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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 28, ifiSB. 



me as being so different from either north or middle rivers above, 

 that it is like taking a new start and beginning the cruise over again. 

 The rapids and falls are much larger, longer and rougher than any- 

 thing of the kind in the rivers above, with the exceplioo of the mile 

 end a half of falls in North River immediately above Port Republic, 

 ■which have already been referred to, and we found our nerve, skill 

 and address taxed in a most exciting manner in negotiating them 

 safely. 



I cannot say that we ran any great personal danger in shooting 

 these falls, for when the water is rough and swift it is generally not 

 deep, and as the rise is not large it would not involve much risk to 

 wade ashore in case of serious mishap, but the principal risk is in 

 getting our frail light canvas canoes through without shipwreck; 

 which, with the consequent loss of siores, would terminate the cruise 

 or seriously embarrass it. 



At the present low stage of water we were unable to shoot the Port 

 and Lewis mill dams, but portages were easily and quickly made so 

 these obstructions did not long detain us. We passed a large row 

 boat a little below the Governor Walker place, containing a couple of 

 gentlemen fishing, who proved to be Messrs. Thomas and Avis, of 

 Charleston, W. Va., who are stopping at Walkers. Mr. Thomas ex- 

 hibited with much pride a olbs. bass he had just taken— it was the 

 largest one I had ever seen. 



We made a nice early camp at Tliree Springs and everybody went a 

 fishing, but as the bass would not rise to our flies, nobody caught any- 

 thing. After supper, Messrs. Thomas and Avis came down to our 

 camp carrying between them a noble watermelon, a present from 

 Mrs. Walker. They remained with us an hour, and then hurried back 

 to escape the impending rain. It rained pretty much all night, but 

 with the exception of a little spray which drifted in through the ven- 

 tilators at each end, or now and then beat through the canvas roofs 

 during a particularly fierce dash, our httle tent proved dry and com- 

 fortable. 



Tuesday, Aug. 2.— The rain passed over during the night, and morn- 

 ing dawned clear and bright and fully aa hot as ever. We got a 

 rather leisurely start this morning, as the day's run is to be a short 

 one— only to Bfiar Lithia Springs, t^ome X2 or 13 miles below our 

 camp. While at breakfast we observed old Mr. Kyger, who lives on 

 top of the bluff immediately above our camp, hobbling along the 

 winding path down the hill, on his canes, looking more decrepit, 

 feeble and rheumatic than last year, but as he approached the camp 

 he setoff a stentorian war-whoop of a hail such as uot a man in our 

 party could have delivered, and which spoke volumes for the excel- 

 lent condition of his lungs, however his legs might be affected. The 

 old gentlemen was glad to see us again, and we had a pleasant little 

 visit with him while packing up. 



We had an easy portage over the Shaver Mill dam, and in shoot- 

 . ing the stiff rapids bel«w I beached my canoe before reaching the 

 foot, and, pike-pole in hand, prospected clear across the river in 

 search of a practicable passage for the canoes over the fringe of 

 rocks piled up at the foot of the bar; but, failing to find one, we all 

 disembarked and led our canoes down the tail of the rapid and lifted 

 them over the rocks without damage. 



We next had an exciting shoot over the big fish dam a mile below, 

 where we portaged last year, followed by a rather troublesome port- 

 age over the broken down Riverbank dam. The dam itself is easily 

 shot, but the very heavy rapids below are not navigable at the pres- 

 ent low stage, and we were forced to land and lift the cauoea down. 

 The dam a mile below it was easily portaged, and we landed ,iuat be- 

 low it at the front of the bluff, upon which stood a large, flne-looking 

 brick mansion and enjoyed our noonday luncb, smoke, etc., while 

 George improved the brief stop to catch a few fl^ne bass with his fly- 

 tackle. 



We had a fine run on down to Elkton, shooting the numerous rapids 

 with ease, and deriving great sport therefrom, but were greatly dis- 



f:usted to pass a couple of good sized creeks coming in red and muddy 

 rom the rain of last night, which in the course of a few miles, en- 

 tirely changed our beautiful, clear, blue-tinted water into an ugly red, 

 turbid current, utterly unfit for fishing and completely spoiling the 

 beauty of the stream. 



We easily portaged the Elkton dam and had an exciting shoot down 

 the wild channel through the rapids beiov , all receiving divers and 

 sundry hard knocks and thumps from the s.inketi rocks with which 

 the chute was plentifully bestrewn, and landed at the bridge below 

 and went to the mill for water and to the store for a few minor sup- 

 plies. 



The two miles to Bear Lithia were quickly accompMshed. and after 

 the usual exciting plunge over the remains of the old mill dam, we 

 were soon in camp on the old carap ground, and in due time we re- 

 paired to the Springs, where we took supper and spent the evening. 

 We found our Staunton friend, Frank Yates, in cJ-.arge of the Springs, 

 and he gave us a warm welcome, both on our own account and be- 

 cause—as is usually the case — men are rather a scarce article at the 

 Springs. They had a very nice little dance at the Springs, at which 

 Lacy, George and the Colonel distinguished themselves. An impres- 

 sion seemed to prevail that skill >vas not much of an object, so what 

 they lacked in grace they made up in agility. We had a little supper 

 up in "No. 16" afterward, and it was after midnight before we finally 

 reached our tents. 



Wednesday, Aug. S. — The river was stiU quite muddy this morning, 

 so as the mud was coming in from so short a distance above, and also 

 as Naked Creek was coming in muddy three mOes below, we decided 

 to remain over here all day to-day, and let the muddy water run off 

 ahead of us, so after breakfast at the hotel we returned to the camp, 

 accompanied by Willie Compton, Mr. Bear's son-in law, and little 

 Henry Bear, and spent a very pleasant day in camp, where our vis- 

 itors took lunch with us. The canoes are lying in a very ugly place, 

 just at the margin of the river, but just a few yards inland fi'om them 

 the ground is good and nicely adapted to lying-around purposes, and 

 we read, smoked, talked and flsbed all day. We had no success fish- 

 ing this morning, but by 4 o'clock this evening the water had cleared 

 considerably and we made a very fair catch; the Colonel took three, 

 while I took six. We spent the evening very pleasantly at the hotel 

 again, and the boys made an engagement with some young ladies from 

 Berryville and vicinity to meet us at Castleman's Ferry, on the lower 

 river, in about ten days. 



Thursday. Aug. A.— The river is all right again this morning, and we 

 congratulated ourselves on our presence of mind in stopping over a 

 day until the muddy water all ran down ahead of us. After breakfast 

 pretty much the entire population of the springs accompanied us to 

 the river to see us start, and were all hi srhly interested in the canoes 

 and outfit. Our short stay here was a pleasant episode in the cruise, 

 and the cordial, hospitable treatment shown us by both guests and 

 management was a source of great pleasure to us. 



We had a lively flve-mile run to Shenandoah, as the river along here 

 is very rough, but no one met with any mishaps beyond an occasional 

 thump or hangup on a sunken rock, and the run was most exciting. 

 We landed at Shenandoah, where we met Compton and little Henry, 

 who had preceded us by wagon, and at C 's cordial invitation we took 

 dinner with him at Brown's Hotel. Compton is mtich interested in 

 canoeing, and to-day bought the frame of Gibson's old canoe with his 

 tent and my mattrass, and will fit himsi If out and join us next year. 

 While here we exchanged mail and telegrams with the ones left at 

 home. Much to the regret of all of us the Colonel was obliged to 

 leave us here, as he must be in Staunton on Monday, and after leaving 

 here we plunge into a wilderness remote from railroad stations, not to 

 reappear on the surface again untd we reach Riverton, along about 

 the middle of the week. We were sorry to lose the Colonel and his 

 genial, breezy, wholesome presence was sadly missed by us through- 

 out the remainder of the cruise. 



At 3 P. M. George, Lacy and I resumed the cruise without him, with 

 Harper's Ferry as our objestive point. We had an uneventful but 

 pleasant cruise of a couple of hours, in which our colored glasses 

 came out strong, a« the western sun, rehected in our faces from the 

 water, was unbearable, and went into camp at 5 o'clock at Grove Hill, 

 alongside of a fine spring in the bank, and were speedily doing justice 

 to a good hot stipper of bacon, potatoes, onions and eggs. An early 

 camp is desirable in many ways, and we always cruise to make one 

 when possible. 



After supper Lacy turned in early, while George and I remained up 

 enjoying our evetdng pipes by a little blaze of a camp-fire and settling 

 of the labor question with the foreman of a detachment of bridge 

 builders employed on the railroad not far awa.y, and quartered in the 

 farmhouse on the bluff above us, who strolled down to have a chat, 

 and who possessed decided views upon the great Homestead strike, 

 which, coming from a laboring man, interested us, and struck us as 

 being most practical and sensible, coinciding as they do with our own 

 decided anti-strike views. 



[to be COXTINtnCD.] 



Connecticut River Canoeists' Club. 



The Hartford C. C. held its regular monthly camp-fire on Saturday, 

 Dec. 16, and besides a goodly representation from the local club, 

 Messrs. Knappe, Banks, Mathewson and Bleloch, from Springfield, 

 Messrs. Schuster, Metcalf and Ladd, from Holyoke, Davenport and 

 Cox from South fladley, and J. B. QilflUan, of Northampton, were the 

 guests of the club. Representatives from the up river clubs were in- 

 vited to talk up the matter of arranging for an entertainment at each 

 of the cl'tbs on the river during the winter, and the C. R. C. 0. is the 

 result. Mr. Knappe was chosen chairman and Mr. F. AV. Theis, of 

 Hartford, secretary. The next camp-fire will probably be held at 

 Springfield about the middle of January This mutter has been talked 

 of for several years, as it was expected that the bringing together of 

 the several clubs on the river would more fuliy develop tlie fraternal 

 feeling which has always existed between them. Until now no action 

 has been taken, but the representatives in Hartford last Saturday 

 showed much enthusiasm on the subject. 



The Revolver Championship. 



Roundsman W. E Petty is still in the lists awaiting a challenge for 

 the Wlnans Trophy, which he has now held for one year, or half the 

 time necessary to make it his permanently. Since his three straight 

 victories over Messrs. .Tantzer, Walther and Heintz, would-be revolver 



SOME TARGETS BY PETTy. 



champions seem scarce. We present herewith three consecutive 

 targets made by Mr. Petty in practice Sept. 25. They were shot on 

 the regular Sin. disk used in all the competitions, and on a 2}A\q. 

 and li^in. blacks at 20yds. Mr. Petty usad a .44 caliber S. & W. revol- 

 ver, lOgrs. powder and ISOgrs. lead, and shot these strings without 

 cleaning. The targets are reproduced exai t size. 



Pittsburgh vs. Iroquois. 



PiTTSBUKGH, Pa., Dec. 14.— It is a long time since anything in the 

 rifle-shooting line attracted so much attention in Pittsburgh as the 

 25yd. gallery match between teams from the Pittsburgh and Iroquois 

 clubs, shot Dec. 12 at the range of the former club. Conditions were 

 made to suit the visiting team, and for the evening the home men 

 gave up their 40j d. distance and standard American (reduced) target, 

 substituting the old Massachusetts target at 25yds. Rounds were 

 twenty-five per man, in five shot scores, two men (one from each 

 team) shooting at a time. Stakes, a supper for the two teams. The 

 Pittsburgh Rifle Club was organized in 1879, and three of its team 

 have been members since that time, while the rest are almost all of 

 much longer experience than their opponents; but in justice to Mr. 

 Ittel it should be stated that he only joined the club this season, and 

 in age and experience had no advantage over any one of the Iroquois 

 team, yet he tied the old reliable Joe Huggins, a rifleman of far more 

 than local reputation, and outshot every other man in the match. It 

 is also but fair to mention that the two captains had upon their shoul- 

 ders entirely too large a share of the management of the contest to do 

 themselves justice at the score. The striking feature of the evening 

 was the large attendance of spectators, which seems to promise a re- 

 vival of interest in the sport which is most desirable. Only the totals 

 of the five-shot scores are available, and run as follows: 

 Pittsburgh Rifle Club. 



J A Huggins !53 54 56 52 56— 271 



L P Ittel 52 54 56 54 55— 271 



G E Painter 55 55 57 49 54— 270 



R W Bailey 54 50 67 53 52— 266 



L Staib 56 58 50 52 51— 261 



AV C Galbreath 50 66 55 51 54- 266 



D W Frazee 53 50 64 60 53— 259 



D H Stoner, Captain 41 -St 47 ' 42 53— 234 



418 422 431 404 428—2098 

 Iroquois Rifle Club. 



A C L Hof meister ..58 53 50 53 51- 265 



L G Graul 47 50 54 86 52— 259 



A Goldstrom 50 44 49 43 44— 230 



Aug Colteryahn 45 43 47 52 46— 233 



W J Udick 49 43 53 S8 42 - 239 



Henry EgHsdorf 47 47 49 49 52— 244 



CBDietz 53 45 46 46 50— 240 



A F Hof meister, Captain 50 49 49 47 40— 341 



399 374 397 898 383-1951 



Beideman Rifle Club. 



Beideman, N. J., Dec. 15.— The following shows the weekly shoot of 

 the Beideman Rifle Club, week ending Dec. 9. Conditions, 25yds. 

 strictly off-hand, targets Min. ring, IWin. bullseve, V^in. center, pos- 

 sible 250: J. L. Wood 244, H J. Mehard 243, A. J. Yergey242, W. G. 

 Gilbert 237, A. C. McGowan 236, E. L. Gardiner 235. 



Pistol sc.->re, 50yds., possible 100: 



H J Mehard 7 10 10 8 5 10 10 8 6 10—91 



AJYergey 6 7 7 10 8 8 9 8 10 8-81 



• Walt Gilbert, Sec'y. 



Christmas Shoot. 



The Empire Rifle Club wiU hold a prize shoot on Dec. 34 and 25. 

 Their headquarters. No. 12 St. Marks place. New York, will be open 

 on both days, from 2 to 12 P. M. Sunday, and on Monday from 2 to 11 

 P. M. A programme of twelve prizes, ranging from §25 to SI, open to 

 all-comers, will be put up for contesting shooters. Tickets, 3 shots 

 e&ch. 3 for §1, two best to coimt, 



Greenviile Rifle Club. 



Twenty-three members of the Greenville Rifle Club assembled in 

 the headquarters of the club, Dec. 15 for the regular weekly handicap 

 shoot for club prizes. The club lias, within the past two months, 

 added some twenty new members to its rolls, and as a consexijuence 

 shooting matters in Greenville are on the boom. At the last meeting 

 of the club, on Dec 11, the club raised the initiation fee from S2 to $5. 

 The fact that the receipts of the club for the past eleven months has 

 been over $1,600 is one of the reasons for the raise in the dues. Witb. 

 a membership of over fifty, the club managers now feel that any 

 further additions to the membership must be met with a most thor- 

 ough scrutiny as to the merits of all new candidates for membership. 

 In the competition for prizes on Friday, the honors for high ifcore fell 

 to M. Dorrler, with a total of 242 in ten shots: George Purkess was 

 second with 2.38. Sc res: M. Dorrler 212. Geo. Purkess 238, W. C. Col- 

 lins 2.36, J. Boag 235, W. H. Rohidoux 233. Hv Lutz 233, G. W. Plaisted 

 231, C. H. Chavant 231, C. Boag 230. M. Huelsen 223. A C. Agneau 230, 

 John Hill 220, F. Lauer 220, John Spahn 227. O. Scheeline 216, H. Maug 

 217. V. Holzapfel 214, H. Bischof 208. C. Graef 208, F. Wuestner 207, 

 Edw. Wuestner, Jr., 206, C. Becker 203, Robt. Zeiger 200. 



On Saturday afternoon four members of the club met in Armbrus- 

 ter's Park for the purpose of shooting off the weekly handicap 60- 

 shot sweepstake match. It was expected that there would be a large 

 attendance of the members to participate in this shoot, but the heavy 

 storm of rain and high winds' no doubt kept many of the would-be 

 competitors away. The scores are appended, .50 shots, club handicap: 



C H Chavant 24 20 21 28 28 22 33 17 28 80—216 



23 22 22 22 25 11 24 21 20 23-212 

 23 20 20 15 23 22 20 24 17 25-208 

 23 23 20 11 18 15 21 21 19 23-194 



17 23 23 23 19 83 25 23 18 19-81.3— 103.3-f40-1083 

 GW Plalsted 21 24 80 19 19 19 24 23 81 18—208 



80 83 19 23 31 84 19 81 80 20—310 

 85 21 18 19 32 35 80 33 SO 81—813 

 19 S3 19 33 20 23 19 84 89 31-811 



18 23 22 33 13 3:^ 24 83 12 24 205—1047 Scratch 

 OoUinB 83 22 16 20 30 20 19 17 18 32—197 



81 22 18 17 18 17 21 20 20 18—193 

 31 17 23 30 31 17 25 17 23 20-204 

 22 22 24 21 19 25 18 23 16 19 -208 



25 20 16 17 23 17 23 17 21 17— 109- lOOO-l-OO— 1060 



0 Boag 18 24 17 23 15 83 20 15 17 lfi-188 



18 16 14 19 17 20 19 25 20 18-186 

 22 16 20 15 16 17 19 20 19 17—181 

 7 18 21 14 20 25 22 18 21 12-178 

 13 16 23 23 19 16 19 17 18 12 -176— 919-|-75— 994 



Amateur Rifle Club. 



The little borough of West New York, lying between Union Hill and 

 Guttenburg, N. J., is the latest to launch a rifle club upon what we 

 trust will be a successful and pleasant voyage. 



A letter from that prominent New Jersey rifleman, George Schlicht, 

 which is now before us, informs Forest AND Stream and the readers 

 thereof that a new society has been organized and christened the 

 Amateur Rifle Club of West New York, N. J , and if it gets proper 

 nourishment it will in the "sweet by and by" be in the swim for 

 honors in the gallery and on the range. The headquarters of the club 

 are located in the new gallery of George Schlicht. 



The first shoot of the club was held on Dec. 17 and l* members par- 

 ticipated in the opening contest, 19 shots. 35-ring target, distance 75ft; 

 Geo. Schlicht 244, Geo. Dorr 2:37. Fred Krc.batsoh 239. Ered. Esperer 

 225, Robert Glaser 318, Jacob Dihl 217, Frank Tiirck 215, Adolph Abies 

 215, Wm, Schlicht 213. Capt. Krobatsch 212, Henry Rose 810, Fred. 

 Lambrex 309, Wm. Ahles 203, Jacob SchUcht 203, Oscar Aufderhuder 

 808, S. Grauer 198, J. Grauer 188. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



Eight members of be Excelsior Club assembled in their headquar- 

 ters, Dec. 13, for weekly practice for class medals under the handicap 

 rules. The Excelsior Club has a fine gallery range and there should 

 be a much larger attendance of members at the weekly shoots, but 

 lilie many of our other local clubs the shooting interest of the mem- 

 bers seems to be of that passive nature, which if permitted to go on, 

 will eventually develop an acute drj; rot. If Captain Hansen will take 

 his members in hand some Friday night and visit the Greenville Club, 

 they will meet with a reception that will add stimulus to their shoot- 

 ing energies and no doubt cause a better attendance at the weekly 

 shoots of the Excehior Club. Friendly or social visits between our 

 local clubs cannot but add to shooting interests of many nf the passive 

 members Scores: W. J. Hennessy 240, Cbas. Thomas 236, R. H. Duff 

 831, J. Hughes 23y, L. A. Ryor 316, Thos. Hughes 216, J. BimaSie. 



New York City Schuetzen Corps. 



Ten men of the New York City Schuetzen Corps, under the leader- 

 ship of Capt. Ch. I). Kehm, assembled on Friday night iu Zettler Bros, 

 gallery for their regular bi-monthly team practice and bullseye shoot- 

 ing. In the bullaeye shooting the best center shots were made by 

 Fred Daub, Ad Ludwig. Hy Witte, Hy Wendelken and F, Munz. 



Two teams were made up under the lead of H. Radloff and R. 

 Buss, 10 shots per man. Tne result was a victory for Capt. RadlofE'a 

 team. Scores: 



Captain Radloff 229 Captain Busse 244 



C G Zettler 813 H Witte 237 



F Munz 233 Captain C Rehm 223 



JFacklam 2-34 A Ludwig 2.38 



Fritz Daub 223—1160 H Kuhlman 214—1156 



Empire Rifle Club. 



At the annu'il meeting of the Empire Club on Dec. 5 a new board of 

 officers was elected for the ensuing year. The Empire Club is one of 

 the few of our local rifle clubs who seem to be gomg ahead and 

 adding new strength as each month rolls by. 



At the meeting in Tuesday night the following board was elected for 

 1894: Henry Zettler, Pres.; Ben Z'lhn, Vice-Pres.; Louis Buss, Rec. 

 Sec'y; Wm. Buss, Fin. Sec'y; C. Zettler, Treas.; Wm. Rosenbaum, 

 Shooting Master. 



The close of the business before the club was followed by the usual 

 weekly competition for the club prizes. The following scores were 

 made by the members present: Wm. Rosenbaum 219, Louis Buss 

 236, H. Zettler 234, C. Zettler 234, H. Meisenholder 229. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



The 50 shot target reproduced in last week's issue, has been a sub- 

 ject of much interest to many of our local cranks, and many have ex- 

 pressed the opinion tbat it would be somewhat difficult to make a 

 better one even with the patched bullet cleaning after each shot. 



Armbruster's Schuetzen Park, in Greenville, N. J., is getting to be & 

 very popular resort for the Jesoey City riflemen on a Saturday after- 

 noon. Every week finds a goodly number of rifle cranks assembled 

 in the shooting house and the Saturday night lunches furnished by 

 Mother Armbruater have come to be considered a sort of necessary 

 adjunct to the afternoon's sport. 



Wissel's Cypress Hills Park heretofore has been known as the 

 Mecca for riflemen, but jnst at the present time it is a most popular 

 skating resort. The little lake that covers a good part of the park is 

 now covered with a heavy coating of ice and the patrons of the park 

 who possess a pair of skates are having a good deal of sport. Sline 

 host Wissel has made arrangements to keep the ice clear of snow dur- 

 ing the cold weather and aU visitors will be welcome to the privUeges 

 of the park, shooting or otherwise. 



Our local clubs must not forget the annual team match of the 

 Zettler Rifle Club, which takes place on Feb. 22. This shoot has be- 

 come a sort of fixture in the annual shooting events. The club who 

 wins the first place this year will have to put up a good score, for 

 several of the teams who were in the race last season propose to 

 make an extra bid for the honors at the next contest. 



"Roeel's" article in last week's issue, speaking of the average back- 

 woodsman, reminds tis of a trip to the northern part of Maine some 

 years since. We toted a .32-40 Winchester into the woods on that 

 occasion, and from the time we struck the first camp to the end of the 

 trip we were the butt of the guides and native hunters. We had 

 several opportunities, however, to remove the prejudice of the 

 natives, and before the trip was over many of the critics calculated 

 that the .32-40, with a good man behind It, was all right. 



"R. R.'s" note in last week's issue, while it meets with a hearty re- 

 sponse from many of our riflemen east and west of the Hudson River, 

 will hardly be realized this season, for we are informed that one of 

 the men mentioned in the Jersey team is physically in a very bad way, 

 and his prospects for future participation in rifle contests is very un- 

 certain. 



At the annual meetmg of the Greenville Rifle Club, held at head- 

 quarters, on Monday, Dec. 11, the following board of officers were 

 elected for the coming year: President, Henry Gotthardt; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Ed. Barr; Recording Secretary, Geo. W. Plalsted; Financial 

 Secretary, Wm. C. Collins; Treasurer, James Dodds; Captain, Colin 

 Boag; Assistant Captain, C. H. Chavant; Trustees, C, H. Chavant, 

 John Hill, Geo. Purkess, James Boag, Wm. H. Robidoux; Finance 

 Committee, John Hill, John Spohn, Colin Boag; Sergeant-at-Arms, 

 Henry Maug; Shooting Committee, Geo. W. Plaist«d, John Spohn, Q, 

 Daniels. 



