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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[iTubb 4, 1885, 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us ivith club scores are particularly re - 

 guested to write on one side of the paper only. 



THE NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION. 



To the Members of the National G'«n Association and whosoever 



it mat/ concern: 

 . Gentlemen— I take this means of informing you that, at the meet- 

 ing of yourselves, caller! for Tuesday. 8 P. M.. JuDe 30, at the Girard 

 House, Philadelphia, I shall respectfully tender you my resignation 

 as genera! manager. 1 do this for the reason that, it seems to me now 

 to be to the best interests of the Association to have for this position 

 some one not in any manner identified with a target manufacturing 

 company; and it is the primary wish of myself, as well as that of the 

 board of directors of the Ligowsky Clav-Pigeon Company, to see ihe 

 Association a complete success. The $500 of stock to which the latter 

 company has subscribed will be placed in the hands of the new man- 

 ager, whomsoever he may be, to be voted by him, and to be resold to 

 the Association whenever you may so direct. 



I have already spoken to three members of the Association, with 

 reference to this position. This notice will give you all time to cou- 

 sider the subject, with the view of selecting' my successor. In thus 

 withdrawing I desire to add that I >,\ili always do what I can for the 

 best interests and future prosperity of the' Association, which now 

 numbers over 160 members, and is now regularly though slowly in- 

 creasing, ^rusting that each of you will do what you can to augment 

 the membership and thanking you individually and collectively for 

 the confidence you have shown me I beg leave to remain 



Yours respectfully. 



Cincinnati, May 29, 1885. J. E. Bloom. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As an addendum to my open letter (dated May 29) of notification of 

 resignation to members of the National Gun Association, permit me 

 to add thf following: 



The objection that the Association is conducted in the interest of 

 the Ligowsky target must be plainly met and overcome by the resig- 

 nation of the undersigned as general manager, and of the two other 

 directors hereabouts who have been supporting him as the executive 

 committe. (f hereby guarantee tuese resignations will be. tendered at 

 the Philadelphia meeting or sooner if substitutes can be found.) A 

 new general manager must he chosen with two other directors to 

 compose a new executive committee of three. This committee shall 

 he composed of men enrirelytininterested in any target company or 

 in any industry or business connected with the gun. This committee 

 shall draft the programmes and arrange matches tor all targets which 

 they deem worthy. The $500 worth of stock to which the Ligowsky 

 Clay-Pigeon Co. has subscribed shall be placed in the hands of the 

 new general manager, to be divided or sold to the companies or indi- 

 viduals manufacturing said targets, and who will thus be contribut- 

 ing equally to the financial suppor of the Association, and be (here- 

 fore equally entitled to the fair consideration of the officers and 

 members of the Association, This course will be executed, begi nning 

 with the Philadelphia tournament, the programme for whic. h will 

 only be finally arranged at 8 P. M., June 30. at the meeting at the 

 Girard Hou^e, to which all manufacturers of targets are hereby in- 

 vited with the view of accepting and at once executing the above 

 offers. All fair-minded men will admit that this should remove the 

 present orvjeetions against the Association, the. membership of which 

 now numbers over lrJO. and against whom no base thoughts"should be 

 harbored. In their name I desire to impress it upon their brother 

 sportsmen who have not yet joined their ranks, that they desire to 

 be "fair and square" to every one, that they seek only the common 

 good, that they guarantee an impartial trial and hearing to all who 

 ask the same (which no one has as yet asked), and that they propose 

 to keep the ir organization and ask all sportsmen to lend their assist- 

 ance thereto; they ask all sportsmen to bear it in mind, above a?V 

 thiugs, that the bickerings and rivalry of target manufacturers must 

 not be allowed to disrupt or destroy the existing organization (the 

 attempt to form which was made years ago when one target only was 

 in the field) and which has a scope so extensive, that eventuality the 

 question of targets will be a side issue merely. I thank you in their 

 nam- for the sincere support you have thus far given their common 

 object. J. E. Bloom. 



Cincinnati, June 1, 1885. 



The third inter state tournament of the National Gun Association 

 will be held at Macon. Ga., Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Judge M. R. Free- 

 man, Second Vice-President for Georgia, Manager. 



THE MINNEAPOLIS TOURNAMENT. 



MA.Y 26.— The second annual tournament of the Minneapolis Gun 

 Club opened this morning The weather throughout the day 

 was most favorable, the grounds are pleasantly and conveniently 

 located, and the shooting was, on the whole, very good, and in some 

 instances, remarkable. There w< re 30 entries for the first event of 

 the tournament, for which $150 were put up in purses of $00, $15, $30 

 and §15. The leading scores were: 



W 11 skinner 1111110-6 R B Wadsworth 1111100—5 



R W Rama lev 1111100 -5 P W Dorian .111011 1 -6 



HRruetz -1011011—5 B White 1011101—5 



LYan Fleet 11H011-6 C W Budd 1111011— 6 



il Durant ,... .1111001—5 J R Slice 1111111—7 



JPflster 1111011-6 J Mills tiioioi-r. 



.t A Duncan 1111100— s J C Kimble 1011101—5 



J. R. Stice won first. W. H. Skinner, J. Pfister, P. "W. Dorian and 

 C. W. Budd divided second. Tie for third shot off at 3 singles: Bar- 

 naby 1, Krueger 2. Durant 1, Duncan 3, Wadsworth 2, White 3, O'Brien 

 1, J. C. Kimble 1. Duncan and White divided third money. Tie for 

 fourth shot off at 8 singles: Kennedy 2, Steer 3, Mills 2, James 1, M. 

 Hitchcock 0. Steer won fourth. 



Much interest was manifested in the second event, in which three 

 pairs of Peoria birds were let go. The prizes were a purse of $120, 

 divided in purses of $18, $30, $24 and $12. The score was: 



Budd 11111 1-6 Hitchcock 10 11 1 0-4 



Ramaley 1 1 1 1—4 Lawrence 1 111 1—5 



Kennedy 10 1110-4 Thomas 111010—4 



Wadsworth 1 10 11-4 Kimble 1 0111 1—5 



White 1 1 1 t 0—4 Dorian 1 1110 1—5 



James 10 10 1 1-4 Han-is 110 11 0-4 



Duncan 1 111 0-4 Stice ". 1 1111 0—5 



Van Fleet 1 1111 0-5 Myers 1 10 1 1—4 



Skinner 11111 1—6 Russell 1 110 1-4 



Colby 1 1 1 1 0—4 



Budd and Skinner divided first. Tie for second shot off at two pairs, 

 won by Stice. Tie for thirct shot off at two pairs, divided between 

 Duncan and Thomas. Tie for fourth shot off at two pairs, divided 

 between Kimble and Whitcomb. 



Third ovens— IB blackbirds: 



Skinner 111110001011111—11 O'Brien , OOllllOlOOlllll— 10 



White 111110111110110-12 Duncan 101011111101111-12 



Thomas lllOlli 01110110-10 Dyer lOllllllOOlOllO— 10 



Sexton 111001111110011—11 Pratt 100111111010011—10 



Budd 100111101111001-10 Steer 11110011 1101 11 1—11 



Stice 111100111111011-12 Ramaly OllOllOOlllllll— 11 



Krueger 011111110010111—11 Dorland 111110000111011-10 



Rockey 011110110111110-11 James ....101111111011101—12 



Kennedy lOillilOliOlOOl— 10 Hitchcock, G H. 1)0111 10111111— 12 



Kimble," IT 111111111011111—14 Russell Olllllllll 11110— 13 



Kimble, J C. .. .111111111011111— 14 Myers 111010011111010-10 



Van Vleck. HOHOniOOilll— 11 



i''. Kimble and J. ' '. Kimble divided first. Russell won second. Tie 

 for third s> oot-off at 3 singles. White, Stice and James made three 

 srraight. and on shootiug off Stice killed every bird, winning third. 

 Tie Cor fourth shoot-off at 3 singles: Won by Van Vleck. 



Fourth event— Six singles and two pairs: 



White.... 001101 1111—7 Van Vleck 011111 0110—7 



Kennedy 010101 1111—7 Budd 000111 11 10-0 



Krueger 110111 0111-8 J C Kimble 011111 1111-9 



Perkins 110111 10 10-7 F Kimble 111011 10 00-7 



Rockey HUH 10 00-7 CM Skinner 110110 10 11—7 



Stice. 111111 10 10-9 Thomas 100101 1110—6 



James 011110 1110—7 Penfield 111111 1101—9 



Si ton 001101 1101-6 Wadsworth 001001 1111-6 



Duncan 0*0111 10 01-6 Harrison 011101 10 10-6 



On the shoot-off, Stice first, Krueger second. Tie for third shoot- 

 off at two singles and one pair, Kennedy, Rockey and F. Kimble tied. 

 On the next si ioot-off Kimble won. Tie for fourth won by Wadsworth. 

 The shooting was all at 18yds. rise for singles and 15 for doubles. In 

 the forenoon 11. C, Lawrence was referee, and in the afternoon Lewis 

 Shepley. W. P. Ives was scorer, and his assistants were C. W. Skin- 

 ner and M. T. Matson. The managing committee were L.Harrison, 

 W. II. Skinner and C. H. Russell 



May 27.— The second day of the tournament was even more success- 

 ful than the first. Some of the contests were close, and in many in- 

 stances remarkably good Shooting was done. The day's 



Duncan 8, Rockey 7, Corey 6. Dorland 6, Lyon 7, Jones 9, Lawrence 7, 

 Penfield 7, Dyer S, Wadsworth 8. O'Brien 7, J. C. Kimble 7, F. Kimble 

 9, Sexton 7, Perkins 6, M. Russell 5, G- H, Russell 6. Where ties oc- 

 curred the money was divided 



There were twenty entries in the. second match, which was for 

 fifteen Peoria, birds. There was a purse of $240 hung up. The score 

 was: Dyer 12, Van Vleck 12, Stice 14, Perkins 10. Paine 10. Krueger 10, 

 Jewell 10, Duncan 12, J. C. Kimble II, F, Kimble 15, Koran 10, Jones 

 14, White 13, Rockey 13, Penfield 10, Lyons 11. Lawrence 12 Ramalev 

 10, Skinner 10. L. Harrison 11, Russell 11. In the shooting off F. 

 Kimble won BTst money, Stice and Jones divided second, Rockey and 

 White divided the third, while Duncan and Fisher secured five birds 

 each, and then divided fourth money. 



The third event of the day was to have been a contest at 10 singles 

 and 5 double clay-pigeons to each man, iu teams of 5 each. This 

 match was to have been for the Ligowsky State badge, now in the 

 possession of the Red Wiug Gun Club. This club was not represented 

 by a team, however, and a match at 10 clay-pigeons was substituted. 

 1 he following were the leading scores; J. G. Kneible 7, Budd 7, Pfister 

 4, Stica 6, Skinner 5, Penfield 5. The prizes were divided among 

 those making ties. 



In the fourth event, where seven Peoria blackbirds were exposed, 



sell 5. Mr. Stice. who made the whole number of birds, took the first 

 money, and in the shooting off for second prize White and Van Vleck 

 again tied, finally dividing the purse. The ties for third money were 

 also shot off. Legg and Wadsworth finally dividing it. Rockey se- 

 cured fourth money, after a spirited nine-handed shooting-off'con- 

 test. 



The last contest of the day was a sweepstakes match, with three 

 pairs of birds, $2 entrance fee and eighteen entries. The following 

 was the. score: Van Vleck 5, Wadsworth 4. Stice 6, Martin 5 Penfield 

 5, James 5. Skinner 5, Budd 6, Paine 5. Russell 5, Harrison 6, Rockey 

 5. In the shoot-off Budd took first money, Van Vleck and James 

 divided second, and Skinner third money. "Wadsworth" is none 

 other than R. B. Organ, president of two different Chicago gun clubs. 



May 28. -The concluding day of the tournament was crowded with 

 interesting events. The attendance of spectators was quite limited, 

 however, and the conditions were less favorable than on the two pre- 

 vious days of the tournament. The first event was a shoot at 15 

 Peoria blackbird*, 5 of them being from traps, 4 straightaway, and 3 

 pairs. The purse amounted to $300. There were nineteen' entries, 

 and the score was as follows: Duncan 14, Skinner 10, Van Vleck 13, 

 James 13, Kennedy 13. Rockey 12. Kimble 13, Stice 13, Wadsworth 13, 

 White 10, Harrison 14, Pfisier 12. Paine 10, Russell 14, Steer 10, Law- 

 reuce 13. The prizes were divided. 



A sweepstake match followed, the entrance, fee $2. The score was: 

 Van Vleck 8, Krueger 8, Wadsworth 9, Paine 9, Kennedy 9, Budd 7, 

 Duncan 9, Hockey 7, Pfister 9, James 9, White 7. Penfield 8, Kimble 10, 

 Lawrence 9. Harrison 9, Russell 8, Stice 7. I-mes and Wadsworth, 

 after a shoot-off, divided second money, and Stice and White fourth 

 money. 



At the conclusion of the above match there was a demand for more 

 sweepstakes, and an equal number of entries were received. The 

 birds were 6 singles and 8 pairs. The score was: Stice 9, Krueger 9, 

 Kneible 9. Van Vleck 8. Wadsworth 6, Kennedy 7. Paine li, White B, 

 Lawrence 9, Budd 6, Harrison 7, James 6. Russell 9. The three men 

 making 9 hire's shot off for first money, which finally went to Stica; 

 Krueger and Van Vleck divided second money, Remedy and Harri- 

 son divided third money, and Budd, after a shoot-off, won fourth 

 money. 



Probably the most animated match of the day was the shoot at 15 

 blackbirds. The purse offered was $300, and, as will be seen by the 

 following score, there was more than the usual uniformity about it: 

 Stice 14, Ketnber 12. Skinner 10. Budd 13, Krueger 10, Duncan 13. 

 White 13, James 11, Pfister 11, Macomber 13. Wadsworth 13. Rockey 

 10, Kennedy 10, Penfield 10. Russell 11, Van Vleck 10, Harrison 14, 

 Lawrence 12, Budger 11. Parker 11, Winship 10, Legg 11. Duncan 

 won second money in the shoot off and Pfister foimth. 



The contest for the State championship badge, followed. The con- 

 testants were teams of six. representing St. Paul and Minneapolis. 

 The St. Paul team embraced a number of substitutes from other 

 points. The contest was at twenty blackbirds for each man, and the 

 individual scores were as follows: 



St. Paul Team. 



Kennedy 1 111111110111001101 1—16 



"Yandis" 1111110010001011110 1-13 



Pfister 011011111101110111 1—15 



Paine 0001110011001 000 010— 7 



Paul 1 1 01 0101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 1-15 



Budd 01 10110100110011011 0—11—77 



Minneapolis Team. 



Kimble. JC 1 111111110 11110 111 0-10 



Russell, Chas 1 1 Oil 1011 11 1 1 01 1 101 0-15 



Harrison 11100111011110011 1-14 



Rockey 011011 110 1111101100 1—15 



Shinner 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 01 0—15 



Kruger 110111111101001111 1-16-91 



CARTERET GUN CLUB, May 30, Bergen Point, N. J.— Cup shoot, 

 handicap rise, at 10 birds each: 

 Williams, 23yds... .1111111111 —10 DeBarry. 26yds... .HllllOlOw— 7 



Burd, 25yds 101111110 w— 7 Sfone, 26yds OOOw. 



Haven, 26yds 1101111110— S Lee, 27yds .1111111111 —10 



Ties— Lee 1, Williams 0. Cup to Lee with first money added, 

 Williams second money. 



Match at double birds. 3 pair, 25yds.: 



First Match. Second Match. Third Match. 



Haven 10 00 w.— 1 10 10 10— 3 10 1110-4 



Jervis 10 10 11—4 10 10 10-3 lOOOw.— 1 



Fourth match, at 5 pair each, 25yds.: 



Haven 110110 1110—7 Jervis 10 1100 10 10-5 



First Sweep. Second Sweep. Third Sweep. 



Stone, 27yds , . 1 lOOw— 2 1 lOw —2 Hill - 5 



DeBarry, 28yds OOw —0 11111—5 



Williams, 28yds 11101—4 11111—4 DOw —0 



Burd, 25yds 10111—4 110\v — 2 lOw —1 



Haven, 27yds OOw -0 lOw —1 1110w-3 



Clements, 2fi.vds 11110—4 11111—5 0w —0 



Jervis. 26yds 1 1110— 4 lOw —1 11110—4 



Edley, 26yds 11111—4 HlOw— 3 Ow —0 



Clars, 26yds... 00w —0 



First sweep— Williams, Burd, Clements, Jervis and Edley divided. 

 Second sweep — DeBarry and Clements divided. Third sweep— Stone 

 won. 



Fourth Sweep. Fifth Sweep. Sixth Sweep. 



Burd. aoyds 11110—4 



Haven, 26yds 11111-5 HOw — 2 11111—5 



Stone. 27yds OlOw — 1 11111-5 OOOw -0 



Clements, 26yds HOw — 2 Ow —0 



Edley, 26yds 10 w —1 lOw —1 10 w —1 



Jervis, 26yds HOw -2 11111-5 10 w -1 



Fourth sweep— Haven won. Fifth sweep— Stone and Jervis divided. 

 Sixth swep— Haven won. 



Seventh Sweep. 



Haven. 26yds 01 11 1—4 Clements, 25yds 11100—3 



Stone, 27yds HOOw— 2 Jervis, 26yds 10110— 3 



Seventh sweep— Haven won. 



GREENWICH GUN CLUB.— The second monthly of the Greenwich 

 (Conn.) Gun Club took place on May 13, at Ten Acres, Greenwich, 

 when the competition for the Rendle prize Greener gun was resumed 

 with the following result, 18yds. rise, three traps, twenty -four glass 

 balls: 



Finieis 010101 1000000111U01— 10 W Mead...liO0'000llil001010lO— 10 



Miner 01101001001111111011—13 EMead. . . .1 1001011011)110111110—13 



Brush 00001001 000000000100— 3 Buffmgton UlOOOlOOlOllOlUlOO— 11 



C Merrltt. 00000000001000001100— 3 Tracy,.,. . 0000001011 louooOlOll— 7 



Foote 11101010111101101000-12 Selleck... 00100000001 0000001 10- 4 



Contoit... .01000000000000000010— 2 F Merritt. .OOOOIOOIOIOOOOOIOI'O - 6 



White 11000110011101010100-10 Marshall . .01111011010110110101-13 



Ritch 11110000110001011011-11 Rendle . . . .00100111011110111111-14 



The special prize clonat d by Mr. Louis Contoit (picture of cocker 

 spaniel) was won hy Arthur E. Rendle. 



GRAND MANOR, Pa.— Match of Grand Manor Gun Club, revolving 

 trap, screened, one barrel only, 10 clays, 18yds. riser 



MacMillan 1101101111-8 Torbert 0011010100-4 



Lorah.M 1010111111-8 Stauffer 0001010000—2 



Olark 1110011101—7 Kleckner 0000011100-3 



Lorah, J 0010111111—7 Lorah, A. . _ 1000100110-4 



Lorah, G 0101100111-6 



BRUNSWICK, Ga , May 22.— At a meeting of the Glynn Gun Club, 

 Mr. A. J. Crovett was elected president, Mr. S. C. Littlefleld Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Mr. Wm. M. Berryman Captain of first team, Mr. R. 

 W. Thiot Captain of second team. The club is in a flourishing condi- 

 tion, with twenty-five members. 



TOPSHAM, Me., May 30.— Match between A. S. Alexander and W. 

 K. Purinton, both of Riverside Club, for the State glass-ball cham- 

 pionship badge, Alexander challenging. The match was at 40 balls, 

 20 singles and 10 pairs. Following arc the scores: 



Alexander 11111111111111111111 11 01 11 11 11 11 11 01 11 11—38 



Purinton 11111111111111111111 11 11 11 11 11 00 01 10 11 11—36 



First event, 5 clav pigeons: A. Q. Goud 4, Purinton 4, Keene 3, Alex- 

 ander 4, Lanergan*3, C, Goud 3. Purinton first, Hall second. Second 

 event, 5 clay-pigeons: Alexander 4, Keene 4, Hall 4, Lanergan 4, Pur- 

 inton 3, Goud 5. Goud first, Lanergan second. Tfiird event, 5 clay- 

 pigeons: Purinton 5. Lanergau 4, Hall 5, Keene 4, Goud 4. Purinton 



first, Goud second. Fourth event, 7 glass-balls: Purinton 6, Laner- 

 gan 6, Hall 3, C. Goud 1, A. Q. Goud 6. Purinton first, Hall second, 

 fifth event, 3 pigeons and 3 balls: Purinton 4, Lanergan 3, Hall 4, 

 Goud 4. Hall first, Lanergan second.— Chas, Goud, Sec'y. 



ATHENS, Pa., May 30.— May meeting of the Athens Gun Club. The 

 rain m the first part of the day made the shooting bad, as it was done 

 from the door of a large tent. First match, 7 glass bails, Card's 

 rotary trap, ltyds. rise: 



I' av ! s 1110101-5 Park 0101111-5 



Marks 1110111-6 Middaugh Oh 011 1-4 



£ ulle . r , 1111111-7 Knasboro 0110011-4 



Wan 0111111— B Rogers 0G01111-4 



Kendall 1001111-5 



Fuller won the prize rod. Second match, same conditions: 



J&™ 1110100-4 Armstrong 1111011-6 



Fuller „ 1010100-3 Rogers... 1111101-6 



Davies 1011100-4 Gee 1100001-3 



Knasboro 1100101-4 Kendall 0111101—5 



Middaugh 1001001—3 Crockett 001 1110—4 



Sheridan 10001 11—4 



Armstrong and Rodgers divided the prize, ton of coal. 

 Third match, 5 balls, 15yds. rise: 



Rogers 11101—4 Edgerton 10110—3 



Marks 00010—1 Goodwin 01010—2 



Crockett 00111—3 Davies 11101—4 



Gee 11101-4 Middaugh 01110-3 



Armstrong 00101—2 Sheridan . . .11111-5 



ur, hs 11101-4 Corby 00000-0 



Kendall 11100-3 Fuller 11001—3 



Park 10010—2 Knasboro 11111—5 



In the shoot off, Sheridan won owl, Rogers cigars. 

 Fourth match, 10 balls, 18\ds. rise: 



grock 1101011011-7 Gee 1110101101-7 



Kendall llUlOllll-9 Sheridan llllOHlii-9 



Marks 1011001110-fi Fuller 1111110010-7 



Park 011111H11—9 Knasboro 01001 noil-ii 



Davies.. ....011 al 1101-7 Rogers 1110111111-0 



In shoot off, Sheridan won prize owl, Fuller prize cigars. Marks 

 third. 



Fifth match, 5 balls, 18yds. rise: Prize, silver cup, won by Sheridan. 

 Sixth match, 5 balls: Prize, box shells; Davies and Sheridan divide 

 after tieing five times. 



These were followed by olher matches, single and double balls 

 shooting, also a walking match at glass balls, which was quite amus- 

 ing; in this Fuller won first, Davies second.— P. 



CINCINNATI, May 21,— The Independent Gun Club had a good at- 

 tendance of members at their shoot to-day. The shooting" was at 

 clay-birds. Miller is credited with the fine score of 19 out of a pos- 

 sible 20. the best score made in a club shoot on the Independent 

 grounds at th" tonguele^s bird. He is shooting now in fine form. 

 Wick's score on doubles has not been excelled. The score is as fol- 

 lows: 



Miller 11111111111111111110—19 



Norwood lltlOllUlllOllOlllO-16 



Wick llOIOlltOlllOlOUO'l-U 



Hades 10101110011001110101—12 



Wenning HOOlOOllOOllOllOlOl— 11 



Mc Duffle 1000101 (il 011 101 00110— 10 



Bradley .00010100101 UiOiOinO— 9 



Captain 101 10100100000 lOlOOl— 8 



Robinson ...11010110100l000l0l,00— 9 



Maynard , 00101001 100:00010110— 7 



Bauer (one arm) 000101 01001 lOOOOlOio— 7 



KflSSler 10101000010110100100- 8 



Five pah doubles: 



Wick 111111 1101—9 Captain 10 01 00 10 11— 5 



McDuffle 11 11 10 11 10—8 Dorman 00 10 10 01 10-6 



Miller 10 1110 0110—6 Brady 11010110 00—5 



Wenning. 1 1 01 10 10 11—6 Bauer 00 11 01 10 00—4 



Hades 1110 0101 10-6 Kessler 00 H 01 ID .00— 4 



Norwood.... 11 01 10 10 01—6 Maynard 00 00 10 01 10— 3 



Robinson. . * . . . .00 11 11 00 10—5 Hart 01 00 10 00 01-3 



Th« Independent Gun Club will, in all likelihood, give a large clay- 

 pigeon shoot in June or July. This club has somewhere in the neigh- 

 borhood of 150 members. 



EVANSVILLE, Ind.. May 23.— A closely contested shooting match 

 took place at Athletic Park this afternoon, the participants being W. 

 B. Lacy, Jas. L. Mackey and F. M Gilbert. The match was at 10 

 single and 5 double Ligowsky clay pigeons, 18yds. rise. The score 

 was very fine, from the fact that the trapping was done by Mr. Will 

 Durnam, who gave the shooters the most difficult birds he could trap, 

 no two— even in the doubles— being in the same direction, and all 

 from the fourth notch. Score: 



Mackey Olllllllll 11 01 10 11 01—15 



Lacy Olllllllll 11 10 10 00 10—14 



Gilbert IHOllllll 11 01 01 01 11—16 



The Evansville Gun Club is now in wot king order for the season 

 and has already commenced the clay-pigeon trap-shooting. Thev 

 will practice one day each week, though members have the privilege 

 of shooting whenever they wish, the birds and traps being always at 

 their service. They will f uniish either one or two teams, of five men 

 each, to accept any challenges sent to the president, F. M. Gilbert. 

 All matches this season will be ar 10 singles and 5 pah of doubles, 

 18yds. rise, for 10 bares, and 15 for 12. 



NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION.- Syracuse, May 30.— The New 

 York State Sportsmen's convention will be held in Syracuse. N. Y., 

 commencing June 22, and continue one week, under the auspices of 

 the Onondago County Sportsmen's Club. Programmes will be ready 

 about June 10. All manufacturers and dealers that wish to contrib- 

 ute prizes can co respond with— John Stbdman, Sec. 



SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 23. -It is with considerable gratification I 

 write you that we have at last organized a sportsmen's club here. A 

 number of the boys got together yesterday, and by noon the Sau 

 Diego Gun Club was fully organized, and has for its bore and sinew 

 the membership of every sportsman in town. We have so far received 

 the hearty co-operation of some of our best cilizens who desire the 

 game laws of our State to he protected, and we feel very much en- 

 couraged by the number of members now, and the applications of 

 membership that we have received to-day are nine. The officers 

 elected for the ensuing year are: President, Col. Chas. A Loud; Sec- 

 retary, A. B. Pearson: Treasurer, Geo. A. Merritt. Executive Com- 

 mittee— D. B. Hinmari and E. H. Weegar. Although we are a young 

 organization, we propose to have a trap shoot every week, and will 

 have a tournament as soon as possible.— A. B. P. 



SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. -Last year the Alameda Sportsman's 

 Club shot a match against the Gun Club of San Francisco, ten men a 

 side, at twelve single, birds thirty yards rise, llurlinghatn rules, for a 

 handsome trophy. It was won by the Alameda team by nine birds. 

 To-dav the rival clubs met at Bird s Point. Alameda, to again fight a 

 friendly battle for the supremacy and a handsome silver pitcher 

 valued at $100. This work of art was designed by Fred Butler, of the 

 Gun Club. The top is of beaten silver, and around the neck of the 

 pitcher are a series of medallions, each representing some game 

 bird or quadruped. The body is of frosted silver, with lifelike repre- 

 sentations of pigeons in various lines of flight, chased in gold. The 

 conditions of the match were exactly similar to those of last year, 

 though the same men did not shoot. Butler made two splendid shots 

 with his second barrel and had the ill-luck to have two birds fall 

 dead just outside the one hundred yards boundary. The Alameda 

 team won eventually by seven birds. The best two out of three wins 

 deckles the ownership of of the valuable trophy. Judge Hale Rix 

 acted as referee for the match and George Bird, Jr., pulled and 

 retrieved. There was but little wind, and the birds were not in con- 

 sequence very fast, though all good strong dyers. The following are 

 the scores: 



Alameda Club. Gun Club. 



Adams 101111101101- 9 Butler lmoilOlOOl— 8 



Crellin lllllOlOllOl— 9 Ewing 100111111110-9 



Haskell Hill lllOlli— 11 Emmett 1 1101 1 1001 11-9 



Hopkins 110111111101—10 Babcock 101111101111-10 



Norton tllllllOlHO— 10 Gordon oim n nillO— 9 



Havens 011011111100—8 Fuller 001111111111—10 



Bennett lllHUIOlli— 11 Black 111111011110- 9 



Mayhew 111111011001— 9 Wilson OHlOiCOlllO— 7 



Williams 1101110011)0— 8 Hansen OOOOilOOim— 6 



Kuowles 111011110111—10—95 Orr 1 1 lOllllllll— 11— 88 



SHOOTING NOTES.— The newly organized Miami Valley Camping 

 and Fishing Association of Cin< iriimti entertained Lbeir friends at 

 Price Hill Pavillion the evening of May 30th . . .The Knoxville, Tenn., 

 and Louisville Ky., gun clubs shot a telegraph match May 21. The 



scores stood 244 to ,238 in favor of Louisville, out of a possible 300 



The Manitoba Gun Cluh, of Winnipeg, elected the following officers: 

 President. J. H. Hubbard; Vice-Presidents, J. H. Mulvey and J. C. 

 Walker; Secretary, J. A. Smith.. The Western Shooting League of 

 North America will give a rifle tournament at Indianapolis, Tnd., 

 June 16 to 21. The aggregate in prizes amounts to $10,000. . . . The Des 

 Moiues, la., Rifle Club is a new organization. The officers are: 

 President. G. L. Eason- Vice-President, Webb Souers: Secretary and 

 Treasurer, James O. Hume; Range Committee, Jas. P. Forrester, J. 

 A. Ricker and W. T. Rickards. A range has been secured and butt 



and target frame erected The Bogardus— Meaders match will take 



place at Chicago June 10. They will shoot for stakes of $250 a side 

 and the silver cup which Bogardus brought back from England; toe 

 cup to become the personal property of the winner at the expiration 

 of two years' time, provided he defends it againt all comers during 



