JiTLY 89, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



11 



,T W B. LoTiisiaiiii, Mo.— An Eng;lis)i setter pup, seven months 

 old. two months asco coukl not use hind parts, iU'ted fts thoURb 

 para,lvzed, was doctored for wnrms and got well. Four weeks iigo 

 Ihad'himout. huntinK, imrtof r]io time in wnter, whndi I think 

 hroujiht on a congh. Tn trcataug for hiryngitis, discovered tlin t Ins 

 second set of teeth were .ill more or less decayed, especially the 

 tushes-the first case I nave ever seen ma young dog, Miid J hav-c 

 bred them for years. Ans. It is very difficult to give a cause for 

 the earlv decay of teeth in puppies. _ It is generally a dyscr;i,s..;i or 

 vice of constitution handed down troin the parents, .■Ulhoii-rii it 

 may depend on certain foods or the lack of certain loods. liimes 

 should always be fed in moderate quantity as sustaining phos- 

 phorus and 'ear'diy matters. Certain poisons, like mereiiry aiul 

 arsenic cause decay of the teeth. Give the otncinal prU of phos- 

 phorus Vhrce times daily hidden In a bit of raAV meat, and give 

 easily lirokon bones. See that the teeth are clean always. 



Men in "Safe EsrPi-ov.vENTS" were paid a quarter of a million 

 dollars last ^'oar hy the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn., for acci- 

 dental death and injxiries.— ..idu 



§ifle mid ^rnff ^(aatmg. 



AdtJrm all commwiicatdons io the Forest, and Sti'ewn Puh. Co. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



TOPEKA, Kan.— Topeka Rifle Club, .Jiily 15: 



First Score: 



J L Paine 7 7 8 'J .5 10 



J F Williams 8 5 10 6 10 6 



FH Martin 7 10 7 7 6 8 



7 



E VI Sherman 



R Thompson 8 



JHLeonai-d 8 



&IRoyce 7 5 



RMcCarter 3 7 



Second Score. 



J H Leonard ....8 10 



Boyce 7 9 6 10 



5 7 



10 8 



6 5 7 

 5 7 5 



7 6 5 



9 

 5 10 

 9 

 4 7 

 3 4 



r 10-76 



10 7-75 



4 8-74 



6 4-67 



6 8-67 



8 5-06 



6 7-60 



6 4—44 



r 10 



Wiillams 6 6 



6 6 7 



9 7 10 



8 7 7 



5 7 3 



6 9 9 

 5 4 9 



8 



4 5 

 9 10 



5 7 



6 5 



8 4 

 6 6 

 6 



6 10 5 5-76 



4 6 8 8-70 



6 10 7 8-70 



6 7 4 3-69 



4 10 6-64 

 7 4 8-64 

 4 .5-62 



5 9 4-54 



HAVERHILL, Mass., Bifle Club, July 34.-Club team match. 



AVWorthen 8 9 10 6 8 6 8 7 8 9—79 



J FP.rowTi 77 10 9 57989 6-77 



O Bliss 468979344 4-.57 



,rPMr?reen 596 10 57747 5-65-378 



S E Johnson 758787889 6-73 



.1 P.ufifield i 6 3 8 6 7 8 7 8 8-65 



O B WriKht 7 7 3 T 5 5 6 4 R 5-54 



P Merrill 67354 8 34 5 4-49 



Practice Match. 



RE Johnson 8 10 10 6 5 9 8 9 9 5-79 



WWorlhcn 10 89769874 7-75 



.I BnsReld. 6 5 9 8 9 7 8 4 10 8-74 



J F Brown 6 9 6 5 10 9 6 6 7 5-72 



F MerriU 6 6 6 9 5 3 9 8 8 10-70 



C R WriKht 9 5 6 3 9 9 9 4 4 6-69 



O Bliss. 9 8 8 5 4 7 6 9 6 6-68 



JPMGreen 6 5 3 5 7 4 7 6 6 7-56 



THE TRAP. 



8- 83 



9- 83 



.14.551.544.54-45 



.5455543535-48 



31 33 

 IS 90 :?o 



32 



24 



Thompson 9 



Paine 7 



Sherman 5 6 



Martin .6 6 



McOarler 5 5 



Third Score. 



Leonard 6 68699 10 98 8-78 



Paine 7 5 8856777 9-70 



^NUliams 10 5 6 5 9 6 8 7 7 .5-68 



Thompson 5 9 7 3 7 7 5 10 7 8-64 



Martin 6 6 7 3 10 5 5 10 8 5—64 



Royce 8 5 10 8 4 7 6 4 6 6—63 



Sherman 5 7 6 5 3 4 5 6 5 6—53 



McCarter 4 7 3 5 3 5 5 4 8 4-48 



BOSTON, .July 34.— The weather was all tliat could be desired, 

 and a fair number of riflemen attended the matches to-day. Mr. 

 Chase scored a clean 100 in the rest match, and Mr. Charles made 

 a 49 in the .500yds. military match. C. C. Foster won the silver 

 medal in the 500yds. match, and Lieut. Henry White, of the Rox- 

 hury City Guards, won the sold badge, and Capt. P. W. Reynolds 

 the silver in the State militia match. Following are the best 

 scores finished during the day: 



Decimal Match, SOtTyds. 



Reed 8 5 7 10 9 9 8 8 10 



G- GFranMin 10 9 9 10 7 8 7 5 8 



Rest Match, 200yds. 



D. L. Chase, F 10 it) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-100 



W H Oler, F 9 9 10 9 8 9 10 10 9 10— 93 



500vds. Militai-y INIatch. 



W Charles .5.5.5.5,5i»5r>-4n F Carter. . . 



C A Parker 55555.5.5345—47 Bracket. . . . 



State Militia Match. 



H White .21 



FW Reynolds 19 _ _ 



NAErancis 18 19 21 



L F Gray 19 



mLMINGTON, DeL, .Inly 19.- At the Schuetzon Park this af- 

 ternoon, Massachusetts target, 300 yards off-hand, prizes divided 

 by score classes. After deciding ties the prizes ^vere awarded as 

 follows: First, W. F. Seeds; second, Charles Hoinel, Sr.; third, 

 Robert INIiller; fourth, Charles Heinel, Jr. The full score is as fol- 

 lows, out of possible 60 points: 



WF Seeds 10 8 13 11 9-,50 H B Seeds 8 8 6 10 8- 40 



J E Newman... 10 11 13 11 6-50 J B Bell 7 8 6 10 8-39 



C Heinel, Sr.... 11 11 10 10 6— 18 T Jones 4 10 9 8 



R Miller 7 11 6 12 11-47 E M Clark 10 7 3 3 



Heinel, Jr. ... 7 10 7 11 11—46 W A Bacon 4 5 10 4 



S J Nevraian... . 8 11 8 11 8—46 H Simpson 2 4 4 4 ... 



At the second match the club Avas di\'ided into two competing 

 teams. Bacon's team won by 14 points. Massachusetts target, 200 

 yards off-hand. The following is the full score out of individual 

 possible 120 points and team possible 720 points : 



W A Bacon 7 3 5 4 12 2 8 3 10 9-61 



C Heinel, Sr 11 11 10 7 10 11 11 9 7 10-97 



HB Seeds 79985959 11 8—80 



R Miller 9 6 8 8 9 10 9 7 9 9—84 



S Jones 11 8 7 9 8 11 9 7 8 9-87 



J B Bell 10 9 13 4 



H Simpson 7 9 6 7 2 



S J Newman 6 13 8 9 8 10 11 



W F Seeds 9 8 8 7 7 9 12 



J E Newman 10 9 7 9 4 9 



C Heinel, Jr 11 9 9 8 9 6 5 



E M Clark 8 5 10 5 11 8 11 . _ „ „. 



Massachusetts target, 300yds., off-hand, prizes divided among the 

 highest scores. Ties decided, the prizes were awarded as follows: 

 R. Miller first, J. B. Bell second, J. E. NeAvman third, H. B. Seeds 

 fourth. The full score is as follows out of possi-ble 36 points: 



R Miller 11 9 13-33 EM Clark 9 11 3-33 



J B Bell 9 13 10-31 WF Seeds 9 7 5-31 



J E Newman 8 10 11-38 W A Bacon 3 6 13-30 



HB Seeds 8 11 10-29 Heinel, Jr 4 5 11-20 



C Heinel, Sr 8 9 9—26 T Jones 1 4 10-16 



WMcKendrick 9 10 6—25 H Simpson 8 3 2—13 



S J Newman 5 10 9—24 



GARDNER, Mass., July 31. -Members of the Heyward Guards, 

 Co. F, Second Regiment, M. V. M., went out to Hackmatack 

 Range to-day. The shooting was off-hand, Creedmoor count, 200 

 yards : 



C A Hinds 31 23—43 F H Kendall 17 20—37 



STChamberlin 20 31-41 W W Thompson 18 18—37 



CNEdgell 19 19—38 C O Neil 10 17-33 



H J Black 20 18-38 C H Horton 10 11—21 



EB Taylor 19 19-38 



NEWARK, N. J., July 26.— At the rifle match of the Nimrod 

 Chib held on Saturday afternoon, July 17, for the club badge, 100 



gds., 10 shots each, air. R. M. Williams, President of the club, won 

 y a score of 90 pomts. This is the second time the badge has been 

 won by the gentleman, to be won three times before becoming per- 

 sonal property. The next club shoot takes place Aug. 7. 



WIMBLEDON, July 21.— The match for the Kolanore cup was 

 shot at Wimbledon to-day. The first range was 200yds. The 

 teams consisted of eight men each, and seven rounds each were 



ijanaaian scores were: iieii :i9, Aing ;;/, Krmeriey Si, Beatty Hi, 

 Russell 33, Ai-mstrong 25, MasweR 27, and Loggle 29. At the con- 

 clusion of the firing at the second range, 500yds., the total scores 

 were: England 473, JersCT 447, Australia 430, Guernsey 437, Canada 

 433, and India 419. The Canadians scored as follows: Bell 32; King 

 24; Kimerley 21; Beatty 27, Russell 33, Armstrong 27, Maxwell 21, 

 and Loggie 25. At the first range, COOyds., England was A-lctorious, 

 Avith a score of 666, Canada making 646. Guernsey 6.36, Australia 

 632, Jerscj;^ 626, and India 595. The Canadian scores Avere: Bell 37, 

 King 25, Kimerley 25, Beatty 28, Russell 28, Armstrong 28, MaxAvell 

 28, and Loggie, 25. When the match Avas ended the Canadian cap- 

 tain proposed three cheers for the English team, AA'hich Avere 

 heartily accorded, the English marksmen returning the compli- 

 ment. The Duke of Cambridge subsequently inspected the Cana- 

 dian camp, and afterAA'ard the colonials were draAvn up in three 

 sides of a square In full uniform. The Commander-in-Chief con- 

 gratulated them upon their splendid appearance and praised their 

 love for the mother country. 



July 32.— The Aveather Avas fine at Wimbledon to-dav, but rather 

 gusty. The Irish team won the Elcho Shield with an aggregate 

 score of 1,471. The Scotch team scored 1,408 and the EngUsh team 

 J, 385. 



8-39 

 7-31 

 6—39 

 6-20 



8 13 11 11—93-501 

 4 12 7 9-71 



8 7 8—87 



9 10 9-88 

 8 11 10-83 

 7 7 6-77 

 4 8 U— 81— 487 



Scarry far puUimUon shmild fee made out on the printed IMnhs 

 preiKuri'd hy the Fored and Sirccvv, iwd furnixlicd tinitis to diw 

 sccrctariCH. . , , 



Corinqiond&tts m'7io /aiw its with cluh scores arc parueiuarty re- 

 queued to mrite on one side of the paper only. 



THE CINCINNATI TOURNAMENT. 



Editor Farrst and stream: , ^ , 



Ci\( l^ N ATI, Jill V 21 .-The first day of the four days' live and clay 

 pigeon tournament opened on the neAv Cincinnati Ball Park under 

 rather unfavorable circumstances, a hard rain compelling the 

 management to postpone match No. 4 until next morning. During 

 tlie heavy rain and wind about fifty shooters sought shelter under 

 the main tent, Avhich collapsed and buried all under the canvas. 

 This created much merriment. The attendance luirahcred, be- 

 sides the scA'enty old sliooters present, between 100 and 200. The 

 .shooting Avas of a nature rarely witnessed, many tieing for first, 

 second and third places. 



The sliooting at live birds AVas, .as one of the participants re- 

 marked, "simply grand." The live birds, taken Jis a Avhole, Avere 

 superior to any over shot at any preA'ious tournament held here. 

 The shooters present from other States, Avho number some 30 or 3:i, 

 are all good ones, hut oAving to the strangeness of the uTound, 

 many appeared a little rustv. Outside of Kling, Teipel, Miller and 

 Bandle, the local shots did not do much. Three of tlie matclies 

 appended beloAV were shot during a drizzling rain, the shooter 

 standing in the pavilion. Every one appeared to he good-natured, 

 and when "shot out" of a tie took it for granted. 



Mr. H. F. Robinson attended to the refereeing of the live-bird 

 contest, and did it ably and satisfactorily to all. The applause on 

 the making of good sliots Avas liberal, too liberal for several. 



Match No. 1.— Seven single Ligowsky clay-pigeon birds: Sticc 6, 

 Verges 4, Bandle 6, White 4, Moore 3, Evans 4, Mustin 6, DuBray 3, 

 West 4, Teipel 6, Pink (Penrose) 6, MiUer 4, Dcvore 6, Meaders 6, 

 Parker 7, Ashley 3, Stevens 3, Wickersham 3, Goldrick 4, Strobel3, 

 M. Henry 1, Kimbell 4, McVey 4. Parker first. Ties on 6 and 5 

 divided. " 



Match No. 2.— Ten American clay birds: Strobel .5. Strce 0, Verges 

 7, Meuders H, Bandle 8, Teipel 9, Pink 10, Shnler 7, divans 8, Moore 

 9, West 8, Parker 4, McDuff 9, Kimball 9, Budd 8, Meerschaum 6, 



Whi - ^ ~ .,-,r__,n T.,,,„„ 



son 

 Pink_ 



Match No. 3.— Seven live birds, 30 yds. rise : McDuff 4, McCart- 

 ney 7, Strobel 6, Verges 6. Stevens 5, West 4, Stice 5, DuBray 5, 

 Devore 6, Bandle 6, Teipel 6, Bob White 7, Goldrick 5, Parker 7, 

 Ferguson 2, Johnson 5, Ashley 3, Comanche 4, Buddist 0; Bellamy 



5, Mason 5, Evans 6, McNey 6, Pink 7, Shott 6, Chick 6, Miller 7, 

 Meaders 6. McCartney, Botj White, Pink, Miller and Parker first 

 money; DeA'ore, Teipel, Budd and EA^ans diAided second ; DuBray 

 and Bellamy divided thircL 



The shooting Avas noAv interrupted bv a heaA^ rain storm; but 

 several small matches Avith Peoria blackbirds Avere shot from the 

 grand stand of the Baseball grounds, these traps having been 

 planted nearest thereto. 



Impromptu shot No. 1,— Seven Peoria blackbirds: Bandle 6, 

 Verges 3, Meader 6, Stice 6, Miller 7, B. WTiite 7, Pink7, EA^ans 5, 

 West i, Graff 3, McDuff 6, Comancbo 0, McCartney 6, Bellamy 6, 

 J. B. Foraker 5, Doll 6, McHenry 3, McVey 5, Strofiel 4, Teipel 5, 

 DuBray 7, DeA'ore .5, Johnson 4, Moore 6, Bndd 6, Stevens 5, Ashley 



6. Miller, ^Vhite, Pink, DuBr.ay first money ; Bandle, McDufl; and 

 McCartney second, Teipel and Defore third. 



July 33.— The second day was probably the best attended one as 

 regards both spectators and shooters that ever took place in this 

 city. The Aveather AA'as fine Avith little or no Avind to bother the 

 shooters. The live birds were an exceptionally fine lot, and the 

 shooting in those matches proA'ed of great interest. Ben Teipel, of 

 Covington, Ky., the celebra ted LigOAA-sky clay-pigeon shot, carried 

 off the majority of the purses, but the other localshooters entered 

 Avere compelleti to play second fiddle to the A'isitors. There is but 

 little doubt but that Mr. Budd, the champion of loAva, in attend- 

 ance, is without a (juestion the best all-round shot present. He 

 kills his live birds iuA'ariably stone dead, and in the clay and Peoria 

 blaokbii-d races he is and has proA'ed himself a A'eritable cyclone. 

 There are 36 representative shooters from other States and cities 

 present competing. Appended are the scores and AAdnhers of yes- 

 terday: 



Match No. 4.— Ten Ligowsky clay-pigeons. This match Avas the 

 most interesting of the day. The traps thrcAv the pigeons so that 

 they Avere continually on a Avavering rise while Avitliiu gunshot 

 distance— a new advantage claimed for this favorite target and 

 neAv trap, possessed by no other target. This quality calls forth 

 and tests the skill and judgment of the field-shooter, and renders 

 useless the mere knack of those who wait until other cumbersome 

 targets are on the top curA'e immediately before descending: Stice 



Meerschaum 9, Goldrick 9, Ferguson 4, Evans 8, McVey 7, Cider 8, 

 Bellamy 9, Judge 5. Teipel first, Budd, Kimball, Spross, Whit, 

 Meerschaum, Goldrick and Bellamy divided second, Stice, Pink, 

 Parker and McCartney divided third. 



Match No. 5.— Three pair American clay birds: Stice 5, Bandle 

 5, Miller 4, Devore 5, Teipel 3, McMurchy 3, Verges 4, Harrison 1, 

 McVey 4, Judd 4, Boone 5, West 5, Goodloe 4, Meerschaum 4, Budd 

 5, Whit 5, Kimball 5, Early 5, Parker 6, McCartney 5, B. Whiite 4, 

 Boardman 2, Cider 4, Hand 3, Goldrick 4, Modoc 3, Stevens 3, Pink 

 3, Evans 3. Parker first, Bandle, Budd, Boone, Whit and Kimball 

 second, Miller and White divdded third. 



Match No. 8.— Seven live pigeons, 26vds., use of one barrel only: 

 McMurchy 6, McCartney 3, Bandle 4, Teipel 7, Verges 6, Miller 4, 

 Hand 2, Modoc 5, Bellamy 6, Mason 7, West 4, Wallace 3, Duffy 3, 

 McVey 0, Parker 5, B. White 5, Devore 6, George 3, Boardman 4, 

 Hume 3, Meaders 5, ,Tudd 3, Pink 6, Wilson 1, SteA'ens 2, West 5, 

 Ferguson 3, Peters 4, Budd 5, Stice 7, Tucker 6, Harrison 3, Boone 

 3, Biiggs 6, Hoffman 2, Goodloe 6, Cider 5, Du Bray 5, P. McAvoy 1, 

 Whit 3. Teipel, Sticc and Mason divided first, McDuff and Tucker 

 second, Meaders, Du Bray and West third. 



Impromptu Shoot.— Nine single bluerocks: McDuff 9, Verges 6, 

 Cider 9, Kimbell 9, Devore 6, West 6, Teipel 6, Bandle 9, Stice 8, 

 Budd 8, Mason 3, Goldrick 6, Meaders 7, Evans 8,Stevens6,Mc^"ey 

 9. Cider, Kimbell, McDuff, Bandle and McVey divided first, Stice 

 and Evans second, Meaders third, alone. 



Impromptu Match, 5 Ligowsky clay pigeons: West 3, Boone 3, 

 Bandle 4, Verges 4, Pink 4, Judd 2, Boardman 1, Spross 3, Harrison 

 3, Meaders 8, Parker 4, Stice 4, Goodloe 1, Devore 4, Early 4, Wick- 

 ersham 5, McHenry 1, Evans 2, Hoffman 4, Kimbell 4. Wicker- 

 sham woii first money. Early second, winner of third unkuoA\Ti. 



The visitors from a distance numbered betAveen 50 and 60, and 

 acknOAvledged themselves highly pleased AAdth the courtesA^ and 

 treatment extended to them personally and In the different 

 matches throughout the tournament. The live birds, taken as a 

 Avhole, AA^ere an excellent lot— very few "duft'ers." The shooting of 



Messrs. Teipel, Budd, Kimble, Bandle, McCartney ,Penrose (Pink), 

 iUer, "Parker," McVeigh, We-st and Stice Avas the feature. The 

 AA'eather, barring the first day, was simply delightful— not too 

 Avarm, and clear— in fact, just the Aveather to please shooters de- 

 sirous of a good record. Teipel, of Covington, Ky., won the special 

 prize of a $100 ducking boat, donated by Mr. W. Sleclit, of this 

 city, for best averages in Matches Nos. 3, 8", 13 and J8 ; also, the sil- 

 ver Avat«r-pitcher, A^alue ^40 ; donated hy Messrs. Duhme, of this 

 city, for best average in Matches Nos. 4^^ 9, 14 a.nd 16. Fred Kimble 

 of Peoria, lU., won the gun donated by U C. Smith, of Syracuse, N. 

 Y., and valued at $100, foi' the best average in Matches Nos. 3, 7, 12 

 and 17. 



Match No. 16.— single bluerocks: Modock 6, Teipel 7, Bandle 8, 

 Verges 6, Pink 7, Msaders 8, McVey 6, Stice 8, White 7, Wilson 4, 

 Early 6, McC^artney 7, West 6, Stone 5, Hill 7, Shott 6, Miller 7, 

 Bailey 8, Bellamj' 8, Goldrick 7, McMurchy 4, Evans 8, Bluer-ock 7, 

 Cider 5. Bandle first. White, Budd and Hill second, Early third. 



Match No. 17.— 7 LigOAvsky clay pigeons: Meaders 6, Hill G 

 Bandle 6, Budd 7, McVey 6, Early 0, Miller 0, Joe H. 3, Cider. 5 



Goldrick 2, Baker 5, Verges, 4 West 6, Teipel 6, Stice 6, Modoc 3, 

 MclMnrchy 6, McCartney 4, Pink 3, Evans 7, Sh ott 5. White 3. First 

 Budd and EA^ans, Meaders, Hill and McMurchy second, Shott 

 third. 



Match No. 18.— Citizen's purse, 7 live birds, 8I)at1s., lioth barrele.- 

 Teipcl 7, Pink 6, Parker 5, Boh White 7, Handle 0, Hill 6, Bemis 8, 

 Ecke.rt 4, Verges 8, McMurchy B. Budd (5, Earty 5, Meaders 7, MiUer 

 7, McCartney 6, Jenkins 4, McVey t, Evans 7, Tucker 7. Stice 7, 

 DnBrav 5, Mason 4, Birnbaum 1. First divided by Teipel, B. White, 

 Meaders, Miller, Evans, Tucker, Stice; Piuk, Bandle, Hill, Verges, 

 McMurchy and Budd divided second: third, DuBraj'^, Early and 

 Parker; McVey and Eckert fourth. 



Paul (5, Davis 8, Hill 5, Early 6,' Nose 4", Baker 3, SI 

 Bandle, Stice, McVey and Miller fii-st; Verges and P;rii 

 Budd third. 



Budd 5. 

 ■ond, 



Ban' 



Impromptu Shoot.— Seven Ligowsky olay-pigcons: Budd 7, 1 

 die 6, Teipel .5, Goldrick 5, Miller 5, Baker 4, Hill 4, Modoc 5, Ve: 

 6, Meade " " . . . ... . ,. . 



McVey 



Budd an 



McCartney. 



A marked feature of the shooting, as a Avliole, reA'ealed that 

 smaller scores Avere made at ( lie Liyowsky claj'-piKcun than any 

 other target by the crack shots, tlius gh ing the aA'erage shot a 

 better show and demonstniLing nianj^ of tiie following points wliich 

 your correspondent heard AAdiile listening to a heated discussion 

 hetwceii those favoring the dift'erent targets, and Avhicli will doubt- 

 less interest your many readers. The adA'aiitages claimed for the 

 LigoAvsky target over all others Avere mininumi lireakage in trans- 

 portation; no breakage at the trap; no breakage upon striking the 

 ground. The LigOAVsky bird rarely breaks Avhen it strikes the 

 ground, on account of the great strcnglli due to t he in-turned edge. 

 To test this sti'ength place a cla^■-pigeon on a level floor, then stand 

 upon same Avith one foot resting squarely on tlie center, bearing 

 down with your fuU \veight; the clay-pigeon Avill not break. 

 Facility of being easily broken when fairly struck hy shot. To 

 test this take some other make of clay-bird Avith a straight edge, 

 hold same lightly and chip at the edges AAuth .sharp blows of 

 the heaAT blade of a pen-knife, the result is that pieces of 

 the bird aviU be chipped off Avithout such a break of the 

 whole as Avould be plainly seen if thus hit tn the air 

 by shot. On the other hand, the Ligowsky clay-pigeon, Avith in- 

 turned edge, wiU be plainly split in Iaa'O or more parts by exactly 

 similar sharp bloAVS of the same penknife. Its irregular, waAing, 

 dipping, birdlike flight is possessed by no other target. All com- 

 position targets (on account of their excessive AA'eight as compared 

 to the very light Ligowsky clay pigeon) have a dull, heavy, sodden, 

 regular uniformity of flight, exaotly similar to the glass ball flight. 

 The result is, that shooting at the same becomes very soon a uni- 

 form mechanical knack, requiring no change of judgment; in a 

 Avord, monotonous, all contestants making [itiuut the -aine scores. 

 The best sportsmen speedily drop the same, j;:Ht as they have 

 dropxied glass hall shooting. The clays arc absolutely unaifccted 

 by heat or cold, rain or shine (Avhieh cannot be trutli'fully said of 

 any composition targets, AA^hich contract and crack from the cold 

 of AAinter and expand and soften from the heat of summer; pellets 

 of shots Avhich Avould break them at 00° will fail to do so at. .S()° to 

 OO'' temperature). 



The National Gun Association rules are used mostly; but tlio sen- 

 sible feature of classifying shooters into Class A, B and C, and then 

 handicapping them in their respectiA"e classes, as adopted at Spring- 

 field and NcAv Orleans, is being totally disregarded. The result is 

 that a few old timers are winning the bulk of the purses, and the 

 amateurs, of whom there are hundreds in this ^ icinity, decline to 

 take part in the tournament. These amateurs, howcA'er, have 

 themselves only to blame; for they can only attain the enforcement 

 of such rules by giving a cordial support to such worthy institu- 

 tions as the National Gun Association. On the Avhole, however, 

 as compared with others, this tournament is a decided success. 

 Such enterprising managers as Bandle and Whetstone should be 

 encouraged by all. Nemesis. 



KNOX^HLLE, Ten., July 16.— Knoxville Gun Club, medal match, 

 1 trap, 16yds. rise 3 angles. American clay birds: 

 F Armstrong. .111111011111011—13 J W Slocum. . .001110111101010— 9 



S BDoAV linilOOllOOlOl-10 GW^Aken 001000101101111- 8 



W Jenkins 011100101011111—10 C Woodburv. . .111101010011000- 7 



J M Ross 111110100100110 - 9 J E Ross lUOlOlllOOOOOOO— 5 



Gold medal match, July 17, 3 traps, 18yds. rise, 3 angles, KnoxviUe 

 blackbirds, rapid flyers and hard to hit; 



J M Ross 10110111110110100110111111-18 



O M Woodbury OOIOOOOIUIOOOOUOHI 11 111—15 



J W Slocum 00100001011111101001111111-15 



F W Armstrong 01001111101001101111010100-14 



T C Eldridge OlOGOOOlllllOOOllllllOOOOl-13 



J E Ross 01011000011010101011010111-13 



G W Akin 00000010011111001111010100-12 



S B DoAV 00011111100011010100010000—11 



J a cques 001 0110011011000110010] Oftl-ll 



J C Duncan ODlOOlllOOllOOOOlOOOlOOOOO- 8 



Wm Jenkins OOlllOlOOllPOOOOOOOOOlOOOl— 8 



ToAvnsend OOOOITOI 01 1000101001000000- fl 



GARDNER, Mass., July 22.— Memlfcrs of the Gardner Sports- 

 men's Association. Match at 10 clav birds; L. E. Carlton 8, J. R. 

 Williams 8, C. S. Knight 7, G. F. Ellsw^orth 7, I. N. Dodge 7, J. A. 

 Stiles 7, Geo. H. HeyAvood 6, A. MattheAvs 6, E. C. Dodge .5, A. 

 Eaton 5, C. E. Gray !j. 



WOONSOCKET, R. I., July 24.-The Rod and Gun Club; nossible, 

 27: J. Wooliscrof 1 18, E. R. Darling 10, F. Parkhurst 17, A.^Aldrich 

 10, Darwin Holly 8. 



ST. LOUIS, July 18.— A match Avas shot this afternoon at East 

 St. Louis between teams of 8 from the Western Gnn Club of this 

 city and from the St. Clair Rod and Gun Cluh, 20 Peoria blackbirds, 

 21yds. rise; 5 screened traps. Ties tAvo birds at the same distance. 

 In the shoot-off the Westerns scored 13 to the 11 of their adversaries, 

 thus Avinning by one bird: 



The Westerns. 



Nagel 01001111110011101100-13 



H i 11 100010011111 11110111—14 



Thurber 1011100001 1 OOlllOlU— 13 



Williams 00101110111111100111—14 



Sielienman 10001110101000111011—11 



Crayon OOIOIUIOIOIOIIOIOIO-II 



La FaiATe 11101101011001101111-14 



Sieminskie lllllOlOOlOllUOlOOO-13— 103 



The St. Clair Gnn Club. 



Hesters 101111111001 11 111101—16 



Heinze 01100111000100100110- 9 



Treband (X)OlOOllllOOl] 1 1 1011—13 



J arvis OllOOlKII 101 010011 fill-lO 



Baugh 01011101001110101110-13 



Th ornton llllKKli 01111 01 00111—14 



Milvan 11111111100101011111—16 . 



Walsh 01110101011 10111 0101-13-103 



NEW ORLEANS, July 23.— More than common interest was 

 manifested in the meeting of the Fabian Gun Club this evening, 

 OAving to it being their initial shoot Avithfive Marqua-Fisher traps, 

 arranged according to the National tiun Club rules. Team match, 

 20 clay-pigeons each man: Captain Randolph 7, Jumel 11, G. R. 

 Murrell 12, F. Scharff 7, J. S. Ware 3, Oai-ver 2; total 43 Captain 

 OAven 8, Feltus 13. Williams 4, J. D. Murrell 15, M. Scharff 6, Jas. 

 A. Ware 9; total 55. Gold medal aAvarded to John D. Murrell for 

 best score, to be Avorn as long as he can keep it. Mr. CarA^er was 

 re-aAvarded the leather medal, to keepunlil he can get some one 

 else to take it. 



PL\n\IOUTll, Mass., July 24.— The Plympton Gun Club came 

 here to-daj- by the invitation of the Plyniouth Glass Ball Club for 

 a shoot at 5 clay-pigeons and 5 clav birds at ISA'ds: Plymptons- 

 A. M. Loring y, G. W. Randall 7 " " ' - • • - ■ - — 

 5, W. Harrub 6, E. B. Loring " 

 A. G. Churchill 7, G. H. Rand 

 total 66. PljTiiouths— W, C. HathaAvay 0, W. D. Bent 8, J. C. Fuller 

 8, A. S. Rich 5, G. A. Bui-gess 6, John Holmes 4, 1, M. Jackson 5, H. 

 Wriglit 5, F. Manter 4, James Rogan 5, H. Beytes 8, C. BeA'tes 5; 

 total 69. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., July 24.— The regular shoot of the Well- 

 ington Gun Club occured at its grounds to-day. The first prize win- 

 ners AA'ere: 1. Six pigeons— Adams. 2. Sijt pigcoiis— SAAUf t. 3. Six halls 

 — Adams and .SAvlft. 4. Six bats— Schaefer. 5. Three pairs bats— 

 SnoAv. 6. Three pairs pigeons— WardAvcll and Wilson. 7. Five 

 pigeons— Wilson and WardAA'ell. 8, FiA'e pigeons— Carver. 9. Five 

 pigeons— Wilson and SAvift. 10. Six blue rocks— Carver and Schae- 

 fer. 11. Five pigeons— AVardwell. 12. Five pigeons— Oliver. 13. 

 FiA'e pigeons— SAvift. 



NEWARK, N. J., July 20.-The Nimrod Club of NcAvark and 

 the East Orange Gun Club of East Orange shot on Saturday after- 

 noon, July 24, the first of a series of tliree matches. Saturday's 

 match Avas at 10 glass balls each, 18 yds. rise, on the erounds of the 

 Nimrod Clul', each club team of nine men. Won hy the Nimi-od 

 Club liy 7 lialls. The next match Avill take place on the grounds of 

 the East Orange CTuh, the early part of August. 



