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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Afbil S, 



tho "Recreation Gun Club." It will continue to hold forth on 

 its native heath, i. e., Bergen Point. 



We are negotiating for a suite of rooms in n new building which 

 Is now in the course of erection, and expect to have a big "jam- 

 boree" on opening night. More of which, anon. There will be 

 no change in the officers, who are: President, Fred DayVoor- 

 hees: Vice-President, Chas. H. Davis; Secretary, Walter South- 

 ard ; Treasurer, F. G. Moore. Tim. Berdoodle. 



Greece vs. PAitMA— West Greece, IV. Y., March mh— The 

 match was shot from Card's revolving trap at West Greece. The 

 dny was very unfavorable for a large score; it rained nearly all 



the time:— „„„„,„, 



GREECE. 



Yards Was. 



.T Lewis 21 11011111110110010111-15 



B Browell. 21 1111) 111 1 111 1 l 1111 10-lfl 



A. Riekman Si 11110011111111111111-18 



F 'Kirk 21 1 11 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 -1 5 



I'Kisbl'ar' 21 I 11 1 1 1 11 1111 00 1 1 1-15 



F Pierce"" 21 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1-16 



M Flynn".' 21 11111111111111011111-19 



Total.-- U7 



PARMA. 



T. i( ,v at t 21 11010111101110111111-16 



Haradino" ".'. 21 01100111 1 I 1 no 1 1 1 1 1 00-13 



J TinnW.n' 21 11011111111111111111-19 



B Tenniion 21 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 1-15 



Curtice " ' .... 21 010100 1 100101110-8 



G Marchail. '.'.'.'.'...' 2t 111101111 01 1 11 11 1 1 01-17 



ft Foot" 21 1101111101111)101111-17 



Total .......105 A.K. 



Amonquin Gun Gixm,—Wechawken, N. J., March 29th— Semi- 

 monthly shoot at grounds for a silver cup, to be won three times ; 

 25 balls; 18 yards rise; Bogardus traps ; 10 yards apart :— 



Jas Dunseith" 111)10 1111)01111111 1-18 



Hugh Rennet 1110 111111111)011 11-17 



John H. Hill 1110011111111110111 1-17 



Goo J flnuer 11110 10 110 111111 1-14 



Win S" McLean 1 ' " .ml Mil < I 1 I 1 0- M 



ft Brenner 1011011101011101010 1-13 



¥' Eckstein." 1110001001101110101 1-13 



Geo Kcliar 1 01101100011111001 1-12 



Henrv M Burns, M.I) Ill II 101001011101010 1-12 



Diwfd fiimpson - 1 1 1 1 1 } 1 1 1 111-12 



Hnnrv Oriswold, M.D 0001 1 011 1 1 01 1 11 1001 0-12 



Mm Male 1001101100111111000 0-11 



Robt Auld" 1110001101010111000 1-11 



fotm'li Tvier"" 10 110 110 110 1110 0-10 



Louis Brenner 00010111111110000000-9 



♦ Mr. Dunseith handicapped three yards. 



H. M. B., Secretary- 



Coaxbn Cum— Vmccntotim, N. J., April 2d — Second match to- 

 day for glass-ball badge ; Card's rotating trap ; 18 yards :— 



J TV Haines 1 11101010 1-7 



S.' S. Butterworth 1110 11111-8 



W. O. Haines 1 111000110-6 



ft ft trlrk 0100 011 1— 4 



f i siiiard":: ::.... ■ o 600101011-4 



W SHilbard 010 10 11111-7 



W.J.Irlck 1 100111111—8 



Ties shot off at three balls. W. J. Iriek won tie with 2 out of 3. 

 Badge to be again shot for the coming month. Sheldrake. 



Nobtb-Bast Tournament.— The entries for the North-East 

 (Fa.) Shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the Fur, Fin 

 and Feather Club, are filling in. The dates are Tuesday and Wed- 

 nesday, April 13th and 14th. L. B. Cushman is the Secretary. 



CapiTai, City Gun Club — Washington, D. C, April 3d— Regu- 

 lar practice of this club at their meeting this afternoon. On ac- 

 count of the threatening weather the attendance was small. The 

 Watch was at 20 balls each, from Card rotary trap ; 18 yards rise ; 

 the double ball shooting, same trap : 16 yards rise ; 10 balls each :— 



E M McLeod 1011111111110111110 1-17 



KB reck 11110111 11110110101 1-lt! 



W W Eldridge 111110101101111111 0-15 



p f Nagi? ...:::. 1 o o o o 1 1 1 o o 1 1 o 1 o 1 1 1 o o- 9 



Double balls :— 



P F Nairle 1 111011011-8 



KM McLeod 1 110110110-7 



w\w.Eidridge::::.: 1011100110-6 



E.S.Peck 1 1 1 1 0^1 ^0 1-6 



Seaboard Shoottng Association.— Portsmouth, Va„ April 

 3c!.— The third weekly contest of twelve members of the Sea- 

 board Shooting Association occurred at its grounds yesterday, 

 with fair shooting. The following is the score shot at glass balls, 

 21 yards rise, from Card's rotary trap, Hobdy winning the hand- 

 some gold medal, which he wilt retain until some other member 

 of the club is the winner :— 



Biddlok 01100111100111 1-10 



Butt 1 1110 10 110 11-9 



Friedl'tu 011001)1001100 1-8 



Williams' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-12 



Baird 0010011111001 1-8 



white" "." ." 0111100110)011 1-10 



c „" 01111111111011 1-13 



Watts'':: 1 111110 10 11-9 



T "s 1 111111111 -10 



Hobd'v"" 11111111111110 1-11 



Wnford .... 000011111111010-9 



joSsSton ::,.;:..::.:. nnnoiniooi o-n 



Cherokee Gun Club.— Rome, Oa., March 30th— The following^ 

 scores at glass balls were made to-day by members of the Chero- 

 kee Gun Club, at their first weekly practice of the season. The 

 shooting was done against a strong wind, and the ballB wore 

 thrown from a Card rotary trap at IS yards rise ; Bogardus rules ; 

 30 balls :— 



R. L. Hampton-1 0111011111111101111110001 

 1 1 1-23. 



C L Omberg— 1 11111111010010101110101111 

 1 1 0-22. 



Albin Omborg-0 10111101100100101101011111 

 1 1- -19. 



T "W H. Harris-0 1001111110101010101110111 

 10 1 1-20. 



Jos. E. Veal, Jr.-l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-1 B. . 

 Hal Bagnet. 



Iowa— Dubuque, March 30th— Pigeon shoot held to-day. All 

 shot at 21 yards ; H. and T. traps ; tame birds ; favored with strong 

 wind :— 

 C M Carler 10111111011001101111110 -17 



TV- Worrnood 11111011111011011110110 -18 



r MVere 111111111110 110 1110 1 -17 



T Van Vleok 1 1 101 101 HID HI 101111 -20 



SCox 1 10 10 110 110 1111110 11 -15 



I. o Vvatt ::: :.:;:o Himionnoiiioiiiii -u 



.1 Ballou 111100110101010 -9 



»•«««" 0111111 Julien: 7 



IHBtiAND— Dublin— The marksmen of Dublin have token up 

 gallery practice and have formed the Dublin Miniature Rifle Club, 

 and at the annual general meeting, held Jan. 22d, the following 

 were elected as committeo and officers for the season :-A. Traill, 

 .T G Pollock, J. Tx. Millner, A. W. Panton, Hugh Gabbett, E. Sim- 

 BOn,J. Rigby; with E. E. Knnx, Honorable Treasurer; W. R. 

 .loynt, Honorable Secretary. 



The club meet at the gallery, 34 Suffolk street, every Thursday 

 from 2 to p.m. until July 1st. During the club hours the mem- 

 bers have the exclusive right to the use of the gallery ; rifles, tar- 

 gets and attendance are provided free, and ammunition can be 

 obtained by members at a reduced rate. Daring the season of 

 1879 prizes to tho amount of JS31 were offered for competition. 



m »f 



THE "PALMA" CONDITIONS. 



Boston, March Wth . 

 Editor Forest ana Stream :— 



I am pleased with the friendly exchange of opinions among 

 riflemeu, that the discussion of what to do with "Palma" has 

 brought out in your columns. I know that the Committee of the 

 N. R. A., who have this matter in charge, will be thankful for 

 any suggestions from us, that will help to remove any obstacle to 

 the success of a matoh with Great Britain. 



Sir Henry Halford has said " that a team will never come c 

 with the present conditions." Whether they will come if 

 change tho conditions remains to be seen. " Palma " is most de- 

 cidedly a national trophy. We might just as well permit different 

 States of America to enter the contest, as different States of 

 Great Britain. We began wrong; let us acknowledge our error, 

 and start right. We look to the N. R. A. to use every exertion to 

 bring about, a match. Tho conditions wero modified, when it 

 suited the gentlemen who controlled the affairs of the N. R. A. in 

 the interest of the Association. Now let us have them modified in 

 the interests of riflemen, and all future contests to be with 

 nations. 



After we upon our part have done everything to make it pos- 

 sible for a match with Great Britain, removing all cause for a 

 possible excuse, and they fail to appear, we shall know the reason 

 why. I can hardly agree with Col. Clark and Capt. Perry. Much 

 as 1 like individuality in rifle shooting, it would lower the dignity 

 of a national contest to make it an individual one. Our team sys- 

 tem is nearly perfect, and in great contests let us stick to it. 

 Working in harness I know is very irksome to a good shot. Is it 

 not worth the sacrifice, when we know the great stake? T think 

 that should four of the best individual shots in the country be se- 

 lected, and given an assistant or coach of equal merit with them- 

 selves, their aggregate would be Ave per cent, bettor as a team 

 than as individuals. But they must practice as a team to shoot 

 their best. Last fall witnessed the want of team practice in the 

 Massachusetts State Team— four men who stood first, second, 

 fifth and ninth in the great individual tournament, beaten out of 

 sight when they came together as a team, because they had not 

 practiced as a team. Let us refer back to the famous Spirit of the 

 Times Match, We find the great team men, who have just beaten 

 Great Britain, way down in the list. Why? Because they have 

 sunk their individuality in the team, and have had.no practice to 

 recover their individuality again. That they were the best Indi- 

 vidual shots in America is evident, else they would not have won 

 their places upon the team. Thus we see th*t team and individual 

 shooting are different, and both right. I prefer for my own 

 pleasure Individual shooting. 



The only improvement that I could suggest in our toam-work 

 would be to give their grand total, and not the individual scores, 

 as it is not individual work, but the whole team. Four men may 

 be nearly equal as individual shots, but in team-work one may 

 be called upon to risk a shot oftener than the others, for the 

 safety of the team, and his name is placed at the foot of tho list, 

 and the one who receives the benefit of this risk is extolled to 

 the skies as the greatest shot in the laud, when he is no better 

 than his brothers, and perhaps not as good. It would be, prob- 

 ably, almost impossible to accomplish such a change. I think the 

 men would work together better under such conditions. We 

 have doue splendidly in our team-work, and I think we need fear 

 no defeat. 



1 wish to speak oue word for the greatest, benefit of the indi- 

 vidual rifleman ; that is, an annual tournament. The success of 

 the hasty arrangements last fall, goes far to prove that the rifle- 

 will well sustain an annual meeting. Let the Directors of 

 tho N. R.A. take this matter into serious consideration. The 

 gate-money will not foot up like an international match, and the 

 gentlemen will not have quite so good a time, but the great body 

 of riflemeu a!) over America will be benefitted, aud the target 

 capacity of Creedmoor will soon have to be increased. When 

 the foreigners are here they can join with us, and when we 

 are not to see them we can have a most interesting time among 

 ourselves. 



The great mist ake about the fatigue of the three days' contest 

 could only be entertained by those so ignorant of rifle practice, 

 that the least they said about the matter the more we would 

 think they knew. I deny that a man in practice is fatigued by a 

 three or four days' match. Men who shot through the fall meet- 

 ing of the week previous will bear me out in this denial. 



We leave the matter in the hands of our Directors; may this 

 ?ason prove the confidence that we huvo in the present Board. 

 W. H. Jackson. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



Massachusetts— Boston, April 3d.— There was a good attond- 



nee of members of the Massachusetts Hide Association at the 

 regular meet to-day, at Walnut Hill range. The weather condi- 

 tions were good, a light wind from south to southeast prevailing. 

 There were eighty entries, and the following are twenty of the 

 best scores made at 200 yards:— 



J g Sumner 545 5 55555 5-49 



E. F. Biohardson 5 55544555 5-49 



M. J.-well 5 55554555 5-49 



.1 Nichols 454555555 5-48 



W Charles 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5-48 



w'H Jaekson -1 55546456 5-47 



C. B. Gritting 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4—47 



K. U. Souther 6 4 4 5 4 6 45 6 6-46 



J. B. Osborn » 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 d 5-44 



it B Sargent 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4—44 



C.J.Page 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4-42 



; The match closed with this, and the following list shows the 

 names of the winners and their highest individual scores : W. II. 

 Jackson, 50; J. S. Sumner, 50; W. M. Farrow,50; Wm. Gerrisli, 

 49 ; E. F. Richardson, 49 ; O. M. Jewell, 49 ; W. Charles, 49 ; N. W. 

 Arnold, 49; F. H. Holton,48; L. Fitz, 48; S. C. Noyes, IS; E. W. 

 Law, 48; F. L. Wiuship, 48; D. Kirkwood, 48; J. Nichols, 48; H. 

 Tyler, 48 : T. Hub-bell, 18 ; C. H. Todd, 47 ; J. Cram, 47 ; C. B. Grif- 

 fing, 47 : E. B. Souther, 47 ; A. B. Archer, 47 ; J. B. Osborn, 47 ; H. 

 L. Max, 17 ; E. Bennett, 4fl ; J. Borden, 16 ; C. H. Russell, 46 ; H. S. 



Harris, 41) ; Davis, 40; H. Kimoall, 46; F. Hollis, 46; E. F. 



Brooke, '16 ; L. L. Hubbard, 46. 



The aggregate prize winners are as follows, with the total of 

 their five best scores: W. II. Jackson. 219; J . S. Sumner, 244 ; W. 

 51. Farrow, 243; W, Charles, 24S; E. F. Richardson, 289 : J.Nichols, 

 ESS; N. W, Arnold, 237 : W. Howard, SIS ; H. Tyler, 286. 



A new match, under similar conditions as Everybody's Match, 

 will be commenced on Fast Day, in which there will be cash 

 prizes to the amount of $185 offered, and supplementary prizes to 

 the amount of 815. 



Boston-— The third week at the Magnolia rjallery, in tho classi- 

 fied match, has shown the best hooting of the season- The at- 



tendance has been large. Below we give the details of the week's 

 shooting ; rounds 10, 100 feet :— 



TtRSl CLASS. 



F. Hollis 50 50 50-150 



F.Hall 50 50 50—150 



..T.M.Smith 50 50 50-150 



W.Henry 50 49 50-149 



C. D. Harrison 47 48 48-1-13 



N.James 47 48 47—142 



E. Wales 17 48 47—143 



SECOND OUA8S. 



W.H.T'arnham 48 49 48—145 



IT. I ,a wren (jo ' 48 48 48—144 



C.F.Brooks 47 47 48-142 



S.Fogg 45 48 47—140 



.T.J.Ross 40 47 47-140 



E. Sears 46 48 46-140 



TBIED CLASS. 



B.Taylor 47 48 50—145 



B. Davis , 47 47 18 143 



P.D.Strift 47 48 48-141 



A.J.Green 46 45 19-140 



J.Anderson 46 46 48—140 



F.Dudley 45 45 40-liili 



O. A. Gross 45 45 45— )35 



E.James 43 43 45-131 



1. 0. Cornell 43 44 44—131 



K.Baker 43 44 44-131 



W. F. Savage 45 44 48— ISO 



A.L.Howe 45 43 42—13 



Boiton, AprUlat — The Consolation Rifle Match, at the Manned h 

 Rifle Gallery, for March,is ended, with some of the most wonderful 

 shooting ever done in the gallery. W. H. Harrison has made sev- 

 enteen clean scores, twenty-eight, shots each. This last week he 

 made fourteen clean scores, twelve in one day; ho made twenty- 

 six consecutive bull's-eyes, which is the highest number ever 

 made in this gallery : the next highest is E. F. Richardson, with 

 eighteen consecutive bull's-eyes. Mr. Harrison made three clean 

 scores in succession, and two more bull's-eyes on his next score; 

 which made up the twenty-six consecutive bull's eyes. Mr. Rich- 

 ardson made seven clean scores during tho month; Mr. N. W. 

 Arnold made two, and Mr. J. Merrill two, making in all twenty- 

 eight clean scores. In tho second class the competition has been 

 lively. L. W. Farrnr, of Abingdon, heads tho list. The new riflo 

 match for April has commenced, and the indications are that It 

 will be as popular as its predecessors. The following are the pri/.e 

 winners, with their scores in detail. 150 feel, ; rounds 8 ; possible 

 40 ; three scores to win :— 



First Class. 



[5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5) 



W.H.Harrison ^5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5J-120 



(5 5 656565) 

 15 5 5 5 5 6 5 5) 



E.F.Richardson ^5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5J-120 



(55555555) 

 (465 5 6555) 



N.W.Arnold J 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5W19 



1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5) 

 (4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 1 



J.Merrill ... J 5 555555 5^119 



|5 5 556555) 

 Second Class. 



(44555556) 



L.W.Farrar J B 5 5 4 4 5 5 6^)15 



(64565565) 

 (55455545) 



Gordon McKcnzle -5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 J-U5 



(55555455) 

 (55455545) 



P.D.Swift ^5 5 5 5 5 4 I 5H15 



(555554 5 :,) 

 (55454565) 



H.K.Shaw - \r } 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 ! -114 



(55445555) 

 (4 4 4 6 5 5 5 51 



J.W.Frost -4 5 4 5 5 5 S 5-113 



(54545555) 

 (44455555) 



N.S.James -5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 J- 113 



(5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5) 



Geo. E. B. 



Medford, April 2d.— The second competition in the subscription 

 glass ball and rifle matches was contested by the Raymond Sports- 

 man's Club at Bellevue range to-day. Tho weather conditions 

 were exoellent. Following is the result in the rifle competition : — 



D. Kirkwood 6 56660566 5-57 



W.Charles 556 5 56666 6-56 



C.M.Gruth 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5-66 



E.James 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 3—52 



C.P. Glcason 565045466 4—51 



W.F. Webster 4 5 3 II 6 5 3 6 6 5—48 



J.C.Smith 5 63*4444 4 4-42 



ai.GoodalB 6455463 5 3-40 



H.Dutton - 2 4 3 3 3 3 5 0-S9 



Mr. Kirkwood won the first special iirize and W. Charles the 

 Becond. 

 The scores made with the shot gun were :— 



Double. Hotltru. total. 



J.C.Smith 18 19 37 



J.R.SnKth .-. 17 19 36 



W. B. Wltherell 18 18 30 



D. Kirkwood 10 19 35 



H.Dutton 10 18 31 



B.I.Fiske ... 15 17 33 



C. l.Goodale 14 17 31 



W.F.Webster 9 15 24 



J.E.Nason fl 12 21 



O.M.Gueth 7 13 20 



A.F.Kobinson — 13 13 



The club will shoot glass balls with the Lynn club on Fast Duy. 



Medford, April3d.— In the second competition In the " classified 

 scries," at Bellevue range, to.day, in the Medford Amateur Rifle 

 Association there were seventy-two entries. The weather condi- 

 tions were quite favorable. Appended are thirteen of the best 



H.Kimball 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4-47 



A.B.Archer 5 4544 5 445 5-45 



G.W.Souyet 55445464 4 5-46 



A.J.Greene 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 4—45 



A.W. Webb 4 4644 4 455 5—44 



E.Whittier 444 5 4454 5 5—44 



C.H.HuBSell 4 4 5 4 5 4 14 5 5—44 



H. Withington 4 55454 5 44 4— 44 



5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4—14 



11. Abbott 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 I 



J. W. Viuing 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 4—43 



J. Edwards 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 4-11 



J.B.Richardson 4 4 4444444 4— 4u 



Mr. H. Kimball won the general prize in tho first class, A. B. 

 Archer in the second class, and A. W. Webb in the third class. 



Springfield, March 30th— Score of the Rod and Gun Rifle Club 

 made to-day at their weekly practice, 200 yards; off-hand; possi- 

 ble 50:- 



Arms 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5-47 



Mayott 5 44555415 5-46 



Bumstead 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4—93 



Buck 44445545 5 5-45 



Chapin 5 6 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4—45 



Barrett 5 5 14 4 4 4 5 5 4—14 



lewis 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 



Dr.Young . 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4-43 



Van Vlack 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 4 4—43 



Dayton 4 4 5 4 5 6 4 4 3 4-42 



Wakefield, April 3d.— The seventh competition of the Wakefield 

 Amateur Bifle Association in the ahot gun series was shot this 



