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The Foreign Tram at Sharps' Aemokt. -On Saturday, 

 5th, Sir Ileriry Hal ford, Lieut.-Col. Fenton, Messrs, 

 Ferguson, Gilder and Pelerkin of the British team, and Mr- 

 Adams of the Canadian team, accompanied by Judge 

 Gildersleeve, visited the armory of Sharps Rifle Company 

 for the purpose of testing the arms ordered by them during 

 their first visit to Bridgeport, previous to the great match. 

 Upon their arrival at 12:40 they were received by Mr. Ckas. 

 H. Pona, secretary of the company, Mr. Winchester, Gen. 

 J. R. Hawley, Major Yah?, Mr. Borchardt and others. 

 After partaking of a hearty luncheon the gentlemen re- 

 paired to the tiring point of the 1,000 yards range, where 

 some very tine scores were made. When it is considered that 

 the rifles had never been used before, and that the gentle- 

 men had never shot the Sharps rifle, the shooting may be 

 put. down as magnificent. Mr. Gilder shot the "Sharps 

 Borchardt " new model rifle, making the splendid score of 

 ints out of a possible 90, at 1,000 yards, having a run 

 of 16 consecutive bull's-eyes. Lieut.-Col. Fenton shot in 

 the " back position " for the first time, making 67 out of a 

 possible 75. Mr. Ferguson made the handsome total of 71 

 out of 75. Mr, Adams, of the Canadian team, scored 73 

 out of 75. The British team gentlemen will return to Eng- 

 land with breech-loading rifles, satisfied that for long-range 

 match shooting there is no rifle equal to the " Long-Range 

 Sharps." They unite in saying that for accuracy, safety, 

 simplicity of construction and excellent workmanship, the 

 Sharps rifle cannot be excelled. One of the gentlemen 

 went so far as to say that in the future he would keep his 

 muzzle-loaders for museum purposes alone, as relics of a time 

 gone by. Sir Henry Halford, about starting on a hunting 

 trip to the West, takes with him one of Sharps sporting 

 rifles, which was made for him since his arrival in America. 

 This rifle is a very handsome weapon, and is furnished with 

 the spirit level wind-gauge of Vernier, so as to enable the 

 owner to use it in match shooting if necessary. At the 

 conclusion of the shooting the gentlemen visited the 

 cartridge shop of the company, where they -were shown the 

 manner in which the shells are loaded. They gave large 

 orders for ammunition to take back with them to England, 

 evidently determined to show their friends at home what 

 can be done with a Sharps rifle. The following are the 

 scores in detail : 



W. H. Slider. 



1,000 yds 4 555555555555555 4— 88 



Mr. Ferguson. 



1,000 ..4 5555565485545 4-71 



J. Adam— Canadian Team. 



1,000 5 4555545455555 5—72 



Lieut.-Col. Fenton. 

 1,000 5 44 55554454 553 4—07 



The British Team at the Park Theatre.— Sir Henry 

 Il.uiotd and the other members of the British team visited 

 the Park Theatre last Friday evening previous to their de- 

 parture, and were highly pleased with Sothern's persona- 

 tion of the " Crushed Tragedian." They had previously 

 seen him in England, but expressed their unanimous opin- 

 ion that he had never appeared with more success than in 

 his present character. Tne bouse, as usual, was crowded. 



Scattering of the British Team.— Sir Henry Halford 

 a id the other members of the British team and party have 

 laid aside their match rifles and are scattering here and 

 there over the country. Friday evening, his last in town, 

 Sir Henry, in company with General McUomb, Judge Gilder- 

 sleeve, Captain Bowlby and T. C. Banks, visited the Park 

 Theatre, taking supper afterward at the Union League Club. 

 Saturday morning, Sir Henry, with Capt. Bowlby, took the 

 Albany day boat lor a view of the far-famed scenery of the 

 Hudson. He goes to the Remington Works at Uion. 

 Thence he will go to Lake George and up Lake Champlain 

 to Plattsburg ; thence to Montreal, where he will be enter- 

 tained by the Dominion Rifle Association. At Toronto, his 

 next point of stoppage, a reception will be tendered. The 

 Sunday following he will spend at Niagara Falls, and then 

 go to To'.edo, where he will give a day to duck shooting on 

 Maumee Bay. At Chicago he will be received by the Dear- 

 born Rifle Club and become the guest of General Strong, by 

 whom he will be accompanied to the Dismal River, in the 

 northern part of Michigan, where some time will be spent 

 in hunting elk, deer and other large game. From there Sir 

 Hsnry will go to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he will 

 be the guest of the army officers stationed at the post, who 

 will take him on the plains, where he expects to get a few 

 shots at buffalo. He will sail from New Yoik on Nov. 3. 

 Col. C. L. Peel, Lieut. G. Fenton, E. "Vaugkan Thompson 

 and Sergt. W. H. Gilder, of the team party, returned by the 

 City of Chester, and few if any of the visitors will remain 

 to accompany Sir Henry home. 



Boston — Walnut Hill Range. — The 21st inst. was the worst 

 day for shooting the members of the Massachusetts Rifle As- 

 sociation have experienced at their range at Walnut Hill 

 during the season. The wind blew a perfect gale all day, 

 and the air was exceedingly chilly. The members by their 

 success at Creedmoor have been given renewed interest in 

 shooting, otherwise few would have ventured out under such 

 unfavorable conditions. Two competitions were shot, one of 

 which was for the Sharps long-range rifle at 200-yards dis- 

 tance, and the second for Sharps mid range rifle at 200, 300 

 and 500 yards. The shooting began at 1 o'clock. For the 

 long-range rifle each competitor was allowed ten rounds at 

 standing position, any rifle. The score stood as follows, 50 

 being the highest possible : 



J B Osborne. 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 4-41 



LL Hubbard 4 544 4 4444 4— 41 



JN W Arnold 435444444 4—40 



11 Kirkwood 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4—39 



L Yv Fariar 4 4 3 44 4 4 5 5-87 



EB toother 33 4543354 a-sr 



GW Davison 4 5 3 3 4 4 4*2 4—37 



GL WinaUlp 4 4 444 3 3 3 4 4-37 



i< \\ Stevens 444435234 3—30 



SERiug 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3—36 



J B Sumner 4 33533434 3-35 



The rifle is required to be won by the same individual three 

 times, and it has been won respectively by Messrs. Rabbeth, 

 Lowell, Kirkwood, Souther and Arnold. 



D Kirkwood.. 



(4344 5— 20") 



..J 4 4 5 5 3—21 



{ 2 i 



54 NW Arnold... 



I. L llubbard.. 



(4445 4— 21 1 



L W Farrar. . . . J 340 : la 



(335 2 I — 17 I 

 1 3 3 4 4 3— IT I 



C M Jewell. ...J. 3 8 ft 2— 8 1 13 6 W Davison. . 



( 2 5 S 3 ft— 16 i 



1 5 B 4 .3 3—201 



.-{ 4 3 3 II 3-13 - 43 F W Stevens. .. 



I 5 3 2-10 



J B Osborne.. 



For the mid-range rifle five rounds were tired at, each dis- 

 tance by each competitor, off-hand, the highest possible ag- 

 gregate score being 75. The individual scores follow : 



'4054 4—17 1 



5 3 4 3-15 (-41 

 I () 2 6 2— frj 



■i-i'.r, 



a 1 4- 7 J. ss 



2 3 2 3 B— 12) 

 ' 8 4 I 4—15 I 

 15 3 B— 141-29 

 1 1 II — 1)0 j 



>4 4 4 4 3— ISh 



2 4 a II 0- fi-28 

 { 3 0- 3) 



Mr. Kirkwood (who made the highest score in the shoot)" 

 Mr. Davison and Mr. Stevens are not to be included in the 

 Competition for the rifle, they having participated for ihe 

 practice solely. The rifle was won by L. W. Farrar, this be- 

 ing his second time. It has previously been won by Arnold 

 twice and once by Osgood. 



The Franklin Rifle Club.— The annual prize shoot of 

 Ihe Franklin Rifle Club took place at their range on Colt's 

 Meadows, Hartford, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 18. The 

 charming weather attracted an unusually large attendance of 

 members and friends, some one hundred in all, who en- 

 joyed the day as much as a picnic. A well provided lunch 

 table was set under a commodious awning, where a capital 

 collation was served. Among those present were General 

 Franklin, Dr. R. J. Gatliug, General J. B. Hawley, Ex- 

 Mayor Robinson, Quartermaster General Green and Pay 

 master Joslyn. A large number of prizes had been con 

 tributed by friends of the club, some of them quite valua- 

 ble. The prize shooting consisted of a string of five shots 

 off-hand at 500 feet, the shots being counted by actual 

 measurement from the centre of the bull's-eye, which is 

 eight inches iu diameter, the target being three' feet in di- 

 ameter. Anything counting four inches or under is a bull's- 

 eye, and the shortest string is the best. All members of the 

 club, both active and honorary, were entitled to shoot for 

 prizes, and in addition a gold badge was offered to the hon- 

 orary member making the best score. This was won by 

 Capt. J. C. Kinney, who, making the best score of the day, 

 also took the first prize, a massive silver ice pitcher, goblets 

 and bowl, presented by Ernst Schall. The winning" score 

 (13 inches and 8-lOths^ is the best ever made at an annual 

 meeting, and one of the best on the clerk's records. A 

 special prize, a package, contents unknown, was offered for 

 score nearest to thirty inches, and was won by Captain E. 

 P. Whitney, president of the club, who found himself the 

 the happy owner of a dried codfish. The prizs for poorest 

 shot (a Bologna sausage) was awarded to E. Frank Bodwell, 

 the conditions being that the winner must hit the target at 

 least once. The prizes were distributed in the evening at 

 the club room, President Whitney officiating in his usual 

 happy manner, making the occasion one of great entertain- 

 ment. 



Connecticut, Sept. 8.— Fust competition by Stamford 

 Amateur Rifle Club for a mid-range rifle, presented by Sharps 

 Rifle Company of Bridgeport : 



A Finlels, Sharps Creedmoor 4 444454 5 4 



R H Keeue, Sharps Sporting 5 44444554 



W 11 San ford, Remington Sporting 4 4545 3 445 



4 4 3 4 4 5 

 4 4 4 4 4 4 

 4 4 4 3 4 5 



B il Sauford, Reinim por ng 4 5 



G V Hendrlo, Sharps Creeuruoor 4 4 



L M Ferguson, Sharps Sporting 4 3 



J H Teaokle, Sharps Sporting 4 48534435 



J H Swart wont, Sharps Sporting 5 4 3 " 



1."' ENieiiuls, Sharps Creedmoor 3 3 4 



V D BenneU, Sharps Creedmoor 5 4 4 



R H w illiams, Remington Sporting 4 3 4 



II M Wilson, Remington Sporting. . ....4 4 



T F Smith, Remmgion Sporting 4 2 



Waller Ferguson. Sharps Sporting 4 3 



C R Quintal d, Sharps Sporting 3 2 5 



5 4 5 4 3 2 



5 4 3 4 4 3 



4 4 4 3 3 2 



3 4 4 4 4 3 



5 4 3 4 3 4 



4 4 4 3 4 3 

 4 2 3 4 4 

 3 3 3 4 



5-43 

 4-43 

 4—42 

 3—10 

 4— 88 

 4—39 

 4—39 

 4—39 

 5-3;. 

 4 — :>7 

 2—35 

 8-34 

 4—32 

 3—27 

 4-27 



—The Irish- American Rifle Club, of Greenwich, Conn., 

 met their friends of the Irish-American Rifle Club of New 

 York in a return match at Creedmoor on Saturday last, and 

 were again defeated in off hand shooting. 



Chioago— The Dearborn Club Meeting.— The programme 

 for the fall meeting of the Dearborn Club occupies three 

 days, opening on the [4th pros. The fist of, matches in- 

 cludes : 



Wednesday— Inter-State Match— Distances, 800, 900 and 

 1,000 yards ; ten shots at each of the shorter distances, and 

 fifteen shots at 1,000 yards ; open to teams of four, not ne- 

 cessarily all from the same club, but must be members of a 

 regular organization in the State which they represent ; no 

 sighting snots. 



Mid-range match at 500 yards, any position ; carton tar- 

 get ; two sighting and ten 'scoring shots ; open to members 

 of regular rifle clubs or associations. 



All-comers' short-range match, at 300 yards, off-hand, 

 two sighting and seven scoring shots ; open to m rubers of 

 regular rifle clubs or associations. 



Thursday—- Match for the Dearborn Club Challenge Cup, 

 which is to be held by the winning club for one year, sub- 

 ject to a challenge by any of the competing clubs, and to be 

 shot for on the range of the winning club at such time a§ 

 they may elect, and within thirty days after the expiration 

 of the year; and if no challenge is received within two 

 years, then the cup to be the property of the winning club. 

 Open only to teams of four or six, who' shall be members of 

 a regular rifle club or association ; fifteen shots at 800, 900 

 and 1,000 yards ; no sighting shots. Prize, solid silver ice 

 howl and salver. 



Long Distance Match — Same conditions as above (the 

 aim being to encourage the formation of rifle clubs); twenty 

 shots at 1,000 yards, any position ; no sighting. Prize, gold 

 badge, value $100. 



All-Comers' Short-Range Military Match — Open to mem- 

 bers of any State military organization or rifle club with 

 military rifles. Distance, 200 yards, offhand, with two 

 sighting and ten scoring shots. First prize, gold badge ; 

 second, gold medal. Except when otherwise specified, the 

 latest Creedmoor rules concerning rifles and conditions will 

 govern. No practicing on the days of the matches. 



Oct. 11— Sharps Rifle Company's Prize— One long-range 

 rifle, No. 1 extra. Monthly match. Conditions : Open to 

 all comers, but not to be competed for by less than six com- 

 petitors in one month. Entrance fee, $1. Distances, 800, 

 900 and 1,000 yards; fifteen shots at each distance. No 

 sighting shots, and no previous practice allowed on the day 

 of the match. No coaching shall be allowed by either 

 competitors or outsiders. No outsider to assist any com- 

 petitor by the use of glass or by "spotting" any competitor's 

 shots. Any competitor receiving or giving information 

 shall forfeit all prizes he may win on that day, it being the 



desire to make the competitions strict tests of individual 

 tng. The winner must lead all competitors at each of 

 the three distances at one competition. One-quarter of the 

 entrance money to go to the marksman making the highest 

 score, unless he wins the prize, in which case It goes to the 

 second highest. One-quarter of the entrance money to be 

 added to principal prize, continuously, until finally won. 

 Balance, entrance fees to Dearborn Rifle Club. 



Tub Califokkia.n Victory.— The Pacific Life is jubilant 

 over the success of the California team, yet speaks with mod- 

 eration, and contributes some interesting hints on rifle topics. 

 It says : 



The noble sport of rifle shooting will receive an additional et'mulus 

 all over the United States alter the events of ihe pasl week at Cieed- 

 moor, Hie great, range of the American. National Rifle Association 

 1 his form of manly recreation has been steadily advancing iu the 

 affections of the American people, a circumstance that may be attribu- 

 ted to our frequent triumphs at the targets against all comers We, m 

 California, have special reason to pride onrae ves upon winning the 

 championship of the United States for military ■ • hit) but it, 



should be remembered that, the victory has an ty been achieved after 

 years or persevering devotion on the part of our representative marks- 

 men at. Creedmoor to practice at the targets. Mo oilier state in the 

 Union except New fork lias taken such an a hid! in.* interest in marks- 

 manship as this State, and we are now reaping Ihe harvest of pro- 

 tracted effort. The best evioeuce of the slow growth of the move- 

 ment, is that only two other States outside of New York were repre- 

 sented in ihe contest, and they immediate neighbors to New York 

 Row that California has sent a team 3,000 miles to win a tropin- the' 

 value of which would not cover the traveling expenses of one of our 

 delegate?, it is possible the apathy of Massachusetts, tvnnsvlvania, 

 Ohio, Illinois, and other States In the premises will end. Now that we 

 have won the "Soldier of Marathon" we mast keep him, and Cali- 

 fornia will be compelled to sustain her reputation" us I In -'champion 

 Slate next year. ' 



It, is as a means of stilt further promoting public interest in this re- 

 dned order of sport that we chiefly welcome the victory or the Cali- 

 fornia team, and not from any motives ol provincial pride. Our team 

 had many advantages over their competitors, while the latter had a 

 slight one in shooting over ground with which iliev were familiar We 

 notice by tne dispatches that the New York team was picked up in a 

 hellcr-skelter manner at the eleventh hour, some of the men unac- 

 quainted with each other, were destitute of anything like cMsoipiine a 

 fact of itself sufficient to defeat tuem. Connecticut was most to tie 

 feared, because her representatives had twice before won the coveted 

 trophy, and the.v would naturally put, forth special effort* to maintain 

 Che supremacy of th-ir State. '1 o us, the most humiliating incident of 

 the contest, was the contemptible record made liv the marksmen from 

 New Jersey. This State was the cradle of the present, -.reat rt3e shoot- 

 ing movement, the editor of the Pacific Lift (Henry (.' Shaw) acting as 

 Executive Officer of a tournament held in Clifton, Now Jersey in Sep- 

 tember, 1870, three years before the range at Creedmoor was opened 

 At ttus tournament there were 4u0 competitors from all parts of the 

 State to participate in rifle matches modt-led alter the system in vogue 

 at Wimbledon. With this start New Jersey should have led instead of 

 brought up the rear at Creedmoor. 



We congratulate one and all iu the California team, and especially 

 General McCo nb, the captain, than whom they could have had none 

 better, on their victory. He has oeen the pivot upon which the suc- 

 cessful enterprise has turned. Somet ing mav perhaps be said for the 

 weapons with which the winning score has been made. It is evident 

 that there is no better military arm than the Springfield breech- 

 loader. 



—The Californians are anxious to get up a Pacific Slope 

 inter -State team, to be opeu to the States of California, Ne- 

 vada and Oregon. 



— TheTokio (Japan) Times says: "Major Murata, the cele- 

 brated off-hand marksman, whom his European competitors 

 last, year tried to cheat as to ranges and distances, and igno- 

 miniously failed, has been wounded by a bullet shot in one of 

 the engagements in Kiu Siu." 



The Wimbledon Team of 1878.— The selection of the 

 " 20 " to represent Canada at Wimbledon, in the contest for 

 the Rajah of Kolopores Cup next July, are about concluded, 

 aud competitions have been held at Ontario, Quebec, New 

 Brunswick, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Each man fired 7 

 shots at 200, 500 and 600 yards each day, and repeat for two 

 days, making a grand possible total of" 420 points. Prince 

 Edward's Island and British Columbia have not yet been 

 heard from, though it is not expected that more than one 

 man from each of those provinces will find a place on the 

 twenty which now stands: 



Pallen, N B 326 Finlayson, Quebec 298 



Ilartt, N B 320 Lieut-Col Beer, N B 296 



Rlddell, Quebec S09 Power, N S y<»4 



Ungstrotn, N B 304 T G Loggie, N B 293 



Ktnnear, N B 802 Wardill, Quebec 293 



OR Arnold, N B SOI Perkins. NB ■>[>■• 



L Arnold, N B ami Gibson. Ontario 291 



Thomas, Quebec 299 Shaud, N a ' gHO 



Weyman, X B £98 Perlev, N B 290 



Uoitby, Quebec 298 Hunter, N B 290 



James Pallen, of Chatham, heads the list, followed by an- 

 other New Brunswicker. Out of twenty men New Bruns- 

 wick has twelve, Quebec five, Nova Scotia two, and Ontario 

 one on the team. The work of the team will be watched 

 with no small amount of interest by Canadian riflemen, as 

 the system of selection this year is entirely different from 

 that in vogue for several years past, and a New Brunswick 

 paper, discussing the team chosen, says : ''If ihere has 

 been anything in the experience of the "past two or three 

 years to discourage the sending of a Canadian team to Wim- 

 bledon, the Council of the Dominion Kifle Association are 

 to I lame for it, because of the mode adopted for selecting 

 he men." 



Watching the Bullets.— Three gentlemen, members of the Ama- 

 atenr Rifle Club of New York, on Saturday last were in the town of 

 Brighton, target shooting. The distance was 200 yards. . All three were 

 shooting " Creedmoor " rifles. Prom the firing point to the target the 

 ground gradually ascended, and to the rear the ground ascended so 

 that a small telescope, but a good one, firmly fixed In true bounds on a 

 tree, at a distance of perhaps thirty feet, made a fine point for obsei » 

 vat ion. One of the shooters, white looking through the glass to mat k 

 the shot of one of his companions, exclaimed that he saw the ball as It 

 sped on its mission. The announcement was received with In- 

 credulity; but, one of the other shooters went to the glass, and he also 

 saw the ball almost, as it left the gun and through its whole flight 

 nearly the whole line of its trajectory, until it struck the target. So 

 interesting and beautiful was the sight that every shot was watched oy 

 one or the other of the gentlemen ; aud it is an actual fact that the 

 point at which the ball would strike the target could he seen before 

 the ball struck. It was even Insisted upon that the rotary motion of 

 the ball could be observed. An old gentleman, whose reputation as a 

 rifleman is fixed, came upon the ground, and on being told of the dis- 

 covery said he would believe it when he saw It. He went to the glasr, 

 saw, and was fairly delighted. Other riflemen who heard of the matter 

 last evening said that they knew such a thing was possible and had be- 

 fore been observed, but had never before had the good fortune to wit- 

 nesB the sight. It is proper to state that the sun iva, shining brightly 

 at the time aud was at tne shooters' backs. The glass was at a point 

 about three feet above the head of the shooter, aud at least, ihirty ieet 

 in the rear of him. It was just the light distance, so that the whole 

 line of the trajectory was in the field of the glass. Some day not far 

 in the future a number of unbelievers will be given a chance to wit- 

 ness the sight and testify to the truth of the above account,— Hoclnttvr 

 Sunday !<• 



