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The National Rifle Association. — The annual meeting 

 of the National Kifle Association was held at the armory of 

 the Seventh Eegiment, Jan. 8th, Judge N. P. Stanton, the 

 President, in the chair. The report of the Secretary showed 

 54 life members had been elected during the past year. The 

 receipts for the year have been $18,363.35; expenditures, 

 $18,337.02; balance on hand, $36.83. Six Directors were 

 elected to fill vacancies, as follows ; Lieut. -Col. E. H. San- 

 ford, Hon. D. W\ Judd, Col. John Ward, Col. John Bodine, 

 Major Henry Fulton, and John P. Waters. The proposed 

 amendments to the by-laws were next taken up and were 

 passed, wit.li the exception of two clauses, one of. which would 

 have permitted Presidents of affiliating associations to be- 

 come life members ex-offlcio. The other provided that mem- 

 bers who had paid annual dues for the period of ten years 

 should he elected life members without further assessment. 

 The following officers were elected : President, Judge N. P. 

 Stanton ; Vice-President, Col. G. W. Wingate ; Secretary, 

 George S. Schermerhorn, Jr.; Treasurer, Gen. D. D. AVylie ; 

 Executive Committee, Gen. Alexander Shaler, Hon. D. W. 

 Judd, and Judge Henry A. Gildersleeve. 



Connecticut — WaWngford. — Co. K, Second Regiment 

 Connecticut National Guard, had a sociable at their armory, 

 in Wallingford, on New Year's Eve, which was a very pleasant 

 affair. The riflemen of this company have gained quite a rep- 

 utation as marksmen, having furnished nine men for the 

 Regimental Team in the contest for the Army and Navy 

 Journal cup, which they won at Creedmoor in 1875 ; also, 

 eight men for the Inter-State match, which they won in 1876, 

 and four men for the Army and Navy cup in 1877, which 

 they came very near winning for the second time; also, in the 

 spring of 1877 at the company's annual target shoot, twenty- 

 nine men out of thirty-eight qualified at 500 yards, according 

 to the State standard. The company musters fifty-two men, 

 and have a fine armory 59x80 feet, with four rooms adjoining. 



New Haven Rifle Association. — This association, located 

 at New Haven, Conn., held a meeting at their range, near 

 Quinnipiac, on New Year's Day. The weather was cold and 

 windy. Good scores were made. In the all-comers match, 

 at 200 yards, the following are among the best scores .- 



3 E Stetson 5 5 4 4 4 5 5-32 E A Folsom 4 3 5 4 4 5 4—29 



AKiuckholdt....4 5 5 4 5 4 4—31 F W Tiesing S 5 4 4 4 4 4—28 



At 500 yards the following scores were made : 



JE Stet on.. ....4 3 5 5 5 5 5— S3 RM Walker 5 5 5 4 4 4 4—31 



B A Folsom 4 5 5 5 5 5 3—3-3 W HLayne 4 5 5 4 5 3 5-31 



Following are among the best shots made in the 200-yard 

 military match : 



^ AFolsora 4 5 4 4 4 5 4—30 P O'Connor 5 4 4 4 4 4 4—29 



J J Sweeney 4 4 4 444 5—29 L O'Brien 5 44434 5—29 



In the 500-yard military match the following scores were 

 made: 



RM Waiter 5 5 5 2 4 4 4—29 F Dr>erschuck....4 4 4 3 4 4—23 



JF Stetson 3 5 4 4 8 4 0—23 L O'Brien 4 2 3 3 3 3 2—22 



In the pool shooting, bull's-eyes at 200 yards were worth 

 95c, and at 200 yardi 15c. 



Hon. O. F. Winchester, of the Winchester Armory, has 

 recently presented the New Haven Rifle Association with a 

 check for $ 150, being one-fifth of what the association has 

 expended in fitting up Quinnipiac range. 



The cold snap has put a temporary stop to out-door prac- 

 tice, and in-door shooting is consequently increasing, Love- 

 joy's gallery being the favorite resort. 



New Yoke Rifle Club.— Last Thursday evening, at the 

 Tegular meeting of the New York Rifle Club the following 

 were the scores for the Blydenburgh badge i 



200 yds. 300 yds. T'l 



J B Blydenbmgh *T 48 95 



CE Blvdenburgh 43 46 94 



■N O'Donuell 44 46 90 



F Alder 45 45 90 



CA'heever 48 42 90 



STGDudlty 45 44 S9 



jaCoulin 45 43 ' 88 



NBTIinrston 45 43 88 



AJHowlert 43 44 8T 



JI D Ulvilenborg 43 44 81 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr 45 40 85 



SW-ibley 41 43 84 



J H Meeker 36 39 75 



J W Duckworth 40 31 71 



JWaru ;» 30 66 



The shooting was hardly up to the standard on account of 

 some trouble with the gas. Yours very truly, 



S. T. G. Dudley, Pres. 



Ckossley's Gallery — Buffalo, Jan. 7. — The following 

 Score was made by Capt. H. Baker, at 60 yards, Creedmoor 

 target: 



B445 145 5 55o555555t>5555555555555545564 

 4 tt 5—194 in a possible 200. 



Long Range Rifle Club of Wheeling, Va. — A club has 

 been formed in Wheeling, Ya., its origin dating from Septem- 

 ber last. Some very excellent shooting has already been 

 made at 800 yards by the President, C. E. D wight, Esq., and 

 we can cite 148 made in 30 shots at 800 yards as a fair sample. 



Onto — Cincinnati, Jan. 1. — The following score was made 

 bv the rifle team of the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club 

 on New Year's Day, at the club range, off-hand, at 200 yards: 



Ball 4 5544454445444 3-63 



<Jaldwell 4 4554444444435 5—63 



Baum 4 4444 5 5 4444444 4 62 



Sedam 4 4545454445445 5—66 



Campbell 4 44435 4 4 144444 5— Gl 



Disney 4 345544544445 4 4—43 



Total , T37S 



The scores are remarkable, and worthy of commenting on. 



California. Rifle Match.— The match between J. W. 

 Maher and P. H. McElhinney came off on the 23d instant at 

 San Bruno. The conditions were : Fifty shots each at the 

 200-yatd target, the actual distance from the centre to each 

 shot" to be measured in inches. Maher, who was one of the 

 Creedmoor team, won the match easily, with 122J inches to 

 spare. The score, in points, is as follows : 



J W Mater. .4 3 3 444544 4—39 444443544 4-40 5 8 4 4 



4 5 5 4 1 4—42 44 6 534454 5—13 4 14445444 4 — 41 Total 

 205 point?, or 376?$ im-hes 



P H MoE iiinnv....5 44434454 3—10 444432343 3—34 5 

 4 4 4 4 4 114 4—41 5 34444434 4-39 445454454 3—49 

 Total, 194 points, or 4SL% inches. 



The same match will be shot over again. Mr. McElhinny 

 is also engaged to shoot with Mr. McCarty, of the Mont- 

 gomery Guards, fifty shots, string measurement, McElhinny 

 giving' McCarty 50 inches. # 



Sacramento Pistol Team.— We give the shooting of the 



pistol team on a late occasion. Distance fifty-two feet, bull's- 

 eye target |ths of an inch in diameter, counting 12; 



nerber 12 10 10 9 8 11 11 9 9 7—96 



Beck JL 10 10 1 8 Pi 10 10 8 7—93 



Byers.. 12 U 11 II 10 11 9 8 8 7-98 



Brewer 11 10 10 9 7 11 to 8 8 8-92 



Q ri til its, it 11 12 10 8 11 10 9 s 5—w, 



Goldthwait.... 966 11 41 678 0—57 



Kaue 11 11 10 10 8 U 11 b S B— 94 



Jackson S 8 s It 13 4 8 8 3 8—79 



J. T. Griffitts, Secretary. 



The Strange Bullet. — In our last issue wc asked infor- 

 mation in regard to a curiously-shaped bullet found in a deer 

 in Canada. Having given an. illustration of this nondescript 

 projectile, we have been favored with the following reply : 



PniLADELrnu, January 5, 1878. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Your ourioas rifle bullet ta, 1 think, the ball of the oarblue used by 

 the "Bersagtieri" troop of Sardinia, some time between 1350 and 195.9. 



Respectfully, En. Holgazan. 



Not to the Purpose.— A correspondent, "J. G. B.," in a 

 letter to the Volunteer Service Gazette, decrying the Ameri- 

 can rifle as a military arm, and commenting on Mr. G. S. 

 Schermerhorn's communication, finds it "singular" that Mr. 

 Schermerhorn ' 'does not refute this grave charge against the 

 American breech-loader." It may be stated, in reply to 

 "J. G. B.," that Mi'. Schermerhorn, writing in an unofficial 

 capacity, did not think it just that he should descant in any 

 way on the character of the arms used in the Centennial 

 match. It w r as something entirely out of his province. Mr. 

 Schermerhorn's letter to the Volunteer Service Gazette was 

 simply tq correct some misinformation Sir Henry Halford has 

 received, and in the last issue of our English contemporary, 

 Sir Henry Halford, in the most graceful and courteous way, 

 acknowledged his mistake in regard to the practice of the 

 Americans as a team. All this discussion, most ex .'ellent and in- 

 teresting of its kind, is narrowing itself down to exactly the 

 right point. It is beginning to gleam on our friends on the 

 other side that it is not team practice alone which has won us 

 our matches, but that our uniform success was due to the ex- 

 cellence of our rifles. A great pother has been made about 

 the wiping and cleaning of our breech-loaders. These are 

 minor harpings. We have had very few victories over Eng- 

 lishmen on which we could pride ourselves. We refer to the 

 yacht America as one of th^m, and only for this reason, that 

 it ought to have taught Englishmen a lesson. When the 

 America won, for six months at least, no end of fault was 

 found with her by English yachtsmen. She was crank, un- 

 comfortable, always wet, hard to steer, couldn't stand heavy 

 weather, she was new fangled, etc. After a while it was 

 found out that the English system of yacht building was 

 wrong, and the American plan was adopted. It will be found 

 out in time that the lesson American arms have taught our 

 gallant English friends will be more fully understood. Anna 

 (non) virumque cano. Anything else but this question is not 

 to the purpose. 



TheElcho ShieldTestivities. — On the 10th of Dec. there 

 was grand gala and junketing in the Council Chamber at Dub- 

 lin, on the occasion of the reception of the Elcho Shield. The 

 Lord Mayor and all the civic dignitaries were present. Major 

 Leech, who acted as spokesman for the Irish team, made a 

 speech in his usual happy manner, which was responded to 

 by the Mayor. In a capital speech of Alderman Manning's, 

 the good services rendered by Major Leech were thus re- 

 ferred to : 



Major Leech did a great deal, and the Irish eight who ac- 

 companied him also did a great deal, although they did not 

 win. But they were very near it, and it was just as great a 

 happiness for them not to win when they were so very nearly 

 winning it. I believe that a great deal of credit is clue, not 

 only to Major Leech, but to the gentlemen who went out at 

 their own expense to America as well as to Wimbledon, to 

 sustain the honor of the country. (Cheers.) 



A complimentary resolution, addressed to the gallant Major, 

 was then passed by acclamation. In the evening a banquet 

 was held, Lord Talbot de Malahide occupying the chair. The 

 menu wa printed on a shield-shaped card, recalling the grand 

 trophy the Irish team had won. Conspicuously in the bill of 

 fare was a pudding a V Elcho. The usual toasts were proposed, 

 and among them the healths of the President of the Irish Rifle 

 Association, the Duke of Abercorn and of Major Leech. One 

 final paragraph tells the whole "story. "After a delightful 

 evening in which good feeling and enthusiasm were predomi- 

 nant, the party separated at aa early hour in the morning." 

 For a superb dinner, and the best company in the world, com- 

 mend us to just such a banquet as this, which Irish gentle- 

 men know how to indulge in. As for ourselves, with our 

 hearty congratulations to the Irish Rifle Association, this 

 being tbe third time in five years that they have carried the 

 Elcho Shield to Dublin, we trust to be able to herald many 

 future triumphs on their part. 



Tall Shooting.— We have on exhibition in our office a 

 target made at Zettler's gallery by Messrs. B. Zettler and M. 

 B. Engel, five shots each, ten in all, off-hand, 100 feet, when 

 the whole measure is 2 11-16 inches. All tbe shots are massed 

 in a space of 1£ inches by 11-16. 



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

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New Yobk Athlktio Clue.— The meeting of this club at 

 Gilmore's Garden, Jan. 4th and 5th, was one of the most suc- 

 cessful affairs of the kind ever witnessed in this city. There 

 was plenty of sparring, in which Blundell and Lynch lend 

 off with some rough work,; Roehner defeated Williams; 

 "Hess, of New York, vanquished Lafihrop, of Boston ; Henry 

 Buermeyer, of New York, decidedly got the best of George 

 Lee, of Boston. The tugs of war followed, the Harlem Ath- 

 letics beating the Hudson County Caledonians, the Dauntless 

 beating the. Turn Verein "Vorwrnrts, and the Scottish-Ameri- 

 can Athletic men proved too much for the team of Police- 

 men. 



The mile race, which came next, alter several trial heats 

 was finally won by Morgan, H. A. C, in 4m. 49is.; Wilkin- 

 son, of the American Athletes second. The mile handicap 

 Walk, in which thirty men started ahead of Armstrong, of the 

 Harlem Club, resulted in a dead heat between him and Mott 

 in 7m. 51a. 



The Policemen's Athletics.— Never was Gilmore's Gar- 

 den more densely crowded than on the occasion of the Police 

 Athletic exhibition for the benefit of the Widows' and Orphans' 

 fund last Monday evening. The crowd was further noticeable 

 for its good humor, its demonstrations of sympathy with tbe 

 contestants, and the unstinted applause which it showered 

 upon its favorites. The exhibition was highly creditable to 

 the force, and evidence was shown of a marked improvement 

 in the condition of the force since the establishment of the 

 Police Athletic Club. The contests were as follows : 



Sparring, heavy weights- J. Pilkington and J. Brittonuer. Pllking- 

 ton won first heat. * 



Sparring, light weights— Brady and Matterson. Won by latter. 



Wrestling, collar andelbow-J. Quigley and Wi tlaver-Hide Qnlgley 

 won in 15m. 



One-mile walk, for members weighing 200 pounds and over— Wm, 

 Muldoon, J. VV. Phillips and M. McCarty. Muldodh won in 9m 9^8. 



Tug of War, between teams of ten from the Police Athletic Club and 

 the Scottish Athletic Club—Police team : J. T. Gay, Captain ; O, Wable 

 Orlando Wildey, Charles Smyth, Stephen McDermott, Martin Purey' 

 O. Pratt, P. D. Leddy, Alexauder Praajr and Charles Brady. Scotch 

 team: Mr. M. E. More, Captain; E. Arnold, E. McNicbol, C. Fabrigon. 

 C.Conner, W.MoBwen, T.Clare, A. W. Adams, A. Thompson and H." 

 B. Wilson, Jr. The police force would turn the scale at 5,200 pounds, 

 the Scoich at 1,500. Won by the Police in 3m 28s. 



Velocipede race for $300 and championship of America— Wm. De 

 Noielle andJWm. Miller's " Unknown." The race was very close and 

 exciting, the two never being more than a few feet apart. T :e ''Un- 

 known " fouled his competitor, to whom was awarded the prize. 



Graco-Roman wrestling— William Muldoon and Emille. Won by 

 former. J. P. Adams and Bolangee, won by former. 



Collar and elbow wrestling— Chas. Murphy threw James Quigley. 



Sparring match— James Pilkington defeated M. Welsh." Frank 

 Donnelly defeated J. H. Cartin. 



Mile walk— Six entries. Won by J. T. Pilkington in Sm 25s. 



Tug of War, second trial- After pulling 17m. the gas was suddenly 

 turned down and the tournament brought to a close. 



Yonkers Athletic Club.— The Yonkers Athletic Club 

 held its second annual meeting last Monday eveniug, when 

 the following officers were elected ; John A. Byrne Pres • 

 Geo. H. Palmateer, Vice-Pres.; Wm. Cogan, Sec.;' Joseph 

 Walsh, Treas. ; Chas. M. Shaw, Captain; Chas. Knoulin 

 Geo. Nodin and James Leary, Executive Committee 



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The " Spartans."— Wo have received from Mr. Franks. 

 Clifford, the gymnastic director, a copy of the constitution of 

 the Spartans, an incorporated athletic club of Boston. The 

 object of the association is to promote intellectual and physi- 

 cal culture among both males and females, and especially by 

 providing suitable grounds where there can be a reading room 

 library and place for athletic and training exercises. By its 

 charter the club has power to extend and establish branches 

 in other cities, towns and villages, and doubtless the order 

 will be increased as it well deserves. 



Another Pair op Legs in Motion.— No sooner does one 

 run down than another is wound up and started off 

 This time it is Weston, who, on Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Newl 

 castle-on-Tyne, Eng., began the task of walking 1,000 miles 

 in 400 consecutive hours. If we had a department of "Ir- 

 rational Pastimes " this item should go there. 



Curling.— The great curling contest between curlers of the 

 North and South of Scotland, for the Dalrymple medal, comes 

 off to-day at Central Park. The sport begins at 10:30 a. m., 

 and closes at 5 p. m. Twenty clubs are exnected to partici- 

 pate, representing New York, Brooklyn, Paterson, Yonkers 

 Albany, Buffalo, and Philadelphia. 



—Wilbur & Hastings, of 40 Fulton Street, leading station- 

 ers and printers, have issued an admirable calendar and diary, 

 which we find most convenient in our daily use. 



The Shoningee Organ Company. —America fairly leads 

 the world in the perfection of that feature of modern civili- 

 zation and musical culture, the reed organ. And in the mul- 

 tiplicity of excellent instruments to select from, many persons 

 are at a loss to know what organ they shall purchase for their 

 homes. The admirable system of awards adopted at the Cen- 

 tennial Exhibition, however, where all the rival companies 

 displayed their best work, helps to solve the difficulty for 

 many intending purchasers. The Shoninger Company re- 

 ceived the verdict of the judges : " The best instrument for 

 the money," a decision which is amply endorsed by the fact 

 of the steadily increasing public appreciation of the merits of 

 these instruments. 



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