Feb. 12, 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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like to know about if-. I believe there are many readers of Forest 

 And Stream who would like to know just ■what the ,32cal. rifle will 

 dp when put to the severest (est, viz; , shot from a rest in competition 

 will) its bjgger brothers. This question not only interests those who 

 find pleasure in shooting at a board, but the came hunter as well. 

 Mr. Dodge quotes me as saving something about the uselessness Of 

 group shooting. The words are in quotation marks, but they are not 

 mine. The sentiments expressed are not mine, 1 believe that group 

 Shooting is useful, and quite interesting when done at a range far 

 bgyond the distance at which the rifle is known to be sufficiently 

 accurate for match shooting-. A marksman of ordinary skill cannot 

 test the accuracy of a Brat-class ride at its normal range, for the 

 sell' evident reason that l lie rifle is more accurate than the marksman. 

 He must sln.oi ii way beyond the range at which he wishes to do 

 accurate work. F-.r instance, let us take a short-range rifle, a .88-51), 

 and shoot it at 800yds. in the back position, or from a, dead rest. 



i good weather tor these tests, if there be a defect to rifle or 

 ammunition affecting the accuracy, it will easily be discovered, at 

 thfl long range, a! all minor causes which affect' the accuracy very 

 slightly at, short range, are very much magnified at the long range. 

 the long -range, practice is also very beneficial to the short- 

 range shooter. 1 will admit that a good group is an argument 

 in favor of the accuracy of the gun, but. in tny opinion, it 'is not a, 

 very strong or conclusive one. A good string is a stronger argument 

 although not absolutely conclusive, us it might be the, result of luck; 

 but a, number of consecutive scores made under different conditions 

 of weather, and showing a good average, would, to my mind, 

 absoletely prove the accuracy of the rifle. The scores given by Mr. 

 Dodge are very interesting' and instructive, Nothing "dude" or 

 deceptive about them. They are good solid arguments and prove 

 the rifle to be excellent for Off-hand work, Mr. Dodge supposes a 



iii which after Bring lOshotefrom afest atlOOyds., ioisfound 

 thai the center of the group is Ijj of an inch from the center of the 



fc, and after changing the sights and trying again, the group is 

 found to be half an inch on the other side of the center of the bullseye. 

 He said "the first string would probably measure about five inches. 

 Counted from the center of the original bnllseve this is not a line 

 siring in either case," etc Herein I differ from Mr. Dodge. I would 

 call both very fine strings, It may be claimed that litis is only a 

 matter of opinion, and this line of reasoning would indicate that 

 Mr. Dodge has seen finer shooting at 100yds. than I have. This is, 

 however" foreign to the question at issue. As to the propriety of 

 drawing the circles around the shots, in one case % and in the other 

 '.. an inch from the true center of the bullseye, each reader will judge 

 for himself. The former plan shows the cluster, the latter shows the 

 same and more. E. A. Leopold. 



Noekistown, Pa., Jan. 26, 1885. 



MISSING FIRE. 



THE United States Cartridge Co., of Lowell, have recently had 

 their attention called to this subject, and what they say on it 



wiU be of general interest: 



Complaints are occasionally made by those who have adopted guus 

 and cartridges upon this system, that they are liable to miss fire. 

 Whenever sue]) is found to be the case, the fault is almost invariably 

 in the gun, and generally only in one apparently unimportant Dart of 

 il, viz.: the striker, or small steel piston that convejs the blow of the 

 hammer to the percussion cap. This striker or piston is often made 

 too short, or without suflieient length of play, or too sharp, or too 

 blunt Where it strikes the cap. Theend of the steel striker should be 

 rather less than one-eighth of an inch in diameter, and well rounded, 

 so that it may make a deep round indent in the percussion can, and 

 sufficiently long and free to strike one-eighth iuch beyond the face of 

 the false breech, so as to follow the cap and anvil to the bottom of 

 the chamber of the cartridge and ignite it. There is no objection 

 whatever to the striker being of tills length. 



The mam spring need not be very strong, provided that the hammer 

 falls freely upon the piston, but it must be strong enough to tnake, a 

 deep indent m the percussion cap. 



The rebounding lock, which brings the hammer to half-cock after 

 the gun is discharged, is liable to miss fire unless the springs are very 

 carefully adjusted,. as the blow of the hammer is checked and re- 

 tarded just as it reaches the percussion cap. 



Some guus are made with the striker or piston attached to the lock- 

 this description of gun requires very great care, and at best is very 

 liable to miss fire, the percussion powder receiving a pinch instead <if 

 a free blow. 



It is very easy to make cartridges that will explode with a slight 

 blow, by placing in them a sharp-pointed anvil resting in a sensitive 

 percussion powder, but cartridges so constructed are extremely 

 dangerous, and many accidents have occurred by such exploding 

 while closing the gun or loading the cartridges. Those rnanufactured 

 by us are as sensitive in their ignition as it is safe, to make them, and 

 it the gun is properly constructed, not one mi-s-fire will occur in 5(10 

 shots. 



ft, is a common argument that because twenty cartridges will ex- 

 plode consecutively, and the twenty-first misses fire, that the fault 

 must be in the cartridge (although probably many of the twenty may 

 have exploded uu perfectly). A trifling variation in cartridges 'made 

 by the million, will occur, either in the chamber, the anvil, the per- 

 cussion cap, or the flange, and it is easier to make the strikers of one 

 gun the correct length and have hammers giviug the necessary blow 

 than to insist upon an impossible nicety in 1,000 cartridges, coupled 

 with a certain amount of danger to the sportsman . 



When the cap has been ouce struck imperfectly and the copper par- 

 tially indented, the percussion powderis disturbed and shaken loose- 

 it wili then generally fail to explode withjany number of blows and' 

 when the cap and anvils are taken out the cap will appear empty the 

 detonating powder having been pulverized and shaken out through 

 the anvils and flash-hole of the chamber. 



If the gun is right, not more than one or two miss-fires will occur 

 in 1,000 shots, and we shall be happy to satisfy any gunmaker that 

 this is the case by allowing him to lire as many cartridges as he may 

 wish, in guns either with the direct or oblique, action, that have the 

 strikers and springs correct. 



Bursting the metal base of the cartridge at the edge will frequently 

 occur when the chamber of the gun is bored too large, as the metal 

 base is not strong enough to bear the discharge unless supported by 

 the chamber. The gunpowder expands the case until itfll 

 chamber ; and if the space that it is required to fill is too er eat the 

 case will burst at the edge. Another cause for cases bursting at the 

 edge is in consequence of the gun wearing loose at the joint upon 

 which the. barrels are hinged, although the barrels may look close 

 When the cartridge ts shut in. The explosion causes the barrel to 

 spring away from the breech, and consequently leaves too great a 

 space for the metal head to expand in. When this is the ease it can 

 generally be tepaired by the gunmaker making the joint and lever 

 grip sound, so that the barrels are drawn and held firmly against the 

 breech. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 5.— The scores made by members of the 

 Worcester Rifle Association at Pine Grove Range to-day were as fol 

 lows: 

 S Clark 11 11 11 12 11 10 13 10 11 10-109 



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

 ALRise 10 10 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 11-103 



11 10 II 7 12 11 8 11 10 10-101 

 9 8 11 10 10 11 12 11 

 9 10 ' 



Thomas Leighton 11 



10 



9 11 10 11 10 8 



10-103 

 11— 99 



NEWARK; N. J.— The second gallery tournament for the present 

 ' fortnight. The scores made stood as 



winter was held during the past 

 follows: 



Frelinghuysen Team. 



Zettler. Creedmoor 



EOChase ...106 45 



GDWeigman... 110 46 



AC Neumann.... It 8 45 



JK Walsh 110 47 



Celluloid Team. 



Zettler. Creedmoor 



Cole 106 44 



Batcheller 80 33 



Parberry 90 41 



Vrelaud 105 44 



JLTobin 105—537 45-228 Jackson ! 103— 476 44-200 



Warren Club. 

 _ „ , Zettler. Creedmoor 



GFreche 100 41 



B Germayne 105 44 



Wm Nunley 104 4Q 



B Alexa ncler 100 40 



Domestic Team. 



Zettler. Creedmoor 



WWadams 106 47 



J Long 97 41 



J Dainty Ill 47 



B Jeffreys llf 



Essex — First Team. 



Zettler. Creedmoor 



Snelling 110 46 



E Neil , , 82 36 



JMcCullum 104 45 



CMeisel 108 45 



Coppersmith 107—511 



J Reynolds 104—531 43—226 W Cheesemau.... 91— 500 41—212 



Essex— Second Team. 



Zettler. Creedmoor 



A Welters 102 



W Watts 107 



Carter 97 



J Bayer - 102 



40 

 45 

 41 

 43 



i— 318 JHowlett 100-508 41—210 



DENVER, Cot,, Feb. 1.— The following scores were made by the 

 Routt Rifle Team at the Jewell Park Range to-day. This is a com- 

 mencement of the 500yds. shooting, the majority of the team having 

 never fired at tuat distance: 



200yds., 10 shots— P. M. Lessly 45, Thomas Stone 42, C. J. Kelly 40, 

 Wm. Magnire 39, C. S. Robbins 36, C. H. Sawyer &i, H. A. Collar 23. 

 Total "57. 



500yds., 10 shots -Thomas Stone 43, C. J, Kelly 40. H. A. Collar 33, 

 C.S, Robbins 22, P.M. Lessly 13, C.H.Sawyer 13. Total, 163. 



BOSTON, Feb. 7 -'the attendance at Walnut Hill to-day was much 

 better than the day, for a bad wind from the 11 o'clock quarter pre- 

 vailed, and high scores were impossible. Very few scores were fin- 

 ished. During the afternoon a match was shot between two teams 

 composed of the members present, and, all things considered, the 

 scores were good. Following are. the best scores: 

 Team Match.— First Team. 



R Reed 7 10 7 8 5 7 7 6 7-73 



CE Berry 5 7 8 G 5 9 10 9 6 4-69 



W Charles 7 fi 8 S 5 (i 9 7 5 10-66 



TP Miller 5 !) I 5 7 Ii 7 9 5 5—58 



ESGitmore 9 1 2 3 7 2 2 3 3-32-298 



Second Team. 

 H Gashing 7 9 is 7 S 10 8 8 6-71 



j Francis. 10 3 7 5 9 in Ii 9 5 (i-70 



R Davis !l r, 7 4 I 7 5 7 6 7-00 



11 F L Bent :, 3 7 6 5 4 5 6 7— IK 



N F Tufts 8 6 8 3 5 5 2 4 4 2—17-296 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



E S Gilmore 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5-42 



J E Darmody (mil) 3 3 3 4 4 5 15 4 4-39 



Creedmoor Prize Match. 



F B .Souther 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5—40 



N F Tuft 4 5 13 8 4 4 5 4 5—41 



Victory Medal Match. 



C E Berry 1 5 10 7 10 S 9 9 3 7-75 



Rest Match. 

 S Wilder 10 10 8 10 10 10 8 9 9 8-92 



SaN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 1.— There was a smaller attendance at 

 the Shell Mound Range to-day than there has been for some time, 'flic 

 members of the Pacific Rifle Olub were the only shooters who ue.pt 

 the marksmen busy. A. few of the scores made in practice were as 

 follows: 



300yds, 500yds. 



Vaughn 5544543134-11 5455555545—48—89 



Moore 5541415444 43 5544453354—44—87 



Kellogg 4555456444-45 4454 1-34245—39— 84 



Diers 4454453444-41 5445515544—46—86 



MacDonald 4445444544 -42 4544144445-42-84 



George W. Cowing of the Carson Guards, who was the guest of the 

 club at the range, made the following score: 



300yds. 500yds. 



George W Cowing 44 4454 r ,454— 43 5555455554—48—91 



At 300yds. Kellogg and Hovey each made 45, Johnson made 44, and 

 Moore and Cowing scored 43 each. 



SARATOGA, Jan. 31.— The attendance at the range during the past 

 week was fair. Wednesday we had snow and heavy wind all the 

 afternoon, but on Saturday the conditions were good, and some ex- 

 cellent scores were put up. The. Massachusetts target was used, the 

 distance being 200vds.. off-hand. Score: 



TDavis.... 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 12-111 



WBGage 11 9 111112 9 10 12 12 12-109 



H Wellington 10 12 8 9 12 11 12 12 11 10—107 



SFCorey 7 11 11 10 12 12 10 9 11 11-106 



LRRieh 12 9 9 12 11 8 11111112—106 



ACRicht 10 9 111111 9 11 7 1112—104 



AFMichell 10 1111 9 9 10 9 1112 11—1(12 



WHGibbs 1112 12 9 9 9 11 9 10 10—102 



FA White 11 ll 10 10 7 1110 1110 10-101 



AVERAGE RIFLE SHOOTING.— What can be called good average 

 rifle shooting at rest and off-hand, is a question that wili sometimes 

 puzzle an old shooter to give a definite reply. For the benefit of 

 begin tiers, I will submit a few rules which practice will prove to be in 

 the main nearly correct, and which, if well fixed in their minds will 

 aid thetu greatly in arriving at a quick conclusion of what may be 

 called average target shooting. These rules are based on the sup- 

 position that a string of lOiu. in 10 shots at 100yds. is a fair average 

 performance of a good riile with improvad sights, etc. Taking this 

 as a standard, add one inch to a siring for every additional 10yds. up 

 to 300, which would be loin, at 150yds". or 20in at 200, and for shorter 

 distances deduct one inch for every ten shots, as Sin. for 60yds., Bin. 

 for 50yds., 3in. for 30yos., etc., making an even number of inches for 

 even number of yards For off-hand work substitute feet for yards, 

 and the same rule holds good thus for 20ft. 2in., 30ft, 3in.. 50f't. 5in.', 

 100ft. 10in.. etc. Another equally easy way of calculating for off- 

 hand shooting is to keep the centers of 10 successive shots inside of a 

 2in. ring at 20yds., a (flu. riug at 3'Jyds,, a Sin. ring at 50yds., etc. Mr. 

 Cleveland, in Ids '-Hints to Riflemen" says that a marksmen who at 

 100yds. can put 10 successive shots in a 6ih. ring off-hand, need not; be 

 ashamed of his performance. Indeed be need not be ashamed but 

 proud of it, for such shooting would make a "full score" possible 

 quite often —Skeptic. 



THE NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 

 Name. 



TI1IS organization shall be known and designated by the name of 

 "The National Gun Association." 



ARTICLE II. 

 Capital Stock. 



Sec. 1.— This organization shall be dulv incorporated under the laws 

 of one of the States of the United States, where there shall be no lia- 

 bility to the stockholder beyond the amount originally subscribed 



Sec. 2.— The capital stock shall be $5,000, divided into shares of $5 

 each. 



Sec. 3— Each share of stock subscribed, and upon which payment 

 has been made as required under the laws of the. State where this As- 

 sociation shall be incorporated, and according to the By-Laws, shall 

 entitle the holder to one vote. 



Sec. 4.— The transfer of stock may be made by any stockholder or 

 his legal representative, subject to such restrictions as the Board of 

 Directors shall from time to time make and establish. 



ARTICLE III. 

 Objects. 



Sec. 1.— The main o! jects of the Association shall be: 



Firstly— To promote shotgun wing-shooting throughout the United 

 States. 



Secondly— To adopt national rules for all classes of shooting at the 

 trap. 



Thirdly— To organize annually an International Shooting Tourna- 

 ment. 



Fourthly— To organize annually two or more Interstate Tourna- 

 ments. 



Fifthly— To organize gun clubs in various cities. 



,87. -77(71/ -To publish reports, giving list of members, rules, reports 

 of the years, principal shootiug events, etc., announcements for the 

 future, etc., and any matters pertaining to the Association. 



Seventhly— To foster and assist tournaments organized by gun 

 clubs, leagues, State or sectional organizations, wdiich may be mem- 

 bers of this National Organization. 



Eighthly— To secure game preserves for the use of its members 



Ninthly— To promote kind feeling and good fellowship among its 



Tenthly— And when the reserve treasury fund exceeds the capital 

 stock, said reserve, may be devoted to the subsidiary objects of this 

 Association, which shall tie hunting, coursing, yachting, fishing and 

 other lawful sports; including the protection and preservation of 

 bn-ds, game and fish, as well as the collection and preservation of 

 specimens of natural history. 



ARTICLE IV. 

 Board of Directors. 



Sec. 1.— The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board 

 of not more than nine nor less than three Directors, who shall be 

 shareholders, elected by the shareholders at the annual meeting 

 immediately after which the Board of Directors will meet for the 

 election ot officers. In case of vacancies occurring during the year 

 or of non-acceptance of office, the other Directors shall have power 

 to fill vacancies 1111 id the next regular anutial meeting. 



Sec. 2.— The Directors first elected shall divide themselves by lot 

 ? n three classes of three members each. The first class shall hold 

 their office until the second Tuesday of January. 1888; the second 

 class shall hold office until the second Tuesday of January, 1887. and 

 the third class shall hold office until the second Tuesday of January, 

 1886; and thereafter at each annual election, to be held on the second 

 Tuesday m January of each year, there shall be elected by and from 

 the Lite Members of the Association three Directors, to hold office 

 tor three years, to supply the place of the class retiring and for such 

 additional, number as may be necessary to fill vacancies, to hold 

 places ihe' U ull remamder of the terms of the members whose 



Sec. 3.-'Should it happen that, from any cause, the annual elec- 

 tion or Directors should not take place in any year on the day 

 ? e n eu i b £ fore mei ; tl0Il ed for that purpose, such election may be law- 

 fully held on such other convenient day within six months there- 



at'ter as may for that purpose be lived on by the President and 

 Directors, they causing due notice of said election to be given. 



ARTICLE V. 

 Officers. 



Sec. 1.— The Board of Directors shall elect annually from among 

 their members, by a. majority vote, the officers of the Association, 

 consisting of a President, three First Vice Presidents, a. General 

 Manager, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall hold office for one year, 

 or until their successors are duly elected, though the duties of two 

 or more of these officors may be combined in one person, excepting 

 those of President and Secretary. 



Sue 'J.— The Board of Directors shall also elect Second Vice-Presi- * 

 dents, one for each State and Territory in the U. S., selected front the 

 shareholders of the Association (Article V.. Sec. 3). The duties and 

 powers of all officers shall be such as is conferred on them by the Con- 

 stitution and By Laws. 



Sue. 3.— The Directors shall also have power and authority to ap- 

 point such other officers under them as shall be necessary I'o'r trans- 

 acting the business of said institution, and may allows them and all 

 actively employed officers such salaries as they may judge reasonable; 

 to ordain and establish such laws and regulations as may appear to 

 them necessary for regulating and conducting the concerns of said 

 Association, and not being contrary to, or inconsistent with this Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws and laws of the State where incorporated and 

 of the United States; they shall keep full, fair and correct entries of 

 their transactions, Which shall at all times be open to the inspection of 

 the stockholders. 



Sec. 4,— No member shall be eligible to the office of President for 

 more than two successive terms. 



Sice. 5. — The Board of Directors shall appoint from among its mem- 

 bers an Executive Committee of three, of whom the General Manager 

 shall be one, to whom shall be delegated all the duties and powers of 

 the Board of Directors wdien not in session, excepting as qualified in 

 this Constitution and By-Laws. 



Sec. 6.— At any tournament held under the auspices of this Associ- 

 ation, all the Directors shall be ex-officio members of the Executive 

 Committee for same, 



ARTICLE VI. 

 Quorum of Directors. 



Sec. 1 .—At any regular or regularly-called meeting of the Board of 



irectors three shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE VII. 

 Annual Meetings. 



Sec. 1.— The members of this Association shall hold an annual meet- 

 ing at the main office of the Association on the second Tuesday of 

 January of each year, and such special meetiugs as may lie called 

 pursuant to the By-Laws. If the annual meeting shall not take 

 place at the time fixed, it shall be held as Soon after as convenient, 

 and the officers and directors whose terms have expired shall hold 

 over until their successors are appointed, 



Sec. 2.— The President and Directors may call a, general meeting of 

 the stockholders for any purpose relative to the affairs of the Asso 

 ciation. 



Sec 3.— At no meeting of the Association shall any subject be in- 

 troduced or discussed which does not relate directly to its affairs. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 Quorum of Stockholders' 1 Meeting. 



Sec. 1.— At any meeting of the Association, holders of one-tenth of 

 the capital stock present in person or by proxy shall constitute a 

 quorum, and a majority of votes present only is necessary for the 

 electiou of any Director, or the transaction of any business of the 

 Association. 



ARTICLE IX. 

 Membership. 



Sec 1.— Membership shall be divided into the following three dis- 

 tinct groups, embracing six different classes, viz. : 



Sec. 2.— Honorary Members.— The Board of Directors, by unani- 

 mous vote, can Confer Honorary Life Membership upon anv one. 

 The same shall be entitled to all privileges of Annual Members', with 

 the exception of the right to vote or hold office, and they shall not 

 have any interest in the property of the Association. 



Sec 3— Life Members.— Every individual holder of five shares (825) 

 of stock shall be a Life Member of the Association, free Horn all 

 other dues, entitled to all the privileges of Annual Members. 



Sec 4.— Annual Members.— Auy reputable citizen can become an 

 Annual Member of the Association (subject to the vote of the Board 

 of Directors or Executive Committee). Initiation fee. $5; annual dues, 

 Si, payable May 1 . Any one holding an original share of the Associa- 

 tion, viz., $5, need not pay any initiation fee lo become a member; he 

 becomes an Annual Member by paying $1 annually, though he does 

 not lose fits stock by failing to pay his annual dues.' in which event ho 

 becomes an inactive stockholder merely. When the original shares 

 are all subscribed the initiation fee of $5, required from" subsequent 

 members, is forfeited when the annual dues are not paid. 



Sec 5.— Club Membership.— Clubs and Associations already organ- 

 ized, or which may be organized without any assistance from Na- 

 tional Association. Initiation fee, S3 per member; yearly dues, $1 

 per Annual Member. 



Sec 6.— Club Membership.— Clubs organized under auspices and 

 aid of the National Association. Initiation fee, etc., same as Class'3. 



Sec 7.— State Association or auy sectional organization Member- 

 ship.— When organized and consisting of at least three clubs. Initia- 

 tion fee, §2 per member; yearly dues. Si per Annual Member. 



Sec 8.— Any person giving his name, age, address and the name of 

 the organization (if auy) with which he is connected, shall, upon pay- 

 ing to the Secretary the initiation fee and yearly dues, become a 

 member of the Association, subject to above vote, and any club or 

 association giving a statement of the time of its organization, the 

 name of its present officers, the number of members, and paying the 

 "prescribed lees to the Secretary, shall become a member, subject to 

 above vote. 



Sec 9.— The President of the United States, the General command- 

 ing the Army of the United States, the Governors of the States and 

 Territories of the United States, the Adjutant General and Chief of 

 Ordnance of the United States, and the Adjatant-Geueral of the various 

 States and Territories of the United States, shall be Honorary Life 

 Members of this Association. 



Sec 10.— Whenever a gun club or association shall be formed in any 

 of the States or Territories which shall join this Association as a 

 body, the President thereof shall be an honorary Life Member of the 

 Association. 



ARTICLE X. 

 Bights of Members. 



Sec 1.— Annual members only shall be allowed to shoot at tourna- 

 ments held under auspices of this Association. 



Seo, 2.— Annual members will beallowed to shoot at any tournament 

 held under the auspices of any club or association receiving any 

 prize or assistance from this Association in managing said tourna- 

 ment. 



Sec 3.— Annual members will be allowed to shoot at any tourna- 

 ment held under the auspices of a club or association which has been 

 founded under the auspices of this Association. 



Sec 4.— Annual members will be allowed full privileges of using the 

 mam office of this Association and of any club rooms, etc., which the 

 latter may establish. 



Sec 5.— Annual members only will be allowed to wear the badge of 

 this Association, which shall entitle the wearer to enter gratis the 

 grounds where any tournament is in progress, under the auspices of 

 this Association. 



Sec 6.— Annual members only shall be entitled to the printed re- 

 ports of this Association gratis, which shallembody the Constitution 

 and By-Laws of this Association ; the national shooting rules : latest 

 legal decisions, announcements, etc. 



Sec 7.— Annual members only wdl be allowed to appealto the Com- 

 mittee on Grievances, on Rules and on Law. for the settlement of any 

 and all controversies— thus obtaining the benefit of "a court of last 

 resort," which shall interpret the shooting rules adopted by this Asso- 

 ciation and whose decision shall be final. 



Sec 8.— Owners of capital stock only shall be entitled to the annual 

 dividends accruing from profits of tournaments, etc 



Sec 9.- Owners of capital stock only shall be entitled to vote at 

 election of directors and at annual meetings. 



Sec 10.— No member shall be allowed to transfer hi-- rights of mem- 

 bership, excepting holders of capital stock. 



Sec 11.— All rights and interests of a member in the property and 

 privileges of the Association shall cease with the termination of his 

 membership, excepting interests in the property by the. holders of 

 capital stock. 



« Sec 12.— Associations or clubs being members shall be entitled to 

 have the names and addresses of their officers for that year, and the 

 scores made during the year at its two principal matches to be 

 certified as correct by its secretary, published in each annual report 

 of this Association ; and also 



Sec 13.-T0 receive the bronze medal of this Association, for com- 

 petition among its members, in such manner as it shall prescribe 



Sec 14— Any member having complaints or suggestions to niake 

 as to the management ot the Association, must do so in writing to the 

 Secretary, to be submitted to the Board of Directors. 



Sec 15.— No member shall take auy propeity whatsoever belonging 

 to the Association from its rooms or grounds, except on the author^ 

 ity of a resolution of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee. 



