FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Proposed Extended Game Season. — Buffalo, Jan. 1878. — 

 Editor Forest and Stream : Weather unusually mild. A flock 

 of five red-winged starlings made their appearance in the 

 vicinity of the city, and a female red-head was shot on the 

 Niagara. Both occurrences are -without a precedent ^within 

 the last twenty-five years. Game in enormous quantities still 

 gorges the stalls of the dealers. They claim two months of sur- 

 plus time after the close of the season to get rid of their stock. 

 This annuls the purpose for which the law was framed, i. e. , 

 the protection of the birds, since they are shot as long as there 

 are buyers. It resembles in its working the sale of cheap and 

 so-called slightly-injured goods by fire or water, which con- 

 tinue to be damaged as long as a credulous public allows itself 

 to be duped. If a great amount of surplus stock on hand of 

 any dealer calls for special legislation to protect him still 

 further after having realized a handsome profit during the 

 legitimate season, the logic should be extended likewise to 

 others who depend on periodical profits, such as dealers in 

 coal, stoves, or wiuter clothing. But the birds must be 

 doomed to extermination to protect the dealer, who defies 

 thus the whole purpose of the law. The last day of the shoot- 

 ing season must also be the last day on which a single game 

 bird may be exposed for public sale. C. 



Game Laws Enforced.— The Philadelphia Club, whose 

 commendable zeal was mentioned last week, have been suc- 

 cessful in their prosecution of restaurant keepers in that city, 

 and have secured sentence against them for violating the laws 

 respecting quail. 



Arkansas Spoetmen's Club. — Little Rock, Ar/c, Jan. 17. — 

 Editor Forest and Stream : It is with regret and some morti- 

 fication that I write to you of the dissolution of our club. 

 It was formed for the express purpose of obtaining the passage 

 of a game law. But, alas, the Granger element was largely 

 in the majority in the two last Legislatures ; and to reason 

 with them on this subject was fallacy. The bill never saw 

 the light, although it was very mild, and only included a few 

 of the game birds and large animals abounding in this State. 

 Becoming disgusted with our want of success, and not wish- 

 ing to keep up an expensive organization for no practical use, 

 we thought it best to dissolve, hoping a time may come when 

 ignorance may be enlightened without the hard, stern lessons 

 of experience. Already some of our farmers on the prairie 

 have complained to me about the scarcity of game in their 

 neighborhood, where a few years ago was plenty. It is the 

 habit of some vandals to go out on the praire every spring and 

 gather the chicken eggs, shipping them to Memphis and 

 Louisville by the barrel ; and as soon as the few that are left 

 are hatched they commence a merciless warfare of extermina- 

 tion. In a few years our chicken shooting will . be but a 

 pleasant recollection. Every kind of game is killed out of 

 season by the negroes and white vandals, and we have no 

 power to prevent it. Game of every kind has been unusually 

 scarce this year j even the ducks, which are generally here in 

 millions, seem to have entirely deserted us. However, the 

 Grangers are not responsible for that. 



"One op the Club." 



[We are sorry to chronicle any backward step in the cause 

 of game protection, although we doubt not our friends have 

 acted wisely. At a future time we hope to hear better reports 

 from Little Rock.— Ed. , 



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MATCH AT UNION HILL, 



POE THE POEEST AND STREAM. AND ROD AND GuN MeDAL. 



"We went to press too early yesterday afternoon to give the 

 result of the match. The Jersey Shutzen Corps, the New 

 York Schutzen Corps, the Independent New York Schutzen 

 Corps, the Zettler Rifle Club, the Brooklyn Schutzen Corps 

 and the Newark Shooting Society were each represented by 

 their selected teams of twelve men each. We regret that we 

 cannot now give the name of the winning team. Their laurels 

 shall, however, in due time be recorded. In our next num- 

 ber we will give the full account of the scores of all the par- 

 ticipants, accompanied by a cut,of the medal, the design and 

 workmanship of which have elicited very general admiration 

 in rifle circles. 



Massachusetts Rifle Association — Boston, Jan. 18, 

 1878. — At the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Eifle As- 

 sociation the following gentlemen were elected to fill the offi- 

 ces for the ensuing year : President, Charles A. Longfellow, 

 Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Col. Nat Wales, James E. Shepard, 

 Esq.; Treasurer, Salem Wilder, Esq.; Secretary, Horace T. 

 Rockwell, Esq.; Directors, Salem Wilder, Esq., Capt F. K. 

 Shattuch, Capt. W- H. Jackson, J. A. Lowell, Esq., C. A. 

 Longfellow, Esq., Capt. J. S. Stevenson, Capt. H. T. Rock- 

 well, J. N. Frye, Esq., H. B. Sargent, Esq., Wm. Polanos, 

 Esq., J- Wemyss, Jr., Esq., Albert Hebbans, Esq., Wm. 

 Geinst, Esq., E. B. Souther, Esq., L. S. Hubbard, Esq. 



New York Rifle Club.— The scores of the New York Rifle 

 Club, at its match, Jan. 17, for the Blydenburgh medal were 

 as follow: 



200 yds. 800 yds. T1 



JBBlydenburgn *5 48 98 



BTG Dudley f 44 »1 



JSConltn 44 46 90 



CE Blydenburgh 45 44 89 



FHHolton 43 45 88 



NO'Dcmnell : 46 42 88 



FAUler.' , 46 42 87 



HD Bljdenburgh 48 38 86 



J J Duelcwortli 41 43 84 



P Lorlllard, Jr 46 37 83 



J A Ward 38 42 SO 



J H Meeker 42 3b 78 



ACWurtele 3^ 35 73 



Valentine Daly 39 33 72 



Mr. F. H. Holton, with an allowance of 14 points, won the 

 trophy. 



Yoreville Rifle Club, Jan. 19. — The following are 

 the scores made at the fourth competition for the Paulding 

 match, at Washington Park, 100 yards, Oreedmoor rules and 

 targets : 



JRQiohmau, Rem Mil 4 44 4 544534544 5 4-63 



P McMorrOW, Rem Sp 4 453444444464 3 4-60 



OKelz, ReinSn 5 44444442414 44 4—59 



A. S. Brown, Sharps Sp 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 6 4—58 



J L Paulding, Pea Mar 3 4334344544555 4—58 



J J Ki'illy, WinSp 4 4 4 5 8 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5—52 



GfSee, Wim Sport 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4—55 



WW Dodge, Kera Sp 4 2 3 4 S 5 2 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4—58 



This makes Mr. Grohman the winner for a second time, A 

 match will be shot every Saturday afternoon hereafter at 

 Washington Park until May 1. A match will be shot every 

 Friday evening 1581 Third avenue. Open to all comers. 

 Distance 100 feet, five shots, entrance 25 cents. 



New Ran&e. — A new range, to be called the Morrisania 

 Range, will be opened in the upper part of this city April 1. 



All Comers' Match.— On Saturday last at Oreedmoor, 

 260 Broadway, for a purse of $100 gold, the following are 

 some of the best scores made : 



WMFarrow 4 44554345 5—43 



F II Holton 5 55634453 4—13 



FBOCkOfen 4 44545643 4-42 



HWGourley 4 34344565 4—41 



A Street 4 55 454434 4—41 



GFLaw 5 44435434 4— JO 



WHSabln 3 64345554 2—39 



The next contest will tak lace on Saturday. 



Empire Rifle Club. — A new rifle club has been formed, 

 which will continue both short-range and long-range shooting 

 in its matches. Its title is the Empire Rifle Club, given by 

 Mr. Daly, of the firm of Schoverling & Daly, who has pre- 

 sented a gold badge for competition as the first prize. The 

 officers are as follows ; President, Leslie C. Bruce ; Vice- 

 Presidents, P. H. Holton and W. M. Farrow ; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, Dr. M. M. Maltby ; Executive Committee, L. O. 

 Bruce, F. H. Holton, O. H. Johr, M. M. Maltby, T. W. Lin- 

 ton, and W. M. Farrow. The first rifle contest will be held 

 at Creedmoor next Spring. 



Prize for Pistol Shooting.— Commodore C. A. Cheever 

 has presented to the N. Y. Rifle Club a prize to be shot for at 

 Conlin's gallery — a beautiful gold scarf-pin, which is an exact 

 model of a Steeveu's Target Pistol. The matches with a 

 pistol will be shot on every Thursday evening, commencing 

 to-day. 



New Jersey Rifle Association. — A meeting of the Board 

 of Directors of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, which 

 17th. The question of expediting the bill now before the 

 was held at the rooms of the National Rifle Association on the 

 State Legislature for the purpose of incorporating the associa- 

 tion was referred to the following committee : Col. Dudley 

 Steele, CoL E. H. Wright, B. A. Vail, E. A. S. Man, and H, 

 Anderson. The Committee on the Selection of a Range re- 

 ported. Gov. McClellan will send in a special message in re- 

 gard to rifle practice. 



Haoeensack Rifle Association. — The annual meeting 

 of this association was held at the above place on Wednesday 

 eve, Jan. 9. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as 

 follows: Pres., James Conklin; Vice-Pres., W. P. Ellery; 

 Treas., A. B. Banta; Sec, Edwin Ackerman; Ex. Com., 

 James Conklin, W. P. Ellery, A. B. Banta, Edwin Ackerman, 

 J. T. Fream, H. L. Bruns. The association is in a flourish- 

 ing condition, and contains about thirty-two members. 



Mountain View, Jan. 19.— The following match between 

 Mr. A. H. Boies and H. J. Smith occurred on the rifle range 

 of the Laflin <& Rand Powder Co., Mountain View, N. J., 

 Jan. 18, Mr. Smith using a Remington 44 cal. breech-loader 

 and a new brand of powder made specially for long-range 

 shooting by the L. & R. P. Co., Mr. Boies using a 42 cal. muz- 

 zle-loading rifle, made by Ferris, of Utica, NT., and 70 grains 

 of Orange Ducking No. 3, both powders giving a very even 

 velocity with the least possible residuum. 



}500 555655455 5-49 



S00.... 555555555 5—50 



900.... 555455555 5—49 



500.... 445555555 4—47 



800.... 445546455 5—46 



900.... 5554444. 4 6 5—45 



Club. — Match for the 

 ., standing. This match 

 Kressner won, having 

 Sharps mid-range : 



champion 

 took piace 

 made the 



3 4 3 5 2 4 

 3 5 4 5 4 5 

 2 3 3 8 5 3 



2 5 5 3 4 5 2 



4 5 4 4 4 



5 3 3 4 4 



6— 5S 

 5—57 

 4—62 



4—52 



4 5 4 3 4 4 4—61 



3 4 4524545435 

 486452443425 



4—5t 

 3-5.> 

 4-^6 



New Orleans Rifle 

 medal, 500 yards, off-hand, 

 on the 13th, when Mr. C, 

 following fine score with a 



First score 3 



Second score 4 



Third score 4 



Fourth score 4 



Fifthscore 4 



The other scores were as follows : 



Sir Watt enhofer 5 



MrM Winteler 



MrGeoMulIer 55 45325340204 



The Mitchell Rifles, in competition for the Goodwin badge, 

 made the following score at 200 yards : 



JPRoche , 433342244 3—33 



CaptMCooney.. 4 40246332 2—29 



MO'Conner 033333043 3—26 



Froghoor— Crescent City RrFLE Club. — The sixth com- 

 petition for the gold badge of the Louisiana Field Artillery 

 team took place on the same day on the grounds of the club, 

 Mr. R. F. Schmutz being the winner, out of a possible 25 : 



RF Sclimutz 43444—19 F Saleane 44 440 16 



M Leaurnont........ 4 3 3 4 4— IS L Caboche 3 4 4 4—15. 



PODurel 3 4 2 3 4—16 JWDauer 2 4 2 3 3—17 



Sacramento Pistol Club. — The following good scores 

 were lately made by this club : 



Atkinson ....11 11 11 8 • 12 11 10 8 5 8— 95 



Blackburn... 10 i 2 5 7 10 7 6 5 1— 64 



Brewer 11 10 9 9 8 12 11 10 9 8—97 



Byers 11 9 8 5 2 12 12 9 9 9—86 



Qerber, H....12 U 9 6 7 11 10 8 9 6— 89 



Qerber.W E...12 9 9 7 8 4 7 10 10 6— 82 



GoMthwait....9 8 8 3 4 8 8 3 00— 46 



Griflltts 10 8 3 6 4 6 9 10 10 9— 75 



Jackson 10 10 9 9 8 B S 4 10 9— 74 



Kane 11 11 9 12 12 9 8 8 8 12—100 



San Franoisoo Long Range Club. — The first of the series of 

 matches by the San Francisco Long-range Club came off at 

 Bay View on the 5th inst., H. C. Smith winning the diamond 

 badge for the first time. • Annexed are the scores made : 



HCSmlth '. 3 43454355 4—39 



Captain B J Burns 3 44853335 5— 38 



J Robertson 3 03545453 5—37 



Frank G Edwards ..3 50535534 3—36 



F G Blinn 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 0—32 



S II Harmon 3 35 33358 4—31 



JLeibert- 2 2 0346225 4—29 



JNPtke 2 50004535 4—29 



RC Hanson 2 4 4 5 3 5 4—27 



Frank Miller 43000943 3—22 



Breaking Glass Balls With a Rifle. — Dr. W, F. Car- 

 ver is matched to accomplish the unprecedented feat of shoot- 

 ing 225 out of 300 glass balls with a rifle. 



THE LONG-RANGE FALLACY-. 



The National Guardsman, for February, devotes the space 

 of a long leading article to what it styles the "Long-Range 

 Fallacy," and labors with many words and less logic to show 

 that " projectors of ranges in the future will find success and 

 profit in considering the military or short-range shooting first 

 and providing for their accommodation, instead of being car- 

 ried away by the long-range fallacy." The National Guards- 

 man is a specialist, and, carried away by its devotion to a sin- 

 gle line of work, loses either the ability or the will to take 

 broad notions of matters and things. In view of what long- 

 range men have done and are doing for the advancement of the 

 sport and science of rifle shooting, to speak of their work as 

 "delusive heresy," "wasteful expenditure," and "extrava- 

 gant outlay," is certainly emphatic if not very just, and a 

 writer who can so thoroughly fail to see the merits of long- 

 range work is to be excused his ignorance and simplicity when 

 he looks at the small-bore marksmen and "wonders at their 

 dictatorial assurance. " 



And have they not well earned the right to a modest share 

 of assurance. If Creedmoor is self-supporting, what has made 

 it so but the untiring and zealous labor of a band of long-range 

 shooters? Granted that the bulk of the marksmen who fre- 

 quent the range are mid-range and short-range shooters using 

 military rifles, is that any sensible reason why the scientific 

 portion of the sport should be left out ? Call it " fancy ' 

 shooting if you will— show by a grand array of figures that 

 the military fusileers outnumber the small-borers an hun- 

 dred to one ; granted that in the field 01 battle the small-bore 

 men would be of comparatively little service with their pecu- 

 liar arms ; granted also a dozen other things, equally as 

 irrelevant, but equally specious and plausible, and yet the 

 stern fact must remain, that to attempt to cut off 

 thia numerically insignificant minority would be a grievous 

 error on the part of our American rifle managers. What- 

 ever glory, whatever of credit, of life or energy now 

 exists in our shooting record is due to the long-range men. 

 The military men have done nothing as yet, and it ill-becomes 

 them to speak of the glorious achievements of their more 

 scientific fellows as a "fallacy." 



The English riflemen have long ago listened to just such 

 smooth-sounding arguments as those which appear in the 

 National Guardsman. The Snider men looked upon the 

 users of match rifles as mere idlers, and did not scruple to 

 crowd them off the ranges ; but a stinging revenge came in 

 the successive defeats of the Irish, Scotch and British teams ; 

 and bitter indeed are the protests of John Rigby and other 

 shrewd observers of equal intelligence who see the error of 

 this exclusion, and now, when too late to save the national 

 honor, point out the stumbbng block. Not only were the 

 teams defeated, but even the military shooters have suffered 

 in retaining a poor arm, when, had they permitted the long- 

 range experiments to go on, better grades of rifles through- 

 out would have been now in use. In other words, what- 

 ever of scientific improvement is to be wrought in the 

 military arm is to be gamed through the more accurate, more 

 precise and thorough tests at the longer ranges. America 

 stands to-day ahead in all classes of arms, simply because no 

 restriction, no form of repression has been exercised toward 

 any one class of shooters. If any one expects to see the long- 

 range shooters and the military marksmen numerically equal 

 they surely betray a most simple-minded hopefulness. Such 

 will never be and never should be the case. The mechanical 

 manipulation of a military arm should be the sport and duty 

 of the masses ; but the studious use of a match rifle can hardly 

 rise above the pursuit of a few. But the few lead the many 

 as the small bulked brain governs the great body. To suppose 

 that the question of the importance of this or that class of 

 rifle shooting is merely one of majorities is so rankly absurd 

 that a plain statement carries its own refutation. 



We in this country need all the stimulus that can be given 

 to the general subject, without stopping to argue questions of 

 comparative importance of classes of rifles. Our long-range 

 men have done magnificently well, and when the exclusively 

 military marksmen have shown as brilliant a record, it will be 

 time enough to split hairs of differentiation. 



BREECH AND MUZZLE-LOADING 

 RIFLES. 



Judge Gildersleeve on Breeoh-Loading Rifles. 

 We recently wrote to Judge Gildersleeve for'an opinion 

 upon'the merits of breech vs. muzzle-loaders, and rifles gene- 

 rally, and received the following reply, which we have been 

 permitted to publish. Anything from the pen of Judge Gilder- 

 sleeve is always of interest, but a letter upon this subject just 

 now is particularly so : 



New York, Jan. 9, 1878» 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



My Dear Sir— I have repeatedly been asked my views as to the 

 comparative merits of breech-loading and muzzle-loading long- 

 range rifles, and your letter is only one of many that I am in receipt 

 of on that subject. I cheerfully give you my judgment, which ia 

 based upon considerable personal experience with both arms, to- 

 gether with careful observation and inquiry. The particular 

 style of weapon that a man chooses I believe to be largely a matter 

 of fancy ; although the experienced marksman is certain to use 

 the rifle with which he believes he can make the beet score, no 

 matter whether it has to be loaded from the breech or from 'the 

 muzzle; whether it shoots with or without reooil ; or in what 

 country, or by whom it is manufactured, m my opinion the 

 principal advantage a breech-loader possesses oyer a muzaIe-lo*d-> 



