June 17, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



397 



A Good SCOHE.— S(, lawn,. Mo., Jam- lit)/.— Ai the ■ 

 tournamont, hold at Macon, Mo„ June lstto -t t, 1 1 , PaulIfancKe, 



i the ■ 



of St. Joseph, Ho., and 'i.e. 



fifty birds each, ground traps, 



Fraucke scoring thirty-seven 



Pierce's three lost, two [ell ijeai 

 ol actual killed birds forty-niii, 

 equalled in uny public match 

 dark -and gloomy, and u gale bl 

 scores. Ttie birds were first-el 

 Fierce had never shot under similar < 

 whoisoncof the best amateUi SB --i: 

 his usual good work. 



Cmoo Tochnamknt.- O,;..,,, CaJ„ Man "2d —Tournament of 

 Butr.c County Sportsmen's Club ; shot from three plunge trap?, 

 live yards apart ; "1 yards rise ; double birds from three traps ; 

 19 yards risc-:- 



J1RST DAY'S SCORE. 

 First Team 



Sis, shot a match at 



rules, Ihirty yards rise, 

 •ee forty-seven birds, or 

 i ul A ■.. making his score 

 fly. This has never been 

 orhl. The day was very 

 v across the traps away from tho 

 and hard to see. 



tate, was not up to 



N. 13. Scott 



J.T. Mcintosh. 

 J.Crothers.. .. 

 K. M.Sheplar .. 

 A. L. Thiol.. . 









....12 

 ....1(1 

 ....10 

 ...1! 

 ....10 



W. J. Morgan . . . 



F. M. Jackson... 



G. Winans 



C. L. Denman.. . 







....11 



.. 5 

 ...10 



C. Cochran 



J. Parrot t 



.1. Anderson..,. 

 K. Robins 



R. M. Cochran, 









Seonwi Team. 



...1(1 R. ft. Murdoek.. 

 ... 11 1 L. A. Spnrgeon . 

 ... 8 1 J. A.AHobinsor 

 . ...10 T. H. Bernard... 

 ...,10 1 N. 1). Rose 







....11 



.... 9 



...11 



R. F. Doekery. 

 Sam Davis.. . 



H. Rogers 



Col. Earnest . . 

 B. Dorsetl 









Third Tami. 



11 | J. Spurgeon 



...,12 I C. R. Swain 



.... SIR. Poolo 



....10 Dr, RUth 



. -ll| P. Hensbaw 







....10 

 .... 6 

 .... 8 

 . .. , 11 

 ...11 



W. T. Sheldon.. 

 G.S.Q'itnoy- . 

 J. a. Walker... 



F. Maskey 









... Ill Geo. Stevens..., 

 . . n 1 W. B. Berber., . 



...11 ' Geo. Muller 



. .12 L. Hose 







... . V 

 .... 8 

 ....12 

 ...10 



Ties of 18 shot oft 



._ 



SHOOTING OFF TIES. 









N. B.Scott 



S.Davis 



N. n. Scott 



F. Masker... . 



V, Maskey 





11 

 01 



11 

 11 



111 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 



01-5 1 F. Maskey 



01— 1 1 Geo. Muller 



11-8 1 Geo. Muller 



10-5 



11-5 | Geo. Muller 



.. 11 

 .. 11 



.. n 



.. ii 



01 

 10 

 10 



00 



11-5 



11—5 

 11—5 



11-4 



In shooting i 

 bounds, five mil 



don's lour. Th 



11 ties 



Of 



11, Ihr 



ee pairs, IS yards 

 Parrott won, kilii 

 s of live, same dis 



I'/lK 



Unlet 



100 



yards 



Shel- 



inby 



won 



Private Double Bird Match; 10 pairs; IS yards rise; 100 yards 

 bounds ; five minutes to retrieve in :— 

 F. Maskey 11 10 11 10 11 11 01 10 10 11-15 



N. B.Scott. ,. 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 01—16 



—Address all communications to "Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



PROFESSIONAL RIFLEMEN. 



June 7th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : — 



Your number of June 3d contains -what seems to be an 

 open letter, addressed by Capt, Wm. H Jackson, of 

 Boston, to the President and Directors of the N. R. A. 

 concerning the status of "professionals" among rifle- 

 men. 



Even at the risk of seeming ungenerous in attacking 

 the position of Capt. Jackson in the absence of that 

 gentleman on his honorably won mission to Ireland, I 

 trust it will be permitted to one who is not a " pro- 

 fessional" to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the 

 gallant Captain on the eve of his ocean voyage, and to 

 observe that this new champion of _ professionalism 

 ingeniously contrives to give the discussion a wrong twist 

 tag the growing movement to the jealousy of 

 those poor shots whose honors are diminished by the 

 success of the " cracks," and who are not willing to 

 deserve their much-coveted laurels by exertion, abstemi- 

 ousness aud right living. 



Capt. Jackson must pardon me for saying that the 

 " jealousy " on our part, of which he complains, is of A 

 far different kind— it is alrin to the legitimate jealousy of 

 the true sportsman toward the pot-hunter, of the gentle- 

 man Oarsman, cricketer or athlete against those who 

 make a trade of their skill. 



Fortunately, however, the parallelism between thoFe 

 sports and ours does not hold altogether true. While the 

 gentleman amateur no more dreams of competing in 

 public with Courtney or O'Leary than he would with 

 Ryan or Muldoon, yet, thanks to grateful and healthful 

 habits of self-denial, of abstemiousness from wine and 

 tobacco and of parity of life, a goodly number of us 

 gentlemen, with but a tithe of the opportunity for prac- 

 tice, and at a sore cost to our purses, too, have attained 

 skill before the butts equal to or surpassing that of the 

 " professionals," as we have shown on many a field. Do 

 the recorded scores, in open matches, of such gentlemen 

 as Lauritzen, Sumner, Oerrish, Scott, Bruce, Brown, 

 Blydenburgh, Wilder, Burnside, Washburue, Helph, 

 D.wightj Dart. Harkness, Lamb and Laird suffer by com- 

 parison with those of the long-range pot-boilers ? And 

 have these, and a host of other and -younger gentlemen 

 marksmen, ever hesitated to meet the " professionals "on 

 a field where individual skill and nerve stand an equal 

 chance with the best 2 



Our simple claim is that, as undoubted gentlemon 

 amateurs, paying for our own amateur ranges, our guns 

 and our powder and balls, we have a right to choose the 

 company in which we amuse ourselves. We do not clasp 

 the book agent, the. map peddler or the lightning-rod 

 man to our breasts in ecstatic fraternisation, Why. then. 

 the gun-tout? We think that the drummer should be 

 left to himself and the amateurs to themselves. We 

 have a decided objection to seeing the mug-hunter travel- 

 ling about at the expense of goo linns, to advertise his 

 employers' arm if successful, with the aid of confidential 

 button-holing and friendly price lists forced upon us, in- 

 to turn the air blue with excuses and explanations if he 

 comes in second to a supposed smoking, drinking and 

 roystering amateur, The fault is ours that he has not 

 been barred from our own ranges and prizes long ago; 

 and, on the/principle of "better late than never," we 

 claim that it be done now. 



Capt. Jackson adroitly contrives to throw a little, very 



little, dual, not " mud," in the eyes of those who seek a 

 wholesome definition of professionalism by picturing 

 the possible exclusion of Mr. Rigby, under the ; 

 rule, as the inventor of a breech-loader gun. But, 

 breathing this arl I'ul dust .aside, do we not bod a wide 

 difference between the wealthy manufacturer, employing 

 hundreds of artisans in vast works, where the making of 

 a special long-range arm is but an accidental feature, 

 and the strolling salesman, the gun peddler, hired to 

 shoot in almost daily matches all over the country. A 

 sound definition, which will hit the professional drum- 

 mer accurately, will not touch such a gentleman 

 amateur as Mr.' Rigby most certainly is. 



Perhaps, in time, the gun-makers will realize the bad 

 effect of hiring gun-peddlers to shoot and vend their 

 arms in the public ways. Perhaps they will come to 

 understand that, in the hands of amateurs, the good 

 weapon will do as good work as in the hands of the 

 strolling advertiser, and with far more credit to the 

 maker. For we, the gentlemen, shooting only [ox health 

 and recreation, as a relief from tougher labors of the 

 brain and hand, know and appreciate the merits of a 

 trustworthy rifle without the aid of unseemly blatberskit- 

 ing before the butts. 



If unapproachable excellence in rifle-shooting were 

 only attainable by combining it with the functions of 

 the tout, there might be some excuse for the existence 

 of the happily very limited class of prostituted marks- 

 men to whom we give the name of " professionals." In 

 such case, with a sufficient number of gun-dealers behind 

 to back them up and furnish the needful funds, we might 

 in time see a distinct class of purely professional matches, 

 or championship belts and purses', perhaps, or somewhat 

 of that kind, shot by trained experts. But, fortunately, 

 there is no ground for fear that rifle-shooting will reach 

 such a pitch of professional excellence, or that some 

 Haulan, Bogardus or Schaefer of the long-ranges can 

 ever so fortify his skill that it may not be over-matched 

 on the morrow by some gray-eyed tyro, fresh from the 

 brain-work of the study or counting room. 



My identity ia known to the editor of the Forest and 

 Stream ; but lest Capt. Jackson might regard this as a 

 harsh reply from a friend, who truly admires his many 

 sterling qualities, it is best that he should know me 

 merely as one who, althoughnot a prize- winner of renown 

 as he is, has shot side by side with and beaten professionals 

 more than once, and who, so far as a disposition to enjoy 

 the gentlemanly sport is concerned, is thoroughly in 



Ears est. 



June 2d. 

 TT seems a very inopportune time to g-o into a live discussion of 

 -*- tho question of professionalism in riflo shooting, when we are 

 about leaving for Ireland to represent America generally, with- 

 out any question of amateur and expert coming into the compo- 

 sition of the team. But as the discussion has been officially opened 

 by the resolution of the Board of Directors N. R. A., it is prop, 

 thatthere should be a general expression of opinion. I suppose 

 that there will be an act of prohibition ot some sort passed to cut 

 outthoBewbo, it would seem, in the opinion of notu few shooters, 

 come to the ranges with the sole purpose of discouraging all rifle 

 shooting, while certain presumably rich companies are pre- 

 sumably paying these individuals to encourage the art and prac- 

 tice of rifle shooting. The feeling of antagonism to professionals, 

 so-ealled, I acknowledge is a very strong one, and under oui 

 democratic plan of crushing the rights of the minority under the 

 whim of the majority, I suppose we will have to abide by some 

 prohibitive rule or other. The right and wrong of the subject U 

 one thing, and probably enters very slightly into the questlou in 

 the minds of the major portion of those who are so noisy in the 

 discussion. There are life members of the N. R. A. who would 

 probably come under the bau as professionals. By a clause of the 

 constitution all members are assured equal rights and privileges, 

 and how it, can be that a life member who was in the employ of 

 a gun houso when ho* joined, and ha 

 now be deprived of his right and previous enjoyments, is beyond 

 my ken. Kvery American team thus far organized has had these 

 gun makers and gun users. There was a time when no objection 

 was made to them, but ii was a time when these gentlemen shot 

 no better than those who followed other callings when away from 

 the range, and no great hubbub was raised about it. 



it would be well, perhaps, in this connection for our N. R. A, 

 committee to go over the record of the English riflo ranges on 

 this question. There are plenty of amateur shooters there, and 

 surely if there wa3 a real difficulty in the way it had been dis- 

 covered ere this, yet we hear of gun shop keepers, of rifle man 

 facturers and all tho grades ot those who would eomo under the 

 proposed America, i rule. 



It is a matter of grave doubt whether the bringiug up of th 

 subject, of professionalism is going to help rifle shooting at at 

 For so many years the ranges have been occupied, and under th 

 rule which would define an amateur in other sports, there is no 

 a si ngle amateur shooter of the target rific in America. Each of 

 these growlers are ready enough to take (lie X or XX which may- 

 come to their hands as a place winner in an afternoon's shoot. A 

 man would need to fly about at a very rapid rate, and have the 

 best of skill and look, to secure enough of these plttati. 

 for the most scanty livelihood. There may bo a time wl 

 liberal prize lists, such a professional rifleman may arise; but it 

 is legislating for the dim futurity to pass any rules on tha 

 jeet now. But the principle is the same, and if the rigorou 

 that to touch money as a reward for rifle shooting is to be r, 

 e,l as a crime, then the list of criminals is a very large on, 

 tlicarmy ofolfcuders, by willif not by deed, as wide as the 

 of rilleiuui. If Is evident, that rifle shooting is to be 8M< i/n/i, 

 the list of sports. It is not a sport In the ordinary applicat 

 that word, and must bo studied and legislated for without n 

 notion Lo bind it to such codes as apply to other field sports, 

 thing is certain, that no committee of the N. It. A. can fn 

 rule out of which there wffl not be many loopholes, and which 

 Will not be found to operate harshly in some instances. Il is a 

 clumsy practice to reach particular eases by general rules, and 

 this will form no exception. A carping, fault-finding spirit on 

 he part of some may force what should be the highest 



thoiity ii 

 regulations may varj 

 11 drawn with auy so: 

 siou ; Bill n Mile to D, 

 jected to iatci-prctai.i 

 disputes 



no, 



n,l I la- 



ve ry i 



agi 



list lo 



hen foreign visitors come lo on 



i. GiBiqn what ft may, 1 t 



asable as ever to take care of the 



tying for the N. R. A. to onoe moi 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



The Team is Iceland.— The following cablegrams have been 



■■■■--.,- ■',.«'» , ,'tun- 13//i.-Tho arrival of the City of Brussels, 

 with the American Team on board, was reported early tins morn- 

 ing. At 1 o'clock a tender wont off to her. A deputation from 

 Dublin, consisting of Major Leech and Aldermen nan-is, MoTJer- 

 iii, ,i i mi. 1 1 lochrane, arrived at Queenstown on Saturday, but onty 

 Major Leech went oft in the tender. The greeting between tho 

 Major and the ' Old Reliable ' was most cordial. The team reports 

 having had a very favorable passage, with line weather through- 

 out, though some of the members Buffered from sea-sickness- 

 Messrs* fisher, Clark and Farrow rather severely. Messrs. fbown 

 and Rockwell escaped altogether. All are now well. The pas- 

 sengers were transferred to the tender about 5.30, and as the ves- 

 sels parted company good wishes and a hearty cheer from the 

 steamer followed the team. To-day Sir John Arnott entertained 

 lh e American Toam on board his yacht. According to present 

 mentsthe team, on reaching Dublin, will practice at least 

 i B in tho week." 



•' CorH, June V.lt ft.— Tho American Team to-day visited the differ- 

 ent points of interest in the harbor in Sir John Arnott's yacht. 

 The bracing air of Queenstown has entirely dispelled tall traces 

 of illntsa" 



Boston, Mass., June 12(/i.-Thc regular mcet-at Walnut ITill to 

 participate in Everybody's Match, took place to-dav. The at- 

 tendance was not as large as usual. E. F. Richardson took first, 

 position with a good 17, followed by J.S.Bennett and R.Davis 

 with 48 respectively. Mr. Gould, who was holding well, secured 

 from the northwest strong, shifting often 



ml fit-con 

 ultof the 



Dd by r 



The following 



y shows the re- 



.55*5551 



■t 5 5—47 



5 4 4-48 



5 4 5-48 



5 5 5-45 



4 4 4-43 



4 1 5—13 



5 4 5-43 



E. F. RlohardBOl 

 J. S. Bennett ... 



R.Davis 



A. C. Gould 



John Borden... 

 O. M. Howard.. 

 C. Richards 



Mr. Salem Wilder and Mr. J, 8. Sumner, in practice at long 

 range, did some remarkable work, each contestant making 78 at 

 800 yards, 71 at 000 yards, and 69 at 1,000 yards, tieing at the con- 

 clusion with a total of 213 each. 



Juno 17th will be celebrated by the Massachusetts Rifle Associa- 

 tion by a meet at Walnut Hill range, at which competition will 

 be had in ''Everybody's" match, and also in the "500-yard" 

 match. The meeting will open at 11 o'clock a.m. 



Boston, Mass., JunuUth.— Mammoth Ri.ffc GatUry.— The Excel- 

 sior rifle match, which commenced on the 1st, is fast becoming 

 popular with all who practice in this gallery. Mr. E.F. Richard- 

 son tieads the list with 189 out of a possible 200. lie was also nearly 

 successful in getting a eloan score of eight consecutive bullseyes, 

 and receiving the extra prize cr live dollars for tho same. Ho 

 missel his seventh shot, which v- 

 the score with a good 39. For the si 

 been lively, and as the gallery is a cool place. I 

 come popular. Tho subjoined summaiy will 

 the several competitors for the ten cash pri2 



yards; rounds, 



E 



F. Rich-irds 





Canterbury 



Frank Hollis... 



PI 



W. Law... 



U 



>rdon McKcn 



Is 





!' 



P.Twids... 



N 



S. James. .. 



A 



D. Eliot 



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Suumwav... 



LI 



11. Hustings 



Charles B. Otis 



A 



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 37-1S5 

 88—185 

 38-178 

 3T— 178 

 36—118 



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35-175 



34 



lit 



35 



35 



38=-- 174 



34 



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33 



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35-188 



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33 



33 

 33 



34-188 

 S3— 1IS5 



did lino work 

 ng 71 out of a 

 r 15, F. II, Ray- 

 ,, Mr. Kirkwood 43 out of 

 5 out of 90. The above 

 anding of the club, who 

 tent, June 17th, who will 



will open a new 



rant. Entry fee 

 u ts for the first 



O. T. Hart,. 



B. H. Dalv 



A. C. Gooiispced 33 



Medforii, Mtvs., June 12t/i,— The Raymond S 

 about to occupy a new range, and held Its last 

 to-day. A small number of spectators were ii 

 members of this popular club who were pres 

 from tho rotary trap, Mr. W. B. Wetherell bri 

 possible. 75 balls, Mr. Dearborn linding 43 < 

 mond 50 out of 55, J. 0. Smith 58 out of 65, 

 50, S. E. Johnson 52 out of 80, G. H. Fox 6 

 showing is first class, and indicates the Bt 

 will send two teams to the Lynn tourmvo 

 prove formidable antagonists to all somen. 



—The Medford Amateur Ride Association 

 match ul their range Juno 17th. The coudlfini 

 rounds, 10; open to all comers; the. aggregate 

 count as one continuous score, .Medford target ( 

 for members, 25 cents; for non-members, 50 c 

 score each day; re-entries, 35 cents each. 



The Association will be divided into two elassses and handi- 

 capped. At the end of the match the persons in each class, who 

 have won the general prizes the greatest number of times, shall 

 shoot off a score of ten shot?, and those making the best, average 

 over their winning scores will become the owners. 



The Association held the linal competition in the "classified 

 scries "at Beiicvne Range this afternoon. Mr. w. Charles won 

 the general prize in the lirsi class. R. Sawyer it, the second class, 

 aud N. P; Ames in the third class. The following are the prize 

 Winners, togel her w-tth their three best scores :— 



':-- Ctaw— First I'ri/.c-F. Hollis, 48, 48, 48, *S 147. Second 

 Prize-E.F.Richardson, 17. 4,8. 48-143. Third Tri/e-H. Kimball, 

 ' ... . I, i— 143. l'ourth Prize— W.Charles, 48, 48, 48-112. Fifth 

 shorn, 47, 47, -17, M-113. 



J. First Prize-C. H. Russell, 47, 48, -1(1-139. Second 

 ate, 46, 45, 46, 18-130. Third Prize. J. Eastman, 45, 

 Fourth Prfise— B. Whitticr, 44, 47, 45-138. F.fth 

 Prize -D. Abbott, 15, 45, 15-135. 



Tliird Cluss. First. Prize— A. J. Greene, 45, 45, 44—134. Second 

 Prize -A. W. Webb, 44, 43, 43, <3 -183. Third Prize, N. P. Ames, 45, 

 43, 42-129. Fourth Prlze-G. C. Arthur, 43, 42, 43-137. Fifth 

 Prize— W, Lewis, 43, tl, 41-125. 



* Number of points handicap. 



During the lasl competition F. Hollis has v 



ic-.l.B. i 



Prize-W.Ji 



45, 48, *3— II: 



a the 



: clai 



■aie: 



mber of 1 



•al prizo 

 assail In 



nil bo little dispu 

 O rules of gratnt 



m. Rules and 

 te under them 

 iar and e.vpres- 

 Qlhe HrSt suli- 

 sof ways, and 

 u ourselves as 



the second class, ami A. W. Webb in tho thit 

 ten shots was shot by each of the abo\c-nai 

 one making the best average over his Winn 



a class. A sco 

 icd gentlemei 



sional will be fro 

 lotion in nunate 



We will weak,- 



O. IT. Russell, SO; A.W. \y*ebn,35. M r.Franlt Ho 



ons, and was awarded itic ucnm-al prize, a rc\ 







npleasaul. one 



-The Scbuetzenfest is still in progress al I 



scries of glass bull matches. under BOgaTdua 





., 





Classifled aw& p tali - open to all amateurs 



The festival ,- 



ii i i taeif ,doi 



1 ng .. 



next. Monday We will give a full [account 



of it the Julio 





Nick. 



Thursday. „„ „ , , 





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