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Columbia Rifle Range. — West End,.N. J., Oat. 4th .— 
Two subscription matches were shot to-day. TheJJfirst 
one at 100 yardswas won by J. C. Mallery, oh the score of 
42 out of a possible 50 points, and the second at 200 yards, 
was won by John Cavanagh,. on the score of 33 out of a 
possible 35 points. 
Vermont— Brattleboro, Sept. 18th. —The fall meeting 
of the Fort Dummer Rifle Club was held at their range 
to-day, a goodly number of riflemen and visitors being 
present. A more perfect day for lovers of this sport 
could not be desired, and the following excellent scores 
attest the way they improved it. The first match was Cor 
the “ Hooker medal,” won by Ed. Hawley. We append 
some of the leading scores, possible 150 :— 
100 Yards, 500 Yards. 000 Yards. Total . 
Hawley. 50 45 49 144 
Bishop. 48 48 48 144 
Childs. 47 48 47 142 
Knight-... — i — 49 40 44 142 
Nichols. 45 37 44 128 
Lamb... 40 45 88 128 
Spear. 89 40 87 122 
HOWe . 43 44 34 121 
JPrenoh. 38 42 39 119 
Second match was for “club medal,” distanco 200 
yards ; ten shots, off-hand; won by Mr. Bishop, of South 
Vernon ; score, 40. 
Third match, all comers, distance 200 yards, seven 
shots ; possible 35; military guns allowed two points. 
The following are the winning scores, out of twenty-seven 
entries:— 
Score. Allow. Total 
Childs. 2ft 0 29 
Fairbanks.... 27 2 29 
Applin-,. 27 2 29 
Amidon. 27 2 2D 
Massachusetts— Wakefield, Sept. 21th.— The Wake¬ 
field Amateur Rifle Association held the closing compe¬ 
tition of the. September series to-day ; a stiff breeze blew, 
but a splendid light more than compensated for it: 200 
yards; position, off-hand :— 
FIRST GLASS. 
Score. Allow. Total 
Daley. 31 0 31 
Hannon. 29 2 31 
Putnam. 28 2 30 
Lamb 
Roger Howard.. 
5 4 4 6 5 5 
4445545 
4 5 5 3 4 5 
E. F. Richardson.44 5 5 5 4 4 
6-32 y 
5-31 ( 
4-32) 
‘ -31 V! 
S. Jones.4 4 4 5 5 4 
Daniel Walker..4 5 4 8 5 4 
(44445 
Thomas Caun.. 
Prank Winship.- 
W. Ik Coon. ...4 1 
4-31) 
_ 4-81 
4 4-30 Ul 
4 4-30) 
4 4-31 
o 4-31191 
4 3-29) 
5 5-81) 
6 4-30190 
4 4-29) 
SECOND CLASS. 
14 5 ( 4 6 5 4 4-31) 
.. _.-..4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4-30191 
(4 3 5 4 5 6 4-30) 
15 4 4 4 4 5 5-31) 
- --.-{5 4 4 5 4 4 4—30 1 90 
(4 4 4 4 5 4 4-29) 
4-31) 
4- 29189 
5— 29) 
Medford, Sept. 26th. —There was a small attendance of 
shooters and spectators at the regular meeting of the Ray¬ 
mond Sportsman’s Club, at Bellevue range, owing to the 
fact that the association had entered a team in the glass- 
ball tournament at Weymouth on the same day. Good 
shooting, however, was done by the few riflemen who 
participated in the handicap rifle match at 200 yards, Mr. 
Charles, iti his ten shots at the distance, rolling up the 
magnificent score of 49 out of a possible 00 : — 
W. Charles. 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5—49 
H. Max. 1 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—11 
Medford, Sept. 27th. —The regular meeting of the Ray¬ 
mond Shooting Club occurred to-day. There was a slim 
attendance, but some good scores were made, W. Charles 
leading with a score of 49 out of 50 :— 
W. Charles. 565554555 5-49 
Re-entry. . 1 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5—48 
H. Max.-. 464444444 4-41 
—The regular weekly shoot of the Medford Rifle Asso¬ 
ciation took place at the Bellevue range on the 1st. The 
weather was extremely favorable to line shooting and 
was improved by the marksmen, as will be seen by the 
following scores:— 
H. Kimball. ..5 5 4 
H. H. D. Cushing...-..4 5 5 
P. Hollis . 5 5 4 
E. Whittier. 4 5 4 
H. A. Pickering - -4 4 4 
J.W.Vining. 4 5 4 
A. B. Archer. 4 4 4 
N. P. Ames. 4 3 4 
W. A.Weber.--.. 4 3 4 
4 4 
5 5-48 
5 5 —46 
4 5-44 
4 5—42 
4 4-42 
5 4—42 
4 4 —41 
5 5—10 
3 4-38 
Boston, Sept. 27th. —A large number of spectators wit¬ 
nessed the snooting at Walnut Hill to-day, the event be¬ 
ing the competition in the 200 yards stage of the “ silver¬ 
ware” match. The weather was favorable. There were 
thirty-nine competitors, Mr. W. Charles distinguishing 
himself by getting a clean score. During the afternoon 
a team from the Roxbury City Guards was on the range, 
practising at 300, 400 and 500 yards, in preparation for 
their match with the “ regulars” at Fort Independence. 
The leading scores were :— 
W. Charles.5 5 5 3 5 5 3-35 I C. M. Meigs. 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 — 30 
B. F. Brooks. ...4 4 5 5 4 5 5—32 N. J. Stephens 3 4 4 4 5 5 4-29 
J. Nichols. 5 5 4 5 5 4 4-33 H.Bosooe..38 4 44 5 4-27 
B. B. Souther. ...4 5 4 5 4 4 6-311 
Boston, Oct. 4th. — The riflemen had a pretty good day 
of it to-day at Walnut Hill, though the attendance was 
moderate. The weather was favorable for shooting. The 
result in the “amateur series,” was as follows at 200 
yards ;— 
B. F. Richardson. 545544444 5-41 
E. R. Fredericks . .4 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 4 4—42 
The “ silverware ” match had 23 entries at 200 and 300 
yards. The best scores at each are appended : — 
200 Yards. 200 Yards. 
E. W. McCall... .4 5 5 4 4 8 4—29 | H. Roscoe .4 43 3 4 4 2—24 
300 Yards. 300 Yards. 
N. James . 4 54434 4—28 I E. W. McCall. 3 3 8 4 4 5 3—25 
S. Lewis.4 4 2 4 4 4 5—27 N. JamCB.8 4 4 4 3 3 4—24 
H. Roscoe.4 5 3 4 4 4 2—26 I N. J. Stone .3 3 3 4 3 4 3—23 
Boston, Oct. 3d — Mammoth Rifle Qallery.— The regular 
monthly prize shoot for October lias commenced with 
some very brilliant shooting. Mr. E. F. Richardson was 
nearly successful in getting the extra prize of $20 for 
eight consecutive bull’s-eyes. The prize winners of last 
month's shoot were E. F. Richardson, with a fine score 
of 30; W. H. Harrison takes the second prize with 38, 
outranking Mr. U. A. Pollard, who takes the third prize 
with a fine 88; 150 feet ; rounds, 8 ; possible 40 : — 
E. F. Richardson .. .. . 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—89 
U. A. Pollard.. 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 5—37 
Guo. Bates . 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5—3# 
Isaac P. Gragg. 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4—36 
Mammoth Ripe Gallery.— Boston, Sept, 27th .—'The 
monthly prize shoot is drawing to a closoainl the com¬ 
petition is lively for leading places. Mr, E. F. Richard¬ 
son was nearly successful iu getting the extra prize of 
$30 for eight consecutive bull’s eyes. The following is the 
score ; 150 feet; rounds, 8 ; possible 40 : — 
E. F. Rlohardson.5 5 5 5 45 5 5—39 I E. Whittier.5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5-37 
U. A. Pollard. ...5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5-38 W. H. Harrison..5544455 5—37 
S. B. Braun.55 5 544 55-38 I C. E. Woodbury 45 5 5 4 4 5 5 -ST 
H. A. Pickering.54555554—3S I 0. Edwards . 45555445—37 
GeorgeLumb.. ..4 1 5 4 5 6 5 5-37 I C. Eastwood.5555445 4-87 
Brookfield, Oct. 3d.—Match at glass balls : — 
„H. Griffin.., . 
S. L. Moulton. 8 
H. D. Mathewson.. .. 7 
H. E. Capon . 4 
J. P. Crosby. 3 
H. P. Gerald.3 
H. L. Butterworth 
Albert Shepard 
II. Richards .. . 
H. Herodeen . 8 
J. Middugh 
Heredeen won the shoot off with 11 out of 14. 
Hoplcinton, Sept. 13th. —The Hopkinton Rifle Club held 
a shoot at their range at Claflin’s Grove this afternoon. 
The weather conditions were not favorable, as there was 
an unusually high wind, strong 9 o’clock. At one time 
seven points of windage were allowed. The following 
are the best scores recorded: distance 500 yards ; rounds 
10 :— 
P. W. Smith. 653 5 4 5 455 5—40 
O. C. While... . 4334 8 4655 5-41 
J. Wadsworth. 65243 5 834 3-37 
W.B. ciaflin. 3 0 5 4 4 8 3 5 5 5—37 
Distance 800 yards; rounds 10 :— 
O. C. White. 5345 3 0 5 56 3-38 
P. W. Smith.... 543505535 0-35 
J. Wadsworth. 3 0 8 0 3 0 5 4 3 0-21 
Mr. Wadsworth’s shooting was done with a mid-range 
rifle, with near sight on the grip of the gun. 
Hopkinton, Sept, 25th. —The Rifle Club held a shoot at 
their range at Ciaflin’s Grove last week, with the fol¬ 
lowing results, the conditions being favorable—Mr. Jewell 
using a mid-range rifle in his long-range shooting :— 
r A Snmnor J 900....4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 5 I 
C. A. Sumner. j .4 44645425; 
,3 5 
N. Jewell.. 
53550345-3 
5 445555 5-4 
4 5465455—4 
5645554 5-! 
1900.. . 
1800.. . 
500 Yards. 
O. C.White.. .-. 5 5 
Owen Wood. . 4 6 
P. W. Smith. 4 4 
C. A. Frost.. 2 3 
Connecticut— Collinsville, Sept. 17th and 24tli.— Can¬ 
ton Rod and Gun Club, Riverside range : practice meet¬ 
ing at 200 yards :— 
J lass. 
nth. Mass- 
nun .. - 
Bidwell. 97 
Lewis. 88 
Lauhenstein... 82 
Marks 
24th, 
Hull. 99 
Bidwell. 91 
Lewis . 77 
Lauhenstein..91 
Bridgeport . — In a late issue yon published a fine score 
made by H. Nichols at 200 yards with a Peabody rifle, 
State model, and a good score has been made at 500 
yards, head to the target, with a Peabody rifle by one of 
the same team. On Saturday last some of the" Fourth 
Regiment team went out to shoot over the range for 
practice with a team from Companies B and O, when S. 
G. Kingman, Regimental Inspector, made the following 
scores at 500 yards, allowing for two sighting shots :— 
500 Yards 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 5-49 
500 jaras.. - 545455444 4-44 
Total 93 out of a possible 100. 
State ammunition was used, and no cleaning done. 
Quartermaster D. E, Marsh also at the same time made : 
rnn 8 4 5 0 4 5 4 4 2 4-85 
ynrfls . 4 6 5 5 4 8 4 5 4 5-44 
200 yards.. . 
4 5 4 6 
Bridgeport, Sept. 26th .—The Bridgeport Rifle Club 
held their regular semi-monthly shoot at Seaside range 
to-day. The weather conditions were good, the wind 
light and steady. The following being the best scores : — 
Sharps rifle match; 200 yards 
G. W. Kerr. 1411. McCourt.. 42 
Silverware match; 200 yards :— 
Nichols gold badge ; 200 yards :— 
I. McCourt.. 311 D. E. Marsh.30 
Sharps rifle match ; 500 yards; handicap ; carton tar¬ 
get ; long range, allowing mid-range 3 points and mili¬ 
tary 5 :— 
Allow- 
Rame. Rifle. Score ancc.Total. 
D. N. Conger.Mid-range. 5 4 0 5 6 2 4 4 4 5-45 3 43 
F. W. Peek. Mid-range.5 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 6 4-44 3 47 
S. V. Niohols.Mid-range. 4 3 5 3 3 5 4 4 6 2—33 3 41 
I. McCourt.Military. 4 4 3 4 2 1 5 2 4 4-36 5 4! 
S. H-Hubbard_Long-range... 4 4 4 6 3 3 4 3 4 1—39 — S» 
S. C. Kingman_Military .. ... 342456 242 2—31 5 39 
Ladies’ match ; 200 yards :— 
Mrs. F. W. Peck. 19 I Mrs. I. McCourt . 17 
Mts. S. V. Nichols.. 13 Mrs. John Statelier. 17 
Miss Ellen Huntley. 18 I 
Hartford, Sept 22 d .—The prize shoot of the Hartford 
German Rifle Club took place at Boardman’s Grove at 
the 200 yard range. Marksmen from New York, Phila¬ 
delphia, Bridgeport, New Haven, Meriden, New Britain, 
Collinsville, Springfield, and Hartford were present. 
Out of the possible 75 points in each three shots the fol¬ 
lowing scores were made and prizes taken :— 
Scar 
H. Andrus, Hartford. 70 
O. E. Piilard, New Britain. 70 
John Beutter, Hartford. 68 
-Marks, Collinsville .—.. 08 
L. Yogel, New York. 68 
Score. I 
H. B. Moore, New York-67 S. S. Bumstead, Springfield. 
W. A. Spaulding, Spvlugflold. 67 | John S. Miller, Hartford- ... w 
W. Stein, Philadelphia. 07 O.M. Brown, Hartford... 61 
O. B. Hull, Collinsville.07 F. Renscklcr, New Britain . ISO 
Cuno Helfrleht, Hartford. . 56 I Charles Heroic!, Hartford... 60 
E. H. Williams, Hartford.... 60 J. Fister, Collinsville. 00 
W. W. Tucker, Hartford. 05 C. ltaible, Hartford..56 
Andrew Britt, Hartford...... 65 | 
H. Andrus also took a prize of $3 for making the most 
Prize. 
$20 
Score 
bull’s-eyes during Hie day. Thirty-eight bull's-eye shots 
were paid to the different marksmen with a prize of fifty 
cents each. H. B. Moore received $1 for making the fust 
and E. P. Whitney $2 for making the last bull's-eye. 
Wisconsin— Milwaukee, Sept. 18th .—This forenoon the 
members of the Milwaukee Rifle Club assembled at their 
ranges on the National Home Grounds to engage in their 
annual prize competition. There was but one prize a 
donation by the Sharps Rifle Company—a hammerless, 
mid-range rifle, an arm of handsome proportions. Each 
of the members had 15 shots at each of the ranges of 800 
900 and 1,000 yards, and when the rounds closed, late in 
the afternoon, the scores were as follows :— 
.— , x 800 Yards, m Yards. L000 Yards. Total. 
Johnston. 09 69 67 2«5 
hangs.- ... 65 63 68 1M 
Fielding..-. 59 58 55 172 
Welles . no 59 44 fta 
TOO.. . 70 55 45 170 
Markham.. 67 62 40 i 69 
brake.. 66 65 24 ]55 
Mounter. 61 49 41 151 
ia| e... 55 53 36 144 
Milwaukee, Sept. 26t/i.—At the annual competion of 
of the Milwaukee German Sharpshooters, the following 
scores were made :— 
Union Target.—Rings f of an inch., three shots : Con- 
-rad Stein, 67 ;. Joseph A. Sieler, 62 ; August Engel, 60 ; 
Adolph Fienhold, 58; Stephen Meunier, 57 ; Moritz Cohn, 
57 ; John Meunier, 56; Herman Wesle, 56; Fred Stollberg 
55 ; David Cohn, 54; Charles Roediger, 51 ; M. Hefti, 50’. 
Small Target.—Rings 4 inch., 10 Slots : John Meunier, 
171 ; Stephen Meunier. 154; Oscar Altpeter, 141 ; August 
Engel, 141. 
Turn Target.—August Engel, 36 bull’s-eyes; John Meu¬ 
nier, 23 ; Herman Wesle, 31 ; Stephen Meunier, 19; Moritz 
Colm, 18 ; Conrad Stein, 15. 
Premiuns for first 12 bull’s-eyes—Stephan Meunier, 
August Engel, Moritz Cohn, John Meunier, Herman 
Wesle, and Conrad Stein. 
Premiums for the largest number of bull’s-eyes.— 
August Engel, John Meunier and Herman Wesle. 
Milwaukee, Sept. 27th .—The leading members of the 
Rifle Club were in the field to-day to win the elegant 
Sharps rifle redonated by John Johnson. The competi¬ 
tion was at the range of 900 yards, and the conditions 
were the highest aggregate on two meetings. Though 
the weather was all they could desire, the riflemen 
scarcely reached their average. The fact is, the “ boys ” 
got to • • fooling" and having a good time, and made more 
u 1 agpieB than bull’s eyes :— 
I' 1 . 43433455334645 4-59 
} .. j 5 § 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 3—59 
! ; . 3 » 0 5 4 4 3 0 3 5 5 6 3 5 4—59 
•' h . 33334455335553 3-57 
... 4 4565450053345 4-5 
-dcunu-r .. 2 3 3 0 4 5 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5-5 
I enetration of Rifle Balls.— Philadelphia, Oct. 
3d.—Mr. Editor ;—I see you published my remarks about 
sundry rifle shots made in a letter to you. What I wished 
to show was, that the position of the game affected the 
penetration and result of shot made with the same gun. 
The heavy ball from the Sharps carbine, did not break one 
bear’s bead while in another case an old model Winches¬ 
ter, 27 grs. powder, went clear through a bear diag¬ 
onally. 
On one occasion the latter gun drove a ball from end to 
end of a deer, while at another time it required four or 
five shots at twenty paces to tumble over an enraged buck. 
Any of the shots would have proved fatal. 
in the remarks printed you or 1 omitted to say that I 
tired at the buck, “four or five times.” C. Clay. 
Fort Carleton —Northwest Territory .—The trading 
posts or “forts” which have been in use hy the great 
fur companies of the Northwest for nearly three-quarters 
of a century, and are even now numerously scattered 
over a vast area of territory, notwithstanding their mer¬ 
cantile scope has been so much abridged of late, are not 
necessarily fortified structures, though the largest and 
most important of them invariably are. Any independ¬ 
ent trader’s house, or post, is known as a fort, whether it 
bo a substantial log structure ora miserable “Jean-to.” 
The most important of the Hudson’s Bay Company's forts 
at present is Fort Carleton, on the river Saskatchewan, 
and is thus described by a correspondent:— 
The stores and store-houses of the Company are en¬ 
closed within a stockade between sixteen and twenty feet 
high, and 250 feet square. At each corner are look-out 
towers, and within are posts about three feet from the 
stockade, with stretchers connecting them with it, upon 
which planks can be placed for the mgn defending the 
fort, from which they can see over it. All the forts that 
we have seen are thus stockaded, but none so high or so 
complete as this one. The object of these fortifications 
was not to defend the Company’s employees from attack, 
but, in this case, it was built as a place of refuge for 
the Cree Indians, when attacked hy the Blackfeet, be¬ 
tween which tribes wars were very frequent. 
Zettler Rifle Club.—T he yearly fall shooting of 
the rifle club took place the 7th and 8 th of October, 
at Schuetze Park, Union Hill, New Jersey. Scores next 
week. _ 
Dartmouth Athletic Association.— Fall Meeting, Oct, 
1st and 2d .—Throwing heavy hammer, J. F. Merriam, ’81, 
07 ft. jin; best three jumps, J. F. Merriam, ’81, 27ft. 3 
in.; standing high jump, O. Fefield, ’82, 4 ft.; puttimr 
shot, J. F. Merriam, ’81, 26 ft. 6jin.; half mile run, H.H° 
Parker, ’82, 2m. lJfs,; one hundred yard dash backward 
N. D. Cram, ’81, 16s.; three mile run, H. H. Parker ’82,’ 
17m. 461s.; pole vaulting, F. G. Humiston, ’81, 7 ft. 0 in.' 
230 yards handicap, U. P. Snow, ’81, c. s. d., 254s. ; run- 
urns: Ion tr iuniD. C. R. Webster. ’89, Id ft ri in . 
jmlul, jr., ou, * iu w m.; saejt race, Ju. ±L. Trowbridge 
’81, 381 s.; three legged race, Danfortli and Cogswell, ’8o! 
124s.; throwing base ball, E. L. Guiick, ’83, 373 ft. 94 in.; 
potato race, W. P. Snow, ’81, c. S. d., 5m. 46ls.: 220 yards 
dash, E. B. Condon, ’83, 27Js.; hop, skip, and jump, S, A. 
Barrett, 83, 36 ft. 5 in.; two mile walk, U. H. Brown, ’83 
19m. 40s.: one utile run, H. H. Parker, ’82, 5m. lis.; 100 
yards dash, O. S. Sloane, ’80, c. s. d., 11s.; one mile walk, 
L. E. Brown, ’83, C. s. d., 7m. 54s.; liurdlo race. N. D, 
Cram, 81,17Js.; consolation race, F, L, Coombs,’88, Om. 2s. 
