April 1, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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i n the habit, of feedlug, and put, out our decoys. Soon, what do 

 We ha\ B tint lour or those gunners of that honorable mid liberal 

 minded place come out with two batteries and plant them with, 

 in three hundrc-d.fyards of us, and the result-not a bird to our 

 stool; batteries killing ninety-four in about three hours. So the 

 first day was spent and only eight, birds killed, and wo returned at 

 night to our- hotel disgusted with our first day's sport. Thurs- 

 day, 10th, started for the beach at four and shot from the marsh 

 in ft hard rain. .Returned to hotel still more disgusted than ever, 

 to find that the battery had another big day. Prom the result ot 

 three days of shooting, if kept, up as it now is by the out-blind 

 and battery men, there will in live years lie no shooting in Curri- 

 tuck Sound worth naming. The same results will follow there 

 that have followed in the Great South Hay of Long Island. Now, 

 what are the inducements to go to Currituck after 1 tell you 

 how the old thing works ? 1. "We have the Monkey island Club. 

 (3) The light-house Club, (3) The Currituck Club, and (il Mrs. 

 Nye's. Now these four parties have leased or bought all the 

 available marsh, both on the upland and islands. Next, the pro- 

 fessional gunners, with their hundreds of out-bllnds and batteries, 

 what chance is there for a party of gentlemen who whislied to 

 take a week's cruise through the Sound in a yacht? They could 

 not gun out. of a battery because they were " non-residents," 

 they could not. shoot from marshes for they do not belong to any 

 club, or do not. put up at the hotel of Mrs. Nye, which would in- 

 sure them the privilege of shooting upon the marshes. I leave 

 my readers to draw the conclusion. 



Let me state a few facts gained from a very Intelligent, gefttle- 

 man on our way home, in relation to the professional battery 

 ghooter. At the end of the year they stand worse off than when 

 they started, the majority of them having to mortgage their 

 boats, batteries and decoys for their summer subsistence. 



We arose on Friday, the 12th, at i A.M., and started for home, 

 bringing with us about fifty birds of different kinds, each one 

 costing over $2 apiece; and we were.economical at that. 



Ezeykil. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Massachusetts— Walnut Dill, March 24Wt.— Third glass-ball 

 match, under auspices of the Massachusetts Bifle Association :— 



Simile. Rotary. Double. Total. 



E.Woodbury 5 10 5 20 



Re-entry 5 9 5 19 



John Curtis, 2d 5 9 5 19 



Re-entry .. 4 10 4 18 



.1. Clans 5 8 5 IS 



F.B.Cornell 5 9 4 IS 



Re-entry , i 8 5 17 



R.I.Page 5 8 3 18 



Re-entry 4 9 3 16 



B.H.Bent..-.- - 3 7 3 13 



Re-entry 3 8 3 12 



il. H.Sewins 4 8 2 12 



Re-entry- r 5 4 3 12 



Bellevue Range, March 27th.— Roy mond Sportsman's Club Match 

 at glass balls:— 



Double. Rotary. 



Trap. Trap. Total' 



H.Dntton 20 20 40 



TV. Charles 19 19 83 



Re-entry 20 17 37 



W. B. Witherell. - 19 IS 37 



Re-entry 17 15 32 



K.P.Gieason 18 18 Be 



Re-entry 15 16 31 



D.Kirkwood 14 20 31 



J.C.Smith 15 18 33 



O. Dearborn 15 16 Bl 



Re-entry... 14 16 £0 



C.J.Goodale 14 10 30 



G.Edwards 15 13 28 



A.A. Skinner 13 13 25 



New Haven Gun Club.— JVeu> Haven, March 27«i — The New 

 Haven Gun Club held an all day's shoot on Fast Day. The day 

 was not very pleasant, owing to a cold northwest wind. A num- 

 ber of sportsmen from out of town were present, and the day 

 was very much enjoyed by all present. The club served hot cof- 

 fee and lunch for both the sportsmen and spectators. The main 

 feature of the day was the sweepstake shooting. A very good 

 score was made by several who shot only for the balls. Mr. Rob- 

 ert Penn well deserves the laurels of the day. In three consecu- 

 tive sweepstakes and the ties he shot off he broke fifth-three con- 

 secutive balls. The entries for the gold badge were not made 

 until almost 6 p.m., and it was dark before ten balls per each man 

 could be shot ; and as Homer Merwin made a clean score the 

 badge was presented to him. Merwin is a new beginner, and broke 

 yesterday his twenty straight. It looks now as if the badge could 

 be seen among the coots at Merwin's point the coming season. 

 Nothing would please us better through the months of July, Au- 

 gust and September, when we desire to visit Merwin's Point, to 

 take a view of the laurel and stroll around the grounds of one of 

 the finest places on tbe'souud, to see Homer, the proprietor of the 

 badge, as well as the point and hotel :— 



Sweepstake No. 1.— Bogardus rules : three traps : — 



Woodbridge 1 111 0— 4 I Ives 1 1 



Gains 1 111 1— 5 Beagdon 1 1 l 



Folsom 1 10 1 0-3|Lane 1 1 



Goodrich 1 111 0—4| Jorey..- 1 1 1 



Leete 1 111 1-5 I Downing 1 1 



On ties, five balls to decide :— Gains won first money ; Wood- 

 bridge won second money ; Ives won third money. 



Sweepstake No. 2.— Bogardus trap and rules :— 



0-3 



1 1—5 

 1 0—3 

 1—4 



0-3 



Gains 1101111110—8 



Hanson 1111101111-9 



Penn 1011111111—9 



huh 111111111 1—10 



Folsom 1111111110—9 



Downing.... 1111110111—9 



Goodrich and Ives divided first money. 



First miss and out on ties :— Folsom w< 

 dou won third money. 



Sweepstake No. 3.— Card trap :— 



Woodbridge. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— „ 



Jorey 1111110110- 8 



Ives lllllillll—io 



Lanadon 0111111011-8 



Bragdon Olllllllll— 9 



Lane 1011011110—7 



i second money ; Lang- 



Gains 0100001001—3 



Hanson 0111111101—8 



Langdon 1010111101-7 



Goodrich 1110011101-7 



Folsom 1111111011—0 



Bunson 1000110010—4 



Five balls to decide the tie -.—Bragdon 

 Hanson divided ; Woodbridge won third, 



Sweepstake No. 4.— Bogardus trap and rules :— 



Penn 1111110111—9 



Jorey 1111111100—8 



Ives. 0111111010—7 



Woodbridge.. 0111110 011-7 

 Bragdon 1111111011—9 



first; Jorey and 



f^gss* 



Moore 1111001111—8 



Hanson 1111111111—10 



Bragdon 111111111 1—10 



Jorey llOlllllli— 9 



Penn 1111111111—10 



Armstrong .. 10 10011111—7 



Gains 1101101111—8 



Five balls to decide ties:— Penn won first; Jorey, second ; 

 Moore, third. 



Howard 0111011011—7 



Langdon 1111111101—9 



"Woodbridge. 111111111 1—10 



Folsom 1111100011—7 



IveB 1111110100—7 



BunBon 1110111111—9 



Sweepstake No. 5,— Bogardus trap and rules :— 



Wo. idbridge. .1 11111111—9 

 Hanson. ..... 111111111 1—10 



Ives.- 1001111101—7 



Monro 1110111111—9 



Armstrong. . 01110 0111—6 



Gains 1011110101—7 



Goodrich. .. 1 1 11 1 11 111— 10 

 Langdon. ... 1111111111—10 



Jorey 1111110101— 8 



Penn...., ... 1 lllllli 1 ]— 10 



Folsom 1111111101—9 



Fulton 100000 10 10- 3 



Downing. ... 1111110100—7 



Lane 1011100011— 6 



Bragdon 111111111 1—10 



Five balls to decide ties :— Penn won first : Woodbridge, second ; 

 Jorey took third. 

 Sweepstake No. ii.— Bogardus trap and rules:— 



Woodbridge. 1111101111- 9 

 Gains.. ..... 1111010111- 8 



Moore Kill 10110 1— 7 



Tucker 1111011111—9 



Beera 1100000100— 3 



Penn 111111111 1—10 



finndrinh 1111111111—10 



1011111110—8 



Folsom 10 1)111001- . 



Armstrong *. n l 0100101— « 

 Hanson...... 11 11111111—10 



Thunipkins.. 011 (111 1011— 7 

 Langdon. ... 0111101111—8 



Jorey i i i l moil- 9 



Shuman i no l 01 1 l l- 6 



Howard (Ill 0110 1— 5 



Five balls on ties: -Foun won first ; Woodbridge. second ; Lang- 

 don, third. 



Sweepstake No. 7.— Card trap, and almost dark:— 



Woodbridge 1 1 1-3 I TbouipkiDs 10 1-3 



Gains 10 1—3 Jorey 1 10 0—3 



Tucker 1 111 1 -5 Bragdon 1001 1—3 



Penn 1 1 1 1-4 I Hanson 1 10 11—1 



Langdon 1111 0— 4 | 



Tucker, first ; Perm and Langdon divided second ; Bragdon and 

 Woodbridge divided third. C. 



MitFORD Gun Club.— Milfonl, Conn., urarch 20»i. Tho Miirord 

 Gun Club reorgnni/.ed to-day and elected officers as follows :— 

 President, Wm. Weavers ; Vice-President, A. S. Wakely ; Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer, Jas. Padley ; Board of Directors, Win. Weav- 

 ers, A. S. Wakely, 8. Woodworth. A few of us that had our guns 

 at hand tried the glass balls with the following result ; revolving 

 trap ; is yards rise, wind blowing extremely hard from left to 

 right :- 



Jas. Pauley 11110 110 11-8 



S. Woodworth. 1 110 10 10 1 1-7 



Wm. Weavers 1 10 10 10 1 1-8 



A.S. Wakely 1 10 10 11111-8 



A. S. W. 



Central Gun Club— Co/iocs, iV.r., March 28 Hi.— Third monthly 

 medal match ; 10 glass balls ; 18 yards :— 



Charles W. Campbell 1111011 0-0 



M. Campbell - 1 110 1111 1-8 



George Wengrarwrortn 1 1 n 1 o o l l 1— a 



E.Alden 0011110100— 5 



J. Pickering (33 yards) 1 01111000 0-5 



A.Paul 1 11101101 1-8 



F.Pickering .1 00001001 0-3 



BarMey Withdraw 



.I.TItcomb 1 111 



T.Curley.. ... 1 1 



Charles McDonald 110 1 



JameaTuDbs 1110 



O. Dexter.. 1 10 11 



C.Pluokrosc 110 11 



Rover 1 



N.Lewis 10 



Bartholomew Hancock.... - 



Edward Lansing 1 10 1 



Dr. Hawley 



William DegoUer 1110 



111110-9 



1 1 I 1 1 0-7 



11110 0-6 



10 10 1-6 



10 10 0—5 



1110 11-8 



10 0-2 



0-1 



10 0-1 



1—4 



10 1 0—2 



110 11—7 



W T . J. W. 



Brown vs. Arrowsmith— Match at Brooklyn Driving Park, 

 March 35th, between L. P. Brown, Long Island Shooting Club, 

 and H. Arrowsmith, Matawan, N. J.; 25 single birds; single 

 ground trap ; 25 yards rise ; 80 yards boundary ; L. I. Club rules ; 

 spring wind blowing :— 



L. P. Brown, 0100 1, 0* 110 0, 10 0* 0, 100 10, 11110; 

 killed, II ; missed, 14. 



H. Arrowsmith, 110 0*0, 10111, 1100 0, 0010 0, 00010; 

 killed. 10; missed, 15. 



Referee, Mr. E.H. Madison. 



Wingert vs. White.— BroaWyn Driving Pari;, Parhville, L. I., 

 March 26th— Match between C. W. Wingert, of the Fountain Gun 

 Club, Brooklyn, and H. C. White, Red Bank, N. J.; 50 birds each ; 

 single trap ; 25 yards rise; Long Island rules. The birds were an 

 excellent lot : — 



G. W. Wingert,! 1110,10111,11111,01010,01101,01111, 

 00 10 1,111 11,10101,1 110 1. Killed, 315 ; mLsed, 14. 



H.C. White, 1 i 1 0,0 1 1, 00 11 1,0 1111,11001, 11101, 

 11001,11111,11111,01110. Killed, 85; missed, 15. 

 0. W. WINCJKHT. 



Killed. Missed. Total, 



Quarterers to theleft 12 4 16 



Quarterers to the right 5 



Drive- 



Incomers.. 



. 17 



Totals 30 11 60 



H. C. WHITE. 



Quarterers to the left 6 4 10 



Quarterers to the right 10 6 15 



Drivers 17 5 22 



Incomers 3 13 



Totals • 35 15 50 



Referee, M. V. Bayliss. 



"Wilson" vs. " Jones."— Bergen point, ffl". J., March ZSth — 

 Match between two members of the New York Gun Club ; S500 a 

 side; 100 birds; 30 yards rise; 5 traps; li oz. shot; American- 

 Hurlingham rules :— 



Mr. Wilson. 1 10 11, 11110, OHIO, 0101 0,01111, 11111, 

 01111, 11110, 00111, 11111, 11010, 11 10 0, 00110, 

 11010, 0110 1, 0010 1, 0010 0, 01111, 1010 0. Killed, 64; 

 missed, 36. 



Mr.Jones.l 1 01,1 1 1 1 0, 1 1 0,10011,11111,11101, 

 11011, 10101, 11111, 11110, OHIO. 010 11.11111, 01001, 

 10011, 0110 0, 10010, 00001, 10101,1100 1. Killed, 64; 

 missed, 36. 



That Club Clock.— The clock that was contested for so bravoly 

 by two members of the Jersey City Heights Gun Club now graces 

 the walls of their club-room, and it reflects credit both upon the 

 taste and liberality of the donors. It is a very handsome calen- 

 dar of the pendulum kind, and, in due deference to Heritage's 

 known gallantry and admiration for the fair sex, has several por- 

 traits of fair beauties on its face. It is not only an eight-day 

 clock, but it is emphatically a elub clock in every sense of the 

 word. It denotes precisely the different days for the club prizes 

 to be shot for, the days the club shoots with the Palisade and 

 Essex clubs, and tells, it is said, the very day the Heights boys are 

 to vanquish the last-named club (that is if they can spell the 

 word). It also strikes and alarms, and tells the boys when to break 

 up and go home. It only needs a few more slight improvements, 

 like keeping game correctly without cheating, and occasionally 

 ordering up the liquids, to make it a perfect article. 



Pennsylvania.— Northumberland, March 20Hi.— Weekly shoot 

 of the Susquehanna Sportsman Association; Card trap, 18 yards 

 rise. 

 W. E. Taylor.. 110 101111-71 Isaiah Miller.. 1010111111-8 



Chas. Nesbit. . 01001010 1—4 Z. Taylor 1010111111-8 



J. H. E verard. 101111000 1-6 | Geo. Smith... . 01110 011 0-5 



Practice shoot; Card trap, 18 yards rise, March 22d :— 



S.D.Burk 111111111 1—10 



J.H.Everard - 1 111111110—9 



M. A. McFarland 1 11110011 1—8 



W.E.Taylor , 1 1110 10 1 



Geo. W. Smith 1 110 11 



Geo.Fieweg 10 1 1111 



Z.Taylor 10 111 



Geo.Savidge 10 111 



Gnus. Nesbit - l o o 1 1 1 



Practice s.hoot ; card-trap, 18 yards rise, March 23d :— 



.1. n.Fvtrard 1 111111 



W.E. Taylor 1 111111, 



M. A. Me l-'nrland 1 11110 1 



Geo. W.Smith 1 1110 11 



Jos, Aunkst 1 1 1 



0— 8 



1 1-10 

 "" 0—9 

 _ 0- 7 

 10—7 

 1— 5 



J.H.E. 



Northeast, March 27th.— A two-days' shooting tournament will 

 be held here under the auspices of the Fur, Fin and Feather Club 

 April 13th and 14th. The matches will be open to all comers ; six 

 contests aro provided for, with purses aggregating 37 0. The 

 managers are Messrs. John Scouller, O.W. Davis and J. J. Graham. 

 L. B. Cushmau, Secretary, 



Bdhfontc, Pit,, Marcli 27(/i,— Score of shooting from rotary trap 

 March 20th at balls ; 20 shots eaeh :— 



H. Si Hale l l l i 1 l l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11—20 



W. L. Malin 10 110 110 110 11110 1-12 



Theo.Desclmer 1 1 I 111111111110111 11—19 



W. 11. Wilkinson 0110111011110110110 1— M 



S. T. Foster 01 10101001010110 11-10 



J. D. G. 



Lycoming Sportsmen's Club.— lFrtHfl.711s3.-ort, Fa., Karon Zfitfi 

 —Scores were at glass balls ; Card rotary trap : 18 yards rise ; by 

 nine members of this club; regular weekly shoot:— 



Joseph Bubb 1011110111111110101 1—16 



C. IlHgan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1-15 



De-La "Green 11111110111110 010 111-16 



G.D. Tinsman 111110 1111111111111 1—19 



John Price, Jr 1101011111010111111 0—15 



H. S. Lucas 1111111111111111111 0—19 



H. Tallman 010111101110 1111 11-14 



A. Daxldsnn 1111111011111111111 0-18 



W.Ed. Files 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0-14 



Tho club now numbers 53 members, and is in good condition 

 financially. J. W. P. 



Washington, D. C, March Zith.—A pigeon and glass ball shoot- 

 ing tournament took place here on Saturday the 21st inst., which 

 was very largely attended by those interested in field sports, and 

 was participated in by some of the best shots of Baltimore and 

 this city. Messrs. Acklen, Finley, Poehler and Kenna, members 

 of Congress, participated in the shooting, and, as it will be seen 

 by the scores, they are not novices at the trap. The wind was 

 strong from the northwest, making the shooting difficult and 

 carrying many birds out of bounds, which otherwise would have 

 been scored. First match $2 entrance ; 3 birds ; 26 yards rise ; ono 

 prize :- 

 Finley.... 110—21 Wairner.. 111111111 0—10 



Mills 11111111 1 1—11 Wcrtsner. 10—1 



Kilter 111110-5 1 



Second match— $2 entrance; 5 birds; 21 yards; ties 26 and 31 

 yards ; 3 birds :— 



Hitter.. . 1111111110 1-10 I Rawls... 1111111111 1-11 

 Mills... 1111111101 1—10 I Finley... 1110—3 



Won by Wagner. 



Third match— $1 entrance ; 3 birds ; 26 yards :— 



Rltter 111011-51 Wick 10-1 



Rawls 110-3 Mills ) 



McCae 11110 0-4 Finley > withdrew. 



Ready 1 0— 1 1 Case ) 



Fourth match— SI entrance; 3 birds; 28 yards:— 



Edwards 10— llPoehler 110—2 



Case 10-1 Hitter 10-1 



Mills 111—3 1 Hitter 



Coulsou , 110—2, Finley.. Withdrew. 



Acklen 1 0— 1 Rotbwell ) 



Rawls 10— 1 1 



Fifth match— $5 entrance ; 5 birds ; 21 yards; Ties 26 and 31 ; 3 

 birds ; prizes, 60 and 40 per cent.:— 

 Acklen.... 11111-51 Poehler..- 11011-4 111-7 



Mllis 01111—4 10 1-6 Wagner.... 10 10-3 



Hitter 10111—4 1 0—5 | Finley 110—2 



Mr. Acklen first prize ; Mr. Poehlar second prize. 



Sixth match— $5 entrance ; 5 birds ; 21 yards :— 



Acklen 0-withdrew 



Mills 1110 1—4 _ 



,....',,:., ... . 1 1 1 1 i-n I) I 1- ", 



Wagner 1111 1-5 1 



liner 10 11 1-4 



Finley 1 111 1—5 



Wagner first prize, and Mills second. 



Seventh match— Same conditions :— 



.: 1 10 1—3 



1 1111-5 



1 ft X 1 1-10 



1 1 1-10 

 10 9—8 

 0-8 



0-4 



1 



10 1111 0-10 



0-4 







1111 0—8 



1—4 







111111 1-U 



0-4 



1 



11 0-7 



Acklen :.-- 



Wagner 



Mills 



Hitter 



Poehler 



Finley. 



Wagner first prize and Poehler second prize. 



Eighth match— glass balls; $1 entrance; 10 balls; rotary trap:— 

 Kenna.... 1110 110011—71 Stumph... 101011 10 w. 

 Mills . 111111111 1—10 Contsou... 01011110 w. 

 Hitter 1111111011—91 



Ninth match— same conditions:— 



Mills 111111 1 1 1 1— 10 I Rittcr 1 1 Ollw. 



Kenna.... 1 1 w. I 



Tenth match— $2 entrance ; 10 balls ; ties 25 yards :.- 



Mills 1111111111-1111111111—1111 0-24 



Hitter 11111 1 1 11 1-111111 I 1 11-11111-25 



In the three matches Mr. MillB broke 44 balls straight, missing 

 his 15th. O. 



Capital City Gun OVOBj— Washington, D. C, March 20th.— The 

 following is the score :— 



MoLeod 111111111111111111 11-20 



Ppolf 110 110 110 110 110 11-12 



ir" Ki' n g • 0111100110101100001 0-10 



TE King'.'.' 11111110111110110 110-16 



w HH -ie 111110 110 110 10 11 0-12 



Sjive " 00000000 0000 00 0—0 



Stoddard 0111110011111110011 1-15 



Woodbury'.'.'.'.' 00 1 101 1011101010011 0-11 



Shemiard 1011110100011000 101 0-10 



rjldrirlu-e " " 1001 0110 10010 11011 0—10 



McKelden.-'.'-'. ■'•■ - 0100101011111110110 1-13 



Illinois— Lncmis, March 10th— Regular monthly shoot for the 

 gold badge, twenty glass balls, Bogardus trap and rules:— 



David Lester Ill 11 1 1 11 111 1 1 1111 1-19 



tv Shaw 1111101011111110110 1—16 



d'b Weir"' 111011111111111111 11—19 



F'D'Shoper 1110 1111111111110 011—17 



The I .cs shot off at twenty-one yards :— 



Wic 



.1111 



10 1 1 1 110 1 1 1 I 



Oil 1 







th, we call pretty 

 D. B. 



Lester 1 



This, for a club that only shoots onoe a 

 fair work. 



Julien Gun Club- Dubuque, la., March 25Hi— Matoh at 5 tame 

 birds ; 21 yarn's rise ; n. and T. traps :— 



F Miller,5; J. Raup, 2 ; F. Cox, 5; G.Warham.l; J.Hartig.o 

 H Van Tick, 5; C. Grogoiro, 2; S.Cox,3; W.Bisscll, 3; J Gro- 

 goire, 4 ; J. Reed, 5 ; E. Muusell. 4 ; C. Turner, 3 ; W. Cox, 4 ; T. Poi- 

 son, 3. 



Second match; 15 birds ; 21 yards ; H. and T. traps; and 7 birds, 

 English rules ; for silver medal :— 

 K'd. JE'd. 



F. MiFer H 5 



J. Raup JO I 



F. Cox 10 » 



G. Warham.... 8 3 



W.Bodgers 9 3 



J.Hartlg 11 § 



H.Van Vlek 



C. Grogoiro..- 9 4 



* Birds gnye out. 



—Carver is out with a challenge to the Frenehr 

 shoot with the best pigeon shooters that Franoe 

 a purse of from 10.000 francs to 20.000 francs a sidc.lOO pigeons. 

 If no Frenchman will accept this, he is ready to meet ten men; 

 they to shoot at 30 birds eaeh, and he at 800. 



K'd. AM. 



S.Cox. IS ii 



W. Bissell 11 B 



J.Gregoire 12 ti 



J.Heed 12 7 



E. Moused 9 2 



C. Turner 9 4* 



W.G. Cox 10 4 



T.Dolson ......10 ti 



JUt.IEN. 



He wants to 

 produce, for 



