Fkbkcabv <.'. 1880 i 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



35 



GOHKlBOTIOD»~OoIMns«fflc Feb. ll/i.-Canton Rod and Gun Club, 



Riverside R [ pracMoi me Ctfll " -iirds, off-hand; 3-lbs« 



pull, 10 shots :— 



JUoss. Cre.cH. 



O.R.Hull S 10 ID 12 12 10 10 B— 98 -(2 



J. Laubenstein II 9 7 10 10 '.ill 8 10 IQ-8S (2 



J. 1). Andrews J2 K 7 12 s » H 10 10 III '.it 12 



Bidwell 7 1 I) Oil III .V-70 37 



J. riist.T o k ;: 6 7 i s 8-71 as 



TV. It. A.— The II (U'tJ of Directors have asked the Secretary of 

 War to authorize I he three division commanders — (lens, Mt- 

 llowell, Sheridan and Hancock- to raise teams lor the Hilton 

 1 ■■■ i tin Be] "siiioii. 



Col. Wingate, Capfc, Story and Col. Scott will be the range com- 

 mittee for the coming season. Col. Ward, Major Kul ton and Col. 

 Cowperfhwiiile will act BS priiSe coininiUce, and Major William- 

 son, Capt. Casey and Mr. jas. Grant as the Bnaocc committee. 



—The members of the N. V. Rille Club \v ill praetieo at Hart- 

 ung's Furlc, Morrisaniii, each Wednesday. 



New Jerskv— CJn'i 'twill .—Two hundred dollars In prizes have 

 been offered for a rille tournament to be held at the range of tho 

 House; 10 rounds off hand fit ready-measurement tfir- 

 •joi are ftre I witli .22 cal. Title. H. (leigor, E, H. Drake and T. 

 _■ f ■,-. ■ r att the shooting committee, with W.M.Karrow and M.Fltz 

 referees. Re-OatHCS are unlimited, and the tournament will re- 

 main open for a month, or until 2uO targets have been shot. 



EjsSKX tS, ruEi.miuiiYsr'-.-.— .Y. iru >•/,•., X.J., Feb. O.'/i.— A match 

 took place on Wednesday, Keb. -lili., between the T'reliughuyson 

 and Essex Hide Associations on the range ot the former, resulting' 

 as follows ;— 



FKEi.tNGnuvsr.K. 





BttSBX. 





F.W, I.vnn 



.... 42 



W.Duohr.r 



48 



It. Westormau 



... -ill 



A. Welter 



ll 



It. 1-1. Beach 



.... 11 



h. Huber 



41 



A. 13. Veunianu 



.... Hi 



.I.Doon 



. .. 41 



' ' nrner 



H. H. wyinan 



.... 11 



.... IS 



A. Mantel 



Jas. Doou 



43 



30 



l.lt.Denman... 





F. Helms 



.... 45 



J. K. Walsh 



... a 



.t. llurjle. 



13 





.. . m 



J.Dutehor 



11 



t.'co. Wieg-man 



... id 



W. Cleavland 



39 



Total 



....■m 



Total 



"124 



Average. 43 3:5. 





Average, 12 2-5. 





Sbnrtrnugo; distance 7 



1 ft.; Bit 



lardritle. This isthe Hi 



nl match 



shot by tlie associations, 

 ohms, having \vou3out < 



Wlliell 1 



"' -' ' :,/ l ' l '-' l "'S l "'-^ 



IIS cluiin- 

 I. C. N T . 



MiW Oiu,EA.\-s-FJ,.b;f.— Although the weather was threaten- 

 ing tnis morning, the members of the New Orleans RiUc Club and 

 sume of the members of the Washington Artillery met at the New 

 Orleans Ride .Park for practice and had quite a lively time. Alter 

 s-nne individual shooting two teams of three men each were 

 formed, and a match, of which the following is the score, was 

 shot :— 



Charlton 



Sorapum 



Michel 



Grand total 



Arms 



Sporl 



a i.i 



2' so ; 



rds.. 



u-d.s.... 



120.1 yards 3 5 



1 500 carts 4 4 



t200 raids 3 1 



1*500 yards 3 1 



5 4 r, 4 4 3-30 

 i 3 5 5 4 4— 33-63 

 5 4 4 4 4 5—30 

 5 5 4 5 5 4-32-03 

 5 4 4 5 4 4-2(1 

 5 4 5 4 5 4-31-00 

 ..181 

 5-33 

 4-31-00 

 4-30 

 4—31—61 

 5-20 

 5-30-Mi 



4 5 5 4 4 



5 5 



4 4 5 5 



5 4 5 5 

 4 5 4 4 



Qcrtel- 



Grand total. 



The members of the New Orleans Rifle Club have determined 

 to meet every week, autfif it lies in their power they will revive 

 rifle shooting iu this city. 



Fakc-y SnooTits'O— There is another doctor in the held, and this 

 is how the Kingston (Can.) Whl<j tells of his doing .— " Dr. Knight, 



■itha long Winchester repeating rifle, began at 200 yards and 



made ten straight bulls-ey 

 eye, six Inches in diameter. The 

 fourteen inches In diameter, he n 

 sixteen shots. After having a wl 

 cold, the Doctor displayed his she 

 ride, doing some wonderful shoot 

 from the mouth of a friend at lif ty 

 sion, the length of the stems of the 

 he shot sLx fifty-Cent pieces, held b 

 at forty yards 1 distance. This w 

 Doctor finished hitting twenty-tw 

 thrown into the air bv the hand, as 

 to be had in Kingston. The Doctoi 

 ninety-five glass balls out of one 1 

 magazine of bis Winchester rlfll 



, standing; sizo of bull's- 

 n firing 500 yards, hull's- oy 

 ade fifteen bull's-eyes out 



i-t-range Winchester sporting 

 ing. First he took the pipes 

 yards, breaking six in sucees- 

 pipes being four inches; then 

 dwecn the thumb and finger, 

 is done without a miss. The 

 3 apples out of twenty four, 

 glass balls and trap were not 

 is confident that he can break 

 uudred. At hist he filled the 

 (sixteen cartridges) und dis- 



charged the whole at a bull's-eye eighteen inches in diameter, 

 distance 100 yards, iu the short space of just thirty seconds. 



WHAT A HUNTER THINKS. 



KJUm- Forest and Stream ;— 



Ihave from time to lime been much 

 sion as to what was the best spurting i 

 have been quite extensive, and, to i 

 torily. Fur game no larger than fleer, 

 elusions are that there is nothing eq.ua 

 Hero In Texas, especially the western 1 



Sax Antosia, Tcx 



vVi, 



nds, 



ster, .44 eal 



State, where 



and large caliber, 1 think much of 

 waste of breath, at, least so fai 

 The killing force of a ball dope 

 alien or striking force than si 

 id thai is formed from OUServa! 



deer are killed every wi 



fair opportunity to observe wlia I rules nrc thou 

 with what effect. Ihave seen almost every male 

 but by all, or nearly all, professional hunters the 

 given to the Winehestt 

 Now, as to Express 1. 

 thotallctobanonsenst 

 the larger bore is cone 



that's my opinion, at |i 

 A .11 Winchesler will go clear through a Texas deer from end to 

 end, and that Is all any gun could do. To illustrate : While on a 

 hunt in November In the mountains in Northwest Texas, on a 

 bear hunt, old bruin was shot through and through with a .55 

 Needle gun, yet ho kept up his pace until another party rushed 

 up and gave him a shot ii-ouia.1.7 Colt revolver, which QnUshetl 

 him. Now, the hole, or opening made by the Needle gun was 

 much larger than the revolver ball had made, j cl was not so 

 effective. Why? Simply because it was not so well placed ; ami 

 permit me to say that that is simply the whole secret. A correct 

 or accurate shooting gun, well aimed, and of .44 cab, will do the 



work just as well, and not be so disastrous to the shou] I 



shooter. I've had enough of your kickers. 



Now, I. wish to say something about deer ru lining. 1 have seen 

 a^deer, with his heart torn to flutters by different caliber balls, 

 run from one to five hundred yards; while had the same ball 

 struck the spine the game would have been instantly down, 

 don't consider an Bv-pre.s or Explosive ball anj more fatal than 



a .41 Winchester. Why ? Simpjy because the explosion takes 

 place at tho surface or near the surface, nnd not only retards i lie 

 force of the ball, but gives it less killing power. I say let us 

 have more prnet leal and less theoretical talk, and you can get 

 hundreds of practical hunters bore on uur border to testify to 

 what I say. 



I will give an luslauco that occurred to mo In November last. 

 One morning early, just as soon as It began to break day, I 

 started out. after deer, and had gone about a quarter of a mile 

 from camp, when I came upon a hunch of seven or eight deer, 

 which were about 150 yards from me, and took deliberate aim on 

 a fine, largo doe and fire.i. I heard the ball strike very plain y. 

 My aim was to put Ihe ball in at point of shoulder, as the deer 

 stood quartering to me, exposing ihe right shoulder. I found 

 afterward tho shot, had been true to my aim. The ball entered 

 just in front of right fore-shoulder, and came out just behind the 

 left shoulder. Toil see the course ot the ball was quartering 

 through, and severed the aorta orterj . close to the base of luug t 

 and ranging very close to the heart. Now.this is generally con- 

 sidered a very ratal shot, yet the doe made two jumps, then fell 

 or lay down. On my approach she Jumped up and ran up a hill 

 a hundred yards, then lying down. I again approached cautiously, 

 but being brushy and stony ground she again took the alarm, 

 and ran over a hundred yards further. Tbistlmel gave her more 

 lime, and approached her more cautiously, and as her bteaihing 

 was very distinct -I being able to hear the blood gush from the 

 wound with every breath-it was easy to follow. I had got within 

 twenty five or thirty yards before she choked with blood. The 

 lungs were completely filled with blood. Dr. Gray, of Chicago, 

 who was one of tho party, and myself, made a very thorough 

 autopsy, so I know of what t write. Now, an Express hall or a 

 ball of large caliber could not have made— following the same 

 course— a more severe and fatal wound. I saw at first the shot was 

 f atal.and as I had a desire to see what length of time she would live 

 and theability of speed, I didn't attempt to shoot her again. I 

 have seen dozens of deer shot through the heart, and that organ 

 rendered almost into fragments, and do not think one of them 

 over dropped in their tracks, and most of them ran over a hun- 

 dred yards. 



I say I ptefcr the Winchester rifle f oi sporting purposes to any 

 other. My reasons are; First, you have, as I use a 28-inch oeto- 

 gau barrel, sixteen charges in reserve, which can bo rapidly 

 used. Then they are very accurate In aim, and do not affect a ner- 

 vous person by theheavy recoil that the 77 gr. powder, 420 gr. ball 

 do, Infact, the Winchester .14 eal. rifle I consider by far the most 

 practical sporting rifle. 



I think Mr. W. liabbeth and a correspondent from St. Louis 

 who subscribes himself " Hunting Rifle," on the wrong traek. I 

 speak from experience. I tried that line until I got tired. More 

 doer are shot inside of a hundred yards than over that distance. 

 Occasionally one is shot two, three, or four, or even six hundred 

 yards, but here in Western Texas, at least, where deer are only 

 Still-hunted, there are very few shot over 100 yards, or 150 at most, 

 and atthat distance I find the rifle I speak of tho most accurate. 

 1 groped about in the dark for seveial years, and I give my ex- 

 perience thinking it might bo of use to some brother sportsmen. I 

 can safely say to W.B.D. Gray that the Winchester, .44 cal., 28 

 inch octagon barrel sporting rifle is a accurate as any sporting 

 rifle up to four o r five hundred yards, and I dare say he will never 

 have occasion to shoot at game at a greater distance. 



Men who make a business of killing game for a living certainly 

 adopt the best gun, or what they think the best, and nine out of 

 ten of these men use the Winchester. 



For fear some may suspect this as a paid-for article, I will say I 

 never had oven as much as a cartridge of the Winchester Anns 

 Company that I didn't pay for, ami I have never had a word of 

 correspondence or otherwise with any member of the company. 



— ^ 



Shells that do not Stick.— Toledo, Ohio, Web. Ist.—EdUor 

 Fmcst anil stream .—My experience with mid-range .40 and Creed- 

 moor .14 Ballard shells has been, for the first few times shooting, 

 perhaps 15 per cent, of the shells to expand, so as to cause trouble, 

 hilt never havo I failed to remedy it for good. 



I think the trouble is that a portion of the shells are soft, and 

 others at a spring temper ; and when they have been used long 

 enough for the soft ones to.become hardened (which they always 

 do by use), then by chucking thom on a lathe, and witn a little 

 emery paper] out them until they fit perfectly, there Will bo no 

 further trouble, provided that the shells are properly cleaned and 

 the balls not driven into the shells. I have seen shells wholly 

 spoiled by not cleaning and then forcing a molded ball (half-inch) 

 into them. 



There is one thingwhich is unaccountable to rae, and that is, 

 my .44 shells, or part of them, contract at the mouth when shot, 

 and will not receive the same style of ball without being rimmed 

 out. Will some one give the cause ? x. 



East Boston, Feb. (HI).— Editor Forest and Stream :— A f ter hearing 

 silently my favorite rille and shell attacked by strangers— few 

 nnd far apart, it is true, but nevertheless adversely criticised in 

 theFonEST Atfo Stream to the effect that the shell styled "Ever- 

 lasting" expands to an extent which renders it useless after a few 

 firings— I feel compelled to plainly state my experience. 1 have 

 shot a Ballard with the Everlasting straight shells (40.85) for the 

 past two years, tiring the rifle at a low estimate thirty times a 

 week, and have not yet met the least annoyance with the shells 

 nor with the rille ifit was cleaned; and further, this Is notonly 

 my experience, but I have never heard a word of complaint 

 uMiiinsi the Everlasting shell or Ballard rille during the two years 

 1 have been a member of two prominent Massachusetts clubs, 

 it will be at once, seen, a firm turning out thousimdsof rifles every 

 year, that there will necessarily a few imperfect rifles get into 

 the market. The imperfections of a rille will first show themselves 

 in that part which is most in use, and as the shell has to conform 

 its surface every time the rille is shot to the surface of the cham- 

 ber, the honest cause for complaint, If any, will be found in the 

 chamber of tho rifle, nnd not in the shell. If one orders a rille of 

 a manufacturer and finds it is imperfect, his lust impulse Is to 

 send it back where it came from, have it remedied, and returned 

 dee of expense before publishing a criticism on shell or rifle Of 

 whose "means" the average shooters know so little, however 

 . well posted he may be regarding offeots. o. M. Uuf/iti. 



FOB Salic— Two thousand high grado sheep ; young, 

 good condition, two thirds ewes. A. W. Gilbert, Colo- 

 rado Springs, Colorado . 



Better Times.— The business revival and new era of 

 prosperity which has commenced are in keepingwith the 

 increased health and happiness all over the land resulting 

 from the general introduction of Warners Safe Kidney 

 and Liver Cure. ''Thechangcs wrought by this remedy," 

 says Rev. Dr. Harvey, "seem bat little less than mitac- 

 uftus." — [Adv, 



J$rih*ru. 



NATIONAL ARCHERY ASSOCIATION. 



A T noon on the 28th day of January, 1880, at the Palme* House in 

 ''*■ Chicago, the annualbusiness meet inglof IheNiilional Archery 

 Association was called to order. In the absenceof the President, 

 Mr. Frank Sidway, of thetiufTaloToxophilitos, was called to the 

 chair, ihe Corresponding Secretary, Henry 0. Carver, Esi j tiii($ 

 as Secretary of the meeting. A letter was read from the Presi 

 dent, Hon. Maurice Thompson, which was received and ordered 

 published in the organ of the flssOCiftl ion, 1 ho FonEST ANU S'i'UEA Jt. 

 The miu tiles of (he lost meeting, which was held at Craw fords- 

 villo, Ind., .Ian. :3d, 1879, were read and approved: The report of 

 the Recording Secretary was read and approved. The report of 

 the Corresponding Secretary was read and approved apd ordered 

 to be published in the FOnESX AND STREAM, ihe Corresponding 

 Secretary having acted as jjuftsurer, his report "was Accepted as 

 Treasurer also. The report of the Executive Committee was re- 

 ceive l and ordered placed on flic. The delegates then proceeded 

 to discuss the propriety of amending the constitution in several 

 particulars. On motion of Frank Sidway,' Esip, it was resolved to 

 amend article 1 of the constitution by striking out the words 

 '• fourth Wednesday of Jaiiuury in each yearat 13 o'clock SI,," and 

 substitute tnerefor the words " Monday next preceding the grand 

 annual meeting at 13 o clock Jr." 



Upon motion of Mr. Edward Brewster it was resolved to amend 

 Article 8 of the constitution by adding the words, "Eaehsociety 

 shall pay to the Corresponding Secretary on or before June 1st in 

 each year, as annual dues, a sum equal to Si for each male mem- 

 ber in said club, ami no person shall shoot at the grand annual 

 meeting unless the dues of his or her society shall have been paid 

 as above. Each archer entering the competition for prizes at the 

 grand annual meeting shall pay an entrance fee of $5." 



Tpon motion of Henry C. Carver, Esq., it was resolved to strike 

 out all of article 7 of the const tution which follows the words 

 'voluntary withdrawal of societies." The following icsolutiou 

 was introduced by Henry C. Carver, Esq., and carried by a unan- 

 imous vote 



, It 



■and n 



i Na 



f the 



5f Kokomo, I 



if $800, and pi 

 ito part of th< 

 heir proper a 



•esolved, that 

 aitli, which b 

 jver be held s 

 *orever from 

 ng Secretary 



ly refused to fulli 

 Diut thereof. Wh 



id brethren in nni 

 no Archers are he 

 y Association ; thi 



I their pledge 



mfore, Be it 



heir plighted 

 cause should 



reby expelled 

 ttheltecord- 



expunge I heir mi 

 i, and that this 



uios from the 

 'csoiution be 



Upon mo 





hold the se 



eond gra 



Association 



at the C 



<!., it was resolved to amend 

 riking out the words "from 



! of thanks 

 ice Thomp- 



stly hoped that 

 his eueourage- 



nirnous vote, to 



ter, CoinmodusArch-i 



iinley, Toledo Archers, 

 aiith, Buffalo Toxophi 



HKKRV C. CAttvEH, Secretary. 



v. ProsjaetM pro tcui. 



Mr. Carver's Report. 



Mr. Prexklcttl «nfl 1'. O'f/idt-K "f the Nuliotuil Anlurii AtyOtUjMon 



The time appointed by the .National Areherv Association under 

 its Constitution for the holding ot its inaugural business meeting 

 having now arrived, I have the honor to submit a Inlet resume c [ 

 the year's accumulation of facts and incidents in the bistoij of 

 archery, as formed and directed by the National Archery Associ- 

 ation Of the United Suites, bale in the fall of IsiS, „. few gentle- 

 men archers, realizing Ihe necessity of a confederation of clubs 

 under one general management, and of giving national life and 

 strength to so pure and fascinating a recreation as luvhery, agi- 

 tated the subject of cubing a Convention for the pmposcof per- 

 manent national organization. Allot Ihe prom incut clubs through- 

 out the country, wiih one aeoord, indorsed this movement and 



elie.-j I as the llltine. phe- lor holding such Convention. Accord- 

 ingly, the meeting was called for January 30,1, ib',0, at Mayor 

 John W. llamsny's office iu Crawlords\ die, and thereat, the up- 

 pointed time, the foundation stone of archery iuAmeri, : .- . i Id 

 deep and thin, and true, and has been budded upon, and the sub- 

 structure is now a supei- ! irucuii'o, and it is ihe bounden duty of 

 every member identified with the Association to see that the 

 work of building goes on until the edidce is completed, uf archery 



It may well he said (what can scarcely he sa f other ntytfoonl 



sports), that it offers no temptingly dark corners where rascally 

 can hide, and never has shown any painful and startling dis- 

 closures of personal profligacy or corruption ; but we may boast 



