April 15, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



231 



THE BULLSEYE TARGET. 



8 7 

 7 6 

 5 5 



7 8 6 6 



5 10 6 8 



3 5 10 3 



14 5 4 



7 4 5 4 



6—i 

 5 10-61 

 5 9—59 



4 5-53 



5 7-51 



BOSTON, April 8.— The range at Walnut Hill to-day was occupied 

 by a large number of riflemen, anxious to enjoy Fast day, including 

 detachments of militia, who shot at 200 and 500yds. The weather 

 conditions were excellent. Appended are the results of the winners 

 of the matches which closed, also the scores of the day, all at 200yds.: 



F C Sheppard (mil.) 47754 10 49 10 9-69 



Davis 8 10 



J E Darmody (mil.) 2 2 



F E Bateman (mil.) 3 



T S Stewart 10 



J Hurd 7 



Rest Match. 



Graham (A) 9 10 



H F Dudley (A) 9 9 



J Hurd (A) 10 8 



T Stewart (A) 8 10 10 



Victory Medal Match. 



J B Fellows 6 5 7 7 6 8 



R Da vis 5 5 



N F Tufts 6 8 . 



Decimal Off-Hand Match. 



JNFrve 10 7 9 9 10 9 10 10 6 



J B Fellows 9 10 9 9 9 7 7 10 10 



W Fisher 7 10 10 8 6 7 6 9 10 



9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10-97 

 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10—95 



9 10 



7 



8 10 9 10 8—91 

 7 10 10-86 



10 8 8 10-75 

 6 9 10 8 9 10-74 

 5 7 9 8 8 8 5—72 



8—90 

 8-88 



7- 82 



8- 81 

 7-80 



9- 79 

 9-72 

 9-71 

 7-65 



A L Brackett... 8 7 7 10 9 10 6 6 10 



O M Jewell 796899988 



R Reed 9 7 8 6 8 8 8 10 6 



A Law 94776 10 64 10 



A B Archer 7 10 5 6 8 9 6 6 8 



W C Johnston (mil.) ...5 766 10 5955 



Special Military Match. 



W Charles 7 7 7 6 7 9 5 8 8 5-75 



W Henry 86 10 698655 10—68 



L Herbert 7 4 5 4 5 7 6 9 5 7-59 



State Militia Match. 



FC Sheppard 20 20 22 



Standard American Target. 

 Prize winners— decimal off hand handicap match: 



E F Richardson 83 90 90 



J N Frye 74 82 90 



J B Fellows 83 84 88 



C W Hinman 83 87 84 



AL Brackett 74 74 



E B Souther. 76 76 



W Fisher 82 76 



George R Russell 82 81 



B G "Warren 75 79 



AC White 83 85 76 



C E Berry 80 88 68 



H Withington 67 67 65 



A Law 70 68 68 



NF Tufts 71 73 72 



A B Archer 69 71 65 67=272+36=308 



Prize Winners in the Rest Match. 



J N Frye .....98 99 99 98 99— 493 



D L Chase 99 99 98 98 98—492 



GWWhitcomb 97 99 98 96 97—487 



S Wilder 95 96 97 95 96-479 



W Fisher 84 84 89 94 85—436 



QUEER DIET.— Morgantown, W. Va., April 11.— James Houston, a 

 well-known resident, is dying from a most painful cause. He has 42 

 rifle bullets in his stomach. These bullets Houston swallowed at 

 divers times as a cure for costiveness, and all attempts of physicians 

 to remove them have proved futile. 



POWDER BAGGAGE. — New Haven, April 9. -John A. Thomas, a 

 gunsmith of Meriden, was arrested to-day for expressing package 



85= 348 

 80=376+20=346 

 82=317+ 8=345 

 85= 339 

 81=307+38=335 

 76 75= 303+32= 335 



73 72=303+32=335 

 79 84=326+ 8=334 



74 76= 304+20=324 

 76=317+ 4=321 

 74= 305+12=317 

 69=268+48=316 

 72= 278+32= 310 

 73=289+20=309 



of gunpowder without th^ir being properly marked. It was discov- 

 ered in the depot in this citv by some of the railroad hands in hand- 

 ling the trunk. They found powder sifting out on the floor. They 

 at once notified the fire marshal and the police. There were about 

 30 pounds of powder in the trunk, enough to have gutted the build- 

 ing had it ignited. The penalty for this offense is not more than 

 $10,000 fine or five years in State prison. 



WINCHENDON, Mass.. April 9.— The Winchendon Gun Club held its 

 annual meeting this week and elected the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, James Sutherland, Jr.; Vice-President, P. S. Davis: Secretary 

 and Treasurer, J. G. Henry. Directors. F. F. Hopgood, A. H. Felsh. 

 L. E. Martin. P. S. Davis and F. E Mann. 



HAVERHTLL RIFLE CLUB.— On Fast Day, April 8, the Haverhill, 

 Mass., Rifle Club shot a telegraph match with the Hillside Rifle Club, 

 of Waltham. Mass. Conditions. 10 men. 200yds., off-hand, standard 

 target, 5 points allowed for military rifles: 



J F Brown 7658969 10 8 9-77 



H Tuck 8 5 7 6 8 9 7 6 10 7-73 



J Busfield 6 6 10 4 6 10 7 8 9 7—73 



E Brown 69 10 55795 8[ J8-72 



O B Wright 9 6 9 7 8 8 5 10 6 4-72 



R Griffin 757896746 6—65 



W A Browning 7 6 7 5 7 9 6 8 7 3-62 



WWorther 895757564 5-61 



SE Johnson 6 57759464 5-57 



C Brown 2 9 8 3 6 10 4 2 6 7-57—669 



Total for Walthams, telegraphed 585 



Also same day, same conditions, 5 men, telegraph match with the 

 Cocheco Rifle Club, of Dover, N. H.: 



H Tuck 10 7 7 7 7 10 6 9 6 10-78 



W A Browning 5 6 9 6 10 9 5 6 10 10—76 



E Brown 9 4 4 6 10 5 7 8 5 7-65 



J F Brown 7 675 10 4586 4-62 



J Busfield 5 2 8 8 6 5 6 4 5 9—58—339 



Total for Dovers, telegraphed. 312 



Record match, same day. 



S E Johnson 5 7 5 10 7 9 7 6 4 7-67 



R Griffin 10 84 10 74756 5-66 



J PM Green 5 10 639972 5 10—66 



C Brown 9 10 5 6 84745 7-64 



W Worther 9578 8 6745 4—63 



C B Wright 9 6 6 8 6 8 7 4 8 4-63 



F Merrill 548586459 5-59 



L Jackson 733775 10 23 5—52 



Record match, Saturday, April 10. 



S E Johnson 7 8 8 5 9 8 7 4 10 7—73 



E Brown 5 5 10 6 10 7 5 7 6 10-71 



J F Brown 10 99965675 5—71 



R Griffin 8 10 9 3 4 5 4 9 10 4-66 



J Busfield 774987556 7-65 



J Manners 9 5 5 7 6 5 4 6 6 7—60 



F Merrill 9 5 2 9 6 5 5 5 7 4—57 



G Ellis 10 539 3 5746 3—55 



SC James 843862455 4—49 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the JTorest and Stream, and ftirnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. 



SAVANNAH, Ga.— A three day tournament will be held during the 

 Chatham Artillery Centennial. It will be the fourth inter-State shot- 



gun and wing-shooting contest, under the auspices of the National 

 Gun Association, to be held at the snooting park of the Chatham Gun 

 Club, Savanrah. Ga., May 4, 5 and 6, 1886. General manager, W. G. 

 Cooper, president Chatham Gun Club; general secretary, W. H. Con- 

 nerat, secretary and treasurer Chatham Gun Club. The matches will 

 be: Individual sweepstakes, teams of 3, individual championship, 

 for badge donated by National Gun Association ; chamDionship match 

 for State championship, medal and money, teams of 5" men members 

 of organized gun clubs; consolation purse, barring all winners of first 

 and second moneys; individual American championship contest for 

 diamond badge, donated by the Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., of Cincin- 

 nati. O., do entrance fee for members of the National Gun Associ- 

 ation. There will be 3 goneys in all matches unless the entrances 

 exceed 40, then there will be 4 moneys. In individual championship 

 winner to have both badge and money. National Gun Association 

 rules to govern all matches. 



WASBINGTON HEIGHTS GUN CLUB.— Monthly glass ball shoot, 

 club grounds, Sixteenth street and Ridge road, April 3. Mr. Harrison 

 winning the medal for the third time becomes th« owner: 



Fountain '. 1010011011011011111101110—17 



Roe 0011111110001101100000101-13 



Vietch 00111000101111000110111J1— 15 



Harrison 1101101110011111111111111—21 



W Snook 1101111111011011111110011—20 



Davidson 1100101110111111111011110-19 



G Snook 0101111111111110111110011—20 



Male 1011101010010000000100000- 8 



J. P.. S. 



FAST DAY SHOOTS, April 8.— The shotgun tournament at the 

 Wellington Gun Club's range to-day was participated in by a large 

 number, the first prize winners in the various events being as follows: 

 Five blackbirds, Sanborn; 5 pigeons, Stark; 5 blackbirds, straight- 

 away, Papanti and Bancroft; 7 pigeons, Stanton: 7 blackbirds, Dicky; 

 5 pigeons, Parker and Lawson; 3 pair blackbirds, Stanton and Lav.- 

 son; 7 pigeons, Dickey; 5 blackbirds, Eager and Stanton; 5 blackbirds, 

 Adams and Lawson ; 7 pigeons, Stanton ; 5 blackbirds, Lawson and 

 Stanton; 7 pigeons, Dickey and Eager; 5 pigeons, Williams, Dickey 

 and Swift; 7 pigeons, Stanton; 5 pigeons, Dickey and Lawson; 5 

 pigeons, straightaway, Sanborn and Parker; 5 blackbirds, Stark, 

 Stanton and Sanborn: 5 pigeons, Stark; 5 blackbirds, Parker, Eager 

 and Chester; 50 birds, private match, Dickey ; 5 pigeons, Hall ; 3 pah- 

 pigeons, Henry Tank and Eager; 5 pigeons, powder match, Stanton, 

 Swift and Dickey each taking a keg; 3 pair pigeons, Swift; 5 pigeons, 

 Stanton and Dickey; 3 pair pigeons, Stanton. 



The Suffolk Sportsman's Club, of Chelsea had a shoot to day at its 

 range, Woodlawn avenue. There was a large attendance. The win- 

 ners of the matches were: Sweep, 5 clay birds, Warren; 5 clay birds 

 Sampson and Warren; 3 pair clay birds, G. Libby and H. F. Libby; 5 

 clay birds, Libby, Warren and Perry; challenge match for Mageecup, 

 10 single and 5 pair clay birds, H. F. Libby; badge match, 10 clay 

 birds, Sampson and Warren; novelty match, Warren and Perry, 

 sweep, 5 clay birds, Hatch and Warren; two-man team match, Perry 

 and Warren; 5 clay birds, Warren and H. F. Libby; 5 clay birds 

 W. Jones and H. F. Libby; two-men team match, Warren and R. 

 Jones; 11 clay birds, Perry and Warren; miss and out, Warren; miss 

 and out Perry. 



The members of the Dedham Gun Club held a shoot to day at their 

 grounds m Dedham. The following is the score, each member shoot- 

 ing at 20 clay blackbirds at 18yds. rise: John Philbrook, 16; G. A. 

 thillips, 14; Dr. H. A. Baker, 12; Amasa Alden, 11; A. G. Baker, 11; 

 H. G. Humphrey, 8; George Baker, 7. 



There was a large attendance at the range of the Wakefield Sports- 

 man's Club to-day, including many visitors from neighboring towns, 

 and several interesting matches were shot. The first prize winners 

 in the clay pigeon tournament were: Kellum, Goodale, Smith, Curtis 

 and Gerry. The Dutton gold badge was w on by Mr. B. F. Kellum, 

 score, 17 out of a possible 20, 



