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144 
mg riflemen, but, thanks to Mr. Oonlin’s good management 
and thorough system, the matches were continued every night 
without stop, hindrance or dispute. The method of marking 
was as thorough and complete as possible, a duplicate target 
having always been made and kept, which recorded each 
shot, which duplicate target was attached to the real target. 
All the targets were placed under the charge of T. C. Banks, 
Esq., of the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gon, and 
were every day placed in the custody of one of the editors of 
the paper, when they were sealed up, to be afterward opened 
by the judges, OoL G. W. Wingate and Major Henry Fulton, 
in the presence of the referee, Mr. T. C. Banks. We now 
Saturday evening the courtesy of the Sturtevant House 
having been extended to them by the proprietors, the Messrs. 
Lelands, the members of the competing teams, with a 
number of other gentlemen, gathered for the distribution of 
the prizes, Col. Schermerhorn presiding, Mr. J. N Meeker, 
of the New York Club, secretary. The Forest and Stream 
and Rod and Gun medal was presented by Mr. Banks, and 
received with a few well-chosen aud modest words by Mr. 
Sherman, of the Zettler Club- Mr. Sherman in his expres- 
sion of the good feeling and generous rivalry existing be- 
tween the Zettler Club and their competitors, gave the key- 
note to the tone of the whole meeting, which was boister- 
a shooter the Maynard was, changed its name, and now we 
propose to shoot under the name of the Maynard Rifle Club 
of Wheeling. The Ballard rifle was sent here after our 
organization, and public trials of it were made, but no good 
was ever done here with it, aud no rifles were sold. In oil- 
hand practice I have fired five successive shots, with ,40-cal. 
barrel, at 100 yards, into a four-inch bull’s-eye, and scored 
40 on two occasions with it at that distance, in ten shots, 
after forty shots had been fired without cleaning. My great 
admiration for the Maynard, and my desire to see it given a 
fair show, has induced me to write the above; and as the 
Maynard Creedmoor is only something over a year old I 
hope to see it make a name during the next summer, aud 
put itself into the popular accepted list of first-class rifles. 
Wheeling , W. Va. Chas. E. Dwight. 
give the scores of the teams in order of merit: 
Zettler'a Team— Capt M L Riggs. 
TKleisrath 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 8 
M Dorrler 4 4 6 4 6 4 4 6 
D Miller 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 
ChasJodson 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 
Wm Klein 1 6 4 6 4 6 5 6 
MBKngel 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 
B Zettler 6 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 
C Zettler 0 6 6 4 4 5 6 4 
ML RlggS 6 4 6 6 6 4 6 6 
P Fennlng 6 6 4 4 4 6 4 6 
New York Team— Capt C E Blydenborgh. 
6 
6 
4 
4 
4 
5 
4 
8 
4 
6 
5 
4 
4 
4 
4 
6 
6 
6 
4 
5 
4 — 43 
5— 45 
4 — 47 
4— 12 
4 — 46 
5— 4S 
4—40 
4—16 
4—46 
4 — 45— 1M 
Dr Dudley 4 3 6 4 5 6 6 
PH Holton 4 4 6 6 5 6 4 
D Banks 4 5 6 6 4 6 6 
SW Sibley 4 4 4 4 6 4 8 
J S Conlln 6 6 6 4 6 4 4 
C E Blydenburgh 5 6 4 0 A 6 6 
Fred Alder 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 
A J Howlett 6 4 6 3 4 6 6 
J B Blydeuburgh 5 6 6 4 4 6 4 
NO Donnell 4 6 4 6 3 4 4 
Hellwlg Team— Capt Philip Klein. 
L Vogel 4 4 4 6 4 4 6 
L Dreyer 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 
A Knoeptb 4 6 4 6 4 5 4 
WHahn, .Ir 4 4 6 6 4 4 6 
AO Hellwlg 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 
R Weidman 5 6 4 4 5 5 3 
p Klein 4 6 5 4 4 6 4 
R Faber 4 4 6 6 4 6 4 
F Kessler 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 
P Meyer 5 6 5 4-1 6 6 
Scolch-Amexlcan— Capt David Vanuett. 
6—40 
4—40 
6—46 
4—41 
4-44 
6-49 
4—43 
4—12 
6 4—46 
4 4—42—443 
LCBrnce 6 5 6 2 6 5 4 
DVannelt 4 4 6 5 4 5 4 
D Cameron 5 4 4 4 4 6 3 
A Pyle 4 6 6 6 4 6 6 
Capt Lindsay 5 4 5 4 4 6 4 
D McPherson 3 4 4 6 5 4 4 
Jas Ross 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 
Jas Spana 5 1 4 4 4 4 6 
Jos Ross 3 4 3 4 6 4 5 
W Robertson 4 4 4 5 45 6 6 
Newark— Capt VV C Gardner. 
ASFowle 4 4 4 0 4 4 6 
Vic Hesse, Jr 4 6 5 4 5 5 6 
A Seitz 3 6 6 4 2 4 4 
W P McL od 4 4 6 4 5 4 4 
J F Hill 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 
JL Tobin 8 0 6 5 6 4 6 
FQ Biown 3 4 6 4 5 6 4 
J Bayer 4 5 4 4 5 6 4 
W C Gardner. 4 4 6 4 5 4 4 
W Hayes 6 8 4 4 4 4 5 
Seppenfeldt— Capt W Seppenfeldt. 
D SulUvan 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 
F sbaokell 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 
N W Bock 4 6 4 4 4 6 3 
i W Adams 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 
A Keller ....5 5 4 6 4 6 4 
G Strassner, Jr 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 
Isaac Garrison 4 5 6 4 5 3 6 
E Boltzmann 5 4 4 4 6 4 4 
VV Seppenfeldt 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 
FAGeenburgh 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 
6-44 
6—43 
4—44 
4—44 
4—44 
0—41 
6—45 
4-44 
4— 45 
6 — 4S — 442 
5 — 15 
4—14 
4—41 
6— 40 
4-44 
4—43 
6—44 
6-44 
4-41 
4—16-437 
4— SS 
6—44 
4—40 
4— 42 
6—43 
6-49 
4—43 
4—18 
6—42 
6— 16— 42S 
3 4—38 
4 6-44 
4 6—12 
5 4—12 
6 6—47 
4 5-42 
3 4-41 
5 5—44 
4 6—46 
4 5—43 — 127 
W MarahaU 
Centennial— Capt B S Brown. 
6 
4 
6—42 
B S Brown 
6 
5 
6 — 16 
.1 F March 
5 
3 
6-41 
J D Redpath 
6 
5 
4—49 
J J Jeweseon 
9 4 4 4 6 4 5 
4 
4 
6-41 
W K Brown 
4 
4 
3—37 
J q Adame 
4 
4 
6-44 
L C Chatlleld 
5 
4 
4—12 
A BLong 
5 
4 
5-43 
A Otee 
4 
3 
3-36—423 
J J O Clark 
Irish American— Capt F F Mlllen. 
5 
5 
5—10 
Capt J Cavanagb. 
4 
4 
6—14 
O W Lenton 
5 
4 
4-4! 
Wilson McDonald 
4 
5 
6—13 
Capt J Boles 
8 F Kneeland — 
4 
4 
6—44 
4 
3 
4-fjil 
I)r M M Maltby ... 
6 
4 
4—43 
J E Irwin 
3 
2 
3—3$ 
J Haggerty 
Gen F F Mlllen... 
3 
4 
3—311 
4 
4 
4- 42—420 
A Smart 
Yorkvllle Team— Capt M F Ratty. 
0 U 4 5 4 6 3 
3 
2 
4—30 
J Paulding 
4 4 6 3 5 6 5 
4 
6 
6—45 
P McMorrow 
4 
6 
4-41 
O See 
5 
6 
4-45 
T Woods 
3 
6 
4—39 
F Kasse’ 
4 
5 
4—44 
E Gelllus 
4 4 6 3 4 4 4 
3 
b 
4—49 
J R Qrohman 
4 
6 
6 — 1 5 
O Kelz 
6 
6 
6—45 
Capt MF Ratty... 
4 6 4 4 6 4 4 
5 
5 
5—46—419 
The following is the resume of tho match : 
Zettler. , 461 Seppenfeldt. 427 
New York 443 Centennial 423 
Hellwlg 442 lrlsh-Amerlcan .420 
Scotcli-Amerlcan 437 Yorkvllle 419 
Newark 429 
Awatds for individual highest scores: Mr. A. Keller, Sep- 
penfeldts, 47; Mr. J. D. Redphth, Centennials, 49; Mr. J. J. 
C. Clark, Irish-American, 40 ; O. Kelz, Yorkvilles, 45. 
It may be stated that in judging the targets, Col. Wingate 
and Maj. Fulton were never at variance, and in no case was 
it necessary to call on the judgment of Mr. T. C. Banks, the 
referee. Of course that certain peculiar accident, which 
always does turn up when least expected, actually did take 
place. When the fourth man on the New York team was 
shooting, the main-spring of the rifle snapped and another 
spring had to be substituted. This change made the rifle a 
very much heavier pull, which might have disconcerted the 
shooters. As L was, however, this bit of real bad luck also 
effected the Irish-American team, who used the same rifla. 
The Fork9t and Stream and Rod and Gun take particular 
pleasure in returning their thanks to Mr. Conlin for the 
great attention he has given to this match, and are glad to 
express the obligations they feel to the Union Metallic Cart- 
ridge Co. of Bridgeport, to Messrs. Schoverling & Daly, to 
the Messrs. Remington, and to N. M. Shepard, Esq., for the 
handsome prizes contributed by them. 
ously reiterated in the rousing cheers which followed the 
reception of each award. Dr. Dudley, of the New York 
Club, received the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. medal with 
a neat speech. Major Fulton, with a few remarks, urging 
that to be a successful rifleman it is first necessary to be a 
man with manly attributes well developed aud enervating 
influences suppressed, then presented to Mr. Hellwig, of the 
Hellwig Club, the third prize. Mr. Bruce, on behalf of the 
Scottish-American team, received the prize awarded to that 
club. The Newark team were conspicuous for their ab- 
sence, Mr. Conlin humorously explaining that the news of 
their victory had not yet reached Jersey. Their prize was 
accordingly entrusted to the keeping of this journal and has 
since been received by that club. Of those who had won 
individual honors, only Mr. Keller, of the Seppenfeldt team, 
was present to accept his award with becomiag modesty. 
A series of votes of thanks then followed,. in which recogni- 
tion was made of Mr. Conlin’s courteous conduct of the gal- 
lery during the match, and also of the proprietor of the 
Sturtevant House, the very satisfactory labors of the judges, 
and the generosity of the donors of the prizes. 
New Haven Rifle Association. — The regular monthly 
meeting of the New Haven Rifle Association for competi- 
tion will be held at Quiunipiac range, Wednesday, April 3. 
The annual meeting of the association for the election of 
officers will be held at the office of Col. S. R. Smith, No. 
347 State street, at 7 :30 o’clock on Friday evening, April 5. 
—Mr. Conlin’s prize shooting match will close this week. 
There are a few prizes still left, for which tickets may be 
procured. There are forty prizes, but no one can win but 
one prize. 
Seppenfeldt Rifle Cldb, 104 Bowery— Friday, March 
22. — 175 feet, ofl-haud; bull’s-eye, 2^ inches ; Creedmoor 
target, possible 50. 
A Grueneberg 
W seppenfeldt 
N tV Boch 
T Garrison 
E T Mander 
38 
Cr. Shackell, Sec. 
The Sharpshooters’ Union.— The extra prize list of the 
Sharpshooters 1 Union is filling up to very attractive dimen- 
sions. In addition to the donations already noted in the For- 
est and Stream of lost week, the Columbia Rifle Associa- 
tion have given a gold watch, valued at $75 ; Gus Lauter, of 
the same association, a Ballard rifle, valued at $50 ; the Inde- 
pendent Scbutzen Corp9, a watch, value $300; John F. 
Rodman, five barrels of old ale, value $100 ; H. D. Busch, a 
breech loading rifle, value $100 ; August Emmisch, 500 
cigars, valued at $50, and the Jersey Schutzen Corps, $150 
cash. 
Hackensack Rifle Association. — Monthly meeting for 
diamond badge, March 22; short-range: 
W HolbertOD 6 64444444 4—42 
E Ackerman 3 64634453 4—40 
H L Bruns 3 63454454 3—40 
Van Struchltz 4 34444334 2—35 
B 8 Earle ..3 58544333 2—35 
A H Bant a 8 44348308 4-81 
Maynard Rifle Club and the Maynard Rifle.— With 
your permission I would like to give your readers some ac- 
count of the performance of the Maynard rifle, manufac- 
tured by the Massachusetts Arms Co., which has come 
under my own observation. Last September we organized 
a long-range rifle club, under the name of the Wheeling 
Rifle Club. We experimented with Remington, Sharps and 
Ballard rifles. Nearly every member thought of no other 
rifle but Sharps or Remington for long-range shooting, and 
when I ordered the first Creedmoor rifle which ever came to 
this Slate, and it was seen to be a Maynard, I was asked by 
every one : “ Why did you get that ? I never heard of it." 
My only reply was, I had used one and become attached to 
it. In my practice at 800 yards, on our range on Nov. 7, 
1877, I made sixteen bull’s-eyes out of twenty shots, scoring 
96 in a possible 100. One week later, on the same range, iu 
thirty successive shots I got twenty-eight bull’s-eyes, making 
a score of 148 in a possible 150. This, I believe, is better 
work than was done by either of the sixteen men shooting 
in the last international match. I have seen ten successive 
shots at 1,000 yards grouped into a space of less than one- 
fourth of the area of the bull’s-eye. It has also made a 
string of eight inches at 220 yards with ordinary sights. 
Mr. H. W. S. Cleveland, of Chicago, who is recognized as 
a good authority ou rifles, I suppose, has written a letter of 
several large pages to a gentleman here, which is mainly 
devoted to giving his experience of the Maynard rifle. He 
speaks of using a .40-cal., 20-in. barrel, for off-hand shoot- 
ing, and says he has penetrated seventeen inches of white 
cedar with it. Also, in speaking of its accuracy he relates 
firing three shots jit 1,000 yards, in which a 3, a 4 and a 5 
was scored with this rifle, which is not intended for use at 
over 500 yards. He mentions also that a string of ten bull's- 
eyes at 200 yards is not unusual with it. Major Henry 
Fulton, who had never used the Maynard until last fall, told 
me that he had fired ten successive shots at 800 yards with 
a Maynard Creedmoor, which were grouped so closely in the 
bull’s-eye that he could cover them with the palm of lxis 
hand. (He is not supposed to have a larger hand than 
other persons.) Our club, after seeing how very accurate 
Maynard Rifle Club— Wheeling, IF. Va., March 18, 
1878. — The following scores were made last week iu a regular 
competition for the “off-hand" team of the M. R. C. 
4 6 1 1 8 4 4 6 4 8—42 
Stanton 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 4 6 —42 
Carroll 4 44464454 4—42 
Dwight 4 44464444 4—41 
Worthen 4 63343344 6—39 
Average 41 1-6. 
Minnesota — Minneapolis , March 21.— The rifle club at 
Minneapolis made the following handsome score at 600 
yards. Wind strong, blowing from the right : 
Hoblltt Sharps 6 64604366 2—41 
(loam Ren- 4 6 6 5 4 6 5 6 6 6—19 
Libby Sharps 3 56 2 63664 6-42 
Slot ten Rem 6 6 6 4 6 5 5 6 6 5—49 
Weatcott... .Sharps 1 86442445 5 — 40 
Mr. Slotten’s score, 49 out of a 50, is a remarkable score. 
Utah Rifle Association.— At an adjourned meeting of 
the Utah Rifle Association, held at Salt Lake City, Mai oh 
14, the following business was transacted : 
The committee reported the by-laws of the Association, iu 
the hands of the printers, would be in readiness for distri- 
bution in the course of a few days. The finance committee, 
consisting of Messrs. John and James Sharp aud John 
GroesbecK, was empowered as a special committee to se- 
cure prizes lor competition at the spring meeting of the as- 
sociation. G. A. Mears and John Sharp were appointed a 
committee to designate some one person to represent the as- 
sociation at the coming riflemen’s association, to be held in 
New York city in May next. H. Spiers and J. H. Tatey 
were appointed a committee to report upon the advisability 
of securing another range -for the association, the Arsenal 
Hill range being deemed not suitable for long-range rifle 
practice. F. D. Evans, Sec. 
California — San Francisco, March 10. — At San Bruno, 
yesterday, the match between Messrs. Klose, LcBreton and 
Maher, of the National Guard, and Messrs. Hook, Ladd and 
Warren, of the Union Guard, took place. The match was 
forty shots each at 200 and 500 yards, and resulted in a vic- 
tory for the latter team by twenty points. Following is the 
score : 
200 yds. 
Hook 164 
Ladd 161 
Warren 162 
600 yds. 
170 Klose — 
153 LcBreton 
167—952 Malier.... 
200 yds. 
600 yds. 
150 
....161 
159 
....159 
163-902 
L. L. 
San Francisco .— Our first shooting since the rainy season 
set in took place at Bay View on the lOtli of this month. 
The following *>re the scores : 
200 
600 
T’l 
200 
GOO 
T’l 
Lieut J Robertson. 45 
41 
86 
M A McElhlnny... 42 
39 
81 
"apt H J BurnB. ..43 
41 
$4 
W W Perkins 38 
41 
79 
7orp W F Leeman. 40 
43 
83 
H F Bacchus 38 
38 
70 
PrlvFG Bllnn 40 
43 
S3 
Lieut. Robertson having won the medal three times it now 
becomes his individual property. 
After the match for the company medal, a side match of 
forty shots at 200 yards took place between Capt. Burns, 
Lieut. Robertson, Corp. Leeman aud Corp. Carson, with the 
following result : 
Llent J Robertson 5 65644544 4—45 
464464356 4—13 
464444444 4-41 
546444454 4—43—172 
Capt HJ Burns.... 4 65644444 4—43 
445444444 4—41 
444444544 4r-41 
454444444 4—41—166 
Corp FE Carson 4 34444653 4—40 
458454444 4 — II 
363484664 8-39 
444545465 4—44—164 
Corp WF Leeman 4 44444444 4—40 
444486464 4-41 
344644444 4-40 
444645444 4—12—163 
The late storm washed away our target and bulk-head, and 
of course we have not been able to go along with our regular 
matches. We have got every thing agaitt-in first-class-running 
order, so I expect to be able to send you our scores every 
time we shoot. J. R. 
Dr. Carver's Feat of Rifle Shooting.— A San Fran- 
cisco correspondent writes us: “On the 22d of last month I 
witnessed Dr. Carver perform his feat of breaking 750 out of 
1,000 glass balls, thrown into the air, with a Ballard parlor 
rifle. The thrower stood about 20 feet distant, and threw the 
balls from 15 to 25 feet into the air. His aim was to throw 
the balls exactly perpendicular, in which he Bhowed almost as 
much skill as the Doctor did in hitting them. The most of 
Carver's misses occurred when the ball failed to ascend verti- 
cally, and described an arc instead of a point of rest at the ' 
conclusion of its upward flight; but Dr. Carver also hit a 
number of ballrf, not only on the curve, but also after it liad 
ceased, and the ball began its perpendicular descent. He 
succeeded in breaking 885 in 1,000, and at the conclusion of 
the match amused himself and the lookers-on by shooting 
holes through copper cents and half-dollar pieces. One over- 
confident individual, who handed over a half eagle to be shot 
at with his heavy Winchester, had the satisfaction of seeing 
(or rather hearing) the gold coin whirled off into space at the 
first fire. Dr. Carver is certainly a wonderful shot with the 
rifle, and it is doubtful if he finds his match in this peculiar 
branch of fancy shooting. Being myself an expert in its use, 
I can fully appreciate the wonderful quickness and precision 
Bhown in the shooting, as seen at Oakland Park, and 1 fully 
believe that not one riflemen in 10,000 can attain to a like de- 
gree of skill with any amount of practice. With the shot- 
gun, I fancy, he will meet with his peers. 
The New Score Card.— The time of the competition for 
the new score card, for which a prize was offered in our last 
has been extended to April 20. All forms, prepared as before 
specified, are to bo sent to Major Henry Fulton, 300 Broadway. 
