Jan. JO, 1887.] FOREST AND STREAM. B13 



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Addrcsss all cmmmmicatlms io the Forest and Stream PuJ). Co. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



ANNUAL RIFLE MEETINGS. 



THE fifteentli annual rueetias: of iTie National Rifle Association 

 •«';is held at the armory uf the 3:3(l,.Jlegiir.ent, N. G., S. N. Y., 

 in Fourteenth sli-eel, bolweeii Sixth and Seventh avenues, on 

 Tuesday, .uiiu 11, at 8 o'clock P. M. Gen. Wingatb presided, and 

 in his aiidress laid great stress upon the disadvantage which 

 Creedmoor l;!Dored rnider without anything like adequate rail- 

 road iaeiJities. The meeting was harmonious and tlie routine 

 husiness was tiuiclily disposed of. Tlie quorum of the Board of 

 Directors was reduced to 6 and of the annual niemher meeting to 

 20. J, H. Brown, Major L. B. Bel], Capt. L. C. Bi-vice, Col. Geo. L. 

 Fox and and Major Edw. Duffy v. ere elected directors for tliree 

 years and Col. G. E. Bridge for one year. 

 Secretary John S. Shepherd presented his annual report saying: 

 The annual meeting of tLe life members was Jield at the 

 armory of the 2 :d lleRimeiit on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1886, when the 

 following iianK'd Liiembei-.'v wei-e re-elected directors for the term 

 of three year?, \ Cols. John and K. C. Ward, Maj. Shorkley, 

 Col, Storey luid Lieut. Z.-ilinski. 



TLe I'eorganization of the board of directors took place at a 

 si)ecinl meecir g held on Jan. 10, when Gen. Wingate was elected 

 president and i he .seeretary and treasurer were re-elected. 



Three of our directors, ^lessrs. Bridge, Eagle and KendaU, have 

 resigned and t\vo ne^v (Urcctors, namely, Messrs. Bruce and Bell, 

 have been elected during the year. 



The Board has held uiue meetings since my last report, and on 

 five other occasions meetings were called, but no quorum was 

 present. 



Tlte present ofRce in Temple Court having proved in every way 

 satisfaetory, the lease of the same was renewed for one year. 



The loi'.se of the ground at Creedmoor, known as the new or west 

 range, having expired, the land was re-leased by the Association 

 for two years at tiie auTiual rental of ?250. 



At the meeting held on the first Tuesday in March, it was 

 decided to extend au iuvitation to the N. R. A. of Great Britain to 

 send a team of eight riflemen to this country to shoot a match in 

 September against a team of National Guardsmen. 



1 r^uote frcnu the Secretary's letter received in reply as follows: 

 "Tile Council of the Narioaal Uifle Association regret that they 

 find it irniiossilile to send a team to Atnerica this year." 



In --iew of the existing state of aiTairs I do not think it advisable 

 to take anys.eps toward arranging for an International match 

 during the coming seftsoii. 



The annual Fall Electing was commenced on September 13 

 and lasted six days; the attendauce was not as large as we had 

 hoped for and the expenses, including prizes, oxeeedod the re- 

 ceipts by ab'/ut $530, notwil hstanding fhi fact that the prize list 

 h.ad been reduced some f 100, as compared with the previous year. 



I am pleased to be able to report au increased mterest in the 

 semi-montlily matches which are patrontzed almost exclusively 

 by members of the National Guard ; the last match, which was 

 shot OQ election day, was participated in by over 4-50 competitors 

 representing every organization m the First and Second Brigades, 

 wnth but n single exception. The net profit in these matches was 

 over ifl.'iOJ, being an increase of ?350 over that of the year 

 previous. 



In eonclusion, 1 wish to congratulate the Association on the im- 

 proved condition of the Treasury, the report of the Treasurer 

 showing a balance on hand of .51,393.75 as against some ,§700 cash 

 assets a year ago. 



I have also to ackno'.\ ledge the receipt from Mr. J. H. Steward, 

 of London, optician of the Association, of the annual prize he has 

 presented for many years in succession, and also of the other 

 prizes from Messrs. Benedict Bros., Tiffany & Co., Oliver & 

 Bloomfleld, Merwin & liulbert, Col. Jones and Major shorkley. 



TREAStJBBR'S REPORT. 



Jan. 1,1886— Expenuitures— 



Balance $556 60 iiange-marking, labor 



State of New York 4,000 00 and supplies $1,939 46 



Profit on monthly Superintendent 960 00 



matches 1,768 20 Assistant Secretai-y. .. 600 00 



Hotel rent 600 00 Office rent mo Qi 



U. S. Government for Rent of range 2 years. 350 00 



marking. 353 00 Printing and station- 

 State of Penn. due in ery 313 59 



1885 r:»l 33 Fall meeting of 1886 . . . 210 00 



Advertising 103 53 Paid on account of 



Balance Fall meeting range 800 00 



1885 31 95 Paid for meals Fall 



Fall meeting 1886 48 00 meeting 1.53 07 



Sale of range property 40 00 Office expenses 129 1-3 



Cash contributed for Medals 81 00 



prizes 25 00 Insui'ance _ 80 00 



Life membership 25 00 Transportation 73 00 



Unclaimed prizes 5 15 Bookkeeper to treas- 

 urer GO 00 



Horse hire 48 00 



Taxes 26 01 



Telephone 25 00 



Discount 15 07 



Engraving 13 00 



Balance on hand Jan. 



1, 1887 1,932 75 



Total $7,706 72 Total. 



17,700 72 



MANCHESTER, Jan. 12.— The new prize match of the Bullard 

 Repeating Arms Company, and excellent weather, all served to 

 call together a good abtendance at the Manchester Rifle range to- 

 day, and from 2 o'clock until 4:33 there were almost constant 

 reports from the firearms, and on the whole the score of 711 rolled 

 up mav be considered a fair criterion of the skill of local rifle- 

 men at the present time. They are steadily improving, ho\vever, 

 and shotild be able to aggregate 725 at the Feljruary match. The 

 practice shooting is first given, then follows that in the new prize 

 event, and last that of the team. 



Creedraoor taiget practice match, possible 35; 



CD Palmer 5 5 5 5 5 4 5-34 



J Bromi 5 3 4 4 5 4 4-29 



J A Pa rker 4 5 4 4 3 4 4-28 



Decimal prize match, possible 100: 



EC Paul 7 10 9 9 8 9 9 4 9 9—83 



C D Palmer 8 10 7 8 7 7 9 8 7 10-81 



GALeigaton 7 7 9 9 10 7 7 7 7 10-79 



A B Dodge 10 10 7 6 7 8 6 7 7 9-77 



C W Tv^inple 7 6 6 10 4 2 8 8 9 10-73 



E J Kno'.vlt3n 8 6 5 8 10 8 9 6 2 10—73 



W Morris 6 5 8 9 6 5 9 9 7 5-70 



F J Drake.... . 6 9 7 6 4 6 10 10 4 6—68 



E I Partridt?e 6 5 6 5 7 5 3 8 6 8—59 



Team match, possible 100 per man: 



A B Dodge 9 9998998 10 7-87 



C D Palmer 10 8 10 10 7 10 9 6 7 7—84 



G A Leighton 6 6 7 8 8 8 10 8 9 9-79 



CWTemals 7 8 5 8 7 8 10 6 6 8-73 



EC Paul 6 6 9 8 7 8 9 4 9 7-73 



WMBoothby 67486875 10 5-66 



LW Colby 67 5 674868 8-65 



P J Drake 9 6 3 4 7 4 6 10 8 7—64 



E I Partridge 7 5 G 6 9 5 6 6 4-60 



J A Barker 6 7 3 8 6 3 9 6 6—00-711 



LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. S— Regular weekly shoot of the Law- 

 /ence Rifle Club, weather conditions decidedly unfavorable: 

 Decimal Prize Match. 



C HiU 7 9 6 10 7 7 10 8 9 7—80 



Wm Fisher 8 8 8 8 10 4 8 9 7 7-77 



J W Bean 6 9 6 10 9 6 6 6 8 8—74 



M Beal 8787685 9 6 9-73 



E A Rogers 637788 10 7 7 10—73 



C Frost 10 8 5 6 7 8 8 5 7 a-68 



J Lowe 5 9 3 8 7 4 9 5 5 5— fiO 



H Preston 3 8 7 8 5 4 8 4 9 4—60 



F Clark 577546835 9-59 



HAVERHILL, Mass., Rifle Club.— Annual election of officers : 

 J. P. Bro\\Ti, President; S. E. Jolmson, Vice-President; F. Merrill, 

 A. Edgerly, C. Bliss, Executive Committee; J. P. M. Green, Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer. The club is in a flourishing condition. Jan- 

 uary 1 a handicap prize match was started, to run three months. 

 Prize and lecord match, January 15: 



HE Tuck ,10 10 7 7 7 9 10 8 7 6-81 



A Edgerly 899487995 9—78 



SE Johnson 8 6 9 10 6 9 7 6 6 8—75 



J F. Brown 10 4 9 6 10 6 10 6 4 9-74 



O Bliss 585749897 0-63 



L Jackson.. .7 3 4 7 5 8 7 5 7 6-.59 



WILMINGTON, Jan. 10.— In spite of tho intense col^ and high 

 wind, there was a good turnout of the Wilmington Rifle Club at 

 their weekly shooting this afternoon. The stormy wind which 

 blew in puirs w'as very unfjivorabl for good shooting, but tlie cabin 

 and stove lately put up by the club were fully appreciated by the 

 members. The scores are as follows, out of possible 100 points on 

 Standard target at 200 yards off-hand: 



C. Heinel, Sr 8 7 3 9 4 



W. H. Haines 4 7 6 7 10 



H. B. Seeds 7 6 8 7 6 



S. J. Ne^vman 4 2 3 4 7 7 



J. D. Seeds ...10 5 8 4 5 



J. Scott 2 5 5 6 8 



C. Carleton. 



4 4 4 4 5 2 



5 



8 



6 



8-67 



8 



4 



5 



6-m 



5 



6 



4 



^.57 



5 



8 



9 



2-52 



7 



3 



7 



6-,n3 



6 



3 



5 



5-46 



5 



3 



1 



.5-40 



5 



5 



3 



5-44 



5 



4 



6 



2-43 



6 



4 



4 



4-41 



2 



7 



2 



4-40 



3 



4 



2 



7-33 



H. Simpson .3 _ , _ 



C. Frederick 4 2 5 2 2 1 



BOSTON, Jan. 15.-^he rifle matches at Walnut Hill were well 

 attended to-day, the weather conditions, especially during the 

 practice team matclvwere poor, the snow obscuring the targets. 

 During the week the Bullard match was shot and the scores are 

 given below, together, Avith the best scores made to-day: 

 Deculnal Off-hand Match. 



C E Berry, A 8 7 10 9 10 9 10 6 9 10- 88 



J B Fellows, D 8 8 8 10 8 10 10 10 6 7— 85 



HCushiug.D 8 10 10 6 10 8 7 9 9 7— 84 



Vv' Cltarles, A 7 10 9 8 8 7 7 9 8 10- 83 



ALBrackett, A 8 6 8 7 9 7 7 7 8 10- 81 



JNFi-ye, 5 10 5 8 5 9 6 8 9 7— 72 



W Gardner, C 8 6 6 6 5 8 8 9 18 6- 73 



J A Cobb, C 7 10 9 5 19 4 6 7 9 4- 71 



H A Lewis (mill), A 6 6 5 8 7 7 4 10 9 8— 70 



F Carter (mil), D 5 7 5 7 5 9 9 6 5 9- 64 



Rest Match. 



D S Chase, F 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-100 



S WUder, F 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10- 99 



N Washburn, A. 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10- 97 



H J Foster, A. 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10- 97 



J Francis, A 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 10- 95 



A C Gordon, A , 10 8 10 10 8 8 10 9 10 10- 93 



Practice Team Match— First Team. 



W Charles 9 



H Cushing 8 



F Carter (mil) 9 



ALBrackett 7 



J A Cobb 



6 6 



8 4 6 



9 8 7 -82 



6 10 8 8 8 6 —75 



8 4 8 7 7 4^-64-1-5-69 



5 6 6 8 7 10 —66 



6 6 7 4 3 2 —54-346 



J B Fellows.... 



C E Berry 9 



J N Frye 7 7 



H A Lewis (mil) 4 3 



W Gardner. . . 



Second Team. 



7 10 7 19 7 8 6 8 5 10 —78 

 75758989 —76 

 77667989 -73 

 7 4 5 10 5 7 6 5-56-f5-61 



. 4 4 8 10 3 6 7 —55 -343 



M. R. A. Team scores in the Bullard Repeating Arms Company's 

 match: 



C W Hinman 8 5 10 9 10 8 8 8 



C E Berry 5 8 9 9 6 10 10 10 



J B Fellows 5 7 10 10 7 7 9 9 



F JRabbeth 89979886 



G R Russell 7 10 6 8 10 7 10 7 



NF Tufts 8 10 6 6 9 6 7 9 



NCNash 10 8 7 3 7 6 



J N Frye 7 10 7 10 7 8 



A L Brackett 7 5 6 5 6 8 



H White 7 6 7 9 7 10 



9 9-84 

 7 10-84 

 9 0-83 



7 9—80 



8 5-78 

 7 7-75 

 5 10—74 



6 8 8 4-72 

 6 10 9 8—70 

 5 6 3 6 66-765 



8 10 



TjA WHENCE, Mass., Jan. 15.— Lawrence Rifle Club team of ten 

 men shot for tJie prize olTered by the Bullard Arms Company, 200 

 yards. The shooting was done in the midst of a snowstorm: 



C Hill 9 7 9 7 7 9 10 9 10 8— S5 



E F Richardson 9 4 9 7 9 9 10 10 10 



M Jewell 9 10 1,) 7 6 9 10 5 10 



MWDatilton 6 10 76 10 9798 



J W Bean 7 4 5 10 6 



W Fisher 6 8 6 8 5 6 9 6 



C Frost 76368767 



AW Rowland 10 4 5 9 7 4 5 



M Beal 5 6 3 6 9 4 6 



E ARogei-s 4 4 7 4 6 8 6 



Practice Match. 



8- 85 



6— 82 



7- 79 



9- 69 

 7-68 

 9-66 



6 6 9—65 

 5 10 10-04 

 5 3-47-710 



4 8 9 



7 5 6 



7 3 6 



7 5 6 



8 10 

 4 7 9 



8 9 8 10-85 



6 9 7 7—81 



7 10 9 9—80 



9 9 8 9—79 

 7 8 10—76 



" " 7-:' 



8 6 10 

 4 7 6 8 9 



7 4 6 8 9 

 4 8 6 10 9 



9 9 5 7 3 



8 5 7 6 8 

 8 8 6 5 7 



7 8 8 



6- 69 



7- 67 



8- 66 



9- 65 

 ■65 



4-62 



EF Richardson 7 9 10 8 



OM Jewell 10 7 10 8 



J W Bean 9 9 10 8 



C Hill 7 9 7 8 



M WDaulton 7 5 7 8 



W Fisher 8 6 8 9 



F Clark 8 



C Frost 5 



AW Howlaud 8 



M Beal 4 



I F Butler 8 



E A Rogers 5 ^ 



Tlie annual meeting of the club was held Friday evening, when 

 offlcers were chosen as follows: President, Col. S. M. Decker; Vice- 

 Presidents, Wm. Fisher and E. F. Richardson; Secretary, O. M. 

 Jewell; Treasurer, A. W. Howland; Finance Committee, Lewis 

 Saunders, E. F. Richardson and L. G. Holt; Range Committee. 

 W. Fisher, A. W. liowland and O. M. Jewell; Prize and Team 

 Match Committee, S. M. Decker, E. F. Richardson and M. W. 

 Daulton; Board of Directors, S. M. Docker, W. Fisher, E. F. 

 Richardson, O. M. Jewell, Melvin Beal, M. W. Daulton, LeAvis 

 Saunders, L. G. Holt and A. W. Howland. 



MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 9. -A rifle match, two men on a 

 side, between A. B. Dodge and C. D. Palmer of this city, and T. F. 

 Cartwright and O. H. Horr of Springfield, Mass., was shot this 

 evening. Mr. Palmer was extremely unfortunate in being inter- 

 rupted shortly after commencing by an alarm of fire, to which he 

 had to respond, and afterward, on commencing firing again, 

 another alai-m called him aAvay just as he concluded his SOth shot. 

 The conditions were otf-hand, distance 50ft., Creedmoor target, 

 with a bulls-eye %in. in diameter, each man to fire 100 shots, high- 

 est possible score, 500. The record made by the Manchester rifle- 

 men is appended : 



Dodge oj555-5555.555555.55.>54555M4455455.565.>5444.545545.5455 



55555454545555.55 5.354;54554.5454555545555-5555645.54555— 478 



Palmer 5545fi555.554545.555.55454.5545o5551555,554545455455.5554 



43:>555555551545.5465,55-545455545555555555445o5545'M5— 474 



Total for both 952. It will be observed that Mr. Dodge started 

 in with a run of 19 buUseyes. 



TOPEKA RIFLE CLUB.-Topeka, Kan., Jan. 12.-A strong 

 vnnd from 8 o'clock made a change of 3 points on the wind gauge. 

 The gold badge, owmed by the club, is to become the personalprop- 

 erty of the member making the highest aggregate in four months, 

 beginning Jan. 1, 1887: 



First Score. 



GE Morrison 5 7 9 10 10 7 8 10 8 



J L Paine 7 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 6 



9 



7 5 

 6 8 

 5 5 



5 7 



5 10 

 8 6 



6 6 



7 6 

 4 



9 



7 7 

 6 7 

 6 8 

 3 10 



7-81 

 6-79 

 7 7-77 

 6 9-75 



5 10-71 



6 10-«9 



7 10-68 



7 7-82 

 7 9-74 

 6 4-70 

 6 10-09 

 6 8-64 

 6 6—61 



;-57 



J H Leonard 7 6 10 8 10 6 7 



Reed McCarter 9 9 8 5 



C C. Trimmer 9 8 5 9 



RThompson ■•■ 4 7 4 10 



C R Paine.... •••• 19 6 6 



Second Score. 



G E Morrison 9 10 10 9 



J H Leonard 10 6 8 10 



J L Pfiiue 7 10 7 9 



R Thompson 6 5 10 4 



O C Trimmer 4 6 5 8 6 6 8 7 



Reed McCarter 9 6 3 6 7 6 6 6 



C it Paine 4 6 3 10 4 5 7 7 



RoBT. Thompson. 

 ST. LOUIS, Jan 12.— The weekly shoot of the St. Louis Pistol 

 Club was held this evening at the Laclede gallery. W. E. Field 

 won the medal Avlth a score of 310 out of a possible 120. Follow- 

 ing are the scores: 



WE Field 10 12 11 11 11 10 11 13 11 11—110 



F A Fodde 10 10 10 U 12 11 13 12 9 11—108 



AVL WeUs 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 12 10 12—107 



W H BonneU 9 10 11 13 11 9 12 13 10 11—107 



W Bauer 11 10 11 9 12 9 13 9 13 11— 1C6 



W J Lard ,10 12 9 10 13 11 11 11 9 10—106 



A E Bengel 11 11 10 11 11 10 13 11 10 9—108 



LVD Perret 12 9 13 11 8 10 10 9 12 11—104 



M A Thurber 9 11 10 8 13 9 10 13 11 10—103 



W G Sims 11 7 11 9 10 10 13 13 8 11—101 



W Clark 8 8 9 13 13 9 11 13 10 9—100 



AVBMcDoweU 10 910 9 11 8 10 13 11— 99 



W H Hettel 10 11 13 8 11 8 7 9 9 9- 94 



E AMohrsteadt 12 10 10 11 6 13 8 8 9 4— 90 



J Sieminskie 6 9 8 6 6 10 9 10 1310— 86 



The club, which was oi-ganized but six Aveeks ago, hasnoAva 

 membership of 35, and is rapidly taking in more. The medal 

 shoots are held every Wednesday evening at the Laclede gallery, 

 and thoroughly enjoyed by all. 



WILMINGTON, Del,, Jan. 12.— During this Aveek, in every part 

 of the United States and Canada, teams from tbe various rifle 

 clubs and military companies are taking part in match No. 1 of the 

 Btillard Repeating Arms Company. The prize oli'ered is a fine 

 repeating rille of tliat company's make, and the team making the 

 highest score will be the Avinner. All teams liave the priA ilc-ge of 

 choosing any day this Aveok for shooting, and the Vv'iliniugton 

 Clubj finding the weather suitable, chose this afternocn. The 

 conditions of tfie match were: Ten men in each team, 10 shots 

 each, 3C0yds. off-hand. The scores were as foiloAvs out of indi- 

 vidual possible 100 points and team possible l,or" 



7 8 8 

 4 9 9 

 6 6 5 

 6 3 

 i 10 

 I 4 



6 5 10 7—73 



5 6 8 7—67 

 7 

 3 



9-63 

 9-00 

 6 6—57 



3 7-55 



6 7-54 



4 4^53 



7 5-53 



5 6-50-584 



4 10 

 4 5 



7 

 4 



7 10 

 4 5 



5 5 



4 



7 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 



e 3 

 4 3 

 4 4 

 4 4 



C Heinel. Sr 9 



H B Seeds 



R Miller 6 



J Manz 8 



WHHaities 5 



WF Seeds 8 



EM Clark 5 



W O'Connor 4 



W A Bacon _ 7 



J E Newman 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 12. -The Springfield City Guard's 

 team shot their score in the competition for the Bullard Repeating 

 Arms Company's prizes to-day. Tho retei'ee Avas James A. Kim- 

 ball, the vice-president of the Rod and Gun rifle elub, and he 

 attended to his duties fail lifully and the rules Avci e strictly fol- 

 lOAved. The scorer was Howard P. Mei-rill, the official sccrer of 

 the Rod and Gun ride clnli. The day A\'as' admirable for rifle 

 .shooting, and all of the conditions were favorable. The restilt Of 

 the sliooting is ci editable, ana it is doubtful if any company of 

 Massachusetts militia can produce a team of ten men that can 

 compare with this team at the butt. The scores are: 



City Guard Rille Team. 

 PAd,. M. W. Bull 10 & e 6 - — - ' 



Cre<;dmoor cottnt 5 4 4 4 



Lieut. H. McDonald 8 



Creedmoor 5 



Pvt. T. T. CartAvright 4 



Creedmoor 4 



Pvt. Sydney Bowers ; 



Creedmoor 5 



PA't. E. T. SteA'ens 5 



Creedmoor 4 



Sergt. J. A. Sterling 8 



Creedmoor 5 



Pvt. W. E. Hosmcr 3 



Creedmoor 



Sergt. J. C. Morgan 3 



Creedmoor 3 



Pvt.W. H.Daggett 4 



Creedmoor.... 4 



Capt. F. (i. Southmayd 4 



Creedmoor 4 , . _ . . _ _ _ _ 



The first score of each man shoAvs tho actual count on the tar- 

 get on AA-hich the match was scored for tlie Bullard contest. The 

 second score shoAvs the count on the Creedmoor target. The 

 rules of the match provide that teams using military rifles be al- 

 loAved 50 points, AAdiich. added to the total ot 5-39 made by the team, 

 giA^es them 309 for their .score. All of tne team used the Spilug- 

 field rifle, some Avith open sights and some nltit new Buffington 

 sights. 



Jan. 15. —The Rod and Gun rifle club did some A'ery even and 

 creditaole work Avith the rifle at Lake Lcokout range this after- 

 noon Avhen their team of 10 men shot in competition for the Bul- 

 lard prizes. The conditions Avere not unfavorable in regard to 

 light and Avind and the light suow >vas not trottblesome. The 

 scores Avere: H. Engle, 75; T. B. AVUson, 73; O. W. Horr, 71; C. J. 

 Gassner, 70; F. R Bull, 69; Z. C. Talbot, C9; L. H. Mavott, 68; H. 

 E. Cooler, 66: 1^ T. Hare, 03; J. A. Wilsou, 01; total. 684. 



MANCHESTER, N. H., Jau. 13.-This evening six I._anchester 

 riflemen shot a team match with six riflemen of Springfield, 

 Mass., the shooting being done in a gaUery, distance 50 teet, firing 

 off-hand and upon a Creedmore target, the bullseye being tAVo- 

 thirds of an inch in size. Each man was alloAvcd 20 shots, and 

 out of a possible 600 the Manchester representatives made the 

 remarkably fine total of 576. The scores were as f ollo^vs: 



4 4 



6 10 

 4 6 



7 9 



4 5 



5 5 

 4 

 8 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 



4r-43 



5-G6 

 4-43 

 9 5-64 

 5 4-42 



5 6-63 

 4 4-42 



6 10-59 

 4 5-40 



7-57 



4- 43 

 0-48 

 0-36 



5- 46 

 4-34 

 3-44 



3- 37 



6- 43 



4- 88 



D Flanders 



WMBoothby 



C D Palmer 



A B Dodge 



HA Burns 



H A Herrick 



. .5553455554 

 ...5-55.5555.145 

 . 555554 1545 

 .5455515554 

 . 45555y55-tl 



5455455555 — 97 

 5.545455.555—96 

 5.155.554445-96 

 5555155555 — 96 

 5555-345555-96 

 554545555.5—95—576 



The targets upon AA'hich the shooting is done were i'orwarded to 

 Springfield and constitute in themsetves vouchers for the correct- 

 ness of the score. The Springfield riflemen Avill also reciprocate 

 by f orAA'ardlng ,he:r targets. 

 ELONGATED L^.LLLETS.— Wells, Yevraont.— Editor Forest and. 



Stream: Inclosed yott will find two bul- 

 lets of .GHcal- 255 grains patched, that I 

 shot 100yds. at a piece of cardboard stuck 

 up in a snoAV drift. The bullets, you Avill 

 see, are drawm apart or lengthened out, 

 AvhUe the marks on the bullets shoAV 

 that this was done after the baU left the 

 gun. 1 Avottld like to have you explain 

 how it was done, as the bullet did not hit 

 a!iything but the carboard and snow 

 bank. After sliooting I Avent out do the 

 target, and finding tlte snoAVAvas hard I 

 thought I Avould find out how far the 

 bullets Aveut into the siioav, and on 

 digging out the bullets I found tbese 

 tAvo. The shooting Avas done in February, 1885.— A. W. 



BOS'iOIs, iiau. Jl.— 'in" annuaj meeting and dinner of the Massi)- 

 chusetts Rifle Associatio j. Avas held last evening at the Revere 

 House, about 3o uicmbeis in attendauce. At the business meet- 

 ing, at AA'hich President H. T. Rockw^ell occupied the chair, the 

 annual reports of the various officers showed the association to be 

 in an excellent condition, financially and numercially, Avith over 

 §1,000 in the treasury. These officers AA^ere elected:" Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Salem Wilder, C. W. Hinman; Secretary, tt. S. Harris; 

 Treasurer, George R. Russell; Directors, C. C. Foster, C. W. Hin- 

 man, N. F. Tufts. E. J. Wardwell, O. R. i3ickeA% J. P. Bates, J. S. 

 Sawyer, J. B. Fellows, X. C. Nash, F. J. liabbeth, H. T. Rockwell, 

 D. L. Chase, Geo. R. Russell, H. S. Harris, J. E. Leach. 



At the dinner Avh'ch followed. President RockAvell and the 

 officers sat at the head of the tables. After the dinner the Presi- 

 dent called attention to the fact that, at the end ot tea yeais the 

 association found itself the only one of the kind in the cotmtry 

 Avliich owned its range and had its head entirely out of water, 

 congratulating the members on its standing and position. He first 

 called upon Vice-President Salem Wilder, Avho also made the 

 progress of the association his theme; tiiis he declared to be re- 

 markable, keeping pace with that in rifle shooting; he hoped to 

 see as much progress in the nest ten years as ihere had been in the 

 past. Ex-Presiaent J. N. Frye spoke pleasantly of his remem- 

 brances of the members of the association, and of his devotion to 

 the sport of rifle shooting. Secretary Parsons of the Arlington 

 Rights Rifle Club alluded to the pleasant relations existing be- 

 tAveen the two associations, and hoped for many interchanges of 

 courtesies. Brief addresses were also made by Messrs. Dimick, 



that develojiment by the Massachusetts Rifle Association and its 

 members. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication shoidd be made out on the pHnted blanks 

 pi-epared by the Forest ami Strmnj, and funiislied gratis to chib 

 secretaries. CoiTcspondents lulw famr us luith chib scores a/re pa/r- 

 ticularly requested to icrite cn one side of the paper only, 



CORONADO CLUB, San Diego, CaL, Jan. 1.— The initial shoot 

 of the Coronado Gun club, Coronado Beach, San Diego BaA^. The 

 club had fine grounds to shoot on and enjoyed a splendid meet. 

 A number of different states were represented bv shooters, Col- 

 orado being especially favored by Mr. McLachlin'and L. D. Mer- 

 cer, the first making the only clean score cn Macomber targets. 

 He used a beautiful little 16-gaug6 hammerless Scott & Sons gun 

 aud did some fine shooting considering the fact that he had never 

 shot at the trap before. Ittatch at 10 Peoria blackbirds and 15 

 Macombers, for five prizes Avhieh aggregated $25, AA^ere won by: 

 Seebold, 1st; Francis, 3d, McLachlin, 3d; W. Hinman, 4t)i; B. C. 



3xeri UL, iu; jj. d. nmmaii, iu: rrani 

 Barnes, 6; Breese, 6; W. Darling, 5. 



Match at 6 Peoria blackbirds and 4 Macombers.- Francis, 6; 

 BidAA-eU, 6; Merritt, 6; McLachlin, 6; Pearson, 5; Seebold, 5; Barnes; 

 6; W. Hinman, 5; Breese, 5; Ecker, 5; D. B. Hinman, 4; Mercer, 2, 

 ±5. C. Hinman, 2. 



The ties AA'-ere shot off as foUoAvs, 1st tie: Francis, 1 1 0—3: Mei-- 

 ritt, 1—1; McLachlin, 0-0. Ties for 2d: Seebold, 0-0; 

 Pearson, 1 1 0—3; Hinman, 1 1 1—3. 



