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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fOOT. 28, 1886. 



Empress. Coffin, Zimmer & Co.'s (Glens Falls, N. Y.) St. Bernard 

 bi toll Empress (Tsar— Laone), Oct. 12, eight (four dogs), hy their 

 Noble XL (A.E:.B. 3273). 



SALES. 



Notes must be sent on tlie Prepared Blanks. 



jBob. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped April 17, 1886, hy 

 Fritz (A.K.R. 268) out of Bird (A.K.R. 1658), by Maple Kennels, 

 Patterson, N. Y., to T. F. Tinsley, Louisiana, Mo. 



Fairu Queen. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April 17, 

 1886, by Fritz (A.K.R. 268) out of Bird (A.K.R. IfiSS), by Maple Ken- 

 nels, Patterson, N. Y., to J. A. Garland, Jr.. Elberon, K . J. 



Cma. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped April 17, 1886, by 

 Fritz (A.K.R. 268) out of Bird (A.K.R. 1058), by Maple Kennels, Pat- 

 terson, N. Y., to J. M. Odiorne, Richmond, Me. 



Neptune. Lemon and white pointer dog. whelped April 17, 1886, 

 by Fritz (A.K.R. 268) out of Bird (A.K.R. 1658), by Maple Kennels, 

 Patterson, ]S. Y., to F. C. Hand, Rome, Ga. 



Fiutafimi. Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped April 17, 

 1886, by Fritz (A.K.R. 268) out of Bird (A.K.R. 1658), by Maple Ken- 

 nels, Patterson, N. Y., to H. M. Wilson, Baltimore, Md. 



Lticy. White, black and tan beagle bitch, whelped May 27, 1884, 

 by King out of Dot II., by Geo. L. Barnes, Tyringham, Mass., to 

 Jos. W- Appleton, Ipswich, Mass. 



Mated. White, lilack and tan beagle bitch, whelped Nov. o, 188.5. 

 by Judge out of Lucy, by Geo. L. Barnes, Tyringham, Mass., t-o 

 Thos. Parker, East Rochester, N. H. 



Bandy. Blue, black and white Great Dane dog, whelped May, 

 1885, pedigree not given, by Coffin, Zimmer & Co., Glens Falls, 

 N. Y., to Chas. Finch, same place. 



Ouida. Fawn, black points, mastiff bitch, whelped Aug. 8, 1886 

 (A.K.R. 4171), by Coffin, Zimmer & Co., Glens Falls, N. Y., to Wal- 

 ter Rogers, same place. 



NoWc II. Orange ta-vray and white St. Bernard dog, whelped 

 Aug. 6, 1835 (A.K.R. 3273), by Coffin, Zimmer & Co., Glens Falls, 

 N. Y., to Cv m. M. Jones, ^STewark, O. 



Jerscu Star. Liver, white and ticked pointer dog, whelped Sept. 

 1, 1885, fay Donald II. out of Gayley, bv A. Fred Spoerri, Orange, 

 N. J., to Dr. R. Grob, New York. 



Lad 1/ Wallace. Sable and white collie bitch, whelped July 8, 1885 

 (A.K.R. 3515), by C. H. MacKubbins, Pliiladelphia, Pa., to W. Aflee 

 Burpee & Co., same place, and resold by them to F. C. Watt, New 

 York. 



Natation. Black and white pointer bitch, whelped May 9, 1886. 

 by Nick of iNaso out of Temptation, l^y Geo. L. Wilms, Jersey City, 

 N. J., to S. H. EUery, Brimfield, Mass. 



Bridget. White bull-terrier bitch, whelped Sept. 16, 1886, by 

 Count out of Bertha, by Franlc F. Dole, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thos. 

 F. Harris, same place. 



Fritz (A.K.R. m)—Bird {A.K.R. 1S6S) whelp. Lemon and white 

 pointer dog, whelped April 17, 1886, by Maple Kennels, Patterson, 

 N. Y., to H. F. Ahrens, Jr., Closter, N. J. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



WILMINGTON, Del.,-Regular weekly shooting of the Wilming- 

 ton Ritle Club, contest for a gold badge offered by the club to be 

 shot for monthly. J. B. Bell broke the highest record of the club 

 at 100yds. Tlie weather conditions were very favorable. The 

 200yds' Massachusetts target was used at all of the matches. The 

 folio^^^ng are the scores out of a possible 130 points: 

 P.adge Match-200yds. Ofl-ifand. 



J B BeU 10 11 U 8 9 11 9 11 9 12-101 



C Heinel. Sr 9 11 12 10 9 7 8 11 10 10— 97 



W F Seeds 8 12 8 10 10 10 9 9 10 11— 97 



H Simpson 10 4 11 8 7 10 10 8 11 8- 87 



HA Heinel 10 7 7 7 11 8 9 5 11 11— 86 



CCarleton 9 8 11 10 10 5 7 3 8 2— 73 



W A Bacon 4 6 6 9 10 3 4 2 13 2— .59 



Second Match, ICOyds. 



J B BelL 11 U 11 11 12 9 12 10 11 11-109 



HA Heinel 11 11 11 12 13 9 12 11 9 11—100 



C Heinel, Sr 10 U 11 11 10 9 11 10 12 12-107 



W F Seeds 11 10 12 9 11 10 11 11 11 11-107 



H Simpson ...11 11 9 11 11 11 10 10 12 10-108 



C Carleton 11 10 11 11 10 l:i 11 10 10 9—105 



W A Bacon 8 8 9 8 11 12 11 11 11 12—101 



Third Match, lOOyds. 



J B Bell 12 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 11 11—114 



C Heinel. Sr 10 12 11 10 11 12 12 11 12 8-10i> 



WF Seeds 12 11 10 10 10 12 12 11 9 10-107 



H A Heinel 9 11 11 11 10 11 12 12 11 9-107 



C Carleton 11 11 6 10 11 11 11 9 10 10-lUO 



H Simpson 10 11 9 10 9 8 11 11 10 10— 99 



W A Bacon 10 5 G 11 11 11 11 8 10 8-91 



BOSTON, Oct. 23.— The third week of the aU-comers' match at 

 the Mammoth Gallery has showTi the best shooting of the season. 

 The competition is N cry strong, the position of the contestants 

 changing daily. Mr. Cliarles's steady and brilliant shooting gives 

 him hrst place, closely pressed by Mr. BoUes. The score is 10 

 rounds, possible 500: 



HL Charles 48 46 46 46 46 48 45 45 45 44—4.57 



SEBoUes 4g 46 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45—4.52 



A B Loring 4fi 45 45 45 44 44 44 44 44 43—414 



CH Eastman 45 45 45 44 4-1 44 44. 44 44 44—443 



A L Burt 46 45 44 44 44 44 44 44 43 43-441 



W H Smith 45 45 44 44 44 44 43 43 43 4.3—438 



HO Arnold 45 45 44 44 44 43 43 43 43 43-437 



J A Gay 45 45 44 44 43 43 42 42 42 42—132 



RR Mullen 43 43 4,2 42 42 42 42 42 42 41—421 



GO Swan 33 '12 42 42 42 42 41 40 39 38-411 



WH Randall 41 40 40 38 37 37 36 36 at 33-372 



BOSTON, Oct. 23.— The attendance at the range at Walnut Hill 

 to-day was small and the riflemen present completed but few 

 scores. Appendended are the results: 



Decimal Match. 



"W Heni-y 8 10 7768849 5—72 



r'-n- „ 18 10 7962746 8-67 



BG Warren . g g g 7 g ^ 



P Carter (mil) 97 5 6 74668 7—65 



Rest Match.. 



N Washburn .1010 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10-98 



JRMunroe 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 10 10 10-97 



H Severance 8 10 9 10 9 10 9 9 10 10-94 



WHDadman 10 10 10 8 10 7 9 10 10 6—93 



J Soule ...10 9 10 8 8 10 9 10 9 9-90 



State Militia Match. 



ES Savory 19 20 20 



Lieut Sanders 20 



Pistol Match. 



J Francis 7 10 7 8 9-41 8 10 7 10 6-41 6 10 10 10 8—44 



■ MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 18.— In the series of matches which 

 closed at the West Manchester Rifle Range on the 16th inst., the 

 standing of the contestants will be found below: Match B, con- 

 ditions: Gold medal to all competitors \vh.o score six 86s or better; 

 silver medal to all competitors who score six 80s or better; bronze 

 medal to all competitors Avho score six 75s of better; silver mem- 

 bership badge to all competitors who score six 70s or better: 

 C D Palmer.86 84 85 86 88 87—510 W Morris... 73 75 77 78 80 74-467 

 OV/Lyman.74 75 74 76 SO 80—4.39 E Cole 71 78 66 67 69 66—417 



Match C, handicap prize match, with conditions same as in 

 Match B, with exception that four cards constitute a score: 



W Morns 72 77 79 81-.309 + 68-377 



NJoiiuson 75 73 72 78 -298+34—332 



CW Lyman : ■•■■75 70 78 74-303 +24-327 



■EJKnowlton 70 70 70 73-283+24-307 



F J Drake 69 72 70 07-278+24-802 



RFullerton 71 67 70 67-275 



Mar ch D, resc match, conditions: Gold medal to all competitors 

 makina ten 9Sa; silver medal to all competitors making ten 95s; 

 bronze medal to all competitors making ten 92s; silver member- 

 ship badge to all competitors making ten 90s: 



Palmer. 98 97 99 97 97 97 97 96 96 96-969 



Drake 98 95 98 96 07 90 95 94 94 94—957 



Paul 93 93 92 92 93 95 95 94 95 9.5-937 



Lyman 92 94 96 93 93 91 91 92 95 95—932 



Morris 94 92 93 93 93 93 94 93 95 90-930 



Knowlton 89 91 90 97 90 92 98 94 95 91-930 



Hodge 84 89 83 89 90 85 81 79 77 77-833 



Henry 88 63 &3 80 90 84 78 78 78 87-829 



Johnson 90 SO 81 80 86 83 81 82 80 81—824 



THE SANDY HOOK EXPLOSION. -On Thursday last the care- 

 less loarting of a shell at the Sandy liook proving ground caused 

 the deaths of Lieut. Medcalfe and Private King. Supt. Sinclair, 

 the father of our expert of the trajectory tests, was stunned but 

 soon recovered. 



IMANCHESTER, Oct. 19.— The riflemen had the best possible 

 weather for their team shoot this afternoon, and yet the total 

 rolled up is not so large as was anticipated. But nine men took 

 part, as some of the number selected failed to put in an appear- 

 ance, and it will be necessary for another member to shoot before 

 the close of the week in order to make the team complete. The 

 tendency which the team shooting has to unnerve men was never 

 more aptly illustrated than to-day. Mr. Paul finished an 81 card 

 in the medal match and then immediately shot his team card, 

 making but 53. Dr. Boothby's last 10 .shots at pr-actice netted him 

 74, and yet he could make but 63 in the team match. The strain 

 upon a rifleman at such times is even painful as he nerves himself 

 in an effort to do his best for his club and himself, and the strain 

 is so great that he almost invariably falls below his average work. 

 In the rest match Mr. Knowlton secured his tenth card above 90, 

 which entitles him to a silver membership badge. Arecord of the 

 shooting follows: 



Practice Match, Rounds 7, Possible 35. 



John A Barker 4444445—29 John A Barker 4545544—31 



Handicap Pi-ize Match, Rounds 10, Possible 100. 



EI Partridge 778 10 59756 5—69 



Medal Match, Rounds 10, Possible 100. 



E C Paul 7 8 7 9 6 10 9 7 8 10-81 



GALeighton 6 7 7 5 8 9 8 9 7 10-76 



Rest ]\Iutch, Rounds 10, Possible 100. 



E J linowlton 9 9 10 10 6 10 10 9 9 10-92 



Team Match, Rounds 10, Possible 100. 



CD Palmer 9 6 5 7 8 6 8 10 10 8—77 



GALeighton 8 5 10 5 10 6 10 7 10 6-77 



A B Dodge 6 7 8 6 8 9 6 7 7 8—72 



E J Knowlton 6 6 5 2 8 10 10 6 10-69 



L. W Colby 5 10 5 9 8 6 6 5 8 6—68 



John A Barker 9 6 9 6 9 6 5 4 6 8—68 



WMBoothby 4 7 5 6 5 4 8 10 5-63 



E 1 Partridge C 9 5 2 9 6 6 4 6 5-.58 



E C Paul 4 3 5 6 5 9 7 3 6 5-53 



605 



This is an average of 67.2-9 per man, which is but a fraction less 

 than the average made in the six-men team match last week and 

 is better than the shooting in the first match two weeks since. 



WTELMINGTON, Oct. 21.— The following is the score in the first 

 of the three matches to be shot for the championship between the 

 local team and that of Westchester. The next match mil take 

 place after election. The teams of the series provides that the 

 scores at the two ranges shall be connted together and tlie dilTer- 

 ence to make the result of the contest. The Massachusetts target 

 was used at all of the matches. The scores are as follows out o£ 

 individual possible 81 points, team possible 588, and double score 

 1,176: 



Wilmington Team— 200yds. 



J B Bell 10 7 11 11 12 8 9-68 



H A Heinel 10 9 12 9 8 11 10-67 



C Heinel, Sr 8 12 11 7 10 8 9-65 



H B Seeds 10 12 9 8 10 9 7-65 



E M Clark 7 10 11 10 11 9 5-63 



W F Seeds 8 7 10 7 9 9 9-59 



J Scott 5 9 2 10 8 5 6— 4.5-4S2 



Wilmington Team— lOOyds. 



E M Clark 12 12 10 11 12 12 11-80 



J B Bell 10 11 12 12 11 12 10-78 



H B Seeds 10 11 12 11 12 12 10-78 



O Heinel, Sr 11 11 12 10 10 11 11—76 



H A Heinel 12 10 10 10 12 11 10-75 



AY F Seeds 11 9 11 10 10 12 10-73 



J Scott 9 10 10 10 11 12 10-72— .5:32 



Total Wumington Team 9G4 



West Chester Team— 200yds. 



FHEachus 13 11 11 



T Williamson 11 11 10 



GR Walton ....10 11 9 



TGRodebaugh 8 7 8 



T W Taylor 12 9 10 



G Williamson 9 9 11 



M Jackson 9 10 9 



West Chester Team— lOOyds. 



GR Walton 11 10 12 



G Williamson 11 12 10 



TGRodebaugh 12 10 11 



FHEachus 10 12 11 



T AY Taylor 10 12 U 



T AViUiamson 10 11 10 



M Jackson 10 10 10 



9 9 9 11-72 

 8 8 10 10-68 

 11 9 8 9-67 



11 12 9 11-66 

 8 11 10 6—66 

 8 9 11 9-66 

 6 2 10 9—55-460 



12 12 10 12-79 



13 11 12 10-78 



10 11 Vil 11-77 



11 10 12 10—76 

 10 8 11 10-72 

 10 9 11 10-71 

 U 8 11 9-69-522 



Total West Chester Team 982 



Wilmington total 964 



Net result for West Chester 18 



At the conclusion of the contest most of the West Chester team 

 took an early train for home. This leaving wasthe cause of regret 

 to the Wilmington Club, as their good marksmanship is fully 

 equalled by their good fellowship. Those remaining .ioined with 

 the home club in two prize matches. The following are the scores 

 out of possible 120 and 60 points respectively at 2CXlyds. distance: 

 First Match. 



H B Seeds 9 9 12 11 8 13 10 2 11 9-99 



G Williamson 8 10 10 10 10 ID In 9 13 6-98 



AY F Seeds 10 10 11 8 11 9 7 9 9 lo-94 



T Williamson 10 9 12 9 8 10 9 8 9 J— 94 



C Heinel, Sr 8 9 8 11 12 11 11 9 6 9-94 



J B Bell. 9 8 8 7 9 10 10 11 10 10—92 



EM Clark 6 9 11 8 7 7 9 9 9 11—86 



H A Heinel 5 11 5 10 U 8 6 10 11 8-85 



H Simpson 5 8 11 9 10 8 6 8 9 10-84 



J Scott 5 7 8 8 8 8 10 13 4 11-81 



C Carleton 11 8 8 10 8 7 6 6 7 3-74 



JRies 522007096 8—39 



Prizes, first, H. B. Seeds; second, G. Williamson, and third, W. 

 F. Seeds. 



Second Match. 



H A Heinel 9 11 10 9 12-51 J Scott 8 10 10 7 10-45 



G AViUiamson.. .10 8 12 10 10-50 W Yearsley 9 9 7 9 10-44 



HB Seeds 10 9 11 8 10—48 H Simpson 5 10 7 11 9-43 



C Heinel, Sr. ... 7 11 8 9 11-46 C Carleton 10 9 9 7 6-41 



T Williamson... 8 11 9 9 9—46 E M Clark 5 10 10 6 9—40 



J B Bell 8 12 8 11 6-45 JRies 3 8 2 0-12 



W F Seeds 10 11 10 4 10—45 



Prizes, first. H. A. Heinel; second, G. Williamson; third, H. B. 

 Seeds, and fourth, T. AViUiamson. 



CREEDMOOR, Oct. 23.— The 12th Qualification and Champion 

 Marksman's Class Match was shot to-day. The attendance was 

 the largest this season; weather pleasant, and the wind very 

 tricky. Lieut. G. F. Hamlin, Company I, 23d Regiment, was the 

 winner of the gold marksman's badge m this match. He is the 

 tenth man to win it this season. Lieut. E. F. Young, Company 0, 

 7th Regiment, is virtually the winner of the medal t ins season, he 

 having won it 3 times. The election day match will open at 8 

 o'clock A. M.; enteries for this day's match can be liad at tlie 

 office of the National Rifle Association, room 55, Tlemple Court, 

 New York. Private parties are notified that the association will 

 make use of all targets on this day, and none -vvill be hired. The 

 winning scores on Saturday were: 



hieut G F Hamlin, Company I, 23d Regt 20 25—45 



Corpl W J Underwood, Company H, 7th Regt 20 25-45 



Sergt F A^an Lennep, Company K, 7th Regt ,'.1 20—41 



Corpl AV C Holmes, Company B, 2.3d, Regt.... 21 19-10 



Pvt J N Wheeler, Company 1, 23d Regt 17 22— "9 



Sergt J McNevin. N C S, 130 1 Regt 20 19-39 



Lieut A F Schermerhorn. Staff, 12th Regt 21 18-39 



Pvt G L Stcbbins, Company K, 7 th Regt .17 21— .38 



THE MASSACHUSETTS TEAM.— The prominent event in the 

 coming ^^'eek in military circles in Boston was the awarding of the 

 prizes to the Creedmoor team of the Massachusetts A'olunteer 

 Militia, which took place at the Re^'erc House, on Tuesday evening. 

 Governor Robinson, with his staff, vecei-\-cd the members of the 

 team in full uniform at the Revere House at 5 o'clock. First Lieu- 

 tenant Edmund L. Znlinski. Fifth Artillery, U. S. A., as represen- 

 tative of the National Rifle Association, formally presented to the 

 team the Hilton trophv, the Soldier of Marathon, and the individ- 

 ual medals. Thev were received by Colonel Horace T. Rockwell, 

 Assistant Inspector Gei^ral of the State and by him transferred 

 to the Governor, who receis'ed the trophies on behalf of the Com- 

 monwealth, and tiu-ned them over to Adjutant General Dalton. 

 The gold medals awarded by the State were presented to ( he indi- 

 Addual memberH of the team, after which the team and in\'ited 

 guests were entertained in a manner for which the Re\ ere House 

 18 noted. Later in the evening the team attended the performance 

 of "Adonis" at the HoUis StJ-eet Theatre. A large picture of the 

 team was made bv C!only prior to the ceremonies at the Revere 

 House. The mvitations were limited to the members of the team 

 and a few of the prominent officers of the organizations to which 

 the victors belong, and the affair was carried out in a style m 

 keeping with the honor reflected upon the Commonwealth by her 

 little band of victorious marksmen. 



GARDNER, Mass . OcL 20.-To-day the Heywood Guards, Co. 

 P., Second Regiment; M. Y. M., had their annual field day. Tlierr 

 guests were the Orange Light Infantry, Co. E., Second Regiment 

 Alter the parade and dinner there was target shooting at the. 

 Uacmatac range of the Gardner Rifle Club. The conditions were 

 a distance of 2O0yds., shooting off-hand, Creedmoor target and 

 the Springfield military gun. The flr-st match -ivas between com- 

 panies. The prize was a steel engraving framed.' ' Each man had 

 5 shots with a possible 2o. The totals of each wei'^ as foUows: 

 Orange Light Infantrv. 



Sergt Barber 9" Priv Henrlch 3 



Sergt GHes 4 Priv Hosier g 



Sergt Bliss Priv Houghton 10 



Sergt Forbes 5 Priv Lombard " 6 



Sergt Go wing 19 Pri v Ma dden 



Corp Bradbury Priv O'Connell 7 



Mus Gray Priv Hinds '.'.'.'.'.20 



Priv Adams 7 Priv Ramsey 6 



Priv Barnes U Priv Rvan U 



Priv Boyden.. ... 



Pi-iv Barton 



Priv Brizzee 



Priv Campbell... 



Priv Carr 



Priv Cheney 



Priv Connell. . . . 



Priv Doane 



Priv Gray 



Priv Horrs 



Priv Hartson 



Priv Hapgood... 



Priv Reece 



Priv Edwin ANims.. 



Priv Ed A Nims 



Priv Smith 



Priv Sullivan. 



Priv Martin 



.16 Priv Hartney 



' " Capt Lea-sitt 



Lieut Connor 



J-ieut Sampson 



Corp Sisk , 



Priv Davis 



.. n 



.11 



-.19 



..21 



Heywood 



Capt Chamberlin 20 



Lieut Edgell 21 



Sergt Black 18 



Pvt Read 4 



Sergt Knowlton 19 



Sergt KendaU 17 



Corpl Thompson 17 



Corpl Fowler 8 



Pvt Taylor 17 



Pvt C Hunting 11 



Pvt O'Neil 14 



Pvt C Learn ard ...10 



I'vt Thrasher 14 



Pvt Holt 12 



PvtSherwin 18 



Pvt Dudley 11 



Pvt A E KendaU 8 



Pvt W Hunting 6 



Sergt Sawin 9 



Pvt Caldwen 



PAi;Carr 14 



18 



18 



....16 



4 



.... 

 ....13 

 .... 2 

 .... 7 

 ....19 

 ... 18 

 .... 

 .... 



r. , ^ 



Guards. 



Pvt Greenwood 15 



Pvt Green ft 



Pvt White 19 



Pvt Strong 13 



p- t Fitch. 



Pvt T AV Learned .18 



Pvt Gates 13 



Pvt F Sawin. 18 



Pvt Stone 2 



Pvt Brown 13 



Pvt Part well 9 



Pvi .Jackson H 



Pvt Hublmrd 13 



Pvt Hawkins 3 



Pvt Hutchinson 4 



Pvt Bishop 20 



Pvt Chas Hinds 18 



Lieut Wood 9 



Pvt Bates 13 



PvtBoutelle 



Pvt Hartshorn 16 



491 



The match also was to determine the prize winners in the indi- 

 vidual match and the Company F prizes, cnnsetiuently the gold 

 badge of the Company will be worn for the next year by Lieut. 

 Chas. M. Edgell; the ]i;mdsoniclv bound book, "Massacre.s of the 

 Mountains," .goes to C;i.pt. .^olon 1'. Ciiamberlaiu; the third prize, 

 a set of silver mil picks, to Pri\-:i te George Bishop. 



The friendly ma tch between tlie Gardner Rifle Club and the 

 Heywood Guards was next in order. (Jut of a possible 35 the result 

 was as follows: 



Rifle Club. Heywood Guards. 



GFEUsworth ai Capt Chamberlin 28 



Chester Hinds 31 Lieut Edgell 30 



EE Nichols 31 Sergt Black 29 



IN Dodge 29 Corp Thompson 23 



Al^^n IVlathews 28 Sergt Knowlton 2(i 



George AVar field 28 Priv Bishop 20 



G C Goodale 20 Chas Hinds 31 



200 186 

 A team match resulted with a total of 189 for Company E and 175 

 for Company F. In the Honorary Members' match the first prize 

 was won by Dr. W. A. Jewett, who made a total of 21, and the sec- 

 ond by II. C. Knowlton, who had two less. 



BOSTON, Oct. 18.— The Boston German Rifle Club this afternoon 

 h ad a novel shooting contest at the Clarendon Hills range. Instead 

 of practicing on a jNlassachusetts target they fired at glass balls, 

 which were placed on tne outer edge of a large wheel at adistance 

 of lOOyds. Most of the members found it rather difficult to hit so 

 small an object with a rifle baU. Mr. AA". E. Schaefer led with 31, 



F. Hubner l.i, G. Krafft 11, J. Wirth 9 J. KimmcU 8, .J. AVilfert 4, 



G. Ivlucken 4, R. Klucken 4, S, Gahm 1. The sliooting created a 

 good deal of .sport. Mr. Schaefer exhibited a gun with three bar- 

 rels, which excited much interest, and some remarkable shooting 

 was done -Nvith it. The gun -was litied \vitij two shot gun barrels 

 and a 38-cal. rifle barrel beneath. Many ( r_od it, and all united in 

 the opinion that it is a model gun for any kind of game. On the 

 way to the depot a quail started u]) and was brought down with 

 this gun by Mr. Henry Wilfert. Next Thursday this club will 

 enjoy its annual hunting excursion. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for xnibMcation should he made out on tJie printed lilanlis 

 prepared hy the Forest and Stream, and furnislied gratis to (lub 

 secretaries. Cimrspondents tvho favor x(s with cluh scores are par- 

 ticidurlii rcqii f sl nl to twite on one side of the paper only. 



THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. 



CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 2:d.-Editor Forest and Stream: In your 

 issue of Sept. 17 you kindly published my challenge for an 

 international contest at clay-pigeons at Bo.ston, Mass., .June 1 to 4, 

 1887, under the auspices of the National Gun Association. Said 

 ohallenge is now lieing republished .in the Englisli press and appa- 

 rently is awakening an earnest desire on the part of the British 

 sportsmen to accept the same. It liehooves us, therefore, todevise 

 some plan looking toward the formation of the American team 

 and also to forming a coimnittee of reception, who will not ouly 

 take due care of the foreign teams upon their arrival, but will also 

 form a nucleus or head center duly authorized to receive such 

 prizes and contributions as our public-spirited citizens may see fit 

 to donate, not ouly as an additional incentive for the participants, 

 but also as an index in the public at large of the universal interest 

 such a contest will surely excite. The work of such a committee 

 of reception can be most appropriately undertaken by the Execu- 

 tive Committee of tiic National Gun Association, appointed for 

 the third international clay-pigeon tournament and of which Mr. 

 C. M. Stark, of North Dunbarlon, ^'. H., is chairman. I would, 

 therefore, .suggest that commnnica cions on the subject be addressed 

 to the latter las also to the press), and that Mr. Stark call a meet- 

 ing of the Executive Committee for due aetioii. 



As to the committee to form the team 1 would suggest that a 

 committee of one be recognized to prescribe the conditions for 

 forming said team, with full power to select said team. Prompt 

 action can thus be insured and the team selected on such a basis 

 as will give all applicants an opportunity to apply privately, so 

 that when the team is finally formed those rejected will not be in 

 any manner prejudiced; said committee of one shall be captain of 

 the team, but shall notbe a contestant, merely a director. I would 

 suggest as said Committee Col. L. C. Bruce, ol New York City, and 

 for various rea.sons; not only on account of his high .Standing among 

 sportsmen for all the qualities deemed mni;,t manly, but also and 

 primarily on account of his experience in a somewhat similarfield, 

 Viz.: as a member of the American Rilie Team, \vhich successfully 

 met the British Rifle Team several years ago, not only in this 

 country, but also upon the return contest in (ireat Britain. If he 

 will accept tins onerou.s task lam confident it will be performed 

 to the satisfaction of a'l t'oiu'crned His personal knowledge of 

 both American and foreign sportsmen as well as of their local habits. 

 Avill enable him to act promptly, judiciously and so as to preserve 

 harmony under aUthe trying circumstances which are sure to 

 arise in such ca.ses. 



We have now had as welcome visitors from Great Britain a rifle 

 team, a cricket team and a yacht. AA'e are all aware of the public 

 interest excited by tlie same, the enthusiasm with which they were 

 greeted not only by the few who met them personally, but by the 

 millions who formed their acquaintanceship through the telegrams 

 of the daily press, wluch heralded their every movement. If our 

 American sportsmen lovers of tlic shotgun will now step to the 

 front (as 1 feel confident they will do, at least we of the American 

 Gun Association will so doj, this enthusiasm -wiU be more than 

 duplicated, and we wiU have, to use a homely phrase, "a glorious 

 time," besides showing to the American public something they 

 have not yet realized, viz., that the shotgun wing-shootiag sport 

 numbers thousands of votaries in tliis country, and that it affords 

 one of the most healthful out-door exercises especiaUy adapted to 

 relieve the severe mental strain under which most ot us are now 

 living and suffering. J. E. Bloom. 



