890 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 3, 1894. 
American Canoe Association. 
Port Henry, N. Y., Oct. 23.— The annual meeting of the executive 
■committee and board of governors of the American Canoe Association 
•will be held at the Kenmore Hotel, Albany, on Monday, Nov 12, at 10 
A. M. It i» hoped that all members of the commit! ee will make a 
special effort to be present, at this meeting. Attention is called to 
Article XII. of the constitution, requiring the publication for two 
-weeks, of any proposed amendments. W. C. Witherbke, Com. 
C. E. Cragg, Sec'y-Treas. 
Article XII.— Amendments— This constitution may be amended at 
any meeting of the executive committee, provided the amendment 
receive the votes of at least two-thirds of said committee, and has 
been published in one of the official organs of the A. O. A. at least two 
weeks before being voted upon, or by a writiDg signed by the commo- 
dore and two-thirds of the members of the executive committee after 
a similar publication. 
An Indian Dugout. 
"While George Eathbone. a local fisherman, was drawing a seine in 
30ft of water in Otsego Lake, N. Y., between Sunken Island and West 
Wellington, the seine caught in some bulky obstacle at the bottom of 
the Jake, and after tugging some time, it was dragged to the shore, 
when the object proved to be a dugout canoe, which from its manner 
of construction indicated a most interesting period of antiquity. The 
sides of the dugout canoe were all gone, but the rest of it was in ex- 
cellent state of preservation The canoe had evidently been dug out 
of the solid log with stone implements and each end burned out, as 
was the customary method among the Indians in America prior to its 
first settlement by the white people. An interesting feature of the 
discovf ry is the fact that it was found at Sunken Island, near Tom 
Hutter's muskrat castle, as depicted in Cooper's famous novel, "Deer- 
slayer." The old dugout has attracted much attention, and maDy 
people have come to see it from far and near.— Gazette and Sun. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
The following ladies are proposed for associate membership in the 
A. C. A.: Mrs. Henry V. Backus, Rochester, N: T.; Miss Isabella 
Carter, Miss Ruberta Brsine. Newark, N. J.; Mrs. W. C. Witberbee, 
Port Henry, N. Y. Atlantic Division: Augustus S. Mapes, New York. 
District of Columbia Outshoots New Jersey. 
During the fall meeting at Sea Girt last September an invitation was 
extended by the District of Columbia team to she New Jersey team to 
visit Washington as the guests of the National Guard of the District 
of Ci lumbia. The invitation was accepted and it was arranged that 
during the -visit a team match should be shot off. Last week Gov. 
Werts and his staff, accompanied by New Jersey's crack team, started 
for the capital .to fulfill the engagement made in September. The ap- 
pended press dispatch gives the result of the match: 
Washington. Oct. 27. — The rifle team of the District National Guard 
defeated the State team of New Jersey to-day at Marshall Hall, oppo- 
site Mount Vernon, by thirty-one points. Each team was composed 
of ten men, and the ranges were 200 and 500yds , with fifteen shots at 
each distance. Private Scott. D. C. N. G., made the highest score, 140 
out of a possiblr 150. Brig.-Gen. B W. Spencer. Inspector-General of 
Rifle Practice, N.J.N. G.,and Mai George H. Harries, Inspector- 
General of Rifle Practice, D. C. N. G., commanded their respective 
teams. Capt. G. DeL. Walker, 6th Regiment, N. J. N. G., was range 
officer. The score was as follows: 
Two hundred yards— District team: 
Pvt Scott 70 Capt Bell 60 
Pvt Wetherald 66 Capt Mayer 64 
Lieut Young 63 Capt Pollard 65 
Pvt Lerzear 64 
Sergt Dickey 65 
Sergt Stewart 60 
Corp Appleby 57 
Capt Graff 63 
Pvt Beck 59 
Sergt Dietrich 65 
Pvt JLKuser. 
Pvt Ransom. . . 
Col ARKuser. 
.67 
.60 
.66 
Graff 69 
Beck 67 
Dietrich 64 
Dickey 70 
Stewart 64 
Appleby 66 
J L Kuser 65 
Sanson 63 
A R Kuser 67 
New Jersey team : 
Pvt Haves 65 
Col Owens 69 
Col Dicker 62 
Maj Currie 61 
Five hundred yards— District team: 
Scott 70 Bell 69 
Wetherald 69 Mayer 63 
Young 59 Pollard 66 
Leizar tfS 
New Jersey team: 
Hayes 67 
Owens 55 
Decker 67 
Currie 54 
Totals- District team: 
Scott 140 Bell 129 Stewart 124 
Wetherald 135 Mayer 127 Appleby 123 
Young 122 Pollard 181 
Leizar 130 Dickey 135 Team total 1296 
New Jersey team: 
Hayes 132 Graff 132 
Owens 114 Beck 126 
Decker 129 Dietrich 129 
Currie 115 JLKuser 132 
The New Jersey team have an engagement with the Georgia team 
made at the same time as that with the District of Columbia team, to 
visit Savannah, Ga., in February. It is said that a large delegation 
headed by Gov. Werts will accompany the team to Savannah. 
Ransom 123 
A R Kuser 139 
Team total 1265 
Cincinnati Rifles. 
Cincinnati. Oct. 21.— Cincinnati Rifle Association's 
shoot. Conditions 200yds., off-hand, at the standard 
Gindele 10 9 10 10 9 
9 8 10 8 9 
9 9 9 7 8 
8 9 9 8 9 
Payne 8 8 7 9 6 
9 10 10 10 6 
6 10 9 9 7 
9 6 8 7 5 
Weinheimer 9 10 9 10 10 
7 8 10 8 7 
7 10 10 7 V 
7 6 9 6 8 
Hake 5 4 6 3 6 
7 9 4 6 6 
5 9 6 4 8 
See 10 3 8 10 8 
10 9 7 5 7 
7 5 9 7 7 
8 10 6 9 5 
Roberts 6 9 8 6 10 
7 5 10 9 8 
7 6 7 8 7 
7 9 8 10 7 
Scbmidlin.. , 2 9 5 3 2 
5 5 5 2 1 
2 5 2 4 10 
Topf 6 6 8 5 4 
3 4 7 6 9 
4 6 8 4 9 
8 2 4 9 6 
Moher 5 9 6 3 6 
4 16 5 7 
115 6 1 
Randall 10 7 7 10 6 
9 8 9 7 8 
10 6 8 10 7 
6 0 20 9 6 
Wellinger 8 7 5 9 10 
7 9 7 8 9 
10 9 10 8 4 
7 10 7 6 6 
regular 
target: 
9 10 9 
8 10 10 
0 8 9 
10 10 10 
6 6 9 
8 7 
7 7 
6 10 
9 5 
9 
6 
7 
9 
7 
4 
9 10 
6 6 
5 9 
6 7 
6 6 
10 7 
9 
6 
7 10 
9 10 
7 9 
6 5 
5 10 
8 7 
6 8 
7 9 
1 10 
6 7 
2 4 
7 1 
1 4 
2 4 
7 10 10 
8 9 10 
0 9 6 
9 8 4 
7 10 5 
10 7 8 
8 8 4 
9 6 6' 
practice 
6 8-90 
8 8-88 
10 10—88 
8 7—88 
8 10-76 
7 9-85 
5-73 
6 9-71 
6 5-79 
9 5—75 
10 3-76 
8 8—73 
8 5-56 
4 7-60 
« 7—59 
6 9—76 
8 8—74 
7 9 -74 
7 10—73 
8 10-84 
7 9-83 
9 10—79 
8 9-78 
4 1-42 
1 9—40 
2 5—41 
3 7—64 
8 3-62 
4 6-58 
8 5-55 
5 1-42 
4 4—37 
1 1-29 
10 8-84 
5 6-79 
8 6-76 
9 7—77 
9 6-77 
1.0 5-80 
5 10-76 
8 6-71 
Excelsior Rifle Club. 
Jeesey City, N. J., Oct. 23. — The following appended scores were 
shot by the members of the Excelsior Rifle Club on the gallery range 
this evening. Scores: 
R H Duff 247 Wm Hughes 234 S P Thompson 229 
J W Hennessey. . . .243 Jas Hughes 230 J Binns, 224 
h P aneea 242 
The Zettler Club Season Shoot. 
On Oct. 21 the Zettler Club held the last of the series of its bi- 
monthly shoots at Cypress Hills for the season 1894. The scores 
made by the members present on this occasion were published in last 
week's issue. Appended we publish a summary of the scores made 
by the members who shot through the season and participated in the 
distribution of the prizes, which took place at headquarters on Tues- 
day night of last week. 
The programme called for $150 divided into fifteen prizes as follows: 
Ring target— For the best 50 scores, prizes of $35, $20. $18, $15, 812, 
For the best 35 scores, prizes of $10, $9, $5, $5. For the best 25 scores 
live prizes of $5 each. 
Bulls°ye target — Each member is entitled to three shots on the 
bullseye target. After having finished five scores on the ring target, 
he is entitled to three shots on the bullseye target for a fine trophy, 
presented by C. Wissel. The shooter having the best single shoe on 
the bullseye target will be presented with the trophy at the end of 
the season. 
For simple practice shooting the above programme was most liberal 
and it was expected that It would have the effect to draw out the 
shooting element and keep it interested in ihe shoot throughout the 
season. But beyond a few of the regulars the members did not take 
but little interest in the programme. Of those who did participate 
only twelve members shot out the required numbers of scores neces- 
sary to entitle them to the prizes. 
The few enthusiasts in the club who shoot for the love of it took 
advantage of the opportunity offered them, and as each shooting day 
came around they made the pilgrimage to Cypress Hills, where they 
shot their scores, discussed the rifle and enjoyed the hospitalities of 
mine host Wissel. 
Those who followed the shoot through to the end of the season 
have stored away a large fund of pleasant incidents, which will be 
brought forth again during the coming winter in the Zettler "den." 
Of the twelve men whose scores are recorded in the appended list one 
at least is deserving of special notice. We refer to Fred. C. Ross. 
During the season he shot 72 scores of 10 shots each. His average is 
of such unusual excellence that we append them in detail for~ the 
benefit of our readers. Of the many expert riflemen whom we have 
met in the past fifteen years we can recall no one who has reached 
this high average. Although shooting under "Schuetzen" rules, he 
does not use the palm rest, but uses the body rest, with his rifle rest- 
ing upon his fingers. His rifle is a Ballard action with a Schalk barrel 
(.32-40cal.), using a lubricated bullet loaded from the muzzle. The 
rifle weighs about 121bs. The following are the full list of scores (72) 
shot by Mr. Ross during the season: 
F C Ross 233 238 228 200 229 227 229 225 218 219 225 223 
229 232 225 220 232 219 221 224 224 221 226 233 
230 229 218 219 219 225 226 823 231 225 229 218 
217 229 236 232 222 223 228 224 228 225 205 205 
231 216 228 225 235 230 228 225 224 220 223 223 
. (Average 224.9) 228 220 219 226 220 223 224 226 220 222 214 233-16195 
Ross' average for his best 50 scores, 227 6, placed his competitors 
far in the rear. Henry Holges, the second man on the list, was also 
well in the lead of his followers. The third and fourth men, Plaisted 
and Hansen, had a close race between them for their relative posi- 
tions. Plaisted's margin over Hansen of three points on a total of 
10,764, was decidedly narrow. The next two men on the list, Busse 
and Engel, had a close race for the fifth position. Busse's total for 
the 50 scores was 10,588 and Engel's 10,581. The margin of 7 points 
set En'gel back into the 35-score class. Of the other competitors each 
held his position with a fair margin. 
The competition for the Wissel trophy on the bullseye target was 
carried on through the season, many of the members making more or 
less center shots. On Oct. 21, when the last man in the competition 
had finished his scores, the bullseye box was broken open and the 
bullseyes measured to find the best center shot. The measurement 
developed the unusual circumstance of two of them measuring ex- 
actly the same. The two cartons In question belonged one to L. P. 
Hansen and the other to Geo. W. Downs. Another peculiar circum- 
stance was that while Hansen had many cartons in the box. Downs 
had only one, and his one shot had accomplished as much as Hansen's 
many. Downs not being present when the cartons were measured, 
the final disposition of the Wissel trophy was left to be decided at 
the opening of the winter gallery shoot of the club, which was to be 
held on the following Tuesday night, the report of which appears in 
another column under the heading "The Zettlers in Winter Quarters." 
Scores: 
Fred C Ross, 50 scores.... 229 226 228 223 226 225 225 325 231 229 
228 235 233 225 236 2.31 230 226 226 225 
229 232 228 228 225 233 238 228 229 227 
229 225 229 232 225 x'32 226 233 230 224 
224 234 224 223 223 223 223 223 223 222-11381 
Henry Holges, 50 scores.. 220 222 228 217 214 218 215 216 216 225 
225 228 236 217 221 219 219 215 220 215 
220 226 217 218 236 217 221 224 219 225 
224 224 216 211 220 218 224 225 214 214 
213 213 213 213 212 212 212 212 213 211—10931 
G W Plaisted, 50 scores.. ..214 224 220 223 216 214 219 210 221 219 
221 220 213 210 220 219 221 219 208 209 
217 219 208 216 212 209 216 218 216 219 
221 209 210 209 209 211 210 213 217 223 
218 226 214 217 217 210 214 214 206 206—10764 
.218 213 229 217 215 2'1 212 212 218 225 
210 226 224 221 227 212 211 213 217 208 
211 218 208 226 223 213 217 209 219 220 
(Average 215.2) 216 210 209 210 209 210 213 210 220 212 
209 213 217 211 233 221 213 213 210 209—10761 
R Busse, 50 scores 219 213 214 205 216 211 219 221 204 205 
217 206 210 216 224 204 303 202 215 214 
221 207 210 206 232 220 218 209 226 219 
(Average 211.7) 216 202 205 211 207 222 222 216 214 204 
217 212 204 205 210 213 217 199 199 197—10588 
Louis Flach, 35 scores 221 215 217 212 224 226 227 
220 219 217 216 218 220 213 
• 218 224 224 225 221 209 207 
(Average 217.2) 221 219 225 218 213 215 203 
205 211 204 221 322 223 213— 7605 
M B Engel, 35 scores 216 218 217 214 216 222 213 
218 217 214 213 214 226 221 
218 220 222 216 219 216 333 
(Average 214.8) 212 221 211 210 217 210 210 
209 207 207 207 207 208 208— 7516 
C G Zettler, 35 scores 214 205 214 206 213 210 203 
201 205 209 207 209 206 203 
207 213 208 204 209 203 208 
(Average 208.6) 210 212 203 209 214 217 214 
207 210 212 215 207 208 206— 7301 
Philip F Schmidt, 35 scores 201 218 209 204 215 210 211 
205 211 200 207 204 207 205 
200 211 220 212 205 -.'08 202 
Average 207.7) 213 204 210 207 215 201 203 
201 207 203 216 211 208 207— 7271 
B Zettler, 35 scores 205 202 240 209 204 222 200 
210 203 212 216 202 204 212 
210 204 213 210 212 200 215 
(Average 207.) 209 206 206 205 203 212 201 
205 216 205 201 203 207 202— 7246 
Geb Krauss, 25 scores 198 821 205 203 213 
198 205 203 200 198 
219 208 220 198 205 
(Average 204.4.) 205 196 199 204 196 
198 200 198 212 207— 5109 
J Giinther, 25 scores 153 19-1 187 178 165 
107 208 165 188 155 
(Average 227.6) 
(Average 218.6) 
(Average 215.2) 
L P Hansen, 50 scores . 
(Average 175.) 
H Holges, 
G W Plaist 
L P Hansen. 
R Busse 
L Flach, 
173 180 155 184 163 
174 182 165 145 156 
1€8 164 153 161 193- 
4276 
RECAPITULATION. 
Scores. Total. 
Av. 
Scores. Total. 
Av. 
50 
11381 
22?.6 
M B Engel .... 35 
7516 
214 8 
.. 50 
10931 
218.6 
CG Zettler.... 35 
7301 
208 6 
i.. 50 
10764 
215.2 
P F Schmidt.. 35 
7271 
207.7 
... 50 
10761 
*15 2 
7246 
207 
50 
10588 
211.7 
Geb Krauss... 25 
5109 
204.4 
35 
7605 
217.2 
J Giinther.... 25 
4376 
175 
Beideman Rifle Club. 
Philadelphia, Oct. 22.— The following shows the weekly shoot of 
the Beideman Rifle Club, at their range, Beideman Station, N. J , for 
week ending Oct. 20. Conditions. 25 yds, possible 2f 0, Hiu. ring tar- 
gets, Min. bull outside range, strictly off-band. 
A J Yergey. . . ,246 Dr E L Gardiner. . .248 A C McGowan. . . ,237 
J L Wood 236 Walt Gilbert '<:80 
Schlicht Rifle Club. 
West New York, N. J., Oct. 24.— The Schlicht Rifle Ciub held its 
weekly shoot for class medals at headquarter?, Oct. 23. Scores: G. 
Schlicht239, C. Meyer 231, P. Man 200, H Aufderheide 220, G. Dorr 239, 
J. Schlicht 228, F. Lambrix 231, G. Reichert 224, A Meyer 220, Conrad 
Schlicht 221, Wm. Schlicht 216, Capt. J. Dedrick 222, J. Diehl 229, Wm. 
Marrs 204. Medal winners: G. Dorr, champion medal; J. Diehl, first 
class medal; F. Lambrix, second class medal; C.Meyer, third class 
-medaL Fred. Lambbix, Secretary, 
The Zettlers in Winter Quarters. 
On Tuesday night of last week the members and many invited 
guests of the Zettler Rifle. Club met in the headquarters of the club for 
the purpose of inaugurating the gal lerv season shoot of 1894-5. A 
visit to the headquarters on the night in question found these large 
and roomy quarters well filled with manv of New York's most promi- 
nent rifle enthusiasts. Amoug the many familiar faces to be seen 
were Dr. E R. Chadbourne. Maj Geo. Shorkley, Col. Litchfield (re- 
tired), IT. S. A.. A. C. Gould, editor Shooting and FMiing, and Mr. 
Maynard, assistant editor; Aug. J. Christian, Chas. C. Wissel, L. P. 
Hansen, John H. Brown, inventor of th« Brown wire gun. and others 
unknown to the scribe. The order of exercises for the evening called 
for the opening of the winter shoot, the distribution of prizes from the 
season's shoot at Cypress Hills to the lucky winners, also the settle- 
ment of the tie between Messrs. Hansen and Downs for the Wissel 
trophy. Interspersed with the above was the "caviar." without which 
our German-American schuetzen is not himself. President Barney 
Walther was on hand with hiB usual supply of enthusia°m. 
R. Busse, one of the live members of the club, anticipating the pleas- 
ures of the occasion, introduced^, quartette of male singers, artists 
in their profession, who were a decided feature in the evening's enter- 
tainment. During the evening Major Geo. Shorkley 's enthusiasm over 
the Zettler Rifle Club became so pronounced that he expressed a de- 
sire to become one of the "Guild." The Major's desire was quickly 
responded toby the president calling a special meetinf, when the old 
veteran was given the third degree in the order of "Zettlers." The 
matter of the tie between Messrs. Hansen and Downs for the Wissel 
tropby was brought to a decision by the two gentlemen agreeing to 
shoot it off in the gallery, one shot each, at a 4in carton, muzzle rest, 
. the best center shot to take the trophy. Hansen led off, making 
almost a center. Downs was not so fortunate, his shot being so far 
from the center that it was not necessary to bring tne measuring 
machine into play to make a decision. 
Following the shooting off of the tie between Hansen and Downs 
came the presentation of the trophy to the winner, also the cash 
prizes from the Cypress Hills shoot to the winners thereof. The 
ceremony was celebrated by President Walther; as each member was 
called up to receive his prize the president prefaced each presentation 
with a flow of English that can only be found in B. Walther's "un- 
abridged." It brought down the house, the president would have 
been encored surely, could there have been more candidates for prizes 
produced. 
While some of the members were engaged in entertaining the 
guests others were engaged ia shooting and many good scores were 
the result. The best score of the night was shot by M. Dorrler, who 
made 248 out of a possible 250. F. C. Ross was second with 247. It 
was long after midnight before the evening's sport was brought to 
a close. In the shoot for the champion trophy for the highest score 
on the first entry the honor fell to F. C. Ross with 244. The five best 
scores were made by : 
F C Ross (first) 244 243 244 246 247 
H Holges (second) 243 243 245 243 246 
M Dorrler (third; 240 242 243 248 242 
Best siDgle scores: M. Dorrler 248. F. C. Robs 247, M. B. Engel 246, 
H. Holges 246. B. Zettler 245, J. H. Brown 245 Dr. Chas. Grosch 243, 
H. D. Muller 243, C. G. Zettler 243, G. W. Plaisted 242, Gus Nowak 242, 
Louis Flach 142, L. P. Hansen 241, R. Busse 240, Ph. Feigel 239, J. 
Blumenbergl237. B. Walther 237. Pb. F. Schmidt 236, A. Klein 236, H. 
Murnz 231, S. Bur.zini 231, G. W. Downs 229. 
Champion medal, first entry: Busse 234 Blumenberg 234, Downs 221, 
Dr. Grosch 229, Holges 243, Muller 241. Plaisted 235, Schmidt 233, O. G. 
Zettler 240. Murnz 162, Buzzini 229, Dorrler 240. Engel 238, Feigel 235, 
Hansen 223, Klein 221. Nowak 239. Ross 244, Walther 237. B. Zettler 238. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
A meeting of delegates representing the societies in the National 
Shuoting Association of the United States of America (Nationaler 
Schuetzen Bund der Staaten von Amerika), was held at headquarters, 
12 St. Mark's place, on Friday night of last week. President William 
Weber, on behalf the executive committee, gave a brief history of its 
labors during the past three months. The principal feature of the 
report was the reading of the contract which secures the Glendale 
Park, Long Island, to the association from June 30 to July 8, 1895, for 
the great national festival. Monthly meetings of the delegates will be 
held on the last. Friday of each month up to the date of the festival, 
Programmes (English) containing the constitution, by-laws and prize 
list will be issued within a few weeks. All rifle clubs and associations 
in the United States and Dominion of Canada will be eligible, and are 
requested to join the association (Bund) and participate in the coming 
festival. 
The individual champion match, which takes place next Tuesday 
(Election Day) in Cypress Hills Park, is going to be a great success. 
The entries are coming in fast. Up to Saturday of last week the three 
States of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were represented 
by the ertry of some of their most expert marksmen. Should the 
weather on Tuesday be fine there will undoubtedly be a large gather- 
ing of the lovers of the rifle present to witness the contest. 
Some days since it was our pleasure to meet one of the good old has 
beens (ex-rifllemen) who was present at the champion match last 
year as a spectator. He said: Say Plaisted I am going to be on hand 
again this year; wouldn't miss it for the world. As we started to 
walk away the old fehow obstructed our further progress with the 
exclamation, Hold on I I forgot to enquire is that man Wissel going 
to get up another one of them deer dinners? We assurred the O F, 
that the dinner would be forthcoming with doubt. He departed with 
a smile of anticipation born of previous experience. 
The New York Schutzen Corps opened its winter gallery practice on 
the Zettler Galleries on Tuesday night. The success of the corps gal- 
lery shoot last season has generated a decided interest in the members 
t o participate in the shoot this season. The many improvements 
which have been made by the Zattler Brothers since last season make 
their gallery a most inviting place for a rifleman to devote an evening. 
During a visit to Zeflers one evening we had the pleasure to meet 
that old rifleman and inventor, John II Brown. He had just returned 
from Newport, R. I where he had been a witness to some of the ex- 
periments of the Naval Bureau with the new naval rifle (236 ealibrei.) 
He says the power of this little rifle is almost past belief. It has the 
power to penetrate two ^in. steel plates and almost go through the 
third. Mr. Brown exhibited one of the bullets (135 grs. wgt.) that had 
been shot through 51in. of dry pine wood. The shape of the bullet 
was uninjured by its passage through this mass of wood. Mr. Brown 
informed us that he saw one of these bullets with the shell loaded 
with 30grs Rifleite penetrate 23in. of dry white oak. If this small 
calibre and its light bullet will accomplish so much, of what advan- 
tage are the larger calibres? 
We are pressed on every hand by inquiring riflemen with the query 
as to why our manufacturers have not got a target rifle on the market 
adapted to smokeless powder. We confess our inability to solve the 
problem. It has taken years of experiment to adapt nitro to the shot- 
gun, and in all probability there will be considerable further time ' 
exhausted before the same success will be reached in the rifle. 
We would suggest to some of these inquiring riflemen a private field 
of experiment for their own amusement. Buy a single loader Win- 
chester rifle 25-20, reinforce the shell inside with bras3 tubing so that 
it will hold from 8 to 12grs. nitro (wgt), then have a bullet mould 
»(cannelured) made, the bullet to fie the barrel loose; give the bullet an 
electro-photo coating of copper or soft metal to bring it up to the 
proper fit. We have made some personal experiments with the Bal- 
lard .38 55 on tbe lines suggested above with considerable success. 
But we would not advise any one to follow us using the.Balard action 
or any other of the old-style actions of the same strength The Win- 
chester .25-20, however, has the requisite strength to hold all the 
power that can be generated in the shell and with the necessary ex- 
perimenting to adjust the powder charge to the bullet and vice versa, 
we believe one can accomplish results that will be quite satisfatory. 
The experimenter must not expect to land his bullets in one hole at 
200yds , otherwise our suggestion will not have been made in vain. 
This rifle loaded with the factory (black powder) ammunition will 
just about keep the shots in a 12in. black at 200yds., shooting from a 
r est. 
The Bennett Brothers, W. W. and T. E., paid a visit to New York 
last week. They came on to participate in tbe tournament of tbe 
Emerald Gun Club, at Dexter Park. Some years since these gentle- 
men were prominently before the public as experts with the pistol 
and revolver. T E. Bennett gained great prominence by his defeat of 
old Champion Ira Payne, in a series of revolver matches a few years 
before his death. The Bennetts have been out of revolver practice 
for some time. F. E informed us that he had hardly looked at his 
in the past three years. 
A galley match, 100 shots, will be shot between G. G. Williams, of 
the Excellsiors and Geo. Oberst, of the Essex Indians, on Thusday 
night, Oct. 1. 
Greenville Rifle Club. 
Greenville, N. J., Oct. 27.— The Greenville Rifle Club held its weekly 
gallery shoot at headquarters last night, 16 members participating. 
Scores: First class— C. Boag 231, J. Boa* 238, Purkess 210, Collins 240, 
Robidoux 232, Dorrler 240. Second class— Agneau 234, Chavant 230, 
Charlock 234, Spahn 235, Gotthardt 217, Chase 238. Third class.— Gxaef 
26, Hill 229, Holzapfel 230. 
