July 33, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



18 



REVOLVER SHOOTING IN ENGLAND. 



London, July 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: The practice for the 

 Btslev m>e'iDg- contmuts briskly. Most of Hie eompetiters are 

 usirg Oolts as far as crni be Judged, excppt the two professionals, 

 ■who are TisinK an English make of revolver. 



No vorv Kood scores have been made yet by any one except Mr. 

 Walter Winans. who at the diHapppariug target has made strings 

 of 7 and 9 shots all in the Sin. r-rinfr. Inclosed find the best score 

 made yesterday; this is the best strine: ever made to dare at the 

 disappearing target, Bisley regulations. The chief difSculty is 

 the heavy 43r6lb8. triga' r pull for quick shooting. 



The position the revolver targets are at Bisley, facing the even- 

 ing sun, will prevent good scoring after about 3 o'clock, also it is 

 In a very exposed situation, and as there is no shelter, and it 

 seems to blow almost every day at Bisley, competitors will have 

 a dilHculiy holding agninst the wind. 



One intending competitor is trying to get over the heavy trig- 

 ger pull by holding hisQrst finger along the chamber of his Oolt 

 and pulling the triergor with liis second finger; as his first finger 

 tip extends beyond the end of the chamber he runs a good chance 

 of burning him self badly. „ , , , „.„ , 



The yearly prize meeting of the South London liifle Ulub usually 

 tates place in the auiumh after the Bisley meeting; this year it 

 came off July 3, consequently few of the members shot in the re- 

 volver competitions, as they are reserving themselves for B'slcy. 

 Mr. Haig and Mr. Lowe tied in the revolver competition (20yos , 

 stationary target), with a score of 39 out of a possible 4:3, and the 

 former won on the count out. Messrs. McMerrill, Tarn and 

 Winans did not shoot, but are waiting till after the Bisley meet- 

 ing before roaliing scores for the championship of the club. This 

 latter consists of a gold jewel given to the cnmpetitor making the 

 Ave beat scores on five different days. The weather continues 

 very wet and stormy; It is to be hoped it will clear up during the 

 Bisley meeting. 



BISIiEY MEETING. 



Inclosed are diagrams of the "running deer" and "running 



BI6LEY "BTJNNING DEER." 



man." The bnllseye is 6in. in diameter, distance llOyds., speed 

 about ten miles an hour for deer, a shade faster for man. Time 

 to shoot in, 3 seoonds, about, for deer, a little less for man. The 



BISTiET "running MAN." 



bnllseye is invisible, the whole of the target being painted a uni- 

 form color, black in the case of the man and yellow ochre in the 

 ease of the deer, Maiango. 



BOSTON, July 18.— The regular weekly shoot of the Massachu- 

 setts Rifle Association was held at its range to-day with a good 

 attendance of riflemen and u"der good weather conditions. The 

 score of J. Francis (F. J. Rabbetti). 118, and F. Daniels. 117, at 

 rest, were very fine. Mr. Francis used a telescope. O. H. East- 

 man won the bronze medal. The gOO-shot rest and SOO-shot off- 

 hand matches closed to-day. The new shooting house of this as- 

 sociation is progressing finely, and the shooting accommodations 

 are now first class. Below will be found the scores made to-day, 

 SOOyds., standard American target: 



*RecordKe8tMa(cb. 



J Francis 118 W P Thompson .. .108 I B Thomas 108 



F Daniels 117 J N Eames ..106 W Conway 102 



M R Barter Ill 



R All Comers' Rest Match. 



F Daniels 117 M R. Barter 105 C O Cody 94 



J Francis 114 AHB41ard 103 FCTowne 93 



J N Eames m T Ste^. art 101 D N Winn 84 



Capt Taylor 105 AS Hunt 98 



R All-Comers" OH-lIand Match- 



W Charles 84 AS Hunt 74 W Conway.... 85 



J B F. Hows 79 L Ames &J D N Winn 63 



S C Sydney . . - 77 N M Stevens 68 AH Ballard 63 



MTDay 75 



R Pistol Match-50yd". 



(t L Hrstner 89 DM Stevens 77 D W Black 73 



MTDay 84 D Moore.. , 76 



200 shot Best Match, 6 pr'zes. 



First, J Frnncis . .2046 B'nurtb. W Peters 1930 



Second. W Conway mO Fifth, J French 1874 



Third, I B Thomas 19fiO Sixth. M R Barter 1864 



3tX) shot. OIT-Hand M-^tcb. 



W Charles 2372 SC Sydney 2201 H L Oreene 1784 



OH Eastman... -2284 DMariin... 21So 



* Only one entry allowed each week, e l^.e-enlries allowed. 

 BISLEY ENTRIES. -The Council of the British National Rifle 

 Association find a marked fallintr off of the entries in the great 

 match this year. The totals for 8 years past of the two great 

 matches run as follows: 



Queen's. St. George's. Queen's. St. G-eorge'a. 



1884 2,tifi 3,.m 188S 2.362 2.S74 



1885 3,430 3,331 18*59 3,313 3,231 



1886 2.463 2.366 1890 2,320 2 188 



1887 3.477 2,370 189L. 2.050 1,066 



A SHOOTING PARSON.— Chaplain Crichton, of Dumfries, 



an enthusiastic member of the National Rifle Club of Scotland, 

 recently scored 198 in the possible 335 at the 800, m and l,000yda. 

 ranges. 



SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.— The butts at Shell Mound have 

 been almost deserted since the Second Brigade w^nt into camp 

 ar Santa CruK With the return of the guardsmen las' evening 

 rifle shooting will again receive a boom. The San Frnnciscn 

 Schuetzen Verein were at Shell MouTd to-day and participated 

 in their monthly medal contest. The Sciiuelzens are the oldest 

 indexJddent military organization in the Slate and make rifle 

 shooting a study. As a consequence, they contain among tlie 

 members many of best known mark.smen on the coast. The 

 scores made at to day'.s contest, although not as high as usual, 

 were well up to t he averj^ge. The successful winners were: Pt' st 

 class medal, L Bendel S80 points; third cla8«, L. N. Ritzau 371; 

 fourth class. Henry Steliing 333. The medal for the first best sliot 

 wa« won liy L. R'^ndel. who scored a dead center. Tbe medal for 

 the last best shot was carried oflE by J. C. B'tterman, who like- 

 wi«e placed his shot in tiie center and Sf ored 25. 



The Indepenr'ent Rifles are steadily growing as good marks- 

 men. One who follows olnaely their monthly medal scores notices 

 the slow but steady improvement in tbe different claHSOs. The 

 new beginners are rapidly coming to the front and many of them 

 make scores that surprise their comrades in the higber classes. 

 The Rifles were out in force to-day tor their final medal shoot for 

 this month. The prm used by this company is ibe Shiirps- 

 Bouchard military rifle, with 61b?. pull oC trigtrer. and they shoot 

 at the Blunt target. The scores made at to-dav's contest were: 

 Lieut. Fred Staude 40. Sergt. H, A. Statide 39, J. Wurthm°n 38 

 Lieut. H. Beverson 36. Corp. Georg.- Miller 35. T. Hamann 85, M. 

 Huucken 27. H. Darr 19, George Schleuter 38, Sergt. Charles 

 Welker 36, E. Moenning 39. 



THE TRAP. 



Swreefor publication sTiould hi made out on the printed Uanka 

 prepcvred by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to clul 

 s'-cretaHes. Correspondents w7io favor us iivith club scores are par- 

 ti'iula/rlv reqpiested to vjrite on one side of the paper only. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the followingr: 



July 22-24.— Pearl River Gun Club Tournament. First two days 

 bluerbcks, last day live birds. J. J. Blauvelt, Pearl River, N. J. 



July 29-31.— M. H. Rupell'a Tournament, Milford,N. J. 



Aug. 6 7.— Second Annual Tournament of the Island Gun Club, 

 of Wheeling, \¥. Va. R. B. Burt, Sec'y. 



Aug. 11-14.— Fiiurth Annual Tournament of the Standard Ivey- 

 8tone"T«rget Comtiany, New London, Conn. 



Aug. 12-14.— The Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association 

 Annua' T-'urnament, at Lexington, Mo. G. A Si urges, Spc'y. 



Aug. 25-27.— Bufl'alo Tournament, assisted bv the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. $1,000 guaranteed. 



Aug. 80-Sept. 1,— Hackettstown Gun Club. Two dayt- at targets. 

 For proarrammes address James L. Smith- Hackettstown N. J. 



Sept. 15-17.— Kncxville, Teun., Inter-State Manufacturers' and 

 Dealers' Association. 



Nov. 3-5.— Staunton, Va., Inter -State Manufacturers' and 

 Dealers' Association. 



Nov. 17-19.— Savannah, Ga., Inter-State Manufacturers' and 

 Dealers' Association. 



BROOKLYN TRAPS. 



Brooklyn, July 13.— The regular shoot of the R'dgewood Gun 

 Club had fifteen members to face i he traps a' Ridgewood Park to- 

 day. Seven live birds each, modified Long Islanft rules, the use 

 of lioth barrels, were shot at. Dahlbender and Gebring made a 

 great flght for the medal. Each killed 7 straigtit, and Gehring 

 killed 3 more straight and won it, Dahlbender missing his third 

 bird. 



JulU ifi.— Tbe second in a series of four shoots for a silver trophy 

 valued at flOO was sbot at Dexter Park this morning. The con- 

 testants were J. Blake of the Parkway liun Cluti and R. Pliister 

 and W. Levens f^f the Fo niain Gun Club. The terms were 15 

 live birds each, SOvds. rise, Hurlingbam rules. In the first shoot 

 J. Blake killed II, R. Phister 13, W. Levens 13. To-day R. Phinter 

 killed 15 straight. W. Levens 15 straight and J. Blake 9. The Fal- 

 con Gun Club did not shoot at Dexter Park to-day. A few mem- 

 bers of the Unknown and Acme Gun Clubs organized a sweep- 

 stake at 30 blueroeks each. Tbe winner turned up in H. Ktiebel, 

 Jr., of the Unknown. He broke 18 straight. G. Landman of the 

 Acme Gun Club was second with 15, and A. Vroom t" ird with 14. 



July IS —The New York German Gun Club and the Coney Island 

 Rod and Gun Club were well represented at the farewell shoot 

 given by P. Leibinger, who belongs to both clubs, at Dexter Park, 

 to-day. They enjoyed themselves thoroughly, although the day 

 was unpleasant. Shooting Master Sautter, of the New Yoik 

 German Gun Club, was captain of a team against P. Leibtnger's 

 team in a series of shoots at 5 bhierocks each man. The first, 

 second and third were won by Leibinger's side by scores of 25 to 

 31, 30 to 25 and 32 to 29. Sautter's side won the fourth. 34 to ,31, 

 and Leibinger's the fifth, 31 to 29. Sautter then captained a team 

 of eight aaainst J. Schlieman's team of eight at 5 live birds each. 

 Long Island rules, gun below the elbow, use of both barrels. Poor 

 scores were made by some who shoot Hurlineham rules usually. 

 The scores W' re: Sautter's side— F. Sautter 5, P. L"ibinger5, J. 

 A. Bppig4, C. Widman3, P. Garms. Jr. 5. J. Dannefelser .3, C. 

 BuschS and C. Engelbreoht 0; total 38. J. Schlieman's side~J. 

 Schlieraan 3, H. McLaughlin 2, J. Link 2, L. Eppig 3, Dr. Cantrell 

 5, J. Fraser4, I.SchiichtS and J. BoseneckerS; total 23. Two 

 sweepstakes, $2 entrance, at 5 live birds, Hurlingnam rules, were 

 shnt afterward, and great scores were made. In the first J. A. 

 Eppig killed 5, L. Eppig 5. H. McLaughlin .5, J. Schlieman 5, C 

 Bneelbrecht 4. In the second sweepstakes J. A. Eppig 4, E. Eppia 

 .5, H. McLaughlin 5, J, Schlieman 5, C. EngeJbrecht 5. A match 

 between J. Schlieman and L. Eppig at 5 live birds was won by L. 

 Eppig's 4 to Schlieman's 3. 



SHOOTING AT FANWOOD. 



The scores given below, for which I am indebted to Neph Ap- 

 gar, of Henry C. Squires, should have appeared in these shooting 

 columns m an earlier edition, bur for some unknown reason the 

 letter containing them miscarried. 



The affair took plare on the afternoon of the national holiday, 

 up on the farm of Douglass Darby, at Fanwood, N. J., and the 

 partieipants were all residents of LTnion cotmty. 



As I have on manv occasions had the pleasure of attending the 

 little shooting affairs of my "Dog Tavern" friends, I am safe m 

 saving that all enjoyed the afternoon's outiug. 



The target events were at standard Keystones, 3 traps, 50 cents 

 entrv. 3 moneys. The live birds, though few in number, were, I 

 am informed, of superior quality, as they were gathered from the 

 lofts of the neighi^oring faimers. 



Event No. 1, 5 Keystones: H. Mcintosh first with 5, D. Terry. 

 D. Darbv and McCollough second with 4, Robinson, McCarthy 

 and W. Terrv third with .3, Apgar out with 3. 



Event No. 3, sam« conditio'- s: N. Apg ir. Mcintosh and Robin- 

 son first with 5, S. Terry, MeC<dlough, H. Voehl, D. Darby and J. 

 L. Darhy second with 4, VV. Terry and D. Terry third with 3 each, 

 McCarthy 3 and Frentz out with 1. 



Event No. 3, same condition*: D. Terry and Robinson first with 

 clean scores; Apgar. S. Terry, McCollough and McCarthy second 

 with 4; Melnto.sb, Wm. Terry and D. Darby third with S; Voehl 

 and J. L Darhy 3. 



Event No. 4, same conditions: W. Terry, Mclntcsh and D. 

 Darby div. first with 5 each; S. Terry, Robinson, McCollough, Mc- 

 Carthy and Apgar tied fnr second with 4. Apgar and Robinson 

 winning on the sboot-ofl; D. Terry taking third alone with 3. 



Event No. 5, 4 live birds, $3 entry, 2 moneys, American Asso- 

 ciation rules: Neph Apgar took first money alone with 4; D. 

 Terry and W. Terrv div. second with 8 each; S. Terry with 3 kills, 

 and Voehl and D. Darby with 1 each being left out in the co d. 



Event No. 6. same conditions as No. 5: Apgar, D, Terry, D. 

 Darby and W. Terry each killed 4, on the shoot-off Darby and W. 

 Terry won by killing 2 birds and div. the mone\ ;S. Terry captured 

 second place with 3 kills to his credit; Voehl getting unplaced 

 with 2. 



The last, event was at 3 Mrds, entry $2, 25yd«. rise, one barrel, 

 gun below elbow: Apgftr was the only one to kill straight and he 

 took first without dispute; Voehl, Darby, D, Terry, Robinson and 

 S. Terry tied for second with 3 each, the two latter div on the 

 shoot-oift". Tee Kay. 



BALTIMORE, July 20.— At the shooting tournament atTol- 

 ehester Beach to-day the main contest was between the National 

 and Capital City gun clubs, rf Washington, and two teams from 

 the Baliimo'^e Gun Club. Twenty-five Kej'stone targets were 

 shot at by 10 men from each cluh. The score was: Capital City 

 team 206, Baltimore team No, 1 206. National team 201, Baltimore 

 team No. 2 194. Several individual scores at over 60 tn'rds shot at 

 averaged over 95 per cent, of breaks. The prizes were valued at 

 about SS(K). The ti° between the Baliimore and Capital City 

 clubs was not shot off. About 3,000 people witnessed the contest. 



BALTIMORE. Jnly 20.-The Beltimore Gun Club opened a 

 shooting tournamnnt at Tolchester Beach to day, and it was a b'g 

 success. The shooting was far above the average. There were 

 nearly 75 crack marksmen at the beach. The Baltimore Gun 

 Clut' came near brealsing their long record of victories, and just 

 succeeded in making a tie with the team from the celebrated 

 Capital City Gun Club of Washington. The shooting was at Kev- 

 sto'ie targets from 6 traps under the rapid system, Abcml 4.500 

 targets were shot at. No. 10 gauge sun owners shot at ISvds. rise 

 and No. 12 at lOydB. The progrsmme contained ten events, five 

 of which were shot yesterday. The first event was a sweepstake 

 a t 10 singles, 50 cents entrance. There were 43 entries. Steele, 

 B'ind, Arnold and Lawrence broke 10 straight and div. The sec- 

 ond event was at 15 singles. SI entrance. 37 entries. Franklin, 

 Happer, Jr., and Hunter broke 15 stra'ght and div. The third 

 event was at 10 singles, $1 entrance, 39 entries. Franklin Capron, 

 Wilson, Cochran, Haririer and Arnold broke 10 straight each. 

 The fourth was the event of the d-jy, as it was to decidethe supe- 

 riority of the clubs represeuted. It wa" for teams of 10 men from 

 each club at 26 single'^. Tbe tmrse was $-50 in cash er trance free. 

 The teams were a.a follows: Prom the Babimore Club, two teams; 

 from the Capital City Club of Washington and National Gnn 

 Gun Club of Washington, one team each. Out of a nossilde 260 

 the Baltimore Club's flret team brol< e 206 and the Cap' tal City 

 Club 206, the Nationals 201 and Baltimore t^ am No. 2, 194. The 

 Baltimore team and Capital Citv team div on the tie. The fifth 

 event was at 20 singles, entrance free, for prizes to the value nf $50 

 in merchandise. There were 44 entripg. Fraul'lin. of the Balti- 

 more CluV), won first prize. Shooters from Havre de Grace. Rich 

 Neck, Queen Anne's countv. Port Deposit and Wilmington were 

 at the bench. Capt. E C. Hall, of tbe Kalt'more Club, bad charge 

 of tbe management. James Malone was referee and Robert Scliarf 

 and S. J . Mar tenet scorers. 



WATSON'S PARK.-Burnside, 111., July 16.-The Fort Dear- 

 born Club shoot, for medal, 15 live pigeons each, Illinois State 

 rnle'=; 



C D Gammon..llll213131?2121-15 H Eblers I3322912?112r0-14 



A Kl ei n m an . . . Ill 1 121121 12113- 1 5 W L Wei i s . . . . 031 lOH 211 1 32 1 2-13 

 W McEarl and . 1 01 02111 01131 12-12 H Loved ay ... . 121210011222102—] 1 



J E Price 101111123100110—11 *A W Adams.. 001232133231 111— 13 



G Kleinman.. 2^2111132221133-15 



* Guest. Ties on 15 to he decided next shoot. 



Blackbird medal, same daj : 



AKl ei nman 1 11 11 1 011101 P 101 1 01—1 6 



GKleinman 10111110101111111111-17 



W L Wells lOlOllinUGlOlOUOl ^ H 



A W Adams lOlOOlOOlOlllt OOllQi-lO 



RAVEIjEIGG. 



CT:.;EVELAND. O., July 15.— The East End Gun Club we^t down 

 from Cleveland last Saturday and was defeated lor the third time 

 in the ►eries of five shoots. The balance of birds in favor of ibe 

 Niles clnb ^as five. The folh-wing are the *o'als of the Cleveland 

 men: Sheldon 41, Poreste' 43, Gault 28, Wigbtman 33. Phare 34, 

 Hayeox 37, Sweetman 25, Ward 8t. North 43, A. B. .Jones 24. July 

 i6'.— There was a qaartet at the East End Gun Club shoot to-day, 

 ard the following are the scores: 



Brainard HUO 11000 11111 01100 11101 10100-19 



Murray Tllll OOlll OdOOl llOil lOlOl 10011—19 



North 01111 11011 11011 11110 11101 01111-34 



Case mil UilO llllO 01101 01111 11111-25 



AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT UNDERWAY. -Ar- 

 rangements are being made to hold a 1ourn^ment at Detroitin 

 October, that in its magnitude will probaHly eclipse anything 

 ever held in this country. The idea is to make it inumational m 

 character, and it is bojied that teams of picked shoisfrrmtbe 

 States and Canada will meet in an international contest. Efforts 

 are also being made to bring about, at the same time, a mteting 

 at live birds between Ilbnois and New Jersey, and'Cttle the Inng- 

 fought contest (on paper) between the cracks of tbe two gren,t 

 trap-shooting States The tournpment is to be hf Id on Fighting 

 Island, which is located half on American and half on Canadian 

 soil. A flfst-class hotel is located on the inland, and the sports- 

 men attending could have a roval time. The affair is in charge 

 of A. H. Penrose, of New York, and John Parker and Messrs. 

 Gilman and Barnes, of Detroit, which is a sufficient guarantee of 

 success.— Tee Kay. 



WELLINGTON. July IS.-The attendance at the Wellington 

 Gun Club grout ds was smaller than usual to-day, but some good 

 scores wete made, in tbe merchandise match at five pair and 10 

 singles. Gore took first, a pair of field glasses, with 18. and Rickey 

 and Bond tied for second, a silver card receiver, with 17. In the 

 shoot-off Rickey won. 



MILFORD, N. J — M. IT. Rupell's second annual tournament 

 will tie held July 28-81. First two dava at bluerocks, last at live 

 oirds, modiflfd "Hurlingbam rules. Miltord is on the Belvidere 

 divi sion of the Pennsylvania R. R. 



Model ifachte and Boats. Their design, niaking and sailing, ivith 

 designs and ivorHing drawings. Postpaid, .p. 



FIXTURES^ 



J0LY. 



Lake Y.R.A.,03wego, Oswego 25. Essex, Ann.. Newark Bay. 



Royal N. S., Wenonah Chal- 25. Miramichi. Cruise to Nequao 



lenge Cup. Halifax. 25. Sippican, Ann . Marlon. 



Great South Bay. 27. Pleon, Cruise, Marblehead. 



Dorche8ter,Open,Dorche8ter — . Corinthian. Ma r bl eh e ad, 

 Quincv, Second Cham. Ladies' Day, Marblehead. 



Corint^hian, Marblehead, Ist 28. Monatiquot, Pennant, Wey- 



Cham.. Marblehead. mouth. 



Hull, Cruise, Cane Cod. 31. Carolina, Club, Wilmington, 

 Mosquito, Cup, Boston. N. C. 



MR. BURGESS' WORK. 



THE total list of yachts designed by Mr. Bnrgess numbers 206, 

 divided as follows: Cutters 88, sloojjs 17, yawls 1, cats 29, 

 schooners 23, steam yachts a5, fishing vessels 8, pilot boats 3, 

 working schooners 2. This list covers a period of seven years, 

 during three of which, '85, '86 and '87, almost the entire yachting 

 season was given up to the sailing of Puritan, Mayflower and 

 Volunteer in practice and the trial and Cup races. Besides his 

 designing Mr. Burgess had many calls on his time, he was secre- 

 tary of the Eastern Y. C. up to the time of his death, and held a 

 similar oflBoe in the Society of Natural History up to 1887. A 

 number of the above vessels were designed for the specific pur- 

 pose of beating known boats, as in the cases of Puritan, May- 

 flower and Gossoon, a task of far greater magnitude than merely 

 turning out a good boat to a certain class. In the case of others, 

 such as the fishermen and pilot boats, the work was purely ex- 

 perimental, and at the same time the new boats were expected to 

 beat the best of their kind, the outcome of years of compeiition 

 by men who made a specialty of one class of vessel only. 



At the outset of his career as a designer, Mr. Burgess was only 

 a skillful yachtsman and a student trained to habits of and study- 

 concentrated thought, lacking entirely tbe practical training 

 of the shipyard and drafting room, which is properly considered 

 as the foundation of the yacht designer's education. In looking 

 at his work with these facts in view the wonder is not only at the 

 amount accomplished and the wide range of vessels which it covers, 

 but that the proportion of failures is not very much greater than 

 it is. Tbe statement is made that durine his illness Mr. Burgess 

 was told nothing what was going on in the busy racing world ho 

 had so nearly left, and that he died in ignOranee of the per- 

 formances of all his new craft. 



RACES THIS WEEK.— Two important races will be aalled 

 this week, in botli of which most of the 46-footers will start. The 

 E. Y. C. handicap was sailed yesterday, and to-day the Corinthian 

 Y, 0. holds a svveepstakes race for the 46ft. class, both being off 

 Marl.ilehead. 



