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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 9, 1898. 



dependence of two or three"'htindred''perBons'£orTnearly"'two weeks. 

 The best guarantee of a good general mess lies in the will and ability 

 of the membera to provide for themselves as soon as the mess table 

 falls below a certain standard. To enable them to do this a source 

 of supply independent of the mess shed, in the shape of a camp store, 

 is necessary; also some one who will provide the camp with milk, 

 esKS, naeat, vegetables and butter. The latter article was notably 

 poor this year, thoueh the camp was in a butter-making region. 



TheattendanceattheA. 0, A. meets if carefully studied presents 

 two very curious peculiarities. In the first place the number of bona 

 fifle campers, members and their friends does not vary much from 

 250, sometimes more and sometimes less; but this number would be a 

 fair average for the last six or seven years. In this time there have 

 been various causes which have tended to increase or diminish the at- 

 tendance in one year or another, the membership rol) has grown con- 

 siderably, and the attendance should hare grown with it; the meets at 

 imes have been hold in new localities, in view of a large attendance of 

 men who have clamored for a long time for a meet intheir back yard, 

 as someone once put it. At times the camp has gone to a place dis- 

 tant both from New York and Canada and last year Com. Winne did 

 an unprecedented amount of work in drumming up an attendance at 

 the second Willsborough camp. The results of these influences, for 

 or against a large camp, are so surpri.singly small that it would be idle 

 to predict their effect in the probable attendance at any future meet. 

 This year the register up to the last day of camp showed 225 names of 

 members or guests who bad paid camp dues, and to this must be 

 added some transient visitors or members who did not camp per- 

 manently, so that the total is not far from the average mentioned. 



All things considered, the prevailing hard times which have not only 

 made money very scarce but have detained many at home for fear of 

 what might happen in their absence, and the counter-attraction of the 

 great World's Fair, visited alike by Americans and Canadians, this 

 number may be considered satisfactory. 



Tliis matter of a nearly constant attendance wherever the meet may 

 be held, and whatever conditions may exist, is a very important one 

 to consider in arranging for future meets. 



The second curious circumstance in connection with the attendance 

 is that the ones generally absent are those who make the strongest 

 demand for a meet in some particular place. If our memoiy serves us, 

 in 1891, when the meet was held in the Eastern Division for the first 

 time, ostensibly for the benefit of the Eastern men, who thus far had 

 found the distance too great for them, this division was notable for 

 the smallest attendance of all. The Rochester men, led by Captain 

 Ruggles, have always been a unit for a meet on the St. Lawrence, and 

 were strongly in favor of that location in preference to Willsborough 

 m 1893, and agam this .year. So far as wehave heard, Eochester is 

 stillonthemap.no wandering cyclone has blotted it out, but there 

 was not the slightest hint of its existence at the present meet, even 

 the old Captain's familiar figure, seen at every meet and important 

 canoe gathering for the last seven years, was missed for the first time. 



We are then of the opinion that the always difficult question of 

 selectmg a site, a question that must be even more diiHcultthan usual 

 this coming year when a salt-water meet is to be considered, may be 

 much simplified by neglecting entirely the forecasts always made of 

 the probable attendance from this place or the other, from New York, 

 Boston, Montreal, Toronto, and also the many promises of large dele- 

 gations from this or that quarter in case the meet be held near by. 

 Experience proves that a large attendance does not follow the holding 

 of the meet in one special locality, and that the loss in the general 

 attendance more than offsets the local gain. The largest attendance 

 and the best meets are had in a location so nearly central that men 

 will come from all points, rather than from one special quarter. 



If this proposition be true, it is the more important this year, when 

 a salt-water meet in the Atlantic Division must of necessity be held on 

 the far edge of the entire Association, so to speak, at a distance which 

 will prevent any large attendance from the north. As it seems to us 

 the executive in selecting a site, is safe in the assumption that under 

 ordinary conditions a meet in any fairly good locality, so long as it is 

 central, will attract about 250 members, and that no catering to one 

 locahty in particular will lead to an increase over this number, rather 

 to the reverse. 



The maijter of arranging for a successful meet is thus rid of many 

 com|ilicating features, and narrows down to the selection of a site 

 that is centrally located and there making the best possible arrange- 

 ments for the comfort and convenience of at least 250 persons. If 

 more come, well and good; there is always room for them, and it is 

 unlikely that a smaller number will be present. The division meets 

 have shown on a smaller scale the same peculiarity as the general— 

 that the attendance is small from the very vicinity of the camp. The 

 fact appear to be that men will not come to a meet merely because it 

 is near at hand; but on the contrary, if there is reason to believe that 

 the meet will be interesting and successful, they will get to it some- 

 how. 



In the past a j?ood deal of trouble has been taken to suit the wishes 

 of certara localities from which a large attendance was expected; and 

 at times the officers have labored hard to interest all sections of the 

 Association. Such missionary work has not, as a rule, paid for the 

 trouble; and much better returns may he had in the future from the 

 concentration of the work of oiHcers and committee on all details that 

 go to make a camp convenient and pleasant to those who may come. 



The racing fleet was mentioned last week: of cruising canoes and 

 other boats there were a number present, but few in any way novel. 

 The oddest craft was the Proa, designed by Mr. Robert Tyson, of 

 " Pearl " canoe fame. The idea was suggested by the plans of a Singa- 

 lese proa, published several years since in the Forest axo Stream. 

 the first experiment being made with a 16x30 open Canadian canoe 

 The sides were built up considerably higher, and a sort of box keel 

 was added under the bottom. The horizontal arms were fitted, pro- 

 jecting on one side, and to them a smaller canoe was attached, of 

 course parallel with the main hull. The craft was fitted with a canoe 

 rig, of two battened sails. She was used on Toronto Bay last year, 

 and proved quite fast and very safe and comfortable, carrying three 

 or four persons and affording ample room for storage. The light 

 draft and moderate weight permits of easy beaching, and there is floor 

 space for two to sleep. Though capsizable. she is comparatively a 

 safe boat, and for ordinary sailing and cruising seems to possess many 

 good quaUties. 



The present boat was built last winter and is more perfect in detail 

 than the original one. Mr Tyson made the entire cruise from Toronto 

 in her; partly alone, and at times with a companion; and on last 

 Thursday he started to cruise a part of the way home, according to 

 time and weather. Of recent years Mr. Tyson has become a convert 

 to the Single-tax theory, and his tent, the last in the camp, was 

 decorated with various posters setting forth the principles of Henry 

 George and his followers. 



Since the destruction of the shops of the Ontario Canoe Co. by fire 

 nearly two years ago the company has been reorganized under the 

 name of the Petersborough Canoe Co. and is now in successful opera- 

 tion, building canoes, sailing craft and steam launches of all kinds. 

 It was well represented at the camp, a large oval tent being filled 

 with specimens of open canoes, from the plain painted basswood to 

 the more elegantly finished cedar-rib. A skilful boat buUder was in 

 charge, with tools and outfit for repairs. 



The open birch bark, seldom seen at a meet, was represented this 

 year by two or three specimens, and the display of the ordinary open 

 Canadian canoe quite rivalled that of the old days at Grindstone. At 

 the same time but two of these service canoes started in the race 

 specially arranged for the class as distinguished from the paddling 

 racers. One fine specimen of amateur work was a 16x30 canoe, 

 decked and fully fitted for sailing, built by the young son of Mr. Gil- 

 bert, the builder. As far as models and methods of construction are 

 concerned, there was nothing demanding special notice. 



Although a good deal of cooking was done in camp, there was noth- 

 ing of the nature of a true canoe kit displayed and all improvement in 

 this line seems to have stopped. The same may be said of the tents 

 and camp appliances, the large military wall tent being generally 

 used, with some of the circular marquees of the Canadian militia. 

 Many of the tents were lar^e and well furnished, but on the whole 

 there was nothing better for its size than the square tent with a single 

 pole, first introduced by the Mohicans at Grindstone. 



In dress the camp preseiited.no special features. The club uniform 

 has disappeared, and also the grotesque costumes once aft"ected by 

 some canoeists, nor were the dude rigs of a few years ago particularly 

 noticeable. The knit jersey or an "outing" shirr, with while duck or 

 flannel trousers and jacket, often not unpleasantly clean, made up the 

 average costume, though many held to the ever popular knicker- 

 bockers. The ladies' costumes were mainly neat and becoming every- 

 day dresses, neither the. very plain camping costumes sometimes 

 worn m the woods, nor the elaborate toilettes that have at times been 

 criticised, but a successful compromise between the two. 



Since the first Grindstone meet in 1884 one of the popular institu- 

 tions of the camp, and in fact of all A. C. A. gatherings, has been the 

 big Hiawatha and her owner, the able and wilhng leader in all amuse- 

 ments. Among his many triumphs are the Indian tableau on the hill 

 in 1884, the famous circus of 1889, the "Coon band" and parade of 1890 

 the great sea serpent of 1891 and the two fine entertainments of last 

 year, the "As You Like It" tableaux and the storming of the fort and 

 general illumination. This year Mr. Slavey was absent, for the first 

 time after nine successive meets, and it is needless to sa\' that he was 

 missed. Excepting the band concert, ttie entertainments were of the 

 simple and impromptu kmd which best befit a camp. The ladies insti- 

 tuted a pretty fashion of afternoon teas, /rescu gatherings which 

 were very pleasant. On one occasion the camp attended a garden 

 party given by Dr. and Mrs. Garrett at their home, just opposite the 

 camp on the mam land, a steamer carrying the guests over and back 

 Mr. VViiine was as usual the life of all the camp-fires and entertain- 

 ments, ever ready in his efforts to amuse. 



Among :those 'present'for rthelflrstTtime was7Miss"E. 'Pauline' John 

 5.™°*^°'''^' Canada, the author of the poem "The Song My 

 Paddle Sings," published in the Forest and Strbam of Sept. 15, 1803. 

 Miss Johnson is the daughter of an Indian, a chief of the Five Nations, 

 her mother, who was in camp with her, being an Englishwoman. Her 

 brothers are well known among Canadian canoeists, and she has been 

 all her life accustomed to the single blade, Through the day she was 

 on the water in her open canoe, Wildcat. The most striking incident 

 of the meet was her appearance in full Indian dress at one of the 

 canip-ares, where she recited an Indian poem written by herself. 



This year the local papers, Canadian and American, devoted special 

 attention to the meet, the reports being in the main carefully written, 

 out^pntainmg some amusing statements, as the folio wing .quotations 



"Chas. E. Archibald of Montreal is in camp with his racing skiff 

 Bonita and Canoe Mab, both of which he calls very speedy. The canoe 

 IS ship rigged, with fore and aft sail and topsafi. LTnlike the other 

 canoes his sliding seat is screwed solid to the boat. He also has a .stop 

 watch screwed to the deck to tell how fast the wind blows." 



"W.W. Howard, the owner of the Aztec, is one of the skillful manip- 

 ulators of a canoe. He always carries two centerboards, a small one 

 for a hght wind and a large one for a heavy wind, and when the breeze 

 13 extra stiff Mr. Howard runs down both boards. The Aztec originally 

 had four bulkheads, but after the Camperdown-Victoria accident her 

 owner added two more bulkheads, fearmg that some one might coUide 

 with him and sink him. 



"Among the handy devices is a rope hitched to the mizzenmast by 

 which he steadies himself when he carries heavy sail and has to per- 

 form the bare back act on the end of his hike." 



"Miss Pauline .Johnston, the Indian poete.ss, did her first canoeing 

 yesterday. She is being instructed by M. F. Bennett, New York." 



E. Welliman and 0. X. 'Holmes, a member of the regatta committee, 

 arrived yesterday from Yonkers." 



"W. P. Stephens, Casper W. Whitney and Hoko of the New York 

 canoe club were busy pitching their tent Monday. Their canvas house 

 IS the first on the grounds to have top. sides and bottom all together." 



'The pet of the camp is A. H. Stevenson's bright little son 'Cocoa.' " 



"A new model of racing canoe will participate in the races this year. 

 It IS known as the fin-keel and meets every requisite for fast sailing. 

 Ihis type of cr.aft was designed by Wm. P. Stephens. 



'•Its lines were taken from Herreshoff's Gloriana, the American 

 champion sloop of '91. 



"The distinguishing feature of the canoe is a large overhanging bow 

 and stern and a large fin-keel of 5-16in. boiler plate extending some 3ft. 

 below the boat." 



An institution that could well have been dispensed with was Mr. 

 Brophy's bar in the camp; an effort was made to suppress it, but 

 failed, we understand, on account of the hcense, which would have 

 become inoperative had it not been kept regularly open. There is 

 never any danger of death from thirst in a camp, even with no public 

 bar within fifty miles, the private supply being fully adequate to all 

 requirements of hospitality and joviality. 



The hardest task which falls on the ofiicers of the A. C. A. in camp 

 is to draw the line between liberty and license, between fun that is 

 often boisterous and unconventional, but otherwise tmobjectionable, 

 and a drunken riot, such as is too often attempted. Only once has 

 this line been successfully drawn, by Com. Winne la.st year, the first 

 attempt at a renewal of the all-night noise of the previous year being 

 suppressed so quickly and effectually that it was not repeated during 

 the remainder of the meet. 



As Mr. Kipling very truly remarks, "Single men in barricks don't 

 grow into plaster saints," and similarly no one would expect to regu- 

 late a camp of a couple of hundred men by the rules of conduct that 

 would apply to a Christian Endeavor convention. At the same time 

 there are many who object to the whole camp being kept awake from 

 midnight until moi-ning by a continuous stream of obscenity and pro- 

 fanity. This year there was a reasonable amount of quiet after mid- 

 night, but one night was rendered hideous by a drunken gang of Mr. 

 Brophy's employees who kept up the foulest kind of noise for an hour 

 about 2 A. M. 



A novelty in the camp was a telegraph office, which was made 

 possible by the wires to Kingston running across the island, so that it 

 was ea«y to tap them. This was a convenience to many, giving quick 

 communication with New York and distant points, as well as with 

 Kingston and Clayton. Near the telegraph office and bar was another 

 evidence of the higher civilization, a Custom House, in a 7X9 tent, 

 presided over by one of Her Majesty's officers. There was also a 

 dark room for the photographers, of whom the usual number were 

 present. Mr. Stoddard was not on hand, but some very good views of 

 the camp and canoes were made by Messrs. Murray & Son, of Brock- 

 ville, Canada, who will place them on sale. 



The signal code was used for all orders, but the gun was replaced 

 by a bugle, which sounded "orders." The bugler, Mr. Burns, was 

 quite an addition to the camp, his cheery notes sounding forth at all 

 hours .One thing that was missed after last year was the" drum corps, 

 which afforded continual amusement at Willsborough. It not only 



E roved a safety valve in the matter of mere noise of a cheerful sort, 

 ut after a tramp of two or three miles around the camp of an even- 

 ing, a good many lively spirits were ready to seek their blankets and 

 leave the camp to quiet rest. The absence of wood for the camp-fires 

 was most unusual, as the island had abundance of shade trees. One 

 novelty that grew to a positive nuisance this year was the number of 

 dogs in camp, suggesting the desirability of a rule prohibiting them, 

 or at least of an A. C. A. dog pound. The most unwelcome visitor to 

 the camp was a hearse, which with two black horses was landed from 

 the steamer on the evening of the "American" camp-fire. A death 

 had occurred somewhere in the interior of the island, and the hearse 

 was ordered from Kingston, but its unexpected appearance when the 

 camp was given over to fun and jollity was no less incongruous than 

 defiressing. 



One result of the races was to prove the extremely faulty condition 

 of the racing rules, due to careless amendments, continual and un- 

 necessary tinkering and typographical errors. Again and again ques- 

 tions arose which could not be answered by a reference to "the book, 

 and it is most necessary that steps be taken at the next meeting to 

 correct the many errors and also to make some changes demanded 

 by the altered condition of the racing. The regatta committee is now 

 fully awake to the importance of this work, but members may assist 

 materially by calling attention to errors or necessary changes which 

 may come to their notice. 



Columbian International Prize Shooting-. 



Sharpshooters' Park, West Puixmak.— Aug. 27 and 28 we had a 

 large attendance from everywhere of the Union and good shooting 

 was done. The following shooters were present and decorated with 

 the Columbian Medal: C. F. Grain, Biddeford, Me. Joseph Stamson 

 Chicago. D. W. McLaughlin, S. Leandro, Cal. P. Fraub Chicago. 

 0. Finkensieger, Chicago. Eobt. Kamm. Highland, 111. Louis Knobel, 

 Highland, III. Terrv E. Kent, Utica. Viems. Rapp. St. Louis. F. J. 

 Smith, St. Louis. F. C. Ross, Brooklyn. G. L. Deiter, Milwaukee. 

 W. A. Vaier, St. Louis. Wm. Holley, Peru. 111. Otto Lauer, Peru, 

 111. .L C. Hofmeyer, Baltimore. Robt. J. Boehme. Peru, III. L. J 

 Wiget, Mendota, III. Geo. Beutemueller, Chicago. E. Westphal, Mor- 

 rison, 111. P. B. Martz, Shultz, Wis. A. J. Dalley. BaldwinsvUle, N. 

 Y. Guntrum Hammrrle, Darnbirn, Austria. Charles Reusch, Darn- 

 birn, Austria. Charles Munk, Detroit. Peter Klauer, Dubuque, 

 Richard Kolt, Dubuque. D. Schneidenrind, Bellville, 111. Charles K. 

 Dunkerley, St. Louis. C. A. Brety, Indianapolis. T. Sebluter, Moline. 

 III. M. Kihan, Davenport. Dr. H. Malhey, Davenport Stephen 

 Meunler. Milwaukee. W. J. Samison, Council Bluffs. A. Mueller, 

 Toledo. Geo. D. Wiegeman, A. Frienhold and J. Frandt, Milwaukee. 

 V. Link, Peru. Joseph Spangler, Monroe, Wis. Gus Homreghausen, 

 Baltimore. Dr. A. A. Stillman. Syracuse. 6. Neitzel, Peru. John J 

 Young, Maspeth, N. Y. H. H. Rolhert, Baltimore. F. W. Schultz, 

 Schultz, Wis. 



Scores follow: 



Columbia target; The best and highest scores was made by Chas. 

 Finkensieger, Shooting Master of the Chicago Shai-pshooters' Society. 

 He made 71 out of 75 rings. 



King target: Valentine Link 207. 



Man target: Gustave Homreghausen 93. 



Peop/e'g target: F. 0. Ross 71. 



Stamiard target: F. C. Ros* and Louis Knobel 43 each. 



The highest scores up to date since the beginning: Columbia, 71. 

 King, 2(1. BuUseye, the most was 34 out of possible 100. Peoples, 71 

 by six. Man, 94 and 93 by three Standard, 46 by four. 



The shooting is going on every day this week up to Sept. 3, 6 P. M. 



Aug. S9.— Grand scores made: 



King Target.— Qastav Homreghousen, Baltimore, 220. 



PeopWs Target.— F. Ross, Brooklyn, N. Y., 71, G. Homreghousen 71. 



Man Target. -Q. Homreghousen WH, F. Ross 91. 



Standard Target.— P. Ross 49. 



Columbia Target— Fwkensieper. Chicago, 71. 



.4i<i/. SO.— The OPS'- riflemen of the U'uon are now at work f.ir the 

 honor of being the King of this great tournament. The fi. flowing 

 shooters received the Culumbiau medal: L. E. Danser. Independent, 

 Wis.; F. A. Fuller, Omaha. Neb. ; J. H. Lohmever. Baltimore; S G 

 Dorman, St. Louis; C. M. Se ell, Lawrencr-, 'Ulass.: .J. K. Kutsch 

 F. T. Kutsch, Dubuque, la ; Andrew M. Bean, John Morf, E. Schott- 

 lander, Louis Schwarzhoefer, St. Louis; Alex, Kersher, Buffalo, N. Y. 



The scores from Aug. 30, unchanged [up to Aug. 30, 6 P. M., highest 

 standing; Columbia target 71, King target iJSO, man target 94, people's 

 target 71, standard 49, bullseye ;34 out of 100 shots. 



The best shots of the Union are now at workand the most creditable 

 shots are made. Columbian medals awarded to D. Wiget, St. Lom's; 

 A. L. Robertan. Joliet: C. F. Kappler, New York; W. Bush, Chicago; 

 Otto A. Sommers, Chicago; C Sippel. Chicago; C. Ziegenhagen, Ken- 

 .smgton. III.; Cha.s. Basher, Chicago; J. Gunshal Milwaukee; L. Frank, 

 St. Louis; P. Romanus. Chicago; A Dernbach. Chicago; J. G. Dillin 

 Ardmore, Pa.; J. Rusch. La Crosse, Wis.; Y. O. Kfirsten, Chicago; H. 

 Borsch, Chicago; F. W. Hofele, New York; J. A. Boyken, New York; 

 W, Dorrler, .Jersey City; L T. Hansen. Jersey City ; Hana letersa, 

 Omaha; James Frikele, Monroe, Wis.j Chas. Schotte, Jr., Chicago; 

 Otto Naef, Chicago; Louis Schweighaefer, St. Louis; J. J. Munch, 

 Sandwich, 111. 



The highest scores up to Sept. 2: Columbia 71, Stich target flag 

 102-f), King 220, Man 94 twice, Peoples' T4, Standard 49. Bullseyes, 34 

 out of 100 shot«. A. BoESE, Sec'y. 



North End Rifle Club. 



EphrAta, Pa., Aug. 26.— On Friday afternoon the members of the • 

 North End Rifle Club met on their Ephrata range for an afternoon's 

 sport at target praclice, and enjoyed themselves very much. They 

 had for a guest Jacob F. Wolfer, member of the Lancaster Schuptz<>n 

 Verein, who came with authority to fully arrange for another rifle 

 contest between these two clubs. The following scores were the best 

 made, distance 200yds., rest shooting, best out of a possiblel20 points: 



SL Sharp 7 10 8 11 11 7 9 6 7 7-88 



^ ^ 7 10 13 7 8 7 9 6 13 IS- 90-173 



L M Wiest 9 9 10 7 8 7 7 9 9 10— S,"} 



9 10 10 7 9 8 0 9 8 8-87-17'i 

 DBLefever 979984797 9—78 



9 9 5 5 7 8 13 8 8 9-79-1.57 



J M Sheaffer 9 12 0 10 6 8 7 8 6 8—80 



^ ^ „^ ,^ 9 9 9 9 6 7 8 7 4 8-76-156 



J F Wolfer ,., 0 99889975 6—72 



76408 9 778 8-70-143 

 Although it was the Intention to again contest for several medals, 

 but only one was put up and won by L. M. Wiest, of Schoeneck. The 

 Lancaster boys will come out here to give our boys another shake in 

 a few weeks, when some lively shooting may be expected. 



At the previous medal shoot the shooting was mostly at rest, and 

 of the four medals contested for three went to Schoeneck and one re- 

 mained in Ephrata. The former medals were won by L. M. Wiest, 

 and J. M. Stober, while the Ephrata mednl was won by j. M. Sheaffer. 

 There was no wind to interfere with the shooters, but the day was all 

 that could be desired. The shooting was none of the best, but was 

 greatly enjoyed by the five participating members. The following 

 were the best scores made, distance being ,:i00\'ds : 



LM Wiest 10 10 9 7 ' 6 10 9 10 o 7-00 



10 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 9-93-188 

 J A Stober 9 7 8 8 6 10 t 8 9 &-8() 



7f 6 8 9 8 8 6 9 8-78-Jf8 

 D B Lefever 8 5 9 6 6 8 10 9 9 6—76 



88756977 9 6-72-140 



J M Sheaffer 5 55V86757 6-63 



10705 10 98 10 5 6—76—139 

 EMellinger 770089970 9—56 



0 7 4 7 0 10 8 0 9 10- 64—120 

 D. B Lefever, Sec'y. 



Cincinnati Rifles. 



CwciSNATi, O., Aug. 27.— The Cincinnati Rifle Associntion held its 

 regular practice shoot at its range to-day and made the scores as ap- 

 pended. Conditions 200yds. offhand at the Standard target The at- 

 tendance was rather small owing to a delegation from the club going 

 to Chicago to participate in the Columbian Festival. Our captain 

 (Mat Gindele) is one of the number, and we hear is doing good work. 

 We wish him well and hope he will bring home the honors to us. His 

 lieutenant CE. D. PayneJ made an effort to fill the vacancy made by 

 the captain's absence. How well he succeeded may be judged by his 

 scores: 



Payne 10 10 8 10 fi 10 8 10 7 0—88 



10 8869 10 970 10-88 

 9 10 5779677 6—73 



Weiaheimer 10 76 10 66795 10—76 



587985796 6-70 

 76 7 657596 10-68 



Brumback 68 10 895868 9—77 



9 10 766958 10 10-80 

 6 10 79 10 5597 5^73 



Simon 10 7 8 7 7 3 6 9 5 9-71 



67257 7 7 10 8 6-65 

 697867854 6-64 



Stegner , 257B86646 7-57 



8 58&48676 7—64 

 5 69785465 9-64 



Topf 5 7 5 8 10 3 6 6 6 7-63 



966879574 7—68 

 8 6 8 9 4 8 10 6 0 8-62 



Puthoff 10 7 4 2 5 4 7 7 10 6-62 



477546596 5-68 

 57542 10 499 3—58 



Nagel 6 6 8 4 4 3 7 6 7 6-52 



4 28754444 5-42 

 0&5S6e225 4-4(1 



Revolver Shooting' in England. 



The revolver competition in connection with the South London 

 Rifle Club resulted on Aug. 15 as below: 



Walter Winans 776677—40 Howard ..565627—31 



Frost 777654—36 Mortimer 660855—25 



Smith 555575—32 



This makes the three leading scores for the revolver championship 

 of the club stand: 



Walter Winans 40 40 40—120 R S Kemp 38 .36 32—106 



C F Lowe .39 38 37-114 E V Keen 37 35 34-106 



The scores for the revolver championship of the North London 

 Rifle Club have changed during the last few weeks as far as the lower 

 standing scores are concerned. JIajor Munday and Mr. Rand have 

 got up from eighth and ninth place to fifth and sixth. 



Scores for revolver championship of the club: 



W Winans 41 41 41 41 40-304 Rand 36 34 83 .33 31—167 



C F Lowe 40 38 37 37 36-188 Carter m .33 33 33 33—165 



Lieut Varley.. ..37 37 37 35 35^ 181 Capt Richards'n34 :32 32 31 31— 160 

 Capt Cowan. . . .39 36 36 35 ;B5-181 Capt Thompson34 ;33 m 31 30-159 

 Major Munday. 39 37 33 33 31-172 Treadwell 28 25 23 19 15—113 



On Aug. 17 Mr. Winans tried for the first time shooting a sporting 

 rifle (a Rigby long range one) at the 50yds. range at Bi'-ley, After 

 two shots to get the elevation he made a highest possible score for 

 the regulation seven shots. The bullseye is 24ih. in diameter. 



Revolver Shooting. 



Geneva, N. Y., Aug. 24.— Editor rarest and Stream: Your articles 

 for the past three or tour years trying to awaken some enthusiasm in 

 revolver shooting have interested me greatly, as I am much given to 

 that sport and have followed it in a quiet way for many years, getting 

 much pleasure from it. And now, with your assistance, I have suc- 

 ceeded in getting enough interested here, so that in the near future 

 we expect to have a good club with a suitable range to shoot over. 



One of the greatest obstacles to contend with in revolver shooting I 

 I have found to be is the inability to get such a revolver as one needs 

 for a good, accurate shooting arm and still not too heavy for the 

 pocket. After an experience of about twenty years, using almost 

 everj make of any excellence, I had about arrived at "the con- 

 clusion that I should never find such a revolver as I wanted. 

 Still I did not like to give it up, and whenever a new one came out, 1 

 would get it, and give it a trial only to be disappointed; and so it has 

 been up to a month ago, when I bought one of the new American 

 ArmCo.'s hammerless .:32cal. Although it had been highly recom- 

 mended to me by a friend, still I had many misgivings, for so few 

 seem to loiow what a revolver should be. But I must confess I have 

 been agreeably surprised, for it has proved the most accurate shoot- 

 ing weapon of its caliber I have ever seen, and way beyond ray expec- 

 tations, with the best balance and hang, and its action and finish are 

 perfect, besides its construction being such that it can be thrown 

 from double action into single and back at will, makes it most jirac- 

 tical. Then instead of being so light that accuracy is out of the ques- 

 tion (the greatest fault of all at our modern pocket revolvers), it has 

 with the 334in. barrel, 20oz. of metal to withstand the recoil. Pat, 



San Francisco Rifle Notes. 



San FRA^•c•ISco, Aug. 2i.— Editor Forest and Stream: Inclosed please 

 find excerpts from the daily papers anent the fall festival of the Cali- 

 fornia Schuetzen Club. This is the chief sport of the j'ear in this 

 State, and excites much enthusiasm among our riflemen. 



The Pistol Club of San Francisco hasevolved uito theP.ifleand Pistol 

 Club, and will hereafter hold monthly medal contests wth both arms. 

 The standard American target will be used, 50yds. with r istol, and 

 200yds. with rifle. Any rifle wfll ho allowed. Some fine scores may 

 be looked for af ttr the organization gets under headway. One of our 



