74 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aiioi m I 1883 



No sighting shots allowed except where specified; Inn bllllseye 



irgcts will tii' ready ut 2->.i and fl(V)y,ls. throughout tin- tournament. 



targets will be ready- a1 2 



di'.i"ns. \'i/..'. : V".| , M-'«o\\ 1 Ti!i''-r';unVsV,'v 

 before becoming their property xl 

 (valued at $1001 has been won once b 

 The cliampion short-range badge, rail 

 by the Milwaukee Club. The champ 

 $10, lias been won one.- bv (Jo. K. Sevc 

 now at Fort Laramie. ' 

 Tlie Western Itille Association was 



facilities to Increase to i lahl or ten It required. 



One of the principal objects of the Association is to improve the 



National Guard of the Western States in military s 



ibis end the Art-oii.-uioii n-.k» tli.- eo-oi,eraiion of all commissioned 

 officers of the National Guard, 



Ail eominiinieatioii* should l.e addressed t.. W 11. Chouoweth. 

 .Secretary Western Kille Association, 74 West; Monroe street. Chi- 

 cago, until Sept. 29, nud ihereafter at Minneapolis, care of C. M. 



THE TRAP. 



A NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION. 

 Editor Forest ova Stream: 



The shooting interests have Improved here within the past two 

 years. Two vears ago we did not have u single eluli here, and a few 

 Of us who wanted to shoot "real bad" bad to loin the Fall River Gun 

 Club in order to get a little shooting. (3v the way. a better set of 

 fellows never lived than these same F. R.<!. C.'S.) 'Now we have four 

 or live good clulis here; one. the Xarragansett (inn Club, having a 

 membership of over fifty of which the host of tue Oirard House 

 and veteran trap-shooter, K. W. Tinker, is president. We are not 

 satisfied vet, however, and wish to unite with our sister States and 

 form a New England Association. 1 have talked with prominent 

 men from most of the large clubs in New England, and all seem to 

 favor Ihe idea very much. Now who will come forward and stnrt 

 thiamine* [ aw satisfied thai a start Is all that is needed. .New 

 England is not so large but we could all get together at h-a-t once a 

 year. W. II Shei.hon. 



PaortBENOB; R. 1. 



CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 



D F 



throu 

 Fir- 



sent. 



e for doi 



I thirty- 

 three entries, eleven of whom tied on live, fifteen on four, and six on 

 three. In the shoot off. W. It Morris won llrst. prize, the second was 

 divided between A. Hampton, CM. Parent and 11. M. Squires, and 

 the third was won by P. Clark. 



Bhoot No. 2. Team sboor of four shooters from any club beloug- 

 ingto tho association. Five birds foreaeh contestant., 21yds. rise. 

 Entrance, price ot birds. 8250 in four prizes. The entries v ere Audu- 

 bon Club of Jacksonville, l.igowsky Club of Alton. Cascade Club of 

 Ne.v Berlin. .lersevvill.-Chib, Fan. Ion Club, (been Co. II. and T. Club. 

 San Jose lluu tlui>. Blonmington Gun i lub anil belavan Prairie Club. 

 The first prize was won by the Green Co. II. and T. Club, with a 

 Btipreol r 1 ..m of 20, i!i- second by Delavan Prairie Club in a shoot 

 off, and third l.v Hi- A! on club. 



cond. and J( 





five birds e 



tcli contestant, entrance 



and 80 per 



:ent. of entrance. There 





md in the shoot off first 



t and J. Z. i 



.f,.tt: second money was 



id A. Nelson 



and F, Clark and S. A. 



Tu.-ker: third von bv II A. Flint and IT. D. Cunnh 



Third Dav.— Shoot No. 6. Three pairs double hi 



trance ?fi, 50. ft'J and 20 per cent, of entrance, as p 



' Twe: 



ii stui ted in. only six of whom made a full . 

 off two ties, first money was divided between liol. Organ, C. F Stock 

 and J. Z. Scott: second money between J. Sargmt and J. K. Slice- 

 third money between S. A Tucker and C. Strawn. 



Contest No. H. 'No. 7 left out.) Five birds at fllyds. rise, use of 

 belli barrels, en ranee SO . three pr zes and «.vi donated bv citizens. 

 There were thirl v-three entries, and nineteen ties on r>. this prize 

 was stubbornly rough! for. and after shooting ihiiieen lies at three 

 birds. w as finally divided between Dr. Henrv. H. F. Orvis, A. Hcp- 

 perand H. A. Flint. 



This closed the convention, although several sweeps were shot 



to be held here, and a big lim 



Biz, 



THE CLAY PIGEONS COMPLAINTS. 



Editor Forest and Stregwi: 

 it gave me much pleosun 

 the last number of your 

 th.-ir woes as well as of the: 

 can continue to bung abt 

 which have so steadily been 



.he remarks of "Lost Bird" in 

 here sportsmen ought to tell of 

 hd it is by thus doing that w~ 



forms ami improvements, 

 er the stimulus given by the 

 editor anu correspondents ot ronESTAM) Stream. 



For one I am willing to score ''Loti Bird" a good hit for his re- 

 marks, but do not think the material is so much at fault as themanu- 

 faeiiu-er for the careless manner the birds are made, some being 

 nearly as thick as tlower -pot sinners, and as hard baked; others as 

 thin as paper, and so fragile I hev cannot withstand the jerk of the 

 trap; and these to my mind are as much cause for complaint as the 

 lornier. for who of us in a close contest, after Having been fooled 

 two or three limes in succession has not felt his confidence go earth 

 wind. 



At the last shoot I attended, a bird .mis brought in showing four- 

 teen hii--. and noi a crack even was visible, nnil of all the iinscore.l 

 birds, should say fifty per cent, were hit. With such a record inter- 

 est must wane and the clay pigeon must ,:■>. or the manufacturers 

 must wake up lo their higher interest and produce an evenly made 

 and baked saucer, that will break- every time when fairly hit. 



Boston, Mass. Score. 



Editor .Foreitt and slrt:um: 



In looking over my paper this week I notice an article from ".Lost 

 Bird" In regard to the toughness of the clay pigeon. Now I have 

 often wondered why it was that they came to be so popular among 

 trap-shooters, as tliey ore the hardest things to break, after b'-ing 

 hit, lever saw tnrown from a trap. 1 thin!; if lliev were made of 



floss, sud the surface corrugated similar to tho old style Bogardus 

 all. they would break much easier. They certainly are a very pretty 

 mars to shoot at, but very unreliable. The experience our enio bas 

 had with them is far from sat sfnetory. 1 hnvo frequently seen them 

 brought in from t lie field with from one to a dozen .-hot marks on 

 them, some with shot holes clean through and not broken. 1 should 

 say that one-third of the buds scored lo us as lost were hit with one 

 or more stu.t, and should have broken if mtuleof the proper material. 

 We are so dissatisfied with them that we have almost entirely dis- 



I lie snot too simill. but we have all kinds" and weights of eiui-. \\ e 

 have used Iran .v.. I to Idshotwilh heavy charges of powder, and 

 the lesult is nearlr the same in all eases, the larger size shot being 

 the best, bin not satisfactory. 1 hope with "Lost Bird" that others 

 will rise and let' their experience 0. 



S..CTI! AlllNliluN S-MTION.MtUSS. 



EAST 1 PROVIDENCE, H. I.. Aug. II. At the regular wvekli s|,....t 

 ■ d the Wniclieiiiiiki I dim club. Mi. c II Perkins, Jr.. won ill. gold 

 badge, breaking IS oitl .d 15 clav pigeons, trap in Jili notch Mr. J. 

 E- Bourne won the sllvei bodge for the -ti'raiil time, breaking If 

 glass balls mil of SO, from Hidden trap, screened. Il has been here 



tofore conceded that no one has any business shooting off lies with 

 Mr. E S. Luther, bin to da-, the old war le.i-e, F. Tingley, shot off a 

 tie with Mr. Luther for third money, n was miss and out. and 

 provedtobe ting sport of the day. Luther led off 



with a good break. Tingley followed with nu another. Afterbreak- 

 iug 3 each. Luther mad- a miss, and the Vtox horse followed suit; and 

 hen the war horse uas 



•kly sin 



tups. Thecupswill 



Mr. Tinker has now won the Valentine cup lor the second tiinel 

 and the club cup for the fourth time. Scores fo- the Valentine cup— 

 20 clay pigeons. 15yds. rise .Sheldon and Crandall 2I\ ds.i: 



KW Tinker lull 1 1 inl 11 1 11 1 111 1 1- lh 



G J Crandal .oil 1001100 w. 



•' II I'-ikiiis. Jr. lllOOlOOOl w. 



W Fi Sieidon.. 0011 1 WHO w. 



Vt ii Crandall 1 mnmoilom w . 



(J M Sheldon tlUlOKHOOOiOlO w. 



L Bonnet noun miuoni , v . 



OBPotter 1 1 ntii dkk'IOji w. 



Scores lor the club elip. I'.'elav pigeons and HI class ball-. 



K W -linker I lllllllll IIU11I1]11--19 



W(i Crniulall 1011 1 1 1 IHM I 111 1 1 1 1 1 IS 



W 11 Sheldon (iliii(iiiiii)liiiivitui — M 



GJCrandnll .00111011111110011100—18 



Ii Poller ... OiMO0OOOOIt>OOtlW"Cl i 



'■ M Mi. -Id. ei lllllllllin w 



C II 1'erkins. Jr .lllliillluilw 



WORCESTEK, Mass., Aug. 15. Mr. II. W, Eflgor, of the Worces- 

 ter Sportinen's Club, received his second challenge for the Slate 



Fauci 



•-'-:-.. in. ng passed 

 Mr C. II. lleKoelun 



m of the bad •• ■ 

 no^cuAeu. me score of the match a 

 which followed In toe regular program 

 match— Conditions. 50 pigeons per man, li 



II W Eager lIllOilUUHilllli iioinu 



J II Cole nii.iloin.il ■ 



rwslry trap: 

 1111111(111-*: 



iioioiooii— « 



. ..t and Kugg diviJe third. 



Third event, a clay pigeo.-s H. W. Kager first; Perry second; He- 

 Rochement and Hudson divide third: Webber and Howe divide 

 fourth. 



Fourth event. 5 glass balls- Nichols and Tidsbiiry divide llrst: be 

 Hoehement and Carpenter divide second; Webber third. 



Fifth evenl. two-men team. 5 glass halls per man- Eager and I'.-n v 

 first; Holden and Shepherd -.-eoi.d: Kugg and (iilmau third; Beaii- 

 dry and DeRochemout fourth. 



Sixth event. Qve clay pigeons -Eager first ; Houghton nndBeautlry 

 divide second: Howe and lieHocm-moiit ihird. 



Seventh event, two-men team. 5 clay piffftons per man Kucg and 

 DeKoeuement tirsi: Noble and lieaudry second; Ii,,.-., and Wilkin- 

 son third. 



Eighth event, five clay pigeon —Perry first; Sampson nud Kugg 

 divide second; DeUoeheinont and Hudson divide ihird. 



Ninth event. 5 glass balls and 3 clay pigeous— Houghton and Beau- 

 dry divide Brat; Holden and Howe divide second; Perry ihird. 



PHILA DELPH1A GUN CLUB.-The regular weekly meeting of the 



ml s 



! Of 1 



grounds of the North End Club. Br 

 worked more satisfactorily Mian la,, 

 belter average. The (iii.ui look lb. 

 possible 100. The North End folk 

 ,als. but. the w. ml was sluggish and 

 n \-t meet of the series will be oi 

 Club. at. Hart lane and Lamb Tav 

 August 28. The scores stood: 



Orion Club. 



It Swan lOO'iO'illlii 1 I-' Klein 



W Wren .. ..ID1I1 1 1 III -Ii W Webbe 



A Myers 1101 100101 1: Tliiogor 



E Duffy 1110110101— 7 WTaitl.. 



F Woodstnger 1101111111 -0 C Mvcrs 



Previous score 



North End club. 



Kohs. ... 1 1 I 1 l> 1.1 1 I I 1 n I Kroeson I 1 II y 1 1) 1 il- i 

 S Richards. .1 1 I) 1 II l)-;i H Battersbv.l il I 1 1 1 n o 11 i_.i, 

 u Clai.p.. ..I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-9 J Entwistlc. 1 1 1 1 I 11 11 a i i_7 



A LUUIII I 1 1 Ii 1 i 1 J il 1 -s VV Soley . . .11 I 1 1 I 1 1 | 1-8 



J Richards. .0 1 1 1 1— i Kilhour 1 II 1 1 1 1 1—6 



0111111011-8 

 .. .0111101111 -8 



...iioijiinii— 8 



. . IM11I10.I. - 

 ....(IlllKHIlll— 7-71 

 f!5 



Total.. 



Prcvioi 



A. B. Vance Club. 

 A Vance. Sr.O 10 11110 11-7 W Powell . . 1 n 1 u 1 0] I 5 



GHunn 1 1.000 I I 1-5 J McCluin .1 1 1 il 1 00 1 1 0— (j 



W Hackney 111111111-9 W Smith. .01 1 1000001-4 



E Vance 1 1 1 1 1 I) 0—5 A Haines. .. .0 1 fl 1-2 



RRolett 00 1 00-1 II Knight. . 0(1 il 0— 



Total.. 



+t 



Plaoe Scores in Series.— 1. Orion. Mil; 2. Norlb End. 119; 3. South 

 End. 98: 4. A. B. Vance. O-i: 5. Girard, S-': B. Sportsman, 75; 7. 

 Quaker city (score not shot out), 71: 8. West Philadelphia, 86. 



WELI.INtiTON. Mass.. Aug. IS.-Followinc is the result or to-dav's 

 shooting at the grounds of me Maiden film club, in Wellington; 



First evenl-Fne birds: Hopkins, ilr.-i : Morrill and Brow il, second: 

 Adams, third. 



Second event— Morrill and Hopkins, first: Adams, second. 



Third event --Brown, first; Adams, second. 



Fourth event— Hopkins and Brown, first; Morrill, second. 



Fifth event— Morrill, firs'. . Adams, second. 



Sixth event Lewis, lirsi : Broun, second; Hopkins. Ihird. 



Seventh event- Adams, first: Lew is and Hopkius. second. 



Eighth event-- Morrill, first ; Hopkins, seend 



went— Adams, first; Moi 

 miss-and-oiit shoots. Moi 



- fir 



I! tin, 



fill n 



t the i 



proved true : 

 which was to 

 biitasanotlic 

 The Indians « 

 of '.he match 

 will, three , 

 Enough pre I: 

 their unbouni 

 extent of il 

 served, pigeo 

 ihe latter co 



ri S e?ILandT"'nap's , ''T? 

 ning ones w 



out thai 

 iSt. Tho 



laogle," 



sjlldges 

 indorsed 

 .ml Hall, 



orifrfnal 



and won by the former. A scratch match between J. Von Lcngerke 

 and W. Ward was won bv the latter, bv Von Leneerke having one 

 bird fall dead out of bound. The Ward Brothers s.iot with a 10-bore, 

 Idlbs. Parker gun, 5J... drams of black powder, while all ol the Indians 

 shot 12 bore light guns, with the American wood powd.-r. .-- 1 ; I ; tin- 

 exception of TowfiSend. The following were the scon ■<: 

 Sweepstakes. .1 birds. ti,. s . miss luul mil. 25vils rise. 



J Von Lengerke 111111 Joe llaniin. 



J Boedencckcr mm .1 Male .. 



GSauer mill J Dnmieili 



E A Fouulain , . .. n i hi H c.-seh.-ei 



W P I'liroy Hum 11 P.adzinsk, 



Ben Dick 1JI1M \V W Dishr., 



H Von Lengerke [0111 AlHali. . 



J Hill HUH J Mont :,.;n. 



T Loiigbivy 







. Mai 



did ' 



11011 



10010 



001111 



oioooo 



..mnuo 



mil-ill 



ooo 



...ooo 



Match. 

 RBCossebeer. . . lllullllll— n EFWard... in) IHKNiil- n 



M lleb. 



J von Lengerke mil I HH 11 n w Ward .1 II 1 1 II lll-K) 



Team Match, r. men a si. I.-, for §100. 



Algonipiiu. Westchesi.-i. 



.1 ..... l.-m-eri-:,- iinmill 1" A Ward minimi- a 



HvoiiLengerke.iniOiim ;i i;!Wu.l ... Hdimil0-H 



H Nichols ... .1)11111101 9 C C'lirpenter .1 imilOl 1 1 S 



Chas Towuseud.OlllltlllO— 8 T Ward ...1111101100— 7 



K B Cassebeer 0101101111 : 43 W Ward ..lpidjiiini- ',—:;>> 



BOSTON, Aug. 1(1.- Then- was a l.-uve aitendaii.-c of trnp-shootere 

 at the range at Wahnil Hill to-day. The weather conditions wen- 

 excellent for the sj)..rt. Below an- Ihe records: 



I'd ; t event (five clay birtlaj Adams, Jameson and Field. Orst; Eddy 



Second event i live elay birds, iiicl.. y and James ii si : .Morrill 



Third event dive .-'lav ni'rds:— Adam* aiid'Morrill lirsi : Dicker and 

 Jameson, second: Field and Albeit, tlifvct. 



glass balls, .Adams, first; Dickey, second; 



sb.illsi-Alberl and Nichols. Iir«t; Field and 



son and Sanborn, third. 



iy birds)— Dickey, liist Sanborn and Morrill, 



lay birds)— Albert and French, first; Sanlioi'h. 



cond: T. C. .sirader. third. 



.airs double balls -Morrill, lii-sl : II Siraiter, 



airs doable gia-s Balls)- Dickey, firsi . Morrill 



lay binlsi-i c. Snaiter and Pi, key first; 



i bird, 

 clav birds>-Mon ill and Miek-.i . (irsl; Adams 

 Mid: II htinilcralid French, mini, 

 glass balls)— Dickey, Orst; Morrill. do i 



-.lav birds- r. i;. Straitor and French, fu-si: 



ds. third 



.i- clay birds)— Dickey and Nichols, first; Mor- 



cchiy birds) Dickey, lirsi; Nichols and T. G. 



clay birds)— Dickey and French, first; NiCnOls, 



1,000yds. 



Fourth eve 



Albert, third. 



fifth evenl - 



Eighth i 



lecond: ,1 



Ninth - 



■ 

 lally iiniong 

 /.(•s .-d each 

 ln-ld on tie 

 le 9th. The 

 pigeons, ties 

 rVllllam 10 

 , Lewis mid 

 , Kichmoud 



§Hnoeinq. 



FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 16.-The sixth shoot for silver cup took 

 place this afternoon in a bard, driving i ainstorm. .-.nil was won by 

 J. A. Negus for the third lime. nih. ,- members of tho club were 

 present but did not enter for the cup shoot. The conditions w ere 



10 Clay pigeons and 15 glass balls, isyds. rise, each member allowed 

 one re-entry. 



Clay Pigeons. Balls. Total. 



Negus 1II10IH1I— u iiiinmiiini—15 2-1 



Re-eiurv llliilw 



W Bravley 01 11 110001 - H lllllllll nil lm — 1M 19 



Re-entry.' Illinium— s llllitlot"llllll— 12 20 



Hall liuiiiiioi- h iiimimuim- ii 22 



Ke.eiii.r.y OOw T. K. ii. 



MASSACHUSETTS' CHAMPIONSHIP. In tie cutest for the 

 State champijnslnp Individual glass ball badge shot at Ashland. 

 Mass., on Aug. 11, between (). (i. Tidsbury. ihe present holder, and C. 



11 DepoeheniHiil. of NY wbi.rvpnri . ol Hie MnssaeiMisei', Ki;:.. Asso- 

 ciation, the following s.-oivs were made, the eoudilion.s being lifiv 

 balls per man, alternating five balls each, from a Holden irap. throw- 



n poiul 



ALGONQUIN'S ON THE UAK-PATH. Editor Won ft «„</ Stream: ! 

 — During the lust year, members of the Algonquin (inn. Club paid 

 several visits to Unite plains, Westchester county. N. V . and con- j 

 tested with tit-- shooters of that place for the supremacy at the traps, 

 but owing to misunderstanding the long talked-of team match was 



Sheriff Duffy, through wl. ise endeavors ihe present pleasant shoot 

 came about. Anoui -'u Indians, evidently ...n the war path, boarded I 



Wbde Plains Upon arrival, they were conveyed in carriages to the 

 farm of Tom King, when- the sbootiug took pluce. The piin.-ipal | 



dressed to (Ac Forest tti 



iniliriihuils, in uintsr o 

 portanee are tiable to tie 



Aug '.'1. .'.-.'. :.: American Canoe Association Kegutta at Utohby 



Lake. 

 Aug. 21 Ainericau Canoe Association .Me.-'ing al Stoney Lake, 



ALLEGHENY CANOE CLUB. 



we lookout- paddles I 



I ake on.- , 



ml of which 



if Evansbu 



•g, Crawford 





inhahilnuts. 



anal. w. wi 



re unable to 



equenUj «■ 



re compelled 





ul boats and 



i in- Meai 



villa & Con- 



.- aired 



ml here the 



appears to 



be a "hade- 









■,■ 1 ije local 





ot upon the 





grasped and 





u. we were in 





tat his attei, 





She lake fo 





Up Miller, for 



its J'. M. 



, 



rnr luggug. 



lo ttic shore. 



