forest and stream. 
Jpr* § ifte . 
CREEDMOOR. 
Daring the past week the American team have had 
two days p actice at Croedmoor. On Wednesday the weather 
as si '.gainst good scores, but this very fact may result 
m u titr ate high as the men must necessarily acquire a bet- 
ter knowledge of the effects of the wind and facility in ar- 
rangirg their wind guages. Wednesday's totuls at the 
hree ranges were as follows:— Major Henry Fulton, 143; 
H. 3. Jewell, 141; General T. 8. Dakin, 140; Captain L.' 
C. Bruce, 137; Colonel John Bodine, 137; R. C. Coleman 
1P4; A. V. Canfield, Jr., 130; G. W. Yale, 123. 
On Saturday the wind was much more favorable and the 
scores correspondingly good, but still not up to the mark 
requisite to ensure a chance of success. The following are 
the figures;— Major Henry Fulton, 158; Colonel John 
Bodine, 157; General T. S. Dakin, 151; G. W. Yale, 146; 
A. V. Canfield, Jr., 146; Colonel H. A. Gildersleeve, 135; 
R. C. Coleman, 132; L. M. Ballard, 116; Captain L. c’ 
Bruce, 112. 
An interesting feature of this day’s practice was the 
photogruphing of the team for Harper's Weekly. The team 
of 1874 was first taken in a group, after which the team 
of 1875 including the reserves was photographed. Two 
gentlemen were practicing at the new Wimbledon targets 
with the circular bullseye and the new mode of counting 
It is worthy of note that while those who have shot at 
the new targets at 200 yards range have found it difficult 
to make even fair scores, these gentlemen at the longer 
ranges have succeeded in eclipsing any of their own pre- 
vious performances. Has position anything to do with this? 
We append their scores as worthy of attention;— 
national rifle association. 
\A/ E print herewith the new rules and regulations of 
rC,UC,i »P- 
pointed for that purpose : * 
To the Virector. qf the Xoltonal AuorlatuZ, Y0 **' April 301 ,67B ' 
or th,. 
a« the'pfca 
tioi^w^c^e'cr'requfred. 1 * ubndt dielr rifles and ammunition for inspcc- 
V. No hair trigger* will bo allowed. 
VI No fixed arMIlclal rents will be allowed. 
imrnmmm 
TTIlt • 2.— DISQUALIFICATIONS AND FINES 
BS^SSKfiSBESHffi 
are to 
given from 
0r in ‘° y way Ua> P"'"S that .o Im iied, .ball be 
4 ““ 
riagMcanbepurehMOdon thegrouud 
SOO y^^ifTl/an^ I A« distance. above 
aitlon that any Demon m By ? ny P°- illon *“ nwont any po- 
N. B.-ln .LoUnT.u d^ K lak , c 00 fwnntf* * 
real lug a*min»i the bod^ n d ro,V^ OI \ b i' , " 8d ,° 10 ,ho elbow 
front of the trigger guard P «? Il ‘ ,k ' n,, « er ot ,h " left hand is | u 
p rnc 1 1 c c # at ,^l »t a nee i “ n ndVr ' ar d'» ' V ' ** ^ *"«•- “ d "> «H 
competitive •Whl and 
W«° ta U,reiSF o0 '“^ —P— « each dta- 
wlli he good ft "?« ground., and 
Cldc before firing upon the number nf 8 , , -°®P«dtors mu.t de 
hand the. tickets foftho "o thJ S l" 8 £ w,l ‘ ,akc - nnd 
counted upon a score. l,lu * corur - Sighting shot* cannot bo 
renamed, without charge. ” 8 8hot when •uch i 
day, have uot 
tiou» of a com- 
•uch eompeUtlon la 
12— TIE* 
600. 
900. 
1000 . 
.01 
H00 
900 
10C0 
H. 8. JEWELL. (NEW.) 
...3 64565443345544 
....3 4 2 2252 8 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 13 
.. .524455 3 33545353 04 j 7 g 
GEORGE CROUCH. (NEW.) 
.5 4554553513444 4 01 
...44244843485548 2.... m 
... 4535044054423 0 5 ....... ,^-m 
— The team had an off day on Monday, when four of the 
members indulged in practice. Col. Gildersleeve and Mr. 
Canfield were both rather unfortunate, the former from 
using a box of mixed ammunition, the difference in the 
two grades altering the elevation to the extent of seven 
points. Mr. Canfield lost the fore sight of his gun, and the 
substitution of a temporary one did not improve his shoot- 
ing. The scores made were as follows:— Major Henry Ful- 
tOD, 155; R. C. Coleman, 144; General T. S. Dakin 141 
Colonel. Gildersleeve, 129; A. V. Canfield, 128. 
The California Match. -Co. D, 12th Inft., under com- 
mand and direction of Capt. H. B. Smith, are preparing 
vigorously for this match. Ou Saturday a competition for 
places on the team was shot atCreedmoor, with the follow- 
ing results: — 
Yards. Score. 
W. O. REDDY. 
2 2 4 3 2 3 3. 
5UU 
E 
& SvSnSsr 1 ” 8 ’' '” rtou •“ K®*4npss 2 
XI. Auy member of a squad or firing party who shall flm „ 
before 'he hStlJi “rVh • thp ho,,r P r ® B “*bed for his squad to Are, 'and 
^^l^aallflj^Tn^at com^tlttOT.^ CXC ° Pt ' n of -SS 
oJ. I L™?L C0mp ® tit 2 r dlBchar ging his riflo accidentally, either bv his 
dKliflcatio^ " by ,ea8 ° D ° f a “ y dcfcct ,Q «» riflo/willbeUaYlow 
Hva nm;^L C K“ P , etitor refU8i1 '^ to obey any Instrnclions of the Excel- 
at sks- 
furlher compe “ t,OD ’ and ror - 
nt rho'flrfnrt person, whether a competitor or not, Interfering with anv 
pelted fro^the U gronnd. allUOyin *’ thum ln “"y woy, will at ogee be ex" 
A, »y competitor tiring when the danger flag or trap disc Is shown 
“t tho target or tiring point, or knowingly dischorsing hls P rifle eicont at 
,u ‘, hQ8 bet '“ assigned, or into the firound and «t* rnav 
by oDice i' ahajl be debarred from all further competitions 
during the meeting, and shall forfeit his entrance fees This aVinll not 
d^;e y el°dl8cT a nP up ‘ l0r accideDtfllly flri »e the wrong target when “no 
YVI. Any person discharging a rifle or snapping a cap within the in 
fto dl.® ? nccordance wlth the replat^for sUtlng, may, at 
4P ? of the Executive Committee, be required to leavc^tho 
^otiol. and be debarred from further competition. 
- A'' y competitor or other person found with a loaded rifle ex- 
fn?TW fln ”C PO'nts and when about to shoot, may bo debarred from 
further competition during that meeting. ucuurrea irom 
3. — RETURN OP ENTRANCE PEES. 
compe- 
1 -rio. v 11 1 _ In foUoldwU Shoottno. 
va« 
UP ,h r 0(1 be posted 
mSt P °‘“ CU “ ^ '‘-named for 
petitor* are m"ttr r o kt ?ho flr"t ShnifSKS Z ®“* n hor of shots com- 
giSen of n fr,XSotS ,ftfter lh ° rt£0rd ° d will be 
ft Team Shooting. 
}■ {/ « money prize, by division, 
tltiom ,g8TegaUs 8C0re " n,ll(l0 at th ° longest distance in the 
3. Ity the fewest misses. 
4. By the fewest outers. 
5. By the competitors who have mndo the highest score ,.,h -.a 
firing five round* at the longest distance In the COtnpffl. " d ° 
wUboutlharge tle * art ' '" otoff ’ ono *bot shall be allowed 
J3.— KNTniK*. 
A —For the Stale Prize. 
1 . For the Stuto and Gntllng prize*, together with nit .k 
S^£ri:sSS 
q M" othar rcel 7 10 " | al ofllcers shnll boellglblo us member* 
pislSsi Igfii 
they are entered; nil entries mint be made for full team*. ° b 
Ii.—ifode (if Ri.try. 
“derive?? V ° day " * ,recw, “ l * tLu commoncemout of »uch matches 
Totals. 
J00. 
500. 
200 ... 
500 
200 . 
600. 
•3 3 4 4 3 3 3 . i . 88— 48 
WJt. 8. 8MITH. 
-.4 2 2 3 2 1 2 „ 
• 3 0 3 4 3 3 4 . . . . . . ‘ . 20—39 
A. WOOD. 
...2 2 3 8 4 2 3 ,q 
■ •3 403432 
E. H. MADISON. 
• 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 - n 
.0 3 2 4 3 3 3 -o 
L. MORAN. 
“2 2 3 2 3 2 2.. 
600 3 3 4 8 0 4 3... 
G. A. BANTA. 

600 
8-38 
..16 
.20-36 
.18 
*00.. 
500 
200 
600 
200 . 
500 
230.. 
400. 
204 34 82 :::..:.\::.i8-38 
JOHN BEATTIE. 
-.2 2 2 3 2 2 3 
-.2 3 3 2 4 2 3 .V.V.... .19-35 
W. H. FRANCIS. 
.-2 2 8 0 2 3 2 
..2 4 3 2 324 1 '.'l .83-34 
H. B. SMITH. 
..2 4 2 2 2 22 
.s 4 3 2 3 d o 18-34 
w. O. CARSON. 
■ 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 
2 2 8 3 2 3 3 ‘ 18—91 
J. M. BURLEW. 
•02 2 3 3 0 2 ... o 
0 3 8 0 3 3 3 18-80 
A. BEATTIE. 
-2 2 8 3 3 2 2 I7 
.0 0 0 2 3 0 0 5-22 
J. J. HUGHES. 
0 3 2 2 3 2 2 .j 
.0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 _ 2 i 
M. PARRELL. 
800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0-19 
W. H. BODPISH. 
*® 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 10 
600 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 i4 
200 
500. 
200 . 
500. 
20<i 
600 
200 
their entry tickets. 
4.— PRIZE winners. 
XIX. All winners of prizes at the Fall match shall apply to the head 
E;im r ' CWlta,t| Whlch ,hey must **« mlS-SS 
XX. The principal prizes at the annual Fall match will bo formally 
presented to he winners at the Slate Arsenal. Seventh avenno, corned 
nt b « r p y xr th 8, , rcct ’ the. Saturday following the last day of such match 
tn2£Ja'i “ nleMOt b«rwise announced. Winners who will be tinablo 
t° attend are requested to give nottco at headquarters. 
wtdnhlw, DOt cI “niod within one month after tho match at 
which they have been won shall be forfeited to the association 
, 5. — TARGETS. 
The size of the targets shall bo:— 
a '~ Up t nnre d framo' dlnR 300 yard8 ' “ CirC '° 0f 40 inche8 dla metor 
Bulfseye, circular, 8 Inches in diameter. 
Centre circular, ;« inches in diameter. 
Inner circular, 28 inches ln diameter. 
Outer circular, 40 inches in diameter, 
o.— Over 300 to and including 600 yards, a circle of 70 Inches in diameter 
on a equate frame. 
Bullseye circular, 22 inches in dlametor. 
Centre eircular. 38 inches in diameter. 
Inner circular, 54 inches In diameter. 
Outer circular, 70 inches In diameter. 
^--Over 600 yards, target 6 feet by 12 feet. 
Bullseye circular, 3 feet in diameter. 
Centre circular, 4 feet 6 inches in diameter 
Inner square, 6 feet. 
Outer, remainder of target. 
In all cases bnllseyes shall count 5; centres, 4; Inners, 8;' outers, 2. 
6,— MARKING. 
I. — The marking will be as follows: 
«.— Bullseye, white disc. 
6.— Centre, red disc. 
c.— Inner, white di*c with black border, 
rf — Outer, black disc. 
Ricochet, red flag waved twice right and left. 
II. Whenever a shot strikes any part of the 
fi. .t emporary discontinuance on account of bad weather will he i» ,i,„ 
fiEMS* which wlll'uo“, hoover, “bo* ex 
orcisod except in case of a severe storm. " KX 
n( < ,K C ST t ,or ? r «' c 1' llri '' 1 to seeilr « their register tick'd In advance 
t o i }o h fio fl ; 1 Mr^a ma,chc ‘ ror “5 ^ Aara 
„ tlckc f ‘"“X be transferred at any tlmo before the firing for 
£ " « lieadqiinrtcra for^o'oe^^v.^ 
dor t^Udtet Invalid^ 0 8nb8tltatlon ° r one name for another, will ren- 
14.— POST ENTIHES. 
mnd ? f fu ? September 25, 1874, will bn charged 50 per cent 
Ca C ° pt ,D l be n, u noU Malch ) Members oT the association 
Q Thal m “ raalcli on the range must exhibit their member’s badges 
provide? y b ° ° rdered 10 nrL ‘ ' vhoo, -' v ‘- r '"tRct accommodation can be 
not being able to guarantee ac- 
* hal1 be mlld , c fof “I competition nfter the tiring In 
such comiietltlon has commenced. 8 
15.— INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS. 
„ ’ „ Any competitor protesting agnlnst the ruling of the Executive 
fcel " ,c . b,m8v J f aggrieved in any way, must, make n statement 
Of hi.' 8 rL 0 o V H Bnr f " wr ? t,D ^t p v >ng Ilic names of two or more members 
sL.rii«S, Q ^».« b0 iifi n ,e t r b ra out 1,1 bl " atutcmenis. and hood it to the 
w ,, ay the matter before the Executive Committee, who 
trill decide the matter on the ground. The decision shull he given In 
vTiinfi ,0 n U 8c ? retary ' lind "bull be final, subject to the power of lb" 
Executive : Committee, or any two of them, at tbulr dlscrotlon to refer 
!ln y .?rh n ,1 n . t i° th ? d n C , l ' , ^ n °, f tbo Board of Directors, whose’ decision 
ro the marker’s "igual ‘ N ° eJtCepllon W,H bo allowed, however, 
i?t he i wl 5 u ,. ordercd ’ tho "booting In tho bpring and Fall 
mf. t yinn’’| Sb l l |, ^5 n d# J ly llt 10 A. M. and cease ut sundown. An Intcr- 
Jw rhA g ° ( f ,i 0ne b ? ur wUI be bull at os near nnon os the prog- 
reas of the matches wlil permit, signaled by tiring a gnu -the firing to 
commence fifteen minutes after the tiring of a second gnn 8 
Nn nrnetic.t ..ill l ... ..II..... j . ■ 
The International Rifle SIatch.— A dispatch dated 
London, May 18th, says that in consequence of the refusal 
of the local authorities to repair an unsafe bridge at ClonJ 
tarf, it will be necessary to hold the international rifle 
match at Currah, Wicklow, or some other place not in the 
vicinity of Dublin. 
—Our types bungled our notice of the Saratoga Rifle 
Club last week, several names of officers being incorrectly 
spelled. We revise as follows :-President, Jerome Pitney 
Vice President, J. Fowler Finlay; Secretary, Odell Gates 
Treasurer, A. F. Mitchell; Captain, Hiram W. Hays- First 
Shooting Master, W. H. Benson; Second Shooting Master, 
&eo. C. Selfridge. 6 
danger flag la displayed coipctitoVs'aboGrro fMl ' be' required "ro 
open the breech blocK of their rifles (If breech loaders.) If they leave 
the firing point they must draw the cartridge. r ° 
6— MARRING. 
A £“7 objection to tho scoring of a shot must be made before another 
shot Is find, otherwise the Bhot must stand us signaled 
„,,vJ^? y “ , , t t rutlon of a register ticket must be witnessed by an offleor. 
or It will not be counted. ' 
7— RIFLES. 
The rifles shall be classified as follows:— 
CLASS i. 
Military rifles of bona fide pattern . 
1 Minimum pull of trigger, 6 pounds. 
2. Sights strictly in accordance with regulation pattern Filing anv 
of the sights of the Remington rifle used by the National Guard, or 
“ 8 '“8.tbem ln any other way than as originally Issued, Is prohibited, ex- 
cept that the sliding bar of the rear sight may be Inverted and a single 
lino drawn to make the centre. 
N. B— They may be blackened; but white, red, or other coloring mat- 
ter, will not be allowed. 6 
j .£ ny pad ,^ r 8bo ° ,or *bo heel plate of the hutt admitting of temoval 
will SfdlMllowSa 1 ”* ° f Varlall0Q at P leaaare ln £ be length of the stock,' 
, CLASS U. 
’ADy rifle;” maximum weight, ten pounds. 
, b j 8bl ? of ““ydewflPtloo. except telescope, magnifying, and such 
front aperture sights us solid discs or bushes pierced in the centre which 
cover the target so as to conceal the danger signal when displayed 
2. Minimum pull of trigger, three pounds. 
8— AMMUNITION. 
1. In National Gaard competitions the ammunition for comDetitora will 
he Uiued to them on the ground, on behalf of the State; anycompetltor 
—We have received a copy of a pamphlet report of (lie 
late International match, which has been compiled for the 
Amateur Rifle Club. It coutains an exhaustive necount of 
the match, illustrated by steel engravings and portraits. 
The pamphlet can be had from the vuriotis agents of i ho 
Remington and Sharps Rifle Companies at a cost of fifty 
cents, the proceeds of the sule being for the benefit of i lie 
funds of the Amateur Rifle Club 
The Erie Railway.— W e would call the attention of 
our readers to an advertisement of this road iu another 
column. The beautiful scenery along Ira line is too well 
known to need description here, and some of the finest 
shooting and fishing to be had within a reasonable distance 
of the city is found adjacent to it. 
—The following interesting base ball contests, which oc- 
curred on Tuesday, were reported too late for a place in our 
weekly professional record, (summary as follows:— 
Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn in to « 
Boston vs. Hartford, at Hanford ... in to a 
Mutual vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia jj ^ J 
