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A Canoe Trip on South Branch of the Potomac. 



Two years ago I sent to the Forest and Stream a description of a 

 canoe trip down the South Branch of the Potomac which was cut 

 short by a. flood that drove us from the river. This summer my friend 

 Semmes and I determined to take the same trip over again, hoping 

 that the conditions would be favorable for our successful run of the 

 river to its mouth. We purchased two canvas canoes that we saw 

 advertised in your valuable journal as having solid wood bottoms, 

 and which we hoped would stand the wear and tear better than one 

 not having such solid support on the bottom. 



We went up to Petersburg, W. Va., as before and made our start 

 from there. While we wereputting the boats together I was suddenly 

 taken with a terribe attack of lumbago and thought for a time I 

 would have to give up the trip, but by a lavish use of a liniment pro- 

 cured at a conntry store, well rubbed in by my friend Semmes, I was 

 considerably relieved and determined to attempt the trip. 



Putting our boats into the water we found that they w r ere very 

 cranky and that it was 'almost impossible to get into them in deep 

 water without capsizing, so we were forced to adopt the plan of run- 

 ning them into shallow water, so that when we stepped into them 

 they would touch bottom and thus prevent a capsize. Sometimes 

 this entailed considerable labor to get them started, especially when 

 they had grounded on a round stone amidships. We had to follow 

 this plan~for the whole trip, and even with this precaution made 

 some narrow escapes, frequently shipping considerable water. After 

 the boats were loaded and started, if one sat exactly in the center, 

 parted his hair in the middle and did not wink either eye, they could 

 manage to get along quite well. 



We found the river very low, which made the trip laborious in the 

 extreme, as we had to walk a great deal and tow the boats, and were 

 sure to ground at every ripple" I must say tb,e bottom of the boats 

 withstood very well the rubbing and grinding over slate ledges, 

 boulders and gravel; but we had to stay in camp two days in thy 

 Trough, patching and reparing damages, as they leaked quite badly. 

 We soon passed through the. Trough, the beauty of which wild moun- 

 tain gorge I tried to describe in my former letter, aud put up for one 

 night at Mr. Miller's, where we had to leave the river two years before. 

 We found the canoe we had left there on our former trip, still in good 

 condition, although it had been used a great deal by the gentleman to 

 ■whom we sold it. 



At Miller's they gave us some milk to drink that tasted of ragweed, 

 and which made me very sick. The drought was severe all through 

 the country, and the cows were eating ragweed or anything else they 

 could chew. 



My rheumatism still stuck to me, but moved up between my 

 shoulders and I suffered a good deal, although I tried to bear up, and 

 not let Semmes know how badly I felt. We tried the fish at every 

 likely looking place but found they would not rise. 



We changed our flies over and over again, and east until we were 

 tired; we trolled through the deep holes but it was no use, we barely 

 caught fish enough to supply our table. Semmes bad the misfortune 

 to break one of his tips, and later on while trying to avoid a capsize, 

 fell on his rod and smashed it completely. I capsized in a rapid, and 

 after securing and bailing my boat found my rod was gone. Both of 

 these rods were Leonard bass fly-rods with which we had fished fif- 

 teen years, and with each of which we had captured not less than 

 1,000 bass. Attached to my rod was a flue aluminum automatic reel 

 which my son brought me from the World's Pair, and which I prized 

 very highly on that account. We searched diligently for the rod but 

 without success. Just below the rapid there was a hole 15ft. deep and 

 we supposed the rod had been carried into it. These mishaps to our 

 rods ended our fishing, and from there on the trip was entirely a boat- 

 ing one. 



After passing Moorefleld we saw an old negro man seated in a chair 

 on a bar out in the river fishing. I took several shots at him with the 

 kodak, and got some good pictures of him. He rather resented my 

 taking his picture, and said to me in a deep guttural voice, "Has you 

 got any whisky" and on being told we had none he grunted out 

 "Wouldn't ha' let you take dat picture if I'd a know'd you didn't hab 

 no whisky." We each had a Protean tent 6x~ and a folding cot with 

 air pillow, and managed to be very comfortable at night; but I would 

 get so still in the back after being asleep for a while, that I could 

 hardly move. We had plenty of provisions, and caught enough fish 

 each day for our table. I was cook, aud Semmes was dishwasher, but 

 we had only been on our journey a few days, when he said he wished 

 he could cook, so as to change places with me. 



We made our camp on an island just above the bridge at Romney, 

 and Semmes sent for a team, went up to the town for the mail, and 

 also had our shoes hobnailed, as they had become quite smooth from 

 the fearful bad wading we had above Romney. The next day we 

 passed Parson's, at Hanging Rock, where there was quite a crowd of 

 fishermen, but they were having no luck. About 5:30 P.M. we came 

 in sight of Mr. Michael Blue's farm, where we knew we would 

 have a cordial welcome, and where we intended to spend a couple of 

 days resting, for we were very tired. We slept like logs in Mrs. Blue's 

 clean, comfortable beds and enjoyed her fried chicken and corn cakes 

 hugely. Semmes started off nest day to hunt squirrels, accompanied 

 by a nephew of Mr. Blue's who had never fired a gun. They met 

 •with rather poor success, but ran a large fox-squirrel into his den. 

 The boy seeing a leader with, flies attached wound around Semmes's 

 hat, proposed to climb the tree and fish the squirrel out. After several 

 attempts he succeeded in hooking him, and by steady pulling got him 

 out, but unfortunately the leader^ being dry, broke and he escaped 

 •with a portion of it and two flies attached to him. 



In the afternoon Semmes strolled out a short distance from the 

 house with his rifle and shot a nice fat male pheasant. On a former 

 visit to Mr. Blue we were much interested in an old negro man, Uncle 

 Dave, who had been a slave all his life in the Blue family. After the 

 emancipation proclamation 5] r. Blue told Dave he was a free man, and 

 could go where he pleased. Uncle Dave took advantage of this per- 

 mission and went to Cumberland, but stayed only a short time, his 

 affection for his old master and the home ties of the old farm were 

 too strong for him, and he returned, saying he wanted to stay. Mr. 

 Blue gave him his cabin, which he had lived in before, aud his garden 

 patch, and told him he would pay him $10 a month and his board as 

 long as he cared to work for him. The faithful old creature never left 

 the place again, and died in his cabin last winter. Mr. Blue said he 

 now thought seriously of giving up farming, as he had only kept on 

 the past few years for Uucle Dave's sake, as he was sure it would have 

 broken the old fellow's heart if he had stopped during his life. He 

 seemed very much devoted to his old slave, spoke of him, and in fact, 

 said he looked upon him as a brother. He paid a high tribute to his 

 integrity and honesty, saying he had never known him to tell a lie, and 

 that he would have trusted him with untold gold. 



After leaving Mr. Blue's we had to carry over two mill dams, which 

 was tedious and tiresome work, We made our last camp a mile below 

 the second dam in a beautiful grove of sycamores, close to the river 

 bank, and passed a quiet night. The next day we reached Mr. Ned 

 Washington's, where we received a hearty welcome and had a splendid 

 dinner. As it was only four miles from his place to Guthrie's at the 

 mouth of the river, by the road, and was twenty -Ave miles by water, 

 •we concluded to hire a wagon from Mr. W. and make the trip to Mr. 

 Guthrie's that evening. We folded up the boats, packed them and our 

 duds in the wagon, and after a pleasant drive, fording the river twice, 

 we arrived at our destination. We also had a cordial welcome here, 

 although Mr. G. had several visitors and had to inconvenience himself 

 considerably to accommodate us. We enjoyed two good meals, haviug 

 for breakfast delicious waffles, for which Mrs G. is celebrated, nice 

 honey and good coffee. We separated here, Semmes going to Bedford 

 to join his family and I to my home in Baltimore county, both of us 

 deciding that the trip had been the most unsatisfactory, unfortunate, 

 unsuccessful and tiresome fishing trip we had ever taken. 



A long time after my return home I received a letter from Mr. Robt. 

 White, of Romney, informing me he had found my rod, with reel and 

 line attached, hung to a snag in the river just about where I had lost 

 it. He very kindly returned them to me, but the rod was ruined. The 

 reel I sent to the maker, who made a very liberal exchange with me, 

 sending me another reel. I succeeded in getting many good Kodak 

 pictures on this trip. Edward A. Robinson. 



Baltimore, Dec. 16. 



lifle ^znge and %&lhrg. 



San Francisco Riflemen. 



San Francisco. Jan. 15— The chief bit of news in the local shooting 

 world is embodied in the inclosed excerpt from one of our leading 

 dailies auent the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club and also the pro- 

 gramme of the club for 1894. The latter is a varied one, and their idea 

 of an all-around shooting organization is an innovation on this coast. 

 As this organization is composed of workers it is not doubted that it 

 will prove a success. Yesterday being excessively stormy the attend- 

 ance was small. The scores are fair: 



The Columbia Pistol and Ride Club is the name of the reorganized 

 Pistol and Rifle Club. This club elected the following new officers last 

 •week: Dr. Lee O. Rodgers, President; E. Hovey, Vice-President; Her- 

 mann Heeth, Treasurer; F. O. Young, Secretary. This is the only 

 American all-around shooting organization on the coast, and it has 

 begun the new year by offering eleven medals for pistol, military rifle 

 and rest shooting. The second Sunday is devoted to members and 

 all-comer's matches, and the second Sunday to all-comers. Yesterday 

 the champion class pistol contest for members resulted as follows: 



Pistol 50yds., rifle 200yds., standard American target, medals for 

 members only, no re-entry: 



Pistol, championship class: 

 H Heeth 10 9 9 10 7 9 9 9 10 10-92 



A. Heeth 91, F. O. Young 90, E, Hovey 86, C. M. Daiss 83. 

 * First cl&iSs* 



FGehret....'. 10 8 7 8 10 8 10 8 8 7-84 



F. Baumgartner 83, Dr. Rodgers 61, A. H. Brod 80, Capt. J. E. 

 Klein 79. 



Second class: A. Gehret 79, L. Zimmerman 63, 0. Thierbach 57, A. 

 Mocker 46, L. C. Rabin 46. 



Rifle, champion class: 

 F O Young 8 10 9 9 8 8 9 9 10 9-89 



Dr. Rodgers 84, E. Hovey 82, C. Thierbach 76. 



HHellberg.! 8 10 6 8 10 8 9 9 10 5— 83 



A. Gehret 79, P. Boht 79, F. Gehret 78, P. Baumgartner 76. 

 Second class: C. M. Daiss 59, L. C. Babin 68, G. Bank 52, L. Zimmer- 

 man 43. 



Record medals, open to all comers, re-entry. Pistol, Blanding medal. 

 E Hovey 9 10 10 9 9 8 8 9 8 10-90 



A Heeth 89, S. I. Kellogg 88, F. O. Young 88, C. M. Daiss 67. 



Any rifle, Roos medal: 

 FO Young 10 8 8 10 7 9 10 8 7 10-87 



E. Hovey 86, S. I. Kellogg 84, H. Hellberg 83, Dr. Rodgers 82, A. 

 Gehret 81. W. Glindeman 80. 



Springfield rifle, Glindeman medal: 

 A Heeth 4 10 9 10 6 9 7 5 8 7—75 



A. Gehret 71, F. Gehret 68, H. L. Pendleton 61. 



Rest shooting, medal: 



F O Young .• 10 9 11 12 10 10 11 12 8 10-103 



B Kemtzer 10 12 10 3 11 12 11 9 9 8-100 



The correspondence evoked by "Diamond Walt" shows that the 

 Forest and Stream has numerous wideawake marksmen among its 

 readers. An original article now and then from some of them anent 

 rifle or pistol would be very welcome to many of us who are seeking 

 light. ., 



The San Francisco Schuetzen are making preparations for a notable 

 opening of their big mid-winter fair shoot on Feb. 4.. The governor 

 and other prominent citizens will be present. They hope to have fair 

 weather for their picnic. The shooting, however, will take place, rain 

 or shine. . Roeel. 



Jerseymen at the Targets. 



The regular Saturday shoot in Armbruster's Park, Greenville, N. J., 

 on Jan. 27, brought together four of the regulars of the Greenville 

 ■Club, and Capt. Hansen of the Excelsior Club. The snow storm of the 

 uight previous had cleared away and the weather was clear and cold. 



The bright sun combined with the snow had its effects upon the eyes 

 of the shooters, thereby causing some unaccountable shots. C. A. 

 Chavant has made such improvement in his shooting form, that he now 

 declines any further assistance in the way of a handicap. 



To-day he shot in good form and made the good score of 1,069 points 

 in his 50 shots, the highest total of the day. Plaisted was second with 

 ■1,059, and Hansen third with 1,054. The latter had two or three 

 unfortunate shots that spoiled his opportunities for the highest score 

 of the day. 



Collins was in hard luck all the afternoon, and could not seem to keep 

 his rifle in satisfactory working order. It had one of those eccentric 

 freaks that sometimes comes in winter shooting.. Colin Boag also 

 claimed that his rifle was a little off in form. 



After completing the SO shot events, all except Capt. Hansen indulged 

 in a series of 3 shot shoots. Scores: 



Pool Shooting. 

 1st 2d 3d 4th 



Boag 16 17 15-48 20 20 23— 63 21 25 18—63 18 20 22—60 



Plaisted 20 16 23—59 21 15 23—59 22 17 22—61 16 22 20-58 



Collins 19 23 20—62 19 25 20—64 16 23 22-61 24 15 16—55 



Hansen 22 24 83-69 - ".. 



Chavant 20 18 19-57 20 21 21—62 22 19 21—62 19 19 22—60 



5th 6th 7th 



Plaisted 19 21 24-64 22 24 22—68 25 21 24—70 



Collins 15 23 17- 55 18 14 w 



Chavant 21 21 23—65 17 24 21—62 



Boag 20 18 w 



Hansen, scratch. 15 18 22 21 25 24 10 22 21 20-207 



20 20 23 22 20 19 20 21 21 22—208 

 18 24 23 2H 24 25 32 24 23 1 9-225 



18 22 23 19 24 24 24 10 22 21—206 



23 22 20 7 23 23 25 20 24 21-208-1054 

 Plaisted, scratch 20 25 23 23 21 22 23 22 19 21—219 



24 23 19 20 22 22 23 24 24 21—222 

 20 22 24 24 18 21 22 20 17 25—213. 

 20 15 21 20 20 22 23 22 16 24—203 



20 16 23 22 19 21 21 23 25 15—202—1059 

 Chavant, scratch 22 21 21 20 19 25 23 22 23 19-215 



19 17 21 23 22 24 17 25 16 25-209 



21 20 20 19 23 19 22 21 25 23—214 

 18 20 21 24 19 20 23 21 24 22—212 



24 23 24 22 23 19 23 19 21 21-219-1069 

 Collins, handicap. 2 20 20 19 20 6 10 14 23 12—146 



20 19 20 24 15 24 17 19 18 20—196 

 18 24 19 22 12 17 24 18 15 15—184 



9 25 5 17 4 17 17 20 20 20—154 



21 16 16 19 19 17 19 20 20 20—190-1-60— 930 

 C Boag, handicap 24 24 17 9 19 18 23 19 21 18—193 



17 17 22 20 22 21 18 23 19 19—198 

 23 18 16 24 19 18 12 20 19 17—186 

 17 20 20 15 19 19 21 21 20 16—188 



25 20 19 17 22 25 25 . . 21 21—195+75-1035 



Smith & Wesson Pistol Club. 



Springfield, Mass., Jan. 26.— Standard American target 



JHWesson ...7 7 8 9 10 10 10 



OS Axtell i 7 8 9 9. 9 6 10 



A L Smith. 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 



Z L Talbot 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 



Chas Clark 6 5 7 8 9 9 10 



WHStodden... 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 



J E Goodrich • 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 



OEHodskins 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 



FGHodskins 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 



J R Buchannon 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 



D W Ware. 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 



HT Houghton 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 



B T Reed 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 



Standard American target, 50yds.: 



J E Goodrich ...7 7 8 8 9 9 9 



J H Wesson 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 



A L Smith .... 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 



EH Clement.. 7 7 7 8 8 5 9 



J C Talbot 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 



0 S Axtell 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 



JRBuchanon 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 



D W Ware 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 



WHStaddeu 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 



O E Hodskins 5 9 7 7 8 8 8 



Chas Clark 5 6 6 6 6 7 9 



T D Clark, 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 



, 20yds. : 

 10 10 10-91 

 10 10 10—91 

 10 10 10—89 

 10 10 10-87 

 10 10 10—84 

 10 10 10—84 

 10 10 10—82 

 9 9 10—82 

 9 10 10—81 



8 9 10—75 



9 9 10—75 

 6 10 10—73 



< 8 9 10—72 



10 10 10-87 

 10 10 10-85 

 9 9 9—83 

 9 9 10—83 

 9 9 9—82 

 9 9 9—80 

 9 10 10-80 

 10 10 10— 79 

 8 8 10—78 



8 9 9—75 



9 10 10—74 

 10 10 0—70 



The Zettler Club Gallery Tournament. 



The annual winter gallery prize shoot of the I Zettler Rifle Club, 

 which was opened on Jan. 20, was brought to a successful close on the 

 night of the 22d. The shooting was the best and the scores the highest 

 ever made at any previous shoot on this range, and are no doubt the 

 best made at any other gallery prize shoot in the country. No less 

 than three full scores were made (150), two tickets to count, and four 

 scores were made counting 149 each. There were three scores of 148, 

 two of 147 and three of 146, the latter scores taking the last three prizes 

 on the list. On the bullseye target the shooting was equally good. 

 The best center was made by Jas. Hughes, of the Excelsior Club, and 

 measured only 10 degrees, or an almost perfect center. 



All of the prominent gallery shooters were present and took part in 

 the contest, and when the tournament was closed there was a prevail- 

 ing sentiment that in order to keep up the interest in gallery shooting 

 for the future, there would have to a new target devised that would 

 be more difficult to make the possible or full score upon. Scores: 



Twenty-five ring target, 15 prizes, 3 shots per ticket, two best to 

 count: 



H Holges 75 75—150 S25 B Walther 74 74—148 $5 



Gus Zimmerman 75 75—150 20 M Dorrler 74 74—148 4 



WRosenbaum 75 75—150 15 LP Hansen 73 74-147 3 



Louis Buss 75 75—149 10 CG Zettler 73 74—147 3 



B Zettler 74 75—149 9 H D Muller 72 74—146 2 



R Busse 74 75—149 8 O Hutch 73 73—146 2 



F C Ross 74 75—149 7 B Zahn 73 73—146 1 



M B Engel 74 74—148 6 



Bullseye target, best center shot, 10 prizes: Jas. Hughes 10 degrees, 

 Gus. Nowak 12, F. C. Ross 12J4. Gus Zimmerman 14, Louis Flach 14U, 

 Louis Buss 15, W. Rosenbaum 15>g, H. Holges 27, R. Busse 1% W. C. 

 Collins 18. 



Most builseyes: Louis Flach 48, G. Zimmerman 42, W. Rosenbaum 

 42. 



Paterson Riflemen. 



The weekly shoot of the Paterson Rifle Association on Jan. 21 did 

 not have its usual attendance owing to the unfavorable weather con- 

 ditions. The six members present devoted the afternoon to sweep 

 stake shooting and finished up the day with a team match. Scores: 



Distance 100yds., German ring target, possible $200. First sweep: 



J W Foster 19 19 20 17 15 20 13 18 16 18-175 



W Dutcher 14 18 16 16 18 16 20 16 15 19—168 



J W Johnson 17 18 19 20 19 15 13 19 17 14—165 



A Newby 14 15 12 20 14 16 14 17 16 lg— 154 



T Eelley 17 17 16 14 14 17 10 12 12 18—147 



B Maskell 14 15 19 15 19 w 



Second sweep: 



W Dutcher 19 18 17 16 17 16 18 19 19 16—175 



J W Foster 18 19 16 18 16 18 19 17 15 14—170 



A Newby 11 7 18 18 18 15 17 19 18 18—159 



TKelley ..14 16 11 17 11 19 12 15 20 17—152 



J W Johnson , 16 13 16 18 15 10 18 15 14 15-150 



B Maskell 16 17 7 10 13 16 19 18 16 16-148 



Third sweep, 5 shots per man: 

 J Foster, . . .17 14 20 18 17—86 W Dutcher..l5 16 19 18 18—86 



B Maskell. ..17 16 19 14 20-86 T Kelley. . . .17 14 18 14 17—79 



A Newby... 17 14 15 18 13-77-249 J Johnson. .15 12 17 11 14-69-234 



Lady Miller Club. 



The members of the Lady Miller Club keep up their weekly practice 

 at the targets; the average attendance, if anything, is on the increase. 

 The ladies discarded the muzzle rest long ago and now center the 

 bullseye in good old orthodox, off-hand style. In the competition on 

 Jan. 22 the maidens were in the lead, capturing two of the three class 

 medals. The first class medal was won bv Miss Kloepping, the second 

 by Mrs. Bordman, the third oy Miss Begerow. Scores: Ten shots, possi- 

 ble 250, distance 75ft.: Miss Kloepping 231. Miss Begerow 221, Mrs. 

 Bordeman 219, Mrs. Meyns 218, Mrs. Stadler 220, Mrs. Fisher 222, Mrs. 

 Stein 2J5, Miss .1. Gearhead 210, Mrs. D. Miller 208, Mrs. Ahnert 219 

 Miss Richmond 203, Miss Bender 205, Miss Saunders 201, Miss Volk 200 



New Yox*k Rifle Club. 



New York, Jan. 28.— The New York Rifle Club held its regular 

 weekly shoot at Zettler's gallery, 12 St. Marks place, on the 27th inst. 

 The following members were present and made the scores credited to 

 them. Two scores only are allowed each date for class medals and 

 special prizes: 



Chadbourne 243 240 Barker 235 230 



Young 239 236 H Duane 234 232 



isbell 239 285 Crocker 233 232 



Herrington 236 228 Hamilton 234 222 



Gensch 234 234 



E. R. Chadbourne, Sec'y 2T. Y. R. C. 



New York Central Corps. 



Tbe New York Central Corps held a practice shoot on the Zettler 

 ranges ou Wednesday night of last week. Capt. Muesse, the team 

 captain, is getting his team into good form for the match with teams 

 from the New York City Corps, the New York Corps and the Harlem 

 Independent Corps, which takes place on Feb. 7. Scores: Capt. Muesse 

 221, Gus Zimmerman 238, Emil Berckman 233, Jas. Jordan 225, H. C. 

 Gram merman 238, C. Pelts 222, W. Schneeweiss 237, H. D. Muller 227, 

 John Reithweisner 229, F. Schroeder 231, M. Ficken 228, F. Schill 238, 

 W. Seppendf eldt 223, H. Koster 236. 



Zettler Rifle Club. 



At the weekly gallery shoot of the Zettler Club on Jan. 23 eleven 

 members participated. Fred Ross won the champion medal on a 

 score of 246. Louis Flach got the honors for the highest score for the 

 night with 248, Zimmerman, Ross and Holges were tied for second 

 place with 247 each. Scores: 



Champion medal: F. C. Ross 246, Louis Flach 242. H. Holges 241, 

 M. B. Engel 241, Gus Zimmerman 240, C. G. Zettler 240. B. Zettler 240, 

 B. Walther 240, R. Busse 2:38, H. D. Muller 236. 



Best 10-shot score (Sentries): Louis Flach 248, F. C. Ross 247, Gus 

 Zimmerman 247, H. Holges 247, B. Walther 246, R. Busse 244, M. B. 

 Engel 243, Gus Nowak 242; B. Zettler 243, C. G. Zettler 241, H. D. Mul- 

 ler 239. 



Palisade Rifle Club. 



The weekly shoot of the Palisade Club on Jan. 21 brought together 

 thirteen members in competition for the club medal. The members 

 of this club are young in years as well as in shooting experience, but 

 their scores show that a little experience will put them on a par with 

 some of our older clubs. Scores: George Door 236, C. A. Aufderheide 

 336. Fred Asperer 234. R. Rose 221, F. Krobatsch 219, R. Glaser 219, F. 

 Miller 219. Ad. Ahlars 208, Aug. Ahlars 209, W. Ahlars 208, Chas. Hem- 

 berger 204, Fred Ward 190, Wm. Bamtemp 181. 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



Eighteen members of the Schlicht Club participated in the weekly 

 shoot for class medals on Jan. 22. W. Schlicht won the Champion 

 Medal, E. O. Brellinthine the first class, Aug. Meyer the second class 

 and Chas. Meyer the third class medal. Ten shots, possible, 250, 

 distance 75 ft. "Scores: Geo, Schlicht 242, Wm. Schlicht 232. S. Graver 

 230, E. O. Brellenthine 229. Geo. Dorr 226, Aug. Meyer 225, Charley 

 Meyer 222, Fred Lambert 219, Geo. Richert 218, Cha. Greek 216, Jacob 

 Schlicht 216, Ine Dorr 209, Peter Matte 209, Andrew Dubline 204, Geo. 

 Laulenberger 203, Conrad Schlicht 202, Gust. Tribout 196, John 

 Bonders 193. 



A Challenge for Youngsters. 



Chicago Jan. 20, 1894.— Editor Forest and Stream : I will renew 

 the challenge pulished Jan. 6, '94, in the following shape: 



I hereby challenge any boy under 12 years of age in the State of 

 Illinois to shoot a rifle match against my son Alfred at 48 balls, 3 balls 

 to be started on the wire at the same time, 3 shots to count if rifle is 

 raised to the shoulder, and from 50 to 150 shots at any movable 

 target or object to be chosen by party accepting challenge. I will 

 leave it to the contestant to shoot for the honor of the championship 

 or a medal not to exceed $50. Address reply to Forest and Stream. 



__, 0. H. Bisson. 



New York Rifle Club. 



The New York Rifle Club held its regular weekly shoot at Zettler's 

 gallery, 12 St. Mark's place, on the 20th inst. The following members 

 were present and made the scores credited to them, the two best tar- 

 gets being counted for medal scores each date: 



Young 241 238 Chadbourne 237 236 



Herrington 239 238 Barker 231 226 



Isbell ...239 238 Duane 226 223 



Crocker 239 232 Daly 224 219 



Gensch 238 237 



Miller Rifle Club. 



At the weekly shoot of the Miller Club, on Jan. 25, the following 

 scores were made by the members participating: Capt. E. Fisher 242, 

 A. Meyns 237, D. Miller 234, R. W. Dewey 221, w. Taylor 230, R. Zoch 

 230, G. Weltz 223, F. Kammel 208. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



At the weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Club, on Jan. 26, seven- 

 teen members participated. Purkess and Collins divided the honors 

 for the highest score of the night, each making 241. Scores: Robidoux 

 829, Purkess 241, Collins 241, Chavant 232, Gotthardt 225, Spohn 227, ' 

 Hill 215, Graef 201. Barr 206, Scheeline 235, J. Boag 232, Dodds 236, Lutz 

 233, Agneau 220, E. Wurstner 216, Daniels 102. 



Heidenreich Rifle Club. 



Shooting at the distance of 100ft.: Horn 237, Goodman 225, May 211, 

 Busch 235, Roberts 231, Dempsey 217, Heidenreich 209. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



"Tode" makes a plea for a standard target for rifle shooting. 

 This question has been a matter for discussion among the fraternity 

 for a long time. Some four years since, Wm. Hayes, of Newark, 

 N. J , devised a new target, calling it the Champion Target, the bulls 

 eye being lOin. in diameter, the entire target being divided into 15 

 rings liu. apart, the 2in. center of the bull counting 15 and the fifth 

 or outer ring in the bull 11. It was thought when this target came 

 out that it would become popular with riflemen east and west; for 

 the bullseye was the medium between the 8in. standard American 



