FOREST AND STREAM, 



J E Mann. 

 60643455484650 5—62 

 54503455523530 5—59 

 03444430032545 5-46 



Total 167 



Grand totals..., 937 



E M Law. 

 55545455445455 5— TO 



5 It 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4—53 

 220 33505503065 0— 3S 



Total 171 



Grand totals 935 



i property, 

 lowing are the scores : 

 W HobertRon....21 22 



CHScuafler 21 22 



CM Euglis II is 



JU Qeogtian....ao 14 



i W Gardner.... is is 



were eleven entries. The fol- 



4-i J L Price IS id m 



35 M Francis.....: ia 7 05 



°" J B Holland is 4 w 



31 



After the shooting the contestants were the guests of W. 

 H. Pray, of the firm of John H. Pray & Sons, Boston, where 

 a collation was partaken of and remarks made by Col. Steven- 

 son, Col. Moore, H. T. Eockwell, H. S. Pierce," N. T. Wash- 

 burn, W. H. Jackson and others. A match is proposed be- 

 tween the Suffolk and Middlesex members of the Massachu- 

 setts team. 



Creedmoor, Nov. 7.— The fifth competition for a Ballard 

 mid-range. The match was open to all comers. Distance, 

 200 yards; fifteen shots, without cleaning and without sighting 

 shots; position, standing. Any rifle was allowed. There 

 were sixteen entries. The match was contested with 

 great spirit. The day was very favorable, being moderately 

 warm, with not enough wind to render the shooting difficult. 

 Following are the total scores : 



WMFarrow 62 J H Teackle 57 



FHHolton 62 S . Sar«eut 54 



EE Lewis 61 ND Ward 53 



J FRathyen 61 K M Litchfield 53 



Wm Robertson 60 CETrnslow 49 



CGZettler 60 A Anderson 49 



"WRLivermore 59 Julius Fried 39 



Farrow took the rifle and one-fourth of the entrance money, 

 and Holton and Lewis one-sixth and one-twelfth of the en- 

 trance money respectively. John Cavanagh, after making 16 

 points, was disqualified by firing on the wrong target, and C. 

 H. Johr retired after making 12 points. 



The great number of persons visiting Oeedmoor during the 

 past summer has determined the building of a new hotel, 

 w T hich will stand on the grounds of the National Rifle Associa- 

 tion, just to the left of the entrance. It will accommodate 

 fifty persons, and is designed to meet the wants of riflemen and 

 teams from a distance. Building preparations have already 

 commenced. 



Nov. 8.— Creedmoor was jolly to-day, and had put in its 

 best appearance. Streamers floated from every mast. The 

 hotel in the place was ga'yly decorated with flags and trim- 

 med with wreaths of .holly and pine branches. The markers 

 aud assistants wore their Sunday clothes. The National Rifle 

 Association had given them a holiday and permission to 

 shoot a rifle match, while the patrons of the range had sup- 

 plied the prizes. There were thirty-four riflemen who, 

 under the title of the " Creedmoor Guard," marched in a 

 " column of fours" to the 200-yards firing-point at 2 p. m. 

 E.ich competitor was allowed 10 shots, and a prize was to 

 be awarded to every man. The wind blew a gale from the 

 east, and played havoc with the scores, although some were 

 very fair. Following is the list : 



Charles Rose 26 J Roily 16 



G Dlacher 26 W B Kavnor '.16 



William Schroeder 26 B Henderson 15 



Edward Cox 24 Charles Uiez 15 



G P Raueli 24 JGessner 13 



Charles Vogel 24 A Graff 11 



J Verner 22 T Shaudley 11 



W W Bahruum 22 J A Klem.* 10 



John Klein 21 P Klein ' 9 



Lonls Rose 21 C F Best . .. ' ' 8 



H aright 20 F Jorfc '.'...'.'.'.'.'.'. S 



.7 Walters 19 J Kellev 7 



G Van Nostrand 19 p Smith 5 



J Dawson IS PUiaeher '.7.7.".,'.. '.. '.'.'".'. 4 



M Guss 18 



After the shooting was over line was reformed, and the 

 " Guards " marched to the hotel, where the prizes were award- 

 ed. Barrels of flour, packages of tea, household utensils, and 

 sums of money were distributed, and every one was happy 

 according to his portion. The wives and sweethearts of the 

 men assembled in the hotel parlor in the evening, and the 

 night was devoted to dancing. 



—Company G, Seventy -first Regiment, Capt. "Webber com 

 manding, held its monthly contest for the " Banks" rifle and 

 the "Allen" medal, at Creedmoor last week. The match 

 for the rifle was at 200 yards off hand, seven scoring shots ; 

 and the medal wrs contested at 100 and 150 yards distance, 

 five shots at each range. Sergt. Steele won the rifle upon 

 the score of twenty-nine out of a possible thirty -five points, 

 and Sergt. Scott carried off the Allen medal upon the score 

 of thirty-four out of a possible fifty points. 



_ Creedmoor, Nov. 10. — Three matches were shot— the 

 sixth competition for the fowling piece, the match of the 

 Irish-American Club, and the contest for the Marksman's 

 Badge. The day was a disgusting one, with cold rain and 

 capricious gusts of wind. 



Match for the fowling piece ; weapon, any rifle within the 

 rules ; position any , distance, "1,000 yard3 ; thirty rounds, 

 with the privilege of two sighting shots ; entrance fee, $l\ 

 the prize to become the property of the competitor winning- 

 it. three times, not necessarily consecutively. There were 

 ten entries. Mr. C. E Blydenburgh, of the American team 

 of 1S77, won the prize for the third time, making it his own 

 property. His score, 137 out of 1.50 points, when one takes 

 into consideration the bad weather, is a good one. Mr. W. 

 M. Farrow also made a good record, scoring 136 points. 



O E Blydenburgh 137 JAHaTrv ..116 



W M Farrow 1.6 A Anderson 



HS Jewell ..121 WOHiiff 04 



IL Allen 117 \V S Worth .'.*.'.'.'.'.'.'.".*.'.":'*. 14 



H Fisher 116 



The Marksman's Badge was next in order • open to all 

 members of the National Rifle Association and members of 

 the N. G., S. N. Y., in uniform ; distances, 200 and 500 

 yards ; five rounds, with the privilege of two sighting shots 

 at each distance ; weapon, Remington title, New York 

 State model ; position, standing at 200, and any with the 

 face toward the target at 500 yards ; entrance fee, 50 cents, 

 lhe badge to become the property of the competitor who 

 may win it three times, not necessarily consecutively. 

 1 wenty-hvc per cent, of the entrance money to be awarded 

 to the competitor making tue hisrhest score, and ten per 

 cent, to the one making the second highest. Members of 

 the National Guard allowed to count their scores made in 

 this match as a qualification for the military markman's 

 £r<lge. Mr- William Roben.on, of the Scottish-American 

 Rifle Club, having won the badge Uiree. times in BUeceaa j on 

 made it his properly, there were eleven BftirW Ti.p f«i. 



In this match, there having been some informality as to 

 Mr, W. H. Cochran, his score of 41 was ruled out. As it 

 was a misunderstanding on Mr. Cochran's part, the matter 

 may be brought before the Executive Committee. 



The Irish-American Rifle Club shot at two o'clock for 

 their mid-range badge, the conditions being : Open to mem- 

 bers of the club only ; weapon, any rifle within the rules, 

 sporting weapons handicapped eight points over all ; dis- 

 tances, 300 and 600 yards ; position, standing at the former 

 and any within the rules at the latter range ; ten rounds, 

 with the privilege of two sighting shots at both distances. 

 There were six entries. F. F. Milieu won the badge for the 

 first time on a score of 72 out of 100 ; Captain S. F. Knee- 

 land, Inspector of Rifle Practice, Eleventh Regiment, N. G. 

 8. N. Y., and Captain J. Kerr coming in second and third 

 on creditable records, considering that the ranges are the 

 most difficult to make a good record at of auy in the field. 



The range will be open on Thanksgiving Day. 



Cn Wednesday Mr. C. L. Bruce was the winner of the 

 Cameron medal. The distances were 200 and 500 yards ; 

 ten rounds, with two sighting shots at each ; sporting guns 

 being handicapped eight points over all. In four of the five 

 last competitions, this last spring and summer, he performed 

 the extraordinary feat of making full scores at 500 yards 

 each time ; that is, forty bull's-eyes out of as many shots, 

 the winning scores in each competition aggregating 89, 91 

 and 92 out of ioO points. 



Conltn's Gallery, 1,222 Broadway, Nor. 5, 1877.— 

 Third competition — Time, 1m 30sec. 



Pierre Lorillard 



Dr Wildes 



..19 

 ..IT 



71 

 66 

 63 

 51 

 51 

 50 

 49 

 45 

 43 

 42 

 41 



CE King 



A G Wilson 



LCBruce 



....13 



10 



.10 



9 



40 

 38 



Dr Dudley.., 



..18 

 ..13 



..14 



35 

 82 



A GHowlett 



11. 11. Farreli 



9 



32 



G P Work 





G Conroy 



Wm Klein 



10 



11 



8 



32 

 31 



30 



Hon Shearman Smith. 

 E Roebling..: 



..13 

 -.12 





..12 







2S 



NBThurston 



..13 



..12 





.. .. 9 



2S 



R Finnegan 



C E Kewmanu.... 



9 



2T 



The fourth competition will be held on Monday evening, 

 November 13, at this gallery. 



Moesemeee Range. — The sixth competition for the "Hodg- 

 raan " trophy took place at Morsemere Range, near Yonkers, 

 last Friday. The conditions were: Distance, 500 yards; 

 Carton target, (bull's-eye counting six) ;. 20 scoring shots. 

 The scores were as follows : 



C Dusenbury ill H Fisher lot 



WMFarrow 106 M Qniun 69 



A H Jocelyn 101 At Langtau 93 



ADHodgman 103 N D Ward 02 



Yokkville Rifi.e Cutb.— The following are the scores of 

 the first, competitions of the Yorkville Rifle Club, held 

 November 6. 



First Competition— Paulding Mate 2. 



A Smart, Sharps sporting :...4 5 3 4 4—20 



J L Paulding, Peabody-iiartinl 4 4 3 4 4—19 



RReilly, Winchester 4 4 4 4 2—18 



J R Smith, Sharps sporting 4 4 5 3—16 



J J Reilly, Winchester 3 4 3 2 3—15 



Mr. Smart taking first prize and Mr. Paulding second prize. 

 Second Competition— Champion Gold Badge. 



J R Smith, Sharps sporting 4 4355454544434 4—63 



G McLeish, Remington spuning 4 3 433423343445 4—53 



J J Reilly, Winchester 4 4244444435403 4—53 



J L Paulding, Peabodv-Mi niiil. 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 1-50 



A Smart, Sharps sporting 4 4434333400 3 44 2—48 



Mr. Smith carrying off the badge and Mr. McLeish the 

 second prize in money. Wind blew from about two o'clock, 

 half gale, making it almost impossible to make a good score 

 off-hand. The thermometer registered 36 degs. Fahrenheit. 

 All the above 200 yards, off-hand, Creedmoor targets. 



John L. Paulding, Secretary Y. R. C. 



Syracuse. — A new club has recently come into existence. 

 Dr. Van Duyn is President, J. P. Rule, Secretary, and Frank 

 Abbott, Treasurer. Among the members are Dr. Van Duyn, 

 Dr. Weaver, Willef.t Brown, Clarence Brown, Eddie Dawson, 

 Homer Dawson, J. W. White, J. P. Rule, W. H. Wood, 

 Charles H. Wilbur, Geo. S. Hier, Luther Watkeys, Frank 

 Abbott, Fred Howard, Thomas G. Alvord, Jr., and L. J. 

 Elder. The club has already constructed an in-door range in 

 the upper story of Cook's block, corner of the creek and 

 Onondaga street. It is 110 feet long, and is provided with two 

 targets, two 32-calibre rifles, and all the apparatus used in 

 Fred Auer's gallery in James street. The members meet for 

 practice daily, and many of them have already shown con- 

 siderable skill. The Amateur Rifle Association, which lias 

 made such fiDe shooting during the season, has a record which 

 compares favorably with that of any similar organization. 

 Another 3 r ear it will probably increase its membership, re- 

 ceiving recruits from among those who can show good records. 

 It will doubtless send a team to Creedmoor, to compete for 

 some of the best prizes. The Association hold short, mid and 

 long range rifles, and has made some fine scores with Reming- 

 ton military rifles. Squads from the Fifty-first Regiment visit 

 the range almost daily, and many excellent marksmen are 

 being developed. During the winter practice will be con- 

 tinued at' the arsenal. Another season there will be several 

 good teams organized, which are certain to make good records. 

 Classes will be organized only from those who have passed 

 into the first or marksman's class. 



New Orleans— Crescent City Rifle Club. — There was 

 quite a fine match at Frogmoor on the 4th for a gold badge, 

 at 200 yards, with military rifles, open to all comers. There 

 were thirty-eight entries, with Lieut. U. A. Thici, of the 

 Continentals, leading the score and winning, as will be seen 

 by the following, which are the leading scores out of a pos- 

 sible 25: 



Lieut C A Thiel 4 4 4 5 4—21 Ferd Cook 4 3 4 5 4—20 



Z lmb3au 1 4 5 4 1—21 Capt Win Perce 4 4 4 4 3—19 



BS Leathers 4 3 4 5 4-20 Brunch King 3 2 4 4— is 



Can We Credit This ? — The New Orleans papers tell of 

 a lady who, with a Remiugton, at a rest, at .500 yards, made 

 the following score: 



SUOyardS 6 666666666 6666 5— 83 



Either we shall have to exhaust our stock of marks of ex- 

 clamation, or must be better posted as to the circumstances. 

 Was Unit lady's rifle put in a fixed rest, screwed, bolted 

 and lashed down, or how? 



—General W. J. Behan, President of the Crescent City 

 Rifi.e Club of New Orleans was in the city this week. The 

 fame of the leading Title club of the South is due in large 

 measure to the efficiency of their President. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 4.— The long-talked-of match between 

 pikced teams of the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club 

 and the Cincinnati Turners took place at ITrimpe's Rauge 

 on the 27th inst, and proved an exciting affair. The match 

 was shot at 200 yards, off-hand, regulation,target, rifle, any. 

 The following is the score : 



CINCINNATI BHOOTING AND FISHING CLUB. 



WTSedam 5 3334444455550 4—63 



W Caldwell 4 45344 4 4553454 4-62 



TH Baum 4 4444444444455 4-01 



O'Popf 5 44434544 4 4444 4—61, 



W Campbell 5 4454 4 44433344 4—59 



D T Disney 3 444434454 4 344 4—59 



WHall 4 4 4*4 5444445503 4—58—423 



CINOINNATI TURNERS. 



M Genderlln 4 4444454564446 4-64 



W Steube 5 43444 5 3444544 5—62 



G Ellerding 3 4444435546444 4—61 



Wm Meyer ; 4 3444445444444 4—60 



F Fender 4 3434454343544 4—60 



CROOB 3 4434444444544 4—59 



LFender.. 4 3 444034424444 4-52—413 



Endorsing the Petition Presented to Congress to 

 Promote Rifi.e Ranges.— The following letters, from 

 officers in various States, may be of interest : 



Gbneeal Headquarters, State op Arkansas, ( 

 Adjutant-General's Office. > 



Cor,. Geo. "W. Wingats, Ins.-Gen. Rille Practice, N. Y.: 



Coloml— Your communication of date Oct. 13, 1877, is received, and 

 the enclosed forms of petition have been at once placed in circulation. 

 As it is already late, I will only endeavor to liave the names 

 of State officers and a few leading men at the Capitol, and of the 

 officers and men of the Schutzen Verien appended, and will fo: ward 

 to lion. Jordan M. Cravaes, Representative in Congress from thU dis- 

 trict. I have the honor to be very respectfully, etc., 



Jambs M. Pokerot, Adjt.-Gen, and Ing.-Gen., Ark. 



General Headquarters, State of Illinois, } 

 Adj.-Gen's Office, Springfield, Oct. a2, 77. j 

 GEN. Geo. W. Wdigatb, Supt, Rifle Practice S. N. Y.: 



ft »e/o'— It you will send me, say fifty of the blank petitions to Con- 

 gress favoring appropriations for rifle practice in the Regular Army 

 aud National Guards, I will send them to different companies in the 

 State, and have no doubt can send our representatives several thou- 

 sand uames. I enclose you a circular that has been issued and sent to 

 the Illinois Representatives ia regard to Increase In quotas in army. 



Very respectfully, H. Wili.iard, Adj Gen., Illinois. 



Common wealth of Pennsvlvanu, > 

 Ar,rT.-Gitx's Office, Harrlsburg, Oct. 20, '77. f 

 N. P. Stanton, Esq , Pies. Nat. Rifle Asso'n.; 



fiSO — I have your communication concerning petition to be presented 

 to congress, looking to the promotion of mi itary rifle practice. I 

 shall be glad to further the measure with the assistance I can bring to 

 it. As speed seems just now necessary, I have concluded to promptly 

 bring the matter to the attention of our Pennsylvania Congressmen, 

 and will, if there be time aud you furnish uis with blanks, circulate the 

 petition for signatures. Very truly yours, 



James W. Latta, Ad;t.-Gen. of Pa. 

 New Orleans, Oct. 22, 1877. 

 Col. Geo. W. Wincuto, Ins.-Gen. of Rifle Practice, N. Y. : 



Colonel— \ have the houor to acknowledge receipt of yonr favor of the 

 13th, with enclosures as stated. Your communication, with accom- 

 panying paper, [handed to the President of the crescent City Rille 

 Cub, Gen. W.J. Beham, who will personally interest himself In the 

 matter, and forward the petitions to our Congressional delegation as 

 directed. Very truly yours, James Buckley. 



What the "Army and Navy Journal" Does Not Know 

 About the National Rifle Association. — In the last issue 

 of the Army and Navy Jouaual it berates roundly one of the 

 directors of the N. R. A. for asserting that the association is 

 entitled to use the appellation of " The National Rifle Associ- 

 ation of America," and contradicts him flatly, assertiog the 

 N- R. A. has no legal right to the title. This is indeed worthy 

 of Rip Van Winkle. The journal must be entirely oblivious 

 of the fact known to every rifleman, and which has been pub- 

 lished in every newspaper which nas paid any attention to 

 rifle practice, that the title of the N. R. A. was formally 

 changed by legal proceedings instituted by Judge Gildersleeve 

 during the past year.and that its legal title to day, A. D. 1877, 

 is Tub National Rifle Association of America. Will 

 the Army and Navy Journal kindly search the record? 



Major Leeoh on the Elcho Shield.— On the occasion 

 of the meeting of the Dublin Corporation, held at the close of 

 last month, Major Leech offered the following letter s 



49 Rutland Square, Oct. 14, 1S77. 

 My Lord Mayor : As inquiries are being frequently made with re- 

 spect to the coming of the Elcho Shield to Dubliu, I am Induced again 

 to address your Lordship on the subject. Its arrlvul has been deferred 

 until the time most convenient for your Lordship to receive it. It has 

 always been the delight of the Irish riflemen in carrying out the orders 

 of our noble captain, His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, to whom Irish 

 riflemen owe so mjjch, to place the trophy with our Dublin Corpora- 

 tion, who have always taken so warm an Interest in our successes, and 

 the sympathy o Eft red to us by successive Lords Mayor has been so 

 gratifying that, we naturally have peculiar pleasure in placing this em- 

 blem of success in the City Hall for the third time in Ave years. On 

 this occasion this pleasure is enhanced by the fact of your Lordship 

 occuping the distinguished position of our Chief Magistrate, and about 

 to do so a secoDd time by the unanimous choice of the citizens. Some 

 of our champion shots who took part In the late International Rifle 

 Match in America will shortly be In Dublin; thus I hope that the Eight 

 who won the Elcho Shieid match on July 19, with the highest score 

 ever made for that prize, will be present. The Elcho Shield is now In 

 my charge as honorary secretary to the Irish Rifle Association, having 

 been hande 1 over to me by the council of the National Bifle Associa- 

 tion, and I hoW it subject to your Lordship's instructions, which it will 

 be my duty to place before His Grace the Duke of Abereorn. I have 

 the honor to remain your Lordship's faithful servant, 



Arthur B. Leech. 

 R was determined that Major Leech's letter should be in- 

 serted in the minutes. Mr. E. DwyerGray, M. P., commented 

 on the fact that while the English Volunteers and the Seotch 

 Volunteers and the Isle-of-Man and Channel Islands Militia were 

 allowed to compete for the Queen's Prize, ail the inhabitants 

 of Ireland, even the Risk Militia, were pointedly excluded 

 from the competition. 



The Freeman' a Journal, of Dublin, under date"of Octobe 

 22, thus commentB on the subject of united teams for future 

 International contests ; 

 We are not so bumptious aa to believe that an Irish team 



