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FOREST AND STREAM^ 
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means to provide expensive breechloaders, rifle matches 
are still quite frequent, but for many reasons their sur- 
roundings ai'e less attractive and picturesque than at the 
old village shoots, to which I shall always look back with 
sincere pleasure, while the seventy odd prizes I managed 
to capture at such meetings will always form a pleasing 
memento of scenes that have gone never to return. Not 
the least cherished among these often very trumpery 
prizes is the very first one I ever gained. It rewarded 
one of those lucky flukes into the centrum that have lured 
so many young shots into the marksman's guild. It hap- 
pened at the very first Tyrolese match I attended, and it 
was the very first shot at the chief target. Needless to 
say, my unexpected success made me so nervous that I 
had as clean a string of ducks' eggs alongside my name 
after that as ever befell the first trial of a tyro. More 
honest success came by and by, and, with almost prover- 
bial luck, that pin's point of the centrum fell to my flukes 
no doubt much of tener than I deserved. 
Between the inhabitants of the larger valleys of Tyrol 
there existed a healthy spirit of rivalry, which came to 
the fore at the great annual matches held in the capital 
of the country, which lasted a couple of weeks, and at 
which prizes, given by the Emperor, worth hundreds of 
pounds, came to be shot for on these occasions. Our 
English principle of rewarding the best string of shots 
had necessarily to be enforced, but not for all events, 
some of the most important prizes being won by the best 
centrum shot, however difificult it might be, even with 
the finest mathematical instruments, to decide which of 
the hundreds of centrum shots that had been obtained 
waa really the best. At these great shoots the profes- 
sional crack shots made a rich harvest. Of these there 
were quite a number, and I can recall the names of at 
least nine or ten who were to the fore during the ten or 
twelve years that I competed at Tyrolese matches. Their 
steadiness of hand was simply wonderful. Their rifle 
seemed as if screwed into a vice, so perfectly tremorless 
was it held, and as these men made their living by rifle 
shooting, and generally turned gunsmiths when once 
their reputation as first-class shots was made, their arms 
were, of course, exceedingly true. I have seen one of 
them — Prem by name — hit the sixpenny bit of the "four" 
in the bull six times running at 142yd8. . shooting a new 
rifle he had turned out off a rest. And, indeed, I have 
seen this man accomplish very nearly the same feat with- 
out a rest, two "threes" being the worst shots in a string 
of eight shots I once saw him make off the shoulder. As 
rifle matches were open to all comers, such "pirates of 
the rifle range," as they were called by the populace, were 
of course dreaded visitors, and the larger the prizes the 
--greater was their number. In little village shoots, such 
as I have described, there was generally "too little money" 
to tempt pirates living at a distance. Many an ambitious 
young marksman's heart would be set trembling when, 
after getting a centrum early in the day, and thus having 
a good chance of winning a priza, the news would spread 
that Prem or Eitzsl was to be seen in the distance ap- 
proaching the village, the rifle over the shoulder. To 
have at the last moment wrested from those eager young 
hands that dearly wished for prize was only too often the 
result of such' unwelcome visits. These professionals 
were invariably very quiet men, who observed great ab- 
stemiousness, and, what was perhaps a more curious co- 
incidence, their eyes were invariably of that peculiar 
light gray-blue color that is said to mark the crack rifle 
shot all over the world. 
Hitherto I have referred only to stationary target shoot- 
ing, which, as I have said, was the usual form. In some 
parts of Tyrol, however — chiefly in the mountain country 
adjoining the Bavarian Highlands — running-deer target 
shooting was popular among a people who were ardent 
sportsmen themselves. The skill some of these people 
attained, considering how limited were their chances to 
practice, would have done credit to the best marksmen in 
any part of the world. A friend of mine who takes great 
interest in rifle shooting at home, and who has often vis- 
ited the region I am alluding to, has suggested to me that 
I should give some details of one of these running-deer 
shoots to illustrate how simple and cheaply such a target 
can be improvised. 
In carrying out this suggestion I cannot do better, per- 
haps, than give details of a running-deer match which I 
gave in 1876, and of which I happen to have put by the 
scoring sheet and some of the actual targets used at it. 
They will serve the purpose as weU as any I could lay my 
hands on. In the first place, it is necessary to rectify the 
term "running-deer target." As will be seen from the 
accompanying sketch, the target did not move as does the 
deer at Bisley. and formerly at Wimbledon, but simply 
swung pendulum fashion from a high mast firmly set into 
the ground. The target was made out of two l^tn. thick 
planks of sufficient width, upon which the life-size out- 
line of the deer's body was drawn in charcoal, and then 
cut out by the village carpenter. Four legs and rough 
antlers of equally primitive construction, and a coat of 
brown paint, finished the job at a cost of a few shil-. 
lings for each of the four stags I had provided, but of 
which only two were in use at the same time, one serv- 
ing as chief, the other for the unlimited event, with 
which latter was combined, for the more practiced shots, 
the "choking off" pool precisely as described for the sta- 
tionary target. To make it more interesting, I gave a 
special prize for the best average, e., the most rings in 
fewest shots. I must still mention the dimensions of the 
target. In order to enable a fresh bull to be inserted 
when needed, I had a square a trifle larger than the bull 
cut out in the wood to a depth of fin. Into this depres- 
sion fitted a panel of wood upon which the target was 
pasted. The target measured 13in. across, and, as will be 
seen from the accompanying reduced facsimile, was sub- 
divided into the usual four spaces, the value of which be- 
gan with four for the innermost circle {3in. in diameter), 
three for the next, and so on, as shown in the sketch. 
The distance was 130 meters, or 143yds. The screens 
consisted of stout beams, in front of which some young 
firs were stuck into the ground. The deer was hung up 
when at rest some 4ft. from the ground, and it was re- 
leased by a simple mechanical contrivance connected 
with a wire with the stand where the marksman stood. 
He released the target himself by treading on a pedal, a 
movement which increased the difficulty, for it disturbed 
one's steadiness of aim. The shot had to be fired at the 
first swing of the target, otherwise a cruel duck's egg 
disfigured the scoring sheet. The boards of which the 
target was made being fairly heavy, the speed of the 
swing was about that of a running deer. 
The number of competitors was, on this occasion, not 
great, only twenty-one; for, of course, only those who 
had some practice at this kind of shooting attended. 
They fired 416 shots, the total of the rings being 363. 
Some of the better individual scores may be mentioned to 
show the class of shooting, though in fairness to the other 
marksmen I have to acknowledge that probably none of 
them had quite so much practice at this kind of shooting 
as I had enjoyed. Prem, then by far the best shot at the 
stationary target in Tyrol, but almost untried at the 
swinging deer, fired sixty shots and got just 100 rings. 
Holzer, an older shot, pulled off in eighty -nine shots 
ninety-four rings; while a young fellow. Fried. Karl, 
obtained in eight shots fourteen rings, when, unfortu- 
nately for him, a mishap to his rifle threw him out of the 
competition, My own score, by which I secured the 
"best average" prize, was fifty- five rings in thirty shots, 
out of which I missed the bull four times. Luckily for 
me, some of the "fours" I made were closer to the cen- 
trum than others, and so I carried off the first chief and 
the second, third and sixth unlimited prizes, but this was 
less a matter of skill than of luck. These details will 
have shown that a few pounds suffices to rig up in pri- 
vate grounds such a swinging-deer target, and though it 
is not as useful for the game shot as the running deer at 
Bisley, it nevertheless affords a useful chance to practice 
at movable objects. Very useful did I find my practice 
when, not long afterward, I was asked to compete in an 
"England versus America" rifle and pistol match at Salt 
Lake City, where I happened to pass some of the winter 
months after a shooting expedition to the Rockies, Six 
of the thirteen events in this match were at moving tar- 
gets, and as the Americans beat us hollow at most of the 
stationary targets it was an uphill fight, though we 
eventually triumphed by our superiority at moving ob- 
jects, — W. A. Baillie Orohman in London Field, 
At Calumet Heijghts on Halloween. 
Chicago, 111., Nov. 1.— Below you will find the scores of rifle contests 
made on the rifle range of Calumet Heights Club on Oct. 31, the same 
being a part of our Halloween programme. Some sixty-four persona 
were in attendance, quite a number of whom, both ladies and gentle- 
men, participated in the contests. Unusual interest was manifested 
In the competition for prizes ; also in the contest for the medals which 
are shot for weekly, on account of the closeness in the scores of some 
of the contestants. The following is the programme: 
The regular medal contests will take place in the morning under the 
usual conditions. Class A, SOOyds., 9 A. M Class B, lOOyda., 10 A. M. 
Following this the programme events will be shot. 
Event 1: Ladies only; 10 shots, lOOyds , .22cal. rifle, any position; 
open sights allowed 3 points ; entrance fee 50 cents; 3 prizes. 
Event 2: Open to all; 10 shots, SOOyds., any caliber rifle, off-hand; 
open sights allowed 2 points; entrance fee 25 cents; 3 prizes. 
Events: Open to all; 5 shots, off-hand, any caliber; open sights 
allowed 1 point; shooter to advance flOyda. from shooting stand and 
fire his Ist shot at 180yds. ; 2d at IBOyds. ; 3d at 140yds.; 4th at 120yds., 
and 5th at lOOyds.; score to be counted after last shot; one man up; 
entrance fee 50 cents; 8 prizes. 
Event 4: Ladies only ; 5 shots. .22cbI. rifle, lOOyds., off-hand position; 
open sights allowed 1 point; entrance fee 50 cents; 3 prizes. 
Event 5: Open to all; 15 shots, 200jpds., off-hand position, any cali- 
ber rifle, open sights allowed 3 points; entrance fee 50 cents; 3 prizes. 
Event 6: Open to all; revolvers, any caliber, SOyds., off-hand posi- 
tion, 10 shots; entrance fee 25 cents; 2 prizes. 
Event 7: Open to all; revolvers, 5 shots, 30yds., any caliber, off- 
band; entrance fee 50 cents; 2 prizes. 
Ties will be determined by shooting 1, 3 or 5 additional shots, at the 
discretion of the committee. 
Class A. 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Harlan. 
..5444444454 
-42 
4444444444 —40 
2354453053—34+2—36 
4458235435-374-2—39 
5343444444 —39 
4454544454 —43 
4443655434 —41 
Davis 4304535444-364-2-38 
Hobbs .......,,.»,,...,.. .444244434.?— 364-2— 88 
Paterson. ,4443434045-35-f2— 37 
Spaulding 4335)333342 —31 
McMichaels .0032533435 —28 
Class B 
Mrs OW Carson 4545435445 * —43 
Miss Ervin 5484545455 — 45 
Miss Harlan 455-3443440 —38 
No. 1, ladles only: Mrs. C. W. Carson first. Miss Ervin second, 
Mrs. Lamphere third: 
MrsCW Carson.,,. 5455555444— 46 Mrs Harlan 3433352.335—34 
Miss Ervin 44444.')4455— 43 Mrs Marshall 3333343433—33 
Mrs Lamphere 5344353444—39 Mrs Gillespie.,.. 3344832000 -22 
Miss Gillespie, 3444444444—39 
No. 2, open to all: Hobbs, Sr., first; Hobbs, Jr., second, Dr. Shaw 
third: 
Hobbs, Sr. , , .4544444445— 42+2-44 Spalding 4842440444 - 33 
Hobhs, Jr. . . .5345433444-89-1-2—41 McMichaels . .4243352442 —33 
Dr Shaw. 4344431455 —40 Lamphere .... 03^3533424—29+3—31 
Davis 4344545424-39+2-41 Paterson 0223240842-22+2—24 
Harlan 4444505544 —39 
No. 8: Paterson first, Harlan second, Dr. Shaw third. 
Paterson 54444—21+1—22 McMichaels 33455 —20 
Harlan 55432—1 9-)-l— 20 Davis 34444 - 19+1—20 
DrShaw...., 44245 —19 Hobbs, Sr 44333 —17 
No. 4, ladies only: Mrs. C. W. Carson first, Mrs. Lamphere second, 
Mrs. Marshall third. 
Mrs C W Carson. . ,24444 —18 Miss Gillespie 44422 —16 
Mrs Lamphere.... 23335 —16 Miss Ervin 32400 — 9 
Mrs Marshall 33322—12+1—13 Mrs Harlan 00030— 3+1— 4 
No 5: Dr. Shaw first, Lamphere second, Paterson third: 
Dr Shaw , 344445444444444 —60 
Lamphere. . . , , , 345344444434844 —57 
Paterson , , .... . ,433343034544430—47+3—50 
Davis i . i i .. i i . . .334548343454453—57-1-3—60 
Harlan 042045444850343 —44 
No. 6, revolver: Hobbs, Sr , first; Hobbs, Jr., second: 
Hobbs, Sr... ...... , , ,5443333332-33 Harlan 8382200000—13 
Hobbs, Jr 4444443.320—32 Paterson 8300000000— 6 
Dr Sha w 2233335000—21 Davis 2200000C0O— 4 
No. 7: Edwards first, Dr. Shaw second: 
Edwards 22000—4 Hobbs, Sr 00000—0 
Shaw . .30000— 3 Paterson, 3000O— 3 
Harlan ..... ^ . 30000—3 Davis ; , 00000—0 
Hobbs, Jr , 20000—2 i Patty. 
Greenville Rifle Club Wins. 
Gbkenvii,le, N. J., Nov. 14.— The first match of a series arranged 
between the Greenville Rifle Club and the Cottage Rifle Club was de- 
decided to-night on the range of the latter club. The conditions of 
the race were: 10 men on a team, 10 shots per man, off-hand, German 
25-ring target, 75fc. range. Scores: 
Greenville R. C. Cottage E. C. 
Michs el Dorrler , . , . . 843 Samuel J Russell 836 
Charles Scheeline , , .243 P J O'Hara 235 
George Purkfss... 240 WATewes 282 
Colin Boag 239 A P Alexander 230 
Wm J Charlock 237 J Lambour 225 
James Boag ,236 W McKinley , 223 
W C Collins 234 J MUler. 217 
J Filoramo...... 233 C Walls 209 
JHerig ,.230 CTwo men, names not 
O Agneau .211—2845 given, aggregate scores 
equal) 460—2267 
Milwaukee's Police on Top. 
MiiiWATJKBE, Wis , Nov. 9.— The South Side Police and the PJambeau 
Rifle Club, of this city, shot a match to-day at Augusc Tabbert's, 511 
Sixth avenue. The policemen won by 22 points after a very c'ose 
match all through; the scores were 1,285 to 1,263 out of a poiiible 
1 K/iA iZ^r^^nc. 
1,540. 
Scores: 
Soutn Side Police. 
JDallinger .,,,,182 
J Heyer 180 
Rayman ,.,.180 
Flambeau Rifle Club. 
G Barmeister 193 
Leo Melms 190 
Dr Alexander 188 
AKlotz ..178 
J Witt 176 
HKoenig .....173 
The Revolver Championship. 
Wb have received the following announcement under date of Nov. 9.. 
"An open competition for the revolver chamoionship of America 
will be held under the auspices of the Knickerbocker Revolver Club at 
the Athletic Club Range, Madison avenue and Forty-fifth street. New 
York city. 
"The contest will begin on Nov. 30, 1896, at 10 o'cloclc A. M., and will 
close at 11 o'clock P. M. on Dec. 5, 1898. 
"Any revolver, of which barrel and cylinder do not exceed lOJ^in. in 
length; any ammunition, any trigger pull, may be used. 
"Distance shall be ten (10) and twenty (20) yards. Total of the best 
two 6 shot targets at each distance to count. 
"Targets shall be Standard American Decimal, reduced for each dis- 
tance. Bullets must visibly touch the line to count. 
"Entrance fee shall be SI (one dollar) and a charge of 25 (twenty- 
flve) cents for each target shot. Re-entries unlimited. 
"Silver cups will be awarded to the three contestants making the 
hiehest scores. The competitor must sign his name to each target 
before shooting. Every shot flred shall count. Targets shot shall be 
the property of the club, and shall remain in the hands of the keeper. 
On receipt of entry, a card of admission to the range during the shoot- 
ing week will be issued. Competitors present must shoot in rotation, 
one target each. 
"No competitor shall be allowed to load his revolver until he arrives 
at the firing point; and no person shall be allowed to annoy or talk to 
the competitor. 
"When loading, the revolver muzzle must be pointed toward the tar- 
get; and when firing, the revolver must be held In one hand only and 
with arm extended. 
"In case of a tie it must be shot off; six shots at lOyds. and six 
shots at 20yds. ; total to count. All disputes shall be settled by the 
shooting committee, whose decision shall be final. The contestants 
may use the gallery ammunition free of charge or furnish their 
own. 
"By order of the shooting committee. 
"Db. H. E. Westbay, Chairman." 
This will do well enough for a shooting match except in one partic- 
ular — that it is ridiculous to call it a competition for "the revolver 
championship of America." There is already "the revolver cham- 
pionship of America," won in open competition against all comers in 
the FoBBST AND Strkam's Winans trophy match, by Wm. E. Petty, of 
this city. Champion Petty's possession of the title is as clearly recog- 
nized as Is his undisputed ownership of the well-won trophy itself. 
Before the Knickerbocker Rifle Club can assume to confer the cham 
pionsblp title upon any one else it must first, in fair fight, wrest that 
title from the man who now holds it. In other words, the Knicker - 
bookers cannot give something they have not got to give. 
If the promoters of this Madison avenue enterprise want to do the 
square thing by the competitors who shall pay their dollars to shoot 
In it, let them entitle the aeries of matches an Open Competition to 
Determine a Candidate who shall Challenge Champion Pet ty for the 
Revolver Championship of America. 
San Francisco Riflemen. 
San Fbanoiboo, Cal.. Nov. 8 — The riflemen of San Francisco turned 
out in force to-day at the Shell Mound ranges. Taken as a whole the 
light was good, but in the earlier part of the day there was a siiff west 
wind blowing that kept the marksmen busy shifting their wind gauges. 
The scores made by members of the 
OOLTJMBIA PISTOI. AND BIFLE OLUB 
In the different club competitions were as below: 
Rifle, SOOyds., Unfrled diamondmedal, 3 shots, re-entry: A. Strecker 
10, D. W. McLaughlin 10, Dr. L. O. Rodeersl2, F. O. Young 15. 
Military rifle, Glindemann medal, 10 shnts. re-entry, Creedmoor 
count on Columbia target: F. O. Young 45, F. H. Bushnell 45, A. H. 
Brod 43, P. Robinson 43. 
Rifle, record medal, 10 shots, re-entry: Dr. Rodgers 57, H. R. Crane 
66, D. W. McLaughlin 68, A. B. Dorrell 73. 
Club Class contests, for members only, 10 shots, champion class: D. 
W. McLaughlin 52, A. H. Pape67, F. O. Young 69. 
First Class: F E Mason 66, A. B. Do.rrefl 71, H. Hellberry 86, O, 
A. Bremer 89, H. R. Crane 102, G. Schultz 111. 
Second Class: J. E. Gorman 77, E. Jacobson 96, M. J. White 103, G. 
Barley 112. F. H. Bushnell 118. 
Pistol, 10 shots, 50yd8 , club contests for members; Champion Class: 
J. E. Gorman 47, F. O. Young 53, C. M. Daiss 57, A. H. Pape 27 (with- 
drawn). 
First Class: Dr. L. O. Rodgers 54. M. J. White 58, F. B. Mason 72, 
D. W. McLaughlin 73, A. B. Dorrell 76. 
Second Class: G. M. Barley 61, E. Jacobson 66, H. J. Wicker 81, O. 
A. Bremer 92, F. H. Bushnell 93. 
Re-entry pistol matches, open to all comers, Blanding medal (three 
shots to score): C. M. Daiss 4, 7; A. H. Pape 6, 7; J. E. Gorman 7, 7; 
F. O. "X oung 7, 8; F. H. Bushnell 17, 17; H. J. Wicker 15, 17. 
Allcomers, .22cal. rifle, 50yds., 5-shot medal: E. Jacobson 10 11, Mrs. 
L. J. Crane 12 18, Mrs. M. J. White 15 18, Mrs. C F. Waltham 16 17. 
Glindemann ladies' trophy, .22cal rifle, 10 shots: Mrs. L. J. Crane 33, 
Mrs. C. P. Waltham 34, Mrs. M. J. White 42. 
QKRMANIA SCHTJKTZKN CLUB. 
The class medal winners of the Germania Schuetzen Club, together 
with their scores for 20 shots each on the German ring target, 
were: 
First champion class: F. P. Schuster, 422 rings. Second champion 
class: L. Bendel 417. 
First of the first class: G. Alpers 485. Second of the first class: R. 
Finking 877. 
First of the thh-d class: F. H. Bushnell 392. Second of the third 
class: A. Jungblut 887. 
First of the fourth class: E. Salfleld 339. Second of the fourth class: 
Wm. Garms 319. 
Best first and last shots: G. Alpers, 25 rings. 
SAN FBANCISOO SCH0BTZEN VERKIN. 
The winners in medal contests of the San Francisco Schuetzen 
Verein, together with their scores for 20 shots on the German ring 
target, were: 
Champion class: A. Mocker 435 rings. 
First class: F. P. Schuster 425. 
Second class: Not filled. 
Third class: Frank Koch 394. 
Fourth class: J. D. Helse 385. 
Best first shot, F. Koch 24; best last shot, Otto Lemke 35. 
F Maldcgeii8M.,,,......,.17&— ISSi WKoenig ,.,.,...178— WSa 
Revolver Shootin^if in London. 
London. Eng., Nov. 1.— The revolver championship of the North 
London Rifle Club has again been won by Mr. Walter Winans, this 
being his fourth win of that title in as many consecutive seasons. 
Corp. Carter, who finishes in second place, with Trooper C. Knapp, 
both scoring a total of 363, met with a serious accident in the middle 
of August, and has been unable to attend the ranges since that time. 
The report of the committee of the North London Rifle Club in re- 
gard to the revolver championship above mentioned reads as fol- 
lows: 
"Mr. Walter Winans has again secured premier honors with the re- 
volv6r,wlnnIng the club championship for the fourth consecutive year. 
His total is less than last year, but he has nevertheless finished an easy 
winner by 31 points, his aggregate being 394 points out of a possible 
score of 420 points. Although he has been unable to attend the 
ranges so frequently, he has had no diflSculty in upholding his repu- 
tation as the finest revolver shot of the present day. As a matter of 
fact he was only able to put in just the requisite number of shoots in 
Series I., viz.: six, so that he had no score to count out in that series. 
"The full details of prize winners and their scores are now ap- 
pended, and cancel all that have appeared before." 
REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 
Series L Series XL Series III. Series IV. Total. 
Walter Wlbans, Esq., the gold championship jewel and £2. 
43 41 41 40 40 40 38 39 -37 36 394 
tCor p A W Carter, 3d Middlesex V A, silver championship jewel and jS2. 
40 38 38 36 86 38 86 35 34 84 368 
tTrooper C Knapp, Middlesex Yeo Cav, bronze championship jewel 
and £2. 
89 39 87 37 37 36 39 83 33 33 363 
Capt W Evans, Honorable Artillery Co, £1. 
38 38 36 36 86 35 86 31 33 31 350 
Pvt W C Luff, London Rifle Brigade, £1- 
37 37 37 86 35 35 88 30 31 31 347 
Sergt C T Britton, 1st Essex V A, £1. 
37 35 31 30 29 28 83 26-25 22 296 
Lieut P W Richardson, London Rifle Brigade, £1. 
14 88 31 SO 29 88 2§ §9 85 39() 
