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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Aran, 15, 1886- 



BEAGLES AT PITTSBURGH.— Wrightsville, Pa., April 9. 

 —Editor Forest and Stream: i thought Mr. Dbrsey was aware 

 that although his dog has won three first prizes, the same do 

 not couat under the A. K. C. rules. Now as to Banner-man's 

 winning without competition, and his eligibility to the cham- 

 pion class. Bannerman has beaten the following champions 

 and first prize winners in open and special competition, not 

 counting the numerous lesser lights which he has defeated: 

 Rattler, Mischief, Bush, Little Duke, Rattler III., Bonnie, 

 Pet, Chase, Rena, Marctiboy II., Fair Maid, etc. (Some of 

 above mentioned dogs have on different occasions turned the 

 tables on Bannerman.) Is this what Mr. D. calls no competi- 

 tion? If so the owners of the above named dogs must indeed 



him as I did has been fully explained in these columns. Can 

 Mr. D. mention another instance? Mr. D. admits that Ban- 

 nerman is a champion under 12 inches; he (Bannerman) must 

 therefore be considered a champion when no size is men- 

 tioned. When the premium list reads "champions," with no 

 clause regarding size attached, then an under 12-inch cham- 

 pion has as good a right in such a class as the larger one. I 

 am aware that a number of beagle exMbitors would like to 

 see the clause "over 12 inches" inserted in the champion class. 

 This and no champion class for under 12-inch beagles would 

 bring about the result dtsired by them, viz: Bannerman, who 

 has proved a dangerous opponent, would be kept from compe- 

 tition, as they could protest against him in the champion 

 class, and exhibitors in the open class under 12 inches could 

 protest on the ground that he has taken three firsts. Mr. D.'s 

 insinuation that the under 12-inch classes were made for Ban- 

 nerman is, to say the least, a slander on the American English 

 Beagle Club, on whose suggestions alone these, classes were 

 made.— A. C. Krtxeger. 



SPRATTS PATENT. — April 9 — Editor Forest and Stream.' 

 "We observe that in notice of New Haven dog show you say 

 exhibitors complained that our biscuits "physicked" their 

 dogs. On this side of the water nonsense of this kind has ap- 

 peared in the papers with reference to Spratts dog biscuits. 

 Knowing, as we do, the reputation that our food has, and that 

 90,000 dogs consume 200 tons of it every week in England, that 

 we never have complaints of "physicking," and knowing also 

 that there is nothing in the biscuits which can possibly physic 

 a dog, we can only suppose that the nonsense above alluded to 

 proceeds from the splenetic envy of those other makers of dog 

 food and their friends, who, not content with having imitated 

 our patents and trade marks, even condescend to the putting 

 forth of false statements to try and injure us. It very likely is 

 the case, that, as Spratts biscuits are not largely used in this 

 country as yet, the change from a soft diet to our food under 

 the excitement of a show may have had a relaxing effect upon 

 certain dogs which may have been in a state of great excite- 

 ment, or may have been relaxed before they came to the 

 show, but that surely cannot be a sufficient reason for saying 

 that Spratts biscuits physicked the dogs. All I can say, if 

 this be true, is what becomes of the health of the 90,000 dogs 

 who eat no other food? I think no further answer is necessary. 

 The advocates of soft food for dogs are continually urging 

 that dogs eat their food readily and at once, while they some- 

 times have to be starved to eating Spratts biscuits. No doubt 

 a dog which has been pampered and whose gums have become 

 soft and out of condition by the constant feeding on soft 

 food, could only at first be got to eat Spratts biscuits with 

 difficulty, especially if the dog was getting on in years, but 

 this may be, and we know that it is, rather an argument in 

 favor of the hard and against the soft food. We make a 

 wholesome food for dogs, and one which any healthy dog 

 likes, relishes and digests. — G. G. Cleather, Manager for 

 the American Branch of Spratts Patent Limited. 



NEW JERSEY KENNEL CLUB.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: At the annual meeting of this club, held the 8th 

 inst., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, Chas. J. Peshall; Vice-President, K. E. Hopf; 

 Secretay, A. P. Vredenburgh, Treasurer, E. R. Hearn; Board 

 of Governors, G. L.Wilms, J. Lindsay, MaxWenzel, A. C. 

 Wilmerding, J. N. Lewis, J. D. Shotwell, Chas. Heath, Chas. 

 Bassini, H. Pape and L. F. Brighara. The name of the club 

 was changed to the New Jersey Kennel Club. The protest 

 made at Newark against the San Souci Kennels' entry of Ben 

 Nevis, was not allowed and the prize was ordered paid. — A. 

 P. Vredenburgh, Sec. 



PUPPIES AT NEW YORK. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 As it is likely that some exhibitors may be deterred from mak- 

 ing entries in the puppy classes by unfavorable conclusions 

 arrived at by reading the communications of your correspon- 

 dents "E. T. S." and "H.," in your last issue, allow me to 

 say that at the Westminster Kennel Club's coming show, all 

 classes provided for puppies are for those under twelve 

 months, and that there is a class made for beagle puppies as 

 heretofore.— Jas. Mortimer, Supt. 



VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I would like to ask if a yellow ribbon counts for 

 third at a show which only has first and second prize. I had 

 a beagle dog entered at Newark and New Haven, and each 

 time won the yellow ribbon and was awarded vhc. If the 

 dog was winner of the ribbon, is he not a third prize winner, 

 or could I enter him as winner of third in making an entry at 

 a show.— Briar. [You can enter him only as winning vhc] 



PEDIGREE BLANKS.— We have prepared two series of 

 duplicate pedigree blanks, one blank providing for pedigree to 

 fifth generation, the other to third. The former fills a page 

 size of Kennel Record Book page; the latter, same size page, 

 with four on. Price of each, twenty-five cents per dozen 

 pages. The blanks will be very convenient for furnishing 

 pedigrees with sales, etc. 



THE CLEVELAND DOG SHOW. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The Cleveland Bench Show Association will offer 

 $25 cash for the best kennel of rough-coated St. Bernards, 

 smooth-coated St. Bernards and mastiffs, to consist of not 

 less than three. We shall have sixty or seventy specials ; all 

 classes will be taken care of .— C. M. "Munhall, Sec'y. 



SETTER DOG STOLEN.— Melrose, April 9.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: My English setter dog Sailor Boy (A.K.R. 2674) 

 was stolen April 3. Red and white, with red star on fore- 

 head. One hundred dollars reward is offered for evidence 

 that will convict the thief. The dog is now supposed to be 

 somewhere in New York.— O. J. Swain. 



BULL-TERRIER SPECIAL AT BOSTON.— Editor Forest 

 and- stream: Will you please state in your next issue that 

 Little Maggie was not shown for the special prize for the best 

 bull-terrier under 25 pounds in Boston. 1 was absent at the 

 time, and by mistake she was not taken in the ring. — R. & W. 

 Livingston. 



THE F. & S. AND THE A. K. R. are separate concerns, 

 and kennel notes intended for one cannot be transferred to the 

 other. If it is desired that a note appear- in both, it must 

 be sent to both. 



SPECIAL BEAGLE PRIZES will be given by the American 

 English Beagle Club at Cleveland and St. Louis. Silver cup 

 for t>est dog and one for best bitch in open classes; also at New 

 York. 



DEATH OF FIRE FLY.— Dr. Wilson, of Havana, Cuba, 

 writes that his well-known red Irish setter bitch Fire Flv died 

 on March 20 from abscess of the liver. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 13^- No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Young Reader, Mich.— A setter pup is afflicted with a little scurf 

 through his hair like dandruff. He scratches himself continually 

 and his eyes run a little all the time? Axis. Send some of the hair to 

 us; send it as Ions: as possible. He probablysuffers from some para- 

 sitic trouble. Get a box of borax and calo'mel powder, equal parts, 

 and rub it into the hair as you would flea powder. Wash the dog once 

 weekly with carbolic soap. 



G. G. Houtzdale, Pa.— I have a two-year old foxhound dog which 

 shakes bis head and scratches at the roots of his ears. In Forest 

 and Strem of March 6 a correspondent asks prescription for dog 

 havmg same symptoms. You define disease as canker. My dog has 

 no unnatural discharge from ears as in that case. I see nothing 

 wrong, except at the lower edges there is a sort of spreading 

 sore, not large, somewhat like scratches on a horse. Is the trouble 

 inside of the head and curable by treatment? Ans. Wash the ears 

 inside and out daily with warm water and castile soap. Get some 

 balsam of Peru ointment and smear the sore spot night and morning 

 Prevent the dog scratching by hobbling if necessary. If a discharge 

 begins follow the directions for canker. 



Jfi/fe *nd Mating. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



A NEW REST TARGET. 



MR. CONLIN has invented a new target, ten bullseyes on one sheet 

 of paper, all numbered. By this target every shot can be ac- 

 curately measured. Every one has often heard big stories about 

 putting ten or more shots into the same bullet hole, but the men said 

 to have done this are, of course, long since dead. Some notion may 

 he formed of the accuracy of such shooting as has been done in recent 

 tournaments if we take into consideration the guus, sights, distance, 

 ammunition, etc., the eye must calculate a variation of less thau 

 the thousandth part of an inch, the reflection of the target against the 

 pinhead sight, then through the peep sight, and lastly upon the retina 

 of the eye must be without the variation of less than the one 

 hundredth part of an inch. Then the application and pressure uoon 

 the .trigger, at the supreme moment, must be as true and unmistak- 

 able as a line drawn by mathematical instruments of the most accu- 

 rate that can be made by human eyes and hands. 



This shooting also develops the fact of making perfect ammunition, 

 and lastly the bore and rifling of the guns must be perfection itself. 

 So that taking all into consideration these tests prove that a great 

 advance has been made in the handling and shooting of this favorite 

 American weapon, the breechloading rifle. 



The following is a list of scores made up to date with prize winners. 

 Mr. Bixby, winner of 3 first prizes; Mr. Uoolittle, winner of one first 

 and one second prize; Mr. Skidmore, winner of one second: Mr. 

 Crocker, winner of third prizp. with scores in inches of all com- 

 petitors. Ten shots. String given is sum of distances of all the shots, 

 each measured from center of bullseye to center of shot. 



Inches. Inches. 



Maynard Bixby 1% LD Huntington 3 



TB Doolittle 1 )3-16 L Livingston 3 1-16 



D Crocker 1 15-16 AC Neumann 3 1-16 



DE Marsh 3% 



Salo Stroheira 3 3-16 



N D Ward 3% 



GE Betts SM 



J T B Collins 3 9-16 



EE Tiffany 3 9-16 



W J Darling 3% 



Arthur Dean 3% 



Chas Van Benschotus 3 9-16 



ColM L Uiggs 3% 



Lewis Darling 3% 



M J Murphy 4 1-16 



T W Lane 4 3-16 



O E Ballin 4M 



Edward Bartlett 5i| 



E R Skidmore 1% 



F Schuchardt 1 15-16 



AC White 1 15-16 



P J Lauritzen 2 1-16 



Robert Graham 2 3-16 



WWDeForest 2% 



S H Hubbard 2% 



George Bird 2y, 



N F Brisac 2 7-16 



D A Davis 2 9-16 



Lieut G F "Whistler 2% 



Edward Northnagle ii% 



JLBuggs 2%, 



C E Gensch, Jr 2% 



MRynear 3 



NATIONAL RIFLE CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



On the last Wednesday in May. at Vernon, Vt., will be held the 

 spring meeting of the National Rifle Club, one of the oldest, if not 

 the oldest club of its kind in existence in this country, and 1 think in 

 the world. This club shoots exclusively muzzleloaders, bair triggers, 

 telescopic sights, at 40 rods, string measure; 10 per cent, odds are 

 allowed to parties shooting from the shoulder with only a muzzle 

 rest, and an extra 10 per cent, to those who also use open sights, i. e., 

 other than telescopic or magnifying. It is hoped that the advocates 

 of the breechloader will be induced to attend and compete. 



Several of Boston's crack res t-shooters have signified their inten- 

 tion to be present and shoot, Frye, Kabbeth, Hinman, Gould, May- 

 nard, and Frank Wesson, of Worcester. I give you a most cordial 

 invitation to be present and shoot if you feel disposed to do so, and 

 would be glad if you could induce other shooters to attend. Thirty 

 shots will "be fired. three strings of 10 shots each, one string Wednes- 

 day about 2 P. M„ two strings Thursday, one at about 10 A. M., the 

 other about 2 P. M. Vernon is reached by New London Northern & 

 Connecticut River road, a short distance from Greenfield, Mass., and 

 Brattleboro and Bellows Falls, Vt. William V. Lowe. 



Fitchburo, Mass_ 



HILLSIDE (MASS.) CLUB. — The Hillside Club shot three tele- 

 graphic matches at Waltham, on April 8, one with the Arlington 

 Heights Club, one with the Haverhill team and a third with the Elgin 

 (III.) Club. The scores are given below, as far as received: 

 Arlington Heights Match— 200yds., 15 shots— Hillside Club score. 



L O Dennison 6 



E A Rmerson 4 



H L Whiting 4 



W H Stone 10 



7 



A F Davis 7 



Geo Pierce 7 



C J Parsons 10 



J C Holmes 7 



64559968555 

 67699895675 

 7538757954o 

 48667976243 

 7 4 3 6 5 8 10 4 10 6 10 

 Arlington Heights. 



5 8-93 

 4 5-98 

 7 7 9-92 

 9 8 4—90 

 4 6 7-97-470 



6 6 



5 8 



7 7 



67894 3 S 6 4 

 3559475 10 8 

 83324 10 55'7 

 766 488586 



G W Thomas 8 10 085857 10 8 



Haverhill Match-Hillside Club. 



E A Emerson 6 5 4 10 7 9 4 



RBEdes, mil 3 5 7 9 9 6 10 



JB Monroe 4. 10 6 3 8 5 10 



6- 94 



5- 90 



6- 89 



6 10 8 8—104 



6 6 5 7- 99-476 



7- 65 



5— 72 



3- 54 

 9-65 

 9-54 



6- 49 

 5-58 



4- 49 



5- 53 



8- 64-683 



HL Whiting 5 3 7 4 



WACaughey 5 4 6 5 3 



A L Clark 7 5 6 2 



W H Stone 9 7 4 5 6 



D W Eldredge 4 4 8 4 8 



John Logan '..2 7 6 6 5 



LO Dennison 8 4 3 7 6 



GARDNER, Blass , April 8.— At the last regular meet of the Gard- 

 ner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range, the standard American taiget 

 was used. The shooting was off-hand, distance, 200yds. The totals 

 of the two strings were as follows: 



GF Ellsworth 85 83-168 George Warfleld 69 81—150 



A Matthews 79 83—162 Charles Crabtree 59 64-123 



Frank Nichols 80 78-158 CN Edgell 5J 70—120 



W C Loveland 75 82—157 C Leland 56 57—113 



G C Goodale 80 71 -151 



To-day, Fast Day. there was a very good attendance, the sums 

 made are shown by the following score: 



GF Ellsworth 86 89—175 Chas Crabtree 66 76—112 



C N Edgell 64 67-131 



ELTaft 68 59-127 



D E Warfleld 60 63-123 



Amos Coleman 68 55-123 



Chas Leland 54 60—104 



G Goodale 88 83-171 



A Matthews 86 84—170 



IN Dodge 80 81-161 



George Warfleld 80 70—156 



F Nichols 75 60-155 



W C Loveland 77 74—151 



FITCH BUR t^. Mass., April 8.— The regular shoot at River street 

 range of the Fitch burg Rifle and Gun Club was postponed from 

 yesterday until to day, which is Fast Day in this State. The principal 

 events was the breaking of clay-pigeons. Out of a possible 30 1 the 

 foUo wing are the totals of the best strings: E. N. Cumings 21 , T. E. 

 Flaherty 20, George A. Polony 16, G. H. Baldwin 15, Charles Watkins 

 14, A. W. Baker, Jr. 13, U. L. Gotham 13, J. A. Stiles 11, C. R. Burleigh 

 11, H. F. Boutwell 10, H. E. Houghton 8, Walter Simonds 8, 1. D. Con- 

 verse 7, E. H. Spencer 5, J. L. Brown 1. 



TOPEKA VS. TRINIDAD, April 8. -The Topeka Rifle Club shot the 

 following match with the Trinidad Rifle Club, of Colorado The wind 

 blew a perfect gale from 12 o'clock, making very unsteady holding. 

 The Trinidad Rifle Club shot while it rained and snowed with change- 

 able wind : 



Topeka Team. 



JLPaine 665799 10 83 5-63 



Robt Thompson 8 10 2 8 7 3 10 6 8 5-67 



GE Morrison 386645986 9-64 



J H Leonard 5 6286886 10 5-64 



J T Williams 624959884 9-64 



FH Martin 646888264 6-57 



C C Trimmer 9 7 2 4 4 9 5 8 3 4-65 



Reed McCarter 4667237755 -52 



Trinidad Team. 

 6 8 



W B Cunningham. 



W L Ogle s 7 



John M Burkart 9 3 



A F Bishop 7 7 



John Hay 3 2 



H H Griffin 7 4 



C B White 3 



HM Fish 2 4 



10 







7 



6 6 



10 



6 



7 



7 8 



9 



4 



6 



8 10 



i 



7 



4 



7 7 



5 



8 



10 



4 7 



8 



B 



6 



6 5 



4 



7 



4 



7 8 



8 



6 



8 



5 8 



491 



8 6—73 



8 6—71 



6 7-71 



7 8-61 

 7 6-54 

 3 2-49 



5 4-45 



6 5-43 



467 



Extra for open sights (j 



476 



BRATTLEBORO, Vt., April 10—The Brattleboro riflemen made 

 these scores to-day at the Oak Grove range, at 200yds. : 



CLCobb 10 7 7 10 8 8 9 9 10 7-85 



WM Farrow 8 10 9996979 8—84 



WHTaft 10 10 7 9 6 9 9 7 8 8-83 



A L Nichols 10 8 10 a 7 8 8 6 10 8-83 



HC French 10 9 6 10 7 10 6 6 10 8—82 



A E Knight 9 10 769787 10 7—80 



ER Parker 89789 10 85 10 7—80 



GBRead.. 10 6 9 9 8 4 7 8 8 9-78 



J.Longuiel.l. 7 7 9 10 87757 8-75 



T Hannon 997587969 6- 75 



E D Whitney 6 9 7 8 6 5 10 9 8 5-73 



GH Sargent 769986469 7-72 



A T McCIure 9 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 7 7—65 



WD Gilson 6 9 6 5 6 5 8 6 6 5-62 



CHICOPEE FALLS, April 10. -The Maynard Rifle Club of Chicopee 

 Falls, made the following scores at Riverside range to-day: Garden 

 79, Ellsworth 74, Jenks 70, Engle 67. Horr 68. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 10 — Two courageous members of the 

 Rod and Gun Club braved the wind and dust which swept over their 

 snooting ground to-day. S. K. Hind ley carried off both the field 

 record and re-entry badges, notwithstanding the fact that his com- 

 petitor, "Bud" Hibbard, used a Springfield military rifle with the 

 new Buffington sight. Tne scores: 



Field Badges. 



S K Hindley 2 10 4 5 9 10 8 4 6 3—56 



Bud Hibbard 7 45746 7 54 5-53 



Re-entry Badges. 



LK Hindley 10 9486450 10 8 4-76 



Re entry 67947947 10 5 4—74 



Bud Hibbard 49796 10 677 6—71 



Re-entry 979789377 5—71 



MINNEAPOLIS, April 8.-To-day's shooting of the Minneapolis 

 Rifle Club was phenominal in some respect-i, Weeks making within 

 two of the highest record on the standard American target. The 

 shooting was off-hand at 200yd3. The following are the record scores: 



Weeks 9 7 8 10 9 10 10 9 10 8-PO 



Mandlin 10 8 7 9 8 9 9 7 7 10-84 



Marshall 6 4 9 9 9 8 8 5 7 8—74 



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



B,-.sh 10 4 8 5 6 8 9 5 4 7-66 



Cooley.. 8 97679876 4—71 



During the afternoon Private Mandlin, of the Company B, and 

 Lieut. Skinner, of Col. Bend's staff, St. Paul, shot a military match 

 against two of the 31assaehusetts National Guard, and two of com- 

 pany D, Second Regiment. Conditions, 50 shots, standard American 

 target, 200ydK.. off-hand, any military rifle, no cleaning except after 

 each score of 10 shots: Private Mandlin scored 365 and Lieut. Skin- 

 ner 367. 



THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.— The Volunteer Service Gazette, 

 speaking of the American invitation to a match this year, says: -'The 

 American papers tell us tiiat tne directors of the United States Rifle 

 Association have determined to invite the volunteers of Great Britain 

 to shoot another match with military rifles at Creedmoor, in the 

 autumu of the present year. We are quite sure that if the challenge 

 should be given there will be every disposition on the part of the 

 council of the National Rifle Association to accept it. But it is uo 

 easy matter to find a sufficient number of our good military shots 

 who can spare the time for a holiday on the other side of the Atlantic, 

 and it will, perhaps, be still less easy to raise the necessary funds for 

 such an expedition." 



WILMINGTON, Del., April 12.— At a meeting held this evening, the 

 Wilmington Rifle Club was organized with the following officers: 

 President, William F. Seeds; Vice-President, John Franz; Secretary 

 and Treasurer. Howard Simpson; Firing Captain, Charles Heiml, 

 Sr.— Howard Slupson. 



WORCESTER, Mass., April 8.— At the Fast Day shoot at Pine Grove 

 Range to-day, under the auspices of the Worcester Rifle Association, 

 the results were as follow: 



Record Match. 



A C White 10 9 9 9 10 10 7 10 9 7-90 



S Clark 6 9 7-7 8 6 10 9 10 7-79 



L Thomas 5 7 8 8 7 7 3 8 10 7-70 



M G Fuller 7 9 10 10 6 5 5 6 5 5—68 



A L Rice 7 64847885 ,-64 



I C Jones 6 6 3 6 7 5 10 5 4 8-60 



Match Scores. 



ACWnite 10 7 10 9 8 8 10 9 6 8-84 



I C Jones 6 8 9 7 10 8 7 10 8 7-t:0 



S Clark 10 9 10 10 7 8 6 5 7 7-79 



L Thomas 7 10 4 7 8 8 10 9 7—79 



M (i Fuller 6 6 9 8 9 7 7 6 7 6-73 



A L Rice 787077 9 88 6-73 



*A C White 5 6 10 6 10 10 8 5 5 10-75 



Re-entry 5 7 8 7 10 7 8 6 7 7-72 



Rest Match. 



M G Fuller 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 10-95 



L Thomas 9 10 10 8 9 10 9 10 10 10-95 



S Clark 10 9 9 8 10 10 9 9 10 9—95 



A L Rice 8 10 9 8 9 10 10 9 9 10—92 



J Bernards 10 10 10 8 9 8 6 10 6 7—84 



* Military rifle. 



WILMINGTON, Del., April 1.— A brisk, dry wind and warm suusnine 

 combined yesterday morning to prepare the ground for the rifle 

 matches at Schuetzen Park in the afternoon. The attendance was 

 small, but the closeness of the shooting made up in interest what 

 was lacking in number of participants. At the first match the follow- 

 ing is the score in full, at 200yds., out of a possible 16: 



W B ieon, R. S 334—10 J Manz, R. S 554—14 



C Heine). Sr., R. S 434—11 A Simpson, Bal 4*4—12 



C Heebner. Bal 444-^-12 C Heinel, Jr., R. S 444—12 



R Miller, R. S 433—10 W F Seeds, Bal 434-11 



A second match was immediately opened with prizes divided ac- 

 cording to the highest shots. The full score is as follows: 



C Heinel, Jr.. R. S 304- 7 W F Seeds, Bal 445-13 



C H«ebner, Bal 443—11 W Bacon, R. S 3^4- 9 



C Heinel, Sr., R. S 314-11 R Miller, R. 8 444-12 



H Simpson, Bal 440—8 



A. third match was then opened. The score in full is as follows: 



O Heebner, Bal 442-10 W F Seeds, Bal 444—12 



C Heinel, Sr., R. S 454-13 H Simpson, Bal 444^-12 



W Bacon, R. S 432 — 9 R M ilier, R. S 453-12 



A fourth match was no sooner proposed tuan it was opened. The 

 following is the score: 



C Heebner, Bal 444-12 W Bacon, R. S 352-10 



C Heinel, Sr., S. R 416-13 R Miller, R. S 345-12 



W F Seeds, Bal 434-11 C Heinel, Jr., R. S 443-11 



H Simpson, Bal 5iJ4 TH , 



It was unanimously agreed before leaving the ground to hold a 

 meeting for the purpose of organizing a rifle club. 



SALEM, Mass., April 8.— The Salem Rifle Association held a largely 

 attended shoot at its range to-day, there being two classes, Creed- 

 moor oount, best 4 strings to count. A. D. Gardner won first prize, a 

 gold medal, and S. R. Ayers second, a silver medal. The scores of 

 the -winners were: Gardner 86, Ayers 79. 



LAWRENCE, April 8.— The team shoot for gold and silver cham- 

 pionship cups between the Lowell and Lawrence Press rifle clubs oc- 

 curred this afternoon. Col. John P. Sweeney won the first individual 

 prize. A banquet was served at St. James Cafe, and by invitation, 

 the press cluhs ocoupied boxes at the Opera House. 



