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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 81, 1884 



JSfi/fe mid %m$ ^hoatittg. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE NEWARK TOURNAMENT. 



THE third match in the tournament series has just ended at the 

 Celluloid Range. The clubs have greatly improved in shooting 

 since last match, which will be seen in the scores. There are six 

 matches to complete the tournament, three having been shot. The 

 Essex Rifle Club have held the lead for the past three years by two 

 or three points over all others. The Frelinghuysens, who have held 

 a good second, are now coming to the front, having succeeded in 

 winning two out of the three matches, and above all making the 

 handsome score of 471 our odd. possible 500 in the last match, placing 

 them ahead of the Essex ono point so far. The Domesu>, Club, num- 

 bering 120 men, are siriving for third position, they being only 32 

 points behind, and three matches to shoot. The last match is given 

 below. We now have in our association about 500 members; of these 

 100 are excellent shots; the remainder shoot on an average. 



The fourth match of the Newark Rifle Association will be held on 

 the Domestic Range, Market street. 

 Frelinghuvsen Rifle Association. Celluloid Rifle Association. 



A C Neumann 5555551555-49 W A Coe 5555454555- 48 



G Williams 5555555455-49 F Brant 5*55555554-48 



E O Chase 5555545555—49 W F Wilsey 5455455455-47 



Geo Zimmer 4455555555-48 W A Vreeland 5554545555—47 



Geo Weignmn 5454555555-48 S T Simmonds 4555441555— 46 



R Westerman 4545545555-47 C F Jackson 5155545444—45 



Wm McLeod 5445545555-47 C E Coe 4544455453-43 



S Shackelford 59S4451445— 46 M Puder 5454545443-43 



JL Tobin 4414545455-44 H Babbitt 4352455544—41 



J K Walsh 4*44444555—44 A Erhard 5444443454-41 



Essex Rifle Association. 



Wm. Watts 5555555555- 



A Walters 6555455555- 



L Pahls 5555555554— 



J Coppersmith 5555545455— 



Ed Neil 5445555555- 



J Bayer 4555555465— 



Wm Felts 4445455555— 



A Behrens 4455544545— 



F Smehling 4555554444- 



N De-ithrick 4445453444— 



471 449 



Plymouth Rifle Club. 



50 J E Pollard 5455555455— 48 



49 J L Sommers 5555444154— 45 



49 H Greive 4454545545— 45 



48 C H Townsend 4455445455— 45 



18 Wm Parks 5455555434— 45 



48 G 31 Townsend 4445454555— 45 



46 J A Foster 5555444435— 44 



45 MS Braell 4544545553— 44 



45 P L Sommers 5453444445— 42 



41 H L Leibe . . .3435444535— 40 



469 

 Domestic Rifle Association. 



J Seitz 5555554555— 49 



J Quinty 5544555554 — 47 



B Jeff erys 55555fi5444 — 47 



J Veiser 4545554454— 45 



W Wadanis 555444454s— 45 



A Valentine 544-554445- 45 



J Reynolds 4554444455— 44 



W McConnell 4545444545- 44 



McGuinnes 4534435554— 42 



F MM ward 5245545335— 41 



443 

 Warren Rifle Association. 



FMiller 4445555555— 47 



A AVelsher 5554454454— 45 



Wm Hunley 5354553445— 43 



Wm Alexander. . . .3445445545— 43 



J Woffe 5544445444— 43 



G Freehe 5455444435— 43 



W Sidey 3354354544— 40 



C Wagg 3354354434— 38 



W Cobb 5444434433- 38 



W Cheesman 3335444434— 37 



417 



8-66 

 4-62 



BOSTON, Jan. 26.— The fine, bright weather of to-day served to 

 attract a large nmnber to the comfortable and commodious shooting 

 house of the Massachusetts Rifle Association at Walnut Hill, but on 

 arriving there it was found that the bright promises of the morning 

 were not to be fulfilled. The wind did not appear to be very strong, 

 but it proved to be a difficult one. The light was good, and had the 

 wind been a little less tickle it would have been plums for the shoot- 

 ers, but they would have lost much valuable experience. Next 

 Wednesday the glass-ball aud clay-pigeon shooters will contest. The 

 following are the best scores of yesterday: 



i.'reedmoor Practice Match. 



J B Fellows 5554444555—46 P J Forest (mil) 5344444344-39 



C B Edwards 4445455554—45 W Kirkwood 4454414441—39 



A L Braekett 4455444 15 3-44 A L Henry (mil I .... 4444444434—38 



Samuel Merrill 4454445544-44 J L Towle (mil) 4434443453-38 



C A Hunt .4555444354—43 P Johnson (mil) 44445334iJ&- 37 



H A Lewis (mill 4444444455—42 B J White (mil) 4343846334—36 



E M Samuels 4534444444—40 Charles Peirce (mil). 4353433233- 33 



J Payson (mil) 4414544444-39 



Creedmoor Prize Match. 



W Falter 54^5454545—46 (> M Franks 5444445444—42 



H Withington 5454554554—45 A L Braekett 5534544444—42 



J B Thomas (.mil I ■ - - 4544454485— 44 J P Bates 4555343354—42 



W F Franks 5444554445-44 J A Cobb 4444445444—41 



H W Padley 5444544544—43 W J Look 4344445444—40 



B A Lappin 4454454454—43 A Darling (mil) 4443445444-^0 



Combination Match. 



WGardner 7 788 10 8798 7-79 



ACAdams 9 10 7 7 9 6 8 7 7 6-76 



WJLook 8 6 10 7 6 7 8 8 10 5-75 



Novelty Match, 



WGardner 8 8 7 4 4 9 5 



CBEdwards 1 6 9 10 7 3 7 



GARDNER, Mass., Jan. 24— The last regular meet of the Gardner 

 Rifle Club was omitted. Yesterday the club went out to Hackmatack 

 range for practice. They used the American decimal target. The 

 snooting was off-hand, distance 200yds. Out of a possible 100 the fol- 

 lowing scores were made: 



Chester Hinds - 9 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 10-89 



H Cheney 8 5 9 10 10 8 10 10 10 9-89 



G F Ellsworth 9 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9—87 



G Fordyce 9 16 9 8 8 9 10 9 9 8—85 



^.Mathews 10 9 7 10 9 4 7 10 8 9—83 



M Atherton .....9 76 10 69789 9-80 



WCLoveland 9 7 10 6 9 8 8 10 8 5—80 



L Warren 5 89979979 7-79 



I Newman 9 8 7 6 10 10 4 9 5 10-78 



The club are soon to shoot a match with the Brattleborough (Ver- 

 mont) Club, tney having received a challenge. The shooting is to be 

 on the grounds of each club, the score to be exchanged by telegraph. 



BOSTON SCHUETZEN CORPS.— The East Boston Schuetzen Corps 

 held its weekly shoot on Friday at the range at Oak Island. The day 

 was anything but favorable, but some good shooting was done. The 

 newly-elected captain of the club had the van, closely followed by his 

 predecessors. The following are the scores : 



Captain Garney 5445545455—46 F Kline 4544545453-43 



C MGueth 5445445455—45 E Bennett 4544434455—42 



O Crist 4454445545—44 M Sharp 4545355344—42 



C Mirth 4445555-144-44 E L Gibbs 5354231445-39 



F Orth 4444445545-43 W Saunders 3433054544-35 



LUTZOW vs. ESSEX.— New York, Jan. 23.— Match at Zettler's Gal- 

 lery between the Lutzow team, of New York, and the Essex second 

 team, of Newark; 12-ring target; 10 shots per man; possible 120: 

 Lutzow Team. Essex Team. 



ALober 114 C Rittmeyer 107 



M Dorler 118 J Hiegel 100 



BZetzler 114 WDutcher 90 



GBernius 106 F Helmes 101 



A Ringler 105 G Vanburgh 98 



LZitttnann 06 W Yaugmann 106 



GSpanier Ill DMannig 86 



G Zimmermann 107 J Derapsey 103 



WBerger 106 H Deathrieh 103 



V Steiubach 108 J Dorsch 113 



1,088 1,006 



SARATOGA RIFLE CLUB, Jan. 12.— The following are the best 

 scores of each man for this week: 



H Wheeler 10 11 12 12 10 11 11 10 10 12-109 



FD Wheeler 12 10 12 10 11 12 11 10 10 10-H8 



A G Hull 10 12 10 12 12 10 11 10 10 11—108 



JD Davis 11 10 10 11 11 12 10 10 10 12-107 



HHavs 8 11 9 12 12 12 11 11 10 11-107 



WBGage 12 1110 8 9 1112 1110 11—105 



A E Mitchell 12 11111110 9 10 9 9 10-102 



jHavs 6 10 10 8 11 9 10 11 10 12— 93 



F 'V White 12 8 12 7 10 11 8 10 10 10—98 



J Farrington 9 7 1111 8 10 9 11 8 12—96 



WHoward 12 9 1111 9 8 9 8 10 9-98 



JD Roods 6 12 10 9 7 9 9 10 9 11-92 



ALEnglish 1111 7 9 11 8 6 11 6 7-87 



Jan. 19.— Best scores for this week: 



AG Hull 1111111112 12 12 12 9 12-113 



H Wheeler 13 9 111111111112 12 11-111 



WBGage" 11 10 11 10 10 11 9 9 12 11— V 4 



J Davis ". 111112 1111 9 7 12 9 11-104 



TTiavR 10 12 11 9 9 9 10 9 10 12-101 



FDWheeier 9 nil 12 io 10 9 9 n 9—101 



HHavs " . 10 91° 9 9 1110 10 1119-99 



FAWlnV 12 810 8 10 10 .8 7 9 12-94 



VrTcwird 11 IS W IS ? 8 10 11 9 6- 96 



J Wing 811 9 S) 9 12 8 910 9-64 



ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB.— New York, Jan. 21.— Regular shoot, 12- 

 ring target, 10 shots per man, gallery distance; 



PFenning .116 ALober Ill 



C Judson 114 V Steinbach 106 



Wm Kline 112 H Holger 116 



C G Zettler 110 D Patterson 103 



B Zettler 112 H Eibsen 103 



TCNoone 95 H Buckhauer 98 



N. D. Ward, See. 



BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB.— Thursday, Jan. 24— Twelve-ring tar. 

 get; possible 120. 



G Zimmermann 116 H Gunther 110 



M Dorrler 116 J J Jordan 108 



E Holzmann 116 J Sehneider 107 



A Lober 116 W Roos 105 



Rein 114 G Wendelken 102 



H Hackmann 114 J F Campbell 96 



G Mehrbach .112 H. Lober, Secretary. 



GALLERY SHOOTING. -Some very good shooting has been done 

 during the past week by amateurs at the Mammoth gallery, Boston, 

 and many who do not care to face the cold winds, resort there to keep 

 up their practice at 50yds. range. The following are the best scores 

 made during the week, off hand: 



J Larkin 4444455555—45 R McRobbie 4454455414—43 



P D Parker 4444445555 -44 R E Bellows 3344455555—43 



1 Higgins 5544544445—44 I Ennen 44444444 15—41 



J E Leonard 5525444444—44 M A King 5444444444—41 



A SOLDIER'S INVENTION.— An invention of great utility to the 

 militia, and also of value to hunters, has lately been patented by a 

 soldier of the U. S. Infantry. It is a device for the extraction of 

 headless shells, in regard to which great difficulty has heretofore 

 been experienced. The chief trouble has been to remove the impedi- 

 ment without injuring the grooves of the rifle. The present invention, 

 which is a product of the brain of Mr. William Pratt, of the Seventh 

 Infantry, stationed at Fort Laramie, seems to accomplish this, and 

 so suecesfully that it has been recommended by General O. O.Howard 

 and other officers of the Army of high rank who have tested it. 



DEATH OF CAPT. BROCKHOFF.--Capt, William H. Brockhoff, a 

 famous rifleshot, formerly a resident of this city, died recently on 

 his ranch in Sonoma county from a fracture of the skull, caused by 

 the runaway of a team which he was driving, The deceased was ex- 

 cellently well known here as the captain of a German militia com- 

 pany and abroad as the National Guardsman who made the highest 

 individual score at the Cieedmoor Centeunial trials.— San Francisco 

 Chronicle, Jan. 6. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



RHODE ISLAND NOTES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The game season now being over, the "boys" are beginning to take 

 more interest in trap-shooting, and every Thm-sday, stormy or pleas- 

 ant, finds a goodly company at the club grounds on Broad street. 



How differently we are situated now with our comfortable warm 

 club house, with a red hot stove diffusing its grateful heat, the -'boys" 

 drawn up in a circle around it, spinning yarns about the past htmting 

 season, how old Trim stooU that cock partridge on the edge of the 

 "Great Swamp" and how Sancho roaded the big bevy of quails the 

 whole length of "Long Meadow" and finally "nailed" them in the old 

 cranberry bog; and as we glance upward and view the elegant speci- 

 mens of the taxidermist's art that adorn our walls, not to speak of 

 the tasteful oil paintings, etc., we can but think of the contrast of the 

 old shed of but two short years ago, when a few of the "boldest 

 spirits" among us used to gather on this same spot and '"peg away" 

 at glass balls. We had no fire then and the only way to warm our 

 fingers was to shoot fast enough to heat our gun barrels. Speaking 

 of glass balls, they are with us almost a thing of the past, we are now 

 shooting clay-pigeons almost exclusively, and those from five traps; 

 the object being to put ourselves in "trim" for the great event at 

 Chicago in May next, where we expect to send a team providing our 

 scores in practice seem to warrant us a fair show of success. The 

 spring, however, is our season par excellence for trap-shooting, as 

 after the long winter the boys creep out, like woodchucks from their 

 holes, and make it decidedly warm for the clay-pigeons, glass balls, 

 etc., although with our now comfortable quarters, we have more 

 whiter shooting than we formerly did. 



The game season has been a remarkably good one with us during 

 the past fall, though doubtless those sportsmen living in more 

 favored sections would laugh "long and loud" at the idea of a half 

 dozen partridges (ruffed grouse) or a dozen quails being considered 

 a good day's work; but so it is here, and we have to make the best of 

 it. Quail seemed to breed well here last season, and if we have the 

 remainder of the winter favorable for them we shall probably have 

 fair shooting again next fall, as there are a good many left over. 

 Not so, however, with the partridges, as they have been snared 

 terribly in most sections of the State. I was credibly informed that 

 in one county alone 5,000 bird were snared and shipped to market, 

 and on ground where, in September, another gentleman and myself 

 killed thirty-five birds in two days in November: with three good 

 dogs in two days' hard hunting we failed to start half that num- 

 ber on the same ground, although we left plenty of birds on the first 

 occasion, the cover being very thick at that time; the woods were 

 full of hedges, and that told the story. I think I heard some one ask 

 why don't you stop it? Well, that i« easier said than done. Most of 

 the trapping is done by farmers' boys, and there is a clause in the 

 game laws which allows one to trap on his own land; besides we do 

 not wish to incur the everlasting hatred of the tille-s of the soil, as 

 by so doing we should "kill the goose, etc ," tor we should be uncere- 

 moniously told 1o "git" every time we ventured on their lands, so 

 there you have it, and we have to be thankful for the few birds we 

 do get. W. H, Sheldon. 



Providence, Ja n. 20. 



MASSACHUSETTS CLUBS. 



THE Boston Gun Club held a tournament at Wellington Jan. 23, 

 the same being the initial meet of a series of alternate Wednes- 

 day shoots. The attendance was over 60, including representatives 

 from the various gun clubs of the State. The sweeps of tne day are 



SU First event (7 birds, 18yds. rise, miss and out, So entries)— Wilbur and 

 Williams first, Jenkins, Kirkwood and Johnson second, Sawytr and 

 Sampson third , De Rochmont fourth. 



Second event (7 birds, 18yds.. 25 entries)— Jenkins and Wilbur first, 

 Houghton and Kirkwood second, Clark, Williams, Allen and Webber 

 third, GemsK and De Rochmont fourth. 



Third event (7 birds, 28 entries)— Perry and Clark first, Smith, 

 Sampson and Davis second, Johnson, Gilman and Harrison third, 

 Jenkins for rth. n 



Fourth event (5 pair doubles, 28 entries)— Oilman and Curtis first, 

 Emerson second. Cooper, Tinker and Wilbur third. Smith fourth. 



Fifth event (7 birds, 5 trap?, 34 entries)— Cutting and Clark first, 

 Tinker and Davis second, Schaefer and Wilbur third, Mann and Eager 

 fourth. 



Sixth event (3 pair doubles, 5 singles, 28 entries)— Williams, Harri- 

 son and Jenkins first, Perry and Stanton second, Davis, Clark and 

 Schaefer third, Gilman fourth, 



Seventh event (7 single birds, 37 entries)— Kirkwood, De Ro«hmont, 

 Smith and Gilman first, Evans and WUbur second, Davis and Emer- 

 son third, Schaefer and Paine fourth. 



Eigbtb event (7 singles)— Emerson first, Evans and Kirkwood sec- 

 ond, De Rochmont and Jenkins third. 



Ninth event (3 pairs, Chicago rules governing \— Perry, Curtis and 

 Nichols first, Jenkins and Wellman second, Smitb third, Sawyer 

 fourth. Much interest centered in the ninth match, the rules being 

 similar to those which will be adopted in Ligowsky sweepstake at 

 the Chicago meet. Altogether the shoot was of a most enjoyable 

 kmd. Over 3.000 birds were trapped, and rhe hum of the seven traps 

 betokened the liveliness of the shoot. The ntxt meet, on Feb. 6, 

 will also be represented by the noted shots throughout the New Eng- 

 land States, and of which you will receive report of same. Upon 

 inquiry among our members, seven-trap shot is most used unon 

 clay-pigeons. D. £. 



The Lvnn Central Club held its ninth shoot for the silver cups 

 Friday, "Jan. 25. There was a good party present tc contend for 

 them." E. L. Beale of Newburyport, took the cup for clay-pigeons 

 on a score of 17. J. P. Randall took the glass-ball cup on a score of 

 18 out of. 20. There are three who have one chance each in the clay- 

 pigeon cup, and four with one chance each in the glass-ball cup. 

 There were twelve sweeps at clay-pigoons and six at glass balls. The 

 next shoot will be held Feb. 1. 



Quite a number of sportsmen were present at the range of the 

 Maiden Gun Club this afternoon to participate in the competition 

 match for tho gold badges. The conditions wore unfavorable for 



food scores. Following are the winner^ of the medals; J. Buffum 

 10k first with 15, A. F. Adams second with 11, and F. J. Scott third 

 with 9 out of a possible 20. W. H. Trebor was first in the match 

 for a keg of powder, the conditions being 21yds. rise, both barrels, 



at 5 birds. In the match for a bag of shot, Fielding, Adams, 

 Law and Hopkins tied, and in the shoot-off Hopkins won. This 

 match was quite interesting, and was shot under the rules adopted 

 for the coming Chicago tournament, the shooters standing back some 

 thirty yards and then given from one to ten yards, the distance un- 

 known to the shooters before the trap is sprung. 



There was not a large attendance at the grounds of the Boston Gun 

 Club, Jan. 26, and the weather conditions were unfavorable for good 

 scores. Following are the winners in the sweepstake matches; 



First event, seven birds— Law, first; Sawyer and Kirkwood, second. 



Second event — Kirkwood, first; Sawyer, second. 



Third event— Emerson, firrt; Chambers, second. 



Fourth event — Emerson, first; Snow, second. 



Fifth event, three pairs of double birds— Emerson, first; Chambers, 

 second. 



Sixth event— Sawyer and Emerson, first; Chambers, second. 



ONTARIO MATCHES.— Several shooting matches came off at St. 

 George on the 21st, opening with a match between Wayper, of 

 Guelph, and Stroud, of Hamilton, for $25 a side, at twenty- hve birds 

 each. 



Wayper 1110101111111111111110111—22 



Stroud 0110000111011111110001111—16 



The second shot was Woodstock v. Branford, in which Woodstock 

 had the best of it; ten birds each. 



Woodstock. Brantford. 



J Forbes 7 T Westbrook 8 



G Grant 8 F Westbrook 9 



— Walker 7 W Baxter 2 



A sweepstakes followed, at five birds each. 



Forbes 1 110 1-4 T Westbrook 1 1 1—3 



Turnbull 1 1 1 1—4 Mackenzie 1 110 0-3 



Baxter 1110 1— 4 Passco 1 1 1—3 



Wayper '..1 1 1 1 0—4 Stroud... 1 10 0—2 



Grant 1 1 1 1—4 Miller 1 1 0—2 



Walker 1 1 1 1—4 



In shooting off ties, Forbes won. 



The meeting wound up with a match between F. Westbrook and 

 Walker, five birds each. Each killed three in the match. Westbrook 

 winning on second tie. 



NEWTON CENTRE GUN CLUB.— Boston, Jan. 27. -The Newton 

 Centre Gun Club was formed the past summer. Marling with ten 

 members, it now numbers twenty-eight, and is a wide-awake organi- 

 zation. It has secured a club room, and during the winter has the 

 use of a bowling alley, and meets occasionally on its shootinggiound 

 for glass ball and pigeon shoots. Next week, by invitation of one of 

 its members, the club goes on a sleighnde, and lots of fun is sure to 

 como. We number a few crack shots, and have accepted an invita- 

 tion from a neighboring club for a team shoot, which will come off 

 within ten days.— H. H. R. 



SIZE OF SHOT FOR CLAYS.-lnlast issue I notice a request from 

 a correspondent for opinions as to proper size of shot to use in shoot 

 ing clay pigeons. I have had some experience with this festive bird 

 and 1 find from repeated trials that No. 7 chilled gives the most satis- 

 faction.— Octo. 



RIDGEWOOD, N. J., Jan. 21.— Match at twenty-one birds each; 

 21yds. rise, trap and handle; R. Busterd, 10111100010001001-8; D. 

 Hopper, 11111001111011011—13. 



§anaeing. 



FIXTURES. 



Winter Camp-fire.— Tuesday, Feb. 19, 8 P. M., No. 23 East Fourteenth 

 street, Room 16. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps and information concerning their local waters, 

 drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating 

 to the aport. 



AMATEUR CANOE BUILDING. 



Fifth Paper. 



THE lines of the drawing now show tbe outside surface 

 of tbe plank, but tbe moulds over which the boat is 

 built must, of course, correspond with the inner surface of 

 planking. In large work tbe model is often made to the 

 outside of tbe frames only, then the breadths w r hen taken 

 off show the actual size of the frame. If the working draw- 

 ings are made to include the plank, the thickness of the 

 latter is deducted at some stage of the drafting prior to lay- 

 ing down. In our canoe, for convenience, the drawings will 

 all include the plank, so in making the moulds its thickness, 

 Jin., must be deducted. 



To copy the frame lines, a piece of thin board or card- 

 board, A B C l3, Fig. 3, is slipped under the paper of the 

 lare-e drawing, adjusted unaer the line to be copied, and 

 held in place by a couple of tacks. Setting the points of the 

 compasses Jin. apart, a row of spots is pricked through the 

 paper into the board, Jin. inside the frame line, shown by 

 the small circles in Fig. 3. At the same time points on the 

 center lins, E F, load water line and the diagonals Dl aud 

 D2 are also marked. The board is then removed, a batten 

 run through the spots.and the wood trimmed awayt o the line. 

 If tbe drawing is made on a board or floor the lines may be 

 taken off, as in Fig. 4. 



Fig. 6. 



A batten about fx^in. is bent along the line on the floor, 

 and held down by flat-headed nails. A piece of board is 

 laid on top of the batten and a mark scratched on its under 



