74 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Febmjaey 26, I860. 



trap, find and handle for the other. The birds were pioked for 



the occasion, and proved to he a rare lot:— 



Twi w,»„ (11 <f 10111110101 1-11 



Ferd.Wltte j 01 10 n 10 1Q _ 



Total 1* 



„ TTr . il 1001000010100 0-5 



H.J. Koch { 10 ii io 10 11 -7 



Total 13 



Phnnstlvania— Northumberland, Feb. 14th.— Glass-hall match; 

 Huber trap ; 18 yards rise:— 



Geo. Savidge 1 11101000 0-5 



G W. Smith 1110 10 0-4 



W.E.Taylor 1101111011-8 



Z. Taylor 1 110011010-0 



JesseJones l 110 111111-9 



Chas. Neshlt 10 1111110-7 



Jos. H. Evcrard.. 11111101011111111011 1111 1-23 



Philadelphia Gun Club.— Andahuita, Feb. 23d.— First of a 

 series of matches to take place within the current year for a 

 silver eup, to be awarded the contestant killing the greatest num- 

 ber of birds in fourmatches. A heavy southwest wind prevailed 

 throughout the match, which, in addition to the excellent supply 

 of birds, rendered brilliant shooting exceeding difficult:— 

 Fords. 



H.W.Bicklcy 28 t01101+*0 0—5 



L. W. Bickley 28 +ll+0t++tO-8 



Grant ... 28 * + 1 * + t' + +-8 



Whelan 26 + 00010110-4 



G McAllister 29 t ♦ + + | + + 0-8 



G C.Carson 2S + + + 1 + + 00 1— 7 



E Rogers. 27 1 + * * + 1 +-5 



Dr. Roberts 28 1 + 11 + + 00 0-6 



H.Carson 28 + + 1 + + 1110-S 



Stewart 28 1 + 01+110 + 0-7 



Fisher 28 1 1 + 1 1 0-5 



Johnson 26 111110 11-7 



S.Wetherill..... 26 +0000*0000-1 



Tatterson 28 11000 + 010 0—4 



Alexander Biddle 28 + + 000010 1-4 



* Dead out of bounds. + Killed with both barrels. 



\M &ifa 



RANGE AND GALLEEY. 



Massachusetts— Boston, Feb. 130i— Mammoth Rifle Gallery.— 

 The third week of the month has shown better shooting than the 

 two preceding ones, and the craek shots of this sectiou have had 

 large scores accorded to them. Mr. Frank Hollis. of the Medford 

 Rifle Association, was successful in getting a clean score the first 

 of the week and placing himself third on the list. Mr. Hollis was 

 the first one who ever made a clean score in the gallery, which 

 was in April, 1879, and this is his second one. Mr. E. F. Richard- 

 son got two olean scores this last week, which makes four so tar 

 this month and places him to the front for the extra prize of $20 

 to any one making the highest number of clean scores during 

 the month. Mr. N. Wilder and Mr. Richardson are tie on the S50 

 rifle matob, with the three highest possible ssores each, followed 

 closely by Messrs. Hollis, Edwards, Pollard, Harrison and Men-ill. 

 The following is the standing of the several competitors to date : 

 150 feet ; rounds 8 ; possible 40 ; three scores to win :— 



Total. 

 E. F.Richardson 40 40 40 120 



"NT Wilrlpr - *0 W 40 -120 



Frank Hollls •:... 39 39 40 118 



C.Edwards 39 39 39 117 



TJ.A.Pollard 39 39 89 17 



William H. Harrison 39 39 39 Hi 



iStt. ::•..-.:•..:::: it 1 S & 



m&rt-» g i t $ 



E V? 1 1 1 oi'S 37 38 38 113 



kM™ 8 * ::::::::: I I i 3 



Thntm" HnvV" 35 35 36 106 



I- iiimmvav 35 35 36 106 



M T Pratt 34 35 36 105 



CH.RusselVV.: 34 35 36 105 



Geo.Estes p & 35 1°» 



J.H.Thomas 3d 35 35 lte 



A. C. Staples 35 35 35 lto 



C.R. Curtis 34 35 35 



Geo.D.BdBon 34 35 3o 4 



Thomas Jones 34 35 35 1U4 



Oeo.M. Smith 34 34 35 103 



a TT Mnrria 34 34 oo JUo 



£Mxfc".... 34 34 ^g.^k 103 



Massachusetts— Boston, Feb. 23d— The gentlemen of th e Massa- 

 chusetts Rifle Association celebrated Washington's Birthday with 

 a grand shoot at Walnut Hill. The weather was very disagreea- 

 ble, rain and sleet, with the wind from 6 to 10 o'clock. Some good 

 scores were put up. Captain Jackson used his military, and with 

 his gift he put in two 49's consecutively. Mr. Tyler UBed a mili- 

 taryalso, and hisscore was 48. The other gentlemen did fairly well. 

 There were fifty-eight entries. We give below the scores:— 



W.H.Jaokson 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 49 



B.E. Entry » | 5 r 5 . 6 , 4 , i °, ^ 



TT TvIpp 4555o44545 4o 



.^Nichols'.::::::::-- g 454545445 « 



C.R.Griffing 5 * f 



n R Hem-v 4o55444644 44 



M E ftin.es 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 43 



WEGurrier" 453 5 455444 43 



A.JGlSn 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 42 



At the Magnolia Gallery the crack of the rifle has been inces- 

 sant in the " Cornell Match." The inducements offered are lib- 

 eral :-S75 in cash, divided into eight prizes, five scores to win 

 Mr. E. F. Richardson leads all comers to date with 848 out of a 

 possible 250. Following aro the best scores made during the 

 week:- Tom 



|. Richardson. 40 50 49 50 50 m 



RF Schaefer M *» « 46 4 « &1 



TM Smith .46 47 47 47 47 231 



r'p'Hnrris 48 46 47 47 45 233 



WHenerev i « « 46 46 40 232 



w:I^.rnham:::::::::::.4| a « u 45 m 



A.B. Thomas 45 45 45 46 46 22i 



,1. B. F. Schaefer 46 45 45 46 44 226 



Gardner Feb. 21st.— At 2o'olock to-day the members present at 

 Hackmatack Range faced the butts, with the wind blowing a per- 

 fect gale. Two scores of ten shots each, distance 200 yards, off- 

 hand using the inch ring and Creedmoor target combined:— 



JR... 84 89-173 



G.F.Elsworth 1C...45 46—91 



JR... 85 75-180 



E.E.Nichols 1C...45 44—89 



1R...77 BS-lflO 



L.T.Dodge ■ C...43 *5— 88 



1R...7U 80—156 



G.E.Pratt ,0...ffi 44-87 



[B...63 47-100 



Chitfles Mei'ritt 1 C .. .41 43— 83 



WalidiJd' Feb - 21«t— The Wakefield Amateur Rifle Association 

 closed their January series of competitions to-day. Marksmen 



were divided into two classes, and handicapped according to 

 their previous records. Below are given the winning scores in 

 both classes, with the handicap allowance adder] to the scores in 

 the first class, E. F. Brooks receiving four points, and D. H. 

 Walker two points:— 



ITBST CLASS. 



(15 5 5 5 5 5-34 

 E.F.Brooks ! H 5 4 5 5 5 5—34 



(555455 6 34—108 



(555554 4-33 



D.H.Walker ^5 5 4 5 4 5 4-32 



5 4 5 5 5 4 5-33-102 



15 5 4 5 6 5 4-33 

 E. F. Richardson ^5 5 4 5 5 5 5—34 



(555445 5-33—100 



SECOND CLASS. 



(445554 5-32 



C.P. Gleason -U 4 5 4 5 5 4—31 



4 4 5 4 5 4 5-31-94 



(454355 4-30 

 ThomasCann -5 5 4 4 4 4 4—30 



(445555 3-31-91 



(544644 4—30 

 William Lewis ii 5 4 5 4 4 4—30 



(454444 5-30-90 

 At the range on Monday last a new competition, to be known as 

 the " Shot-Gun Match," was opened. The following prizes will 

 be offered: First, a double-barrel breech-loading shot gun; 

 second, a pair of powerful field-glasses ; third, revolver and case 

 with cartridges; fourth, etc., cash. This match is open to all 

 comers, at 2(10 yards, seven shots, any rifle, three best scores to 

 count. Competitors will all shoot as one class, and will be handi- 

 capped as follows : Records of 35 points on seven shots will be 

 handicapped 10 points on the total of three scores ; records of 34 

 points on seven shots will be handicapped 8 points ; records of 33 

 points on seven shots will be handicapped 6 points; records of 

 32 points on seven shots will be handicapped 4 points ; records of 

 31 points on seven shots will be handicapped 2 points. The range 

 will be open for competition in the " Shot-Gun Match " at 1.30 on 

 Saturday afternoons, and all day on holidays that may occur be- 

 fore the series ends. 



Connecticut— Collingnille, Feh.lUh — Canton Rod and Gun Club; 

 Riverside Range; practice meeting at 200 yards, off-hand ; 3-lbs. 

 pull, 10 shots :— 



Mass. Creed. 



Hull 1111 7 10 10 11 9 1110 12—102 45 



Andrews 11 6 10 12 1110 8 8 9 7-92 42 



Lewis 8 111(110 1:; 711 7 7 7—90 43 



Fnncher 10 9 iO 11 8 7 11 7 8 7- 88 42 



Laubenstein U 10 9 9 10 7 5 10 7 8—86 40 



Case -- 



37 



37 



Connecticut— Bridgeport, Feb. 21st.— At a regular shoot of the 

 rifle club, Feb. 20th, at Seaside Range, the following scores were 

 made at 200 yards, 10 shots :— 



S. H. Hubbard 5 544454445 44 



Harry Nichols 4 554544445 44 



Geo.F. Hull 5 3 54446445 43 



PhiloM. Beers 5 444445444 42 



S. C. Kingman 4 545444444 43 



Isaac McCourt 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 42 



S.V.Nichols 4 344445454 4] 



D.E.Marsh 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 39 



John Slateher 4 342634454 38 



DuvidCongar 4334504443 34 



In the Silverware Match of seven shots, and re-entries allowed, 

 the winning scores were as follows :— 



Harry Nichols........ 



S. H. Hubbard 



D. E. Marsh 



Isaac McCourt 



Geo. F.Hull - 



S.C.Kingman 4 4 6 4 4 



In the Record Match, ten shots, no re-entries, 200 yards :— 



HarryNicbols 5444454455 



.... 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 

 .... 5 6 5 5 4 5 4 

 .... 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 

 ...5554444 

 .... 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 



... 644544454_ 

 ...4455444544 

 ...4456445534 

 ...4444354454 

 ...5334434430 



- .J.F.Hull.. 

 D. E. Marsh .... 

 S. V. Nichols... 

 S. H. Hubbard. 

 David Congar. . 



The wind was blowing quite heavy at the time of shooting. We 

 have about forty members, and the club is in quite a prosperous 

 conditions. R. S. Basset, Secretary, US Crescent avenue. 



New York— Feb. 22d— The third competition for a gold medal 

 presented by J. H. Brown to the Zettler Rifle Club took place at 

 Guttenberg Shooting Park to-day; 30 shots; 200 yards; i-incb 

 ring target; any rifle; scores as follows :— 



W. Milton Farrow 055 I J. H. Brown 616 



C.Judson 632 P. G. 1't ruling 615 



D. Miller 631 1 N. Downing - - 560 



C.G. Zettler... 638 I F. FaSariM 558 



G. Joiner 627 T. O'Neil 657 



H. OenJ «2ti 1 R.Zimmerman 551 



New Yokk. Rifle Club.— Scores of the N. Y. R. C. for two 

 weeks. The scores were shot on ring targets and are not so good 

 as might be expected, inasmuch as the bull's-eye being larger the 

 men were at a loss as to elevation. 



Feb. llth— Ring target, nine men, 2,167; average, 240 7-9; Creed- 

 moor count, 534 ; average, 59J. s 



Feb. 18th.— Ring target, 2,290 ; average, nine men, 255 1-9 ; Creed- 

 moor count, 554 ; average, 61 5-9 ; J. S. Case led with a score of 66, 

 Creedmoor, each day. 



Union Hill Park— Dnion Bill, N. J., February.— 3. W. & A. C. 

 .Nolte have leased the large platform and all the principal refresh- 

 ment sla mis for the period of three years. Arrangements for 

 teams, prize-shooting, picnics and festivals can now be made by 

 applying to the directorate of the park.JBusch's Hotel, Hobokeu' 



Ohio— Cincinnati, Feb. Wh.— Score made by the C. S. and F. 

 Club in the eighth competition for the Baker Menial. Messrs. 

 Heiisen, Caldwell, Baum, Disney ami Koch in this match shot 

 against Messrs. Weston, Koehler, Gindelin, Fender and Hall for 

 a supper, the conditions being that the score made io the medal 

 match shoull count for both. As will be seen, Benson's side won 

 hy a score of 686 points, against 677 points made by the other ; dis- 

 tance, 200 yards ; position, off-hand :— 



D.T.Disney 



L. Fender 



M. Gindalin 



W. Caldwell ".'.'.'. 



W. Hall 



Theo. Baum.... 

 J. R, Weston.... 



A. Koehler. 



H. I. K> ch . . . 



worse, result? than the disease, I think even army mulei 

 be exempt, from talcing them. And so with the rifle, let it. kick, 

 for it will do the best work in that way. Turn satisBedyoui cor- 

 respondent's knowledge must be very limited on rifles, for, if the 

 rifle kicks the moment the powder burns, as your correspondent 

 would make us think, Crockett would never have killed his conn ; 

 and the only thing I wonder at, is that he didn't get two kicks 

 every time he fired ; one, when the powder burned, and another 

 when the ball left the muzzle of h'.s rifle '. And, should your cor- 

 respondent continue his tests, he may be able to cause his rifle to 

 push ahead when he flres it and stop its mulish kicking, making 

 still better scores, and getting better penotration— the two great, 

 desiderata sought for. 



I am of the opinion that recoil, or low trajectory, and great pen- 

 etration are incidental to each other ; and when your correspond- 

 ent asserts that better shooting would result from his new 

 methods of loading, I must take issue with him and propose that 

 he back up his statements with scores, and not the pen, which is 

 mightier than the rifle and more apt to make a bull's-eye. 



Penetration. 



A Georgia Hunter— Bryan, Ga., Feb. 15th— Editor Fared and 

 Stream :— I read with much interest Mr. Rabbeth's experiments 

 with the " Express bullet" in > 

 no mertlon made since of the 

 by him. I havo one of these i 

 95 grain powder, and a more porfe* 

 think can be made. The trajectorj 

 quite as far as a deer can be shot at 

 bullet has in every instance with me v. 

 not believe there are many animals that 



issue of Jan 





nd ha 



re seen 

 Honed 

 cal..50. 



tb a 



for a hum- i i 

 lost flat up to 150 yards, 

 ny hope of killing. The 

 rked perfectly, and 1 do 

 an stand up a 



inly vouch for deer; for them I ask no 

 try the gun, and the interior of the 

 head was "torn to pieces"— as a friend remarked, death was so 

 instantaneous that the animal would not bleed properly when 

 the throat was cut. I can shoot very rapidly with the gun; the 

 rocoil is very slight, notmore perceptible than with the .14, wad 

 73, and I feel that with this gun it is my fault it my deer goes 

 off. I do not wish to say that deer have not been killed ovei 

 150 yards, but very few are killed over that distance in any coun- 

 try that I have seen, and when I kill one at 100 yards I feel very 

 well satisfied, particularly if said deer was running. As you 

 know, I have no interest in writing about the Winchester, except 

 that I am perfectly satisfied with it. As for accuracy, I can put 

 my bullet every time where 1 bold the guu, and if said I 

 where it should be the fault is mine, not the gun's. The bullet 

 will open instantly on touching a deer, and when shot too far 

 back, instead of losing your meat, as is the case often with a 

 deer shot with a small ball behind the vital parts, my express 

 opens such a hole when it goes in that: the blood at once rushes 

 out in such volumes as to soon stop the animal, and the trail can 

 be followed without trouble. G. L. A. 



XrqlierQ. 



Personal.— Mr. J. O. Blake, formerly with Mr. E. I. Horsman.of 

 this city, and well known to the archery world, has become Infec- 

 ted with the enthusiasm of the Western Toxophilit.es, and follow- 

 ing the star of empire, has repaired to Chicago, where the bows 

 are popularly supposed to twang the loudest and the arrows fly 

 the thickest. Mr. Blake now presides over the archery depart- 

 ment of Mr. Wilkinson, 77 State street, Chicago, where ho wlllwel- 

 come aU his old friends. The Brooklyn Archery Club tendered 

 him a farewell banquet, and presented their departing comrade 

 1n arms with a handsome album of Piersall's excellent photo- 

 graphs of the club's members. He, ho! 



NorriNCHAM vs. Ascham— On Washington's Birthday, Feb. 

 23d, the Nottingham Archery Club of Elizabeth, N. J., paid a visit 

 to Brooklyn, E. D., and there engaged in a friendly contest with 

 the Ascham Archers at their hall, corner Division avenue and 

 Clymer street. Sides were chosen by Dr. Bailey, of theNotting- 

 hams, and Mr. Chapman, of the Asehams, Ave gentlemen and 

 four ladies shooting on each side. Three rounds of 30 arrows each 

 at 30 yards were shot with the f oUowing result :— 



1*30 2d30 3d 30 



Arrows, Arrows, Arrows. Total. 



Dr. Bailey's team 923 ' ln,-7 1049 3050 



Mr. Chapman's team.. 900 804 910 2020 



Showing 439 points in favor of Or. Bailey's side. At the close of 

 the contest a team shoot of 30 arrows at 30 yards took place be- 

 tween the two clubs with the following result : — 



ASCHAM CLU1J. 



Mr. Chapman 



Mr.Ceyer 



Mr. Marsh , 



Mr. Brown 



Miss Yon dor Luhe 



.161 



. 91 



NOTTINGHAM CLUB. 



Dr. Bailey 168 



Mr. Price 184 



Mr. Gentle 113 



MissBrandogee... 182 



Mrs. Bailey 98 



Total 6S5 Total .... . 681 



This match was closely contested, the Elizabeth archors carry- 

 ing off the honors with four points. Many visitors were present. 



Mr. E. I. Horsman, of the Brooklyn Archery Club, took part in 



the first match. At the close of the shooting M r. Andrew Geyer 



entertained both clubs al Ills: 



expressed themselves well pleas 



match will soon bo shot at Eliza 

 News and Opinions i-boh B( 



afternoon the past week I went 



American Round with the fol 



yards, 108; forty yards, 139. Tt 



doors since Octobi 



than forty 



n-j.i .ii 



l-JTi.W 



la's 



119 51 



Tie :-L. Fender, 7 U 8-20. D. T. Disney, 7 U 10—28. 



C. 



RECOIL— Salem, Mass. Feb. 19th.— Ill toe columns of your paper, 

 .Inn. 29th, 1880, is given a specific for the recoil of breech-loading 

 rifles, and as I have owned eight of them of various styles, all of 

 which are bound to kick if 1 shoot them, 1 naturally feel some in- 

 terest in the prescribed remedy j but, when the remedies will give 



m Bedford avenuo. All 

 :d with the day's sport. A return 

 jeth, N. J. 



ston.— BmIoii, Feb. 2l>(.— Onofine 

 out on the range and shot the 

 owing score: 60 yards, 112 ; fifty 

 :al, 33'J. As 1 had not shot out of 

 oe that time at a longer distance 

 Is, I was gratified to find the total score to be just 

 equal ti my best score of last fall, and I feel that, practically our 



ii: i ry to learn that the National Associ- 

 ation did not adopt Mr. Mauricu Thompson's reeommeudatlon, to 

 admit to their competitions archers outside of the club members 

 Of the Association. I hi urehers who would 



bo willing to pay a reasonable entrance fee for tie privilege of 

 shooting in such a competition, but being alone in their club in 

 that desire they would be expected to pay the expenses for the 

 club, which with a male membership of fifteen to twenty is more 

 than they care to pay. 



"! . Private Practice CI th ha* En view a worthy object, and we 

 Shall look with great interest for its monthly reports. Wo wish it 

 Bucoess in all its alms, though there is in its rules that which will 

 prevent our becotmug members. We object to cash pri 

 inducement to shooting; also to the payment of a penal 

 we cannot have the benefit of unless our club joius the National 

 Association. 



It is intimated that the Eastern Association will, UDdc 

 restrictions, open its meeting the coming season to archers out- 

 side of club members of the association. A. N Drew. 



Michigan Ahckebs.— Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 6th.— The 

 following record may not be uninteresting to some brother 



