Sept. 8, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



THE KRAG-JORGENSEN RIFLE, SELECTED FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 

 By courtesy of thp New York Herald. 



HasteFBf 7.,C. Fall Regatta, Sept. 3. 



MARBLEHEAD— MASSACHUSETTS HAY. 



The fall regatta of the Eastern Y. C, on Saturday, found only 

 Gloriana, Harpoon and Barbara at the line; Wasp being at Newport 

 and Mareuerite, and Mayflower away cruising. The wind was fresh 

 from the south, and the course chosen was from Halfway Rock past 

 Nahant Mark, then ai-ound a mark off Minots and return, 3J miles, a 

 reach on first leg, to windward on the second, free on the third and a 

 reach home. 



The start was made at 11:15, the yachts being timed: 



Hsrpoon 11 15 14 Barbara 11 IT 11 



Gloriana 11 15 19 



Harpoon started to leeward of Gloriana, and footed therefor a long 

 time, both lufftng out, but near the Nahant Mark she lulled out ahead, 

 and wss first around, the times lieing: 



Harpoon 13 10 50 Barbara .13 1:1 52 



Gloriana... ,.13 10 58 



Hai'pcon. held the port tack on passing the marlr, but Gloriana went 

 on starboard fvck seaward, so she followed, Barbara going in shore 

 on port tack. The leaders soon came about and headed on Barbara's 

 course, leaving her shortly under their lees. Harpoon was doing 

 better work Chan Gloriana "to windward, and had gained on her at the 

 outer mark, the times being: 



Harpoon 2 10 00 Barbara .3 14 42 



Gloriana 3 11 03 



'^ff the wind HaqDOon made a big gain, while Barbara, too, gained 

 on Gloriana, the times at Nahant being: 



Harpoon :3 29 03 Barbara 3 ::!(> 23 



Gloriana 3 34 02 



The reach in was made under clubtopsails and small .iibtopsails, 

 the three well heeled down. The times at the Kock were: 



Harpoon 4 16 31 Barbara 4 25 22 



Gloriana 4 21 22 



The full times were: 



Start, Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Harpoon 11 13 54 4 16 31 5 01 31 5 01 31 



Gloriana 11 15 19 4 SI 23 5 06 22 5 05 87 



Barbara 11 17 11 4 35 22 5 10 22 5 07 19 



Harpoon wins $75. 



The race was managed by Messrs. W. S. Eaton, Jr., P. T. Jackson 

 and H. H. Buck, on the tug G. M. Winslow. 



Far Bockaway Y. C, Y. C. 



FAR ROCKAWAY, L. I.— JAMAICA BAY. 



The j'egdtta of the Par Rockaway Y. C. on Aug. 28 was sailed in a 

 strong N.W. wmd. The course was a triangle of miles, sailed 

 three times. The time.s were: 



Elapsed. Corrected, 



Ettie 1 59 15 2 00 50 



Elilin 1 50 40 1 56 00 



Dolphin 2 00 20 2 01 30 



Sea Bird 3 00 44 2 01 44 



Punchey , Withdrew. 



Rush 3 05 50 3 05 .50 



Gull Withdrew. 



May S 1 52 30 1 52 30 



Maybe 3 10 45 3 10 45 



So Long 2 04 10 3 03 10 



May S. was the winner. 



The Rocking^-Chair Fleet. 



The following clever skit appeared lately in the New York Times, 

 and though it was directed specially at one of the larger New York 

 clubs there is much in it of such general application that we re-print 

 it for the perusal of all yachtsmen, most of whom will be able to fill 

 out the cast from wiibm their own clubs: 



"There appeared recently on the bulletin board of the Yacht 



Club, at its club house, the' following: 



" 'The annual meeting of the Rocking-Chair Fleet was held on the 



club piazza at at 2 A. M., June 21. The Oracle and Windjammer 



were unanimously re elected to their respective positions for the en- 

 skiing year. The members then repaired to the flagship, and the club 

 pennant was promptly half-masted with the usual honors. The club 

 then adjourned ■ 



"This notice appeared one morning, and as soon as it was dis- 

 covered there was a sensation in the handsome club house. When the 

 yachtsmen went out on the piazza to take a look at things their 

 curiosity was greatly enhanced by the sight of a Long Island Sound 

 brick sloop at anchor in the pretty harbor close to shore. No one was 

 aboard the craft, but that somebody had been aboard was made 

 evident by one of the big rocking chairs that belonged on the piazza 

 being lashed to the mast half way up to the masthead. 



"That the job had not been done b.y a land lubber was evident. 

 Whoever hoisted the chair with halyards had shinned up the mast, 

 fastened tbe halyards above the chau-, and returned to tne deck by 

 the shrouds. There was no way to get the rocking chair down ex- 

 cept by shinning up the mast, aiid the ropes were tied in so many 

 knots that it took over an hour for a sailor to lower the colors of the 

 Rocking-Cliair Fleet. 



■'It was hard tellmg at first what was in the wind, but it flnahy 

 dawned on the minds of several club house fixtures that fun was be- 

 ing poked at them. 



"Every yacht club has in. its membership list a set of jolly old 

 chaps who have lots of sport about the club house on race days and 

 then tell you all about it when you come ashore. The club pro- 

 bably has the jolliest set of all. One rarely goes up to the club house 

 without seeing a portion of what is now known as the Rocking-Chair 

 Fleet holding down comfortable chairs and making itself generally 

 cheerful. 



"It is not known generally who sprung the 'fleet' upon the club, 

 but suspicion points to a well known Wall street broker. The writing 

 on the bulletin board looked very much like the writing of this 

 yachtsman, and there was a great similarity between it and that of 

 another notice which apjpeared a few days after the first. The sec- 

 ond was as fojlows: 



" 'There is trouble in the Rocking Chair Fleet and extreme danger 

 of its being hopelessly wrecked. The Oracle, upon calling the regu- 

 lar weekly meeting to order at the usual time (3 A. M.), stated that 

 owing to the growth and importance of the organization it was abso- 

 lutely necessary in order to properly conduct its business that a new 

 office .should be added, that of Know-it-all, and that he would offer 

 that suggestion In tue shape of a motion. It was promptly seconded, 

 and upon being put by the Oracle unanimously adopted. The Chair 

 then stated that nominations were in oi'der. and that from his long 

 and varied experience with the Rocking Chair Fleet he felt himself 

 to be pre-eminently fitted to fill the position. He had no hesitation in 

 nominating himself for the position. 



" 'Then followed a time. Wind Jammer was upon his feet in an 

 instant and declared that his long standing and well-established 

 famiharity with B. & S spinakers, as well as his knowledge of tank 

 topsails, made him tue only man who should be entitltd to the posi- 

 tion of Know-it-all. 



•• 'At this juncture up jumped Hardtack, who said he had been 

 rocking with the fleet long enough to be recognized. "I can rock with 

 any of you, and rye, too, for that matter," said Hardtack, earnestly, 

 "and if you don't ante up that position I'll call myself out of the 

 fleet." 



" 'Here was a pretty mess. It was after 3 A. M. when the meeting 

 adjourned, to come togetber again at the call of the Oi'acle. The 

 Know it-all matter was put down under the head of "unfinished husi- 

 ness," and will soon be taken up.' " 



The Steam Yacht Truant. 



The steel crui=ing steam yacht Truant, designed and btiilt by the 

 Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, for Mrs. Helen H. Newberry, of 

 Detroit. Mich., was successfully launched from the buildiug ways of 

 the main shop at Bristol on Aug. 24. The yacht is 131ft. over all, 

 110ft. l.w.l., 17£t. lOin. beam, lift, hold and 6ft. draft, with triple com- 

 pound enaines, designed for a criu'sing speed of 16 knots. The own- 

 er's apartments and saloon are forward of the machinery, the saloon 

 being 16ft. long; all finished in prima vera. Abaft the engine space is 

 the ladies' cabin, 10ft. long, with staterooms, bathroom, etc. Tbe 

 crew is berthed in the bow and the engineer's stateroom is in the 

 engine room. The deck house has a long saloon, from which the 

 stairway leads to the ladies' cabin. The elecrlcal equipmadt includes 

 incandescent lights throughout the vessel, with a search light of 

 20,000 candle power. The deck work is of mahogany. The yacht 

 was christened Truant by Miss Newberry. She will probably leave 

 Bristol this week for the Lakes, by way of the St. Lawrence, her 

 home port being Deti-oit. 



Hull Y. C, Aug. 31. 



NAHANT— MASSACHUSETTS BAY.' 



The special race of the Hull Y. C, for the 21ft. class on Aug. 31 

 wassailed in a fresb southerly wind, the course being around the 

 Wmthi'op Bar Buoy and Graves Whistling Buoy, start and finish off 

 Nahant, 10 miles. 'The times were: 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Alpha. Dunne & Hunt 1 34 33 1 00 40 



Exile, J. F. Small 1 3S 2« 1 07 53 



Vanessa, A. Bigelow, Jr ..1 39 52 1 06 57 



Reaper. H. P. Benson 1 44 38 1 11 2(5 



Romance, Loring Sears 1 47 44 1 16 12 



R. D,, James Mclntyre 1 53 46 1 23 04 



Korbsn, E. M. fiorton 1 54 34 1 20 49 



Yankee Maid, E. P. Stanley 1 57 08 1 32 08 



Alpha wins $80. Vanessa $50, Exile $35, Reaper $25 and Romance 

 $10. 



The judges were: James R. Chadwick. Com. J. Souther, Com. 

 John Stetson, of the Boston Y. C, and W. E. Sheriffs. 

 Freak was present with number up, but did not start. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The autumn sweepstakes of the New York Y. C. will be sailed on 

 Sept. 15, over a triangular course, ten miles to a leg, outside of Sandy 

 Hook. Time limit, seven hours; but if the race is not finisbed within 

 the time it will be started on the following day without time limit. 

 The start will be made at 10:30 A. M. wind and weather permitting. 

 Opened June 1 to class 3 (80 to 90ft. l.w.l. ) of schooners belonging to 

 the club and closed, according to notice, Aug. 5, with the following 

 entries: Alcaea, Alert. Iroquois, Lasca and Marguerite. Entries $300 

 each with half forfeit. If only two start the winner will take the 

 stakes. If three or more start the second will save her entrance 

 money. The club adds a $500 cup for the winner if two or more 

 start,' and a $150 cup for the second if three or more start. The 

 Ocean King or other seagoing tug will be the committee boat and 

 will leave Pier No. 3, East River, at 8 A. M. punctually. Members 

 can obtain tickets, $2 each, including lunch and limited to 75 in num- 

 ber, from the superintendent at tbe clubhouse. Guests' tickets, at 

 the same price, will be issued after Sept. 10 if any regular tickets re- 

 main over. Regatta committee, S. Nicholson Kane. Chester Gris- 

 wold, Irving Grinnell. 



Sorceress, sloop, James Clifford, was run down while at anchor off 

 College Point by the tug Thomas Smith, with a tow of barges. The 

 j'^acht lost her mast, bowsprit and all of rail, while her bows were 

 stove in. 



Sybil, sloop, Ervin Hopkins, Jr., was dismasted near Whitestone on 

 Monday, also losing her bowsprir. A tug towed her into White- 

 stone. 



SmaU Yachts. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $10. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and 

 Canoes. By C. Stansfleld-Hichs. Price S3.5G. Steam Machinery. Bt 

 Donaldson. Price $1.50. 



Revolver Scores. 



New Yobk, Sept. 5.— The following are the scores of the New 

 York Revolver and Pistol Club, Washington Park, Saturday 

 Aug 27, 50 shots per man, 56yds.: 



H Ochl 70 "87 83 87 76-402 



G E Jantzer 81 79 86 80 79—402 



O Bishop 86 76 81 71 80-394 



Scores of Sept. 3: 



The New Army Magazine Rifle. 



The Small- Arm Magazine Rifle Board of the U. S. Arm y has ma de 

 its report, and it titrns out that of the largo number of weapons 

 submitted for examination choice has fallen upon the Danish 

 Krag- Jorgensen rifle. This is not a new arm nor in previous tests 

 by other boards abroad has it taken a high or leading place. The 

 result is that the decision has already created no small surprise, 

 and in the future it is more than likely that much criticism will 

 be directed at the ordnance judges who dominated tlie board. 



The Krag- Jorgensen is the composite name to show that it was 

 tbe joint invention of Capt. Krag, dirpctor of the Konigeherg 

 Rifle Factory, in Norway, and of Battalion Armorer Jorgensen. 

 It is of the bolt type, as the Gras, Mauser, Vetterli and Berdan, 

 in use in several of the continental armies of Europe. It has a 

 capacity for five cartridges in the receiver, this receiver hugs the 

 lower sidt! of the breech mechanism, the latch door in which the 

 cartridges are fed being on the riaht-hand side, while the loads 

 enter the breech block from the left side. The shells are of the 

 bottle-neck variety, and in ti e tests were from a lot of lOO.iXK) 

 made specially for the tests of this board. They were loaded with 

 a nitro compound from the Wetterlin Armory, in Belgium, and 

 use Sfigrs. ot this powder behind a2,3ngr. bullet, 9 lead to 1 tin, and 

 cased in a copper jacket. When made up the new cartridge is 

 longer than the present Government cartridge, and in weight 100 

 of the old just balance 175 of the new. 



The new firag-Jorgensen arm (and the sooner it gets a new 

 name the better) is not a light arm; it weighs 9.4 pounds and is, 

 without bayonet, 4.35 feet. It has six grooves with a full 'twist in 

 11.8 inches. With the bayonet set the total length is 5.21 feet. 

 The first impression on seeing the weapon is not a favorable one 

 to old gnu lovers. It looks clumsy and thick about the barrel, 

 and the magazine looks out of proportion to the mass of the arm. 

 This thickness of the barrel comes from the sleeve of thin steel 

 in which, the real barrel is inclosed. The idea of this is to pre- 

 vent over-heating the handling part in rapid firing and to leave 

 the true barrel free to expand and contract unhampered hy any 

 binding wood or bands, etc. The sights are attached to the steel 

 sleeve, there being a low fore-sight for short range and another 

 for long distance. The sleeve is attached to the barrel at the 

 rear end, but the muzzle is left free to move at varying tem- 

 peratures. 



The bolt in the selected arm is a cylindrical tube sliding in the 

 receiver. It is pierced for the firing pin and one side projects to 

 form a locking lug when pushed home and the lever turned down. 

 When drawn back there is another lug to check the motion and 

 fasten it open. There is this single motion, which operates the 

 extractor, flinging the empty shell out to the right while another 

 shell is admitted to the left, the last part of the pull-back sets the 

 firing-pin spring, and the trigger is then set ready for a discharge, 

 a small thumb-piece on the magazine top enables the cartridge in 

 the magazine to be retained there and the arm becomes at once a 

 single loader, taking the cartridge from the top in very similar 

 fashion to the present Springfield. The magazine may be 

 charged to its capacity when partially empty, and it may be 

 readily emptied without firing. It was this ready adaptability of 

 the arm which probably won the favor of the ordnance men on 

 the board. It is also reported that the weapon passed through the 

 dust and rust proof successfully. 



Really the choice of a new magazine arm for the U. S. Army is 

 going forward in a sort of installment plan. The two important 

 points of a powder and a caliber are still in abeyance. No Ameri- 

 can has yet offered a competent high velocity, compact, enduring 

 powder, and on the caliber question there are varying opinions on 

 every hundredth of an inch from a quarter to a half inch. The 

 Krag-Jorgensen is now a ,31oca]. arm, and it is likely that the 

 new U. S. weapons will be of that size bore. 



At present a majority of the nations of Europe, etc., have 

 adopted a magazine arm, as the following list will show: 

 Nation. Arm. Cal. Sighted to. 



Austria. Mannlicher. .315 3,125 yds. 



Bulgaria. Mannlicher. .315 3,135 yds. 



England. Lee-Metford. .303 3.500 yds. 



France. Lebel. .315 3.187 yds. 



Germany. "Infantry '88." .311 3 243 yds. 



Holland. Beaumont-Vitali, .433 1.968 yds. 



Italy. Vetterli-Vitali. .407 1.749 yds. 



Japan. Murata. .313 3.187 yds. 



Portugal. Kropatschek. .315 3.400 yds. 



Switzerland. Schmidt-Rubin '89. .295 3,187 yds, 



Belgium. Manser. .301 



China. Lee, .433 



Denmark. Kray-Jorgensen. .315 



Turkey. New Mauser. .301 



The single-loader weapons In use are: Egypt and Roumania 

 with the "Martini-Henry" .45pal. sighted to l.l.'iOyds ; Greece, the 

 "Gras" .433cal. sighted to l,300.yds.; Spain, the "Remington" 

 .433cal. sighted to 1,190yds.; Servia, the "Koka-Manser" .S95eal. 

 In France the Lebel is being replaced by the Berthier for use in 

 the navy, and the new arm outside of France is to he made by 

 the Hotohkiss Company. 



a L Hoffman. 



C Bishop . 





7 



8 8 10 10 



9 8 8 



7-83 





10 



8 



9 7 



10 8 



10 9 8 



8-87 





10 



8 





9 9 10 9 9 



9-87 





8 



8 



10 9 



8 8 



8 8 10 



9-86 





9 



7 



9 9 



7 7 



8 6 7 



8-77- 



-419 





8 



7 10 



7 8 



10 10 9 



9-85 





10 



7 



9 10 



7 7 



7 10 8 



9-84 





8 



8 



8 10 



7 8 



10 10 8 



10-88 





8 



9 



8 9 



8 8 



9 7 8 



9- 83 







10 



7 8 



7 8 



7 8 8 



7—77- 



-417 



8 



8 



7 9 



6 7 



6 8 7 19-76 





7 



7 



8 7 



8 10 



8 6 9 







7 



8 



9 8 



7 10 



9 8 8 



7-81 





9 



8 



8 9 



8 10 



8 8 10 



9-88 





8 



8 



10 8 



9 8 



7 9 7 



7—81- 



-403 



9 



7 



8 10 



8 7 



6 10 6 



6-7fi 





9 



6 



10 7 



10 7 



9 8 10 



7-82 





8 



8 



8 7 



8 7 



7 7 8 



7-75 





6 



8 



9 8 



6 8 



9 9 8 



7-78 





7 



8 



8 8 



7 9 



8 10 8 



9-82- 



-394 



G 



7 



8 5 



7 7 



6 8 9 



7-70 





6 



7 



5 7 



7 8 



3 7 6 



8-6'l- 



-133 



All used .44 S. & W. except Mr. Hoffman who used .38-44. 



liischke Rifle Scores. 



Jersey Citt, Sept. 2.— The following scores were made hy some 

 of the memhers of the A. Li^chke Rifle Club, 17 Milton avenue, at 

 their last slioot, Aug. 26: 



A Lischke 25 25 24 34 23 33 31 31 31 21—328 



Scharli 24 34 24 24 23 23 23 22 30 19-325 



Schulte 25 24 23 23 23 33 31 21 19 19-219 



Steidel 24 34 23 23 22 23 31 31 20 19-218 



Strater 25 25 23 23 31 21 20 17 17 17-209 



Garden City Rifle Team. 



The Garden City Rifle Team met for their weekly contest 

 Tuesday evening. Aug. 30, at Bnrley & Erickson'a shooting 

 gallery, 146 South Halsted street, Chicago. Conditions were 35yds., 

 25 shots each, open sights, free off-hand position, Massachusetts 

 paper target, possible 300 points: 



W J Gi bbs 26T GO Misja 257 E A Pierce 253 



HB Burley 363 John Polites 356 F Erickson 250 



Mrs L Thornton. .260 Roy Taylor 254 



After the regular shoot a sweepstake was shot for and won by 

 Mr. Mlsja, making a score of 111 out of possible 130. B. 



New York State Matches. 



Gen. R. M. Whitlock announces the postponement of the 

 State and First and Second Brigade matches from Sept. 3 to Sept. 

 28. For the latter date Gov. Flower has announced his intention 

 of being present. The reason for the postponement was to give 

 a chance for practice after the Buffalo campaign. 



Fond du Lac. 



Pond du Lac, Sent. 3.— Below are scores of the Fond du Lao Gun 

 Club s regular shoot to-day, 25 bluerocks. high wind blowing 

 across traps: S. B. Amory 31, Laut Lewis 19, F. L. MoLain 15, A. 

 R. Keating 14, Small attendance out, as the boys have not got 

 over the opening of duck season at the Horicon Shooting Club. 

 The water was high and ducks plenty, but somehow tbe strings of 

 ducks were not as large as formerly. There were over fifty shoot- 

 ers at the club house at Horicon Marsh. A. R. K. 



A Labor Day Feat. 



Norwich, Conn., Sept. 6.— Quite a good-sized crowd on Labor 

 Day witnessed the attempt oi F. J. Smith to break the 1,000-ball 

 record with a rifle. Mr. Smith used a Colt's repeating rifle and 

 scored 981. this being better than Dr. Booth's score of 979, shot la 

 Ohio in 1884. Frank Stehrt. 



