Deo. 30, i$88.j 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



448 



Bclwer. "White and orange rough St. Bernard bitch, whelped 

 Juno 14, 1888, by Hector (A.K7R. 3249) ont of Linda (A.K.R. 2552), by 

 C. H. Spring, Newton Lower Falls, Mass., to J. A. Morse, South 

 Framingham, Mass. 



Madam. Orange and white St. Bernard bitch, whelped Sept. 18, 

 lSSij (A.K.R. 4767), by John H. Sutcliffe, Louisville, Ky., to C. E. 

 Johnson, Framingham, Mass. 



Van Pelt. Chestnut, white and tan English setter dog, whelped 

 April 28, 1888, by MacD. out of Chief's Queen, by F. G. Taylor & 

 G. G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., to J. J. Kerr, same place. 



Dick Boy. Black, white and tan English setter dog. whelped 

 March 13,1888, by San Roy out of Cora, by F. G. Taylor & G, G. 

 Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., to A. H. Moore, same place, 



Don Carlos. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped 

 May 3, 1888, by Rockingham out of Donna, by Rosecrott Kennels, 

 Birmingham, Conn., to Edwin Parker, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Hindoo— BotMemay whch)s. Black and tan Gordon setters, 

 whelped Aug. 20, 1888. by F. M. Bennett, Westfteld, N. J., a dog to 

 S. B. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., and a bitch each to H. C. West, 

 Crauford, N. J., and Jas. B, Blossom, Morrisania, N. Y. 



Luray III. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped March 14. 1885, by 

 Chief out of Leigh Doane I., by Oakview Kennels, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., to Associated Fanciers, same place. 



Creole. Red Irish setter hitch, whelped 1883, by Grafton out of 

 Meg, by Oakview Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa., to Associated Fan- 

 ciers, same place. 



Bex. Black, white frill, cocker spaniel dog, whelped July 12, 

 1888, by Oberon (A.K.R. 8315) out of Trinket, by Chas. 0. Haight, 

 East. Homer, N. Y.. to F. C. Smith, Grotou, N. Y. 



PeteObo. Black co?ker spaniel dog. age not given, by Black 

 Pete out of Miss Ginger, by G. F. Willard, Charlestown, Mass., to 

 Rural Kennels. Wakefield, Mass. 



Boslyn Dennis— Boslyn Mleen whelp. Red Irish terrier dog, 

 whelped July 28, 1888, by Chestnut Hill Kennels, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., to J. T. Pollard, Atlanta, Ga. 



DEATHS. 



Dom Pedro. Orange ta wny and whi te St. Bernard dog, whelped 

 May 28, 18*6 ( A.K.R. 6328), owned by Chas. D. Cugle, Hartford, 

 Conn., Oct. 26, from pneumonia. 



fitoMion. Orange tawny St. Bernard bitch, whelped Oct. 19, 

 1885 (A.K li. 6394), owned by Cnas. D. Cugle, Hartford, Conn., Nov. 

 27, from inflammation of the bowels. 



A NEW GATEWAY. 

 By the completion of a new bridge across the Missouri River at 

 Rulo, Nebraska, the Burlington Route has established, Tor the 

 entire distance over its own crack, a new, direct, through lino 

 from St. Louis to Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison and Denver. 

 O ver this line is run "Tne Burlington's Denver Express"— a solid 

 train with through sleeping cars and coaches from St. Louis to 

 St. Joseph and Denver, and a through sleeping car from St. Louis 

 to Kansas City. The connections made by this train at the Mis- 

 souri River, at Denver and at junction points en route are such 

 that one can directly reach by it all points in Nebraska, Colorado, 

 and all sections of the West and Southwest, as well as all Pacific 

 coast points. This is in addition to "Tne Burlington's Number 

 One" well-known solid vestibule train between Chicago and Den- 

 ver and Cheyenne, with which direct connection is made by C. B. 

 &~Q. R. R. train from Peoria, by which one can make the run 

 between Chicago and Denver without being more than one night 

 on the road. For tickets via the Burlington route and for special 

 excursion folder, call on nny ticket ageut of connecting lines, or 

 address P. S. Eustis, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, C. B. & Q. 

 R. R., Chicago. 111. — A.dv. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



A SLINQSHOT GUN. 



IN a room at No. 19 Broadway is a model of a machine, which it 

 is intended to use on a large scale in dropping batches of dyna- 

 mite upon the. vessels or among the forces of an enemy. The in- 

 ventor is Walter E. Hicks, of Brooklyn, and the cut will give a 

 good idea of the device. 



Mr. Hicks's wheel consists of two steel disks, thin at the cir- 

 cumference, but quite thick at the center, standing several inches 

 apart and firmly joined by bolts. In the spaces between the 

 plates four clutches for holding the projectiles are placed equi- 

 distant along the circumference. Outside each disk is a double 

 quadrant for the use of the gunner in training the "gun" at the 

 desired elevation. Combined with each quadrant is a mechan- 

 ical contrivance that, by the pulling of a lanyard, opeus a clutch 

 and releases a projectile at just the point at which the "gun" may 

 be trained. Two shots at opposite sides of the wheel are thus 

 fired an infinitesimal fraction of a second apart. There is a sepa- 

 rate lanyard for each disk, each firing two of the four shots. A 

 wheel 10ft. in diameter is required for a 6in. shot, and for every 

 additional inch of diameter in the shot there must be 20'tn. more 

 of diameter in the wheel. Underneath there is a iackscrew brake 

 for stopping the wheel. The entire machine, inctud ing the steam 

 engine, stands upon a single plate thatmaybe placed upon a turn- 

 table and adjusted and trained like any marine gu™. carriage. It 

 might also be placed on wheels and used for field service. 



The latest Krupp guns impart to the projectile an initial velo- 

 city of 2.300ft. a second, and Mr. Hicks's calculations, as revised hy 

 army experts at West Point and Fortress Monroe, lead him to ex- 

 pect an initial velocity of 2,000ft. a second from his 10ft. wheel, 

 when flying at the rate of 4,000 revolutions a minute. The pro- 

 portional range would be five miles, but the revolutions of the 

 wheel can be increased to 6,C00 a minute, with corresponding gains 

 in the velocity and range of the projectile. The motive power of 

 the wheel is a steam engine. Calculation shows that to secure 

 initial velocity of 2,000ft. a second would require a wheel having a 

 diameter at the point where the shells were placed of 10ft., and 

 revolving 4,000 times in a minute. Mr. Hicks makes the following 

 estimate of centrifugal force and tensile strength under these con- 

 ditions: 



Centrifugal force exerted on each wheel at 4,000 revolutions per 

 minute, assuming the weight at 6,4411bs. 



< 'ON UN'S "EXPERT" TARGET. 



Formula— The square of velocity (in. rev. pr. min.), multiplied 

 by dia. of circle of center of gyration in feet, and quotient 

 divided by constant 5,217, this X by weight of bod v' will give total 

 force. 



Example— Velocity, 4,000 rev. pr. min.; center of gvra., 7 07ff.; 

 dia. of wheel, lOt't,; weigtif, 6.4411bs. 



Proof-4,000 2 =16,000,000 x 7.07=1,1311.200.000 divided by con. 5,317= 

 21,682 X weight of wheels. 6.4411bs.=139,G53,762. 



Area of 10ft. wheel 78.54ft. or 1,130,976m.; 21n. thick; 50,0001bs. 

 tensile strength. 



1,133.976 x 3= 2,261,952 x 50,000 t. s.= 113.097,t:00,C001bs. resistance. 



Then centrifugal force 18,097,60O,0001bs.=139j6S3,?f^bE. =112,957,- 

 9i6,2381bs. to spare. 



The projectile, specially designed to be used in the Hicks 

 machine, is a long cigar-shaped shell, with heavy solid ends, the 

 intervening space being occupied by camphorated nitro-gelatine 

 (blasting gelatine), surrounded by guncotton, as in the Zalinski 

 projectile. The fulminate is as usual reached and exploded by a 

 needle running through to the pointed end of the shot. 



CANADIAN RIFLE NOTES. 



SARIN A RIFLE CLUB Dec. 6.— The regular monthly compe- 

 tition for the gold badge of the club took place to-dav. and 

 the following are the leading scores: 



200yds. 400vds. 



R Glynn 55455—24 24555"- 21— 45 



WMiniely 33424—16 55444—22—38 



D Turner 425545—18 45354-21—39 



This being the third time Mr. Glynn has headed the score, it 

 places him in possession of the badge. It had previously been 

 won twice by Miniely and once by Dr. PoUssette. 



Aeliston, Dec. 7.— The third shoot for the handsome silver 

 medal was held on the Alliston Rifle Club range to-day. The 

 medal has to be won three times by one person before becoming 

 his property, and has been won twice in succession bv Air 

 Graham, who lost to R. Henderson to-day. The contest was 

 governed by the rules of the Ontario Small Bore Rifle Associa- 

 tion, possible 50 at each range off-hand. Following is the score: 



103yds. 200yds. Total, 



John Latimer 29 27 56 



H Graham 39 36 75 



R Henderson 42 45 87 



A R McClaren 30 32 68 



J G Sutherland 36 38 73 



Alf Graham 50 27 77 



J P Palmer 31 22 53 



EJBeid 43 37 60 



J Wilson. 45 31 76 



J A Kmsey 40 30 70 



Hamilton, Dec. 10.— A number of gentlemen were discussing 

 to-day the respective merits of Way per and Granger at pistol 

 shooting, and the result was that Mr. E. Spencer matched Way- 

 per against Granger. The terms of the match are that each 

 shall fire five shots at a target with a %\n. bullseye at 30yds., for 

 830 a side, the match to take place in this city before the 1st of 

 February, 1889, 



LONDON, Eng.— Ira Paine is filling a long engagement at the 

 Paragon Music Hall. His revolver shooting is creating mueh 

 talk. 



THE NEW EXPERT TARGET. 



EIF-LE shooting at Conlin's gallery is now beiog cultivated as a 

 fine art. In the days when only the long squirrel rifle was 

 known, when a few grains of powder was used and a small round 

 ball was hammered into the deep-cut rifles with yioi=nt twists,, 

 a marksman who could with a dead rest hit a squirrel in the Pead 

 90 to 103ft. distant was considered a crack shot, and to wound a 

 turkey at IGOyds. three times out of five shots, was something that, 

 very few shooters could accomplish. But things have changed 

 since those early days, and skill in rifle shooting has kept up with 

 the advance in science and mechanism. Instead of measuring 

 by the yard, foot and inch, as in the olden times, it is now ne- 

 cessary to decide contests by the hundredth part of an inch, and 

 even hair breadths, nothing but the calipers and dividers of the 

 mathematician can determine results. This "expert target" was 

 invented by the veteran rifleman James S. Conlm, the man who 

 has done so much to bring rifle and pistol shooting to its present 

 almost perfection. The "expert's target" consists of ten rings or 

 circles, the outside diameter of which is 4in., and it is intended to 

 measure the shots of 22 100 and J4 I0 o caliber arms. The circles are 

 numbered from 1 to 10 for — 1Q( ,-cal., and from 1 to 5 for the 44 lp o- 

 eal. There is in the center of the bullseye a carton which is 22 | 0( >in. 

 diameter, all the shots to count corresponding with the number 

 of the circle or ring, must be clear inside of the ring or number, 

 or will be counted one less, and take its place in the next outside 

 ring or number. For example, if a shot simply touches the bulls- 

 eye (which counts 9), it cannot be counted as 10 unless it touches 

 the carton inside of the bull. It is contended that this simplifies 

 the reckoning of the shots, so that any person of ordinary intel- 

 lect or the least knowledge of shooting can understand the 

 method. It also keeps up the method of string measure, or aver- 

 aging all the shots made by the shooter, which is the only true 

 way of determining the skill and performance of the shooter. 

 The improvements made in firearms of all kinds of late years has 

 been marvelous, greater than was ever dreamed of by the older 

 riflemen. The new target bids fair to become quite popular 

 among the crack shots of the city. It is this target which is being 

 used in the experts' contest now going on. The match opened on 

 Dec. 6 to run through the month. The leading score made tlms 

 far is by Major D. Crocker on Dec. 7, and is shown in full below, 

 the score running 9, 7, 8, 7, 9, 7, 19, 10, 10, 10-87. 



TARGET MADE BY MAJOR D. CROCKER. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 8.— This score was made on the 

 Broad Brook rifle range to-day on a standard American target at 

 200yds. off-hand: 



Cooley, of Springfield 10 6 



Allen, of Broad Brook 7 6 



Derbv, of Broad Brook 6 9 7 



Gibbins, of Broad Brook 7 6 7 



Seinple, of Broad Brook 5 8 10 



Hirsh, of Broad Brook 9 6 6 



98976869 -78 

 8 4 10 10 6 9 10 5—75 



6 10 6 8 3 5 9-71 



7 6 6 9 8 7 5-68 



7 6 5 7 6 4 8-66 



8 3 6 8 4 7 4-61 



THE HICKS WHEEL- GUN, 



DOLAN— WALTHER.— New York, Dec. 15. -Match at Wissel's 

 Cypress Hill rifle range, Saturday. 15th inst., between Mr. T. J. 

 Dolan, of the New York Rifle Club, and Mr. B. Walther, of the 

 Zettler Rifle Club, Dolan shooting with a Hepburn .40, 370grs 

 patched bullets, and Walther a Ballard .38, 255grs. grooved bul- 

 lets, the barrel recut by the Zettler Brothers; 200yds. off-hand 

 standard American target: 



T J Dolan 74 78 80 82 86 87 75 76 67 85- 7TO. Av 79 



B Walther 84 82 83 92 80 83 84 87 83 89-850. Av. 85 



— F. McKernon, Scorer. 



WINTER PRACTICE.-On the Hartranft rifle range in Penn- 

 sylvania a club has been formed to indulge in rifle practice dur- 

 ing the winter. The 2O0yds. range will be used and the shooting 

 dope from a house. Standard targets will be used and shooting 

 done each Thursday. The practice on Thursday last was: 



J S Moutjoy (mil) 9 " 



Ed Travis 9 



Jas Lardiner (mil) 6 



E Stees. Jr 7 



Wm Wurfflein 8 



J H Buehler 6 



J M Oliver i 3 



9 



9 8 5 



7 9 7 



9 10 5 



6 10 6 



3 3 



4 3 



7 7 



5 7 



8 10 7 



5 2 



9 6 



3 4 

 3 



2 



6 6 



7 6-74+4-^78 

 6 10- 76 

 6 6—60+4—64 



3 9- 59 



6 6- 57 



4 2- 35 



7 0- 31 



CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOT.-The North End Gun Club, of 

 Philadelphia, will have a Cliristmas Day shoot for 8 or 10 mer- 

 chandise prizes, such as a shell case, gunning coat, gun casp 

 leather leggings, gunning hat, and other articles of like descriDl 

 tion. All members to shoot free of charge; visitors to be charged 

 pro rata of cost of goods; birds to be 2 cents each. All the m°rn. 

 bers of : tte different gun clubs of the city and vicinitv are invited 



lid shooting to be class shooting. S weepstake shooting 



