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Our Candle's Feeble Ray. —A Massachusetts man had 
some boys’ tool-ohests to sell. He advertised them. In 
reply to the notices inserted in one Boston paper, which 
claims to have 140,000 subscribers, he received scores of 
replies. But he didn’t sell a solitary tool-chest. With all 
his other advertising he did not dispose of a single one. 
In our •• Answers to Correspondents ” we once happened 
to casually mention this man and his tool-chest. Now to 
the time required by the Forest and Stream to go to a 
town in the hill country of North Carolina, add the time 
required by a letter to go from that same town to Spring- 
field, Mass., and you have the time elapsing between the 
appearance of that notico in our Answers and the sale of 
the first tool-chest by the Massachusetts man. This is not 
an unusual case either. Here is another one, and there 
are hundreds more of them :— 
Editor Forest and Stream ;— 
To “ T. II.,” Boston, you say : “ You are one of the half- 
dozen men who, of all those we reply to in our answers 
in the course of a year, remember to thank us for our 
pains.'’ Now I am ashamed to say I am one of the 
guilty. But I must now give my best thanks for the an¬ 
swers I have received to two or three questions. I can 
say I have derived much valuable assistance from that 
modest column. In one case I asked for names of works 
relating to one of your States, and, in addition to your 
reply, I received from many publishers and other gentle¬ 
men in New York much Valuable information, advice, 
papers, catalogues, maps, &c., all extremely useful to 
me: and all this I got from one small question addressed 
to your paper. The information I received on that one 
subject- was fully worth to me the cost of a year’s sub¬ 
scription. Hemlock. 
one of the Rod and Gun's losing them first place. The 
teams and their scores were :— 
Phut, Amatuer Team.—Charles, 48; Law, 39; Look, 38; Wilson, 
40: total, 105. 
No. 1 Rod ami Gun.—Buinstoad, 45; Barrett, 44 ; Matthewson, 43 ; 
Van Vlack. 33; total, 165. 
No. 2 Rod and linn. — Mayott, 43; Chapin, 44; Dedrlck, 39; Brad¬ 
ford, 37 ; total, 163. 
Matinard.— Gamer, 39 ; Horr, 41; Conkey, 39 ; Lnmotte, 39 ; 
total, 158. 
Second Amateur.—Bull, 41; Hull, 41; Birnie, 37; Richard, 31; 
total, 150. 
—In the Mammoth Gallery shooting at Boston, J. O. 
Mattoon made eight consecutive bull’s-eyes, anxl pocketed 
the $20 in gold, which is a standing prize for the doer of 
that feat over the 150 feet range. 
Medford," Nov. 21st . —The Raymond Sportsman's Club 
held its usual competition at Bellevue Range to-day. The 
weather conditions were exceedingly unfavorable, both 
for glass-ball and rifle shooting, though Mr. O. F. Bel- 
ohev succeeded in making a clean score in the glass-ball 
match, the result of which is as follows ;— 
We Rotarn 
& 
10-28 
8—26 
9—24 
8-18 
Single 
0. F. Belcher. 
W. B. Witherell.-. a 
IV. Charles. 10 
J. B. Smith. 9 
F. Butler -.-.-. 4 
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Massachusetts.— Boston, Nov. 14f/i.—'The third an¬ 
nual long-range match, between teams of five from the 
Massachusetts Rifle Association and the Walpole rifle 
club took place to-day at Walnut Hill. The shooting, 
by both teams, and at all the ranges, was of a very high 
standard of excellence. The average, for both "teams 
was 208 4-5 per man. Messrs. Brown and Washburn lead 
their respective teams, the former with 218 and the 
latter with 216, for the three distances ; Sir. Brown fur¬ 
ther distinguishing himself by going back to 1,000 yards 
with 150, a clean score, thirty bull’s-eyes in succession, 
to his credit, being the first time that both the 800 and 
900-yard ranges have been captured together by a rifle¬ 
man. The weather favored the sport, notaffording much 
trouble to the marksmen. The light was good, and the 
wind, ranging from “7 o’clock,” at the opening of the 
match, to six, near the close, was quite easily managed 
throughout the day. The result of the match, the third 
defeat the Walpoles have suffered, though in neither case 
have they had reason to feel ashamed of their efforts, is 
as follows, the competition having been governed by the 
usual rules for long-range contests ;— 
MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 
J. F. BROWN. 
800 . 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6—75 
900 . 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5-75 
1,000 . 5 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 6 6—88—218 
WILLIAM OERISH. 
800. 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5—74 
900.. . . 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 3 4 5-70 
1,000 . 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 5-71—316 
SALEM WILDER. 
800. 55555555564565 5-74 
000 . 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 5 4 5 6-70 
1.000 . 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 r 535554 5-87—211 
H. TV LEU. 
800 . 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5-74 
990.. . 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5—73 
1,000 . 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 0 4 5 5 5 4 5 3-61-208 
A. H. ALLEN. 
800 . 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5-69 
900 . 3 5 a 3 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5-61 
L000 . 5 5.5 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 5—69—202 
Total.,. ... . 1054 
WALPOLE RIFLE CLUB. 
N. WASHBURN. 
800 . 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5—74 
900 . 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5-70 
1,000.o 5a 55555555354 5-72-216 
R. S. GRAY. 
800 . 4554 5 555555555 5-73 
WO.. . . 45456555445354 5-68 
1,000. ,.0 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 4 5 5 4 5 5-70-211 
It. h. gray. 
800 . 5 5 4 0 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5-68 
900 . .5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5—71 
1,000 . 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 6 5 5 0 5 4 4 5—65—204 
J, E. MANN. 
800 . 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 5—70 
900 . 5 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 *-«8 
1,000 . 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 8 4 5-67-203 
E. READER. 
soo. . 443453 5 455555 5 5-67 
900 . 4 6 4 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 3-67 
1,000 . 4 5 5 5 4 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 4—66—200 
Total . . . 1034 
Di fterenee In favor of the M. R. A ... 20 
At the conclusion of the firing at 800 yards, lunch was 
had in the “winter shed” at the range, and, after the 
marksmen had arrived in town, a dinner was partaken of 
at “ Jossler’s,” tendered by the Massachusetts Association 
to the visiting team. 
Springfield, Nov. 15th. — This fall field-day of the 
Springfield Rod and Gun Club was a pleasant and suc¬ 
cessful affair, and the crack of rifles was heard from the 
West Springfield range, behind the Beldon House, all 
day long. The contests were all at 200 yards, off-hand. 
In the open-to-all match there were nearly fifty entries, 
for nine prizes, and the winners were : Biunstead, 33 
Charles, 32; Law, 32 ; Hull, 32 ; Barrett, 31; Chapin, 31 . 
Matthewson, 31 ; Bradford, 31 ; Kniel, 30. Iu the am¬ 
ateur match Chapin took first and Branford second 
prize, The team match for $25 was won by the first 
amateur team, a miss of the target in the final shot of 
J. O. Mattoon. 6 
E. Whittier. 5 4 
H. A. Pickering'. 5 4 
E. F. Richardson. 5 5 
IT. A. Pollard. 5 5 
C. Edwards.5 4 
T. D. Parker. 5 5 
A. L. Eames.. 5 5 
5 5 
Connecticut. — Collinsville, Nov. 12th .—Canton Rod 
and Gun Club ; practice meeting at 200 yards, off-hand ; 
three pounds pull; 10 shots. Yery dark weather :— 
Mr. J. F. R. Schaeffer heads the list of riflemen with 
the fine score of 44 out of a possible 50 at 200 yards. The 
result of the riflo match is appended :— 
.1. F. K. Shaefer. 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4-i4 
E. James. 445445444 5—43 
J. R. Tille. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5-42 
E. Bennett . 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5-42 
C. M.Guelti. 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4-42 
J.C. Smith . 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 4-41 
C. P. Gleason . 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 5-38 
A meeting of the Raymond Sportsman’s Club occurs at 
Bellevue Range Thanksgiving Day, when the final com¬ 
petition in the handicap subscription glass-ball and rifle 
matches will take place. 
Hopkinton, Nov. 18th .— At the pistol practice of a squad 
in town styled “ The Vagabonds,” last week, the follow¬ 
ing good scores, at six rods, were made :— 
R. Walton. 4 5 5 5 5-24 I W. W. Smith. 4 3 6 8 5-20 
J. Gregory. . 5 4 4 5 5—23 | 
— The Rifle Club held a match at theirrange atClaflin’s 
grove Nov. 15th. It was a perfect day, the air being as 
warm and balmy as in September. The sky was overcast 
with light, fleecy clouds which obscured the sun, giving 
that peculiar gray light so much desired by riflemen and 
so favorable for good scores. The wind was gusty, indi¬ 
cating 8 o’clock on the dial. There was a larger attend¬ 
ance than usual of both visitors and riflemen. The con¬ 
ditions were 200 yards, off-hand, 15 rounds. The best 
scores are :— 
C. A. Sumner.. 44443534445444 4^-60 
N. Jewell . 43443444544443 3-57 
D. Dorchester. 34345435443442 5-57 
J. M. Webb . 4 3 9 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 3-52 
Owen Wood. 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3-55 
P. W. Smith. 34 3 44434 3 5 4344 3-55 
W. B. Clnflin . 43334433444434 4—54 
O. H. Smith.. 34424433423344 3-50 
Mammoth Rifle Gallery.— Boston,, Nov. 22d .—The 
regular monthly prize shoot is progressing finely, some 
very brilliant shooting being done last week. Mr. J. O. 
Mattoon was successful in getting the extra prize of $20 
for a clean score of eight consecutive bull’s-eyes ; but the 
management still pay $20 for any one who will make a 
score of eight consecutive bull’s-eyes. The following is 
the score—150 feet; rounds, 8 ; possible 40 ; — 
5 5 
5— 40 
6— 39 
5—39 
5-39 
. _ . 5-39 
5 5 5 B-C: 
5 5 5 5—38 
4 5 6 5-38 
Boston, Nov. 22 d .—Pleasant weather greeted the rifle¬ 
men at Walnut Hill, and the two matches of the day, 
the “silverware” competition and the November “am¬ 
ateur series,” had quite numerous contestants. The at¬ 
mosphere and temperature at the range was almost per¬ 
fect ; the light was excellent, and the wind so gentle, 
that it scarcely stirred the flags. Mr. C. R. Griffing in 
the “ Amateur'Series,” scored 41 in his ten shots at 200 
yards. The best scores in the “silverware” match, at 
200 and 300 yards, are given as follows :— 
SILVERWARE MATCH, 200 YARDS. 
E.B. Souther . 4 5 5 4 5 5 5-33 
E. F. Richardson. 5 5 4 4 5 6 5—33 
C. R. Griffing. 1 . ... 5 5 4 4 5 5 5-33 
J. Nichols. 5 4 4 5 4 4 5-31 
E. F. Richardson . . . . . 4 
E. B. Souther. 4 
C. R. Griffing. 3 
5 5 4 4 4 4-1 
4 4 4 5 4 4-2. 
5 4 4 4 4 5-29 
The next competition in this match will occur on 
Thanksgiving Day, at Walnut Hill, The “amateur 
series ” will be contested at the same time, and glass- 
ball and turkey shoots will vary the monotony of the 
occasion. The attractive programme provided for the 
day’s sport will'form a ’fitting finale for the two day’s 
shooting, with rifle and shot gun, announced at the same 
range, to immediately precede it. 
Wakefield, Nov. 22 d . — The Wakefield Amateur Rifle 
Association have completed a new winter shed at 
their range, and Thanksgiving Day there will be a series 
of contests, lasting all day. In to-day’s competition the 
following results were obtained at 200 yards : 
FIRST CLASS. 
Roger Howard.. 
4 4 4—32) 
3 5 5 4 4 4 
5 4 4 4 5 4 
4 4 4 5 5 5 . 
4 5 4 5 4 4 4 
4 4 4 5 4 4 
5- 321-95 
6— 31 
4-31 
—31 
30 V 91 
i— 31 
SECOND CLASS. 
W. L. Cook..- 4 4 5 4 
F.Wlnship 
5 4 5 4 14 
4 4 4 4 4 5 
4 4 4 4 4 5 
5 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 
5-31) 
4— 29} 
5— SO) 
4— 29^83 
5— 29 
The rifle match, which was to have taken place Satur¬ 
day at this range between the Roxbury City Guard and 
the Richardson Light Guard, was postponed on account 
of the non-appearance of the former team, j 
Fanulier. 
Andrews. 
Bldwoll. 
Hull. 
Lewis. 
Laubonsteiu.. 
Case. 
Mass. Orced. 
. 9 10 7 10 10 13 10 9 II 10- 98 42 
. 12 12 9 !M1 8 10 10 6 10- 97 43 
. 9 10 12 7 10 9 9 8 11 9- 94 43 
. 10 10 6 10 10 12 8 5 0 11— 91 40 
.10 5 10 5 JO 12 9 7 9 11- 89 41 
. 7 8 11 7 13 7 10 7 9 7- 83 42 
. 6 11 9 8 10 9 7 11 7 8- 86 41 
We notice the remarks of your correspondent “ Drury” 
in regard to the ungraceful hip rest. It certainly is an 
unhandsome way of shooting, and of no advantage to 
the shooter, unless he is housed from bad weather. The 
Canton Club, with one or two exceptions, have dis¬ 
carded it for a year or more, and, as a consequence, 
shoot more quickly at the stand, look better, feci better, 
and do as well on the target as before. Z. 
Schuetzen Notes.— The Jersey Schuetzen Corps held 
their annual meeting last week at Hoboken and elected 
the following officers to serve for the next year: — John 
Horsmann, Captain, after Captain A. Ermisch declining 
to serve any longer as such ; A. Appel, Recording .Secre¬ 
tary ; F. Schumann, jr., Financial Secretary ; F. Hansen, 
Ti'easurer ; John Gleistein, Custodian; John Raschenand 
J. Delimke, Shooting Masters. The newly elected Cap¬ 
tain is no greenhorn, as he used to be the First Captain 
and Starter of the company sixteen yeaTS ago. 
—The Baltimore Target Shooting Rifle Association, 
1,400 men strong, also elected their officers as follows : — 
Ed. Gronan, President ; A. Martini, Vice-President; F. 
Hasselhorst and Ciias. Steuth, Shooting Masters; Jos. 
Letzer and E. Buschmann, Secretaries ; Chas. N. Oehm, 
Treasurer: Herm . Spanhake, Gehh. Leimbach, Fred. 
Brandan, Henry Quast, and Philip Walter, Directors. 
%m\\e <tt\d §m(. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR DECEMBER. 
Moose, Alee Americana. | Pin nated grouse or prairie 
Caribou, Rangtfer caribou. \ chickens, Oupidania tsuphlo. 
Elk orwapiti, Cermut canadensis. I Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bo- 
Itcd or Vu. (loci'. 0. viruiniumm. I nam umbellus. 
Squirrels, red, black and gray. I Quail or partridge, OrtyxvirQtni- 
Hares, brown and gray. antis. 
WUd turkey, peteagrtst/ulloparo. | Woodcock, Philoltda minor. 
Swans, Brant, Wild Ducks, Geese, &c. 
7^7"This table does not apply to all the States. It is meant to 
represent the game which is generally in season at this time. State 
regulations may prohibit the killing of some species of game here 
mentioned. 
New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association.— An ad¬ 
journed meeting of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association was held at the rooms of the Jersey City 
Heights Gun Club, on Thursday the 20th inst., President 
Eaton in the chair. Congratulatory speeches were made 
over the success of the tournament by the President, Dr. 
Bird, Messrs. Geiger, Von Lengerke, and others. After a 
full exchange of opinion, by vote the meeting was ad¬ 
journed until 1 P. M., January 8 th, at the same place, 
when the election of officers for the ensuing year and the 
appointment of the Committees will take place. Among 
the Committees to be appointed, is the very important 
one on the revision of the Game Laws of the State. Also 
the matter of giving the charge of the Tournament each 
year to some individual club will be discussed and set¬ 
tled. A full meeting of the delegates is earnestly desired. 
—Captain A. H. Bogardus will probably not shoot his 
proposed match against six American shots. It is possi¬ 
ble that he may go to England again next summer to 
shoot a series of four matches against any four English¬ 
men. The preparatory course of challenges has been 
entered upon in the New York Herald, It always takes 
a great deal of newspaper shooting to prepare the knights 
of the gun for their real work. 
Thread-Wound Cartridges. — Rochester, N. K, Nov. 
21st.—Being in Rochester for a few hours, I accepted the 
invitation of Dr. Rider to go out and shoot some of the 
thread-wound long-range shot cartridges made in this 
city. We fired five rounds at fifty-five yards, and five at 
ninety-yards, using a modified choke breech loader, pa¬ 
per shells, 10-guage, four drachms of powder, two pink- 
edge wads, No. 9—the cases held upon an average 175 
pellets No. 6 shot, The poorest pattern, in a 30-inch 
circle, at fifty-five yards, was 134 pellets; the best 172 
pellets. The average of the five targets, 154; or 88 per 
cent, of all the pellets in the charge. At ninety yards , 
the poorest target on a paper, 36x40 inches, was 83 pel¬ 
lets ; the best target, 109 pellets ; average of the five, 97 
pellets, or over 55 per cent, of the charge. These shells 
are made for fifty, seventy, and ninety yards, and must 
be used for the distances intended, or the results will not 
be satisfactory ; the ninety yards’shell used for the shorter 
distances will make a round hole of the size of the bore 
of the gun. The passage of the shell through the air un¬ 
winds the threads, and the shell comes apart, permitting 
the shot to spread. The unwinding of the threads is the 
same as a time fuse ; therefore the necessity of using 
them for then' intended distances. Two first quality 
pink-edge wads must he put upon the powder to confine 
the gas, so the direction says; and they must be used as 
directed. Your Florida correspondent deviated from the 
directions (using one), and the results did not please him. 
In shooting these long distances, one must- find from 
practice where his gun shoots. Remember the sights are 
not parallel to the bore of both barrels. One or two shots 
from a rest will tell where to aim to hit the object aimed 
at. The Doctor tells me “that it is not best to have too 
much choke in the barrel using these shells.” In duck 
shooting these shells will help a man's bag wondei-fully. 
W. H. JACKSON. 
