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FOREST AND STREAM.' 



level a gun are permitted to go with compari ions who are reck- 

 less, and numerous accidents result therefrom. 



Many ortolan have been killed on the marshes in The neigh- 

 borhood of this oily, bQt reed birds thus far are very scarce. 

 The markets and restaurants are well supplied with ortolan, 

 and the birds are iu fair condition. 



There is au absurd law here which Forbids the shooting of 

 ortolan and reed bird before the 5th of .September, and a still 

 more absurd one passed by the authorities of Prince George 

 County, Mel., which prohibits the shooting of them on the 

 marshes of the Patuxtent prior to the 15th of September. 

 These birds arrive on the marshes in this vicinity, as well as 

 those of the. Patuxtent, during the last ten days in August, 

 and, as they do not breed in this locality, there is no reason 

 why they should lie protected longer than the 1st of Septem- 

 ber, by which time they are always in good order and fit to 

 kill. The birds breed on the borders of the great lakes of the 

 north, and tarry here on their return south. The young birds 

 are with them, but full grown. As they are frequently driven 

 further south by a sudden cold snap which occurs before the 

 20th of September, we have but little opportunity to shoot 

 them ; indeed many of the birds leave the marshes of the 

 Patuxtent before the close season expires, and the shooting 

 there is destroyed on account of an absurd law. 



Some of our Washington tradesmen who make a specialty 

 of goods used by sportsmen, would do well to follow the ex- 

 ample of Mr. Geo. 0. Henning, the enterprising tailor, who 

 offers very good articles in the shape of hunting suits, shooting 

 coats, etc., ami makes known his goods through the advertis- 

 ing columns cf Fokest and Stbeam: and Eod and Gun. He 

 is aware of the fact that the paper has a large circulation in 

 Washington, and he has always found it paid to patronize its 

 advertising columns. There are other dealers here who would 

 add to their business by judicious advertising, and the journal 

 best suited for that purpose is the one which is read by sports- 

 men. The experience of Mr. Henning is like that of other 

 wide-awake dealers all over the country, and that is that 

 every dollar spent in advertising in Pobest and Stbeam is 

 repa'ul teufold by the increased trade brought by such adver- 

 tisement. 



the imperial team is defeated will the British representa- 

 tives fail to consider themselves as good as the best. With 

 a hot day victory is almost certain to the home squad ; with 

 a broken, tempestuous day, the balance may incline either 

 way, while with a lisb-luily wind and undefined light pool- 

 scores may throw a nominal victory on either Bide, The 

 contestants themselves wish a tine shooting day, high 

 scores and a liip-aiid-tuck contest. Everything has been 

 done to insure a perfectly fair match, and should failure 

 meet the visitors they can put no fraction of their defection 

 to any lack of opportunity given them by the American 

 riflemen and the American National Rifle Association. 



THE FALL MEETING AT CREEDMOOR. 



THE 



INTERNATIONAL MATCH. 



In our next we hope to give the full story of the great in- 

 ternational match, and chronicle for the seventh time a vic- 

 tory for the " Yankee lads." Saturday last the practice was 

 brought to a finish. The close of this preliminary practice 

 gives opportunity for a brief comparison before the final 

 struggle, and certainly the British chances do not seem very 

 bright in such a bringing together of statistics. The men in 

 these trial days, rehearsals of the great match in every 

 respect, have striven their best, and in the absence of the 

 distracting influences of great crowds, and without the 

 pressure of a last final effort, the scores doubtless exhibit 

 the full power of the teams. The Britishers have fired six 

 full scores, but on two of these days the Americans did not 

 lire by their side. Taking the six last practice shoots of 

 the separate teams the following exhibit is reached : 



AMEKICAN TEAM. 

 Aug. 21. Aug. 22. Aug. 28. Aug. 29. Sept. 4. Sept. 5. Total. 



Hvdc 214 



Allen 2(19 



Weber ..208 



Blvd en burgh .200 



Jewell IBM 



Bruce 200 



Jackson 203 



Dakin 171 



202 

 201 

 196 



196 



200 

 197 

 190 



205 

 204 

 210 

 211 



To Lai.. 



..1,6< 



I 1,(520 1,617 

 BRITISH TEAM. 



Mllner 200 



Lieut Fenton.tsy 



fcigby mo 



Ferguson 1S9 



Humphry voo 



Evans 194 



Hal font 185 



Coi Fenton... 179 



293 

 197 

 199 



19T 

 200 



1S9 



•.-07 

 207 

 203 

 195 

 199 



209 

 205 



203 

 198 



208 

 202 

 202 

 1S8 

 1SL 

 188 



189 



1,224 

 1,217 

 1,215 

 1.208 

 1,203 

 1,198 

 1,198 

 1,194 



9,057 



1,175 

 1,168 

 1,102 

 1,150 



1,147 



9,410 



Total 1,536 1,614 1,618 1,584 1,569 1, 



This would show T an average score per day of 1,5G9 for 

 the English, against 1,609 for the American team. It is 

 noteworthy, too, that the three Irishmen head the British 

 side, followed by the lone Scotsman, these four gentlemen 

 shooting the Rigby rifle, while the four Metford shooting 

 Englishmen foot the squad. On the 28th and 29th ult., the 

 double days' score shows a lead for the Americans of 137 

 points, while on the 4th and 5th insts., when the teams 

 again shot together, the scores were 97 in favor of the 

 Americans. The British riflemen, while acknowledged to 

 be, as Sir Henry claims, the best team which Great Britain 

 could send out, are deficient as compared with the Ameri: 

 can in the matter of system in team practice, of position in 

 firing, and in the matter of rifles. In questions of indi- 

 vidual expertness and in wind judgment they do not appear 

 to be one whit behind, while iu experience they are far m 

 advance of the home squad. 



The competition is against the best team which Great 

 Britain, the only long-range shooting nation of Europe, can 

 produce. On it the Englishmen have rested their entire 

 hopes, and their assertion in advance that a victory for 

 American riflemen during the present week will leave them 

 beyond dispute the master marksmen of the world, gains 

 point from the claim of the English riflemen last year that a 

 success oyer the Scotch, Irish, Australian and Canadian 

 riflemen, was but a divided victory after all, and "not until 



With fine weather and pleasant surroundings of wind and 

 sky, the fifth annual fall prize meeting opened at Creedmoor 

 on Monday morning last, with every promise of a most suc- 

 cessful carrying out. Careful preparation had been made, 

 and the details worked more smoothly than at any previous 

 gathering. The duties were more carefully defined and 

 sub-divided, and the w-orking officers did not touch upon 

 each other's department. Gen. Woodward made the excel- 

 lent executive officer he always is, and in the selection of an 

 adjutant to relieve him from the importunities of the " press 

 gang," introduced a most happy innovation. Capt. Story 

 wrestled with the exasperating problem of score-tickets, 

 and, with such aid as he possessed, got the returns out with 

 fair celerity. 



The morning opened with a full line of 200-yards targets, 

 from side to side of the range, ready for the peppering of 

 the 217 entries of the Judd match, which was entered upon 

 at 9 o'clock, and filed off without special interest, other than 

 an uncalled-for bit of impertinence inflicted upon Lieut. 

 Fenton of the British team by a sprout of a scorer. The 

 record of Ihe leading scores is shown in the followiug sum- 

 mary (Weapon, any military rifle ; distance, 200 yards ; 

 position, standing ; rounds, 7 ; entrance fee, $1 ; open to 

 all corners ; 217 entries) : 



nW Whit]O0k....4 5 4 5 5 5 5—33 J R NicholF 4 5 4 4 54 4—30 



\v H Gilder 5 f. 14 5 4 fi— 32 Dudley Selph 4 5 5 4 4 4 4-30 



B 9 t'.imisteau 4 5 5 4 5 5 4—32 J 1' Robertson.... 5 5 4 4 5 3 4—30 



w Fereuson 4 4 4 4 5 s 5—31 jid Hinds 5 45454 3—30 



W C Redely 4 45445 5—31 O F Bobbins 4 4 4 4 4 4 5—29 



J W Mailer 5 4 4 4 4 5 5—31 C Van Orden 4 4 4 4 4 5 5—29 



G D Hobar t 4 5 5 4 4 4 5—31 J P Warren 444454 4—29 



A F FinielH 5 5 5 4 4 4 4—31 Geo Wbilo 4 4 4 5 4 4 4—29 



W Brookboff 4 5 4 4 4 4 5—30 JL Price 4 4 5 4 4 4 4—29 



JLe Boutriher....4 5 4 4 4 5 4—30 HTClark 4 5 4 4 4 4 4—29 



W M Farrow 29 W A Perry 29 E Linger 28 



JRGrohman 29 vV J Oliver 28 W Gunn. 28 



BW Burd 29 .7 -is Cook 28 G W Wlngate 28 



J C Reamer 29 R U Station. 28 P Penning 28 



E A Polsom 29 J L Mills 28 C Heizman ->s 



S V Kennedy 29 J L Farley 28 F F Milieu 28 



ACio, Bey 29 F N Holbrook 28 G F Merchant 28 



E H Sanford 29 J E Sterscn 28 W R Livermore ....28 



I Beuenhauser 29 Jos Turkey 28 E A Gritlin 28 



SFKoeelanu 29 J B Mix 28 S E Condon 28 



E H Ladd 29 R Walker 23 M J Blakely 28 



E N Snook 29 R G PoBt 28 F Holmes as 



J P Warren 29 C P Le Breton 28 Jos Moore 25 



F n Holt on 29 Wf Leeman 28 YV F tuinundstone..28 



TK Murphy 29 J McComb 28 



The short-range match followed close upon the Judd match. 

 The only difference between the matches being in the matter 

 of rifles — in the one match of military pattern, and in the 

 other of any build. The scores did not' seem to show any 

 very decided improvement on an average, and the leading 

 score stood the same in each match. In this second contest of 

 the meeting, the record showed (Open to all comers; weapon, 

 any rifle ; distance, 200 yards ; seven rounds ; position stand- 

 ing ; entrance lee, $1 ; 2G7 entries) : 



Ed Squier 5 5 5 4 5 4 5—33 3 P Warren 4 5 5 4 4 4 5—31 



E 11 Sanford 4 5 4 5 4 5 5—32 J MeCorub 4 4 4 5 5 5 4—31 



O G Zettler 5 5 1 I t 6 B-3J2 B A Vail 4 5 4 5 4 5 4—31 



Win Ferguson.... 4 5 5 4 5 4 5— S3 

 E W YVhiilock....4 5 5 4 5 5 4—32 



Philip Klein 5 5 4 4 5 5 4—32 



W II Jackson 4 5 5 5 4 5 4—32 



D F Davids 4 5 5 5 4 5 4—32 



J K MiUner 4 4 5 5 4 i 5—31 



WH Reed 4 5 4 5 4 4 5—31 



WASHIXOTON GREY IE iffl 



r Baker... .4 4454 4 4-29 Sergi M P Ross. .4 4 4 a J 



Sergt J F MoHugh.4 I S— 25 Priv YV T Miller. 1 



i:m A T Deoker..4 4 4 3 4 2 1—25 PrivJas R< 1 ,, i_ 21 



Priv G E Pasco.... 5 3 4 4 3 4 2-25 



Total 



Separate Troop, Fifth Brigade (Brooklyn) 



Gatling Battery, Eleventh Hri trade 1 lirnoklyu) 153 



Separate Troop. Twenty-fourth Brigade (Oswego) 157 



Tares lira goons (SviLi.eii.sei *. 145 



Sepai-tiic Troop, First Division (New York City) igg 



Troop F, Third Regiment Cavalry (New York City) in 



Troop If, Third Regiment. (New York Ciiv) '. n2 



Troop B, Third Regiment Cavalry (New York City) "105 



At the 500 yds. range two matches were contested — first, 

 that for the Army and Navy Cup and then that for the Galling 

 Gun. The first is open to the entry of teams from any mili- 

 tary organization, but the militia were the only contestants, 

 though it was hoped and expected that a team from the Wil- 

 letts Point Engineer corps would represent the regular army. 

 The Oswego "woodchuck" shooters showed a clean pair of 

 heels to the whole crowd, and made a very creditable showing 

 with 328 in the possible -120. The scores running: 



THE ABUTS AND NAVY UUP MATCH. 



Open to teams of twelve from all regularly organized mili- 

 tary organizations in the United States, including regular army, 

 navy and marine corps. Weapon, such military rifle as has 

 been issued at the public expense to the organization which 

 the team represents. Distance, 500 yards. Rounds, seven; 



position, any within the rules. Entrance fee. 

 petitor. 



FORTY-EIOHTH REG4MENT. 



Lieut Col C V Houghton 5 5 



captain A Curtis t 5 



Sergeant C A Barton 4 5 



Private Win H Finn 5 5 



Lieutenant . I S Barton 4 3 



Private George White 3 5 



Corporal A Cropsey '. . . . '. . .'.'.'.'.'.'. . .'a 5 



Private R G Post 2 4 



Sergeant J G Harding s 4 



Private J L Wood 4 4 



Private J P Hall 2 2 



each com- 



4 5 4 5 4-32 



5 5 5 5 2-31 

 4 3 4 5 5-30 

 4 6 5 4 2-30 



3 5 5 4 5—29 



4 4 S 5 2— 28 

 4 4 5 3 8—31 



4 3 I 3 5-2(t 



5 2 6 4 4—28 

 5 4 4 3— 26 



3—24 

 3—20 



3 6 3 



W Wright 544545 4—31 



LH Greve 6 5 4 4 46 4—31 



8 A Servis 5 4 5 4 5 4 4—31 



V Carpenter 4 5 5 5 4 4 4—31 



H J Burns 5 5 4 5 4 4 4—31 



G R Nichols 5 5 4 5 3 4 5—31 



AVni Klein 5 D 6 5 3 4 4—31 



Sir n Halford 30 L L Barnes 29 G L Morse 28 



FT Piegott 30 K G Post, 29 W Kiebv 28 



W H Gilder 30 O ScUhcelOCh 29 J McCartin 28 



CB Eider 30 W Brockhofl 29 FA Wright 2S 



MA Scull 30 C P Le Breton 29 JN Lane 28 



J C Reamer 30 E H Ladd 29 GW Dawson 28 



FNHoibrook 30 W F Leeman 29 J B Frothinglinm....2S 



J E Stetson 80 JP Robertson 29 J Betteuhausen 2S 



ABBinta 30 JFRatbyen v9 J II Teackle 28 



Geo White 30 F Alder 29 B E Lewis ....' 88 



AKP Dennett 30 D O Pinney '9 W C Clark 28 



H Hook 80 J Robertson 29 L Barrere 2S 



C Nash 30 BSEarle.. 29 GHStrong 2S 



BZettlef 30 W R Livermore.... 29 E N Snook 28 



J Boles 30 GB Hoban 29 E Unger 88 



HJQ.niun 30 Jos WemysB, Jr. 29 G W YY r ingate 28 



Jos Fenton 30 F J Eabbeth 29 J F Burns «s 



JE Reieand 30 WH Sanford 29 YV V Clark 28 



SSBumstead 30 W F E UmuuUtone..29 F Schilling 28 



JG Newburv 30 D H Ggden 29 G YV Jones 28 



Chas Renaud 29 J 1 C Clarke 29 J H Figarv 28 



I L Allen 29 H S Jewell 28 M W Hinds 28 



G \V Davison 29 J Oavauairh 28 Wm Gerriah 28 



J B F'-adeuburgh ...29 RH Keene 28 D Selph 28 



CHJohr 29 C H Eagle 28 F Albera 28 



Chas Tal' ad ay 29 J E Irwin 28 J H Swartwout 28 



SV Kennedy 29 FADuero 28 YVmHayea 28 



YV S Cogswell 29 YV J Oliver 23 



Kecess was now for a time the order of the range, and while 

 the marksmen scrambled for beer and sandwiches, the only 

 provender accessible, the old-range targets were changed from 

 3d to 2d class, in anticipation of the afternoon's mid-range 

 work. On the new range the cavalry proceeded with their 

 carbine match at 200 yards, and for the first time in ever so 

 long the Yates men did not have everything their own way, 

 and the "water cooler" which the Syracuse men so feared to 

 get will not yet fall to their lot. The Washington Grey Troop 

 headed the list with a good first place, and celebrated their 

 victory by a reception in the evening to the visiting men at 

 their armory iu the city. The record of the Cavalry Match 

 stood (Open to teams of seven from any troop, or other organ- 

 ization armed with carbines of the National Guard S. N. Y.; 

 to appear in the uniform of their corps: distance, 2UU , 

 position, standing; rounds, seven; weapon, Remington breech- 

 loading carbine, State model ; trigger pull not less than sis 

 pounds ; entrance fee, f 1 each man ; tea teams); 



Totals 328 



Second Regt of Conn 318 Ninth, N Y 245 



Seventy-first, N Y :io7 Seventh, NT 22S 



Eighth, NY 299 Fori \ -seventh, N Y 223 



California (11 men) 200 Thirteenth, N Y "19 



Forty-ninth, N Y... 275 Twelfth, N Y 218 



Forty-fourth, N Y 204 Thirty-second, N Y 21:: 



Twenty-third, N. Y 262 Twenty-eighth, H Y 201 



Fourteenth, N Y 248 Sixty-ninth, N y US 



The Gatling Gun Match, fought at the conclusion of the 

 Army and Navy Match, was another success for the <> 

 men. The Seventh made a strong bid for the gun, but the 

 " woodchuck " shooters proved too much for them, and a 

 second first prize was booked for Oswego. The record of the 

 match showed (open to teams of twelve from any regiment or 

 battalion in the State of .New York ; weapon, Remington 

 State model, 500 yards, seven rounds, any position) : 



I'OKT V-EId DTII 1 1 El , 1 M K N T. 



Lieutenant J S Barton 5 5 5 5 4 5 S— S4 



Captain A Ouitis., 4 4 5 5 4 3 5-30 



Private George White 5 6 :-l 5 5 2 5—30 



Sergeant O A Barton 3 4 4 5 4 5 4-2:1 



1 orporal A Cropsey 4 B 3 5 3 5 4—2!) 



Lieitk-Colonel C V Houghton 4 2 5 5 4 4 4— 2S 



Sergeant L L Barnes 5 4 4 4 5 4—20 



Private Wm H Finn 3 8 B 5 i 6 0—25 



Private J P Hall 3 5 4 4 3 4-25 



Private R G Post 4 3 4 5 a 0—19 



Private J L Wood 2 3 4 4 4—17 



Sergeant H Harding S 2 8 a 3 2—15 



Total 306 



SEVENTH KEGIMENT. TWENTV-THIltll RE01HENT. 



CaptC F Robbins 33 Adjt J H Froth ingliam 39 



Priv Geo YVat.orman 29 Priv J L Thompson 26 



Priv F S Gardner 28 Sergt J M Allen 28 



Priv J YV Gardner 27 Sergt W J Oliver 26 



Priv.) 11 Teackle 26 Priv J H Stearns 20 



Priv JPBurrill 28 Corp Fred Albers 25 



Sergt. B ,1 Coving! on 25 Ser^t WD < 'aoda 25 



PrivT YV Linton 24 Lieut K W Bird n 



Pi IV E W Price 21 Priv FN Hoihrook 21 



Sergt J Le Boiltlllier 21 Corp A G Weber 21 



Carl J L Price 19 Priv F li Helton 20 



Priv A P Riker 19 Corp DC Pinney 20 



Total 290 Total 230 



Forty-ninth Regiment 288 Thirty-second Regiment 2S9 



Forty-fonrth 2*0 Twelfth 215 



Sevenl y-llrst. S80 Thirteenth 1 1 i-i 



Fourteenth 265 sixty-ninth 105 



Ninth ..S51 Forty-seventh I5d 



Eighth 215 



The first stage of the Champion's Match was fired through 

 by the seventy-seven entrants at 200 yards, and out of the 

 possible 50 no less than three 47's were made by Fulton, Capt. 

 Burns, of California, and G. L. Moore, of Yonkers. There 

 Was Some shooting at the running deer during the d*y. The 

 repeating rifle, which was the day prize, was taken by an 

 officer of the association, together with a liberal amount of 

 maledictions for the manner in which the match was sum- 

 marily closed by another member of the directory. At present 

 W e can only say that the match ended very abruptly. 



The second day of the fall meeting at Creedmoor passed off 

 even more uneventfully than the first. Three team matches 

 for the State and First and Second Division prizes filled the 

 programme. There were no protests, no charges of unfair 

 play; and while there were, of course, many "disappointed 

 teams, the results were arrived at after full, free, open en- 

 deavor on the part of all. The same excellent order which 

 marked the first day was again maintained. The morning 

 was given up to off-hand shooting in the opening stages of the 

 three matches named. During the afternoon hours the 500- 

 yards stages were contested, and long before sundown tha 

 closing gun had been tired, the conclusions announced and the 

 men were either snugly under canvas in their tent houses on 

 the range or were oil cityward. 



The State match was a genuine surprise, the great majority 

 of those who have been watching the performances of the 

 team were of opiuiou that the 48th Oswego Regt. would be the 

 lucky squad, and particularly was the opinion held after their 

 brilliant victories in the Gatling Gun and Army and Navy Cup 

 matches of the day before. At the 300-yard" range the 7th 

 Regt. were leading, though they were closely pressed. In 

 opening at 500, however, Capt. Jas. L Price, of the 7th team, 

 made a curious blunder, and through his oversight lost his 

 score at that range. When the gun fired announcing the 

 opening of the second stage of the match Capt, Price was at 

 the pool target, and fore etful of the rule which says, " Any 

 member of a squad or firing party who shall absent hin 

 without leave during the tiring, or fire a shot froi 

 firing point before the squad has completed its shootin j 

 cept in pursuance of orders) shall be disqualified in that com- 

 petition." As Capt. Price had fired at the pool target after 



