72 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



men— CI. Grant Peterkin, a youug man, but of Elc.ho Shield 

 experience ; 1ms been in tins country before, haying lived 

 for a time iu Virginia. Arthur M. Fruser and Win. Fer- 

 guson are the other tried and trusted " brither Scots',' 1 in 

 whom Sir Henry is well satisfied. The English section of 

 Ihc team includes five names: Lieut. -Col. Feu ton, a middle- 

 agiiii gentleman and an " old reliable " in the English Flcho 

 c'urhts ; he is accompanied by Mrs. Pen ton ; II. Saville 

 Ward Evans, a sliarht.lv-uuiltjrcntleman of student like ap- 

 pearance ; T. Taylor PlggOt, a young .shot, but a good one ; 

 Win- II. Gilder, who for fourteen years has filler! the post 

 of Sergeant Instructor of Musketry at, Harrow, and A. Paget 

 Humphry, an old Queen's man, who travels in company 

 with his wife. 



Gbtsedmoob, Aiitff, 25. — In the absence of many of the 

 Creedmoorites down the Hay looking after the British Team, 

 the Remington match failed to rill, and was laid over. Btit 

 the third contest for the 'Turf, Field and Farm drew a fail- 

 list of entries, though the score was not particularly brilliant. 

 Capt. A. Anderson, of New Jersey, held top place. 



A.Anderson 41 8 K. Kneeland SB J. H.Holland 35 



W. M. Farrow 42 E. F. LftWtS 38 K. Duffy 84 



T.W.Linton 4' J. H. TeacKe 37 ,T. P Panlrtfjjg 34 



,T. K. ttr.ham 41 F. H. llo:ton 37 K W. Price 34 



O.F.Dnvds 41 ,T. L. Pcioe 37 N. I). Ward 34 



F. A. Tlruiro 41 W. R. Uvrrnore... 37 E. Barker 33 



J. F. Rainvcn 40 < '. K. Tnislow 36 C. A. waiting 32 



J. L. BonrilHcr 40 J B. Irwin 86 J A. Gee 31 



H. W. Gourlev in ft. F. Merchant.... 36 H.Fonkc.Jr 31 



T. h. A'len 3!i K. VV. I'.urrl SO M. M.Mnlthy 31 



.1 X. Burger 3'.i J. flnvanaali 30 K. , I. Epstein 30 



W.Ynnnir 39 .7. P. Beach 36 J. Kerr 99 



10. Willis..., 39 C. Keenand 35 J. W. Torld. 25 



W.J.Ohver 38 C. Finney 35 C. P. Carrlngton. .. w. 



The Ameeioan Team Peaotiok.— The first team practice 

 of the newly-chosen American international team for 1877 

 was held on the Creedmoor ranges on the 21st inst. The 

 full team were out, as were the two reserves, and if the 

 squad is to show the improvement which is to be expected 

 as they get into a good working system, some magnificent 

 scoring may be looked for. The wind held from 4 to 6, and 

 a clear, gray light favored the riflemen most of the day. Of 

 the team General Dakin was so unfortunate as to find some 

 imperfection in the breech-block of his rifle, and came out 

 at the foot of the list with a poor score. Hyde shot won- 

 derfully, getting a grand total of 214 in the possible 225, the 

 champion score of Cretdmoor so far, beating Jewell's pair 

 of 213's, but not yet up to the big scores heard of from some 

 of the country ranges. It is somewhat suggestive that eight 

 of the ten learn men showed misses in the scores, Jackson, 

 the Bostouian, and Hyde being the exceptions. It is the dim- 

 inution of these "unaccountable misses" which alone re- 

 mains to make these modern breech-loaders the most pre- 

 cise arms extant. The, shooting, as a whole, was brilliant, 

 the leading eight men on the team targets reaching an 

 aggregate of 1,639 points, or within one point of 205 points 

 per man, 



Wednesday, the 22d, the entire team were again on the 

 range, but neither the day nor the score was so good as on 

 the preceding day. At present there are several members 

 who are " good holders but poor judges ;" in other words, 

 providing they have the assistance of sharp coaches on mat- 

 ters of elevation and windage, they can be relied upon for a 

 good score. But the other members of the squad receive no 

 assistance in return from such members. Of course there is 

 grumbling — a little — about that, since it may lead to an ex- 

 cellent score for the pupil and an inferior one for the coach. 

 The. actual team total on the second day was 1,562 points, 

 hut taking the eight highest scores, which include those of 

 the. two reserves, Lamb and Hepburn, the total reached was 

 1,596, very good as long-range shooting generally goes, but 

 not enough to suit the team men, The full scores for the 

 two days stand : 



Aug. 21. Ana. 22. 



Frank Hyde. 

 8 5 555555555545 5—74 

 5453 5 545555 5 55 5-71 

 44545455465545 5—09 



5 5 5545 5 5555555 4—73 

 5 3 5455 5 5445455 5—69 

 o3655555423555 3—63 



Total 214 Total 205 



I. L. Allen. 

 5554555 5 555455 0— 08 5455544555 5 5 55 5—72 

 35555555555555 5— 73 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 3-65 

 45445345455555 5— 08 3 43 23504550354 3—59 



ToUl -209 Total 196 



C E Blydenbnrph. 

 5 5 4500 5 4555555 5—63 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 0—57 



5 5 555555445554 5-72 3 3 5 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 I - 6(1 



5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4—71 24325544545553 5—01 



Total 206 Total 178 



I- Weber. 



5 5455555555655 5—74 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5455 4—71 

 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4—66 

 254454635 4 5355 5-04 



Total 200 Total 201 



W a Jaeksou, 

 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—72 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 5—69 

 5 5455553345452 5-65 5 3 4 5 4 6 3 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 4-H8 

 3 5 545555353355 6—66 2 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 6 4 3 4-60 



Total 203 Total 197 



L L Hepburn. 



5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5-72 3 -1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—72 

 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5-6) 5 5 5 i 5 6 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 2-62 

 246455540554535-01 355345 6534 5 555 5—67 



Total 202 Total 201 



L C Bruce. 



45555055555 5 55 5-69 4555543545 5 555 5—70 

 44455455454435 5-60 5545455554545 m 5-67 

 44 55534555555 5— 65 -5 54345 5 5455440 5-63 



Total 200 Total.... 2TO 



H S Jewell. 



50B45348 5 55555 3—02 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5-71 

 544556 3 54445 5 4 5-67 

 5034 2 554503354 4-57 



,195 



Total 199 Total 



T Lamb, Jr. 



35555555554 5 55 8— TO 35455 5 3 5535555 5-68 

 i H X "-5 f 5 n 5 ? % i % til 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 4-5 5 ; 4 4-67 

 35oOo53304o556 0-58 4345354544 5 555 5-66 



Total 93 Total 



T s Dakin. 



3555553 5 444545 5— 67 

 3535555 545543 2—57 



2 3 5 6 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 6—47 



..2ul 



55544545535545 4-6S 

 5 5 d 4 5 565545345 5-70 

 3 2 020056582253 5-52 



Total.... 



71 



Total., 



The New Oblkans Rifle Team.— The Crescent City Kiflo 

 Club men. by their performances on the Creedmoor ranges, 

 have won the admiration of the long-range men, -and com- 

 pletely silenced the duubiM of those "who were wont Jo look 

 upon our reports of their home doings as .-omewba.t apocry- 

 phal. They are really a line baud of shooters, nnd made a 

 very good beginning at long-range practice on the 21st. Mr. 

 Dudley Selph, that, phenomenal shot, whose great New Or- 

 igins score of 210 has been the wonder and envy of riflemen 

 TrB all ranges, seemed as though he was to do something even 

 better, and at 800 yards created a genuine ripple of surprise in 

 a straight run of fifteen bull's-eyes, a feat accomplished but 

 once before at, Creedmoor, by E*. Johnson, of the Irish Team', 

 on the first day of the Centennial match in September last. 

 The other gentlemen of the Southern team did not show such 

 good results, but enough to convince good judges that with 

 flic care and earnestness with which they practice and mutually 

 assist one another, the finally-chosen four men will make great 

 scores in the inter-state match. 



On the 22d inst., far off to the extreme right-hand target of 

 the range the little knot of New Orleans riflemen were again 

 busy, pulling together; and while the American team fell off, 

 this band of keen-eyed Southerners actually pulled ahead, 

 their second day's wor'c showing the best total, despite the 

 fact that Eyrich is still on the semi-sick list, and that Man- 

 ning at 800 yards put in a bull's-eye on the wrong target. 

 Renatid at 1,000 yards was specially" unfortunate, getting five 

 mi.-ses after a magnificent opening early in the day. Dudley 

 Selpli, as usual, led the squad, and led the field as well, with 

 206 points. The men have a good style of work, and when 

 they get into thorough working trim their system will enable 

 them to show some large aggregates. The full scores of the 

 Louisianians for the two days stood : 



Aug. 21. Aug. 22. 



Dudley Selpli. 



4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4—69 B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—75 



5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 6-70 5 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5-61 

 35555554254455 5—67 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 &— «5 



Total 2,i6 Total 201 



Wm Arms. 



55 5 5 5545 5 54554 5-72 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5—65 

 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 5-66 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—67 

 53454535545445 5-66 44433555545545 5-66 



Total 204 Tc^al 19S 



Col John Glynn, Jr. 

 35545455555555 5 — 71 65535554554535 4-68 

 555450 5 5533 3 34 4—69 3 044534230555 4—47 

 53 55555255303 2-53 254435243355 2 4 5—56 



Total 1S3 Total 171 



E T Manning. 

 43554503444545 4—5!) 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5—62 

 54335344545555 5—65 43553345 5 45466 4-64 

 45302543353455 4—55 555323054005 2 4 4—47 



Total 179 Total , .173 



R G Eyrich. 

 54445545535545 3—66 25455363455 3 55 5-64 

 53 2540 5 044533 5-51 5 55544555 5 4 55 5-67 

 54563435434435 3—06 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4- 53 



Total 177 Total .is4 



J K Renaud. 



555 5 6555554403 4—05 4 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3—67 



3 1443443 4 555 5 3 4—00 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5-< li 

 5035325040033 5—38 0334555354 054 4-60 



Total 163 



Total.. .4 



,.1S3 



A Scotch Opinion on the Peotest.— The Military Record 

 and Volunteer News, of Glasgow, Scotland, an excellent sheet 

 on the broad subject of Scotch rifle shooting, in its issue of 

 Aug. 8th, has an excellent criticism on the Scotch protest, and, 

 we think, covers the question fairly and gives a hint which 

 the N. R. A. of New York would do well to heed. It says : 



"We regret exceedingly to notice the acrimonious feeling- 

 displayed in a letter from the Secretary of the Scottish Rifle 

 Club} in reference to the forthcoming International Match at 

 Creedmoor, and it seems to us a pity that the Scottish Club 

 should endeavor to play a dog-in-the manger policy. At the 

 same time, we have no hesitation in saying that the' American 

 Rifle Association are blameable for leaving their invitation in 

 so ambiguous a form as to lead to misunderstanding and 

 schism. The error of the American secretary seems to have 

 been to have sent bis circulars of invitation broadcast, amoDg 

 rifle associations and rifle clubs of repute, and it certainly docs 

 behoove the United States Association to explain explictly the 

 understanding on which their invitation was given. If they 

 stretched courtesy too far last year let them say so at once, 

 and give a proper definition of their meaning in the conditions 

 they lay down, "that the various teams participating must be 

 native born citizens, residents of the countries they respect- 

 ively represent, except in the case of teams representing a 

 provincial territory of a government, in which case residence 

 in the province will be sufficient; provided the member is a 

 native born subject of the parent country. We are not such 

 churls as not to wish the combined team of English, Irish and 

 Scots every success on foreign soil." 



— The Stock Exchange Rifle Club had a competition on the 

 21st inst. for the bronze medal of the N. R. A., presented 

 them as an affiliated club. The firing was at 200 yards, any 

 rifle, ten shots per man. Daniel Ohauncy, Jr., an efficient 

 Seventh Regiment man, held first place, the scores standing 

 out of the possible 50 points: 



D. Uhanncy. Jr 38 I l R. Maxwell SB 



a. S. Davis 30 W. T. Miippanl 26 



C.A.Meigs ;.. 35 I S. E.Cook 24 



E. A. Drake 83 , E. W. Gould 21 



T. W. IS. Hughes 28 F.L.Earues 20 



C. A. Grimes 27 | 



—Morris B. Farr, editor of the National Guord,unun, has 

 been wisely chosen by Gen. Woodward Executive Officer of 

 the fall meeting, as his adjutant, This means that many of 

 the annoying little neglects which have marked these meet- 

 ings heretofore will be wanting in the 1877 gathering. 



Newark vs. Rochester.— On the 22d inst. the team of the 

 Rochester amateur rifle club left for Newark, N. Y., to shoot 

 the return match with the amateur rifle club of that village. 

 Everything promised a spirited contest, the sun pouring down 

 on shooters and spectators in fervid style. The accidental 

 shots were few, a single miss on each side and not a single 

 outer telling the accuracy of the work. The score stood : 



EOCJTESTEE TEAM. 



J H?. r( ? wn 5 5444444545 5 55 5— 6S 



s E J' 1 ' 1 '-!' 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4— OS 



I A *»•* 4 545544545 4. 144 4-05 



Kif\ates 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4-03 



E Angeviue 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3-00 



EELOIllbB 4 444544,445 3 60 4 4-5S 



NE^AKK TEAM. S 



F Gai'lOck .555554444454! I 



14 \V sovcrhill 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4544 4 4-03 



I) P WllcOX 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 14 4 3 4 5 4 4-1'-' 



W 11 Nieliult.y 5 6 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 3-62 



I'M; RlliOtt 3 5 3 I .1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4-611 



llD VauDusen 11 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4-fS 



00 



02 



104 



06 



62 



las 



48 



49 



mi 



46 



53 



159 



60 



37 



101 



57 



ret 



• 



48 



ret 







4(1 



ret 







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ret 



— ■ 



Total.,..: 370 



This is claimed lobe Die largest score on record for a two 

 hundred yard off-hand contisl with a turn, of six. It is the 

 seventh match ol file Rochester dub at that dislancc, and they 

 have won all of I hem. The Nowa.keis lyok I heir defeat in a 

 £ -nlFrnanly spirit, and subsequently , 11U :t'::n:.'d their Victors 

 at supper. We would stirggett IIki.i the Rochester hoys try 

 their luck in the short range team match at Creedmoor dining 

 the fall meeting. 



Woecf.steii, Mass.— The riile It am of the Worcester Sports- 

 men's Club came off at the Greenwood range, on the 17th inst. 

 The weather was delightful, but the wind was variable and 

 shifting, rendering close shooting particularly difficult. Mr. 

 A. G. Mann offered a handsome powder horn as a prize for 

 the best total score of the day, and it was won by Mr. C. B. 

 Holden. The shooting was in conformity to Creedmoor ruh 8, 

 lW»8hots each, at 800, 'J00 and 1,000 yards, with possible 

 scores of 75 at each range, and 225 total. The scores stood : 

 800 ono bftOt) Total. 



C B lloldcn 72 



A I, Rice 61 



G JKugg 63 



Frank Wesson 01 



A fel Mann- 14 



N Washburn BS 



LG While 50 



Stcitinan Clark 68 



A F Uatch 36 



On the 24th two trial scores were made at 800 yards, the 

 total standing out of the possible 225 .- 



1st Trial 2d Trial T'l 1st Trial 2d Trial T'i 



ALlTiee 72 70 142 A Houcrhton M 07 133 



gj Kujrg...,..6s 70 l»8 edinan olarkta on \'ii 



Frank « essoii.il 07 138 GMiiun. ....03 1! 101 



LG White 09 65 134 



Boston — Walnut Hill. — The fifth competiiion for Hie 

 Ballard mid-range rifle came off on the 23d inst. at Ihc 

 range of the Massachuseits Rifle Association at Walnut Hill. 

 Mr. W. H. Jackson had Avon in two previous contests for 

 the prize, and Mr. John A. Lowell in two. Mr. Jackson, 

 leading in this competition, took the rifle, scoring 117 in a 

 possible 125. Mr. T. H. Gray made an excellent score in 

 the 800-yarde shooting, but owing to something breaking in 

 the lock of his rifle he was compelled to withdraw. This 

 will be considered also one of the competitions for the posi- 

 tion of one of the representatives of Massachusetts at the 

 national meeting. Mr. Jackson will be one of the four sent 

 by this association, his back record being allowed. The 

 distance was 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, 7 rounds at the first, 

 8 at the second, and 10 at the third \ position, any within 

 the rules. The following was the score : 



f E00-5 5 5 5 3 5 5 -33) 



WHJaokSOn J 000-5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 -37 117 



I !, ) i 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 6-4lJ 



( S00- 5 5 4 5 3 6 4 —311 



Charles C ilebbard - BOO- 4 2 5 5 5 5 5 3 -34-10S 



It. 000- 3 4 S 5 5 4 4 4 4 5—43) 



i .S'iii-5 5 4 5 5 5 5 -a I , 



J E Shepard - BOO— fi 5 4 4 o 4 5 3 — 30i-103 



| 1.0 li ii 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 0-3P) 



I 800—5 5 6 4 3 4 — 3.i 



JWemjss.Ji- -; 800-5 3 5 5 3 5 5 4 -::: 



(1,000— 3 5 4 R 5 3 5 5 5- -;-;; | 



I 800—0 5 4 4 5 5 5 — S&i 



WmGc-rrish - &00— 5 4 5 4 3 5 3 5 —U> 93 



I i,ni,d-:; 4 2 4 4 3 5 S 4 i—M 



" ', -21) 



91 



4 5 4-321 



, - n -i, :i 3 8 2 5 



W M Ward a o-.-. 2 5 u 2 6 4 2 -25 J- 87 



{ 1,000-2 a 5 5 ■'• 1 3 5 5 5—44) 



( Mil— I 2 4 2 5 4 3 —21) 



J Borden -' 600— 3 n 3 5 5 5 4 4 -29V S7 



^1,000—0 05435634 5— tWj 



Walnut Bill, Boston.— Ihc second of four contests to de- 

 cide who shall be the four representatives from the Massachu- 

 setts Rifle Association. to the national meeting of riflemen came 

 off at Walnut Hill Range on the 21st inst. The day was very 

 favorable for the practice, and the extraordinary success of 

 Mr. William Gerrish, who scored 312 oul of a possible S35, 

 elicited general remark as being the best scoie yet shown at 

 this range. The scores st ood : 



( 800 — J 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—73 ) 

 Win Gorrish < 0110-6 5 5 6 4 i ;, 6 5 •"■ n 5 5 B 3 1 v> - 212 



I 1.100-5 5 4 4 5 5 S 6 6 6 5 14 4. 



son 000 l.o'.o T't. 800 900 1,000 3*1. 



J WemvRP Jr , ...0T 71 fi1 199 A It Ilebbard 09 51 65 175 



(!(! Ileboard .... 09 00 50 1'.4 G I, \\ llihlliji. ... .05 55 40 1B« 



A ilebbard." ,57 00 DM 175 B Wilder 07 45 49 151 



M.utTi.A>m- 2Ai«"/wm--Tho second competitive shooting 

 for tbc Whitney 'rifle took place at the Patapsco Rifle Range 

 Saturday, Aug.' 25. The score was as follows : 



P.UT.vneh . ■ 5 5 5 4 2 4 5—30 Win Havidson....4 4 2 5 3 3 3-24 



JBArmStrODe.. 4 4 3 4 4 4 4-27 T H Eidei- 4 4 4 2 , 



p II H. "k . 44 4 4 3 4 4-27 I) S llolden 5 3 4 1.4 3 0-1!. 



-, Smjti, " ' 4 4 4 3 4 5 3—27 (J W Davidson.... 4 2 2 2 .'! 3 2-18 



: H 1, mbie .3 4 3 4 4 3 3-24 W A Wistoli 3 2 2 -I 4 2-17 



Hi!c'm]soa:::::.4 4 3433 3-24 hf fisch 304 32 22-10 



Mr P. IT. Hack hail the highest score at the first day's 

 shootiii" ; Mr. B. B. Lynch was the highett at the above shoot, 

 inf. The third and last contest takes place at the above 

 grounds on Saturday next. 



MictiiGAS vs. Wixnson, Caxada.— The Miebigajiders are 

 trying conclusions with their friends over the border, and on 

 the 20th inst, the first bout between six members of Company 

 A Third Regimentof Michigan State Troops, and an equal 

 number from the Windsor Infantry Company, took place near 

 Windsor. Each man had live shots at each of three ranges, 

 200 400 and 500 yards respectively, which were shot, in the 

 order named-old square target, in use. The darkness during 

 the firing at the Ion? range, brought down the average, but the 

 record was thought by the marksmen a fair one, consider- 

 in}' the arms and the practice of the men. The. following is the 

 score, showing the number made put ol a po.-sible 20 at each 

 range per man : 



f BOO— 4 2 4 6 5 2 5 —21 1 



IIFLorrt -' BOO— 8 5 5 3 4 3 5 4 — 32.V 



1 1,000— 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 5 1— .it) 



-Sol 



5-44 ) 



WTNBSQH TEAM, 



ifll) ydB. MX< -■ 



TMorton S ; 



11 Meadow ;o 



G Purser l| f 



WShipk'V I'-' «> 



TWol..:... 



.00 yi 

 7 

 3 



2 



n 



n 

 n 



Total. 



13 



21 



