July 18 , 1908 .] 
TRADE MARK V/ • 
American 
_ FOREST AND STREAM. 
America Victorious 
WITH 
M. C. REVOLVER. CARTRIDGES 
marksmanship and American manufacturing skill combined won the 
113 
trade MA*.< 
OLYMPIC REVOLVER TEAM MATCH 
r concluded at Bisley, England, against die shooters and cartridges of the world. The importance of 
IrfnnhiThr m ^ hes . em P h “es ^st convincingly that Uncle Sam’s team and his U.M.C. cartridges 
are unbeatable The Americans all shot U. M. C. factory loaded ammunition after testing all makes. A 
ab egram just received from Dr. Sayre, the team captain, assures us that results were so satisfactory that 
the n e\t team, Belgium, was defeated by a margin of 46 points, while John Bull was 98 points behind 
1 he team scores were: r 
Gorman 
Calkins 
Dietz 
Axtell 
50 I 
475 
472 
468 
Total ... | f914 
THE RIFLE TEAM SCORES OF 1907 
made by the American team at Ottawa in winning the Palma trophy still remain unbeaten in 1908 Thev 
i::Z g :L 2 * e w 22 U’ t ru’ 900 an u- 1,00( ? r r u S ’ with U - M ' C cartr idges. The New York, the United 
States and the World s Championships with the revolver are now held by U. M. C. cartridges. 
Experts and Frontiersmen Prefer U. M. C. Cartridges 
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Agency, 313 Broadway, New York. 
THIS RED BALL TRADE MARK IS ON EVERY BOX OF U. M. C. AMMUNITION 
Optical Sights for Sporting Rifles. 
ardfnN^h? ® paragraph appeared in the Field re 
ilting* with" ti! t t H ' ?, tewarc M optlcal «ght. Alter con 
gentleman, 1 deemed on having one u 
as heen bchuetze n Ideal ritle. the resul 
inotinT I?° St ; dtlsta ctory. 1 tound last month that m 
rtret T, ua, r00k . S "'^improved ,u per cent., and at In 
i mi r fl 10 ° t f d { at 5 ° yClS ” * UlJy 110 ^ er cent - As title, 
nffeH nr! ’ he f ? r ? SIght } s a lens ut about 40in. locus 
° e t °. f L J man s sporting wind-gauge sigma 
the piace of Lyman s combination ivory front sight 
T °\ Qing ,i 11 l t S ow ? on the Parrel toward the butt 
hen touted back thus, an ordinary toresight, to b, 
>ed with the open backsight, rises up. this toresign 
in be ot any pattern desired, ihe mount ot the tin: 
dries light interchangeable caps screwed on, tiavnu 
ghts ot any desired pattern cut out ot sheet metat ant 
1 ackeneu. i hud the hollow bead best both tor root 
id taiget shooting, and 1 have now had a metal rnit 
° n - t ! le lace ot tke Jens to ta ^e the place ol th< 
•tachabie sights. 
The object is viewed through a Lyman’s combinatior 
a U Slg U ’, the , lens being upright. A clear magmhec 
lage ot the object aimed at is then seen through the 
ns, and when a rook or a bullseye, etc., is brought inic 
e center of the ring the aim is complete, and it onlv 
m m nS U P ress the trigger. ihe ring sight is very 
iadly. ihe magnification is about X 3, and the image 
about equal to that in an ordinary opera glass. The 
justments are exactly the same as with an ordinary 
i i hT Slght ’ giving no trouble, and the lens can be 
'ided down m a moment, when the ordinary open 
Jilt can be used. Ihe tens and mount are very light, 
ighing about %oz., and the sheet metal sun and rain 
ade, which slips on to the muzzle of the ritle to protect 
e lens, weighs l%oz. 
■\lr. bteward s optical sight compares very favorably 
regards cost, convenience, simplicity, and weight, with 
e n tel f S ^°^5 sl ght s now in the market. It is, 1 consider, 
•H adapted tor rook and rabbit shooting at home, and 
minor sport in India, etc., such as antelope, wild 
, ese, and duck in J heels, which are out ot range for a 
otgun. It can be readily fitted to any rifle. The 
net-gauge front sight is rather a refinement, and the 
is couid be mounted on an ordinary bar and adjusted 
being hammered right or left in the usual way.— 
• rl. Mackesy in Field (London). 
Au-burn Rifle Club. 
\UBUKK, Me., July 10.—The scores of the Auburn Rifl 
cq xtt Y, eek are as foll °ws: H. E. Doten 81, 7! 
b9; N. L. Mower 76, 72, 68, 67, 62: \r. M. Trask 7: 
bb; Grover 59, 58; W. B. Kimball 53, 50. 
t o a se p°nd , or third week of August, the Main 
a u ** e Association will hold its third annual sboo 
Auburn. W. M. Trask, Fres. 
NELSON LEE’S SILVER WATCH. 
Continued from page 85. 
circumstances would allow. With little to do 
save preventing the drove from straying, we 
anticipated that with fishing and hunting the 
time would pass agreeably away. 
ihe second of April was remarkably fine, the 
air was balmy and delicious, the sun shone 
gloriously, brom early in the morning I had 
been in the saddle, riding up and down the valley, 
sometimes distant ten miles from the camp, as¬ 
certaining its capabilities of furnishing forage, 
and whether there were wild horses in the neigh¬ 
borhood. In the evening we gathered around 
the camp-fire, each broiling his buffalo steak, 
which the skill of Antonio De Silva, the horse 
breaker, had furnished, or frying brook trout 
taken from the adjacent stream, while the boys 
amused each other with narrations of many a 
frolicksome adventure. The whole party was in 
excellent spirits, lying down to rest on their 
buffalo skins, when the meal was over, laughing 
and joking, and singing snatches of familiar 
songs. 
It was my watch that night until 12 o’clock. 
Going out 1 rode about the camp, chatting with 
the other sentinels, and at midnight came in with 
them, John Haynes and his brother William, Bar¬ 
ney Campbell and Augustus Voss, taking our 
places. At this time everything seemed to be 
in proper order; there were no indications of 
danger or disturbance from any quarter, though 
it had grown quite chilly and an intense fog was 
gathering. Taking off my coat and folding it 
I laid it down on the buffalo robe to serve as 
a pillow, set my watch so that the alarm would 
strike at precisely 3:30, the usual hour of ris¬ 
ing, and placed it under the coat, and then laid 
down, outside the tent, under the branches of 
a low musquete tree, near the fire, drawing a 
heavy Mexican blanket over me. I did not fall 
asleep immediately, pondering in my mind 
whether the grass would be good upon the moun¬ 
tains by the time we should be ready to pro¬ 
ceed. All my companions, however, had sunk 
into profound slumber. Not the lightest sound 
disturbed the deep silence that prevailed, except 
the distant tinkling of the horse’s bells, which 
occasionally came faintly to' my ear. At last 
about 1 o’clock, perhaps, I dropped asleep. 
Was it a dream? Was it a real shriek that 
rang out upon the air? The first moment of 
awakened consciousness was sufficient to assure 
me that it was indeed reality. Springing to my 
feet I discovered at once that the camp was full 
of painted and yelling savages. Seizing the rifle, 
which always laid on the buffalo by my side, I 
drew it to my shoulder, knowing well there was 
no chance or hope of safety, but in desperate 
resistance at any and whatever odds. Before I 
could collect my thoughts, however, at almost 
the instant I arose, a lasso, that is, a rope with 
a noose on one end was thrown over my head, 
jerking me violently to the ground. Half a 
dozen Indians sprung upon me, some holding 
down my arms, others my legs, another astride 
my body with his hand upon my throat. When 
I had been thus overcome, they tied my feet 
together, and bound my hands behind my back 
with stout thongs of buffalo hide, using far more 
force in the operation than necessity required, 
and drawing them so close as to cause me 
severest pain. All this occurred, probably, with¬ 
in the space of five minutes. Of course, I was 
greatly confused, not so much, however, as to 
be unable to comprehend the dreadful situation 
I was in. My knowledge of Indian character 
and customs, gathered from the lips of old fron- 
tiermen in Texas, taught me that, perhaps, three 
or four of us might be spared to figure in the 
accursed rites of their triumphant war dance, 
but whether I was to be reserved for such a 
purpose, or destined to be slaughtered on the 
spot, was a matter of terrible conjecture. With 
as much composure as was possible, in such try¬ 
ing circumstances, I awaited anxiously the issue. 
I soon became atVare that the only members 
of the party who escaped the massacre, which 
proved to have been bloody as it was sudden. 
