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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 13, 1894. 



old maps and logs stowed away, would it not be a good plan for him 

 to produce them once in a while in Forest and Stbuam or somewhere 

 else for the benefit of his fellow members? 



John T. Holden, A. C. A. 1292. 



THE LOG OF THE FRANKIE. 



The '92 Cruise of the Shenandoah C. C. 



BY THE COMMODORE. 



(Concluded from Page 17). 



As we sat, by the spring, welling out from a deep crevice in the moss- 

 grown rocks in the eool ravine, enjoying a quiet smoke and rest, Lacy 

 was much amused by our description of how we had lauded here last 

 year with the intention of camping for the night and how old man 

 Foster had worked us away by pointing out the superior camping 

 facilities afforded by Mclnturf s— a mile below— and the danger we 

 ran from carrping on the public road (as he dignified the grass-grown 

 wheel tracks, which, so far as we could see, only led from his tumble- 

 down house to his tumble-down stable), quite evidently taking us for 

 a couple of suspicious characters, whom it was well to be rid of as 

 soon as possible and whom it would be unsafe to have on the premises 

 over night. 



Lacy was also interested to learn that on our memorable '86 cruise 

 George and I made the run from here to Riverton between lunch and 

 supper (arriving there after dark). We had good water then — rather 

 too good, in fact — while on the present stage of water it would be a 

 long day's run from here to Riverton. 



About half-past 11 or 12 o'clock we reached the stave factory just 

 above McCoy's Falls, where we had decided to lie by for lunch and a 

 noonday -siesta. This, like yesterday's lunch place at Milford, proved 

 to be a very uncomfortable spot. The weather was intensely hot and 

 close, the shade was thin and poor, as the trees were little better than 

 bushes, and it was stifling close and hot under them. The water was 

 poor and a quarter of a mile away. 



After lunch, in the hope of bettering ourselves, we changed our 

 quarters to the opposite side of the river, which, as it was a sand bank 

 densely overgrown with willows, was scarcely an improvement upon 

 our first landing place. The shade was bett- r and moreabundant,out 

 the undergrowth was so dense that there was no breeze and it was 

 stiflingly hot; and altogether our situation was an uncomfortable one. 

 There was a small stagnant pond a few yards inland, evidently left be- 

 hind by some recent overflow. There were fish in it, for when George 

 threw small toads in it they were instantly snapped up. A trial with 

 his fishing tackle produced no results, h >wever. 



At 4 o'clock we. re-embarked and resumed the cruise, and a quarter 

 of a mile below George discovered that he had left his fishiug rod 

 behind, so he went swearing back after it, while Lacy and I paddled 

 on leisurely to the head of the. falls, where we laid by, up under the 

 bank in the shade to wait for him. 



After getting his rod and paddling half way down to us, he was ob- 

 served to turn back and again return to our siesta-ground. On re- 

 joining us it developed that he had also left his camp stool behind and 

 a second return was necessary. The subject was beyond swearing 

 and the second return was made in a. gloomy silence. George is a 

 careless boy around camp, and would go off and leave his head behind 

 if it wasn't tied on. 



There is a post office at the stave factory, and while we were there 

 we mailed letters, including <me from the boys to their Berryville 

 friends stating that owing to low water and intense heat, we would 

 not be able to reach Castleman's Ferry by Thursday, and therefore 

 had decided not to go below Riverton. 



At McCoy's Falls, the river widens out to a most imposing breadth, 

 but is correspondingly shallow and of course full of reefs, and we had 

 difficulty in finding water enough to get through, even with our small 

 light draft canoes; and hang-ups, even in the boat channel were most 

 annoyinply frequent. 



There is one place iu this falls where we have always missed the 

 channel, and owing to the scant water, we missed it more than usual 

 this year. The channel goes iu at the head of the falls, close up to the 

 left bank, and continues down a quarter of a mile, when it takes ad- 

 vantage of a smooth still reach between two lines of r^efs, to cross 

 over to near the right bank. We have always missed the exact place 

 where it crosses, and gone too far down before crossing, to our great 

 annoyance; for, once out of the channel, it is peculiarly difficult to 

 get through the reefs in this wide shallow place. I succeeded in 

 locating it positively, however, in time for next cruise, after, as usual, 

 missing it to-day. 



At the upper part of the falls there are three chains of grass groim 

 rocky islets extending clean across the river, forming, with the con- 

 necting ribs of great limestone reefs, over which the water falls in cas- 

 cades of from one to three or four feet high, a barrier impassable to 

 any kind of boat except through the boat channel. 



The channel passes through the first and second of these chains, 

 close to the left bank, as before stated, while, on approaching the 

 third and densest chain, it runs out almost across the river and then 

 goes down through the islands in a long, narrow, straight canal, down 

 which the water ripples and rushes with the speed of a millrace. To- 

 day is the third time that George and I have looked up that canal from 

 below, having missed the upper end of it every time heretofore, but 

 I'll warrant we'll run down it next cruise. 



After securing the channel the remaining three miles of the falls 

 gave us but little trouble. At the ford near the foot of the falls we 

 passed one of the gondolas or flat boats similar to the ones formerly 

 used in navigating the river in the ante-railroad days, loaded with bar- 

 rels from the heading factory a few miles above, and moored to the 

 bank. While at the factory we learned that their entire product was 

 boated down the river through the falls to this ford, and thence hauled 

 to the railroad, a few miles away. 



As we slid smoothly along past it on the rippling current, we at once 

 saw how it is that these big boats can navigate such a shallow river, 

 for it floated like a leaf on top of the water and did not draw much, if 

 anything, over two inches; less than half what our light canoes draw. 

 We still wonder, however, how they get them over some of the reefs 

 and falls we shoot, without their hanging up amidships; or how they 

 swing them across some of the sharp turns in the channel, for the 

 boats are 70ft. long and 10ft. wide— as big as a ferryboat. 



We had an exciting shoot over the old dam and down the short, 

 steop rapid below it, at the foot of the falls, and by 5 P. M. we had 

 reached our chosen camping-ground at the mouth of a small creek, 

 where we camped in '88. There is a good spring in the bank of the 

 creek some 50yds. up from the river, and we all walked up to it over 

 the roundabout path along the bank above the creek — for the driest 

 route up the creek bed is very muddy— and enjoyed to the utmost a 

 refreshing drink of water as well as a lemon decoction before making 

 camp. We pitched the camp on the bar but a foot or so above the 

 water, much as we did in '88, and the spot made a very comfortable 

 camping-place, and we had a good supper and pleasant evening in 

 camp before turning in for the night. 



Wednesday, Any. 10. 189%.— We were out at 4:30 this morning and 

 hurried through with our camp work and were afloat again by 7:30, so 

 as to get off as early as possible an,d avoid the heat of the day for 

 this, the homestretch of the cruise. Tne 10 miles from here to River- 

 ton is a troublesome stretch, as the river is so broad, shallow and full 

 of reefs that it is difficult to find water enough in places at the present 

 stage. However, profiting by the cruises of 1 88 and '91, we knew 

 prettv well now where to find the best water, and so had but little 

 trouble. 



The event of the day— indeed, of the entire cruise— was the running 

 of the shoot iu the Blakemore Dam. opposite Front Royal, a shoot we 

 have always heretofore declined. Tnis shoot is a massive log struc- 

 ture built out from the face of the dam— which is some 7 or 8ft high 



and sloping down to the level of the river below at an angle of about 



60 degrees. Pretty much all the water in the river rushes and roars 

 down this huge trough with tremendous power and violence, and 

 pitches off the lower end in a perpendicular cataract about a yard 

 high, while, even in the shoot itself, owing to inequalities in the floor, 

 the water rolls and pitches in huge waves, making a horribly rough 



lined river bank by the roadside, and made ourselves comfortable for 

 the rest of the day, as we cannot comfortably get things packed and 

 shipped for home until to-morrow. 



After putting the camp in order. I walked across to the post office to 

 get my letters from home. On the way over I passed a fine large 

 house, evidently full of summer people, for the ample verandah was 

 crowded witn young people, among whom I noted considerable of the 

 fair sex. My not too presentable canoeing costume— short trousers, 

 long stockings, etc., muddy and travel-stained from the long and 

 arduous cruise— seemed to attract some attention and afford some 

 amusement to the company, as well as to offer a little opportunity for 

 brilliant remarks at my expense, as I inferred from some of the obser- 

 vations dropped as I passed along. One very witty young man won- 

 dered audibly what I would take for the ''pants," while his fair com- 

 panion wondered whether I would be willing to throw in the helmet in 

 case a trade was consummated. As I. really did not care to dispose of 

 either, I turned a conveniently deaf ear to their remarks and hurried 

 on past, and on returning I took occasion to slip down a convenient 

 back way, fearing that if I again made myself visible somebody's in- 

 tellect might receive a strain. 



On my return to camp. George and I took advantage of the several 

 hours of afternoon still left us to go afisning. George went down be- 

 low the railroad bridge with his fly tackle, below the mouth of the 

 north fork, which comes in about a quarter of a mile below our camp, 

 while I fished f rem the dam with bait. This place is fished to death, 

 and at least twenty men and boys were fishing around in different 

 parts of the river; but I caught three nice bass, while George returned 

 at supper time with a string of some seven or eight floe ones. 



We had an elegant fish supper and had a party of lady visitors in 

 camp while I was getting it up, Lacy and George, of course, doing 

 the heavy sitting around, and entertaining the visitors with prepos- 

 terous and untrustworthy accounts of their adventures and hair- 

 breadth escapes during the cruise, while I did the rest. 



One pretty, bright-eyed young miss asked who did the cooking and 

 Lacy replied that the Commodore officiated in that capacity in addi- 

 tion to his other duties, and incidentally expatiated upon the Commo- 

 dore s skill as a culinary artist, upon which point Lacy may fairly be 

 considered an authority. "Oh, how nice!" she exclaimed, as Lacy 

 concluded his panegyric. "And you two gentlemen just take him 

 along with you for that purpose!" She was much abashed when the 

 boys broke into a loud guffaw, which gave her to understand that the 

 Commodore was permitted also to associate with them on terms of 

 entire equality. 



Thursday, Aug. 11, 1892.— We got a leisurely start this morning, as 

 there was no hurry; so leisurely, in fact, that when our fair visitors 

 of last night came down again at 9 o'clock to see the camp by day- 

 light and to see us pack they found me just beginning to get break- 

 fast and Lacy in the midst of a shave. In due time we were packed— 

 our fair friends watching the process with interest and with many 

 exclamations of wonder that so much plunder could be stowed into 

 so small a space— and the boats were carted across to the Virginia 

 Midland R. R. station and shipped for home via B. & O. freight, and 

 at 12:30 we embarked in a chair car on the N. & W road and were 

 soon speeding back up the river for home. We took a late dinner at 

 Wright's Hotel at Sheridan and had the usual tedious wait at Basic 

 City, and at 6:30 we reached Staunton and the cruise of "02 was over. 



Next year we will start from Mt. Crawford on North River instead 

 of cruising through Middle Rivr r, and will push right straight along 

 for the lower river without dallying along as we did on this cruise. 



This dallying on a cruise is really the pleasantest part of the trip; 

 there is no hurry, and it is better to take things easy, even at the ex- 

 pense of shortening the objective point of the cruise, as we did this 

 and last time, by stopping at Riverton instead of Harper's Ferry; but 

 we find that from two to three weeks is as long as we care to stay out, 

 and next year we will push along rapidly over the more familiar upper 

 river and dally along after we get further down, which will be better; 

 for the further down we get the better the fishiug becomes, and we can 

 thus spend more time in becoming better acquainted with the lower 

 river. Next year we intend to iseribe on our banners our legend, 

 after the classic motto of the famous Pike's Beaker of '49, "Harper's 

 Ferry or bust," and we have no idea of busting. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



Apropos of the kauri, or cowree, pine, recently mentioned by a cor- 

 respondent; Mr. F. A. Perrot, of Port Townsend^ Wash., has sent us a 

 small piece of the wood. The grain is somewhat similar in appearance 

 to beech wood, so much used here for planes and other tools. Mr. 

 Perrot says: "I have worked many thousand feet, and it is one of the 

 best, if not the best wood I have ever used; light, durable, free from 

 knots and finishes well. Kauri pine is worth $22 to $26 per thousand 

 in New Zealand. In regard to light woods in Australia, Spanish cedar 

 sells in Sydney, where it is brought from Queensland, for $22 per 

 thousand." 



A correspondent asks for information concerning the St. Francis 

 River, Lakes Memphremagog, Willoughby and Chrystal, and the Pas- 

 suoipsic River, on which he proposes to cruise in a canoe. 



Traverse City, Mich., Jan. 1.— Mr. J. A. Montague, V. E. Montague 

 and the writer must take credit for opening the canoe season so far as 

 Traverse Bay is concerned, having enjoyed a two hours' sail in the 

 canoe Ino this New Year's Day. For some years it has been our cus- 

 tom to take a sail on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day — 

 something the outside fiorio. '"ho iuo'cn ^orriv.-ro .\!!.:-h^;iu v. :i:s.i's 

 by what they read, would hardly think possible. Great interest will 

 be taken in canoeing here during the present year, several oanoes 

 being under construction, from which great speed is expected. — 8. 

 E. P. 



The annual meeting of the Red Dragon 0 C. was held on Jan. 5 at 

 the Colonnade Hotel. The following gentlemen were elected to fill the 

 offices for the ensuing year: Com.. H. E. McCormick: Vice-Corn., H. 

 W. Fleischman; Purser, A. S. Fenimore; Quartermaster, W. J. Seott; 

 Correspondent, F. O. Gross; Fleet Surgon, W. C. Fetridge, M.D.; 

 House Committee, W. J. Scott (chairman), H. D. Bachman, F. W. 

 Noyes, H Blumner, M. D. Wilt. 



At the election of the HobokeD C. C Jan. 3, the following officers 

 were elected: Com., Rich Biger; Vice-Corn., G V. Strahan; Treas., L. 

 C. Kretzmer; Sec'y, P. C. Gottschalk; Capt., Theo. Forst. 



It looked safe, however, with good management, so with tightly 

 closed hatches and aprons drawn up to our chins we engaged it, one at. 

 a time, George first, Lacy next and the Commodore last. The plunge 

 was a most exciting one, and the canoes were completely buried in the 

 water at the perpendicular drop at the bottom of the shroud, the 

 water rolled in a «olid sheet, a foot deep clear over our decks, from 

 stem to stern, and the sharp crests of the waves struck us in the face. 

 We al shipped a little water here, not to exceed a half gallon all told. 

 It was a most exciting episode, and worth the whole trip. I now feel 

 satisfied for I have never yet portaged this dam without feehng mean 

 at avoiding the shoot, and we have always heretofore considered it too 

 horribly rough to run. 



The remaining four miles of the cruise were made without incident. 

 We got a glimpse of the old, old story in the shape of a spruce looking 

 young man and his equally spruce looking best girl evidently from the 

 summer hotel at Front Royal spooning iu a beautiful shady nook on 

 th river bank; they were ostensibly fishing, but if they had had a 

 siriKe from a whale it i* not likely that it would have received much 

 attention. At exactly noon we ended the cruise by landing among the 

 miscellaneous collection of sail boats, skiffs, and gondolas, moved 

 under the steep high bank just above the big dam at Riverton; and, 

 after making the canoes fast, we climb,ed the rickety flight of steps 

 leading up to the road above, along which we walked to the flowing 

 spout where we refreshed ourselves with a copious draught of cool 

 water, alter which we returned to the canoes (taking with us a bucket 

 of wat^r) and paddled across to the left bank and had our lunch and 

 then leisurely unpacked the canoes, drew them ashore and put up the 

 camp on our old camp ground, & beautiful piece of turf on the tree- 



Jerseymen at the Targets. 



There was a good-sized crowd of riflemen and their friends in the 

 Greenville Schuetzen Park on New Year's afternoon. The weather 

 was warm and springlike and the light fine. The Zettler Bros., with a 

 party of New York and Brooklyn friends, were present and partici- 

 pated in a little informal practice. Five members of the Greenville 

 Club shot off a 50-shot handicap match for refreshments and a nomi- 

 ual stake. M. Dorrler was out with his new Ballard match rifle, his 

 first appearance with it on the range. Michael gave a little exhibition 

 of what he can do by putting up two scores of 224; he then let up a 

 little to allow the others to pull up. He then finished his fifty shots 

 with a total of 1,096. Plaisted was the only one to keep anywhere near 

 the champion. After finishing his fifty shots Chavant made a fine 

 practice score of ten shots, which will be found appended; 



C A Chavant 24 22 23 25 25 23 23 23 21 23—229 



Scores, 50-shot handicap sweepstake match: 

 WO Collins, .32-20-115 lub... 20 17 50 21 19 19 16 14 23 21—183 

 16 23 24 24 17 18 22 18 20 23—205 

 20 23 23 16 23 19 19 22 14 21—200 

 25 28 18 22 20 16 20 17 21 19-199 

 23 18 24 17 18 16 19 2a 17 19—193+60—1040 

 Colin Boag, .38-50-255, lub ..22 19 23 19 19 19 18 19 20 20-198 

 22 19 20 12 10 15 17 17 21 15—169 



18 19 22 19 22 25 21 22 14 18-200 



20 18 23 24 21 19 20 21 23 23-213 



12 34 18 83 17 24 21 23 24 22—2084-75—1083 

 G W Plaisted, .38-50-830 lub. .24 17 21 25 18 17 22 22 24 24—214 



21 20 24 22 24 16 22 24 20 21-214 



22 22 22 22 22 18 19 22 20 23—212 

 21 21 25 21 28 24 23 23 25 24 -229 



21 20 21 23 19 82 23 21 22 24—216 —1085 

 OA Chavant, .38-55-330 lub. .20 20 81 24 17 20 17 19 20 19—197 



22 22 25 22 21 83 23 24 17 19-217 



19 21 24 20 18 83 22 20 20 18-205 



21 19 83 24 17 80 31 17 18 21—200 



22 14 20 22 21 24 22 24 23 20 -2124-40-1071 

 M Dorrler, .38-55-225, patch. 25 21 30 20 23 24 25 20 23 23 -224 



23 24 24 20 24 .23 21 21 21 23-224 

 22 17 22 25 16 18 19 25 23 18—204 

 18 21 24 32 21 23 23 20 24 23-219 



25 23 23 .80 21 23 24 22 .32 22-225 —1096 



On Jan. 6 a half dozen riflemen from the Greenville and Excelsior 

 clubs, of Jersey City, met in the Greeuville Schuetzen Park for a 50 

 shot sweepstake match on the German ring target, handicap rules. 

 The weather was warm and pleasant, but as the day advanced the 

 light became a little too hazy for fine shooting. This, however, made 

 no perceptible difference in the zeal of the shooters in their efforts to 

 reach the center of the bull. Chavant, who by the way has been im- 

 proving in form of late, expressed himself as being satisfied to forego 



his usual handicap and start scratch. Hansen was late in getting out 

 t o the park and was handicapped with the uncertain light in the last 

 half of match. Under more favorable circumstances his score would 

 be many points better. Collins brought out a new Ballard .38-50 for 

 trial. His score shows quite an improvement over those of the past 

 few weeks. A few more practice shoots and his handicap will come 

 down several points. Colin Boag, with the aid of his handicap, reached 

 the highest total of the day. 



During the afternoon the portly form of that leader of experts, 

 Barney Walther, walked into the shooting house. His entrance was 

 the signal for an enthusiastic impromptu reception to this popular ex- 

 ponent of target-shooting. After a cordial hand olasp with all present 

 Barney was interrogated as to the whereabouts of his gun. His answer 

 was that he dropped in just for a social visit. All out of practice, bad 

 hardly fired a shot since the Chicago international tournament last 

 summer, but the growing reputation of the Greenville Club, and the 

 good repute of Jerseymen in general, had induced him to cross the 

 Hudson and venture a trip to Greenville on the trolley line. Mr. Bar- 

 ney Walther, iu a shooting house among riflemen is very much like a 

 drop of water on a hot stove cover, and on this occasion he was in his 

 usual lively mood. It did not take him long to brew a little rivalry 

 between two of the shooters present— Messrs. Hansen and Plaisted. 

 Barney picked out Hansen as, in bis judgment, the better man of the 

 two, and proceeded to arrange an impromptu match, ten shots per 

 man, risking a small bet on his judgment in order to have a little 

 sport and make. his carfare, as he expressed it. As a general thing the 

 shoemaker is quite, successful in picking a winner, but in this case he 

 was a little off, as the appended scores will show When the two con- 

 testants commenced their race the day had so far advanced that the 

 shades of night were crowding the daylighi to that extent that the 

 light was poor and the location of the bullseye somewhat uncertain. 

 After each man had fired two shots Walther expressed himself as 

 feeling quite sure of his expenses. The third round, however, gave 

 him a slight chill, and as the race progressed he ordered a little tonic 

 to ward off the inevitable. Scores: 



Plaisted 17 14 24 22 21 25 21 24 22 20-210 



Hansen 16 17 19 22 22 25 19 23 54 18 - 204 



The result was somewhat of a surprise to Walther, and yet did not 

 change his faith in the correctness of his judgment, and to convince 

 those present that he had not made an error he offered to back Han- 

 sen, in a 50 shot match for a moderate fraction of his shoe factory. 

 His offer was accepted, and the match will be shot off on Saturday, 

 Jan. 20, between 1 and 4 P. M. : 



Hansen, scratch 19 18 22 17 25 24 20 23 19 17—204 



19 25 22 23 21 24 20 21 32 23—219 



21 19 30 82 V:, r ji> 22 2:2 25-20? 



19 22 24 18 16 18 24 25 23 19—208 



16 17 19 22 22 25 19 22 14 18-204 —1038 

 Purkess 16 23 18 20 23 19 14 18 23 21—195 



23 22 17 25 14 21 12 21 0 16—191 



18 18 10 21 20 24 20 80 83 19—193 



20 24 19 17 17 19 20 17 24 20-197 " 



19 21 17 24 17 18 17 19 21 23— IP 64-75— 1047 

 C Boag 16 25 15 23 31 81 18 24 19 23—205 



19 17 13 21 22 19 18 28 21 18—190 



22 17 19 14 5 19 32 23 20 23—193 



23 22 21 19 22 21 23 24 22 19-213 



18 25 23 23 20 17 23 21 12 21—2044-75-1080 



Plaisted, scratch 80 31 16 83 33 33 31 33 33 23—213 



23 81 25 22 25 18 24 21 24 23—236 



22 22 23 34 15 12 33 23 15 23-222 



20 14 S3 23 23 83 31 23 21 17—207 



18 19 23 19 15 35 18 25 23 22—207 —1075 



Chavant, scratch 18 18 21 22 23 83 21 25 19 24-213 



13 24 23 21 21 25 21 24 21 23-216 

 20 25 19 21 24 18 24 19 20 23—213 

 33 19 33 39 19 23 25 17 23 24-220 



23 22 23 13 17 82 20 35 23 23—208 —1070 

 Collins 16 20 22 24 20 20 23 30 19 17-201 



17 24 23 25 17 18 21 25 21 85-216 

 23 22 24 12 19 14 23 14 23 21—195 

 17 24 15 80 23 24 33 19 17 22—204 



22 22 21 21 24 18 22 23 22 23-2184-40-1074 



Target Shooting Amid Snowflakes. 



A few of the regulars from the Greenville coterie of riflemen, met 

 in Armbruster's Park, Saturday afternoon for rifle practice. The 

 promised snowstorm of Father Duun came straggling along in an un- 

 certain sort of a way. At times sending down showers of fleecy flakes 

 and at others breaking away, permitting strong gleams of sunshine to 

 escape through the mass of clouds envelopiag the. surroundings. But 

 little incidents like snowstorms, sleet or rain, have no effect upon the 

 shooting energy of these cranks. So, as long as the target was up 

 and the marker in a sufficiently thawed out condition to show the 

 shots, the shooters kept up the contest. The afternoon was devoted 

 to a 50 shot handicap sweepstake match and pool shooting. 



Sweepstake rifle match: 

 Geo W Plaisted 23 23 33 18 25 23 24 20 14 17—208 



24 22 25 25 24 19 13 21 23 20-216 



25 22 24 17 24 24 21 18 25 25—225 



24 24 18 23 20 16 24 22 25 23—219 



20 25 24 19 24 22 19 23 29 34 -220— 1088 



CBoag 20 13 20 18 19 20 23 IB 21 19-189 



17 14 24 19 22 17 18 20 17 21—189 



25 21 20 17 19 17 24 23 19 19—205 

 23 20 22 23 24 21 20 21 25 22 - 381 



17 17 24 24 23 30 25 18 20 17-204+ 75-1083 

 C H Chavant 24 25 16 21 22 21 13 24 20 18-204 



20 20 22 21 24" 21 18 23 20 1 9—208 



19 18 23 25 23 82 19 22 19 23—212 

 25 22 20 21 23 22 35 80 19 23-219 



21 20 9 24 18 20 18 18 22 24—1944- 40-1077 

 CScheeline 16 19 30 12 16 14 80 11 15 21-164 



16 17 21 24 33 25 30 28 21 20-208 

 7 21 6 20 28 19 80 24 81 11—167 



20 17 17 12 17 20 15 21 21 12-172 



21 19 15 6 13 17 19 16 17 9—1524-100— 963 



Five shot pools: 



Plaisted .23 18 25 22 24—112 Soheeline 15 21 21 12 25— 94 



C Boag 19 18 25 25 19-106 Purkess 22 21 17 17 7— 84 



Chavant 20 19 22 21 20—102 



Cincinnati Rifles. 



Cincinnati, O., Dec. 31, 1893.— The Cincinnati Rifle Association held 

 its regular practice shoot and made the scores appended. Condi ions, 

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



Gindele 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 10-89 



9 88889788 10-83 



9 10 9679989 8-84 

 Louis 7 96899886 10—80 



96 10 896695 10—78 

 878 10 596 7 9 7—76 



Wellinger 8 10 7 8 8 7 8 7 8 9-80 



5987588 10 8 8—76 

 639899778 9—75 



Brumbach 5 10 6 7 10 10 7 10 7 9—81 



869667967 9-73 

 9 4 7 5 10 10 6 8 9 5-73 



Hake 6 7 5 4 10 4 4 9 6 7—62 



645765354 10-55 

 755665354 5—52 

 Payne 767995977 6—72 



10 10 7497894 6-74 

 7547 10 8569 9-69 



Topf 10 4 3 7 8 10 8 4 7 5—66 



576584 10 66 6-63 

 7 3 6499357 6-58 



Drube 10 5 5 8 10 9 9 9 8 9—82 



4988878 10 9 8—79 

 10 89657969 6—75 



Puthoff 4 9 7 10 8 9 3 0 10 3—63 



10 58539 R 76 7—66 



Nagel 20252422 6 0—25 



0 6 2 3 4 2 5 10 0—23 



A New Year's Score. 



Owensville, Ind., Jan 2. — Jas. Montgomery celebrated New Year's 

 by firing 55 shots at German ring target with a ,32-40-185 Ballard 

 Schuetzen, at 200yds., off-hand, with the following result; weather 

 conditions good; as pleasant as October: 



Jas Montgomery 21 24 22 19 24 24 18 23 19 20 -214 



23 22 20 22 18 20 19 25 20 20—209 



22 24 22 20 18 20 24 23 33 20-216 



23 18 24 21 20 22 21 21 19 19—208 

 23 23 21 22 23 21 20 21 23 23-218 



21 23 24 23 20 —111—1177 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Club, on Jan. 5, was well 

 attended, 21 members participating. O. H Chavant was high with the 

 good score of 240. The club shoots under class and handicap system, 

 and the handicap is so well adjusted that the poorest as well as the 

 best shot have a chance to reach the winning post. Scores: Chavant 

 240, Robidoux 238. Geo. Purkess 236, Dorrler 236. Lutz 239, Plaisted 234, 

 Collins 233, Spahh 231, Scheellne 2:10, J. Boag 225, C. Boag 228, E. 

 Wurs'ner 222, Agneau 820, Gotthardn' 314, Hill ,314, Holzapfel 209, F. 

 Wurstner 208, Huelsen 204, Lauer 191, Mang 183, Daniels 178, 



