JLpril 8, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



caliber .45— the oldest model of this caliber. They were clean, with 

 Borne exceptions, and free from rust, but are very old, much battered 

 aDd bruised, and appear at some time, perhaps while in store, to have 

 been injured by rust. 



' Some target practice was had, but it was not geDertU. and there 

 appeared to have been no regular or systematic instruction in this 

 important branch of a soldier's duty, it is recommended that an in- 

 spector of target practice be appointed, who should visit periodically 

 every armory and institute a regular system or armory instruction 

 and practice, which should be required of every soldier in addition 

 to the practice required upon the. range. The present powerful arm 

 is of little avail in the hands of troops not skilled in its use." 



The Nebraska troops were found at, Lincoln by Lieut. Dudley, who 

 reports: 'The troops are armed with the Springfield rifles, caliber 

 ,50. These have all been very rusty at some time, and show signs on 

 their exterior of effort on the part of the soldier to get them clean. 

 An inspection showed, however, more or less rust still inside the 

 bore. A few guns were exceptionally well cared for, but the large 

 majority were not entirely free from rust, and yet would be called 

 'serviceable,' A number were 'unserviceable' from various causes, 

 and some had already been condemned by the inspector, but were 

 still in use for lack of better ones to replace them. 

 - "There was no target practice during this encampment. The 'Regu- 

 lations of the Nebraska National Guard,' published iu 1883, provide 

 an allowance of five rounds per month to each man, and that a re- 

 port of such practice shall be made to the regimental commander. 1 

 am informed that at the encampment in 1883 prizes were offered and 

 a competition took place under the supervision of the commanding 

 officer." 



Iowa had a number of camps, all inspected by Lieut. Clarke, who 

 says of the 3d Regiment: "The regiment was armed with the Spring- 

 field rifle— one company with caliber .45 and seven with caliber .50, 

 old pattern, all breechloaders; they were in good condition, having 

 but recently returned from Rock Island Arsenal, where they had 

 been undergoing needed repairs " 



Of the 5th Regiment he says: "This regiment is armed with Spring- 

 field rifle, breechloader, two companies having caliber .45, the re- 

 maining six being armed with caliber .CO, old-pattern Springfield. 

 Arms in splendid order, particularly the caliber .50 rifles, they hav- 

 ing been but recently received from Rock Island Arsenal, wherethey 

 had been sent for repairs." 



About the 6th Regiment, at camp near Clear La Ke, Lieut. Clarke 

 says: 



"No target range had been selected, although suitable grounds 

 could easily have been found for one. Tne uniform was the full- 

 dress United States regulation, without helmets, as in the other regi- 

 ments. The regiment was armed with caliber 50, old pattern Spring- 

 field breechloaders, which were in fine condition, having but recently 

 come from Rock Island Arsenal, where they had been undergoing 

 repairs." 



In the 4th Regiment he found that two companies were armed with 

 the Springfield ,45 breechloader and six with the 50 caliber old pat- 

 tern. Arms in good order, most of them just from th6 Rock Island 

 Arsenal, as in the other regiments: 



"A range of 200yds. had been laid off and targets provided, under 

 the. supervision of the major of the regiment. .The best five shots 

 from each company were selected as teams, the one making the 

 highest score to be known as the 'regimental team,' every one of its 

 members being entitled to wear a gold medal as long as his team 

 score should be ahead of all others In the regiment. Five silver 

 silver medals, very neat in design, were also offered for the best cor- 

 responding number of individual scores." 



Generally speaking, Lieut. Clarke recommends: 



*'I am informed that most of the companies have facilities at home 

 for target practice, and thit. as a consequence, many good shots are 

 already to be found in the guard. The State allows 1.000 rounds of 

 ammunition a year for this purpose. I earnestly recommend that 

 this be increased, and that proper attention be paid the subject at all 

 succeeding encampments." 



New York State is the last one reported upou, and Lieut.-Col. Clas- 

 son makes an extended report, saying of the camp at Peekskill: 



"The supply of blank ammunition is fixed at fifteen rounds per man 

 For use on the range, forty rounds per man of ball cartridges are 

 furnished. Most, if not all, the regiments bought out of their own 

 funds ammunition in addition to that issued by the State, and it 

 would seem as though a larger supply could very profitably be used. 

 It was the intention for the State to hold in reserve at least half a 

 million rounds. 



"The New York National Guard are armed with the .50-caliber Rem 

 ington. It will be made to correspond in caliber with the United 

 States system when that shall have been finally decided upon. 



"The work done and the results gained on the rifle range in continu- 

 ation of the experience at Creedmoor and at the various regimental 

 armories deserve special commendation, as might be readily inferred 

 from the presence on the field of such men as Col. Bodine and Gen. 

 Roberts, the Inspector-Gen fral of Rifle Practice of the State. He 

 was assisted by Col. Beal, Col. David, Major Fox and the different 

 regimental instructors. 



"There are ranges for 100, 900. 300 and 500 yards, with seven No. 2 

 and seven No. 3 targers ot the Brinton make. The men are divided 

 into three classes, the third comprising such as have had no practice, 

 the second such as practice on the 100 and 300 yard ranges, kneeling 

 at the latter distance, and who, when they have completed a score of 

 25 at both these ranges taken together, form the first class and continue 

 practice at the 200 and 500-yard ranges, lying down at the latter dis- 

 tance. A score of 25 here makes them marksmen, and a scare of 42 

 sharpshooters. In addition, there is required volley firing of five 

 rounds at 300yds., as follows: By company, two rounds; by rank, 

 one round; by company, one round front rank kneeling; by company, 

 one round rear ran Kin front kneeling: and also Ave rounds in the 

 skirmish drill, advancing from 250 to 50 yards three rounds, and two 

 on the return." 



Col. Closson does some fine writing in winding up his report and 

 among other things says: 



"A body of men who can go through the manual with all the uni 

 formity of a die might certainly amuse, but could hardly obtain that 

 respect from the mob that is felt for a shooter known to be good for 

 his man up to 500yds. or over. Exact alignment and unvaried like- 

 ness of step and wheel are well enough, and probably under the cor- 

 poral's stick, reached a higher point of perfection more than a hun- 

 dred years ago among old Frederick's grenadiers than they have since 

 attained through the pieasanter stimulus of gate fees and prize pack- 

 ages; but when days of danger come, such mechanism will soon be 

 eliminated in favor of the the man taught how best to protect himself 

 in disposing of his enemy and who has learned how most completely 

 to provide for the exposure and wants of the march and bivouac, and 

 whose reliance is not so much upon the touch of his neighbor's elbow 

 as upon bis own efforts and experience. If we have not time for 

 both the millinery and marrow of the profession, the former can 

 safest be slighted. 



"The Are drills is of the utmost importance and men should be kept 

 at it until they have lost all fear of the piece, are perfectly familiar 

 with its working and power, and can be trusted to handle it with 

 ease, confidence and effect. 



"Under the conditions given to our present life, powder will have 

 as much to do in bringing about any millennium as pbilantrophy; 

 and the more terrible its possibilities*, the greater the need for intrus- 

 mg them only to men of trained intelligence, special capacitv and 

 tried character." • 



COL. LAIDLEY, — A dispatch from Palatka, Fla., dated April 4, 

 states that Theodore T. S. Laidley. Colonel or Ordnance, United 

 States Army, died there on that date, aged 65 years. He was born in 

 Virginia, and was appointed from that State to the West Point Mili- 

 tary Academy in 1838 He was graduated four years later and made 

 an ordnance officer at Watervliet Arsenal. N. Y. He went to the 

 Mexican war and participated in the siege of Vera Cruz. For gallant 

 and meditorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo he was made 

 Brevet Captain on April 18. 1847, and the following October he ob- 

 tained the title of Brevet Major for bravery in the defense of Puebla. 

 After serving at the Washington, Caarleston and North Carolina ar- 

 senals, he was, in 1856, made Captain ot Ordnance for 14 years' con- 

 imuous service. He compiled a new edition of the ' Ordnance Man- 

 ual." For services during the rebellion he was made Major of Ord- 

 nance in 1863, end two years later, for faithful service in the Ordnance 

 Department, he was made Brevet Colonel and was subsequently ad- 

 vanced to Lieutenant Colonel. ))e served in command of the' New 

 York Arseuai from May, 18H6, 10 April, 1871. In 1875 he was made 

 Colonel. He was on the retired list at the time of his death. He will 

 be remembered among riflemen as the author of "A Course of In- 

 struction in Rifle Firing," prepared under order of Gen. Benet, dated 

 1877. The work was transmitted to the War Department in 1879 and 

 published by Lippmcott the following year. It gave rise to litigation 

 at once, Col. Wiugate claiming that the book was an infringement 

 upon his earlier work. The courts sustained this view and the book 

 was withdrawn from the market, to be replaced a few years after by 

 the manual prepared by Col. Blunt. 



BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB, April 2.— 12 ring target, possible 120: 

 J. H Brown 119. G. Zimmerman 3T8, M Dorrler 118, L. Flach 117, J. 

 Schrarder 117, J. Sbutz 117, C. F, Getsch lie, C. R» in 116. E. Holzmann 

 1J5. C. W. Karcher 114, n. Guntber 114, J. Jordan 113. A. Liss lit, H. 

 Sindlinger 109, V. Steinback 108, D. Holland 102, D. Louitzki 100, B. 

 Wragge 100, H. Wasmuth 100, A. Shaw 97. — A. Lober, Secretary. 



NEWARK, N. J— The Zettlers, of N&w York, are anxious to ar- 

 range a match between ten of thetr men and the tea best shots It, 

 •few TersAy fpr $400 a Bide, and are ' : k«Vy to T» accommodated. 



SIR HENRY ST. JOHN HALFORD. 



A CABLE dispatch on Monday brought the brief announcement, 

 "Sir Henry Halford is dying." To the riflemen of America be 

 will be remembered as the hero of several well-fought matches, and 

 either as victor or vanquished was always the same courtly gentle 

 man. For years he had been a leader among'the advanced riflemen 

 at Wimbledon, and from the start he took the liveliest and most in- 

 telligent interest in the international matches. He entertained Col. 



Gildersleeve and his men on their visit to Great Britain in 1875, and 

 the American gentlemen shot over the private range of Sir Henry at 

 Wistow Hall. In 1877 he captained the British smallbore team to 

 Creedmoor and took defeat gracefully. In 1882 he brought over a 

 team of military shots and administered a sharp knockdown to Col. 

 Bodine and his 'learn of militia shots, and when in the year following 

 Col. Bodine peacefully invaded Wimbledon the defeat was repeated 

 and emphasized. 



It was at the time of his visit here in 1882 that a writer sketched the 

 old Elcho shield veteran, and part of his words we quote: 



As the books write him down, he is Sir Henry St, Jolm Halford, 

 Bart , of Wistow Hall, in the county of Leicestershire, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel of the Leicestershire Rilles, born in the year 1828. Apart 

 from his dignities he is a Yaugban. The Vaughans are a very, very 

 ancient Welsh family. Lord Lisburne is now the head of the house. 



Toward the close of the last century James Vaughan was a physi- 

 cian in the borough of Leicester. Among the magnates of the town 

 was Alderman Srnalley. who had married a daughter of Sir Richard 

 Halford, whose baronetage was in a few years destined to become 

 extinct. Hester, the Alderman's daughter, 'was wooed and won by 

 our reputable young country doctor, and in time became the mother 

 of a son who was christened Henry and was sent to London to study 

 medicine. In the cotu-se of years he became famous He was made 

 physician to that plain old monarch King George III. He was cre- 

 ated a baronet and revived the title of his mother's family, being 

 thenceforth known as Sir Henry Halford. That was in 1809. 



La his son Henry, the second Baronet, a new strain appeared in the 

 family. King George's physician married the daughter of Lord St. 

 John, of Bletsbo, the head of another very ancient family, descended 

 from Sir John St. John, whose half-sister was the mother of King 

 Henry VII. One of the St. Johns married a daughter of the Duke of 

 Newcastle, another had the hardihood to seek a wife iu America, and 

 to marry Miss Schuyler, of New York. "Data fata secutus" was 

 their motto, and as a rule, they did not seek other than their ap- 

 pointed destinies. They were zealous Conservatives and the head of 

 the house always took his seat at the council board of the Carlton 

 Club. So Sir Henry Halford, second of the name, was content to fol- 

 low the traditions of bis race; he, too, was a Conservative; he. too, 

 was a member of the Carlton; and when his son Henry St. John Hal- 

 ford was born, he determined to bring him up as became the pros- 

 pective master of Wistow. But the third baronet had a soul above 

 politics. He sighed for military glory, and not being allowed to join 

 the army, he forthwith joined the volunteers. Then began his record 

 of success as a marksman. He swept the prize board at Wimbledon, 

 He won the Cambridge Cup, the Albert Cup, the Association Cup, the 

 Duke of Cambridge's prize, and twice made the highest score in the 

 competition for the Elcho Shield. 



Although he had been always the friend of Americans, although he 

 had entertained our countrymen at Wistow, he was at first slow to 

 come to the United States. He thought it improper that Irishmen or 

 Scotchmen should accept separate challenges from America. He 

 thought the match should be national, not sectional. With hi* cus- 

 tomary frankness he stated his objections, being supported by Lord 

 Wharncliffe and other men of note, and when the Scottish and Irish 

 teams determined to come to Creedmoor, he objected with vigor. 

 Next year, however, in 1877, he made up a national' team to compete 

 for the Centennial trophy. His men were of a wholly different kind 

 from those whom he now commands. Many of them were barristers, 

 men who could merely practice at the butts in the intervals of wait- 

 ing for a brief. There was Humpbrey who won the Queen's prize, 

 and Evans, a Cambridge M.A., and Piggott, a University man, and 

 Fraz r, a Doctor of laws, from Edinburgh. All the profession jost'el 

 in that strange collection . There was Col. Lennox Peel, of the Scots 

 Guards ; Colonel Fentou, of the Seventy-seventh Foot: Grant Peter • 

 kin, who had shot tigers and stuck pigs in the jungles of India; Will- 

 iam Rigby, brother of John, the rifle maker; Ferguson, the Scot: 

 Miluerand Greenhill. of the Irish team; Sergeant W. H. Gilder, an 

 old soldier, hardy and weatherworn. Falstaff's regiment was not 

 more curiously composed. 



Sir Henry Halford stood on th* deck of the City of Richmond as 

 she steamed up the bay. The American delegation went down to 

 meet him. Judge Stanton made a little speech. It was a somewhat 

 rhetorical little speech. It was even a little speech in theview of Mr. 

 Hannibal Chollop. "The representatives of two great nations," said 

 the Judge, "are now te meet at Creedmoor armed with deadly- 

 weapons." And seeing that Sir Henry did net quail, the orator 

 remarked: "Kind sir, I welcome you. and extend the hand of friend- 

 ship." Whereat the captain of the British team shook hands very 

 warmly, then blushed, grew confused, cleared bis throat several times 

 said he would make a speech if he could, but he couldn't, and was 

 immensely relieved when the band of Governor's Island blared out 

 and drowned his excuses. So it was after the match. Sit- Henry Hal- 

 ford had been the life of his party. He might have been seen eveiy- 

 where iu the field, sipping stout iu the tent, looking after the watchers 

 in the rifle pits, making the best score of the team— 71, 63, 71 on the 

 first day: 72, 69, 66 on the second— marring his total by one fatal miss 

 alone; and when it was all done and he was enthusiastically called 

 by the crowd to make a speech, he could only say, -'Gentlemen, to 

 say I am not disappointed would be to he. I congratulate you on 

 your team." 



Who that was present has forgotten the scene in Gilmore's Garden 

 when the trophy was presented to the Americans? The nail was 

 decorated with flags and plants. Gilmore's brass made the roof re- 

 sound. Mr. Carleton sang "Hearts of Oak " Fashion was there in 

 its choicest costumes. Sport was there in its turbulence. The Ameri- 

 can team, in their brown working suits, came down the platform arm 

 in arm with the British team in their evening dress. Judge Brady 

 made jests about wailing aud gnashing of teeth. Sir Henry Halford 

 advanced amid a tempest of applause. "No," he said, "1 do not 

 wail. 1 do not gnash my teeth. You have beaten us honestly, fairly, 

 nobly. You have done it thoroughly, but in all courtesy. We niacie 

 a good score, but not good enough to beat you. I wisa to God we 

 had." 



Our portrait of the man who knew so much of the art and science 

 of rifle shooting is a very good one. It represented him as he ap- 

 peared at Creedmoor on his first visit. Five years later he had still 

 the figure, tall and erect, the commanding presence. His men obey 

 him implicitly; he is their Marlborough, their Wellington. Time hart 

 dealt gen. ly with Hr Hemy Halford. The five years had helped to 

 frost his beard and hairj but look more closely: note the sunny smile 

 that plays about the mouth; see how the snows of age vapish at its 

 coming, bow the light of an Indian suruaier breaks over the features ; 

 how boyish is the face, how genial, how honest— thr> foe* of a* w.nel 

 'Isn gentiB-^.aipanofjrTK* ' *'" . 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



CBICOPEE FALLS, Mass . March 27 — Maynard Rifle Cluh weekly 

 shoot, at Riverside Rifle Range, good attendance weather conditions 

 all that riflemen could wish for. The club used Eames's standard 

 union target. The following are the scores by decimal, Massachu- 

 sttts and Creedmoor counts: 



Decimal Count. 



Garden U 8 10 8 8 8 7 8 6 8-80 



Franklin 7788 6 9968 6-74 



Engle 777687869 8-73 



Horr JO 9 5 6 5 7 7 8 7 7—71 



Witberell 3 8 9 6 8 7 3 6 9 10—69 



Ellsworth 9 8 6 5 7 5 7 5 7 7-66 



Brown 6 3 8 5 fi 6 7 8 6 8—63 



War field 8 5 8 5 5 4 8-61 



Jenks ...4 48ff87689 1-60 



Massachusetts Count. 



Garden ..12 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 9 11-109 



Franklin 10 10 11 11 9 12 12 9 11 9—104 



Kngle 10 10 10 9 11 10 11 9 12 11—103 



Horr 12 12 8 9 8 10 10 11 10 10—100 



Witherell , 6 11 12 9 11 10 6 9 12 12— 98 



Ellsworth 12 11 9 8 10 8 10 8 10 10— 96 



Brown 9 6 11 8 9 9 10 11 9 11— 93 



Warfleltl 9 11 8 11 98987 11— 91 



Jenks 7 7 11 8 11 10 9 11 12 12- 88 



Creedmoor Count. 



Garden .. 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5—48 



Franklin 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4-45 



Engle 4444 5 4545 5-44 



Horr , 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4-43 



Wat field 454544444 5—43 



Witherell 3 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 5-43 



Ellsworth 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—42 



Brown 4 3 5. 4 4 4 4 5 4 5—42 



Jenks 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 2-42 



GARDNER, Mas?,, April 1.— There was a good attendance at the 

 last regular meetine of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range. 

 1 he new standard American target was used, distance SOOvds . shoot- 

 ing off-hand. The score was as follows: G. F. Ellsworth,' 90. 88—178; 

 W. C Loveland, 83. 87—170; I. N. Dodge, 78, 75—153; Frank Nichols, 

 78, 74 163; Oharles Crab'.ree, 67, 59-126; C. Leland, 58, 63-121: C. N. 

 Edgell, 61, 62— 116. The following is a detail score of three strings 

 shot during the afternoon by 



I 7 6 7 8 9 8 10 10 10 9-84 



G F Ellsworth I 8 10 10 9 10 10 8 8 8 9-90 



1 10 7 10 7 9 9 8 8 10 10-88 



WALNUT HILL. April 3.— The riflemen turned out in numbers 

 to-day at Walnut Hill. The day's weather conditions were poor, the 

 storm making the targets indistinct. A team match for practice was 

 shot. W. Charles, with a military rifle, made a flu e score of 88 on 

 the standard American target. Fast day, April 8, the riflemen will 

 meet and matches C and F will close: 



Decimal off-hand Match. 



RReed 7 7 8 9 10 8 8 9 9-84 



C E Berry 8 8 8 7 10 7 7 10 9 9—83 



B G Warren 8 8 9 5 9 S 6 10 7—76 



E B Souther 10 98 10 74786 6-75 



A L Brackett 6 5 8 7 8 10 9 6 10 5—74 



N F Tufts 986 10 78866 6-73 



H Withington 6 6668648 9 10—69 



J P Bates 787566547 8-65 



Victory Medal Matcn. 



H Joseph 10 6 8 9 10 7 8 6 8 8—80 



EB Souther 7 8 9 8 7 9 8 8 5 10—79 



JBFellows 5 7 8 10 6 10 10 6 6 7—77 



A L Brackett 6 10 8 5 7 7 8 6 7 10-74 



F Carter (mil) 7 8 9 8 8 6 4 6 4 6—66 



Special Military Match. 



W Charles 9 10 10 8 10 7 lu 8 10 e «8 



State Militia Match. 



Cadet Foster 22 22 21 21—86 



Rest Match. 



J N Frye 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-99 



D L Chase 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9—98 



H Foster .Id 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10—94 



N F Tufts 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 7 8-91 



Special Team Match— Capt. Carter's Team. 



JBFellows 8 7 9 7 5 10 8 10 9 8— 81 



W Charles (mil.) 897676 10 67 5-71+5=76 



A L Brackett 8 7 9 6 7 7 9 9 6 6— 74 



C B Edwards 10 5 8 6 8 5 7 10 6 6- 71 



H Joseph 9 7 7 8 4 10 5 4 8 6— 70 



F Carter (mil.) 10 46654459 7- 60+7=67 



Capt. Bates's Team. 



NF Tufts 6 



J N Frye 5 



RReed 6 6 



E B Souther 5 



IT Withington 7 



J P Bates 6 



6 9 

 5 



7 9 5 10 6 



8 4 6 7 8 7 



6 8 7 6 8 4 



5 8 7 10 5 4 



5 7 10 8 7 8 3 



6 2 7 5 6 6 4 



5— 

 9— 



71 

 67 

 64 

 63 

 60 

 53 



378 



KEY WEST, March 25.— The blue jackets on the war ships of the 

 North Atlantic squadron are having spirited contests with rifles at 

 the targets. The rifle practice record of the marine guard of the 

 Galena is the best in the service. The range was SOOvds., no rest, 

 army regulation target, five shots fired, best score possible, 25. The 

 result was as follows: 



Best Individual Scores. 



S Baxter (ordinary seaman, Galena) 21 



W H Eckiey (ordinary seaman, Tennessee) 19 



G Frei (sergeant-at-arms, second class, Tennessee) 18 



H Mathaison (seaman. Galena) 17 



John McGrath (coxswain. Galena) 17 



N Plote (seaman. Galena) .' 17 



G Anderson (ordinary seaman, Galena) 17 



R P Gearing (landsman, Galena) 17 



Average Score of Companies. 



Galena's Third Co., Ensign Truxtun. 10. 



Galeua's Second Co., Ensign Gibson 6.4 



Tennessee's D Co., Lieut. Hosiey , (j.2 



Tennessee's B Co.. Cadet Copps 6 6 



Yantic's Co., Ensien Eldridge 5.4 



Swatara's A Co., Ensign Wall 4.8 



Tennessee's G Co.. Lieut. Seabury .'. 4.3 



Swatara's Third Co., Lieut, Neal 3.8 



Tennessee's E Co , Lieut. Doyle 3.7 



Average of all contestants, 5.6. 



A NEW TARGET. -The Eames standard union target has been 

 designed by Albert L. Eames of the Springfield, Mass , Rod and Gun 

 Club. He says of it that it "was designed to cover all of the good 

 points that riflemen have called for in a target for rest taid off-hand 

 shooting. It is a union target for the simple reason that it includes 

 a decimal, Massachusetts and Creedmoor target. The first point in 

 the target is, that it is full size, 4ftx6ft., and has all the decimal 

 count on it, not part of a target, that has to be pasted on to 4ft.x6ft. 

 to use it. The second point is, that it contains all of the Creedmoor 

 lines. That fact makes it a standard target. The third point is, that 

 it has all of the Massachusetts lines, from the 12 count to including 

 the 6 count, The fonrth p3int is a 2-inch center ring for the 10 count, 

 making ic next to impossible to make a 10-shot score of 100 points at 

 rest. To better illustrate, let me give a score shot on Eames's stand- 

 ard union target March 27, by Mr. Garden, of Chicopee. M>is*.: 



The score, decimal count 10 98888786 8— 80 



Same score by Mass. count 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 11 9 11—109 



Reckoned Creedmoor count 5' 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5— 48 



"Mr. Garden has done up to March 27 nearly all of his rifle shooting 

 on the Massachusetts target, and had made a record of 107 After 

 he had made 80, s tandardunion count, by reckoning it by Massachu- 

 setts count, he found he had 109, two points better thau his previous 

 best record. That is just the reason all but one rifkmen to whom I 

 have shown the target like it. It gives a decimal count that cannot 

 be made ofl'-nand, and it is barely possible to make it at rest. It 

 covers the whole of Creedmoor target, and can be used as such. It 

 has enough of the Massachusetts target to reckon all good scores at 

 that count. If the target should be used by the different rifle clubs, 

 new records would be made by decimal count. All old records at 

 Massachusetts and Creedmoor could be compared and the fact 

 known whether they were being broken by riflemen of the future." 



HAVERHILL (MASS.) BIFLE CLUB.-Racord match, Saturday, 

 April 3: 



J F Brown 5 10 5 V 



S Johnson 7 10 7 



R Griffin 6 8 6 



W Worthen f i .5 in. 



.TBusfleid :: . 10 5 *& 



L Jackson.,. „, 5 6 4 r 



ttw^u. J a 4 4 



