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Miller won with 3 straight on second tie. Erl), sr., and 
Patrick divided fourth on 7 each. 
Fourth Match. — Five pairs double birds ; 13 yards ; 
prizes, $100, $50, $30 and $20 :— 
Miller and O'Meara killed 10 straight,and divided. Tuck¬ 
er, Judy and McGee killed 9 each, and Judy won shoot 
off with 0 straight. Werk, Bowles, Erb, jr., Hershey and 
Young tied on 8, Erb winning shoot off with 6 straight. 
Fifth Match. — Six. single birds; 21 yards rise; prizes, 
$50, $25, $15 and $10 
Scott, O’Meara, Hershey, Allen, Miller, Stock well, Jur- 
rett, Watson and London made clean scores, and Wat¬ 
son, Allen and London divided on a Becond tie of 3. 
Judy, Camp, McClelland, Williams, Jones, Wilson, Werk 
and Young tied on 5, Judy and Werk dividing on second 
tie of 3. Fredericks, Evans and Smith divided fourth on 
a tie of 3. 
Wednesday, Oc.t.'fXld. —Sixth match ; six single birds ; 
21 yards rise ; prizes, $50, $25, $15 and $10 :— 
Lister, Allen, Smith, O'Meara, Jarrett, Stockwell, Ful¬ 
ler, Houghton, Reed and Boone tied on 6 : Allen, Reed, 
Jarrett and Boone again on 3 at 26 yards, Allen 
winning on 3 at 31 yards—Hershey, Judy, Bames, 
Den, Albright, Walmsley, Miller, McGee and Young 
having tied on 5, and' Hershey, Miller, Den and 
Walmsley again on 8 at 26 yards. Miller and Hershey 
divided on 2 out of 3 at 31 yards. Brinker, London, Wat¬ 
son, Werk and Williams scored 4 each, Williams winning 
with 3 at third shoot off, 31 yards. Oberg, Squires and 
Hall tied on 3, Oberg winning shoot off with 3 at 36 
yards. 
Seventh Match.— Ten single birds ; 21 yards ; prizes 
—first, Remington Creedmoor rifle ($125) and ten sacks 
shot ($20) — total, $145 ; second, Fox breech-loading shot¬ 
gun ($75), ten sacks shot (§20)—$95: third, powder and 
shot, $60: fourth. 1,000 U. M. C. paper shells, shot, 
$22.50 :— 
O’Meara, Barns, Erb and Allen tied on 10 ; Allen, Erb 
and Barns on 2 out of 3 at 26 yards, Allen winning with 
3 at 31 yards. Tucker, Boone, Werk, Lister ana Hall 
tied on 9 ; Tucker, Werk and Lister again on 3 at 26 yards, 
on 2 at 31 yards, on 3 again, and finally divided. Den, 
McGee, Judy, Miller and Hershey tied on 8 ; McGee aud 
Miller again on 3 at 26 yards, McGee winning with 3 at 
HI yards, Brinker and Squires tied on 7, Brinker win¬ 
ning shoot off. 
Eighth Match. — Ten glass balls; 18 yards rise*; prizes, 
$50, $35, $15 and $10 
Erb, jr., and Young tied on 8 and divided first, Hau- 
worth, O’Meara and McGee tied on 7 and divided second. 
Den, Miller and London tied on 6 and divided third. Lis¬ 
ter and Patrick tied on 5, Patrick winning shoot off. 
Ninth Match. —Ten single birds ; 26 yards ; prizes, $125, 
$75, $50, $30 and $20 
Erb, Stockwell and Williams tied on 10 and divided. 
Tucker, Hauworth, Miller, Watson and Hershey tied on 
9 ; Hershey, Watson and Hauworth again oh 3 at 31 
yards, Hauworth winning second shoot off with 3. 
Young, Werk, Stocker,Smith, Boone and O'Meara tied on 
8, and Young won on shoot off—3 at 31 yards. Van Horn, 
Hall, McGee and Fuller tied on 7, Fuller winning on 
fourth shoot off. Allen, Patrick, Jarrett, Lister and Al¬ 
bright tied on 6, Allen winning second shoot off. 
Tenth Match.— 1 Three pairs double birds, 18 yards: 
prizes, $50, $25, $15 and $10 :— 
Den won first with clean score. Miller, Lister, Hershey, 
Erb, sr., Boone, Allen and Scott tied on 5 ; Miller and 
Lister again on 4 at 25 yards and divided. Fuller, Smith, 
Van Horn, Brodie, Williams, O'Meara, Stockwell and 
Brinker tied on 4. Fuller and Smith again on 3 at 21 
yards and divided. Patrick, Barnes, McGee, Stocker, 
London and Judy tied on 3 and Patrick won shoot off at 
21 yards. 
Thursday, Oct. 24<7i.—Ten single birds, 21 yards ; prizes, 
$50, $25, $15 and $10 ;—Tucker, Williams, Smith, Reed 
and Fuller tied on 10; Fuller, Smith, Williams and 
Tucker again on 3 at 26 yards, Fuller winning with 3 
at 31 yards. Boone, Walmsley, Erb, jr., Alien, 
Jones, Stockwell, Hauworth and O'Meara tied 
on 9; Hauworth and Stockwell again on 3 at 26 yards 
and divided. Miller, Lister, Jarrett, Brinker, Hershey, 
Thomas, Werk, London and Young tied on 8; Miller and 
Jarrett again on 3 at 26 yards, Miller winning on 3 at 31 
yards. McGee, Underwood, Gardner, Watson, Stephens 
and Albright tied on 7, McGee winning second shoot off 
with 3 at 31 yards. 
Twelfth Match. —Ten single birds, 21 yards; purse, 
$31o :— 
Banworth, Morris, O'Meara, Allen, Werk, Erb and 
Fuller tied on 10 ; all but Morris and O’Meara again on 3 
at 26 yards; Allen, Erb and Fuller at 31 yards ; Allen 
and Erb three times again, Allen finally winning (with 
3 on final shoot off. Tucker, Williams, Lister and Her¬ 
shey tied on 9 ; Tucker, Williams and Lister on 3 at 26 
yards ; again at 31 yards. Tucker winning final shoot off 
with 3. Thomas, Watson, Cunningham, Stockwell, 
Jones, Miller, Judy and Fredericks tied on 8; Fredericks, 
Stockwell and Miller again, 3 at 26 yards, again at 31 
yards, Fredericks winning finally, Sharp and McGee tied 
on 7 and divided. 
Thirteenth Match.— Team shoot, two members each ; 
ten single birds, 21 yards ; prizes, $125, $65, $40 and 
Tucker and Erb, jr., made clean score of 20 and took 
first; Hauworth and Cave divided second with Miller and 
Stockwell on score of 19; O’Meara and Cunningham, Allen 
and Smith, and Miles and Watson tied on 18, O’Meara 
and Cunningham winning shoot off with 5 out of 6 at 
26 yards. Underwood and Fredericks, Werk and McGee, 
Hershey and Lister and Fuller and Reed tied on 17 ; the 
first three teams again on 6 at 26 yards, the first two 
again at 81 yards, Underwood and Fredericks winning on 
final shoot off. 
Fourteenth Match.— Sweepstakes, 15 single birds, 20 
yards ; Williams, Cunningham, Erb, Hershey, Miller and 
Werk tied on 14 ; the first three dividing on 3 in shoot 
off. Tucker, Stockwell, Allen and Smith tied on 13 and 
Tucker won shoot off, 
Sixteenth Match.— Ten Bingle birds, 21 yards : prizes. 
$50, $25, $15 and $10 :— 
Young, Scott, Ferguson, Boone, Work, Smith, Miller 
and Bames tied on 10 ; Boone, Werk and Miller again on 
3 at 31yards and divided. Cogwell, O’Meara, Cunning¬ 
ham, Watson and McGee tied on 9, and after four tie 
shots, Cogwell and 9’Meara divided. Stockwell, Hall, 
Allen, Hershey, Williams and Buzard tied on 8, Stock- 
well winning cm third shoot off. Evb and Stocke divided 
fourth. 
Seventeenth Match. —For purse of $300 and gold medal; 
team State championship shoot; 15 single birds, 21 
yards;— 
Kansas citv erne cunt, 
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McGee ... .11111 1110 1 II 1 1 1-14 
Fredoridks. . 11111 1II 1 1 1 1111 1-14 
Werk. . 0 1111 1 U 1 1 1 1111 0-12-55 
Tucker ... 
Erb, jr. 
Barnes. 
Batcheller. 
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1111 1—15 
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10 11 0-10-51 
1011 0—13 
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1111 0—13 
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Walmsley, . 11111 
Houghton . 11111 
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Stark. 1 0 0 0 0 
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Werk . 1 l l I 
McGee ... 0 
In shooting off for State championship medal, given to 
one making best individual score, Messrs. Tucker and 
Hauworth tied again on 3. As these gentlemen do not 
belong in Missouri, they presented the medal to the asso¬ 
ciation, to he shot for again next year. 
Eighteenth Match. —Twelve single birds, 26 yards' rise ; 
prizes, $110, $60, $40, $25 and $15 :• — 
Tucker, Carson, McGee, Allen, Erb, jr., Stockwell, Mil¬ 
ler and Werk made full score of 12 ; Tucker, Erb, Miller 
and Werk dividing after a second tie of 3 at 31 yards. 
Underwood, Hershey, Scott and Watson tied on 11 and 
divided second money. Erb, sr, , Boulvare, and Jarrett 
tied on 10, Jarrett winning sixth shoot off with 3 at 31 
yards. Walmsley and Stark divided fourth on tie of 9 ; 
Stocke and Hall taking fifth on tie of 8. 
Match No. 20.—Five double birds ; purse, $100 :— 
Erb won first with score of 10 straight. McGee, Miller 
and Werk tied on 9 ; McGee and Miller again on 4, Mc¬ 
Gee finally winning, McGee won a match rare, 19 out 
of 20 birds. Several sweeps followed, and one of the 
most interesting contests was a match between Messrs. 
Judy, Allen, Lister and Smith, forming a team to shoot 
against the Kansas City Gun Club Team—Messrs. Werk, 
Underwood, Fredericks and McGee—15 single birds each 
man, 21 yards. The Kansas City boys killed 59 out of 60, 
against their opponents’ Bcore of 03. 
and §mt[ gishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. 
FRESH WATER. 
Black Bass, Micrnptcrua cal mo- I Pike or Pickerel, Esox Indus. 
ides; M. nigricans. Yellow Perch, Perea flavescens. 
Muekalowre, Estrx nobdior. I 
SALT WATER. 
Sea Bass, Sci'renops occllatus. | Cero, Cybtum regale. 
Striped Bass, Roc.cus Uneatus. Flouito, Sctrda pdamys. 
Weakllsh, Cynosclon regalia. | Kingflsh, Menticirrus nebnlosus. 
Bluefish, Pomatomus saUatrix. 
A Fisu-m’ Story. —Truth is averred, to be stranger than 
fiction. The piscatorial Munchausen may reel off his tale 
and mystify his audience, but the grave, matter-of-fact 
professor comes along and lays his scientific fact in the 
scales, and thejbeam descends. A case in point is the 
following note from Prof. Theo. Gill, of the Smi thsonian, 
whifii we candidly acknowledge rather rebukes our 
credulity, But the Professor must, in his own behalf, 
admit that the fish, that is the outside fish he talks about 
was slightly stretched; and this reminds us that there 
are more fish in the sea than have ever been talked out 
of it;— 
In looking over my file of Forest and Stream, as I am 
often wont to do, I noticed the paragraphs entitled “An 
Iowa Fish Shoot” (vol. 12, p. 194) and “ Fish Swallowing 
fish ” (vol. 12, p. 236), wherein you express some evidence 
of skepticism as to the truth of a pickerel fifteen inches 
long having been swallowed by another twenty-six inches 
long, ironically remarking : “We have often told bigger 
ones than that ourselves. Let us see; 15 into 26, once 
and 11 over!” Now, dear Forest and Stream, what will 
you say to a fish swallowing one several times larger than 
itself ? Perhaps you will think it incredible, but never¬ 
theless it is the fact that there are deep-sea fishes that are 
capable of such feats, aud which have been actually found 
with others much larger than themselves in their stom¬ 
achs. Such is the specie known as Chrasmodw niger —a 
deep-sea form of the family of Gadoids (codfishes), or a 
nearly related one, which occurs off the island of Madeira 
as well as in the Caribbean Sea, This species has been 
twice caught until fishes larger than itself in its capa¬ 
cious interior. And when I say laager, I mean it in 
every sense—longer, higher, broader and, of course, more 
bulky. The last one recorded, caught off the island of 
Dominica, was 6£ inches long, and with its stomach 
empty would have measured less than one inch in height, 
while the fish it swallowed was 104 inches long and 1J 
inch high, and evidently weighed several times as much 
as the gormandizer. I leave you for the present to swal¬ 
low and digest this story as you best may, but if you wish 
further information, am ready to give it. 
Theo, Gtli 
Let us have the rest of it, Professor!—E d.] 
The Six Pounds Fish-as-You-Please-Belt, —They 
keep a public record of their big bass out in Cincinnati. 
The town clerk registers their weight along with the 
weights of the babies, the marriage licenses, etc. So when 
a new fish is to he recorded the daily papers send their re¬ 
porters to the town hall to copy out the registration of all 
previous piscine wonders, The Every Saturday Night 
thus records the progress of the emulous competitors : 
The eatching with rod, hook, and line of a Lake Erie 
black bass that weighs six pounds has always been con¬ 
sidered with our anglers as something extraordinary, and 
when it does happen a great fish talk ensues, and com¬ 
parative catches are brought into requisition. The first 
six-pound bass that there is any note of here was caught 
some leu years ago at Put-in Bay by John Stettinius of 
this city. The event was celebrated by a supper given by 
the lucky angler to his friends. It cost $100, but John 
was made superlatively happy in the wearingof the cham¬ 
pion belt. The next big catch was made by Dr. Sterling, 
of Cleveland, at Middle Island, Lake Erie. The weight 
was 61 pounds, thereby entitling the doctor to the belt. 
He held it for some time, when Captain Tinker, of Cincin¬ 
nati, a few years ago, caught at Middle Island a 6S pound 
black bass. Then comes Captain Brown, of Dayton, who 
a few weeks ago, at Pelee, caught one that pulled the 
scales to 61 pounds. And now comes that okl veteran 
angler, Alex. Starbuck, who caught, according to Mr. 
Cameron's scales, the next day after Brown’s catch, one 
(hat weighed 61 pounds. This bass, with others, was sent 
for distribution to Mr. Bames, groceryman, at the south¬ 
east corner of Mound and Sixth. When he opened the 
box he was surprised at the size of the big bass and con¬ 
cluded at once to weigh him. He did so in the presence 
of his clerks, and the bass balanced the beam at seven 
pounds. If there are any doubting this—and it is such a 
monster bass that there probably may be some who do— 
Mr. Barnes and also his clerks are willing to be interviewed 
on the subject. Hand that belt, this way, Captain Tinker, 
for Aleck would like to wear it awhile. 
— The mossbunker fisheries of Port Monmouth, N. J., 
have just closed, and the season has been very successful. 
Over 25,000,000 fish have been taken. The oil averages 
three gallons to a thousand fish, and the scrap yields sev¬ 
enty tons to a million fish. The scrap readily sells for 
$30 per ton, and is used as a fertilizer. 
Fishing at Cohoes.— Cohoes, N. Y., Oct. IBfh.—The 
river here is deep only in places, and we have to do a 
deal of wading in order to reach the pools where the fish 
are. At low water the fish are to be found in the holes, 
which are numerous. We have no good fishing until we 
get above the Falls, as the knitting- mills use chemicals 
which drive the fish away. At the base of the Falls are 
several large basins, which in years gone by were excel¬ 
lent spots for the angler, but now a paper-mill just above 
seems to drive the fish from them. Occasionally we take 
a few bass on the east side, but there is not enough sport 
to pay the angler for his trouble. Below the Falls, about 
three-quarters of a mile, is the State darn, which also 
was an excellent place for pike-fishing, but the last few 
years could not take many there. In the summer one 
can almost walk across the river without wetting his 
feet: but some years ago it was different. The old dam 
was lower than the present one, and it was hard work to 
wade across. Then we had good fishing, and it was fine 
sport to strike a pike which would weigh three or four 
pounds, standing in water waist deep and very swift. It 
required considerable engineering skill to land, them, but 
I have taken a great many there. Above the Falls we do 
not meet with good fishing-grounds before reaching 
Crescent, distance three miles, where we have some fine 
riffs for pike and bass angling. Niskayuna, six miles 
above, is also a noted place for parties from Cohoes to 
camp, and large quantities of fish are taken there with 
the fty dining the months of August and September. 1 
have given you a description of the angling here as it is 
at presant. What it used to be, the Rev. Johannes Ma- 
gapolines thus describes it in 1642 : “In the river is great 
plenty of several kinds of fish — pike, eels, perch, 1am- 
plireys, suckers, catfish, sunfish, bass and shad. In the 
spring in May the perch are bo plenty that one with a 
hook aud line can catch in one hour as many as ten or 
twelve can eat. My boys have caught in less than an 
hour fifty, each a foot long. They have a three-pronged 
instrument with which they fish, and draw up frequently 
two or three perch at once. There is also in the river a 
great plenty of sturgeon, which we Christians do not eat, 
but the Indians eat them greedily.” In the year 1647 in 
the month of March, when by a great freshet the water 
was fresh almost to the great bay, there were two whales 
up the river, and one turned back and the other stranded 
near the great falls of Cohoes. No particular path was 
selected by the sturgeons, but they assembled at the bot¬ 
tom of the great falls of the Mohawk. The river in 1800 
furnished pike, bass and trout. (Masten’s History of 
Cohoes, pages 3 and 5.) According to actual measure¬ 
ment the Falls are 1.440 feet long by 86 feet high. 
H. M. 
Pennsylvania, Greenville, Nov, 3d.—Hon. Arcus Mc- 
Dermett, P. J., and N. C. Packard, Fish Warden of this 
locality, have been sojourning at Erie for a few days 
for the purpose of fishing, The Judge caught and 
landed safe in the boat two museallunge, one weigh¬ 
ing 18 lbs, the other 22 lbs., avoirdupois. Packard not to be 
out-done, landed one weighing 27 lbs. They caught several 
others of less weight, M. H, B, 
' Washington Territory—S pokane Falls, TF. T., Oct. 
1st . — ThiB place is a paradise for game and fish. The lat¬ 
ter are very abundant, of large size and the gamiest 
the writer ever saw. It is no uncommon thing for a 
party of two or three anglers to bring home from 40 to 
75 pounds of the beautiful trout peculiar to this region, 
and whose home, from all accounts, stems to be that 
beautiful sheet of water, Lake Coeur De Alene, of which 
the Spokane River is the direct outlet. I took yesterday, 
in less than two hours, sixteen trout, whose aggregate 
weight was 22 pounds, the largest I have yet taken, aud 
that of an individual, four pounds. In the meantime 
I shot seven fine mallard duck. Game of all kinds may 
be had in plenty, from ducks to bear. Some idea of the 
great number of deer may be had from the following: 
Last winter the troops stationed at Fort Coeur De Alene 
made a “draw,” that is, formed a large circle and grad¬ 
ually drew to a centre, inclosing a large space ; the result 
was 200 deer, and a number of bears, cayotes, etc., On a 
previous occasion, at Lake Pend Orille, nearly double the 
amount was so seoured. I have taken trout until 1 am 
ashamed, but the sport of hooking and landing a three 
or four-pound fish may in some manner excuse me for 
the slaughter of the innocents. Multnomah, 
