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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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the Bpav, and the third one alighted within 50ft. of the object. 

 All were line shots. The fourth shot dropped alongside of and 

 bespattered the buoy with water raised by the shot. 



"Then reloading the rifle with sixteen cartridges Mr. Paine 

 said he would get up a little squall around the buoy, and firing in 



IRA PAINE. 



THE death of Ohevalier Ira Paine briefly mentioned in our last 

 issue has called forth many reminiscences of the world famed 

 marksman. Fie was no doubt at the head of his chosen profession 

 and deserving much praise for bin years of effort in Betting high 

 records for future expert shots. „ . 



The Captain was a native of Providence, R. L. a man ot large 

 physique and about 48 years of age. At one period be was a 

 prominent minstrel, and a member of a quartet which gained 

 some reputation. His wife is a native of London, England, and 

 one of the must attractive women on the stage. Taoy were mar- 

 ried abroad some 0 years ago, and, although she assisted him on 

 the stage, she never gave any public exhibition of skill. In 1860 

 Capt. Paine decided to adopt the profession of a marksman, aud 

 received his first inspiration, as it were, while on a gunning ex* 

 pediton down the Delaware River with several gentlemen yachts- 

 men, of Philadelphia, in which city he was then engaged in the 

 minstrel profession. 



He and Regard us shot many matches and Paine was generally 

 defeated He trained in New York with Hai ry Feller and Selah 

 Smith. He attributed the superiority of Rogardus to his great 

 steadiness and his regular mode of life. 



They first met for the champion badge at pigeon shooting and 

 $1,000. Paine won by 86 to 83. Rogardus then challenged him 

 again and beat him" by 87 to 85. Pain° then came out with a 

 challenge and was beaten by a score of 89 to 91, Then Panic chal- 

 lenged again, this time putting up $1,000, and heat Bogardus by 

 one bird, the score b ing 80 to 79. Next he shot Rogardus for the 

 Lorillard Radge at Stamford. Bogardus killed 30 birds to Paine's 

 37. Then thev met at Prospect Purls and Bogardus won by 81 to 

 81. On Dec. 21, 1875, Paine met Miles Johnson, and on March 7, 

 7, 1876 Dr. B Talbot at Dccrfnot Park. 



Paine made his first trip to Em ope on May 2, 1876, with the 

 trotting mnres presented to Baron Rothschild by Mr. Belmont.. 

 He went to London to test his skill with the Englishmen at the 

 trap. He met Capts. Pufton and Shelley at Nottingham Bill. 

 He shot Pattou 30 birds each at 37yds. rise for $500 a side on June 

 3, 1S76. They made a tie of it and the match was postponed for a 

 few days. When it came off Paine won by three birds. He found 

 the English birds quicker and more alert than the American. 



Then he shot Capt. Shelley for 850 a side, 20 biids e.-t oh, 27yds. 

 ris°, and beat him by one bird. 



On Feb. 5. 1882. he beat Henry Cartier at pistol shooting in Paris. 

 In June. 1888, he shot wit h F. E. Ronnett of Boston, the match 

 lasting several dat s, but the men had a row, and Paine declined 

 to finish, Bennett shooting the match off alone. 



Mr. Paine went to Em-ope in 1880, and spent six years abroad, 

 visiting every part of Europe and taking a run to Australia. One 

 of his most pleasant achievements was when he received the 

 endorsement of the noted military authorit y. Gen. Von Kameke, 

 German minister of war. on March 12. 1883, in the presence of the 

 royal family and some four thousand troops, who pronounced him 

 the most wonderful shot in the world. On Dee. 8, 1883, he was 

 knighted and decorated by the King of Portugal at Lisbon, in the 

 presence of the American minister. Hon. John M. Francis, and 

 Commander Newell and his < fficers of the American ship-of-war 

 Nipsie, and on Jan. 25, 1883, he received his papers and insignia. 

 This was the reward for a private exhibition given to his Majesty 

 by special command. After the exhibition he was the guest of 

 the King, who joined Mr. Paine in pistol shooting. At that time 

 what had distinguished Mr. Paine was his astonishing rapidity 

 and accuracy with the different national arms, such as hitting an 

 8in. target 35 times in one minute, loaning a Winchester rifle. 

 This feat was accomplished at the palace, in Lisbon. Another 

 similar feature was performed aboard the United States ship-of- 

 war Lancaster, at Cronatadt, in May. 1883, when loading and D ing 

 an American Hotchkiss rille, he hit a target 32 times in one min- 

 ute. With the Mauser gun, in the presence of Gen. Von Kameke 

 and the Get man troops, he hit it 27 tames. 



At the great London revolver trial in 1884. in the presence of re- 

 presentatives of the London press, be succeeded in hittiug a Din. 

 target fiftv times in succession with a Colt's army weapon. While 

 in Paris, and at the celebrated Galleries Reuette, Mr. Paine shot 

 with such success that Gastiue Renette, the expert, declared that 

 the gallery had not seen his equal, although it had been in exist- 

 ence for over eighty years. On HepU>mb< r 38, 1885, he won a great 

 match with Herr Joseph Schulhoff, of Vienna, the most noted 

 pistol shot in Europe. This match created profound interest in 

 military circles on account of the reputation of the contestants. 

 The distances were 40, 120 and 325yds. Mr. Paine won all i hree of 

 the matches and nearly doubled the points of his opponent. The 

 last target was 18x36in. — Paine hit it with a pistol 77 times in 

 100, The five judges in the great pistol match, including 

 Baron Restel, Military Commander, of Vienna, presented him 

 with a magnificent medal, inscribed: "The Master-shot of the 

 World; from Vienna Friends." Upon his return to this country 

 in 1886. he was fairly loaded with souvenirs when he had com- 

 pleted his tour, and all of them are of much value. Another in- 

 cident kept in mind by Mr. Paine was the occasion of his visit to 

 the late King of Spain, where he gave private entertainments 

 and was received and entertained for several days. 



When Carver visited Europe in 1881, Paine was introduced as 

 "Mr. De Jongh, a Transvaal marksman," aud the pair shot 

 matches in Glasgow, Edinburgh and other cities, as gate money 

 exhibitions. Mr. Paine possessed a beautiful outfit of arms, and 

 his suggestions to the armory managers on the small but import- 

 ant points of fine marksmanship were always listened to anil fol- 

 lowed. A report of a shooting exhibition given bv Capt. Paine 

 at Detroit in 18 c 0, just before his departure for Europe, will show 

 what a good all-armtnd shot he was. The report says: 



"The shooting was done on the river bank back of the Park 

 House, Hamtramck, where the sun's rays were strong and 

 where the wind had its interest in whatever was going on. 

 There was no seeking of shelter, no trick loaded shells or pre- 

 pared powder, cracked glass balls or other illegitimate methods 

 sometimes adopted by exhibition marksmen. 



"Mr. Paine began his woTk by shooting with an ordinary 

 double barrel shotgun or breechloading fowling piece, at glass 

 balls thrown in anv and every direction, and as rapidly and as 

 far as possible. After bieaking every ball thus thrown Mr 

 Paine shot at balls thrown high in the air, and broke them first 

 at the point where the upward fi ght sropped, then after they 

 had fallen half way to the ground, and finally when within 3ft. 

 of the ground. 



"With a regulation single-barrel dueling pistol all shots were 

 made at ten paces, the first object being a block of wood 2in. 

 square, which he centered with the bullet and sent spinning 

 through the air. Then he shot at a crab-apple about an inch in 

 diameter, which was suspended on a wire hung in front of the 

 face of the target board. Next his assistant held an ordinary 

 lead pencil before the target board and Mr. Paine sent a bullet 

 which broke the lead pencil in halves. A peanut not more than 

 an inch in length was strapped in an upright position to the top 

 of young Jaqties's head, aud at the first shot the nut was cut in 

 two. An ordinary grape hanging by a thread and swinging be- 

 fore the target boaid, was next hit with a pistol ball, after which 

 a dozen balls were put through as many postage stamps on en- 

 velopes taken from the spectators and held between the thumb 

 and ringer. 



"His assistant placed an ordinary business card against the 

 target board with the edge of the card— not more than one-six- 

 teenth of an inch thick, toward the shooter. Then Mr. Paine, 

 with the duelling pistol, took a long, unerring aim, and, at the 

 first shot, hit the card on the edge, cutting it in exact halves. 

 The feats with the duelling pistol closrd witu the shooting of a 

 cork from a stone bottle without injuring the bottle or spilling 

 its contents. 



"With an army revolver Mr. Paine exhibited several very dex- 

 terous shots. His assistant, standing 30ft. away, tossed glass 

 balls ar him, and he shot them before they could hit him. Then 

 Mr. Paine threw the balls himself, and broke them with the 

 revolver before they could re a eh the ground. With a small rifle 

 such asis used in shooting galleries Mr. Paine broke balls thrown 

 at him and away from him. 



With a Winchester rifle Mr. Paine shot double balls thrown 

 into the air, breaking both of them, and put twelve shots into a 

 6in. target in eight seconds. He then performed the ricochet 

 shot. A glass ball is placed upon the ground, and the rifleman, 

 by shooting into the ground, under the ball, throws the globe 

 into tbe air four or five feet, and before the ball falls to the 

 ground it is broken by a second shot. Mr. Paine successfully 

 made two ricochet shots, ending the fancy shot programme. 



"About a third of a mile from the shooting ground was a red 

 spar buoy, looking to the spectators to he about th • size of a lead 

 pencil. Wishing to see what M r. Paine could do at long range, 

 requests were made that be would shoot at the buoy. The marks- 

 man unhesitatingly complied, explaining first, however, that tie 

 would be obliged to guess at. the elevation, as his ride was not 

 fixed for long range shooiing. The first shot went several hun- 

 dred feet beyond the buoy, the second went abowt 200ft. beyond 



111 A PAINE, 



rapid succession the sixteen shots were sent around and within 

 from Bin. to 2ft. of the buoy, causing the water to fairly boil. 

 Thus ended a most entertaining and surprising exhibition of 

 what may be. accomplished with firearms." 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE CREEDMOOR MEETING. 



THE story of the 17th annual prize meeting of the National 

 Rifle Association, held during the past week, should be 

 written in water rather than ink Every score card bears the 

 blur of the rain drops that fell upon it during the record -making, 

 aud both officer and marksman swam through five days of very 

 determined work. The story of the week's doiues told in daily 

 sections is a notorious one of wading and waiting. Of course 

 the Association is ott of pocket on the week, but this is a matter 

 to which it is now pretty well accustomed, and only praise 

 should be said of ihe officers who have clone so much under so 

 long a pec ion of very discouraging surroundings. 



Sept, JO. — The meeting had a dismal, damp opening. There was 

 no shooting in the morning, but the regular events were carried 

 out in the afternoon, save the Judd match, which was postponed 

 un'il the morrow. 



There were about fifty riflemen on the ground when the hour 

 sounded at 1:05 P. M., and the shooting started in simultaneously 

 on half a oozen different ranges. The officers of the occasion, 

 which will last five days, are Brig. Gen. Bobbins, General In- 

 spector of Rifle Practice of the State of N»w York, executive 

 officer. Range officers— Capt, G. B. Rhodes, Seventh Regiment; 

 Capt. W. G. Owen, Twelfth Regiment; Lieut. ChristoflM, Forty- 

 seventh Regiment: Lieut. <\ H.Smith, Seventy-first. Regiment. 

 The last-named had something to do before a rifle was fired. 

 Gen. Bobbins' horse didn't like his hostler, and he viciously 

 threw the boy in front of the club house, and stepped on his 

 knee while he was down. 



Never before in the history of the range has such a storm of 

 wind and rain been experienced duriug the autumn meeting. 

 The. average velocity of the wind duriug tbe. day was demon- 

 strated to be forty-five, and tit times it iy ached between fifty and 

 fifty-five miles an hour. Tents went down before the onset of 

 the blast as if they were paper houses, and shooting was rendered 

 well nigh an impossibility. 

 Some really brilliant shooting was accomplished by Major Ob as. 



H. Gans, Inspector of Rifle Practice. Third Rrigade, Aloany, at 



I, 000yds,, who won the Wimbledon Cup on a score of 107 points. 

 The remarkable feature of Major Gatts's shooting consisted in 

 the fact that he held "the irou" for the entire thirty shots con- 

 stituting the match, not a single miss being recorded against him. 

 This was the only finished match of the day, all the other shoot- 

 ing beit g done iu continuous or re-entry matches. 



Massachusetts and Pennsylvania sent good delegations, and 

 there were quite a number from New York and New Jersey. The 

 Massachusetts delegation is nearlj the same as it has been for 

 five years past, and it. contains many of those who went to Eng- 

 land in the spring. Col Rockwell of the Second Brigade will be 

 in charge. Lieut. Connelly of the Sixteenth Regiment was on 

 hand with his men from Pennsylvania. 



Sept. 11.— Tbe riflemen seemed to feel perfectly at home in the 

 ram to day. Tbe events started in early in the morning, and 

 they kept it up all day, tramping about in rubber coats with 

 dripping guns. The continuous events went on, and the impor- 

 tant matches were the Judd aud loug range military match. 

 There was a slight influx of militia in addition to Tuesday's at- 

 tendance, and the competitors in the Judd match numbered 

 nearly fifty. 



New York riflemen beat the strong shooting men of Massachu- 

 setts and Penn-vlvania in Pus match, which was won by Sergt. 

 Frederick A. Weds, 23d Regiment, Brooklyn, and Pvt. Peter Fin- 

 ncgau, 69 th Regiment, won the long range military match. 



It was a beastly day for shooting, tbe wind in its velocity and 

 the accompanying downpour of rain fairly discounting the dis- 

 agreeable and trying conditions of the day before The fact that, 

 even under these circumstances, it required scores of "centers" or 

 better — that is. an average of 4 points per shot, or 1 point under 

 bullseyes — to secure a place, among the twenty-six prize winners 

 in the Judd match affords not alone a fair index of the ability of 

 the contestants, but the advancement which has taken place in 

 military rille shooting. 



Sept. 13..— There were no long-range matches on the programme 

 to-day, and if there had been they wouldn't have come off, for the 

 shower of rain was so thick all da y that it was scarcely possible 

 to disPngttish a target at 900 or 1,030yds., and the bullsej e couldn't 

 have been seen with a glat-s. The wind wasn't as strong as the 

 day before, but it rained tnree times as hard, and the range just 

 purchased by the State of New York was half under water. Cap- 

 tains and privates alike were compelled to ring their sleeves. 

 Each man got uo less than a pint oi water out of each sleeve of 

 his army coat. There wasn't much temptation to shoot in the 

 continuous matches, because if the weather is clear later in ihe 

 week it will be an easy matter for some one to step in and with a 

 score or two leave far behind the hard-earned shots of stormy 

 weather. 



The only event that was completed was the President's match 

 for the. military championship of the United States. In this 

 match 37 competitor- pai ticipated, and victory remained with a 

 New Yorker, Capt. Macaulay, lormer Inspector of Rifle Practice 

 of the HJrh K> giment, winning the match at the second stage. 



Sept. 13.— To-day was team day for the local teams and the State 

 with the two division matches were disposed of. The two crack 

 commands, the Seventh and Twenty-third, had things their own 

 way, each winning its division match and then the Seventh tak- 

 ing the State prize with five teams in the field. The range, took 

 on nearly its accustomed form. The rain held off. except for 



intermittent showers, while the wind ceased to blow in great 

 gusts and was only tricky and deceptive 



Sept. lh— To-day the. meeting ended with fair weather and two 

 important matches. It ended, too, in a whirlwind of ill-feeling, 

 and it is more than likely that executive officer Robb'ns, by a 

 harsh though technically correct ruling, has driven the Pennsyl- 

 vania^ into a state of mind which will prevent them, from com- 

 ing again to Creedmoor for a long time. New York simply held 

 tail positions in both the Inter-State and the Hilton Trophy 

 matches, yet it was not very far in the rear, and the match was 

 won on rather low scores considering the favorable day on 

 which they were shot. The wrangle was on +he rigid application 

 of the time limit rule in the last few shots fired at the 600yds. 

 distance. It has been in years gone by a rule at Oeedraoor to 

 limit the time in which matches shall be shot. This rule lately 

 has been more. honored in tbe breach than fn the observance, but 

 little attention being paid to it. In the Hilton match the Penn- 

 sylvania team got through first, followed closely by Massac Im- 

 chusotfs, with New York a had third. Ingoing from the 500 to 

 the 600yds. ranges much time was wasted." Massachusetts was 

 shooting at a target where the marking wa" particularly slow, 

 aud Pennsylvania men were taking all the time thev wanted. It 

 was noticed that New York was shooting rapidlv, and Col. Rock- 

 well, in charge of the Bay State men, remembering the old rule, 

 inquired how much time be had left. " Just 12 minutes" sa id 

 (Jen. Bobbins. But 12 minutes to fire 18 shots over a long distance, 

 requiring the nicest calculation, and a sharp order was issued to 

 the men to hurry. This did not improve ihe score, and the low- 

 record made by the two Bulls at 600yds. must be charged to this 

 account. As it was, the horn blew to cease firing before, F. R. 

 Bu'l could finish his score, and left the Pennsylvanians short on 

 two men. There was tremendous kicking by Pennsylvania, but 

 as it was the Massachusetts team succeeded in winning the trophy 

 by just two points. 



Gen. Bobbins explained that, the limitations of the matches had 

 been posted in the morning, allowing 1J^ hours for the 200yds. 

 Shoot in both the Inter-State acid Hilton matches, tbe latter im- 

 mediately following the forme: ; then three hours for tbe 500 and 

 600yds. portions of the matches. The three hours would bring the 

 match up to-5 P. M., but as eight minutes waslost in shift ing tar- 

 gets between I he 200 and 500yds. events, this much extra time was 

 allowed after 5 o'clock. Tim Pennsylvania men said they knew 

 nothing about such an arrangem nt. and when they got done 

 with tb'o 300vds. events in the morning, long before the Other 

 teams and wanted to know- if there wasn't some limitation, Gen. 

 Bobbins told them there wasuone. They say they wanted to keep 

 right on with the 500yds. shoot, but they were nor allowed to. As 

 a result, when the final horn was blown, at 5:11, Massachusetts 

 had one shot and Pennsylvania two which weie ruled out-. 



At this- juncture Pennsylvania was Hit two points behind the 

 "world heaters," with an almost assured certainty of winning the 

 mat h. K. R. Bull, the last man of the Massachusetts team to 

 shoot, bad marie 21 points in bis possible 35. while Gutither and 

 Pratt, the ruled out men of the Pennsylvania twelve, had scored 

 22 and 34 points respectively. 



Assuming this average to be maintained, of which there was 

 every reasonable assurance, there could be no doubt that the 

 match would go to the Keystone marksmen. But the executive 

 officer stood upon the strict letter of the law and the regulations, 

 and the match terminated with a hollow victory to the credit of 

 Massachusetts and unrepressed dissatisfaction and rebellions 

 feeling on the part of the Pennsylvania and New York con- 

 testants. 



At the close of the shooting and upon the announcement of the 

 result the Massachusetts shooters freely expressed themselves as 

 preferring defeat to being compelled to accept a quasi victory by 

 virtue of a technical decision, while the Peunsyl vanians were out- 

 spoken in their indignation at being ruled out of a fairly-earned 

 winning score. 



Hereafter, tbey declared, Pennsylvania would conduct its own 

 riflo matches, putting up prizes to be competed f-r at Mount 

 Gretna far exceeding in value those offered by the National Rifle 

 Association, and it would be a long day before a team from the 

 Keystone State would again he seen at Creedmoor. 



Tbe formal record of the prize winners and leading scores in the 

 various matches srand as follows: 



No. 1. Directors' Match.— 200vd*„ open only to directors of the 

 N. R. A , rounds 5, any military rifle, including specials: 



B Watcher 45554-28 Geo Shurtleff 45544-23 



James Duane 55345 — 22 



No. 2, Judd Match.— Open to all comers, the Remington .SOr-al., 

 State model, or the United States .Springfield, 200yds., standing, 

 rounds 7, entries aud re-entrance %\ each, the aggregate of two 

 scores to count for the first five prizes. 20 prizes: 



FA Wells 



J J Mount joy 



John F Klein .... 



W GHussey 



W J Johnson 



O J Gun way 



J M Carrero 



Geo R Russell 



T J Dolan 



O T Farnsworth . 

 C W Si mmons . . . 



J M Johnson 



G S Scott 



No. 3. Wimbledon Cup Match.— Open to all citizens and resi- 

 dents of the United States, 1.000yds.. 30 shots, any rifle, cleaning 

 allowed. Won in 1875 bv M,,j. Fulton, in 1876 by I. L Allen, in 

 1S77 by Dudley Selpb, in 1878 by Frank H>de, in 1879 by C. H. 

 Lairrt, in 1880 bv W. M. Farrow, in 1881 bv F. J. Rabbet h, in 1S82 

 by W. Bud worth, in 1883 by H. T. Rockwell, in 1884. 1885 and 1886 

 by J. W. Todd, in 1887 by T. J. Dolan, in 1888 bv W. M. Merrill. 



C H Gaus 343254423444554443435434352333— 107 



WM Merrill 031 i ' I retired. 



Alex Stein - 59£Q3OQO0OQO32S332AOO retired. 



No. 4. President's Match.- First stage: 200 and 500yds., 7 shots 

 at each distance, open to all members of the army, navy and 

 marine corps, or the national guard, 17 prizes. Second stage: 

 Open to all prize winners in the first stage, 600yds., 10 shots: 



SOOvds. 500 vds. 



W M Merrill .3424454-29 5455555 34-60 



W GHussey 4544554- 31 4453434 27-58 



JJMour.tjoy 4444344— 27 4455543—30 57 



C H Gaus 4444443-27 54353.13-29-56 



R B Edes 4434454-28 3544354-28-56 



J Macaulay 3243524-23 5445445-32-55 



C C Foster 3433443-24 3445555-31—55 



J D Foot 4344345-25 3435455-30 55 



T J D'dan 344.448-26 2445555 29-55 



W C Johnston, Jr 4535434-28 4414533-27-55 



J M Johnson 4544443-28 4533254 26-54 



H J Me hard 3433-53—25 4544254—28—53 



Geo Dovle 4434415-28 4450345-35-53 



Geo R Russell 4524444—28 45551(24-25 53 



W J Underwood 333:353- 22 3545534—30—52 



s s Bum-iaf! . ;:448-2fj 4533853— Sp-fig 



Fran k Stuart - .3444434—26 3254344—26 -52 



...4453345 30 



Frank Connelly 



. ..5544444 



30 



F, J Cram 



... 4553544- 



-30 



W A Stokes 



....4145553- 



-30 



S S Rumstead 



...4414544- 



-29 



W S Horton 



...4*45444—29 



W Hoffman 



... 4544444- 



-29 



Thos Connelly 



...5454444—29 



Geo Doyle 



....5434445- 



-29 



A S Weston 



...4454443- 



-29 



F K Bradley 



...3453455- 



-29 



E W Newton ... . 



...4444345- 



-28 



Geo W Coulston. . . 



...4444435- 



-28 



C R Pratt 



. ..5484444- 



-28 



Second Stage. 



1st Stage. 600vds. Total. 



41" Pfi 

 43 

 35 



95 



92 

 91 

 91 



34 



76 



J Macaulay, Supemumeriry, N Y 55 



Geo R Russell, 5th Mass ..53 



W G rlussev, 5 h Mass 58 



C H Gaus, 3d Rrigade, NY 56 



George Doyle, 5th Mass 53 38 



S S Rumstead, 2d Mass 52 39 



R B Edes, 2d Mass 56 32 



W M Merrill, 5th Mass 60 27 



C C Foster, 5th Mass 55 29 



W C Johnston, 2d Brigade, Mass 55 28 



T J Dolan , 12ch Regt, NY 55 27 



JMJohnson,2d Mass 54 33 



No. 5. The Long-Range Military Match.— Any rifle, including 

 specials, 800 and 9110yds., any position, open to all comers, 15 shots 

 at each distance, 6 prizes: 



800-d=. eOOyds. 

 Pvt Peter Finnegan. . . .354442340544554 - 56 455585353254500-56-112 



Pvt Alex Stein 554054253554455—61 344044554.-03055-47—108 



Sergt T J Dolan 45444 "-44 354 55 53^205054804443-47-102 



Major CHGaus 423 ^ - : :- i - f>« 



Sergt W M Merrill 0245444 a 5333423 -45 0 , -46— 91 



Capt J S Shepherd 545405O338fi00nt^-37 234435404 343554- 53- 90 



Strut H C Weagra ff . . . . 2S345F 344254*43 -56 02385010R303007— 27— 83 

 Sergt Frank Stewart. . .3C0544303>42030-36 400033033300000—18— 54 

 No. 6. Tbe Tiffany Match,— All-comers, continuous match, 200 

 yds , standing, 7 shots on the American standard target, any 

 weight rifle with 31 bs trigger pull, but no palm or other rest al- 

 lowed. Tbe allowance for special military rifles will be 3 points, 

 for other military rifles 4 points, and for the Remington State 

 model ,50cal. 5 points on each string, cleaning allowed between 

 shots for rifles other than military or special military, the first 

 prize will be a silver vase presented by Messrs. Tiffany & Co.; 31 

 cash prizes aggregating $264. The aggregate of 3 scores to count 

 for all prizes. Extra prizes of $5. S3 and $2 will be awarded each 

 day to the 3 competitors making the greatest number of bullseyes. 



