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FOREST AND STREAM. 



day of the matches. The first shooting was at 1,000 yards, 

 a badge costing $100 being offered for the bast individual 



score, to he held by the winner for one year, subject to the 

 challenge of the members of any regular rifle club or asso- 

 ciation. The entries were Sir Henry Hal ford and A. M. 

 Eraser, of the international team ; Prank Hyde, of the 

 American team ; It. J. Haire, S S. Levy and G. II. Wol- 

 coif, of the Jackson (Mich.) Club ; John Johnston and 

 E.Fielding, of the Millwaukee Club; J.W. Roberts, Walter 

 Burriham, J A.. Shutter and A. G. Alford, of the Dearborn 

 Olub. In addition to the badge, three prizes were offered, 

 amounting to half the entry money. Frank Hyde won the 

 bad^e and first money, E. Fielding the second, and A. G. 

 Alford the third money. The following was the score: 

 Hyde, 79; Fieldiue-, 76; Alford, 7<1 ; Sir Henry Halford, 

 71 ; Sliaffer, 72 ; Wolcott, 73 ; Haire, 64 ; Johnston, 39 ; 

 Fraser, 59. Halford made one bull's-eye on the wrong 

 target, scoring a miss. The wind varied from ten o'clock 

 to 1 o'clock. "The next shooting was a short-range match of 

 300 yards, for all comers, off hand, two sighting and ten 

 scoring stiots. The first prize, A'35, was taken by Millner, 

 who scored 43. Sir Henry Halford, with a score of 39, took 

 the second prize, $15, and Mr. Shaffer, with a score of 38, 

 the third prize, $5. 



i\i-;w YouK—Glcndrake Range, Oct, 5.— -The Fifth Division 

 of N. G. S. N. Y, fired its third annual division match over 

 the Glendrake Range to-daj^. Three out of the four organi- 

 zations in the command paraded short teams, the Twentieth. 

 Battalion having but eleven men, the Twenty-seventh Regi- 

 ment having but nine men, and the Sixteenth Battalion only 

 six mea. Under a strong wind the leant scores suffered, and 

 stood as follows: 



SCO Yds. 300 Yds. 500 Yds. Totals. 



Twentieth battalion 19T 205 1« 515 



Twenty-first regiment 184 164 190 538 



Twentv-seveutn regiment 200 1*8 lily 4BT 



Blxteenth battalion io-j 12T 7u 3es 



Meeting of the Sixth Division.— A. very pleasant time 

 was had at the meeting of the Sixth Division Rifle Associa- 

 tion at the East Syracuse ranges during last week. In the 

 short-range match, James Lamed took the first prize, with a 

 score of '29 out of a possible 35, and with a close list of com- 

 petitors as follows : 



J Lamed 29 J C Reamer 22 



J McCartftH 29 JS Barton 26 



T Holmes.. 2s E A S'.veeltenhaui 21 



P U Stafford -S Win Ktrby 27 



r BLrchmBjer 2> M Kcliy 20 



oii Jones 27 FA Wright 20 



P T Perkins 20 MB Nicholson 20 



A V Altaian ...22 J Kowley ..26 



O A Morris 17 C TaPady '.8 



H Warner 24 G While 27 



M J Blaheley 25 AE Usborn 19 



(J Van ordeu 23 M Mines 22 



JFIgarv IS 1>I1 Bruce IS 



C A Cleming 19 F B Chapman.. 22 



J V Norton 28 L Joli 24 



t> It Qgden 26 W Wagner ■ 24 



J B Storke 2S D Had 20 



The most important match of the meeting was the Sixth 

 Division National Guard match, for teams of nine from each 

 regiment, battalion or separate company of infantry, each 

 troop of cavalry and each battery of artillery in the Sixth Di- 

 vision. The victory went to the Forty-ninth (Auburn) Regi- 

 ment, beating their friends of the Forty-eighth (Oswego) 

 Regiment by one point, although the latter put tw T o teams in 

 the field. The scores ran as follows : 



Forty-ninth Regiment Team. Forty-fourth Battalion. 



200 500 T'l 200 500 T'l 



39 CVan Orden 16 21 37 



39 F Holmes 19 



HA Van Guilder.... 21 



J Rowley 19 



PJi Stafford 20 



F A Wright 17 



CM Tanaday 20 



MK'liy 17 



W M Knbv 17 



j c Reamer i~ 



J McCariin ....16 



R \ 



Phelps 



B M W 

 34 M U II 



32 J Larned 13 



31 D II Ogueu 12 



25 J II Fieary 14 



22 MJBlakely 18 



..19 17 



19 



12 31 



15 



31 



25 



Total. 

 Forty-eighth Regiment— 2d Team. 



Total 273 



Fifty-first Regiment Team. 



42 Col R Griffin IS 



37 A E McElroy 18 



•Si U Connors 13 



S3 FW Gardner 13 



32 J A Nichols 13 



31 C Reigd is 



30 J Hee.Ker 



31 W Van Pelt 11 



26 HI) Kendall 9 



JSBarton 19 



.C V Houghton 15 vi 



Jliaidn 17 16 



C A Ba'ton 20 13 



JPHal 18 H 



«TLWood 10 15 



L L Barnes 15 15 



G White 19 11 



A Curtis 13 13 



Total 295 Total...'. , 201 



The cavalry match, open to teams of five, was won by the 

 Tales Dragoons by an easy victory over the separate troop, 

 Twenty-fourth Brigade. 



Helvetia ts. Zettlhb Rifle Club.— Monday, October 



ticed this team scored but a single centre, while their op- 

 ponents scored three. • S. O. V. 



Ckeedmook, Oct. 6.— Last Saturday, at Creedmoor, but 

 one match was on the programme, and that for long-range 

 riflemen, being the seventh competition for the Sharps $250 

 gold prize. Ihere were eleven entries, and, with raw, cold 

 weather, gusty, unsteady wind, but medium scores were made, 

 as follows : 



WM Farrow. Isaac L Allen. 



5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—72 455 5 5455454 5 05 5—68 



7 5 3 4 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 3 5— 111 3 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5—69 



5 4 2g2 3 45555545 4 5-03 44504545043 2 42 5—51 



early in the morning, but all interest centred in the match be- 

 tween the rival clubs, each of which entered a picked team 

 of fifteen. Distance 200 yards, ten shots each, giving a possi- 

 ble 250. 



HELVETU. 



■RFaber 21 22 24 IS 21 16 22 22 23 21—213 



p„ Klein .....20 IS 21 24 21 21 21 20 20 23—209 



A. Knoepple 24 22 21 10 22 21 ;.'4 20 IS * 1—208 



RLe.WiS 15 22 22 IS 21 24 22 11 IS 23—190 



pMevet 16 21 19 9 IS 20 22 22 24 15-186 



w Lanflolt 21 19 19 17 20 IS 23 10 21 9-lsC 



AGliellwig 17 22 IS 24 25 16 15 23 13—179 



FwWeduer is 17 13 is 22 21 8 23 19 21—179 



T Muiio- 21 22 20 15 12 12 12 20 20 17—12 



JAeseTmacb 17 14 21 9 IS 21 10 17 10 17-160 



lohn Ruin 20 19 18 23 21 IS 22 19-160 



t N Xef ' . 25 22 20 17 19 10 7 14 IS— 158 



7, Drever".. ..' 13 10 12 4 23 18 14 4 15 21—137 



j ,) n/obler 15 11 8 11 10 24 15 19 21—13! 



JFred Kessier 16 16 9 13 20 21 11 8 -114 



Average, 17.2533. Grand total 2,58$ 



ZETTT.EB. 



TKliesrath... 19 22 22 19 23 17 24 20 20 22-503 



MliEiigel 19 24 21 23 25 20 12 21 22 i;-M 



"W liieni 20 19 24 Hi 23 21 10 17 20 at— 80S 



MDuemer So 16 19 18 17 21 16 24 23 19-193 



LBrd 20 24 IS 22 18 16 14 22 20 19— 1SS 



CGZettler IB 14 13 20 23 22 20 22 14 19— 1S2 



BZenler IS 25 14 17 17 IS 20 IB 25 12—181 



PM-nnUJI 18 17 10 23 13 20 24 20 22 13— ISO 



D .filler.. IS IS 14 17 23 17 8 19 8 22-164 



CJuiliiOn 6 15 1" f S 17 10 16 IS 21 2-10 



DLBeckwitb « lfi 23 1« 24 17 u 21 21 12—159 



FPaUJia-OU " 15 22 23 24 20 13 M 10— IfS 



MBRigga 15 22 10 13 21 23 16 IS 16—154 



JPaMl.. IS 21 17 14 Hi IS 11 •'• 17—132 



G*a hclmurmau 8 S 1 12 (i 20 15 11 22 tl— 115 



Averse, 11.20. Grand total 2,580 



The scores are very good, the Helvetias being the winners 

 by eigitt points, or one-twentieth in average, yet it will he no- 



Total 1S6 



J P Waters. 

 44 5 4533554553 4 5-64 

 5 3 3 5 2 4 5 2 2 5 5 4 5 3 4—57 

 5454430453443 2 5-55 



Total 176 



F F Millen. 

 3343 5 34323 5 344 3—52 

 5 3 4 5 5 4*445335 3 4—64 

 4552555533504 5 2-5S 



Total 196 



C E Blydenburgh. 

 55432555455555 5-68 

 3 553555455555 3 5— 6S 

 35430542544544 4—56 



Total s 192 



11 Fitdier. 

 35443545 5 45 554 5— C6 

 5 9 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 5—64 

 5355435533555 2 4—60 



Total 190 Total 1T4 



Lieut. S. S. Knecland took the Irish- American Rifle Olub 

 Badge with 80 out of a possible 100, at 200 and 500 yards, 

 while the Seventh Regiment Diamond Badge fell again to 

 Corporal T. W. Linton. 



Mormmere, Oct. 5. — A match for a piece of silver plate was 

 shot to-day, the conditions of which were as follows : Dis- 

 tance 500 yards, fifteen shots, 11 inch cartons, counting six. 

 The best four scores were as follows : 



A Dflodgtnan 5 5 6 645546 6 0656 5—80 



GLMor.se... 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 5 6 6— SO 



H JQninn 5 5 5 5564565 554 5 — 70 



(JDus^Ubliry i 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 6—76 



Creedmoor count three made 73 out of a possible 75. Under 

 the rules of Y. R. A. Messrs. Hodgman and Morse must shoot 

 off the tie. 



Connecticut— Neic Haven. — The new range of the New 

 Haven Association was formally opened on Thursday of last 

 week. Col. Smith, President of the organization, tired the 

 first shot. O. E. Fowler, Secretary, following with the second, 

 while Treasurer Allen put in the third. The New Haven foot 

 guard occupied the range during the day, and fired for a gold 

 medal presented by Lieutenant Allen, which was won by W. 

 W. Doming, and a company medal won by E. H. Morse. 



Massachusetts— Walnut Hill, Boston, Oct. G. — The last 

 contest for the Sharps Creedmoor rifle took place at the range 

 to day, and resulted in Mr. L. L. Hubbard winning the prize, 

 he having led twice before and six others having led once each; 

 Quite a gale prevailed. The following was the score, the best 

 possible figures being 50 : 



LL Hubbard 4 43545443 5—39 



GLWiuship 4 44443444 3—38 



H Tyler 4 3 4443444 4—37 



D Kirkwood 4 43 2 53444 2-37 



EPSpUther 3 44243443 4—5 



J Borden 43444444 4—35 



Watching Bullets. — A clip from Rochester Sunday Herald 

 in your last issue attracted my notice. I would add my testi- 

 mony to such fact. About ten years ago, at Cambridge, Mass., 

 at a place called '' Gallows Hill," a few students were practi- 

 cing with rifles, Springfield muzzle-loaders, war style, May- 

 nard carbines. The range w r as about an average mid- range of 

 to-day as nearly as I can remember. I was standing midway 

 between the target, which was on the hill side, and tbe shoot- 

 ers on the westerly side. The time was between 9 a. m. am 1 

 noon, a fall day, with clear sun at the back of the shooting 

 position, hence the light was almost directly in line of the 

 range. I noted the sound first of the passing bullets, then 

 easily saw them with the naked eye in their course soon after 

 leaving the guns to the striking point. I called three others 

 to witness the same thing, which they did, and will so testify 

 to-day if asked to do so. Now what wonder is herein,con- 

 tained ? There are other instances in nature of just as quick 

 vision as this of which no great notice is taken, and with a 

 bright sunlight shining on a lead bullet it is not nearly as much 

 of a feat as ou paper it may seem to be, this seeing a rifle ball 

 fly to its mark. Sawbones. 



Inter-State Matoit.— The Pacific Life speaks out boldly 

 for a modification of the terms of the Inter-State military 

 match, which in its opinion is destined to become the great 

 popular rifle match in this country. It insists upon a more 

 difficult code of conditions ; upon a more pretentious trophy, 

 and particularly that the matdi shall be fought yearly in the 

 State of the team holding the prize. In the course of an extend- 

 ed leader on the matter, it says : 



The. Nati nal Rifle Association has not risen to a just appreciation 

 of the importance of this match. The prize iisell is a paltry one, and 

 the teat of military maiksraanahip piecent'd in the conditions* are not 

 su.'iloieivly severe. Connecticut aud California are the ony two 

 Stales tha't have thus far deemed the unite h worthy of any tiling iike at- 

 tention. Naw York scratched a team together at the eleventh hour, 

 and NewJer.-ey tent a scrub team across the Hackenaack to show what 

 poor riflemen are her sons. 



There is one thing we regret about this business, and that, is Unit 

 Gen. McComh and his neeoclares din not make a bold stand at, Creed- 

 moor lor a modification of 'he terms of this match, at least, in one 

 essential particular— a inodiflc ition that was suggested here before r tie 

 organization of our team. The Inter-State m .times will not always 

 be shot, al Creedmoor, even though that range lias a decided lead at 

 er all others. The mi nan rifle enamnionship of tne United 

 aid aim a rs lie i-hoi. for in the .Stale where the trophy is In Id; 

 rly next rear the match ought to he shot In Calitornia. New- 

 better afford to come to San lira ne t -co than we can to go to 

 every year. Itiaridicnlous to suppose that even our pride 

 [it us to spend |6,0i0 annually to indulge in the vanity of 

 the i eiue.-einanves of a few other St-.tes at the targets, and 

 a-easp the gate money receipts at Creedmoor. To nave se- 

 luiuge in the conditions of this match would have been a 

 greater triumph for our team than that they achieved in winning a 

 prize, the intrinsic value ol which is much less than that of the tropt.y 

 presented bv the city ot San f raueisco lo be shot for annually by our 

 .viM-.-ir: iiia ni's. All the Stine- which enter into ne?a year's 

 contest she u d not only insist on changing the con, lit ions of the match, 

 by compelling It to be shot for annually on the ground of the victors. 

 but should, as del caielv a- p ssiiy.e. make som- linal disposiuon of the 

 '•Mildier of Marathon," and then subscribe for a prize worthy of such 

 a cent st provide for the distribution of a. few thousand dollars in cash 

 among the best iofllvidua marKsmen in the match, and also require 

 that i tie number of distances shall be four— say, 300, 300, fit 

 yards. 



The Reulngton Rifle.— We print the following letter at 

 the request of a correspondent : 



BbooklTN, uct. 2, 1877. 

 Editor Forbst and Stream: 



-Referring to the extra ;t from Mr. I. Wilfred Webb's 

 lelt-r, which appears la your last issne, 1 shouM, perhaps, in jus'iee 

 to Messrs. Remington, have said that the rifle Jlr. Webb prai-es so 

 highly was a Remington sporting rifle, r.O-cal. shells, with 70 crams of 

 powder. Mr. Webb, who is an Englishman, Bad the rifle made to 

 order just before starting on this trip. He declares himself "greatly 

 pleased with it." J' Duodale, 



present i 



Stales s 

 and pro; 

 fork ea 



New Vol 

 will pro 



aefeaiin 



— A new Duryea skirmish match at Oreerhnoor should be a 

 very interesting affair, if judiciously carried out. 



The California Team.— The California rifle team arrived 

 home at. S-m Francisco, and received a grand ovation at the 

 hands of their fellow guardsmen. Geu. McGomb's brigade 

 parading in honor of the returning victors. The Hoodlums 

 did not forget to cheer heartily. 



—The Adjutant-General of the National Guards, Slate of 

 Connecticut, has authorized a change in the sin his, etc., of the 

 Peahody rifle, similar to that now authorized for the State 

 Remington. 



— Sir Henry Halford has been elected a life member of the 

 N. E. A. 



— General M. T. McMahon steps down and out as a director 

 of the ST. It. A. 



—The directors of the Creedmoor range have, on motion of 

 Col. Gildersleeve, emphatically prohibited any further pigeon 

 matches on the ground. 



—Dr. Moro Morris, of the Seventh Regiment, is now the 

 official surgeon of the N. R. A. 



$%tnq |p#f? mid %un. 



GAME IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Moose, Alec* mctchlie. 



Klk or wapiti, Cenms canadensis. 



Hares, brown a.oi gray. 



Wiio turkey, Melaigris gallopavd. 



Woodcock, l'hilulini.a Minor. 



Ruffed grange. lUsnasaumbellus. 



Plover, CAoroo'nfiia!. ■ 



God wit. 



Had-, liitUim virginiawm. 



Snipe and Hay Birds. 



Cariboo, Turaiidiin rainji/er. 



"Bay birds "generally, Including various species of plover, sand- 

 piper, snipe, curlew. oyMcr-catcher, surf biros, phalaropcs. avooetn, 

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



Red Beer, Cnrinnir. rirninium:;:. 

 Squirrels, nil, i lacs and grav. 

 Quail, Optygs Birgvniapus, 



Pinna' en '.rouse, Cvjri<i<> i ea 



Curlew, NwMniats arquarin. 

 Sandpipers, Miigaws, 

 Wlllefe. 



ice Birds, DoKr.hoayx ori:- 



Wild Duck. 



•STThe frequent alteration of game laws makes such con- 



fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

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

 fore append the following table for reference : 



ill...... 



Ind.... 



Iowa... 

 Minn... 



Wis.... 

 Neb.... 



Ruffed Grons e j Quad. 



Sep 1 to Jan 15 

 Oct 1 to Feb i 

 Aug 15 to Dec i 

 Aug 14 to Oct 



Aug IStoNovl. 

 No Shooting 

 Kans...lAugl to Feb 



Octl to Feb 1 Nov 1 to Feb i 

 N'ovl to Jan L Nov 1 to Jim 1 



Sep VI tolled a net. 1 to Jan I 



lep 1 to Dec l 

 Sep lb to Jan 1 

 >o Shooting. 



Sep l to Deo 

 Sep is to Jan i 

 No Shooting 

 Oct 1 to J.iu 1 



Woodcock. 



•Jan 15 



July 1 to Jan t 



I to Jim l 



July 3 to Hovl 



..'Ul,v4 toMov 15 



NO lie 



SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. 



TOWARD the close of the last month, as the time drew on 

 for ducks to wiug their northward flight, a part y ... 

 gentlemen, according to agreement, met at the picturesque 

 Devil's Lake, Wis., for a brief hunting campaign in Southern 

 Minnesota. The party were S. H. Turrill, Esq., of Chicago; 

 B. 3L Covvlcs, and Harry C Buckingham, of the Cliff House, 

 Devil's Lake, and a Lazy Vagabond from Chicago, whose name 

 is suppressed out of regard for the others. There is this much 

 to be said of these four, they were congenial, able to shoot, 

 fish, row, or cook as occasion demanded, would sleep oil the 

 soft side of a board, eat like epicures or starve like Indians, 

 and "rough it" as the emergency demanded. 



Arriving at the Cliff House, under the o'erhanging rocks of 

 DevirsLake, the evening was devoted to the enjoyment of all 

 the creature comforts for which this hotel is noted. The guns 

 and other sporting equipage were carefully overhauled, and the 

 dogs cared for. One of the latter was suffering from a severe 

 cold in the head, and the grotesque manner in Which h • ti Eed 

 to suppress his sneezes and snuffles for fear he should be left 

 behind, exhibited powers of deception worthy of a defaulting 

 savings bank preside nt 



At 3;30 O clock ne.\t morning four sleepy hunters tumbled 

 into their clothes and sat down to one ol those breakfasts 

 which tempt the appetites of the guests of the Cliff House, and 

 cause so many travelers to recall its model bill of fare. Indeed 

 that brenkfnst came near faring a most disastrous effect upon 

 the prospects of the party, lor the Lazy Vagabond straightway 

 began to propose that they just setile down there and enjoy 

 the good living for a couple of weeks, and then buy a couple 

 of hundred ducks to show as the trophies of their trip. He was 

 kindly but. firmly made to walk Bpanisb out to the railroad 

 train just then arrived, and in live minutes more he was rush- 

 ing along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, with a fragment 

 of chicken in his baud and a bewildered look on his i 

 thenceforward he acted with great discretion, and never 

 showed insubordination again. The route followed by the 

 party was from Devil's Lake to Eiroy, thence to Winona, 

 Minnesota, and by the Winona and fcjt. Peter Railroad 

 to New Vim, where they anived the n< xt. afternoon aboi 

 o'clock. The Journey was through a beautiful farming 

 country, where there was erery indication of abundant crops 

 and general prosperity until Rochester was reached fi It y miles 

 west of Winnna. There the ravages of the grasshoppers be- 

 gan to be plainly visible. Further west still there were many 

 abandoned farms from which successive davastations had 

 driven the owners, and in many places the conniry presented 

 the appearance of an old worn-out track instead of a newiy 

 settled State Indeed the resemblance Of some parts of the 

 Shenandoah Valley and Western Virgitiiaand other border 

 States at the close of the war was quite noticeable. It is said 

 that farms with good improvements can hi 

 per acre. 



Arrived at New I'lm, the party immediately stttiek across 

 the Minnesota River, and spent a couple of hours in ohii 

 shooting. The sick dog was assigned to Harry and The 

 Vagabond, while the two seniors took the young dpg, with 

 many a knowing wink at their own shrewdness. But, alas 

 for their scheme! the sick tloa; stuck hi Lheair 



struck a wind scent, aud went off at a 2:40 gait, while the pup 

 was nosing around in the long grass a good quarter mile from 

 any chickens, and while the "young man," as Han- 



