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any challenger, for a sum not less than $250 a 

 side, within two months of the date of said chal- 

 lenge, under penalty of forfeiting said badge. 



3. Any party challenging the holder of this 

 badge shall make a deposit of $125, as a forfeit 

 for a match of $250 a side, in the hands of the 

 editor of the Spirit of the Times, to be covered 

 by the challenged party with an equal amount. 

 The balance of the money, $125 a side, shall be 

 deposited in the hands of the editor of the Spirit 

 of the Times, or some other party, mutually 

 agreed upon by both parties, three days before 

 the match is shot ; the match then becomes play 

 or pay. In case of the holder not complying 

 with the foregoing conditions, he shall forfeit the 

 badge to the party challenging. 



4. Every contestant for this badge shall pledge 

 himself to contend for the same under the rules 

 of the Prairie Shooting Club of Chicago, with .the 

 exception that the single birds must be shot from 

 ground-traps. 



5. All matches for this badge shall be at one 

 hundred pigeons, fifty single and twenty-five double 

 rises, from H and T traps the single from 

 ground-traps and the double from plunge-traps. 



6. The holder of this badge shall name tho 



