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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE INTER-STATE MATCH WRANGLE. 



SOME very reckless statements have been put, in print by mem- 

 bers of the Pennsylvania team since rhey went away from 

 Creeiimoor without the possession of the Hi] I on trophy which 

 they hurt Virtually won hut from which they were technically 

 though justly shut out. 



Gen. Robbing, though brusque and inclined to be a martinet in 

 matters military, is a capital allot and has the interests of rifle 

 shooting and Creedmoor thoroughly at heart. For those who 

 know him best many of the assertions set afloat appear super* 

 ridiculous. The history of the match is a very simple one. 

 There was a great desire on all sides to win the trophy. The 

 "world beaters" were there from Massachusetts with their lecord 

 of the season to round out in another victory. The New York 

 team were at home and were specially anxious in view of criti- 

 cisms to the manner of selections of the team to score a win, and 

 finally the Pennsylvanians had come over from their Gretna 

 range ready andiconrtdent to.beat the crack team from down East. 

 There was much challenging all day and the visitors cannot say 

 that they were not given all their rights in the way of bavins 

 their challenges considered and in the majority of cases sustained. 

 Had they been denied their rights as competitors, they had and 

 have the privilege for appeal to the directors of the N. R. A., and 

 this appeal will hold just as good on the point of time as any 

 other. It the visitors had not the time properly theirs to finish 

 the match under the conditions, they have the right of appeal. 

 Thai no suc h appeal has been made is the very best proof to any 

 outside unbiassed observer that they have no proper ground for 

 one. 



Gen. Robbing, when talked to on the matter, reviewed the his- 

 tory of the day very fully and said: 



"It was agreed that a minute a shot should he allowed the com- 

 peting teams. At 200yds. we shot, the Inter-State and Hilton 

 trophy matches in conjunction. Two targets were assigned to 

 each team, which gay* us 17 shots to be tired by 6 men, or 102 in 

 the aggregate. The 2 hours from 10 to 12 really allowed 1 minute 

 and 42 seconds per shot. The match was begun at 10:15. New 

 York had two protested shots, for one of which 2 rniuules and the 

 other 3 minutes were allowed. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania 

 each protested one shot, thereby gaining an allowance of 3 min- 

 utes. In addition to this it was found necessary to provide a 

 further allowance of 15 minutes for retouching t he targets in 

 conseqenee of the rain. This would have required that New York 

 should have finished at 12:35 and Massachusetts at 12:33. respec- 

 tively. As a matter of fact, New York completed its oil-shoulder 

 score at 12:18 and Massachusetts and Pennsylvania at 12:10. I n the 

 afternoon pool targets were opened at 1 o'clock on the under- 

 standing thai ihey were to be closed at 1:45. It was proposed to 

 begin shooting the second stage of the matches at 2 o'clock. Col. 

 Rockwell came to me and wanted to know if the time of opening 

 could not be advanced. 1 was willing to accommodate him, and as a 

 result shooting at 500yds. began at 1:58 instead of 2 o'clock. We thus 

 gained 2 minutes. 1 had informed the captains of the contesting 

 teams that 3 hours would he allowed for the firing of the 144 shots 

 on each target. This arrangement would have necessitated the 

 closing of the matches at 4:58. Ten minutes were, however ai 

 lowed for changing distances between 500 and 600yds. New York 

 finished its team score at 5:05. Massachusetts at the expiration 

 of the time limit had one and Pennsylvania two shots to the. 

 Promptly at 5:08 I directed the horn to be sounded. At that time 

 I had no knowledge whatever as to how the scores stood, as has 

 been my invariable custom." 



Secretary Shepherd of the Association, who was a member of 

 the defeated New York team, spoke bot h as a, competitor and an 

 officer of the Association and said: "General Robbins is as fair 

 and honorable a maD as ever lived. He was the executive officer 

 in charge of the match, and as Inspector-General of this State he 

 was the captain of the New York team, but he would not give a 

 wrong decision even if the fate of the trophy depended upon it. 

 As for shutting out the Pennsylvania team before they had 

 finished, the captain of that team told his men tliat it served litem 

 right. In 1885 General Robbins, at the demand of the Penn- 

 sylvania men, gave the order to cease firing wheu the New Yorks 

 had still nine shots, giving the Pennsylvania team the place that 

 the New Yorks would probably have otherwise had. The markers 

 could not possibly have known which target the New York team 

 was firing at. General Robbins has been at Oreedmoor a number 

 of years, and has always given perfect satisfaction. 



"There is no foundation for the charges of unfairness, howevor. 

 We generally get our markers from Willet's Point. They are 

 men who are in the employ of the United States, and are thor- 

 oughly competent. They were in the pits some timo before we 

 tossed up for targets. Of course they might have found out dur- 

 ing the match what targets our team was on, but that would have 

 made no difference to them. One of the Pennsylvania team 

 watched with a. glass the result of the firing of our men. He 

 challenged the mark for one of the shots on the 200yds. range, 

 and General Robbins sent a Massachusetts man, together with a 

 representative of the Philadelphia team and the superintendent 

 of the rifle range, clown to the target, and they sustained the 

 challenge. A second challenge was also sustained, but a third 

 challenge resulted in favor of our team. There was much chal- 

 lenging all day, and the decisions as a whole were rather iu favor 

 of the Pen n sylvan ians." 



George S. Scott, of the New York team, said: "There is no 

 donbt the Pennsylvanians would have won the match if they had 

 finished their firing, but they can only blame themselves. They 

 should have finished as soon as the other teams did. When the 

 Massachusetts men went down to Creedmoor they were glad that 

 General Robbins was in charge, as they had every confidence in 

 him, knowing that he was fair and competent. General Robbins 

 hurried us up toward the last. I was one of the last two men to 

 shoot. One of us was loading while the other was firing, and the 

 consequence was wc made the poorest record made by any of our 

 team on that target. We did not even have time to blow out our 

 guns to keep them in condition. If the other teams bad-done t he 

 same thing they would have finished as soon as we did. The 

 order to cease firing was not given, however, as soon as we were 

 done, but several minutes after we had stopped. General Rob- 

 bins was undoubtedly fair and honest in all his decisions, and 

 thfere are no grounds at all for complaint." 



The following pair of letters from Pennsylvanians who were 

 present, connected with the fight, tell their side of the unfortu- 

 nate wrangle: 



Philadelphia, Sept. 21.— Editor Forest and Stream; Your ed- 

 itorial in regard to the Creedmoor meeting as to time limit I 

 partly agree, but no match is finished until the last shot is fired. 

 It' Gen. Bobbins had stopped all shooting at 5 P. M. then there 

 would be no cause for complaint, and on behalf of all the captains 

 of the teams to had continued to a finish (as has been the practice 

 heretofore) everything would have been satisfactory; but no, he 

 allowed the New York team to finish, and it took until after 5 

 o'clock to do so, showing very clearly that knowing the New York 

 team to be in the lead from 500yds., by shutting out the Massa- 

 chusetts and Pennsylvania teams they would win, but he over- 

 stepped the mark and was left. I inclose you an open letter to 

 Ool. L. A. Watres, from our supervisor of the New York team.— 

 John J. Mount jot. 



New York, Sept. 15. 

 Col. L. A. fFaircs, Inspector General of Rifle Practice, N. G. P.: 



Colonel— 1 desire to make you a personal report of the manner 

 in whicb the Pennsylvania State rifle team has been treated at 

 Creedmoor, as well as to show you (conclusively, if I can) that 

 General Robbins was extremely partial to the New York State 

 team, and by his sharp practice expected to win the Hilton 

 trophy match for that State. 



It will take considerable space to give you the matter in detail, 

 but I very much desire that you should understand it in every 

 detail, and therefore I take the time to give it to you, as follows- 

 On the morning of the match! was detailed with glass and score 

 card to keep the records and watch the shots as they were fired 

 upon the two targets by the New York State team. 



From the manner of marking the shots that were close to the 

 line, I am convinced that the markers in the pits knew they were 

 marking for the New York team, and from the manner of de- 

 cisions of General Robbins on contested shots, I am almost sure 

 t hat he knew it. I instance the following: At 200yds. in the Hil- 

 ton trophy match, Underwood, in his sixth shot, made a close four 

 a-fel o'clock, and it was so spotted by myself and the captain of 

 t e Now York team, and so marked by the marker in the pit. 

 After marking the shot, and before another shot had been fired, 

 be (the marker) again raised the trap and marked a bullseve over 

 at 10 o'clock, and the man Underwood then claimed the last mark 

 on a bnllseye, which 1 challenged. Gen. Robbins was appealed to, 

 and he decided without investigation that it wa* a bullseye, 

 although the eaptaiu of the team, who saw the shot made, re- 

 fused to say it was other than a four at 1 o'clock. 



The next challenge J made was on the fourth shot at 200yds., 



Hilton-Brohm match, made by Major Gaus, which was marked 

 fin eye. JVty challenge was sustained after a visit to the target, 

 and he was given a four (4). The next challenge was on the fourth 

 shot, by Elliott, same match and smite distance, for which wart 

 marked an eye, .and my challenge reduced it to a (4). The next 

 challenge was on the sixth shot, by Stein, for which he was 

 marked an eye, and my challenge reduced it to a (4), thus securing 

 a reduction of three points at this distance in this match, .lust 

 the number we are credited with boating them. 



In the Inter-State match at 500yds. the sumo thing was at- 

 tempted, and at the third shot for Hamilton a 4 was marked which 

 was at least 3in. outside of t he 3-line at 10 o'clock. Mv challenger 

 made it, a 3 without investigation, Gen. Robbins being at the time 

 lying down beside Hamilton coaching him. At my challeugiug 

 the shot he simply turned to the captain of the team, who a 1 soli ad 

 a glass, and asked, "How about that, captain?" The ea plain an- 

 swered. "It's a three." Gen. Robbins then said, without further 

 investigation, to mark it so, which wo did. An exactly similar 

 occurrence happened when Major Gaus fired his eighth shot in 

 this same match and was allowed as before, with this additional 

 remark by Geo. Robbins, "Captain, I would sustain that challenge 

 and investigate it, but it would take up more time than t he point 

 is worth, and it is time we are watching." 



All this to show you that the markers were gi viug the New York 

 team every point they could and trusting that they would not be 

 challenged. No such marking was done on any other targets, and 

 I do not believe any one made a single challenge during the en- 

 tire, matches but myself. Gen. Robbins personally coached Ham- 

 ilton and Stokes, of the New York team, at both 500 and 000 yards. 

 At 17 minutes before the matches were stopped Gen. Robbins 

 called to him the two officers who were coaching at the two firing 

 points of the New York team, and in a low voice said: "Now! 

 you must hurry your firiug. You have onlv IT minutes to get 

 through, and I am going to call the matches off when the time is 

 up." The officers immediately returned to their firing points and 

 the firing was so rapid after that so that I could not. get the shots 

 on the. targets as ( bey were fired. 



I called Lieut. Newtou, of our team, and gave him the informa- 

 tion I had overheard, aud he iuimediatly went back to the Penn- 

 sylvania, team's firing point and gave the information. 



At 12 minutes before, and also at 5 minutes before the closing of 

 the match Gen. Robbius again cautioned the New York team to 

 hurry, that the time was up. They continued firing, however, 

 rapidly nutil they bad finished, which was 4 minutes after the 

 time allotted, and then Gen. Robbins gave the order to cease tir- 

 ing— thinking, of course, that. New York had won, because thev 

 came up from the 503 yards firing point to the 000 in the lead of 

 both Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and now that they had 

 finished and the time limit expired, it was their great chance to 

 win. But they did not. The Massachusetts team, with one shot 

 to tire, stood 1.057; Pennsylvania, with two shots to fire, 1.055, and 

 New York finished with 1,052. 



There is no doubt, but had the match been finished on its merits 

 we would have won. I have no suggestions to make that might 

 alter the result. But I do believe that it was a clear case of rob- 

 bery on the part of Gen. Robbins, who fully expected that his 

 team had won. Very respectfully submitted, 



Robert C. Patterson, 

 First Lieut, and Q. M. 14th Reg't, N. G. P., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Editor Fores/, anil Stream: 



I notice in the last issue of your valuable paper that at the 

 meeting of the Na tional Rifle Association just closed at Creed- 

 moor, the Massachusetts team again won the Hilton Trophy, 

 beating the Pennsylvania team on a technicality caused bv the 

 strict observance of the time limit. Of course the Massachusetts 

 boys cannot feel very highly elated over such a viet.oi y, bur the 

 team from Pennsylvania should be the last on earth to make a 

 fuss, as they virtually stole the Hilton Trophy match from I lie 

 Michigan learn in 1882, by scoring a ricochet shot as an inner in- 

 stead of a miss, as it should have been. There are several mem- 

 bers of other teams who were eye witnesses of this bare-faced 

 robbery; and now Pennsylvania knows how it is hersel f, although 

 it has taken seven years for her chickens to come home to roost 



Kalamazoo, Mich. Ben. O Bush. 



NATIONAL RIFLE CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The annual meeting of the National Rifle Club was held at 

 Vernon, Vt., Sept. S and 4. Early Monday morning the shooters 

 began to assemble, and during the day all but one or two had ar- 

 rived. The greatest feature, was the presence of the president, 

 John Williamson, who has for years suffered intensely from rheu- 

 matism and been unable to walk except with great, difficulty, and 

 it was only by making extraordinary efforts that he was able to 

 be present after an absence of many years. Though his bodily 

 health is impaired, his mental powers are as active as ever, and 

 he kept all in good humor by his lively conversation. One pleas- 

 ing feature of these shoots is their social character and freedom 

 from all discord. All seem anxious to assist one another in put- 

 tine up rests, flags and all the little devices incident to a shoot of 

 this character. 



After the rests were put in place came a little practice to got 

 everything in readiness for the next day's shoot. • Then came 

 supper, mmgled with such conversation as only riflemen indulge 

 iu. After supper the pent-up volcanoes found relief, and theories 

 were propounded and discussed, the latest news iu the rifle world 

 was given, letters from absent friends were read and commented 

 upon, each one contributing his mite to the general conversa- 

 tion: and at an early hour the party retired to be in readiness for 

 the morrow. Tuesday opened very foggy and damp, with very 

 little air stirring. As the morning advanced the fog molted away, 

 but the wind remained very light, promising to be a fine day for 

 short shooting. The morning was given to practice shoot ing, arid 

 at 2 o'clock the match was called. The promise of the morning 

 was partly fulfilled, and some excellent shooting was done. Iu 

 the evening the strings were measured and Low and Brockway 

 were found to be ahead, and much conjecture was raised as to 

 how the result would stand on the following day. 



The fine conditions of Tuesday prevailed part of the forenoon of 

 Wednesday. About 10 A. M. the air began to grow very dry aud 

 a light wind sprang up, upsetting many tine calculations. The 

 result of the shooting gave Brockway the modal for the shortest 

 aggregate of the 50 shots with a string of 55%iu. The detailed re- 

 sult of the shooting is given below, in string measurement, 10 

 shots each string; double r63t: 



First String. 



W V Lowe lO'-io N S Brockway. .1U,, ; H VV Smith W r u 



Second String. 



WVLowe 7 4 ,« RC Creasy 8'V. N S Brockway.. 9 s ,,. 



Third String. 



N S Brockway... 9 13 l(1 W VLow 10>V. I) A Brown 1P.„ 



Fourth String. 



N S Brockway. ..12' R C Cressy 12" u W V Lowe W», H 



Fifth String. 



LPark 13',, N S Brockway.. W\ a I) A Brown ,15 s ,,, 



The above was done under the rules of the club, which allows 

 J£in. per pound on each string of 10 shots for every pound the gun 

 weighs less than 201bs., which is the standard weight of funs lls 

 fired. Brockway was allowed H. W. Smith Cressy 3-^, Brown 

 V Besides these before mentioned there were present the' veteran 

 N. Washburn, Frank J. Fenn, David Cox, Martin Wilbur, of 

 Omaha, Neb., J. R. Moore, E. B. Stephenson, and a number who 

 simply "looked on." The meeting was one of the most enjoyable 

 ever held, and many promises were made for the spring shoot 

 next May. William Hayes, C. H. Reiner and Col. H. F. Hart bad 

 made arrangement to attend, but were obliged to give up their 

 intentions at the last moment. 



At every meeting we hear of some new person who has become 

 interested in this style of shooting. Long-range shooting, which 

 is next to it in science and skill involved, has died out, principal] i 

 because men object to being pounded to death by a kicking rifle. 

 In this style of shooting one may use a rifle of light or heavy 

 weight as desired; should there tie a heavy recoil it is not noticed. 

 The outfit for this style of shooting is very simple and inexpen- 

 sive. The results obtained are very satisfactory. As a means of 

 testing the accuracy of a rifle, one can more thoroughly test a 

 rifle in half a day than by several days' tiring from the shoulder. 

 To test a rifle one must first be sure it is h Id exactly alike every 

 time, and in no other manner known to t he writer is this unifor- 

 mity secured. 



The chief requisite to a proper enjoyment of the sport is a fine 

 shooting rifle. Fine shooting rifles can be bought, but, my ex- 

 perience is that fully three-quarters of the regular breechloading 

 rifles on the market will not show steady shooting when tested 

 from a double rest. All rifles can be made to shoot well and in ad- 

 justing ammunition to guns it is well to adopt those methods 

 which experience shows give the most satisfactory results, 

 which method, above, all others I believe, to be testing from 

 double rest. 



Ambitions riflemen, who desire to keep posted, should make 

 efforts to attend the shoots of the National Rifle Club, at Vernon. 

 Vt., where they will be given every opportunity t n add to their 

 Store of knowledge. Wi lljaw V. Lowe. 



BOSTON, Sept. 21.— The Massachusetts Rifle Association held 

 its weekly shoot to-day, with a large attendance of riflemen. All 

 matches were well filled and some good scores made. Mr. Fames 

 won the gold medal in the 20-shot rest match, and Mr. niarke the 

 champion gold medal. Mr. Eastman won the silver membership 

 badge, and Messrs. Lounsbury and Pctlman each won the bronze 

 military medal. Next: Wednesday at 13:30 P. M. the range will be 

 open for rifle and pistol shooting. Following are the best wore,-, 

 made to-day: 



30-Shot Rest Match. 



fin. a io io it n id is w 



, 13 12 12 11 12 10 10 !! 13 12- 319 



10 12 10 12 12 9 10 9 11 9 



0 0 g 13 10 12 12 12 11 10—210 



12 10 13 0 11 II 11 11 11 s 



10 10 10 9 11 8 9 10 10 12—205 



9 13 11 9 10 II 10 10 9 9 



10 11 5 10 11 9 10 12 12 9-199 



.-- 10 9 8 9 10 10 10 9 9 11 



8999 11 99 9 9 5— 186 

 Champion Medal Match. 



9 7 8 6 2 5 6 10 8 6-67 



,.,«,* 9 5 7 7 7 7 3 5 5 10-65 



Silver membership badge, won on 10 scores of 70 or better bv 



CH Eastman 76 70 70 79 73 73 77 75 72 74 



Military bronze medal, 200yds., won on 10 scores of 36 or better by 



F 3 Lounsbury 37 38 43 45 40 38 43 39 4'l 41 



0 E Pettman 39 38 38 36 87 42 40 43 42 39 



Victory Medal Match. 

 C H Eastman 7 9 6 7 6 



J N Eames. . . 

 5 R Monroe. . 

 .f Francis — 

 T P Williams 

 JNFrye 



0 C Clark 

 E Alson 



..7 6 7 10 8 

 Military Medal Match- 200 vds. 

 .5445455445-45 J B Folio ' 



..4444454555— 44 

 .454451.4455—44 

 .44r.44iU4lr.--43 

 .4454145435— 12 

 .5514;! 15444- 42 



500yds. 



W L Swan.. 

 AS Field.... 

 B L Kuapp .- 

 VV B Day. 

 F D Hart.... 



8 7 8 9-75 

 >73'r 5-72 



. . 4445443544-41 

 ..5444354354-41 

 . .3414344544—39 

 ...4414424443-37 

 ...4-141.133434—37 

 ..3413445345-37 



..4 



5 3 4 



5-41 



A S Hunt . 



W O Hussey 



S F Oooley 



A McCarthy ... 

 F J Lou ns In try. 

 TD Carroll. ... 

 O E Pcttman . 



O D Greene 



J J Monroe 



J N Eames 



S Wilder 



A Warbash 



A S Hunt 



M T Day 



A Ballard 



M B James 10 10 9 10 



Off-Hand Match. 



F Daniels 7 10 8 



E Alson 4 5 4 



A McBean 6 5 8 



G L Homer.. 6 5 3 



A E Brown 4 3 3 



V Weeks 4 4 6 _ 



WAKEFIELD, Mass., Sept. 31.— The rifle team of the Richard- 

 son Light Guards, Company A, Sixth Regiment, shot two friendly 

 matches this afternoon with Company C, Sixth Regiment, of 

 Lowell, and the Fifth Regiment staff team, and succeeded in win- 

 ning both matches. After the shoot the visitors were invited to 

 Company A's armory, where a collation was spread. Following 

 are the scores, 7 shots at 200yds., Creedmoor count: 

 Company A, Sixth Regiment. 



Rest Match— 200yds. 



11 11 1.3 II 11 12 12 12 13 10-114 



12 13 9 11 11 17 11 11 12 11-'12 



13 12 It 41 12 13 10 10 9 9-107 



10 11 12 7 9 8 12 12 11 12-104 



5 11 9 9 10 10 12 11 ]2 8-97 



9 9 12 8 13 11 8 11 9 9- 97 



...10 9 7 11 9 8 12 10 8 8— 92 

 " 7 10 9 11 10— 88 



5 9 

 4 10 



4 3 



5 5 

 5 5 

 5 4 



9 6 

 9 7 



5 8 

 9 7 

 5 9 

 7 10 



6— 76 



6- 64 

 9— 59 



7- 59 



8- 53 

 3- 52 



Lieut Gih on . 

 Cup i. Taylor. 

 Pv t Babbett . 

 Pvt Horton. , 

 P\ I, Keough . 

 Pvt Killani . 

 Pvt Howard. 



. 4545445-31 

 ....4554445-31 

 ....5444445-30 

 ...4444454-2!) 

 ....4445444-29 

 ...5154344-39 



3415441-28-207 



ompany A, Sixth Regiment. 



Company C, Sixth Regiment. 

 Lieut Worthen. .4545444— 30 



Capt Pratt 4354455— HO 



Sergt Foster 4453444 -28 



P V t Kincade 4445455—31 



Pvt Farnsworth. .3444134-26 



Pvt Fetters 3444334-25 



Pvt Tarrell 3443243-23-193 



Fifth Regiment: Staff Team. 



Lieut Eades 4444455-30 



Maj Foster 4344444-27 



Major Benyon 3343435—25 



Sergt Hill 3534343-25 



3433134—34— .143 Average —37—134 



This team shot with four men, and was allowed an average score . 

 TORONTO, Sept. 17.— The eighth match of the Off-Hand Rifle 

 Association was shot over the different ranges to-day. There are 

 two more matches to be shot, the last being at Orillia on Oct 8 

 when all clubs in the association will meet face to face and shoot 

 for the final championship in a series of 10 matches. At the same 

 lime there wdl be a three-day tournament, when upward of $200 

 in p fixes will be competed for. Below is the result of the last 

 shoot. Matches 



Points. Won. 



Lieut Gihon . 



Pvt Babbett. 

 Capt Taylor. 

 Pvt Horton.. 

 Pvt. Keough. 



1544445 - 31 

 . . .4555444-31 

 ..5543544-30 

 ...4341444—27 



Orillia 

 N 



..753 



62 

 58 

 55 



Matches 

 Lost. 

 6 

 10 

 13 

 26 

 39 

 43 

 53 



each 



500yds! 

 43554— 56 

 30-132-47 

 34453-57 

 33332—40 

 32443—48 



vtou Brook 734 



King City 788 



Tottenham 632 29 



Point Ed ward 643 26 



Alliston 484 15 



VILLTSOA, Iowa, Sept. 17.— Company B, 5th Regiment Rifle 

 Team, I. N. G., strong northwest wind, fish-tail, 5 shots at each 

 range, Creedmoor target, 200.3(0 and SOOvds. 



200yds. 300vds. 



Capt West 24344 34353 



Lieut Harris 24143 45333 



Sergt Overman 44443 34444 



Sergt Ashmore 23444 33003 



Pvt Bevans ....54333 24504 



MASSACHUSETTS MARKSM EN.-Under the direction of 

 Col. Horace T. Rockwell, inspector-general of rifle practice 

 M. V. M., the State rifle matches will take place at the range of 

 the State camp ground, South Framingham, to-day. There will 

 be a staff team match, a company team match, an officers' match 

 and an enlisted men's match. Officers and men will appear in 

 fatigue uniform. Each company team will consist of seven mem- 

 bers and one substitute, and will be under the command of a 

 commissioned officer. The staff teams will consist of five mem- 

 bers and one substitute. Shooting will, begin at 8:30 A. M The 

 trophies to be competed for will be as follows: For staff teams, 

 one trophy; for company teams, four trophies; also for the team 

 (excluding the first four) making the best gain in points compared 

 with 1888, one trophy; also for teams using carbines, one trophy; 

 for staff officers, t wo trophies, and. for line officers, three trophies. 

 For enlisted men, three trophies, and one additional for the best 

 score in each regiment of infantry; also one for the best score in 

 each cadet corps, in the signal and ambulance (combined), and in 

 the cavalry using carbines— if neither of the first four trophies 

 are won by the members of the corps named. All competitors in 

 tlie team matches making centers or better on their team score, 

 will continue shooting for seven additional shots. Other com- 

 petitors for individual prizes will follow the same rule, and the 

 aggregate of fourteen shots will determine the winners of indi- 

 vidual prizes. 



BROOKLYN, NT. Y., Sept. 17.— Nearly 1,000 persons were pres- 

 ent at VVoodlawn Park, Gravesend, Loug Island, to-day, the occa- 

 sion being the first annual festival and prize shooting of the 

 Farmers' Hook and Ladder Company, No. 2, of Parkville, L. I., 

 the officers of which are: G. VV. Joppert, Actum Foreman; H. 

 Blacklcy, Treasurer, and D. Justus, Secretary. In the prize shoot- 

 ing contests there were about 80 entries. At the regulation bulls- 

 eye targets, with 3 shots per man, Acting Foreman G. VV. Joppert 

 won first prize, scoring two bullscyes and one center, William 

 Siaite second, A. Erzitiger third, Harry Blacklcy fourth, Edward 

 Levine fifth, and D. Justus sixth. The Judges' prize was won bv 

 Charles Cooke, of Bay View, with the score of 32 out. of a possible 

 39, J. Schariff second with 31. For the Woodlawn Park Grand 

 Badge, presented by B. Koenig, Harry Black ley made 33 out of a 

 possible 39, William Staite was second with 29, aud G. W. Joppert 

 third with 28. This competition was at the ring target, range 

 uOyds., aud 35 competed. 



MONT REAL.— The Montreal Rifle Association, as a finale for 

 the most successful season in the history of military rifle shoot- 

 ing in Canada, are endeavoring to arrange a gigantic telegraphic 

 rifle match between the clubs of the leading cities of the Domin- 

 ion, the match to be fired on t nch club's own ranges on Saturdav, 

 Oct. 5, with Martini-Henry rifles, at 200, 500 and 600yds. , 7 shots at 

 each range, 20 men on a team. The "range totals" aud weather 

 details arc to be exchanged by telegraph. The following associ- 

 ations have been asked to take part: Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, 

 Bowman ville, St. Catherines, Guelph, Winnipeg, Vancouver, B. 

 C., Victoria, it. C, Montreal, Quebec. St. John, N. B., Halifax, N. 

 S., and Prince Edward Island.— W. R. P single, Acting Secrttarv 

 M. R. A., P. O. Box 234, Montreal. 



HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 20.-At the annual meeting of the 

 Hamilton Association these officers were elected: CaiUain Zea- 

 land, President; D. Mitchell, Vice-President; J. R. Adam, Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer; Committee., W. M. Goodwin, Peter Robertson, H. 

 Mai lis and Captain Adam.. Captain Adam and W. H. Clark, the 

 retiring president and secretary, retire after holding office for 

 six years, during which they have done much to encourage r.fle 

 shooting in this ci'y. It was decided to hold the annual matches 

 on Saturdav, September 28. 



