April 15, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



213 



ftffl Oe fusil; The 

 ui.i directions, of 

 Bs cited no doubt 

 i evade the plain 



»"» Ishsd for, then why the I a ig in 

 intention to misrepresent may bear in I 

 which the v. ■ , lea : but the 



■. ii i to indicate how - ■ '" 



responsibility for their doings ftnd nioti 



It can hardly "oe that there is a d"-iro to slip ontof the notoriety 

 which the newspapers give the shooter ,1 rough any Idea thai 

 rillc shooting is not quite "tbt- thing," bin the parallels drawn in 

 the Hoard when tbt resolt re adopted would lead to the 



impression that something of the sort, was entertained. 



There may be a delicacy on Hie pari, or son,, who are expert 

 wilier shots against shooting birds from at rap, however ill-founded 

 il may be, and the whole body of pigeon shots and the sport 

 itself: has been brought into a sort of disrepute partly on account 

 of the practices indulged in at private matches, and in good 

 measure by the custom, longpastthe initiative stage, of using 

 false names at trap shoots. It \aprima faeie proof in any business 

 transaction that when a false name is given, some fraud is 



id .oris to be covered up. Turn ami i ■ ■■:-: i 



bhe tide shooters who wish to crawl to the range under a false 

 Dame arc-put on the defensive, and the best justification they can 

 offer is the very poor one (hat [hey a, o ■- ■ ■ ; lllj It good end by bad 

 means. It is undignified and it is ntigentlonianly, akin to the 

 aliases of the police court and the criminal classes. A man who 



seeks to In: ' - ■watched. lie may not be a 



pickpocket, and a train to Crecdmooris not a convoy of felons 

 simply because the men are not whom they pretend lobe: but 

 somebody somewhere is lobe misled by the subterfuge of a false 

 name, and the rifleman who assumes it knows precisely where 

 lie is to profit by the deception. 



:■..:,!■ does -■::■' stop here. The N. K, A. sets rules for 



scores and hundreds ol associations throughout the country. 

 Sorueol these have the bogus name allowance, and Walnut Hill 

 elaius an otherwise fair fame by this transparent blot, but on the 



ii ■ pi the ranges the shooting is fair, open and acknowl- 

 edged. This resolution permits the record to be deluged with the 

 doings of nominal unrealities, of phat.lasmal frauds. When the 

 chickens come home to roost, even the members of theN.R. A. 

 will feel ashamed of their progeny. 



The ground may as well be taken first as lust, if rifle shooting 

 k. in be maintained; sb a sport for gentlemen, and. is to extend its 

 .■!■■ .'■' i . I hat : everything shall be open and above board. The 

 first rifleman of this country certainly, and perhaps of the world, 

 litis never had occasion to sliuk under cover, as proposed and 

 permitted by this resolution. When his score was bad ho was 

 despondent, at his ill luck, and hopeful lor the next shot. When 

 the score was fine he was justly exultant, but. like his namesake, 

 "(lid Hickory," he has been, first, last ami all the time, true to 

 himself. In tile New York body there is a little too much steering 

 within the letter of the law while breaking its spirit, and if the 

 present attempt to revive the old plan of subterfuge shooting 

 shall operate, then I mistake very strongly the spirit of the New 

 Vork press. Hook there for an independence in the matter, and 

 i! felse names are given to the world as records I shall begin to 

 think that the young men who • tak' notes " are willfully or 

 , blind. NlOK. 



milt 



for the Palma trophy 

 appointed for the purpose, 

 N. It. A,, were read as fol- 



The Palsta Conditions.— Th 

 as amended by the special conn 

 and adopted by the Board of Pi 

 lows :— 



Title— International Long-Range Match; for the championship 

 of the world; open to riflemen of all countries. Teams— Each 

 team shall consist, of eight men ; members of the various teams 

 participating must be native-horn citizens and residents of the 

 countries they respectively represent, except in the case of teams 

 representing a provincial territory of a government, in which 

 case a residence in the province will be sufficient, provided the 

 member is a native-born subject of the parent country. Rifles— 

 Any not exceeding 10 pounds weight. Minimum pull of trigger. 

 three pounds. Distances -800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Number of 

 shots— Thirty at each range by each competitor: no sighting 

 shots; match to lasttwo days ; competitors to fire 15 shots at each 

 distance upon each day, commencing at 800 yards. Position— Any 

 without artificial rest. Entrance Pee— None. Previous Practice 

 -Competing teams shall be allowed the use of the range for one 

 week previous to the match, but on the days of this match no 

 person will be allowed to shoot on the range at any of the dis- 

 tances prescribed heroin, except as a competilor. Captains of 

 the competing teams shall elect two referees, ant J thu referees so 

 chosen shall appoint an umpire, whose decision in all eases shall 

 be final. 



Prize— The American Centennial Trophy Palma; such trophy to 

 bo shot for in each subsequent year upon the same terms In 

 the country of the team arriving. The recognized head rifle 

 association of the country represented by the winning team shall 

 determine the time and place at which the next match for the 

 trophy shall be shot, and shall be lite custodians of said trophy 

 and responsible for its safe keeping. The time and place at which 

 the competitions for the Palma are to be held must be announced 

 at least three months in advance. Sights, targets, marking and 

 scoring in the foregoing match to be according to the printed 



, | illations of the National Rifle Association of America. 



All teams competing for tint Palma shall be organized under the 

 auspices of the National Uifie Association of the countries which 



ihey represent, If there be b tassoehvHoh. if not, they will 



be accredited by the to tdi l£ i II association of their respective 



eon 



No 





- th« 



range designated for a competition until such time as some for- 

 eign leant may beanie to avail themselves ut like practice. That 

 such home team to be selected at least six weeks prior to the date 



fixed for the iua'toh. 



Tl 



E Irish-American Match.— At the April meeting of the 

 d of Directors of theN.R. A. the following letter was read:— 



TotheP 



Silt ■ 



Hot, to 



interna 

 success 



We feel 



rish Hide Associa- 



te feeling was 



(lie acceptance of theinviu...... 



of the Board that, there was little 



Acting Houoxarj Becretarj l.K.A 

 idiate and BJmosI unanimous in favor of 

 d become manifest to many 

 eeofa Palma match during 



l that 



an Irish-American match 



in rousingpubUo attention 

 ■Me practice. The matter 



mi Rifle As-ocintio 

 tan to the team, an 

 lion could do battel 



gltt. (hat 



nk Hyde 



tcpted, and a tear 



K. H. Sanford, Be 



the present year, and it was s 



i "'■ e very nearly the sa 



and reviewing the lagging in 



was referred to a small committee to i 



Tuesday last report was made that the Col 

 of Washington could and would furnish 01 

 possibly two. The Massachusetts Rifle Assc 

 Tor Jackson, Ill-own andGerrish had orrtt.n 

 and would start earlier, so as to take part 



in Ireland. The New Jersey AasCCial 



would go as their representative. On mot 



Col. Jthn llodine, Col. II. G. Litchfield, C 



Alex. Bhaler, Gen. E. L. Moiineuxand James Grant were made a 



committee to select and provide for the sending of a team, and 

 the committee will at once set to work on the task, employing a 

 mixed plan of competition and arbitrary selection in getting the 



team together. ^ 



"Perry's Green Book" i'Ob Scores— Now that long-range 

 shooting is to be the rage this summer again, and marksmen are 

 getting back to a style of shooting where an exact record of their 

 work is of paramount importance, Capt. Perry has done good 

 service in getting out. a third edition of his "Green Hook." In 

 the early days of long-range there were a dozen sorts and stylo 

 of recording the work done with all that minuteness roqusitc to 

 make the study of the score-book a matter of profit and guidance 

 at. future matches. Hut gradually the compact, reasonable score- 

 book of Capt. Perry supplanted all the others, because It was 

 made by a rifleman who knew what riflemen needed, in it they 

 could imtKe field-notes, rough and ready, Without going through 

 a long course of double-entry bookkeeping while their gun was 

 cooling. The book contains, too, a valuable set of hints on the 

 use of the rifle, enough to make the life of hall a dozen manuals- 

 And all in all, the agreeable -'Green Book " is the one which all 

 riflemen of experience secure and use. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



FAST DAT AT Walnut HiLn Range.— Opening competition in 

 Everybody's Match, No. 2 ; the weather conditions no! favorable, 

 wind ranging from west to northwest, and varying in intensity 

 Horn lour to six points. There were 180 entries, and appended 

 are 3(1 of the best scores:— 



N. W. Arnold 4 5 8 5 6 -15 5 5 5— IS 



Re-entry 4 5 8 5 4 5 5 5 4 5-47 



G.L.Winship 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 G IT 



5 5 5 5 4 8 5 4 5 4—17 



J. H. Williams 4 5 5 5 4 5 1 6 5 5-47 



Re-entry - 5 6 5 4 1 5 4 5 5 4-41 



L.W.Farrur 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5-47 



Re-entry 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4—41 



O. M. Jewell 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4-47 



Re-entry 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 •1—40 



J-B. Osborn 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5-46 



Re-entry 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4-45 



C. R. Grilling a 4 5 5 5 -1 4 5 4 5-46 



Re-entry 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5-45 



W. Howard 5 5 5 5 I t 4 5 4 5—46 



Re-entry 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4—48 



J.Nichols _ 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4-46 



Re-entry 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4—45 



I). Kn-kwoud 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4—45 



Re-entry .4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5-45 



G. 11. Souther 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4-15 



Re-entry 4 5 4 i 5 1 5 4 l t-43 



J. Borden 4 5 4 4 5 4 1 4 5 5— 1-1 



Re-entry - 4 4 4 5 5 5 i 4 i r,— 14 



H.A. Blood 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 i 5— M 



Re-entry 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4-43 



0.0.Fo8ter— 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4— 14 



Re-entry , 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5-43 



R.Davis 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 6—14 



Re-entry 4 4 44544 5 4 6-43 



L.E.Riug , ... .534554544 5-44 



Re-entry 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4-43 



C. U. Meiggs 5 4 4 5 5 5 1 5 4-14 



Re-entry 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4-13 



C.R. Morse 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4—43 



Re-entry 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 0-34 



According to the terms of the match four prizes are awarded to 

 the pari lea making the best first scores prior to 2 o'clock, and ap- 

 pended are the scores of the winners of these supplementary 

 pri/.es;- 



E. F. Richardson 



It. M. Jewell 



.1. il, Williams 



N. W. Arnold 



....4 4555855 



...5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 



....5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 



...4 4 4 5 4 6 5 5 



5 5-48 

 5 4-47 

 •i 5— in 

 4 5-48 



Boston, April at ft. -The new classified match at the Mammoth 

 Ride Gallery, which commenced on the 1st of the month, has 

 shown (for so early In the month) somo excellent shooting, and 

 the mutch is very popular with one and all. Mr. W. II. Harrison, 

 of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, leads in the first class 

 with (lye clean scores, or the highest possible score in (he match, 

 namely, 300. He also eclipsed last month's record. This last week 

 ho made thirty-one consecutive bub's-eyes, which outranks his 

 last month's Ehootiug, when he had twenty-six consoeui ive bull's- 

 eyes. He made the best possible 39, ami followed it with three 

 clean scores, which is by far the best record ever made in the gal- 

 lery, Mr. E. A. Pollard was also successful this last v. i n gi t- 

 ting a clean score. He madegthirteen consecutive bull's-eyes 

 This is the first, time Mr. Pollard was ever sueeesi fnl n. jetting ii 

 clean score, although making ISA's with apparent ease. In the 

 second class Mr. L. W. Farrar heads the list with 103, closely fol- 

 lowed by Gordan McKonzic with 191, and Messrs. W inship and 

 Swift with 1SB and lav respectively. The shooting is of the highest 

 irder, and will rank favorably with any of its predecessors. The 



3 standing of th' 

 ndsH; possible 40; five 



FIRST CLASS. 



veral c 



res to 



npetito 



i to date; 150 

 sibleliUO:— 



SECOND CLASS. 



C.R'. Curtis., ,,.'..".'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' '...'..'.'.' 31 31 31 ill -j'i 170 

 Geo. E. ltAYMtutM, .Manager. 

 Button April Wth. -The second competition In the new Every- 

 body's match, No. 2, took place to-day at Walnut Hill. The at 

 tendance was fait' and the spectators numerous. Among them 

 was Mr. Clements, from Augusta, Me. The day proved one ol 

 the most disagreeable of the season, owing to I he high wind 

 whit h prevailed. It was thoroughly fickle, vasei.Uating from 7 to 

 10 o'clock, and requiring from two to flv.e pointe Of windage. En 

 tact, most of the marksmen were beaten by it- Force ' 



was also a drawback, ns its intense brightn 

 which danced before (lie targets in a per 

 entries were consequent l.i not SO targe, tti I 

 ammunition for better conditions. Mr. C 

 controlled the gale and made the largest 

 which was a brilliant achievement for the i 

 his military rifle, also made a capital sho 

 poiuts being added for a handicap, as it is t 

 According to the conditions of the ma 

 i ■ .-.; first score before 3 o'clock, for v/1 

 The best scores arc given, as follows:— 



O.M.Jcwcll 5 5 5 



W. Charles (mil. 1 5 5 8 



E. P. Richardson 4 5 6 6 8 5 5 5 



J. B. Osborn 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 



J. H.Williams (mil.) .4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 



J.Nichols 54445454 



J. Borden 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 



H.Tyler trail.)... 4 4 5 4 5 5 3 4 



C.H. Pratt 4 5 " 



idueed a mirage- 

 g manner. The 

 ■reposed to save 

 !W[ 11, UOWai er. 

 IP out, of the ."ft, 



r. Charles, with 



vith his IS. two 

 in OS6 this arm. 



5 4-4S 



4 5— IB 



5 5-45 

 5 5-45 

 4 5-45 



A. L. Burt 8 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 -f— 10 



The Association's long-range handicap match begins WliIuos 

 day, April 1 4th, and will continue on successive Wednesdays until 



dosed by the 

 and 1,000 yards ; 



rdgo 



Co 



ounds, 15 

 peri tors t 



ith 



213, will be allowed on each 



record above 205 will be allowed ten point 



in excess of expenses will be divided i: 



awarded to the competitor 



scores. First prize, 40 pel 



third, 25 per cent. No com petit 



lice. Open to all comers : sun, ',100 

 eh distance. Pool shooting at 800 

 i record of 300, but not excoeding 



ith no 



eeciv, ti 



i, to bo 

 if three- 



best aggregate 



ass; second, 30 per ecu 

 3 reckoned in which il 



•e not paid in. Entry fee, for memhers, $1; non- 

 members, $1 25. 



The Boston Galleries, April mth— Better shooting has never been 

 done at the Magnolia Gallery than during- the past week. Mr. 

 Hollis has added three more clean scores to his already tine 

 achievement of six full scores, giving him a total up to to-day In 

 the fourth week of tho Classified Match of nine clean scores. 

 On Monday Mr. Hollis made 37 bull's-eyes in succession, the best 

 shooting by far ever done in the gallery. Mr. HaU has already 

 placed to his credit seven clean scores. Mr. Smitli has made fiyo 

 clean scores. In the second class Mr. Lawrence has the lean. 

 Distance 100 feet, rounds 10:-- 



First, Class. 

 F.HoUis 1501 N.James 14- 



F.Hall - 1511 K Wallers T'llS 



J. M, Smith 1511 | J.W. Frost ' HI 



W.Henry 140 J. K. F. Schacf er fill 



C.D.Hariison 143 | C. Underbill '. jag 



4 Class. 

 S.Fo; 



H.Lawrence 



W. H. Farnham.. 



E.J-'. Brooks 



A. B. Thomas 



E. Scares 



J. J. Ross 



(J. ('.Pratt . 



F. W. Farrar 



. 141 



Third CUus. 



O. A. Gross 



P.. James 



T. 0, Cornell 



R. linker 



A. L. Howe 



G.C. Author 



141 



141 



...140 



B. Davies 147 



B. Taylor 



P. D. Swift 



A.J.Green 



J. Anderson 



W F. Savage 



F. Dudley 



At the Mammoth Rifle Gallery the new Classified Match has . 



... 131 

 . . . . 180 

 . . . . 120 



e excellent sli 

 all. Mr. W. H. Harrison, 

 leads in the first class v 

 score in the match, na: 

 tive bull's eyes. Last 

 standing of the sevora 

 150 feet ; five scores to 



riling, and is 



Mth I 



if the 



tely-,800, Last week he made 31 eonseeu- 

 nonlh he hud 36. The following is the 

 L-ompelitors lo date, rounds S, possible 40; 

 lin, or possible 200 :— 

 First Class. 



. 40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



Tolal. 

 200 



L. W. Farrar 



Gordan McKenzie Ml 



P. A. Winship 188 



P. D. Swift 1S7 



N. S. James 182 



F.W.Sharon 1711 



0. O. Pratt ... 178 



H. O. Pratt 177 



Second Class. 

 E.Shu 



way. 



G 'orgeEstes.i 

 A. C. Staples . 

 H.C.Smith 

 Win. R. Spark, 



Ceo. D. Elisor, 

 C. U. Curtis. . . 



latent Rifle Association 



Jassified " series al Ilelte- 



Bellkvue Range. The Metirord Ai 

 held their fourth competition in their " 

 vue Range April 8th. The weather com 

 were 191 entries, Mr. If. Kimball heading the list with a score of « 

 out of a possible 50. Appended are the scores :— 

 H. Kimball... 



Re-entry 



N.P.Ames 



H. Davis 



■.-'-■: .-. 



!.B ■■ ssell 



Re-entry 



J. A. Henderson 



Re-entry 



A. B. Archer 



Re-entry.. , 



J. Edwards 



Ke-entry 



1-1. .fames. 



Re-entry 



A. W. Webb 



Re-entry 



W.Lewis' 



.1. Eastman 



■I. E. liiehartlson 



Re-entry 



F. A. Winship 



W. P. Me'tealf". . '.'.Y. '.'.'.'.'. " 

 J. W. Vinina 



Re-entry.: ....'.'.'.' 



J. S. Bennett 



A..T. Greene 



R. Sherman 



Mr. H.Kimball won the 

 in the second, and N. P. An 



The WAKEjriEt.D Kanob— The 

 gun " series of the Wakefield Air 



.44545 



...,4 4 4 4 5 5 6 4 



3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 



14 4 5 5 4 4 5 



5 5 5 



4 4 4 



4 4 4 



4 4 4 



5 5 4 5 4-47 



5 4 4 5 4-45 



6 4 4 ,j a— 15 

 5-15 

 5—14 

 5-45 

 4-43 

 5-14 



4 4 44 



' 5-44 



4-42 



5— 44 



5-43 



4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 



5 5 4 4 4 4 



4 4 



5 5 4 

 4. 1 4 

 5 5 4 

 5 i 5 „ 

 4 4 5 4 6 



3 a . 



5 5 4 



-M 



4—43 



4 4-13 



4 4-42 

 ■t 4—13 



5 4-43 

 5 4-42 

 4 4-41 

 4 4—42 



4 4-13 



5 5—12 

 " 4—13 



4-41 



5 41 



- 4-11 



- 4 5-30 



evolver In the first class, C. H. Itusscll 



ss in the third class. 



th competition In the '-shot 

 r Rifle Association was shot 



4 



1 



4 



4 5 



4 4 4 



large number of riflemen present, line hundred aud fort' 

 were made, and below are given fourteen of tho best scor 

 David Ogilvie 4 5 5 4 5 



Ke-entry 



Simon Paul.... 



He-entry 



E.F.Brooks.... 



Re-entry 



D. H. Walker... 



He-entry 



Thomas Cttnn... 



Re-entry .. .. 

 George Cheney. 



Re-entry 



S. B. Dearborn . 



Ite-ontj ■■ 



...i 4 4 

 ■ 

 4 8J 



i 5 5 4 33 



4 6 5 4-82 



5 5 5 5-33 

 I J 5 .1 111 



6 5 1 4-B1 

 1 1 5 5-31 

 4 5 5 4-31 



■ i •' jjo 



■ : ■ i 

 4 4 -1 4 38 



4 5 5 3-ao 



■ I Ifl 



5 4 i 4- 20 

 4 4 3 4-20 



,( "-» -- 4 



Qardn® -. -5ie:|-,-/i2«/).— Following are the Scores made by mem- 

 a-i-s of the Gar. iner ritle club „t Hackmatack range to-day, two 



