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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 17, im. 



sportsmen, and a member of the Chicago Shooting: Club, In winning 

 the prize he killed 29 out of a possible 30 birds at 35yds. rise. Twenty 1 - 

 cigbt of the birds feJl in consecutive order, There were 15 ties on 14 

 birds. On the shoot-off at 15 birds Ab Price killed 14 straight, defeat- 

 ing his nearest competitor, McFarland. Price received a breecbload- 

 i dg shotgun and $75 in cash. There were 19 ties on 13 birds. E. M, 

 Hammond killed his 15 birds in order and defeated William Stohl. 

 He took $50 in cash and a hunting suit. There were also 19 ties on 12 

 birds. On the tenth round in the 15 bird shoot off Pond. Wbitmg 

 and Weber had straight records, and decided to divide fourth money , 

 $10. This ended the shoot, 



Shoot No. 3, a club championship contest, was then commenced. 

 The teams were composed of four members, each of the same club 

 and belonging to the State association, and the sboot was at 10 live 

 birds each man. at 25vds. rise. Owing to the lateness of the hour the 

 shoot was only partially carried out. The first prize will be a $100 

 diamond badge given by the association, and four diamond badges, 

 one to go to each member of the winning team. The score will be 

 given with to-morrow's record. 



While the team shoot was in progress the open tournament was 

 commenced. It opened with a contest at ten Peoria blackbirds at 18yds. 

 rise, free for all. The score stood as follows: Lvnde 3, Thursby 7, 

 Lamphier 9, Erb 4, Coppins 8. Cotton 7, Smith 7, Beck 2, Pond 5, 

 Ashley 8. Lowe 6. Still 6, Hayward 6, May 8, Alexander 4, Aiken 6, 

 Sheldon 7. McDuff 8, Woodson 7, Edwards 8, Godfrey 9, Hamburg 7, 

 Wells 6. C. W. Sneldon 7, Brewer 6. Phillips 1, Shaft, 0. B White 7. 

 Cliamber'ain 9, Sherman 8, W. Cook 8. Bellamy 7. Strawn 4. Brown 8, 

 Hill 7, Carter 7, Gillespie 6, Fly on 9, 8, Jones 2 (withdrew). Bushnell 3, 

 Cahoon 9, J. Brewer 7, Wadsworth 8. Turtle 5. Lewis 4, Briggs 7, 

 Brady 4. Hollister 7, Roach 7, Lane 8, Henninger 7, Taylor 7, P Stone 



3, W. H. Erb 5, W. C. Smith 8. Fahnestock 8, Black 6, Grimes 5, Bar- 

 nard 6, George Kleinman 7, Beck 7, Orvis 8, Hammond 5. Hamline 7, 

 Franklin 8, Aire? 3, Stohl 0, Willard 10. Harbaugh G, Kimball 8, Jones 



4, Berger 7, McCartney 8, Laflin 8. Booth 5, Loyd 6, Peterson 8, Brown 

 8. Fox 3. Phillips 8, Riley 9, Harris 5, Wilcox 7, Okerhauser 7. Dilg 4, 

 Thomas 4, Sheppard 3. As may be seen by the score there were 

 ninety three enrries. C. E. Willard took first money, $110.25. On the 

 shoot-off for second money. $69.75. J. R. Stice of Jacksonville, won 

 and took the purse. H« killed six straight birds. Edwards, Wads- 

 worth, Kimball and Orvis divided third money. $46.50. 



A 6-birds weepstake shoot was then shot. There were 52 entries. 

 Hill, t'ook, McDuff and Baudle divided first money. $18.20; Stice took 

 second money, $10.92. and third money— $7 28— was not shot for on 

 account of the lateness of the hour. 



June 9.— The Siate shooting tournament was continued yesterday 

 at Grand Crossing. Now that the open tournament has been com- 

 menced a number of faces of wed known shooters about the country 

 and some from distant States were noticed among the crack shots. 

 The usual large attendance was present, and much interest is being 

 manifested in the various events. The first event of the day, and 

 probably the most interesting of the whole tournament, was the team 

 sboot. The contest, which was close throughout, was at 10 live 

 pieeons each man, at 25yds. rise. The following- score resulted: 



South End Gun Club -John Palm 7, Geo. Christians 9, J. M. Hutch- 

 inson 9, M. J. Eich 9-31. 



Decatur Gun Club— C N. Powers 10, W. C. Smith 10, L. E Brown 9, 

 L. S. Carter 10—39. 



Blue Island Gun Club-G. Hasburg7, Dr. Brass 9, G. Boeber 7, G. 

 Airy 9— 32, 



Calumet Gun Club— E. Seyfert 6, J. Tboening 8, W. Kreuger 10, H. 

 Beer 7-84. 



Diana Gun Club-L. Hensler 8, A. Stafford 6, H. Ehlers 8, C. Bur- 

 meister 8—30. 



Chicago Shooting Club— G. Kleinman 9,W. G. Payson S, R. B Organ 

 8. Abe Kleinman 10—85. 



Naperville Gun Club— B. Sherman 10, F. Grimes 5, C. W. Sheldon 9. 

 J. H. Ashley 10- 31. 



► Maksawha Gun Club— Charles Kern 8, J . Whi ing 9, W. Muzzy 8, T. 

 Wilmarth 9-34. 



Auburn Gun Club— W. Goddard 8, J. Shoeling 4, H. Shirling 5, J. M. 

 McCracken 4—21. 



Chicago Gun Club-Percy Stone 8, C. H. Roach 5, A. M. Fox 8, E 

 M. Hammond 8— 29. 



>imrod Gun Club— W. Hartman 8, Metcaff 6, C. W. Fairbanks 5, J. 

 H. Taylor 6-25. 



• Evanston Gun Club— George Franklin 10. G. Beck 10, J. Smith 7, F. 

 Dilge 9 36. 



Havelock Gun Club — 1. Auffmeyer 10, H. Enseh 7, R. J. Lewis 7, R. 

 J. Purvis 8-32. 



Austin Gun Club— Traill 6, G. Davis 8, W. Cook 8, W. A. Henninger 

 5-27. 



Audubon Gun Club (Chicago)— John Kleinman 10, W. W. Foss 9 C. 

 E. Felton 8, H. F. Orvis 9-36. 



Cumberland Gun Club— J. Gardner 9. Geo. Farmer 9. J. A. SDyder 

 8, W. W. McFarland 8-34. 



Lake George Gun Club-,I. Brady 9, Jaeger 8, J. F. Phillips 8, R. A. 

 Turtle 10-35. 



Geneseo Sporting Club— W, H. Harbaugh 8, T. Laflin 8, W. Stohl 9, 

 B. Sands 10-36. 



Forester Gun Club— Ed Price 10, G. C. Mosber 9, C. E.Willaid 8, Abe 

 Price 9-36. 



Audubon Gun Club (Jacksonville)— Dr. Henry 10, C. E. Strawn 7, B. 

 White 7. J. R. Stice 8—32. 



Forest City Gun Club-J. N. Buker 8, S. J. Smith 9, G. W. Taylor 7, 

 A. Hutchins 10-34. 



Illinois Valley Gun Club-F. F. Fahnestock 8, R. E. Franklin 8, H. 

 Connor 7, J. W. Bruner 7-30. 



The Decatur Gun Club, of Decatur, 111., making the highest score— 

 39 birds out of a possible 40— took the diamond badges and will be 

 ranked as the champirm team of the Slate during the coming year. 

 For the second prize. $65 in cash, there were four contesting clubs, 

 the Evanston, Geneseo, Forester and Audubon. On the fourth shoot- 

 off Aububon was shot out and the prize was divided by the remain 

 ing teams. Teams from the Chicago Shooting Club and the Lake 

 George Sportsmen's Association were tied for the third prize, a 

 double split bamboo rod and $25 in cash. On the shoot-off Lake 

 George dropped out. For the fourth prize— a dozen rubberbead de- 

 coys and 2.000 paper shells— South End, Naperville, Maksawba, Cum- 

 berland and Forest City were tied. Naperville did not show up and 

 on the shoot-off Maksawha and Cumberland divided. 



Shoot No. 6 followed. It was a contest at 10 blue rock pigeons, 

 ]8y Is. rise. There were 34 entries. The score follows: Gillespie 10, 

 Henninger 7, Ashley 8, McDuff 10, Sheldon 8, Wadsworth 8, Denning 

 6. Meaders 10, Bandle 0, Teipel 10. Hill 7, Budd 9. Baker 8, Charaber- 

 lin 7, Brewer 7, Still C, Alexander 7, Thursby 7, Twitchell 7, Rilev 9. 

 Cook 3, Fred Erb 5 (withdrew), Games 8, Sherman 5, Bower 7,Wilfard 

 8, Hayward 5. Orvis 6, Cotton 7, Franklin 5, Bellamy 4, Kimtiall 10, 

 Carter 9, Henry 6. First money, $76.50 was divided by Gillespie, 

 McDuff, Meaders, Kimball and Teipel. Second mouey, $45.90, was 

 treated likewise by Bandle, Budd, Riley and Carter, while $36.60, the 

 third money, was taken care of by Ashley, Sheldon and Baker after 

 three shooi-offs. 



There were 54 entries for shoot No. 8, at 15 blackbirds, 9 singles and 



3 pair*, open to all. The score was as follows, the first figure repre- 

 senting the total on singles and the latter on pairs: Bandle 8 4. Tei- 

 pel 8 6. McDuff 9 5, F. Erb 8 6, Sheldon 8 5, McCartney 5 3. Maystone 



4 7, Ashley 6 4, Chamberlin 7 5, Meaders 6 5, SticB 8 6, Willard 5 5, 

 Budd 6 .3, Hill 9 5, Fahnestock 3 3, O' Boyle 6 4. Cotton 6 5, Baker 4 5, 

 Gillispie9 3, Cummings4 8, J. E. Riley 8 3, Kimball 7 5. White 8 4, 

 Wadsworth 9 5, Denning 8 4, Carter 7 5. Davis 4 5, Bartbolotnae 4 3, 

 Edwards 5 5, Franklin 6 3. C. Sheldon 8 3, Cahoon 7 5, Wells 5 6. Barr 



5 3, Hunter 4 5, Fuller 4 5, L. E. Brown 6 4, L. Van Vleck 6 1, B. Rock 

 9 5, Lamphier 1 2, Hayward 9 4, Stannard 9 4, Gaines 8 5, C. Wilcox 

 2 0, Shaft 6 3, Still 7 5, Cook 8 4- Smith 4 3, Lambert 5 1, Twitchell 5 5, 

 J. Wilcox 7 3, Riley 4 5, Stacy 7 3. Stice, Wadsworth, Rock, Teipel, 

 McDuff, Hill and bred Erb divided first money, $?0.a0 without a shoot 

 off. Hayward, Stannard, Gaines and Sheldon divided second money, 

 $52.65. Bandle, Gilhspie and Carter took third money, $35.10; and C. 

 W. Sheldon and Andy Meaders divided fourth money, $17.55, after a 

 shoot-off. 



Inen commenced shoot No. 5, for a purse of $1,000, divided as fol- 

 lows: $400 to first, $300 to second, $200 to third,. $75 to fourth, and 

 $25 to fifth. The contest was at 12 live birds from five ground traps 

 at 30yds. rise. English rule to govern. The shoot was begun late 

 late and score will be finished to morrow. 



June 10.— The most interesting and at times exciting shoot in the 

 Illinois State tournament thus far was held to-day. Cheers were fre- 

 quently heard when a favorite stepped to the score and killed bis 

 bird. There was the usual large attendance. The first shoot of the 

 day was a contest at 10 blue rock pigeons at 18yds. rise, $5 entrance. 

 There were 31 entries. The score at the close of the shoot stood as 

 follows: Bandle 7, Teipel 8, Carter 9. McDuff 7. Sheldon 8, Wads- 

 worth 7, Irwin 7, Meaders 7, Budd 8, Ashley 8. F. Erb 10, Thursby 9, 

 Hill 9. Cahoon 9, B. White 8, Hollister 7, Willard 8, Demtng 9, Nathass 

 6. J. E. Reilly 8, B, Rock 6, Lamphire 7, Stice 10, C. W. Sheldon 10, 

 Shaft 8, Nickerson 5, Badger 6, Gaines 7. Cotton 9, Eaton 8, Franklin 

 10. Twitchell 6, Kimball 9, Gillespie 10. First money, $78.75, was 

 divided by Gillespie, Stice, Fred Erb, Sheldon and Franklin without a 

 sboot off. Carter, Thursby, Hill, Cahoon, Deming, Cotton and Kim- 

 ball treated likewise second money, $47.25. After a shoot-off, Budd 

 and Bob White divided third money, $31.50. 



In the meantime, shoot No. 5 on the regular programme, com- 

 menced the day previous, was being held. This proved the great 

 shoot of the tournament. The contest was for a purse of $1,000, and 

 in the main shcot alone there were 972 pigeons shot at. The purse 

 was divided as follows: $400 to first, $300 to second, $200 to third. 



$.5 to fourth and $25 to fifth. English rules governed, allowing the 

 use of both barrels. Guns of 12 or smaller gauge were allowed half a 

 yard to the gauge. Others shot at 35yds. The majority of the birds 

 flew well, and many a neat shot was made at a long distance with the 

 second barrel, always evoking applause. The score stood as follows: 

 Beck 12, J. Wilcox 12. Van Vleck 10, Harbaugh 8, A. Price 12, Felton 

 11. Carter 12. Starin 12, Stohl 22. McDuff 12, Hill 12, Brady 10. Wood- 

 ring 12, Brewer 12. Gillespie 12, Wadsworth 11, Thursby 10, Bellamy 7, 

 N. Row 11, Maystoue 11, Godfrey 8, Hutchinson 11, Shepard 7. Eb'lers 



10, McCartney 12. C. Kern 8, Wilmarth 12, Chatnherlin 9, Williams 9, 

 R E, Sheldon 9. B. Rock 12. Ovis 12, Draco 10, Wilcox 9, Abe Klein- 

 man 12, Jaeger 8, Irwin 11, W. Baker II. Sands 10, Farmer 10, Eich 10, 

 G. Kleinman 12. Fox 10, Meaders 9. Deming 10, Ashley 9. Nickerson 10, 

 Budd 10, Tiepel 10, J. E. Reilly 12, Twitehe'l 8, Willard 7. Hollister 7, 

 Whiting 10. W. W. Foss 10, Bandle 10, Fred Erb 12, Franklin 11. B. 

 White. 10. Hammond 4 (withdrew). Hasdell 9, Badger 8, Shaft 10. J. J. 

 Smith 10, R. E Franklin 10, W. C Smith 12, John Kleinman 11. Turtle 



11, Dilg 10, Reed 9, Barr 10, Christians 11, Stice 11. J. L. Williams 9, 

 C. Beck 11, Laflin 12, Tucker 9, Muzzy 10. Elliott 10; Cotton 10, Hen- 

 ninger 10. There were 82 entries, and of these 20 made straight 

 scores-Beck, Wilcox. A. Price, Carter, Starin, Stohl, McDuff, Hill, J. 

 G. Rielly, Woodring, Brewer, Gillespie. McCartney, G. Kleinman, A. 

 Kleinman, Wilmarth, Orvis, W. C. Smith, Fred Erb and Laflin. Each 

 of the 20 men pulled out his entrance money. $15, leaving $:00 to be 

 shot for. By the time the sixth shoot-off had been completed all had 

 been shot out except Starin, McDuff. Hill. Reilly, G. Kleinman and 

 Orvis. These divided the $1 0. Starin, one of the 6 who made a 

 straight score to the end, is a cripple, both legs having been cut off 

 in an accident some years ago. There w t re 13 shooters tisd for 

 second money. After a shoot off the amount was divided bv May- 

 stone. Baker, J. Kleinman, Turtle, and Christians. Ties on 10, 9 and 

 8 were postponed until to morrow. 



June 11.— The first event to-day was the shoot-off to decide third, 

 fourth and fifth moneys in shoot No. 5. There were 27 shooters tied 

 on 10 for third money, $100. Before the shoot-off each dre-v out $5 

 and shot for the remaining $65. Rock, White, Thursby and Dilg 

 divided the mm. There were 10 ties for fourth money. $75. Each 

 took out $5, and on the shoot-off Ashley and Sheldon took the rest. 



Shoot No. 7 followed, at 10 live birds from 5 ground traps 30vds. 

 rise, English rules, allowing the use of both barrels. There were 57 

 entries at $'.0 each. As first money amounted to about $175, the shoot 

 was watched with interest. The score resulted as follows; Farmer 8, 

 Walker 9, Orvis 10. Wilcox 5, Draco 6, Starin 8, J. Williams 9, Riley 9! 

 Thursby 7. Stice 9, G. Kleinman 9. Hill 8, E> b 10, Q. Beck 8, Brewer 

 10, McDuff 9, Meaders 9, Wooding 10, Wadsworth 10, Maystoue 7, 

 Harbaugh 7, Carter 10, McCartney 9. A. Kleinman 9, Badger 10, Tuttle 



8, Budd 9, Peterson 4. Gillispie 7, Sheldon 10, Kern 8, Twitchell 10, 

 Ashley 10. Deming 10, Stohl 6, Colcord 6, Bandle 8, Tiepel 8, A. Price 



9. Ediott 9. Rock 9, Whiting 9, Christians 9, Eich 9, Reed 8, J. Klein- 

 man 7, Baker 10, White 10, W. W. Foss 7. Bellamy 7, Chamberlin 9, N. 

 Rovv 2 C. Strawn 10, E. Williams S, Van Vleck 9, Shaft 6, Franklin 7, 

 Ehlers 1 (withdrawn). For first money there were 14 straight scores. 

 They were made by Orvis, Brewer, Woodring, Wadsworth, Carter. 

 Badger. Sheldon, Twitchell, Asnley, Deming, Baker, White, Strawn 

 and F. Erb. Ou the third shoot-off Sheldon, Twitchell, Baker, Strawn 



McCartney. Rock, Eich and Van Vleck divided second money, $130.50. 

 The ties ou 8 and 7 were not shot off. Third money amounts to $87, 

 and fourth to $43 50. 



June 12.— Today finished the tournament, the crowd was small, 

 most of the sportsmen having returned to their homes. The first 

 shoot was the lies lor third and fourth money in shoot No. 7, which 

 was not finished yesterday. For third money eleven tied. After one, 

 round on the tie shoot all dropped out except Farmer, Tciple, Price, 

 and E. Willhims, who divided $S7. Ei^ht were tied lor fourth money, 

 $13.50. and this was divided between Maystoue. Gillespie and Foss. 



Shoot No. 9 was at three pair of live birds, twenty-one yards rise, 

 from Ave ground traps; $5 entrance. There were forty- nine entries, 

 and but nine straight scores. The finish of the first round of the tie 

 shoot left Starin. Budd, Bundle and Stice, who divided first money. 

 §-<2.25. Turtle, Twitchell, Teiple, Hill and Sheldon shot out nine 

 others on the tie shoot for second money, $49.35. nnd divided. 

 Woodring, Cotton, While and Farmer divided $3i.9o, third money. 



In shoot No. 10, at seven live birds, thero were llt'ty-four entries. 

 Sixteen tied for first money, §87:75. which was divided between Rock, 

 Woodring, McDuff, Curler, Sheldon and Thursby, alter all others 

 were shot out. Krb, Teiple iind Hill divided second money, 862,65, 

 and Stice took third, $35.10. A. B. Wadsworth and Abe Kleinman 

 tied for the Mussy average medal, each having killed forty-seven out 

 of possible fifty birds. They will shoot off the tie at a future dale. 



T BENTON. N. J. -Trenton Gun Club, June 10. Ligowsky clay 

 pigeons, 5 traps, 5yds. apart, all at highest tension, 18yds: 



J Stradling 1100111101000110001111011-15 



CH Allen 0111101101111101111111111-21 



J D Evans 1000100100001010010010110— 9 



J M Allen lOlOiOOlOinillllltillOli— 19 



Wm Barwis 011111010.001110100110100-14 



C A Neale 101110010010H lOllOOOOOll— 13 



II M Loveless OOU 1110114011 1 1 1101 —15 



AS Leigh lllllOlOOlOOlOlOOlll —12 



Win Fish ' ... 10001 lOOlOlOOi'OOl 1 1011101— 12 



LK Hall 111001111101011101 1000010-14 



,1 Williams 0010001101110101100100111-13 



J H Allen 111013111011001 101 1 401101—18 



C H Allen llOllllllillOllllllOlUOl-21 



J Stradling 011010011 1 —6 



WmFish 1000010010 -3 



FLEMINGTCN. N. J., June 12.^Flemington Sportsman's Club, at 

 20 globe nights, 21yds , one trap, weather fine: 



W A Cottar 10011011110101011110-13 



G W T Hyde 11011011011111011111-16 



A Sheppard 11110101111111111111-18 



G Reading 00101 110100101001110-10 



N Rei'd 11010110111111011111—16 



H Suvdani'.' 001111 11001100110110-12 



C Emmons 10111111401010010 11—13 



Next shoot July 4 



THE RAUB CLAY DISKS.— Mr. Joseph L. Raub, the inventor of 

 the cardboard disks and the magazine target trap for their use, has 

 carried out his idea a step further, and now offers a target which 

 will break, and *o meet the demands of that large class of shooters 

 who like to "see t'-e feathers fly" wben they have made a hit. The 

 new target is a thin disk of burnt clay, and may be put in the trap 

 now sent out with the straw board markers. 



TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— The fifth inter-State tournament, under the 

 auspices of the National Gun Association, will be held at Tallahassee, 

 Fla.. June 21. 22 and 23, 1886. There will be team, individual and 

 sweepstakes shooting at live pigeons, live martins, clay-pigeons, 

 elobe flights, etc. Prizes aggregating over $2,500 in cash, also a dia- 

 mond badge and two gold medals. Some 2,000 live pigeons have been 

 secured, and a lively time is anticipated. Arrangements have been 

 made for special railroad and hotel rates.— H. A. Kline. 



TOPSHAW. Me., May 31.— Riverside Club shoot, 30 pigeons, blue 

 rocks and bats, 18yds. rise: 



Alexander. 1110111101 11111 11111 1C10 11111-27 



Purm'on 01111 11111 11111 11111 11110 1 1111-28 



M c Hall 11011 11111 00010 11101 11101 01001-20 



A OGoud 10111 01111 11111 01111 11110 11111-26 



A E Hall Hill lHOO 11001 00100 00100 00111-16 



S Strout 10011 10111 01011 01011 10101 11010-19 



CGoud 01111 11111 10001 lllll 11110 01011—23 



Keene Hill 00001 lllll 11000 00100 11011-18 



York Hill 10111 10011 01010 01000 01010—17 



Carr.V 00010 01010 11100 01011 11010 01000—13 



JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 1.— The Jefferson City Gun Club 

 bad its regular badge sboot at Sportsmen Park to-day, at 15 globe 

 flights under the new handicap rules of the club: 



J W Henry. 26yds 101111111111011—13 



W A Moore, 26yds lOlOlOllllOllll— 11 



W A Dallmeyer. 2.-lyds 111100011010100— 8 



W S Brotberton, 24yds 400111101110011-10 



W A Dallmeyer, 23yds 011111010000101- 8 



W A Fleming, 18yds 001 10010001 1000— 5 



J A Linhardt, 20yds 1001 11 1110001 10— 9 



A Brandenberger, 17yds 100000100)01000- 4 



The badge was won by J. W- Henry for the second tim?, if won 

 again at the next match, it will become his personal property. 



WASHINGTON, D. C, June 4.— The members of the Capital City 

 Gun Club shot on their grounds to-day at 15 birds each. 



Mills lOllOlOlOllllll— 11 Peck 110100110000000— 5 



Wagner OllOlOllllllllO— 11 Small llOlOlOOOOOlOOO- 5 



Green 111001110001110- 9 Hosford OOOOlOlOOOlOOOO— 3 



Wilson 00110101 111 1010- 9 



SARATOGA, June 4.— The gun club met to-day and made a trial of 

 the new metal birds; they proved to be much more difficult to hit 

 than the clay-birds used heretofore. Following is the score: 



W B Gage 1111101110-8 L G O Cramer 0010101110—5 



H M Levengston, Jr. .0011111111—8 A G Hull. . . 0110101000—4 



W A Coster lOiOllOlOt-6 A Liuenthal 1100001001—4. 



W H Bockes 00101 11 010- 5 



TJTICA, June 11.— On Riversine Park this afternoon, the members 

 of the Oneida County Sportsmen's Club had their first shoot for the 

 president's prize. Following was the score at clays; 

 W H Booth 1001011111- 7 11 10 11 11 11-9-16 



A Weeeler 1011101100-6 00 10 11 01 11—6—12 



E D Fuller 1011101001-6 10 01 01 10 11—6-12 



C Jones 1111110001—7 00 00 10 10 10—3—10 



W Beekwitb. 1111111100-8 10 11 00 00 01-4-12 



A Christian lOUlOlOU— 7 01 10 10 10 10—5—12 



M Brunner 1110101101-7 01 10 10 10 10-5—12 



J Hall 0110011001-5 00 11 11 11 11-8—13 



G Dexler 1111110101-8 00 00 II 01 11-5—13 



H L Gates 0110011040-5 11 01 00 10 00-4- 9 



JohnPfeiffer .OUOOlOf 11— 5 11 10 11 10 00—6—11 



F Utter 1014111011—8 11 11 11 10 00—7—15 



E Smith 0000010101— 3 10 10 00 10 11—5— 8 



C Fox 1100111010-7 10 00 10 11 10-6-13 



F Fisher 0000010000— 1 11 01 ll 00 00—5— 6 



G Scott 1100111010 - 6 01 01 01 10 11-6—12 



WCHarris 1110111110-8 01 11 01 11 10—7—15 



C Roth , 1100011000 - 3 00 00 00 10 10—2— 5 



Ties of 15 at four, Utter 2, Harris 2. Second tie, Utter 3, Harris 1. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., June 12 -There was a large attendance of 

 gunners and a good many ladies at the regular weekly shoot of the 

 Wellington Gun Club to-day The event of the day was the final con- 

 test for handsome hand-painted vase presented to the club for com- 

 petition. It was won by Stanton, who broke 78 birds out of 80. 



SARATOGA, June 10.— The gun club held a meeting to-day, but on 

 account of the rain only five members were present. The score: 



Wm H Bockes 1 11114 111 1—10 



H M Levengston, Jr I 1 1 I 1 1 1 ^ 1- W 



WmBGage ...0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—7 



J M Colcord 101101100—5 



J W Lester 1 1 1 1 1 0—5 



BROCKTON, June 12.— On the grounds of the Brockton Shooting 

 Club to-day the first prize winners were: 1, five bats. Wilbur and 

 Allen; 2, five clay pigeons. Allen and Barilett; 3, three pair clay- 

 pigeons. Barflett; 4, five Knoxville bla3kbirds, Howard and L. Pack- 

 ard; 5, five bats, Tilbur: 6, three pair clay pigeons, Wilbur and L. 

 Packard; 7, seven clay-pigeon=, Wilbur; 8, seven bats, Tirrell. 



BROOKLYN, June 9.— Good attendance was noticeable on the 

 half-mile track to-day at the start of the third regular shoot of the 

 Fountain Gun Club on their new grounds. Out of 97 birds shot at 

 only 26 got away, the shooters being credited with 69 kills. The score 

 is as follows: Class A.— Dr. Wynn. 29yds., 7; C. W. Jones, 27yds., 6; 

 L. Dnryea, 29vd.s..,6. Class B.— Dr. Leveridge, 24vds., 6: H. Mc- 

 Laughlin, 24vds., 5; T. Linington, 25vds., 5; C. Chappell, 25vds., 4; 

 C. Kendall, 26yds.. 3. Class C— W. J.Stewart, 24yds., 6; Dr. An- 

 drews. 21yds., G; Dr. Monroe, 21yds., 5; G. L. Hayes, 21yds., 3; J. A. 

 Lake, 21yds., 3. Ties —Stewart 3, Andrews 1. 



NEW ORLEANS, June 6.— To-day the Crescent and Pelican Gun 

 clubs met at the Lower City Park to shoot a match at 15 double bats. 

 The following is the ccore: 



Crescent Team. Pelican Team. 



G A White 15 E B Ping iff 



R W Colomb 17 D Dttgazon tr 



RE Roman 21 E Dickson 22 



Paul Landry 10 G Ellis ie 



Eug Balade 15 G Surgeron 13 



D F Harrison 24—102 E S DeBlanc 15—102' 



The shoot off resulted in favor of the Crescent Gtm Club by a 

 majority of 4 birds. 



NEW YORK STATE SHOOT. — Rochester, N. Y„ June 11.— The 

 annual S'ate shoot has been set down to take place June 21, 22, 23. 24 

 and 25. Artificial targets will be shot at in all shoots but one, such, 

 at least., is the announced intention of the managers. 



FITCHBURG, Mass.. June 10.— At the regular meet to-day at the 

 River street range of the Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club, the follow- 

 ing were some of the totals made out of a possible 30 clay-pigeons; 

 A. W. Baker, Jr , 15, W. I . Fox 15, 1. J. Converse 10, W. A. Simonds 8. 

 J. F. Lord 6. 



WINCHENDON, Mass., June 10.— To-day members of the Winchen- 

 don Gun Club went out to their range for their regular meet. Out of 

 a possible 20 clay-pigeons the following totals were made: J. Suther- 

 land, Jr., 18, P. S Davis 12, A. H. Felch 11. H. Lawrence 10. E M. 

 Whitney 10, F, F. Hopgood 9, F. E. Mann 8, F. M. Brown 7, A. Lau- 

 rence 6. 



WORCESTER. Mass , June 11.— The Worcester Sportsmen's Club 

 held a two days' tournament this week at Coal Mine Brook Range. 

 On the first day there was a contest for a special prize, a Spencer 

 repeating shotgun. In this contest the targets used were 5 clays on 

 regular angles, 6 clays 2 angles and 5 blackbirds. There were 41 en- 

 tries in this event. H. W. Eager and C. B. Holden both scored a full 

 16- O. R. Dickev, T. G. Stanton, E. Welch, W. L. Davis, W. R. Dean, 

 E. T. Smith, G. Tisbury, A. R. Bowdish, 15 each; M. D. Gilman, F. 

 Eames. 0. H. Sterry, H. Jourdan, E, W. Miner, J. Beaudry and E. N. 

 Cumraings, each 14; C. Doane, G. Sampson, L. G. White. C*. A. Parker, 

 C M. Stark and L. G. Adams, each 13; N. Folsom, R. P. Rider, G. J. 

 Rugg. J. Nichols and H. Gardner, each 12; E. W. Tinker, Alba Hough- 

 ton, H. W. Webber and L. R. Hudson, each 11; W. S. Perry, J. B. 

 Tougas, A. B. Franklin, E. Wnittaker and Frank Stone, each 10; E. 

 Folsom, M. O. Wbittier. G. P. Robinson and G. F. Robinson, each 9. 

 Messrs. H. W. Eager, of Marlborough, and C. B. Holden, of this city, 

 having scored the possible 16, shot off the tie, and Mr. Holden won 

 the gun by breaking 16 straight without missing any. Mr. Eager 

 broke 10 and dropped 3 and then withdrew. 



On the second day of the tournament the special contest was for a 

 Forehand & Wadsworth gun. The targets were 15 single clay pigeons., 

 and W. L. Davis, E. W. Miner and J. B. Tougas tied at 14 H. W. 

 Ea^er, O, R. Dickey, E. Whittaker, A. R. Bowdish and G. Howe each 

 scored 13. W. S. Perry, T. G. Stanton, G. J. Rugg, E. Welch, G, E. 

 Powers and J. Beaudry each scored 12. G. Graham, F. Eames, C 

 M Stark. H. W. Webber, R. P. Rider and E. T. Smith each scored 11, 

 C ' B. Holden and E. W. Tinker scored 10 each. C. Doane, M. D. Gil- 

 man and L. G. White 9 each and A. B. Franklin 8, with a few smaller- 

 scores. In shooting of the tie Davis broke 4 out of 5, Miner 3 andi 

 Tougas 2, Mr. Davis winning the gun. 



SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 —This morning a number of sportsmen 

 met at the old Lava Beds to try the Cincinnati clay-pigeons. After 

 number of trial shots a sweepstakes was started at five single birds, 

 18yds ri«e. Four men shot, and Messrs. Frost and Frank divided the 

 honorB with four breaks each. A 10 bird sweepstakes was next. Frost 

 again coming out first with 7, while Langton and Eyre lied for second 

 nlace with the miserable score of three. Below are the scores: 



Fane ton ...0O0OOO111O-3 Crandall lOWTOflOOO-l 



Frost 0001111111-7 Casey OOlOOtOOOO-2 



Myers""'' 1000000100—2 Eyre 1100010000—3 



A double bird sh0 3t was next shot, with three ties, Laugton win- 

 ning with 8 to Frank's 7 and Frost's 5. Score: 



LanVton 10 11 01 11 11-8 Frank 10 10 11 01 11-7 



Frost 10 11 00 11 00-5 



The Golden Gate Gun Club is making active preparations for their 

 second open-to all clay-pigeon tournamentto beheld on their grounds 

 at McMahon's Station, June 27. A large number of crack shots from 

 the interior have signified their intention of being present, and from 

 all indications the event will bo a prosperous one. 



UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.— The sixth regular monthly shoot of this 

 club took place at Dexter's Park. June 10. The conditions of the 

 shoot were for three prizes, club rule, handicap rise, one barrel only 

 and elassified Those who shot in Classes 7 and 6 divided first and 

 second prizes. Class 5 shot off and Link and Paulsen divided. Fol- 

 lowing is the score of the shoot: ,„ m nii a 



H Houseman, 25yds 1111111-7 EFncke. 24yds "1 



trpike25vds .1111111— 7 I Hyde, 24yds HlOOOl— 4 



1 RatnYen 24yds '" ^ 1101111-6 H Pope,24yds 1110010-4 



t sfniweii 24yds .1101111-6 R Midmer, 23yds HlOlOO-4 



H Knebel 4v6s .0011111-5 W Raulser. 24yds 1110100-41 



J Link |Vvd ; " . 0011111- 6 JBlohm,21yds ™^* 



M Chichester 25yds . . .10101 1 1-5 J Boyle, 21yds 0101 100-S 



W Paulsen , 2bvds . . . . .1010111-5 W Uamed, 23yds 1110000-3 



J Schwack, 21yds 1100011-4 



FMERALD GUN CLUB.— This New York club had its annual meet 

 at New Dorp, 8 I., June 11. The match was at live pigeons, ground 

 traps, 21 2S and 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary and prizes for the first. 



Five to Ten Dou-irs a Year for all ordinary employments secures 

 a $b000 insurance with $5 weekly indemnity m the .Travelers of 

 Hartford, Conn. Paid Accident policy holders $950,000 m im.-Adv. 



Allen's bow-facing oars, $8 per pair. F»*4 A. Allen, Monmouth, 



