250 



FOEEST AND STREAM. 



portion of the figure of a deer painted in the front of each 

 of the wings. He then turns the deer round upon its piv- 

 ot, and at a signal pushes it back. The lines are painted on 

 the fence thirty feet from the wings and ninety feet apart, 

 and no firing is allowed except when the deer is between 

 them. Any shot fired while it is out of these bounds is 

 punished by a fine of ten cents. The deer has an 8-inch 

 builseye painted over hi3 heart, and a center and outer, 

 there being no inner. Bullseyes count 4, centers 3, outers 

 2. A shot hitting the haunch is marked with a blaek disc, 

 and is punished by a fine of ten cents, partly on the theory 

 that it would spoil the venison, but more from the fun 

 which arises out of its infliction. It takes the deer about 

 five seconds to pass over the ninety feet in which he is al- 

 lowed to be shot at. The shooting is done at 100 yards, 

 consequently it is necessary that the marksman should 

 Ehoot from three to four feet in front, and the neglect to 

 hold far enough forward is certain to produce a ''haunch," 

 and a consequent fine of ten cents. 



This match was inaugurated for the first time on Satur- 

 day last. The weather was very disagreeable, being cold 

 with a blustering wind, which made shooting from the 

 shoulder very difficult; still, a number of the best off hand 

 shots of Creedmoor entered for the match, and before a 

 half dozen shots had been fired the shouts of laughter 

 brought up nearly every man on the range, and one after 

 another entered whether their guns were fitted for the pur- 

 pose or not. 



The want of practice was seriously felt, as well as the 

 imperfect manner in which most rifles were sighted, render- 

 ing a quick sight difficult. The Winchester had a decided 

 advantage on account of the facility with which they could 

 be fired, those using them getting in three or four shots at 

 each round. At the same time those who used a single- 

 loader and confined themselves to a single shot fired with 

 deliberate aim and aid almost as well. All were surprised 

 lo find how far forward it was necessary to aim and how dif- 

 ficult to do so. The force of habit at almost every run 

 caused some competitor who aimed on or just in front of 

 the deer to hit the haunch, the result being a display of 

 the black disc followed amid a roar of laughter and the 

 payment of the ten cents fine as compensation. 



The match was commenced at such a late hour that the 

 darkness obliged its discontinuance before the competitors 

 had had an opportunity of shooting all the entries which 

 they had made, nearly every one having increased his en- 

 tries up to the full number allowed. Still it was one of 

 the greatest successes of the season and will undoubtedly 

 attract a large number of competitors hereafter, The score 

 will be found below. 



The trophy offered by Schuyler Hartley and Graham for 

 rapidity and accuracy was shot on the same afternoon. 

 This is intended to lest the relative merits of repeating fire- 

 arms and single-loaders, and as most of those shooting in it 

 were professional experts the amateurs stood but very little 

 chance. Messrs. Stetson and Bennett, who made the two 

 highest scores, used the Winchester rifle. In firing they had 

 their cartridges inserted in a series of tubes attached to a 

 piece of metal which was strapped on the left forearm. In 

 firing they kept the gun at the shoulder and inserted 

 the cartridge with the right thumb, the spring which 

 closed the ends of the magazine on their rifles having been 

 cased up, and the opening enlarged so as to enable the in- 

 sertion of the cartridge in that position. Mr. Waterman, 

 one of the best rapidity shots in the country, used a Henry 

 Martini; Mr. Wood a Winchester, and most of the other 

 guns were represented. The practice scores made just 

 before the match were much higher than those in the 

 match as the competitors became chilled while waiting 

 their turn. Mr- Stetson made a score of 53, which is the 

 highest score known to have been made in thirty seconds. 

 The badge having been won three times by Mr. Stetson 

 this closes the competition for the present of what is known 

 at Creedmoor as the "agility" badge. It will probably be 

 repeated in the spring in some similar form. 

 i -♦.*■ 



Amateur Bifle Cluk. — The competition for the bronze 

 medal of the National Bifle Association, will take place at 

 Creedmoor, Saturday, November 25th, at 1:30 p. m. The 

 conditions are as follows: Open only to members of the 

 Amateur Bifle club; distance: 1,000 yards; rounds: 30, 

 with privilege of two sighting shots; rifles: any within the 

 rules; position: any without artificial rest. Entrance fee, 

 $1. Prize to become the personal property of the winner 

 in this competition. 



Swan Shooting with a Bifle.— We have seen some 

 capital practice made with an old fashion snail bore Ken- 

 tucky rifle at geese while sitting, particularly in California, 

 where the birds congregate on ihe plains in mimense num- 

 bers. With the increased interest in rifle shooting, it is 

 probable that for such large game that weapon will be 

 nsed, and some of our marksmen will doubtless in time 

 come to be as expert in bringing down a bird on the wing 

 as they are now in hitting the running deer or a builseye. 



A Norfolk correspondent writes us that two northern 

 gentlemen, (one from Nahant) now rusticating at Back 

 Bay, Princess Anne Co., Virginia, while out after ducks 

 one day this week, saw a flight of swan passing out of 

 gunshot range. Both having rifles handy agreed to try a 

 shot on the wing and both succeeded in bringing down one. 

 They sent them north by express lo Ibe mounted as tro- 

 phies . 



— A new rifle target has been proposed to the War De- 

 partment of Fiance. It is elliptical in shape and is con- 

 gtructed in reference to those pafts of the human frame 

 whick are mortally vulnerably is tfes trunk sad the hmil, 



Second chance. 



Shots. Hita. Score, Total. 



14 11 39- 83 



11 8 %7 54 



16 6 19 36 



7 5 IS 14 



8 2 5 5 



Creedmoor. —Saturday was hardly an inviting day for 

 rifle shooting, yet quite a number of experts assembled at 

 Creedmoor to shoot for the badge for "rapidity and accu- 

 racy" presented by Messrs. Schuyler, Hartley & Graham. 

 The scores made were as follows: — 

 First chance. 

 Shots. Hits. Score. 

 C.E. Stetson........ 14 9 24 



T.G.Bennett .11 8 27 



J. Weutworth 10 5 17 



George Waterman 6 12 



G. W. Davison 9 



Mr. Stetson used the Winchester rifle as a single loader. 



The first competition for the Winchester Company 

 match (prize $50 in money), shot at the running deer, fol- 

 lowed. Each competitor fired as many shots as practica- 

 ble during six "runs." Mr. Stetson won this match also, 

 making 6 hits and 16 points. He fired four shots during 

 several "runs," in one of which three shots struck the 

 deer. He was fined twice for striking the horns. Mr. Ben- 

 nett had 5 hits and 14 points; W. Bobinson, 3— 9; Wm. 

 Hayes, 1—3; J. B. Holland, 1—3. Messrs. Bennett and 

 Robinson were fined once each for striking the haunch 

 Nine competitors failed to strike the deer. 



Conlin's Gallery.— Last Tuesday evening, Nov. 14th, 

 the sixth weekly contest for the Marksmen's Badges took 

 place at Conlin's Shooting Gallery, 930 Broadway. The 

 interest shown by the large number of competitors has no 

 signs of decreasing, and a very pleasant evening's sport is 

 obtained. The following are the winners of the badges 

 with their scores: — 



Name. Total. I Name. Tot&l. 



Charles A. Cheever 46JW. Campbell 4> 



C. E. Blydenburgh 43 J. T. Murch 41 



H. D. Blydenburgh 42 C. E. De E'oreat 41 



B. S. Brwon 4^Leon Backer 40 



At the 75-foot range a scarf pin was presented to the 

 maker of the best score (an old-fashioned musket bullet 

 suspended by a string) in ten shots. This match proved 

 very interesting and well contested: Charles A Cheever, 8 

 bullets; J. B. Blydenburgh, 6 bullets. 



A neat prize was also given for the best score made on 

 the 60 foot range; conditions, 10 shots; rifle 22 cal. ; regu- 

 lation sights and 6-pound trigger, at 200 yards; Wimbledon 

 target reduced for the range. The hard trigger and open 

 sights made a difference in the scores of the best shot: C. 

 E. DeForest, 45; (J. E. Blydenburgh, 43; W. Campbell, 

 39; W.F. Banks, 39. 



—The protest against the scores of the 48th Begiment 

 team at the recent Creedmoor Fall meeting is to be consid- 

 ered by the committee of the N. K. A. at the State Arsenal 

 in this city to-day at 8 o'clock p. m. 



Massachusetts.— The "t.eam" of the Holyoke Bifle 

 Club shot for their badge on Saturday week, the conditions 

 being 10 shots each at 400 yards. Mr. E. C. Smith was the 

 winner with a clean score of 50 points. The other scores 

 were— H. White 48, D. H. Smitn 43, B. McDonald 43, B. 

 Bhodes 40. The previous match was won by B. McDon- 

 ald with a score of 41 points, made at 200 yards on a re- 

 duced target, with an 8 inch builseye, and the other circles 

 reduced to 16, 28 and 40 inches. The week before, under 

 the same conditions, Mr. H. White made 41, D. H. Smith 

 41, E. C. Smith 39, B. McDonald 40, E. A. Whiting, 38 

 and J. L. Mercier 37. In shooting oil ties H. AVhite made 

 three consecutive bullseyes and won. 



— The new range of the Massachusetts Bifle Association 

 at Walnut Hill, near Boston, was opened on the loth Inst., 

 when about thirty members of the Association participa- 

 ted in pool and prize shooting. At present only the 200 

 yards range is ready for practice, and at this distance a 

 match was shot, each competitor having ten shots, with 

 the following result: — 



Names.- Total. 

 J. B. Osborn 45 



C. E. Sanborn 44 



W.Poland 44 



H. T.Rockwell 44 



E. T. Osgood 44 



J. H. Frost 4b 



John A. Lowell 44 



E. W. Davison 43 



Carl Bitlmar 4* 



W. H. Jackson 4k 



E. F. Hunt •. 4% 



Connecticut. — The first annual meeting of the Con- 

 necticut Bifle Association was held at Willowbrook range 

 on Saturday week, but the report came to hand too late 

 for our last issue. Four contests took place, the first be- 

 ing the long range, ten shots each, at 800, 900 and 1,000 

 yards, any rifle and any position; prize, a silver trophy 

 valued at $25. The results were: — 



Names. 800 



CO. Case, New Britain 45 



O. Judd, Middletown 41 



William Parker, New Britain 47 



CO. Jodd, Middletown 40 



J. E. Steison, New Haven 44 



G . W . JOavidson, fro videuce 4a 



O. V. Collin, Middletown 43 



W. H. Fay we, dr., New Haven §2 



F. Wessei, JNew Britain 41 



a. Clark, Woicester 3(j 



II. Woodward, Miduletown 41 



J. N. Oamp, Middletown 32 



J. Huggau, Norwicu 46 



The trophy for all comers was won by Mr. Orange Judd 

 of Middletown. 



The second contest was the builseye match for the most 

 bullseyes in 15 shots at 500 yards, any rifle; position, any; 

 entrance fee 50 cents, for a builseye badge.olfered by the 

 Middletown team: — 



Names. Bullseyes. | Names. 

 Dr. A. M. Shew 13 



G. W. Davidson.. 12 



Names. Total. 



J. B. Parker 41 



J. A. Lockhart 41 



W. Gerrisli 41 



J. Wemyse, Jr ..41 



W. E. Guerner 41 



A. P. Clark 39 



CO. Hebbard 39 



A. Perkins 38 



A. H. Hebbard 88 



b\ W. Stevens 37 



900 



1000 



Total. 



3S 



43 



m 



39 



42 



125 



39 



37 



123 



45 



37 



122 



45 



27 



115 



39 



33 



113 



31 



34 



103 



46 



27 



105 



22 



12 



95 



32 



27 



95 



34 



18 



93 



30 



30 



9.5 



35 



10 



91 



urangeJudd 12 



Bullseyes. 



O. V. Coffin 9 



Charles Gerner 9 



J. E. Steteon. 



A. G. Mucuell U J. C. Kinney 7 



William H. Lay ne, J r 11 L. H. Mayott , 7 



C. O. Case !<j| 



The third contest was short range, rifles any weight, 7 

 shots, 200 yards off hand, for a silver cup valued at $15. 

 The scores made were: S. S. Bumsted, Springfield, 31; J. 

 E, Stetson, New Haven, 30; George Nichols, New Haven, 

 29; F. W- Tiesing, New Haven, 2b; S. V. Kennedy, New 

 Haven, 29; (Jol. S. li. Smith, New Haven, 25; J. N. Lane, 

 Meriden, XJ4; Charles Gerner, New Haven, 24; F. Wessel, 

 New Britain, 23; W. Vandusen, Middletown, 23. 



The fourth contest, long range, open to members of the 

 association only, conditions same as No. 1, score to count 

 on both matches, if members entered for both, was not 

 shot, and the prize, a badge valued at $25, was awarded to 

 (J. O. Case of New Britain, on his score in the first match. 



—Babbits must be abundant in Pennsylvania, an exchange 

 eays that ten men recently Milled 109 rabbits in one day in 



}mnt |j?## md $un. 



GAME NOW IN SEASON. 



Moose, Alces malchis. Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, 



Caribou, Tarandus rangifer. Cvpidcnij, cupido. 



Elk or wapiti, Germs canadensis. Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bonasa 

 Red or Virginia deer, C? irginianus. umbeUus. 



Squirrels, red, black and gray. Quail or partridge, Ortyx Virginia- 



Hares, brown and gray. mis. 



Wild turkey, Meleagtis gallopa- Woodcock, Philohela minor, 

 vo 



''Bay-birds" generally.including various species of plover, sand-pipers 

 snipe, curlews, oyster-catchers,surf-birds, phalaropes, avocets, etc., corn- 

 ing under the group Limicolce or Shore Birds. 



—The St. Clair flats, on the Canada side of Lake Ontario 

 used to be a fine ducking ground, but has deteriorated of 

 late years. The Syracuse Standard however mentions that 

 a gentleman of that city, bagged in eleven day's shooting, 

 three hundred and thirteen ducks, mostly canvas-backs. 

 This would seem to indicate that the old ground has re- 

 gained its prestige from some cause or other. 



—A quartette of devotees of field spoits started from 

 Chattanooga, a few days ago,, for the hunting grounds of 

 the Indian river, in Florida. They were well equipped 

 with rifles, skeleton knapsacks and haversacks, and will 

 doubtless find plenty of enjoyment. 



Massachusetts — Wachwett Mountain, Princeton, Ifass. 

 — Partridge and quail shooting in this part of the State is 

 not up to the average this year, which is owing I think to 

 the abundance of the red fox. They make a business 

 during the summer of breaking all the eggs and eating all 

 the young birds they can find. There is now hardly a 

 dozen hounds in the county, where a few years since there 

 were hundreds, so the fox has full swing, and the poor 

 ground-nesting birds have to suffer in consequence. The 

 fall woodcock shooting has been good, as they are a flight 

 bird at tliis season they are not affected by the foxes in 

 this section. S. K., Jr. 



Salem, Nov.21st. — Bush gunning is fair. Sea ducks report- 

 ed plenty bv some gunners and scarce by others. CootiDg 

 has not "tallied up" to former seasons off our immediate 

 shore, though at and about Cape Ann it has been "they 

 say." Great geese have been flying some lately. About 

 75 went along Sunday. A seal was shot at Bass Point, Na- 

 hant, one day last week; it weighed a hundred pounds, 

 and was brought in so the man got hold of it by a dog 

 named Ned, of Lynn, and he is there on such jobs every 

 time. Nick's dog is boss, so Frank says. Teal. 



Duxbury, Nov. 13th. — Quail plenty; several fine strings 

 the past week, in consequence of flooded swamps forcing 

 them to higher ground. Partridges pretty well thinned 

 out by snarers, there being no protective law that will reach 

 them; rabbits suffering likewise. A few snipe and wood- 

 cock have been taken during the month. Coots, shell- 

 drake, black ducks, whistlers, and quandys are in the bay 

 in large numbers. A few flocks of geese have passed over 

 the past week, none stopping. Gkouse. 



New Yoek— Good Ground, L. L, Nov. 19th. — We have 

 plenty of ducks now in the Bay, but for some reason but 

 few bird? are being killed, the weather I presume being 

 too warm. As yet we have had no shooting that would 

 encourage sportsmen to pay us a visit. When the weather 

 shall become cooler the sportsman who chances to be here 

 may expect rare sport. There have been so many stories 

 told in the past of fine sport at Good Ground that many 

 who come here are disappointed. I have company here 

 now who have killed nine ducks this forenoon, which is a 

 fair average. Okvill Wilcox. 



IsUp, L I., Nov. 22d— Deer shooting commenced here 

 on the 15th, as regulated by the law. Very few have been 

 shot, however, compared with last year, and it is believed 

 that total prohibition for a period of years will be neces- 

 sary to preserve them. Amasa. 



Hornellsville, Nov. 20th. — Last week, after a fall of snow 

 that dampened the leaves, John Penell killed nine grouse 

 in three hours. There has also been quite a number of red 

 foxes shot; no quail reported, but rabbits very plenty. 



John. 



Maryland.— Quail are found in the greatest abundance 

 in the southern part of Worcester county, Md. (eastern 

 shore), say around Stockton, Horn haven, etc., and as yet 

 the birds have not been trapped. It is tb ought that this 

 section, owing to its accessibility (by steamers of the Old 

 Dominion Steamship Co.), offers a fine field lor sportsmen 

 who have but a limited time to enjoy the same in. 



Virginia — Norfolk, Nov. 14^.— Weather hot; fair supply 

 of canvas backs, bald pates, black ducks, mallards, teal, 

 and a slight sprinkling of bay-birds. Quail are abundant 

 this season; two guns bagged 46 birds (quail) a few miles 

 from town Monday in a short while, from 1 p. m. to sun- 

 set. H. 



Blaclcsburg, Nov. 12th.— Quail very abundant and in beau- 

 tiful order. 1 am having good sport over an inferior dog, 

 having had the misfortune to lose my Flora, by Pride of 

 the Border, out of Kirby, by poison. Saturday afternoon 

 1 bagged 19 quails between 2:30 and 5 o'clock in eighteen 

 shots, killing two with one barrel and one with the other 

 at the first flush, having walked into their midst with my 

 gun at a shoulder, then bagged 16 straight shots. Some 

 teal in the meadows; black ducks, mallards, ruffle-heads, 

 and woud-duck on New river; ruffed grouse very plenty. 

 Twenty deer killed last week by two parties on Salt Pond 

 Mountain; several bear caught and killed in same place. 



E. 



Texas — Galveston, Nov. 11th. — GalvestonJ^Island is 30 

 miles long by 3 wide. The city is situated on the north 

 end. The small lakes are black with duck; the sand hills 

 abound with curlew. The record taken by the signal offi- 

 cers yesterday for the twenty-four hours ending at 9:49 p. 

 m., shows maximum temperature 55 deg. ; minimum, 45 

 deg. Harley's narrow gauge railroad runs ten miles from 

 city limits for ten cents, a great accommodation lo sports- 

 men. K. R. B. 



Tennessee— Nashville, Nov. 13*7*.— With the exception of 

 partridges and ducks game is plentifuUa^Davidson county, 

 and good bags are brought in by exjfert marksmen. Par- 

 tridges ar@ in excellem demand &$a fcriag f»a«/ $nQ$& 



