boundary. If a bird crossed the line at all, in the air or on the ground, 

 before it had been gathered in, it was counted as lost. 



Mr. G. G. Berry was chosen as trap-puller, Mr. J. M. Barbour 

 referee, and E. A. Anthony official scorer. In addition to these j\Ir. J. 

 C. Levi acted as scorer for Graham and Mr. A. C. Courtney for Erb. 

 The contestants were to shoot alternately at one bird, each using both 

 barrels if required. Erb used a seven and one-half pound Lefever 

 and Graham the same weight Lang gun. Each used three drams of 

 powder and one and one-eighth ounces of shot. 



Following is the score in detail for the first match : 



Erb 0101111011 1111010111 11111 



0111111010 1111111111 10111 



1110110100 110110 0111 11011 



1011111011 1111001111 1011 1—78 



Graham ..0 111111101 1011111111 01001 



1101110011 1111101111 00101 



0111101111 1011010101 11111 



1110 111111 1110 111101 1011 0—76 



ERB-GRAHAM. 



(American Field, May 12, i888.) 



LaFayette, Ind. 



Editor American Field. 



I send you the score of the match between Wm. Graham, champion 



of England, and Fred Erb, Jr., of LaFayette, Ind., at Connersville, Ind., 



on May 2, at 25 pigeons each, Hurlingham rules. Graham, at 29 yards, 



shot a Lang gun, and Schultz powder. Erb, Jr., at 31 yards, shot a 



Lefever gun. Both barrels were used. Following is the score : 



Graham 1111101111 1111101111 0111 1—22 



Erb 1111111111 1111111111 1011 1—24 



The above race was an exhibition merely. The third race was to 

 have been shot at Connersville, but could not be on account of the 

 scarcity of birds. But the third race will be shot in some city in the 

 United States as soon as arrangements can be made for good birds. 



ERB-LeCOMPT. 



(American Field, Chicago, III, Dec, 19, 1903.) 



The Indianapolis Gun Club has issued programs for an all-day 



shoot New Year's Day, at which time the third contest for the English 



Hotel Cup will occur. On December 5, C. O. LcCompt contested with 



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