498 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[January 19, 1883. 



average or centres unci led all the other competitors one point. With 



a MU lo practice there is no doubt Inn belter scores wiil be mado 

 The scores were as follows : 



Muynard Match— 5uo Yards Off-hand. 



WmEFltCU, KO 4 34 8 35564 -I— HI 



Oil Charles, BalS 5 4i 5 344335 4— M 



JasI Miles, Bal S i 8 4 r. 4 r. s 4 5 4— S9 



LGeiger, US 4 4 5 H 4 H 4 'i 5 3-39 



eras B Schuyler, Bal S i j i i f 1 f > < 4— 3a 



Five compel itors withdrew. 



pistol snooiuxci. 



JBSSTOB, Md., Jan. 12, 1882. 

 Editor ForeU and Stream : 

 1 nonce t lint your correspondent, " N. K. M.," t nkes exceDtlons to 

 ■mi-ill (mi long range pistol shooting, published in your ls-u.- 

 of [lee. 9, aid tblnKs H can only be done when shooiing trom a ilxed 

 ie,pleai ' 



i lib n 



My 



■ olijeiM 



eand i 



>y experlei 

 the Informal l»n ot 3 our lenders. I now sa 

 Stand >nu ai all, but unit the only shooting 

 "oir-uaud In a fair and square manner " 

 small wager with ■• n i:. m." mat, with a 

 live yar.is distance, 1 can, shooting "olf-li 

 than he can to shoot from a Qxed rest 

 Consider my proposition In a frit 

 will he pleased to be put lu dlreet 



Hartford 

 to you mi- to 

 e. my mice for 



,'onty- 



t"N. K. M."Wlll 



pun, and. wiiii his consent, 

 uMcaltoii win, HUM. 



QUARTUS. 



TOURNAMENT OV OFF-HAND SHOOTING.— There lias been a 

 great deal of discussion as to what legitimate rule siiootln- r is. We 

 have had a groat cr.i and much telling ot old stories, asout back- 

 woods squirrel sho ulng ; how old uncle lien used 10 go out and bring 



In 



the top of . 



too, the "Id, oft-told fair 

 kill objects l.eiii yards C 

 balftlie distance, in me 

 Ship, asortot lire arm 

 greatest shnol.l ng done < 

 who put themseives In 

 curled up and pros.lral 

 524 out of 22S at 800. ?00 

 full score lellows, the to 

 shooters, iho off hand 6 

 a body rest or hip res', and 

 and marksman, ,1,1s. s. con 

 ofl'-unnd match, m whli-n t 

 lleotl'er-. a number ni beau 

 ten targets by the besi ten 

 the Ifocord nailery, corner 

 aulv all 1 lie besi riilemen Ir 

 inaiche-ias follows 



e urea 



alcl 



emud-cenee, and now can boast of "the 

 i.a nil.' We nave tltclong range fellows 

 1 ;i 11110^1 ltnpri-sinie anat'imlcal positions, 

 I themselves upon the ground, who make 

 ud l,ao.i yards. Then come the ami yard 

 mua pistol sharps and champions, the wood 

 Issaridwerm.in shooters, who always take 

 L of all comes the veteran expert 





l.l.e, ( 



without rest of a 



hlrry-li'st sin 



SllOlS 



3fT hand. 1 



Hi i 



lu tills 



ich of the best t 

 nuh lie- rule 



strictly off-hand, no hip, body, 



prize for each or lie- bcsi ten targi ■ 



with rule, it being held lu any position, e.\e- 



,\ prl/.e tor earth or 111-- leading live I 



with or without rtB's. All of these conn 



0, and will close on February 18, when target 



results announced . 



THE TRAP. 



the grounds. More 





sufficient buds were 01 



hand, but as they 



had probably been 





ned to their crates 1101 



1 the time of ship- 







y, and some could not 



when they would. 









the traps. As will 



be s-en by the upin 







Fin who have been 



hcrei.ofoie rcckoue( 







a of the club were 



not, on ihls occuslo 







' birds been such a 



poor and van log li 



, ' le 



scorewould probably si 



ow more accurately 



the actual -kill of 1 









were wholly or aim 



IRl « 



.lite, and as the groan 





snow they ofi.-n puw.led 



the shooters greuily. 





lllllil.V 





All 



yards boundary 

 (or more correctly speaking, -over me lence is out-; : handicap rise 

 in the cup match. Is- of both barrels allowed : a bird killed with a 

 slugle band counting one; but if the second shot 1-. 11 red, even 

 though the killing snot, was obviously that from the first barrel, the 

 kill counts only one-half. In one instance, at least, a shontei per- 

 mitted a wounded bird to tly as tr, would In preference 10 sending a 

 second shot afer It ; and, as luck would have It. 1 he bird fell inside 

 the Inclosiire, ihus giving a unit instead ot a halt. Thlsclub Is one. 

 of the strougest 111 New Jersey. Score : 



first match ; sweepstakes ; 25 yards ilec : 



Yerrlngton 1 I l— :i Leroy 1 1 1 1—4 



Maher 11 1« 0— \y. Palmer 1 1 % 1— 3X 



Uolcomb 1 1 1 )— 1 



Holcomb and Leroy divided tlrst ; Palmer, second. 



Second match; regular monthly club contest for the cup : 

 Yds. Yds 



Yerrlngton.. 25 1 1 1 1 1— r. Van lirunt..'^ 1) 1 u 1 1 0—3 



Baker 21 (I 1 I 1 1 1-5 W ToUey.. ..-21 01 11 1 1 l)<f-4,k; 



Palmer .... 24 1 1 I 1 — I '•!! Newton" 24 I l 1 1 1J4 1— ay 



lloieomb ....25 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— G Dr Bird 20 <4ly u^y 0—3 



Leroy 27 111011 1—6 VonLengerke-if 1 1 1 1—4 



Lewis 24 I 1 «M 1 11— 3Ji "Dennis''. .21 lOIOH e— S 



Heritage... .v-l i .',; 1 I IX 0-5 W Hughes.. 27 10 10 0—2 

 Mnher 21 yl u 1 1 1 1— r >-s. .\nlolne 27 1 Kj 1 1 1— sjrf 



'•11 Newton - won me cup and tlrst. : Holcomb and Leroy divided 

 second; Ma her and Anioine divided third. 



Third match ; Mvi-cp-tal-a-s, •>; yards rise: 



WToffey I n y 2 1— 9>A l.ewls 11 1 a \-ny 



l.erov 1 I 1 0—3 Maher \i 1 J 0—2% 



linghes 1 1 l l—l "Newton" 11 1 1 11—2 



Yerrlngton 1 1 I 1— 1 Baker 1 1 % 0-8W 



ftrllnd 1 i'; I— a« Calling 1 34 w— s 



Antoine !„ 1 I 1— x;i Dlllmar I 1 1—3 



Von Lengerke. 1 1 1 0— B 



Hughes ami Yerrlngton divided llrst ; Dr. Bird and Antolnc divided 

 second ; Leroy, \ on Lengerke aed Dluoiar shut on ior third, oil yds.: 



Leroy 1 C— 1 Dltimar 1 %— \X 



Von Lengerke I 1—2 



OSKALOOKA TOIIKN'AMENT— Ofikftloosn, Iowa, Jan. n.— Editor 

 Vi.r.-M «i.,( >ir.;n„ : I iiclosett Mod score ol tile shoot Ing tournament 

 Held at the Fair Grounds in ihl-i city, Deeeiubcr 2;, -.'-, 211 and :", :•■-:. 

 First came a special in inn i.eiwc-D (,'. W. IPidd. or Carlisle, and A. 

 11. (loodnow, or Medlapolls, and leu tame pigeons from a ground trap, 

 $11111 a side, English rules. These gentlemen are Dot n good snots, and 

 each, went In to win, Mr. (loodnow won Hie match bv one bird, 

 killing si» our of lot, lludd, *s. Build killed 4 and fioodnow 3 that 

 dropped dead out or bounds. Tins is claimed to be the best score on 

 record ai uic same number of oirds aud under the same rules. 



Kccord or purse Nos. 1 and 2 ol lirsi day's shoot were lost. 



rurse No. 3— Ten tame pigeons, single ilses— i.: w Hudd 9, J L 

 Brown! 1 , J E Hustings 10. c Hinsdale .', Miller s, 11 c Tubbsin, J 

 Walling !>, A II (loodnoiv ;p, I) O'Brien 7, (1 M Howard S, M II I'helps 

 MI M Vaugh.tn7. W EVirnou <•', II E llarrlagtun 1. (ins (;tllTey4, 

 C MCGlassou 6, A M.ialenliall a, I N Welch ;.' Hastings wins 1st, 

 Bud- 1 2d, Howard and I'ln-lps divide 3d. 



Purse No. 4 Ten ciav pigeons— Phelps S, Hastings S, Brown 7, 

 Howard 4, »• ilior r», Hinsdale D. J U Cross 7, A Millburn s, Thos Mc- 

 Millan a. Meudenhaii 1;, liu.id 9, Me.ciasson c, Vernon 2, John Ross ti, 

 V.iughan •■>, I'ubli.i'J, Kooduow 7, Price 2, Harrington 4, Walling Hi. 

 Wiiliing wins isi ; on shoot off for ties on 2d Build wins, on 3d Hast- 

 ings wins. 



Purse No. 5— Ten glass ball — ll.r-ilu.'s '". Biov. u ;.. Tiaa.s-.i, flood- 

 now 7, Howard 5, Oilirey 7, Walling in, Bund !', I'nelps 7, H WSeevers 

 7, FAbialiaiun. H iiriugion ,;, w E v, , ;i .„, ., M,,,i.,,., m s, Meiiiien- 

 huU 7, C 11 Vernon B. Hastings and Wailing divide 1st money ; Budd 

 and T'UbbS divide id ; Mcliiassuu wlnSBd 



I'ur.-.e No. (I -Five noubie rises, tame pigeons- I'helps S, (ioodnow 

 9, Budd ", Howard s, llrown 6, w ulllug 7. Hastings 9 i.riiiey ;;, Tubbs 

 7, W A Hunter 7, I, \ siv. -aringi-i. :•. lioodnotv ami Hastings divide 

 1st. I'nelps and Howard dr. (de 2d. Walling wins 3d. 



Purse f>0. 1— Ten cia.i pn-eoiih— 1 hei.'s 10, Budd 9, Hastings 10 

 TunbSH, Hunter !', Brown 0. Walling 7, ilillf.-.v B, llarnngt-.n 9, l.ood- 

 now 6, W F Vernon 6. Hastings wins 1st, Budd wins 2d, Walling 

 wins 3d. 



Purse No. R— Five tame pigeons, single rises— Phelps 4, Howard 4, 

 Goodhows.TU Bites4,Tubbs5, Budd 5, Hastings 5, D .f&ckaon f. 

 Walling 3, swearinL'eii !. Uupi?r 2, Vernon 0. Hastings and Tubbs 

 divide 



rurso No. n— Ten clay plci 

 Tubbs 8, BuddS, Walling -, 

 Hast lues wins 1st monev. 

 Wailing divide .-d. 



'.MiUiasson -i. Howard 7. sin 



now '.". Tubbs 7, Vernon 6, 



I'helps and Uastln£S~dh Ids 



Purse No. II -Ten Olay pie 



ror doubt that v 



i.-h v 



1 ISI 1 



dlu 



irap, ' 

 down 1.0 a 



Mr. Elliot swan, at Ids h 

 dinner came the match wi'li ie 

 inaii, and ffftS won by I he W- 

 Worcester. 



JQKugg. 17 



A H'lwliton 13 



o llolden 14 



LK Hudson ir, 



M D Oilman IS 



O 1. Tall 13 



•I K Browning 11 



ETSmlth m 



w S 



•1 r.v.. 



After the 



el'ubs ii 



1 itch ileu 



tl It nlwa: 



gs M), Phelps GoodnowC, 

 "endenhall 0, KoOlasson 1. 

 i 2d, and Tubbs, Budd and 



. 14. -The 

 lortsmen's 



11 lay (lie 



is It. has 'got to come." T.e 

 e dliihi'v nisi to gel the luuigof the 

 now, lively spring. All hands -..! 

 Tat just twelve o'clock, served by 

 ir the grounds, linmedl.iielv ain-r 

 nils 01 nine men, twenty bulls per 

 ester team with the following score: 

 Marlboro. 

 II w Eager 17 



B Brush 74 



I) Fllowe Pi 



A l) Johnson 12 



1 (i Howe 11 



W II l.ek'iuoh 13 



>, 1; 1. lark 17 



.! <; r.eaudiy II 



■ HSJ IJ 10-124 



mooting till rdgin. The daj 

 . .- n- ii . say thai whenever tbese 



lodlll.e. K. 



NEWARK, N. J... Ian. JC. -The Essex (inn Club Held Its annual 

 meeting on Wednesday evening last. The following officers were 

 elected for Hie ensuing year: Dr W N I'lnd-lt, I'r.-ie : 

 Beich(!r, Ylce-Pi-.-siieni ; .1 I'oluier, Treasurer: Wll-lam Hayea, 

 seci. - i,m- ; Messrs tSrleutnall, n.-.i.is.o. Whitehead and Hlingworth, 

 committee. There has been a suggestlnn that the centr.il As- 

 soclation select a learn or ten rrom th« several eltibs. and a ehal- 

 :• ingi n.- em to Hie New York Kllle Club to shoot a Mated in Nils 



WASHINGTON SUN 



id flic birds bel 



CLUBi -Monlhlv shoot, Jai 

 •eaihcr la-ing stormy, rnnkii 

 In- lle-mbei,. ...| 1 he Wa.-hllii 



tied ii 



badge, was eniiiu-lastie -Hi congratulated, as it was the first rjnre he 

 Had me honor ot wearing it. 



It M Hopps, 23 yards..., 101111V— 8 W D Nepe. 2.-; 1 d - 



ceo Van Size, SI yds ....llillUll-5 ,1 ill.-: king, .'", v.N llmM— fi 



'!' Eelleit. -7 yds nili'lnl— 1 11 lledeu. an, -.'.'.• .1 . . . 



II Carrlck, 27 yds 1 1 null— n W E 'I ton. 2 ■ 5 us ; 1-1 



TObilg,2lyds I)ii..illui_3 J Evans, 27 yds UII0W 



WK. Tkott, Sec. 



AMMUNITION IN THE AUCTIC— Heaflquarlors Deparhmenl 

 Of tbo Columbia, Yau.-.iuiei- l',;.i raelis. (.'. T., Dec. -JO, 18-tl. Presi- 

 dent of the U. 8. Cartridge Co., Lowell Maa.He.busetts - An, 

 Sir: I would state fur your information that nearly all tin- c&f- 

 tiiiiges used by the Franklin Beaieh Party of lfiffl Tn-Sii in (be 

 Arctic, were furnished by your Company, and, of over tjyo thous- 

 aud niuiids used, many of Iheni oftentimes re loaded, ml- bad not 

 a single ense which gave n, diuuatisf action. As a party (of about 

 20 people and 40 dogsi wbi.-li subsistad itself for uearlj .-. yeas 011 

 the products of the chase, much ol" the time in I lie .!. pile' ,,f an 

 Aictio winter, I consider the test lie re giv,-,, to your cartridges to 

 havo Been the severest practical one to which llioy could have, been 

 subjected. Very respectfully, viinr obedient servant, I hki>'k. 

 Hctiw.vrii*, Lieut, 0, S. Army, (Lale Commander of the Fniaikliu 

 Seal eli of 1S78-71J -80J. 



WKU.lNdToN, Mass , Jan. is.— The weather conditions were most 

 unravorabl.-ioi- 1 rap snooting to d;.y. ill - wind i,!.,v,p 

 hard snowsiorni being In proe.-s.. Noiwniisiandiii- Ue-S" iluiv 



II, !,. M. Maiston II. 



i'.-M.MVKA, I 'A.— A plgf'l 

 Hotel, l'ain.via. r;i„ on \\ 



Willi 'ten straight, no other 



CH1GO, Cal , Jan 

 both biirelsallowe 

 Thomas Hendricks 



■Pigeon match; J"> birds, ro yards rise, 

 •Inlosh -J5, A L Thlel ts, C S Oulmby 14, 



gold badge as 



. t"i 



and the iiuilriiig efforts of 1 

 general welfare or the organ 

 one or solid gold and of exq 

 of guns cro-.sed, below wtni 

 don represented a clay pi.;. 

 or black enamel, was the woi 



s shown agi.L-ss u.i 

 ; l'iesldeiii''~:ind' til 



andaple sant oveuing pa.-s 1 by those n, inieiel.mee, ii.iongwnom 

 u-.-re II. A, Md. Win. Wei. log, P. K,eb-,.i...!iri Bauer, W II. sdiroder. 

 Win. Miller, P. Dewilo.C. II I'u.ir- s. .1. w Tie.ulway, Dr. Mosen- 

 meler, Dr. Hoeltge, F. lioeltge, p. KessleT, capialn Cluchoskv, P. 

 Juukert, VaL Wolterman.E. Clark and Win. Hotlling. 



The Fokkst and Stkbam goes to press on Wednesdays. 

 C01 respondents will please bear this in mind when sending 

 communications. 



The Tourist and Sportsman is a bright, nowsy paper, 

 published by Dimoml ec Boss, at Minneapolis, ami devoted to 

 the dissemination of iofonimtion about the summer resorts of 

 the Northwest. 



Livb (juAiL— Ijancssur, Pa.— If may interest yourself or 

 sotiv of your readers to heai that oui ot our Brat conaienment 

 Of 70 i,ve ipnil, i.M reached their destination alive and in good 



order, after a journey of live days, We hope to be as lucky 

 with the rest tuat arc coming here for sta eking our presences 

 — simply for dog-breaking purpose?. — Si'm: - ma ti. 



l.KNc.ni ob (it's- r.\i.i;. 1. -.-/:,' ■/, \'.,r TT.ortot and Stream: 

 As ilieir is inn h divirsity of opinion as to ihu relative length 

 of ten i.ii(l (.wetve-bore guns J, for one, w. uld like 10 hear 

 from the eportsmiiii at laige, through [he Pofrtei and 

 Htheam, th>.ir different opin nns exjjresse i. why a No. 13, 88 

 iDch barrell can't be made to shoot equal to a ai) inch. 



Buttbk Ball, 



January comes once a year. 

 with it. The publication is desi 



read I he current i?suo -will tc- 

 cognize the acoinpanyinffent as 

 part and pfl'CPl of the mi nil 



.'ill 1 



id the liih 

 rlson with 



li; 



Hie be Hi 



guts home. The Awnval is 

 published by Messrs. Keppler ,v; 

 Schwai'/.nuio. X'-'- Warren street, 

 New Stork (pr-c-e, twenty-five 

 cents). The enrlonns of'ihcir 

 bright weekly, Pvek. contain 

 more genuine humor and trenchant satire to the .-uume ii ch 

 than do the alleged funny pictures of any other pup. t in the 

 world. 



~fw^ 



months 



Having 

 hiving- 



being d. 



Tjnchting and ^»naeing* 



A NEW l. AN ..]■:. 



to send the linns of the latest d 



s-i:i;vm. the u id it inile tie lie 



might 



friend, 



.le or skin ■ 

 «h if that means, a few 



ll dlmeuslons ... tile eam.e 

 .; depth from llisl . 



9, n ; in : di ptn of keel, in- 



Ing up Hie iriun. ■■■■' 



Wlllll I- 



whai 



tlOW .ued". The Sh.e.io-.v lias le,; nni. :, 

 iblll y as she IPs over in a brfesjp. 



■ name of Hi- oiiginnl new 

 -.':. n. ai tin- iruii'.'. :.'••. <,i,.i lias no tumble 

 increasing hi r .stability frgni her water- 

 iMblliig her to e.nr.v m, .-.. . 



i;-ilon then n.uii.i 



sieji to tore-end Ol \\rll,-l it.; fltnn nu- en.i el v.e.l o ,,n 

 3 11. ■•'.; in.; Horn all end or wi li lo an Bjid ol liati ii. i It. 

 ii aft end of hatch to sieru-post, t 11.; width ol 

 ri.; width ot well at attend, ail.; width of mckei- lintel 



when full of water, 



will be come to with an Aineri. 

 comes au American built Kngll 

 btatcu island, and will be ovvnn; 



TACnTSIcVCS. 



BaUHHtarMttil&Strt 



t bouts of 



-1 y « hei, 



■ 



wishv 



•• tin ■ I 



with little sluIsi.ii- ion, and had once my gas 

 stove blazing Up lo tbe roof ol the eiibin, noi a pleasant companion 



in a room (en feet loug by eigtii nine iin.i four High. ! Hot. I 



■ ... ,l(,\e or |-ieol|. i.l.le , WHS I - 

 I'rovl.len'e. ,,1 ,i!i 1:. i- •'. we -U'.'CCeded In sii,o-|eii..g ii o,,i. sn,.-.- 

 ■ . .1 iny ml snnes. •-. .' ... i 1 lu'.- 

 ■ ,:ii 1 BoiUfl si, ni down 



1 1 .1 .:..i . ■ ..... ,e I,,-,., ii,, 1 iiuve had l" Us ll.e 



,„,-■, ni! ■ , d Him Hie r.'.-1-i mil v..,s nil.d 



too full, and 1 he heat swelling the liquid I H ■■; . ■■ t. ■ 



IllC i.d.l in ■: .1. 11 ll.e.'e lu-:. 



:.-i • ■.,.,. 



COCXfill, as I I,..-. ■: : HBgJlC 



em- 1. d .um ...,', I, and li (lav are -..1 down in..-.! d- :.'.- .1111, e.v 1011. ll. 



so I came back to where 1 started and u-'- ■ wlin 



wood for fuel. Wnorican be piucuricd mywlifie dole- r ■ ■;• and 1.0 

 greathulk need he carried, and mi- iir.u.ii cruising, to •> hlch often 

 ,i-i, ■ 1 ...i- - is m.— ..n-i slid el- ..-: a;. st. luel. 



. . 

 topeiter ahroili I be flaniorth alove 



Isaiiyousa-, 1 the desideratum. 





