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fife nnd ^mfi ^hooting. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



RIFLE PRACTICE AT WEST POINT. 



"West Point. June 12, 1888. 



FOR some days past the papers have been filled with glowing 

 accounts of the doinsre of the voung men attached to the Military 

 Academy. The daily life of the cadets has been set forth with much 

 particularity, and a good deal of their nightly life as well, Judging 

 from the accounts of the balls and festivities in progress. Chi 

 future commanders of our armies have been praised without stint, 

 until the general reader would come to think that there was really 

 nothing more to be dositfed in the education of these young men. 

 They do iudeed get many of the elements of a theoretical miliary 

 education, and participate in some of its practical features as well. 

 They are perfectly drill*!, until we find several hundred cadets who 

 have had then: individual peculiarities of gait, carriage and posture 

 so crushed out that they move like, a collection of" automata cast 

 in the same mold. Thev know- much of many subjects. They are 

 up iu all the (ine-di-awn points of military law. Their attainments in 

 mathematics may enable them to calculate the time of au eclipse or 

 the area of the shadowed portions of the earth's surface. Thev 

 become line horsemen, aud they have neat little rifles with which 

 they go through the manual of arms in a manner to please the most 

 exacting of martinets. They know much of the many firings 

 required to make a perfect soldier, but they do not know how to 

 shoot. They are not marksmen, aud a company of good sbarp- 

 -shooters could knock over the entire battalion of cadets, with all 

 their knowledge of theory into the bargain. 



Speak in g to "one officer of the post, and an instructor of tactics as 

 well, the question was asked what opportunities the young men bad 

 of beaming proficient marksmen, and the answer was short and 

 decisive, "None," Another officer attempted to explain away the 

 difficulty by saying that upon leaving the academy there was plenty 

 of chance for such work as practice before the butts, and that with 

 the theoretical knowledge of explosives, and the mathematics of 

 projectiles, it was easy for an officer to pick up the mere details of 

 holding steady and hitting what he aimed at. Several members of 

 the class who to-day were handed their graduation parchments, 

 when asked upon the" same points made, an effort and tien recalled 

 that they had at some time or other, in some of the lower classes, 

 had some rifle practice. The dotails of it hod gone. They fired at 

 but one distance, and that a very short one. Perhaps a hundred 

 yards or so, mere point-blank shooting, and done too hi a protected 

 hollow where the questions of windage would not come mto play. 

 The firing was with the regulation arm, with regulation a mm unition; 

 tbere was uo trial of larger charges, no discovery from actual prac- 

 tice of the changes which come with variously shaped bullet", or 

 bullets of varying composition. There were no results sought for 

 with different powders, and then the matter of windage was of 

 course not brought out at all. Position was indeed tried, but the 

 absurdity of assuming the prone posture at 100yds. is so manifest 

 that a mention is sufficient to condemn it. In fact, the graduates of 

 the academy here tire practically helpless in a fight before an enemy 

 well armed with first-class rifles. 



The fault of the omission is that those in authority fail to recog- 

 nize the Changing conditions of modern warfare. The sword and 

 sabre are antiquated. The officer of the future will not need a sword 

 as a mere badge of authority, for it is now nothing else. He will 

 carry a weapon which will be of some use in the moment of emer- 

 gency. He will be a sharpshooter leading sharpshooters, By the 

 very perfection of his skill he will render his office a. sinecure. Tie 

 will not be a fighter, because he lights too well. No less an authority 

 than the victor of Appomatox has declared that a clubbed, musket is 

 a more serviceable weapon than the ordinary sword. Yet the digni- 

 taries at the D. S. Military Academy quietly ignore the use of rifles 

 by the officers, and go on sustaining antiquated measures and per- 

 petuating obsolete ideas. Our officers will find themselves handi- 

 capped by such instruction. They learn that which they find It 

 profitable to forget as soon as possible, aud are obliged to pursue a 

 post-graduate course to learn what has been overlooked and neglected 

 in the Academy curriculum. 



In this omission of this great national school may be found the ex- 

 planation of the wretched shooting ability of the ordinary soldier; it 

 has not been made fashionable for the officer to shoot. As an ord- 

 nance officer he does not think it of the least moment to issue sup- 

 plies of ball cartridges for mere target practice. Here and there a 

 fun! officer with plenty of time at his disposal, an appreciation of the 

 lack of the force in marksmanship and a love of the sport will go 

 into rifle practice and study it in its application aB well as in theory. 

 He may roue© some interest among his men on the subject, but it 

 has been thought no special disgrace for a man in the ranks It he 

 lenew nothing of rifle, shooting as an art. There is no royal road to 

 learning to shoot accurately, any more than to any other sort of 

 knowledge, and the men were aware that the officers were as stupid 

 as they themselves when the use of small arms was called in ques- 

 tion. The army was without a manual of rifle practice, and when 

 one prominent officer of the U. S. A. undertook to supply the de- 

 ficiency by pirating a work written by a civilian, he was brought to a 

 short stop by a judicial injunction. 



There has recently been some endeavor to correct this glaring in- 

 consistency and have some rifle practice in the army: but the true 

 way out of the difficulty is not by the. issuance of many orders direct- 

 ing the men in the ranks to do this or that, but to give the officers 

 such instruction that they may act as preceptors, and set examples 

 to the men in place of deluging them with orders and programmes of 

 practice. Our rifle-makers stand ready to sustain the reputation of 

 America as the best manufactory of small arms in the world. "We 

 can make the arm«, but if the officers who are educated at public 

 expense will persist in regarding it as "bad form" to be shooting 

 men, aud cultivate a corresponding ignorance among the men under 

 them, then the issuance, of broomsticks would enable the manual of 

 arms to be carried out with the same marionette exactness as now 

 prevails, Niok. 



SOME POINTS OF THE MATCH. 



npHE managers of the British team which is to visit America in 

 _L September nest are working wilh a vigor which promises suc- 

 cess. Thev have little to say to the American co mm ittee on the 

 match, all* the correspondence on the subject being of a semi-confi- 

 dential nature, and passing from one individual on this side to 

 another individual on the other. One of the most recent of these 

 communications appears below. The points involved are to be dis- 

 cussed by the Executive Committee of the N. R. A. of America, ami 

 the conclusions will appear in our next: 



No. i- LTALL Street, Belgrave Square, S. W., June S, 1882. 

 Dear General Wiutjate: 



Very many thanks for your recent letters. We of oourre antici- 

 pated that the match is to be shot at Creediuoor, notwithstanding 

 newspaper statements, At the same time we thought it neoessary to 

 be assured of the fact. You say that the Long Island Railway will 

 do all you require for the actual meeting; but will they be running 

 suitable trains during the few preceding weeks" This is a serious 

 question for us, and must very much influence our choice of quar- 

 ters. Wherever we go we must be within easy reach of the range 

 (for practice! and or' \Vw York. 



Wb do not favor the idea of our team shooting any other match 

 than the one we oome to Shoot, and, as at present advised, we should 

 not accept, any challenge such as you hint at in yours of May 7. At 

 the same time we do not pledge ourselves that no members of our 

 team shall shoot in other matches, Should any be proposed to us. 



You may take it as certain that the '-twelve" who shoot in our 

 match will" not shoot as the British team In other matches; but we 

 hold on-. Ivet B to pat & smaller tegm (chosen from our twelve 

 and our r, .,. a ■ e 'eniin the Held if we should desire to doso. In 

 such an event such a team would be "of British Volunteers visiting 

 your meeting,'' aud not our identical Anglo- American military match 

 "team. We think thai nothing boo uld be done to deprive the great 

 match of any interest, or that would savour of shooting such a match 

 twice over; but we wish to reserve to ourselves (with the above 

 exception) a freedom of action. 



Wid your association be prepared to accept a match for the Palma 

 if we are able to place a team in the held? We shall have a few small 

 lore shot in our military team, and if funds will allow , aud a match 

 could be arranged, we should be dferajsed to firing oyer one or two 

 extra meu to in with the match rifle- - lea 



not regard Chi ... 



For in'' fetryingt air 



together, and if he succeeds wfl could not shoot a British team. 1. 

 We could not shoot in rivalry wild our own countrymen. 2. We 

 could not get a v.i aru good enough without soeoe of rue men Major 

 Leach would no doubt have. S- Awayfruin England we hold tuat 



English, irish and , -,.'■' 



with year e •uutrv-n -u as representatives of Great Britain. That we 



ghoor ■■ :" lJtM-ijatioual ma'.eb among ourselves is only 



an arrangement that applies to home affairs, and whit: 



under one ruler, and citizens of one country, we eun only shoo, as 



one nation I da not, Icuo.v your personal opinion on tnis point, but 



I have uo doubt you will see the force of our argument. At oil 



events you will understand why we cannot pledge ourselves to bring 

 a team for the Pahna, although we shall be glad to do so if there 

 are no obstacles in the way. Hence 1 ask if we can have a match if 

 we can get a team together. I inclose, a .p.. -us which I 



will ask vou to reply to at your early Convenience, I put them in 

 this form for convenience sake. With kind remembrance to your- 

 self and Mrs. Wingate, Believe me, yours very sincerely, 



CHAKLES B. W-iLbElt. 

 QUESTIONS. 



1. The date of the match. 



2. Time-table of railroad to and from Garden City. 



3. Whether there is any suitable locality for quarters of the British 

 team as accessible to Creediuoor as Warden City. 



4. What facilities for practice can be given at Creedmoor previous 

 to the match for two clear weeks, namely: How many, and which 

 days in each week; how many targets at short and how many targets 

 at long range, and, whether on such flays the targets will be ours for 

 the whole day. 



Note. — We ask you to do the utmost you can for us in the matter of 

 practice. We shall huve sixteen men practising together, and if we 

 nave a Raima team as well, we shall want them to practice on other 

 days than those devoted to military tennis. 



o. Whether the block foresight allowed by the British National Rifle 

 Association will be permitted in the match. (This foresight is made 

 by filing away the cone or wedge on tie- militai \ sight, so 

 only the block, and then put a. fine saw cut or wide line through the 

 centre of latter, so that in aiming it resembles a line pin sight. With 

 this the back sight. Is altered by cutting away a square notch in the 

 upper part of the sliding bar, so that iu aiming, the square block is 

 seen with a margin on each side. "Although 1 think the conditions 

 of the match, allow of this sight arrangement being used, we have 

 not authorized it until we hear from you that you have no objections 

 to it." 



6. Do you object to "Silver's anti-recoil heel plate" being fixed per- 

 manently on the heel of the rifle. (This is a patch of uidia rubber 

 fixed between the butt of the rifle and the metal heel plate for the 

 purpose of lessening the recoil.) 



7. Do you allow black and white to be used as coloring matter for 

 the sights, each color being used pure; the mixture or black aud 

 white, so as to produce gray, not being allowed by the British N. R. 

 A. Please state your agreement as to this in detail. 



8. Do you allow the use of thoortheoptic eye shade. (This is a 

 plain perforated disk similar to the peep sight on the match rifle, aud 

 is either fixed on the cap peak by the hinge constituting a universal 

 joint, or held iu the eye like an eyeglass, and is allowed at Wimbledon. 



NEW YORK SCHUTZEN CORPS. 



THE twenty-fifth annivorsaiv. including king and prize shooting, 

 of the New York riolmtzen Corps, Capt. H. I). Busch, was held at 

 Union Hill, N. J., June 90 and 21, It was one of the best conducted 

 and most successful of the many meetings of the corps. 



Capt. Busch is regarded as the father of the Schutaeti B< 

 the United States. Twenty-five years ago he was elected the first 

 captain of the New York ooipg, and he and his efficient successors 

 have brought the corp"s membership up to 360. Much credit for the 

 present prosperous condition of the society is due to the late Capt. 

 Aery. He' commanded the corps for five. years, and then maoeftdlt 

 withdraw in order that Capt. liusch might be again elected. It was 

 under Capt. Aery's command that the fatuous Bundes Hva] 



conducted with such magnificent eclat in 1B78, far surpassing In 

 magnitude and marksmanship all former Bundes held in America. 



Union Hill was visited June"-*-), silver day, by the following corps: 

 New York City Schutzen Dorps, Capt. J. F. Gardes; New York- 

 Central Bchutzen Corps. Caul. Kroegc:-; Helvetia Rifle Club, Pres. 

 Mattmann; New York Independent, rapt. 3, S. Diehl; Jersey 

 Schutzen Corps, Capt. A. R. Hardokopf ; Boboken Schutzen Corps, 

 Capt. Bremermann, and others. 



After the visiting corps were received by Capt. II. D. Busch with 

 appropriate remarks,. Capt. J. F. Gerties of the N. Y. CitySchuetzen, 

 stepped forward and presented Capt. Bush with an elegant gold 

 medal iu the name of N. Y. City, as a token of the friendship and 

 remembrance on the twenty-fifth. Capt. Diehl then presented in the 

 name of his corps and the Helvetia Rifle Club an elegant and large 

 wreath of solid silver with different inscriptions. Other presents as 

 baskets of flowers, etc,, were presented to the celebrating eorps. 

 The result of the shooting was as follows: 



On the eagle, Val. Rook became king and was crowned, with a re- 

 markable speech by the daughter of Capt. Busch. 



On the ring target out of possible 75 ;iu three shots, left, off hand, 

 the following names proved the best: W, Haves VI, Holges 70, Farrow 

 09, D. Miller 09, H. Oehl 69, B. Zettler t!8", .7. Blumeuberg 07, M. 

 Dorrler (SO, M. B. Engel 06, Luft 66, Anderson 05, Dreyer 04, Bussine 

 04, Helwig 04, 0. Zettler 03, W. Kleiu 63, P. Klein 62, J. Fickeu 60, 

 Bippe 59, Bolt 58, Aery 56 



Ou the Man target, out of a possible 100 lines, in p shots, the follow- 

 ing proved to be the best: Vogel 91, In-, is. A. Holler 89, Furrow 88, 

 Oehl, 87, Holges 87, Dorrler SO. Blumenbc- .■.-:."..>... ■- 

 M. B. Euge] si, .1. Fioken 82. G. Bchlicht B8, D. Miller 70, P. raeiu 79, 

 B. Zettler 78, Dreyer 77, W. Klein 77, Dubois 74, C. Zettler 71, Ander- 

 son 68, Helwig 08. 



The most huliseyes during the festival were shot by Farrow— 17, 

 Hayes IB, Anderson 8, etc. The first bullseye on the 20th. D. Miller: 

 the first on the 21st, W. Haves : also the last by W. Haves up the fore- 

 noon. Iu the afternoon, the first, Anders. m. and last, H. Oehl. 



The Champion medal was won by 7o points, by Farrow, The 

 members of the corps received silver medals i.instead of Cash prizes, 

 as usual) on the e agle. 



CREEDMOOR PROGRAMME. 



SATURDAY, July 1.— "No Cleaning'' March. Six competitors 

 and one final competition, arranged with the view of deter- 

 mining the best methods for military match shooting, without 

 cleaning, except between ranges. 8u&. 900 and 1,000yds, Any 

 position and any rifle. Military rifles to receive an allowance of 

 one point on each shot fired. Seven shots and two sighting shots 

 at each distance. Fixed ammunition as for miiitary shooting (bullet 

 seated in shell % the diameter of the bore). Ten entries required to 

 make a match. Entrance fee. Si; except in final competitions, when 

 the en trance fee wilJ be Si. Winners of oue or more compel itions to 

 be admitted to the final competition. Competitors shah submit to 

 the executive officer for examination their ammunition whenever re- 

 quired, and shall furnish full information in any requested particular 

 as to its preparation, etc. 



Saturday, 8th.— The "Educational" Match.— Third competition. 

 This match is open to everybody, but particularly to beginners 

 coached by veteran riflemen, the object of the > >ngmaior of the mutch 

 aud of the N. K. A. being to encourage and educa te young riflemen, 

 Open to teams of two men, one of wnom has never won a prize in any 

 ride match, at any open-air range. Individuals may belong to more 



than one team. Each team will shoot tog. ther. is v ■- . .- ■. ■ 



800yds., position standing. Auyritie; mill . i 



an allowance of oue point on each five shots tired. Tiie m i 



one team may use the same rifle. Entries (for the team) gl each. 

 Ke-eutries permitted. The three highest scores of each team, made 

 on any day or days of the competitions, to be added together and 

 counted as one score in determining wi . 



presented by Gen. Edward L. Molineux, Pr idenl I other 



prizes offered by the Association, to be awarded on July 18th (the day 

 of last competition), to the winning teams in order of merit. 



tpldity" Match.— To be s.,ot at Creedmoor i wiee each month 

 until prize is finally won (unless otherwise specified). Open to all 

 comers. 200yds., imv ride with open sights magazine guns lo lie used 



ae single loaders. Competitors must CaJn to the firing point not ex.- 

 enty cartridges. Entries, no cent* each; one re-entrc al- 

 lowed, At SQUnd of the bugle each ootnpel Itdr opens firs at his own 



target, and continues loading and firing mil in oim 



[sixty seconds after first signal). A deduction i if 5 pomte will be im- 

 posed for 1st -Each shot fired before the first signal, •■id— For each 

 snot tired after the second signal. 3,1— For each shot signaled On his 

 tceas of twenty. Triggers will be tested at the firing point. 

 old medal presented bj Mr. Pierre LorfUard, Jr. To be 

 won threa times (not necessarily consecutive), before becoming per- 

 sonal properly of winner. Half the- entrance fees in each match will 

 li led equally among the three highest competitors at each 



- lay, July is.— The --champion Marksman's Badge" Match 

 of 1882.— First Competition. Open to all member of the 

 V.andN R. A., the Utter, however, nol btsi . Uglbli to win the 



principal prize. Distances, 200 and ' I M each dis- 



tance. Weapon, the Remington Ride. N. ', Position, 



standing at Svilyds.: any, with head to the n 500yds. Un- 



its— competitors allowed re-entries IS I.' 

 te discretion of the Executive Officer, but only the highest 



Hint, .Uenioersof the tf,J}, ,-',. N. Y. iu uniform (jacket, cap 

 a;j 1 belt) may count their scores 11 

 for the X. Y. State Marksmau's Badgi pro • ' that 

 tended (or do once through the season attend) General Practice 

 under orders at Creedmoor. Fir-t prtee, a gold champion m.u-ks- 

 laan's bailee, offered by Brig, item Alfred C Borne* QeneMJ til 



specter of Rifle Practice, S. N. T. The badge to become the property 

 of the competitor who, at the close of the season of 18S2. shall have 

 won it the greatest number of times. In case of a tie, the highest. 

 aggregate score of aU the competitions participated in up to that- 

 time to decide. Winners of former champion marksman's badges to 

 be handicapped five points at each competition. Teu other prizes 

 (silver medals! presented by the N. R. A. to the ten highest competi- 

 tors in oi-der of merit. The same man can win only one medal during 

 the season. 



The "Qualification" Match of 1882.— First Competition.— Open to 

 members ft". G. S. N. Y. and N. R. A., the former being in uniform 

 i jacket, cap and belt) may count scores made as qualifying them to 

 shoot for the N. Y. State Marksman's Badge, provided that they use 

 the State Remington Rifle. 100 and 330yds. ; standing at 100, label- 

 ing at 3 viyds. Five shots at each distance with any military rifle. 

 Entries 50 cents each. Re-entries permitted at the dncnion of the 

 Executive Officer, but only the highest score to i ou it. To the 

 competitors in each competition malting the five h.vhest aggre- 

 gates cores, sixty per cent, of the entrance money wdl be equally 

 divided. 



The "Carton" Match.— Open to all comers. 200yds., any position. 

 Any rifle, military's to fire five shots, ony's four shots. Four inch 

 carious only to count. Entiles, 50 cents each. Not more than six 

 re-entries permitted on one day. At the end of four matches, the 

 competitor having made the greatest number of cartons in all com- 

 petitions, to be awarded 20 per cent, of the total entrance fees re- 

 ceived; the next greatest number 15 per cent., and the next 5 per 

 cent. At each competition the first man to receive 10 per cent., the 

 next 8 per cent., the next 6 per cent., the next 5 per cent., the next 

 4 percent,, and the sixth and last 3 per cent, of the total entrance 

 fees. 



Saturday, 15th. — "July Diteniational Military Practice" Match.— 

 Arranged' to furnish "practice to those desiring to compete for 

 places upon the American Team to shoot against the British Volun- 

 teers in the International Military Match to be shot during the second 

 week in September, 1882, though any person may enter and shoot 

 without competing for a place upon the team. Open to everybody. 

 Distances. Son, ado; 600. 800, 900 aud 1,000yds., seven shots at each dis- 

 tance. Standing at SCO, prone (i. e., lying "head toward the target") 

 or sitting at 500 and GOOyds. Any position at 8oO. WW and 1,000yds. 

 Any military breech-loading rifle. Cleaning of rifles not allowed, 

 excepting between distances. No wind gauge or lateral motion to 

 sights permitted. Member of the National Guard entering this match 

 will not be required to appear in uniform. Entrance fee, including 

 all distances, S3. For this month, seven prizes to be awarded at the 

 end of the month, to the corresyjondiug number of competitors who. 

 iu order of merit, shall have made the highest complete score w shots 

 at li K.i, 500, 000. 800, 900 and l.OOOvds.i. as follows, cash: $15, $10, $5, 

 S5. S3. $5, $5- S50. Also to be awarded at the end of the season, 

 three medals, offered by Gen. Robert Olyphant, as follows: To the 

 competitor making the highest aggregate complete score in any three 

 competitions (determined" by adding together the highest complete 

 scores made in any of the three competitions), a gold medal. To the 

 second highest, as above, a silver medal; and to the third highest, as 

 above, a bronze medal. Note.— It has been incorrectly stated that 

 none but uative-born citizens are eHgible on the team; 'the terms of 

 match do not discriminate against adonted citizens, provided 



ere enrolled in the National Guard oil 



:• before September 



i Skirmishers' " Match.— Fifth competition. Condition;', as 

 . tis competitions. Frizes, a silver medal offered by (ten 

 Duryea, and 15 and 10 per cent, of the entrance fees respeo- 



npetitiou. 



ichdistancn. 

 j Match, En- 



lakea match, 

 jee.tlon by the 



m previ 



Hiram 



tively. 



Wednesday lltt-h.— "The Educational'- Match.— Fou. 

 Conditions as on Saturday, 8th. Distribution of prizes at e o cloca. 



The "Lion" Match.— First competition. To he shot for twice each 

 month unless otherwise announced, and to be awarded that competi- 

 tor who shall wiu it three times, not necessarily consecutive. Open 

 only to members of the National Guard of any State, whe ' 

 such since Jan. 1, 1883. 800, BOO and l.UOOydK, 7 shots at 

 Any military rifle as allowed in International Militai 

 trance fee, 50 cents. Six competitors required to i 

 Fixed ammunition which must be submitted for ius 



executive officer whenever required. Trigger pull, 6 p.. 



must be tested on day of shooting. Prize, a $100 gold medal. 



The "No Cleaning"'' Match. -Conditions as on Saturday. 1st 



Saturday, 33d.— "Champion Marksman's Badge" "and "Qualification" 

 Matches.— Second competition. Conditions as on Wednesday, 13th. 



Wednesday, 26th.— •'July International Military Practice" Match.— 

 Second Competition. Conditions as on Saturday, 15th. 



'•Carton" Match. —Second competition. Conditions as on Wednes- 

 day. tSth. 



Saturday, 29th. — The "Lion" Match. — Second competition. Con- 

 ditions as on Wednesday, 19th, 



The "No Cleaning" Match.— Conditions as on Saturday 1st and 

 Wednesday, 19tb. 



"Off-band Fool" Match.— First competition. Open to everybody. 

 200yds. .any rifle, 5 shots each entry. Military's to receive one point 

 allowance on each five shots. Original entries. 50 cents, re-entrioa 

 25 oents each. Shooting closes at a P. M. Sixty per cent, of the total 

 entrance fees received will be divided equally among the ten highest 

 competitors. 



The "Rapidity" Match,— Second competition. Conditions as on 

 Saturday, hth. 



BOSTON vs. NEW YORE.— The long-range match which was shot 

 on June 14, between teams of the Walnut HhT marksmen and the 

 Amateur Club of tliis city, resulted in favor of the Bostonians by a 

 handsome lead. The weather conditions were not of the best. The 

 score stood: 

 Massachusetts Rifle Association. Amateur Rifle Club. 



WmGerrish 74 70 71—215 J Habishaw 75 72 09— 216 



MO Gregory 70 09 72—211 J H Brown 70 74 64-308 



WH Jackson 72 72 05—209 R Rathbone 05 68 65—198 



J K Brown ,71 72 01— 207 F H Holton .70 67 60—197 



J S Summer 67 69 65—201 W W DeForest 71 66 55—192 



FJRabbeth, 71 04 64—109 J W Todd.... 59 65 63-187 



1843 1198 



GARDNER, Mass^June 21.— At a recent meeting of the Gardner 



Rifle Club, at the Hackmatack Range, there were a good number 

 present. The inch ring ami Creedmoor target combined was used. 

 Distance, off-hand, 800yds. The following is the score: 



R. C. R. C. Totals. 



SBHildrith ..83 45 90 45 173 90 



re 79 4-1 92 46 171 90 



F II Kuowliou ..,81 45 60 41 141 86 



BWilliams 66 43 68 45 134 88 



CShumway 55 41 74 41 129 83 



F Underwood 75 48 44 41 119 84 



GQQoodale. 58 42 57 -12 115 84 



CO Wade 50 40 60 42 110 82 



H Hey wood 60 42 50 40 110 82 



NEWPORT, R. I.. June 21.— The Fort and Newport teams shot 



their second match a- Paradise range to-day. the Newport t am 



again winning. The conditions were 200yds. off-hand Creedmoor 



larger, military rifles allowed 2 points each. The score was: 



Newport Team. 



i J G Fenning 4 55545554 4-46 



GlIBuruham 5 54554444 4— 14 



WM Farrow 4 445 4 5444 5^13 



CSFlummer 4 54544544 4-48 



K la Leonard 4 54454444 4-42 



WSBrver ..4 4444 5 434 5-11 



.1 Henry... ...4 35454444 .1—11 



Total 300 



Fort Team. 



Sergeant Cleveland 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—43 



Private Dovle 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4— 10 



BergeantO'JRlley 4 344444444- 39 



Corporal Temple 3 4 5 8 1 4 4 3 5 4—39 



Private Jadsson 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 5-38 



--.Krouskey 3 43344444 4-37 



1 1 i. " 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 5 4-31 



Ah, v.ance , „ ... 14 



Total ~m 



The match between the Massachusetts and Newport teams at "Wal- 

 nut Hill range is off for the present at least. The Massachusetts 

 team insisted on using either the ring or Massachusetts target, and as 

 i ',• team has had no practice on these targets lately it would 

 ■■:.•■ change. Trie Newport club will practice during do 

 ibj ,, Bend one and perhaps two teams to the fall 



.- at Oreedmoor. Mr. Farrow intends to start, a sbi 

 i-choul aud it it expected that a number Of new shots will be brout at 

 out. 



SO IRISH TEAM, (n response to an urgent letter from the presi- 

 the Amateur Rifle Club inviting the Irish riflemen to try COn- 

 at long range before the Dreedmo u -mber 



next, the following letter has been received: --Dublin, Friday, June 

 2.— My Jii-ar Colonel: I brought your letter of invitation toanltidi 

 i ro revisit America thisyear, before the Council of the Irish 

 Btae Association, specially called together for the purpose of con- 

 sidering your proposal. We are most desirous to again visit. America, 



