Ootober 7, iS80.] 



FOREST AND STREAI^I. 



189 



Houl hern part of the State? I am against summer shooting 

 I f wc can liavc it in the fall, hut would rather have summer 



:«hootiug thau none :il iill. 

 ithink we will find pi i ■my 

 *cem numerous, and iIim:- 

 eighteen or twenty in e^icl 

 were here very I'avoriilile 



In ; 



■I'L^ard to oihcr ganii' liirds, T 



if M'liiil anil uiT.usc. Tlie rnvt-vp 



1 li:ive seen" will average al.oln 



Tlie past winter and spring, too, 



...^ -.. 10 iliose birds, ami tlicy hatched 



'iiuilc earl}^ Wc have laid fine sport durin^? the past two 

 weclca shooting plover. Thei e were a great many large flocks 

 on IJie grain fields, and we had fine sport for a few days. 

 They are gone now, and we lise our spare iuinules in looking 

 for the wary gray squitrel. Tie is about this^eason ajid just 

 now in fine" condition. Ttabliits without end, and I will ven- 

 ture t«» assert there will lie hundreds shot on the Ist of No- 

 vcmilii'r within one mile of tliis town. We are only sixty 

 mSles from JS^ew York -^villi a train reaching liere at 8:12 a. ji. 

 Hin N. J. Central R. 11. Those who are fond of tlie iinmic of 

 lUounds could have fine sport here. P. H. 



Dcvnc pHOOTiso Xeai: SYHAcrsK, — Si/rac'-tf, iV'. T.ySfjit. 

 •3P. — About US we luive aveiy fair variitynf shnnting grounds, 

 •especially .trood grnmnls for'woode.iek "and A\ ils'iu snipe, of 

 Whicli very many are aliout tlie.se days ln-ought to bag. No 

 very remarkable bags, but as large as any nian claiming to 

 be a sportsman ever ougjit to make. AVhat I was aboiit to 

 apeak of are two ponds near tliis city, to the sporting frater- 

 nity nearly unnoticed. Otiseo Lake is fifteen m'iles dis- 

 iMUt from this city and in Ibis eiinni y— Ojiondaga. ft i.s a 

 be.iutifullilllc lake, seven miles loni and alio 



in s-idtii. r 



■ 1 kn.r 



The -reat.-i 



• fall f,.r 



dn.-ks 



vse.-iii 1h:- 





It 1 lie fool 



of th 



leiisi 



ail lie 



Till 

 Ponil, , 



i; J!. 



1 per 



I Man 

 ii-e ti 

 1 Ihev 



ys win I eujiiy good shoot- 

 !i!|'!', e;e.. thjit there is no 

 1- sjinrl i!i:iii ihis. As large 

 'in liiiv Itike as from most 

 lake is easy of acce.ss, ac- 

 lake are good and cheap. 

 team from 'ibia City. Uoto! 



t I wish to mention is i3i- Samlv Cive]; 

 ikof Lake Ontario, eiuhl miles w.'st frnni 

 r, on the line of the ffonie and Wnteilowu 

 in tliis place lo Pierrepout Manor, ijl. 55; 

 to the pond, .■?!. A nice bote! tuts been 

 It at the pond, and is kept hv one George AVood, a good 

 fellow, a live sportsman and exeellentslnil- He has plenty of 

 good boala, and all the appointments |o mak(! a slay pleasant 

 iind profitable. At this point there must Wi nearly a thou- 

 sand acres f)f wild rice, of heanlitiil growth, alTordirm- mcst 

 -.luiple feed for ducks, and most m.-ianilicent eo\-er for the 

 sportsman. Late in October ducks eongresraic lien- lo a very 

 Large extent, and the ahopling is many times e\lniordinarily 

 few. 



I know of no better snipe, groimd tJiau this anyvvUere in 

 Itlip State of New York. Woodcock can usually be taken 

 1vri';;!:.r>it|.;- in 111.- ni-"tli nf October, which wnnld salisfv rite 

 in.M i i: !..■, ' -I, ,1 , Indeed, f consider this rc-fon of 



'-1. , J , , - ■ 1, this StMe for late shooting." Par- 



iri'L. -M. :,- i. ;i iiioinsbc round in -reat atinndnnee. 



Visilors V. ill tiud ."ilr. George Wood, the L'eiillriiiaii v.iio 

 kci-iiR I he hotel, must hcarlilv reioieed to have am- -mvX nil of 

 his gne-lsliaveagood timeand'a good .shoot, llis eliarge 

 will lie .$1 iicr day forlioard; no charge for boats. (Should 

 Ihi'y wish, he, will go with tbtnu himself, or furnish a man 

 fully eompetiiU at >^3 |ier day. S, M. K. 



Ohio licAii. Sim.. ; .; i ''r,/„,i(/. Ohi". jSVyrf. "O.-I 

 lail in K 

 . Beviei 

 ;1 



would say Iv 

 hitter than 

 seem to have 

 .grown. Can 

 Te ' " 



more 



) Ihii 



not 



.V,.| 



Dav 



dso 



tor ; 



lirll 



11 k 

 •r ll 



'tsl) 

 nipeh 

 in .1 111 



:.'d 



Jl.i 



ine Willi .Join 

 ot plenty. . 



it them till iSov. 



this fall. W 



Have shot : 



rouse iov niiddlini 



.Vm iroing iirxt 

 ■o,,. ytich." ^I'hi-ir s 

 no. Writes me -am 



Xot 1 



1 have moved 



earh' imd Avell 



niicii time left. 



idi-ock tolerably plenty, 



'luiv two hundred th'is 



pleiitv for lliis section, 



eek for a hiuil lo.lolui 



reason eommenecs then 



jn'osiieet is somewhat 



eason and bad a nice 



visits him : but same 



'I'jJSAs, — Ciuro, Sept, 25. — ^^Vo have Lad a good number of 

 plover here this season and f,air hags bavc been made. Tlic 



prospects of sniiie, duck and >i-ooso Kla.H..|iug are flatterina;, as 

 Ihe recent heavy rains havi/ lilkd .^dl iionds and lakes, which 

 an- di'V during the summer, v.iili v.ai-i, which, together with 

 I ho inir-li. alford fine feeding places tor tliem. Have shot on 

 flio i:.;rii inst. five teal, and several flocks have been seen 

 jiassiiig over town. Snipe and geese do not arrive here be- 

 fore Ihe middle of October, but stay here all the winter if the 

 season is favorable and water and food aboimd. Quail are 

 nut as Uunierous as they wi're in former years, but Still gcwd 

 hags may be secured in some localities. ~ A. H. 



LosG Isi.AN'i) Foui;srEK>.— The Long Island Forester Club 

 Inld tlii'ir aiimial meeting for the election of officers at Wm. 

 e'|i>aver's Tdghl House Shades. ciH'ner of Putnam avenue 

 Hid Irving place, Brooklyn, jS\ Y., on Wednesday evening, 

 "■ejil. C'i The following ofllcers were elected for the eusii- 

 iiiLj \ear. Hem-y Thorpe, President; Chas. M. Edwards. 

 \lce-President ; Kobt. T. Sabiti, Treasurcx; Chas. W. Field, 

 Secretary, Mr. John Andrews was aibnitted to membership, 

 iVll bough the club is small, it does not lack iiitCirest in the 

 olijects for which sportine clubs .should be organized (that is 

 for the protect ion of fish and game), as is evfdcneed hv their 

 belonging lo llie Slate Sp.jrisin'-ii's Assoeialioii and the Long 

 Island Sporisim-ii's Assoeiaiioii. Tla-y have just entered oi"! 

 Iheir third year of esistence. They coiilme tbefr .shoolins 

 eMursioiis lo the Kast End Of Long Island, wliore good sport 

 is always to lie had. 



SouTU CAiioi.t.vA. — Charkdoi), Hept. 27.— The coming 

 shooting season, I think, Avill fully demousti-ate lie- lieiieficial 

 effect of the game law. Up to within tliree yeal■.^ a^o any 

 urchin who felt so disposed miglit have shoiddered his gun iu 

 the breeding .season, and have gone forth bent on deslruelion; 

 the death of every bird whicli lie happened to s!»oe.t caused 

 the dealh of two or three young ones. The consei.juence was 

 'In ' :■ •- 1 any liirds at all it was necessary to eo at least ten 

 iuiU"-s from the ciify. But now 'it is altogether dif- 

 jliidsare comparatively j>lentiful, and the coming 



:i.-oii promises some rare sport." Ochoxe. 



Saved His T>ao.^OpeU>nsni, La,, Sept. 3,'?. — Snipe were- 

 en here last Saturday, 18tb. inst. Teal ducks were in 



iKirkef this week. A party of five killed sixtv-thfee prairie 

 liii kais iasi wuek. hunting "parts of two davs'. The prairie 

 ;.; ver;., dry, and the bird^ scattered, generally only one in 

 okice. Qiiiii! are numgrqus; but we c.tnnot shoot them 

 iiLi au}- saiisfaclion here till the crops are gathered and 

 k iiuned into the fields/ to break down the cover. Our 

 =1 monilis are necemher fri(\ .TflTinAry. 1 bad a pointer bit 



through the tongue last week by a very largo wafer moccasin; 

 I poured about a- tumbler of w'hisky "into him immediately, 

 which made him "dead drunk," and in less than a week he 

 was ready for service. J. W. J. 



Our. DETKorr LKTran.— iJ^iJwf, Sept. 26,-1 bavc Just 

 learned a fact of gi'cat practical interest to Lmners, and after 

 Forest asd Strbaji shall have made it known I expect to 

 see a rusli of Kimrods to Northern Mich, that wdll require a 

 special train possiblv one" a dnv. The Detroit, Orand Havi^ii 

 & Milwaukee Hailroad. in eonnection with the Grand T:.ipids 

 and Indiana R.aihvay. offers reduced rates as a special c'luces- 

 sion to hunting paiaies buund for the north woods of iMichi- 

 gan. The fare from Delioit to Petoakey and return in parties 

 of five or more is $f4.3()eacli, and in parties of twenty or more 

 it is ifjlO.'lO each. There is a proportionate reduclion loall in- 

 termediate stalion.s. Keliirii liekels on llie.se terms are good 

 till Dec. ;U. Dogs and gim.s are laken in tlio |,,ggagc ear 

 without extnirliarL'i'. and sp.reial earo is lioslie.vcd on llieni. 

 NorilMT I All, ;,!,,. :: i,,.. il,;ii Mir ^nllrv davs liavr Klnnk de- 

 fi'.i:. I . ■ - I : i ; .. - M liunters, and llirsc new rail- 



r0,:.i ■ I . ' , M -:: ,, I : , L, OTe j llSl thc 1 1 , b Ig I O popU- 



' :Mr. .1. \\'. Tlioiup.son, of Louisville, Kv., wriles from 

 Foil. I .Mouilli, I Ed. Gillman H al\. famous "shooiing raiielii 

 ill till SI- uords; " I have killed about eighty duel;, and they 

 were alioiil, all I shot at— only made one shot that did not do 

 execution."' Q. 



3tIii,Lioxs OF Di-CMfi.—T'tMfi, Ohio, Sepi '?i.^Tb.Te are 

 lots of ducks in the marsh no^v. I v.-e;it i- ':' 'kllliboro 

 Club on the steamer Chief .lustiee Waiti ; i ■ ii' fiav 



from Cedar Point fo West Sister Isle, [i ai -. y: i . .m ma.^sc^ 

 ducks, millions of them, inosih' teal, some mallard and ring- 

 tail. The club at Cedar Poim had a grand opening of the 

 new bouse on last niond.iv cvenine-, built for I lie use of the 

 ebib by Col. Ollie P;;'. I .; if n, ., I . !.:, ;i L'cnileman of nnieli 

 weahh. It was :, L o :- .. :- ;ind gentlemen, music 



anddaneing, and ■ _^ , ;. i :i ii , In- ejnb ; and ,«uch a 



lot of ducks! Tii.^ - .i;i',l -i 'I :. ,iv one man secured 



waa44; the Inrgf.^t 1lli) : "lii '■-, .in jt :>,"). eie. 



I was fisliiie/ ]\[oudn\. I'l' -on,- 'A AWalnesday at Om- 



Cbib. The wiuer was't .VMru' -.-: few (ish. Caught 



several, and they were very line ; weighed •)'> and lii llis. 

 We are all waiting now for "eold wealher, so our dn<-k^ will 

 kee|). No use shooting them unless ihev will keep (o get 

 home. A. C. :s\ 



Sphut LiKE, — ChicAtgo, Oct. 1,— Mr. A. P. Wilkins, land 

 agent for the C!liicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, has 

 been in towir for the past week, making aiTaugements wbere- 

 by sport.smen can make the trip to Spirit Lake, Iowa, at a 

 srnall cost. The railroad company will fnrnisli a hunters' car, 

 wilh compleie r,nt(it for living, in'id thousimd mile tickets, for 



i?-iOeaeli ' :-■ 'i-- can lake a cook and porter free. 



The ear ".i- . :;.. :,ie from fifteen fo Iweiilv jiersons 

 eomforhilil. I i_ . u i .in .se makimr a fealuveof llieseears. 

 and will s].are 1:0 vttiiis lo make everyone as eomf Tialile a. 

 if ihex- were domiciled in a hotel. For tho.sc not d'-^irous of 

 aeeoiniianvin-s--!l:ir;;e:i parlv I liev sell round trill I iohi-iK -ood 

 for I wo weeks, lor --'o -oi-l -M 111- lake there are hunters' 



lodges, wlirreti- -' ■ , en care of and all fix- 



tures fiirnislied :-■ — ■. - ' >\ ■ >■ I |ier day. Game is 



eh'--, .iii'i ■ J. I -. :.....' . :'i,.'.. . :i.- I'll-n iiie fisherman 

 iii:i ■ ■ ■' ■ ll - ■ . . I i . .- !'■ '. . ■ - " I'-'.-, perch, pick- 



ei-el, ;. I . - ;.i -. i ...■.-. -eiu'il ,- r ! I ■; i -. . ; i , I i:;-: has been trirly 



minute' information will have it cheerfully furnished them by 

 addressing .V. P. Wilkins, ^Vhitewater." A\'is.. avIio has rJ- 

 iiided in this vicinity for the jiasl eight years. J. 



AuiiruoK Roo an'o Gvs Cren.— /j'/v.'/ ?.//;-. .sV/Ji!. 2-9.— Last 

 week a mcctuig was lield in the extreme eastern district of 

 Brooklyn with' the inti-ntion of forming a sportsmen's club to 

 )ie coin|iosed of young men residing in the vicinity. They 

 named the association the .Vndubon'^Gim and Hod Cliib. The 

 ottieers ele.led were: l^ohert T. Saliiu, President , f^dward 

 Blaekwi-ll, \'ice-Preside,it; Frank C^erliu-. Trea^-mrer, and 

 Jarne.-- If. liemiii- Seerolarv. The eiuli alreaiiv has a nnaie 

 berslilp of liiie, inland bids "biir in less than two monllis lo 



d .;.' ii ■.'. - 01 number. The objects of this association 



ar lie game in their immediate neighborhood. 



e:.j ■ ;. •■• : i,.a the Kings County hue and Jamaica, and 



also lu eu( oiiiage skillful use in the rod and gun. 



XL Httxte-h. 



'iii,\niv..—Bid^ford, Sept. 13.— A party of seven good fel- 

 lows started to-day for Euslis and. Tim Pond for t\yo weeks 

 I camp life. I gue.ss Iviii Smith will think be is taken wdieii he 

 sees these t;'uirs, amuumilion and fly rods. Dr. Hill and AYill 

 Eldeu, the crack ritle shots, strike out for big game of bear 

 and moose kinds, while A. Pierce, J. R, Tibby. Dr. Hussey, 

 E. Pilsbury. om- efficient postmaster, and V). Roberts coia- 

 tent themselves with smaller game and skill in casting the 

 flv. Sureiss attend them aUj for many are waiting forebear 

 steak und trout. 0. J. C. 



]\lAi;yi.\sii.— The quail shooting iu Queeno Anne and Tal- 

 bot counties, i\[aryland, promises to be unusually flue this 

 aetison. There are few seel ions of the country wliei'e birds 

 are more abiindant. and iu many places iu eaeb couiity the 

 fields are large, and the sediri' grass cover admits of the birds 

 heim.;- .-hot earlv in tlie season in the open. One can hardly 

 go wrong in making a .'^eleetion of any of (he little to-^ras to 

 put up at as headquarters. Besides quail, there are wood- 

 cock when the season is wet, and along the bay sliore many 

 variety of ducks. 



EAOLELAKii. M(-., Sept. 2M. — Steele and fare now on our way 

 down Eagle Lake. AA^'atlier eoeJ ; strong head wind. Have 

 foimd plenty of fish and game of al! kinds. There arc 

 twenty-three persons, to our knowledge, miw encamped on 

 this lake, and eight more on their way here. Since I last 

 wrote a team has been put on Mud Pond carry, so that there 

 is no lugging between Moosehcad and this lake. We encamp 

 on Churchill Luke to-night and exi^ect to reach Munsungun 

 lake by the middle ed nexl \veek. L. B. G. 



Flohida OmiFxr.ioY. \y a^ted.— Buffalo, Sept. 27,-1 an- 

 ticipate spending the winter in Florida fon the St. .Johns 

 river a_ few miles from Enterprise; in fishing and huni.;:.i. 

 Am desirous of having a companion. If you know of an 

 one intending to do the same you will confer a favor by pui^ 

 ting me in connection with liiui, I start abcut the fifteenth, 

 of November. %>, B. C. 



AIIoMixoPiGEOxSnoT.— riwi^?^/!!?^, L.I. Oeij 1,— A col- 

 ored man shot the other day, while after wild pigeons in Ibis 

 vicinity, a borains iiiL'eon inarked under the wing. 



J. r., Wii.~oN, New York City, No. 160, 



New York.— If or/kilsdlle, Sept. 27.— Plenty of ruffed 

 grouse and black and gray squirrels are beingkiHed here now, 

 ()n the 23d a huge flock of crows passed over tbis plaoo. 

 Tliey were over lluee-fonri lis of ;ui hour pa.ssing. There 

 must have been 'JO. I ion in (lie lloek. They did uot fly like 

 pigeons, hut were from fifty to two lumdred feel apart. 



Jons. 



How does-our cnrreRpondcut know that there were 30,000 

 ill Mk! flock? 



QsomiA.—Aj/wH(m, Oct 1.— Our game birds (Bob White) 

 are abundant. I never saw more of them. Our climate is 

 delightful in fall and winter, and Americus furnishes board 

 good and clieap. and if any of yom' Northern sportsmen who 

 come South will make t'bis a^ stopping point, we proniiso 

 them as line shooting as the country cnn irfi'ord, and as hearty 

 11 welcome as Sonllieru hospitably "can give. Pve been out 

 lo-day for the first time ; two guns bugged fifty, SuoT. 



l'"oi:i.|S'r a;-:i) Stuv-'. o ';^:^Kl.■•T 1i .,...,. p.vofr DePAbtmest. 

 ^Chiruy,; ni. S. :'■ "' ' i-m. i i-^i .us lave re- 



cently passed tlir .i i j i . ' II.. .. . j, ■ I lorting regions 



on the line of the ( !,-i:e...,v y. uti,,., ,.,i,.|.-i jyvi Chas. Bui- 

 lock, Tarsctt Elli.s, W. "S. ^Vrmirrd. .Ja.s. H. Hall and K S. 

 I'oiiev, allot Ma.ssaohiisetts. They go to the Maple 'Bivev 

 Valley.. J. 



Midway Shootisu Clcb, — The Midway Shooting Asso- 

 ciation, of Matawan, N. J., was organfzed in 1K7-5, and 

 chartered in 1880. The club now riwns a tine plea of ground, 

 some foiu'tcen acres, at the .iunetion of iVie ( '. If. R. anii F. & 

 N. Y. K. When tiie eon'templafed imjiroveineuts of this 

 property are conipleled. the sromids will make one of the 

 finest shooiing parks in the East. 



1 ■nioMie.. .sv/iz. fiti. I have ju.st returned with R. P. Flow- 

 ers and party from N. \'. AVe had a splendid time and 

 plenty oi game. We vver4 up at Grand Porto and Alaop, 

 Dakota, and Atb-iaii, Miivnesota. Killed 755 cbickena and 

 ducks. S. H. TxmniLt. 



Wir.D Pigeons.- l\>Un?idCo.. Oolin.,S-~ 

 scattere'd over this counter in great nuni!" 

 while oak aceirns. Bags of "30 to 40 ■ 

 shooting of two guns lU'o common. Tin 

 been so plenty here for many years. 



lusare 

 u the 



day's 

 vo not 



F, 



—Hop Bittere gives good dlgBstJoii, acuve liver, goott clrcul atlon iind 

 baojTiut. spirits. 



lid (dsi 



SHQOTING MATCHES. 



Nbto Tobk.— 'Koffnlar Hemi-monthly shoot of the Mhicr Bod and 

 I Club, Sept. SO, for the clnb rncl;;l e <:, ak,! by Capt. AOTy, 

 liand.™ue Imdge .: i . l^-a Tuilcel, both 



gouig to the lu-st mini : Hun ..u. . e 



in 101 1 1 1 1 1 I II— 3 I EutiaiTl. . . 1 I 



; 1 II 1 1 1 II (1-4 Aery. ,,,1 j 



1 1 1 1 11 i 1— S| 



1 medals were captured by Capfaii 

 r the club shout rollowed': 



-1 .Very. 



iellr 



I I 1 1 l-fl' 

 1 1 1 1 1—6 

 I 1 1 I 1 1—6 



..1111110 (1 10- T 



Uiivts I I I II I M) ll-.5|.Jill 



StJeln-s imd ,fimok di\i<lKa the inouei 



Matches at glass bulls : 



notVman 1 ij o o e i fi ii i i— 4 i Ensi'i 



SI iv'n-.-, 1 I) 1 1 I (I I t 11 a— (i Aef.v 1 tl i i o 6 i \ 6—.^ 



liii'l- 1 1 1 n 1 0— 1| Jiuiok 1 1 II 1 lino 0— T 



lMige]oi-t aiid Jnnok divided rnoiiey. 



Oiao, Cbirlnmili, fiopt. 22.— The Oiiiehinati Gnu CUub met i\t 

 Macke'a an tlie iibove date to eoutestfor tlioir club ruednl and other 

 prizes, Tame buds : phmgo traps : 



\r. .T. Sclilir M yards 1 111 till). 1111 11-15 



W. I'alrlvcelt ai - 1 1111110111111 1-14 



;. Vlein-aiv 2fi ,.11 111011111101 1-13 



H- ■'■ i'-'"-h 2ii 1 1 1 1 ! 1 n 1 11 1 1 1 i—n 



-^1- ""f"'"'"' '^1 1 1 I 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 i 1— IS 



■' ' ■' '" -' ' ■■ .-'■' I 1 1 I 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 1—12 



' ' -1 -.- .1 II 1 I I I II t 1 1 1 1 1 1—12 



■'" ' ■ -■•'■' 1 II II II 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 0— 8 



- !l e .. ' . ■ .21 1) 1 I II I 1 1 1 U 1 1 0— 8 



i seliiiiiey.lr •'[ 1 1 1 (Ml 1 11 1 1—8 



S<]uiT won the gold luedid on a, straight BCoro; Caldwell took 

 seeeiid, 12} i pounda of jjowder ; and McGraw third, 300 shells. 



On tie lor tlrird ^rizc, 300 sheUs, misa and out : McGraw, 4, 

 Dulfiuim, 3 ; Koeh, 1. 

 ICkmitky, Latonia fiprings, Sept. la.— ,'<mre of a glasa bail 



iiiateh eliut between tile Ciiieijuuiti (inn Clel ■ . i - .. e'incw- 



iiiiti Sljuutiiig and Fisliiu^; (Jlul.l aial (lie. h. o.^.iting 



Clnb, of Keuton (Vjanty, Ky, ife.le trap : j-i - i _ " 

 tliuciiuiati Guu Club. 



K. JIcGrow. 1 1131101111111 1— u 



H. .r. tvoeli 11110 11111110 1—12 



w. ,1. iseiatr :....! oiiiiittoiioi o— ii 



T. J. Uauui*..-;.. 1 oiioiioiiilio 1—11 



.1. c. Whm«tone „ ......1 i i i o o i o o 1 1 1 i i i— ii 



WCaldwell 1110 111101100 1—10—69 



Koubiu County Shnntiiig Club. 



Hale 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1— to 



Huflson , - . - u 1 1 II I 1 1 1 1 1) 1 1— 9 



Wllsiui ,....0 1 1 II 1 1 II 1 1 1 1- S 



Reuiliismu tlliiooioioioilu— 8 



Sialtti. - (I II 1 1 I a 1 1 I— 6 



Baker, uuOiiOOUlOloiO— S— 16 



ALGoNiiciii Clod. — Gvoands at Wfelkairkeii, Sept 27. — Semi- 

 monthly shoot for club badge ; 20 balls : Auld, 12 ; Hill, 12 ; Gris- 

 wold, 14; Murphy, 6; Louglirey, fo; Bieuner, 15; Saner, 15; 

 BmaiB, 14 ; P»obert»i;u, 8 ; Gordon, 11 j Hannn, IS ; Moytdii, 12, 



P.J. 



Capital City Orx Ci^v^.— WanMiigion, I). C, Sept. 30.~Thia 

 club haa been .shooting p. series of weekly inatcbss (uot to exceed 

 eighteen) of tneuty IibUs e: j 1 . : : , to be known as 



first and .second eb.ninpi' ■ _ each match to 



wear the same imtil beuOi .. .' . e-n.iired to Bhoot 



in at loaht thirteen of the uiidehe.-' lu make hini eligible for final 

 possessieui. the awards to be made on percentage of hits. The 

 tbootiiig closed ye.-ilerdny with tlie Bliteeuth mRtch, Mr. Mills 



I I'Liie tbree balls in the lead, whiuh conld not be overcome by a 

 .1 ; ! I .; e from Ml'. McLecid ; and Mr. Woodbury, the only other 

 [111 ! I .rjnei. having been caPed away from the city, was unable 

 t .ore. .-Vs sliown by the sooree, but three members 



I I I .Liimiuum of 260 balls, but I give the reault of thi. 



I shuw ttio general average and -what our club is 



The avera,ge of 1874 we conBider quite creditftbla 



r 1-: of whc,ni had never shot from a rotary trap 



Mil . and fiiinie of them bad never allot from any trap 



