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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 29, 1898. 



Canoeing Among the Thousand Islands. 



^^■J^J^ T**'^ diffidence that I start to write up ouj- little cruise on 

 the St. Lawrence, because its beauties have been extolled by so many 

 pens in poem and in prose, so many able writer.s have painted pen 

 portraits of its winding channel.?, verdure-clad isles and picturesque 

 nooks and corners, but it ma3^ be that a crude description may induce 

 some reader to visit and see for himself that which cannot be ade- 

 quately described. 



Leaving: the boat house in Kingston on Saturday afternoon, at i 

 o clock, Charlie and 1 turned the prow of our canoe eastward, and 

 with paddles moving in that rhythmic unison which comes of long 

 practice, started on our eighteen mile run to Gananoque. Soon the 

 harbor is past, Fort Henry frowns down upon us on the north and is 

 left behind, we pass Cartwright's Point, where several patient fisher- 

 men are tempting the wary bass, run inside Milton Island and seek 

 the shade afforded by the high shore at Kudd's quarry, for the sun 

 though getting down is still unpleasantly warm. 



Gates Island conies next and then we enter the North Channel be- 

 tween Howe Island and the main shore. Following this with a rest 

 for supper at Kelly's dock, we reach the foot of the island as the 

 dusk creeps up the river in the wake of the now vanished sun. 



A thunder storm coming up in the north warned us to seek a 

 shelter and, refreshed by the cool breeze from the east, which now 

 threatened to develop into something stronger than a breeze, we cut 

 across the river, pass the lighthouse at Petrie's Island, the head of 

 Lindsay's Island and Hay Island and drop paddles and spring ashore 

 on the platform of a boat house with "Kalaria" painted on its gable 

 and a board off, which admitted us and our canoe. 



We don't know the gentleman who owns the cottage and boat 

 house with this musical name suggestive of old Ireland, but we are 

 none the less grateful for two nights' lodgings. 



Spreading our blankets on the floor we prepared to retire for the 

 night, but before getting into bed we heard the sound of paddle- 

 wheels approaching, and curiosity kept us at the boat house door. 

 The sounds came closer and closer till in a few minutes in a blaze of 

 light the St. Lawrence appeared with a search-light excursion on 

 boat. Lighted throughout with electric lamps in many colored globes 

 and with the brilliant search light flashing here, there and everywhere, 

 seeking out pictm-esque bits of scenery and giving a weird and ghostly 

 look to places that by daylight might seem commonplace, she pre- 

 sented a very striking appearance. 



About .5 o'clock on Sunday morning the boards got so very hard 

 under our blankets that we could stand it no longer, so crawled out, 

 had a dip, and started up the river again toward the head of Grind- 

 stone Island on oiu- way to Clayton. This well-known resort was 

 reached about 8:30, we reported at the Custom House and then went 

 up to visit some friends, who gave us breakfast— our second that 

 morning— and with them we stayed until noon. 



Beluctantly refusing an invitation to stay to dinner, we hoisted the 

 sail in a rather desultory wind and slowly drifted down in the current 

 past Central Park, Thousand Island Park and many handsome and ex- 

 pensive cottages, till finally we were opposite Alexandria Bay and 

 thoug^ht it time to go ashore and do something for the inner man. 



This being happily accomplished we pushed off again, and touching 

 for a few minutes at Westminster Park to have a look at the Lake of 

 the Thousand Islands, we sped on our way. and soon reached the foot 

 of Wells Island with Eockport in view on the Canadian shore. 



After leaving Alexandria Bay we inspected the Devil's Oven, a cave 

 m the otherwise solid granite, accessible only from the water, of 

 which there are traditions for those who care for old wives' tales. 

 The water was high enough to make an entrance with the canoe im- 

 possible, but looking in one was reminded of "The Toilers of the Sea," 

 and almost expected to see the tentacles of the devilfish waving back 

 and forth in the still, dark water. 



The contrast between the American and Canadian sides of the river 

 was most marked at this point on oui- cruise. Although the season 

 had hardly commenced, and most of the cottages— why these costly 

 habitations should be called cottages I don't know— were still unoccu- 

 pied. There was a bustle on the river, a life and motion ashore, on 

 the American side, which vanishes at once when j^ou get into the chan- 

 nel. Here the islands are, for the most part, as they were when turned 

 out of nature's workshop, and you could imagine that no boat more 

 noisy than the silent birch-bark ever disturbed the calm of its clear, 

 swift-running water. 



But while we have been moralizing our paddles have not been idle, 

 and we are at the foot of the Lost Cliaunel, one of the prettiest spots 

 on a river that abounds in pleasing scenes. The current now makes 

 itself felt, and we take the eddies wherever possible, running from one 

 island to another in the swirling water that twists the canoe round in 

 spite of the most careful steering. Up through Fiddler's Elbow, past 

 the lighthouse, and we are again away from the httle islands, and 

 have a stretch of water before us that reaches to the foot of Wolfe 

 Island, ten miles or more up the river. 



Keeping to the shore of Wells' Island we steadily paddled on, and 

 in due time reached its head. From here we crossed Eel Bay, passed 

 the foot of Grindstone, where the A. C. A. camps were held, and, 

 warned by a gray sunset that wet weather might be expected, deter- 

 mined to make for the same quarters we had occupied the previous 

 night. 



Kalaria was reached about 9 o'clock, and after a consoling pipe 

 we again betook ourselves to the arms of Morpheus, well prepared by 

 our thirty miles' paddle for a good night's rest. 



When we woke at 6 on Monday morning it was to find that the pre- 

 diction of rain was fulfilled. As the sky gave no promise of better 

 weather, we had a plunge, got into the canoe and paddled over to 

 Gananoque in time to catch the Pacheheu for Kingston. 



The St. Lawrence is looking its best at this time of year, and I know 

 of no better way of seeing all its wealth of beauty than a cruise in a 

 canoe. The narrowest cuts afford a safe passage, the most sheltered 

 and best hidden recesses are reached and explored, and in coming up 

 the stream it is easier to take the eddies than in any other land of 

 oraft- Zebb. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The Owanux Canoe Association will hold its camp at Merwin's 

 Point, Woodmont, July 20 to Aug. 5. The regattas will be held on 

 Aug. 1 and 2. The camp committee is T. F. Vose, Albert Lanzettel, 

 Dr. Sydney Bishop; regatta committee, J. H. Rowland, G. H. Lang- 

 zettel, Henry L. Orters. 



The A. 0. A. regatta committee acknowledge the contribution by 

 the Yonkers C. C. of $5 to the prize fund. 



The Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, has just purchased from 

 the St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe & Steam Launch Co., of Clayton, 

 N. Y., a very fine war canoe, S5ft. long by 50in. beam, built of white 

 cedar, decked with mahogany and finished in quartered sycamore, 

 varnished natural color throughout; has water-tight bulkheads fore 

 and aft, and has two large "leg o' mutton" sails. The canoe is well 

 bmlt and very handsome, and will doubtless be heard from during the 

 season. 



The sailing race of the Toronto C. C. took place on July 15, the wind 

 being southwest and squally. The times were: 



„ , , „ „ , Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Kalula, H, Ford 4 10 00 5 20 30 1 11 m 1 05 00 



Dixie, A. M. Rice 4 10 00 5 30 00 1 20 00 1 05 00 



Rush, H. B. Tilley 4 10 00 5 31 00 1 11 00 1 11 00 



Fritz, F. Rogers 4 10 00 41 00 1 31 00 1 IS 00 



Kalula 2, A. E. Bell 4 10 00 5 .54 00 1 44 00 1 15 00 



Eel, J. W. Sparrow 4 10 00 Did not finish. 



Mr. Sparrow sailed a new canoe and withdrew in consequence of an 

 accident to her rigging. 



San Francisco Banges. 



San Francisco, California.— As the Fohkst and Stream seems of 

 late to aim at the revival of interest in rifie and pistol shooting, I ven- 

 ture to forward a few items regarding the present status of this 

 spoi't in and about San Francisco. 



Two well-equipped 200-yard i-anges afford ample accommodations 

 for the riflemen, viz., one at Shell Mound, near Oakland, 45 minutes 

 from the city, under the direction of Capt. L. Siebe, who, with his 

 family, reside within Shell Mound Park. This range is resorted to by 

 several rifle clubs and militia companies on Sundays (for we have no 

 restrictive Sunday laws here). On week days any one by the pay- 

 ment of 50 cents per hour for marking may shoot ad libitum. 

 Adjoining is a 50 yard pistol range used by the recently organized 

 pistol club; also a 100-yard range. 



The other prominent range is situated near San Rafael, one hour 

 from this city, and is owned by the California Schuetzen Club Build- 

 ing and Park Association, composed of members of the California 

 Schuetzen Club. This range has been i n existence for two years and is 

 well patronized by several shooting clubs. It is finely equipped with 

 conveniences for rifie shooting, but is dishked by some of our marks- 

 men on account of the frequent prevalence of fitful, gusty, fish-tail 

 winds caused by the situation of the range amid high hUls. Such a 

 thing as a whole day %\nthout wind on either range is a rarity, thus 

 giving our Eastern riflemen a great advantage over us during several 

 months af the year. As we never have snow or ice. however, we can 

 practice the year round, thus pragtically evening up the condition^ 



A very large majority of the membership of all the rifle clubs of this 

 vicinity are Germans, Swiss and other foreigners by bu-th, but several 

 of Che schuetzen clubs are open to any rifleman who wiU conform to 

 their rules and regulations. The %m. 35-ring target is in universal use 

 by all the civU clubs. 



The chief organizations are the Cahfornia Schuetzen Club, with 200 

 odd members; the San Francisco Schuetzen Verem, with a somewhat 

 smaUer membership; the Germania, Eintracht, Turner, North Ger- 

 ™^u' Griitli clubs, each having a membership of 50 to 100. 



^u^^^^S'^^^^r'y^ ^^^^ embraces almost all of the expert riflemen of all 

 the other clubs. Prominent among these may be mentioned F O. 

 Young, Geo. Helm, D. McLaughlin, Dr. L. O. Eodgprs, E. Hovey, F. 

 Kuhnle, A Strecker, J. TJtschig, H. R. Brown, A. Johnson, C. Meyer, 

 C'apt. Kuh s, J. Stanton, A. Gehret. etc. This club is divided into five 

 shooting classes, viz., champion, fli-st, .second, third and fourth. Much 

 emulation exists among the members and a large turn out can always 

 be counted on dn the first Sunday of the month at the medal shoot. 

 All the clubs, as a rule, hold a shoot for cash prizes twice a year open 

 to all comers. In addition the California Club offers 100 merchandise 

 prizes at their semi-annual festivals, ranging in value from $75 to S2.50 



The "boys in blue" of course conform to the usual shooting rules 

 and customs governing the militia. Among the experts at this style 

 of shooting are: H. R. Brown, F. R. Young, E. Hovey, C. Meyer S 

 I Kellogg, A. Johnson, Capt. Klein, the Heeth brothers, etc. There 

 IS much enthusiasm among the devotees of the big bore 



The Pistol Club was organized three months ago with 25 charter 

 rnembers. In adopting regulations for its government it foUowed in 

 the mam the rules of the Massachusetts Rifle Association. This club 

 uses the standard American target at 50yds. in the open air, open 

 sights and :3lbs. pull of trigger. 



Class medals are contested for in a string of 10 shots on the second 

 Sunday of the month, and on the same day and imder the same rules 

 the .30 shot State championship medal is shot for and is open to aU 

 comers. 



The club is divided into three shooting classes, viz., champion, first 

 and second. A large majoriry of the members are beginners at this 

 style of shooting, though a number are experienced shots, e. g,, Col. 

 S. I. Kellogg, F. O. Young, E. Hovey, S. Carr, Mr. Barney, H. Heeth, 

 Capt. Klein, L. Barrere, etc. Some of the beginners also show promise 

 of developmg into successful shots, such as Mr. Dais. F. Gehret and 

 Dr. L. O. Rodders. The members are enthusiastic and hope to do 

 some creditable work m the future. The weapon most favored is the 

 Stevens .22cal., lOin. barrel; though a few Remingtons are used. The 

 appearance of the Smith & Wesson .22cal. target pistol is looked for 

 with interest, though the general impression is that it will prove too 

 hght for satisfactory work. The Stevens, while very accurate is un- 

 accountably high-priced. The ".22 long rifle" cartridge is most used, 

 although the ".22 short" is preferred by more than one careful shot. 



I shall take pleasure in occasionally forwarding to you scores of 

 both rifie and pistol; and I think I but give voice to the general senti- 

 ment of all lovers of fine shooting when I say that if the various sport- 

 ing journals would give to the rifie and pistol but a little of the energy 

 and space expended in behalf of the "scatter gun," we would soon see 

 an encouraging revival of interest in a sport that fosters and develops 

 taculties and vu-tues which are possessed only by the man of true 

 manhood. ' " L. O. R. 



The New Army Rifle. 



Editor Forest mid Stream; 



Now that the U- S. Government has adoiited the foreign rifle for its 

 service arm, and of a caliber small enough to satisfy the most exact- 

 ing expert, it seems to me the riflemen of the country ought to take 

 some notice of the fact, and let us have a discussion pro and con, why 

 there are no American inventors capable of producing a rifle the 

 equal if not superior to the "Krag-Jorgensen gun." The impression 

 we get from the papers is that it is a bolt rifle, with the fastening 

 device on the forward end of the bolt, and having a magazine holding 

 but five cartridges in reserve. When it is remembered how positively 

 it was put forth, and quite officially I beUeve, by other examuiing 

 boards and other expert army officers high in authority, that a "bolt 

 rifle" would never be adopted by the U. S. Government" the selection 

 is quite a surprise to one marksman to say the least. I can remember 

 how positively it was dwelt on and so certain was it given out, that a 

 friend of mine, an expert marksman and inventor, Mr. J. H. Brown, 

 of New York city, produced a magazine rifle with a straight fallmg 

 breech block, obviating any chance for a premature discharge in forc- 

 ing in a refractory cartridge, by the firing pin pressing on the primer, 

 as has been the case with many bolt rifles, as well as with the old 

 Springfield musket, to which the Government has clung so per- 

 sistently. 



If I am rightly informed, American inventors of smaU firearms, 

 such as are under discussion, have never received much encourage- 

 ment or reward from the boards of experts appointed to represent 

 the Government of the United States, and make selections in such 

 matters, and it is rather humiliating to the rifle-shooting fraternity 

 and the National Guard as well that they must ere long learn to de- 

 fend themselves and perchance their country's honor with a rifle 

 which is the result of foreign brainwork, and is recognized- by the 

 Government of the United States as something superior to anything 

 Americans can produce. 



When we speak of the Government of the United States how few 

 there are who know just what that in reality means; the ordinary 

 mind takes it as some invisible, just and perfect power that is sure to 

 grasp the right and never the wrong, to establish justice and never 

 make any mistakes, where Americans or American ideas are under 

 consideration. Seldom do they think the whole power is swayed and 

 even boards sometimes guided and their decisions moulded by the 

 will of some one man, whose peculiar aptitude and position is such 

 that he happens to be the "right man in the right place" for the ac- 

 complishment of that identical purpose. How many, many instances 

 can be quoted to support this fact, not that we would intimate that 

 the present selection is the result of such maneuvering, but that such 

 things do happen can be gleaned from those people whose wisdom 

 has been bought by their experience; and it is our opinion, despite the 

 unnecessary— and never experienced in actual warfare— sand tests 

 and rust tests, that just as serviceable and just as reliable American 

 inventions would answer for our national arm as any foreig-n inven- 

 tion- W. Milton Faerow. 



MORSANTOWN, W. Va. 



International Columbia Prize Shooting. 



On Sunday and Monday, July 8 and 9, at Sharpshooters' Park, Chi- 

 cago (West Pullman), the following shooters were at the stand; 

 Henry Hoehn, Fr. Karlen, Monroe, Wis. ; William Ehrenpfort. Albwt 

 Ehrenpfort, San Francisco; C. B. Schmidt, J. D. Regennitter, C. W. 

 Ran yon, Eduard Berger, John F. Bredon and Emil Beag, Davenport, 

 la.; Eduard Richter, Milwaukee; John Zlnier, Chicago; F. A. Cook, 

 St. Louis, To all these the Columbian medal was given. Scores as 

 follow were made on the different targets: 



Columbia, possible 75: Emil Berg 69, Albert Ehrenpfort 67, J F 

 Bredon 86, C. W. Rantzon 65, Eduard Berger 61, F. A. Cook (St. Louis) 

 56, Wm. Ehrenpfort 53, F. D. Regennitter 53, Henry Hoehn 50, C. B. 

 Schmidt 35, Fr. Karlen 41. 



King target, possible 225: Emil Berg 216, J. F. Bredon 217, A. Ehren- 

 pfort 203, H. Hoehn 201, C. W. Rantzon 109, F. A. Cook 194. Edw. Rich- 

 ter 192, Edw. Berger 186, Fr. Karlen 171, J. D. Regennitter 155, WiiUam 

 Ehrenpfort 1.53, C. B. Schmidt 1.5B. 



Man target: J. D. Regennitter 70, Edw. Berger 89, Emil Berg 89, J 

 P. Bredon 85, H. Hoehn 84, C. W. Benyon 84, Edw. Richter 83, P. A. 

 Cook 82, C. W. Rantzon 74. 



Standard target: Emil Berg 46, Edw. Richter 44, Edw, Berger 42 

 Martin Grace 40, Henry Hoehn 40, J. D. Regennitter 39, F. A Cook 37 

 Geo. L. Reitzhaupt 35, Wm. Ehrenpfort .36, J. F. Rantzon .34 



People's target; EmO Berg 71, Edw. Berger 68, Edw. Richter 68, H. 

 Hoehn 66, C. H. Rantzon 65, J. F. Bredon 65, J. D. Regennitter 65, G. 

 L. Reitzhaupt 64, P. A. Cook 63, Er. Karlen 61, Wm. Ehrenpfort 59 C 

 M. Weinberger 59, H. Thornearth 57. 



Builseye target, 100 shots: Edw. Berger 26 buUseyes, Emil Berg 24 

 J. F. Bredon 23, J. D. Regennitter 17, C. B. Schmidt 1-3, C. W. Rantzon 

 14, Henry Hoehn 11, A. Ehrenpfort 9, G. L. Reitzhaupt 9, Edw. Richter 

 8, Fr. Karlen 6, Wm. Ehrenpfort 5, John Zimer 3. 



The shooting Sunday and Monday was, on account of the extremely 

 warm weather, of no account. Only two shooters were fii-ing at the 

 Columbia target, and only for the medal. They were Q. F. Schmidt 

 and Dr. Harvey McVilejChicago. 



Frd, PfelEer, of Chicago, made a good score on man target, 93. 



A. BoKSB, Sec'y. 



Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. 



The regular monthly shoot at Washington Park, July 19, did not 

 draw the usual number. The hot weither, however, was no bar to 

 the making of good scores on the part of some of the shooters in 

 attendance. Gus Zimmerman made a fuU score of 60 on the man 

 target and Fred Simon the fine score of 116 points out of a possible 

 12o on the ring target. Conditions were 5 shots, possible 125: Simon 



Geb Krauss 53, G. E. Jantzer 48, M. Kuhn 46. 



Red flags; G. Zimmerman 15, F. Simon 12. G. E. Jantzer 6, Alex 

 Stein 6, Wm. Hayes 5, M. Gremer 5, F. Meyers 4, Geb Krauss 3, Kutzer 

 8, Dr. Herald 3, Herman 3, ?aab 3, Begerow 2, Pittsijhier 2, J, Lowie4. 



Germans at the Target. 



The annual festival of the German societie.s of New York, known 

 as the Badische Volksfest Verein, m Washington Park last week, was 

 a great success. . Durmg the three days of the festival the park was 

 filled to overflowmg with jolly German citizens, their wives and sweet 

 hearts, and between athletic sports, shooting and bowUng, our Ger- 

 man friends had three days of solid enjoyment. Qus Zimmerman 

 who IS a native of Baden, was one of the many riflemen who partici- 

 pated in the shooting programme. His diligent work and good hold- 

 ing earned for him the kingship of the festival. The ceremony of 

 crowning the victorious shooter at one of these German festivaJs is 

 both unicpie and interestmg. Capt. Zimmerman gave himself up to 

 the occasion. Seated upon his carriage of state (a gun caisson) he 

 was drawn around the park amid the booming of cannon and the 

 strains of martial music. Following the crowning of the king came 

 the distribution of the prizes to the lucky winners, whose scores are 

 appended, three shot scores, possible 54, three best tickets for five 

 first prizes and the two best for balance of prizes. 



Zimmerman 54 53 5.3—160 Plaisted 51 51—103 



Holges 54 .53 52-159 Beyer 51 52—102 



Wehlein 53 .53 54-159 Daab 52 50-108 



Ro.ss 54 52 52-158 Steckler 51 .50-101 



Grimm 52 52 52-156 W Buss 51 50-101 



LBuss 52 52-104 Genseh 51 50-101 



Nowak .52 .52—104 Steinel 52 49—101 



Busse... .52 51-103 Falter 51 50-101 



Schhcht ,52 51—103 Wenner 50 50—100 



Thomas .53 .50-103 Hoefler 50 50-100 



Lmdkloster .52 51—103 Schutz 51 49-100 



Krampert .52 50—102 Weber 51 48— 99 



Roll 51 51-102 Wagner 50 49- 99 



Koeppler .,..51 51—102 



Premiums for most tickets: First, Zimmerman, 188; second, Hoefler, 

 35; third, Wehlein, 35. ■ . i i 



Flags: Falter, Hoefler, Zimmerman, Plaisted, Raiser, Falter. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The weekly practice shoot in Armbruster's Park July 22 had its 

 usual attendance of the members and friends of the club. Capt 

 Mahlenbrock, of the Hudson Club, was on hand again and devoted 

 the afternoon to rifle practice with the Greenville folk. The afternoon 

 was devoted to pool and team shooting on the German ring target 5 

 shots per man: ^ ' 



.aF'??'^ J"' Dorrler 107, Chavant 103, Spohn 102, Collins 



101, PurkesH 99, Mahlenbrock 94. Boag 86. 



Second pool; Dorrler 106, Collins 97, Spohn 97, Plaisted 95, Mahlen- 

 brock 92, Boag 83. ' 



Team match. 10 shots, German target: 



Chavant 189 Dorrler 214 



Plaisted .209-398 Mahlenbrock. . .■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■;:.'l63-37(; 



At the weekly gallery shoot for class medal July 21 the foUowmg 

 scores were made, 10 shots, possible 250, distance 25yds. : Purkess 242 

 Robidoux 241, C. Boag 239, J. Boag 2.37, Collins 235, Chavant 235, Dodds 



Theclub will soon lose one of its best team men in the person of 

 D red. O. Ross, who contemplates returning to Brooklyn to reside. 



Hartford Rifle Club. 



Hartford, Conn., July 82.-The regular shoot of the Hartford Rifle 

 Club was held this afternoon, and owing to the heat of 93° in the 

 shade, was lightly attended. The scores averaged, for us, very hieh 

 Pope s 94 IS the highest ever shot in Hartford, and his second full 

 score. Standard target, 200yds. ; light, bright, wind, strong and re- 

 quiring careful watching: ' o 



HMPope 1010 9 9 9 8 10 9 10 10-94 



-r „ ^ ^ T 20 8 8 9 10 8 10 8 8 7-85 



JMFoote, Jr s 9 9 10 7 7 7 0 10 9-85 



-r.ca 77975 10 5 10 9 10-79 



D S Seynriour 8 7 8* 8 9 9 7 10 10 8-84 



w^I'rS^I'h^'' 9 9 7 7 8 8 10 10 7 7-82 



1< K Rand 10 10 8 8 9 6 10 7 8 7-83 



w T n.,„>,„^ 8 10 6886 10 89 7-80 



W J Dunbar 8677 10 9945 7—73 



.rrrri 878 6 10 7867 5—73 



A H Tyler e 6 5 0 10 4 0 5 4 5-45 



3508 10 4254 4-45 

 . H. H. Pope, Secy, 



Cincinnati Rifles. 



Cincinnati, .Tuly 16.— The Cmcinnati Rifle Association held its regu- 

 ar practice shoot at its range to-day and made the scores as appended 

 below. Conditions 200yds., ofl-hand, at the standard target. Owing 

 to the extremely hot weather the attendance was rather small, as also 

 were the scores: 



Gindele 8 9 9 10 10 10 6 8 9 7—86 



6 6 9 5 9 10 10 10 8 8-81 

 10 6 10 10 6 8 8 6 8 8—80 



Payne 8 10 10 10 6 8 5 7 6 10-80 



8 5 8 10 8 10 5 8 8 10-80 

 „ „ 7 6 10 7 5 9 9 7 8 9—77 



Randall.... J 98960867 9 JO— 78 



0788888 10 7 6-75 

 _ _ 7 7 8 6 5 7 G 8 10 10-74 



Tofl; 876565375 8-60 



664649954 7—60 

 48754796 6 4-5» 



The Alton Gun Club. 



Lx a rifle contest recently on the grounds of the Rasa Club, Alton, 

 ^ -V ^\?-.I^'J^il s.*^on the handsome silver cup of the Alton Gun 

 Club. This IS the thu-d time Mr. WiUs has won the trophy, which has 

 been contested for in the weekly shoots during the past season. It is 

 now his personal property. The cup shoot was at aOOyds., 100yd.s. and 

 25ydB., 10 shots to a string, 30 shots to the score. Mr.' Wills used a .23 

 rifle. There are 20 members in the club, some of whom are excellent 

 noarksmen. In a trial shoot recently, Mr. Wills placed 20 consecutive 

 shots m the buUseye at HMyds. The club varies its programme occas- 

 lonaUy by contests with the shotgun on bluerocks. The Western office 

 of FORE.5T AND STREAM Can testify to Ml- Wills's .skill with a rifle from 

 practical experience as competitors. He has a most discouraging 

 habit of making buUseyes in such unbroken succession that competing 

 agamst him is competing agamst a fixed quantity. A most generous 

 and affable gentleman, he is a host in himself as a competitor with the 

 rme. B. Waters. 



Hudson and Paierson. 



Jbrset City, N. J.. July 16.— To Paterson RilU Club, Paterson, N J • 

 GffiNTLEMEN- In the issue of July 8 it was noticed that your club is 

 ready to pit a team against any club in the Stete. In reply would say 

 that the Hudson Rifle Club, of Marion, N. J., is ready to accept the 

 offer, and would like to arrange a ten-men team mat«h for Labor 

 Day, Monday, Sept. 4, 1893. Distance 200yds. If this be accepted 

 please communicate with the secretary at once, giving location of 

 range and all necessary information. We remain, yours very truly 



„ HtH)B0N RiBXE Club, C. E. Bird, Secretary. 



H. Mahlenbrock, Captain. 



The Hudson Rifle Club. 



At the last meeting this club decided to close its club house during 

 the summer months, and open Sept. 1 with new life and vigor, and 

 get in good form for the winter months. The club is now ready to 

 make arrangements with the New Jersey clubs for a match or series 

 of matches to begin after Oct. 1. Who will be the first to accept? 



The EIagle. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



The third annual prize shoot of the Excelsior Rifle Club, of Jersey 

 City, wUl be held at Greenville Schuetzen Park, corner Seaview and 

 Bergen aves., August 25 and 26. Shooting committee: L. P. Hansen, 

 first shooting master; Wm. Weber, second shooting master* O C 

 Boyce, John Speicher, J. Hughes, W. J. Channing. 



Choice of Target. 



Hartford, Conn., .July m.— Editor Fon-est and Stream; I note the 

 agitation in favor of the American champion target. The Hartford 

 Rifle Club would favor this target if it could be commonly used I 

 think this is the best target made. It could be used with the dial coiant 

 by usmg red. blue and white flags for 15, 14 and 13, thus making it 

 quickly handled. H. M. Pope, Sec'y 



Harlem Rifle Club. 



Friday, July 14.— Scores: 



E Busby 345 C Hutch 



J Bodenstab 243 H Cochran. . . 



JABoyken g4g W Weeks.... 



a Walsh m FBWazie 



..243 

 .242 



