Sept. 25, 1875. 
389 
George D. Scott, Mrs. T. 8. Dakin, Mrs.W. H. Mur- 
phy, Mrs. D. E. Vannet, Miss Hewitt, Miss Hughes, 
Mrs. G. W. Wingate, Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Mrs. W. 
H. Price, Miss Lulu Durand, and others. The condi- 
tions permitted the use of any rifles ; but sporting rifles 
were handicapped four points, special rifles three, and 
militarj- two points. Winners of prizes in previous 
matches were also handicapped two points for the first 
and one for the second prizes. The distances were 200 
and 500 yards, two sighting and ten scoring shots at each 
distance ; entrance fee, $5. Every marksman won a 
prize ; the first one, a handsome Remington sewing- 
machine, was taken by Mrs. Gen. Dakin. Her champion 
shot a Remington Creedmoor. The shooting through 
out at 500 yards was fine. The shorter range practice 
was not so good. 
Name. 
Gen T S Dakin 
*H S Jewell 
W B Farwell 
K H Raymond 
Lieut Vannet 
Capt Coleman 
Col Wingate 
A AndereoD 
F Hyde 
R Rathbone . 
L C Bruce 
L Geiger 
J T B Collins 
L M Ballard 
J S Allen 
C E Huntington. . . 
H Fisher 
Adjt W H Murphy 
Capt C F Robbins . 
Col Scott 
A J Hennion, Jr. . . 
Capt Lindsay 
Major-Gen Sbaler. 
Wiiiiam Stewart. . . 
Samuel Clark 
W A French 
Lieut J W Gee 
J A Amory 
Capt Story 
J McGlency 
E Browne 
Dr J L Farley 
A P Clark 
H C Fanke, Jr 
Lieut Douglas 
H C Poppenhusen . 
Yards. 
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( 200 
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I 500 
J 200 
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I 200 
I 500 
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1 500 
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I 200 
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I 500 
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1 200 
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4454534 
5555554 
4443445 
5455555 
4443455 
5555555 
4354444 
5525545 
3444453 
5544455 
5453444 
5045555 
5444434 
5535454 
0424445 
5555555 
3443434 
4554455 
4433334 
5555555 
4443443 
4554445 
4404444 
4545554 
4343344 
5555444 
2443433 
4533554 
4545245 
5333345 
3353443 
3455544 
4344435 
4352244 
3444444 
4354343 
4324444 
2525324 
4430422 
4245455 
4444334 
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4335532 
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4254304 
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4332040 
3544340 
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4443000 
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3 3 2 R 3 5 4 
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4344423 
5023000 
2332324 
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3332344 
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3232244 
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3 0 0 Retired 
Score. 
5 5 4-42 
5 5 5—50—92 
4 4 3—40 
5 5 5—19-89 
4 4 4- 40 
5 4 5—48—88 
0 4 4—37 
4 5 5—49—86 
4 5 4—41 
5 4 5-45—86 
4 4 4—39 
5 5 5—17—86 
3 4 5—41 
5 5 5—44 -85 
4 4 4—40 
5 4 5—46—85 
3 4 4—34 
5 5 5—50—84 
3 4 5—37 
5 5 5—47—84 
3 3 3—3:3 
5 5 5—50—83 
4 4 4-38 
4 4 5 44 82 
4 4 4—36 
5 4 5-46—82 
4 4 3—36 
5 4 3 —11 -80 
3 4 4—34 
5 5 4 — 1 : 3—77 
3 4 4—39 
3 4 5-38-77 
4 4 3-36 
3 4 5—12—78 
4 5 4—40 
3 4 5—36—76 
4 4 3—38 
3 5 0—34— re 
3 5 8-36 
4 5 4-36-72 
4 4 3—30 
5 4 4—42—72 
4 3 3—36 
2 3 3- 36—72 
3 3 3—31 
4 3 5—37—68 
4 4 3—35 
5 0 4- 31—66 
4 3 4— .37 
0 5 4-29-06 
4 5 4-41 
3 2 3—24—65 
3 5 .3—34 
0 5 4—28-62 
4 4 5—37 
4 0 4—23—60 
3 2 4—32 
2 0 5—26—58 
3 2 3-28 
4 3 2—27—55 
3 4 3—34 
5 2 0-17-51 
4 4 4—31 
0 4 2—12—43 
4 4 4—34 
0 5 0— 8—42 
4 4 3—31 
0 0 3-11-42 
0 3 4—27 
0 0 4-14-41 
3 4 3-31 
Omaha, Neb. — The Rifle revival has reached this re- 
gion, and if anyone can do well it ought to be the 
Western men. We may look for big scores from that 
region. The first score was made by the members of 
the Amateur Rifle Club at their practice meeting; dis- 
tance 100 yards, all shots off-hand; highe.st possible 
count, 50. Score: 
W A Richards 5 55445465 4-46 
JW Petty 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4—44 
BE B Kennedy 5 34455444 5—43 
GBLake 4 53535444 4—41 
JM Thurston 4 43444468 4—39 
JBudd 3 44634543 3—38 
A C Richards 4 2 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4—38 
DCSutphen 3 334 3 3334 3—32 
Springfied, Mass. — The National Rifle Club held its 
annual shoot Sept. 7 and 8. Distance 40 yards, 10 shots 
string. FIRST match. 
L. Amadon, Bellows Falls, Vt 11 7-16 inches. 
M. Wilbur, New York City 14 1.3-16 “ 
(.has. C. Hebbard, Boston, Mass 15 11-16 “ 
SECOND ilATCH. 
L. Amadon, Bellows Falls, Vt 11 9-16 “ 
N. Brockway, “ “ 16 6-16 “ 
Chas. Henry, Greenfield, Maes 18 1-16 " 
THIRD MATCH. 
A. Hebbard, Boston, Mass 113-16 " 
M. Wilbur, New Y'ork City 119-16 “ 
E. Page, Scranton. Pa 12 6-16 “ 
L. Amadon took the club medal, his 30 shots aggre- 
gating 38 5-16 inches from center of target. 
Middlebcry, Vt. — A [rifle match, intended to have 
taken place during the fair, came off Sept. 10. The 
Middlebury Rifle Club is composed of gentlemen in good 
standing, and is an out-growth of the impetus given to 
shooting by the proceedings at Creedmoor. The day 
was dark and cold, and the wind blew violently all the 
afternoon. It would seem to be without the rounds of 
possibility to make anything like a good score, but it 
will be seen below that some surprisingly good shooting 
was done. The targets were fifteen inches square, with 
a bull’s-eye three-quarters of an inch in diameter. String 
measurement. Score : 
Frank Hawley 
Aea Hemenway ... 
Robert Hemenway 
Orrin Abbey 
Wm Latimer 
8 Holton 
Gustave Cutting. . . 
Judd Wright 
E Holton 
A^ Tracy 
GWrge Abbey 
Wes'ey Lovett 
H L Sheldon 
In. made. 
. . 18 :M 6 
. . 22 5-16 
26 
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39 >i 
40 
41 1-16 
44 
51 
52 
that company. Members of Company G, Manchester, 
who are practicing for a membership on the First Regi- 
ment team, are making fine scores at both ranges. 
The following named men were selected as the Creed- 
moor team of the Second Regiment. New Haven has 
but three men on the team ; the others are from W ater- 
bury, Meriden, Middletown and Wal.ingford: Co. A. — 
Sergeant W. W. Munson, Corporal W. S. Crampton. 
Co. D. — Corporal W. S. Bacon. Co. E. — Private 
James Jorey. Co. F. — Corporal W. H. Sanford. Co. 
H. — First Sergeant James Wilson, Jr., Sergeant James 
T. Elliott. Co. I. — Capt. Theodore Byxbee, First Ser- 
geant John N. Lane. Co. K. — Lieutenant David Ross, 
First Sergeant ,Iohn B. Mix, Corporal G. L. Barnes, 
Private Harry Jones, Private F. L. Whaples. The 
team had a practice shoot on Monday at New Haven. 
The American Off-Hand Rifle Club had a practice 
shoot at Union Hill Grounds on Friday afternoon, the 
24th inst. , by invitation of the German Shutzen Society, 
A CHALLENGE. 
who tendered them the use of their beautiful range. 
Am. Off-hand Rifle Club, ) 
22d Regt. Armory, 14th St. & fith Ave., 
New York, Sept. 20, 1875. ) 
To the President of the Amateur Rifle Club, Major Henry 
Fulton ; 
Dear Sir. — By a resolution of the club over which 
I have the honor to preside, Fhave been directed to send 
you, in the name of the club, this invitation and chal- 
lenge to shoot a match at 200 yards involving the Cham- 
pionship of the United States at that distance; off-hand, 
standing position, any rifle, excluding only telescopic 
sights; six men, or more of our club against an equal 
number of men of your club. Fifteen or twenty shots 
per man, string measure, and for such a wager and at 
such time and such place as may be mutually agreed 
upon. 
Disclaiming all motives in this matter except those 
for which our club was established — to wit — “ Improve- 
ment in practical off-hand Rifle Shooting,” we have 
singled out your club and challenge you chiefly for the 
following reasons: That your club occupies a position 
second to none of its kind either in this country or 
Europe. That you have among its members many of 
the best and most experienced off-hand short-range shots 
in this country, among whom are the members of the 
famous American Team, the long range victors of 
Creedmoor, Dollymount, Clandeboye and Wimbledon- 
Hoping that you may be pleased to forward an early 
and favorable reply, I am with consideration and es- 
teem, your obedient servant, 
Wilson Macdonald, 
Pres. Am. Off-hand Rifle Club. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
We should be glad to give the list of competitions, 
conditions and prizes for next week; but they are so 
lengthy that we are reluctantly obliged to crowd them 
out, together with other reports of shoots. 
Teams have been selected from a number of the crack 
The Scottish Rifle Clcb contested for the Ross 
badge, which was awarded to Capt. W. C. Clark, of 
Company E, upnh a score of 54 out of a possible 70. 
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 15. — The Dominion Rifle- Asso- 
ciation prize meeting was ^brought to a close Monday , 
13tb inst. 
P16E0N IMATCHES. 
Chicago, Sept. 16.— Match on Martin’s Milwaukee 
Avenue grounds, this date, for $100; 5 ground traps; 30 
yards rise; wind very strong; birds wild, and the best 
ever produced on the grounds; 50 birds each. 
John Davidson, referee; Frank Harrison and Ed. 
Clarke, judges. 
Edward Price— 101110001101110110101101 0 1 
11110100011010011111010 1—31 
Geo C Sherman — 0 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 
0111101111100110111101 U 1 — :lo 
Moline, Sept. 7. — Match for birds and supper, be- 
tween clubs as below; 10 single birds, ground traps, 21 
yards [rise, 80 yards boundarj^, Geneseo rules. Wild 
birds, strong and lively. Score : 
CLEVELAND CLUB. 
Hay 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 9 Ramsey..! 111111-11 1—10 
Porter....! 1 * 1111111—9 Gibbons. 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 * — 6 
Griffin. .. 1101111 * 11—8 Thurston lOOlllIOO — 5 
Rich’ds'n 111110 1111—9 “ 
Hughes..! * 11 * 11 * 11-7 Total '4 
Pugh.... 111 * 111111—9 
MOLINE CLUB. 
Porter.. . 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1—5 
Fish 1 1110 11111—9 
Healey ... 0 0 11111110—7 
Aldy 0 0 10 110 111—6 
Willick.. 0 1110 110 11-7 
Walker.. 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 — 4 
Buford. ..111111011 — 8 
Reese ....1 10100000 — 3 
Deere ....1 0 0 0 01 1 10 0 — 4 
Total 
Fort Wayne, Ind. — A shoot came off Thursday, 
Sept. 9, between W. W. Stennett, Henry Overman and 
C. Grafmiller ; 16 birds each. 
Graf miller 1 1 
Overman 1 1 
Stennett 1 1 
110 10 11111111 1-14 
11110 10 111111 0-13 
1111111111111 1—16 
regiments of the country to take part in the Army and 
Navy Journal match at Creedmoor next week, the con- 
ditions of which are as follows : 
Open to teams of twelve from all regularly organized 
military organizations in the United States, including 
the Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps. All com- 
petitors to be regularly enlisted members, in good stand- 
ing, of the regiment, battalion, corps or troop they rep- 
resent, and to have been such on June 1st, 1875, and to 
appear in the uniform, full dress or fatigue, of the corps 
which they represent. Weapon, any military rifle. 
Distance, 500 yards. Rounds, seven. Position, any. 
Entrance fee, $1.00 each competitor. Twenty Prizes. 
As our Connecticut friends and regiments in other 
States feel a deep interest in this match and expect to 
enter the contest, we give some of the best winning 
scores made on the same match last year: 
Lient.-Col. GiId‘releeTe, 12 tb Regt 3 4 4 3 4 3 4—25 
Lieut. FultOD, Co. E, 12 th Regt 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 — 26 
Capt. Smith, Co. D, 12 th Regf. 3 3 4 4 4 3 3—24 
Private G.rduer, Go. G, 7 th Regt 3 3 4 4 4 4 3—25 
Private Richards, Co. G, 7 th Regt 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 — 25 
Private Herrick, Co. D, 7 l 8 t Re^ 3 4 4 3 3 4 4—25 
Private Hickman, of D. S. Bngineere 4 3 4 4 4 4 3—26 
Private C. Smith, of U. S. Engineers 3 3 3 4 4 4 4—25 
The members of Companies A, B, F and H, First 
Conn., who are practicing for membership on the 
Creedmoor team, will meet for practice at the Franklin 
range, Monday afternoons. Mr. G. W. Yale, of the 
famous rifle team, will coach the boys. The 200 and 
500 yard ranges will be used. Company C.’s practice 
at the targets shows Capt. Colby to be the best shot in 
Capt. Deveraux and Thomas Hediken acted as judges. 
Clinton, la.. Sept. 14. — Sweepstakes, $5 entry ; 8 
birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary ; Chicago 
Gun Club rules to govern. 
Charles Austin 
Charles Tate 
Oscar Morton 
T Tate 
Jack Anderson 
Geo E Poyneer 
Wm Brice 
W Roe 
F G Noyes 
SBrazill 
11111111-8 
1110111 1—7 
0 0 10 11 *' 1-4 
1111111 0-7 
0001011 0—3 
1111111 0-7 
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 — 1 
1011111 1—7 
0111111 1—7 
11110 10 o- -.'> 
Charles Austin first money. 
Tie on seven, 26 yards. 
Poyneer 10 1 — 2 Roe... 
C. Tale 0 1 0—1 Noyes. 
Tie at 31 yards. 
Poyneer 1 1 1 — 3 Roe... 
Noyes 
1 0 1—1 
1 0 1—2 
( 1 1—3 
Second tie at 31 yards. 
Poyneer. 1 0 1 — 2 Roe 1 
W. Roe second money ; S. Brazill third money. 
Match for the birds. 
Ed Ayer 01 1 1 1—4 Bruce Wilcox 
Lot Smith 11110-4 FG Noyes.... 
Match between Lo Mow and Clinton. 
1111 1-0 
11111-5 
Clinton. 
Austin 
Brice 
Wilcox 
Lo Mow. 
1 1 1 — 3 Brazill 
1 1 1—3 Tate 
1 0 0—1 Roe 
1 1 1-3 
1 1 1—3 
1 1 1-3 
Total 
7 
Total 
9 
Match for birds ; 5 double rises. 
Mat. Temple, referee ; 
Austin 
T Tate 
Charles Wells, scorer. 
10 11 11 11 
10 II 10 11 
1 1-9 
1 1-8 
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