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[MAY 6, 1880. 



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desire On this part of the Schuetzon Club shooters to meet the 

 crack off-hand men at Creedmoor for a fair, full test of the rifles. 

 This Mr. Donaldson proposes to bring about with his match, and 

 the Board of Directors have asked him to draw up his terms for 

 their approval. 



Now JSMnsB- Brtnton, May 1st.— The season of the New Jersey 

 State KiUe Association was opened to-day on Brinton Ban)? o with 

 the first of twenty competitions for Sharps military rifles, open to 

 members of the association and members of the National Guard 

 of New Jersey. It was shot at 200 yards distance, with military 

 rifles, and was won by Mr. I. L. Paulding, with a score of 42 out of 

 a possible 50 points:— 



I.E. Paulding ., 421 Capt. J. R. Dinman 87 



Col.GE. P. Howard 41 | J. W. Todd S3 



A. J. ni.uk 40 1 D. S. Banks 33 



J). F. Davids 40 I 



Sr.mo day : Ballard match ; any rifle :— 



Dr. J.M.Uart 4 55545544 5—46 



C..T. Falco 5 4544454 5 4-44 



P.H.HoItOD -- 4 44444554 5-43 



T), V. Davids 5 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 4—41 



J.W.Todd 4 45444444 3—40 



P.B 



Wafkiiwion, D. C, May 1st,— The third spring match Tat 800, 900 

 and 1,000 yards was shot at Bennings to-day by the Columbia Ride 

 Association, under trying conditions as to light and wind, and 

 scores, which to the uninitiated should have been high in the plea- 

 Bant May weather, were pulled down below the averages, to the 

 chagrin of the six marksmen who entered for the contest. The 

 west wind varied three points or more in both direction and 

 force, ond at the first two stages required much judgment to 

 counteract its vagaries, while thin clouds, deepening into a gray 

 sunset, accompanied by faUing temperature, made elevations un- 

 certain. Although the corporal's guard of competitors was made 

 up of redoubtable " cracks" like Col. Burnslde, Mr. Lauritzen and 

 Dr. Scott, and promising beginners like Walter Scott and Mr. 

 Adee, yet all were more or less baffled by the shifting ele 

 the Colonel's old-time skill as a bad- weather shot giving h: 

 least unfortunate outcome, as shown by the record printed be- 

 low. His clean score at 800 yards deserves the highest praise, as 

 won in the teeth of most perplexing conditions of mirage and 

 wind. At 900 yards Dr. Scottshot in good form, and came out best, 

 With 69 to his credit, including a string of eight white owls ; while 

 at the longest distance Mr. Adee's luckily steady elevations gave 

 him the advantage— his fifteen shots, without ohange of vernier, 

 ranging within eighteen inches of vertical deflection, giving him 

 a creditable 69 and the second prize on the aggregate scores. The 

 leading shot-f or-shot tallies were as follows :— 



( 800 5 555 55 55 5 55 55 55—75) 



Col. J.O. P. Burnsides 900 3 '45555345 5 5 5 5 4—67 i-209 



(1X00 5 2 3545554555 4 5 5-67 ) 



I 800 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 5-66 ) 



•J 900 3 453 5 44355545 5 5-65 V 200 



(1,000 5 5 5455355 5 5345 5-69 i 



i 800 555545645435555-70) 



{ 900 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 3 5 4 -lit' -200 



(1,000 4 3455 3 30555455 5-61 1 



Walter Scott, 67, 04, 67-198, with a miss. 



Ohio.— Ctxci'mioti, April Yilh — The following is the score made 

 by the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club in the thirteenth 

 competition for the Baker medal; distance, 200 yards; position, 

 off-hand ; 15 shots at Massaohuseits-Creedtnoor targets : — 



Nameii. Mass.Creed. 



H-Sticklca.... 11 9 1110 10 10 10 S 12 10 10 6 11 9 10 147 63 



L. Fender 7 11 9 10 8 8 1110 9 8 10 11 811 9 140 64 



M. Gindeliu... 7 10 8 11 9 7 18 9 9 10 12 9 12 9 8 140 63 

 G.Hensen ... 8 12 9 8 9 9 12 11 9 11 9 6 8 10 8 139 63 

 J.K. We-don. 3 8 8 7 12 10 10 9 10 ~ 

 M.Doughman 7 11 7 1110 11 9 12 8 



Bennett 10 10 9 5 8 9 8 8 



O. Topi 9 10 9866 10 60 



W.Hall 10 5573 10 579 



A. A. Adee.. 



Dr. S. I.Scott.. 



6 U 10 12 9 137 63 



9 9 7 7 11 135 64 



6 8 12 10 10 123 55 



9 10 7 9 7 115 52 



10 9 7 6 96 49 



C. 



Ohio— Ashtabula.— Spring tournamentof the Ashtabula County 

 Rifle Club. The attendance of sportsmen from abroad was very 

 good and among them were some very flue shots. No score was 

 kept the first day. On the two last days some excellent shooting 

 was done. The three best counts of those days gave a total of 

 377, and 372 for 100 shots, and 325 for 90 shots, out of a possible 500 

 for 100 shots. 



Wednesday, April 14th. Thursday, April 15th. 

 123456789 10 123456789 10 



N. B. Tyler .... 14 18 19 15 19 23 16 20 16 16 18 20 20 19 21 18 21 21 17 21 



W, A. Birchard. 14 16 16 13 17 15 '.0 19 IS 18 13 .. 



R-C.Riee 1»20 181818 1619 14 .. 18 17 20 19 1913 1616 



"W. Bronson.... 21 18 11 10 14 14 SI 11 IT 19 15 17 16 18 2120 1917 20 



H.V.Perry ISO . 17 14- 18 20 18 1621232018 .. .. 



G.W.Beckwith IT 13 .. 13 .. 181511 1812 



E. Rawdon 17 18 14 .. D 17 17 17 ..14 .. .. .. 



P. Barber 20 Id : "■ ].■ "' ! i , :, i, I. i ■ '.'.: v ■■_ -: it: r ri ;, 



S. T. Fuller 10 .. .. II 16 14 12 15 17 .. .. 15 . . 14 16 18 .. 11 



P. Hall 19 18 IS 13 IT 16 11 .. 2016 1219 



F. B. Peek, New Lynne, made a score of 13 in 4th match on 

 Thursday. 



National Guard Practice, 1880.— Gen. A. C. Barnes, General 

 Inspector of Rifle Practice, S. N. Y., has prepared his orders for 

 the instruction of the National Guard in rifle practice during the 

 coming season. It will be conducted according to Upton's Tac- 

 tics and Wingate's Manual, but wherever there is a conflict be- 

 tween the two works, the Tactics will govern. Every enlisted 

 man of the infantry and cavalry, and of the artillery, when the 

 latter is armed with carbines, will be required to practice on the 

 range at least once during the season. The days for practice wl'l 

 be designated by the division commanders, subject to the follow- 

 ing provisions; 1. Shooting in each division will begin with 

 marksmen's day, W hich will be devoted t^ practice for the marks- 

 men's badge. Only those who won the trophy Inst year will be 

 permitted to shoot for the decoration on that day, and those 

 who win it again will not bo required to practice at the other 

 ranges. Failing to win the trophy, the competitors must take 

 their place to the third class (and begin again. 2. Commandants 

 of subdivisions will parade their respective commands, except 

 the marksmen, at the range for practice in the third and second 

 classes, on days specified by the division commander. They are 

 admonished, however, not to convey moro men to the. range at 

 one time Hutu accommodations are provided for. File and volley 

 firing by squads, platoons and companies will follow class-shoot- 

 ing on these days. 3. Those who are absent on the first general 

 practice day will be ordered out on a "second occasion. Those 

 ivto have qualified in the second class on the first general prac- 

 tice day, may, if they choose, shoot for the marksmen's badges 

 OH llrt uiy, and those in the third class may shoot for places In 

 the second das* at the same time. File and volley firing will also 



:ti. Marksmen of 1S7«, who are unable to 1" 

 the range on marksmen's day, will be permitted lo shoot before 

 the firs! general practice day in approved matches wherei 

 conditions are precisely similar, but they must furnish their 

 transportation and ammunition. Every m 

 the weapon be carries to the range, unless it 

 deranc the Inspector of Rifle Practice 



The ra i ; severs) classed mustsiiuni 



i the 



t shoot wnh 

 fluently eon- 



.--,-;-, I., 



iit-l qualify* 



ing score made. No officer or roan will be permitted to fire more 

 than 10 shots at the same distance in a single day. One company 

 officer at least from each company on duty must be present on 

 each pract toe day, b nd when i wo or more companies aro ordered 

 out, a Held officer m list be present. 



Australian Riflemen.— The rifle organizations of Sidney and 

 Melbourne have now a new associate in the South Australian 

 National Rifle Association, of Adelaide, tho first annual report 61 

 which is at hand. The hody was formed under the Rifle Compa- 

 nies' Act or 1F7S, hi February, 1879, and during the past year or- 

 ganized several matches. The first annual prize meeting was 

 held at Ihe Granville Ranges, Semaphore, Oct. eih-KUh last. The 

 targets and marking are quite unlike those in use at Creedmoor 



,ud the rules 

 meeting pro- 



ana at Wimbledon, andv 

 are very strict to mark.' 

 gramme a company mi 

 match with forty-seven, and a short-range match with sixty com- 

 pel if ors, a " Merchants' " match at 4ii0 and 500 yards, a contest f or 

 the S. A. K. R. A. championship, over six ranges; the Nursery- 

 Stakes and the Consolidated Stakes. The local volunteer forces 

 have become interested in the Association, which bids fair to be- 

 come a power in the rifle shooting world. 



London, May 1st— Bell's Life says : "John William Oakdc-n, nine- 

 teen years of age, the champion 500 yards shot of England, chal- 

 lenges any man in tho world to shoot forty shots, distance BOO 

 yards, at a target four feet, in diameter, with an eight inch bulls- 

 eye; or he will give eight points out of eighty shots for .€250 a 

 side and a hundred guinea challenge cup. no will give or take 

 £50 for expenses to any part of the world, Bell's Life to hold the 

 stakes and appoint a referee." 



fncJiimg mid (^muteing* 



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 Publishing Company, New York." 



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FIXTURES. 



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Atlantic V . C. ".■• 



[ag Cruise 





■voiiual Begat tn. 

 ni8 Challenge Cup. 

 Annua; Regatta. 



-Soul hen V.C. bin 

 i -Si-awanbaiti 1 Coriu 

 7— Boston i. C. Dnio 

 7-Marhlehead Regal 



•i'l.hiao Raj 



ruithiiirilt.-giilln. 

 Inian .Matches. 

 i Regatta. 





e Y. C. Spring Regatta. 

 iptonsh'p Races, Nahant- 





nVinVlirin i'ru7 : e 



Beverly V. ('. Chan 



pionship Races, Swamps 



3-('aune<.'ongie-s KVgium. l.nke George . 

 4— Canoe Congress Regatta. Lake George. 

 5— Canoe Congress Regatta. Lake George. 

 6— Canoe Congre-s Uegatta, I«ike George. 



14 or 21 -Beve.ly V. C. <>i en Keu-alto, Swampseott. 

 14— Washington Village Y. C. Regatta. 



18— Provineotown V. C. Regalia. 



28— Beverlv v. ('. Chauipion<hip Races, Beverly. 



4— Boston V.C. Annual Regatta. 



9— Provineelown V.C. Fall Regatta. 

 11— Dorchester Y. C. Open Matches. 

 11— Washington Village v. c. Regatta. 

 12— Dorchester Y. C. Open Regatta. 



15 Beverlv V. C. Special, Nn'.iant. 

 —Beverlv V.C. Special. Cotuit. 



9— Washington Village Y. C. Fall Regatta. 



YACHTING- NEWS. 



Gaining Steadily.— That something more than sand-bag rac- 

 ing is to be got out of a small boat is becoming more generally 

 recognized. The Lizzie Warner, Haverhill Y. C., has been s'ven 

 top-side, an over-hanging stern and a cabin, making 

 quite a cruiser out of her and a safer boat than before. 



Haverhill Yacht Club.— Com. Fairfield Harris and other 

 gentlemen have offered a cup to be saded for by yachts of Essex 

 Coniity, the cup to become properly if retained sixty days agaroBt 

 all comers upon six days notice. The first: match for Ihe cup is set 

 down for June 5th. 



■Where is the Cygnet.— Mr. Shepard's sloop, Cygnet, recently 

 cleared for Boston with a crew of two hands. She has how been 

 out over a fortnight and has not been heard from. Probably 

 awaiting fair weather in some small harbor. 

 San Francisco Yacht Cum— In accord with the invitations 

 sued, the fleet of this club opened the season with a cruise, to 

 iiucolito, April 24th. An informal hop was given at the club 

 ouse. It has recently been stated that yachts can be buiil much 

 cheaper iu San Francisco than in the Fast. This is open to ques- 

 tion, taking the finish into consideration. The yawl is still the 

 popular rig on the Pacific. 



lit Yacht.— Reaney and Malster, of Baltimore, aro 

 d headway with the large steam-yacht for Mr. Leon 

 Say. She is 240ft. length over all, 31ft. Sin. beam, and 30ft. depth 

 of hold. Built of wood, the frame of the best Vlrginfs white 

 oak, and the plankings and ceilings of Georgia yellow pine. All 

 the fastenings, from one foot above deep load line lo keel will bo 

 of copper, and 1 he others of gal vanized iron. Sheathing of hard- 

 rolled copper. She will be fitted with a steam steering gear in the 

 pilot-house, ami a screw steering gear aft, with telegraphic eom- 

 ation from the latter to the former. There will be a steam 



:idl:u 



She 



v ill be m: 



iil and v 



]rp- 



rill be a 



rill be the priv 



Abaft : 





elegant style 



saloon there will be a passageway forward to the din 

 There will be four wat.er-tighi bulkheads, and the p] 

 the machinery and saloon 1 



and a condenser for making fresh water, will also be provided for 

 in the hold. The yacht will be propelled by compound engines, 

 baring 2S and 50in. cylinders by 33in. stroke. The engines will be 

 supplied with independent air-circulating and feed-pumps, with 

 boiler of 80 pounds pressure. The engine? arc to turn up to sn. 

 The propeller will be of Brass, with blades bolted to hub, and 13ft. 

 dhira., with a pitch of 30ft. At full speed twenty tons of coal 

 will be consumed daily. The vessel will be completed by the 1st 

 of August. 



New ENGISES.-Clute Bros. & Co., of Schenectady, are placing 

 the engines in the steam-yacht built by Piepgrass, of Grecnpoiut, 

 for Mr. Ed. Balback, of Newark. The yacht is 80ft. long, 13l't. 

 beam, and 4ft. 9in. deep. Compound condensing engines, cylin- 

 ders h and sin. dram, by lOin. stroke. Return tubular boilor 5ft. 

 8rn. diau. and 6ft. 3in. long. Expected speed 14 knots. The same 

 parties are supplying an inclined engine for Mr. Vauderl alt's side- 

 wheel yacht, building at the same yard. Vertical boiler 52in. diara. 

 and 71 1. high. Cylinder 12xl2in. Length of hull 6211.. beam 12ft., 

 depth 3ft. 9in. She is intended for the shallow waters of Great 

 South Bay, L. I. 



Brooklyn Yactt Club— Mr. D. S. nines 13 having a new 

 steam-yacht built by Sam. Pine, of Greenpoint, engines by F. C. 

 & A. E. Rowland, of New Haven. Length 77ft. 6in. on w.L, 84ft. 

 over nil; beam, 15ft.: hold, 6ft.; draft, 4ft. 6in. Cylinders. 111x10, 

 working up to 20(1 revolutions with 125 pounds steam. Propeller, 

 51 1. diam., 6ft. pilch. She will be fitted up with the usual number 

 of saloons and conveniences, the joiner-work by Yandevcer. 



Notes From Boston.— On Tuesday, April 27th, at 1.30 p.m., Mr. 

 Tyler's shooner yacht Caroline slid off the ways among the cheers 

 of an admiring crowd. Tho vessel look water with a heavy 

 splash, the ways being rather short and steep for an easy en- 

 trance. This little vessel is the best of her type built in these' 

 waters, and, according to your correspondent's ideas, will be a 

 powerful vessel. I am sorry that Mr. T. could not lie induced to 

 rig her cutter, for I am Inclined to think that two sticks will de- 

 cidedly detract from her beauty. There arc at. City Point 

 quite a number of keel boats building, among them Mr. Burgess' 

 cmier .Sterpion, and a cutler of 25ft. w. 1., which is a line type of 

 the deep model. A healthy deep-boat atmosphere pervades the 

 yaohting circles here in Boston, and let us hope it will continue. 

 The Sunday Herald made a slip-up, stating that the schooner 

 'Dampest was once owned by Mr. William Little, of the Brmaa, 

 whereas it should have said Mr. Lee, as it is a well-known fact 

 that these vessels were great, rivals at one time, being built by 

 Mr. Harrington, or Bath, and both having the same port of an- 

 chorage during the summer. The Brenda invariably got. the best 

 of the smaller vessel, which, by the way, was not TOf t. long, as 

 the Herald says, but GO or thereabouts. The Teinpcst is an able 

 sea-boat, but has not been seen around Boston for some time. I 

 hear the Breuda is having housing topmasts got. out, as are many 

 of the boats in these waters, which is a good thing, and shows 

 that, yachting men are having their eyes opened to the fact that 

 top hamper is best out of the way at times. Mr. Alphcus Hardy 

 has bought the schooner Panther of Mr. .1. M. Sears, of the Tarn- 

 Unta, Both vessels will make Mt. Desert their headquarters this 

 summer. Flush. 



Tut Gleam.— This steam yacht, recently launched from Her- 



irything 

 lly Willi the 



ed up to 184 

 speed, 

 hts in this 

 ue out this season with a " double head rig." 

 r Cure Effected.— Ourcontcmporary, the Spirit of the. 



rcshoff's yard at Bristol, lias madeap 

 worked to satisfaction. The boiler made 

 dampers partially closed, and the engine; 

 turns. Next trial she will be run up to he 



Compromise Cutties.— At least a score or y 

 vieinity 



Ah'OTt 

 Tillies, has the f oUowing in a recent date :— " 'Tis hard to tell, how- 

 ever, which is tho mostsenselcss, the carryingof II Ions of sand- 

 bags on the weather gunwale, aa,the Dodo would have to do.orlhe 

 dragging of " 3 tons of lead or more," In the keel. It would seem 

 that a compromise between the two styles of model— the English 

 and the American— was somethingjust now much to be desired.'' 

 Exactly, and it affords us pleasure to add so excellent a journal to 

 the list of cured— cured from the hallucination thai nothing can 

 sail unless spread on top the water. One by one our contempo- 

 raries are tacking ship and laying -a course by our wake. Moderate 

 beam, good depth and draft, low ballast, snug rigs and liusli 

 decks— that is the compromise wo want, and the compromise that 

 will produce the best yachts for all purposes, and give the most 

 for the money. As to small, open boats, the sand-hag caricatures 

 are no match for the catamaran, In any respect. The latter should 

 displace the dangerous clam shells altogether, and it is a matter 

 of wonder that this has not been done long ago. The catamarans 

 faster, drier, less expensive to run. Infinitely safer, and of 

 lighter draft. We pride ourselves as a na 

 gresslve, but greater conservatism in flro] 

 extravagant vagary for a vast and palpable improvement, could 

 hardly be cited. The lifu insurance companies ought toinlerest 

 themselves in behalf of the catamaran. They are a perfect gud- 

 eend to open boat sailors, and yet they are notin popular demand. 

 They combine racing qualities and cruising capacity to a much 

 higher degree than the Nellies, Meteti.v, Brown*, Dodo», 

 Ilk, which take a mountain of sand, an acre of canvas, and a frig- 

 ate's crew in balhing duds, to get out or their own way alongside 

 of a Toruufefta or a Gilpin. 



eing pr 



double linings to deaden the noist 

 cis can v S00 tons. Wiitov-iauks, ' 



spy. C '.'. '■ ' 

 of 10,000 trallom, 



THE CRUSADER. 



THE trial of the new schooner Crusader, J. Roger MSXW 

 Esq., A. Y. C, was an event looked forward to with much 

 teres! in the yachting world. A good deal of nonseusc had bi 

 written concerning the new craft, one enthusiast 01 a oontn 

 mind even going so far as to cm 

 thereby raising the ballast some 

 and we believe it was the same 

 dead wood because it was too h 

 its siding size is rather less than 

 been the opinions of such w 

 "Johnny," as lie is more familiarly known— has turned out fl 

 sound and handsome piece of work on the lines supplied by the 



owner, .if which Mr. Maxwell may justly be proud. !Pbi 



|g something Of a departure Irom the old time standard, which 



has about been ridden to death, ami we welcome the change, '.or 



in her we see the birth of an abler style of center-board vessel 



than hitherto the custom. She is, in short, an approximation to 



the pilot boats in general dimensions, though in Ihe marler of 



freeboard she certainly is far ahead of Ibem. She is s.irt. overall, 



, Din. on water line, 21 fl. Tin. extreme beam, with about 20ft. 



■■■. ater-line, oft. 3in. deep, and carries, ai present trim? 



. On Of j -..?,- lead, on a draft of a little over 7ft. Foremast. Tin ,, 



magi rSft,, bowsprib-outboara :sfi,, mniubonm B8£t., luaiu- 



tt a future date we hope to publish the lines and full 



lilaof: ■:■,. • yacht, and at preseni we will limit our attention >" 



. I . E sailing last Saturday. At 3 cm the inw 



i i.-i- into Clearwater. There wereon 

 liout'd, btsiih'5 Ihe owner mid liuihlei. ,., 



ing In her bottom solid, 

 iOVO its present position, 

 'ho round fault with her 

 hen, as a matter of fact. 

 But, whatever may hava 

 Minimi, the huiii 



