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THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP CUP FOR CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING. 



The First Championship on Clay Birds. 



The above illustration is the championship 

 •cup ofEered by the E. C. Powder Co., of Oak- 

 land, N. J. It was shot for at their tourna- 

 ment, held Maj^ 5, 6, 7 and 8, at Guttenberg, 

 Park, N. J., and won by Mr. Fred. Gilbert, of 

 Spirit Lake, Iowa, who is the holder of several 

 •cups and prizes. He is without doubt one of 

 the best shooters at inanimate targets in this 

 •country, and if he continues to shoot this sea- 

 son as he is now doing, his chances for con- 

 tinued championships will be of the best. This 

 is the first time a championship has been es- 

 tablished in target shooting, and Mr. Gilbert 

 won it in a hard fight against E. D. Fulford, of 

 Utica, N. Y., and Rollo Heifes, of Dayton, 

 'Ohio. The cup is subject to a challenge from 

 anybody, and has to be shot for within thirty 

 •days from date of the challenge. 



The cup is valued at $300, and was made by 

 the Gorham Mfg. Co., of New York City, and 



is one of the finest pieces of work ever shot for. 

 The idea of a championship in target shooting 

 is a step in the right direction, and ought to be 

 encouraged by all lovers of the sport. Much 

 credit must be given to Capt. A. S. Money for 

 his untiring efforts in this direction. 



Seen in "The Sun," But Not "So." 



The training that makes a man a good 

 angler can not fail to make him a pleasant 

 companion. — Baltimore Philosopher and Pis- 

 ciculturist. 



Angling has great moral and social effects, 

 but it will not do to worship it with too blind a 

 devotion. Much it can do : it can soothe the 

 mind, and give to the luxurious contemplation 

 of nothing in particular an air of severe ascetic 

 discipline, and peel the face and cultivate pa- 

 tience and the imagination ; but it is no infalli-- 

 able receipt for the manufacture of a pleasant 

 companion. It can make a man a pleasant 

 companion to himself, but suppose there are 



