376 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 3, 1886. 



FIRST STRING. 





1 



g 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 





9 



10 





Total. 



Fletcher 



1 8-19 



H 



3M 



H 



1 11-16 



m 

 m 



7-16 



% 



9-16 





% 



13-18 



is 





=9 7-16 



Rabbeth 



4 



1 11-16 



2 5-16 



1 3-16 



15-16 



1 3-16 



m 



=18% 



=12 5-16 





1 3-16 

 % 



% 



2 



\H 



$ 



M 



2 11-16 



% 



m 

 % 



k 



1 1-16 





=13 5-16 





% 



2 13-16 



m 



2 13-16 





=13 11-16 



Cox 



2% 

 3 k 



m 



1 7-16 



2 5-16 



1 1-16 



l 



% 



11-16 



2% 





=14k 

 =15 3-16 



Brockway 



1 15-16 



114 



1 13-16 



1 13-16 



1 3-16 

 4% 



11-16 



m 



3-16 



k 



1% 



1 5-16 





Hmrnan 



2% 



2 15-16 



-i 5-16 



2% 

 1 7-16 



1 1-16 



4J4 



=24 9-16 



=16 15-16 



Park 



1 15-16 



m 



1 15-16 



m 



1 7-16 



1 5-16 



3-16 



1 1-16 



2% 



3% 

 1 9-16 





=17 1-16 



Farrow 



3 11-16 



m 



m 



5 8-16 



2 11-16 



3 3-16 



2 1-16 



=25 1-16 



=19 9-16 



Ellsworth 



m 



3% 



1% 



1% 



3 7-16 



4k 



2% 



4 



=23 



=22 15-16 



Stephenson 



6 



4% 



3% 



i 



1 



m 



2 13-16 



1% 



3 





=25 3-16 

























SECOND STRING. 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 





Total. 





2 



u 



2 9-16 



1 5-16 



1 9-16 



% 





3 



1 7-16 



1 13-16 



=16% 



=10k 



Rabbeth 



9-16 



13-16 



% 



2 9-16 



1 3-16 



2 3-16 



1% 



9-16 



3 1-16 



Ik 



3 11-16 



= 17% 



=11 5-16 





8 7-16 



15-16 



9-16 





1% 



2M 

 % 



11-16 



11-16 



15-16 



=12% 



Brown 



15-1(3 



1% 



m 



2 1-16 

 9-16 

 5-16 



i% 



15-16 



m 



m 



11-16 



3 



1 13-16 



k 



1 11-16 



1 13-16 



i% 





=12k 

 = 16% 







% 



ik 







% 



1 13-16 





1 1-16 



M 



1 13-16 



2 7-16 





=16 11-16 



Brockway 



1 9-16 



2 7-16 



4 



15-16 



5-16 



1 11-16 



1% 



3k 





= 17 7-16 





2k 



5 11-16 



3 



3% 



1 3-16 



% 



Ik 



2 



2% 



3% 



4^ 



3k 



= 26 11-16 



=18 11-16 





m 



% 



15-16 



13-16 



1 



2k 

 3 1-16 





= 19 13-16 



Ellsworth 



m 





3 7-16 



2 1-16 



m 



8% 



4 15-16 



4% 



=30% 



=21 7-16 





4 3-16 



4 9-16 

 4 5-16 



3 5-16 



2 1-16 



% 



15-16 



m 



m 



3 



3k 





=23J4 







m 



2 



1 9-16 



7-16 



k 





=28^ 





















THIRD STRING. 





1 



2 



3 



i 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 





Total. 





2 



1 9-16 



1 1-16 







11-16 



11-16 



1 9-16 



% 







=9 13-16 



% 













m 



1 1-16 



2 15-16 





9-16 



15-16 



1 



1 5-16 



m 



7-16 



2 3-16 



2k 





=14 1-16 



Ik 









Wa 



U 



13-16 





H 



2 15-16 



3k 



1% 



1 5-16 





= 14M 





2 1-16 



m 



2 11-16 



2% 



3-16 



1 11-16 



1 7-16 



1 3-16 



4k 



=22 5-16 



-15k 



Brockway 



Ratobeth 



2 



m 

 m 





1 15-16 

 3 1-16 

 3k 



1 13-16 

 4 1-16 



% 



2k 

 2 9-16 



% 



% 





■2k 

 2k 

 7-16 



% 



2% 

 2 



2 9-16 





= 16M 

 = 16% 

 =16 11-16 



m 

 m 

 i% 



% 

 2 1-16 



1 15-16 

 1 7-16 



2M 

 1 1-16 



=24k 





3k 



3 5-16 



M 



2 3-16 



m 



1 7-16 



m 



1 13-16 



2M 



2 



3k 



=24 5-16 



=16% 



Cres«y 



1 18-16 



m 



1 13-16 



7-16 



2% 



ik 



2k 



m 



2 1-16 





= 18 3-16 





1 3-16 



i 



2 



1% 



4 5-16 



5 9-16 



2k 



1 5-16 



4 3-16 



3k 



=26 3-16 



=18 5-16 





1 11-16 







Ik 



4 11-16 



1 



i% 



2k 



2 1-16 



i% 



i% 





=21% 



m 









1 9-16 



7-16 



3 







% 



6 





=21 13-16 





% 















2 1-16 





5% 



3 15-16 



i% 



6J4 



9-16 



1 13-16 



4k 



2 



=28% 



=22% 





3 11-16 



3 3-16 



2 





4 1-16 



Ik 



i% • 



2k 



1 11-16 





=S6J4 





3M 



m 































fit; over the bullet point, and with several sharp blows from the lump 

 of leather-bound lead at hand, the bullet, patched with exactitude, 

 is pushed down out. of sight. Then the rod comes in again, and down 

 the bullet is propelled, now very easily, until it rests with a fixed 

 pressure upon the top of the powder. The capping is another opera- 

 tion and with gun on rest the wrench comes in, the false muzzle is 

 unscrewed, ihe old cap picked off with point of penknife, and when 

 a new primer has been inserted and tbe nipple rescrewed, the piece 

 is ready for the timer's call for the second snot. . 



Meantime a lad has patched each bullet-hole with a narrow strip ot 

 paper a second shot comes, it may cut the patch, if so there is no 

 dispute as might very readily arise when such close shooting is dona 

 So on through the series of the shots consuming an hour and a half 

 Derhaps for each man, when time is called, looks and waits for the 

 wind to suit him, and the loading is a matter not to be slurred over 



by The y q™es^ion of a proper allowance to be made the smaller rifles 

 was the first one considered after the Bostonians had unlimberrd and 

 prepared for work " Make your own proposition and we will agree 

 to it " was the generous proffer of the home guard of muzzle shoo ers 

 So the visitors thought that ten per cent for telescopic sights should 

 be allowed, then an additionall ten per cent, for the fixed re*t and 

 finally three inches off the string for the difference m the weight of 

 weapons Under these condiiions of difference the men shoe, and the 

 complete scores of the several strings will show how the handicap 



W T?e first string was shot on the afternoon of the 26th. The weather 

 was chilly far past tbe point of comfort, while a wind flickering and 

 shiftmo- in fishtail fashion from about the 12 o'clock point, made the 

 shooting very "onsartin" indeed. The breech men soon found out 

 where the advantages of the rest system was, for where they with 

 eve down to peep sight were unable to catch any fluctuation of the 

 wind and often pulled trigger just as the gust followed the lull, the 

 muzzle shooters sat with eyes wide open watching the streamer, and 

 when the right second came a slight pressure of the finger on the 

 hair trigger and off the piece of ordnance went. It will be seen that 

 the h>ht guns held their own, and Rabbethe, quick to catch the con- 

 dition of the difficult new range, had won a place among the three 

 nrize winners at the head of the column. Fletcher made a very credit- 

 able target indeed, especially under the conditions. The shooting 

 over there was a general pilgrimage to the targets, and as Secretary 

 Broekwav drew the tacks the probabilities of place were canvassed. 

 On the back of each bit of pasteboard the shooter's name was writ- 

 ten so that when the scorer having thrust a pin into the exact center 

 and having attached the measuring rod, did not know the marks- 

 men as he read off the shots in inches, eights and sixteenths 



An evenin" spent in rifle chat, m talk of trajectories and deflectioD, 

 of initial velocity and windage and all the other topics of interest to 

 marksmen and all hands retired to an early couch to sleep sound 

 till early morn, then up for a double string. The wind had moder- 

 ated in a great measure, and again the marksmen were at it bright 

 and earl v to get windage before the time was called on the first 

 string. The breechmen had caught the bearing of things in better 

 shape", worked together with more harmony, and the counting up 

 found two of them leading the score. This was somewhat of a sur- 

 prise to the host club men, but they were satisfied that the score had 

 been made in direct rivalry, and were more than pleased with the 

 fact that the breechloaders could do so well. Tbe target of honor 

 ir this match belongs to Mr. Hinman. It is unfortunate that the an- 

 tiquated style of marking does not admit of numbering the shots, 

 but such as the target is we present it, in full size, and remembering 

 that it was shot at 220 yards, it is good work oven from the sort of 

 rest provided for 1 be day. 



With a sky threatening rain, there was no recess between the sec- 

 ond and Ihiid strings of the meeting. The wind had died down some, 

 and the strange ride range sight was presented of men waiting tor a 

 bit more breeze to come up to waft them on the target. This was 

 the position of those men who had sighted during the morning when 

 the wind was fresher and could not afford to do any trial shooting m 

 the midst of their string. There were at the finish of this string 



fewer men who carriei off their targets rather than have their scores 

 go upon the record. None of the breech men appear in the place of 

 the winners, though Mr. Frye just falls without it. Mr. Farrow, who 

 had not the 10 per cent, for fixed rest deducted from his string, was 

 not in good luck. He was busy at his perpetual experimenting, and 

 was not in the best of form. The big Warner gun of Mr Brown 

 came to the front in good style, and a string of less than 10 inches 

 was deserving of special credit, when the rather tricky wind is con- 

 sidered. In addition to the 50,30 and 20 per cent, division to first, 

 second and third in each string there was a silver medal presented 

 by Mr L. C. Smith for the best aggregate string of the meeting. This 

 went to Mr. Brown on a total of 35% inches for the 30 shots. Very 

 close, even with the arm used. 



SUMMARY. 





1st 

 String. 



2d 

 String. 



3d 

 String. 



Total. 





13 5 16 



12k 



9 13 i<- 



35% 







16 n i6 



14 J 18 



40 s , 9 





12« 19 



H 6 i» 



16% 



40k 





16' 6 16 



10k 



16k 



44» V6 





17^6 



12% 



16 11 ,,, 



46k 





15 3 16 



I? 7 , 6 



16M 



48% 





13" 16 



23M 



14k 



51 s , 8 





22 15 l6 



21 7 16 



1& 8 16 



62 U 1S 





25 3 j6 



19 13 16 



21 13 i« 



66>3 16 





14k 



28% 



26k 



69k 







18 1J 19 



15k 



33i' ie 















16k 



21% 



37% 





19 9 ,, 





22% 



18 S 16 



42 7 16 

 18 a , 8 























The meeting, on the whole, had been a capital success; so thought 

 the old National Rifle Club, for though it is old in years it is full of 

 the true youtnful sportsman's feeling; so thought the visitors, for 

 they had been most kindly treated and carried away with them only 

 tbe most pleasant recollections of the quiet little Vermont village just 

 over tbe Massachusetls line. To our readers we present the whole 

 story, with figures and picture. Tbe targets are taken from the origi- 

 nal cards. 'The scores are from the official record, while the weight of 

 powder and lead where given are from the samples taken by your 

 correspondent [and weighed by an expert in the Fairbanks Scale Co. 

 on a Fairbanks scale.— Ed. F. and 8.]. There were regrets for absent 

 ones: for Williamson, the club president, awayathishomeatComack, 

 L. I. ; for Gardner of Scranton, Romer of Peeekskill, Warner of Syra- 

 cuse Tyler and Col. Bice of Vermont, Wm. Wet more of New Hamp- 

 shire D. C. Pearl of Meriden, Conn., and W. B. Farrington of Boston, 

 while the standard con ud drum was where Phillips, the gunmaker. 

 Lad hidden himself in the Far West. The adieus were given, with an 

 accompanying nope'tbat tbe next meeting f the club would see a 



arge delegation of the modern school of marksmen, those who th ink 

 with your correspondent that accuracy of the very highest degree 

 may be secured without the accompanying discomfits of the h eavy 

 ordnance style of weapon. W. 



Following are records of winners at fo rmer meetings of the Nations 1 

 Rifle Club, furnished by Secretary N. D. Brockway, Strings of 10 

 shots at 40 rods, given in inches and fractions: 

 1858. 



No. 2 String. No. 3 String. 



H W Smith ... 15 1 5-13 L Spencer 16% 



WFarrington.ir ' 

 L Spencer ...1! 



1839. 

 N Lewis ... .10> 



No. 1 String. 

 L Spencer.... 17 5-16 

 WFarriugton.18 

 WGLangdon.20% 



D J Spencer.. 11 3-16 



W Farrington.11% W Farrington 10% 



AHaven 12 13-16 D J Spencer. .13 7-1 



1860. 



W Farrington. 10 7-16 

 H W Smith... 1414 

 AHaven 15 3-16 



G Lemiard....l9 13-16 



G e Ferriss...l5 9-16 

 W F andWattsl6 3-16 

 W Y Plaisted.16% 



AHaven 15 11-16 



W FarringtoD.ie 11-16 

 G G Williams. 17% 



A Marrill 11 15-16 



.1 H Lord ....12 



N Johnson 13 11-16 



H W Smith... 12^ 



A Paul 13^ 



J J Eastman .17 1-16 



N Hatch 10 



E Phil lips ....12 1-16 

 D C Pease 13 7-16 



J Williamson. 10 5-16 

 NS Brockwayll 5-16 

 N Hatch m& 



AHaven 13 13-16 



WGLangdon.19 1-16 

 H W Smith... 20 13-16 

 1867. 



W Wetmore. ..10 15-16 G G Williams. 11 5-16 



J V Brown ...11 15-16 J H Lord 11% 



T Williamson. 13 3-16 T Williamson. 12 13-16 



N S Brockway 9% 

 DA Brown.... 14% 

 L Amadon .... 14 7-16 



J Williamson. 10 7-16 



DS Priest 12% 



D A Brown. ..13% 



P A Reinhard.10 5-16 

 D S Priest.... 10 11-16 

 H J Huntoon.11% 



D H Brown.. .10 15-16 

 J Williamson. 14 

 H J Huntoon.15% 



J N Gardner.. 7 13-16 



N B Tyler 10^ 



J Williamson. 11% 



H Warner 5}4 



C F Fletcher.. 9 il-16 

 RC Cressy...l0 1-16 



DA Brown.... Ilk 

 NSBrockway.12% 

 H Warner ....13M 



1868. 



J Williamson. 125, 



A Paul 14J^ 



J J Eastman. .16 11-16 

 1870. 



WWWetmore.1014 



A Haven 12 8-lfi 



HW Smith... 13 9-16 

 1874. 



J Williamson. 13k 

 W D Craft.... 14 1-16 



EPbillips 14k 



1876. 



J Nichols 12 15-16 H W Smith... 12% 



N 8 Brockwayll 1-16 J Williamson. 13 15-16 

 J Williamson . 15 11-16 D A Brown... 16 1-16 

 1877. 



D A Brown... 13 5-16 

 N S Brockwayl6J4 

 N Hatch . ..16k 

 1878. 



N S Brockway 9% 

 H W Martin.. 10 7-16 

 J Williamson .11% 

 1879. 



HW Smith. ..11 13-16 HW Martin. .11 1-16 

 DA Brown. ...12 3-16 D A Brown. . .,12 9-16 



D A Brown... 11 3-16 

 J J Eastman .. 12 3-16 

 AS Fowle....l4 



H W Smith... 13k 

 C Bradley ....13 9-16 

 WWWetmore.14 5-16 



WWWetmore.10 11-16 

 JW1ll1amson.il 7-16 

 WD Craft.... 12M 



G Day 8% 



H FHowton..l4 11-16 

 E Phillips 15% 



H W Martin.. 9 9-16 



N Hatch 11 11-16 



N S Brockwayl2k 



H G Hun toon. i: 



CF Fletcher.. 12 7-16 

 D A Brown.... 12 9-16 



N S Brockwayl2 7-16 



1880. 

 D A Brown.... 10 

 J Williamson. 10% 



W D Craft 11 11-16 .IN Madden. .14k 



1881. 



NBTvler 9 13-16 J N Gardner 11 3-16 



DA Brown. ..Ilk NB Tyler 12 13-16 



LPark 12 13-16 E Phillips 12% 



1882. 



NSBrockvvay.11 C F Fletcher. . 9% 



J W illiamson .18% H Warner .... 9% 



H J Huntoon . 13k N B Tyler 10% 



1883. 



NSBroekway.il 13-16 H J Huntoon. 9 



II Warner. ...13 3-16 NSBrockway. 9 11-16 

 H Warner.... 10 9-16 



C F Fletcher. . 

 LPark 12 



DA Brown ...14% 

 1884. 



NSBrockway. 10% 

 C F Fletcher.. 11 3-16 



N S Brockway. 12 13-16 L Park 14% 



1885. 



CF Fletcher.. 6% F Fenn 13 11-16 NSBrockway.il 16-16 



FFenn 10% C F Fletcher.. 13 13-16 D A Brown . . . 16J4 



RC Cressy. .12 8-16 E Stephenson. 14% C F Fletcher.. 16% 



C F Fletcher. . 10% 

 H J Huntoon. .12J4 

 LPark 12 11-16 



ARLINGTON HE'GHTS, Mass., May 22.— A match was shot be- 

 tween teams from the Arlington Heights Ride Club and the Hillside 

 Rifle Club, of Waltham. The score: 



Arlington Heights Rifle Club. 



G G Franklin 7476889 10 



A F Davis 7 10 3 



G A. Lloyd 6 6 6 



J C Holmes 5 9 7 



CT Parsons 4 6 8 



G W Pierce 5 7 5 



D Smith 4 8 2 



P Jones 4 4 3 



Hillside Rifle Club. 



J R Monroe 10 9 6 5 8 7 



WH Stone 6 8 7 9 8 6 



LDDennison 4 5 8 8 6 9 



E A Emerson 4 9 6 7 8 7 



H L Whiting 4 8 4 5 7 8 



W L Clarke 6 5 6 4 4 6 



R B Edes (mil.) 8 5 5 4 6 7 



MNethercote 6 5 5 4 4 6 



7 10 7 9 7 



7 8 10 6 6 



7 3 10 10 7 



4 9 8 5 8 



3 6 4 8 8 10 6 — 1 



4 8 2 8 



8 8 6 6 



8-76 



8— 75 



9- 73 

 9-73 

 5-64 



4—44 

 6-38-506 



5 8 



6 7 



6 8 



7 7 

 6 6 

 5 8 



5 4 



6 5 



6— 70 



7- 69 



6- 68 



7- 67 

 9-64 



8- 58 

 4—55 

 4—48—199 



7 



9 10 6 



6 



4 



4 5 

 8 8 6 



4-77 

 7-75 

 7-75 



7 9 7 7 7—75 



8 10 10 6 3—72 

 9 10 6 10-72 

 2 8 6 7-63 



-70 



5- 56+7-63 

 6 -60 



6- 45+7—53—245 



4 -69 

 I 59 



3-47+5—52 



1 -45-225 



BOSTON, May 27.— The attendance today at the range at Walnut 

 Hill was fair. A strong 6 to 9 o'clock wind prevailed. During the 

 day a team match was shot Scores: 



Decimal Off Hand Match.— 200yds. 



C E Berry D 9 10 10 9 7 10 8 7 10 10-90 



ALBrackettic 10 6 8 9 



N F Tufts. A 9 9 9 4 



B B Souther, D 7 6 7 6 



J R Mills, D I I 10 9 



WHOler, D 2 2 1 



D P Jaw, 8 6 6 



T Stewart, A 8 10 5 



State Militia Match— Off band. 



WT Goodwin 18 18 » 20 



R B Edes 1 



Team Match at 200vds., First Team. 



NF Tufts » 5 5 7 5 8 7 8 7 ? 



R B Edes (mil) 8 4 6 9 o > 4 5 5 



ALBrackett.... 5 7 7 7 2 4 6 9 7 



WT Goodwin (mil) 40297 3 392 



Second Team. 



CE Berry 10 6779667 5 



E B Souther 10 4 5 5 5 4 6 8 5 



H Dennis (mil) ??S!S«5-«! 



TStumkley 417396464 



May 29 —The rifle matches were shot at Walnut Hill to-day. Fol- 

 lowing are the best scores: 



Decimal Off-hand Match. 



r Be ed D 8 10 6 10 10 10 



J Franci« I) 8 7 10 8 9 9 



oM&,c\pv::;;; 2 2 ? 



C B Edwards, D 8 8 7 8 9 7 



ALBrackett, A 8 7 9 6.4 



J W Frye, D | £ j» | £ « 



HWitbington, C ' « ' 51 



A. Keacb, A ^•■•• mV 2 4 / 10 4 7 



Rest Match. 



F R Foster F 10 8 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10-97" 



St «£5»# 10 9 10 10 10 6 10 10 9 -96. 



N Washburn F 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 10-96 



DChtrdon F ! .10 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 8-95. 



THiird A 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 6 8-94. 



J J±Ura ' state Military Match. 



CW Flanders 19 18 19 M G Witham 18 



WLOhaSe 19 50OYds. Match. 



LOrant (Mil).. ..5535144555-45 W L Chase (Mil).. . .4545544354—48 

 C W Hodgdon 4455444554-44 F C Sheppard (Mil) . 4544554245-42 



THOMASTON, Conn., May 29.— The generally low scores of to- 

 day's shoot were owing to poor holding, for the light was good with 

 a ligbi !wtod| veering from 9 to 11 o'clock. 20yds., off-hand, Hinman. 



8 9 10 8—89 



9 10 9 8-87 

 7 10 8 8—85- 



5 8 10 7-77 

 4 10 7 9-71 

 7 6 6 5-70 

 4 6 10 4-68- 



6 5 9 7-61 



9 9 7 

 6 6 9 



6 5 6 



7 8-71 

 4 9-68 

 6 6-64 



8 7-62 



target: 



E Thomas 



W H Dunbar 



FCarr ° ° 



F A Perkins b 8 



GARDNER Mass , May 27— Only a few men faced the butts of the 

 Gardner Rifle Club, at the Hackmatack range, at the last regular 

 meet The distance was 200yds. , off-hand, standard American target, 

 resulting as follows: ^,vt™L « m <u -iq<; 



Q C Goodale 78 79-157 C N Edgell 71 64-135 



N Dodge 80 76-156 C Crabtree 69 61—130 



Newton. ..v.,'.'., ... r V, M 87-14*4 



