Feb. 88. 18811 



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deal of mention of vrlmt is spoken of as "bettor terms," if the asso- 

 ciation Is not -very extravagant in its proposals lindei'that head we 

 Should he very much gratified if it should be wit lift] UM power of the 

 govoiment to meetthose very moderate requirerae its, (Applause). 



The new president, Hon. Mr Kirkpntrick. made the pleasing on- 

 7ioiiiie.'n]( nt i hat bis Excellency, the Sovernor-General, Bad coutrib- 

 itofcbefunds of (he association, The announcement was 

 teei ivpd with applause. 



The fnllOVNinj? gentlemen were elee'ed vice-presidents: 



For Ottawa.. Lieut. -Col. Allen Gilmour, Ottawa; for Quebec. Lifut.- 

 Ool. Onivnet MuntreahNew Brunswick, Liem.-C 1. Hon, A E. Bots- 

 foid. Saekville; for Nova Scotia, Lieut.-Col A. K. Mackiulay, Halifax: 

 for Manitoba, Boa. M. A. GUrard. Winnipeg; for British Columbia, 

 Hon.'W. J. Macdonalri, Victoija; for Prince Edward island; Hon. R. 

 it Haythorue, Cbarlotteicwn, 



The i lection of some members of the council brought the meeting 

 to a close. 



The new council met this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the 

 members of the staff were appointed; Chairman of the Council, 



Lieut. -< ml. Hon. M.R. Masson. of Terrrbonne. Executive Oommitt' e 

 of Council: Major Tilton, Lieut.-Cols. Panel, Ross Bacon and White.Ot- 

 tawa;D. P. Eraser. Montreal; Lieut Maenaceuan. Cnbourg ; 1 ieut -Col. 

 Maedonald, Ottawa; Capt. Mason, Hamilton; Major Hlaickloek. Moil 

 treal; Lieut .-Col. Worsley, Kingston; Lieut -Col. Gibson. Hamilton. 

 ('apt Pei lev. Secretary; Capt. t'ostin. Ottawa. Treasurer. Finance 

 Committee- Major Tili'on, Lieut, Col. BOSS, Ottawa: Capt. I'erley. 

 mnell is composed as follows: 



Ontario-Col. Gzowskl, Major Mason. Lieut.-Col Maedonald. Lieut. 

 Macnaebtan, Lieut.-Col. Otter, Lieut, Gourdenu, Lieut. Col. White, 

 Lieu I. -Col. Panel, Lieut.-Col, Williams, Lieut.-Col. BaCOU, Lieut.-Col. 

 Vance ciraveley, Lieut.-Col. Gibson. Capt. Casey, and Major Mac- 

 pherson. 



Quebec -Major BlaiklOCk, Lieut.-Col. D. T. Fraser, Gapt, Prevost. 

 Capt, Hood, Capt, Balfour, LieuL-Ool. Masson, Lieut.-Col. Me- 

 Bachern. Major E. Bond. Mr. Hall. M. r., and Lieut. -Ool. Worsley, 



New Brunswick— Ma-for Tilton, Capt. I'erley, Lieut.-Col. Beer, Capt. 

 Toller, Hon. Joint Boyd, and Josiah Wood, M. P. 



Nova Scotia— M. j.-Gen. Laurie, Mr. Stairs, M. P., D. B. Wood- 

 worth, M. P.. Lieut.-Col. Bradley, Lieut -Col. Bremner, and W, Mac- 

 donald, M. P. 



Manitoba— Lieut. -Col. Scott. Hon. Mr. Royal, Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, 

 and A. W. Ross, M. P. 



British Columbia— Hon. Mr. Nelson, D. E. C. Baker, M. P., Hon. Dr. 

 Mcluuis, and Lieut. Col. Ross. 



Pt-mce Edward Island— It ijrr Doghertv Capt, D Sterreri . . t .it. 

 Brecken, M. P., and Surgeon ivialloch. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON. Feb. 22,-Walnut Hill RinV Range was crowded to-day 

 by devotee? of the i iflc, till anxious to improve the beautiful weather. 

 While the condii Ion? were particularly pleasant for outdoor sports 

 generally, the. riflemen complained of a troublesome wind. A feature 

 of the shoot n a - the presence of many gentlemen shooting military 

 rifles, and rolling up excellent scores tberen ith. The best records of 

 the day are appended : 



Creed moor Priae Mai eh. 



GF Ellsworth ,.5555554554-48 WKirkwood 545443 1MB— 42 



A-Matthews, ,.,..5455554555—48 W .1 .Meadows (uiiE.TiV. 



E J I ram .446 1655455—46 E Partridge ,o I -;."> '- : I 3 



.JBThomas 5464555454-^ 10 F R Blake I mil). . . .83843 



JL Brackett ^,illl5-i53t-15 F 8 Hall (mil) 3844422348-82 



WGardner 4544454554^44 E P Dow (mil) 4433242408-89 



J L Fowle (mil) 544456 4144 - 1 8 



Cteedmoor Practice Match, 



J) Kirkwood. . 4555553555-40 A W Webb 4545.354444—44 



J-B Fellows 4545555454—48 WL Coon 4444444543-40 



<• B Edwards 4446546546—45 JE Darmoddy(K)il).4443845344-89 



H Mor inter... ....4554544464—45 WHMorton 553344^434-3!) 



E Wallace .VF 5." 44454-45 F C Shepard (tail).. 4443444443- 89 



H Casbing 4654555463—46 F WFowle tmii). .. . t344-i54343- 38 



Samuel Merrill 4546544546—44 R S WinBDy !.n ill. . .3444444433— 37 



Rest Match. 



R Feed 10 9 10 10 9 8 10 10 9-94 



T Everett 9 10 10 9 10 10 It) 10 7 9-4)4 



WGardner io 9 8 in 8 8 7 10 li 10— 00 



B Davis 10 8 9 910 610 810 8— «8 



1 Law. 7 7 9 10 8 10 9 7 9 10-86 



.THurd 5 8 10 9 9 10.9 10 9 (1—86 



Combination Match— Decimal Target. 



CB Berry 5 9 7 9 10 8 8 6 5-76 



WGardner 5 9 3 6 6 7 8 8 8 7-72 



4 J Look 9 6 7 8 9 8 6 7 5 5-7;.' 



Combination Match— Creedmoor Target, 



CE Berry 4 5 4 5 6 4 5 5 4 5-46 



R Davis 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5—46 



AJLook 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5-44 



Victory Medal Match. 



CEBerr- 10 4 9 S 9 8 6 10 9 6-88 



GFEIsworth 10 7 9 10 7 10 4 7 8 6—78 



L J Cram 9 6 8 3 4 6 9 10 9 8— 77 



AJLook 6 8 6 10 9 7 7 6 9 7-75 



WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 22.— There was the regular Held day at 

 the Pitte Gro* e Range of the Worcester Rifle Asssociution ; by reason 

 of the wind which was bad the scores were not as large as on some 

 former occasions. The prize winners and their scores wereas follows: 

 The first event was the Cteedmoor match, each mm had five scores 

 of seven shots with a possible 175. 

 \C White.. ,. 32 32 33 34 31— 162 



5 edmau Clark.. 31 33 32 31 32—1584-3—101 



MN. force 31 80 29 33 82—1654-3-158 



ALRice 31 31 3) 30 3D— 162445-168 



J K Freemoi) 31 80 30 31 30—1524-6-158 



C A Allen 29 29 30 31 89-148+3-151 



The next was the American Decimal Match with 5 scores, 9 shots, 

 and a possible 350. 



AC White 00 5S 56 61 02- 297 



C A Allen 58 53 54 64 56-285+10—295 



MN Joyce 59 57 48 50 54— 2684-10-878 



M Ferguson,.... 1 43 41 42 30 54-216+15-231 



The third event was the American Decimal Rest Match, with 5 scores, 

 7 shots, and a possible 350. 



J L Thomas 53 61 57 61 64—208 



Jo n Jay 50 53 60 6-3 65-295 



NE^ BEDFORD. Mass.. Feb. 22.— In a 200yds. rifle match to-day, 

 between teams of the New Bedford City Guards. Company E, 1st 

 Regiment, and the Cunningham Rifles, of Biockton. Company 1. 1st 

 Regiment, Fie former won by four [joints. The score stood, in a 

 possible 10": 



New Bedford City Guards, Cunningham Rifles. 



Segt Greene 5S Sergt Battles 57 



SVgt tiowland Gl Private "add... 51 



Sergt Pope . . 56 Private Til. on 70 



Corp Daoill . 49 Private Trib -u 53 



Prix-ate Barn um 62 Private Packard 33 



Private Paine til Private Wiuslow 58 



Private Jennings 56 Private Potter 56 



404 400 



NORPJSTOWN, Pa.— Match shot on Washington's Birthday, 

 weather conditions favorable, although a moderate breeze was blow- 

 ing ac oss the range almost at right angle-, and making it very dlf 

 licult for some of the marksmen to keep o ■ the target. The distance 

 was luOyds. The majotity of the matksmen shot lying on their 

 backs, no artificial rest being: allowed. A. B. Parker was very tin 

 iortunate, his rifle breaking in tne first match. E. A. Leopold won. 

 first prize in every match, as the following summary will show. 

 Each marksmen bred five shots in each match, and each shot was 

 measured from the center of tne bullet hole to the center of the 

 bullseye. The total distance of the five shots being the shooters' 

 string, and the shortest string to wit : 



First. Match.— E. A. Leopold 7.01 inches, J. S. Pennypacker 11,04 

 incues, Mr. Johnson 23.91 inches. 



Secoud Match.— E. A. Leopold 3 09 inches, J. S. Pennypacker 11,41 

 inches, - r. Johnson 18.51 inches. 



Third Match.— E. A.Leopold 4.48 inches, J. S. Pennypacker, 10,06 

 inches. 



Fourth Match.— E. A, Leopold 5.06 inches, J. S. Pennypacker, 6.41 

 inches. 



Mr Leopold used a Maynard Creedmoer rifle, and put 19 out of 20 

 shots in a four-inch bullseye. Mr. Penny p cker used a Winchester 

 repeating rifle 45-BO, with peep and globe sights and spirit level, and 

 was given an allowance of hah! an inch per shoe in the second 

 match, and one inch per shot in the thhd. Mr. Johnson used a 

 muzzleloader with pet p and globe sights and hair trigger, and re- 

 ceived an allowance ot one inch per fchot in l lie second ma ch, and 

 one ami one-half inches p,cr shot in the third match. Ihe shooting 

 of the winner iu the secend and third matci.es is said to be the best 

 ♦u record for this style ot shooting in mis section of the State. 



SPRINGFIELD.— The Sptingueld Rod and Gun Rifle Club went 

 down to Couinsville,Coun., yesterday to shoot tho first, of a series of 

 team matches with the Cautou Club, and came off victors by a score 

 of 495 to 480. The teams consisted of five men each, and the con- 

 ditionsof the match were ten shots each on the Massachusetts target 



with a possible record of 120. The Canton Club are said to have been 

 Mirpriseil to find A*sFtaiit Manager Farrow Of the Bulbird Arms 

 Company pitted agi Inst (hem, not knowing that that remarkable 

 shot had' taken up his home in this city. The boys Wei e treated very 

 handsomely by the Colliusville people, being met at the depot by a 

 committee and escorted to the Valley Lonsf , where a first-iatc din- 

 ner *\ as provided for both clubs. Thenexd match will be shot about 

 Fast Hay. Theseo.e: 



The Sprinirfleld Club. 

 41 W Bull. ....... ." 10 9 18 9 10 10 9 9 10- 95 



HKCooley. 10 12 iu 10 10 11 9 9 11 8-100 



>n 8 10 10 8 12 8 11 9 10 9- 96 



i unes ...12 1110 10 9 5 12 8 1110—88 



W 31 Farrow 1 11 10 9 12 13 12 10 10 10-107 



The Canton Club. 



,1 11 Ih'riwell 7 9 12 8 10 9 10 10 10 9-94 



,1 Lattl erstem 10 9 10 8 111111 9 9 8-90 



s.JL\oii.. 8 12 8 9 10 18 i 9 1110—96 



JD Andrews 9 9 io io 9121211 9 8—09 



OB Hull H 5 9 1110 9 10 10 9 9—95 



Mr. Farrow shot one of the new Ihtllard repeating rifles. They 

 were very bouut il'nJl.v enterl ained with B substantial lunch, and a very 

 line dinner. -Mrs. W. Milton Farrow. 



ZEiTLER'S GALLERY.— Ten sit of. s per man, possible 120. Capt. 

 Fitz's Side— T. Fitz, 116; A. Lober. 110: D. Miller, 112; H. Oehl, 114: C. 

 .Tttdsori. IF: H. Hol.ccs, 116: T. C. Noone, ill; total, 802. Capt. Zet- 

 tler's Side— TB.Zettler. ill: M. Dorrler. 117: C. Zettler, 114; J. T. Norris, 

 11.8; J. JLevy. 114; J. H. Brown. 110; V. Steinbuch, 116; total, 799. 



Regular shoot. Feb. 19. 12 ring tareet. 10 snots per man, possible 

 120: A. Lober, 116: C. Judson. 115: D. Miller, 110; T. C. Noone, 105; M. 

 Dorrler. 117; M. B. Engler, 113: P. Fennitig, 114: H. Holges, 113; V. 

 Steinbach, 1C0: C G. Zettier. 1 13; B. Zettler, 109; H. Oehl, 114. K. D. 

 Ward, 103; H. Puckhaber, 99.— N, D Ward. Secretary. 



GARDNER, Mass , Feb. 20.— The Bratlleboro Rifle Club of Brattle- 



boro. Yt.. are expected here soon, when a match will be shot with 



(Gardner Club at Hackmatack Range. At the last meet at the 



r,iti:;r tlie attendance was light. The American decimal target was 



used : distance, 300yds.; shooting off hand. Out of a possible 10.) the 



is the score : 



G F Ellsworth 9 8 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9—92 



IN Dodge 9 910 7 10 9 10 9 7-86 



9 10 9 9 9 4 9 9 7-84 

 7 7 7 9 9 9 10-83 

 9 9 9 8 7 9 6 9—81 



i'ordyee 

 D 3 JSewmnii 

 SB Hildreth... 

 W Lewis 9 6 8 7 10 4 10 8 6 5-73 



BROOKLYN, Feb. 20.— The following geutlemen were elected 

 Officers of the Brooklyn Amateur Rifle Club for the yeaj! 188-1: 

 President. 0. E. Taytttor; Vice-President, M. B. Hull; Secretary, J. S. 

 Oase; Captain, G. joiner.— J S. Casio, Secretary. 



BULL'S HEAD RIFLE CLUB. -Thursday, Feb. 14. -12-ring target, 



possiule 120: M. Dorrler, 117: A. Lober, 117: G. Zimmermann, 113; O. 



Rein, 113; H. Gunther, 113: H. Ki'itger. 112; V. Steinbach, 111; H. 



hi, 106; H. Zubiller, 102; S. Mehrbaeh, 100; J. F. Campbell, 



89; <;. Brueck, 98, 



Thursday, Eeb. 21, 12 ring target, possible 120: C. Rein 118, A. Lober 

 117, S. Mehrbaeh 115, G. Zimmermann 115, M. Dorrler 115, J, F. 

 Schroeder 112, J. E. Campbell 111, J. Schneider lll,G. D Johnson 105, 

 B. Walters 91. 



A QUERY AND SOME FACTS. -Milford, Mass., Feb. 11.— 1 have 

 a Sharps long-range title in perfect order and condition and an extra 

 fine shooter, but have no time nor range for practice, and wouid like 

 to know from some readers of Forest and Stream what effect it will 

 have to take four inches off the end of the barrel. It is now 34 inches 

 long, and I would like it belter for general shooting if it was only 30, 

 but dislike to run tho risk .of suoihug its shooting, by cutting it off. 

 Have any readers ever done this with this kind of rifle, and what was 

 the result? While T am writing Of rifles let me say a word about bul- 

 lets. Iu moulding some .32 caliber Winchester bullets a short time 

 smce. f was troubled to gel perfect ones, and as an experiment, I 

 melted with the lead a silver ten cent piece iu enough lead to make 

 about two hundred bails, and a handsomer lot of bullets 1 nevei'saw, 

 except nicely swaged ones, audupon testing them for weight I took 

 some twenty" five fiom the lot hap hazard, and the extreme variation 

 was only one grain by very careful testing. 1 keptt the moulns clean 

 and ^<'r'y hoi. Let. some one else try this and report. I believe tnese 

 balls Will Shootas accurate as staged ones. At sixty yards, using 

 a .Maynard 24-inch barrel, open sights, Winchester .33 caliber Shell, 

 20 grains Lad ;n & Rand No (i powder and this bullet, I tired five shot?, 

 and four of them broke into tne same holes, much to my surprise, as 

 I bed little- expected it from moulded bullets.— C. A. S. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re 

 quested to write on. one side 0/ the paper only. 



HISTORY OF THE WORCESTER CLUB. 



TEN years ago the present month a few of the more prominent 

 and tnthusiastic. sportsmen of this city began to agitate the 

 formation of a sportsmen's club. The project met with favor from 

 the very outset, anel after being discussed informally for a few days 

 as one and another of the intended parties Happened ro meet, a pre- 

 liminary meeting was called at the office of oue of our business men, 

 witose whole soul was in the scheme. The meeting was largely at- 

 tended, and was composed of our prominent business men. The 

 veteran sportsman and honored citizen, John Boyden, Esq., was 

 called to the chair, and w*ll do I remember his characteristic speech 

 on that occasion. 



He had been in delicate health for a longtime, and it was probably 

 the first evening lie had spent away from his home in many months. 

 His whole soul se m d fired anew on meeting the large, company of 

 his fellow citizens who had come together to talk of tne subject that 

 had bees, the ruling passion of his life. The formation of a club and 

 w at should be its principal objects was fully discussed, a committee 

 on constitution end by-laws was chosen, and a liberal amount sub- 

 set ibed by r those present to defray the expense of printing, etc. 

 Success was assured from the beginning, and when on the first Wed- 

 iie.-i.h.y evening of the following month we met and chose officers and 

 adopted our constitution and by-laws, we were able to present a 

 membership roll of gentlemen that no one need feel ashamed to be 

 identified With. We have, and have always had, a large number of 

 members who never shoot a gun either at the. trap or iu the field. 

 They are prornCen' business men who feel a local pride in the or- 

 ganization, and who are quite willing to pay their annual dues for 

 ihe social privileges which the clubaffords. 



As soon as the club was faitdy organized we opened the commodi- 

 ous club room, over the I irst Kationa I Bank. It was a well-furnished 

 aed attractive room, supplied with all the sportsmen's papers besides 

 other reading matter, was always comfortable and neatly kept, aud 

 open day and evening for the use of the members. But somehow it 

 never seemed to take." very well, and it proved a very expensive lux 

 itry. After keeping it open tht.ee or four years it »as decided that 

 the money expi nded could be better enjoyed in some other way, and 

 Uieroom was given up and the furnitur sold at auction. Since then 

 the club has held quarts rly meetings at the Bay State House. 



Ours lias always been a live club. While we have never been un- 

 mindful of the afi important matter of game protection, we have also 

 provided plen'y of amusement for the members. When our club 

 was scarcely a month, old we held our first field day, using the old 

 gyro pi-eon. We purchased several traps and a large stock of the 

 tin bii ds, but after using them a few times the members grew tired 

 of them, and we were glad to sell our stock at a large discount to a 

 younjr club in a neighboring town. We had not secured permanent 

 shooting grounds when we made arrangements for our first pigeon- 

 hhooting tournament, which was held at Barber's dossing. This 

 shoot was a grand success and was followed by another, which was 

 In Id on the Full Moon Trotting Pai k. and this closed our first year's 

 out-of-door festivities. 



As -priug opened and we commenced our second year we secured 

 permanent shooting grounds on the Harrington place near Jordan 

 Pond, and erected thereon a club house and pigeon coops at an ex- 

 pense of over three hundred dollars. Here we enjoyed many a 

 pleasant field day till finally compelled by Stale legislation to cease 

 pigeon shooting. 



I\ext we gave our attention to glass balls, using the old Bogardus 

 ball and straight away trap. Then came the Card rotary wiich had 

 a long run, but after a while it was considered too easy, and one of 

 Our members, Mr. C B. Holden, htvented a Fap which came into 

 general use in New England and whir h I think has never been ex- 

 celled for glass hall shooting. The members of our club have shot 

 a great many team matches, a large majority of which they have 

 won. The first of these matches was a series of three with the Marl- 

 boro Club. The. first meeting was in Marlboro, and when the Wor- 

 cester walked to ihe score they had never before seen a ball thrown 

 from a rotary trap. We lost this race but won the next two. After- 

 ward we generally met the Marlboros in a friendly contest once a 

 year as long as that club existed. We challenged the ?<e» Haven 

 Gun Club aiid met tnem iu that city, the match resulting in a tie. The 

 return maick was shot iu Springfield and won by the Worcesters. 

 When the State Glass Ball Association was formed ours was one of the 

 first clubs to move in the matter. Previous to the last annual tourna- 

 ment the State Association has each year offered two champion 

 badges: for glass bull shooting, One for teams df five men. the other 



for the individual championship, these badges to be held by the 

 winners through the year provided they were able to defend them 

 successfully, each being subject to challenge once a month. The 

 Worcester Club turned in both these badges last year. 



The Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Company forwarded a beautiful badge 

 for the individual championship to be 'contested for at the last annual 

 tournament, and the association provided a vr-ry handsome team 

 badge for the clay-pigeon championship. The Worcesters won the 

 learn clay-pigeon badge, and the Ligow s <y badge was won by H. W. 

 Eager, of Marlboro, who is a member of the Worcester Club, and 

 who defended his trophy on our grounds. He met five contestants, 

 and finally lost it lo Mr. Negus, of Fall Bivt-r. Our vice-president, 

 Mr. W. S. Perry, went after it recently and brought it home. 



Both the team and individual glass-ball badges had been gathered 

 in, and Mr. Perry's victory made the list complete, and for a few days 

 the whole four adorned the show case of Comrade Shepard. the local 

 dealer iu sportsmen's supplies. Last Thursday Mr. Holden lost the 

 individual glass-ball badge to B. Moses, of Springfield, with the close 

 score of 45 to 46 in a fifty-ball race. Mr. Perry is to make an effort to 

 reclaim it on Satutday, 'March 1, but it would he rather remarkable 

 if the whole four should again be held by one club. Mr. Perry has 

 shot many notable matches for money, both at live birds and glass 

 balls. Among those most worthy of mention are the matches he 

 shot with Mr. AV. H. Sheldon, of Providence, R,. I. The first was for 

 $100 a side, 100 birds per man. and was shot in Providence in a pour- 

 ing rain storm, and won by Sheldon. Mr. Perry felt his defeat keenly, 

 and offered to make another match for $ 350 a side, to be shot on 

 neutral grounds. His proposition was accepted, a id the match was 

 shot on the grounds of the Tremont Club at Reo.dville. a large and 

 interested audience was present, among whom « ere Captain Bogar- 

 dus and Ira Paine. It Droved to be a great race and created much 

 comment in shooting circles. Perry won the match with the wonder- 

 ful score of 05. tieing Oaptain Bogardus for the best record under 

 stun:.' rules. Sheldon also shot a splendid race, scoring 87 birds. It 

 was claimed by Sheld n's friends that Perry had out-shot himself, 

 and had no licence to bent Shelden, and announced themselves ready 

 to hack their man for another race for the same amount. The propo- 

 sition was accepted aud tne third match was shot in Providence and. 

 won by Perry by one bird. 



About five years ago we were compelled to look for new shooting 

 grounds We secured a beautiful spot near Coal Mine Brook, on the 

 snores of Lake Qninsigamond. Our old club house was moved to the 

 new grounds, and for a time did good service, but the club began to 

 feel the need of better quarters, and the past season a large two 

 story house has heen erected, with dining hall and all the appoint- 

 ments necessary for eomforL I think it is safe to say we now have 

 as good accommodations for trap-shooting as any club in New Eng- 

 land. 



Our next annual meeting, which is also our tenth anniversary, 

 occurs on the first Wednesday in March. Just wdiat the club will do 

 to celebrate the event has not been decided. That the uninterrupted 

 harmony and good feeling which has prevailed throughout those en- 

 tire ten years may be ours in the j^ears to come is the sincere wish 

 Of E. Spkagce Knowles. 



Worcester, Mass., Feb. 14, 1S84. 



[The above sketch of the Worcester Club is very entertaining read 

 ing. We should be pleased to publish like sketches of the history o£ 

 other clubsj. 



A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



A national association, such as it is proposed to organize at Chicago 

 next Mav. might establish a uniform code of rules to govern all con- 

 tests of shooting throughout the country, and it might institute a 

 series of annual tourniinents. 



I heartily approve of the formation of such an association, and 

 deem it advisable and necessary, not only for the objects above 

 named, hut for many others whi>h will naturally come before it. 

 Certainly the yearly fixing of the date and place of the annual tourna- 

 ment, and the care" of all arrangements for the same, would be a part 

 of its duties. 



Also, I should wish that it be endowed with a great prerogative, to 

 wit. that it be constituted a board of appeal and final arbitration con- 

 cerning all matters of dispute between clubs (who sign its articles), 

 as also "between such clubs and any member thereof who may deem 

 himself to have suffered wrong by any decision of said club. 



It would also be within the province of such an association to pro- 

 vide a badge for the. Flight Championship of America, and make regu- 

 lations for the winning and holding of the same, thereby giving us a 

 championship with a paternity. 



All these things would properly come before the meetings of such 

 a body, and I feel safe in promising that our little club from Exeter, 

 N. H.', will be represented there, and will eheerltilly sign and abide 

 by all rules and regulations which the wisdom of the convention 

 shall declare just and equal. 



J . Williams (of Exeter Sportsman's Club). 



Exbteh, New Hampshire. 



THE CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The following clubs have thus far remitted SI. 00 initial en trance fee. 

 Championship match, First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, 

 Mav do. 18S4. The numbers indicate the respective order of choice as 

 to time in being called to the score; the list will be published period- 

 ically as additional enines are made: 



L Aug. 17, 1883, Tallahassee Gun Club, Tallahassee, Fla. 



2. Sep:. 4, 18*3, Ci.icinaati Independent Snooting Club. Cincinnati. 



3. Oct, 19, 1883, VicksburgGun Club, Vicksburg, Miss. 



4. Nov. 3, 1883, Exeter Sportsmen's Club, Exeter. N. H. 



5. Dec. 15, 1683, Lincoln Sportsmen's Club. Lincoln, Neb. 

 ti. Dec. 26, 1883, Niagara Gun Club, Niagara Calls, N. Y 



7. Dec. 20, 1S83, Narragansett Gun Olub, Providence. R. I. 



8. Jan. 13, H84. Oshkosh Shooting Club, Oshkosh, Wis. 



9. Jan. 14, 1884, Medfield Sportsmen's Club. Med field, Mass. 



10. Jan. 30. 1884, Cleveland Gun Club, Cleveland. O. 



11. Feb. \ 1884, Worcester Sportsmen's Club, Worcester, Mass. 



12. Feb. 13, 1884, Caphal City Gun Club, Washington, D. C. 

 :3. Feb. 15, 1884, Peoria Shooting Club, Peoria, 111, 

 Cincinnati, O., Feb. 23. Ligowsky C.P. Co. 



SIZE OE SHOT FOR CLAY-PIGEONS.— Waterloo, Iowa.— Editor 

 Forest, and Stream: In a recent issue, you requested ssme of your 

 readers to give their experience with clay -pigeons, with a view of 

 determining the size of shot most suitable for the demolition of tin se 

 targets. I had used No. 9 soft shot in shooting glass balls with ex- 

 cellent results; and when I was invited to attend my first clay- 

 pigeon match last spring, having never seen a clay and supposing 

 them no harder to break than a ball, I loaded my shells witnlSo.9. 

 I found the bird much easier to cover than I expected, but the "toil- 

 ers" ard i number that went quartering away failed to respond; 

 and at last I went out aud picked up several and invariably found 

 shot marks on them. I was using a lull choke 12-bore gun, 4 drams 

 power, and ljg ounces shot. I immediately made up nay mind that 

 No. 9 shot was not the thing, and at the next match used No. 8 soft. 

 anel although I was more successful than in the previous match, I 

 picked up several missed birds with lead on them. I next tried No. 

 7 chilled shot, and it "simply paralyzed" them. I have used that 

 size siuce, bnti consider it the pi opei "one. but if a rm.n's gun makes 

 a better pattern with No. 6, I would advise him to use that size. I 

 have seen clays with the marks of as high as seven pellets on 

 them, No. 8 shot, that were not even chipped. A clay-pigeon looks 

 like a good-sized target, but the. flat surface presented is very small, 

 and when it is skimming through the air, swiftly rotating, unless the 

 pellet hits it squarely, it is very apt to glance off, and glancing 

 pallets -won't do the "business, i don't believe any better substitute 

 for the live bird exists than the clay pigeon, and practice with them 

 better fits the sportsman for U e field.— J. C. H. 



NEWTON. Mass.— On the grounds of the Newton Riile Association 

 at Newtonville Friday, there was a clay-pigeon match between teams 

 of three from the Newton and Wellesle'y clubs, which was won by the 

 former by one bird. There was also a free-to-all match, three prizes 

 being offered, in which the following scores were made: 



WOEdmands iF0lll-(i 1011m— 6 lllllll— 7— 19 



ML Pratt 1F1011— 1110111-13 1011111—0—18 



EBTowne, Jr 101111 1 — 1111100—5 0110111—5—16 



Geo Linder 1111011—0 1101101-5 C101111— 5— 16 



J E Bills 110O1C0-3 1011001—4 1111111-7-14 



Dwdght Boyden ... 0110101-4 1110001—4 010H17-5— 13 



DS Short 1001110-4 10K.101-4 0101101-4-12 



OLBullens 0011100-3 0100101-3 OllOOG-4-10 



EB Hitchcock ...0010110-3 1130110-5 0101100-2— 10 



NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Feb 22.— The New Bedford Gun Club shot 

 to-day for the Pierce medal, 10 balls aud x0 pigeons each. The score: 

 Andrew- Butts 16. Herbeit P Bryant 15. Philip D. Sloetim 15, John B. 

 Hussey 13, Gtoige K. Stetson 8. Butts has won six times in the last 

 se^ en coe tests for the mi dal, which is to be giveu to the member of 

 the club winning it the most times iu one year. 



"V\ ORCES'lEK, 3iass., Feb. 21.- To-day was the regular field day of 

 the W01 cetter Sportsmen's Club, at Coal Mine Bi 00k range. Among 

 those present were D. A. DicUey, J. Nichols and J. C. Field, of Boston; 

 G, G. TidFbury, J. H. Cole and J.Plrff, of Afehland? O. 11. Dt-Roch- 

 mont, of Newbuijpoit; B. Guiuritr, of Albany. >. T. } and John E. 

 Long, Detroit, Jaith. Ihe trtt event wee a tLbJln ge match at clay 

 pigeoDS, for the individual badge of the Massachusetts Association. 



