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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 26, 1885. 



Blackie IU.—Obo II. J. P.Willey's (Salmon Falls, N. H.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Blackie III. (A.K.E. 428) to his champion Obo H. (A.K.R 

 <482). Feb. 17. " 



Kitty— President. Geo. Vaughn's bull-terrier bitch Kitty to E. S. 

 Porter's President (A.K.R, 1308)", Feh. 31. 



Ab ess II.—Bonivard. Geo. H. Hill's (Cincinnati, O.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Abbess II. (A.K.R. 275) to champion Bonivard (A.K.E. 3(51), 

 Feb. 16. 



Morning Star-Gun. Chas. York's (Bangor, Me.) English setter 

 bitch Morning Star (A.K.E. 1541 ) to his Gun (A.K.R. 1538), Feb. 23. 



Black Prarl-Obo, Jr. G. W. Leavitt's (Boston, Mass.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Black Pearl (A.K.R. 647) to J. P. Willey's Obo, Jr. 

 <A.K.R. mil, Feb. 18. 



Darkie—Obo, Jr. John Daly's (Salmon Falls, N. H.) eocker spaniel 

 hitch Darkie (A.K.E. 250) to J. P. Willey's Obo, Jr. (A.K.E. 1481), 

 Jan. 80. 



Preo—Tom. Jphn Kkhton's (Chicago, 111.) collie bitchPrep (A.K.E. 

 1574) to Peter Bradley's Tom, Feb. Si. 



WHELPS. 



83F~ See instructions at head of this column. 



Smut. H. C Bronsdon's (Boston, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Smut (A.K.R 858), Feb. 17, five (four dogs), by champion Obo II. 

 (A.K.R, 433). 



Zelpha. Henry C. Burdick's (Springfield, Mass.) Italian greyhound 

 bitch Zelpha, Sept. 4, 1884, five (two dogs), by Silk Socks (Sport- 

 Pearl), 



Fanny. Thos. Goode Tucker's (South Gaston, N. C.) Byron fox- 

 hound bitch Fanny (Watchman— JJellv Hardy). Jan. 33, five, by Rouse 

 (Racket— Trouble). 



Onyx. John Clary & Son's (Westfleld. Mass.) mastiff bitch Onyx 

 (A.K.R. 1769), Feb. 3, twelve (five dogs), by their Keno (A.K.R, 1766). 



Nettle. W. H. Cookson's fox-terrier bitch Mettle (A.K.E. 1704), 

 Feb. 15, six (two dogs), by J. E. Thayer's Mixture (Spice— Fairy ni.). 



Pearl Blue. Charles York's (Bangor, Me.) English setter bitch 

 Pearl Blue (A.K.R. 1542), Feb. 9, six (tliree dogs), by his Gun (A.K.E. 

 1538). 



Nelly, Julius Fehr's (Hoboken, N. J.) black spaniel bitch Nelly, 

 Jan, 1,' five (three dogs), by Black Prince (A.K.E. 62); three black and 

 two liver. 



Hub;/. The Kilmarnock Collie Kennels' (Boston, Mass.) imported 

 collie bitch Ruby (champion Carlyle— Westmoreland Lassie), Feb. 7, 

 nine (Ave dogs), by champion Rutland (champion Wolf— champion 

 Madge). 



Birdie JI. J. W. Stairley's (Butte City, Mont.) English setter bitch 

 Birdie H. (Sam— Birdie), Jan. 2. eight (two dogs), by Dr. B. Robin- 

 son's Duke; four since dead. 



SALES. 



f^" See instructions at head Of this column. 



Peek-aBoo. Png dog (A.K.R. 2038). by City View Kennels, New 

 Haven, Conn., to Miss J. F. Breekenridge, same place. 



Gwi{A.K.R. lBSSj-rearl Blue (A.&.B. 1542) whelm Black, white 

 and tan English setters, whelped July 19, 1884, by Chas. York, Ban- 

 gor, Me., a dog to Dr. S. E. Green, Newport, E. L, and a spayed bitch 

 to E. A. Karnes, Glenbur, Me. 



Jester. Maltese and white Italian greyhound dog, whelped Sept. 4, 

 1884 (Silk Socks— Zelpha), by Henry C. Burdick, Springfield, Mass., to 

 Mrs. Chas. H. Colburn, Kashua, N. H. 



Italic and Totiie. Italian greyhound bitches, whelped Sept. 4, 1884 

 (Silk Socks— Zelpha), by Henry C. Burdick, Springfield, Mass., to W. 

 H. Cook, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Glen Elly. Lemon be'lton English setter bitch, whelped Nov. 22, 

 1881, by Glen Rock (A.K.R. 1616; out of Blue Belle (A.K.R, 99), by E. 

 W. Jes'ter, St. yeorge's, Del., to Elly R. Watrous, Dayton. O. 



Shav.graun. Red Irish setter dog (A.K.R. 640). by F. E. Draper, 

 Lansingburg, N. Y., to Lee Chamberlin, Troy, N. Y, 



Royal Sulla,,.. English setter dog (A.K.R. 119), by Hugh Hill, New 

 York, to Mr. Duryea. Brooklyn, N. Y, 



Queen Bess. English setter bitch (A.K.R. 372\ by Hugh Hill, New 

 York, to Mr. Duryea, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Pleet.O. Italian greyhound bitch, whelped July 19, 1884 (Snap- 

 Pearl), by E. W. Jester, St. George's, Del., to C. W. DePauw, New Al- 

 bany. Ind. 



Dashing Dido. English setter bitch (A.K.R. 1537), by W. W. Davis, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., to E. W. Jester, St. George's, Del. 



Meg Merrilics. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped August. 1881, by 

 Elcho (A.K.R. 295) out of Peg Woffington (Tippo— Ruby), by Dr. A. 

 S. McLean, Springfield. Mass . to Harry A. Fletcher, Portland, Me. 



Lady Ellen. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped 

 July 20, 1884 (Mike— Fanny), by G. H. Larry, Newburyport, Mass., to 

 Geo. A. Rosa, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Young Venom. Bull-terrier bitch, age not given (Prince— Venom), 

 by F. Hinks, Birmingham, Eng., to E. Lever, Philadelphia, Pa.; she 

 s in whelp to Dutch. 



May Dale. Black and white English setter bitch, whelped Jan. 25 

 Dash HI.— Nellie Dale), by Ravenswood Kennels, Boston, Mass., to 

 Jas. T. Brace, same place. 



Duke— Birdie II. Whelps. English setters, whelped Jan. 3, 1885. by 

 J. \V. Stairley, Butte City, Mont., a dog to Mrs. Julian Smith and a 

 bitch to R. Isom, same place. 



Rob Roy (A.K.R. 334)— Prep (A.K.R. 1574) whelp. Collie dog.whelped 

 Nov, 1, 1884, by John Kidston, Chicago, 111., to L. H. Clark, East Sagi- 

 naw, Mich. 



Barry. Imported rough-coated St. Bernard dog, 18mos. old, pedi- 

 gree not received, by Rodney Benson, New York, to St. Bernard Ken- 

 nels. Clifton, S. I., N. Y. 



Jumbo. Mastiff dog, whelped July, 1884 (Turk— Countess), by Pine 

 Hill Kennels, Melrose, Mass., to Gen. Wm. T. Withers, Lexington, 



Viola . Mastiff bitch, whelped July, 1884 (Turk— Countess), by Pine 

 Hill Kennels, Melrose, Mass., to Dr. J. N. Snyder, Montpelier, O. 

 PRESENTATIONS. 



JS^*" See instructions at head of this column. 



Crib. English setter clog, whelped March 20, 1884, color and pedi- 

 gree not given, by N. J. McConnell, Butte City, Mont., to J. W. Stair- 

 ley, same place. 



Duke— Birdie II. whelp. Liver and white English setter dog, 

 whelped Jan. 2, 1885, by J. W. Stairley, Butte City, Mont., to Dr. Benj. 

 Robinson, same place. 



Brigadier. Liver and white ticked pointer dog, whelped July 29, 

 1883 (Beaufort— Lilhe), by N. Palmer, Baltimore, Md., to N. J. Rouse, 

 Kinston, N. C. 



DEATHS. 



B3P~ See instructions at head of this column. 



Belle's Pride. Blue belton English setter bitch, oyrs. old (Paris- 

 Belle), owned by Hugh Hill, New York, Feb. 18. 



Every one interested in dogs should secure a copy of "Our Friend 

 the Dog," a pamphlet on the care ot dogs in health and sickness,with 

 a list oteamne diseases alphabetically arranged, and'the symptoms 

 and prescriptions for their cure. Mailed for 2-cent stamp. Associ- 

 ated Fanciers, 337 South Eighth street, Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 



lifle mid 



\hootin$. 



MISSING FIRE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Under the above caption you print an explanation from theU. S. C. 

 Co. The following is a passage from it: "The striker should be suf- 

 ficiently long, and free to strike one-eighth of an inch beyond the 

 face of the false breech, so as to follow the cap and anvil to the bot- 

 tom of the chamber of the cartridge, and so ignite it." The italics 

 are supplied. 



Let me modestly and with becoming diffidence suggest to manufac- 

 turers and to sportsmen, whether the seating of the anvil fairly down 

 upon a solid support— the bottom of the chamber, in the case sup- 

 posed—is not essential to the prevention of misfires? And is not the 

 precise result warned against by the company, to wit. the "disturbing 

 and shaking loose" of the percussion powder, absolutely insured by 

 the method of explosion stated in the above extract? 



The striker first makes "a deep, round indent in the percussion 

 cap." says the company. But there is no explosion yet, remember, 

 for the cap and anvil have not yet reached the bottom of the cham- 

 ber, where they are "followed" by the striker. Until the bottom of 

 the chamber be reached— and Hie anvil has a firm support there, as 

 seems to be conceded— There can be no ignition. But this indent in 

 the cap has, necessarily, "disturbed and shaken loose" the percussion 

 powder, has it not, incapable in that condition, of being ignited "by 

 any number of blows," says the company. While actual results do 

 not justify so extreme a conclusion, perhaps, have we not in such 

 conditions', an explanation of such misfires as actually occur? 



Now, a word of practical experience. The shells I use in my ride 

 come to me primed from the manufacturer. Assuring myself of the 

 perfect construction of the gun in all the essentials of striker, lock 

 and mainspring, I set about discovering the cause of at least one 

 misfire in every ten shells. 



Examining the cap, I find anvil crowded into it below a flush with 

 the rim of the cap, and so that when the cap is crowded down into 

 the chamber by the capper, the rim of the cap fetches up and rests 



upon the circumference of the concave bottom of the chamber, thus 

 leaving between the anvil and the chamber bottom a space of, say 

 one-eixteenth of an inch. Conceiving the remedy to be the seating 

 of the anvil firmly down upon a solid support, I caused to be made a 

 capper of such power as to force the cap so into the chamber that 

 its rim, forced into the concave bottom of the chamber, is contracted 

 or crimped around the anvil at its edges, and holds it firmly in its 

 place, to receive the impact produced by the striker. With this method 

 I have not had a. single misfire. 



Would it not be an improved condition to have the anvil used in the 

 cap so project above the rim that when the capper does its work the 

 anvil will rest fairly down on the bottom of the chamber, and find 

 there a solid support? Forks. 



February, 18, 1885. 



MILITARY RIFLE SIGHTS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The article on military ritle sights, by James Duane, in Forkst and 

 Stream of Jan 29, 1 have read more times than any one article for a 

 long time, and I heartily indorse all of his five conditions of back- 

 sight, except the second, viz. : to be so simple of construction that its 

 use can be readily understood by men of ordinary intelligence, already 

 familiar with the use of the Springfield or similar rear sight. [This 

 would preclude the use of verniers.] The last clause is what I object 

 to, why would it preclude the use of verniers? Is there anything so 

 complicated or mysterious about a veruier that men of ordinary intel- 

 ligence cannot grasp it, if so they would not understand elevating 

 their crossbar or moving the wind gauge by the power of thumb, any 

 better than by power of screw. It is placing the intelligence of out- 

 national guard or regular army at a pretty low degree to assume that 

 they cannot fathom the mysteries of the vernier, especially when in- 

 structed by officers. If any reasonably good shooting is ever to be 

 done at extreme distances, the rear sight will have;to be adjusted with 

 screws and the spirit level used also. 



The third condition, "to be so easy of manipulation as to admit of 

 rapid adjustment both of elevation and wind gauge," etc., is not so 

 clear to my mind where the screw is used. The wind gauge would 

 never get so far from zero but what a turn or two would bring it 

 back, and in the case of sharpshooters firing at 1,000 to 1,200yds. and 

 be attacked by skirmishers at 100 or 200yds. the vernier could be 

 thrown down, bringing an open sight into' view elevated for 150yds., 

 the same as on the Springfield or Winchester .45-75, or Borchardt 

 rifles, only the spirit level as it is on the Remington will have to be 

 placed somewhere else. 



With my old Remington sight, i. e., the one before the vernier and 

 spirit level came out, I made a little level and placed it squarely be- 

 tween the uprights, resting it on the top of the crossbar, it was out of 

 the way, much plainer seen than their latest edition; the veriner 

 would lie down in any position of the crossbar and the notch across 

 the upper end of the uprights always be plainly in view. Now, if 

 that sight had only screws to adjust with I would like it much better 

 than their new one, which is very far from perfect, as far as the level 

 is concerned, whose, greatest objection is, I can't see the bubble plain 

 and the sight can't be used at 200yds., till I have taken a screw driver 

 and taken out the level. It seems to me all that is necessary to 

 make their last sight perfection is to place the level squarely between 

 the uprights on the top of the crossbar, where it can be seen much 

 plainer; have it set high enough from the top of the crossbar to admit 

 of a notch on the upper side of the bar and the peep hole below 

 the notch, and so the uprights can be turned down even when elevated 

 to the very top and bring into view instantly the open sight notch, at 

 the upper end of the vernier. My mind is not perfectly clear about 

 all the details of this sight, but I am satisfied I will work it out yet 

 with my lead models, and have what to my mind is a perfect military 

 sight. c. M. Skinner. 



Minneapolis, Feb. 14, 1885. 



RANGE AND GALLERY, 



CHICOPEE FALLS, Mass.— This target of 10 consecutive shots 

 200yds., was made at the Massachusetts Arms Co. 's works Aug. 13 



O Q 



1884 with a Maynard rifle, 28in. barrel, .32-caliber, 35 grains of powder 

 and patched bullet of 65 grains. 



WORCESTER. Mass., Feb. 10.— Members of the South End Gun 

 Club were at their range to-day. The result of the number of balls 

 broken is the totals of the handicap and score, strings of ten balls 

 were thrown. The totals were as follows: H. W. Webber, handicap 

 8, score 2, broken 10; E. S. Poore, handicap 6, score 4, broken 10; W. 

 R. Dion, handicap 5, score 3, broken 8; W. N. Hayes, handicap 6, score 

 1, broken 7; C. Doon, handicap 7, score 2, broken 9; V. D. Kennerson, 

 handicap 7. score 3, broken 9. 



Feb. 13.— Members of the Worcester Rifle Association went out 

 to Pine Grove Range to-day. The Massachusetts target was used with 

 a possible total of 120. The individual work of each man was as fol- 

 lows: 



' . V, t 9 11 11 11 9 12 10 11 10 11—105 



C Allen 110 9 1110 111110 10 12 9—103 



m n. TT„,w i 12 n n U 10 6 11 11 9 9-104 



MGFuIler 1 10 11 10 9 9 10 10 1112 11-103 



„ „. . J 11 11 8 11 12 9 10 12 9 10-102 



sclark 1 9 1112 10 9 9 11 9 12 9-101 



. _ _.. j 12 10 9 11 8 10 10 9 10 10— 99 



A L Rice "j 9 10 9 1111 9 10 8 12 9-98 



NEW BEDFORD, Feb. 21.— A team of seven men of Company F, 

 Third Regiment, came from Taunton to-day to have a friendly shoot 

 with a team of the New Bedford City Guards. Company E. They 

 shot two strings, one of ten shots and one of seven. Possible 350 

 and 245. The result w-as as follows : 



New Bedford Team. Taunton Team. 



SgtAPPope 37 29 Sgt B E Walcott 30 



28 Corp James Cornell 27 



30 PrivW H He witt 



Sgt E F Dahill 



Sgt A T Ho wland 23 



Corp J E Barnum 38 23 



Pri v T H Bradley 38 25 



Priv E F Jennings 32 25 



PrivETGibbs 35 20 



Priv S J Fowler 30 



PrivPH Booth..- 26 



Priv J M Anderson 24 



Priv B H Lawton 16 



239 170 189 136 



MILFOED, N. H., Feb. 23.— The following were the successful com 

 petitors for the prizes offered by C. W. Parsons, decimal target re- 

 duced, possible 400: 



A B Earls 100 100 100 100-400 E D Huntley.. 99 99 99 99-396 



JSeaton 100 100 100 100—400 J Hamerson . . 96 96 96 97—385 



Ties on 400: 

 Earls 10 10 9 10 9—48 Seaton., 10 10 8 10 9-47 



Earls took gold badge, Seaton gold-lined cup, Huntley silver nap- 

 kin ring, Hamerson pocket knife 



RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 21.— The Richmond Rifle Team have their 

 first big shoot Friday. Feb. 27, for a gold medal. Their range is not 

 finished, but they are so anxious to get to work that they will shoot 

 on that date. They expect to shoot for the championship of Indiana 

 later in the season. Their range, when completed, will be the finest 

 in the State. Their shooters are above the average and will soon be 

 hard to defeat. A house will be built and the venerable item gatherer 

 of the Palladium (Cal Johnson) will reside on the range and interest 

 the boys with some of his by -gone exploits with the rifle,— C, A. J, 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— The annual Washington's Birthday shoot of 

 the Rod and Gun Rifle Club, at Lake Lookout. Saturday, was well at- 

 tended and great interest was shown in the matches. The first, for 

 the Washington's hatchet, a handsome trophy, presented by H. K. 

 Cooley, was won by T. B. Wilson, over fifteen competitors with a 

 score of 109 and a better record than W. M. Farrow and S. K. Hmdley 

 with like scores. The first place in the Merchants' prizes match was 

 won by Z. C. Talbot over twenty-one competitors, by a score of 111. 



WORCESTER. Mass., Feb. 12.— At the Pine Grove Rifle Range this 

 afternoon, these scores were made, Massachusetts target: 



CA Allen 9 11 11 11 9 12 10 11 10 11-105 



MGFuIler 12 11111110 9 1111 9 9—104 



SClark mi 8 1112 9 10 12 9 10-102 



ALRice 12 10 9 11 8 10 10 9 10 10—99 



BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB, Feb. 13.— Twelve-ring target, possible 

 120: G. Zimmermann 116, V. Steinback 116, C. Rein 111, M. Dorrler 

 114, S. F. C. Weber 110, J. Schrarder 110, B. Wragge 107, J.Jordan 107, 

 II. Gunther 107, J. Shaw 104, D. Louilzki 103, J. Wettje 97, D. Holland 

 96, H. Lind linger 96, H. Wasmuth 95, H. Miller 91, H. Heiser 90.- A. 

 Lobur, Sec'y. 



BOSTON, Feb. 21.— It was a beautiful day for rifle shooting and a 

 large number of gentlemen took advantage of it at Walnut Hill to- 

 day. The wind was not very troublesome, blowing from 11 o'clock 

 all day. A team match was shot by teams of six men, and resulted 

 in a victory for the team captained by Mr. Cushing by a score of 

 376 to 349. Following are the scores: 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



HWithington 5 44444544 4—43 



A JTeal 3 35343455 4—41 



DP Dodge 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 5-40 



WH Oler 4 4 54533344 -40 



Creedmoor Prize Match. 



W Gardner , 4 44555455 5—46 



H Cushing 4 554 5 5455 4—46 



J B Fellows 4 55455564 4-46 



HC Norton 5 44555545 4-46 



DFBoyden 5 55444445 6—45 



B G Warren 4 44 5 45555 4—45 



E B Souther 3 55455445 4-46 



F B Jones 454455544 4—44 



Victoria Medal Match. 



RDavis 9 9 8 10 8 8 8 8 7 4—79 



CE Berry 8 8 9 8 10 10 7 5 6 7—78 



RReed 7 8 10 6 8 10 8 7 5 8—77 



E A Barnes 5 99987990 8—73 



WH Oler 8 5987476 10 7-71 



JLemons 4 10 5 8 7 5 6 10 10 5-70 



H Cushing 8 48993894 8-69 



Rest Match. 



S Wilder 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10-90 



PSylvester 9 9 9 5 10 7 10 10 8 10—87 



Team match, 10 shots, possible 100. 



First Team. Second Team. 



H Cushing, captain 71 W Gardner, captain 76 



JStJohn 67 JB Fellows 66 



T Everett 64 E Berry 64 



RDavis 63 A J Teel 55 



E Bush 59 J Swift 50 



H Wichington 52—376 J B Low 38—349 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



RAPID SHOOTING.— Meadville, Pa., Feb. 9.— The announcement 



made that Mr. Otto C. Wilkins, Meadville's phenomenal rifle shot, 

 would on Wednesday, Feb. 4, attempt a trial shoot at 100 glass balls 

 against the best time on record, being that of Dr. Carver, three and 

 three-quarter minutes, notwithstanding the inclement weather, drew 

 a large crowd of spectators to the Crawford County Fair Grounds. 

 Upon arriving at the grounds, many of his friends, on account of the 

 incessant rain, tried to prevail upon him to postpone the trial until 

 amorefavoraoleday; but Mr. Wilkins rather than disappoint those 

 present, and with his usual pluck determined to make the trial. He 

 used five Spencer repeating shotguns, loaded with 2% drams of 

 pow T der, and % of an ounce of No. 9 shot, distance 30ft. The balls 

 were thrown into the air by Mr. John Eaesch, Messrs. Trowbridge 

 and Kirkpatrick loaded the guns. Messrs. Harry Jones and Frank 

 Eoberts scorers, and W. H. Keifer official timer. The word was 

 given, and in 2:27 the scorers called the 100th ball broken, which is by 

 1:18 the best time ever made. During this time he shot at 116 balls, 

 missing but 16. His shooting is perfectly wonderful. Many experi- 

 enced shots that were present, and have also witnessed Carver, were 

 unanimous in saying that Mr. Wilkins is quicker and the finer shot of 

 the two. At various times, for the amusement of his friends, with 

 a rifle Mr. Wilkins will shoot pennies, chestnuts, leadpencils and dice, 

 which he seldom misses. During the first twenty-six seconds of 

 the trial shoot he broke 26 balls, and feels confident that with prac- 

 tice he can break a hundred balls inside of two minutes. His forte, 

 however, is with the rifle, and he only shoots occa- 

 sionally with the shotgun. He began shooting when nine 

 years of age, and since he was sixteen years old has 

 won well-contested matches against men much his seniors. 

 Wilkins is 25 years of age. 5ft. 9>4in. high, light built with broad 

 shoulders, straight as an arrow and very graceful in his movement. 

 At Franklin, Pa., May 4, 1880, Wilkins beat the best score on record 

 at that time with a rifle at glass balls out of a. Bogardus trap, 6yds. 

 rise, using a .44 Kenedy magazine rifle, and broke 476 out of 500, his 

 best run in this match w T as 107 straight. In 1879 at an exhibition shoot 

 at Green Castle. Pa., he broke 985 out of 1,000 and made a run of 272. 

 In shooting he extends his left arm straight out, grasping the barrel 

 near the muzzle and shoots with both eyes open. Shooting at live 

 wild birds from a growd trap 21, 26 and 31yds. rise he has killed 29 

 out of 30 and 39 out of 40. His average at clay -pigeons, 18yds. rise is 

 95 out of a possible 100. Mi-. Wilkins is enthusiastic over the Spencer 

 repeating shotgun. Mr. Wilkins is extremely modest in his manner, 

 and while he does not as yet claim to be equal to Carver or Bogardus 

 at ordinary shooting, hopes with practice to attain that point, 

 but on ciuick shooting at 100 balls, he justly claims the championship 

 of the world and is ever ready to defend the same, but is now desir- 

 ous of making go as-you-please matches. — A H. Keifer. 



VON LENGERKE VS. BARHYTE.— A great crowd of friendly 

 spectators met on Monday last at the grounds of the gun club at Short 

 Hills, N. J., to witness the match for $500 between Justus von Len- 

 gerke, of Hoboken, and Peter Barhyte, Fishkill Landing. The match 

 was for $250 a side, guns to be under 7}^lbs. in weight; 30yds. rise, 

 both barrels, at 50 birds each, 5 traps. The guns to be held below 

 the elbow and birds to be shot with the second barrel only when on 

 the wing. Mr. R. Heber Brientnall was elected referee, and Mr. 

 Chas. DeRonge judge for Lengerko and W. Beut for Barhyte. The 

 birds were the pick of a very fine lot. There was little or no wind, 

 but the light was very dazzling, owing to the heavy fall of snow on 

 the ground. Von Lengerke won the toss and on the fortieth round 

 Barhyte was shot out, thereby losing the match, as the appended 

 scores will show: 



J von Lengerke 1011111101011111011111101111111111111111—35 



PBarhyte.... OOilOlllllllOOlOOlOOlOlKXllOlOllOllllOOO— 22 



Prior to the match a sweepstake of $5 entry, at 5 birds was shot, 

 there being 22 subscribers. The first money was divided between 

 Stewart, Holcomb, Ziegler and Lever; the second between Castle and 

 Heritage, Jr., and the third between Hughes and Van Schaick. 



NEW JERSEY.— The members of the Carteret Gun Club partici- 

 pated in their annual Washington's Birthday shoot at Bergen Point, 

 N. J., on the 23d. There were eleven competitors, as follows: 



Miiner. 2?yds 9 James, 27yds ,5 



Murray. 30yds 8 Hunter, 26yds - . 4 



Lee, 27yps 8 Eobison, 26yds 4 



Taylor, 27yds 8 Campbell, 26yds 2 



Kent, 27yus 7 Stone, 26yds 1 



Duane, 26yds 5 



Ties for second: Taylor 7, Lee 6, Murray 3. 



The Newark Gun Club celebrated the holiday with a clay-pigeon 

 and glass ball shoot, on their grounds on South Broad street. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 21.— The following events took place 

 at the range of the Maiden Gun Club today: 1. Five blackbirds— Park 

 hurst first. 2. Five clay-pigeons— Loring, Kimball and Sanborn 

 divided first. 3. Five clay-pigeons— Loring and Parkhurst divided 

 first. 4. Five blackbirds— Shum way first. 5. Three pair blackbirds— 

 Nye and Scott divided first. 6. Ten blackbirds— Parkhurst first. 7. 

 Five blackbirds— Nye and Shumway divided first. 8. Five blackbirds 

 —Loring and Sanborn divided first. 9. Three pair blackbirds— Kim- 

 ball first. 10. Five blackbirds, straightaway— Adams and Sanbom 

 divided first. 11. Ten clay pigeons— Loring first. 



KNOXVTLLE, Tenn.— Regular monthly shoot of the Knoxville Gun 

 Club. Feb. 17: 



Hebbard 000000010110111— 6 Mead. 110001000101110— 7 



Ross lOOOOlOUllllll— 10 AVorsham 001011100100001— 6 



Mlsser 0001 0000001 0000— 2 Deadrick 0101000010100X1— 6 



Siocum 000111110011011— 9 Woods 000101111011110— 9 



Jacques 100111110111100—10 Duncan 011110010111111—11 



Newman 001000000000011—3 Jenkins 010100100101001-6 



Eld ridge 110010001010011- 7 Armstrong 010011101111 10X^10 



