APRIL 8, 1880,} 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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afternoon. A baa Jig-tit prevailed, the wind blowing at limes 

 almost a gale. There were, about llfty entries, and below are 

 given eight of the principal scores:— 



E. F. Richardson 5 5 5 4 3 4 t— 83 



S. II. Dearborn 1 1 5 4 5 IS I 31 



George Fowle 4 5 4 4 5 4 4— 30 



WUliuur Ltswis 5 i 4 5 3 8 1-30 



Connecticut— Bridgeport, .March 80th,— At a regular shoot of 

 the Bridgeport Rifle Club, at Sea Side .Range, on Good Friday af- 

 ternoon, the winning scores were aa follows :— 



Silverware Match, EGO yards, ra-«atriOfl allowed :- 

 H. Carstersem 1 5 4 5 5 4 i-Sg I Harry Nichols. 1 4 5 5 8 I 1-31 



rBaaelIcCourt..4 5 5 14 5 4-31 D. E. Marsh 1 5 4 5 5 1 4— 81 



S.H. Hubbard... 1 ) 1 6 1 4 5 4-31 1 S. V. Nichols. ... 4 15 114 5-30 



Rifle Match, 200 yards, no re-entrlea :— 



Harry Nichols 5 5 5 5 5 5 



D. B. Marsh 1 1 4 3 5 5 



F.S.Sievens 5 5 4 3 5 



Reoord Match, 200 yards, no re-entries:— 



D. E. Marsh 4 5 1 i 4 



S.C. Kingman 4 5 5 4 4 



Isaac MoCaurt.. 5 4 5 4 4 



H. Oarstersem 4 4 4 4 1 



J. Slatcher . 1 5 4 4 4 



S.V.Niohols 4 5 4 4 1 



"D.N. Cougar 4 3 5 4 3 



Harry Nichols 15 15 11 4 



The club is in very good condition and quite at 

 fost. 



CbUfnstritte, March 81*1.— Canton Rod and Gun Club, Riverside 

 Range; practice meeting at. 200 yards; off-hand; 8-lbs, mili; 10 

 shots :— 



5 1 5 

 5 4 £ 



4 4 4 



5-19 

 1-48 



1—42 



4 5 5 

 1 5 4 

 4 4 1 

 4 4 4 



1 4 3 



4 4 3 



5 4 3 



1-44 



4 48 

 4—13 



•1—10 

 5—10 

 3—10 



5 39 

 3-39 



in terest 



nani- 



O. B.Hull. 9 11 13 7 JO 10 



.I.D.Andrews...,. 11 10 10 10 11 10 



G.F.Lewis IS 7 10 9 10 7 



(b,o. Case 11 9 10 11 10 11 



]•:. Foneher . ......12 9 9 6 12 12 



J.Laubenstein. ...9 5 7 12 8 11 



.Vasa. Creed. 



9 10 12 9-99 43 



7 12 7 9-97 43 

 9 10 11 11-98 43 



8 6 8 10-93 43 

 6 8 6 11-91 41 

 3 11 9 10-fcO 12 



to all members of the club ; weekly 

 .nd500 yards; prize, a Sharps mid- 



Err.HTH UWHMENT RIFLE CLtTB, NEW YORK.— The dub Of the 



Eighth Regiment has arranged an excellent series of matches for 

 the year ISM, and if every command of the National Guard showed 

 a suitable energy thore would be a better showing in the official 

 returns. The season's matohes opened on Tuesday last, and will 

 continue every Tuesday hereafter until the last Tuesday in No- 

 vember. 



1. Beginners 'Match.— "Weekly competitions; open to all begin- 

 ners only; 200 and 500 yards. 



2. Short-Range Match .—Open to all members of the club ; hrst 

 and third Tuesdays in every month, also June 29th ; 200 yards. 



3. Mid-Range Match— Open to all members of the club; Hrst 

 and third Tuesdays in every month, also June 29th ;" 500 yards. 



4. ChampIou3' Match.— Open to all members of the club ; sec- 

 ond acid fourth Tuesdays in every month, also Aug. 31st; 200 and 

 500 yards. 



5. Aggregate Match 

 competitions; distant 

 range rifle. 



All prizes, except thai of the Aggregate Match, become the 

 property of the member winning the match the greatest number 

 Of times during the season. Incase of a tie, the highest aggre- 

 gate score to decide. The aggregate prize is to become the prop- 

 erty of the member making- the highest aggregate score during 

 the season. 



Members who have made centers Ave times in any club match 

 will be handicapped as follows: — 



Short-Rauge Match 3 points. 



Mid-Range Match 4 points. 



Champions' Match 5 points. 



New S"OBlt— Sliraause, April 1st.— Second Ward Amateur Shoot- 

 ing (lull contest for gold medal, which must be won three con- 

 secutive times before il becomes the property of the winner. At 

 the first shoot, which was held on Tuesday, March 20th, the tro- 

 phy was won by P. Heysor. The second score was :— 



P. Smith 



E.H.Mann...- 1 



.1. Qebhardt 1 



Schultz -. 



Ranger 



Lindemevcr I 



D. Mullen 1 



After the medal shuot two sweepstakes were shot at ten balls 

 each, Mr. Mulliu winning both by breaking nine and ten balla re- 

 spectively. 



ZETTMit Un?LE Cram.— JVeie York, April ith — The sixth compe- 

 tition of the Zcttler Rifle Club for the Brown Medal, was shot at 

 Guttenberg to-day; 30 shots; 200 yards; ring target; any rifle; 

 scores as follows :— 



111 111 1—10 

 1111110-8 



1110 111-7 

 1111- 5 

 1111110-9 

 10 11—5 



C. Judson 042 



W. M. Farrow. 641 



H. Oehl 638 



J. H. Brown 629 



M. K, Gngel 615 



t>. Miller,: 013 



G. Joiner 607 



M. Ilorler 590 



B. ZoUler 577 



P. Q. Penning 571 



L. Manning ...,-- .. 559 



F.O'Neil 540 



F.Faharus 539 



D.Cultnme 527 



N. D. W. 



New York Scu-oxtzbn Corps. — The New York Schuetzen 

 Corps held a regular monthly meeting April 1st, Capt. George 

 Aery in the Chair. It was decided to hold the regular summer's 

 festival dnriug the 7th, 8th and 9th of June at Union Hill, 

 Schuetzen Park. Mr. T. C. BankB, of the Forest and Stream, 

 was then proposed, and by acclamation made an honorary mem- 

 ber of the Corps. Practice shooting will tstke place during April 

 and May, the programmes for which will appear in a few days. 



Independent Schuetzen.— The N. Y. Independent Schuetzen, 

 Capt. J. .1. Diehl, also held a monthly meeting, the 3d inst., at. 

 Walhalla Hall. H. H. Hancock was in the Chair.land Mr. Conrad 

 Geib acted as Secretary. This Corps abandoned the idea of going 

 to San Francisco this summer, but instead will start the 27th of 

 June with wives, children and music for Lake Hopatcong, N. J., 

 and will remain there four days and shoot at a big bird, beside 

 having some other fun and entertainments, as fishing, bathing, 

 dancing, etc. The whole programme will soon be given out. 



Schuetzen Notes.— The Helvetia Rifle Club held another prac- 

 tice shooting at Hartung's Park, Mott Haven, on the 29th of 

 March. The practice was mostly at time shooting, but precision 

 shooting was not netrleeted; 300 yards; time given, three 

 minutes :— 



ShoUHral. mis. Points. 



Wm, Hahn 32 30 108 



Alb. Mayer - 81 28 95 



Wal. Stander 31 10 37 



A.G.Hellwig 25 20 71 



F. Landolt 28 26 90 



A.Knopfli 20 19 73 



B. Faber 14 13 66 



The new officers of the Meriden (Conn.) Itifle Club are: Presi- 

 dent, C. Handel ; Secretary, W, Allenioyer; Treasurer, A. Bueeh- 

 lor; Shooting Master, Cli. Sto. ■liter. 

 The Helvetia HifleClub of Highlands, III., elected the following 

 resident, Aug. J. Pagan • Vice-President, Moritz-iiugy ; 



Secretary, F.B. Suppigcr; Vice-Secretary, Hy. Blnniker; Treas- 

 urer, Hy. Wirz. 



Masters, C. H. Plambeck and H. Hoif num. 



Portland in Oregon also has a rifle club of twenty-eight active 

 members. President, A. 8cbuhmann; Vice-President, A. Staou- 

 dor; Secretary, Julius Dijg ; Shooting Masters, A. Ruppcl, E. 

 Voos. 



New Jerset.— The Stockton Rifle Range Association of Cam- 

 den, N. .).. issue an inviting programme for April. At 100 and 200 

 yards military rifles, used as such, without cleaning, will be al- 

 lowed one point over sporting rifles with open sights, and two 

 points over sporting rifles with globe and peep sights. At any 

 distance over 200 yards military rifles will be allowed four points 

 over sporting rifles. The programme includes :— 



April 10th, Inter-State Military Match— Teams of ten from any 

 organization of the National Guard or militia of any State. Prize 

 a silver trophy, value $60, presented by Gen. E. Burd Gtubb ; 200 

 and 500 yards ; 7 shots at each ; any military rifle. 



April 10th, Sharps Match for Military Rifles— Tha" eighth of 

 fifteen competitions for fifteen Sharps military rifles; all comers; 

 200 yards; 10 rounds; any military rifle, without cleaning; re- 

 entries permitted. To the highest score in each competition a 

 Sharps military rifle, Borchard pattern. After fifteen competi- 

 tions the person who has made the highest score in the greatest 

 number of competitions shall be entitled to a Sharps new mid- 

 range rifle, value $60. 



April 10th, Union Metallic Cartridge Company Match— Prize 500 

 title cartridges, suited to any rifle as desired, presented by the 

 Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn.; all 

 comers; 200 yards: 7 shots; any rifle ; re-entries permitted. 



April 12tb, "Winchester Repeating Kille Match— The sixth of 

 fifteen competitions for fifteen Winchester repeating rifles ; all 

 comers; 300 yards; 10 rounds; any rifle; reentries permitted. 

 Prize, to the highest score in each competition a "Winchester re- 

 peating rifle, model 1873, round barrel, value $35. A Iter fifteen 

 competitions the person who has made the highest score in the 

 greatest number of competitions shall be entitled to a "Winches- 

 ter repeating rifie, model 1876, value $33. 



April 14th, All-Comers' Match— 100 yards; 10 shots; any rifle. 



April 16th— First competition for a Creedmoor rille, value $100 ; 

 all comers; 200 yards; 10 shots; any ride except muzzle-loader; 

 rifle to be won three times before becoming the property of the 

 person winning the same. 



April 17th, Sharps Match for Military Rifles-Ninth competition. 



April 19th, Winchester Repeating Rifle Match— Seventh compe- 

 tition. 



A pril 21st. Edward K. Tryon, Jr., & Co. Match- Pi ize a Derrin- 

 ger revolver; value $35; allcomers; any rille; 100 aud 200 yards ; 

 7 shots at each ; re-entries. 



April 23d, Sweepstakes Match— All comers ; any rifle ; 300 yards; 

 the lowest shot at each round retires; prize one-half en trance 

 money ; any number of entries may constitute a match. 



April 24th, Sharps Match for Military Rifles-Tenth competition. 



April 20th, Winchester Repeating Rillo Match— Eighth compe- 

 tition. 



April 28th, Time Match— All comers; 100 yards; re-entries al- 

 lowed. Any rifle within the rules, magazine or repeating rifles, 

 to be loaded and tired as suigle breech-loader. At the call of 

 " Fire " by the scorer the competitor will commence firing, and at 

 the expiration of one minute the scorer will call time. Any com- 

 petitor firing a shot after time is called will have five points de- 

 ducted from his score. Rifles maybe loaded before" Fire " is 

 called. There is no restriction in maiuii r of talcing cartridge, 

 except that no competitor can receive any assistance from any 

 one while firing this match. 



April 30th, Champion Marksman's flange of 1880— For the Second 

 Brigade, National Guard, S. N. J.-Opcn to all members of the 

 Second Brigade, National Guards, of New Jersey; 300 and 500 

 yards; 5 rounds ateach, with the military rifle in use by the State. 

 A fac-simile in gold of the Marksman's Badge will be awarded to 

 tie competitor who, at the close of the season, shall have won it 

 the greatest number of times. In case of a tie, the highest aggre- 

 gate score of all the competitions participated in up to that time, 

 to decide. 



April 30th, Directors' Match— Open only to directors and life 

 members of the. Stockton Rifle Range Association ; 300 yards; 5 

 rounds; any rifle. Prize, the Directors' Gold Badge, shot for an- 

 nually, and held by the winner during the year. 



LouisrAN/t— iVete Orleans; Mmxh OTJi..— The following we re the 

 scores made at the riflo range to-day :— 



1 200 yards 1 1 1 1 4—20 1,, 



|500 yards 4 5 4 5 S— 83 ( * 



:.'■ •' rani.' -1 1 4 :■• 4— l'j i ,,, 



tSOO yards 4 5 1 4 4— 21|" w 



300 yards 4 3 4 4 5 — 20 1 , m 



i 500 yards 



H.M.Bradford 



R. Vfllarubia 



Dudley Selph 



win,,., *...,,„ J 300 yards. ;;;;;;;3 433 4—17 



William Arms j 600 yards 4 3 4 5-16 



P. Michel 



Geo. W. Charlton.. 



John Miller 



A. J.Pardo 



1200 yards 4 4 3 3. 



I „ii.l v ml- 1 ! 4 :; 0-15 i"' J 



1200 yards 4 4 4 4 5-31 1 „ 



1500 pinds -.3 3 5 0-11 f* 



.via .>.o'L- :; 4 ;: ."- 4-1*, 



..4 4 3 0-11 f* 



..4 3 3 1 3— 10 io 



..0 5 3 S — 11 f " 



ids.. 



' 5LI0 i 



\ 200 5-_ - 



• I 500 yards. 



In Dl AX A- Elhhart, April l.st.-On last Tuesday G. W. Swanzell. 

 a member of our Rifle Club, of this city, shot with a Billinghurst 

 rifle, globe sights, and muzzle rest, at a distance of forty rods, a 

 string of six successive, shots, which were all inside of aSjinch 

 circle, and measured 5j inches. 



If any of the readers of your interesting journal can place that 

 number of shots in a smaller circle and measure a less string, 

 would like to hear from them through the Forest and Stream. 



Tabget. 



California— San Francisco, March 28{/t.-Tlie division cham- 

 pion diamond badge match for 1880, valued at S 100, was opened 

 to-day at Shell Mound Park, when Capt. Ludwig Siebe's new mil- 

 itary range was inaugurated. The following' arc the conditions 

 of the competition : Open to all active members of the National 

 Guard of California ; 200 yards; off-hand; 80 shots; ammunition, 

 United States cartridges, with no sighting shots ; any military 

 rifle or ■carbine, -with, trigger-pull nut loss than six pounds. En- 

 trance fee, $2.50, which will be divided after deducting expenses 

 into seven prizes. The competitor making the highest score will 

 be awarded the, badge and the championship of California. He 

 shall hold the same during Ihe year 1S8II axalnst all National 

 Guardsmen of the State who may challenge lilm. The challeng- 

 ing party to put up $100 against the badge, and the parties to 

 shoot 100 shots each at 200 yards. 



—At the recent annual meeting- of the Santa, Rosa Sportsmen's 

 Club, the following olllcers were elected to serve for the ensuing 

 term: President, Frank H. Sweet; Vice-President, E. L. Whip- 



ple ; Secretary, A. D. Laughiin ; Treasurer, A. L. Justice ; Execu- 

 tive Committee, John H. Burnett, Goo. L. Dixon and E. B. Small- 

 wood. 



—Early in the season ten men of the Roxbnry City Guards, 

 Company I), First, Regiment, will have a telegraphic rifle match 

 with ten men or the Oakland Guard, California. 



—During the spring ami summer season the Sacramento Rifle 

 Club will hold regular practice aud contest matches at the Tivoli, 

 oil the first and third Sundays in each month. 



Sriherg. 



ARCHERY FROM AN EASY-CHAIR. 



WE sto on the eve of the most exciting campaign that has 

 been participated in by the American archer, and those 

 who have the best interests of the cause at heart are trying to 

 avoid mistakes that may mar thework of the coming year. 



This, like all other campaign work, begins at home, in the prim- 

 aries—in other words, in the clubs of the towns and cities. The 

 host beginning we can make is to " let. well enough alone," and 

 not commence the work of changing and readjusting everytldng 

 that comes in our way— at least until we are reasonably well ac- 

 ■ piainied with its workings and vol 110 in its present condition. 

 We had better spend more time in trying to figure our arrows 

 into the gold of the present target, aud loss in trying to figure the 

 poor shots that land in the black and white, up to a higher rela- 

 tive position than they now occupy, or than they are entitled to 

 by their extreme distance from the objective point o( the target. 

 If the white becomes so important that its salary must be raised, 

 wo shall next lie waited upon by a delegation from surrounding- 

 space, with its "bill of rights " and grievances, with its millions 

 of wounds to plead for it— (we should many of us be awful sin- 

 ners on this count)— why, 1 am told there is all-cads' ample cause 

 for the sky looking blue. 



Next after not doing this, every club should exert itself for 

 the aggregate more than for individual scores one over another ; 

 in promoting the first the second would occur as a matter of 

 course. But an individual may keep his or her score up to a cer- 

 tain point, and at the same time exort such an influence on at 

 least a portion of the other members, by timely hints and friendly 

 help, that the score of the whole will be greatly iuoreased and 

 the standing of the club improved, 



One trouble, in country clubs at least, is that some persons can 

 make bettor scores than others. There should bo no chagrin over 

 small scores— every one has been forced to make them in his ot- 

 her early (practice. Individuals will over have different degrees 

 of advancement; do your best, think more, raise your score a 

 little every week, help those less favored to come as near your 

 level as may be, and remember that in a club every one counts- 

 like numerals from 1 to 9, and without the 1 you can never make 

 099 count, 1 000. 



Ford did not exhaust the possibilities of archery, yet he so 

 nearly annihilated the probabilities of equaling his exploits, that 

 to this day his name stands without a rival. Yet the Thompsons 

 can enjoy their favorite pastime, with Ford's luminous score 

 shining upon them from afar, and the Grays and Carvers and 

 many others can make just as large a score as though the Thomp- 

 sons could not surpass them; and so. in turn, the lesser lights 

 may shine all the brigbtar for the reflected light of the larger 



Happily there are many of us, although making but small 

 scores, that can enjoy the glorious pastime, improve our physica 

 condition— making life's cares lighter and longevity moro prob- 

 able— glad that others can do better so long as it does not add to 

 our shortcomings, but shows us the possibility of something 

 better. 



If the National Association of archers would remove the bars 

 from archers whose clubs do not join the National, at fair 

 rates of entry, it seoms to many it would bo.better for all parties. 

 Where clubs have one or two members that have the'means or 

 skill that would warrant their attendance at the National meet- 

 ings, they refuse to join, thus barring all. The private practice 

 club seems to be on a more impartial basis, with ono exception, 

 than anything yet brought forward, and I expect to hear a good 

 acoount of the future. We want to see the scores— not of indi- 

 viduals alone who are phenomenal shots, but of ordinary every- 

 day archers, who can miss the target clean and are not too thin- 

 skinned to own it. Let, us know how the least expert get on — 

 what can the whole club score '. "We want something of this kind 

 —down within reach— to lean against while viewing the oocaaloa- 

 ally miraculous scores that take one's breath away— they arc so 

 unbooked for— and so unrelieved by any score from the balance 

 of the club where they occur; they are like huge comets, shorn 

 of their tails, blazing through the archer's firmament searching in 

 vain for their lost appendagos. 



Let us have Jonahs, by all means— immonse, colossal Jonahs— 

 but let us also have an occasional glimpse of the whales, that we 

 may judge of their capacity. LOCKSIBY. 



SHOOTtNo Extkaoriunarv.— Mr. Arthur Hope was present at 

 the North Side Archery Range Wednesday evening aud agreed 

 to shoot at thirty yards, allowing his score to be marked in ad- 

 vance for each ihirty arrows, and subjecting himself to a forfeit 

 if lie failed to make the exact score. Three times his score was 

 marked for 200, and each time he made exactly thirty hits-200 

 Bcore. Then for a fourth round of thirty arrows his score was 

 put down for 250, which it, was thought would bo a stumper. 

 With this dillicult amount to make he shot with great care, and 

 at the end of twenty-seven arrows had twenty-seven bits— 233 

 value. With his next three arrows lie needed to make but seven- 

 teen to Complete the 250. Tile first arrow was a gold, the next a 

 red, and then he shot low, Intending Ins arrow should drop in the 

 White ; but there was the slightest miscalculation, his arrow cut- 

 ting both the white and black, Scoring therefore as a black, whie 

 made ids total score 252. 



On another occasion we have seen Mr. Hope set out to make a 

 score of 120 at thirty yards, to be made of blues and blacks only, 

 and to come within two points by making sixteen blues and four- 

 teen blacks, all the hits being within a space smaller than ! he red 

 of a four-foot target. How difficult this is to accomplish thOSO 

 only oan tell who attempt It. Mr. Hope is an enthusiast < u the 

 subjectof archery, having devoted much time to its the ry and 

 practice the past year, and has given our archers here many val- 

 uable hints in regard to the manner of shooting and care of weap- 

 ons. He belongs to uo club, but prefers shooting with his friends 

 in his private range for Ills own amusement aud exercise. Mr. 

 Maurice Thompson's delightful work on the "Witchery of Arch- 

 ery" and Will H. Thompson's charming letters in your paper on 

 hunting with the long bow, have so captivated him that ho is hav- 

 ' 01 hunting arrows made for his use In the woods the 



