314 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mat 15, 1884. 



and he would have the marksman taught that a shot over or under 

 the center was of more value than one at the right or left, and all be- 

 cause a man, when he stands on his feet, offers a similar target. 

 Suppose we admit this to be the case when he stands: now let him 

 lie clown, as he will in most cases if time be given him, or you, for 

 careful aim, what then? For such cases shall we lay the elliptic on 

 its side and practice at it a time that way? And suppose the man 

 kneels, then what shall we do to meet such a case? Ave would need 

 to make the elliptic iDto a circle, I guess. 



Inasmuch as we cannot well make these changes at pleasure, 

 hadn't we better use the round target marking as a good comparison? 

 I think so. As to "C. D.'s" estimate that a shot above or below is 

 better than one to the right or left of the center, of course, that must 

 depend upon whether the shot be fired at a man standing or not. 

 Certainly it is easier to make line shots than others; I mean easier to 

 put shots on, or above and below, the center than m the center. A 

 rifleman in a bad wind will easily make fair line or vertical shots, 

 firing with what is known as a "'rising sight;" indeed, not to do such 

 work is what he wants. We have gone far past the day of '-line 

 shots." 



"Blank's" men's "fours" were of more value than "0. D.'s" men's 

 "threes," and must always be so in our modern times. When this is 

 reversed will not be when men take aim. but when men Are without 

 aim and with both eyes open, as is not unusual in the heat of battle, 

 and then not at one man but at a body of men. lam thinking that 

 "0. D.'s' 1 men's scores were credited for quite what they were worth. 

 Surely the Creedmoor target; gives quite completely what he claims 

 to want, and is very easily understood and very practical, and has 

 been selected because it possessed, all in all, the best excellence of 

 all the many heretofore tried. No, most decidedly it has not out- 

 lived its usefulness. 



The classification that gives your correspondent so much concern, 

 will undoubtedly be regulated to the needs of the service from 

 time to time, and it is likely that the new manual General Sheridan's 

 orders refer to will show that full consideration has been given this 

 subject. Making- the second grade of sharpshooters is a. step in that 

 direction as established by the G. 0. No. 12, that your correspondent 

 deolaresto be "worthless of true, results." 



It is much to be wished that when riflemen like your correspondent 

 condemn to be destroyed, that they do not do so without being pre- 

 pared with something better: it is not enough to say that it is a 

 "humbug" and "worthless." For if such sayings are iutendedto do 

 good they fail ta work, for as nothing is offered as a substitute for 

 what they condemn, an intelligent discussion tending toward any 

 assured advancement cannot be had. 



I trust your readers will see that there are two sides to this 

 question as to most all others, and that they will understand that 

 much of your correspondent's details may have quite a different ap- 

 plication than given by him, and that has somewhat warped your 

 judgment and led you to the belief that the army system, declaring 

 merit in rifle tiring, is based on a system of "jugglery" and that 

 merit goes where all has been "manipulated to the best advantage." 

 You err greatly hi this, and I fear your editorial article unintention- 

 ally gives a very mistaken estimate of the army system of rifle firing 

 and "the defects in practice." Benton. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE WHEELING CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The Wheeling Rifle Club still keep up their weekly practice at 

 200yds. off-hand. There are five members who shoot about even, 

 sometimes one and then another comes out on top. 



Messrs. Stewart and Dwight have lately begun using Sharps mid- 

 range, .40 cal., 30io., 3toin. shell, and like them very much for off-hand 

 work. The Sharps short-range was heretofore used among our rifle- 

 men, and some good work has been done with them. With a crescent 

 butt plate on the. mid-range it holds very nicely, and the 70 grains of 

 powder behind a 285-grain oval-point bullet gives a very flat trajec- 

 tory and true flight. 



Mr. Dwight: has been using the open bead for off-hand practice, 

 and has finally mastered it, although few riflemen seem to use it, 

 either from not having given it a trial, or not being able to hold it. 

 We would like to hear the experience of others with this sight for 

 off-hand practice. v 



We have been using a new target lately, which is the design of Mr. 

 Dwight. It is the Massachusetts target witn each of the rings out- 

 side of the bullseye divided into two rings by a line drawn around be- 

 tween each line on the Massachusetts target; then the bullseye is 

 divided into rings with one-half inch space between each line, and 

 leaving the center space one inch in diameter. This latter space is 

 numbered 25, and each ring out from that is numbered one point less. 

 Thus the four-inch circle, which is the 12 line on Massachusetts target, 

 is the 22 line, and the edge of the eight-inch bullseye is 18, and the 

 Massachusetts 10 ring is numbered 17 and 1(5 and so on outward. The 

 target thus arranged gives a closer count than any one used, and as 

 the object of a target is to record the closeness of the shooting, this 

 certainly is more correct than to have such wide spaces, even as the 

 Massachusetts target has. The latter target has become a favorite 

 by the fact of its spaces being divided up more than the old Creed- 

 moor target, and this new target has the same advantages over the 

 Massachusetts as the latter has over the Creedmoor. We have tried 

 the German ring target, but the twelve-inch bullseye is too large for 

 us. These targets are easily made at home, and the rings on the 

 black bullseye may be made by a drawing pin on dividers, with thin 

 mucilage in place of ink, and then rub over some bronze powder, 

 which adheres to the gum and brings out the lines on the black very 

 plain, and does not dim it for aiming. 



The following scores were made on our new target last Saturday, 



3d inst. As the lines of all the rings of the Massachusetts target are 



retained, the scores can be kept on both counts if desired, and also 



Creedmoor count as well. Our ring target we call the "West "Va. 



target," 



First Match. 



nv, a « it nwi^ht i 18 m 2° 23 17 17 17 33 19 16-192* 



ChasE Dwight — -(ii 12 11 12 10 10 10 12 11 10-109+ 



wii; om rw i 1* I" I* I 9 22 23 19 22 15 22-188* 



Wilham Cox - ( g n g lt 12 n tl , 2 9 12 ._io8t 



Second Match. 

 ™«,„ v r> M*t I 17 21 20 15 18 18 24 21 18 20-192* 



ChasE Dwight - 1Q u n 9 n n n n u n_i08t 



D _ , 1 20 19 22 22 22 17 18 12 15 19-180* 



RS Stewart -\ n n ]2 12 12 io 11 8 9 11-107+ 



T _ ov . Il6 19 18 12 21 23 14 24 16 22-185* 



•IF Shirk -j 10 n n 8 n is 9 12 10 12—106+ 



Third Match. 

 „ ^ n . .„ (22 17 16 18 17 16 18 23 16 20-183* 



ChasE Dwight \ 13 10 10 n w 10 n n ]0 11-107+ 



^ „, . 1 16 17 14 16 10 20 17 23 16 19-188* 



RS Stewart ] 10 10 9 10 l0 n 10 13 10 11-103+ 



* West Va. t Massachusetts. 



Mr. Jaeger has made 205 on the West Va. target, counting ill 

 Mass., and Mr. Dwight has made 200, counting 111 Mass. also. 



The club will shoot a telegraph match with any who wish amuse- 

 ment of that kind . Wind. 



Wheeling, West Va. 



BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB. May 1— 12-ring target, possible 120: 

 S Zimmermaun 118, G, Holzmann 116. A. Lober 116. M. Dorrler 115, 

 V. Steiribach 113, C. Rein 114, S. Mehrbach 111, H. Gunther 110, J. F. 



Thursday, May 1.— 12-ring target, possible 120: G. Zimmermann 

 117, A. Lober 117. C. Rein 114, M. Dorrler 114, A. Ringler 112, J. Schnei- 

 der ill, Ii. Hackmami 111, B. Walters 108, J. Schrarder 108, J Camp- 

 bell 100, L. Lonitekl fe, S. Mehrbach 98, J. Weltze 96, D. Holland 94, 

 A. Pierson 91. S. F. C. Weber 94. 



THOMASTON, Conn., May 12.— At the Empire Rifle Club's shoot on 

 Saturday, G. Canfield captured the badge with a score of 103 out of 

 a possible 120. Following are the other scores: 0. F. Williams 95, W. 

 Dunbar 93, C. Ailing 93, G. Gilbert 90, F. Carr 89, E. Thomas 88, E. 

 Bennett 85, A. Fox 82. The weather was rather unfavorable for high 

 scores, being alternate rain and sunshine. The "open to all shoot 

 is to be the 21st and 88d. 



THE FRELINGHUYSENS AT NEW YORK. -Newark, N. J., May 

 7.— Editor Forest and Stream: I beg space in your columns to enter 

 a protest, in the name of the Frelinghuysen Ritle Association of this 

 city, against the manner in which the prizes have been awarded in 

 the late match at the Grand Central Gallery in New York. Your last 

 issue gives the prizes awarded for scores ranging from H33 to 305, en- 

 tirely ignoring the score of 307 made by our representative, Mr. Geo. 

 D. Weigmau, who shot on or about Thursday, April 10, I think, lhe 

 score was counted by the regular range, scorers and placed on black- 

 board when made. 'When Mr. W. called a week later, to improve his 

 record if possible, he found his score missing, and it was again placed 

 in hue when attention was called 60 the omission. On the award of 

 prizes, "however, 1 St is* again dropped and without explanation; and a 

 man who has spent about $5 in shooting and car fares is thus de- 

 barred from receiving the trivial $2 prize he has honestly earned. 

 We cannot believe that this is done by the connivance of men of such 

 well-known integrity as the judges are known to bo; but must say 



that if New York clubs wish the help of any out-of-town shooters in 

 their free-to-all matches, we wish to be assured that we shall have 

 what we have a right to expect— fair play in the keeping of score 

 records.— Edwaro O. Chase. 



SAVANNAH, Ga., May 10.— The Republican Blues had a very en- 

 joyable day at the Schuetzen Park last Thursday, the occasion of 

 their annual picnic. The attendance was very large, and among the 

 guests were noticed many members of the several organizations of 

 the city. A feature of the day was the target shooting for prizes, 

 which resulted as follows: In the first class Sergt. N. Nathans won 

 the first prize, a silver butterdish, and was also awarded the company 

 medal, score 19; in the second class Private S. C. Lee won a silver 

 cake basket. Sergt. J. J. Gaudry won the prize for the best single 

 shot, and Private John G. Butler, in the contest of the ununiformed 

 and pay members, won the prize on a score of 19, a silver pickle dish. 



The same afternoon several well-known marksmen met at the 

 fichuetzen Park and, after the Blues had indulged in their rifle con- 

 test, they had some fine shooting. The following shows the scores 

 made: 



RRDancy .4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4-42 



J P White 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4-43 



H Kolshorn 5434 5 4448 5—41 



RRDancy 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5—42 



J P White 4 4 4654444 5—43 



H Kolshorn 445444454 5—43 



RR Dancy 54 4 444445 5—43 



JPWhite 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5-42 



H Kolshorn 444444344 4_gs 



The Savannah Rifle Association turned out a full membership at its 

 regular practice at the Schuetzen Park yesterday afternoon, andsome 

 excellent scores were made. Among the best shots were Dr. J. D. 

 Martin 65, J. P. White 63, R. R, Dancy 01, E. J. Keiffer 62, W. M. Mills 

 61, The shooting was 15 shots at 200 yards, Creedmoor range, and 

 excited considerable interest. After the practice an election of 

 officers was held, with the following result: President, R. H. Ander- 

 son; vice-president, J, W. McAlpin; secretary and treasurer, J. M. 

 Bryan; executive committee, Dr. J. T. McFarland, H. M. Comer, J. D. 

 Martin, Martin Tufts, H. A. Palmer: ordinance officer, J. P. White. 

 The weekly practices of the association will be held during the sea- 

 son on Friday afternoons, cars for the accomodation of the members 

 leaving West Broad street at 3:30 o'clock. The date of the annual 

 prize contest has not yet been determined, but will probably be some- 

 time during the latter part of this month. The association has an 

 increased membership over last year, and the interest manifested in 

 its affairs and in the practices promise some excellent records of 

 marksmanship before the close of the season. 



WALTHAM. Mass., May 10. — Following are to-day's scores of the 

 Hillside Rifle Club, 200yds.: 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



J T Foster 5545444454-44 J K Lowe 4454443444—40 



E C Osgood 4444544444—41 G Strickland 4434331345-37 



JODennison 4444444444—40 J R Monroe 3442442235-33 



H L Whiting 4444434544—40 



Creedmoor Rest Match. 



John Foster 5545555545-48 J R Monroe 4455555445—46 



G Bassett 5455545455-47 C H Gray 5455444455-45 



L O Dunson 5544554455-46 H S Whiting 4455544544—44 



BOSTON, May 10.— There was a fair attendance at Walnut Hill to- 

 day, and some very good shooting was done. The weather was not 

 all that could be desired, except in the early morning and late in the 

 afternoon, after the shower. A team match was shot between two 

 teams of six members of the association, -which resulted in a victory 

 for Mr. Charles's team by a lead of 20 points. It should be stated, 

 however, that Messrs. Ashmead and Brackett were shooting with 

 open-sighted rifles. Saturday next there will be another team match, 

 probably between the members of the M. R. A. and members of the 

 Lawrence Rifle Club. If the LawTence Club does not send a team 

 there will be a malch similar to that of to day. Following is the re- 

 sult: 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



HCushing 4 54555454 4—45 



FChauncey 4 4444554 5 5—44 



CBEdwards 544544454 4-43 



J E Darmody (mil) 3 44545454 4-42 



PB Smith 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-40 



H Lewis (mil) 3 34444454 4—39 



SBPerrin : 3 4 4 445444 3—39 



FWFowle(mil) ...1 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 4—37 



Decimal Match. 



W Charles, F 5 10 8 10 8 10 9 9 8 8-85 



ACAdams.F '. 10 10 9 9 10 9 8 6 7 6-84 



WHOler, F 7 5 10 9 10 9 8 8 8 8—82 



WGardner.E 8 10 7876787 9—77 



SBPerrin, E - 9 7 9 6 10 9 5 8 9 8—75 



Rest Match. 



W Gardner.- 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 9—95 



WHOler 10 10 10 9 10 10 7 9 8 9-92 



SWilder 10 9 9 8 10 6 10 10 10 9—91 



PSilverstal 8 9 10 9 10 9 9 8 8 10—90 



First Team. Second Team. 



C B Edwards 4445455—31 A M Jewell 4544555—32 



H Cushing 5545444-31 J P Bates 5445454—31 



W Charles 5554444—31 J B Fellows 4455444—30 



H Hubert 4455444-30 W Gardner 4444534—28 



C A Hunt 4544444—29 A L Brackett 4334445—27 



P B Smith 4435344—27—179 H L Ashmead .... 0030332-11-159 



In the one-day match the prizes were won by W. Charles, O. M. 

 Jewell, J. B. Fellows and J. P. Bates, in the order named. The spring 

 meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association will occur May 29, 30 

 and 31. There will be two matches open to all comers, one on Creed- 

 moor and one on decimal target, with prizes amounting to at least 

 $850. 



BOSTON, May 10.— Mammoth Gallery, 655 Washington street.— The 

 prize list for the month of May will be $10 for all-comers' match, 

 gold, silver and bronze badges for amateurs' matcnes. Also extra 

 prize of $10 for ten consecutive bullseyes. Following are the scores 

 as they now appear on the blackboard: 



A. B. Loring. . .44 45 45 44 46—224 0. L. Holmes. .43 43 44 44 45—219 

 J. J. Munroe. . .44 43 44 45 45—222 J. A. Wright .. .41 42 43 44 42—212 



WHEELING, W. Va.— In reference to the scores made on April 5, 

 during the visit of W. M. Farrow to this city, the record in Forest 

 and Stream of April 24 is somewhat in error. The account presents 

 them as in two strings of fifteen shots each, but they were not shot 

 in that way. They were three scores of ten sliots each, and Mr. Jae- 

 ger won first match and Farrow second one, and Cox the third.— J. 



MILWAUKEE, May 7.— The Sentinel of to-day says of Mr. Farrow's 

 doings in town: "W. Milton Farrow, the celebrated rifle shot, who has 

 been in the city for a day or two, visited the Soldiers' Home grounds 

 yesterday, and participated with members of the Milwaukee Rifle 

 Club in a competitive shoot, off-hand, at the 200yds. range. Each man 

 had 15 shots, the possible total being 75. The weather conditions were 

 unfavorable, a drizzling rain falling during part of the afternoon, 

 and the trip to and from the grounds was disagreeable because of the 

 mud. The detailed score of the shoot is as follows: 



Farrow 4 5 4 



Meunier 3 4 4 4 4 



Drake ...5 4 4 5 4 



Welles - 4 4 4 5 5 



Pale 5 4 4 5 4 



Hoffman 3 4 4 4 5 



Simonds 



Greenleaf. 



5-72 

 4—66 

 5—65 

 4—65 

 4-62 

 4—61 

 4-37 

 3-37 



•The latter two had but 10 shots each, being obliged to return to 

 the city. Mr. Farrow's score, as will be seen, lacks but three points 

 of being the highest possible. The score is the highest by two points 

 that has ever been made, on the Soldiers' Home range." 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



PROPOSED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. 



To all Sportsmen of the United States: 



At the coming First International Clay -Pigeon Tournament to be 

 held at Chicago on the 26th inst., an effort will be made to organize a 

 national sportsmen's association, whose objects will be primarily: 



First— To establish a code of rules for each species of shooting- 

 live birds, clay-pigeons, etc. , 



Second— To appoint an Executive Committee, whose duties it shall 

 be: (a) to organize future annual tournaments; (p) to act as an arbi- 

 tration committee to adjust all disputes; if) to establish a central 

 office or address in charge of a specially appointed secretary : (d ) to 

 execute the will of the association as indicated at its annual meetings. 



To organize this association properly, the thoughtful consideration 

 of all sportsmen is invited. If you cannot be there in person and 

 desire to make any suggestions, transmit same to me, care the Palmer 

 House. Chicago. Wherever practicable, obtain the views of your 

 club, and if possible secure a proxy to act for the same, or a club 

 which will have no representative present chu send its proxy to me. 

 The principal points to consider in my opinion are: (1.) The mone- 

 tary question— how- funds shall be raised to effect the purposes of the 

 organization; (3,) at what point the central office (the secretary s) 



f^ ~ established • (3.) what other functions, if any. the association 

 shall assume; (4.) if the association shall bo open to hoth clubs and 

 JrlT, Iff 1 '' for f whom you will vote for president, secretary. 

 treasurer and executive committee. 



My own views in brief are as follows: The association to be open 

 «i w ,Tl V i 1 8K? c,ubs \ the initiation fee to be §1 for clubs and 

 81 for individuals; the. annual dues to be Si for each active member 

 of a club, and $1 for the individual subscriber; that each member of 

 all firms m the gun (and kindred) trade be invited to join, initiation 

 fee $1 annual dues SI; that donations from gim (and other) trade 

 firms be invited; that if sufficient means can thus be raised a perma- 

 nent office be rented for the headquarters of the association ''ilk a 

 salaried secretary in charge, said secretary to be a sportsman (not 

 connected with any mercantile firm engaged in the gun or kindred 

 trades) and who shall carry out the order's of the executive commit- 

 tee, attend to the correspondence of same, collect the annual dues 

 (for the safe keeping of which he shall furnish proper bonds) pro- 

 mote all gun spprts under the direction of the executive committee, 

 conduct the office so as to make it a club room for all visiting sports- 

 men, form a sporting library of reference, file all sporting papers of 

 this and other countries, etc., and that said office be permanently lo- 

 cated at New York City or Chicago, depending upon which city. Villi 

 fifty miles of surrounding country, furnishes the most cash subscrip- 

 tions to the treasury of the association by Oct. 1, 1884. 



J. E. Bloom. 



THE CHICAGO TOURNAMENT. 



THE diamond badge for the best individual score in the clay-pigeon 

 tournament at Chicago, will be on exhibition at Duhne & Co.'s., 

 corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, Cincinnati, until the 18th inst., 

 when it will be placed in the show windows of Spalding &Bros., Chi- 

 cago. 



Mr. J. E. Bloom, President of the Ligowsky Company, will be at 

 the Palmer House, Chicago, on the 20th inst., to perfect arrange- 

 ments for the tournament. 



The following have entered teams for the first international clay- 

 pigeon tournament. Entries close on first day of shoot; 



Boston Gun Club, Boston, Mass. 



Tallahassee Gun Club, Tallahassee, Fla. 



Vicksburg Gun Club. Vicksburg, Miss. 



Niagara Gun Club, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



Narragansett Gim Club, Providence, R, I. 



Cleveland Gun Club, Cleveland, O. 



Capital City Gun Club, Washington, D. C. 



Knoxville Gun Club, Knoxville. Tenn. 



Kirtland Gun Club, Cleveland, O. 



Evanston Gun Club, Evanston, ill. 



Chippewa Falls Gun Club, Chippewa Falls, "Wis. 



Franklin Gun Club, Benton, 111. 



Des Moines Gun Club. Des Moines, la. 



Parker Gun Club. Meriden, Conn. 



Springfield Shooting Club, Springfield. O. 



Bradford Shooting Club, Bradford, Pa. 



Peoria Shooting Club. Peoria, HI, 



Oshkosh Shooting Club, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Cincinnati Independent Shooting Club, Cincinnati, O. 



Exeter Sportsman's Club, Exeter, N. H, 



Lincoln Sportsman's Club, Lincoln, Neb. 



Medfield Sportsman's Club, Medfield, Mass. 



Worcester Sportsman's Club, Worcester Mass. 



Algona Sportsman's Association, Algona, la. 



Farmington Sporting Club, Farmington, 111. 



Other clubs are yet to be heard from. It is expeoted'that the 

 gathering will be a representative assembly of shooting men. The 

 railroads have announced that they will issue excursion tickets from 

 Cincinnati to Chicago at rate of faro oue way. 



NOTES FROM WORCESTER. 



ALL the challenge badges, four in number, owned by the State Asso s 

 ciation, are now in the possession of the Worcester Club. After 

 the individual glass ball badge was won from Mr. Moses, of Spring- 

 field, on March 1, they all rested peacefully till some time in April, 

 when we received, almost simultaneously, three challenges as fol- 

 lows: From C, H. DeRochmont, of Newburyport, for the individual 

 glass ball badge; from the Springfield Club for the team glass ball 

 badge; from the Massachusetts Rifle Association Club for the team 

 clay-pigeon badge. The matches have been shot on our grounds in 

 successive weeks and an account of the first two, with the scores, has 

 appeared in the ; 'Trap" colunms of the last two numbers of Fobest 

 and Stream. The. last of the series was shot yesterday, the account 

 of which we shall expect to see in this paper when the week rolls 

 round. 



In connection with these matches we have, held all-day tournaments 

 which have been kirgely attended hy sportsmen from different sections 

 of the State, and so far as our club is aware everything has passed 

 oil pleasantly on each occasion. We have supposed that as a club, 

 and individually, we enjoyed the most friendly relations with the 

 clubs of this State, and so far as acquainted, throughout the country. 

 There appears, however, an article in the last number of Forest and 

 Stream signed "Springflelder," to which I desire to reply. I wish to 

 say at the outset that 1 do not know as the article in question eman - 

 ates from the Springfield Club or that it receives their indorsement. 

 It is apparent that somebody intends to say something to injure the 

 standing of our club among sportsmen. The article, which is appar- 

 ently his own, and partly a clipping from the Springfield Rep«6Kc»n, 

 is vague and amounts to* little more than a few blind insinuations sus- 

 ceptible of any construction, but evidently intended to convey the 

 idea that the Springfield Club were ill-treated at Worcester, and also 

 that other sportsmen had been shabbily treated by us, and that the 

 Springfield shooters would now join that aggrieved party and here- 

 after give Worcester a "wide berth." Now as this is the first and only 

 complaint we have ever heard, we don't feel called upon to defend 

 ourselves, and I shall only state a few facts concerning the matter 

 referred to by "Springflelder." 



In the first place, he alludes to an article which appeared in the 

 daily Spy after the match between Perry and Moses, and for which, 

 he says, the Worcesters made "suitable apology." It is true that 

 there was an unpleasantness on that occasion, caused by what a 

 prominent member of the Springfield Club was pleased to call "a 

 shameless attempt on the part of the referee to hold up the score of 

 Moses after he had utterly gone to pieces." Our men expressed their 

 indignation strongly, and said perhaps more than they would have 

 said in cooler moments, Afterward an individual member of the 

 Springfield Club held a correspondence with the secretary of the 

 Worcester Club, in which there weremutual explanations and regrets 

 that anything of the kind should have occurred, and this correspond- 

 ence was understood to be confidential. There never was an official 

 word passed between the clubs concerning the matter. The article in 

 the Spy was incorrect and unjust to the Springfields, ana was deeply 

 regretted by the members of our club. We were, however, in no way 

 responsible' for it and never indorsed it. 



So far as the late team match is concerned, we supposed every 

 thing was satisfactory. We certainly intended to do all in our power 

 to make it pleasant for our guests," and also give them a perfectly 

 square deal in the race, and it is equally certain that we heard no 

 word of complaint. The trap was changed just before the match at 

 the suggestion of the captain of the Springfield team, and was as new 

 to us as to them. The best of feeling seemed to prevail throughout 

 the day, and when our friends departed, their captain shook hi 

 with our president and remarked: -We always bavea good time when 

 we visit Worcester." Our tournaments have been well attended, 

 many shooters coming from other States, and so far as we are aware, 

 have' always gone home happy, If there be one who has received un- 

 gentlemanly treatment from our club, let aim stand forth and we 

 will make "suitable apology," E. Spraoue KNOwlES. 



Worcester, May 10, 1 884. 



WORCESTER, Mass., May 0.— This has been a field day at Coal 

 Mine Range of the Worcester Sportsm en 's ( Slim. They were favored 

 with good" weather and a large attendance. There were present as 

 guests Messrs. J. H. Cole, of Ashland, and B. P. Tinker, of Provi- 

 dence. The event of the day was the match for the championship 

 clay-pigeon team badge of the Massachusetts Association, which the 

 Worcester Sportsmen's Club has held since June, 18S3, subject to 

 challenge. The one to-day came from the Massachusetts Ritle Asso- 

 ciation.' Their judge wa= Mr. David Kirkwood: the judge for the 

 home club was Mr. L. J. White, while Mr. H. Gardner was referee. 

 The position of each man with the score of each was as follows: 

 Massachusetts Association. 



C H DeRochmont 11011 llOOOlOOOOd 1 100-10 



O R Dickey lllOlllllOOlll lllOU-16 



E W Law." 01111011011 1 till: 



G H VVurm 0111101 1 UllllillOll— 17 



G H Tidsburv 11111011110111111110—17—76 



Worcester Team. 



HWB&gfir .... 11111111101111011111—18 



E T Smith 11111101111011011101-10 



R J Eugg 001101 11)101110111110— 15 



George A Sampson 11111111101110111111-18 



W S Perry.... lllllioilll 101011111-17-1*4 



The club have voted to make Wcdnessday, May -'A. the annual 

 fish day, to be followed on the 33d, by a fish supper. The captains 

 are: Asa R. Jacobs and R. L. Colbert. Messrs. L. G. White. Henry 

 E Smith and H. B. Verry a committee of arrangements. Sides are ro 

 be chosen, and all men who do not go a-fishiug will be fined Si, the 

 prizes to be used to help the defeated ones pay foirthe sup. 



