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a description furnished by a friend, am positive that others 
have been seen in this vicinity. I am satisfied that their intro- 
duction is going to be a successful undertaking. There was 
a bevy of them let loose in Groton, Mass., some fifteen miles 
from here, last season, and perhaps those seen here belonged 
to them. Wkbb. 
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Maine — Portland , May 16. — First match; Maine Rifle 
Club: 
500 yards. 2,000 yards. 
E C Farrington... 4 4554G565 4—16 2 0043-2 300 3-15-61 
G L Bailey 4 44564565 5—40 364640254 4— 35— S3 
L C Daniel* 4 44556645 3—44 S4OO03226 2— 15— 59 
W A Stillings 4 0 4 4 6 4 5 6 5 6—41 600002803 0-13-54 
W Jones 1 0 4 3 5 3 6 6 3 0-83 „ „ 
E McAllister 502200300 0—12 
Walnut Hill, May 16.— Eighth renewed shot-gun match. 
Day cold, with strong east wind, but excellent shooting. 
Conditions, 800, 000 and 1,000 yards ; possible 225. Captain 
Jackson made u capital score : 
Captain W H Jackson. 
800 6 4 6 4 6 6 6 5 6 0 6 5 6 6 6 — T3 
900 6 5 6 5 6 3 6 5 6 4 6 5 6 6 4 — 71 
1,000 5 6 6 6 8 3 4 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 4—69—218 
A H Hebbard. 
800 3 6 5 3 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 4—69 
900 6 6666656564656 6—74 
1,000 4 5 0 4 3 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 6 — 65— 20S 
J B Osborne. 
800 4 6655446646664 6—70 
000 5 6466645636645 3—63 
1,000 0 6 6 4 6 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 4 6 6—64—202 
'Salem Wilder. 
800 4 3656646666646 4—69 
900 6 6604036666664 6—61 
1,000 4 4 G55AG65564G6 4—66—196 
William Poland. 
800 6 2 4 6 0 5 6 4- 4 5 6 6 6 6 4—63 
900 5 6 3 4 6 3 56 5 8 6 G 8 6 6— 6S 
1,000 i 4340663646666 3—61—192 
J F Brown. 
800 4 4666646466663 6—69 
900 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 4 6 5 6 6 0 6-66 
1,000 3 6 6 6 5 6 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 6 6— 64— 1S9 
L Sannders. 
800 4 4634156344656 6— 6G 
900 4 24 4 655653 0 434 5-63 
1,000 0 0 4 6 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 6 5-67—185 
L L Hobbard. 
800 5 0 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 6 5 4 3—65 
900 0 3340666644366 5—56 
1,000 4 6653438043404 0—47—168 
The leading Boston shots will be shortly in New York, and 
will participate in the spring meeting at Creedmoor. 
May 18. — Second trial, amateur series. Conditions — Ten 
shots at 200 yards. The following are the scores : 
W Gerrlsh 6 54644564 4—45 
E B SOUCber 4 64464646 4 — 44 
8 wilder 4 65356644 4—44 
H Severance 4 4444564 4 4 — 42 
W Poland 4 64464444 4 — 12 
C M Melggs 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—41 
H Mortimer 4 64444444 4—11 
H B Sarcent, Jr 4 4 6 4 4 4 3 4 6 4—11 
C RuBsell 6 5 8 3 4 4 4 4 9 6 — 40 
J B Parker — 4 3334 4 444 5— as 
J N Frye 4 45844843 R— 34 
Match No 3 ; same distance and conditions : 
W Poland .6 6 4 4 5 6 6—33 H T Rockwell. ...4 6 6 4 4 4 4—30 
E B Souther 4 6 6 8 4 5 4—32 S Wilder 4 4 4 4 8 4 3—26 
J B Osborn 6 4 4 4 4 6 3—30 
Connecticut Rtfle Association. — This association will 
have regular shooting days at Willowbrook on the 2d and 
4th Saturday of each month. First competition for purse 
is to be held on Saturday, May 28. The following prizes 
have been provided : 
Long Range— Regular prize of 1878, ten shots each, at 
800, 000, and 1,000 yards. To be won three times before 
becoming the property of the winner. 
Mid-Range— “ Remington prize," a revolver. Ten shots 
at 500 yards. To be won three times. . 
Military Prize — A prize for military men only. Seven 
shots, 200 and 500 yards. Any military rifle. Aggregate 
score to win. To be won three times. 
All Comers’ Prize— Seven shots at 200 yards. Any rifle 
and any trigger pull. To be won three times. 
Creedmoor— May 15.— Day cloudy, rain in morning ; not 
much wind. First match for the Appleton prize— complete 
set of American Encyclopaedia. Open to all comers, 200 and 
300 yards ; seven shots ; scores : 
W M Farrow 
E E Lewis 
R H Keene 
Homer FlBtier 
A J Howlett 
Dr 8 T Q Dudley 
Capt W R Livermore, 
J S Conltn 
P Pennine 
J L Paulding 
D F Davids 
J K Grohinan 
F H Holton 
E U Sanford 
J W Hitchcock 
Dr M M Maltby 
E U Raymond 
.60 J W Todd 
.60 G L Morse 
.60 John Cavanagb. 
.67 N o’Donnel... 
.67 P MeMorrow... 
no AWDlmock.. 
.65 J E Irwin 
.65 ENWhlton... 
.6* F G Fuligraff. . 
.64 S Case 
.61 FW Leavitt... 
.64 V Daly 
,6i N D Ward 
.63 c Rodman 
.63 J A Hatry 
.62 O H Styles 
.52 
,.61 
.61 
.61 
,.50 
.49 
.49 
.48 
.46 
.46 
..45 
44 
,.43 
.41 
,.37 
.35 
.31 
Amateur Club ; mid-range contest ; GOO yards ; 15 shots : 
Ransom Rathbone 72 G L Morse 67 
R H Keene 71 Lieut. -Col E H Sanford 66 
W M Farrow.- 70 F H Holton 55 
Homer Fisher 63 
Eighth Regiment Rifle Club’s contest for Douglas cup ; 
200 and 500 yards ; 10 shots at each distance. Capt. Chas. 
Reizman, with 73, won the trophy, though Dr. G. D. Ho- 
bart bad the trophy upon the higher aggregate. 
Canadian Wimbledon Team. — The following i9 the com- 
position of the team : From Ontario, Capt. Gibson andCorp. 
F. Newby ; from Quebec, 8ergt. Riddle, Capt Thomas, 
Sergt. Hatley and Private J. J. Warded ; from New Bruns- 
wick, Sergt. J. F. Parker, Brigadier J. T. Hurt, Trooper J. 
Langstroth, Private J. M. Kinnear, Capt. O. R. Arnold, 
Capt. E. Arnold, Sergt. C. W. Weyman, Ensign T. G. Log- 
gie, Private J. D. Perkins and Trooper J. f. Ryan; from 
Nova Scotia, Sergt. K. Power, Sergt. S. S. Hard and Lieut. 
B. Weston. The party will leave Quebec for England on 
June 15, under command of Lieut.-Col. Beers, Seventy- 
fourth Battalion, New Brunswick, and Ensign Fitch, 
Seventy-eighth Highlanders, Nova Scotia. 
May 18. — By the withdrawal of the Remington $300 prize, 
some of the riflemen were disappointed. The only match 
hot was the flrst competition for the champion marksman's 
badge. Conditions— Open to members of the N. G., also 
members of the N. R. A.; distance, 200 and 500 yards ; 
trophy to belong to competitor winning the greatest number 
of times during the season. The following are the scores : 
apt 
Eagle. 
H C TI us . 
.42 
J L Paulding 
J T Py 0 
86 
\V H llelsser 
.34 
W O Knight 
....26 
F S Howard 
gentlemen amused themselves m various ways- iumimur 
running, wrestling and rifle shooting. A very Interesting 
match was shot by the teams made up on the grounds 
Each loam was composed of eight members, each to have 
ten shots at 50 yards with the ordinary squirrel rifle tarirct 
three inches diameter : 
Julian Cooley 
f wright 5 , i 
The Stock Exchange Rifle Club shot for the “Woerls- 
shoeffer" badge at 200 yards, 10 shots otT-hund. Mr. R. W. 
Day won with 40 out of a possible 50 points. 
It is but paying a passing tribute to Gen. Dakin, whose 
sudden death was mentioned by us in last week's issue, to 
state that his memory, at least at Creedmoor, was not for- 
gotten. Many were the kind comments passed on him by 
the riflemen on Saturday, aud his appearance, as he was last 
seen at the range, was vividly recalled. Perhaps if any 
permanency were posisble on the buildings now erected at 
Creedmoor, so one tablet might be raised commemorative of 
Gen. Dakin. How would it do to call the main avenue 
leading up to the range Dakin Avenue ? 
Sbppenfeldt Rifle Club, 
Bowery ; 175 feet distance, 
rules, possible 50 : 
A H Anderson 49 
Wn Seppenleldt 47 
T Garrison 47 
Er Holtzmann 46 
Albert Keller 46 
Ed Story, Jr 45 
C Rasch 45 
Aug Grueueberg 45 
John W Adams ..46 
T Waeker 44 
May 10. — Match shot at 104 
2^-in. bull’s-eye, Creedmoor 
M Heurnan 44 
Th Reagan 43 
F Maoker 43 
Max Kern 43 
G Lalng 41 
H Kotbenberg 41 
W J Loarry 42 
J Hoagland 40 
Mt Bullwluk'.e 39 
G Hoason 37 
S Wilkinson. 
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9ize of target, three inches : 
Wm Jackson i i 1-3 Gov Porter n i i u 
P Wright l o 1-2 Jo norton. .. \ j - ? 
Col JC Burch l l 0—2 Ed Willard J 
J D H. 
Colorado— D cnour. — Tho following handsome scores 
were made last month by three members of the club .lw 
lance, 200 yards : ’ 
o Gove 4 4 
Spangler 4 4 
CGove 5 5 
M spa 
J P Lower 
II Miner 
464454469 1 
6 6 4 4 * i * : * ^ 
564466446 5-66 
On May 10, for the Fay medal ; tho following are the 
scores : ° ” 
Total, 
70 
76 
61 
81 
80 
76 
93 
A telegraph match has been made between the Denver 
Rifle Club and the Saratoga riflomon. On a late occasion 
Mr. C. Qove, at 500 yards, made a perfect score. Consider’ 
ing that Mr. Gove is 61, ho must still have a clour eye and u 
steady hand. 
W J Fay. 
•00 yds. 
900 yds. 
20 
1,000 yds. 
23 
If 
23 
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22 
20 
30 
26 
92 
82 
50 
Scores made by the same club in Myrtle Avenue Park, 
distance 200 yards, on Wednesday, May 15 : 
Aug Qrueneberg — .. 
M Heuuiau 
162 
Albert Keller 
Max Kura 
Creedmoor Spring Meeting. — This event takes place to- 
day. The “Leech Cup’’ match will open the ball — fifteen 
shots at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, at 10 a. m. At 1 a. m. 
the Frazer match — 200 yards, and at the same time the 
Soldiers’ match. The day’s programme will conclude with 
the Shirmershers’ match. On Friduy there will be no less 
than 21 matches, 15 of them subscription matches. The 
National Guardsman's match, first stage, will be for a 
Remington rifle. Conditions, 300 yards, 7 shots, at 9 
o'clock. The long range match (No. 10) “ Sharp’s ” mili- 
tary team at. 1 o'clock. Second stage of the same at 8 
o’clock. The final stage, 1,000 yards. On Saturday the 
Directors’ match will begin at 9 a. m. There are twelve 
matches on Saturday, of which eight are subscription 
matches. 
— The Corps of Cadets of the Twenty-third Regiment 
will give a reception and complimentary drill for the Vigi- 
lantia Medals, with a dress parade and promenade concert, 
next Friday evening, May 24, it the Armory. Col. Ward 
will review the corps. 
Syraouse. — The Inspector of Rifle Practice of the Fifty- 
fifth Regiment has received from the Messrs. Tiffany the 
handsome silver cup presented by this leading firm of sil- 
versmiths, and the trophy is now on exhibition in Syracuse. 
Newark Rifle Association vs. New Jersey Soiujtzbn 
Corps— Newark, May 15.— Twenty men a side, ring targets. 
The match was won by the New Jersey Schutzeu Corps 
with three rings. The number of points was as follows : 
Job Escbbaoh.. 
John Schneider. 
F Blumenberg . 
F Raihyen 
Charles Zettler. 
Appel 
Grube 
Cook 
Engle.. 
Jacoble 
New Jersey Schutzen Team. 
.173 Relnprank 189 
1M» Bergman 192 
170 Dltmar 164 
183 Herman R&schon 161 
177 John Itaachen 187 
134 F Harden 154 
143 Zengner 192 
165 Ermlnch 196 
181 Fledner .153 
132 HWCordts 171 
Total 8,827 
Newark Team. 
H Kaegle 
Uenora 
Total 
Rochester vs. Newark. — On the 15th the Rochester Ama- 
teur Club visited Newark, N. Y., and were the victors. 
Conditions— 200 yards, 10 shot9 : 
Rochester Team. 
CE Rider 5 46466546 4—46 
Jamca U Brown 6 44444446 4—42 
Lieut Col R B Yates 1 64463441 6-42 
S A Servls 4 3544 6464 4—12 
M»J W S Smith, Jr 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4-39 
AdJ A H Bruman 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 4 3—39 
HFHart 3 42444444 6—37 
MaJ B J Charles 0 4624 4 344 4-34—321 
Newark Team. 
R B Pomeroy 3 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 4—41 
H P Van Duaen 434444445 4—40 
E B EillOlt 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—40 
C A Peake 4 4 4 446344 4—40 
Henry Uumlsion 4 4 4 446444 8 — 40 
W II NlCtlo'oy 4 434 4 4444 4—39 
Dr DF Wilcox 6 84444444 3—39 
Frank Oarlock 3 3 1 4 5 3 4 4 4 4—37—517 
Tennessee— Nashville, May 10 .— At the barbecue at Mel- 
rose Park, the magnificent country seat of Mrs. Gov. A. V. 
Brown, about three mile3 from town, the company, in all 
about fifty, was composed principally of the merchants of 
Broad and Market streets. While waiting for dinner the 
Winchester Repeating Riplbs.— Tho history of this im 
portant enterprise is one in which the energy mid dctormlnn 
tion of a Bingle man whose name Is given to these well" 
known fire-arms is most conspicuous. Originating H onio 
twenty-eight years ago, tho muuufacture of the repontiug 
rifle has had no end of vicissitudes. First called the J UH . 
mngs repeating gun, it was not until 180U that the present 
association, tho Winchester Uepcutiug Arms Company, was 
organized and commenced the manufacture of the new and 
improved arms. To-day there is no private establishment 
in the world which has such enormous facilities for manu. 
facturo nor one whose arms are held higher iu general esti- 
mation. It has taken, of course, over iwcnty-flvo years to 
establish the (act thut tho muguziuo guu, the arm having 
within itself Home fifteen or moro consecutive tires, was the 
arm of tho present. Governments understand these things 
apparently later than do individuals. Strange it is to Rtate 
that the United States him becu among the last to 1 , 0 k care- 
fully into the practicability of such a repeating arm, when 
with the old model of 1809 in the hands of the Turk they 
mode last year such havock iu the Husslun forces at Plevim 
An arm with which even a mun who is not an adept can diel 
charge fifteen shots in tcnseconds must be terribly effective" 
With increasing business the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company have opened a handsome establishment at No 
245 Broadway, New York, in the old locality, formerly oc- 
cupied by Orange Judd & Co. Mr. A. W. Hooper will act 
as agent for the company. Mr. P. G. Sundford, so long anil 
favorably known in Now York in tho gun trude ns an expert 
in fire-arms, will attend to the disposul of the Winchester 
rifles. The capacities of tho compauy aro immense. With 
a producing power of 800 perfect arms every twenty-four 
hours in a day’s time, from slock on hand 12,000 guns cun ho 
furnished. As to tho excellence of tho arm for sporting 
purposes our columns have frequently borne witness. With- 
out being too heavy, resisting all tho accidents which rough 
usage subjects fire-arms to, its wonderful accuracy and 
simplicity of mechanism most especially commends it to 
the public. It is not only rifles which tho Winchester Re- 
peating Arms Company mauufuctures. Any ono who bus 
visited New Haven has not seen the m09t notable tiling in 
tho Elm City unless lie has passed some hours at the arms 
factory. In addition to a large number of mechanics fully 
employed in making rifles, hundreds of workmen and boys 
are occupied in preparing cartridges. The capability of 
turning out perfected cartridges is 1,000,000 per diem ; and 
this company have furnished even more rapidly than at the 
above rate per diem, some 255,000,000 of cartridges for the 
Turkish Government. Every kind of cartridge is made, not 
only for their own special urms, but for all known systems. 
One specialty of tho compuny is the muking of bullets for 
long-range Bhooting. Perfection of shape, size, weight, and 
density of metal being the great desiderata, the most care- 
ful mechanical appliunces have been invented uud brought 
into use in order to turn the bulls, which ure absolutely 
identical one with another. 
Returning once more to the arms, the model of 1800 
manufactured by the company, using a rim lire cartridge, 
44-100, is still popular. Of the model of 1878 some 175,000 
are now in use. This uses a longer cartridge, with more 
powder, giving the ball an initial velocity ot some 1,800 
feet per second. The model of 1870 is of 45-100 calibre, mid 
uses 75 grains of powder, with 850 grains of lead, being 
nearly double the charge in the model of 1878. 
It is the intention of the company to introduce shortly 
on the market the Hotchkiss repeater, which holds the 
magazine in the butt. It will curry from live to seven car- 
tridges. It is a perfect military arm, and at the same time a 
long-range sporting rifle. 
Anotueb “ Accident. "—The shooting of an apple from a 
person's bead is still practiced in the variety theatres and 
circuses, aDd the recent futal uccident in Rhode Island, in- 
stead of serving os a warning, seems to have stimulated the 
interest in the dangerous and thoroughly reprehensible feat. 
In an Indiana circus the other day a man was shooting at 
the apple on bis wife’s head, the bullets going through the 
canvas tent into the crowd outside. At the third shoi u boy 
was killed, then tho circus man folded his toot and slid 
away before the people lynched him. A liberal term of 
States prison would be the proper thing (or him. 
