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[Not. 10, 1893. 



lifte ^mge mid §dUr^. 



Gardeii City Rifle Team. 



Thk Gai-rlen City Rifle Team met fov tlieir weekly contest 

 Tuesrlav evening at Barltsy & EricTcson's shooting gallery, 146 

 South Halstead streer, Chicago. Coaditions were 25yds., 25 sliols 

 each, open sights, free off-hand position, Massachusetts paper 

 target, possible 300 ooints. Scores as follows: 



HSBurley 273 FErickson 263 Al SorenseD.......2oO 



A McBean i^W 0 A Hemple 259 T L Thornton 249 



WJGibbs m R B Taylor 255 



G A Nisja 268 J O Martin 253 



After the shoot a sweepstake was shot for and won. by Mi-, Bur- 

 ley by a score of 114 out of a possible 12^.— W, J. F. 



Ephrata Rifle Club. 



Ephrata, Pa., Oct. 31.— Last Friday afternoon the members of 

 the North End B^fle Club met on their rantre in Ephrate to hold 

 their regular monthly rest shoot, distance 200v'ds. The Standard 

 American target was used. Th« weather was favorable and good 

 scores were possible as the following shows: 



CSWeneer 93 95-188 .J M Sheaflfer. . 88 68—156 



D B Lefever 91 91-183 L M Wiest 87 78-165 



D. B. Lk-MVEb, Secy, 



Dorman Not In It. 



St. Louis. Oct. '2^.— Editor Fm'es.i and Stream: When Mr. 

 Andrew McBean, of Chicago, was in St. Louis a sbort time ago 

 he asked S. G. Dorman to shoot a friendlv race with him Oct. 23, 

 the race to bt> 50 shots p-^.r man. SOO.vds. off-hand, on the Gprman 

 ring target, McBean to .shoot in Chicago, at the range of the 



JViR. Andrew McBean, of Chicago. 



Chicago Rifle Club and Dorman at St. Louis. The targets were 

 duly forwarded, scoi ea shot and then exchanged. Dorman's score 

 919 points, average 19.58 was poor, which was partly on account of 

 a gusty 2 o'clock wind which made it almost impossible to place 

 a bullet In the center of the ' bull," although he used a 38-55 Win- 

 cbester, using .5.5grs. of ncvder and 285gr. patched bullet. 



Mr. McBean used a 33 40 Winchester, BSgrs. powder snd 165gi-s. 

 lubricated bullet, and considering the fact that he shot the 50 

 shots without having a marker to show where any of the shots 

 landed, t'he target is a Ijeauty, and will be found hard to heat 

 under the same conditions. 



The target showed 45 "bulls," and 26 shots were 23 or better and 

 ifiside of a 6in. circle. The total score fnoted up 1,059 points, 

 average 21.18, leaving Mack the winner by 80 points. 



Never mind Mack, we don't blame you, it's the Chicago style to 

 take everything that is in sight. NAmhod 



How Can Rifle Shooting' Be Revived? 



There has been a remarkable falling off in the Interest in rifle 

 shooting in this section of the country during the past two vears 

 and even shooters themselves are puzzled to account for it. In 

 1888 the spirt reeeivert a great impetus by the action of the New- 

 ark Shooting Society in projecting and carrying to a successful 

 isstie the week's prize shoot of the International Sbarpshooters' 

 Union, this affair having been the most successful and best man- 

 aged shooting festival ever held in America. During 1889 and 1880 

 the interest was stiU alive; in 1891 there was a p rcepdole falling 

 oir, while during the present year there has been almost a stag- 

 nation, so far as the Scbuetzen men and their sport is concern' d. 

 There have been some few festivals, i he only ones of which could 

 be classed aa successiul being those of the Newark Shooting 

 Society, the Zetiler Rifle Cluti, Miller Rifle Club, Bxcelslor Rifle 

 ■ Club and the one held at Ridgewood. And these can be called 

 successiul only from the tact that they were not flnaaeial fail- 

 ures. 



When compared with a fliairs of 18S7 to 1890, inclusive, a great 

 ditterenoe is noted. During those years shooters from all over 

 the country iourneyed to New York and New Jersey to shoot 

 along with the local shots, and from 50 to 75 shooters were usually 

 found m the shpotirg houses. Among those who flitted about 

 for pure love of the sport and to have a pleasant time with 

 iriends may be mentioned Messrs. Norris, Homrighausen and 

 Rothart, of Baltimore; Seely, Daly, Koehler and others from Syr- 

 acuseLCrain, from Maine; Beard.'=iley and Wheeler from Bridge- 

 porc Huggins from Pittsburgh: Gindele from Cincinnati: Cart- 

 '■*."^°''^V^^?''J'^s, Farrow. Wentworth and others 

 n.^r ''P'^-^.^'^'^.^' McCafferty from Wilmmgton, and Lyons 

 ?So^°^P°^*^?®^'''^®'^"'i'^-' ,^^1^ '^eing only a partial list. During 

 of CoulnTvUirConn ''''^o^eseeu in this section was S. J. Lyonl 



r.^^^^ *T®^ missing from the ranks, 



r^n^'^nii G,i3 Zimmerman, Alex. Stein, T. J. Dolan 



Hofeie, O. C. King Dr. Radbonrne, E. J. Case, none of whose 

 S^^^oot^^ appeared in a.prize list during the se'ason Dr Bof- 

 hfi^ o^A business from devoting any time to shoot- 



ln^V= '^'^^'^y ^"^e rheumatism had him 



Ihif^ clutches, but why the others have been conspicuous only by 

 f^.nl ool^°°** can only be conjectured. The prize lists have been 

 fully as heavy as m previous years and the shooting has been no 

 more difficult, nor have higher scores been neeessafy ia order to 

 wm a place 1 am inclined to the belief that much of^the apl?hv 

 IS due to the monotonj: indivldu>!l contests and the need of 

 something m the way of a variation in the manner of arranging 

 ^^i«f 'titfl^??^'; ""l^^^r^l ^'^^ Zettlers, Newark Shoo?in| Socfety 

 Miller Rifle Club and other organizations publish the same n d 

 time programmes ofCerine prizes for 3-shot ticketFon thr^i-man 

 'J^Jr ^ai-get, prizes for the best bullseyes and pi emiums for the 

 Si'^ll^''?'- V'^i^ ^ sameness in the look of these pro! 



mSXtlTi^l" ' ^^'•^ ^^^^'^-^ aSTn°o 



This inonotony could very easily be broken and the said break 

 ing need not be an expensive venture. I have always been auri 

 r ^ tieliever in the value of team shooting Is compared 

 understood howev™ ?htt 

 herein when I refer to -'individual contests" I ret^r soleirt^ tifi 

 r^-entry shooting at tournaments and not to strictly individna] 

 "matches."! I believe that one team match does Z.retS create a 

 love of emijlation and to create a bond of fpllo^shin W^«»n 

 members of various clubs that does a dozen re |nt?v afllirf 

 There is no reason however, why the latter s-iould by "uperfeded 

 by the former. Intact one should help the other A pi- 



each member to Bhoot 20 shots on the German ring target. Let 

 the entrance fee per team be SIO and to the amount of the entry 

 fees let the management add $25, the ptirse to be divided into two, 

 three or four moneys according to the number of entries. 



"But," says an astute (!) manager, ''how can we afford to give 

 back all the entrance money and an additional $25 or $50? " 



Very easily, my dear sir, and make money by so doing for won't 

 each one of the team men need sighting shots, and in order to get 

 them won't they be obliged to spend their "cold cash" in your 

 regular contests? Try the experiment just once and see if it will 

 not be a paying venture and increase your attendance. 



Then, Hgain, tjy the way of still further varying your pro- 

 gramme, arrange another team match, each team to comprise one 

 expert and one novice: let each man fire ten shots on either the 

 ring or point target: charge each team say $3 entrance, deduct if 

 you wish 10 or 15 per cent, for expenses and divide the balance 

 into prizes according to the number of teams entered. Either or 

 both of these plans will at least vary the monotony of the present 

 style of shooting, and will, I am positive, increase the receipts in 

 the rpgular prize contests. 



And then, in order to keep up the interest during what are 

 known as the "off months," let the various clubs arrange friendly 

 team matches to he shot on different ranges. The Newark Shoot- 

 ing Society hfls at least a dozen good shots; the Zettlers have over 

 a score; the Millers and Excelsiors could each turn out a fnir 

 team ; so why not arrange a series of matches between them for this 

 coming winter? Let the teams comprise from eight to fifteen 

 men each, let each man Are ten shots on the German ring target 

 at 200yd8., let each team at each contest pay an entrance fee equal 

 to $1 a man, the winning team to take the pot. less expenses for 

 the range. This would serve to keep up a lively interest between 

 seasons, and would also serve to bring the members of the various 

 clubs Into closer communion. 



The above are only suggestions, hastily thrown out, and now let 

 *^uch enthusiasts as M'^ssrs. Hayes, Watts, Coppersmith, Walther, 

 Zettler brothers, Dorrler and others give their views. 



yRATuaM. 



Rifle Shooting in a Gale. 



Tn to members of the First Brigade Rifle Association seem fated 

 to have unfavorable weather conditions for their Saturday after- 

 noon practice at the Newark Shooting Park. Last Saturday they 

 were obliged to do their shooting in a wind that varied in strength 

 from fifteen to thirty m'les an hour and constantly flicking from 

 "2" to "5 o'clock" and back. As a i-esult it was diflacult to hold 

 either elevation or windage for any number of consecutive shots. 

 There was a fair light, however, until nearly 5 P. M. During the 

 past month politics have somewhat interfered with the practice 

 of this association, but now that the campaign is closed the mem- 

 bers are expected to turn out stronger. 



The same old trio reported for Saturday's shoot. Major D. D. 

 Wallace and Captain W. H. Howard being the first on the scene. 

 Major Wallace is developing into a strong shot and succeeded in 

 keeping above "centers" in the day's work. The Major is surgeon 

 of the First Regiment and thinks that close attention to off-hand 

 shooting will steady his hand so that he will be the better fitted 

 for cutting off "necks" during the 1893 encampment of the First 

 Brigade. When asked what kind of necks he will practice on, he 

 simply says, "Mumm's the word!" 



Capt. Howard, who holds the responsible position of Inspector 

 of Rifle Practice of the First Regiment, is an enthusiastic devotee 

 of military shooting, but his greatest forte is in depicting on 

 paper the faces and forms of his friends. He has few equals as a 

 cartoonist, and would undoubtedly have held a leading position 

 with Puck but for the fact that there was no position open when 

 he applied. 



After the Maoor and Captain had emptied a few boxes of am- 

 munition and got chilly enough to go up to the hotel "to see 

 Alex," the shooting scribe appeared, so after several "smiles" 

 had been exchanged the trio once more moved to the shooting 

 house and resumed the business of himtiug for bullseyes. The 

 Major and the S-srlbe bad each an idea tdat they were in prime 

 shooting form, so agreed to shoot a 40-shot match, the result as 

 usual being in favor of the wielder of the pp.n, altoough it, was a 

 narrow escape. Each oi the contestants were credited with one 

 miss, but neither of them is willing to acknowledge their faulty 

 holding. Below are the scores made during the afternoon: 









3 



3 



3 



4 



4 



3 



4 4 4-36 







4 



4 



4 



4 



4 





5 



4 4 4-42 







4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



5 



4 4 4-41 







4 



4 



4 



4 





4 



4 



4 4 4-41 







4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 4 4-40 







4 



5 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 S 4-43 







.4 



4 



4 



3 



4 



4 



3 



4 3 4—38 







4 



4 



3 



3 



8 



3 



4 



4 4 4-36 







4 



4 



4 



3 



3 



3 



4 



4 4 4-.37 







4 



3 



4 



4 



3 



4 



4 



4 4 4-38 



hot Match. 















4 



4 



4 



5 



4 



3 



.5 



4 



4—41 



4 



4 



4 



4 



■5 



4 



4 



4 



4 



3—40 



1 



4 



4 



3 



4 



4 



4 



5 



0 



4—38 



4 



5 



4 



4 





3 





3 



5 



4—44-163 





4 



4 



5 



i 



I 



4 



5 



4 



4^43 



5 



4 



4 





4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



0-38 



4 





5 



4 



3 



5 



4 



4 



4 



4-43 



4 



5 



4 



5 



5 



5 



4 



5 



4 



4-45*-168 



* Club record to date. 



Nov. 8 was the day set aside for the American people in general 

 to take a loaf and incidentally to cast ballots for or against "tariff 

 for revenue only," "protective tariff" or whatever fad the shrewd 

 wire-pullers of the great parties choose to make "the issue of the 

 day." Now the First Brigade Rifle Association is not a political 

 machine nor have its members any interest in tariff's. Conse- 

 quently a shoot was arranged and about 2 P. M, the fun began. 

 The wind was "fishy," sheering from "11" to "3 o'clock," and 

 changing its gait about as rapidly as a prlitician changes- his 

 policy. The light was gond. The militaire, medico and the rifle 

 inspector were the first to report for duty, tbe scribbler being the 

 next, to arrive. By this time it was near 3 P. M., and the business 

 of the day w«s soon under way when along came Sergt. Black 

 and Serge. Ward of Company B, first regiment, both of whom 

 were recently elected members of the association. Both of them 

 are enthusiasts in rifle matters, but on this occasion the bullets 

 and targets dirt not seem to connect in proper fashion and conse- 

 quently their scores are suppressed. They will soon learn the 

 aifference between the shield and the hullseye and then look out 

 for breakers. 



Quartermaster George W. Church was the next arrival, and he 

 soon got down to a style of shooting that opened the onlookers' 

 eyes, and incidentally their mouth", it being customary to ask 

 "What'll you have?" when a man surprises himself by brino-ing 

 up a "flag." Capt. Church is not only regimental quartermaster, 

 but is treasurer of the rifle association as well, and tor this reason 

 he is treated with great respect (our stock of ammunition is not 

 large). 



Then came Captains C. iB. Champlin and G. M. Townsend 

 who fired a string apiece and came out satisfactorily. Capt' 

 Champlin's nerve will be steadier, however, after he has an op- 

 portunity to render a few bills for repairing "bursted" water 

 pipes, which will probably he very soon. Captain Townsend for- 

 got to bring along kis second pair of eyes, and in consequence 

 the target seemed too far away. The shooters were all in an 

 election day humor and every time a "red flag" was waved "the 

 boy" was called to serve out nervine. The shooting, although dif- 

 ficult under the weather conditions, was fuUy up to the average. 

 The surprise of the day came in a forty-shot match between the 

 Major and the scribe, m which they tied on aggregates. Bv some 

 unforeseen method of figuring the Major won the shoot off" of the 

 tie and the score will probably be found in his office in a gold 

 frame. 



The record scores were as follows: 



Capt WH Ho ward 3 4 4 5 



4 5 4 4 



Capt GW Church ,4 5 3 5 



4 3 3 4 



5 .8 3 5 



Capt OB Champlin 5 i 4 3 



Capt G M Townsend _ 0 4 0 3 



Sergt Ward 3 4 0 3 



0 0 3 4 



Sergt Black 4 0 0 4 



0 3 0 0 

 Forty-shot Match. 



Major D L Wallace 5 3 4 4 4 4 



5 4 4 4 3 4 

 4 4 6 4 4 4 

 4 4 5 4 0 4 

 Shoot off of lie 5 5 4 5 4 



Pvt C H Townsend 4 5 4 4 4 4 



4 4 4 4 4 3 



4 4 4 3 4 5 



3 4 4 4 4 4 



3 4 4 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 



0 0 

 0 4 

 0 4 

 3 0 



5 5 

 5 4 

 3 4 



3- 37 



4- 38 

 4-40 

 4-.39 

 4-38 

 0-34 



0 0 0-17 

 5 4 4-24 



4-23 

 4^25 

 0-16 



Shootoflof tie........... 4 4 



4 4-42 



5 5-43 

 4 5-41 

 4 4-38-164 



-23-187 

 I 4 5-43 

 : 5 4—40 

 I 4 4-43 

 : 4 3-38—164 

 -19-183 



Hudson Rifle Club. 



Marion, N. ,T., Nov. 7.— Regular weekly competition, Hudson 

 R.C.,25yd8.: 



First Team. 



Chas E Bird 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 34 24 23 - 242 



.fohn Rebhan 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23-241 



H L Hausen 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 31-241 



A Malz 25 26 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22—235 



Second Team. 



.John Smith 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 21 21-331 



Mich Hoff 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 21 21—230 



H E Bjddey 25 24 24 23 23 22 23 22 23 20-337 



Third Team. 



J Buch 2i5 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 '41—238 



S Middleton 25 23 25 26 24 24 23 22 2 J 3'2— 237 



0 Staderman 25 24 23 23 23 23 21 20 20 18—220 



C Schlelmacher 25 24 33 33 23 23 23 22 19 19 -234 



Chas. E. Bibd. 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



On Oct. 13 there was a gale of wind at the South London Rifle 

 Club's range at Staines, which extinguished the last chance of 

 the other members catching up to Walter Winans's lead for the 

 revolver championship of the club. Mr. Winans has therefore 

 won it without navmg to shoot anv more this year. 



The only result ot the day's shooting was that Mr. Varley ad- 

 vanced from ninth to sixth place, and may, during the remaining 



1 wo days the club shoots this year, get up to third place (oronze 

 jewel* if he keeps up the same gait. Mr. dementi Smith has 

 also advanced from fifteenth to eleventh pUoe. Tne positions of 

 the other m«mbers remain the same. 



Walter Winans (S. & W.), winner of gold jewel and revolver 

 championship of the club. Score: 42, 41, 41, 4L, 40; total 205. 

 Second prize (silver jewel) and third prize (bronze jewel) will be 

 decided the end of the month. 



The above is an exa^.t size diagram of five scores at 20yds.. 



possible 310 (:W shots in all), with which Mr. Walter Wluans has 

 just won the revolver championship of the South London Rifle 

 Club for 1893. 



First score 7 6 7 7 6 7—40 



Second score , 7 6 7 7 7 7—41 



Third score 7 7 7 7 7 7—43 



Fourth score 7 7 7 6 7 7—41 



Fifth score 7 6 7 7 7 7—41—205 



These .scores were shot on five different days, the rules of the 

 club for the championship allowing only one score, made each 

 day, to count for the aggregate for the championship. Shot under 

 Bisley rules as to military revolvers, except as to sights. 



New Jersey Notes. 



The regular monthly meeting of the H. R. 0. was held Monday, 

 Nov. 7, at 35 Giles avenue. After the regular business was at- 

 tended to Capt. Hansen read the following proposition in the 

 form of a challenge, viz.: 

 G^-renvaU Rifle Cluh, Jersey City, N- J.: 



This is to certify that Hunson Rifle Club, of Jersey City, does 

 hereby challenge the above-named club to shoot a series of 

 matches, best 2 out of 3, for a trophy to the value of from $15 to 

 $25 upon the following conditions: 



Team to consist of 10 men. Each man to fire 10 shots (3 shots 

 allowed each man fnr sighting), standard 35-ring American target 

 One match on the H. R. C. ranges: one match on the G. R. C 

 ranges; one match on neutral grounds to be selected by a com- 

 mittee of t wo reliable members from each club. 



„ T (^'gned), . C. E. Bird, Secretary. 



H. L. Hansen, Captain.] 



After a little discussion it was decided to forward the challenge 

 to '4reenville and await reply selecting dates. 



"P. S.— The matches to be 'shot in three consecutive weeks." 



It is rumored that the Hulson Rifle Club is soon to issue a chal- 

 lenge to the Miller Rifle Club, of Hoboken, to shoot a match con- 

 sisting of five men from each club, each man to fire 50 shots. 



There is great competition in the H. R. 0. teams for the honors, 

 and the following members are pushing verv hard to secure them • 

 First team-.r, Rebhan, H L. HaQsen.C. E. Bird, A. Malz Second 

 toam— John Smith, T. A. Reynolds, Michael Hoff, H. E Boddey 

 Third team— S. Middleton, A. Heidorf, 0, Staderman, J. Buch. 



There is very little doubt but that the Hudsons will have lively 

 times this winter at their headquarters, as the members are 

 hustling to secure new members. Monday evening Messrs Aug 

 and Geo. Plog, Geo. W. Morgan and Wm. Meyre were elected to 

 membership. The Eaglh. 



Rensselaerwyck. 



Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3.— The following scores were made to-day 

 at Rensselaerwvck Range by members of the Third Brigade Rifle 

 Association. Weather conditions were favorable for off-hand 

 shooting: 



Off-Hand. 



WmCGomph 9 8 10 10 10 9 8 9 10 7— 90 



ft 9 9 7 •» 8 8 8 7 8- 81 



Wm T Mayer .8 6 7 8 10 5 8 8 8 7—75 



9 6 8 6 10 7 7 9 7 5— 74 



Col Wm E Fitch 8 6 10 10 8 8 9 3 6 3- 78 



„ „ 10 6 7 7 5 10 10 9 0 &— 81 



Chas P Fry 9 7 6 7 10 3 9 7 7 7-74 



6 4 6 3 8 6 7 5 5 7— 39 

 6 6 6 4 3 6 7 4 6 8- 57 

 3 5 9 5 3 5 4 4 6 6- 54 



Rest. 



WmT Mayer .10 9 11 12 13 7 U 11 13 9-104 



Wm O Gomph 13 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 8-106 



10 11 11 12 9 9 11 9 12 13-106 



Portchester Rifle Club. 



POBTCHESTER, Oct. 29.- At 200ydp., oft'-hand. Standard Ameri- 

 can target: R, McNeil 90, R. Rudd90, T. Bell 85, J. Smith 85 G 

 VermilyeSO, T. Kiernan.55,E,Vermilye43. 



Nov. 6: 



RRudd 766964957 8—67 



675946894 7-65-132 



J Smith 86 10 464 5 48 6-59 



7 7 8 6 a 10 3 4 8 3-63-121 



R McNeil, Jr 4 7 5 8 3 3 5 4 7 7-55 



3 6 5 3 7 5 6 4 3 5-48-101 



TKieman. 3 8 7 3 3 0 7 3 7 3-45 



10 8335453S 5-49— 94 

 B. MoNbil, Jr., Secretary. 



