FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Am 5, 1886' 



A MUCH NEEDED REFORM. 



VU" HY is it that such tournaments as the la.te one at Cincinnati 

 ' ' are so poorly attended hy amateur shooters? It is because 

 they know they have no sho%v against professional shooters like 

 Ben Teipel, Stice and a few such men, who carry off 99 per cent, of 

 the purses anp prizes; and who ai*e permitted to enter without any 

 handicap whatsoever. Whj should an amateur shoot against a, 

 man like Teipel who makes his living now attending such tourna- 

 ments? It would be more advantageous for the amateur to play 

 at a "square" game of faro. Any amateur who will enter against 

 Buch men proves himself a "sucker" (to use a vulgarism) of the 

 weakest type. But these amateurs outnumber the professionals 

 1,00 to 1. Let thorn rise in their might and insist on barring such 

 pot-shooters, and thus extei-minate the vile odor which still at- 

 taches to these totirnaments, and which alone prevents ti"ap-shoot- 

 ing becoming a most popular outdoor amusement. 



We should like to have the opinions of interested parties on this 

 Question,— i^'oresi and Stream, July 29. 



Editor FcurM and Stream: 



You are correct; there, is "a much needed reform in tlie matter 

 of shooting tournaments." Many sportsmen throughout the coun- 

 try look upon shooting tournaments, where the sole object appears 

 to be gain, in money or prizes, with much regret. The morbid de. 

 Bire in mankind to get something for nothing almost makes man 

 by nature a gambler. It does appear to me, when shooting asso- 

 ciations hold meetings or toui-naments where the object is gain in 

 money, that moment they cease to be sportsmen and become sport- 

 ing men. My theory is that all true sportsmen throughout the 

 country should discontinue all hippodrome tournaments that are 

 organized for gain. There has as yet been no S5»tem of handi- 

 capping devised that would equalize amateurs with professionals, 

 from the vei-y fact that three or four professionals will go "in 

 cahoots" and shoot for all the stakes, that is as soon as one has a 

 sure thing for the iirst the others will throw off and shoot for the 

 second and third; very much better for an amateur "to play at a 

 square game of faro." 



As a rule sportsmen are generous, noble-hearted and liberal, and 

 are often induced to enter in sweepstake matches just to fill up, as 

 well as the opportunity to shoot when they know there is not a 

 ghost of a chance for them to win. It is through just this kind of 

 liberality that hippodrome tournaments are made profitable to 

 professional shooters. 



Trap-shooting, to become a popular outdoor amusement for true 

 sportsmen, must be freed of all gambling features. The drif creuce 

 between a sportsman and a sporting man must not be confounded. 

 Social club shooting for club badges is a grand outdoor pastime 

 when no game is in season. Social shoots between neighboring 

 clubs add zest to the sport, but no gambling nor sweepstake shoot- 

 ing should be allowed at regular club meetings. 



I have waited a long time to hear from the FoEi;sa;.AND Stream 

 on this subject, and now feel like thanking you for starting the 

 subject. A full discussion through your valuable paper will cer- 

 tainly result in much good, and, it is hoped, will accomplisli the 

 "much needed reform." Refohmek. 



Ohio. 



WOONSOGKETj R. I., July 30.-The Rod and Gun Club shoot at 

 Damo's Grrove this afternoon had a large attendance. Ransalier 

 Mowry won the club badge by a score of 14 in a possible 30. Fol- 

 lowing is the score: Ransalier Mo^v^•y 13, Louis Ballou 13, Oscar 

 Mowry 13, J. S. Blake 1.3, Augustus Aldrich 12, B. L. Darling 11, 

 Charles H. Stebbins 8. In the first sweepstake of a possible 7 this 

 was the score: J. S. Blake 4, A. Aldrich 2, O. Mowry 3, L. Ballou 5, 

 R. Mowry 3, M. Griffey 6, M. Gary 3, M. Arnold 5, A. Slaine 4. In 

 this shoot Griifey took first money, L. Ballou second and Blako 

 and Maine divided third. Second sweepstake of a possible 5: J. S. 

 Blake 2, A. Aldrich 2, O. Mo^vi-y 3, L. Ballou 3, R. Mowry 5, Griftey 

 8, Gary 3, M. Arnold 3, A. Maine 5, B. L. Darling 4. In tluK Hhoot 

 A. Maine and R- Mowry divided first money, B. L. Uarliug took 

 second in a shoot off, Ballow third and Blake fourth. Third sweup- 

 stake of a possible 5: Carey 4, Griffey 4, Arnold 3, Ballou 4, Mowry 

 4, Aldrich 4, Darling 3. In the shoot off of ties, Ballou won first 

 monev and Darling second. 



SAN FRANC:!ISGO, Julv 25.-The Occident Club held its fifth 

 shoot of the season tU Blanken's Six-Mile House to-day. Match at 

 live bii-da, plunge traps; 



Garmos 101010-3 



Blank en 111111— (i 



Meagher 10011O-3 



Williams 111111-6 



Rojas 



Double-bird match: 



WiUiams 00 11 



Blanken 11 11 



Garmes 10 10 



Schultz 01 10 



Schultz 111101-5 



BDunshee llllll-fl 



O'Brien 111011—5 



Cronin 101011-4 



111101—5 Perata 000101—3 



11-4 Perata 01 11 11—5 



11-6 Dunshee 11 11 11-6 



11-4 Rojas 01 10 10-8 



„ „ 11—4 



Sweepstakes at 6 single birds. Five men tied for first and second 

 moneys, and as birds were scarce, decided to shoot it ' ' in a 

 freeze-out at 35yds. Two men dropped out at this long r ng j, and 

 left Blanken, Williams and Dunshee to divide the spoil: 



Blanken 011110-4 E Dunshee 011101—4 



Williams 111001—4 Rojas 0011 10— 3 



Perata .100111—4 Garmes 111001-4 



Schultz 011010-3 ^ , , . 



A fierce westerly gale blew the whole afternoon, making the 

 shooting extremely difficult. E. Dunshee was the medal winner, 

 with only 10. 15 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: 



E. Dunshee. . . .0110111 flolOlll— 10 Cronin lllllOOlOOUOOl- 9 



WilUams 001100100101011— 7 O'Brien 101110000010010— C 



Bhinken OUOOlOUllOllOO- 5 W Dunshee. . . .110001101100001- 7 



Rojas 111010011100000— 7 Garmea 111010111010100- 9 



Smith 111011001101011- 9 Perata 110001000000011- 5 



Schultz 000011001110100- 6 



ST. LOUIS, July 29.— The following are the scores of Excelsior 

 Gun Club, held at Rinkelville. First shoot— 5 Peoria blackbirds, 



Ifnkel™^: 00111-3 Henry 10100-2 



Ftnk, Jr 01011—3 Rathburn 10010-2 



Petcker 00110-2 Jones 



L Rinkel 00110-2 Krieger ; • • V • " • 



Rinkel and Pink divided first, Petcker second, Jonos third. 



Se,cond shoot— 5 clays, ISydB.: , , „,,,„„ . 



Bradford 11111-5 G Rinkel 



Petcker 10011-3 Rathburn lOOOO-l 



L Rinkel 11000-2 Henry W^^'l 



Krieger 01000-1 D Jones 00000-0 



Flnk,Jr 00010-1 



Third shoot— 5 Peoria blackbirds, 21yds.: 



G Rinkel 01110-3 Bradford 01100-2 



Mnk, Jr 11000-2 Krieger 01000-1 



Petcfier 0011 0-2 D Jones , 00001—1 



Rathburn 10000-1 



Fourth shoof — Same terms: 



Bradford 11101—4 Krieger, 



Biormann 00111-3 Fick, Jr ^ 



Henry 01011—8 G Rinkel 



Petcker 10010-2 D Jones 



Fifth shoot— 5 clay-birds, ISyds.: _ 



Bradford 10111-4 Kneger 



G Rinkel 00110-2 D Jones 



Henry 00011—2 Bierman 00000—0 



Petcker.' 00010-1 



Sixth shoot— 5 Peoria blackbirds, 31yds.: ^ 



Fink, Jr 01110-3 Kneger 



Bieriann 00111-3 G Rinkel 



Petcker 10110-3 Henrj^. , ?S~n 



Bradford 01001-3 D Jones 00000-0 



Seventh shoot— 5 live pigeons, 26yds.: 



G Rinkel 11111-5 Bradford 10101 



Petcker 10111—4 D Jones 00100-1 



Krieger 10011—3 ^ ^ ^ 



Eighth shoot— 5 Peoria blackbirds, 31yd8: Bradford 5, Petcker 3, 

 G. Rinkel 3, Fink, Jr., 2, D. Jones 0. 



"HIGH" SPORT.-An egg shoot was recently held at Elizabeth 

 by a numbej' of gunners, aiicl a case of doubtful eggs were thrown 

 singly from a ghiss baU trap. The effluvia did not prevent the en- 

 joyment of the sport at 18yds, 



00010-1 



00001-1 



00010-1 



OOOOO-O 



WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.— Two matches at live pigeons 

 were shot at Melvale, near Baltimore, July 39; the first between 

 Edward L. Mills , president of the Capital Uitv Qrm Club, Wasli- 

 ington, D. C, and Henry Engle, of Baltimore, at 50 birds each, 

 26yds. rise, for $100 a side, loser to pay for all the birds, and the 

 second between Fred Kell, of Baltimore, and Lem. Mayliew, of 

 Washington, at 25 birds each, 36yds. rise, for $50 a side. Much in- 

 terest was manifested in the match between Mills and Engle, the 

 former having defeated the latter by one bird in a 25-bird race for 

 $50, July 5, on the same grounds. Mr. Mills luid tlio option of 

 shooting at 24yd8, if he sl>ot witli a 12-gauge gun under 81b, which 

 condition he accepted, and shot a 12-gauge hammerless, ^veiKhing 

 7Mft, loaded with 4dr. Orange ducking powder No. 2 and IH^oz. 

 (struck measure), No. 8 Sparks' chilled shot, while liis opponent 

 used a 10-gauge, 9i^tb W. W. Greener, loaded with 5dr. powder and 

 IKoz. (dipped measure) No. 7 shot. Following are the scores: 



Mills 1001110001 inimoiiiiimnoofiiiiiiiiiioiiioiiii-40 



Engle oiiiiiiiiiioonuoniOfoi(noioooomioioiiiiiiiiii-36 



KeU, 1101]11101111011111011111-;Jl 



Mayhew 1111001001011111111011 111—19 



TWELVK-BOKE. 



.JERSEY CITY GUN OLUB.-The fourth shoot for the cup took 

 place on the club grounds at Marion, .lersey City, ,hily and 

 a good time was had by all. The birds were fair, the ^veatllcr 

 ditto; both barrels, second barrel to count % l>ir<i (each member 

 handicapped), 7 birds each. 01H.cial score: 



Stevens, ;;0vds...1 11111 1-7 Levering, 33yds. IJ^ J^l 1 1 0—5 



Siegler, ;-'8yds. ...111111 1—7 Bird, 35yds OW 1 1 0-3J^ 



Heritage, 25yds., 3^1 1 l-3>^ Quinlan, 27yds. .1 11111—6 

 Hughes, 27yds... 1 IJ^ 1 1— 4W Burdett, 25yds. .001101 1—4 

 Morris, 23yds. . . .0 1"^ 1 1 1-4^ Fisher, 22yds. . . .0 1>^ 1 0-2}^ 



At the toss up Siegler won the cup and has to take the liaudicap 

 of 2yds. at next shoot. Money to be divided between him and 

 Stevens. Quinlan second money. A number of swee])stal<es 

 were had before and after the cup struggle, in ^vhich Wm. Ta.ylor 

 (of ancient fame as a pigeon shooter), \V. Siegler, Quinlan and 

 Mitchell took first honors, with Burdett, Hughes and Levering not 

 far behind. On the 12th inst. there will be another shoot on the 

 club grounds by members of the club for the purpose of rating 

 members for the team shoot of 20 men each club at the return 

 match -unth the IVIiddlesox Gun Club. The first match it AviU 

 be remembered was won by the J. C. H. on the home grounds; 

 the second at Dunnellen resulted in a tie. The third match ^viil 

 take place at IVT ' 

 a close contest 

 club grounds, S 

 invited.— Jacoustaef. 



BOSTON, July 28.— While the attendance at the regular trap 

 shoot to-day at \Valnut Hill was not large, the interest did not lag 

 and some fine records a. ore made. The score: 1. Six clay birds, o 

 traps— Nichols first, Stanton second. 2. Six clay-pigeons— Stanton 

 first, Nichols second. 3. 'Pen clay-pigeons, 3 traps— Stanton lii-st, 

 Nichols second. 4. Six clay-pigeons— Adams first, Lawson and 

 Stanton second, Swift third. 5.. Six clay birds— Adams and Nich- 

 ols firs;, Snow second, fjaAvson third. 6. Six bats, straightaway- 

 Short first, Stanton second, Nichols third. 7. Seven clay-pigeons 

 (diamond match)— Lawson and Swift first^ Stanton and Snow 

 second, Adams third. 8. Th ree pair bats, double (diamond match- 

 Swift first, LaAvson second. Snow third. 9. Six clay-pigeons— Snow 

 first, Lawson second, Short third. 10. Novelty match, 6 birds— Snow 

 first. Lawson second, Williams third. 11. Six clay-pigeons- Snow, 

 Stanton and Lawson first, Swift second, Williams third. 12. Seven 

 strai.ghtaA\'a.y bats— Adams and Swift first. Snow and Nichols sec- 

 ond, Stanton third. 13. Ten clay-pigeons, 3 traps— Snow and Law- 

 son first, Adams and Stanton second, Swift and Nichols third. 14. 

 Six bats, 3 traps — Nichols first, Stanton and Lawson second , Adams 

 third. 15. Novel ty match, U birds— Stanton first. Law and Adams sec- 



ond, Williams' third. 18. Miss and out match— Stanton and Nichols 

 diAuded. 



Diamond Match. 



Swift llinil— 7 11 10 11—5-12 



Lawson lllim- 7 11 10 10-4-11 



Snow lOmil-6 10 00 ll-:i- 9 



Nichols OlOmi— 5 00 11 01-3- 8 



Stanton 1011111-6 00 10 10-2- 8 



Visitors' Match. 



Friend 0110010-3 00 10 00—1— 4 



BOSTON, July 30.— There was a lively meet on the grounds of 

 the East Boston Gun Clnli to-day of shotgun men. The interest 

 centered on the match between the teams representing the Boston 

 Gun Club and the East Boston Gnu Club. Both sides did some 

 excellent work, the Boston guns winning by a score of 104 to their 

 opponents' 8-5. 



Boston Gun Club. 



geons. Blackbirds. 



D Dirkwood OlOfllOm 



B A Ward 0000110010 



Dr. Baker 0101101010 



G Cutting 1011100111 



BF Johnson llllOOmO 



S C Fields llllllilU 



1111010111 



onnioioi 



1001110011 

 0100001011 



loiniiiii 



1101101111 



East Boston Gun Club. 



Macombers. 

 11111-19 



01110- 13 

 11111—16 

 00011-13 



01111— 20 

 11111-23—104 



C R Dimock 0111101011 0101000011 01101—14 



George Hargrave 1111010111 1010001111 11111-19 



E Flanigan 1011101110 1101011111 10001-17 



RMarliare 0111011001 lOOOOOlOOl OIJOO— 11 



C Norton 0111100010 1000101000 11100-11 



SRMagee lOOJlllOll 1100001101 11111-17—89 



Sweepstakes followed as per record. 



Seven Peoria blackbirds— Baker, Ward and Field divided fli-st ; 

 Cutting, Hargrave. Flanigan and IClrkwood second; Johnson, 

 Marliare and Ernbock fourth. Five day-pigeons— Ward first; 

 Field, Pliilbrick and Jolnison second ; Marliare third : Magce, 

 Norton and Baker fourth. Three pair clay-pigeons— Philbrick 

 first; Johnson and Kirk wood second; Baker thii-d ; Ward and 

 Dimock fourth. Five Peoria blackbirds— Baker and Kirkwood 

 divided first ; Harsrave and Ward second ; Field third ; Wliit- 

 comb and Dimock fourth. Five Macorabera— Johnson and Baker 

 first ; Dimock and Field second ; Ward third ; Kirkwood fourth. 



ST. LOUIS, Julv 24.— The members of fhe St. Louis Gun Club 

 to-day commenced the tliird series of their prize monthly shoots. 

 It will last through four more Saturdays. Mr. \V ilson was handi- 

 capped back 4yds. for winning the series of last month. Prize 

 shoot, 8 Peoria blackbirds and 7 clay-birds, 18yds., screened traps: 



Bradford 101111011010111-11 Peck 001011110101 100- 8 



Ranken 011011011101101-10 Dr Michel 111001001011101- 9 



Wilson 111001110100110- 9 Dr Spencer. . . .001110010010101— 7 



Addington 011110010110111-10 Albright 110111010001011— 9 



Havde 000000011110000- 4 C W Bates 000011001111001- 7 



Coles 001101011001010-7 



Second shoot— 5 clays and 5 Peoria blackbirds: IByds.: 



Peck 1111111111-10 Albright 1110001100- 5 



Wilson imiOllOl- 8 W Hates 0101000100- 3 



Dr Michel 1111010111-8 E Bates OoOOOlOOOl- 2 



Addington 0111101101- 7 Dr Spencer 0101000000- 2 



Coles 0101111110- 7 Ranken 0001000111- 4 



Bradford 0110110010- 5 * . , 



Third shoot— 5 pigeons. 28yds. rise, plunge trap, use of two bar- 

 rels, figure 2 denotes second barreh 



C \^ Bates 13211-5 Bradford -It^}-^, 



Dr Michel 11112—5 Harden 01211—4 



21011—4 



01031-3 



tmoo— 3 



Rankon 8, C, W. 



coat. . 



• determined 



while Gr; _ , ^ 



yet become acclimated to ow Yankee summers. He suffered 

 dreadfully from the heat and said lie was quite dizzy at times. He 

 shot with his left hand grasping the front part of the trigger guard. 

 Mitchell had, some thought, the most difficult birds to shoot at, 

 many of them being low drivers, while Graham from time to time 

 was favored with incomers and right quarterers. Summarizing 

 the shoot Mitchell used his second barrel nineteen times and 

 Graham seventeen times. Only one bird was challenged, and 

 that was Mitchell's fourty-seventh, which fell just inside the 

 80yds. boundary. The score is as follows (3 signifies bii-d killed 

 when t-wo barrels were used): 



WGraham..21112 10011 01311 20213 21111 12103 11231 11331 13123 11112—45 

 W Mitchell. 21001 11011 12122 22213 11122 31110 21112 2V2::(] 13111 13310-44 

 Both men shot Schnltz's English sporting powder in the first 

 barrel, and there Avas but little siuokc in the Ava.y of I he second 

 shot, AAdiilo birds that were hit Avith the first barrel dropped Av-ithin 

 a fcAV feet of the trap. There Avas a number of preliminary SAveep- 

 stakes, in which some excellent shooting was done bv Messrs. 

 Canon, Castles, Duston, Sigler, Miller, Heath and others. In 

 these sweepstakes Graham won first money twice in succession, 

 shooting one barrel and killing ten birds straight in each at 27yds. 

 lie Avas tied by Canon in the first SAA-eep and shot him out on two 

 birds. 



CINCINNATI, July 30.— Though the Aveathcr Avas threatening, 

 fully 500 enthusiasts assembled on the old Avenue Ball Park this 

 afternoon to Avitness the fifth shoot for the Bandlc team trophv, 

 open to all gun club t«ams of five in. Hamilton countv. The sliool- 

 ing, considering an exceptionally poor sky the shooters had to con- 

 tend against, was good, especially that of the Price Hill Gun Club 

 during the Avind up of the race, Avhorc they broke 23 out of their 

 last 25 birds. A slight rain began falling at the oiienlng of the 

 shoot, but not to an extent to inteit'ere with the shooting. The 

 croAATl present were good naturcd, and the judging and refereeing 

 of Messrs. A. B. Wliitlock, E. Robinson and J. Ranger perfectly 

 satisfactory. FolloAving are the ofiicial scores; 20 single American 

 clay -birds. 5 traj)s, ISyds., National rules: 



Price Hill Club. MiamitoAvn (O.) Club. 



Shott 01011111110111111011-16 Nose 11111111111111111110—19 



Topf.... ...001110101 10 llOUUOl— 13 Althause .1111(1010111100110101-13 



Droste 01111101111111011111—17 Arnold . . . 11111 11011 imOOOlll— 16 



Maynard . . lllllOlllOOlOl 01111 1-15 Small 1011 111 1111101000111—15 



J E Miller .lUllOllllOlllOlHIl— 17 Rowin . . . .11111111110001010100-13 



78 76 

 East End Club. Queen Citv Team. 



Wagner .. .01111001110111110101-14 Burt UllOinilOOUllOOlll— 14 



Cole 11111111111111111111-20 Hades .... 11101011011100111111—15 



Hem'y. . . .11111111101001001011-14 Strunk . . . .00110101111101111111—15 



Cider 1111 1011111000001010— 12 Spangler . .01 101011011111111111-16 



Mason .... 0101111101 1111101111—16 Wick 00101111111110110111-15 



76 76 



Independent Club. Columbia Club. 



Parker. . . .01110111111100110111—15 Langdon. .10111001110001111101—13 



P Kossler. 0101011 0101101111110-13 Stone 10100111110011111101-14 



L Fev lOlOQllOlOl 101010011— H AVhitnev. .11101110110100101111— 14 



E Barker. .11111101110111111111— 18 Samuel. . . .00001111111011101001—12 



Paul llllHOOlOlllllllOlO-15 Richard . . .llllllOllOlllUUOlO-16 



73 69 

 West End Club. Wyoming Club. 



Joe H 01110111000000110110-10 WHtsee. ...&I00101I001011111111-12 



Bing OOmiOOlOllllllOllO-13 Allen OHlOllOHlOlllOllU-15 



Bauer 10101101010111001111-13 Smiley 11111111 101011001001-15 



Robinson..001U11001101Ulim— 15 Spinning. .OOOllUllOOlOOlOOllO— 10 



Wenning..011111U011111110100-15 Stoddard-OUllllOllomiOllU— 16 



66 67 

 National Club. 



Mover 00100101100011011010- 9 AValtz. . . . .11010101110101100011-13 



E tfev 10111001111001101111-14 Gerhardt. .11011111111101001111-16 



Guhman.. .(XllOOOOlOimillllll-13 — 



64 



WASHINGTON HEIGHT GUN CLUB.— This club is in a most 

 prosperous condition, ha ^ing a rapidly increasing membership 

 which is not confined to the Heights exclusively, as several mem- 

 bers live in the cil y, and find it to their advancago to lielong to the 

 W. H. G. C. We have.) list discarded the aneic-nt gkiss ball, and 

 are using as our targets the Ligowsky pigeon, the Blue Rock 

 pigeon, and the Bat. Our grounds are most pleasantly located at 

 lOyth street and 12th ave., and are easily reached in a short time 

 o"or the 6th a70. Elevated Railroad, and cable road from 135th 

 street. It is a very en.ioyuffle cool ride on a Avann day from the 

 City Hall to our ground. Among our incmbers ai-e several noted 

 shots, and others avIio aspire to become crack shots, and may if 

 they liA-o long enough. To all lo7ers of the shotgun, not already 

 members of other gun clubs, we extend an invitation to attend our 

 regnlj'-.r monthly shoots held the (iist [Saturday afternoon of each 

 month. If you come once, j^ou v.ill again come; aufl be convinced 

 that you cannot Hac liappily until you are enrullod a,s a full 

 fledgetl member of the W. H. G. C— (tKOWLER (New York). 



TRENTON, N. J., July 23.— Match at 25 clay-pigeons, 18yds., 5 

 traps, 5 yds. apart. Event dreAv out a large number of spectators. 

 Fox used a Greevicr hammer gun 10-gauge, 8;!41bs. Loveless a 

 Olabrough hammerless 9i41bs. Allen a Lefever hammerless SJ^lbs. 

 Leigh a Olabrough hammerless 9J^lbs.: 



M Pox . .1010011110101101110111110—17 



H Loveless llOlOOOtUlllI 011011000100-13-30 



C Allen. OllOOOlllllOlOUllOllllll-18 



A Leigh llOlOUnillOllOfllOllOOOl— 16-34 



STILLWATER, Minn., July 28. -The StillTvater Sportsmen's 

 Club held a double shoot to.day, for the badge and AVillman cup, 

 Macomber birds, 15 single and 5 double rises, 18yds. for the first 

 and ISvds. for the latter. County Auditor Mastei-man Avon both 



Adding-ton 22222—5 Coles 



McClm'e .11011—4 Ranke-n . 



Wilson 11110-4 DrSj.oiif 



Third shoot— SAveepstakes for birds, -^syd 

 Bates 2, E. Bates 1. 

 HARTFORD, Conn.— Colt Hammerless Gun Club, 15 pigeons: 



L B Gary Hllll 101111110-13 M Cook 010011110010111- 9 



L B Bus'lmell. .010111111111111-13 J HoAve lOniOOOllllOOl- 9 



M AVhite OlllUlOlllOllO-U J Alger IIOOIUOOOOOIOI- 7 



E C Ho we 001101011110111—10 A C Collins .... OlllOOHlOOOOOO- 8 



J Melrose 001011101101111-10 E W Bull OlOlOOOUOOlOOO- 5 



E L Hooper, . . .100111111101010-10 W S Taylor. . . . 000111001000000- 4 

 HM Jacobs... .111101110101010-10 , „ v 



Ties of 13, 3 at 2lA ds., Gary 3, BushneU 3; at 23ydB., Gary 1, Bnsh- 

 nell 0. 



GRAHAM VS. 3IITGHELL.— July 30 Avas an exceptionally hot 

 dav, but the marksmen Avere out in force at Erb's grounds, NeAvark, 

 to see William Graham, the Avell knoAvn English shot, andA\ illiam 

 Tell Tilitehell, of High Point, N. G., shoot a match for $500 a side. 

 The conditions Avere fifty birds each, Hurlingham rules, 30yds. rise, 

 five traps, tAVo barrels. Both used 13-gauge guns. Mr. Charles 

 Heath, of Newark, acted aj? judge for Mitchell, Mr. Scliurer for 

 Graham, and :\Ir. J. Pentz, of Brooklyn, Avas referee, Iho bu-ds 

 AA-crc an exceptionally good lot, considering the intense heat. They 

 Avei-e trapped out of the same baskets for both shooters. The birds 

 Avere retrieved bv Mr. Krirs Irish setter. Before the start and 

 throughout the contest auclion pools Avere sold on the event. The 

 first pool Avas §45 to gfiO dollars on Graham, and a number more 

 Avere sold befure the men scored at about 3 to 3, the odds being m 

 favor of tlrabutn. iditehell Avon the toss and Avent first to the 

 traps. He shot in a broad brimmed straw Jiat and Avithout his 



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Singles. Doubles. 



T'l 



19 



Gregory 



9 



5 



14 



8 



Pennington. 



3 



5 



8 



17 



NeAvquist . . . 



6 







6 



18 



McPherson.. 



5 



B 



8 



17 



J N Castle... 



7 



6 



13 



16 



Bronson 



5 



7 



13 



13 



DaTis 



8 



6 



14 



5 



Butler 



U 



5 



16 



17 





9 



7 



10 



14 



Pennington. 



4 



1 



5 



16 



Newquist. . . 



9 



5 



14 



14 



Butler 



9 



3 



12 



14 



JN, Caatle.. 



10 



6 



16 



13 



Bronson 



4 



5 



Q 



Masterman. 10 9 

 McKusick . . 3 5 



Heisel 9 8 



Holcomb.,.. 9 7 

 Anderson. . . 11 

 Hitchcock.. 8 8 

 LW Castle. 6 7 

 Willman.... 5 9 



Shoot for the cup: 

 Masterman. 10 7 



Heisel 10 4 



MoKusick.. 9 7 

 Holcomb.... 10 4 

 Henderson.. 7 7 

 Hitchcock.. 9 4 

 Willman.... 6 6 13 



JERSEY SHOOTERS.— The Mmrod Club recently defeated the 

 East Orange Gun Club in a glass ball shoot, in which 9 men on 

 each side shot at 10 balls each. Tlie Nimrods won by 7 balls. It 

 Avas the first of a series of maiehos for which arrangements have 

 been made, Thomas Dukes Avas cavita. in of the East Orange tea.Tn 

 and Vv. 1, P.cattv was eaiitain of the Nimrods. A DatniaohAViU 

 bi- obot between" the two clubs this month.... The PiueuiK Mjortiug 

 CbibAvas recently organized at No. 20 Houston street, NeAvark, 

 with the foUoAvdng otfieers: Robert Kvause, Chairman; Charles 

 Faher, .Secretary, and Henry Reinhardt, Treasurer. 



OTTAWA. ,Iuiv 26.— For the seventli tune Mr. W. L.Cameron, of 

 thiH citv, has won the LigoAvaky elay-iugeon cliampipnsl up badge, 

 dcfeatii'ig on Saturday Mr. S. Glover, of (.larleton Place, the then 

 holder, by a score of 23 points against 17, at b) singles and 5 

 doubles. " 



CAIJFORKIA Forests. — The importance of forest preserva- 

 tion to California cannot he over-estimated. The pro,sperity, 

 even the habitability of the great interior valleys of the 

 State) is involved in the perpetuation of forest groAvth upon 

 the slopes of the Sierra JSeA'ada. Bare those inountains, and 

 tremendous freshets would pour into the valleys during 

 winter and spring, AA^hile in summer the rivers Avould turn 

 to beds of sand, and not a drop of Avater could be had for ir- 

 rigation. Europe and Asia have great areas made desolate 

 and umuhabitable through the effects of forest destruction. 

 This matter must not be left to the lumbermen for settle- 

 ment. Their industry is an important one, hut where their 

 interest claslies A\'itb the general welfare, tbe latter must 

 govern. It is the farmm-s and fruit-growers, not the saAvmill 

 owners, who have the most vital interest in forest preserva- 

 tion. It is in fact, the State against the lumberaieu. We do 

 not advocate anv interference with the operations of the 

 lumbermen on their oavu grotind, but the time has come to 

 call a halt in the hu.siness of wiping out the forests upon 

 who.se permanence the future prosperity of the State depends. 

 —SacrarmiitQ i>'ec 



