the complete list did our space permit. The Bench Show 
o dogs promises to be a leading feature of the meeting, and 
as far as prizes are concerned, it certainly is ahead of any 
similar show yet attempted in this country. We trust that 
our friends who are also owners of fine dogs will respond 
ns liberally as they did to the invocation on behalf of the 
Springfield Show, and that this most valuable portion of 
the gathering will meet with due encouragement. The 
meeting proper commences on the 31st inst., but the bench 
show will not commence until the 1st June, continuing the 
2d and 3d. Entries will be received until 13 o’clock on 
Tuesday 1st, proxo; fee $2. The New York Central and 
Hudsou River Railroad will transport dogs for half price to 
Rouie; thence they will be carried by the Rome Water- 
town and Ogdensburgh Road free. The 8 A. M. and 6 P. 
M. trains over the Hudson River Road from Grand Central 
depot go through to Watertown. 
NATIONAL 8POKT8MEN’8 ASSOCIATION. 
This Association will meet at Cleveland, June 8th. Since 
its day of small beginnings at Niagara Falls last Septem- 
ber, it has been materially strengthened by the creation 
of State Sportsmen’s Associations in a large number of 
States where they did not then exist. Many of these, 
perhaps all, will scud live delegates each, which, with dele- 
gates from numerous local associations, would seem to guar- 
antee a large attendance and successful meeting. 
—Cash prizes to the extent of $4,000 will be given at the 
National Shooting Tournament to be held in connection 
with the National Sportsmen’s Convention at Cleveland on 
June 11. Bogardus, Abe Kleinman, Paine, Ward and Close 
are barred. Chicago rules to govern. 
POWDER TESTS. 
A S a matter of much interest to our readers we give 
the following experiments, made with a view to de- 
termine the initial velocity of English and American pow- 
der, and quality of the powder with regard to cleanliness, 
by B. Burton, inventor of the Ward-Burton gun. All the 
tests below given were made with a Ward-Burton Maga- 
zine musket, May 15th, 1875, by the Benton Balestoc pen- 
dulum system. Six shots were fired with each kind of 
powder, the gun being wiped after each test. The first 
powder tested was Latlin & Rand’s, known as the Creed- 
moor brand:— 
Iiound. Anglo of Pendulum. Feet per sec. Inches' 
1464 3* ’ 
21.03 
21.10 
21 00 
20.07 
20 08 
21.00 
Ollipod Quill. -Wo are assured that the readers of the 
Fokkst AND Stream Will be interested in hearing some- 
. the ,fe of Mr - Luke Wyman, whose death we 
chronicled a short time ago, and who is familiarly known 
to them by the signature of “Ollipod Quill.” 
f ”® wasbornat Murblehead in the year 1810, and lived 
for a number of years in Brooklyn; but the latter part of 
. W T Pen ^ n Arlin eton, Mass. His entire life was 
spent chiefly in literary pursuits. He was connected at 
different times with several different newspapers. Ho 
wrote readily upon many subjects, but literary criticisms 
and landscape gardening were favorite topics. Here he 
was quite at home. The books that he criticised he carc- 
tully examined, and though always anxious to be just he 
was quite frank and outspoken in his condemnation of 
wnat seemed weak and worthless. 
He had a variety of talent, and was fond of drawing and 
painting spending many hours in these pursuits. He was 
n great lover of nature; was never weary of studying the 
nature and habits of plants. The more he studied! the 
more lm saw evidences of divine wisdom. “I have learned 
JlSfllS 0 *! “ D10n ? l the flower8 i 1 Lave walked with Him in 
few days ofh isTife. 0 dMfa * °" e of ^ 
Studying plants, he became interested in the insects that 
ZLT° !‘ em ' a ? d <luring tl,e lu8t few ye*™ devoted 
much time to study with the microscope. He was verv 
heartily interested in the education of children, but lie be- 
lieved that they studied too much from books and too little 
from nature; that they gained loo many words and too few 
ideas Some thought that his views on this topic were 
Quixotic; but he belonged to the advance guard with the 
ho e ,HH ^ Wh ° hoped f °rthe day when clLses 
nnd U ^ take i n l ° the fidd9 10 inv,e9t >gate for themselves, 
under the guidance of their teachers, when, by the use of 
the geologists hammer and by actual experiment in the 
aboratoryof the chemist, they should learn for themselves 
the great laws of nature and science. 
He was affectionate and sympathetic in temperament al- 
waj S the friend of those who needed help, and hopeful 
when others saw nothing to hope for. His religious creed 
was very simple; “love to God and love to man’’-to use 
his own words-” was the whole of the law.’’ His last 
sickness, though a most painful one-disease of the heart, 
from which lie had suffered several years-was endured 
with great patience and even cheerfulness. 
251 
aaT,S!! d ?K 00r preaent « d an animated spectacle on 
usually y ift lhe nu JJJ bor of riflemcn and spectators being un- 
SLU fnd ?° Scvenlh Hogiment Rifle Club IZ 
ment. g ’ 1 80 “ purly from 11,0 Seventy-ninth Regi- 
suits, the firine hoi„„ ' iU ‘ ’ ho foIlow,n « 
1608 
1501 
I486 
2* 
2| 
2* 
2 1-10 
Average feet per second, 1488*; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight 
of bullet, 550 grains. 
Not so clean as Curtis & Harvey’s (English) or Laflin & 
Rand’s Lightning. 
The second test was made with the Hazard Co. best 
Creedmoor powder: — 
Round. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Angle of Pendulum. 
22.09 
22.02 
22.04 
22.02 
21.08 
21.08 
Velocity In feet. 
1360 
1408 
1391 
1408 
1429 
1429 
Recoil. 
3 
3 1-16 
g 
2 15-lb 
3 1-16 
f I’lU 
Average feet per second, 1401 1 6; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight 
of bullet, 550 grains. 
Not so clean as C. & H. or Laflin & Rand’s Lightning; 
considerable residue remaining in barrel. 
Third test, made with Curtis & Harvey’s English pow- 
der, No. 6:- 
Round. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Anglo of Pendulum. 
21.00 
20.04 
20.05 
21 00 
20.01 
21.00 
Velocity. 
Feet per sec. 
1486 
1531 
1523 
1486 
1531 
1486 
Recoil. 
21 
„ 3 * 
3 3-16 
21 
3i 
: of Pendulum. 
Velocity. 
Recoil. 
2t.U0 
I486 
2* 
20.04 
1531 
3i 
20.06 
1615 
8 
20.05 
1523 
20.06 
1515 
3* 
30.04 
1531 
3* 
Average feet per second, 1507 1-6; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight 
of bullet, 550 grains; barrel very clean. 
Fourth test made with Laflin & Rand’s Lightning No. 5: 
Round. * 1 — - ■ • - - . 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Average feet per second, 1516 5-6 charge of powder, 106 grains; weight 
of bullet, 550 grains; barrel very little fouled; powder remarkably good 
and clean. 
This powder is less dense than any of the other three 
powders tested, a ninety grain measure weighing just 90 
grains, whereas a ninety grain measure of any of the other 
three tested will weigh 96 grains. Those testing this pow- 
der should weigh their charge, as the same measure charge 
will give more weight with the other powder than with 
the Orange Lightning. 
Mr. Burton declares himself to be perfectly unbiased in 
making these experiments, and calls attention to the slight 
disparity in the velocity obtained between the Laflin & 
Rand and Curtis & Harvey, the latter firm being the repre- 
sentative English makers. We regret very much that the 
Dupont was not included in the trial, and have requested 
Mr. Burton to make further experiments at his convenience. 
A railway is now proposed for Newfoundland, the 
route being across the island, running west and east to St. 
George’s Bay; estimated length, 350 miles. A party of en- 
gineers are already making the preliminary surveys. 
—Mr. T . Sedgwick Steele, of Hartford, has painted a 
trout picture, which is said by connoisseurs to be the finest 
he has yet produced. It represents four trout strung as 
boys carry their “catch,” on a willow twig, and is most 
artistieally grouped and drawn, 
§l>e gift,. 
CREEDMOOR. 
-The American team visited this ground for their sixth 
day of practice on Wednesday of last week. Their ill 
luck followed them as usual, the wind was variable and 
during the shooting at the 900 yards range a shower came 
up, which compelled them to cease firing for a while 
Subsequently, however, the weather improved and the 
shooting the average being 143| per man, was the best yet 
made. The following are the scores:— A. V. Canfield 154 
Major Henry Fulton, 153; Gen. T. S Dakin, 149- G. W-’ 
i Yde ’ 148 ’ f o1 ' A - Oversleeve, 143; R, C. Coleman^ 
141; Capt. L. C. Bruce, 136; L. M. Ballard, 138. 
For the first time at Creedmoor, practice was attempted 
at the 1,100 yards range by several gentlemen, including 
Messrs. Conlin, Dakin, Yale and Canfield, and notwirh 
standing the difficulty in getting the proper wind guage 
and elevation the following scores were made:— 
J. 8. CONLIN. 
284343842438830 « 
OEN. T. S. DAKIN. 
2 3 3 3 2 2 4 0 2 3 3 8 2 4 4.. W 
O. W. YALE. 
4 0 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 0 3 0 4 3 0 gg 
A. V. CANFIELD, JR. 
3 0822842004024 3 33 
—The Boylan medal was shot for on Tuesday last bv the 
officers of the Twelfth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. Lieuteu- 
ant Heizman was again the winner, and now holds the 
trophy in permanent possession. This medal has been shot 
for six times before, having been first won by Captain II B 
Smith, with a score of 35 in a possible 56. Captain C. S.’ 
Burns was the next winner, with a score of 43. Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Gilderslecve made 43 at the following competi- 
tion. Captain Van Rensselaer next held it with 43 points 
Lieutenant Heizman then took it twice with scores of 41 
and 38, the last being made in October last. This Spring 
the new targets were used, and out of a possible 70 Lieu 
tenant Heizman took the badge for the third time with 36 
points. The scores made were as follows:— 
W .G. Carson, 39. A. Beat v 30 W V V 1 ■ bm,lh - ' ,0 ’ 
TT ,?• ll: TsOSg- 4 
R. H Caprc„; S™'"' * “■ Wl "' «• W, 
Riffi, E w Cn r ,nb r 0f tUo 8e P««t° Troop of Cavalry 
lor T°rir °' fOrftb,ldg0 Thursday, ntCreeib 
moor The weapons were carbines. The wind was high 
Pri«K WeteZ« n ’“jo 8 ° rK “ nl MUtor 'SI 
ZttSZS ****™ rii '" «"• 
The Twenty-Third Regiment held its first “Creedmoor 
reception at the Armory in Clemout Avenue on Wednes 
day evening of last week. The exorcises consisted of 
shooting at a target by the regimental team of 1874 for a 
medal; a battalion drill in double time; review by General 
lownseiul and presentation of a prize won by the rogimtm- 
ttoaTlm Th 11 .’”" 11 " 150 ' 11,0 Nntlo,ml Ki««A««u. 
ion in 18i4. The team scores on Wcdncday were ns fob 
jWp Lieutenant P A. Hardy, 15; Sergeant A. C. Bunce 
14; Corporal J. M. Allen, 15; Corporal C. A. Collin 13- 
I nvate Geo. H. Earle, 13; Privule C. VV. Dibble- 18 Wr-’ 
geant R. B . Malloy, 15; Corporal James H. Steam’s 10 
Private R I . H orto „, 1 4; Private A. V. Young Ifi Pri! 
vale M. B. Cowperthwaite, 17. 
Messrs Giidersleevc, Dakin, Yale, Canfield and Bruce of 
the team, practised at the ranges on Monday. The weather 
was ,n every respect perfect, and the scores the largest yet 
made this season. At 800 yards, Col. Gildersleove accom- 
pushed the best score on record ul this distance, fourteen 
bullseyes and a centre, or 59 out of a possible 60 The fol- 
lowing are the totals :-Col. II. A. Gilderslecve, 100- G 
VV. \ ale, 159; A. V. Canfield, 155; Gen. T. S. Dakin, 140; 
Capt. L. C. Bruce, 143. 
To-morrow (Friday) the Spring meeting 0 f the National 
Rifle Association commences at Creedmoor, closing on 
Monday. Five matches are to be shot, according to the 
following programme: 
May 28th, at 3 o’clock 1’. M. 
r L n . Ci fpu.idH, Hvo, with two ilffinng *hf.t2 nd kS 
<S ' s, ' ot 
This match was won last year by Col. Wingato by the 
fol'owing scored 3 3 4 4; total 17— out of a possible 20 
May 28th, at 3:30 o’clock P. M. 1 * ' 
Bhois; position, standing; weapon, any rlllo within the ruloo Eofnmcn 
fcc.$l. Prizes 1. tlplnt of l/u 71m^t medal, prcacutcil by Mr. Oeorgo 
flhlTBh III nt rti n . . K*. 
1100 . 
1100 . 
1100 
1100 . 
This match appears to have taken the place of the Long 
Range Mutch shot at the Spring meeting last vear 
May 29th, at 1 1 o’clock A . M. 
Leech Cup Match. — U nder the auspice* of the Amateur fluii 
of ?h«“ a A l,V .t. b0rn ron 1 * 6 ! 1 .'? °. r Ihc U 011 "* 1 8t«t«8 and all resident mcrolfoiS 
am* J* fle Ll“b, regard lens of nationality , DUtance* 800 
900, and 1.000 yards; iwsltion, any without nrtlflcial real; roanda flftiSm’ 
at each distance, without righting rhota; we ipou, any rifle wltiiln the 
ano/w^Tr fcc ln!‘ f , or wnten of the Amateur Itlflo Club. JU tor 
all others. PrlzcM- rhe Lccch Cup, to be held by the winner during th« 
year and champloushlp gold badge, value $50. tuer During tlio 
A large number of entries are expected for this match 
and it is suggested that positions at the targets bo assigned 
by lot: 
May 31st, at 10:80 o’clock A. M 
U a T * , *Y ?, uort Match . Open Id members of the National 
RUlo Association and to all members of the N. G. S n. y„ | n uniform. 
llding lot at Creedmoor. L I., valued at $200; 2. L/fe mrinbcnhln 
tlio NatloDal KJflo AuBcjrlnflon, trHoiffcrr/iblo, and cjieh, (£> valu« ^'*n- 
'cr medal or rjinh d . M, .V 
vMOynrde; poeltlon, ftandlog; rouiui«, wovcin,' with "two* 
woannn nav mlllf*»a» *4 a-. f... » ." u 
bulldinc 
tlio Natl 
3, Silver medal or cash, *20: 4. HfiveV ‘ medal” Vr llrnnr« 
medal or cash, $10; 6. Cash, is; 7. Cash. $5; 8. Cash, ifl; o’ I' Jh iT 
10. tiwh, $3; 11. Citflh, $3. Eleven prlzea, total value $317 ' * ' 
The first prize in this match was won last year by Mr. B 
Burton by the following score:-3 4 3 3 4; total 17— out of 
a possible 30. 
May 31st. at 1 o’clock P. M. 
Military Lono Ranoe Matcu.— Distance, 500 and 600 vii 
tion. any without artificial rest. Other conditions same as In 
yards; poal- 
fn match 4. 
Prize*— 1. A long range Remington Crccs1m^o^lflc"rwl'tir ^ mninvauocei 
’’ Y a ae _!* M j 2 - A ,,>«lesCOpe, present, d by \V. .1, Ou 1. of Union 
value «RTl- ft A I/,. i. i.i.. ... , .... y a ion 
Captain Healy 
Captain Van Rensselaer. 
Captain Fackner 
Captain Burns 
Adjutant Murphy . 
200 
600 
2 4 0 0 3 8 3-15 
4 5 0 0 4 3 5—21 
36 
200 
500 
5 2 1 3 0 3 3-20 
0 4 3 0 2 2 4—15 
35 
200 
500 
2 4 0 3 4 3 5- 21 
5 3 3 0 0 0 3—14 
35 
200 
500 
0 3 2 2 0 3 0-10 
3 2 3 5 0 0 O-13 
23 
200 
500 
5 0 0 2 0 8 0—10 
0 0 4 0 2 2 4-12 
22 
200 
500 
0 8 0 0 3 2 2—10 ! 
0 0 2 8 2 3 0-10 f 
20 
- OOCCIUUICU » w . 
practice, all the members being present. The atmosphere 
was very hazy, and on the whole very unfavorable for 
good shooting, particularly when the 1,000 yards range was 
reached. The following are the scores made:— Col. John 
Bodine, 154; Major Henry Fulton, 153; G. W. Yale, 151; 
Col. H. A- Gildersleeve, 149; R. C. Coleman, 133; A. V.' 
Canfield, Jr., 136; Gen. T. S. Dakin, 133; L. M. Ballard, 
117; L. C. Bruce, U5, 
complcto, .. 
square, value $80; 3. A life membership Niittonui Rifle ^ ^Association' 
{ transferrable, and cash. $25, $00; 4 Cash. $:10; 5. Cush, $25 6 Ca.h' 
20; 7. tosh. $15; 8. Cash, $10; «. Cash. $5; 10. Cash. I.V 11 Ca^h! 
®*tra Pdaes-OlTered by Second Division Ileadqnorters. otten to all 
raeruhers of the National Gnstd lu the Stfcond Division In uni/orm— 1 
$60; 2. $30; 3. $20. Fonrteon prizes, tola! value. $490. 
Lieut. Col. Gilderslecve carried off the first prize in this 
match lo3t year by a score of 3 4 4 4 4 4 4; total 37— out of 
a possible 38. 
Another Short Range Competition.— In order to en- 
courage short range, off hand shooting, and also to deter- 
mine which among the gentlemen who have been for some 
time practicing at Mr. Conlin’s gallery is the best shot 
we have arranged a match, open to all comers, to be shot 
at the above place, commencing on Monday evening, 31st 
instant. The prize offered at this competition consists of a 
handsome solid gold badge, to he known as the Fohbst 
and Stream badge, appropriately engraved and mounted 
for wearing. The conditions of the match areas follows;— 
The shooting to be strictly off hand, that is, no portion of 
the body toucliing the gallery. We have entrusted to Mr. 
