PIGEON-MATCH SHOOTING. 



Club pigeon-matches appear to have gone out 

 of date in Philadelphia, though public and 

 private matches are still common. We hear 

 now, however, of the existence of no such clubs 

 as were accustomed, formerly to meet once a 

 week at Heft's and elsewhere. The Philadel- 

 phia Sporting Club, which was formed some 

 years ago exclusively of Krider's customers, is 

 defunct, and all attempts to revive it have as 

 yet proved ineffectual. If we ask where are the 

 hearts who once shone on the shooting ground, 

 and at the jovial board, and were the leaders 

 in many a mad prank, a voice, very like that 

 of the venerable foreman of the establishment, 

 answers hollowly as a ghost ; " some abroad 

 some in their graves some metamorphosed 

 into careful men of business some, like myself, 

 white with the frosts of years, and ' wrinkled 

 deep in time.' ' Nevertheless the old fellow, 

 who has lived to become one of the fixtures of 

 the place, is still hale and hearty, and may yet 



