March 5, 1885.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



113 



Sawyer 1. Wa'tkuih 4. Ye 

 trignfc2; Dickey 4, Welch 



Acker-man 5, Chi 



Bard well i, o« 



Perry 5, McGl'a 

 Taylor 0, Leay 



divided on 7, Eonnie, Nelson and Tiepel 6, Bandle 4, Shirley S.Vergis, 

 Fotile, Turtle 2, Eager, Cliainheilin, Cody. Lesche, Jordan, Brown , 

 White. Perry. MayerO. 



Exti.r.— iso. i -!— ft singles, 18yds. rise, 3 traps: Gastright i, Shirley 3, 

 Davis 8, Griffin 3, Erh 8, Penrose 4, Owens 8, McDowell 4, Meaders p 

 Brown 4, Tuttla 2, Tiope] 5, Perry 5, Welsh 8, Essig 4, Folsom 3, Vergig 

 4. Lit-ht S, Dickey 4. Slice i. Leavens 3, J. F. Beard 1, Bandle 5, Wat- 

 kins ft, A titer :!. Poole I, Seeiigson 1, Aokcvman 3. Biadley 1, Erichson 



4, Chamberlin 4. Eager 4. Russell 2, Cool: 2, Hebron p MeMurchy 5, 

 Pimicniau 2, Bertie 2, Slark ft. Riley 3, Bardwell 4, Elliot 3. StUbHS 4, 

 Voris 3, Ties on Si M'atkins and MeMurehy led again oil 8 and 

 divided. Ties on 4: Essig and Chamberlin tied on 3 and divided. 

 Ties ou 3: Shirley. Davis, Erb and Voris tied again on 3, Erh aud 

 Voris again on 8: Voris won finally with 2, Erh t). 



No. 15—5 single clay-] hgeons. 18yds. rise, 2 traps: Eager 3, Russell 4, 

 •-P 8. Penrose. 3. Davis 3, Holland 8, Gas- 

 !. Erichson 0. Folsom p Downing 3, Pucas 2, 

 1, Erb 8, Shirley 3. Mayronne 3. Ralston 1, 

 us 1, Hebron 5. Toote' 3, 'Griffln'2, Baker 2, Voris 3, 

 ,', Eight I, Gore 3, Strong 3. Cook 5, Mfller 2, "Buck" 

 ....as p Brown p E Bogardus 4, Wakelv 3, Slice 2, 

 Elliott 4, J udd 3, Clover 2. Ess ig ft, Dot-tic 0, T. ft. Brown '.2, Bookout, 0, 

 Auter 2. Tieple ft, Handle 3, Slark 4, Peach 2. Meaders I, Den 1, Tuttle 



5, Beard 0, White 3, Liimeman 4. Nichols 3. MoMurchy 4, Seeligson 3, 

 Riley 4, Stlibbs 1. Ties on ft: Hebron and Tiepel tied on 3 and divided. 

 Ties on 4: Dickey, Chamberlin, Bogardus, Elliott, and Pinnemau tied 

 again on 3. Bogardus won shoot off. 'lies on 3: Eager, Vergis, Down- 

 ing Strong, Erh and Core tied again on 3, Downing won shoot off. 



No. Hi— 5 single elav-pigeous. 18yds. rise, 3 traps: Peavensft, Strong 

 4, Callahan 3, Bandle'2, McMureby 3, Owens 0, Smith 1, Peters 2, E. 

 Bogardus 5. Scott: 2, Bookout b, Meaders 1, Gastright 4, Foote 5, W, 

 F. Codv a, Wmkins 3, Dickey 3, Brown 4, Wakelv 2. Hebron 2, Sawyer 

 ft. Tiepel ft, Dils 2, Perry 3. Auter ft, Stlibbs 2, Chamberlin 2, Stark 3, 

 Nichols ft. Eager 4, Shirley 2, Cook 2. Be ovens, E Bogardus, Book- 

 out, Sawyer, Tiepel. Ante- and Nichols divided first, "Strong, Mead- 

 ers, Gastright, Brown and Eager divided second. Callahan, Mc- 

 Mucdiy, Cody, Watlrius, Dickey, Perry and Stark divided. 

 FOURTH DAY, FEB. 14, 

 Mutch No. J).— Inter-State Twin Team Match, open to teams of two 

 (both belngrcsidents of the same State) 5 singles, 2 pair doubles, clay- 

 pigeons, 2 traps, singles 21yds. rise, doubles 18yds, rise: 



Eager 11100 01 11— 6 MoMurchy ..11101 



11 10-S-14 Bandle 11000 



11 H-6 Sfcice 11101 



11 11-7-13 Bogardus.... 101(1 



10 10—4 Watkins 11000 



10 n—8—12 Meaders 01010 



00 11—0 Linneman... J1001 



p) 10—5—11 Vergis 10111 



oi 10-4 Riley 01001 



00 11—6—10 Erb 11101 



3d 6 Voris and Jndd withdrew. 



i Team Championship Match open to club 



Stark 11111 



Gastright ... -01001 



Tiepel". OHIO 



Russell 01010 



Chamberlin.. 11111 



Perry 10111 



Dick'ev 11100 



Whit* 00110 



Penrose 11110 



Parmalee and Codv 

 Match m. 13-Intcr-Sta 



11 10-7 



10 01-4-11 



11 10—7 



00 10—4—11 



10 00—3 



01 10-4— 7 

 00 11—5 



11 00-6—11 



10 01—4 



11 01—7—11 



singles at 1.8yds. rise.~3 pair doubles at 15yds. rise. 

 Cincinnati Gun Club Team. 



11 11—0 



11 11-5 _ 



10 10-3 



10 10-4 



11 10-5-23 -48 



01 

 11 



teams of fly. , 



class shooting: 



Tiepel ".".." 1101011—" 5 



Bandle lOlini— (i 



Met Paw 1100000-2 



Gastright 1111101—6 



MeMurchy , 1111101-6—25 



Boston Gun Club. 



Eages 1110010-4 



Davie noiiOO-4 



Stark 1111111—7 



Dickey HOllll-6 



Perry - 1011111—6-37 



Central Ohio Shooting Association. 



Voris... ,. 1111011— <5 10 00 10-2 



Vergis 1011011-5 11 00 10-3 



Obamherlin , 0011010—8 11 11 11—6 



Russell 0011000-2 10 10 11-4 



LP.nernnn 1101111—6-22 10 10 11—4-19-41 



Individual ties of 11 shot off for special Matt Morgan Art Co. prize, 

 3 singles, 2 pairs: Perry and Baudle 0, Tiepel 5. McMurchy w. Perry 

 refusing to shoot, the prize was awarded to Bandle. 



Match A'o. 14—7 single clay -pigeons, 21yds. rise: 



Tiepel J4 11111 1-634 Brown 1110 1 0—4 



Eager 11110 0—4 Mead ers J,g 1 1 V£> % 1 1 -5>£ 



10 10—3 



11 10-5 



10 10 10-3 

 01 01 11—4 



11 H 10-5—20-47 



Vergis- 110 10 1 0—4 



Berry 1111111-7 



DPkev 10 1110 1—5 



McMurchy 1111 0!40-4},g 



Erichson j| 1 1 1^0—4 



Slice 110111 1—6 



Bardwell 1011^1 1— 5J^ 



Gastright,, Chamberlin ami White SJ&, Baudle and Beard 3, Downey 

 ?.%. Stark and Pinnenian 3, Myers p A. T. White w. 



Match No. 15.— Non-winners' sweepstake, open to any who have 

 not won in any programme match, 5 singles and Two pair doubles, 

 clav pigeons. Singles 18yds. rise, doubles 15yds. rise: 



Bardwell 00000 1110—3 Leavens 01101 0110—5 



Erb 01010 10 11—5 Callahan 00100 1100—3 



Holland 01100 1101—5 Nichols 10100 10 10—4 



Downey 01100 10 01-4 Davis 11001 1100—5 



Penrose 11110 00 11— 6 Sawyer tOOll 10 11—6 



Sawyer and Penrose divided first. Ties of 5 for second, shot off at 

 3 singles and lpair: 



Erb Ill 10-4 Leavens 011 11—4 



Holland 011 10—3 Davis Ill 11—5 



Nichols and Downey divided third. 



Gastright 7 , Peicht 3, McMurchy 9. Ties on 8: Stice, Tiepel and Vergis 

 tied again on 4 and divided; Gastright and Chamberlin divided thirl. 



No. 18—3 singles. 21yds., 3 traps: White 2, Eager 2, Chamberlin 3, 

 Davis 2, Essig 2, Dickey 2, Jndd 3, Perry 2, Watkins 2, Brush 2, Mc- 

 Murchy 1. Den 0, Voris 1, Holland 1, Bandit 3, A. T. White 2, Stark 3, 

 Stubbs 1, Miller 0. Ties on 3 for first, miss and out: Chamberlin and 

 Bandle led on 2 and divided. Ties on 2: Perry and Bush tied on 5 

 and divided. 



No. 19— Non-winners' sweepstake, 5 singles, 3 traps, open to any 

 one who has not won in programme matches: Myers 2, T. G. Brown 

 5, Newell 2, Bradley 3, Downing 5, Bardwell 4, Holland 4, Peters 4, 

 Pucas 2, Seeligson 3, Wakely 2, Colville 2, Owens 3, A. T. White 3, 

 Bookout 8, Nichols 4, Clover 3, Callahan 3, Tuttle 3, Auter 4. Leach 4, 

 Bush 0, Lawrence 3, Jordan 2, Erb 5, MitebeU 4, Cook 4, Leavens 2, 

 Nimberly 1 , Brown 3, Riley 2, Fontaine 4, Light 4. Ties on 5 for first 

 won by Downey with 3. Ties on 4 for second won by Auter with 3. 

 Ties ou 3 for third divided by Bookout and Seeligsou on 3. 



No. 20—7 singles, 3 traps, 18yds. : T. G. Brown 8, Perry 6, Auter 5, 

 Dickey 4, Vergis 5, Owen 3, Stice 8, Downey 5, Ralston 3, Meaders 5, 

 Eager 6, Hebron 8. Bookout 5, Foote 6, Stark 6, Davis 5, Judd 6, C. N. 



2, 



Eager 



Ties o 



Stark and Gastright tied again on 4 and divided. 



No. 22 -5 singles, 3 traps, 18yds. rise: Dickey 4, Penrose 3, Davis 2 

 Watkins 4, Chaudet3, Perry 4, Stark 0, Eager 5, Bandle 2, Meaders 5 

 Cody 4, Bookout 4, Tiepel 4, Foote 2, Gastright 5, Miles 2, Carver 3 

 Stice 4, Chamberlin 4. On shoot off Perry and Bookout divided sec- 

 ond, Penrose won third. 



No. 23—5 singles, 3 traps, 18yds. rise: Dickey 4. Bush 8, Brown 

 Penrose 4, Perry 5, Elliott 4, Tiepel 4, Stark 4, Davis 1, Meaders l' 

 Judd 2, Bardwell 3, Liimeman 3, Riley 2, Vergis w., Chamberlin 3' 

 Stice 4, Watkins 3, Wakely 4, Jordan 3, Essig 3, Den 3, Bandle 4' 

 Clover 4, Cody 2, Sawyer 3, Holland 3. McMurcny 2, Ralston 4, Gast- 

 right 0, Eager 3, Parmalee 2, Nichols 4, Voris 5. Perry and Voris 

 divided first. On shoot-off TiepeJ and Stark divided second, and 

 Eager won third. 



_, Perry 



and Eager with 3. Ties of 3 won by Watkins. 



FIFTH DAY. FEB. 15. 



Extra Matches.— No. 25—5 singles, 5 traps, 18yds. rise: Dickey 4, 

 Bookout 4, Chaudet 4, Tuttle 5, Cousin 4, Liimeman 5, Carver 4, Erb 

 3, Vergis 5, Meaders 3, Scan wood 5, Stark 4, Fafaom 3, Bandle 4, Tiepel 



5, McMurchy 5, Penrose 3, Eager, Ackerman and Stubbs 2, Curry 0. 

 Ties of 5: Linneman and Tiepel divided on 8. Ties of 4: Carver and 

 Chaudet divided on 3. Meaders and Penrose divided on 3. 



No. 26—5 nairs hats. J " 

 Watk iu 



6, Penrc 



Den 6, Linneman 5, Gastright 6, Morss 4, McDonough 1, Cardona 3! 

 Bookout 8. Ties of 6 won by Den, of 5 by Watkins. 



No. 27— Miss and out, 3 traps, 21yds'., clay-pigeons: Eager and 

 Linneman divided on 5. 



No. 28—7 single clay-nigeons, 3 traps, 18yds. : Vergis 4, Eager 7, 

 White 4, Watkins 5, Chaudet 3, Dickey 5, McMurchy 7, Bandle 5 

 Meaders 6, Stark 5, Tiepel 7, Bookout 4, Penrose 5, Seeligson 3, Gast- 



right 8, Cousin 6, Carver 5. Eager, McMurchy and Tiepel divided first. 

 Cousin, Gastright and Meaders divided second. Ties on 5 for third 



was won by l)icke\ with 7. 



No. ?',i v singles, 8 traps. 18yds.: Stark 6, Meaders 5, Bandle 5, 

 Cousin 4, Eager 5, Watkins 6, Bookout 3, McMurchy 6, Chaudet 4, 

 Carver ft. Verais 1 5, Cardona 4, Dickey 5, Gastright 5," Tiepel 7, Calli- 

 han 3, Tiepel won first, Stark won shoot off Cor second, Gastright 

 shoot off for third. 



N'o Mo— Two-man team match, ft singles each man, 3 traps, 18yds,: 



.10111—4 



11101—4— 8 



10101— a 



10111-4— 7 



11111-5 



01000—1— 6 



11111-5 



11111-5-10 



11100-3 



Cousin. 



Chaudet. 



Watkins. 



Menders. 



Harkins. 



Dickey 



10J01-3 



11111-5— 8 



01100—8 



01110-3- ft 



11100—3 



01100—2— 5 



W L Brown 10011—3 



Carver 11110-4 



DIolland OKI 1- 



Eager . . . 

 Stan wood 

 Tiepel .... 

 Bandle . . 

 McMnreby 

 Gastright 

 Linneman 



1 lookout.. 



Seeligson 0! 110-3- Penrose 11011—4- 



Linnemau and Vergis w^n first. 



No. 31-5 singles, 3 traps, 18yds.: Dickey 1, Watkins 4, Bookout 3, 

 Stark 3, \ ergis 5, Eager 5, Bandle 4, Carver 4, McMurchy 5, Gastright 

 8. Tiepel 4. Ties on 5 for first won by Vergis. Ties on 4 for second 

 divided by Watkins and Carver with 3 each. 



SIXTH DAY, FEB. 10. 



Match No. 18— International Individual Championship Match, open 

 to the world, single clay -pigeons, 18yds. rise, 5 pair doubles, 15yds. 

 rise. First prize the diamond championship badge (guaranteed by 

 the Pigowsky Clay-Pigeon Company) won by C. M. Stark, of Exeter 

 (N. II. ) club at the first international clay-pie.gon tournament at Chi- 

 cago, May, 1884, and returned by nini: 



Watkins 111101101 1 -8 



Linneman 1111101110-8 



Essig 1000101000-3 



McMurchy 10011 fill 1-8 



Bandle lOOIllOOi l-ti 



Meaders 1111011110-8 



Chamberlin OlOH 1 1 1 10-7 



Stark 110010UOO-5 



Perry 1 1 HOOlOOO— 5 



Eager 1101 11 till - 



Tiepel OltllOilli-8 



Stice 1111111011-8 



Voris 1111011011—8 



A'ergis 0110000111—5 



Dickey 11011011 tl— 8 



Lawrence 100100000 1-3 



Tuttle 0111101011-7 



Judd 011101 000 1— ft 



10 11 11 10 01- 7-15 



11 01 11 10 01- 7-15 

 10 00 01 10 00— 8- 6 

 10 11 11 10 11- 8-16 



10 10 11 11 11— 8—14 

 01 11 01 11 11— 8-lti 



11 11 10 10 01— 6-13 

 11 11 11 11 11—10—15 

 10 10 01 10 10- 5—10 



00 10 01 10 10— 4—13 

 U 11 11 10 10- 8-16 



10 11 10 10 00— 5-13 



11 10 10 00 10—5—13 



01 10 11 10 11— 7-12 



10 11 11 11 10— 8-16 



11 11 11 10 00— 7-10 



10 10 01 00 10— 3—10 



11 10 10 11 11- 8—13 

 01 10 11 10 10- 6-13 

 10 11 10 10 11- 7—16 



10 10 10 00 11— 5—12 



00 00 00 01 11— 3— 8 



11 10 01 11 11— 8—14 

 11 01 10 11 01— 7—13 

 10 10 10 10 11— 6-13 



01 00 01 10 10— 4—11 

 10 11 11 11 11— 9—16 



A H Bogardus 1101001H 1-7 



W FCnrver 1111011111-9 



Erb 0111111010—7 



Den 0100011101 -ft 



Cody 1110101100-6 



Bookout 1010001111-6 



Gastright 1011011011—7 



Kirkwooil 14014 10101 —7 



Elliott 0111011011 -7 



Ties of Hi, shot off at 5 singles, 2 pair: 



McMurchy 00111 1111—7 Dickey 00111 0110—5 



Meaders 10011 11 01—6 Carver 00111 10 11—5 



Tiepel mil 10 10—7 Elliott 00010 10 w— 



Second tie: McMurchy, 00111 11 11— 7; Tiepel, Hill 1100—7. 



Third tie: McMurchy, 01111 11 11— S: Tiepel, 11011 1111—8. 



Fourth tie: McMurchy, 10101 00 w.; Tiepel, 11100 11 10—6. Tiepel 

 won first and medal. McMurchy second, Meaders third. Tie for 

 fourth and fifth: Carver, 11111 10 10—7; Dickey, OHIO 01 w. Carver 

 fourth, Dickey fifth. 



Match No. 19.— Von Lengerke team match, open to any team of two 

 men, 5 singles, tsyds. rise, break with second barrel to count ]&: 



Meaders YzM%H—Wi. Bandle 1 J4 0— ljl 



Gastrighi 1 f 1 0— 3 -4% 



Stice Hlli^—41^-8 



Eager V 2 1 1 10-3U 



Dickey 00 1 J4 1-2U—6 



Tiepel 1^1^0-3 



McMurchy 1 1 1 1 1-5 —8 



Linneman 1 1 J4 1 1 — \y z 



Voris y 2 lfl 0-33^-8 



Watkins 1111 1—5 



Stubbs 001 1 J4-2U— 714 



Perry 11011-3 



Bookout.. Mllli-41^-7^ 



Cody 00 J4i 1-41 



Bogardus 1 V£ 1 1 1-4J^— 7 



third. 



Extra.— No, 33—5 singles, 18yds. rise, 3 traps: Eager 4, Vergis 4, 

 Bogardus 3, Gastright 4. Linneman 4, Dickey 4. Bradley 5, Davis 2 

 Elliot 5, Chamberlin 1, Perry 4, Judd 4, Stark i, Erb 4. Ties on ft for 

 first won by Stice with 8. Ties on 4 for second won by Gastright 

 with 6. 



No. 33— 5 singles. 18yds„ 3 traps: Sawyer 3. Eager 3, Bogardus 4, 

 Cody 1, Nichols 3, Davis 1, Stark 3, Gastright 2, Bandle 5, Meaders 4, 

 Tuttle 3, Leavens 4, White 4, Dickey 1, Chamberlin 4, Stice 5, Wat- 

 kins 4, McMurchy ft, Vergis 4, Llimemaun 5, Elliott 5, Tiepel 4, Erich' 



Meaders 11. Ties on 3 won by Perry. 



No. 34—7 single clay-pigeons, 18yds: Eager 6, Gastright 7. Vergis 5, 

 Stark 7, Perry 5, Linneman 5, Dickey 3, Judd 5, Stice 6, Bradley 5 

 Davis 2. Bandleo, Chamberlin 3, Erichson 4, Downey 4. McMurchy 5' 

 Elliot 6, Tiepel 6, Bogardus 7, Cody 4, Essig 5, Meaders 7, Watkins 5' 

 Carver 5. Shoot off: Bogardus won on ties of 7, Eager, Stice and Tie- 

 pel on ties of 6, Linneman aud Watkins on ties of 5. 



No. 35— 5 singles, 18yds., 3 traps: Meaders 3, Shirley 5, Bandle 4. 



nn -«« X \TTnt-lri -,-.?. \t T.'.wnl A TL1 .-.~vr ■.»..,> l,-~ A r>^„l a f- -rs^.-i. ^ -^ * 



Ties on 4 for second won by Bandle, McMurchy "TiepeTaud Elliot. 

 Ties on 3 for third won by Chamberlin. 



Extra Event, Feb. 12— Match for $50 between O. R. Dickey, of Bos- 

 ton, Mass., and Capt. E. E. Stubhs, of Gainesville, Ark., at 25 single 

 clay -pigeons: 



Stubbs 0011011111000111001011111—16 



Dickey llllllHOllllilllllioiliO-22 



NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION. 



Editor Forest anal Stream: 



At the second meeting at New Orleans the following were appointed 

 a Committee on Organization, one from each State and Territory, 

 who shall be Second A"ice-Presidents of the Association: Maine Col' 

 Farrington, of Portland; New Hampshire. Dr. C. H. Gerrish, Exeter- 



Massachusetts. C. M. Stark, Winchester; Connecticut. C. M, Spencer' 

 Windsor; Rhode Island, E. W. Tinker, Providence; New York J 



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Orleans; Tennessee, A. Meaders, Nashville; Kentucky, J. Barbour 

 Louisville; Mississippi, D. N. Hebron, Vicksburg; Arkansas, Geo' 

 Read, Sunnyside; Florida, E. A. Crawford, Tallahassee; Alabama 

 Judge Randolph, Montgomery; Georgia, Wm. G. Cooper, Savannah- 

 South Carolina, E. Gibbes, Columbia; North Carolina, J. W. Jordan, 

 Asheville; Virginia, S. R. White, Norfolk; West Virginia, Capt West 

 Parkersburg; Minnesota, W. H. Skinner, Waseca; Nebraska, F. s! 

 Parmele, Omaha; Kansas, F. A. White, Topeka; California, J. K. Orr 

 San Francisco; Colorado, Geo. B. Dougan, Leadville: Dakota Terri- 

 tory, Mr. RuhleD, Ellendale; Utah, W. D. Howe, Ogden; New Mexico 

 J. W. Virgin, San Marcial; Washington, D. C, W. Wagner; Wyoming 

 Territory, Paul Bergerson, Cheyenne; Iowa, Walter Chambers, Daven- 

 port; Maryland, Ea. Colston, Baltimore. 



From the Committee (of 21) on Rules, Dr. Russell, of Springiield 

 0„ reported the following rules, which were duly adopted, to take 

 effect from date, with the exception that for the balance of this tour- 

 nament the 10 per cent, from purse rule shall govern 

 RULES FOR TRAP-SHOOTING. 



Rule 1. Referees and Judges— The shooters shall choose two judges 

 whose duty it shall be to elect a referee. The referee's decision shall 

 only be required in case of the disagreement of the judges, and his 

 decision shall be final. There shall be no appeal from the referee's 

 decision. If, however, the referee does not see the shot, or, from 

 any other cause, is in doubt as to what his decision should be he 

 shall consult the judges, or such other competent persons as he mav 



Oiil/aoh vine Kr.in™ 1^^.^ .l, nn 4....~ ;.. .... — ."!..... * , i. * - . -""V 



»re">"3 Lvjuniij. i.v txic juugca, 1MB reieree may auow a contestant 

 auother bird m case the latter shall have been interfered with or 

 may, for any reason satisfactory to the referee, be entitled to it 



Time at More,— Each participant in a shooting match shall'hold 

 himself m readiness, and come to the score p;epared to shoot when 

 his name is called by the scorer. If he be longer than three minutes 

 it shall be discretionary with the referee whether to allow him to 

 shoot or not iu the match. 



Scoring.— The judges shall each be provided with a ted and white 



flag or guidon. They shall raise the red flag to indicate a broken or 

 killed bird, and they shall raise the white flag to indicate "lost" bird ; 

 they shall raise both flags to indicate a "no" bird or an "imperfect'' 

 bird. The scorer shall promptly repeat tiis score in a loud tone of 

 voice. 



Rule 3, Cartridges— It shall be the duty of the referee to examine 

 cartridges, to ascertain the amount of shot; used by each shooter at 

 any time during a tournament, when requested' to do so by a 

 contestant. 



Rule 3. Traps— Five shall be used, set in an arc of a circle, level 

 with the ground, five yards apart, numbered from left to right; the 

 fourth notch, or a velocity equivalent, thereto, shall be used (except- 

 ing for trap No. 3, where the third notch shall be used! with the 

 projecting arm of the trap not elevated over 15 degrees. 



Rule I. Traps Nos. 1 and 5 shall throw across the lino drawn from 

 the shooter to trap No, 3, the. crossing point being not over 25 yards 

 from the shooter; trap No. 2 shall "throw left-half quartering; 

 trap No. 4 shall throw right-half quartering; trap No. 3 snail throw 

 straight away. 



Rule 5. Double birds shall be thrown from trans Nos, 2 and 3: ties 

 from traps Nos. 3 and 4. Trap No. 8 snail be set at about, 15 degrees 

 elevation; traps Nos. 2 and 4 at about 20 degrees elevation. 



Ruled. Double Birds -1. In case one be a fair bird and the other 

 an imperfect one or no bird, he must shoot at a new pair; both birds 

 must be sprung at once, otherwise they shall be "no birds." 

 2. A shooter firing both ban-els at one bird, in succession, shall be 

 scored lost birds. 3. If both birds are "killed" by the first, shot or 

 barrel, they shall be scored "no birds;" if by tne second barrel, they 

 shall be scored first "lost," second -'dead." 



Rule 7. Ties on single birds shall be thrown from traps Nos. 1, 3 

 and 5. 



Rule 8, Screens — No screens or netting shall be used ; "back stops" 

 may be provided for trappers, not to exceed ten yards from the end 

 traps, and not to exceed three feet in height. 



Rule 9. Broken Birds— No clay-pigeons shall be examined for shot 

 marks; birds shall be scored lost unless broken distinctly in the air. 



Rule Id. Imperfect or no Birds— H a bird be broken by the trap, it 

 shall be optional with the shooter to accept the same; if accepted, 

 the. result shad be scored. Birds— The shooter shall be allowed an- 

 other bird under either of the following contingencies. 1. In single 

 bird shooting, if two or more birds are sprung instead of one. and the 

 shooter does not fire (but if he fires he shall be scored). 2. If 

 the bird is sprung before or at any uoticeabie interval after the 

 shooter calls -'pull," and he does not fire at it (but if he fires the bird 

 shall be scored). 3. If the bird does not lly 3d yards from its trap, 

 passing over a line (imaginary) at a distance or 10 yards from the 

 traps and 4 feet high, and lie shooter does not fire (but if he fires the 

 bird shall be scored). 4. If in the judgment of the referee the 

 shooter is baulked by accident or otherwise. 5. H the shooter's gun, 

 being properly loaded and cocked, does not go off at any cause 

 whatever, excepting through the fault Of the shooter. 



Rule 11. Pulling— When shooter calls "pull" the trap shall be 

 instantly sprung, or the bird may be refused. If pulled without 

 notice, or more than one bird loosed, if the shooter fires he must abide 

 the consequences. If he fails to shoot when trap is properly pulled 

 it must be scored a lost bird. The trap puller shall stand fron* four 

 to six feet behind the shooter, and shall use his own discretion in 

 regard to which trap shall be sprung to each shooter. 



Rule 12. Purses— To be divided in fifty, thirty and twenty per cent,, 

 unless otherwise agreed upon. 



Rule 13. Bribing Trappers or Pullers— Any shooter convicted of an 

 attempt to bribe, or in any manner influence the trappers or pullers, 

 to be barred from all further contest during the tournament. 



Rule 14. Rise— Shall be IS yards for singles and 15 yards for doubles ; 

 ties at 3 yards additional up to the limit of handicap. 



Rule 15. Handicap - All winners or dividers of first money shall be 

 handicapped two yards; winners (or dividers) of second money shall 

 be handicapped one yard; maximum handicap 22 yards. If a shooter 

 shall win at the maximum handicap, all others handicapped shall 

 step iu one yard. 



Rule 16. Ties shall be shot on singles at three birds each ; on doubles 

 at one pair. 



Rule 17. Position of Gun— The gun shall be held below the armpit 

 until the shooter calls "pull;" otherwise, if challenged, it shafi be 

 declared a "lost" bird, whether hit or missed. 



Rule 18, Loading of Gun— Charge of powder unlimited; charge of 

 shot, not to exceed 1J4 oz. Dixon's standard measure, No. HOG or 1107, 

 struck off. Any one using a larger quantity of shot shall forfeit all 

 entrance money and rights in the match, and shall be subject to 

 further action by the management, as provided in the Constitution 

 and By-Laws. 



Rule 19. Handicap of Gun— No guns larger than 10 bore shall be 

 allowed. Guns of 12-gauge, weighing 8 pounds or under, shall be 

 allowed two yards. 



Rule 20. Misfire— In case of misfire through no fault of the shooter 

 another bird shall be allowed. 



Rule 21. Entries— All entries shall close at the firing of the first gun. 

 In large international or interstate tournaments, all entries shall be 

 ■lade before 6 P. M. of the day preceding the shoot, by depositing 10 

 per cent, of the entrance fee, which shall be forfeited to the manage- 

 ment if the entry is not completed before the firing of the first gun. 



Rule 22. Challenging— None but contestants in a match shall be al- 

 lowed the right of challenging. 



Rule 23. Danger— If the bird is thrown so that to shoct in proper 

 time it would endanger life or property, the referee shall ailow an- 

 other bird. 



Rule 24. Closing a loaded gun before going to the score, or failing 

 to remove a loaded cartridge, before leaving the score, shall subject 

 shooter to fine of $1. On single birds one barrel only shall be loaded; 

 should more than one barrel be loaded in single bird shooting, the 

 bird shall be scored lost. 



Rule 25. Class Shooting— All sweepstakes shall be class shooting, 

 unless otherwise specified. 



Rule 20. In all tournaments conducted by the Association 5 per 

 cent, shall be deducted from all purses for the benefit of the Associ- 

 ation; clubs shall deduct 2 per cent, in club matches should, the club 

 so elect. 



Rule 27. Fines— A fine of one dollar to be added to the pool, shall 

 be rigidly enacted for any of the following acis of uegligence: A. 

 Pointing a gun at any one under any circumstances. B. Firing off 

 a gun, except when the shooter has been called to shoot and is at 

 the mark. C. Closing a gun with cartridge in before arriving at 

 the mark, or when in the act of closing it pointing it toward the 

 shooter or spectators. D. Quitting the mark without extracting a 

 loaded cartridge unfired. E. Having a loaded gun any where on the 

 ground except when at the mark. F. Should any contestant attempt 

 to take any undue advantage of a shooter when at the score, in 

 order to cause him to lose a bird, or should any contestant create, 

 or participate in any disturbance, or loud, boisterous wrangling 

 during a shoot, he shall be finud $5 or expelled from the Associa 

 tion in the manner provided for in the constitution and by-laws. 



Rule 28. Paying for Birds— The price of birds shall be deducted 

 from the amount of each separate pool or sweepstakes, unless other- 

 wise specially agreed beforehand. 



Rule 29. Live Birds.— All birds shall be shot from ground traps, 

 which shall be set 5yds. apart. Rise 25yds. Use of one barrel 

 Boundary unlimited. In case of challenged bird the shooter shall be 

 allowed three minutes to gather the bird. 



Rule 30. Birds on the Wing— In double bird shooting, the birds shall 

 be on the wing when shot at. A bird shot on the ground shall be 

 scored lost. Double birds to be shot at 21yds. rise, boundary unlim- 

 ited: 5 minutes allowed to gather birds if challenged. 

 Rule 31. Ties— On single birds, 25yds. rise: doubles at 2tyds. 

 Rule 32. If a bird is shot at by any person except the man at the 

 score, the judges aud referee shall decide whether it shall be scored 

 lost or the shooter allowed another bird. When traps are sprung, 

 should bird refuse to fly after a reasonable time, the shooter may- 

 call "no bird." 



Rule 33. Gathering Birds— It shall be optional with the shooter to 

 gather his own birds or appoint a person to do so for him. In all 

 eases the birds must be gathered by hand, without any forcible 

 means, within 3 minutes of the time 'it alights, or be scored tt, lost 

 bird. All birds must show shot marks if chadenged. 



Rule 34. Team Shooting— The teams, in team shoots, will be called 

 to the "score" in the order designated by the Executive Committee; 

 said order will be determined by the dates of original entry, teams 

 being allowed to choose accordingly ; the members of the team will 

 be called to the "score" in the order designated by their respective 

 captains, each man spooling at singles 5 birds in succession, and then 

 (when all teams have finished shooting at single birds) the members 

 will, in a similar manner, finish their scores at the double birds. 



Rule 85. Teams— In team championship matches teams of four must 

 be residents of the same State, and in twin-team championship 

 matches both must be residents of the same county or parish. Any 

 Slate or county can enter as many teams as they see fit, 



It was voted that the Association accept the celebrated Bogardus 

 cup, offered to the National Gun Association to be shot for as an in- 

 dividual championship cup at all tournaments given by the National 

 Association in the next two years. Conditions. 50 singles, 35 doubles, 

 National Gun Association rules to govern. The winner the greatest 

 number of times during the ensuing two years to keep it permanently. 

 Articles of incorporation of the above Association were duly hied 

 m Covington, Ky,, Feb. 38, said incorporation to date from March 4, 

 1885. The requisite papers were drawn by T. H. Mackoy of this city, 

 counsellor at law, at the suggestion of the well known sportsman 

 "Gloan." The committee on organization, on rules, and ou constitution 



