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[Sept. 20, 1887. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE IDEAL PISTOL TOOL. 



THE present interest in pistol practice and the demand for a 

 convenient bullet maker and cartridge loader has led the 

 Ideal Manufacturing Co., of New Haven, to send out a special 

 device for the use of revolver shooters. It is well shown in the 

 accompanying cut. The model shown is intended for the .32-40 

 Smith & Wesson or Colt revolver. There is a bullet mould, whence 

 if lead and mould are both properly hot, good missiles should be 

 turned out. The old primer is removed by a single pressure of the 

 handles, and then, with shells properly cleaned, the seating of the 

 new primer is the task of a moment. The instructions which the 

 tool makers send out with I lie neat little invention are models of 

 conciseness and are worth reprinting: 



Iu Casting Bullets.— Be sure the mould is hot, also the lead, or 

 you cannot get good results. Care should always be taken, alter 



IDEAL N°2. 



A— Bullet Mould. B— Loading Chamber. 

 C-Re-capper. D-Adjustable Hunger, 



firing, to clean the shells in strong, boiling soapsuds or soda water. 

 See that all the burned powder is removed, or the shells will soon 

 be destroyed by corrosion. 



To Remove the old Primer.— Place the extracting plug in the 

 loading chamber B. wi th the pin up; put the shell over it, bring 

 the. handles together, press the shell gently on the pin until the 

 primer is expelled. 



To Seat the Primer.— Be sure the shell is empty. Never attempt 

 to seat the primer after you have the powder iu. Enter the primers 

 well in the pocket of the shell by placing them on the loading 

 table wrong side up, and forcing the pocket of the shell down 

 up9n the primer, th en place the shell in the hole C, bring the 

 levers together, and the punch will force the primer home. 

 Be sure it is below the surf ace of the head, or it may interfere 

 with the action of the arm, and cause premature explosion. 



To Load.— Put in the required charge of powder, enter the bullet 

 in the shell by hand, place the cartridge in the chamber B, adjust 

 the screw plunger D, so that it will press the bullet hard on the 

 powder. The charge for the conical or target bullet is llgrs. of 

 fine powder; for the round or gallery bullet, 6grs. fine powder. 

 Shells not crimped. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 22— The Worcester City Guards, 

 Co. A, 2d Regiment, M. V. M., went to Gardner yestei day, where 

 thev were the guests of the Hey wood Guards, Co. F, 2d Regiment, 



M. "V. M. In the afternoon there was a visit to the Hackmatack 

 Range of the Gardner Rifle Club, where there, was a number of 

 contests. In the individual score the result was as follows: 



Co. A. Co. F. 



Sergt A D Jefferson 23 Pvt G C Goodale 21 



Musician G E Sweet 21 Pvt Frank White 21 



Pvt H P Hinds 20 Pvt C H Goddard 20 



Pvt WR Jacobs 19 Pvt F B Edger 20 



Lieut FSHoyt 18 Pvt G W Bishop 20 



Sergt M H Tisdale 18 Musician G R Warfield 20 



Sergt, E B Barrett 17 Lieut C N Edgell 19 



Pvt T W Tainter 10 Pvt B F Thrasher 19 



Pvt W E Wilkins 16 Pvt C A Hinds 19 



Pvt A J Underwood 16 Capt S T Chamberlain 18 



Pvt E W Hinds 15 Lieut H J Black 18 



Capt W D Preston 11 Pvt O N Turner 18 



Corp A E Eliasou 14 Pvt C A Hunting 18 



Pvt E A Stone 14 Pvt C H Hartshorn 17 



Pvt W H Carrico 11 Pvt A B Pineo 16 



Pvt Fred Lurke 9 Pvt D E Sutton 16 



Pvt W H Farnsworth 9 Pvt F W Hartwell 14 



Pvt F End 9 FL Gillson 13 



PvtM Neiderberger 8 Sergt Greenwood 12 



Pvt G Johnson 8 Sergt E E Bates 10 



Pvt H S Clinton 8 Pvt J C Strong 10 



Lieut W A Condy 7 Sergt A A Fowler 9 



Corp Fred Knight 7 Pvt E R Jackson 8 



Pvt W Goldsmith 7 Pvt G N Cruse 8 



Pvt HH Rogers 5 Sergt A E Kendall. 7 



Musician CL Sharpies 4 Pvt TL Proctor 7 



PvtWCFoote 4 PvtHHBoUes 7 



Pvt A Gale 4 Pvt B D Morse 6 



Pvt C L Putnam 3 Pvt G L Holt 6 



PvtHTisdell 3 PvtAFMossey 4 



Pvt F Sanderson. 2 Pvt C F Boutelle 3 



Pvt C A Glegg 2 Pvt E M Brown 3 



Pvt C W Leonard 2 Pvt W P Sheehen 3 



Pvt A H Morton 2 Corp G W Hunting 2 



Sergt Frank Streeter Pvt Joseph Dora 2 



Corp J H Lander Pvt J F Stokes 2 



Pvt A E Sanders Pvt A F Whitney 2 



Pvt E L Hayden Musician L K Gillson 



325 438 

 Field and Staff Contest. 



Lieut S S Bumstead, of Springfield 20 



Major E R SI i urn way, of Worcester 18 



Sergt-Major John E Lancaster, of Worcester 17 



Team Contest. 

 Co. A. Co. B. 



Sergt A D Jefferson 31 Pvt C A Hinds 27 



Pvt H P Hinds 29 Lieut C N Edgell 27 



Lieut F S Hovt 27 Pvt Frank White 27 



Musician G E Sweet 27 Pvt G C Goodale 27 



Sergt E G Bowert 24 Musician G R Warfield 27 



Sergt M H Tied ell 21 Lieut H J Block 26 



Pvt WR Jacobs 19 Pvt G W Bishop 25 



7 6 10 10 10- 85 

 9 9 6 5 10- 81 

 7 7 8 8 7- 75 



178 187 

 Gardner Rifle Club: Fred Parker 22, F. E. Nishols 21, C. J. Crab- 

 tree 21, Charles Leland 20, H. C. Knowlton 20, L. L. Walker 19, 1. 

 N. Dodge 19, W. C. Loveland 17, E. B. Taylor 17, Wm. Austin 9, D. 

 E. Warfield 0. 



SAN FRANCISCG, Sept. 18.— The annual target practice of the 

 Third Oal. Infantry Regiment took place to-day at Shell Mound 

 Park. Of the eight companies in the regiment Companies B and 

 G did not shoot, the average for the others being uniformly good. 

 The following was the score at 200yds., 50 being the highost possi- 

 ble, all above 40 securing a silver and all above 25 a bronze medal. 



Co. A— P. Gallagher 25". C. H. Becker 31, W. P. Dilney 25. 



Co. C— Corp. Maginnis '41, Sergt. Dolan 41, T. Fell 38, Sergt. Mc- 



.iiiruan si, .j. ijhiujii 

 25 T F JMurray 25 



Co." D— Capt. J. C. O'Conner 23, T. J. Sullivan 29, M. T. Murray 

 29, J. Garrity 25, J. Card iff 28. 



Co. E— Lieut. H. Kennedy 34, W.J. Burke 31, Sergt. T. Waters 

 34, D. Hudson 27, G. Hunt 25, E. Lawler 25, M. W. Molloy 25, M. 

 Philips 25, A. Stokes 25. ^ \ 



Co. F— Sergt. Keefe 36, Sergt. Lyman 34, T. McCabe 29, Sergt. 

 Leary 32, L. Barry 32, W. Kearney 29, M. J. Sullivan 30. 



Co. H (cadets)— Capt. O'Dell 33, Sergt. Mahone 27. A. Murphy 30, 

 D. 0'Leary25. 



Commisioncd and non-commissioned staff vs. enlisted rank and 

 file, out of possible 25 (live shots)— Li out. McAloine 20, Col. Bcndell 

 19, S-rgt. Geary 16, Capt. Smith 18, Sergt. Middleton 19, Sergt. 

 O'Brien 19, Lieut. Lawton 14, Ca.pt. O'Conner 16; total 141. Corp. 



Maginnis 20, T. Foley 18, Sergt, Dolan 14, Sergt. Waters 18, Sergt. 

 Stewart 18, Sergt.. Murphy 18, W. Fell 7, Sergt. McBryan 20; total 

 133, thus lea ving the staff winners by 8. 



Field staff vs. non-eoiumissloned officers— Major J. F. Barry 21, 

 Major and Surgeon F. B. Kane 33, Lietit. W. D. Lawton 41, Lieut. 

 T. J. DiUon 11, Lieut. A. C. McAlpine 35. Non-commissioned— 

 Quartermaster-Sergeant H. B. Gleeson 7, Orderly Sergeant S. A. 

 Donahue 12, Hospital Steward J. Sheehy 25, Color Sergeant D. 

 Geary 43, J, J. O'Brien, R, G. G., 32, Signal Corps Sergeant Middle- 

 ton 39. 



In the officers' match for the .Savage medal, out of a possible 25 

 (five shots)— Capt. Smith and Lieut. Lawton tied at 20, Lieut. 

 Lawton's shoot, by the Creedmoor rules, being decided the best. 



BOSTON, Sept. 24.— A large party of riflemen visited Walnut 

 Hill to-day to shoot iu the several matches now in progress. J.R. 

 Munroe and Salem Wilder each made a fine score, which on the 

 old count would have been a "clean" one. Matches F and C will 

 close Oct. 1, and on Oct. 6 the three-day shoot of the fall meeting 

 win commence. The record of shooting is as follows at 200yds: 

 Decimal Off- Hand Match. 



G G Franklin 10 8 8 10 6 



O M Jewell 9 9 5 10 9 



WHOler 10 6 10 6 9 



Rest Match. 



S Wilder 10 11 12 11 13 12 10 12 12 12—114 



I) L Chase 11 12 12 11 12 11 10 13 12 9—112 



J R Munroe 12 10 12 11 10 9 10 12 13 11-111 



E G Pond 13 12 12 13 11 10 11 8 11 11-110 



W Chester 12 11 12 9 11 II 11 8 11 12-109 



J B Fellows 10 12 11 12 6 11 II 11 11 10-105 



MWillard 10 1.2 9 9 11 13 10 10 9 12-104 



B G Barker 9 12 9 9 11 9 11 11 10 10-101 



State Militia Match. 



H Strangman 53414-20 J W Hodgkins 54443—20 



F R Peters 44543—20 



Military Creedmoor Practice Match. 



A Loring 4454454455—44 O D Lyford 4454344445— 11 



W O Burnite 4445545444—43 W H Oler 4445444444—41 



J M Bragg 5544444444—43 F R Peters 5345454424-40 



Simonds 4445445443—41 E W Bettinson 4543434513—39 



C A Parker 4.14445444-1—41 Norwell 3523444433-35 



Dale 5445334445-41 



Standing of the competitors in the rest match at the close of 

 shooting Sept. 24: 



J Francis. . .116 114 113 111 110—564 J Monroe. . .112 Ul 110 110 HO — 553 

 S Wilder... 115 114 11 2 111 110-562 *W V LowellB 112 108 108 99-540 

 D L Chase..! i 5 114 112 HO 110-561 Washburn . 107 107 106 105 105-530 

 J W Frye.,113 113 113 113 111-560 



* Handicap of five points for telescopic sights. 



THE CHICAGO MILITARY TOURNAMENT.— The following 

 is the programme of the rifle competitions to take place during 

 the international military encampment, at Chicago, 111., com- 

 mencing Oct. 13. The officer in charge of the competitions will be 

 Col. J. A. Shaeffer, inspector general rifle practice, I. N. G. The 

 shooting will commence at 8:30 A. M., Oct. 12. 



National Guard Team Competition.— Open to regimental teams 

 of 10 men from the national guard of any State or Territory. 

 Military rifles within the rules. Bnffmgton sights and shades for 

 front sights allowed. Ten shots each man at 200yds., 10 at 500yds., 

 and 10 at 600yds. No sighting shots. Position, standing at 200yds.; 

 any within the rules at 500 and 600yds. Any ammunition. The 

 team making the greatest number of points out of the possible 

 1,500 will take first prize. $200 cash; team ranking second, $100 

 cash: third, $75: fourth, $50; fifth, 825. Entrance fee, $10 per team. 



All-Comers' Individual Competition.— Open to the world. Any 

 rifle within the National Rifle Association rules. Distance, 200yds. 

 Position, off-hand. Number of scoring shots, 15. Sighting shots, 

 not any. Target, American field. Ammunition, any. Military 

 rifles allowed 5 points. First prize. $150; second, $100; third, $75: 

 fourth, $50; filth, $25. Entrance fee, $1. 



All-Comers' Team Competition.— Open to teams of ten men from 

 the United States or any foreign country, including members of 

 the regular army, militia companies and rifle clubs. Any mili- 

 tary rrfie within the rules of Blunt and the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation of America. Buffing ton sigh ts and shades for front sights 

 allowed; otherwise the same as Blunt (see paragraphs 630-634). All 

 rifles, other than military, handicapped three points at each range. 

 Ten shots allowed each man at 200yds., ten at 300yds.. ten at 500yds. 

 and ten at 000yds. No sighting shots. Target A will be. used at 

 2C0 ana 800yds., and target B at 500 and 000yds. Position, standing 

 at 200yds., kneeling or sitting 300yds., and any within the rules at 

 500 and 600yds. Ammunition, any. First prize $1,000 cash and 

 $500 in badges; second prize, $500 cash; third prize, $250 cash: 

 fourth, $125 cash; fifth, $100 cash. Entrance fee, $10 per team. 



Individual Short and Mid-Range Competition.— Open to the 

 world. Any rifle within the rules of Blunt and the National Rifle 

 Association of America. Buffington sights and shade for front 

 sight allowed. Ammunition, any. Military rifles allowed 3 points 

 at each range. Ten shots each man at 200yds., ten shots at 300yds., 

 ten shots at 500yds., and ten shots at 600yds. No sighting shots. 

 Target A will be used at 200 and 300yds., and target B at 500 and 

 600yds. Posi tion, standing at 200yds., kneeling or sitting at 300yds., 

 and any within the rules at M0 and 600yds. First prize, $250 cash 

 and a watch valued at $250: second prize, $250 cash; third prize, 

 $125 cash; fourth prize, $75 cash; fifth prize, $50. Entrance fee, $1 

 per man. 



Individual Skirmish Firing.— Open to the world. Any rifle 

 within the rules of Blunt and the National Rifle Association of 

 America. Other than military rifles, handicapped six points. 

 Competitors will start near the 600yds. firing points and advance 

 until near the 300yds. firing points, when they will retreat to the 

 600yds. In advancing, five halts will be made and two shots fired 

 at each halt; time allowed, two minutes at each halt. The same 

 rule will be observed during the retreat. Position, any within the 

 rules. Target B will be used. First prize, $100; second prize, $75; 

 third prize, $50; fourth prize, $40; fifth prize, $30. Entrance lee, 

 $1 per man. 



THE NEW BRITISH ARM.— The special committee on the 

 new army rifle have been conducting a long series of experiments 

 with a view to fixing a standard bore as well as settling the form 

 of magazine to be adopted in the service small arm. It has been 

 decided to fix the diameter of the bore of the new rifle at a point 

 near .3. The exact gauge is to bo .31, which means a bullet about 

 the diameter of an ordinary pencil or penholder. This is a con- 

 siderable lessening of size from the .450 of the present Martini- 

 Henry, and much below the .400 of the rifle of the future that was 

 to be— the Enfield -Martini. Over 100,000 stand of these Enfield- 

 Martinis have been completed, with sword bayonets to fit. The 

 number is actually in the armories, and the re-arming of the 

 forces with these rifles was to have been undertaken at an early 

 date. The adoption of the still newer and smaller bore of .31 

 renders the unissued Enfield-Mar tints obsolete, so that the gov- 

 ernment wiU he forced to sell them as useless or unnecessary 

 stores, in the experiments with the now chosen rifle of the Brit- 

 ish soldier, the .31 bore, it was found, that although the bullet is 

 not much bigger than that of a saloon pistol, it was remarkably 

 efficient in range and destructiveness. At 2,000yds. range the 

 shooting was exceedingly close. Compared with its diameter the 

 bullet is very long. As it is fired with a large charge of compressed 



unpowder, it has a high velocity and consequently very flat tra- 



jectory- Up to 500yds. range the soldier need not raise the back 

 sight, but firing low, can easily hit his enemy. In order to test 

 the destructiveness of bullets of so small a caliber, shots were 

 fired into the carcasses of dead horses and other animals. It was 

 found that bullets that had a small alloy of copper in them gave 

 most successful results. So satisfactory were these repeated ex- 

 periments with the .31 rifle that it left the committee in no doubt, 

 and its adoption was recommended. Having settled on the bore 

 of the rifle of the future the committee found less difficulty with 

 the other portion of their labors, namely, selecting the type of 

 magazine. With the use of a small bullet, and as has also been 

 decided, the adoption of the new compressed gunpowder in solid 

 drawn cases, not only is the weight of the ammunition reduced, 

 but a greater number of cartridges can be placed in the magazine 

 of the rift*. For some time the committee have apparently been 

 disposed to take up the improved Lee rifle. The chief objection to 

 this rifle by military men was that the magazine, when of a con- 

 venient practical size, could only hold five cartridges. That num- 

 ber, it was argued, was too few, and unless they could he made to 

 carry eight or ten cases, it was not worth while having the maga- 

 zine, as a soldier could hre five shots almost as quickly by single 

 loading, picking the cartridges from his bandoUer. The new bul- 

 let and case will permit of an increase in the number of charges 

 that can. be placed in the Lee magazine. The committee are, how- 

 ever, still conducting their inquiry into the question of the best 

 form of magazine for military purposes, and have by no means 

 finally settled to adopt the Lee. It is tolerably certain that the 

 future rifle of our troops will now be a magazine gun, containing 

 not less than eight reserve shots, which, in the supreme moment 

 in assault or repulse, can be almost instantly delivered in a death- 

 dealing shower.— United Service Gazette. 



THE GENEVA TOURNAMENT— Many accounts have been 

 published of the big July gathering of riflemen at Geneva. There 

 was no end of outside festivity and a tremendous lot of rifle 

 practice after an antiquated fashion. J. A. Huggins, who was one 

 of the small American contingent there, in talking with areporter 

 of the Pittsburgh Post upon his return, said of the gathering: "I 

 never in my life saw or ever dreamt of seeing such a remarkable 

 affair. When I tell you that there were 23,000 competitors you will 

 have an idea of what the tournament was like. There were 253 

 targets iu operation daily for two weeks, and each target was 

 crowded from morning till evening. Of course there was some re- 

 markable shooting. Every civilized nation was represented. After 

 a careful observation, however, I am of the opinion that the 

 United States is equal to, and probably better than that of any 

 other country. In sc oring, however, and also in some minor de- 

 tails, I think we are behind other countries. We are also behind 

 in national enthusiasm in rifle contests. I couldn't begin to de- 

 scribe to you the extraordinary interest that I saw displayed in 

 the tournament. In Geneva all places of business were closed and 

 the city was decorated in a way that eclipsed aU previous efforts 

 of decoration in any country. I met an American preacher, who 

 had traveled extensively throughout the world. He told me that 

 he had seen Rome on its most festive day, and also Chicago, and 

 that the decorations of these cities could in no way compare with 

 those of Geneva. Another thing I noticed was that though about 

 30,000 people were daily on the grounds, I never met a teetotaler 

 nor saw a drunken man. There was plenty of wine and beer, but 

 every one seemed to know when to draw the line. The Swiss 

 competitors as a class seemed to be the best shooters. There was 

 a very large number of them, however. The French showed up 

 well, hut displayed their national characteristics of excitability. 

 For instance when any one of them would make four good shots 

 he was sure to become excited at the fifth and make a glaring 

 mistake." Mr. Huggins was among the best prize winners. He 

 made some remarkable records. At a distance of 330yds. he hit a 

 3-in. bullseye 317 times, winning a handsome gold medal. He also 

 won a gold watch, several money prizes and others that have not 

 yet been determined. It will be a few weeks before all the prizes 

 are awarded, because of the large number of competitors. He 

 shot during eight days and fired 125 shots per day. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



CHAMBERLIN COMPANY TOURNAMENT. 



THERE was a large attendance at the third annual tournament 

 of the Chamberlin Cartridge Co., at Cleveland, O., Sept. 13 

 and 14, when the ties in the several classes were shot off. Every- 

 thing went smoothly, and the meeting was in all respects well 

 managed, and proved a bigger success than either of its predeces- 

 ors. The blue rock targets and traps worked well; of the 35,000 

 birds thrown, those broken by the trap were so few as to amount 

 practically to none whatever. Below are the scores: 



Tlie 90 Class. 



C. W. Budd 95, W. R. Huntington 95, H. McMurchy 89, J. R. 

 Stice 88, D. C. Powers 88, Ben Teipel 86, R. E. Sheldon 80, J. C. 

 Hendershot 86, J. E. Miller 85, Ed. Taylor 84. C. E. Verges 83, C. M. 

 Roof 82, J. D. Early 82, H. H. Fleisher 79, Andy Meaders 76, F. L. 

 Chamberlin 72. Ties for first: Budd 95, Huntington 91; second 

 divided; third: Sheldon 49, Teipel 48, Hendershot 43. 



The 80 Class. 



H. W. Eager 95. Al. Bandle 93, L. S. Carter 92, R. Valentine 91, 

 R. B. Organ 91, Dr. J. G. Parsons 89, H. Phare 88, R. O. Heikes 86, 

 C. A. Calhoun SB, H. B. Hill 85, E H. Smith 84, D. Auld, Jr. 81, C. 

 C. Hebbard SO, E. W. Tinker 80, M. Loew 78, Geo. C. Luther 75, C. 

 E. Willard 69, W. L. Davis 67, A. L. Smithmight 56, W. J. Kelley 

 55, L. Stevens 46. 



The 70 Class. 



J. L. Winston 96, J. Savle 87, W. Watts 87, T. M. Games 86, 1. W. 

 Budd 86, T. A. Peacock 86, S. A. Tucker 85, A. W. Ball 84. A. Hoff- 

 man Jr. 81, G. H. Spross 84, 0. F. Britton 83. M. C. Funk 83, W. Acker- 

 man 82, Schoft 81, A. G. Courtney 81, P. North 79. A. M. Cloak 79, F. 



B. Brockwav 79, T. F. Quayle 78, H. A. Comstock 78, J. J. Wightman 

 78, [Chas. Wagener 78, Q. A. McClure 76, J. M. George 74, W. H. 

 Becher 72, G. W. Given 71, L. O. Jones 69, Frank Wilcox 67, Chas. 

 Richards 66, S. P. Heartt 60, F, J. Snyder 55, A. L. Traeger 52. H. 

 W. Nemoyer 42, A. W. West 41, W. H. Osmun 40, E. B. Cahoon 29, 

 J. M. Taylor 29, P. Bacon 33. 



Tite 60 Class. 



F. D. Kelsey 94, E. E. Sample m, C. W. Hart 91, C. D. Keeney 

 90, G. Schachtele 89, S. Gay, Jr. 88. A. W. Fehrmau 87. A. C. Dick 

 86, A. Burnison 80. Wm. Gottfried 85, J. N. Whiteside 85, E. Hinds 

 85, L. A. Croy 85, D. A. Upson 84. Campbell 84, A. A. Walker 84, J. 

 W. Gav 84, C. K. Sober 84. M. G. O'Neil 83, E. Tnlly 83, G. H. Bo- 

 dette 83, W. R. Durfee S3. C. Wendt 82, T. W. Hall 82, W. C. Will- 

 iams 82. T. F. Spencer 81, E. E. France 81, J. Gray 81, W, H. Brum- 

 ith 80, A. G. North 80, A. J. Brown 79, A. P. Pope 79, L. B. Ark- 

 wright 78, T. Gold rich 78. J. P. Hickey 78, W. A. Parmalee 78, F. 



C. Pereival 77. J. G. Messner 77, J. R. Brunei- 77, J, MeOarty 77, H. 

 Klee 76, E. T. Brown 76, H. T. Smith 76, C. A. Funk 75, J. H. Baum- 

 eartner 75, E. R. Page 75, H. J. Martin 75, S. G. Miller 72, T. F. 

 Cummings 72, J. R. Lea 72, W. H. Chain 71, M. Bedell 71, W. S. 

 Stoughton 70, J. II. Ashley 70, D. M. Lefever 70, H. G. Wheeler 69, 

 W. H. Brown 69, F. II. Oakleaf 69, C. H. Kelso 69, W. H. Burl 69, 

 C N. Brown 68, W, A. Smith 67, Waldou 66, M. F. Silsby 66, J. S. 

 Barnes 64. W. J. McCrickart 63, T. T. Ilollingor 63, T. Haycox 62, 

 C. A. Hardway 58, N. D. Hemmenway 58, J. P. Hill 57, F. C. Damm 

 51, D. J. Devo 50, W. F. Crosier 50, C. L. West 49, C. W. Kiefer 49, 

 C. K. Patterson 48, H. H. Luck w., James Finnie w. 



TAUNTON, Mass., Sept. 24.^Taunton F. and G. P. A.; there were 

 13 members to shoot for the club prizes: strong northeast wind; 10 

 L. G. C. P., 3 L. G. C. P. traps, 16yds. rise, 3 angles, N. G. A. rules: 



GL Smith 1011001011-6 J Davis 01011110-6 



J T Hall . . - 0000010100 -2 F S Keith 0.1 01101111-7 



E Leonard 1100011100-5 W Barstow 1101010001-5 



G H Davis 0111101100-6 C Hill 1100010111-fi 



C T Snow 0011111001-6 Scudder 0010101001-4 



E Bowen 011 1101 tll-8 G L Walker 1001010000-3 



A Hardy 0101101101-6 



Match at 10 bats, 3 L. G. C. P. trails, 16yds. rise, 3 angles: 



G L Smith 0110101111-7 J Davis 1111110100—7 



J T Hall 1001110111-7 Keith 1001111111-8 



Leonard 1011001010-5 Barstow 1101111100—7 



a 11 Davis 0110101010-5 Hill 1101111110-8 



Snow 101000111 1—6 Scudder 1110100001-5 



Bowen HGlOOOlll-6 Walker. . - 11011 00100—5 



Hardy 1010011011-6 



Match at 10 blue rocks, 8 blue rock traps, 16yds. rise, 3 angles: 



Smith 1111111111-10 J Davis 111H11100- 8 



Hall 10 0110010- 4 Keith .1011111010- 7 



Leonard 1111010110— 7 Borston 0011 1 11111— 8 



G H Dover 0101011100— 5 Hill 0000110100— 3 



Snow 0101101101— 6 Scudder 1100100110— 6 



Boner 1000011111- 6 Walker 0001001111- 5 



Hardy llOOHOlll- 7 



Sweepstakes; first match at 7 clay-pigeons, 8 clay-pigeon traps, 

 16yds. rise, 3 angles, N. G. A. rules, 3 prizes: J. T. Hall 4, G. L. 

 Smith 5, E. Bowers 4, J. Davis 4, Keith 4, Walker 3, Scudder 2, E. 

 Leonard 4, Borston 3, Hardy 2. 



Second match at 7 blue rocks, blue rock trap, 16yds. rise, 3 

 angles, N. G. A. rules, 3 prizes: J. T. Hall 3. Smith 6, Bowers 3, J. 

 Davis 7. Keith 5, Leonard 1, Borston 6, Hardy 5, Hill 2, G. H. 

 DaviB 6, Snow 5. 



Third match at 5 blue rocks, 3 traps, 10yds. rise, 3 angles, N. G. 

 A. rules, 3 prizes: Hall 4, Smith 5, Bowers 2, J. Davis 4, Keith 3, 

 Leonard 3, Borston 4, Hardy 3, Hill 3, G. H. Davis 2, Snow 4. 



COL. J. E. BLOOM. — There are few names better known to our 

 readers than that of the principal promoter of the National Gun 

 Association, whose rules are now in universal use in this country. 

 It mav not be generaUy known that Mr, Bloom is a graduate of 

 West Point; that he served honorably as an officer of the Fourth 

 U. S. Artillery for six years; he participated iu the Sioux cam- 

 paign of 1876, and the Nez Perce campaign of 1877; and while act- 

 ing as commander of cadets at the East Tennessee University, 

 Governor J. D. Porter conferred upon him the commission or 

 Colonel. We are pleased to learn that Col. Bloom has removed 

 to New York city for the practice of law, having formed a con- 

 nection with tho law firm of Nichols & Bacon, 71 Broadway. No 

 one has done more than he to elevate and popularize outdoor 

 sport with the shotgun; and we trust our resident sportsmen will 

 give him a cordial welcome. 



