W. H. MeKune 35 



H. J. Gallaher & 



W . A. Locliwood 3i 



J. N. Bruyn 3^ 



Name. Total. 



W. R. Jarmin 23 



J. lmnne 21 



D.Regan.'. 19 



, Grandtotal 235 



Arnold and Constable— Captain B. S. Brown. 



Name. Total. 



J.P.Murch 26 



T. Edmunds 22 



D.Bryant 20 



The Brooklyn men winning by three points. The match 

 was very close, sometimes one side would be ahead, and on 

 the next round the other side would lead, making the en- 

 tire contest very exciting and interesting. When the 

 result was announced a cheer was given for the winning 

 team, and the beaten party was the first to congratulate 

 them. It is reported that Lord & Tayloi's men have chal- 

 lenged the victors. 



Morsemere. — An off hand match, open to all comers, at 

 200 yards, for the gold medal, was shot again Tuesday of 

 last week, resulting in a victory for Mr. William Hayes, 

 who recently joined the association. The best scores were 

 as follows: — 



Name. Total. Name. Total. 



H. Maynard ...54 



C. A. Hodgman 51 



W. Hayes 63 



G. L. Morse 57 



H. J. Quinn .55 



The other scores were below 50. The match at 500 yards, 

 open only to members of the association, could not be 

 shot owing to the targets being occupied by members of 

 the Sixteenth Battalion. 



Glen Drake. — Best scores made in matches of October 

 19th at G-len Drake:— 



HOLDEN RIFLE. 



Name. Total. 



George Smith 23 



Sergt. Madden 21 



II. Hams ..--21 



J. W. Todd 21 



J. Clark 21 



Name. Total. 



D. F. Davids... 27 



D. Felt 26 



Lieut. Gee 25 



J. R. Gs oilman 25 



F. Backofen 23 



SPECIAL subscription. 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



J . R. Grohman 2i| Lieut . Gee IS 



F. Backofen 21 (Lieut. Mode 18 



SUBSCRIPTION. 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



D. P. Duvids 20|H. Fisher 18 



J. R. Grobman 20,Oapt Thompson ...17 



D Felt l9!Geo. Peters 16 



H. Horns 19| 



The required number of entries in the De Pejster bridge 

 match not being made, the match was not shot. Next 

 matches will be held to-day. Shooting begins at 1 o'clock 

 p. m. Open to all comers. Distance, (300 yards. Position, 

 any; rifle, any. No restriction regarding entry. 



Massachusetts. — On Thursday last a match was shot 

 between teams of the Holyoke and Springfield Rifle Clubs. 

 The day was everything that could be desired, but the 

 scores for some reason were not first class. The conditions 

 were 10 shots each at 200 yards off-hand, and the follow- 

 ing are the scores: — 



HOLYOKE. 



Name. Total. 



H. White 40 



R. McDonald 3K 



S. Snover 38 



E. C. Smith , 38 



D. H. Smith 3? 



E. A. Whiting 35 



SPRINGFIELD. 



Name. Total. 



J. B. Squires 42 



L. H. Mayott 38 



S . S . Bumstead 36 



W. S. Gorapf 35 



E. H. Smith U 



L. Clark 34 



Name. Total. 

 T-Long 40 



B, S. Brown 36 



J. L. La Forge 31 



A. Oats 31 



C. G. Nicholson 2t 



Grandtotal ..232 



Grand total 22; Grand total 219 



Tne contest was one of considerable interest to the large 

 number of spectators present. The return match will take 

 place at Holyoke, probably this week or next, and will be 

 decided on the best combined score at 200 and 400 yards. 



Rifle Notes. — The Sharp's Rifle Company have offered 

 a prize of the value of $250 in gold, which has been ac- 

 cepted by theN. R. A., and the first competition for the 

 trophy is ordered to take place on Saturday, October 28th. 

 The conditions governing the contest will be as follows: 

 Distances, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; fifteen shots without 

 sighting shots; no "coaching" to be allowed, the object 

 being to make the match a strict test of individual shoot- 

 ing. The winner must lead all the other competitors at 

 each of the three distances; entrance fee, $1, one- 

 quarter of the entrance money go to the highest competi- 

 tor unless he wins the prize, in which case it will go to the 

 maker of the second highest score; one-quarter of the en- 

 trance money will be added to the principal prize until fin- 

 ally won The protest entered tr-im t liiMraro of the 



Forty-eighth Regiment, of Oswego, m tue mnuaiy match- 

 es during the fall prize meeting at Creedmoor has been re- 

 opened, and the matter referred to the Board of Directors 

 of theN. R. A. for consideration at their next meeting. 

 The reason of this action is owing to the fact that the Os- 

 wego team have made affidavits relieving themselves from 

 all responsibility in the alteration of the sights of their 



guns Mr. Carl Dittmar, who is an expert at long-range 



shooting, thinks that there should be more off hand shoot- 

 ing at Creedmoor and at long range. Ho says: il I con- 

 sider that the only art I have. Great champions on the back 

 position make mighty poor scores at 200 yards. It is not 

 so difficult to shoot off-hand at long range, and at 500 



yards I shoot often better than at 200 yards" The 



"Creedmoor Guards," composed of the workmen and oth- 

 er employes at Creedmoor, had their match d?iy on the 17th. 

 The contestants numbered about thirty. They were al- 

 lowed ten shots each at 200 yards, and there were 28 pri- 

 zes, nearly one for every man. The shooting was not so 



bad for novices The first annual prize meeting of the 



Bay View Rifle Association, Eighth Division, N. G. 8. N. 

 Y. commenced on the rifle range at Bay Yiew, Erie county, 

 N. Y., on Tuesday, the 24th iust. 



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Hare and Hounds. — This journal has repeatedly urged 

 upon students of our various educational institutions the 

 pleasure and benefit to be derived from paper hunting, or 

 as it is generally called in England when followed on foot, 

 "hare and hounds." Not only is it one of the most excit- 

 ing of out door sports, but a most excellent school for the 

 athlete. Some of the most noted amateur runners in Eng- 

 land have gained their distinctions through the results of 

 their Eton, Rugby, or Harrow experience with "hare and 

 hounds." We are glad to note that an attempt has at last 

 been made to introduce the sport into this country. An 

 exchange says, that: "A very exciting game of hare and 

 hounds was played by the students of the Princeton Pre- 

 paratory school on Wednesday afternoon. The hares led 

 the hounds over a course between sixteen and seventeen 

 miles over a rough and rocky country, and were not caught. 

 The hares were Messrs. Archer and Long of Maryland. 

 The winning hound was Edward Bell, of New York city, 

 having run over the course in two hours and eighteen min- 

 utes. This, we believe, is the only game of hare and 

 hounds ever played in any school in New Jersey. It pre- 

 sents a little variety amid the sports of pupils and college 

 students, and was attended by unusual pleasure and suc- 

 cess." 



BASE BALL — THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA OF 1876. 



Practically the League season of 1876— the inaugural 

 year of its existence— ended Oct. 21st, when the Boston Club 

 played its last League game, that club being the only one 

 of the eight to play out its full complement of games. The 

 record up to the ciose shows the contesting nines occupy- 

 ing the following relative positions: — 



Games Games Games Games. 

 Club. Won. Lost. Drawn. Played. 



Chicago 52 14 66 



Hartford 47 21 1 69 



St. Louis 45 19 64 



Bo«ton 39 31 57 



Louisville 30 36 3 69 



Mutual 21 35 1 57 



Athletic 14 45 1 60 



Cincinnati 9 56 . 65 



Total 257 257 6 * 520 



It will be seen that Chicago wins the pennant; Hartfords 

 carries off the honors of being second, and St. Louis stands 

 third, the present champions— the Boston Red Stockings — 

 this season being fourth on the list, while Cincinnati brings 

 up the rear. The season in many respects has been a fail- 

 ure, esoecially in a pecuniary respect, but two of the 

 League* clubs having paid actual expenses, while one is 

 bankrupt, and all the others close with empty treasuries if 

 not in debt. Never before did so many base balls clubs 

 exist; and not in the previous history of the game were so 

 many games played as in 1876. Besides which the record 

 is replete with scores of games unequalled for the masterly 

 display of skill exhibited. The League have realized by 

 experience that they made three grand mistakes during the 

 past year of their existence. The first was in charging half 

 a dollar admission to their games; the second in taking 

 into their employ suspected players; and the third was in 

 introducing a rule admitting of engagements being made 

 with players for another year's service before the close of 

 the season. The League meets in convention at Cleveland 

 Dec. 7th, and it remains to be seen whether their legisla- 

 tion will be that of the season just closed, or whether they 

 will profit by the lessons they have been taught in 1876. 



— Among the model .games in the professional arena 

 since our last may be named the following: — 



Oct. 16th.- Cricket vs. Hartford, at Binghampton (5 ins) .6 to 



Oct. 16th.— Louisville vs. Reds, at Memphis 8 to 8 



Oct. 16th.— Quickstep vs. Fly Away, at .Brooklyn 6 fo 3 



Oct. 17th.- Hartford vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn 3 to 



Oct. 18rh.— Boston vs. ©ur Boys, at Boston 8 to 1 



Oct. 20th.— Hartford vs. Boston, at Boston 5 to 



CRICKET. 



The Giles benefit match at Hoboken on Oct. 19th, con- 

 sisted of a game between the St. George eleven, and an 

 eleven composed of members of the Staten Island and 

 Manhattan clubs. The Young America Club being unable 

 fo assist the city on the occasion. The weather was fine 

 but the attendance was small. Among those present was 

 Mr. Cba^. Vinter, it being his first appearance on the 

 grounds since his accident and illness. The score of tbe 

 one inning game played is appended: — 



STATEN TSLAND AND MANHATTAN. 



Makin (Manhattan), c. and b. Bance 



Armstrong (N. of Ireland), 1, b. w., b. Bance 4 



BrewFter (professional. Staten Island),' c. Whetham b. Soutter. 7 



Greig (Manhattan), c. Whetham b. Soutter 25 



Stevens (Staten Island), c. Whetham b. Soutter 5 



Hopper (Manhattan), b. Moeran 12 



Spragne (Staten Island), b. Soutter 2 



Powers (S. I. B. B. C), b. Soutter 



McDongal (Manhattan), b. Soutter 



A. Kirtland (Knickerbocker B. B, C), b. Moeran 



Holmau (St. George), not out 



Leg byes 3 



Total 58 



Umpires— Messrs. Smith and Brewster. 



ST. GEORGE'S. 



Bance b. Brewster 



Gibbis, b. Brewster 10 



Whetham, c . M akin, b. Brewster 19 



Moore, b . Brewster 34 



Giles (prof;, not out 22 



Moeran, b. Spragne 1 



Jones, ran out 



Soutter, b. Spragne 11 



Mosty n ,1b. w . , b. Brewster 



Marsh, c. and b. Sprague 



S . W . Richardson, c. Power, b. Brewster 4 



Byes... 5 



Total 106 



Tiffany & Co , Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 



Importers, have always a large stock of sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 



racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 

 TheL 5 timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 

 sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co , of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 

 line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- 

 cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and 

 Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lish mentjwithout feeling the slightest obliga- 



tion to purchase. Union Square, New York. 



Adv. 



