April 16, 1885.] 



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KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



1&r No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



1 P . Now York. -I have a, vouug Newfoundland puppy. She is 

 tour months old and although she eats plenty she is very thin, her 



appetite variable. her spirits the same. Please give me your a Iviee 

 on the subiect* Ans. Watch the habits of yourpuppy. Satisfy vonr- 

 ••■' she is not suffering from dis- 

 nay be due to the 



not pass 



bhre 



self fc.™, 



temper These being excluded, her symptoms . 

 evolution of her sexual organs. In such oases a tome and strength' 

 ening diet is ealled for. soups with bread, some cooked moat in meal 

 and so on. Also give live drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic twice 

 daily in the food for two weeks. 



j"h II., Olenvillo. Conn.— I have a valuable three-year-old *dog 

 Weight 65 pounds. He at times seems to lose all or nearly all aotopn 

 of his limbs, bunches up his back, staggers, becomes weak, but lies 

 deevu when told. Consciousness unimpaired No whining or g'' n,v| - 

 iug attending these convulsions. His health is good otherwise. When 

 be'barks lie carries his head sideways and shakes his head and ears 

 as if something there was wrong, lie had those turns last summer, 

 and has had four this year so far. Ans. Tour dog suffers iron, 

 chorea. This may have come from dysentery, aiarrflcaa 01 worms. 

 He may have canker in the cars as well. Examine then; carefully. 

 For the chorea give five grains of the valenaualo-ot /.mem the rood 

 three Times daily tor two weeks, and then discontinue it, and com- 

 mence giving ten drops ot mix vomica tincture morning and evening 

 in sweetened water or milk. Continue this for three weeks, he 



suffers from canker, use the lend and opium wash which eveiy drug- 

 gist keep. 



H Erie Pa — My setter has been troubled with sore eyes this 

 spring." At first the inflammation was inside, now it is in the eyelids. 

 Tbey are very much swollen and seem to have a watery matter in 

 them. He rubs his head a great Opal wUh his paws ami against 

 different articles. His spirits seem to be good I have consu he- 

 ft D. V. S but would prefer your opinion. He also has and has had 

 for some time nf intervals, lumps, small, on his nose, generally on 

 the bridge. Ans, Have your druggist put im a. prescription as 

 follows: Sulpha earbolate of zinc, 10 grams, laudanum, 1 dract 

 rose water or distilled water, 2 ounces. Mix. Drop two 

 drops into the eye after pulling the lower lid forward. Do tl 

 daily If it seems te. smart, dilute a Utile. The "huniors may be the 

 stopped up ducts of the sweat glands due to the condition of the skm. 

 or tncymavhe from flea bites if the skin is very fender. In either 

 ease a 'borax and glycerine wash would be benetitjinl, a teaspoonfnl 

 of borax aud a tablcspoouful of glycerine to a teacup of water. 



F C. II.. Halt. Oat.— My setter dog that I am having fitted for the 

 American' shows does not come readily info shape. All winter his 

 coat has been rough and dry. Nose at times dry and warm. Eyes 

 Sometimes quite red. at other times normal. Appetite good, keeps 

 I'at (ioo rati on but a moderate meal of meal and meal, once per 

 diem. Appears to feel well, is playful, etc. Have given him castor 

 oil followed by 130 graies of areen nut and repeated, without any 

 appearance of worms. What is wrong and how cured? Ans. Hive 

 your dog at enee a de.se consisting of J4 ounce castor oil and % ounce 

 syrup of buckthorn. Feed him on vegetables arid buttermilk, about 

 onepint of the latter per diem. Give him plenty of exercise, letting 

 him run as much as possible after a wagon. Give also daily with 

 food 5 drops of Powder's solution of arsenic in his food. At the end 

 of a week increase to 10 drops and at the end of another week to 15. 

 Then reduce gradually to 5 drops again and stop the treatment, The 



1 reatment should be entered on at once if he is to be conditioned tor 

 the American shows. Aon Uave but little time. 



E, G. K., Williamsport, Pa. -Will you please inform me through 

 answers to correspondents column Of Fokest and Stream, first, if 

 '•HalloolCs Gazetteer" is right or wrong- where it says that true dis- 

 temper rarely if ever occurs in the United (States? Second, is true 

 distemper characterized by any symptoms or developments at certain 

 Stages of the disease, that distinguish it from all other disease, of a 

 similar nature? Am about to lose a beautiful and valuable spaniel 

 puppy and am "groping for light." Ans. The distinction between 

 true aud false distemper has never been clearly pointed out, if such 

 distinction exsts, Tue disease is pleuro-pneiuiionia of a, virulent 

 and infectious type, starting as a naso-pharyngeal catarrh, traveling 

 down the air passages and consolidating the lungs :_ with it are 

 nervous symptoms, as twitehings and finally convulsions. A fully 

 developed distemper has its diagnostic points, which should not puzzle 

 a proxessSonaT, but are not easily appreciated by the laity. They 

 depend principally -upon the physical signs iu the chest produced 

 by the disease. 



J. B. R., Texas.— 1 have a pointer bitch 5 months old, which appears 

 to have some trouble inside of her ears though nothing wrong can be 

 seen on the outside or as far as I can see in. There is no discharge. 

 She is continually rubbing them with her paws as if something was 

 in them she wished to get out. 2. I am having great trouble with her 

 from gun-shyness. Can this have any connection with the car 

 trouble? When I first got her I used , the "tin pan banging" scheme 

 and she did not mind the noise in the least, but she just hates the 

 report of a gun no matter how light the charges. She lias no reason 

 to be afraid of the gun. Ans. 1. -Your bitch apparently has canker 

 in some form or other and we should he inclined, to recommend the 

 following treatment. Goulard's extract of lead 4 ounces, laudanum 



2 drachms. Mis. Apply twice or three times daily on picee of 

 cotton or sponge, having first cleansed the ear with warm water and 

 soap aud dned carefully. 2.— It does not seem likely that the local 

 trouble has any connection with the gun-shyness. The latter is 

 probably due to nervousness. It can no doubt be cured by patience, 

 but unless you have a strong affection for the dog it would probably 

 be better to get another one which was not so timid. If you are 

 determined to try to cure her, follow the method laid down in "Train- 

 ing vs. Breaking." 



son shooting one of these guns, or any gun with a bright metal front 

 sight,, with the sun on the right-hand side of them, will shoot to the 

 left, and vice versa. This is partially avoided by using a shade of 

 light sheet iron over both sights when the sun is shining very brightly, 

 and all of our best marksmen endeavor to have the range over which 

 they are to shoot located in such a, way as to shoot directly toward 

 the' sun. , . , 



IMy experience and observation teach me that there is no one ele- 

 ment, that should be as closely watched and studied as the light. T 

 prefer a day when the sky is overcast with a regular cloud, and the 

 sun completely obscured* otherwise. Unless the. shooter moves his 

 position with the movement of the sun, he cannot, do regular shooting 

 with any gun , 



I went out one afternoon this winter with my old rifle. The sky 

 was overcast, and not a. breath of air stirring. I tacked a No. 12 gun 

 wad on a niece of black hoard, and at 25 paces off-hand I sent seven 

 bullets consecutively into the lower edge of the wad, every one of 

 which could have Been covered with the wad itself. I went one after- 

 noon afterward when it was clear and bright, and over the same 

 range I shot the same number of bullets, and at the same sort of a, 

 target, and while they all covered a space very little larger thau the 

 first mentioned target, thev were at least a half inch to the left of 

 the wad and lower than the others. Mow if I had been shooting a 

 match, according to our mode here, I should, on the second occasion, 

 have made my center or cross mark at the point where the first 

 bullet struck, and in the ease of the first experiment would have had 

 the intersection of my cross mark or my center in the lower edge of 

 the wad. In both eases the shooting would, under our rule, have 

 counted the same, although in the second instance 1 would not have 

 touched the wad Or object aimed at with a single ball, and if the 

 center of the wad had been the center of the, target would not have 

 made a single center or been within an inch of it. If you know that 

 the sights of your gun are properly adjusted, and, under favorable 



BRATTLEBORO, April 3.— There was a good attendance at Oat 

 Grove Range on Fast Hay (April 3), and some good scores were made 

 by the Brattlehoro Rifle Club on a Massachusetts target, 200yds., off- 

 hand-. 



Cobb 12 12 11 12 11 12 10 11 12 11—114 



Hone... 11 12 12 12 10 11 10 11 12 11-112 



French II 11 12 10 12 11 12 11 10 11—111 



Taf t II 11 10 11 12 12 12 11 10 10-1 10 



ilaiuioii 11111110 10 10 10 12 11—105 



Hi earns 10 111111 9 12 10 8 12 11-105 



Cook ' HI' 9 1112 1111 6 9 12—103 



Barnes * 11 in 8 11 11 10, 10 10 13 8—101 



Thorn 111112 9 n io 8 9 910—100 



,. v "" 10 8 9 H 8 9 11 11 9 11— 94 



P^ker" 10 10 7 8 12 11 10 9 8 7-92 



Powell 10 9 8 1110 9 11 9 10 4- 91 



Jones..'.'.':.'..':.".'.';.'.'.....' 1112 7 9 8 8 9 4 9 10-87 



CONLIN'K FINE RECORD. -Billiards, bowding and shooting vio 

 with each other in securing the patronage of the frequenters of New 

 York's "white elephant." The interest given to shooting has shown 

 a marked increase, lately, and every evening the rifle ranges, man- 

 aged by J. 8. Conlin. the veteru rifleman, have been used to their 

 utmost. The varieties of targets at the disposal of the shooters are 

 seemingly innumerable and the rifles and pistols Of all Hie popular 

 manufacturers are used. Noted marksmen as well as beginners are 

 patrons of the place. The "crack" shots delight to show their prow- 

 ess, and the beginners persevere with more or less success. The 

 proficiency attained by many of the marksmen are duly attested by 

 their scores which equal, if not. in some cases, excel any records ever 

 made elsewhere. Tbe following may give the reader an opportunity 

 of judging their merits, The following scores w r cre made w ith rifle at 

 200yds., Creedmoor target, reduced for the range: 



title %nd 



^hooting. 



OLD DOMINION RIFLE PRACTICE. 



Editor Forest and Stream,' 



It has long been mv purpose to send you something descriptive of 

 the mode of rifle shooting— or rather the kind of target used by our 

 riflemen— wdiich is now, and has been in vogue in the mountains of 

 Viigiuia for many years, and which the oldest hunters tell me, 

 was handed down to'them from a previous generation. The wind 

 gauge, the globe sight and many other appliances have been invented 

 since this system was adopted, and are, no doubt, very good things 

 in their places, but to my mind, the old-fashioned way is the best. It 

 at least lias the merit of simplicity, is founded in common sense, and 

 the experience of many years has confirmed its use. I do not know 

 any better definition of it than to call it the "adjustable, target." The 

 principle is this. viz. : that instead of having a fixed center— and arti- 

 ficial implements to meet certain conditions of wind, light, etc.— the 

 same ends are attained hy a movable center or movable object at 

 which the gun is aimed. 



To illustrate. The modern target is composed of a certain number 

 of rings at fixed distances trom a round spot, called the bullseye, and 

 the center of this bullseye. is the true center of the target. The target 

 of which I speak, is a simple piece of paper, usually white, of any 

 size you may choose, tacked upon a black surface, usually upon a 

 piece of burnt board. The center is any point, that the shooter may 

 select, and designate by a cross mark, thus X. anywhere on the 

 board, either taking the true center of the paper, one corner, or 

 above, below, or either side of the paper, and at any distance from 

 it. This cross mark is cut into the board with a penknife, and in 

 shooting a match there is to be but one such mark on the board. We 

 will now suppose the shooter to be ready to shoot his match. Having 

 made a trial shot he discovers that, from some cause, wind, light, or 

 some other cause, the ball has struck to the left of the mark, say one- 

 half inch, on a horizontal line with the true center of the mark. He 

 now moves his paper from that position, and tacks it to the board at 

 another place, and makes his cross mark or center in the same rela- 

 tive position that the former bullet hole occupied to the paper. 



Now it is evident that if all the conditions are just aswdien he fired 

 the first shot, and his gun is reliable, he will shoot exactly in the 

 same spot relatively that he shot the first time, and will knock out 

 the center, and every ball so fired, under like conditions, will do the 

 same thing. And while the shooter will never tou:h the object at 

 which he is aiming, he may yet be doing splendid shooting, that is, 

 regular shooting, showing that his ain-i is good, his nerve steady, and 

 that the reason he doesn't hit the object aimed at, is because of the 

 light, the wind, or some other extraneous cause which he cannot 

 control. Here, it will be seen, is a natural way to accomplish all that 

 the wind gauge is intended to do. The same process can be used to 

 counteract the deflection occasioned by the trajectory. If the. target 

 be placed at a distance equal to the highest point of the trajectory, 

 the ball will of course strike above the object aimed at, and if the 

 sights be true, and the wind and light are right, the center should be 

 marked above the object aimed at on the verticel line passing 

 through the center of the object. The guns used by our sturdy 

 mountaineers are generally the old-fashioned Kentucky muzzleload- 

 ing rifles, long of barrel and 38 to .44 caliber. The front sight is usu- 

 ally of brass or silver, and this is one reason why the character of 

 the light prevailing at the time of shooting forms such an important 

 part in the results, and is an element that must be consulted. A per- 



conditions 

 you can a 



fault is n, 

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uikit 



if 'light and wind, you d'on't. strike the object aimed at, 

 once conclude tliat your aim was defective; that the 

 tin the gun but m you. But how of ten is it that a man 

 tli a, rifle, and, without noting the conditions prevailing 

 . shoots wide of the mark, and fries to correct the trouble 

 ...g allowances" iu his next, effort, aud finally retires dis- 

 gusted With his gun or with himself, or both. 



To beginners in rifle practice I recommend the system I have at- 

 tempted to describe, and will say to them, aim the same way every 

 time, and mark your center where the ball first strikes, and if each 

 successive shot strikes in or about that point you may know that you 

 are not in fault. Careful experiment ot this sort will insure regular 

 shooting. 



The temptation to Irv to overcome the prevailing causes ot your 

 apparent want of accuracy by "making allowances" by the eye, will 

 result iu no good. No man at (30yds. can overcome these difficulties 

 by aiming to the right or left, above or below, the mark. My rule is 

 to raise ni v gun until the line between the bottom of the object and 

 the board' upon which it is placed is reached and then fire. I don't 

 attempt, to find the center of the object aimed at (I prefer a square 

 object to a round onej, but "draw black aud white," as our old moun- 

 taineers term it, and by doing this you will achieve regular shooting. 

 Of course the modern target can be used as well as tne one I have 

 described, provided the exact point at which the center is to he 

 designated is determined upon before the match begins, but by hav- 

 ing the object aimed at movable, it can be moved to any position 

 during the match without disturbing the center or cross mark. It 

 frequently becomes necessary in variable light and wind to move the 

 paper or object several times in the course, of a match. I have seen 

 matches begun with the cross mark covered by the paper, and before 

 all the shots were fired the paper or object would be from half -inch 

 to one and a half iuches from the cross mark or center. 



No doubt this system is well known to many of your rifle readers, 

 but it is, iu all probability, unknown to a great many, I have pre- 

 pared this in order to show how our forefathers contrived to do, by 

 a very simple and natural process, what science has accomplished 

 by the use of costly, complicated and delicate machinery. The Only 

 difference is that by the modern appliances the object aimed at can 

 be approached by the bullet more nearly under unfavorable condi- 

 tions of light and atmosphere, but as a test of accuracy in aim, uerve 

 and the other requisites of good marksmanship, they are not as good 

 in my opinion as the plan I have described. Whack. 



Staunton, Va., March 20. 



Bullseves 



D Crocker 100 



NTBrisac 100 



JESoule 89 



J 8 N Crane 50 



EE Tiffany 49 



Wni Kelley 64 



G N Bliss 68 



' Shots. 

 100 

 100 

 90 

 60 

 50 

 66 

 63 



"Whiting Arnold ! 



RLoekhart 28 



F F Kinuey 10 



GN Bliss. Jr 20 



WE Livingston 19 



J F O'Connors 38 



Bullseyes. Shots , 



85 

 30 



10 

 20 



21 

 40 



The following named gentlemen made lull scores in 10 shots with 

 rifle at 200yds., Creedmoor targets reduced for the range: Thomas 

 Doohttle, .1. J. Kelley, H. Matlege. R. N. Madden. F. S. DeForest. G. 

 P. t'oen. Barrie Jarrett. J. F. O'Connors, J. W. Cochran, n. Billini, 

 C. S. Tciule, J. H. Matthews, Leon DeBost, H. F. Hermance, C. A. 

 Zi mums, W. W. PeForrest, S. N. DeForrest, F. P. Kerne, A. S. Wat- 

 son, E. F. Wright, N. P. Gardner, H. M. Bradburst, 0. W. Minor, S. 

 E. Johns. 



The following: scores were made, al the noted French targets, possi- 

 ble 49: N. F. Brisac 49, A. S. Watson 46, G. D. Coen 44. 



Scores at Swiss man target: N. F. Brisac and D. Crocker full 

 scores, A. S. Watson 8, J. H. Gregg 10. 



Scores at Teaser target, possible 35: N. F. Bristle 35, D. Crocker 35, 

 H. G. Gardner 38, H. M. Brad hurst 32, E. F. Keller 29^, T. A. Hol- 

 comb 29. 



MANCHESTER, April 1.— The riflemen of the Manchester Rifle As- 

 sociation turned out in good numbers today and enjoyed an after- 

 noon of rare sport. The scores made arc given below, 3 cards, 7 shots, 

 possible 105: 



Creedmoor Target— Practice Match. 



,,28 29 



....21 



- ,27 



29-86 



29-S4 

 ..-54 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON, April 11.— There was a fine attendance at Walnut Hill to-) 

 day, and the weather conditions were good. The wind was from 6 to! 

 10 o'clock and the light rather bright. On and after Thursday, April 

 16, the range and regular match will be open for competition on 

 Thursdays and Saturdays. The spring meeting will occur May 28, 29 

 and 30. 'Below are the best scores to-day, together with the result of 

 a team match shoot with the Minneapolis Club, April 2. 

 Creedmoor Practice Match. 



E F Richardson 5445555555—48 A L Brackett 4545454545—45 



O M Jewell 5455555545-48 N T Tufts 5455444454— 44 



B G Warren 5445455554— 46 I) F Boyden 5444554544—44 



Practice Match. 



H Gushing 5544455455—46 A B Andrews 4445454544—43 



\ L Brackett ....4442454555-45 C W Hogden 4444534545-43 



D Wilkins. 4544545445-44 ME Baird 4444444444-40 



Decimal Match. 



WCharles 8 10 7 9 7 8 10 9 10 10-8S 



OM Jewell 8 8 6 8 6 9 9 9 10 9—82 



BG Warren 9 89857788 8-77 



E Souther 7 10 7 7 5 10 5 8 10-76 



JPBates 8 8 10 10 8 7 8 8 9-76 



F Wallace 5 6 4 9 9 9 9 8 9 8—76 



WE Tufts 7 6585 10 469 8—66 



Rest Match. 



5 Wilder 10 10 10 8 10 10 8 10 9 10—95 



T Walker 9 9 10 9 9 7 10 10 10 10—93 



DL Chase (A) 10 9 10 7 9 10 9 10 8—91 



A B Morrison (A) 8 10 8 8 9 9 9 8 10 10-89 



Victory Match. 



WCharles 7 9 10 9 5 9 10 8 8 9-84 



IB Fellows 9 8 8 8 7 5 10 8 9 9-81 



CE Berry 9 5 10 7 10 8 5 10 6 7—77 



WD Palmer 5 6 6 8 10 7 10 4 7 7—70 



JNFrye 6 8 3 9 10 3 8 10 5 4—66 



Team Match. Massachusetts Rifle Association. 



CEBerry 7 10 10 8 10 6 6 7 7 9-83 



WCharles. 9 6 6 6 9 8 10 8 10 10-82 



E F Richardson 5 8 8 10 10 9 7 10 5—78 



O M Jewell 9 6 8 10 10 4 6 8 10 5-76 



OM Howard 9 565 10 7569 6-68 



F Wallace 4 7 5 6 6 9 9 6 9— 61— 3S8 



Minneapolis Team. 



Call Maudlin ..10 10 5 10 9 7 9 9 10 7-86 



George Harrison 4 8 10 9 8 8 6 10 8 8-79 



OWWeeks 6 10 8 7 4 5 7 3 6 10—66 



PS Dexter 8 4 8 4 9 3 6 9 5 8—64 



ASMehaffy 6 14 4 8 4 5 7 9 4-52 



CM Skinner 4 3 7854698 7—56-403 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— The Rod and Gun Rifle Club shot a tele- 

 graphic match against the Massachusetts Rifle Association on Satur- 

 day, April 11. Teams of 10 men, 10 shots each, 200yds., off-hand, 

 Massachusetts decimal target. The wind blew a gale here from 4 to 



6 o'clock quarter, and played havoc with the scores, The match was 

 interesting, as it proved to be an individual test of small calibers and 

 light bullets against .40 and .45-cal., with 300 to 500-grain bullets, shot 

 from military and sporting rifles. The Farrow Eire Arms Company, 

 which has lately started here with the champion marksman Capt. W. 

 Milton Farrow as manager, had a new .32 cal. rifle in the match, using 

 45 grains of powder and 185 grains of lead. It is claimed for this rifle 

 that with flatter trajectory, greater velocity and less recoil, the ordi- 

 nary marksman can improve his scores from 10 to 25 per cent. This 

 rifle was the victor in this gale of wind, beating two Billiards, four 

 Ballards, two Maynards and one Springfield. The following are ttie 

 scores : 



W ih Farrow 10 10 5 6 7 8 10 10 10 5-81 



MWBull 5 7 10 10 7 7 9 8 8 7-76 



J D Marks 10 8 10 355986 9-73 



TB Wilson C 8795 10 862 6-67 



Z G Talbot 4 5 10 747477 9-64 



ET Stephens 6 7 4 8 6 9 6 4 9-59 



nKOooley 5 5 10 6 6 8 6 8-54 



L H Mayott 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 6 8 3-48 



SSBumstead 2 33454477 5-44 



FRBull 4 6 2 3 6 2 4 5 5 3-40-608 



The Massachusetts Association was victorious with the grand total 

 of 703. A sweepstakes followed, five shots each, same targets and 

 conditions, with the following result: 



Capt Farrow.. 9 10 8 7 10 —44 FRBull 4 6 4 9 7 —30 



J D Marks 8 5 7 10 9 -39 JHBullard. .5538 2+5-28 



FB Wilson. ...4 4 8 8 7 —31 J J Neeson. .. .3 2 9 2 2+5—23 

 ZC Talbot 5 4 4 10 7 -30 



The rifles used by the different marksmen were: Capt. Farrow, the 

 new Farrow, .32 cal.; M. W. and F. R. Bull, Bullard. ,40-cal.; J. D. 

 Marks, Z. C. Talbot, E. T. Stephens and L. H. Mayott. Ballard, ,38-cal.; 

 T, B. Wilson, Springfield; H. K. Cooley, Maynard, ,32-cal.; S. S. Bum- 

 stead, Maynard, ,40-cal., and Springfield. 



C D Palmer 33 33 33—99 J S Cole 



E C Paul 30 31 33-94 W Graham ... 



J Hodge... ., 30 30 31-91 E Partridge, .. 



(h-eedmoor Target— Match A. 



T C William 32 33 33— 98 John Mason . . 



L W Colby 31 32 32 -95 C D Pal mer . . . 



THOMASTON, Conn,, April 11.— At the weekly shoot of the Empire 

 Gun Club today the weather conditions were a strong, gusty 9 

 o'clock wind. Position standing, off-hand, 200yds., Massachusetts 



,3; 



29-85 

 ..—64 



ring target: 

 G P North.... 

 W H Dunbar.. 



F Carr 



CF Williams 



C L Ailing 



12 12 11 11 9 10 10 10 11 11-107 



10 8 7 12 10 11 9 10)0 8—95 



9 1110 12 6 10 10 6)1 7—92 



6 7 10 12 8 11 10 6 10 7— 90 . 



3 10 10 f) 11 10 10 8 9 6— 84 



Fred A Perkins 6 8 9 3 10 6 12 9 5 9—76 



CREEDMOOR. --The fall meeting at the range of the National Rifle 

 Association will begin on Sept. 16 and last eight days. Several 

 changes were made in the programme of last year. The fee in the 

 match for the directors' championship gold badge was reduced to $3. 

 Six entries will be allowed in the Judd match, and the cash prizes 

 were raised from S100 to $315. To the Wimbledon Cup match $50 in 

 four prizes was added. The President's match for the military cham- 

 pionship of America will present 52 prizes and ®700. Ten shots in- 

 stead of seven will bo adowed in the Shorkley match. The awards in 

 the. Governor's match were increased to $200. In the allcomers' aud 

 marksmen's badge match the prize will be $250, and the match will 

 be shot only with .50-caliber rifles. A team match of four was sub 

 stituted for the Jones match of last year, with prizes of §80, §60, $40 

 and $20, with six points allowed for military rifles. 



RICHMOND, Ind., April 4.— The first shoot of the Richmond Rifle 

 Club held to day: Mahlon Hampton won the gold badge aud John F. 

 Howley the silver one. The score out of a possible 50 was as follows: 

 ton 41, Howley 3fi, Johnston 35, Suavely 32. Goth 31. Saunders 

 30, Sharlk 30, Holtou 29, Hutchinson 29, Penned 29, Morris 29, Con- 

 verse 24, Lynde 18. The next shoot will be on the 25th of April. The 

 one-armed shooter Suavely did very well, but, Morris, with a broken 

 wrist trom roller skating, did not hold up to his record. The club 

 will soon shoot a telegraph match with the Indianapolis Club. 



A QUESTIONABLE SUGGESTION.— Boston, April 6.— There seems 

 to be considerable prejudice against the .22-ealiber rifle for light 

 sporting purposes. This is perhaps on account of its lacking range 

 and penetration or killing power. Couldn't these defects be reme- 

 died by making the shells l£in. long, if necessary, substituting pyroxy- 

 line (gun cotton) for powder, and making tbe bullets 10 or 15 grains 

 heavier. Undoubtedly this would not do in a larger caliber on ac- 

 count of the great power of gun cotton, but in so small a caliber the 

 recoil and the strain on the "piece would be very slight. What think 

 souk- of your older correspondents about the use of gun cotton in a 

 .22 rifle. 



G. B. YOUNG, of Columbus, asks whether any of the cartridge 

 makers make hollow or express balls for the Baker combined shot 

 and rifle gun, ,44-cal. 



A FIRE in the warehouse of John P. Moore's Sons, on April 9, did 

 several thousand dollars damage, mainly in fishing tackle and such. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 guested to write on one side of the paper only. 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS VS. ENGLEWOOD.-A clay-pigeon 

 match took place at Euglewood, N. J., on the 11th inst. between the 

 above clubs at 10 birds each, resulting in favor of the Englewood 

 team. The following is the score; 



Englewood Gun Club. 



H Van Brunt OlOOOlllll-C 



Townsand 1110101101—7 



Heritage 1101110111-8 



Litcheuburg 1111110011-8 



Welts 0110101110-6 



Kelly 1011001111-7 



Tavlor 1011010111—7 



F Van Brunt 0101110110—6 



J Baker 101111 1001—7 



J Van Brunt illOllOlOO— 6 



M Baker 1111111011—9—77 



Washington Gun CJub. 



Glasser 0111100000-4 



Cassibeer 10111)1101-8 



Disbrow 0101111110—7 



Van Sebaiek 11111 10011—8 



Terwilger 1111101101—8 



Laudly 0000111111-6 



Roe.. 0111111011-8 



Cromell 0101000010—3 



More 1011100100—5 



Hunt 1100110100-5 



Fountain 1110106111— 7— 69 



MINNEAPOLIS, April 3.— There was a fair attendance of sports- 

 men and spectators at the weekly shoot of the Minneapolis Gun Club 

 this afternoon, considering tbe poor weather. A stiff breeze was ■ 

 blowing from the northeast, and it was disagreeably cold, which 

 made it anything but pleasant for a man to shoot in. After several 

 matches came the shoot for the gold medal at 20 Peoria blackbirds, 

 18yds. rise. The match was won by Charles H. Russell. The score 

 is "appended: 



Kretiger. 11111101001100000011—11 Latz 01010010111110010101 —11 



ft' .01111110101110111101-15 Pen field. ..11111111101010111111—17 

 Lawrence UllOOllOlllimiOll— 16 Hoblift. . .10011110111110111111— 16 



Oassedy .OllOiOllllllOlllllOO— 14 Pratt HlOllllOOOOfOlOOlOl— 11 



Russell. . . lilllllllllliOllllll— 19 



HARR1STON, Out., April 3— The members of the North Welling- 

 ton Gun Club had a practice shoot at Palmerston to-day, at clay- 

 pigeons, Peoria blackbirds and snowbirds. The following is the 

 t cores: 



First shoot— 5 clay -pigeons, 21yds. rise: L. H. Clarke 4, J. Craig 4, 

 Dr. Stewart 2, W. H. Lingwood 3, A. Irvine 5, A. Hemley 3, Win. Car- 

 thew 5. 



Second shoot— 5 Peoria blackbirds, 18yds. rise: L. H. Clarke 4, J. 

 Craig 3, Chas, Milne 3, A. Irvine 4. W. H. Lingwood 2, A. Hemley 2. 



Tuird shoot— 20 snowbirds. 18yds. rise: L. A. Clarke 16, J. Craig 10, 

 Chas. Milne 11, A. Irvine 18, W. H. Lingwood 12, A, Hemley 10. 



