f Mabch 2, 1893.] 



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DOEION'S ADJUSTABLE RUDDER HEAD. 



Dorion's Adjustable Rudder Gear. 



No PART part of the gear of a boat is the object of more admiration 

 than a handsomely-snaped tOler, which for several reasons besides 

 that of beauty should extend into the eockjiit. Ttiis often proves ta- 

 conveniont in smaU boats where the crew is hkely to sit on the floor 

 hoards and the space is necessarily Umited. 



It would also be found a restful and agreeable change aboard such 

 a craft in some winds could the helmsman face the bow, but this can- 

 not weU be done, as the tiller comes in contact with his side. If it is 

 made short to better enable him to tate this position his arm must 

 pass behind his back, and this soon causes fatigue. Another objec- 

 tion is, that the short tiller prevents the skipper from weU hiking to 

 windward when occasion requires. 



The rudder gear herewith illustrated is the iavention of Mr. Severe 

 Dorion, of 110 Burnet avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. After a thorough trial 

 it has been pronounced a perfect success, entirely obviating the diffi- 

 culty mentioned. The tiller can be placed at any angle, entirely out 

 of the cockpit and out of tlie way of the helmsman, when the boat is 

 in stays or under way, by merely hfting the tiller a few inches, plac- 

 ing it in the position required and allovting it to drop to place. ' The 

 gear is fastened to the rudder head and is all in one piece, with noth- 

 mg to drop off or get out of place. The tiller slips into the fitting and 

 can be easily removed, a sUght taijer bolduagit in place, but when in 

 position it is securely fastened to the rudder with no lost motion. 



When sitting to windward the tiller can be held so close that in luiT- 

 iug one does not have to reach inboard and lose the benefit of a portion 

 of the weight that should be to windward. If on short tacks the tiller 

 can be changed without giving it a thought. Carry it over with you 

 and it will di-op into place before the boat gets under way. If you pre- 

 fer it amidship place it there. 



Three parts constitute the gear fseecuts). No. 1 consists of two 

 pieces of metal (AA), with oval holes on each side to hghten. On the 

 top edges is a plate (B) fan-shaped, with seven holes on the chcular 

 edge and a % rod (C) brazed upright on the small end. The upright 

 rod has a hole at the top (D) with a pin in it. No. 1 is fastened to 

 the rudder head with the small end of plate (B) placed aft or toward 

 the rudder blade. 



No. a is a square ferrule made to fit the tiller, with a slight taper at 

 the top, which is cut away to lighten. The lower side at the lai-ge, or 

 front, end (E) has a pin (F), i^in. long, projecting downward from 

 the bottom. At the other end (G) the bottom is cut away %in. to 

 receive No. 3. At this end is a bolt (H) and under H the sides are 

 rounded up a little. 



No. 3 is bent into shape: outside it is the same thickness as the 

 inside of No. 2 and the length is J^m. shorter, to allow for working up 

 and down. Inside is a pipe with a %m. hole thi'ough, which is still 

 shorter. Across the lower end (at J) is a .smaller pipe tlu-ough which 

 screws a bolt. 



To assemble the gear, place No. 3 over pia C in No. 1 and fasten with 

 small pin at the top; this gives side motion. Place the G end of No. 2 

 outside of No. 3 and fasten with screw bolt at H. This allows No. 3 

 (containing the tiller) to move up and down as it passes over plate B 

 and enables pin F to enter the different holes in the plate to give the 

 angles required. The metal is sheet brass, polished and nickeled. 



The Zettler Rifle Team Tournament. 



Thtj thhd annual Washington's Birthday team tournament, in- 

 augurated in 1891 by that famous gi-oup of exjiert riflemen known as 

 the Zettler Rifle Club, was brought to a successful close at the club's 

 headquarters, 319 Bowery, on Wednesday night of last week. 



Of the many associations of riflemen located in the cities of the 

 United States the Zettler Rifle Club has for years taken fli'st rank as 

 experts in olf-haud shooting with the sporting rifle. 



The club was organized some twenty years ago in the shooting 

 gaUery of the Zettler Bros., located at that time in the Bowery, near 

 Grand street, and from its incejjtion has been known as the Zettler 

 Rifle Club. For years therp has not been a shooting festival of prom- 

 inence in any part of the countrj' east of the Mississippi River that 

 has not had representatives from this club as competitors for prize 

 honors, and at the present time the club is Ihe Alma Mater of quite an 

 Alumni located in vaiious parts of the country. 



With the small .iiacal. gallery rifle as the "primer"' in the education 

 of the novice in the art of rifle shooting the Zettlers have brought out 

 some of the most expert marksmen known in the history of rifle 

 shooting, and to-day the headquarters of the Zettler Club is the ob- 

 jective point for all lovers of the sport in and about New York city. 

 When the club, in the early part of the month, sent out its notice of 

 another tournament on Feb. 22. with the information that it would 

 donate four trophies for winning teams and an extra prize for the best 

 individual score, there was a hearty response returned from the many 

 shootuig societies in and about New York in favor of taldng part in 

 the contest. 



When the day for the tournament arrived the enti-y list was found 

 to contain entries from ten clubs and societies. Prominent among the 

 entries were one team from the Independent New York Schuetzen 

 Corps, B. Walther. eaptalu. One team from the Wilhamsburg- Shoot- 

 ing Society, F. C. Ross, captain. The Hai-lem Rifle Club was repre- 

 sented by two teams; Team No. 1, J. A. Boyken, captain; Team No. 2, 

 W. Heaney, cai^taiQ. The Central Turn Verein one team, C. Gilman, 

 captain. The Emphe Club one team, Wm, Rosenbaum, captain. The 



Albig Club one team, Geo. Albig, captain. New Jersey was repre- 

 sented 'by the Greenville Club's team, Wm. Robedoux, captain ; the 

 Excelsior Club's team, L. P. Hanson, captain; the Hudson Club's 

 team, J. Rebhan, captain; the Our Own Club's team, J. Bauder, cajj- 

 tain. 



The terms of the match called for teams of 5 men each, 10 shots per 

 man, 2 re-entries allowed, distance 75ft., 25-ring target, possible 250 

 points. 



The trophies were the work of Rogers Bros., and were made to order 

 for this occasion. They were emblematical of shooting and beautiful 

 to the eye (of the shooting crank, especiaUy so). 



The Empire team was the flrst to put in an appearance in the morn- 

 ing, and with their flrst entry they rolled up a score of 1,1!)8 points, 

 that stood high until 11 o'clock P. M., when the Farmers from New 

 Jersey, on their second entry, made a tie score of 1,198 points; but by 

 counting the best center shots the Greenville team, by the rules gov- 

 erning the contest, took first place in the race for honors. In the 

 meantime the Independent team, under the leadership of Barney AVal- 

 ther, had made a leap for the honors, but by some unfortunate shots 

 they fell back behind the Emphes in the race -v^rith a total of 1 ,1 78. In 

 the meantime Harlem team No. 1 wei-e pegging away in their fli-st en- 

 trj' and got together a total of 1,187 points. 



Then came the Om- Own team with a total of 1,185 points, and hai'd 

 after the latter came the Hudsons with 1,182, followed by the Excelsiors 

 with 1,175. Then the Empires went in to do or die and fell back with a 

 total of 1,195 points, or three points below their first entry. In the 

 meantime, the Williamsburg contingent, under the leadership of Fred 

 Ross, were quietly doing their best to get into the swim, and succeeded 

 in getting together a total of 1,192. 



The Harlem second team made a hard struggle, but the pace had 

 been set at such a rate that they were out of the race before the start, 

 the same can be also said of the Albig team, and also the Central Turn 

 Verein team. 



The race up to this point still gave the Greenville farmers the lead 

 followed by the Empires, the Our Owns and the Williamsburg teams. 



While the above teams had been doing their best to overcome the 

 dlliiculties before them, Barney Walther was busy reforming the 

 broken ranks of his team and getting into position for the second 

 charge. About 11:30 P. M. Captain Walther sent in his team for the 

 second time, and when the last man had got his shots down to the 

 target the results showed that the Independents were out for sure, 

 having a total of 1,211 points to their credit. From this point the con- 

 dition of the race was getting to be very interesting, and it now looked 

 as though the Independents were secure in their position for first 

 place, but this is only another illustration of the uncertainty of every- 

 thing pertaining to the affairs of this life, for in the case of the Inde- 

 pendents with their remarkably fine total of 1,211 points, an average of 

 212' 5 to each member of the team, they w"ei'e in the end doomed to 

 meet defeat. 



The Bmpu-es, after their second entry had been simply laying low 

 mu'sing theii" strength for the flnal struggle, which was to come later 

 on. The members of this team met the difficult position in which the 

 flne score of the Independents had placed them in a manner that 

 places them in the front rank among expert riflemen. The individual 

 members of the team, with the aid of that well known veteran, Max 

 Engel, as a coacher, stood up to their task in a way that caused many 

 of the older shooters to marvel at the nerve of the boj's under such 

 circumstances. Wm. Rosenbaum, otherwise knovim to the fraternity 

 as "Buff," was the last member of the team to shoot his score, and to 

 say that the many shooters and visitors ijresent were interested in htm 

 hardlji' expresses the condition of affairs in the gaUery at the time. 

 Every one who could get within sighting distance of the target was 

 there with both eyes open, some rooting for 25s or center shots, while 

 others were pulling dinkies, hoping for a flyer. But "Buff" was equal 

 to the task that had been laid out "for him. He woimd up his score 

 with a total of 243 points, giving his team a grand total of l,'jl3 points, 

 an average of 243 3-5 per man, thus whiumg the first position by a lead 

 of two points over the Independent team. 



The individual trophy was a center of much interest to many of the 

 expea-ts in the contest, and there was a goodly number among them 

 who had taken an extra cinch on his nerve with the intention of ap- 

 propriating that "mug" to his owu individual self. But the "best laid 

 plans of mice and men gang aft aglee," and as the various teams shot 

 through their scores the individual piossibflities were reduced to three 

 men— Mr. Dorrler of the Independents, J. A. Boyken of the Harlem 

 team No. 1, and F. C. Rose of the WiUiamsbm-gh team, each with a 

 score of S48 to his credit. 



After Rosenbaum had closed his score, thereby defeating the Inde- 

 pendents, the above gentlemen were called up to shoot off their ties. 

 The fact that these men are known to be the best of aU the Zettler 

 experts, and the fact that in shooting ability and nerve there is hardly 

 any choice between them, was enough to create a decided feeling of 

 interest among the large assembly of sportsmen iwesent. Mr. Dorrler 

 was the first to face the target, and he finished his score with a total 

 of 215. J. A. Boyken was next to shoot and he could do no more than 

 tie Dorrler's score. 



The condition of affairs was now decidedly interesting, hardly any 

 one expected that Ross, under the then existing excitement, could do 

 more than tie the other scores. To expect him to overcome 245 seemed 

 to be out of the question except to a partisan, and when Ross went in 

 to shoot his score there was a rush made by all present to the rear of 

 the gaUery in order to witness the results of each shot as it reached the 

 target. His first shot wa.s a 24, and then the speculations of those 

 present with a weakness for ^\ agering their gelt became brisk, and the 

 way the dimes and quarters changed hands as one shot followed 

 another was a caution. But with all the excitement and uproai- 

 caused by the excited onlooker.?, Ross kept his nerve and never let go 

 another point, but finished his score vdth a center shot and a total of 

 249, thus winning the individual trophy. This is remarkable work, as 

 it approaches tba Imiit of the possibilities of the arm and the ammuni- 



tion. The scores of the several teams competing in the tournament 

 wUl be found appended: 



THE SCORES. 



9. Independent N. Y. Schuetzen C. 



F Simon 242 



A Stein 2-39 



1. Empire Rifle Club. 



W Rosenbaum 243 



B Zahn 343 



L Busse 245 



C Zettler, Jr 240 



BAValther 242' 



M Dorrler 244 



H Zettler 242-1213 G Zinunermaii'. '. " '. ". 244—1311 



a.Williamsburgh Schuetzen Corps. 



0 WHorney 238 



GWorn 237 



PC Ross 248 



W Forbaeh 244 



G lOingehoef er 239—1 206 



5. Harlem Rifle Onb— First team. 



0 Hutch 345 



J A Boyken 248 



V Krayer 2?,5 



E W Busby 226 



4, Greenville Rifle Club.' 



W H Robedo ux 335 



CBoag ...,.3.39 



C Sheeliue "244 



H Chevaut 338 



G W Plaisted 242—1198 



6. Om- Own Rifle Club. , ^ 



J Coppersmith 2.39 , 



G D AViegman 238*ss\ 



FB Laute 237 < 



W Watts 242 ^ 



J Bodenstaub 243—1197 J Bauder 237—1193 



7. Hudson Rifle Club. 8. Excelsior Rifle Club. 



W L Hanson 230 L P Hanson 239 



H Steuber 237 W Weber 283 



J Rebhan 240 WJHennessy 235 



H Grafe 238 J Speicher 388 



A Malz 28.3—1187 W J Channing 285—11 



9. Harlem R. C— Second Team. 10. Albig Rifle Club. 



0 Deneger , , 323 Geo Albig 339 



W W Cochran 337 



WW^eeks 287 



J A Hard , 334 



W Heany. , 



Gus Nowak 335 



CShutraft 232 



GFunk 231 



.2.39—1170 W Bayer 334-116 



11. Central Turn Verein. 



L Trenn 231 S Kohn 242 



J Zelgler 317 C Gflman 238—114 



RUworsak 227 Greknyille. 



Denver Shooting. 



The Denver Rifle Club opened a series of matches at its range o 

 Feb. 20. Following are the scores: 



200yds. Possible 100. 500yds., Possible 50. 



HoUingshead 72 Schoyen 4 



Riclter 72 BeU 4 



WiUis 66 Dean 4 



Gilbert 01 Willis 4 



Dean 55 Maguhe 4 



HoUingshead 4 



Tbseeby. 



New York Revolver Work. 



New York, Feb. 20. — The following record scores were made by th 

 members of the New York Revolver and Pistol Club, at their last reg 

 ular weekly prae ice siicot, held on the 18th inst., at their gallery No 

 13 St. Marks Plac?: 10 shots on Standard American tai'get. at 30yds 

 C. B. Bishop, .44cal., S. & W. revolver, 90; H. Oehl, 44cal., S. & W. re 

 volver, 84; F. Heckmg, .38cal., S. &W. revolver, 77; E. Walz, .22cal. 

 Stevens pistol, 83. F. Hecking, Sec'y. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice lilce the following: 



March 7-8.— Royersford fPa.) Gun Club tournament. Fust day 

 targets; second day Uve birds. 



March 8.— Boiling Springs vs. Union Gun Club, team match, also 

 open sweepstakes, at Rutherford, N. J. 



March 15. — ^Union Gun Club, 25-bird sweep, $20 entry, five moneys 

 limited to twenty entries, Springfield, N. J. 



March 21.— Live bird tournament on Erb's "Old Stone Hons* 

 grounds," Bloomiield avenue, Newark, N. J., beginning at 11 A. M. 



March 28-29. — Manufactm-ers' Trap-Shooting Association tom-na- 

 ment, Savannah, Ga. . 



March.— New Mexico Mutual Fish and Game Protective Association, 

 second annual tom-naraent. 



March.— Connecticut Trap-Shooters' League tournament, Park City 

 grounds, Bridgeport. 



AprU 5-7.— Interstate live bird toui-nament, Dexter Park, Long 

 Island. H. A. Penrose, Sec'y, New London, Conn. 



April 19-21.— Waverly (Iowa) Gun Club tournament. Professionals 

 barred, 



April. — Manufacturers' Trap-Shooting Association tournament , 

 Greensboro, N. C. 



Blay 2-3. — ^Independence (Ind.) Gun Club tournament. Added money. 



May 9-11. — Ohio Trap-Shooters' League tournament, Columbus, O. 



May 9-13.— Saratoga Spi-ings (N. Y.) Gun Club tournament. 



May 17-18.— West Newbm-gh Gun Club spring tournament, at New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



May 3:3-25.— KnoxviUe (Tenn.) Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added to 

 purses. Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



May 3.3-35.— Minneapolis (Miim.) Gun Club tournament. 



May 33-25.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association tournament. 



May 30.— Eastern New York Trap League tournament, at Canajo- 

 harie. N. Y. 



May SO-.Tune 1.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, Clear Lake, la. 



June 5-10. — Dhnois State Sportsmen's Association, Chicago, lU. 



June 13-16.— New York State Sportsmen's Association tournament, 

 at Rochester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 412 EUwanger & Barry Build- 

 ing. Rochester, N. Y. 



.luly 3-4. — Portland (Ore.) Gnn Club tournament. 



Oct. 19-30.— West Newburgh Gun Club fall tournament, at Newburgh. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The Bast Orange and East Side Mutual Gul clubs, of Newark, pro- 

 posed shooting a team match on the hitter's grounds in Wieden- 

 maj er's Park, Newark, on Feb. 23, but owing to the storm the match 

 was postponed and the day filled in with the following sweeps at 10 

 targets each: 



1 S 3 k 5 G 



Young 5 



Koeller 4 



Fischer 5 



5 



1 S 



Babbage 5 6 



Keighf. 5 5 



RDuks 3 5 . _ 



^NTieaton 9 5 4 Schork 



TDuks 5 e 



Tremont 6 



Perry 4 



Ileinrich 5 



Schilling 5 



M Duks 5 



3 



4 4 . 



5 2 



4 7 . 



4 5 , 



..6 6 



Koegel 8 7 



Hassinger 6 8 



Hague.' 6- 4 



Bitz 8 4 



Dentz , 4 7 



Noon 6 . . 



6 , 



6 



6 6 5, 

 5 5 .. . 



An invitation shoot took place on the grounds of the West Side Gun 

 Club, in Newark, on Feb. 32, between teams of 12 men each from the 

 West Sides and the West End Rod and Gim Club, each man shooting 

 ;it ,25 a'-tificial taiM<ers. Tlie heavy snow storm made the shooting dilifi- 

 cult, as the scores show; West End— Sparm 7. Burkhardt 19, Neigert 



16, T. Freund 13, Bratsch 7, A. Fjv,und 7, Lamb 10, Kohensky 15, Ast- 

 falk 5, Beck 16, Weber 14, Heimliauser 9; total, 138. West Side— Meesel 



17, Burt 16, Gerst 16, Meyer 19, Sheppler 10, Trutvetter 12. Weber 13, 

 Hflfers 15, SheUing 14, Reiboldt 11, Jaquin 16, Drastel 12; total, 171. 



Early in the fall of 1892 the lOioxviUe (Tenn.) Gun Club announced 

 that it would hold a tom'nament on May 28, 24 and 35, 1893. By virtue 

 of said announcement the KnoxviUe Club should have been alone in 

 holding a shoot on those dates, but now comes the news that on the 

 same dates wiU be held the annual tournament of the Nebraska State 

 Sportsmen's Association and also a tournament at IMtnneapolis, Minn., 

 under the auspices of tbe Minneapolis Gun Club. Either of the latter 

 two organizations could easUy have chosen other dates than those 

 chosen by KnoxviUe. 



The first annual shoot of the Central Gun Club, of Newark, was held 

 on Dreker's Farms on Feb. 23. and after the shoot there were refresh- 

 ments, songs and instrumental solos at the club's headquarters at 

 Central avenue and Norfolk street, where Captain John Gardner was 

 given a reception. The scores made in breaking elay birds were, each 

 man shooting at 35: Gardner 23, Sprage 21, Sivers 18, Oroner 19, March 

 17. George 16, Binn 10, Grifl'en 14, Traphagen 13, Saunders 11, Fink 17, 

 O'Hare 10. 



H. E. Buckwalter and "Father Time" Thurman will have charge of 

 the tom-nament to be held at Royersford, Pa., on March 6 and 8, and 

 this is a guai-antee that the affair wiU run smoothly. Targets wiU be 

 used on the first day and Uve bu-ds on the second. 



