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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 3, 1883. 



fi/k md §mp Sthootinq. 



■ii'ji. leiice that will give defl- 

 risto* shooting, I am induced to 



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OLD-TIME PISTOL SHOTS. 



Editor Forest and stream : 



As in your last issue you in 

 nite information on the SUbji 

 give my experience. It is a sj. 

 and amusement for tin; past I .. ■. .. ■ ■ . r -,- y. : ■.,■;! 

 for the Ave years preceding the war, ' 1 i 

 not of seeing, but Hearing of the wonder! 

 Colt's repeater or a Derringer— the Eavotite 

 became ambitious to cut a tape, drive the <. 

 six-Inch Colt, I commenced mi p a,:. . _■■_• v-y; 

 it for over a year with very unsatisfactory re 

 dawned upon me. that pistol snooting, talked 

 formed, were like the Indian maid 

 ty — very different affairs. I notice 

 sent, the shooters who ould pert 



d continued 

 it gradually 

 .ctually per- 



i that i 



>ntei 



produced. I c 

 man with a 

 dollar six t 

 bet, a feat ■ 

 undertake i 



And now 

 mate 1 1 Eor J 

 and Paul, \ 

 Which was 

 hand and i 

 Both used ! 

 was 12 pac 

 6-16 inches, 



Again, hi 

 or 'oil, amo 

 3^ inches, tHe worst, U 

 shooting now done in t 



There is no shootiug 

 ers. A man irmlffag t 

 in a minute, would no 

 average intelligence. 

 persons that he Had se 

 popular way of telling 

 of times, ,;tr varus iiis.a 

 fact by the majority o 

 story is as prooaole as 



In our own town we 

 squirrels with the sam 

 as to lodge the btdlet h _ 

 cal bullet to kill the other 



'olv: 



»lc 



othi; 



atter would be 



I.;!: 



Li a 



e by experts in those day 

 hell noucd pistol snootors Travis 

 s in the fall of '57, a full report of 

 tne Times, Travis shot wicn one 

 ed his pistol over his left ana. 

 a for the occasion. The a: , 

 re. Travis won by a string of 19 



vis' galla 



t Nashville, i 



a- 



it, with an army pistol, would be accepted as a 

 ' ! PS, while to the knowing ones one 



aye the man who knew a man that killed two 

 bullet, by loading so lightly the first time so 

 the squirrel's head, thus securing the identi- 



PISTOL SCORES. 



Each mail now brings to this office s: 

 pistols, and some of them are capital ont 

 consecutive shots from a ,38-calibre commo 

 or 12 paces into the space of a postal can 

 shots were grouped, i ' 



pie targets made with 



To be able to plant iu 



5. & W. revolver at S feet, 



>r even half of it as the 



i was able to get all that 



miniature firearm. This is the 



ent at Elk City, Pa. 



: at Louisville, Ky. , sends the following story 

 thip, which he very discreetly says he " was 



jai. the- r 



of a piece of mai 

 told: 



" On January 2, at a turkey shoolingat I inlii It ' s drove in Jefferson 

 comity, eight 'miles from Louisville, Dr. Silas Wcatherby killed nine 

 turkeys at 12o yards, a record of four turkeys in 5 shuts being made. 

 An ordinary 5-shot, 5-inch barrel, ,32-eal. Smith <£ Wesson pistol was 

 used "hi- pistol beiiu ui'eu. uuii, riaat hand, i.lie barrel ri-strng on the 

 first finger of the left hand placed just in front of the cylinder. 



When you consider that 120 yards at a turkey shooting will come 

 nearer being 13d measured yards and the small size of the target, I 

 think it must be considered remarkable shooting; but the doctor says he 

 has frequently done as well and is confident he can repeat the per- 

 formance almost any day." 



Against such records we have known performances by men who are 

 acknowledged experts with the arm. These scores are made by men 

 who have had abundant practice, and by the use of arms of the' finest 

 description. In place of the short barreled and large calibre revolver, 

 the long barreled single breech loading weapon is used, using a cart- 

 ridge with just sufficient powder to do the work in hand, not sufficient 

 to no i: up the ami. For these scores we can vouch,' as they were 

 made hi this city, in a gallery of repute, under the eye of an experi- 

 enced rifleman, and without possibility of trickery or favoritism. 

 When scores are claimed and records assorted far in advance of these, 

 we naturally express some degree of doubt, ami feel inclined to place 

 these big claim in th sam .it i , a- the wondrous tales of superb 

 marksmanship so often narrated of the Southwestern cowboy. 



ALBANY, N. Y„ Jan. 26.— The sixth and final competition in the 

 three hundred yards Life Membership match, was shot at Rensselaer- 

 wyck yesterday afternoon. The weather was mild, light fair, and the 

 wind nothing tb speak of. The riflemen were in good form and com- 

 menced the see res promptly on time. Good scores were made by all 

 the competitors, but the match was won for the third and last time by 

 Captain Fitch with thirty-two out of the possible thirty-five. The de- 

 tails of the match are as follows: 



:-i i i . ,i 'd-, : it • :l oil i ar , n i : 



Wm E Fitch, Bal S 5 5 4 5 4 4 5—32 



Theo Wooster, Bal S 4 4 4 5 4 5 5-31 



L G Puller. May S 5 4 4 4 5 4 5—31 



C White. Sal .'. *2 4 8 5 4 4 4 4-3J 



G H Charles, Bal S 4 4 4 4 4 4 5—29 



Jas S Schuyler, Bal S 3 4 5 5 3 4 4—28 



♦Allowance to military rifles. 



Eighteen duplicate scores were made. 



During the match Capt. Fitch duplicated his unequaled score of last 

 December, making 47 out of 50 in ten successive shots and 70 out 

 of 75 in fifteen successive shots, the score being as follows: 5 5 5 5 5 

 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 S 5 5—70. 



nd competition in the Maynard match will take 

 s., Jan. 25.— By reason of the storm the last meet- 



place. 

 GARDNER, Mai 



R. C. 



91 47 



89 46 



77 44 



82 45 



81 44 



moor target combined. The folk 

 R. 



F E Nichols 94 



G FEUsworth 86 ■ 



I N Dodge 77 



n , it'i'o. . .. (;;, 



FHKuowlton 62 



COMerritt. .......,:... 60 < 



WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 26.— Members of the Rifle Club visited 

 lo'Ocu iia'i": 1 :,,.-';■-[, -',;:• yraeiice ivie yiassa'\iiisi-os raccud. lying 

 used, distance 300 yards, off-hand. The score tells the story: 



Winchester 11 11 11 K 9 12 10 12 7 10—101 



8 9 8 10 U 8 11 9 12 11— 97—198 



Clark 8 9 10 11 12 11 10 11 9 10—101 



11 11 11 5 9 7 12 12 11 7— 96—197 



Morse., 10 9 10 10 9 11 10 12 10 9—100 



8 10 8 11 10 11 7 10 



Rice _ fl 8 9 12 12 10 11 8 . 



B 9 11 12 8 11 11 10 10 7— 98—195 

 5 8— 77 

 5 8— 81-158 

 8 8—42 

 2 10— 72—114 



8 7 10 8 7 12 8 

 3 2 3 5 3 

 6 9 6 6 12 6 6 



Third match, same conditions: 

 Mills llllll— 6 Engle 111111-0 



Kell 10—1, Mauldin 10—1, Wagner 0. 1 odd 110—2. Aul 0, Hitter 1110-3, 

 Wagner (re-entry}" 0, Wagner (re-entry) ft. Wagner (rs-entryj 111110— 5. 



TocuKre-eurrvMJ. Mauldin (re-entry ! tl, Wertsner .J. Purse, jjl-i, divided 

 by Mills and Engle. 



Fuurll , i;.| ■!,, lOlllie u : 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' i >l. .',1 '',,;,,, . ,| l,".dl so, ur 111— ti. 



Kell 110—2, Mauldin 10—1, Todd 110— sj, Mms (re-entry) 110—3, Bitter 



ire-entry) 0, Ritter (re-entry) 0, Ritter (re-entry) 110— 2. Purse, $10, 

 won by Mr. Wagner. 



Pif tn match, same conditions : 



Mills .....111011111—8 Todd CP 



Ritter ..10 Mauldin 110—2 



Kell 111011110— 7 Todd (re-en try) ho— g 



Wagner........ 110 Ritter ire-enrrr-, 



Aul 111010 — 1 



Purse, $9, won by Mr. Mills. 

 S (Sixth match, same conditions'. Mills 110—2, Ritter 10—1, Mauldin 0, 

 Todd 110—2. Wagner 10—1, Kell 110—3, Aul 110—2, Engl- .11.110— 1, 

 Mauldin (re-entry) 1110—3, Wagner (re-entry) 0, Kilter (re-entry) 10—1, 

 Mills (re-entry) 10— 1, Todd (re-entry') 110—2, Kell (re-entry) 11 m— 5, 

 Ritter (re-entry) 10—1, Aul (re-entry) 0, Wagner (re-entry) mil— 5. 

 Purse, $17, divided by Kell and Wagner. P. 



'THE JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS GUN CLUB announces a~reception 

 and ball to take place on the evening of February 8, at Pohlmann's 

 Hotel, Jersey City Heights. A special meeting of the Club will be held 

 at the club room, 598 Newark avenue, J. C. H., February 5. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



;ents of Messrs 



NEW YORK, Jan. 21— Zettler Rifle Club's second competition for 

 the gold watch, ten shots per man, Creedmoor target, gallery dis- 

 tance, possible 50: 



PGPenning - 50 B Zettler 46 



MDorler 49 G Schurman. .46 



H Hoges 48 M B Engel 45 



: iu: . .: ' ion..- 



J Levy 48 N D Ward 43 



CG Zettler 48 A Lober 42 



BALTIMORE. Md.. January 27.— The following pigeon matches 

 were shot at McKnight's Canton House, near this city, on the 24th 

 inst., under the management of Mr. C. S. Wertsner, of this city. 

 Washington. D. C. was represented by Messrs. E. L. Mills, of the 

 Trea:o. Department, and Wm. Wagner, inventor of the new and 

 popular" charcoal-filled, hermetically-sealed glass ball. Messrs. Maul- 

 din and Todd, two noted trap and duck shots from Port Deposit. Md., 

 also participated in the matches, and, as will be seen by the scores, 

 the visitors carried away more than their share of the " cake." Mr. 

 Mills is a strong advocate of lighter guns of smaller gauge than are 

 generally used for trap shooting, and in exemplification of his theory 

 shoots a'12-gauge, 8b> His. gun, which certainly did very effective work 

 on this occasion. The birds were an exceptionally fine lot: — strong, 

 rapid flyers— and the day one of the most disagreeable for trap shoot- 

 ing that could well be, it being intensely cold, with a high northwest 

 wind blowing, which carried many hard-hit birds beyond the bound- 

 er;,, which ui.sei'veiy- would have been scored. 



First match — 31 yards rise, 3 birds each : 



Mills Ill 1111111111—13 Aul .10w 



Ritter low Mauldin Ill 111111110—11 



Wertsner Ill 1111111111—13 Todd 11111110 —7 



Wagner Ill 10 



Purse. $14, won by Mr. Mills. 



Second match, miss and out. Mills o. Killer u. Wauaier Mauldin 

 10—1, Wertsner 0. Aul 10, Todd 11—2, Engle 10—1. Purse, 88, won by 

 Mi-. Todd. 



Syde'J/nio; ■; •-' ■,-, \i by. - L , , ■:.;.. id,,-, 

 of 207 Broadway, New i'orc, trie well-k 

 at woi-k in or d'.Ui./bu 1 ' t,. ,■-■:, -u •-,.,.■_ y 

 recently. Tne standing of mis Qrnt 

 Southern travel, botd by land and se 

 they will nidf tnta n their engaj 

 participants in these delightful mid.- 



more. Tne month of March, which, 

 most inclement and trying of the Whc 

 fortunate excursionists hi a climate li 

 known points in Florida, and a rettirr 

 a palace river steamer, or try rail Via 

 ington. — Adv. 



TO LADIES ONLY.— The wish to be beautiful is predominant 

 woman, and none can say sue does not care whether sue is b 

 or not. Dr. T. F. Gouraud's Oriental cream, or magical be: 

 elicits a clear transparent complexion, free from tan, fret 

 moth patches, and so closely imitating nature as to defy <•»< 

 has the digued me Ilea! -.e-'ti'uouy a,- well as prot.s-io: 



-inn on its uc-u i,r- y- i. ■ ■ :ei ■■. 



specialty in the trade. MVme. M. B. T. Gouhaud, Sole Proprietor, 

 Street, New York. Eor sale by all druggists and fancy goods 

 throughout the United States, "Canadas "and Europe. — lAdv. 



. Leve & Alden, 



■ a - .'.:• actively 



'.,,. .. announced 



_• lines of 



itee that 



ivith the 



' , dandsomo 



of a montn or 



popular 

 IS iJond 

 dealers 



The Goodyear Rubber Mfg. Co., formerly at 4S8 and 190 Broadway, 

 have been obliged to seek mure commodious quarters, their business 

 having grown so largely that their oil place was not large enough for 

 them. They are now found at N03. 503 and 506 Broadway, St. Nicho- 

 las Hotel Block, and are ready to nil all orders. We call attention to 

 then- advertisement hi this week's issue. 



The old established house of Bradford & Anthony, 374 Washing- 

 ton street, Bostou, Mass., are advertising line razors.' Sportsmen Si 

 need of such should communicate with them. See adv. in this issue. 



G.W.Simmons & Son, Oak Hall, Boston, Mass., manufacturers of 

 fine shooting suits, are still in the field. Their notice elsewhere is of 

 interest to anglers and gunners. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



From Now Until March 1st Only. 

 In order to reduce my stock and make room for m 

 will offer my guns at a discount of 25 per cej it ofl I 

 Call and examine if von wish to bur a gun cheaper tl 

 a chance to again. Ihave a full line -of tn. -- :- 

 & Sons' breech-loaders, also several odd guns, sue 

 Parker, Ethan Allen, Westlev Richards, etc. Chat 

 943 Broadway.— Adv. 



Treble Hooks, Gangs and Swivels. 



BEST QUALITY TREBLE HOOKS EITHER RINGED OR TAPERED. 



Numbers 8-0 7-0 6-0 5-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 1.0 



PerDozen $1.25 1.05 .85 .75 .70 .65 .60 .50 



li 

 .45 



lto8 

 .40 



BEST QUALITY BRASS OR STEEL BOX SWIVELS. 



Numbers 4-0 3-0 2-0 1.0 ltolO 



PerDozen 1.25 .80 .70 .60 .50 



Best Quality Brass Double Swivels, No. 1 to 10, per dozen $1.25 Best Quality Brass Treble Swivels, No. ltolO, per dozen $2.00 



MINNOW GANGS. ALL WITH SWIVELS. Prices per dozen. 



Single gut, 1 ft. long $4.00 



Double " " " •. 



Gimp, " " , 



SetU Green, single gut, half loot long 



Imbrie, " " " , 



" double " " , 



Leaders (for Green & Imbrie gangs), 9 feet long, very heavy single gilt, with two swivels 



Patent Treble Hook, with bailing needle attached, 1 ft. Inns;, with swivel, gimp or 4-0 hook, or double gut and 1-0 hook. . .. 

 Romeyn, treble twisted gut, 3 feet long, with three swivels 



6.00 



0.00 

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3.30 

 4.00 

 9.00 

 3.00 



IS. 01) 



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MAKE HENS LAY. 



traveling in tins country, says that mostot the Horse 



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pure and tmmcimr'S' vii'uniile, Nothing on earth will 

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PHILADELPHIA. 



ADVENTURES AT 

 irtal story of sport and 

 iue. In ten - 



lustrations st-dt hv mail, poslp.-ii 



price, >1 -.1. (ilAHLEt; A. J. I'aRRAK, Jamaica 



Plain, Mass. 



iox Mh. 



FOR SALE: 



Patent of a Glass Ball Trap. 



Already in the Market and Known 

 to be Reliable. 



HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY SPORTSMEN. 

 For full particulars adduess, giving references, 



R. L. S., this office. 



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 the hikes, ponds and rivers of that famous country, 

 as well as the head waters of the Conneetieut 

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 CHARLES A. J, FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, 



OECOND HAND. W. w. GREENER, IQ-J30RE 



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 as good as new, v ill be sold Eor ->>; a decided bar- 

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