184 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 2Q, 1884. 



a dog to Mr. Chas. F. Beard. Boston. Mass.; a dog to Mr. Joseph 

 W. Gross, Harrisburg, Pa., and a bitch to Mr. Frank Lynch. Newburg, 



to. Beagle bitch, whelped Nov. 11. 1883, fey Mr. N. 

 Elmore, Granl I Lole Hill. w. Ya. 



Ringimod—B, Iped Not. 18, 1883, by Mr. N. 



Elmore, Granby, Ct„ a dog ti m I e ■. B Drew, Roohester,N. n.; a 



dog xo Mr. Haven Doe. Salmon Fulls. X. 11.. and a bitch to Mr. W. 

 Hainereley, St. Leonard. Can. 



RingUtood—BuBft whelp. BeagledQg,waeIped, Nov. 28. 1883, by Mr. 

 N. Elmore, Gran by, Ot., to Mr. Frank Lynch., BTevbnrs, N.T. 



R&igwood— Music II. whelp. Beagle dote, whelped Nov. 21, 1883, 

 by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby. Ct.. to Mr. .1. Lingsham, Plantsville, Vt. 



Sang — Spinaway whelps. Pointers, whelped Jan. 9, by Mr. J. W. 

 Munson, St. Louis. Mo., a lemcu and white pointer do.tr to Mr. B. P. 

 Halliday. Prairie. Miss. : a liver and white bitch to Vaiden & Hous- 

 ton. Unionf. ,] -white bitch to Mr. J. W. Blythe. 

 Burlington, la.: a liver and white bitch to Mr. C. B.Whrtford, Chicago, 

 111.: a liver and white and a lemon and white bitch to Mr.W. S. Titus, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Ringwood— Myrtle whelp. Beagle bitch, whelped Nov. 26, 18©, by 

 Mr. N. Elmore, Granby. Ct., to Mr. Jos. W, Gross, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Dim. Orange and? white pointer dog. ape and pedigree not given 

 by Mr. Thomas M. Smith. Jersey City, "X. J., to Mr-. Peter Kelley, New 

 York. 



oxtetl — Spinavcay vsheVp. Liver and white pointer bitch, age 

 not given, by Mr. J. TV. Munson, St. Louis. Mo., to Dr. N. B. Carson, 

 someplace. 



PRESENTATIONS. 



I5P" See. instructions at head of this coir 



Zero. Lemon and white pointer dog. whelped Dec. 23. 1883, by 

 Baronet iA.K R. 204) out of Rita Croy.teth < A ..K.R. 168), by Mr. Geo. 

 L. V. Tyler, West Newton. Mass., to Mr. Forest W. Forbes. Westboro, 

 Mass. 



Roscoe. Lemon and white setter dog. age and pedigree not given, 

 by Mr. Edward Gd ell. New Orleans, La., to Mr. J. T. Haidie, same 

 place. 



May. Pointer bitch (A. K.R. 211), by the Surrey Kennel, Ellicott 

 City, Md.. to Mr. N. Dorsey, same place. 

 DEATHS. 



Egr= See instructions at head of thus column. 



Vinniell. Liver and white pointer bitch (A .K.R. 466), owned by 

 Mr. C. R. Squire. Troy, N.T., 3Iarch 9, from poison. 



Kotltlcit Mavnumeen. >>d I< ish setter bitch < A. K.R. 017), owDed 

 by Mr. C. R. Squire, Troy, N.Y., March 1. from distemper. 



,'•'• Morrtssey, Red Irish setter dog iA.K.R. 012). owned by Mr. 

 C. R, Squire, Trov, N.Y., 3Iarch3, from acute pneumonia. 



I.arhi Elcho. Red Irish setter bitch i A. K.R. 978). owned by Mr. O. R. 

 Squire. Troy, N.Y.. March 8. from distemper. 



Daisy. Imported pug bitch (A. K.R. 46tSj, owned by the Chequasset 

 Kennel, Lancaster. Mass., March B. 



tig—Spinaioay whelps. Twopointers, whelped Jan. 9. owned by 

 Mr. J. W. Munson. St. Louis. Mo . Mareb 9, from worms. 



Stunner. Lemon and white pointer dog (A. K.R. 218), owned by the 

 Westminster Kennel Club. New York. 



Brimstone. .Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug. 24, 1883 

 (Tory— Moonstone), owned by the Westminster Kennel Club, New 

 York. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 %W° No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



W. F. T., Altoona, Pa.— We could not intelligently prescribe for your 

 dog without a full description of symptoms. He may have received 

 an injury to his spine, or his trouble may be a sequence to distemper. 

 Write, giving all particulars. 



E. H.. Ottawa. Can.— Your dog probably has an attack of distemper. 

 Keep him in a dry and well-ventilated place, and nurse him carefully. 

 Write a full description of symptoms should he not improve. 



\ifle and %rn$ ^hootitig. 



FIXTURES. 



First International Clav-Pifreon Tournament, at Chicago, 111.. May 

 26 to 31. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O. Box 1292, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. 



RIFLES OF TO-DAY. 



THE BULLARD REPEATING ARM. 



r pHE Ballard is one of the latest models added to the collection of 

 L rifles now in use. and as yet can hardly be said to have entered 

 very largely into the arena of competition. Yery flattering words 

 have been said of itf a few good -cores have been made, and it has 

 many warm friends. What it is and what it looks like the accom- 

 pa Living cuts will show. 



It is the invention of Mr. J. H. Ballard, and the story of its birth is 

 a very brief one. Mr. Buliard had for several years held the position 

 of master mechanic at Smith & Wesson's pistol factory in Spring- 

 field. Mass. In 1879 the works were visited by a prominent Chinese 

 1. and a eonversetion upon pistols and rih'es took place between 

 the American mechanic and the visiting Mongolian. The latter put 

 ■uestion, "Why the repeating rifles of the day were so weak in 

 their mechanism, and if one could not be invented wbi m would shoot 

 the heaviest charges w ith perfect safety." Mr. Buliard said he knew 

 of no mechanical difficulty, and at once set to work thinking and 

 rrodel making. A test, rifle was made embodying the parts, which, 

 in the opinion of Mr. Buliard, met the Chinaman's question. It was 

 subjected, to toe severest tests and criticisms, and came out of the 

 trial with no signs of weakness and with the most flattering opinions 

 of the experts and critics who had been invited by the inventor to 

 witness the experiments. 



The patents covering tne invention were issued on Aug. 16, 1881, 

 and the Buliard repeater of to-day is almost precisely like the first 

 model as designed in 1879. A joint stock company, known as tne 

 "Buliard Repeating Arms Company,'' has been formed, in which Mr. 

 J 11. Buliard. H. H. % third and silent partner are said 



!u ninety-five per cent, of the stock. Land has been secured at 

 Springfield, Mass., and a brick factory structure 109x67 feet in area 

 and practically four stories in height, has just been completed. 

 There are three machine rooms, each 40X125 feet, tie woodworkers' 

 department being in the attic story. There is a very complete outfit 

 of the accurate machinery needed in the making of such a fine bit 

 mechanism as a repeating ami, and besides there is a complete set 

 of special fixtures a^d tools designed and invented by 3Ir. Buliard. 



The general app sa Ballard rifls is alrea ly familiar to 



readers of the Forest a:sd Stream through the illustrations in the ad- 

 vertising columns. Fig. 1 shows the complete rifle. It is one of the 

 class ot rifle* having a tube magazine arranged below the barrel. 

 is a bolt action in oj pi ech and in bringing up the 



cartridge, from the magazine, but there is a peculiarity of con- 

 struction in locking the breech and bringing the striking pin into 



-.which can be easily studii 

 , , the action closed and open. In Fig. 2, A, the breech 



I firmly in place hich pi o red and cradled 



uinand lock . tintopii and firmly 



_ onl one hem;-- shown in 



section, and which i n - pins to guard lever U It 



will lie seen that it is impossible to get the bammer to reach the firing 

 pin until the brace C is m its prop< i | lace nod the line of recoil car- 

 ried back to the hammer pin and in that uay distributed to The lock- 

 frame and stock. A claim made in this connection is that there are 

 no sliding surfaces as all the parts are pinnedand bineed together. 

 The action is a positive one, not dependent upon springs. Care has 

 been taken to nave the materiali ry best throughout, no 



iron or malleable iron being used, all being of forged steel except the 

 .'.hich is composition or gun 

 ■I ),,. fSide, and it can oe done 



With equal facility by a right or left-handed person. And a 

 are no holes or spring covers on the si te, it is not likely to become 

 clogg. i .rough brush or laying it on the ground or m 



irenci "'" t0 loa ' 1 "" horseback with the magazine 



openinj r 'ii. It can be loaded as a single-loader cither 



or bottom, leaving the magazine full at all times for an emer- 



g6 "lt is possible," says Mr. Buliard. -to fire the Buliard rifle with 

 greater rapidity than any other repeating rifle, from the fact that it 

 WO rl- , :, . I its more direct leverage on 



ti,,. ,,.. t work being done .villi the best 



lever is in p<. ■ the greatest strain. Cocking the hammer 



Ig a ] Sl , . i or frame instead pi 



a sliding motion of bolt or Brine-pin on and over (lie b , , 

 which is very often liable, to grind, and always makes the arm work 

 ally.'' The Dullard has been fired in tests as 

 rapid! mds. 



. . ter that will sue- 

 cahber 

 be shell, 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



which being made of copper and with a folded head, does not con- 

 tract after firing (as is the case of brass shells) but often sticks in the 

 chamber, a difficulty more frequently mentioned in reports of trials 

 of breechloadlng firearms by government experts, than any other. 

 Another advantage in using the U. S. cartridge is, that it is the 

 standard ammunition and can be obtained anywhere imike country. 

 This point will be appreciated by frontiersmen. 



In loading the arm, it is only necessary to carry the lever forward 

 as far as it will go and then insert the cartridge in the magazine 

 through the opening under the carrier. To use the arm as a single- 

 loader, carry the lever as far forward as is necessary to extract the 

 spent shell, remove the shell and insert another cartridge in the cham- 

 ber of the gun. or carry the guard lever as far forward as it will go, 

 and insert another cartridge in the magazine through the opening 

 under the carrier. 



The arm is not a difficult one to dismount, if that be found neces- 

 sary. To do so the following directions should be observed: 1, Take out 

 tang- screw; 2, half cock hammer and take out lock-frame and ham- 

 mer screws; 3, pull out lock-frame, down and backward; 4, discon- 

 nect links from brace: 5, take out side plate screws and remove side 

 plate: 6. remove carrier lever spring; 7, take out breech-bolt; 8, take 

 out breech-block; 9, take out extractor pin and remove extractor, 

 push back pin before removing bolt; 10, take out guard lever bolt; 

 11, draw out guard lever and its connections; 12, draw out carrier 

 lever; 18, take out carrier. To assemble reverse these operations. 



To remove the barrel, take out magazine, plug screw and the two 

 tip screw?, pull out the magazine tube and take off the fore-arm. If 

 the bolt has not been previously removed, pull it back so as to pre- 

 vent the breaking of the extractor while unscrewing the barrel. 



The record of the Buliard is at present nota very extensive one, and 

 but few trials of it have been made at the target in formal matches. 

 Three riflemen have made scores up to 111 and 113 points in the possi- 

 ble 120 at 200 yards on the Massachusetts target, with open military 

 sights. At Creedmoor the arm is comparatively unknown. 



The number of models made by the BuUard Company is quite 

 large. Among the .50-caliber models there are three different sizes, 

 carrying respectively charges of 95, 105 and 115 grains of powder, 

 each havin? a bullet of 300 grains weight. The .50-115-300 cartridge 

 is shown in Fig. 4: 



115 gr. BuUard Express. 

 Fig. 4. 

 The 45-caliber group of Buliard rifles also include three different 

 sizes one using the government cartridge, with 70 grains of powder 

 and 500 of lead, another with the same powder charge and 405 grams 

 The former to be used in single loading and the latter in the 

 magazine. The remaining .45-caliber is one of 85 grains of powder 

 and 285 grains of lead. This proportion gives a very low trajectory, 

 and experiments at the Buliard armory show a rise it is claimed of 

 but inches in 200 yards. . , 



The 4)-calitaer rifles include one of a (i')-grain powder charge, an- 

 other v' '» T-TRiji charge behind 2T> of lead (see Fig. 5), and an- 



75 gr. powder, ?,Z5 lead. 



Fib. 5. 



other of 90 grains of powder and 300 of lead (see Fig. 6;. This last- 



duction of the atmospheric resistance in a greater proportion, giving 

 this bullet great penetrative power, as well as greater range. The 

 weight of these rifles, including the .50-caliber express, is O^lbs. to 

 121bs. The .38-calibers will be ready by May 1, and will comprise two 

 cartridges of 40 and 60gr> his of powder in each. Thirty-I wo-calihcr 

 rifles will probably come at about the same time, and include .32- 

 cartridge of 20 grains and Farrow 's express shell of 45 or 50 grains. 



Our object in giving full information for the benefit of our readers 

 would stop short if the rates of charges upon these several arms 

 were not given. The .45-70, .45-75, .45-60 and .40-60, round barrel, S8m., 

 carrying 11 shots, with plain stock, open sights, graduated for 

 1,200yds., cost $33: half octagon and full octagon barrels running §2 

 higher. The .50-95 express, 27in., round barrel, with full or short 

 magazine, costs $40, and with half octagon barrel, 84°; 105 and 115- 

 gram express, same style and finish, $5 extra. The 38-caliber. 24in. 

 round barrel, with 16-shot magazine, costs $27, and with half octagon 

 barrel, $29. The .38 caliber special .38-50-200, costs, with 36iu. round 

 barrel, 11-shot magazine, $80, either short or full magazine. 



In connection with their armsand under instructions to purchasers 

 Mr. Buliard gives some plain directions In reference to some import- 

 ant points of reloading, which it were well for all who act as their 

 own cartridge makers should mind He says that all shell, 

 as possible after being fired, should be cleaned and washed out care- 

 fully with strong soap suds or soda water and thoroughly dried, 

 otherwise the deposit of nitric acid left on them after firic 

 them to oxidize rapidly, and they become worthless. The primer 

 should always be pressed down so that it is sure to be lower than the. 

 head of the cartridge shell. Use American Powder Company's Head 

 Shot, FG; or, Hazard Powder Company's Sea Shootiug. FG; or, 

 Orange Rifle (Laflin & Rand Powder Company.) FG. 



Use for bullets one part tin to sixteen of lead, and keep the molds 

 very hot and the handles of the molds tight together. It often hap- 

 pens that the handle > become loo hot for comfort and are not held 

 together properly. The result is a bullet that is not round and one 

 that will not fit the shell. See that the grooves of the bullets are 

 filled with beef tallow or Japan wax, wipe off all surplus greese be- 

 fore loading. When pressing the bullet into the shell, see that it is 

 forced into the chamber of the reloading tool as far as it will go. He 

 recommends, however, that all sportsmen buy their bullets of cart- 

 ridge manufacturers, as they are all swaged by powerful machinery 

 and are far more perfect than it is possible to cast them. 



40-90.— Buliard. 



Fig. 6. 

 mentioned arm is one which has been much talked of by hunters 

 and other mpany have received very flattering reports 



frorn those who have tried the area on large game. Thebullei weighs 



muieter of r.lc - aUi u re- 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON, March 15.— There was a fair attendance of riflemen at, 

 the Walnut Hill range to-day, those present shooting under difficult 

 weather conditions. The scores were: 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



J B Fellows 5454545555-47 .1 II Sears 44554444 14-42 



H Gushing 5515454 i.i !- 15 -I Payson (mil 4444 45 14 -i ! n 



('11 Edwards 1454554644—45 T CWilliard 43; 



r ( ■ Field 5543445555- 15 W H Morton 4443444 i 4 



OHStump 555444 15:31— 4a H M Wilkes . . . - - .4445424444-3fl 



A T Hichardson 54444445 15 43 J P Webber (mil). . .«fo444442o4— 39 



F W Fowle (mil) . .. 411 1544445 -42 



GreedmoorJPrize Match. 



C E Berry. B 55554 15555 18 T I Barnes. B 55445545 1 4- -45 



JPBates.E 5554444455-45 F Whitillgton, E., .4544444155-44 



J B Thomas. B 5554544464—45 A II Whitney, E. . .4544401445-43 



i;nal Match. 



W Charles P * 6 9 7 9 10 8 10 C i;-7'J 



w,i n ,cr B ,10 8 6 7 5 .'-75 



\<'vi nsP. , 810 6 4h» 7 9 8 7 4-73 



A 11 Whitney. C i B 1 ■ ' !l | gfl 



JCCilTord.L 8 10 8 4 5 7 5 7 5 5-64 



j v Pat.-, E ft 8 i 910 S 3 » A I 



H Withmgton.E 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 7-51 



SARATOGA SPRINTlS. N. Y.. March 10.-Follov.in- is the highest 

 s.-ore made by each member in attendance at the Saratoga Kitie 

 Club range during the regular days i Wednesday ana Saturday i of last 

 week. Massachusetts targets aOOyds. off-hand. Weather favorable 

 for good work on both hays' 



11 Wheeler H 12 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11—109 



VFMhcheli I" 1^ 10 10 10 10 11 12 11 IS 



I Davis !1 1' ** 1° n u ]1 U V> l0 ~ m 



W AUerdice - 9 10 11 12 13 II 12 



Wm a-e 13 111112 1110 10 7 9 10 



W iii,r It 11 9 10 11 if 10 it 10 



H WeUbaeton ! » i () n » i n r2 10 IJ fl ' ' 



V A White '" " 10 8 10 5 it J^ 10 



1 Havs • ' 8 10 18 11 10 10 u s IS 



fra^Jtooas."-.. '.'.'.'.'.".'.. .......... 



sloorey. ii * 010 5 " ' '-' u " 



(J ALLEKY PBIZKfi.— An all comers match will open at the I 

 Central Rifle Bange, No. 5 Vanderhill avenue, on 

 remain onen till April ^'i. Cash prizes aggregati 

 ■ erbaugh riH£ 



