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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 16, 1886. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE CALIFORNIA RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. C-Tte fall meetiiDg of the California 

 ._ Kifle Association at Shell Mound Park to-day was fairly suc- 

 cespf nl c-onsidcring the weather. There was no sunlight whaterer, 

 and a heavy mist rendered the day additionally dark and hazy! 

 The shooting was, of course, considerahly helow the average, and 

 the trophy was won hy 10 points less than ever hefore. The 

 attendance was rather small. The matches occurred in the fol- 

 lowing order: 



Director's match, open to the directors of the California Rifle 

 Association; distance, g()0ydi3. J with any military rifie under the 

 rules; seven rounds; prize, a silver enameled medal, to be returned 

 to the California Rifle Association at the next meeting. The 

 match resulted as follows: Major E. G. Sprowl ol, Ma.ior J. F. 

 laose 30, Sergeant A. J. Ruddick SO, Sergeant Charles Nash 29, 

 Captain H. T. Sime 29. 



Diamond team match, open to teams of six representatives from 

 any military company, field and st&ff in the country, board of 

 officers, police department or rifle club now in existence, with 

 Springfield i-ilie at 200 and oOOyds., rounds seven, at each distance. 

 First prize, a trophy presented by Gen. W. H. Drmond, to become 

 the property of tlie team winning it three times at regxtlar meet- 

 ings of the C R.A. 



Whitman 28 and K, total 50. Grand total, 354. 

 Nationars Shooting Club— ,L E. Klein (200yds.) 31,'5U0yds.) 35, total 



The police team won the match and keep the trophy, having won 

 it twice hefore. Tlie police heat the Nationals by Creedmoor rule. 



Siehe team match, open to teams of six representatives from 

 any company of the national guard or police department who have 

 never made more than 70 per cent, in any California rifle associa- 

 tion company team matches since Jan. 1, 1884. Roimds 7. with 

 SpVin^field rifles, at ;.'00\ ds. Prize, a trophy, given by Captain 

 Lud^vig Siehe, retired. National Guard of California: A. J. Mc- 

 Grath 24. Vv". T. Scott 33, T. F. Connolly 21, A, Williams 21. Wm. 

 Bingle 20, E. B. Alford IT; total 126. 



National Guard team match, open to teams of 12 active members 

 from any compaiiy of tlie National Giiard of California; distance 

 200yds., rounds 7, with Springfield rifle; prize, a trophy given to 

 the Califomia Rifle Association and to become the property of 

 the company winning it: Company C. First In faniiw Regiment— 

 O. L. Lodse -33, C. F. Waltliam 31. A. P. Rave 30, J. E. Klein 80, T. 

 E. Carson 29, B. N. Snook 29, A. J. Ruddock' 28, C. Meyer 28, .Itilius 

 IQein- " ^' " . . - . . - 



343. C 



Pemhroli , , . _ . . _ , 



Palm 28, W. L. Brown 28, George E. Baldwin 26. C. L. Tilden 26, P. 

 E. Vandor 2.'>, J. A. Bowers 24, William Sumner 17; total 327. Com- 

 pany C accordingly won the match by 16 points. 



Kohler consolation match, open to all competitors who have no 

 record exceeding 70 per cent, at the meetings of the California 

 Eifle Association since Jan. 4, 1884; distance 200yds.. 5 shots with 

 any military rifle under the rules: Williams 23, Pendleton 22, W. 

 D. Scott .21, Alford 20, Rainshury 20. 



C. R. A. champion medal, open to all members of the association, 

 the na.tional guard of California, armv and navy, or police depart- 

 ment. Entries unlimited. Rounds 10, with any militarv rifle 

 under the rules. Distance 200yds.: A. Johnson 47, J. E. Klein 46. 

 A. T. Fieltt.-j 46, Ed. Hovey 4.5, W. Bixhy *'>, Chas. Nash 44. 



Canrcrnia Powder AVorks medal, open to all members of the as- 

 soc-iatiun. national guard of California, army and navy. Distance 

 300 and 300yds., 7 shots at each distance, with any military rifle 

 under the niles. To become the property of the marksman win- 

 ning it three times at regular meetings of the California Rifle As- 

 sociation: A. .Johnson, 200yds., 33; .'jOOyds., 33; total, 66. W. Bixbv 

 30 and 33, total, 63. Cant. J. E. Klein 30 and 31; total, 61. A. T. 

 Fields 31 and 30 total 61. 



Ring target, open to all comers, distance 20(.iyds., -wiTh any mili- 

 taryrifle under the rules, viz.: the Springfield, and Sharps-Bur- 

 chard rifles, rounds two, entries unlimited; 3 cash prizes: A. John- 

 Bon 21, C. T. Waltham 21, Pendleton 21, Field 21. L. Barrere 20, 

 Sprawl 20, John Klein 18, BixbylS. The match Avas awarded to 

 Johnson. 



Centennial trophy team match, open to teams of 10 representa- 

 tives from aiTN' regiment or battalion of the National Guard of 

 California, distance 200 and ."SOOyds., rotmds 7 at each distance, 

 with Springlield rifles. Pr.ze, the silver trophy presented to the 



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property of the regiment or battalion winning it five times at reg- 

 ular meetings of the California Rifle Association, commencing in 

 1883. P^irst Infantry Regiment Team— 0. L. Lodds, 61, C. F. Wal- 

 tham 60, P. M. Diers 59, T. E. Carson, .59, O. H. Wescott 59, A. P. 

 Rave 58, Julius Klein .56, C. Meyers 54, E. F. Snook .53, A. S. Bud- 

 dick 50: total 568. 



pany 



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caliber revolvers. Prize, a trophy given by Captain H. T. Sime, 

 Company A, Second Artillery Regiment, National Guard of Cali- 

 fornia. Company A, Second Artillery, Team l—.?erpt. Elliott 48, 

 Sergt.. D'Arcy 48, Capt. Sime 47, Sergt. Cummings 47 ; total. 190. 

 Company A, Second Artillery, Team 2— Pvt. A. Smith 49, Pyt. 

 McVicker 44, Pvt. E. Smith 44, Pvt. Wickenhauser 43; total, 180. 

 National's Shooting Club— J. E. Klein 49, E. Hoyev 48, A. Johnson 

 47, T. E. Carson 42 ; total, 186. Police Team— Gano 48, A. T. Field 

 46, McCarty 44, Whitman 44 ; total. 182. 



BOSTON, Dec. 11.— The fine weather occasioned a good attend- 

 ance at the matches at Walnut Hill to-day. Folloyving are the 

 best scores made during the week: 



Decimal Off-Hand Match. 



J Francis, B (mil) 7 9 9 9 9 6 9 9 9 10—86 



E Berry, A 8 10 9 9 7 6 10 8 10 9-86 



WOBmnite, A 8 8 9 9 6 9 10 10 9 6—84 



H Gushing, C 9 8 6 8 9 10 10 8 7 7—82 



W H Oler, B (mil) 8 10 6 8 10 7 10 7 7 9-82 



N F Tufts, D 10 30 9 8 8 6 8 7 5 10-81 



AL Brackett, A....- 6 8 10 7 9 9 8 6 10 6—79 



K Davis, C 8 10 8 10 7 7 5 7 10—78 



W Henry, A 7 9 5 6 5 10 9 10 8 8-77 



J P Bates, C 5 7 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 6-72 



H Withington, C 4 4 10 6 7 10 6 7 4 9—67 



Rest Match. 



D L Chase 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-99 



S Wilder 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-99 



WOBurnite 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9—95 



A C Gordon 9 10 10 10 9 8 9 9 10 10—94 



The 500yds. military match is discontinued until further notice. 

 Those who liave partially filled in the match will have an oppor- 

 tunit y to complete their scores early in the coming season. The 

 victory medal rest match has been withdra^vll. but it is probable 

 that \yit)i the coinmencemoiit ot tlie new year another similar 

 match will open, to continue dui-iiig the year. The team match 

 committee of The Massachusetts Rifle Association is contemplating 

 sending an acceptance to the conditions or the Bullard Arms Com- 

 pany's match, and entering a team of ten men to compete for the 

 prizes offered. 



SARATOGA, Dec. 4.— At the last three meetings of the Rifle 

 Cluh, held Friday, Nov. 19, Thursday, Nov. 25, and Thursday, Dec. 

 2, 1886, the appended scores y\ere made on the jMassncl'msetts 

 tai-get, at 200yds. ofl'-hand. All scores shot, between Friday, Oct. 

 8, 18R7,and the last Thursday in .lanuary, ISST, apply on the White 

 and L'ey^engston handicap prizes ; 



J N Crocker. Jr 12 11 9 11 9 11 11 12 12 11—109 



Wm H Gibbs 12 8 13 11 8 8 10 12 10 8-100 



H M Ley^engston, Jr 9 13 10 U 9 11 10 10 10 7-99 



A F Mitchell 10 9 11 10 10 10 12 10 8 8- 98 



Geo Downing : . . 8 10 8 10 10 11 7 10 10 10— 94 



WMeehan 11 11 11 7 12 6 9 7 6 9- 89 



B C Fonda 9 7 11 10 6 8 10 6 7 11— 85 



A L Hall 12 11 3 4 7 10 12 4 9 10- 82 



D F Ritchie 7 T 8 8 7 4 11 8 9 12— 81 



BOY :MARK;S]MAN wanted.— New York, Dec. Q.— Editor 

 Forest and Strfain: I.William Smith, better knoyvn as Buffalo 

 BUI, Jr., yyill shoot auy hoy at the age of 16 to 18 years, a rifle 

 match from 90ft. to 2Ci0ydu. Can be seen at Zettler's rifle gallery, 

 20/ Bowery, New York. I will shoot a match with any boy for the 

 cbampionsmp of New York for any suitable trophy,— Bd^faU) 



."iCOs'cLs. 

 5545.555514-48-94 

 5555554445-47-89 

 5351444445—42-87 



S45454.554.5— 46-87 

 4445555444-44—87 



5283444555—40-78 

 45335,53335-39-76 



3 4-39 



4 4-38 



5 3-34 



9 10 6 10 8—85 

 9 9 6 8 7—81 

 8 7 9 8 7-74 



SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.— A large number of marksmen con- 

 gregated at Shell Mound Park to-day, the occasion being the 

 regular monthly shooting of the National Shooting Club and tlie 

 match shoot of a team composed of fifteen members of the Na- 

 tionals and a like number of the Nevada Rifle Cltih, both to shoot 

 on their own range. The Nevada team ^.vas to shoot to-day at 

 Oarsott City and the team from the Nationals shot at Sliell Mound. 

 This match hung fire for a long time under some misunderstand- 

 ing, until ftnaUy the date was fixed for to-day. George C. Thaxicr 

 attended to the Nevada Chib's interests at Shell Mound and the 

 Nationals had a party superintending the shooting at Carson Citv. 

 Following is the score made by the Nationals : 



Ed Hovey 5555-154554—47 A P Raye 5443444444-40 



A Johnson 45455-4555.5—47 A Waltham 4444444414—40 



P M Diers 455455.5.544—46 O H Westcott 4442544454- 40 



Captain J E Klein..45445544.5y— 45 l\i J Mac<i!rath 44.5.3434444—39 



T E Carson 4554.54-5454-45 A -1 Ruddock 2.34444-1544— 3S 



C Meyer 45444-15-44.5—43 C Nol t c HAUmir^ 38 



S J Pembroke 4545444444- 42 C Petry 343434-4544-38 



Charles A Lods 4434454-454-41 



629 



Following are the prize wiimers and scores made in the regular 

 monthly medal shoot of the National Shooting Club: 

 Champion Class. 



200ydB. 



A Johnson _ 5.54-14.55545—4!) 



O H Wescott 4444.-i44544-42 



T E Carson 455444554-5-45 



First Class. 



S J Pembroke 4-W1454354-41 



C Meyers 45444-54445—43 



Second Class. 



O Nolte 54444a3-l 43-38 



V A Dodd 4444544S33— 37 



Third Class. 



P E Vandor, 200yds 3 5 3 4 5 



C W Petry, 20i)yds 3 4 3 4 3 



E H Kennedy, 200yds 3 3 3 2 3 



Fourth Class. 



F H Nulls, 200yds 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4-34 



VIRGINIA CITY, Nev.. Nov. 28.— Col. E. D. Boyle received a 

 letter early in the present month from the National Shooting Club 

 of San Francisco, composed of Companies C and G, First Recri- 

 ment California National Guard, challenging the Nevada l-:itle 

 Association of this city to shoot a friendly match with 15 men 

 selected from each team, at the 2(i0yds. target, each shooting over 

 their own range, the result to be announced by telegraph.' The 

 challenge was accepted and the contest took place to-day, result- 

 iug in a decisive victory for the Rifles, who made a total score of 

 64(1 points, against 629 made by their opponents. Following are the 

 individual scores made by the members of the Nevada Rifle Asso- 

 ciation team: 



X Stoeker .5555545554—48 W Vardy 454444345.5-43 



SE GiUis 4454.54.5455-45 J Laity 455-5443*54-42 



J Spargo 455544.5644— 45 T O'Brien .5.5845-13534-41 



J E AVratten 544-5544445—44 B .1 Genesv 5434444444-40 



SCurnow 4445455.544 - 44 H Cardew 444354-1411-40 



M H Burke 4445.545544-44 T Uren 1454444443-40 



J D Cameron 544^444544—43 J C Dunlop 454544344.5—40 



J Ferris 34545-45444-42 



640 



A project is under consideration by the members of the various 

 rifle teams in this city to get up a magnificent State trophy costing 

 S1,000 and to challenge all the rifle teams oti the Pacific slope to 

 come here and take it aAvay, provided they can win it in a friendly 

 shooting match against a team selected from the crack shots on 

 the Cornstock. If they fail to Avin it a cliallenge will then be 

 issued to the world. The sum required for the purchase of this 

 trophy will be raised by subscription. 



CHICOPEE FALLS, Biass. Dec. ll.-The Maynard Rifle Club of 

 Chicopee Falls shot as usual at their Riverside Range to-day, and 

 have these scores to show for it : 



AW Clark ,8 8 8 8 10 



Jones 8 6 10 10 8 



Engle 6 6 6 7 10 



SIALDEN, Dec. 11.— A championship rifle match was .shot at 

 the Bears Den Range this afternoon, between J. Staples and J. H. 

 Whittckind. members of the Maiden Rifles, Company L, Eighth 

 Regiment. Following is the result of the match: 



J Staples 54-l.Sl— 22 35-14-1—20 554-14— ;?2 4444r>-21-85 



JHWhittekind 34-555—22 -1-15-1,5-22 45445-22 4-55.5.5-24—90 



SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5.— Tlicre was good sliooting at Harboi- 

 Vieyy Park to-day. The California Schuetzen Club, the Germania 

 Schuetzen Cluh and Eintracht Rifle Section held their regular 

 monthly conlcsls, it being the wind-up of the year's .shooting for 

 the two latter clubs. All the contests yvere with 25-ring tai-gets. 

 20 shots a man. The winners of the December medals in t he Cali- 

 fornia Club arc: Champioit medals, 401 rings, F Freeze; first chiss 

 medal, 38.3, A. Daunbier; second class medal, 369, A. Starner: third 

 class medal, 379, O. Burmeister; fourth class medal, 345, A, Utschig. 

 The contest for the year's medals will take place in two weeks. 

 The score of the Eintracht Club for the month's prizes was: 

 Champion medal; 408 rings. Captain F. A. Kulds; first (dass medal, 

 861, H. Gumbiel; second class medal. 350, L. Schmidt; third class 

 medal, 30.5, R. Ovcrmohle; center medal, 2.2, F. Kuhls. The medal 

 ^vinners for the year 1886 are the same as abo^ e, except for the 

 second class medal, won hy John Young. The yyinners in the Ger- 

 mania contests for the month are as follows: Fii-st class medal, 

 386 rings, L. Klotz; second class medal, Philip Khire: tliird 

 class medal, 326, C. A. Fabian: first best shot medal, 23. L. Klotz; 

 last best shot medal, 25, G. Robertson. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. ll.-The Rod and Gun Rifle Chib at 

 their meeting to-night voted to challenge the Holyolce Rifle Clnli 

 to shoot a friendly match at the standard American target with 

 teams of 10 men and 5 shots each, time and place to be mutually 

 agreed upon. The irlub will also revise its by-layys, and Messrs. 

 Cartwright, T. B. Wilson, Field, McDonald and Hindley are the 

 comnoittee to do it. The membership Avill be cut doyvn to the 

 acti'^re only, it is probable. At Lake Lookottt range to-day these 

 scoi-es yvefe made with tlie regulationmilitary rineatthestandarcl 

 American target: INI. W. Bull 67, H. McDonald C6, T. B. Wilson 65, 

 E. T. Stephens 61. Bv the Creedmoor count the scores would be 

 43, 43, 42 and 42. . . .T. T. Cartysn^ight, of t his city, and O. W. Horr, 

 of Chicopee Falls, are matched to shoot a lOU-shct match, olT-hand, 

 in the Bullard clo.sed range on Wednesday evening at 7;;;() o'clock. 

 The Creedmoor count and Creedmoor rules will go- ern. Cart- 

 wright will use the Bullard single shot .22-cal. ride with ITnion 

 Metallic Cartridge Company's ammunition, and Horr will use a 

 rifle of his own invention of tlie same caliber with reloaded am- 

 munition. A munher of marksmen will yvitness the match and 

 considerable interest is manifested. 



HORATIO BOSS.— The cable brings word of the death at the 



ripe age of 86 j^ears, of Horatio Boss, one of the best examples of a 

 sportsman and marksrnan which (ircat Britain has had for a half 

 centuryr past. Speaking of his death and his woi'k, a writer re- 

 cently said: "He was not only a great hunter liimself, but was also 

 the father of great rifle shots. Hercules, Colin and Kduard, his 

 sons, are all more or less renowned for their !>rowess wiiiithc idfle, 

 and the name of Edyvard Ross has of late years almost eclipsed 

 that of hia father, for he not only won the t^neen's i)ri7.e. liutalone 

 holds the gold and silver medals of the National Rifle Association. 

 Hercules Ross won the Cambridge Cup, and was the champion 

 shot of India for three successive years: while in 1863 Mr. Ross and 

 his three sons formed four of the Scotch eight in the International 

 challenge match for the Elcho Shield. But stranger still, the ex- 

 pert use of the rifle is not merely^ confined to the men of the fam- 

 ily, but extends in a remarkable degree to some of the ladies. Mrs. 

 Horatio Ross, nee Miss Macrae, hsis in her day been a splendid 

 shot yvith her rifle, and Mrs. Colin Ross is scarcely less dexterous 

 yvith her gun. Mr. Ross became a leader of volunteers in 1859, go- 

 ing as a pupil to the School of Musketry at Hythe, and seeking in- 

 struction from General Hay in the art of military rifle shooting. 

 These two crack shots passed many an afternoon together on 'the 

 shingle' in friendly contest at the exjierimental target^ and many^ 

 yvere the buUseyes implanted hy them, firing standing at the 

 600yd8.' distance'. It is now more than half a century since Mr. 

 Ross astonished the world as a steeplechase rider on his famous 

 horse Clinker, against Capt,ain Douglas on Radical, over Leices- 

 tershire; and indeed, steeplechase riding, as now practiced, 

 may be said to date from that event, it being the first 

 steeplechase on record. In former days, when duelling was in 

 vogue, Mr. Ross yvas accounted the best pistol shot in Etu-ope, 

 yet such was his consideration for the feelings of others that he 

 never had a serious quarrel. But as a proof of his dexterity he 

 once killed 20 syvallows before breakfast with a duelling pistol. 

 As a pigeon shot he was not a whit less noticeable. At the Red 

 House, in a match yvith Lord MacDonald, lie killed -52 pigeons out 

 of ,53 siiots at ;10 ajtd 35yds. rise. In 1828 he won the Red House 

 club cup, scoring 76 out of his 80 birds at 30yds. rise. Nor will it 

 bemerely or entirely by his unrivalled skiU and dexterity with 

 the fowhug piece, the rifie and the pistol that Mr. Ross yvill be 

 remembered in the sporting world. His success as a steeplechase 

 rider has already been referred to; but it remains to add that he 

 likewise in his day proved himself an expert yachtsman, while his 



eats as an athlete in walking are remarkable. He walked from 

 he River Dee to Inverness, a distance of ninetv-spvpTi miles, 

 on one occasion yvithout stopning; again, after a laborious 

 contest in shooting partridges with Colonel Anson in Norfolk, 

 y\'hen the hitter retired from sheer cxhau-^rion, Mr. Ross was so 

 tresh that he challenged any of the bysv.nnders to walk to London, 

 a distance of seventy miles. Mr. Ross li^ed in VVyvis Lodge, near 

 \v r-Ms, a mountain in the Highlands of Scothuid. The walls teem 

 with trophies of the chase in the shape of doer head.s, etc. The 

 sideboard in the dining-room tro.rns under the weight of the num- 

 berless pi jzes won by his rifle at the target butts. Among these 

 are the \\ imblgdon cup, only competed for by winners; the Asso- 

 ciation cup and the Duke of Cambridge cttp. In ISfiV. at Cambridge, 

 after tv.'o long days' -shooting at 000. 1,000 and l,lU0yds., 15 shots at 

 each range each day. he— thian in his sixty-sixth year- vanquished 

 some thirty of the best rifleshots of the kingdom and added there- 

 by the Cambridge cup to his collection. For a short time he sat 

 in Parliament. The sport, there, how-ever, was not to his taste." 



GALLERY SHOOTEKS.- Among the best scores made at the 

 Bullard mclosed range, Springfield, Mass., last w eek yvere these. 

 Ihe range is U^oft, loi-g, and the tareet is n Ci ccdmooi' reduced to 

 the proper size for the distance, and the siriim-H arc of five shots 

 each. The scores: On the 6th. Cartwright and .•.'1 ; :\Ic Donald, 

 1. and 20; Russell,]- and 14: Hirst, 17 ; l)iekinse,n. 13: Kane, 12; 

 on the ,-th. O.rtwHchi. 21 and 21 ; Horr.^O: Eessell, ly and 21; on 

 gieKl - : --11, 16; Kane, 16; on the l(rh,10-shot match, 



K-Wac. . ,, : I,-:, : on the iDth, Cartwriulit, 24 and 25; 



Rns;,eiJ_ :; r : >aae, L;on the 11th, Russell, 22 , Horr, 21 : 



Hirst, 19 : Lii;:kiii^on, li. All used the Bullard, 22 caliber, rim-fire 

 rifle. 



ZETTLER lilFLE C;LUB.-Ne>v York, December, 1886.-In the 

 annual meeting the following ofhcrTs were e-lccted' B. Wahltor 

 President; C. W. Karcher, Vice-President; C. G. Zct Her, Treas- 

 urer; N. D. Ward, Secr.etary; (Jlonso flunt, CorrestKinding Secre- 

 tary; A. Lobcr, Shooting Master. Our season shoot will com- 

 mence on Tuesday evening, Dec, 14, 1886, for prizes denoted by the 

 club.— N. D. WATti). Secretary. 



UNION SHOO'I'ING CLUB.-At Falconer Crossing, two miles 

 below Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 11. 12. 13 and 14. Distaiu'c, 40 rods, 

 string measure. For particulars, apph' to H. ( '. Rice. AVarron, 0.; 

 H. F. Hart, Rochester, N. Y., or H. V. Perry, Jamestown, N. Y. 



THE TRAP. 



Srin-es for puUirntiiiu i<lii>u]fl hr inailr out mi llir prUitrd hhrnkn 

 prepunil hij ihc Fnrn^t aii'i Sfrmrn. an,! funnsHcd nrtiUf^ lo rhih 

 ticcrctanns. ( yirrr:!<pi,)u]cut)i wiii' fiLnirr ii:-: iviili duh sroris arc par- 

 tiadarlij rcquenterl to wriie on oiif si<l<- uf Itie pc.pcr only. 



BOSTON GUN CLUB.— The excellent yveather of Dec. 8 

 attracted a large number of trap slionters to the fine grounds of 

 the Boston Gun Club at Welliri j 1 1 . . . 'i h iirincipal eveul of the 

 day was the contest for the Ma ;: ' : , inedril, which was won 

 by Mr. O. Ross, of the Massacii.!-* . ■- .•• -social ion. During the 

 day several miss and out matcht s yvi.-re -icit, besides 20 events. 

 Appended are the results of the day: 1. Fi\'c clay-pigeons— T. G. 

 Stanton first, O. Ross second and J. Nichols third. 2. Seven Peo- 

 ria blackbirds- Stanton first. Eager .md ICirkwood second, T. J. 

 Beaudry third, Adams fourth. T .n n ..mliers— Starl^ first, 

 Beaudry second and Eatrer tl-i> ', .straii;-|i(av,-,-i v e];i,,\-s— 



Sf;anton first. Eager and Snovr - . . Xidiols ' iliird.' .Vdams 

 fouitli. 5. Se en day-pigeons— Si ails, Hoss and Nichols first, 

 Eager second, Snow and Heandry Hiird, Stanton fourth. 6. Five 

 .ilacombers— Stark a.nd Eager first. Snow and Beaudry second, 

 K'rkwood third. Edwards fourth. 7. .Se^'en Peorias— Eager first, 

 Stanton second. Stark third. Snow and Ni(dinls fourth. 8. Five 

 Macombers— Stark and Stanton first, Kh'kwood and Knss second, 

 Wilson thii'd, Adams and Baxter lonrili. ',>. Seven cla v -nigeons- 

 Swift first, Stark and Ross second, Nicliols third, Stanton fourth. 



Special match for the ?dacoivrrier i adtce, lU Maccmiier f.-ir™ets: 



H W Eager DllltmiOl— r. S iViilev II lOlitlH 1— 6 



CM Stark inilllOOll-7 .1 Wchuls 1101111010-7 



O Ross lOlllimi-9 T J Beaudry 1111011000-6 



■Z G Stanton 0111111111-9 L Baxter 0000011101-4 



D Kirkwood 0100100000—2 C Dimock 1001001010—4 



C I Goodale nooifl010t)-4 G Hardy OlluullllO-6 



11. Five Peorias— Stark and Stanton first, Eager andSwifi; sec- 

 ond, Hargrave and Kirl-rwood third. 12. Five straightaways— 

 Stanton first, Floss second, .Snow third, .Stark fourth. i3. .Seven 

 clay-pigeons— Stanton lirsf. Slark second. Eager third. 14. Five 

 Peorias— Stanton and Stark first. Eager second, Hareray-e and 

 Baxter tlnrd, Sno . 7 and AVilsoii fourth, 1-5. b'i\ e Peorias- Stark, 

 .Snow and Eager first. Stark and. Harma- e si-c-n f, Kirkwood and 

 Dituock third, 19, Fi\-e blackbirds— E;v:er and Sri/iitcm first, Swift 

 second. Baxter third, f^ Thre,_- pair chr. -ui -'i orL-- 1;o-,h firsi , Sta rk. 

 Eager and Swift second, Wilson and KirlVv.ooft third, liaxfcr and 

 Nichols fourth. 18. Fi ^j straiglivawa^, s— Kager, Stanton and 

 Baxter first, Stark and S\yift second, Kirkwood third, 19. Seven 

 blackbirds— Stark and Stanton fir^t, Nic'iols and Eager second, 

 .Snow and Bailey third, Hos.s fourth. 20. Special match between 

 C, M. Stark and H. W. Eager at 25 birds. Eager won with a score 

 of 23 to Stark's 22. 



FOUNTAIN GUN CLITB.— The regular shoot of the Fountain 

 Gun Club took place Dec. 8 at the half-inile track. Parkville, L. 1. 

 This being the last sliootof the season, otute a.niiniber of tli<;mem- 

 bers tirrncd out. The shooting was lirsi -cla-s, as out of the 111 

 birds shot at only 9 got away. In tdass ,\ ihere were 3 ties, the 

 final shootjof which was won by C. .lone-:, beating L. Durvca on the 

 shoot-otf, killing 111 straight. There were also 3 ties in class B, Dr. 

 Leveridge being the winner, killing 6 si raight in tlie .sJioot-ofl'. 

 Stewart won in class 0, killing 7 straight. C. Wingert, referee; 

 R. H. Hooper, scorer. 



Eddy, 2.syds 1111111-7 Lake, 22yds.. HOllOl— 5 



Stewart, 2tyds 1111111-7 Wynn, 30vdH.- . - llllHO-fi 



Hay es. 21 ) c1 s flOUll 1— 5 Lev er i dge. 2flyds 11 111 11-7 



Donnelly, .25yds 1111111-7 Durycn. Silyds 1111111-7 



•Icnes, 2Yyds 1111111-7 Kendall, 26yds 1111111-7 



The long talked of shooting match between L. Duryca and C. 

 Kendall, at 25 birds each for V.5IJ, also came off. L. Duryea allowed 

 his opiioneiit 4yds. handicap, he shooting from the 29yds. mark, 

 which may perhaps ac( ount in his being defoa.tcd. Both shotyvell, 

 Kendall killing 23 'ni t of 25, missing his 7th and 24th bird, using his 

 second barrel on the 0th and 18th birds. The loser missed his 

 lOtli, nth, 14th and 23d birds, killing the 6th yyif h the second bar- 

 rel . The f oUoyving is the score of the m;i t eh : 



C Kendall 1 1 11110111111 111111111101-23 



L D ury ca 1111 11 1110011011111111011—21 



UTICA, Dec. 10.— The Oneida Couuty Sportmen's Club had its 

 monthly contest for the Booth— Clark prizes at Riverside Park 

 this afternoon. The yveafher was perfect for a Bhooting match. 

 The f ollowdug is the score : 



Harris 1000001101-4 00 00 00 10 10-2—6 



.Scott 1000000010-3 10 10 11 10 10-6- 8 



VvTieeler 011110001 0-5 00 00 11 00 00— S— 7 



Dexter 1100101111-7 10 OO CO 10 11-3-11 



Bcckwith 0011110111—7 U 11 11 11 10—9—16 



Hoyve 1111111100-8 00 00 01 10 11-4^12 



Smith 0001101001—4 Withdrawn. 



"Tall: about the yvilcl war dog-s of Atlanta, if you want 

 to," .'^aid an old citizen j'esterd.'iy, "Init the \ylkl eats took 

 my eye. When the city wfis iu the midst of that de.solatton 

 which marked the yvild dog; era, there vs as an old man who 

 lived in a broken down box car which had been thrown off 

 the track, near the State road round house. One day some 

 of as soldi(!rs went into the old man's house to fry .some 

 bacon that somehow or other we had gotten hold of. WTien 

 the meat began to fry the odor was wafted abotit by the 

 breeze.?. It was an exceedintrly appetizing odor, the more 

 so because it was rather strange to Atlanta air and to 

 Atlanta noses. Well, in a feu' minutes the wild cats began 

 to come in from their hiding jilaces, attracted by the odor of 

 the frying meat. They came first singly, then in iiairs, then 

 by dozens, then by scores, then by huncLreds, a great army of 

 fierce eyes, yowling, howling mousers. When the old man 

 saw the cats about to iuvade his home in such swarms, he 

 got a club and stationed himself at a point near which the 

 cats would have to pass, lie went to work killing cats. He 

 killed 5,000 ! I never in my life saw so many dead cats I" "I 

 gue.ss not," I remarked. "No, I never did," said my friend; 

 "I never did. The cats yvere thrown into a big washout near 

 the car, filling it up completely. There were enough of them 

 to fill a roora twenty feet sqttare, and," added my triend as I 

 prepared to leave, ' "3,000 additional cats died from their 

 yvoimds and were found in various parts of the city next 

 day." 1 forgot to ask what became of the little piece of 

 bacon. — AilatLta Constitution. 



' The Travelers is the only large accident company in Americoi 

 and has paid over p,000,000 to accideHt poUoy holders.— ^(ir. 



