FOREST AND STREAM. 



Calibre rifle, which was won by-Mr. F. II. Hack, who scored 

 aii aggregate of 83 out of a possible 105. 



Worcester, Mtm t — The Blfle Team of the Worcester Sports- 

 men's Oluh did some very creditable work at the Greenwood 

 Range, Sept. l, in shooting at 600 yards, for places on the 

 team which is to o'ojtapetg with the team from the Lawrence 

 dub. The most remarkable score was by Mr. C. B. Iloklen, 

 who made 23 consecutive bull's-eyes. MaJ. L. 0. White also 

 had a splendid run of 80 consecutive bulls'-eyes. The detailed 

 result was as iollows: 



L G. White 143 A. O. Mann 136 



O. B. ffoUlen t-U s. (Mini; 18a 



A,Ii,Rfija ]K9 F. Wesson 132 



G. J. Kugg 136 A. IlOllgllton 109 



— Sir Henry Halford and feight of the British riflemen were 

 gnosis of Judge Gildersleeve and the West Side Gun Club, in 

 Elm Park, A Qg. 31st. Tliey tried their skill at shooting glass 

 balls from Bogttrdils tifaps 3 eighteen yards rise, and about forty 

 yards from the firing point. Then Milner and Sir Henry shot 

 a match against Judge Gildersleeve and E. Schweycr, the 

 President of the West Side Gun Club. Out of 10 balls Miluer 

 broke 8, Sir Henry Halford 7, Judge Gildersleeve 6 and 

 Behweyer 4. In another match of balls, Judge Gildersleeve 

 broke 6, Miluer 2, Sir Henry 2, Frazcr 1, Col. Bodine 5 and 

 Sehweyer 3. 



Twenty-six members of the Gun Club shot for a gold badge 

 which was in the possession of the President, Mr. Sehweyer. 

 He had won it twice, but was required to win it again as a con- 

 dition to permanent possession. This time Luigi Brizzoiari 

 won it, making 16 shots out of a possible 20. Sehweyer made 

 15 shots. 



THE AMERICAN-CANADIAN MATCH. 

 AMERICA VICTORIOUS. 



[special dispatch to the forest and stream.] 



Canada— Toivn to, Sept. 3d.— Tne trip to this city of the 

 team representing the Amateur Rifle Club of New York, has 

 been entirely successful so far as the visitors were concerned, 

 bujfc for the hosts it was rather a surprise lo iind themselves for 

 the third time at the foot of the list; we have about come to 

 the conclusion that there is no sueh word as fail known to the 

 American rifle shooters. 



The Amateur Rifle Club men arrived here Friday evening 

 altera safe trip, two of the members only feeling a slight in- 

 disposition after their long journey by rail. The men with 

 their baggage, rifles, ammunition, etc-, were received at the 

 Bossin Hotel, where mist comfortable quarters had been as- 

 signed them. Saturday they paid their first visit to the ranges 

 of the Ontario Rifle Association, about three miles from their 

 hotel, on the Garrison Common. Sweeping about the range on 

 three sides Me the waters of the lake, and a liberal amount of 

 breeze is always sure togreet the rifleman at his practice here. 

 The American gentlemen discovered that as the matches were 

 in progress their only chance of getting a pop over the ground 

 was to join and take part in the matches. This they did, and 

 found that in shooting from the mounds used as firing points, 

 to carry the bullets clear of the fences a radical difference in 

 elevations from tho3e governing at Creedmoor was necessary ; 

 not only were the elevations higher, but a greater distance on 

 the vernier was required between 800 and 900 and between 

 900 and 1,000 yards than was customary at Creedmoor. The 

 men, however, soon grasped these variations, and among the 

 long-range winners were Keene, Farrow, Hepburn, Geiger 

 and Rathbone, of the American party, It had been thought 

 best, with a view of strengthening the chances for an American 

 victory, to limit the match to six men on either side. This 

 privilege of choice between six and eight contestants was 

 given the commander of the visiting team, and Lieutenant- 

 Colonel E. H. Sanford, the President of the Amateur Club and 

 the captain of the team, had decided on six and named as the 

 American team ; W. M. Farrow, L. Geiger, W. Gunn, R. 

 Rathbone, H. Fulton and L. L. Hepburn. R. H. Keene, J. P. 

 Waters and Colonel Sanford looked after the interests of 

 the team generally. 



The Canadian members of the Victoria Rifle Club, of Hamil- 

 ton, have been practising with great care in anticipation of the 

 match, and the purchase of American breech-loaders was 

 with the idea of placing themselves more on an equality with 

 the visitor, over whom they expected to achieve an easy vic- 

 tory, as the best of the long-range members of the Amateur 

 Club were already pre-engaged in practice for the International 

 match with the British team at Creedmoor. 



This morning the match opened at 10:30 o'clock with a fair 

 day, but with an ugly wind blowing from the northwest from 

 the 13 to 3 o'clock quarters, requiring an allowance of from 

 seven to ten points for a right wind, as a consequence the 

 average score made is not at all an extraordinary one, the 

 best on the field by L. L. Hepburn, only reaching 199 in the 

 possible 225. The Amateurs led from the first distance, reach- 

 ing a lead of nine points at the close of the 800 yards score; 

 at the 900 yards finish the score stood two in favor of the 

 Americans, but the great falling off at 1,000 yards left the 

 Amateur Club men far ahead. Their system, a careful sys- 

 tem of mutual coaching, had saved the day to them, despite 

 Rathbone's illness, while the Canadians notwithstanding the 

 fact that three of the members used American rifles, were beat- 

 en, as much by their independent style of work as by any other 

 cause. At the finish Major Gibson andOapt. J, J. Mason, of the 

 Canadian team made short speeches to the crowd informing 

 them of the defeat of their men, and in response Col. E. H. 

 Sanford thanked his hosts ou behalf of himself and team for 

 the pleasant time they had enjoyed. With cheers the match 

 then concluded. The scores stood as follows ; 



TUB AMATEIUI C1.UB TEAM. 



Buoyds. aim yds. lOOOydB. Total. 



L. L. Hepburn. Kern Creed 67 66 67 1H9 



II. Fulton, Kern dived 64 59 62 TS5 



Wallace Giinn, Sharp Creed 69 IM BT 180 



W. M. lAirruw. Italian! L'rccd....f.(3 A3 50 1 TS 



!,. elisor. Rem Creed 02 53 fis 17:s 



1,'. Rathbone, Item Creed (5 65 47 tl'.i 



Totals 8T8 359 886 10&S 



THE VU'TOIUA CI.CU 1'KAM. 



J. Adam, Rem Creed 68 89 RS 1*0 



W. CiUll. Mellon! M I lit 58 5V 179 



A. Bell, Mctfovd M L 09 62 5? ITS 



P. Schwa.a, Row Creed 66 61 65 170 



Joseph Mason, tteiu Oreed na w <h its 



3". M.. Qiltsofi, Metford M L 53 59 57 171 



Totals 364 305 S3ii HOI 



F. 



"A Cool Cavalry Troop," — The Syracuse Journal talks 

 as follows, without first informing itself that a tine bronze 

 trophy was the trophy for the Yates men when they capture 

 the first cavalry prize at Creedmoor: 



We feur it is nearly settled that, the Yates Dragoons will Tint, po to 

 Creedmoor this year. Year after j ear t.lie.y have won " water coolers,', 

 Hoping that eventually the Stock would be closed out, and something 

 else offered. It is expensive for the Dragoons to outer the contest, and 

 would cost them something to build more storage room lor water 

 OOp'ers were, they to continue the rapturing of thorn. 



Massachusetts— iS^/7''«,!7y;gM. — Several of the Springfield 

 Armory employees enjoyed a shoot the other day. Three 

 strings of ten shots each were tired at 825 yards, the size of 

 targets and mode of marking being the game as at Creedmoor, 

 L. I., with a possible loO for the whole. Two of the guns 

 were the Springfield rifle, precisely the arm issued to the 

 army, and the very gnu which a Boston paper recently said 

 "nobody could hit a barn door with at a distance of 300 

 yards/' the others were the " officers' model," which differ 

 Only in having a little shorter barrel and the peep-hole sight 

 permitted at Creedmoor for long-range shooting. The regu- 

 lar army ammunition was also used; and, considering that 

 two of the men had never before tired at long range, the re- 

 sults were very good, as will be seen : 



F. It. Ball. ...31 JO 31 161 J. Richards. .. .23 ?8 24 75 

 L. C. Jiro.ee... 19 3-1 3! MS J. F. Cranston. 20 32 21 73 

 CO. Wood... 29 31 IS 7S 



Connecticut— Wilhrnhrook.— At the regular semi-monthly 

 shoot, of the Connecticut Rifle Association at Willowbrook 

 range, Berlin, on the 1st inst., the champion long-range and 

 mid-range badges were won by N. Washburn, of Hartford ; 

 the leading scores standing : 



LONG-KANGE MATCH. 



N. Washburn, Hartford. George T. Judd, Middletown. 



890.. .4 5 i) 5 5 5 •! 5 & 5—17 SOU. . .5 5 it 24 55 3 3 4— 49 



919 .. .3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5—40 901).. .5 3 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 3—44 



1,009. . .3 45445355 3—11 — 134 1,000. . .4 43434455 5—41—125 

 J. L. Woodbridgo, Manchester. W. H. Binns, Hartford. 



SU9...4 44455545 2—42 800. ..2 3543 3 545 5-31 



9»0...5 54535555 5—47 900... 5 545533 4 5 5—43 



1,090... 5 55 3 44343 5-41—130 1,000... 3 24554354 5-49—122 

 11ID-RA.NCtE— 500 YARDS. 



N. Washburn 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—49 



George r. Judd 4 55555455 3-40 



H. A. Hubbard 5 45455454 4—45 



For the "all comers" badge, at 500 yards, for any rifles of 

 40 caliibre or under, S. II. Hubbard, of Hartford, won with 

 a fine ssore. 



"ALL-OOSTEKS "— 500 YARDS. 



S.A.Hubbard 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—47 



J. L. Woodbridge 5 44555445 5— 40 



The Irish- Amep.i can Rifle Club.— The New York Irish- 

 American Riflemen have "gone and done it" for the Connec- 

 ticut Irish-American riflemen, taking a trip up to Greenwich 

 on the 29th ult. The New Yorkers were well received, es- 

 corted to the range, where, at the one target in use, the two 

 teams peppered away neither of them particularly' satisfied 

 with their own record, but the visitors carrying off the honors 

 and the silver mug. The New York men were somewhat 

 bothered in the fact that the shooting point was higher than 

 the target, and the down-hill aiming was somewhat of an in- 

 convenient novelty. The shooting was at 200 yards, any 

 rifle. The scores in full, standing : 



Irish-American Clob, N. Y. City. 



J. I. C. Clark. 3 44444344 5-38 



N.D.Ward 5 334 4 4443 3—37 



J.E. Inviu 4 2 4 334524 2—33 



J. Cavanaugh a 33 3 43343 2—33 



E.F.Duffy. 2 44253333 3— 32 



S.Kneeland 4 00503443 3—26—200 



Irish-American Club, Greenwich. 



J. Boles 4 43444545 5—42 



S June 3 33454433 4—36 



L. Powers 3 43243334 4-33 



W.Tift 4 3224350 2 4-29 



W. II. Barton 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 3—27 



C. Hitch , 00240042 3—15—182 



Gen. F. F. Millen was Captain of the New York team, 

 Lieut. Kueeland being his adjutant. 



It is intended to have a return match at Creedmoor within 

 a few days, when the Down-Easters will receive another lesson 

 in how to do it. 



On Saturday last, the Irish-American Rifle Club of New 

 York held its regular weekly competition for the Millen 

 trophy, the scores standing : 



200 500 Tl. 200 500 Tl 



rtBurns — 20 30 53 Lieut. Began 20 28 4S 



'Daffy 22 27 49 Captain Murphy . .21 22 46 



Lieut. Kueeland... 25 24 49 Sergeant Ward 24 22 46 



M. 11. Maltby 26 23 49 Sergeant JMcHugh. .. 29 17 46 



New York— Rochester.— The 7th Division, N. G. S. F. Y. 

 annual prize meeting on the Rochester ranges was well car- 

 ried through by Col. C. P. Bromley, ex-officer, and in some 

 of the matches good shooting was shown. The meeting ex- 

 tended over the 27th and 28th ult., and among the competitions 

 were the matches for the Lansing Medal, open to all members 

 of the seventh division, N. G. Distance, 200 yards ; rounds, 

 seven. 



Prize— Gold badge, to be competed for at each regular meet- 

 ing, and held by the winner one year. Value $25. Donated 

 by Brigadier-general J. H. Lansing. 



James Ratt,27: Lieutenant J.F. Boyd,62; Col. F. A.Schceffel 

 26; Dr. Buckley', 26; Adjt. A. H. Bruman. 26; Sergeant Man' 

 deville, 23 ; Colonel Bromley, 22 ; G. B. Parkhurst, 21 • 

 Jacob Rapp, 21 ; Colonel S. S. Eddy, 21 ; Lieut. Peter Hess' 

 20 ; Capt. B. F. Ridley. 21. 



The Brinker medal Match.— Distance, 200 yards; position, 

 standing; any rifle within the rule of the National rifle associa- 

 tion ; seven shots, with two sighting shots additional. The 

 medal to become the property of the person who wins it three 

 times, and to be shot for on the first Friday of each month, i 



Dr. Rider, 81; R. B. Yates, 30 ; Dr. C.Buckley, 29; Col. 



men*, look a revolver, value $35, presenter] by E. Reming- 

 ton & Sons', in a match open to all commissioned, officers of the 



seventh division N G-.^ Distance, 200 yards; rounds, live; 



v»,wil ir.n ot*» i-ii-I In ir f-loii/Jj-nl I X IM i i \n > r- 1 II. f "*,%-,-.* ..". .. I_r. .^.,,i:.,™..« 



13; Lieut. Straudenmaier, 12; Captain 0. C. Meyer, 16; Capt. 

 Moore, 20: Lieutenant Hess, |f> : [lieutenant Elkhart, 30; Ad- 



jutant Bruman, 14; Lieutenant Stallmau, 18; Major Flecken- 



stien, 8. 



Mahway, N- ■?■ — First competition for badge presented by 

 the Hahway Rifle and Sporting Oluh, took place on this range 

 at Rahway, N. J., on Sept. 3d. The badge was won by Mr. 

 B. A. Vail, President of the Club, ou ascore of 13. The next 

 eompetiton will take place upon this same range, on the 37th 

 of September, commencing at 2 p. m., open to all comers; two 

 sighting, and ten scoring shots. Entrance fee, 50 cents. 



Rifle Pkaotice.— When Messrs. Dcnnison <& Co. got up 

 their popular targets for rifle practice, they "hit the nail ou 

 the head." as they have succeeded in rendering them perfectly 

 accurate in every particular, and amateur sportsmen owe them 

 a debt of gratitude for giving them something so entirely re* 

 liable, nnd at so low a price. When they offer to send by "mail 

 a specimen one-huudred-yard target, together with circular 

 containing " Major Henry Fulton's Rults for Private Prac- 

 tice," for the small sum of ten cents, it shows they are quite 

 willing to have these goods thoroughly tested before they are 

 purchased. Their advertisement, in another column, should 

 be read for more particulars.— [Adv. 



Orange Judd's Experiments.— In a note to the chairman of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Connecticut Ride Association, Mr. Orange 

 Judd says: "As the sheLs, after repeated firing, become too much ex- 

 panded to enter the barrel easily, many have expressed a wish tn have 

 some contrivance to shrink them. I procured a steel tube for this pur- 

 pose and drove the shells into it with a wooden mallet, removing the 

 shell with a wooden pin inserted in the opposite end. It appeared to 

 work well audi had no difficulty iu inserting the loaded shells in the 

 gun. But. now for the result. You doubtless noticed the unaccount- 

 able misses in my shooting ou Saturday, 'gooss eggs' following right 

 after bull's eyes, three of them at the 900 yard range alone, and oth r 

 Bhots dropping to the bottom of the target. On coming homo and cleai - 

 ingthe shell I found the truth. Two-thirds of all those doctored or 

 contracted shells burst in tiring just where they had been most contact- 

 ed. JHy son George uSPd a few similarly prepared shells which also 

 dropped the bullets. So, according to this experience, It will not do o 

 reduce the diameter of the shells at the base after they have once ei- 

 panded. 



—The members of the Britisli and Crescent City rifle teams 

 have been elected honorary members of the Manhattan Club. 



un. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER, 



Moose, Aires malvhis. 

 Oanbon, Taramlus ruimifrr. 



Elk or wapm, Oervus caiia4e)i$is. 

 Red or Va. deer, O. HrginiasiuB. 



Squirrel", red, black and gray. 



Hares, brown aud gray. 



Reed or rice bird, Dotichonyx oryz- 



Wilri turkey, MeleagrU gallopavo. 



Piunated grouse or prauie cluck- 

 en, Oupirjonia cup; -U: 



Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bonasa 

 umbeMu*. 



Quail or partridge, Ortyx vinjiiiia- 

 nus. 



Black-bellied plover, or ox-eye, 



SQuataroIu helvetica. 

 Ring plover, rfiyialitia semipal- 



Stilt, or long-shanks, Sirnqntopm 



Woodcock, PMhhela minor. 

 Bed-breasted Bhipe or dowitcher, 



Red-backed sandpiper, or ox-bird' 



Great, irmrhied godwit or marlin, 



Willet, To'iitwix Hnnipahmtua. 

 Tattler, Tot/mi'* wchowlmcwi. 

 Yellow-shanks, Totanua jlavipes. 



"Bay birds "generally, including various species of plover, sand, 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, avocels, 

 etc., coming under the group Umacolm or Shore Birds. 



®° The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con- 

 fusion that spi irtsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kinds of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference : 



States 



III 



Ind.... 

 Iowa... 

 Minn... 

 Wis.... 



Ruffed Grouse 



Sep 1 to .Ian 15 

 Oct 1 to Feb 1 

 Aug 15 to Dect 

 Aug 14 to Ocr, 1 

 Aug 15 to Nov U 

 Neb.... No Shooting 

 Kans...lAug 1 to Febl 



Quail. 



Octl to Feb 1 ; Oct 1 to Febl 

 N r ovl to Jau 1 Nov 1 to Jan 1 

 Sep 12 toTiec.15 Oct lto-taul 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 Sep 1 to Dec 1 

 Sep 15 to Jan 1 Sep 15 to Jau 1 

 '.o Shooting. iNo-Shooting 

 " I Octl to Jani 



Woodcock. 



Sept l to Jan 15 

 July l to Jan i 

 July l to Jan i 

 July 3 to Nov! 



July 4 to Nov 15 

 JNo Restric- 

 tions. 



HP Correspondents and subscribers will oblige us and 

 serve the cause by sending four-line reports of the shooting in 

 their respective localities. 



Massachusetts— Salem, Sept. M —The past week has been 

 giving us some fair shooting at Eagle. Hill, Ipswich Neck 

 Essex, Plum Island, and vicinity. Peeps were thick last 

 Saturday as well as gunners at Eagle Hill. Among the birds 

 shot have been jack curlew, dough hide, a good many uplands 

 winters, grass birds, etc., also black-breasts and snipe, with' 

 some beetle-heads. Saw a large flock of foul flying hisjh 

 over Ipswich last Saturday. I think they were brant. I think 

 some birds may be picked up most any day at Eagle Hill now 

 and for the next month or so. Teal. 



New Jersey — Basking Ridge Sept. 1. A hunting party 



has been organized for sport in Pike Co., Pa. 



Pennsylvania— Uniontown, Aug. 30.— The most exeitmo- 

 fox chase of the season came off in the neighboorhood of old 

 Centre Furnace, in the mountains, last Tuesday week. "Wish" 

 Miller, the irrepressible sportsman, accompanied by his son 

 Grant, and Dr. W. B. Fuller, with Wish's celebrated trained 

 kennel of noble mastiffs, started early for the place, and by 

 nine o'clock had surprised a gray fox, which gave chase for 

 three hours before being captured. A second one was soon 

 unkenneled, and this one, as "Wish " deftly characterized it 

 was undoubtedly the swiftest and most cunning fellow this 

 side of the mountains. It made an excellent chase several 

 hours, but finally took refuge up a tree. After some delay 

 however, they succeeded in starting it again, and for a tim® 



