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pendent of the trv^gev piiU; it is Mie same whether the trigger is 

 pulled hy one ounce or a thousand pounds, Fiilhiii-' tin-, trigger pro- 

 duces nfi elTect: on the vehichT of the bullet, and lieiico it, oaimot 

 affect the height of trajectory." This fact sets his poiut of trigger puJl 

 aside. ^ ^ . ■.. 



Next in order comes the "siehts." These cnunot affect the height 

 of the trajector\-any more than the lock cock or tnf!:ger. And a.s 

 the rifles are to be shot, at a dead rest and in the fame identical spot 

 at each shot, the sights iicnonie a matter of no essential nnportaiicc. 

 The targets Ivill be nicnsui-cO as groups of sliois, wherever the groups 

 toa*- be: and not from around the .•enter Of the bidlscye. which \v ill 

 totobablV be iuvisilile as the 1-esult of. the iiitereel.ted .scfeeiis. J bus 

 btettolutas to "siahts" is vtrtiioHy --rndb.. All lliatis iietjesSo.tr 

 in the case is to h.ave ihc ritie so pointed as ttj tlu-ow its bullet any- 

 ■\vherc whhiti the screens. ^ ^ ^ i. ,;, , . i, ^ i - i 



Next in order ''onies bis pomi, on "oapet fiatched" bliilcts. which 

 he says "should not be allowed.'" This point pei-hajis stands already 

 set a.side in your eiiitorial aunouneemeut, where yoh say the usual 

 hunting (fixe(i) amniuniliou will be used. This refers to bl-eechloadcrs. 

 and the aunouuceuient is religiously correct, riglit, just and fair. II 

 other ammunition were to be used the trial would be stripped oi 

 quite all its value. 



It is presumable the loads of these rides are the very oest that can 

 he used in them. Be this as it may, they are the result of over thirty 

 ycart: of trial, nor does this issue at all concern the trial to be made 

 by \-ou. The ouestion is one of to-day— How do our hunting rides 

 Rhu'ot wilh their hunting and appropriate ammunition'? This (pies- 

 tion you iiropose to answer, and to do so authoritatively yon proijosc 

 to test Them, and then reiiort the valuable facts to your readers. 

 This is the oulr way to do it. 



■Next in order comes the muzzleloader, which Mr. Leopold says 

 "sliould be allowed a cloth patch." Yes, this is right, for it has 

 always used it since this much cherished type of a hunting ride flrst 

 eaiiiH into exislcncc. He says the breechloaders should be ex- 

 cluded unless "tliey use a cartridge such as Is recommended | or is- 

 f4ued1 br the manufacturel's." This is the very kind of anunumtion 

 rod ]iropose to use, and this is all tight. But whether you should 

 exclude; as he proposes, a ttroecbloadet fot itsmg a paper-patched 

 htillet is mpre than doubtful With uiB; Would it noti exclude some 

 hunting rifles vei-v unjustly ? 



He savs: "Muz^leloaders sbould not be overchargeii with powder, 

 A normal eharge, such as is used in shooting gaiile, shoiild be Se- 

 lected, and a charge whieh would produce excessive recoil in a ten- 

 potmd rifle, endanger tlie bm-sting of the barrel, or cause wild shoot- 

 ing, should not be allowed." 



As to the muzzleloader htu-sting and kicking, with its light ball, 

 and the breecliloader not, with its heavier ball, you need have no 

 fear of the former, but I will not vouch so freely for the latter. Yet 

 in cither case I think you will live through it; so do not be alarmed 

 on this score. l\:tr. Editor, nor you, tlie rifle testex and shooter. 1 

 regret that this point of danger has been touched upon bj' Mr. Leo- 

 pold, however innocently he has done it. I have no doubt that your 

 much experienced rifle tester will see to all of this. 



I fully agree that the muzzleloader should not be overcharged so 

 as to produce "wild shooting." And I am fully satisfied that those 

 who shall present them for trial have too much sound sense to over- 

 load them. They will, of course, present them with the very best 

 charge they can adopt in order to do the best work, to wit, to make 

 as flat a trajectory as possible and yet as close a group as the ride 

 can make. This is the very purpose and end of the trial, and it is left 

 as a right for the muzzleloader man to say what his charge shall be, 

 and if this shall be unsatisfactory, then he will not consent, of com-se, 

 to have his rifle tried. As to hunting charges, these vary in this rifle 

 from the lightest to the heaviest powder charge, from the squirrel, 

 to the deer, bear and hu;falo charge. The old hunter's rule, and now 

 more than a century old, was and is, "To increase the powder charge 

 (for long ranges) jiist as long as the rifle shoots steady, and then 

 stop." Muzzleloader men will follow this rule at the trial, and noone 

 Can justly deny litem their undoubted right to do so. They will not 

 permit, of coiil'se. their rides to .shoot but a httle powder (proportion- 

 ally to the lead), because another late typo of rifle does so. They will 

 ilot permit of its showing poor shooting, when it can make good. 

 This would be to perVert the very ends of the trial, and I am aston- 

 ished that Mr. Leopold should bringthisquestiou into theforeground. 

 "Straws tell which way the wind blows," and this is one of them. His 

 proposition cannot be maintained in this kind of a trial any way it 

 can be presented, and this matter, I think, had now best be dropped 

 entirely. 



Unless the target or cluster is to be the overruling question, then 1 

 deem "twentv shots" to be entirely unnecessary. Five shots will 

 answer to get"the trajectory very well. I know thi.s from acUial ex- 

 perience. The Enelish. in their trial of '8^, fired six shots only. It 

 calls for much wtjrk to test many rifles, and twenty shots require too 

 much time and labor to work out. Five minutes between shots is 

 about right (I believe) and "twenty shots in thirty minutes is too 

 rapid firing, it heats the barrel, etc. 



I fully believe the editor of Foee.st and Stream and his experienced 

 experimenter, know just what to do and how to do it. I leave them 

 to stand on their own bottom, for it is their right to do so. They em- 

 bark in their own craft, and I believe they know full well how to sail 

 it; and I heai"tll,y wish you success in your voyage. 



This article will present some new and essential points to quite all 

 of your readers, especially as to "weight" of rifles, "sights," "aim- 

 ing," etc., and I think it will prove both interesting and instructive. 

 In this light I offer it, and less to criticise than instruct. 



IVlAJ, H. W. BIerbilt.. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue of Aug. 0. 1 see that you state that you are to have a 

 trial of rifles for trajectory, target, etc. That is excellent. I agree 

 with you that the time has arrived when such a test should be made 

 and ijoniething definite arrived at in regard to the sliooting of our 

 American rifles. There have been altogether too much guess work 

 and exaggeration so far; no iv then for the stern, solid tacts of the 

 case. Let us have them by all means. 



I also notice in your issue of Aug. 13 that Major H. W. Merrill 

 makes some suggestions in regard to the proposed test. After read- 

 ing the Major's article carefully over, I have come to the conclusion 

 that he is aliout right in his views regarding hunting rifles and how to 

 correctly use them. I think that all old- experienced hunters and 

 ritie shots will fully indorse the Major's views. Such has been my 

 experience as far as it goes. I also notice in the same issue that Mr. 

 E. A. Leopold makes some suggestions and invites criticism of the 

 same. I can hardly ajcree with him that an arbitrary ride should be 

 made, confining all rifles to certain limits of weight, sights, loads, 

 trigger pull, etc. That is all very well in a competition where prizes 

 are to be won, and it is intended to give all contestants an equal 

 chance to win, but does not always show what the rifle can do. 

 Again, I am not aware that there are any laws in this country to pro- 

 hibit the hunter from using any kind of a rifle he pleases and how 

 he pleases, in the pursuit of game. Also I would call attention to the 

 facts that certain manufacturers of breechloading rifles in this coun- 

 try do make and put upon the market smgle- barreled rifles that 

 weigh sixteen pounds or more each; also that the English rifle 

 makers make a double rifle which weighs as high as twenty-foiu" 

 pounds. Therefore, such a rule as Mr. Leopold proposes would shut 

 out many hunting rifles in use aU over the world. In conclusion, 

 have the trial by all means, let all come that want to, give all a fair, 

 square, impartial trial, and may the best gun get the credit that 

 belongs to it and no more. G. J. Romek, 



PeiskskilIj, N. Y. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I, foj- one, am very glad that you are about to institute a series of 

 tests relating to the trajectories of American himting rifles, and will 

 venture to say that the result will be a tendency on the part of Ameri- 

 can manufacturers to make their respective arms with rifling of 

 slower twist, lighter bullet than is now used, and heavier proyjortion- 

 ate charge of powder. In your issue of Dec. 11. Mr. Roosevelt takes 

 exception to my opinion of repeatmg rifles (published in Forest and 

 Stream Oct. 30) and thinks that they are preferable to the double- 

 haiTeled express rifle for hunting pttrposes. I fully intended to have 

 answered Mr. Roosevelt sooner, but I have been absent in the North- 

 west since the breaking out of the Riel rebellion, and have had no 

 opportunity until the jiresent. Take, for instance, the representative 

 American repeating express (?) litte, .500-caliber, 115 grains of powder 

 and 800 grains of lead. My .500-caliber express rifle uses 150 grains of 

 powder and a hollosv -pointed bullet of pure lead weighing 375 grains, 

 or a solid llut-poiuted bullet hardened with quicksilver and weighing 

 400 grains. 



ISow, it is clearly evident that the last-named rifle will give a much 

 flatter trajectory and possess greater killing power than the former. 

 Therefore, it must be the most desirable for the use of the general 

 sportsman. The same may be said of the .•150-cal. repeaters. One 

 hundred and fifteen gi-ains of powder for a .500-cal. rifle is not an 

 express charge. I think I am right in saying that the reason for this 

 comparatively light charge is that it is difficult to construct mechan- 

 ism in the receiver whicn will retract the holt far enough to allow 

 the use of a 3 or 3.25-inch shell. The only way of counteracting this 

 is to use a shell whieh is excessively bottle-necked, and this causes 

 greater recoil. 



Mr. Roosevelt further says that the magazine gun is as much supe- 

 rior to the single or double breechloader as the breechloader is to 

 the muzzleloader. It is, as far as the certainty of wounding one or 

 more animals in a, drove is concei ned, and to this very attribute the 

 slaughter of Western game is greatly due. I do not wish to betinder- 

 Btood as saying that all sportsmen who use repeaters should be 



placed upon a level with the skinner; but the use of the weapon for 

 hunting (or slaughter) which was origuially intended for a military 

 arm, has done irreparable mischief to the noble game of this 

 ooimnry. 



The use of the rifie for liunting requires considerable skill, and ttie 

 call for a more deadly weapon among Anieriean sportsmen, as I 

 understand it, is not for one which will enable one to kill without 

 taldna: aim, or shoot as long as the garne is in sight, but for one 

 whicti will kill or disable when tlie Imllet does strike, and not allow a 

 wounded animal to e.-^cMpe and die miserably, or be pulled down by 

 ihe wolves, and 1 know of no weapou whieh fulfills these require- 

 ments as well as the express rifle. I admire fine workmanship or an 

 JngeniouR meehauleal invention; but I fail to see that 1 am very anti- 

 iluated in my views when 1 claim that the English express rifle— in 

 the eonstituent ((ualitlesof whieh is embodied the essence of the expe- 

 rience of an arinv of good sport.smen, and which is eonstrncted with 

 regard to ganle shooting and no other— is superior to the repeater as 

 now made, with Its Himl'p twist, light charge of powder and conse- 

 quent high trajeetorv, With low killing power. Of course, if the 

 ri-iteat!'i- (^mild be made to Use tlie cvjiress charge, and have the ex- 

 press rilling, it would be etjnal to the express in trajectory, and more 

 than equalln the chances for tepeilted shots. 1 could and woiild be 

 satisfied with a muzzhdoader of from ,38 to .10 caliber for game found 

 this side of the Mississippi (nsiug conical bullets for the large 

 animals) if I were unable to own more Uian one rifle A moose will 

 not pack ofi' as much lead as an antelope. 



1 hope that some of the representative British manufacturers will 

 send samples of their express rifles to you for the comsng tests, in 

 order that .-Vmerican sportsmen and readers of Forest and .Stream 

 mav see and understand the superiority of the express system for 

 hunting rifles. I aiu not prejudiced or bigoted in my views above 

 given, but sim].ilv state niy experience and that of many other 

 s)iortsnien that have hunted large game, and after trying nearly all 

 of tlie popular arms, have adopted that which 1 consider to be the 

 best for the purpose. 



I shotdd like to hear from your correspondent "C. D., ' whose prac- 

 tical articles on this subject I enjoyed greatly. Detvil's Ramrod. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Like hundreds, no. probably thousands of others, I am delighted to 

 see that you propose to havea trial of rifles. I have read the sug- 

 gestions thtis far offered you, and while they have been, in the main, 

 good, they have filled me'with a dread which your own statement of 

 what yoil proposed to do, did not even suggest. It is that you will 

 only try those rifies which ate olfered for ti ial by the manufacturers. 

 I sincerely hope this dread is without cause. 'What we want (by wel 

 mean the" above mentioned hundreds or thousands) is a trial of the 

 principal sporting rifles in the market, whether their manulacturers 

 wish them tried or not. The mantifactairers are nothing to us. We 

 do not wish to advertise any of them. Neither do we wish them to be 

 able to say, "Oh: our rifle was not tried hy the Forest and Stream, 

 hut other trials have shown that it will do better than any which 

 were tried by them." Do things as v. ell as you usually do. Give us 

 a trial which is a trial, and we will have brains enough to use the in- 

 formation we receive, and to thank those from whom we receive it. 



Utica, N. Y. B. A. G. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I am delighted to hear of vour intended trial of hunting rifles. In 

 the last twenty years I have used no less than seven different rifies in 

 the woods, a .50-cal. Express, .45-cal. Goverment, .40-cal. SOgrs., .40- 

 cal. 05grs., .3S cal. 55grs., .3.3-cal. and .23-cal. So you see I have spent 

 some money in finding out wdiat was required for the work to be 

 done. I have come to this conclusion, that a .a3-cal. for small game 

 and, a .38-cal. Union Hfil for deer shooting was what I wanted. As 

 suggestions are in order, 1 would hke to make three: First— That all 

 rifles be shot from the shoulder, using such rests as may be necessary 

 for accuracy, because of greater recoil of heavy charge of powder 

 reducing the Initial velocity below what it would be in a fixed rest. 

 Second— All scores be shot through without cleaning. Third— In- 

 vite those great muzzleloaders that we have read so much about to 

 take a hand. • I- 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The question of value not being taken into account in your ex- 

 pressed desire for "hints and suggestions" regarding a series of tra- 

 jectory tests of different makes of hunting rifles, I am emboldened 

 to offer a few, and let them go for what they may be worth. The 

 flrst question to be decided is as to what is a hunting rifle proper'/ 

 My answer is, such a rifle as an average man can carry all day with- 

 out serious discomfort to himself, and of such a caliber as to be of 

 available deadliness on all rifle game in the large majority of instances. 

 I define rifle game to be all that larger class of game properly and 

 generally beyond the range and power of the shotgun proper. 1 look 

 upon the use of buckshot as a makeshift, which does not make a rifle 

 of a shotgun in its results. Ten potmds is the most that the hunter 

 ought to be caUed upon to carry for fourteen consecutive hours, to 

 make his hunt pleasant. The caliber should not be less than .38 nor 

 more than .50. The best for an "all around" gun is .40, a No. (5 shot 

 will kill a deer, but how often? To sum up, let the maximum weight 

 be lOlbs. The calibers not less than .38 nor more than .50. Each set 

 of calibers to be fired 24 times each (after they have been sighted), 

 by five different "crack shots," neither one knowing the results pro- 

 duced bv the other till all are done; the guns to he wiped out for 12 

 of the shots and the other 12 not wiped. The average of each set of 

 shots to be the ascertained trajectory under each of the two condi- 

 tions. All shots to be from a muzzle rest. Common Sense. 



lO'WA. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



tage of 18 points in favor of the Springfield team. Mr. Ryan was not, 

 feeling very well and his rifle seemed to sympathize -v/ith him, so 

 that he proposes to have the match over again on some near future 

 day. 



BULL'S HEAD RIFLE CLUB, Aug. 7, 13-ring target, possible 120: 



C. F. Gensch 100, L. Bradflsh 107, A. Sandluiger 100, H. Wasmutb 97, 



D. Loiutzki !I2, A. Liss 90, A. Shaw 85. 



RIFLE NOTE.— The Canadian militia complain vigorously of the 

 inf eriot' quality of the ammunition furnished by the military authori- 

 ties. 



THE TRAP. 



BOSTON, Aug. 14.— To day 's shoot at Walnut Hill was well attended, 

 and some fine scores were made. The weather condition was perfect 

 toward the latter part of the day. Next Thursday the new long- 

 range match will be shot. 



Practice Match. 



A Keach 4 44554455 .5—45 



MHodgdon 4 44454454 4-43 



A H Wright (mil.) 5 34454355 4-43 



BOB Erickson (mil.) 4 54535434 4—41 



Herbert (mU.) 4 53344444 5—40 



Decimal Off-Han d. 



W D Palmer 6 9 10 10 10 8 9 8 10 7—87 



J Francis (A) 6 9 6 8 10 7 9 7 8 7-77 



RReed 5 8 10 4 6 8 9 9 7 9—76 



J Lemons 7 9 7 7 6 9 t! 9 7 7-74 



Victory Medal Match. 



JNFrye - 8 9 8 7 8 10 7 8 9 10-84 



W D Palmer 8 6 8 10 10 9 8 7 8 8-82 



R Davis.. 8 7 7 7 5 7 10 8 7 6-7-^ 



Rest Match. 



J N Frye 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9—98 



D L Ohase 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10-97 



S WUder 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 iO 8 9-95 



500 Y^ards Match. 



8 Wilder 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5.? 6-49 



C W Hodgdon ...5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5—49 



B Edwaj-ds 5 55554455 5—48 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 15.— Match with Waltham, Mass., seven 

 men each, 300jds., off-hand, Creedmoor target. The first sevenscores 

 for the team, the other two men shooting simply for the club medal 

 and for practice: 



Perrv 4544335441—40 Jones 8435444544—40 



Fennor 4J45554454— 44 Burns 344.5555454—44 



Ward 4400444404—28 Ayres 5154444554—44—335 



Moore 5554445445—45 



Curtis 3343443445—36 Lonngren 44344-44443—38 



The Waltham Club shoot to-day and our club shot yesterday, tele- 

 graphing the scores this evening.— R. H. Burns. 



TO eEKA. Kansas, Aug. 14.— To-day the weekly rifle shoot of the 

 Capital City Rifle Club took place on their range west of the fair 

 grounds. The club is constantly growing in marksmanship and wUl 

 soon be able to be classed among the leading clubs of the West, The 

 target used is a Massachusetts decimal with a possible 100 points. The 

 range is SOOyds. and the shooting must be off-hand. The flrst score 

 stood, flrst iO; R. Thompson 39, G. Morrison .54, H- P. DiUon 36, F. H. 

 Martin 51, .7. M. Clark 47, J. R. McCarter 49, J. T. Williams 38. Second 

 score— R. Thompson 49. G. Morrison 60. H. P. Dillon 35, F. H. Martin 

 53, J. M. Clark 55, J. R. McCarter 44, J. T. Williams 36, J. H. Leonard 

 53. The shoot between a part of the German rifle team and 6 selected 

 from the Capital City team will occur next Saturday, Aug. 33. This 

 promises to be an interesting match as the 13 selected will represent 

 the best marksmen in the clubs. 



SUMMIT VS. SPRINGFIELD.- Rifle match shot between the 

 champion rifle shots of Summit and Springfleld, N. J., the Summit 

 team cousisting of the famous rifle squirrel shot,' Paddy Ryan, and 

 the mountaineer hunter, Geo. Pudney ; the Springfleld team composed 

 of the old stand-bys, E. E. MiUer and N. C. Jobs. Conditions, 25 shots 

 each man at 85 and 50yds. respectively, ofE-nand, open sights, and 

 Creedmoor targets and rules. Miller'.s score at 35yds. was 108 points 

 out of a possible 125; at 50vds., 108 points also, total 316. Jobs at 

 25yds., 98 points, at 50yds,, 103, total, 201. Ryan at 25.yds., 99 points; 

 at SOyds., 91 points, total, 190. Pudney at 25yds., 104 points; at oOyds., 

 lOo, total, 309. The grand total was SlOler and Jobs 417 points against 

 399 of Ryan ard Pudney of the Summit team, thus scoring an advan- 



11 00— e 



to 11-5 

 11 10—6 



Correspondents vnio favor us with club scores are particida/rly re- 

 quested to lorite on one side of the paper only, 



FALMOUTH, Mass . Aug. 14. The Falmouth Gun fJlub entertained 

 on their grounds yesterday for an afternoon's sweepst.-ike shooting 

 tlie following members of Ihe New Bedford Gun (Jbib: Messrs. Plum- 

 mer. Snow, Post, Butts. Smith, Cnmniing.s', Homer. .Mien. Hussey.. 

 Stapelford and Kane. Mr. Butts, of the N. B.'s, holds the individual 

 championship blackbird badge for Southern Massaebiisetts. A very 

 high wind down the range was a flnaneial benefit to the home eluh. 

 Five clays, 5 tin,t;les, tlirown low. 1.— Walker 1, Palmer 3, Snow 0, 

 Post 3, Bulls 4. Smith 3, Husse.y 0, Cunmiings 1, Homer 1. G.W. Jones 

 3, Swifts. Stapleford 1, Kane 0. Allen 4, W\ B. Jones 0, .). H. Jones 3, 

 Sargent 3, . -v. Jones 1. Harlow 3. Smith won first, Allen and Butts 

 diviiled second. Jones ami Smith third. 2.— Walker 3. Plutumer 3, 

 Snow 0, post 3, Butts 3, Smith 3, tlussev 1, Cummings 1, Homer 3, (t 

 W. Jones 3, Swift 3, Stapleford 1, Kane 1, Allen 4, W. B. Jones 0, .J . H. 

 Jones 3. Alien and 8 wife divided first, G. W. Jones and Smith second. 

 Butts third. 3,— Phtiumer 3, Snow 3, Post 3, Butts 4, Smith 4, Hussey 

 i, Ctunmings I, Homer 1, G. W. Jones 4, Swift. 5, Stapleford 0, Kaoo 1. 

 Allen 2. Swift fii'st. Smith 3, Plnmmcr third. 1.— Three j)airs, l.'iyda.: 

 Walkers, Plummer 4, Snow 1, I'ostl, Butts 5, Smith 3, Hussey^ 3, 

 Cummings 3, Homer 1, G. W. Jones 3, Swift i, Kane 1, Allen 3. Butts 

 flrst. Post second, Smith and G. W. Jones thir<l. 5.— Pair match, two 

 men paired by lot: Smith and Jones 8, first , Butts and Kane, li, second. 

 Homer and Walker and Suow and Swift 5 each and divided third 

 6.— Plummer 4. Snow 1, Post 3, Butts 1, Smith 3, Homer 1, f-r.W. .lonea 

 1, Allen 5, Swift 4, Kane 0. Allen first, Swift second. Post third. 



MACON, Ga., Aug. 11.— The inter-State shotgun and wing-shooting 

 tournament now in progress here with a capital programme of sport 

 at live pigeons, English "sparrows, leather-wing bats, clays and balls. 

 To-day there was a team shoot at clays well contested, the scores 

 standmg in it: 



Chatham (3un Clnb—J. C. Blanning, .single 4, double 9; T. B. May, 

 single 9, double 7; E. A. Crawford, single 0, double 7—43. 



Forest City Gun Club- C. H. Sheftal single 4, double 6: John 

 Rucker, single 8, double 5; Henry Rucker, single 4, double 9—36. 



Hardervfile Gun Club— 1'. T. Hall, single 8. double fi; C. A. Williams, 

 single 5, double 4; Thomas Martin, single 6. double m-m?. 



Macon Sportsman Association No. L. Butts, single 3, dauble 



6; L. D. Lockhardt, single 7, double 3; Asher Ayres, single 7, double 



Macon Sportsman xlssociation No. 3.- John Jones, single 4, double 

 5; Charles Taylor, .single 4, double 3; T. C. Ethridge, single 6, double 

 7—39. 



National Association Team— W. W. Parker, single 6, double 6; A. 

 J, Rust, smgle 6, double 10; W. B. Curtis, single 4, double 3-35, 



Among other scores made during the day in the regular matches 

 were the following: 



Match No. 3— Globe flights: 



SM Roach 01111 0110—6 T B Mays 11101 1101—7 



J C Manning 11101 1110—7 E A Crawford 10010 00 10-3 



Tbos Martin lOOlO 1110-6 I C Williams 00000 11 10—3 



H Rucker 10111 10 00-5 J Rucker 10111 1111-8 



J L Cook 00101 1101-5 Asher Ayres 10111 



Ghas Taylor 11100 1111—7 A I Rust 01010 



J C Jones 01010 00 11-4 T T Hall tlOlO 



GS Mc Alpine lOlll 01 11—7 



Rucker first, Taylor second, Martm third. 



Match No. 4, clay-pigeons- T. Blartin 7, A. Ayers 8, A. J. Bust S, A. 

 L. Butts 5, T. T. Hall 6, John Rucker 8, H. C. Hill 6, J. S. McAIpili 5» 

 J. 0. Manning 5, P. B. Mavs 6, W. Rucker 6. 



Match No. 6, extra, clay-pigeonSi doubles: 



T Martin 11 lO 10—4 P B Mays 10 11 11—5 



D B Mays 11 H H— J Roach 01 11 10—4 



GSMcAlpin 10 10 11—4 Thomas Martin 11 11 11-0 



A J Bust 11 01 10—4 E A Crawford 11 11 10—5 



W W Perdix 11 01 11—5 



BLAIR. Nebraska, Aug. 12.— A shooting tournament was held at the 

 Independent Gun Club's grounds at this city on yesterday, under the 

 auspices of the Blau- Gun Club, and participated in by clubs from 

 Tekamah and an expert from Illinois. Following is the score at 10 

 glass bahs, ISyds. rise : 



W Humphries OOOllOl 001—4 J E Merriam 1101110111—8 



F H Ciaridge 1101011101- 7 (i Caehelin 1001311010—6 



FOPaulger 0110111111-8 A White 1011101101—7 



T H Lee 011111 1111- 9 J lieppell 1110111111-9 



F Beard 1111111011-9 CE Atwater 1101110111-8 



CE BardweU... 1111001111-8 



Ties on first: Lee 5, Beard 5, Kepnell 0, Lee and Beard divide. ' Tie.s 

 on second : Paulger 3, BardweU 5, Merriam 4, Atwater 4, Ciaridge and 

 White divide third. 



Second, at 7 birds, 25yds. rise: 



Humphries 1000111—4 Atwater 0101010-3 



K^ppell 1 110110—5 Cac helin 1101111—6 



White 0111111—6 J Barton COOllll— 4 



Paulger 0011101—4 BardweU 1101110-5 



Ciaridge lOOOOll-S L Warrick llHOlI-6 



Beard Ollllll-b Lee 0111110-5 



Ties on first: White 1, Caehelin 2, Beard 3, Warrick 3. Ties on sec- 

 ond: KeppeU 2, Lee 2, BardweU 3. Tics on third, miss and out: 

 Humphries 5, Paidger 0, Barton 6. 



Third, at 7 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: 



Paulger 0001011—3 Atwater 1110110—5 



Beard 1000101-3 Humphries 1011010—4 



White 1111110-6 Geo Thompson 0010011—3 



BardweU 1100101—4 Lee 0001011—3 



Ciaridge 1111110-6 Barton 1111010—5 



Caehelin 0101000-3 



Ties on fu'st, 30yds.: White 1. Claridgo 2. Atwater and Barton di- 

 vide second and BardweU and Humpries divide third. 



Fourth, at 5 birds, 35yds. rise: Caehelin 5, E. A. Palmer 3, Thomp- 

 son 2, White 4, Atwater 3, Barton 3, Keppel 1, Humphries t, BardweU 

 3, Ciaridge 4, E. F. Cook 5, Beard 3, Lee 3. Cook and Caehelin divide 

 flrst, White won second. Beard won third. 



Fifth, at 5 doubles (1 glass ball and 1 clay-pigeon), 15yds. rise: 



BardweU 11 11 10 11 10—8 Lee 10 11 10 10 10-6 



Barton 01 10 01 11 11—7 M D Bedal 11 11 11 00 11—8 



Ciaridge 01 11 11 01 00—6 Caehelin 11 10 10 00 10—5 



Humphries 11 10 01 10 00—5 Beard 11 11 10 11 00—7 



Atwater 10 01 10 10 H— 6 Merriam 10 11 U 11 01—8 



White 11 10 01 11 11—8 



BardweU and Merriam divide first. Beard won second, Ciaridge won 

 third. 



Sixth, at 10 glass balks, 18yds. rise: Palmer 9, Caehelin 6, Atwater 7, 

 Ciaridge 5, Merriam 4, Bedal 5, Bardwell 7, White 7, Lee 6, Thompson 

 6, Beard 8, Humphries 4, Keppell 5. Palmer won flrst, Beard won 

 second, and Atwater, Bardwell and White divide third. 



Seventh, at 7 clay -pigeons, 18yds. rise: Bardwell 5, Merriam 5, 

 White 6, Atwater 6, Beard 6, Humphries 4, Ciaridge 0, Cook 7, Lee 3, 

 Cook won flrst. White, Atwater and Beard divided second, and Bard- 

 weU and Merriam divided third.— En. P. Cook, Secretary I. G. C. 



BOSTON GUN CLUB.— Prize and practice shoot at WeUmgton. 

 Mass., Aug. 14. — A few of the members of the Boston Gun Club as- 

 sembled on the grounds at Wellington, Ma.ss. This was the fourth 

 .shoot for the elegant prize fist put out by the club. A good strong 

 wind was blowing, and the birds being sent 65 to 85yds. from the 

 trap, made it diflflcult shooting. The result for the day's shootmg 

 was; Snow and Ward tied for flrst prize, followed closely by Spencer, 

 Miles, Mitchell and Philbrick. Following are the separate events: 

 First event, 7 singles, 1 trap, 18yds.: Holdeu first, W. A. Spencer. G. 

 F. Cutting and J. S. Snow divided second, J. Philbrick and J. Smith, 

 third. Second event, 7 singles: J. Snow flrst. Spencer second, Holden 

 and Smith third. Third event, 7 birds: Snow first. Spencer second, 

 Philbrick and Cutting thu-d. Fourth event, 7 singles: Spencer first, 

 Snow second, Philbrick third. Fifth event, 7 birds: Snow first. Spen- 

 cer second, Philbrick third. Sixth event, 7 birds, Spencer flrst, Phil- 

 brick and Snow second. Seventh event, 7 singles: Snow and Holden 

 flrst, Spencer and MitcheU divided second, Philbrick third. Eighth 

 event, 7 birds: Philbrick won flrst, Cuttmg and Mitchell second, Hol- 

 den and Spencer won third. 



KINGSTON, N. J., Aug, 10.— Kingston Gunning Club match at clay- 

 birds, screened trap, 4th notch, l8yds., for silver club badge: 



J Stryker 1111111111-10 W W Van Duyn 0100111010-5 



CH McDonald llllllllll— 9 Smith 1010110100-5 



ELichenor llllllOlll— 9 J BlackweU ....1101001011—6 



G Snook 1101010111— 7 E Stout 1111010000—5 



After the match the foUowing oflfieers were elected for six months: 

 President, C. H, McDonald; Treasurer, J. Stryker; Secretary, J. 

 Lichenor. 



