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Sept. 18, 1875. 
ton, calibre .433 or 11 millimeters, and this gun was fol- 
lowed by the Peabody and the Whitney, of the same 
calibre, using the same cartridge. Here the real trouble 
began, for no gun that we are acquainted with has given 
so much trouble as this same 43 cal. gun, so called. The 
original cartridge for this gun measured .517 at the head, 
.459 at the mouth, and the limit of size of chamber 
should have been, on the principles settled by the Gor- 
lofl experiments, from .518 to .520 at the head, .460 to 
.462 at the mouth. Instead of this, actual measurement 
reveals the following discrepancies in three different 
guns, taken at random, and averaged from numerous 
experiments : 
Head of Month of 
Chamber. Chamber. 
Renrington, 43 cal 525 463 
Peabody, 43 cal 536 464 
Whitney, 43 cal 531 465 
It will be seen that the original weapon, the Spanish 
Remington, exceeds the limit of safety least of any, 
while the Peabody passes it by .016, the Whitney by 
.010. The variation in cartridges by different makers is 
by no means so great. That made by the Remington 
for their Spanish model measures .519 at the head to 
.459 at the mouth. A second, made in Cuba for the 
same gun by Spanish workmen, measures .520 head and 
.457 mouth. The Winchester cartridge of the same cali- 
bre measured .520 head, .458 mouth. The Spanish Gov- 
ernment, anxious to have a gun that would take any 
variety of cartridge, and a cartridge fit to go into any 
gun fixed the official limits of variation as follows; Gun 
chamber, head, .5,295 to .5,370 ; mouth, .4,685 to. 4,760; 
cartridge limits, bead, .517 to .526 ; mouth, .456 to .464. 
Within these limits]there is of course much room for un- 
certainty, and that uncertainty it was that first produced 
the large chambers of modern military guns, made to 
take a variety of cartridges. The trouble witn all this 
is that they are too large, for while the cartridge keeps 
uniform, the gun chamber varies. A cartridge may go 
in very nicely, and yet stick in coming out. In nine 
cases out of ten the trouble is caused by a large cham- 
ber that did not support the walls of the cartridge. In 
consequence, the latter either swelled or burst. The 
remedy for this state of things is very simple. It is for 
the members of the gun trade to secure some sort of uni- 
formity in sizes of chambers by mutual agreement, and 
especially of conformity to the size of the cartridge. The 
latest experiments show that for fine target rifles care- 
fully kept, the difference between chamber and cartridge 
can be reduced to .001 of an inch without danger of 
sticking, while for military rifles .003 is a safe allow- 
ance not to be exceeded. 
In order to bring American breech-loaders to their 
full perfection, all that they need is a common standard 
of c^bre and chamber, no matter what that may be. It 
is the business of the cartridge factories to conform to 
that, and make their cartridges fit the guns ; but at pres- 
ent, so great is the variety of chamber and bore in guns 
of avowedly the same calibre, that the very best results 
cannot be obtained. For instance, a measurement of 
several barrels of the very highest grade of target rifle, 
the Sharps and Remington Creedmoor, the other day 
gave the following differences : Remington Creedmoor, 
44 cal., five barrels measured. 447, .449, .448, .447, 447, 
respectively; Sharps Creedmoor, 44 caL, measured .442. 
The latter gun varies the least, and the manufacturers 
have lately come to an understanding that their sporting 
rifles of 44 cal. shall in future measure exactly and 
their Creedmoors .441. 
We understand that in future the Sharps, Remington 
and Peabody 44 cal. rifles will be provided with cham- 
bers of uniform size by mutual agreement, and the 
agreement bids fair to improve future shooting in a 
great degree. It wiU certainly secure one thing — greater 
uniformity of result, as it stands to reason that a per- 
fectly fitting cartridge will centre its bullet truly, when 
one several sizes too small will engage its missile in the 
rifling at an angle which, however small in the bore of 
the gun, may make all the difference between a bull’s- 
eye and an outer or miss at 1,000 yards. 
It mosquitoes or other blood-suckers infest our sleeping- rooms at 
night, wc uncork a bottle of the oil of pennyroyal, and these ani- 
mals leave in great haste, nor will they return so long as the air in 
7HI BfFLE, 
The Poughkeepsie Reception. 
The American Rifle Team, General Dakin excepted, 
received an ovation on Tuesday last, the occasion being 
a celebration by Orange and Dutchess counties of the 
success abroad of Coleman and Bodine. The day’s pro- 
gramme included a parade, a rifle match, a dinner and 
a reception. The committee, composed of General 
Parker, Lieutenant-Colonel Lindley, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Van Keuren, Major Ellsworth, Quarter-Master Hoff, 
Captain Whithaire, A. J. Schroder, A. L. F. Deyo, 
Richard Pitcher, J. 27. Winslow, Major Geo. F. Den- 
nis, Adjutant H. T. Clark and a host of other inhabi- 
tants of Poughkeepsie, escorted the riflemen to the Mor- 
gan House, and carryalls took the party to the rifle 
range, a mile and a half east of the town, and within 
sight of Yassar College. The ground of the range is a 
rough bit of pasture land, with a rolling surface, which 
serves excellently for 500 yard shooting. The new tar 
get had not come to hand, and a single wooden slab did 
service for aU the shooting of the afternoon. A pit had 
been dug, but had filled with water, and necessitated 
the marking of the shots by a boy who ran out from an 
adjacent cover“]as each shot struck the target. AVithal 
the work went on very expeditiously, the gentlemen en- 
tering, of whom there were some fifteen, being divided 
into two squads, the men of each squad being called 
out alternately. The first squad was Bodine, Yale, Cole- 
man, Ballard, Canfield, Fulton, Wingate and Bruoe, 
shooting in the order named, Bodine leading off and 
bringing up a center, Yale following with a high outer. 
Ballard was the first to bring out the white bull’s-eye 
disk, and received a round of applause. In his second 
sighting shot Ballard made another bull’s-eye. Colonel 
Wingate used Colonel Bodine’s rifle. Major Fulton mak- 
ing use of Captain Coleman’s. Mr. Bruce used Mr. 
Yale’s. Fulton’s fine opening run of seven bull’s-eyes 
was closely pushed by Colonel AA'ingate, and as the Ma 
jor’s eighth shot was a centre the Colonel lay down ex- 
ulting that they were now equal, only to make a centre 
on his own next shot and drop to a point one behind. 
Alajor Fulton's score of forty-nine in the possible fifty 
is the best recorded in this country, and was only equal- 
led by Captain Coleman’s score for the Association Cup 
at AVimbledon. 
The shooting of the second squad kept the proceed- 
ings up to a late hour. The full record of the shooting 
ing is given below, the prize being a gold badge offered 
and provided by the Hudson River Rifle Association. 
It is a gold disk, two inches in diameter, on which is a 
gold cross of the Legion of Honor, with a gold target 
in the centre, surrounded by the letters “H. R. R. A.” 
A gold wreath encircles the whole, the mounting being 
on a blue ribbon fastened to a gold buckle, on which 
the name and score of the winner will be placed. Of 
the contestants Major Geo. L. Dennis used a Reming- 
ton military rifle, and the others Sharps and Remington 
Creedmoor rifles. Bodine was suffering from a cold, 
and was in no condition for work before the targets. 
SUMMABY. 
Range of the Hudson River Rifle Association, Pough- 
keepsie, Sept. 14, 1875. Match for $100 badge, open to 
American Team and all comers ; range, 500 yards ; any 
rifle, any position ; 10 rounds each man ; wind, none ; 
light, good. Score ; 
the room Is loaded with the fumes of that aromatic hero. If rats 
enter the cellar, a little powdered potash thrown in their holes, or 
mixed with meal and scattered in their mnwavs, never fails to drive 
them away. Cayenne pepper will keep the buttery and storeroom 
free from ants and cockroaches. If a monse makes an entrance into 
any part of your dweUings, saturate a rag with cayenne, in solution, 
and stuff it into the hole, which can then be repaired with either 
wood or mortar. No rat or monse will eat that rag for the purpose 
of (opening communication with a depot of supplies.— 5ci<nfi/ic 
American. 
H Fulton 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 — 49 
JBodine 455455555 4—47 
G W Yale 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5—47 
A V Canfield 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—47 
GW Wingate 554555545 3—46 
H A Gildersleeve 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 — 45 
L Geiger 5 3 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 5—43 
R C Coleman 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5-^ 
LM Ballard 345444554 4—42 
A F Lindlev 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 2 4 5—40 
JN Winslow 242554434 5—38 
LC Bruce 325433454 4—37 
HS Schroder 435425024 3—32 
H F Clark 2 3 0 2 5 4 0 3 3 3—25 
Geo L Dennis 0030030000—6 
The Louisville Courier-Joumal tells us that the license inspector's 
office was again crowded yesterday by a multitude of sad-eyed dog- 
owners, and judging from appearances, the clerks will have little 
time for other business than selling dog collars at two dollars a head 
for weeks to come; 1,683 dogs have been licensed to date, netting to 
the city treasury $3,366. While the law compelling this tax is con- 
sidered by many as a public blessing, there are a few fanciers of the 
canines who suffer a peculiar privation on account of the measure. 
It has been quite common for families in the more quiet neighbor- 
hoods to own from three to a half dozen midnight howlers. But, 
with rare exceptions, only one dog is usually paid for. What be- 
comes of the rest is a perplexing conundrum. Nobody wants to 
buy a dog now, nor can you give one away. One good-natured old 
gentleman within corporate limits is the happy possessor of one 
dozen dogs semi-annually. He is too kind a man to drown a pup, 
but. strange to say, his contribution to the dog fund is only two 
dollars. 
Order was maintained on the range by a detachment 
of the Twenty-first Regiment under Lieut. Archer, hut 
nothing occurred in any way to mar the harmony of 
the day’s sport. 
THE PARADE AND DINNER. 
The evening was as fine as the day, the moon shining 
out in rivalry with the fire-works which were every- 
where lavishly displayed. The parade in the evening 
brought out a full representation of the Twenty-first 
Regiment, who were supported by theJBald Eagle Bat- 
terj'. The citizens were out in force, while the team 
and guests, seated in open carriages, were everywhere 
received with cheers and applause. 
When the procession reached the Opera House, the 
team and specially invited guests were accommodated 
on the stage platform, the parquet being occupied by 
the Twenty-first Regiment, and the galleries at a later 
hour by citizens who came to hear the after-dinner 
speeches. To the toast, “ Our guests,” Col. Bodine and 
CapL Coleman responded ; to “ The American Rifle 
Team,” Major Fulton. The following toasts completed 
the list : “ The United States,” C. M. Depew ; “ Ire- 
land,” Col. Gildersleeve ; “ The Irish Team,” Judge E. 
P. Baird ; “ The National Guard S. N. Y.,” Col. Matt. 
H. Ellis ; “ The National Rifle Association and the 
Amateur Rifle Club,” Col. G. W. Wingate;” “The City 
of Poughkeepsie,” J. B. Carpenter ; “ The Hudson 
River Rifle Association,” Gen. George Parker; “The 
County of Dutchess — her claim to share in the honors 
won by the American Rifle Team,” H. G. Eastman. 
The speeches of Col. Bodine and Capt. Coleman were 
modest returns of thanks for the special honors offered 
them, while Col. Gildersleeve went more at length into 
the manner of the Team’s reception abroad. The Team 
left for Utica on Wednesday by special train. 
Creedmoor. 
THE AMERIC-AN-CANADIjtN TEAM. 
The second competition for places in the American 
Team to compete against Canada, came off on Wednes- 
day, the 8th inst. The shooting was not particularly 
good, hut the vanability of the wind affected the shoot- 
ing. The scores made were as follows, with a possible 
225: 
Yards, Score. Total. 
H. S. Jewell — Sharps Creedmoor Rifle. 
dOO 5 5 4 5 2 5 5 2 5 5 4 5 2 4 5 -63 I 
, ^ J 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 5 5 3 3 4 5-55 V173 
1.000 5 0252 5 33354453 3—57) 
A. S. Roux — Remington Creedmoor Rifle 
dOO 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4—681 
900 0 335325 3 535522 2-^ -174 
1.000 • ■•••■■0 5 5 4444544534 2 5— E8 ) 
A. V . Canfield, Jr. — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
dOO 2 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5—651 
900 5 2 4 2 4 3 5 5 4 2 4 3 5 3 5— SOVin 
1.000 i;,--0 2 445055 3 34434 5-51 f 
W. B. Farwell — Remington t;reedmoor Rifle. 
800 2 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 5—66) 
900 5 35544545250 3 3 2— 55 r 168 
1.000 0 3 0 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 4 4-— 47 j 
F. Hyde— Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 3 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5-691 
900 2 0 .3 0 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 3— 50 5-166 
1.000 2 520433443 3 353 3—47) 
E. Rathbone— Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
0 2 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 6 4 4 5 4-59) 
900 5 2 0 4 3 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 5 0 4-^7 V 144 
1.000 ...5 3 5 3 2 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 3 3 .3-38) 
A Anderson — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5-67) 
900 0 4 4 3 0 0 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 2-^4 '-144 
1.000 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 5 0 3 4 4 0 0 3—33) 
G. R . Smith — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 6 .3 4 — 60 ) 
900 3 2 5 3 3 5 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 4-37 5-136 
1.000 4 3 3 44004340503 2—39) 
E. H. Madison- Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 0 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 0 3 5-46) 
900 4 2 3 5 4 2 4 0 4 5 4 5 3 3 2-50 Vm 
1.000 0 4244500324030 0— 31 ) 
George Crouch- Remington Creedmoor Rifle 
800 3 5 4 4 3 4 . 3 0 5 3 3 5 5 3 
900 0 3340343033552 
1.000 3 3040302455000 
On Saturday, the 11th, the third competition came off 
as follows: 
H. S. Jewell— Sharps Creedmoor Rifle. 
Yds. Score. Totals. 
800 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—64 / 
900 5 5 5 4 2 4 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4—66 '-185 
1.000 33524 2 52545245 4-55 ) 
W. B. Farwell— Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 0 4 4 5 0 5 0 4 4 5 4 5 2 5 5—52) 
900 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 4 2 3 5 0— 461-150 
lyoO 53653456554422 0—52 ) 
A. Anderson — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 5 3 0 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 0—51 ) 
900 0 4 2 3 4 5 5 3 l> 02224 4—40 UtlS 
1.000 2 5 5 3 4 5 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 3 4-44 ) 
. F. Hyde— Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 3454 5345 3 33555 4—61 ) 
900 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 5—31 V 130 
1.000 3 0433502303054 3—38 ) 
A J. Hennion. Jr.— Sharps Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 0 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 0 3 5 5 4—37 ) 
900 2 4 4 3 2 0 2 5 2 0 5 0 3 0 5-37 )-I24 
1,000 4233500 3 523204 4—40 ) 
E. H .Madison — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 5 2 4 2 4 3 2 5 5 4 0 0 4 0 0—39 ) 
909 2 3 5 2 2 0 3 5 3 3 3 5 2 3 3 -44 -111 
1,000 0 r032305233032 2-28 ) 
Geo. Crouch — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 00322453553 3 44 5—48 ) 
900 2002 3 244430043 5— 35 >-102 
1,000 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0—19 j 
R. Rathbone— Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 3 3 5—40 ) 
900 0000r000020055 5—17 V 87 
1,000 02424544150000 0—30 ) 
A. V. Canfleld, Jr. — Remington Creedmoor Rifle. 
800 0 2 3 5 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5—50 
900 2 2 5 5 2 4 2 5 2 4 3 2 4 3 0—46 
1,000 Retired. 
This was the third and last competition for places on 
the team. Of the seven competitors who have taken 
part in the three test shoots, the totals stand: 
Totals. 
Jewell 
188 
172 
185 
527 
Farwell 
175 
ISO 
488 
Hyde 
135 
166 
130 
4.31 
Anderson 
135 
144 
135 
414 
Crouch 
153 
125 
102 
380 
Bnthbone 
142 
141 
87 
378 
Madison 
193 
127 
111 
341 
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