May 29, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
873 
'Ran^e and Gallery, 
National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice 
Washington, D. C.—Everyone interested in indoor 
rifle shooting is disappointed at the showing made by 
the American team against the British and Australians in 
the three-cornered international indoor match with .22cal. 
rifles. The match was shot with fifty rnen on a side, 
and the British beat the Americans with a score ot 
14,583 against the American score of 14,179. The average 
per man on the American team was 283, and on the 
English team was 291. The Australian scores have not 
yet been received, but it is very improbable that they 
defeated the English team. It was a clean victory for 
the Englishmen because the National Rifle Association 
took great pains to select the best available shots in 
this country. The American team, however, was hur¬ 
riedly got together and in most instances the men shot 
without any considerable systematic preliminary prac¬ 
tice. They also used a style of target with which many 
of them were unfamiliar. The match goes to show that 
at present, at least, England shows a greater development 
than America in holding, aiming and pulling, for which 
the .22cal. rifle is very valuable as a means of instruction 
and practice. The defeat of the American team will un¬ 
doubtedly tend to stimulate further the general interest 
in this important feature of rifle practice, as the match 
will be shot again next year, and strenuous efforts will 
be made to carry off the prize. The continental countries 
will be invited to take part in the match next year, and 
it is believed the list of entries will be considerably 
larger. The Americans will begin work in the autumn, 
and' a team of seventy-five or one hundred will be 
selected to practice until shortly before the match is 
shot, and from this number a team of fifty will be finally 
chosen. The committee which verified the scores made 
by the Americans consisted of Lieut.-Col. R. K. Evans, 
U. S. A., executive officer of the national matches for 
1907, 1908 and 1909; Major James E. Bell, I. S. A. P., 
D. C. N. G.; and Lieut. A. S. Jones, Secretary of the 
National Rifle Association. The members of the American 
team and their scores were as follows: W. E. Reynolds, 
New York city, 298; Theodore A. Gabriel, Newark, N. J., 
290; George W. Chelsey, New Haven, Conn., 296; William 
A. Tewes, Jersey City, 295; Wijliam A. Baker, Jersey 
City, 295; A. F. Loudensack, New Haven, 295; Patrick 
J. O’Hare, Newark, 294; Owen Smith, Hoboken, N. J., 
293; J. \V. Landon, New Haven, Conn., 293; C. B. 
Chisholm, Cleveland, O., 292; G. T. Ross, New York city, 
292; M. Dorrler, Jersey City, 292; W. J. Gram, Rochester, 
N. Y., 292; R. Bitter, Newark, 291, Louis C. Buss, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., 290; L. H. Page, New Haven, 290; 
Edward W. Bird, Fairmont, Minn., 289; W. D. Kittler, 
New Haven, 289; J. F. Barton, Boston, 289; H. B. Wil¬ 
liams, New Haven, 288; Paul 15. Mann, New York city, 
287; Dr. Walter G. Hudson, New York city, 287; Wil¬ 
liam B. Martin, Elizabeth, N. J., 286; Dr. A. A. Still¬ 
man, Syracuse, N. Y., 286; George F. Snellen, Newark, 
286; M. B. Atkinson Washington, D. C., 285; Arthur 
Hubalek, Brooklyn, N. Y., 285; George Sweezy, New 
York city, 284; G. L. Apgar, Elizabeth, N. J., 282; George 
Schlicht, Guttenburg, N. J., 281; Harry M. Pope, Jersey 
City, 280; Aug. Larsen, Rochester, N. Y., 280; J. W. 
Dearborn, New Haven, 280; J. Ehrlich, New York city, 
280; J. R. Fehr, Washington, D. C., 279; Theodore 
Carlson, Boston, 277; L. P. Ittel, Allegheny, Pa., 276; 
J. H. Morgan, New York city, 275; C. A. Niemeyer, New 
York city, 275; James R. Dabb, Elizabeth, N. J., 275; 
Arthur A. Leach, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y., 275; James H. 
Keough, Wakefield, Mass., 274; J. H. Byrnes, New York 
city, 274; W. D. Huddleson, Boston, 273; Wm. H. French, 
Newark, 273; Frank H. Keene, Boston, 270; Herbert W. 
McBride, Indianapolis, Ind., 269; Arthur Smith, Den¬ 
ver, 267; C.'C. Clark, Burlington, Kans., 266; and Thos, 
IMcCarthy, Woburn, Mass., 263; total 14,17^ All the 
contestants used the prone position, with the exception 
of Ittel, Niemeyer, Reynolds, Leach, Schlicht, Hubalek 
and Buss, who used the standing position, with the 
elbow rest. 
Los Angeles (Cal.) Revolver Club. 
Los Angeles, Cal., May 19.—A five-man team contest 
between the Colonial Revolver Club, of St. Loui.s JIo., 
and the Los Angeles Revolver Club took place May 16. 
Each club shot on its own range, exchanging scores by 
wire. The Los Angeles team made the fine score of 
2177, an average of over 87 per man, winning the match 
by 85 points. 
The conditions were five men on a side, 50 shots per 
man at 50yds. on the Standard .American target. Follow- 
are the scores: 
A B Douglas. 89 91 92 85 87—444 
I C Douglass. 92 87 84 86 94—443 
H D Thaxter. 90 86 SS 88 89—441 
Will A Wright. 90 87 81 91 88—437 
C W Linder. 88 81 81 85 77^12—2177 
Colonial Revolver Club. 2092 
Los .-\ngeles Revolver Club won by 85 points. 
L C. Douglas, Sec’y. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, May 22. — .Vt .-\rmbruster’s Park to-day 
scores were made as follows: 
Revolver, 50vds., 10 shots: W. IT. French 91. 85, 77, 86; 
J. A. Dietz 89', 92, 84, 94, 93; G. F. Snellen 84, 76, 79, 78; 
G. P. Sanborn 93, 8.3, 87, 82, 81; Dr. J. R. Hicks, 89. 82, 
86 , 88, 90, 89; W. J. Coons 80. 86. 86, 88. 88, 83; Hays 
50, 86, 84, 87, 89; Dr. W. G. Hudson 88, 88, 80, 77. 
Ten shots, 200yds.: L. P. Hansen 224, 209, 212, 227, 
210, 217. 
May 20.—At 2628 Broadway to-day the following scores 
were made: 
Revolver, 20yds.: I. L. R. Morgan 91, 88, 87. 87, 87, 
86 , 84; M. Havs 89,’86, 85, 85, 84, 80; .A. M. Poindexter 
51, 90, 83; W. P. Uhler 87, Dr. J. R. Hicks 89, 84; Dr. C. 
Philips 84, 81; Dr. R. H. Sayre 92, 89; G. Grenzer 85; 
J. E. Silliman 87, 84. J. E. Silliman, Treas. 
BALLISTITE EMPIRE 
(Dense) (Bulk) 
1909 WINNINGS 1909 
At the Kansas City Shoot, Feb. 16th-20th.—Interstate Amateur Championship out of ten contestanU, 
five tied for High Score. High and Second High Amateur Averages on Targets. General High 
Average on Pigeons. 
Harry Hess, of Nanticoke, Pa., won Pennsylvania State Championship atLive Birds, at a shoot-off, Feb. 20. 
Frank D. Alkire, of Williamsport, O., won Championship of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Score, 24 ex 25. 
GRAND PRIX, at Monte Carlo, February, 1909. 
Fred Stone Gun Club Shoot, Denver, Colo., February 22d. Fred King won Handicap. 
The State Challenge Trophy of the Harrisburg Sportsmen’s Association was won by F. Coleman, 
Pottsville, Pa. 
C. A. Bender, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23d, killed 50 straight in a Live Bird Match. 
F. Hendrickson, of Trenton, N. J., on March 8th, Live Bird Match, Score, 96 ex 100. 
Fred Schwartz and George Coblentz, of Philadelphia, both killed 25 straight in a Live Bird Match. 
Metropolitan Championship, at Montclair, N. J., won by George K. Kouwenhoven, on April 7th, 
score, 94 ex 100. 
New Jersey State Championship, at Orange, N. J., won by Chas. Day, Jr., April 17. Score, 47ex 50. 
Championship Medal, O. C. S. A. Gun Club. Trophy won by Joseph Wagner, Utica, New York. 
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