FOREST AND STREAM. 



135 



New Jersey Team— Springfield Rifle. 



,....4S 33 70 Townsend S4 SB 63 



4» 73 SyneS 31 29 6T 



De Moii. 35 73 Williams 38 U 63 



...32 IB 5t 



Kolto. . W 33 OT Ken; BO 20 50 



.,..30 Us U Halstead 33 16 49 



Total *2 333 744 



The champion's match was completed in the 600 and 1,000- 

 vards stages, and Major Fulton shows himself an excellent 

 "•' all round " riflemen, though the "outer " in his 1,000-yards 

 score has an ugly look. Last year the first, a gold medal, was 

 taken with 133 points by Col. isauford. There, were 77 en- 

 tries, though but 57 full scores were made. At the 1,000- 

 yards stage and finish of the match, which came on after 

 luncheon hour, the greatest care was taken by all contestants. 

 The wind had gobs into a regular rear fish-tail, wiggling 

 from 6 to 7 on the dial in a provokingly jerky style. The 

 scores of the three medalists and the other leading competi- 

 tors were : 



C 200—5 5 4 554554 5 — 47) 



Main Fill ton < «00-5 655 5 5455 5-49^. .139 



1 1,000— 3 4 2 554556 6-43) 



( -ZOO— 5 4 • 4 5 4 4 5 4 4—44/ 



ILAllen < 600—5 564 5 6566 5— 49 J- . .135 



ll.OOO— 4 24 6 43555 6— U) 



I 200-4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5— 421 



GeflTSDakin < 600—6 55454556 5— 18 -.134 



( 1,000-5 54543635 5—44) 



200 600 1,000 T'l 200 600 1,000 T'l 



<C Blydenburgh..39 4S 40 133 1IT Clark.. 40 47 44 181 



Sir It H,il ford.... 42 47 44 133 Wm Hayes 43 4.1 41 180 



TLamb, Jr 43 47 42 132 JKMlluer 41 47 39 130 



LtCol J Fenton.43 43 45 181 



US W Brans 129 UJ Burns 1-20 I* 1 T Plggott 118 



ff Hyde 129 K U Saulord 120 Wm Gerrish 117 



LC Bruce 128 K H Keene 130 JK Renaud 117 



W H Jackson 133 H S Jewell 120 K H Yates 116 



SAServis 127 C E Eider 119 .1 Kabbetli 110 



Win Arms 127 W M Farrow 119 H G Eyrieli ...im 



EADugro 125 II fisher 119 K C Coleman 115 



GW Davison 124 W Gunu Hi) R 8 Greenhill 114 



Wm Ferguson 122 C T Manning 119 Wm Kigby 114 



WH Gilder 122 W S EUneudorf .....111) Al'llnmpnry 113 



GLMors.; ISO D Selph lis JP Warren 113 



Late in the day the Wimbledon Cup contest was opened 

 with a good line of entries. As the battle of 30 shots per man 

 waged alone, first one then another of the men leading, it was 

 a pretty hard matter to say who would come out the victor, 

 but the cup went finally to the champion riflemen of the 

 world, Mr. Dudley Selph of New Orleans, with a run of 137 

 in the possible 150. The leading scores stood: 



Dudley Selph— 5 555 5 44542554555454453555445 

 5 5—137. 



Wallace Gunn 180 TH Gray 128 II D Hodgman 120 



CERider 186 J K. Renaud 127 Orange Judd 120 



F Hvde 135 Wm Amis 120 James Ives 119 



PGEynoti 134 W H Jactaon 120 J E Warren 119 



JBodiue .133 LSI Ballard 126 Isaac L Alien 119 



J Glynn it 133 n Eisner 11*4 C E Overbangh 117 



F Lamb Jr ,.. 133 H S Jewell 124 G W Yale 109 



EHSautord 133 L Gelger 124 F Wesson 109 



E T Manning 131 RO Coleman 121 G W Davison 106 



W 'M Farrow 180 N Washburn 121 



The work of Thursday and Friday, in the gra>t Interna- 

 tional Match, is told elsewhere in our columns, and on Satur- 

 day the short-range team match was completed. In this 

 match twenty teams were entered, but the three prizes offered 

 went "down East;" the first to the Walnut Hill champions, 

 the scores standing : 



Massachusetts Rill e Association. 

 200 300 T'l 200 300 T'l 



G L Winsbip 31 24 55 Wm Gerrish 29 24 55 



NW Arnold 30 BB 58 W H Jackson 27 23 50 



HT Rockwell 28 28 66 7.T ^ ^ 



Total I 46 V H 2 T2 



Company E, Second Connecticut. 



G R Nichols 2S 27 55 Samuel Kennedy. ... 29 23 52 



EAFolsom 29 20 55 James Jorey 27 23 00 



James Tinkey 30 24 54 — — — 



Total. . liB 123 2 66 



Amateur Rifle Club of Stamford, Conn. 



so called Mm myself, and he has proven himself such, not in team 

 shooting, hut in a match where he was thrown on his own resources, 

 and was obliged to follow his own Judgment. I consider a man a 

 better marksman who makes a high, score when shooting by himself 

 than when with able coaching he runs up fco great totalis. It is quire 

 possible that ho may be a mere trigger-puller. The act of letiing off 

 tnc riile is of no great moment, compared with the exercise ol judg- 

 ment in fixing the sight ; and the coach, of whom so little is said, is 

 still the man who makes or breaks a match. As 1o the flraL rifleman of 

 the world I present to you this cup. 



Sir Henry handed Mr. Selph the great tankard; Mr. Selph 

 responded briefly : 



Sib— As a. representative of the South and as a rifleman I accept this 

 cup. At the end of the year I must give It up ; but I shall come with 

 it (Sir Henry— Hear ! Hear 1 Hear !') and strive again for its possei^sion. 

 If I win it ihen I shall be happy, as I am now. if 1 lose it I hope to 

 bear the loss as my English cousins do, like a man. 



Milwaukee Rifle Club. — The regular rifle practice at the 

 1,000 yard range, on Sept. 15, resulted in as close a record as 

 71 out of a possible 75 by Fielding. Jonston, 62; Welles, 60; 

 Fielding, 71; Drake, 68; Hill, 03. 



An Ereoe. — In your yesterday's issue in the report of the 

 match, at South Vernon, Vl., of the National Rifle Club, 

 there is an error, not yours, but mine. The "beat aggregate" 

 is credited to J. Williamson. It should be to "Sec, J. Brock- 

 way.'' You will much oblige me by noticing the error in your 

 next. Respectfully "W. D. Craft, 



Sept. 14, 1877. 5Beekman street, N. Y. 



1st— Small nests, on or about the small limbs of laru 



Sd— Laigoa 1 iigii trees, limbless and dangerous. 



3d— Nests on 

 These, three 

 :tnarks 01 



in 



1. or other rocky positions. 

 ntire ground of general climbing, and 

 pplicable to all oilier cases or minor 

 excursions it is necessary always to 

 uch as rope, hammer and naUs, and 



E H Sanford 40 



W U smiford 28 



P.vi Richards 27 



Total. 



55 RII Ee-.ie.. ... 



53 PF Smith 29 



25 52 



..140 123 263 



Railway li 1 tie Club «4 119 263 



Kemlngcon01nb,OBwego \M \f gg 



Flushing Ritle Association }3S 120 258 



Crescent Coy Club, New Orleans }« 115 250 



Bergen Point Kiile Association. 140 114 254 



Company E, First Regiment, Cat 12, lib 253 



Irish-American Rifle Club 1?6 112 248 



Seventh Regiment Club \f 1/9 «J 



ZeitlerR.fle lilt* »» }% j« 



0mted States Engineers M & |g 



California R.iie Association..... 121 121 ui 



company c, 1 aited Scates Engineers ISO ius 23b 



Company-^ Fourteenth Regiment 128 10o 233 



Jamaica Rod ami R, lie Club 129 101 gg 



Comp my C , Twenty-! .h ird Regiment 120 9 i-- 



Company lv, Second Connecticut 132 loo 222 



Company G, Thirty- second Regiment 1 w ib 1 Jd 



In the evening tne riflemen gathered at the State Arsenal to 

 assist in the distribution of the prizes. After the bestowal of 

 the regimental team prizes, Sir Henry Hall'ord was invited to 

 make the speech, in presenting the Wimbledon Cup to Mr- 

 Dudley Selph. In doing so Sir Henry said : 



GENTl EMFN 1MB OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION— 



You tune done me the honor ol making me the medium of presenta- 

 tion of this eno. I am glad, as it gives me the oppoitunlty of recalling 

 to voir minds the circumstances which called it into existence, and 

 evi',l!uu"to appearance on vol. r list of annual prizes at Creedmoor. 

 But first 1 would correct what seems to me an error into which ben. 

 Woodward has fallen when he underrates the importance of loug- 

 range, as compared with what is done and should be done m military 

 arms.' Now, it will not do to kick down the ladder which 1, as led n B u 

 the present pitch of excellence m military shooting. \ou must not 

 forget that the drill shown and interest in scientific rule shooting has 

 been of incalculable value in the wort: of raiding the standard in all 

 classes ot arms. Had it not been for the progress in tins special lino 

 we miffbi hive been still working away with the old "Brown Bess. 

 1 trust, therefore, that, no jealousy will l.e shown, and a more active 

 interest than before taken in (scientific shooting, and all honor given 

 the men who at present won prizes through their own diligence with 

 arms called the II nest, but really the pioneer weapons on which an 

 future cl-mm-Ks and improvement arc modelled. But of the cup : loll 

 will remember that when the American team of 1.S75 went to I. eland 

 to gain one of its usual victories (laughter), after Dollymoun -they 

 came to Wimbledon. Some of our people proposed that they should 

 shoot iomside us in our contest, for our own Kloho Shield. But the 

 SiSmSSS to -this were manifest, and the council could not consent, 

 Some said, we were afraid, but to show that we were not we offered to 

 get, mi a " scratch " team and shoot, a match. 



[The "scratch "team proposed was to include the pick of the three 

 Ek.ho-Shleid "Bights," precisely as the present British team does— Ed.j 



I was on the council at that time, and was one of the strongest op- 

 sonents of the nrooosefl match with the Eicho-Sbield teams, and I hold 



l conies from the 

 :-rii in i 11 offensive 

 >rin a proper com- 

 , were anxious to 

 nave"a match, and wheu'i'his "could not come about, to show their ■wish 

 to do everything that was hospitable and kindly, they provided this 



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 asking us for information in legard to our six-section bamboo trout, 

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 We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150. 

 We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers 

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 enamel (made by burning and staining to imitate the genuine article) 

 without letting our customers Imow just what they are getting. 



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From the Oologist we take the following hints on tree- 



climbing. They arc contributed try Mr. W. H . Ballou : 



On the whole, climbing-irons are a failure, for unless a person has 

 stout nerves and a Strong Wain he can make but little headway. The 

 f.-ct get cramped and tired out, the legs become stiffened with pain, 

 and the shock to the system occasioned by climbing is made doubly 

 worse by the use of the irons. Never attempt to use them 0a a hard 



ueas '■' tree without bark, nor a limbless tree that you cannot read) 



around; ten to one if you do you will land on the ground below before 

 many feet are consummated. If your nerves are not strong, never 

 look 'down, nor higher up than is necessary to take one step above an- 

 other; keep the eyes famtliar'.WMi all objects on a level with them, 

 Which will make it, seem that you are On the ground. Take off the 

 coat, but leave on a heavy vest, or a short coat without arras ; this will 

 in a measure protect, the lungs from being Btrained and from other in- 



Having prepared for the climb, it will be nest in order to see what 

 nests there are that are liable to baffle all reasonable efforts of obtain- 

 ing, We have ; 



Pass thi; 



isuallv) trees in 

 leir strongholds; 

 tilforuia vulture 

 lg places, which 

 piickest mej.hod 

 it, an incli and a 

 ml the 



1 lit titcei.v between ; push th 

 uiddle of the. body. When you wish 

 iossible on the opposite side of the 



I lie 



divi 



have some impleme 



some heavy spikes. 



In treating of the first class, if the trees are small the limb on which 

 the nest is placed can be sawed off and the nest carefully brought to 

 the person engaged. Where the limbs are large and extend to quite a 

 distance from the tree, do not attempt to saw it off, but, fasten a, rope 

 of sufficient length at the intersection of the limb and tree and securely 

 around the body under the amis, and clamber to I lie small part of the 

 limb, where, if the. nest is on the end, the limb may be sawed off and 

 secured. 1 his is the most perilous Climbing, and the idea of keeping 

 the eye on objects of the same level must, be rigidly Kept in view. 11. 

 is a place, too, where all one's wits and stratagems must be bi oui 

 bear. The method showing how to get to that limb is treated under 

 the second class. 



Under the second class we have those 

 winch eagles and various other birds of ] 

 l-'robably of tins class there is no bird eqt 

 for defiance to the arts of man in its selee 

 are usually on giant trees on precipitous 

 of ascending such trees is by the use of a 

 half in diameter and six or seven feet long 

 tree and body, and tie, it, so that y 

 up with you, keeping it about the 

 to rest push the rope up as far as 

 tree and sit on it. 



Another method is to make a ladder of the tree by nailing slats up 

 the entire distance or by driving in heavy spikes. Either way is often 

 well worth the trouble of einp oyiug, and will enable one to climb any 

 tree. There is but one safe way of reaching nest- on the sides of pre- 

 cipitous cliffs, and that is by being let, down 011 a rope or in a basket. 

 A gaff hook should be carried with a long light handle, to draw nests or 

 limbs up to one. 



In reviewing these methods, it is done in hopes of bringing out Views 

 from all parties, and it is hoped that a goodly collection of methods 

 may be obtained. 



The Qalaxy for October will be a number of unusual inter- 

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 mentioned " The Tariff and the Hard Times," by Horace ^Vhlte ; "For- 

 rest, from an Actor's Point of View," by Lawrence Barrett ; a chapter 

 on "President Lincoln's Administration, giving Mr. Lincoln's ideas of 

 colonization as an accompaniment to emancipation," by Bon. Gideon 

 Welles, late Secretary of the Navy; "The Planet Mars," by Captain 

 Raymond of the United States Corps of Engineers, who was one of the 

 transit of Venus expedition; an article by Captain E. Simpson, United 

 States navy, "On Modern Naval Warfare;" a striking story by Tur- 

 geneff. The above articles, with the departments, will make up a very 

 brilliant number. 



— Charles Ilallock, Esq. , editor of the well known and 

 popular sporting paper, the Forest and Stream, of New 

 York, is on a visit to Minnesota, where he proposes to enjoy 

 himself for a brief period. Mr. H. was in St, Paul the las't 

 time twenty years ago, and he is amazed at the imperial pro- 

 portions which this metropolis has reached since, that time. ■ 

 and as he is the guest of the leading railroad men of the 

 Northwest, who are showing him over the finest sporting 

 region of the world, the more he sees of the progress of our 

 glorious Minnesota, the more will he be astonished and de- 

 lighted. — St. Paul Pioneer. 



CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



Friday, Sep. 21.— Trotting : Chicago, 111.; Narragiuisett Park, R. 1. 

 Beaver, Pa,; Dover; N. H.; Meriden, Conn.; Catskill, N. Y.; West 

 Chester, Pa. Base ball: Lowell vs Pittsfield, at Pittsfield, Mass.; 

 Continental vs Monticello of J C, at Prospect Park ; Amateur vs Star, 

 at Greenville, J C ; Fall River vs Hornell, at Fall River; Athletic vs 

 Chicago, at Philadelphia. 



Saturday, Sep. 22.— Trotting : West Chester, Pa. Base ball : Fall River 

 vs Hornell, at Fall River ; Continental vs Borremeo. at Brooklyn; Pro- 

 duce Exchange vs Star, at Greenville, J C ; Boston vs Lowell, at Boston; 

 Hoboken vs Quickstep, at Centennial Ground. 



Monday, Sep. 24.— Trotting: Ambler Park, Pa,; Dayton, O. Base 

 ball- St. Louis vs Cincinnati, at Cincinnati; Fall River vs Cricket, at 

 Binghamplon ; Buckeye vs Teoumseh, at London, Can, 



Tuesday, Sep. 25.— Trotting; Ambler Park. Pa.; Dayton, O.; Elmira, 

 N. Y.; East Saginaw, Mich.; Flora, 111.; Toledo, O.; Fleetwood Park, 

 N. Y.; Creston, la.; Kansas City, Mo. Base ball : Buckeye vs Tecum- 

 sch, as above : Hornel vs Cricket, at Binghampton. 



Wednesday, Sep. 19.— Trotting, as ahove ; also at Sharon, Pa., and 

 Montgomery City, Mo. Base ball : Chicago vs Louisville, at Louisville; 

 St. Louis vs Cincinnati, at Cincinnati; Hornell vs Wtlkesbarre, at 

 Wilkesbarre. 



Thursday, Sep. 20.— Trotting, as above, Base ball : Chicago vs Cin- 

 cinnati, at Cincinnati ; St. Louis vs Louisville, at Louisville; Hartford 

 vs Boston, at Byston ; Hornell vs Wilkesbarre, as above. Rowing con- 

 test- on Owasca Lake, N. Y. 



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