Aug. 1, ige^l 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
would like every member to be able to see the island of which he 
IB part owner. 
The officers and committee are doing everything in their power 
to take the best of care of all who come. 
H. Lansing Quick, Sec'y-Treas. 
Instructions to Members attending the Meet. 
For the convenience of members of the Atlantic Division, a 
special transportation baggage car has been arranged for and will 
carry canoes and duffle free of expense to Clayton, N. Y., and 
return. The car will be at the Thirtieth Street Station of the 
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, on Saturday, Aug. 
1; at Manhattan Station, ISOth street and Hudson River, Aug. 2, 
and Monday, Aug. 3; at Yonkers on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and Os- 
sining, Wednesday, Aug. 5. Canoes and dufile may be loaded on 
the car at any of these poins. 
All canoes and packages should be plainly marked with the 
owner s name, care Wm. M. Carpenter, Transportation Car for Clay- 
ton, N. Y., A. C. A. camp. All freight and express charges must 
be prepaid to the car. 
Arrangements have been made for sleeping car accommodations 
on train leaving Grand Central Station, New York citv, for Clay- 
ton, Aug. 7, at S P. M. Application for berth, inclosing .$2, should 
be made to the chairman of the Transportation Committee not 
later than Monday, July 27, when sleeping car ticket will be 
mailed. Purchase regular railroad ticket at Grand Central Sta- 
bon ticket office, asking for "Trunk Line certificate" for A. C. 
A camp so as to obtain the concession in fare returning. 
Any further information will be cheerfully given as to the above 
on request to the Transportation Committee, Wm. M. Carpenter, 
Chairman, P. O. Box 194, New York city. 
New York C. C 
BENSONHURST, L. I., 
Saturday, July 25. 
The New York Canoe Club held record sailing events 
on the afternoon of Saturday, July 25, for decked and 
open canoes. They were postponed on the Saturday be- 
fore because of the storm. The winners were George 
MacTaggart and R. S. Foster. The summary; 
Decked Canoes— Start, 3:25, 
_, ^ Finish. Elapsed. 
G. W. McTaggart... 4 32 40 1 07 40 
H- Kenard 4 35 30 1 10 30 
F. C. Moore 4 42 00 1 17 00 
W. H. Fales 4 57 45 1 32 45 
Open Canoes— Start, 3:25. 
R. S. Foster 5 09 55 1 34 55 
W. Carmalt 5 12 00 1 37 00 
L. B. Jenning.s ............ s 5 18 40 1 43 40 
E. T. Wright 5 25 30 1 50 .30 
A. M. Poole ..5 28 30 1 53 30 
C. F. .Speidel 5 33 40 1 58 40 
F. P. Land 5 53 20 2 18 20 
A. C. A. Meet, Aug. 7-2J. 
Brooklyn^ N. Y., July 23— Editor Forest and Stream: 
The twenty-fourth annual camp of the A. C. A. at Sugar 
Island, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, will be 
held froni August 7 to 21, 1903. The year-book of the 
Association and thr customary "camp circular" have been 
unavoidably dela^ 'd, and this announcement may bring 
the camp to the notice of men who might otherwise over- 
look it. The names and addresses of the pursers of the 
respective divisions, to whom application should be made 
by intending members, are as' follows : 
Edward Muller, purser Atlantic Diivsion, 9 North 
Moore street, New York. 
J. S. Wright, purser Central Division, 333 West avenue, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
U. C. Cunningham, purser Eastern Division, Medford, 
Mass. 
G. A. Wright, purser Northern Divsion, Brockville, 
•Canada. 
^ A. W. Foote, purser Western Division, care Foote, Burt 
& Co., Cleveland, O. 
J. K. Hand. 
A* C* A* Mcmbefship, 
The following have applied for membership to the 
A. C. A: 
Atlantic Division— F, M. Crispin, Paul McMichael. 
Edward Muller, Purser. 
138 Front Street, New York, N. Y, July 21.— The fol- 
owing gentlemen have been elected members of the At- 
untic Division of the A. C. A. : A. S. Gregg-Clarke, Ed 
-emoine Sornmerville, Ralph C. Paxton, Frederick 
-tonard Adams, John Neilson, Elmer B. Ayres, Charles 
T-I. Parson, and A. W. Scott. 
H. L. Pollard, 
Vice-Com. A. D., A. C. A. 
Medford, Mass., Jtily 23,— The following application for 
niembership to the A. C. A. has been received: S. Otis 
Ralston, Woburn, Mass. 
O. C. Cunningham, 
Purser E. Div. A. C. A. 
Fixtares. 
Sept. 2-11.— Annual championship matches of the United States 
Revolver Association, as follows: Sea Girl, N. T.; Chicago, 111.; 
Woburn, Mass.; St. Louis, Mo.: San Francisco, Cal. Open to 
111. For programmes address H. W. Ott, Box 162, New York city. 
The Palma Trophy Contest, 
The particular feature of the Palma match consisted in the fact 
(hat It had to be shot for with the national arm of the country the 
c.-tm.s represent, "being in all respects of the pattern adopted and 
ssued to the troops for service." It would seem as though this 
nile may be interpreted m a very broad sense, for while all the 
earns except the United States used weapons of a strict service 
the members of the American team were armed with rifles 
vhich had been fitted with special barrels having a rifling making 
(Ue complete turn in S inches, whereas this figure is 10 inches 
■or the official service rifle. It is not for us to object to a devia- 
ipn from the rules of the match, which has been allowed to pass 
vithout comment by the council of the National Rifle Association, 
lut it is necessary to mention the circumstance in order to cor- 
eet the impression that it was the United States service rifle which 
von the match. The service rifle was there bar the barrel, and 
t cannot be denied that this is an important part of a military 
ireapon. ' 
Sentiment had a good deal to do with the presence of the 
anous teams that were represented on this occasion. The- United 
itates team were there because they wanted to win the match, 
Merest in military rifle shooting in America needing some such 
Bliip as this to restore a part of its lost populartiy and to favor 
le movement with renewed life and vigor. The French team 
ame over to learn something about conditions that were quite 
Wve] in their own country. Their distance for shooting is 300 
netres, and for tliis purpose they use a cartridge which difliers 
R bullet and other details from the ordinary Lebel. Of wind 
allowance for extended distances, and the vita! importance of 
studying the conditions of air and light, they know but little, 
and they hoped to derive instruction, even if they failed to make 
a good show against their more practiced competitors. The Nor- 
wegians came because they knew they could shoot. Admittedly 
they were unfamiliar with our long distances, but they held the 
view that the mam idea was to shoot right on, and judge wind 
as they went by the rough and ready method of watching the 
flags and carefully noting the result of the last shot. So far had 
they carried the practice of shooting standing that they showed 
themselves m practice to make some remarkably fine hits at 800 
yards from this position. It would be superfluous to give reasons 
why the English team wanted to win. By the lucky coincidence 
of a bad win 1, and exceptional capacity to judge it, they won last 
year s matcli. notwithstanding certain difficulties with the ammuni- 
tion. 
The leadtrs of the match rifle movement in this country are 
regarded as a body of experimentalists, who study ammunition in 
the light of Its behavior at the ranges. They are supposed to be 
able to determine what is best for their purpose, and thereby act 
upon the enuilaeive instincts of the manufacturer, spurring him to 
initiate improvtments. Their united intelligence was not long in 
informing them that the .303 as a match rifle cartridge could be 
pronounced a failure. No one troubled to go much further than 
this, because the fi.5 mm. Mannlicher lay at nand, a ready-made 
combination of rifle and cartridge of the kind they wanted. The 
.303 thereupon lay in abeyance, and no one seemed quite sure why 
It was a failure, l^ollowing on last year's Bisley meeting, we made 
some lengthy remarks upon the subject, pointing out among other 
things that the feeble ballistics of our national cartridge made 
It incapable of maintaining a regular elevation at great r.5nges, 
a fault rendered the more apparent in the scoring by the long, 
flat forrn of the long-range target. Since then the target has been 
altered from 32 feet wide by 6 feet high to 10 feet by 6 feet, which 
still punishes faults of elevation more severely than faults of 
wind judgment. A square target would, of course, deal equally 
with the two forms of error. The change made does not, however, 
affect the Palma. The old sizes have been retained, as they are 
specified in the permanent conditions for that match. 
Three months ago we were as far from a solution of the am- 
munition question as we were five vears ago. Yet we find that 
in the recent Palma match of all the explanations put forward 
to account for the British team being beaten bv fifteer) points out 
of a total possible score of l.SCO, no one has yet suggested in- 
feriority of ammunition. Special ammunition was used, and its 
inception came about in this wav: A firm of ammunition maker«, 
whose name is hardly known to the public at all in connection 
with tneir staple manufacture, viz., .303 cartridges, were anxious 
to make the merits of their product known among rifle shots The 
expert of this firm was present at the annual dinner of the Gun 
Makers Association last April, as also was Mr. J. E. Martin, a 
well-known Glasgow gun maker, and both armorer and a shooting 
member of the British team who shot in the Palma match last 
^'^j'"' ,^^^'"6'' °f tliese gentlemen was paired for the evening, 
and the present writer introduced them, suggesting that they 
should discuss the specifications for a suitable high-power cartridge 
for the coming match. In the conversation which ensued it was 
generally agreed that an increased powder charge was desirable. 
One of those present thought the bullet should be the same 
weight, another that it should be lighter, and a third that it should 
be heavier. Experiments followed, and the new Palma .303 car- 
tridge was the outcome. The council of the N. R. A. authorized 
it for all the match rifle contests during the coming meetin'', 
but users of the Mannlicher opposed it, as the bullet was heav- 
ier than 217 grams, the maximum specified in the regulations for 
ammunition, and the protest had to be allowed, notwithstanding 
the disappointment of many who desired to give it a trial with 
match sights. 
The King's Norton Metal Company, who are the manufacturers 
of the new _ long-range cartridge, have supplied us with the fol- 
lowing details, showing their records at proof. Observed veloci- 
J'^L°y^'" ^0 y^^'is- 1. 2,027 ; 2, 2,038 ; 3, 2027; 4, 2,015; 5, 2,022; mean 
P^'' second; deviation, 5.8. Second series of shots- 1. 
2,025; 2, 2,028 ; 3, 2,020; 4, 2,018; 5, 2,022; mean 2,023 feet per second! 
^^Ji^^^2^'„ The same cartridges in another rifle gave: 1, 
2,018; 2, 2,006 ; 3, 2,015; 4, 2,024; 5, 2,010; mean 2,014 feet per sec- 
ond; deviation 5.6. The temperature was SO degrees F., which ac- 
counts for about 15 feet above the normal readings. The ex- 
plosive charge of a cartridge that was examined consisted of 
34.4 grains of cordite and the bullet weighed 225 grains. 
The American team, who won the match, using the same kind 
of ammunition as last year, were befriended in a similar manner 
1 receding last year's contest they experienced endless trouble 
on account of irregular elevation in the ammunition. They were 
not even sure where the trouble lay, but one of their most expert 
shots. Dr. W. G. Hudson, wrote to Mr. Thomas, of the Union 
Metallic Cartridge Company, asking for his assistance. The out- 
come was the Thomas bullet, which at once put up the scores 
with the service sights to a level not previously experienced ex- 
cept with match sights. It was of the behavior of the cartridge 
so evolved that Major Fremantle wrote in such terms of eulogy 
in his official report of last year's match. Now we have not only 
equaled the American cartridge, but have shown that the want 
of success of the .303 rifle is not a question of the arm, but of 
the ammunition. Hitherto we have supposed that the service rifle 
would not behave well under high pressures, but the IS tons 
reached by the new cartridge seems to give no trouble. 
Turning to the cartridges used by the various contestants in the 
Palma match, the French Lebel may be dealt with first. In shape 
the cartridge case is peculiar, the great width at the base giving 
It the appearance of a wide bottle. It contains 42.5 grains of a 
coarse leaflet powder, between which and the bullet is a jute wad 
and a disc of wax. A bullet taken from one of the cartridges we 
examined weighed 231.8 grains, and its diameter at the base was 
.321 inch. The neck of the case was squeezed very hard on 
to the bullet, and left a ring-shaped depression round it The 
Norwegian cartridge contained 34.3 grains of coarse leaflet pow- 
o5o' --^ °* "^"'^^^^ ^^'"S 155,3 grains, and the diameter 
.2t)d inch. ihere was a small wisp of cotton wool between the 
powder and bullet, doubtless put there to keep the powder at the 
base of the ease. The United States cartridge contained 36 2 
grains of W.A. powder, which consists of tubes cut into short 
lengths. The weight of the bullet is 220 grains, and its diameter 
at the base .308 inch. 
The rifles used by the various teams did not give the competi- 
tors by any means an equal chance. Granting equallv good- 
shooting rifles and ammunition for all teams, the advantage in 
armament must rest with the team whose service rifle is sighted 
in the most suitable manner for match shooting. In this respect 
the American team were exceptionallv favored. They had a peep- 
hole back-sight and a nice means of making lateral adjustment 
for wind. The Norwegian fore-sight was also fitted with a tra- 
versing movement operated by a key. The French team were 
probably the worst served by way of sights, for their form of back- 
sight was not even adjustable between the limits of elevation laid 
down by the notches cut for each range. With the English rifle 
the sliding bar can be adjusted to a nicety by means of a vernier. 
The same instrument allows for the drawing of vertical lines on 
the bar of the back-sight any specified distance right or left of 
the center, this line being placed at a point that affords the ap- 
propriate correction of aim for the average wind prevailing at the 
time of the competition. With a changeable wind the finer ad- 
justments must be made by aiming right or left of the bull. The 
conditions of the Palma contest are thus rendered very interest- 
ing. The match is a curious competition of ammunition and actual 
shooting skill, the extent to which the nations represented have 
adapted their service arms to the conditions of range shooting in- 
troducing an additional regulating influence of great importance. 
The characteristic methods of the leading teams merited care- 
ful notice. The Americans are still comparativelv unskilled in the 
art of wind judging by the aid of the telescope,'this process con- 
sisting in watching the drift of the mirage across the range, which 
gives a far better index of the conditions affecting the flight of 
the bullet than the behavior of the flags. Colonels Gibbs and Hop- 
ton acted as coaches for the English team. Their eyes were glued 
so to speak, to two powerful telescopes, and the results of their 
observations were communicated to the shooters. The coach for 
the American team, on the other hand, interfered very little with 
his men, who were all first-class individual marksmen. The day 
was hot, and the wind was blowing across the range. Its strength 
was variable, but not its direction. Our chief opponents described 
it as a genuine bit of American weather, and they were conse- 
quently favored in this respect, and thoroughly at home in it. The 
British team would have liked what is known as a fish-tail wind 
that is, one blowing up or down the range, first quartering to one 
side, then to the other. As it was, the experienced coaching, which 
is the specialty of the British team, was fully oounterbalariced by 
the advantages of sighting possessed by the most dangerous of our 
rivals. 
All things considered, the match was one of the best contested 
it is possible to imagine. The winning team made 1,570 points 
against 1,565 by the British team, the victory having thus been 
gained by an advantage in points of 1 per cent. During the en- 
tire match not a single miss was recorded by either of the two 
leading teams, whereas last year the British team missed the tar- 
get twelve times and the Americans seven. — London Field. 
Rifle at Shell Moond. 
San Francisco, Cal., July 13.~The scores at Shell Mound 
range were hardly up to the average yesterday. Doubtless some 
of our riflemen are preparing for their annual deer hunt, as the 
season opens this week. Scores: 
.Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, monthly medal shoot: Pistol 
trophy-W. F. Blasse 86, D. D. Smith SI, G. Armstrong 70, A. 
Thode 71, M, Kolander 6.3. Re-entry match: W. C. Pritchard 93, 
93, 92; G.Armstrong 89,85,83, 81; W. F. Blasse 85. 85, S3; Dr. D. 
Smith 81. Revolver trophy: S. C. Hinkel 85, J. R. Trecro 85 
M. J. White 86, H Kruckel 73. Re-entry match: P. A Becker 
93, 91, 89; J. W. Tompkins 82; A. H. Rape 88, 87; F. Kruckel 77, 
77, 77; J. Kullman 88, 83, Gold medal: M. Kolander 21" 211 209* 
212, 203, 205, 205; W. Burkholder 202, 201. Medal bars-' m' 
Blasse 214, '204, 207, 202, 213; G. Armstrong 189. 
Club trophy: A. Gehret 221, D. B. Faktor 218, O. Bremer 216 
M. Kolander 212, M. Blasse 207, W. Burkholder 206. G Arm- 
strong 127, J. Kullman 180, M. J. White 161. 
Re-entry match: C. M. Henderson 218, 214, 215- A Gehret •''17 
217, 217; D. B. Faktor 215, M. Kolander 202. ' 
Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First champion 
class, F. P. Schuster, 226; second champion class, N Ahrens 292- 
first class, D. Salfield, 204; second class, M. Kolander, 218; Wrd 
class, John Beuttler, 108; best first shot, A. Gehret, 25- best last 
shot, W. F. Blasse, 25. 
Competition shoot: A. Geliret 225, D. B, Faktor 222, H Huber 
208, N. Ahrens 207. 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly medal shoot- Cham- 
pion class-Highest score, August Rape, 436; champion class 
medal, Herman Huber, 425; first class, Lieut. David Salfield 407- 
second class, not filled; third class, John De Wit, 365; fourth 
class, John Beuttler, 370; best first shot, (icorge H Bahrs 24- 
best last shot, Otto Lemcke, 25. 
. ROEEL. 
Stevens Rifle Contest, 
Rock ISI.AND, 111., July Ig.-A counter attraction and high wind 
diminished the attendance, and only one shooter shot on record 
His score is as follows: 
10 8 6 6 8 7 10 5 8 5-73 
7 6 7 
9 5 8 7 7-72 
, , „. 10 8 9 10 7 8 7 S S 6-81 
follows: ""^ ^^^""^^ '■'^^ ^^-^^ '°-<^''y' had records as 
1 10 
4 
7 
5 
6 
4—44 
6 
'5 
8 
5 
4 
4 
7—58 
4 
3 
5 
4 
7 
6 
8—50 
6 
8 
5 
8 
7 
4 
7—61 
4 
9 
4 
4 
8 
9 
8-63 
6 
5 
7 
8 
9 
6 
7—65 
5 
7 
9 
9 
4 
9 
6—69 
9 
6 
6 
5 
7 
5 
5-58 
9 
7 
6 
7 
8 
8 
4—65 
5 
7 
6 
5 
8 
9 
9—65 
8 
5 
4 
6 
6 
8 
9—60 
7 
4 
5 
7 
4 
3 
6—53 
6 
4 
8 
4 
7 
5 
7—61 
3 
5 
6 
9 
4 10 
7—63 
5 
7 
3 
5 
6 
2 
4-49 
.2 
2 cal. 
rifl 
e. 
. C. W. Durham, Sec'y. 
Cindnnati Rifle Association. 
T ^'''.T^^'''' "meeting of this Association on 
July 19 the following scores were made. 
A tricky fish-tail wind, from 4 to 8 o'clock, prevailed all day. 
and kept down high scores. Strickmeier was champion with 
225. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, German ring target: 
Strickmeier 225 223 211 "208 208 
Robert = 218 213 211 210 204 
n Jiu 214 213 201 201 196 
1;^°^" ' 214 210 207 207 204 
Nestler 212 204 204 201 200 
Honor. 
65 
67 
66 
60 
f^""^ ••• 205 194 188 187 190 44 
Hnfn..-;-- • 204 201 200 199 193 El 
68 
60 
57 
i^Z-? ----204 200 198 193 193 
j^'^^'tag 201 188 ISS 183 183 
Trounstme , igg igg igg ^gf 
The American rifle team began its homeward journev from 
Bisley on July 25, the first stop of importance being at Liverpool 
They were given a hearty, friendly send-off. Major-General Lord 
Cheylesmore, chairman of the Council of the National Rifle As- 
sociation, delivered the farewell speech, which was responded to 
by Col. Leslie C. Bruce, of the American team. 
Concerning other competition at Bisley, the press dispatches 
state that the entries for the last and most important competitions 
of the meeting, except the competition for the Palma trophy 
namely, the King's prize and the St. George's.vase. were curtailed 
somewhat m a sensational fashion by the posting of an official 
notice that Corporal J. W. Garvie, and Private F. Watson, of the 
same regiment, were barred not only from the above events, but 
from all subsequent competitions on the National Pifle Associa- 
tion ranges, and that they would forfeit all prizes won during the 
present meeting. Both men had qualified for the St. George's 
final stage, and Garvie had qualified for the King's Hundred. The 
Association's announcement reduced the number of competitors 
for the St. George's vase to ninety-eight, and the number of com- 
petitors for the King's Hundred to ninety-nine. The official 
charges against Garvie and Watson are tampering with the scores 
at a provincial meeting. Both men denied the charges, and 
threaten to sue the National Rifle Association. The St. George's 
vase was won by Capt. Hohnson, of the London Rifle Brigade, 
with a score of 135. The King's prize and gold medal were won 
to-day by Color Sergeant Davis, of the Third Glamorgan Vol- 
unteers, with a score of 311. This is the second time Davis has 
won the King's medal, a feat which has been accomplished only 
once before in the history of the competition. 
If 7o(i want yotif ihoot to be aaaotioced here tead a 
notice like the following t 
Fiztutes* 
July 30-Aug. 1.— -La Crosse, Wis.— The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the La Crosse and Viroqua 
gun clubs. John M. Moore, sec'y. 
Aug. 4-5.— Head and Dunbar's annual midsummer target tour- 
nament at Bass Lake, Ind. Address J. L. Head, Peru, Ind 
Aug. 6-7.— MarshaUtown, la., Gun Club two-day tournament 
Aug. 5-6.— Millport, Pa.— Oswayo Valley Rod and Gun Club's 
two-day tournament. M. S. Dodge, Sec'y. 
•Aug. 5-6.— Brownsville. Pa., Pod and Gun Club's tournament. 
,-„Aug. 9.— Jersey City, N J.— All-day shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Club. James Hughes, Secy. 
Aug. lO-ll.-WoIcott, N Y.— Two day tournament of the Catclj- 
pole Gun Club. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec'y. 
