Feb. 23, 1883 ] 



FOREST AND STREAM 



77 



%$le mid j^mp ^tooting. 



FOREST AND STREAM TOURNAMENT 



FOR TRE SHORT-];.!'- fE CH 'Tt t*S [] ' OF I! ' 



FIRST prise to be ten m< 

 and Stream and Ron 

 entrance fees: third prisie 



Peams— Eacl 



teams participating must 



clubs wiii ; !. 



minim um mill of trigg 



aish their own r res and ai 

 they may desire, Numb. 

 Sighting shots Tv 

 tion— Off-hand. 1 

 turns of the N. R, a., reauts 

 Practice-No practice alio* 

 Fee— Five dollar-- ol , 

 No. 39 Park Row, N. Y. TU 

 N. p.. a i 



The ab •. 



wfilbemmanj n spec! 

 winter of 1819 under Ore dl 

 permit the ream captains to 

 have the records i 



ii e : , -.-. 1 1 ! i 

 ■ ■ Lntains « 

 The shooting 



.nogram medals, presented by the Forest 

 vNnGr.v. Second prize 50 per cent, of 

 3D per <■■;'. : t'ourta prize. 30 per cent. 



j • - 1 11 consist of ten men. The 



,i, -1 ol members of the various 



Rides -Limited to ton pounds in weight; 



iree pounds: 32-100 cat. Teams may fur- 



nmuiiiiioji, oi- use those at the gallery, as 



>r of Shots— Ten by each competitor. 



will be allowed each competitor. Eotsi- 



ioo-yard targets, aci o uli 



d in proportion to the range at the gallery . 

 ed on the day of the match. Entrance 



at Uieoffie- of the Fouus-r a.nu Stream. 

 e n in to be governed by the rules o£ the 



11 he shot during the mouth of March and 

 dlar to the contest carried on during the 

 rection of this paper. The intention is to 

 llx upon a suitable gallery in which to 

 there ought to beat least a dozen teams 

 ,• and the elegant trophic 



Intel 



i>id c do 



du 



a Mai 



ng"iln 



•ahl ■ 



meetin 

 Cons 

 whom have already entered, au_ 

 rivahv between them and the New So 

 Club, "of this City, have also entered. 



id the date of prefimi- 

 eu in the issue of March 9. 

 onfh of March. All teams 

 as to have a voice in the 



the Newark clubs, several of 

 promises to be much friendly 

 'kmen. The Seppeufeldt Kille 



H3C1.VF.T1 A RIFLE CLUB. -The following- is the programme 

 adopteil bv tie- H.-lv.-lia Hide Club for their shooting during 1S8'1, for 

 members only. Their shoots are held at the grounds of A. G. Gcnez. 

 TO -T.- and Boston avenue. There are five series of contests. 

 For precision shooting: Distance. SJOvds. : 3-inch ring target with 12- 

 iuch bu ■ -i ■■■■;. oil Each meniber is allowed a maximum of 



three tickets , t) i -s. The total number of points of 



61 ■■!, shooter to Eorm his agg 'egate of the vear. In ease of ties, pre- 



■ :•-.•;.-. given 1. to hits: 3. to highest number of tickets. Handi- 

 cap: Five per cent, allowed for open sight and three pounds pull, but 

 no cleaning. Members having shot at last four series, and showing an 

 improvement in the last two over the first two, will be entitled to pre- 

 miums. Time shooting: Target same as in precision shooting. Time 

 limited to two minutes. Kepsatinf; apparatus not to be used: carbines 

 not allowed. The nam-, or of points, hits and shots to form the vear's 



■ -■■gate of each shooter. In case of ties, preference is. given to the 

 hlghesl number of one, to points; two, to hits; and three, to slots. 

 PremiUl is Will b ' given as follows: For the most bullseves and shots 

 will: a-, , eraj io al leasl seven shots per minute; also, to those mak- 

 ing ah average of nine shots per minute, with at least seventy per 



.-■nt. : --.' .lag: Festival to be held in October. 1882; to last 



one day. Prises for precision and time shooting to consist of volun- 



e i ' .'.-I ieeted among the members and of funds fur- 



nished bv the treasurer, the amount of which to be decided upon at the 

 club meeting. Eieiv member showing complete tickets for three 

 series or more is entitled to prizes and oremiums. Conditions: Rifles 

 limited to 131bs. and .45-eul. No artificial rest. Onlv finished car- 

 tridges allowed. Cleaning at option Of competitor. Members absent 

 or sick at the time of the snooting days appointed and, inconsequence, 

 not able to shoot the respective serie tickets, may be allowed, on 

 written ajnilieaiiou to the secretary, to shoot them on a later occasion. 

 Shooting masters: Chas. F. Lute, S. Buzzini. For the executive com- 

 mittee, S. Huber, pres.; R. Weiclmann. sec. The officers for the vear 

 are: J. Hubei . President: Theo. Ha'ttmann, Vice-President: Saml. 

 Rey, Treasurer; and R. Weidiuaun, Secretary. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS., Feb. 14, 1833.— The Rod and Gun Ritle Team 



inetatPillstield lo-day. the Albany and Pittslield Ride Team for a 

 friendly march. Conditions; 2:Mvds, off-hand, man target. It) shots 

 each.. 



First Match. 



Hod and Gun Rifle Club. 



Hunsteml f) 10 8 in 12 12 10 10 11 11—103 



Locke.. H u) 10 !) 12 11 10 11 10 11—102 



Cooley.. 11 10 9 T 8 11 10 9 12 10— 97 



Barrett -10 9 7 8 <) 11 11 8 10 9—92 



Ohapin < 10 7 10 it) 10 10 7 11 9 91— 485 



Albany Ritle Club. 



WEMtch 11 10 U 12 11 7 10 10 10 12-10-1 



i.'F ! Guns 11 10 13 10 11 12 8 11 10—95 



WF Miles 12 9 10 B 12 11 9 7 10 8—95 



WJRenick 8 11 12 8 10 9 7 7 12 10—91 



J I Miles 8 1 10 9 10 10 9 7 9-82—470 



Second Match. 



Pvod aud Gim Rifle Club. 



Locke 10 10 10 11 11 9 11 12 8 12—104 



Rumslead 11 9 10 9 9 12 11 11 10 11—103 



Barrel! 11 9 8 10 11 11 11 12 7 10—100 



Coolev 10 10 10 9 10 9 11 10 9 11—99 



Vanvlack 9 12 9 12 9 9 9 9 11 10-99 



Chapiti 12 12 8 12 11 10 8 8 9 9-99 



Henri..., .10 9 11 12 9 7 10 9 12 7—911 



Wilson 9 11 11 11 9 9 10 8 10 6-91-794 



Pittsfifelil Club. 



Hull 11 11 10 7 11 11 12 10 12-104 



Henry n 12 9 10 9 9 10 11 io 9-ino 



Wood II 8 ll 10 8 10 H II 8 9- o; 



Cruuduil M 9 9 10 9 9 10 11 10 10- 9(i 



Phillips 12 8 10 9 7 11 11 11 9 8-90 



Gorbam 8 10 7 11 8 10 9 11 12 7-93 



Whipple 8 10 7 7 9 13 9 10 11 8-91 



Tracy 8 8 1 7 7 11 8 10 7-76-753 



NEW ORLEANS, La.. Feb. 15.— The rifle experts turned out in full 

 force last v ee:. al Clinton's Gallery, 24 St. Charles street, and made 



some st.i .-.;.. 1--;. hcorcs at llie'new 30-yard range, on the third 



door. The following is. Lite score: 



Team Shoot— Possible 504. 



L P Chaudet 70 70 B8-S85 



AH Cox 72 78 74-2:14-450 



flffl Weiss 70 79 80-235 



Meyer Gutbeim 72 74 74— 220-455 



Rest Five Successive Scores— Possible 420. 



Win Weiss ...79 79 81 81 S2-4U2 



LPGhaudet 80 79 79 8a 80-698 



E.lSotiby 80 78 80 79 79—396 



Individual Scores— Possible 168. 



LPapont.e 80 81—101 Duncan S Cage. Jv ... .77 79—156 



J V Guillorte 78 82—100 Jghn Devonshire 75 79—154 



J R Stanton 80 19—189 Edm, Mareiiesseau 77 79—156 



Win. WoiSS, December 18, 1881, 68 inposBible 84, L. P. Chaudet, Feb- 

 ruary 1 1, 1882, 83 in possible 81. The only times these remark-aide 

 scores have been made in this gallery, and when it is considered that 

 the centre is only l'j inches in diameter, they will be doubly appreci- 

 ated. 

 EJSoubv 79 81 JCCross 78 80 



The above sooivk were uiade ai the new 32-yard range lust com- 

 pleted. 



COMPANY B.— Tenth Competition lottery match. Co. "B,"12thln- 

 fentry. a1 the A mbry, Feb 17, 1882. 



Private A. Kingsloha. 5 4 4 5 5 5 4-32, handicap 1— 31 



Private- ..-'i. ... . , .5 4 4 4 5 4 4— 30, handicap o— 30 



Sergeal tno 1 mldine 4 4 5 4 5 5 5— 3.2, handicap 3—29 



.-ii. A !i Van iiaisen 5 4 4 5 5 5 4-32, handicap 3^-89 



Corporal Jflo H Sanders 5 5 5 4 4 4 4— 81, handicap 2— 29 



Corporal Wm lain 4 45 4 543 5—29, handicap 1—28 



Private V K Wo..d 4 4 4 4 5 4 5—30, handicap 3-27 



Private I) Hs rt; 4 3 4^ 4 4 5— 8p. handicap fl— 37 



Private Jl ■' 3 a 5 i 4 a 3-28, handle! i] 



Private J ,T D'Arey 4 3 4 4 4 t 4 - 27. handii | 



Private , 4 4 4 8 4 3 3—35, handicap tl 35 



At ih- me ev. di a ride club was.or misssfl as Co. "B." 12H1 Iu- 

 tantryBifleOlnb li ■: .r-- "-. e ., ,, , ,, , , >. . 



among the members, duly .-letive h... ' ■■..: . . i.ein.rai-y 



discharged memliers of Co". "6,' 12lh infantry, are eligible to mem- 

 bership. Regular officers will be elected on the 3d of March. At 

 present TJ. E. Woodis temporary chairman, and A. Khij 

 tary. The annual meeling will be held on the 1st Friday of March, 

 each year. Regular meetings 1st Friday each mouth. 



LYNN CENTRAL SHOOTING CLUB., Lynn, Mass., Feb. 14, 1882.— 

 ■Mutch No. 3. The scores made in the above match were as follows: 



E w Webster mimm-io JHFrost niiiiim— 10 



. .. .lllinoin-9 K A Johnson. .1111111111— 10-49 

 HWCe^-- Uinillll-10 15. W, W, 



I mass . Feb :' i conditions were .quite troublesome, 



thei lid blowing from about iueuoi ■ I - : .' '- ''xccsso-ciy 



!,.■■_ is ..,,..., -,;' iatin | i . e mati | .', ii are apj -■ ■ 



arri: :..... c. V P line 14511 1531- -10 



I ! ;-.,.-. ■ . " -.v :.,. .nil.i ,:. ; ■ 1143448 3 



'1 fid:;,- : . : . -.. •■ • r-i .. 1444444484—88 



f ' . len liva ■ ■■ i V,. Green 3113313131-35 



A. C. Adams K.W.I1 ' loflfl -75 B. Ai. 101 ?8B7764488 S8 



11. G. Harris .':.' : . ■: :-j c i rocket . . .8588469475- 63 



J. N. Frye 1053310984810—73 



Novelty Match (Best). 



G.W.Wniteoii.b. 898101091081010-93 J. N. Frye 107910968S59- 81 



J. B. Fellows ...88991089101010—91 A. Anson 689105661097— 7U 



J. Baxter 10101010801 Oiosti— 91 



Badge Match No. 8. 



A.C.riouM .V.ili I, .-..a-... -Hi It Anson 5514554544—45 



J. II. fellows 4 154V.5 1.", 1 I.", C C-ocker 4545454435—14 



MIKNBAPOLIS, Mian.. Feb. Iff.— Thi regular weekly shoot of the 

 rille club was held yesterday at the range near i lie university in antici- 

 pation of the match which wi.l eorne oil' at the range ne::t Wednes- 

 day afternoi.ii beCeen teams from St. Paul and home club. Follow- 

 ing is the scoi e at 300 yards, off hand, the best possible score being 

 ii I | duts: 



Mawdlin 14 Lobby 40 



Skinner 44 Om.lu _.4i) 



(lallison 44 \V A. Williams 39 



Hhblitt 43 IT. A. Siils,.,. 33 



Cdbhs 13 K. H. Stag 29 



Hankinson ...42 P. O. Quam 29 



Weeks 44 



Much interest is taken in the match to come Off next Wednesday, 

 and as the, St. Paul team were beaten lad Washington's birthday, the 

 boys feel pretty certain they ran rlowii them again this year. The 

 six best shots above will constitute the team, 



A NEW PISTOL,— The Bui 13 * over tn Bnt, aeeOrdmg to a Lon- 



vvhich are loaded a 



to afford good hold 



charged, and theei 

 is no opening throu 

 put to the should 



Abe 



ST. LOUIS, M6 



challenge]! 

 ourgallery 

 says that th 



Is . .ee 



best amatei 

 dieation ill; 

 men shots' 



i Si! 1 



iiieag 

 iette 



. The pistol will take the ordinary govern- 



t— The gallery shooters here are hard at 

 •ir match with the Lcadville team, and a 

 o the Cincinnati Rifle Club. (.'apt. Schaaf, 

 is been captain of 38 different ride clubs, 

 of people in St. Louis are giving much at- 

 at he has among his patrons some of the 



dat 



add 



■ry excliti 



ad its i 



iidings 





.MANCHESTER. N. H.. Feb. 10, 1882.— A tew of the members of the 

 Manchester Shooting < dub, met on the club grounds this P. M., and in- 

 dulged in glass ball-shooting. Conditions: Holden trap, 18 yards rise, 

 5 balls each man. 



Sweepstakes No, 1. 



EADurgin 5 f.I Drake 3 



M Wadleigh 5 CI Darrah 3 



CCClark. 4 C French 3 



O Greeley ..4 AC Watson 3 



First, divided between Messrs. Durgin and Wadleigh; second, C. C. 

 Clark; third. F. J. Drake. 



Sweepstakes >io. '-'. 



M Wadleigh 5 F J Drake 3 



C French 4 C J DaiTah 2 



EADurgin 4 CCClark 1 



A CWataoii 4 O Greeley 1 



1st. Wadleigh: 2d. French: 3d. Drake. 



Sweepstakes No. 3. 



FJ Drake 5 EADurgin 3 



MW'adlo.igh 4 C French 2 



A C Watson 4 CCClark 1 



C J Darrah 3 O Greeley 1 



1st. Drake; 2d; Wadleigh; 3d, Durgin. 



Sweepstakes No. 4. 



E A Durgin 5 M Wadleigh 8 



F J Drake 4 OH Hubbard 3 



C J Darrah 4 C Oreelev .2 



C French 4 AC Watson 2 



1st, Durgin:' 2d. Drake: 3d. divided bet ween Hubbard and Wad- 

 leigh. 



Sweepstakes >.. 5. 



E A Durgin - 5 AC Watson 4 



C French 5 G II Hubbard 4 



M Wadleigh -. .4 Greeley 1 



1st, Durgin: 2.1, divided between Wadleigh and Hubbard. 



Sweepstafos Noi o. 



E A Durgin 5 C French 4 



G-H Hubbard 3 AC Watson 1 



1st, Durgin; 2d, French; 3 I. Hubbard. J. E. W. 



CINCINNATI IKIiEFENDFN'r SHOOTING CLUB. - Feb, 10.- 



bvFolz& Wee be.-. 'Raining all afternoon: sad shooter had to wade 

 through mud three inches deep frottvflte shelter to the sllOOti 



but all enjoyed ih. shooting m lerttia oircuhiflta s, The following 



is the score at 20 balls: 



Henry Overman 1 1 l l 1. 1 1 1 0—8 111111111 1— In 



Peter' Kessler 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-9 111111111 1— 10 



Fred Shoeltge Ill 10 till 1-9 1111111111-10 



Captain Gluekowsky 110111 10 11—8 1101 111111—9 



Wm Miller lOloi l l u l 1-7 1.11 1 Oil 11— 8 



John J llovekemp 111110 111 1—9 111110 111 1-9 



ValVordman 1110 111111—9 1101110111-8 



LKoseufeller 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— il 11 1 1 1 1 111 1—10 



John Bauer .Ir 0110101 1 1-0 1 11 10 11101-8 



Phil Donald 1 1 1 1 1 1 0-0 10 11111110-8 



James Robinson 1011011101-7 111111111 1—10 



FIRST GERMAN GUN CLUB, New York.— Club grounds at New 

 Dorp, S. I., Feb. 15, match at 10 birds each, handicapped rises. Score 

 as follows: 



WriiGlaccum 24yds. 0111101001— 7 Frdem.er ... 21 - 10110010)1 -Ii 



Ohas Grainger .21 '• loiomioi— 7 HZahu 21 " 0011110100—5 



DrG Hudson., 21 " 1010111011—7 J Glaccum 25" lOOlOlOlOl— 5 



JG Klein 21" 1 UloiuoiO-'J LMaiseh 21" OlOHllllO— 7 



L Bauerliand. 21 •' 0101010110-5 Chas Naeel ...81" O1OJ1OO1O0 



F W Pfaender.gn " 1101111111-0 Fr Sehii:. ..::-■■ 0010000110-3 



A Gotz 25" 1011111111— a I !i ,- at-.e: .a'll " HOlOOUll— 7 



Ties shot off ai 2'lyds..5 birds: Pfaeiide • kiif-.l 4. total 13; Gotz 

 killed 3. total 12. 



ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB.— New York, Feb. It. -fifth competition 

 for the gold match. Creed moor targets, ten shots per man, possible 

 50, gallery distance: 0. G. Z.-tller 49'. M. Dorler 48, J Levy 48, C. Jud- 

 son"47, H. Hoiges-17. MB Engel 47. D. Miller IS, B. Zettler 40, Hi. Kllen 

 45, A Lobcr 48, J. O'Neil 43. B. Z. 



vtmliercwUhfcoreofanlnterestins n ate ' ' t : -'.•': 'iay'stElktmi, 



yland. 



ml.' Cr 

 audi- 1 



ate 



Th! 



' ii. 



clearly hit every bird he shot at. Williauis is a e ■ .. '1 clean shot, b.iing 

 well up in thi sclei ' 1 al f thexu be mtcd No. 1 



. : . 



Delaware. 

 Radcliffe. Milford 10011 11110 01011 11111 11111—20 



..01000 00111 01111 01011 11111—10-36 

 Maryland. 

 ill 11 11111 10011 11110 11111—22 



....11111 01111 10400 11110 01011— 17-30 



■as troubled with a stiff neck from aboil, 

 his best, while RideliiTe Tan shooting an 

 over-loaded light muzzle-loader, which placed him at a disadvantage: 

 notwithstanding which he made the best straight score. With some 

 coaching and practice he would make a hard man to beat.— W, H. W. 



Holmes. Dovei 



Williams, Port Deposit. 

 Barnes, North East.... 



I may add that Earnei 



nd may not ha 



ALGONQUIN GUN CLUB.— Regular asmi-monthly coiiteil, Feb. 14, 



...0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—17 



1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 I ' 1—12 



L i 101 I 1 " 1 I 4 10 1 0—11 



...10 01 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 u-13 



..1110110010110111111 0—14 



, i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 01 i 1 1 1 1-15 

 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 11 j 1 1 11 1 1 0— la 



::.i 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1-10 



. ,..0 1011 1000111111 1 o—U 

 ,1001110111011110011 0—13 

 ...1101011010011111100 0—12 

 ...0 10 1 1 1 1- 5 

 ..,011110111001 I 101001 1—13 

 ..10000 1 1 1 1 1 I 10—8 

 10 110 11110 110 11 0—11 

 ig-trap account for I he very 



Hill.. 



Hamia 



Saner 



Cassebeer 



Dtuiseith.. . 



Male 



Wilson 



Brenner 



Greener 



Aidd 



Van Schaick. 



Lundie 



Montgomery 



Griswold 



A dense tog, a dark day, and a light 

 Indifferent scores made.— Ceo. A. Wn 



ALBANY. N. Y„ Feb. 16.— The third and. hual COmpefiHoD in the 

 Estelle match at Rensselaerwyek. Weather unpleasant, and wind 

 m 01 liing to speak of. Good scores were made, arid, after an exciting 

 contest, the. match was won bv Capt. Fitch, with 40 out of the possible 

 50. The details of the match are as follows: 



Estelle Match— 300 Yards. 



Wm E Fitch, Bal S 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4—46 



G il t diaries. Hal S 4545 14545 5-45 



C While. Bal S 5 .:. 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5-45 



S li James. Bal S 4 3 5 4 4 4 14 4 -1—40 



.. .5 5 4 I 3 3 4 4 4 4—40 

 ....4 3 4 U 3 3 8 :. !- 



R J Willis. Bal S 



SO Long. Wes S 



Seventeen duplicate scores 1 



SOHUTZEN NOTES. -The 1 



s.ei-,;,r : Shoo-mg loaov .ee-. 



was well attended. After the 

 Directors presented to the ass 

 in which social, as well as fin: 

 reading of the report, which 



i-iiitle. 



egula 



ual general meeting of the 

 iiiry 17. 1868. The meeliiig 

 the minutes the Board of 

 sir report for the year 1881, 

 rcss we-- stated. After the 

 (1 with approbation, the. of- 

 2 were, elected as follows: 

 ;lst Shoot- 



Hartn 



•etat 



William Schman 

 11 Kraft, Joseph 

 ing. Fn 



I See- 

 icher. 

 ry A. 

 Sippel 



s Haefcli. Albert Metz. Albei 



,„... The following named gei 



1 committee to rerise the books of the financial management of the 

 ioeietv : Albert llahn. Conrad Brandt and Ernest Adam. For letting 

 he Newark Shooting Park on South Orange avenue. South Orange 

 township, Essex County, N. Ya, the board presided to the general 

 neethig sealed proposals which wuve opened and read. The. park 

 vas rented for one year with the privilege for two other years, under 

 ;he same conditions, to Messrs. Charles il. Wage; and Gitstav n.oa. 

 is the highest bidders. 



THE NEW YORK RIFLE CLUB heldtheii 



last Thu 



he members. Aft 



er business of imp 



west of Capt. F. J. y 



then, with a neat litti 



ig. at which there 



--■1 



'epi-s 



oth 



uljourned. but at I lie re- 

 tcd a few moments, and he 

 1 Sergeant T, J. Dolan. oi 

 a won in the Secrotai-y's 

 s a handsome gold watch, 

 viththe name, of the win- 

 . There is now progress- 

 e month of February for 



twenty prizes. The questiou is. "What arc they 



They are all to be done up as nearly alike as possible and cac 



according to his score, is to draw one. Thus the p est se 



draw the best prize. This keeps up the excitemeut and the n 

 are hard at workpuitting up big scores. We congratulate the 

 its prosperous condition and increasing membership. Their 

 are finely fitted up and. the members are ever pleasant ana poi 



NEWARK.— The third tournament of tli, Newark Central E 

 sociation takes place tliis week at the Plymouth ri 

 St., Newark, N. J. The following clubs will compel 

 Plymouth. Frelinghuyseii. Celluloid, Barnard ~\\.i 

 The entrance fee is $5 a club. At the end of the tournament thL 

 money will be. invested in three jM'izes for the three clubs making the 

 highest scores. 



INTERNATIONAL MATCH CORRESPONDENCE. 



ows. 



embers 



dub on 

 rooms 



:e. 644 Broad 

 r, Columbia, 



d Amateur. 



THERE is 

 to "build 

 a team over 

 through muc 



tered. Cm. 

 managers, if 

 letter which 



1 determination on the part of our American managers 



ize" the English riflemen inio^. east-iron promise to send 



entry sent to the British Committee; 



SlV Dear Sir Henry— In my former letter T .. .; . . „ ;,.;iiu fully 

 our views in regard to the importance to U! ofar 1 1 tnatchiibut 

 will endeavor to do so now. The value of an inti .. a I . ■■■• tiiion 



to either country lies in the increased Interest thai t wi.i develop m 

 ritle shooting among its eiiize:, - ,i.-.~. As 1 presume you are aware 

 the number of those in this country who La -. .■ 5 L : l « iih military rides 

 at ranges over six hundred yards is very few. and these few are con- 

 fined almost entirely to Creedmoor. Our climate nil! not permit of 

 pi 'an ice much before April, and the time remaining for the selection 

 of the team is so s' 

 be expected. Const 

 and the team itself ( 

 strong one. Neithe 

 be expected to resul 



But if it understood that a return match 111 lS-a will follow. ; lie Nat : - 

 onal Guard of the various States will prepare -iii.ui-.i ..-■■ •••o,ousij 

 to be properly represented up.. 11 it and their general shooting be 



public are therefore via-i sirenuons in desiring I hat such a match 

 snail be rendered certain.' So long as it is in doubt there is great diffi- 

 culty in obtaining that public interest whtch the matter deserves and 



I hope, then-fore, that your association 

 Piease cable me on receipt of this of its 



Sincerely yours, GEORGE W. WING ATE, 



Sir Henry St. John Halford, London. 



tOb.'' ■ ".ail; 



,11 military shooting 



THE WIMBLEDON RECORD. 



;oh on the 

 our prop 



the Queen's prii 



THE only match on the Wimbled 

 ponds' with our proposed Inti 



■litest. 



irget had a bullseye 



she 



ichesin diameter. 



•entre 

 Id for 



e sizes 



The year 1877 saw a shifting 

 bullseye was (i inches inti 

 eter, an inner of '34 inches. :< 

 iitfl. target "slah. At the 501 

 the bullseve. ->4 inches, ecu 



ISO 



■ the 

 Hob 



bulls, 



iti ■- SB iiirl'ie . Inner, 48 inches, an 



The position rule ai SOUyds. remained ss in 

 88 ' the first slag.-, while Jamieson was the 



r-i'iiyds, was increased to an 8-meh ciiele, but 

 ere imehangcd. The leaders in I hat year were, 

 tage, with D5, and Roe. in the second stage, 



targets w 

 lUidiineiix. in the first i 

 with 7S. 



In 1879, there had been no change in the target, and the top score3 

 stood. Mac Donald, with Oli in the first stage, and Taylor, with &3 in the 

 second. 



The year 188ft saw fine shooting hi the first, stage, when Scott. 

 totaled 102 in Mo pOBsibli IK o$d in econd stage Ferguson 



reached 74. The improvements were due in large measure to 1 1> , 

 niiial.le yreaouiir, which were coming into' use under the more liberal 

 rides of tile conned, hast vear ihe leading man at the firsi sis ; 

 Major Pease, tvlth ■■' tnd at the second stage. Private Beck. an. 



In. mrikhlg estimates from these figures it should be borne in mind 



that they represent the silpremesl efforl Of a greal conipanj of snots 

 and that The fart is miite marked even within the next t'ev, so >] 



