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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 37, 189S, 



Team Match. 



The Friday Mght Rifle Oub, of Hoboken, met the team of tlie mh 

 Regiment, Y. N. G., knowa as the Union Rifle Clubs team, on the 

 Armory range on Friday night. The Jersevmen won by 35 points. A 

 return match will be shot on the range of the Friday Night Club this 

 week. The scores are appended : 

 ^ * Friday Night Club. 



G Wendt 25 25 24 24 24 23 SS 23 23 22—235 



A Guerber 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 21 21-231 



Eucker 35 35 24 24 23 23 23 22 21 21-231 



GZang a5 24 34 33 33 23 23 23 22 20-329 



F Murker 25 24 23 23 23 22 23 22 22 19—985 



Davison 25 25 24 24 24 32 22 22 18 16—222 



Sullivan 24 23 23 82 28 22 22 21 19 19—217 



Bruning 24 24 24 24 23 22 21 21 18 14-215 



Ostranders 24 23 82 28 22 22 22 21 20 15—213 



C Geils 24 24 34 23 23 23 23 23 22 20-229—8471 



Union Rifle Club. 



Hickey 25 25 34 24 23 28 22 82 28 22—231 



Stuart 25 24 24 24 24 23 S3 22 21 21— 231 



J Perey 24 84 84 24 23 23 22 22 3] 31—288 



J Coughlin 25 85 25 23 23 28 21 21 21 20—227 



Loughlin ., 25 85 24 84 23 88 22 23 31 19—287 



TBreslin 25 84 82 23 83 22 22 31 21 30—831 



PMoor 25 35 33 23 23 81 21 20 19 17—217 



M Tbeobold 24 24 23 83 33 88 21 21 19 15—815 



J O'Oonnell 25 33 83 33 22 21 80 80 SO 19—214 



P Leonard 25 33 23,22 23 23 21 30 19 17—814 



D Seaton 25 83 22 28 88 21 21 31 18 16-21 1-S4;i6 



Zettler Bi-Monthly Shoot. 



CwRESs Hill Pahk, New York, April 23.— The bi-montUy shoot of 

 the Zettler Rifle Club took place in this park this morning. A tricln- 

 southwest wind caused some of the shooters to get unaccountalile 

 shots, but on the whole the weather conditions were fairly good, as 

 the appended scores will show. B. Harmann came to the front again 

 to-day with a score of 832. Several of the other members distinguished 

 themselves by putting up first-class scores. The scores of the mem- 

 bers in the competition are given below, ten shots, two scores to cpmit: 

 R. Harmann 18 84 80 84 85 23 30 23 33 28—380 



24 33 24 28 23 24 20 34 S3 35-233 

 Fred C. Ross 33 33 80 85 83 34 85 83 82 17—235 



88 85 38 31 30 34 24 28 23 84—827 

 G. W. Plaisted 30 35 23 85 18 21 18 31 24 24—219 



88 38 24 84 38 23 33 18 25 20—324 

 Hy Holges , 35 33 21 31 84 19 19 34 82 24—821 



21 25 83 21 23 84 17 23 34 23—882 

 Louis Flach 20 16 24 23 34 33 18 84 31 33- 215 



30 23 24 23 30 35 84 83 18 17- 815 



J. A. Boyken 20 83 23 23 85 33 21 18 80 20-21fl 



. 20 33 23 25 38 38 80 23 21 20—218 



L Schmidt 25 80 20 20 24 28 18 20 24 18—21] 



83 23 23 17 18 20 19 25 81 8,5—214 

 P. F. Schmidt 20 80 20 20 23 16 38 33 30 23—206 



22 24 30 20 22 33 33 16 80 33-818 

 M. B. Engel 17 14 81 22 20 21 15 31 19 33— 1!)3 



22 32 84 30 30 35 18 35 33 30-819 



B. Zettler 34 18 14 38 23 18 18 83 IS 16—193 



18 83 20 80 33 88 81 33 81 88-818 



Hudson Rifle Club. 



Marion. N. J., April 84.— The closing score of the year enduie: this 

 date resulted as per the appended scores. The averages .m i ' 1 

 winners will appear in next issue. A 10-men team match bi t - 

 Hudson and Greenville clubs is now being arranged to In- 

 Decoration day. May SO. distance 200yds., each man firing Ui sih.i 

 Mr. Chas. E. Bu-d has been re-elected to the secretaryship of the d i. 

 and it is the desire of all the members that his term of oflice will lou _ 

 be flUed, as he is second to none in fllUng such a position, wlucli is al'- ■ 

 official scorer for all matches, prize-shoots, etc. 



First Team. 



JEebhan. 25 25 35 25 25 24 S4 24 83 23—343 



ASteuber 35 25 25 25 25 24 84 84 23 83-242 



0 E Bird 35 35 25 35 34 24 34 84 23 23-243 



H Mahlenbrock 35 35 85 84 84 24 24 2H .53 21—238 



A Malz 35 35 24 34 34 83 S3 28 33 28—334 



Second Team. 



J Smith 35 34 24 34 34 24 88 23 28 83-235 



H E Boddey. 85 25 84 34 34 8;^ 23 38 82 21-334 



H Hoersch 85 84 23 23 83 28 82 81 19 19-331 



F Sessman. 35 25 25 34 34 84 83 83 23 22—338 



Third Team. 



J Buch 85 35 34 84 34 34 23 38 83 2H-m 



O Staderman 85 84 34 84 33 33 33 33 33 38— 8:^3 



S Middleton 25 24 24 24 23 22 81 31 20 18—888 



Chas Ebe 84 34 23 33 13 32 38 31 31 19-223 



Plaisted. 



Revolver ShootingTin England. 



The weekly revolver competition of the North London Rifle Club 

 took place at Ilf ord, April 5. The moving target not being quite ready 

 only the stationary, SOyds., Sin. buUseye was shot at. A gusty head 

 wind, but there being an iron shelter at this range it chd not greatly 

 interfere with the scores: 



Walter Winans f S. & W.) 6 7 7 7 6 7—41 



Varley (Webley) 5 7 3 7 6 4^31 



Cowan 5 5 4 7 3 0—30 



Richardson , 5 3 3 6 4 7—88 



Garter 4 7 6 4 3 2—26 



Terns 3 3 4 5 4 4—25 



Top scores for the championship: Walter Winans 41, C. F. Lowe 34 

 Varley 32, Cowan 38, Richardson 38, Terris 26, Carter 26, Treadwell 35 



C. Rehm, 0. Fatznacht, C. M. Dreste, Wm. V. Weber and R. Henke- 

 Tbe following gentlemen were appointed as a committee on constitu- 

 tion and by-laws: L. Zeller, Chas. Lowe, Geo. Krauss, Wm. Haye^ 

 Fred Baumann, Chas. G. Zettler, B. Walther, 0. F. Roedol, H. Offer 

 mann and Edw. Hotz, These committees were instructed to nominate 

 a board of ofiBcers and compile a constitution and by-laws, and sub- 

 mit the same to the next meeting, which takes place on May 13. 



Hudson vs. Greenville. 



The third and last match between the Hudson rifle team, of Marion, 

 N. J., and the Greenville rifle team, of Greenville, N. J., was shot off 

 on the range of the Excelsior Club, in Jersey City, on Wednesday 

 night, the 19th inst. Each team had previously won a race from the 

 other on the home ranges and the third match was shot to decide 

 which should have the honor of winning the series. The GreenviUe 

 team was short of three of its best men and was obliged to supply 

 their places with men without previous experience in team shooting, 

 and the match proved to be a Waterloo for the Greenville team. The 

 scores are appended: 



Hudson team— John Rebhan 237, H. Hanson 238. A." Malz 334, C. 

 Hutch 245, A. Brown 823, C. Bird 339, G. W. Graf 337, H. Mehlenbrok 

 284. F. Sessman 384, A. Stuber 232: total 3,333. 



Greenvilleteam— 0. Boag331, Geo. Purkess 339, G. Plaisted 337, W. 

 C. Collins 837, Joseph Kaiser 2.38, J. Boag 229, George Vreeland 816, C. 

 H. Chevaut 239, C, Scheline 841, A. Lembeck 303; total 3,889. 



Convention of Riflemen. 



The meeting of delegates representing the dilTerent shooting socie- 

 ties in and about New York, which took place in the hall of the Ger- 

 man-American Society on Friday night, brought together a large 

 number of representative riflemen. 



AU of the principal shooting clubs and societies were there in the 

 person of their delegates, the following societies being represented: 

 N. Y. Schiitzen Corps, N. Y. Central Corj^s. Harlem Independent Corps, 

 Heidenreich Rifle Corps, N. Y. Schiitzen Glide, N. Y. Schiitzen Bund No. 

 1, N. Y. Plattdeutsche Schiitzen Corps, Independent Germania Corps, 

 Manhattan Schiitzen Bund, Harlem Schutzen Corps, Miller Rifle Club, 

 Zettler Rifle Club, Newark Shooting Society, WlUiamsburgh Schiitzen 

 Corps, German-American Schiitzen Societ.y, German-American Schiit- 

 zen Bund, Harlem Rifle Team and Columbus Rifle Club. 



Several other societies forwarded letters of regret that circumstances 

 would not xjermit them to be rejweseuted. 



The object of the meeting, as has already been stated in these col- 

 umns, was for the purpose of organization of the different societies 

 into a Schiitzen Bund, or United Association of Riflemen. 



The German- American riflemen of New York have had in contem- 

 plation for some time the holding of a grand international shooting 

 festival. It was the intention to have had such a festival in New York 

 in 1893, provided the Columbian Pair had come to this city. But when 

 it was decided that Chicago was to have the honor, the matter was 

 dropped. When the Chicago Schatzen Verein sent forth its prospectus 

 last season for a festival to be held in Chicago this year, the matter 

 again became a subject for discussion among the New York fraternity. 

 Meetmgs were called for the purpose of gettmg the shooters together 

 to see whether the New York people would take part in the proposed 

 festival or not. The upshot of the whole matter was that the pro- 

 posed plan of the Chicago people was not satisfactory to the Eastern 

 societies, and the matter was again allowed to lapse. In the mean- 

 time some of the leaders among the New York rifle shooters conceived 

 the idea of having a festival in New York in 1894. and this meeting was 

 the outcome. A vote of the delegates was unanimous for a united or- 

 ganization of aU the societies and the holding of a festival in 189'i. 



The following committee was appointed for the nomination of per- 

 manent offlca-s: B. Walther, Otfo Uehlein, A. Richt^r, H. Offermmm, 



Capt. August Zimmerman. 



The subject of this notice was born in Baden, Germany, some thirty- 

 nine years ago. When in his teens he shook the dust of the Father- 

 land from his feet and hied himself to America. With no capital but 

 such as nature had endowed him with, a healthy constitution, pluck 

 and perseverance, he has succeeded in accumulating a fau- competence 

 in worldly goods, a large fund of experience and an extensive circle of 

 friends. 



His love for outdoor sport early led him in the direction of rifle 

 shooting, and it is in this line of sport that he is to-day acknowledged 

 to be at the head of all experts. His victory over Fred W. Hofele, in 

 a quick-firing match along in the 80's, when he won the first prize 

 (81,000) grand piano, at the German Hospital Fair, and in a subse- 



quent match with Hofele, which grew out of the above match, first 

 brought Capt. Zimmerman pronVfnently before the public as a marks- 

 man. The result of the Hospital Fair tournament caused such a feel- 

 ing of dissatisfaction to Mr. Hofele that he challenged Zimmerman to 

 shoot a match at 200yds. for most points, or in other words, the man 

 who could get the most shots into the buUseye in a limited time was 

 to be declared the winner. Thos. J. Dolan, was selected as referee, 

 and the time limit restricted to thi-ee hoiu-s. The result of the match 

 was as follows, 13in. bullseye: 



Shots fired. Bull8e.yes. Misses. 



Zimmerman 846 601 245 



Hofele 646 325 321 



Capt. Zinamerman won the Tiffany cup at Creedmoor in 1888, and 

 again in 1889, on the highe.st score ever made for the eui>. When in 

 Berlin at the Great Biindes Fest in 1890, m the competition for the 

 Kaiser William trophy, through an accident to Zimmerman's target he 

 lost Sli minutes, and at the close of the contest he was only 30 seconds 

 behind the winner. During Zimmerman's tour through the German 

 States in 1890 he won sixty trophies. 



Early in the fall of 1893 Zunmerman agam returned to Europe, and 

 during his visit to Germany he met and defeated several of the best 

 shots in that country. Among them was Carl Bartels, gunsmith to 

 the Royal Family of Germany. In a 100 shot quick-firing match with 

 Bartels, Zimmerman won by 43,^ minutes, at Frankfort-on-the-Main. 

 In a match with Mr. H. Horn^ the du-ector of the shooting grounds. 100 

 shots, 300yds., open sights, Zimmerman won by 4 points. An accident 

 in the early pai-t of the match partiaUy disabled one of Zimmerman's 

 hands, otherwise his lead would have been much larger. Later he 

 shot a match with F, Gleichauf, another noted shot. In 50 shots Zim- 

 merman won by 68 points. 



As captain of the Liitzow Co No. 13 of the German- American Shoot- 

 ing Society, he has with his team been in the lead in the most of the 

 Society tournaments. He was for a number of years captain of the 

 old Bull's Head Club. He is also an active member in the Independent 

 New York Corps, the New York Central Corps and the famous Zettler 

 Rifle Club. 



New York Central Corps. 



The New York Central Corps, tmder the leadership of Capt. A. 

 Richter, assembled at Washington Park on Thursday afternoon for 

 regular monthly practice. The weather proved most disagreeable. 

 Heavy downpouring rain, driven by a strong northeast gale, made 

 the shooting house very uncomfortable for the shooters. The targets 

 at times were completely obscured by the driving storm, so that high 

 scores were out of the question. Fi-ed Schmidt won the champion 

 medal for the most red flags, R Flierdl won the first class medal, .lohn 

 Eisenhardt the second class, F, Lerhs the third class, and Imel Berck- 

 mann the fourth class medal: 



Man Target— Fh-st prize, Fred Schmidt, 57; second, W. Seppenfeldt, 

 .56; third, J. Doux, 54; fourth, J. Eisenhardt, 53; fifth, R, Flierdl, 51; 

 sixth, F. Baumann ,51; seventh, Imel Berckmann, 50; eighth, Fred 

 Schraeder, 48; ninth, J. Rahde. 43. 



Ring Target, possible 150— First prize, F. Schraeder, 140: second, R. 



eleventh, A. Richter, 81; twelfth, A. Luck, 49. 



Cincinnati Rifle Association. 



CrsoiuNATi, April 33.— RpgiUar practice shoot at the range to-day. 

 Conditions, 200yds., off-hand, at the standard target: 



Gindele 87 86 84 Stegner 78 78 74 Payne 81 80 74 



Weinheimer . ,77 71 71 BrumbacJi ... .64 72 67 See 69 69 65 



Welhnger 86 83 80 Randall Til 74 73 Best "69 73 68 



Shnon 80 75 69 McClurg 46 43 36 Joe '.Si 50 .. 



German-American Club. 



The prize shoot of the German- American Rifle Club came oft' at 

 Homey's Range, Brooklj-n, E. D. The programme called for thirteen 

 prizes, ranging fi-om 815 to |3, thi-ee shots for ticket, two best tickets 



Lutzow Co. No. 12. 



This company of the German-American Society, held a prize 

 shoot at the society headquarters, No. 13 St. Marks place, on the 33d 

 inst. Gus Zimmerman is captain of the company; the other officers 

 are Theo. Walters, First Lieutenant: Leo. F. Zitzman, Second Lieuten- 

 ant; F. Odendohl,.Secretary; Leo. Zitzman, Treasurer; Louis Heim- 

 bach, Sergeant at Ai-ms. The scores for the prize shoot are appended, 

 3 shots, possible 75: Gus Zknmerman 73, Gus Rmgler 70, B. Zettler 68, 

 Chas. Litschgi 68, Chas. Rein 68, Otto Uehlein 67, F. Odendahi 66, H. B. 

 Kalin 65, P. Gamlin 65, F. Neuberger 63, Leo Zitzman 62, Leo F. Zitz- 

 man 61, M. Dillman 60, Louis Heimbach 60. 



Bisley Competitions for Pistols. 



BusiDEs the competitions already mentioned in Forest and Stream 

 there wiU be a military revolver aggregate for the highest scores made 

 in the three revolver competitions (one at 50 and two at 20ydB ), a 

 similar aggregate for target revolvers, besides the prand aggregate 

 cup for both styles of revolvers, and a prize for double-barreled pis- 

 tols at 20yds. stationary target, restricted to pistols of Lancaster 

 make. 



This brings the pistol and revolver competitions up to thirteen dif- 

 ferent g— 



Zettler Rifle Club. 



The season gallery shoot of the Zettler Rifle Club for 1892-3 is 

 drawing to a close. One more meeting, on April 25, winds up the 

 series, when aU those who have finished the reqmred number of scores 

 wfll come in for their pro rata share of the §1.50 in cash prizes put up 

 by the club. The scores of the members who were present on Tues- 

 day night, the 18th inst., are appended: 



Henry Holges 247, C. G. Zettler 245, M. Dorrler 245, R. Busse 244, M. 

 B. Engel 343, B. Zettler 241, Gus. Nowak 340, Geo. Krauss 240, J. Heintz 

 233. 



Turtle Bay Rifle Club. 



The regular Thursday night gallery shoot of the Turtle Bay Club 

 took place at its headquarters in Forty-second street on tJie 30th inst. 

 The active members in the club stUl continue to keep up their average. 

 The scores are as follows, club handicap rules: 



J Ochs, Jr 246 246 344—736 J Krampert 241 235 235—711 



H Walter 243 240 244—734 J Oberle 834 230 230—694 



MiUer Club Shoot. 



The weekly gallery practice of the Miller Club for the Fisher Medal, 

 was held on the club range on Wednesday night, the 19th inst. F. 

 Kloepping made the highest score in the medal competition. The 

 scores are appended: B. Fisher 345, A. Kloepping 243, D. Miller 340 

 Ki'use 239, Meyers 339, Oaragher 886, Sohl 234, Pflugh 388, Dewey 230. 

 Leill 330, Hoelfiter 239, Murphy 319, Kammel 800. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Mr. J. P. Delhanty, of Pittston, Pa., an oldtime rifleman, well known 

 to the New York shooters, in the early days of Creedmoor, was in the 

 city last week. His genial couutenance and sturdy frame still retain 

 their old characteristics. 



The manufacturers and dealers are expending a good deal of energy 

 and much money in the effort to boom up the shotgun and its am- 

 munition. Might it not be to the advantage of the interests of the 

 manufacturers to let loose a httle of this outflow in the direction of 

 the rifle shooting fraternity. 



In looking over the old scrap books, covering the past fifteen years, 

 rine wonders at the low ebb which the tide of rifle shootmg has 

 reached About the only satisfaction there is in conning over these old 

 records is in the belief that those of us who are still in the swim with 

 t he rifles have progressed in the matter of averages in our scores. 

 Those of the present day in off'-hand shooting with the breechloader 

 are much ahead of the average of fifteen or twenty years ago, in the 

 days of the muzzleloader. And still one will now "and then meet with 

 one of the old boys who clings to his ancient love. 



At one of our practice shoots not long ago one of the old timers, 

 whose locks are bleached with time, and whose nerve is not as it used 

 to be, stepped up to firing point and discharged his rifle. After wait- 

 ing some time for the marker to exhibit his shot, he expressed the 

 behef that he had forgotten to insert the bullet in the rifle, and turned 

 away to reload his arm; as he did so the marker came up with the red 

 flag for a center shot. When the shooter's attention was called to the 

 waving flag, he remarked that he had no recollection of ever having 

 made a bullseye before without a buUet in his rifle. 



The Greenville Rifle Club elected a full board of officers imder its 

 new charter on Friday, the 3lst, the full list ^vill be found appended: 

 H. Gotthardt, President; Ed. Barr, Vice-President; Geo. Plaisted, Cor. 

 Secretary; W. 0. Collins, Fin. Secretary; Jas. Dodd", Treasurer; J. J. 

 Hill Sergt.-at-Arms; W. H. Bobidoux, Captain; C. Boag, Asst. Cap- 

 taui; Trustees: H. Chavaut, Geo. Purkess, J. Boag, J, Hovendon, J. 

 Kaiser; Finance Committee: J. J. Hill, Ed. Barr and C, Boag. 



CommvMcations for puhlieation relating to business 

 should be addressed to the Forest and SPrearn Pub. Co. If 

 addressed to an irulividual they will be mbject to dela/y in 

 that individual's absence. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following: 



May 3-3.— Independence CInd.) Gun Club tournament. Added money. 



May 8-4.— AVUhamsport (Pa.) Gun Club annual tournament. 



May 3-4.— VaUey Falls (Kansas) Gun Club tournament. 



May 8.— West Shore Gun Club tournament, at Syracuse, N. Y. 



May 8-13.— Texas State Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 Hempstead, Texas. 



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



May 10-11.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 target tournament, at Passaic, N. J. 



May 9-18.— Saratoga Springs CN. Y.) Gun Club tournament; S2,000 

 cash guaranteed. 



May 15-30.— Missoiu-i State Game and Fish Protective Association 

 tournament. Independence, Mo. 



May 16-17.— Manufactm-era' Trap-Shooting Association, Lansing, 

 Mich. 



May 16-19.— Michigan Trap-Shooters' League tournament, at Lan- 

 sing, Mich. 



May 17-18.— West Newburg Gun and Rifle Association spring tour- 

 nament, at Newburg, N. Y. 



May 19-20.— Glen Echo Gun Club tournament, at Washington, D. C. 



May 80-21.— Anaconda CMont.) Rod and Gun Club tournament. 



May 33-35.— Knox^Tlle (Term.) Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added to 

 purses. Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



May 23-35.— MinneapoUs fMinn.} Gun Club tournament. 



May 23-35.— Nebraska State Sportsman's Association, Omaha Neb 

 F. O. Parmlee, Sec'y. 



May 23-26.— Kansas State Sportsjpen's Association tournament, Mc- 

 pherson, Kansas. 



May 24-25.— Sunbury (Pa,) Gun Club tournament. 



May 25-26.— Putney (Vt.) Rod and Gun Club tournament. 



May 30.— Eastern New York Trap League totu-nament, at Canaio- 

 harie, N. Y. 



May 30.— Maplewood vs. Union Gun Clubs, team contest at live birds 

 at Springfield, N. J. 



May 30.— Sportsmen's Gun Club tournament, at Wilkinsburg, Pa. 



May 30-June 1.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, Clear Lake, la. 



June —.—.Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, annual tourna- 

 ment at Victoria, B. C. 



.July 3-4.— Multonah Rod and Gun Club tournament, at Portland, 

 Oregon. 



Jtme 5-10.— niiQoiS State Sportsmen's Association, Chicago, HI. 



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

 at Rochester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 412 Ellwauger & Barry Bulld' 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y. 



June 20-83.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's Association tourna- 

 ment, at Vei-miUion, S. D. 



June 87-88.— Oregon State Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 Salem, Oregon. 



June 38-39.— Summer toiu-nament of the Peekskill Gun Club, Peeks- 

 kill, N. Y. H. B. Wygant, President, PeeksMU, N. Y. 



July 3-4.— Portland COre.) Gim Club tournament. 



July 4.— Eastern New York Trap Shooters' League tournament at 

 Amsterdam, N. Y., under auspices of Riverview Gun Club. Rob't M. 

 Hartley, President. 



July 4-6.— Lafa,yett6 (Ind.) Gun Club tournament. 



July 5-7.— NUes (Ohio) Gun Club tournament. 



The Independence (Ind.) Gun Club tournament, to be held next 

 Tuesday and Wednesda.y, wiU attract all the Western crackfl. Tlie 

 added money is an attraction. 



