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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July SO. 1895. 



Bedford Rod and Gun Club. 



Bedford, iDd., July 9.— Handicap, unknown angles, empire targets, 

 $1.50 entrance, A. S. A, rules: 



Doyle (42) 110011011010100000111000101011001111101101—28 



Cosner (34) 0110100100111111101101011111101100 —22 



Erwin (33) lllllOOnoiOnoiOllllllOIOlOlllll —24 



Glover (30) OllllllimillOllllOllOlMOlll -24 



Reath (29) 11110010011111100111110101101 —20 



Kelly (30) 001001111010011111110100110100110101 -21 



Sherwood (25) 0111111111111111011111111 —23 



Stipp (25) .11111111111111 11011111111 —24 



No. 2, known angles, rapid fire, 25 targets: 



Doyle 1 1 101 01 10001061 0100100001— 1 1 



Cosner 1101111001101011101011011—17 



Erwin 0011110001001000100001001— 9 



Glover 1111111111111111001111011— 22 



Heath OlOllOlOllOlllOlOllllOlll— 17 



Kelly ,. 1001110010111101111011010-10 



Sherwood 1111000111101111011111111—20 



Stipp . ..1111111111111111110111011—28 



No. 3; 5 pairs, 16yds. rise, known angles: 



Sherwood. 00 11 10 11 11— 7 Doyle .10 10 10 00 w— 3 



Kelly 10 10 10 11 00— 5 Stipp 10 10 10 10 10- 5 



Glover 00 10 01 00 10— 3 J. B. Stiff, Sec'y. 



Tournament of the Sportsmen's Association of the 

 Northwest. 



The eleventh annual trap-shooting tournament of the Sportsmen's 

 Association of the Northwest is over, and, as at the Knoxville tourna- 

 ment, the boys are wondering where their 90 per cent, records are, 

 that point not having been reached by any one of the shooters in the 

 general averages. 



The Multnomah Rod and Gun Club, of Portland, Ore., under whose 

 auspices the tournament was held, feel highly gratified at the fact 

 that tbey have succeeded in almost totally eliminating all known trap 

 and known angle events from any future tournaments in the North- 

 west. They alsn succeeded in having the Sportsmen's Association of 

 the Northwest adopt the Levengston system of purse divisions for all 

 future tournaments, as also the trap-shooting rules of the Interstate 

 Association in preference to the old American Shooting Association 

 rules. 



The tournament was held inside the city limits on the athletic field 

 of the Portland Amateur Athletic Club. The traps were properly 

 screened, a good walk with foot screens provided, and good, comfort- 

 able trap-puller and scorer stands erected. Scoring was done both on 

 the blackboard and in the official score book belonging to the Associ- 

 ation. Proper tents, gun racks, coat racks, chairs, desks, etc , were 

 provided for the contestants and every attention paid to their require- 

 ments. The background was excellent, being a board fence, with a 

 clear sky above. The traps did not work as well as they should, and 

 by reason of their bad working caused a breakage in connection with 

 that in the barrels of over 25 per cent, of the targets. 



The springs on the traps were a poor lot and required extra wiring 

 to make them throw targets over 40yds. The field was all staked off 

 for the different angles and distance with 6in. circular galvanized iron 

 markers and flags, and the line of flight marked off on the grounds 

 with land plaster by means of a lawn-tennis marker. This prevented 

 any argument as to whether the traps were throwing targets right or 

 not. 



lcwas the. intention of the management to introduce eight trap 

 events Into the programme, but owing to the peculiar dispositions of 

 the two leading gun store men in the city, it was impossible for them 

 to rent more than five traps. One must reside in this city for a short 

 time to appreciate the difficulties that beset the successful manage- 

 ment of a tournament here. 



The programme of the tournament is probably the neatest one is- 

 sued so far this year in the United States. It contains, among other 

 information, descriptions of eleven different varieties of purse 

 divisions, and of thirty-seven different kinds of shooting events in in- 

 animate target shooting. 



The programme of events is more varied, novel and interesting than 

 any ever presented before in the United States, and were demonstrated 

 to be all practical in the tournament. 



The purse divisions were changed on the second day of the shoot to 

 the Levengston, although strenuous efforts were made to Introduce a 

 combination of the Minnesota and Levengston. 



The Globe trophy will be shot next year similar to the championship 

 team event this year. 



Next year's tournament will probably introduce the new features, a 

 new automatic trap pull that can be used in any of the thirty-seven 

 events mentioned in the programme, and indicators for the use of the 

 trap setters in setting traps for unknown angles. It is also possible 

 that the Interstate Association will be asked to recognize the Pacific 

 coaBt in their distribution of patronage. 



The first and second days of the shoot were hot and exceedingly 

 windy and dusty, and the third day of the shoot the thermometer 

 reached 96° in the shade. This, together with the exceedingly hard 

 events, accounts for the 90 per cent, mark not being reached in gen- 

 eral average. 



The tables which follow will give the reader a more complete idea of 

 the shoot, and for comparison the percentages of each contestant in 

 the different style of events is given. 



No. 1, 25 singles: 



Known Known angles, Unknown 

 angles. reversed. angles. 



VanZant 1111011111 1111111111 11110-23 



McBroom 1111111111 1111111110 10111—23 



Ware 1111111111 1110110110 11111—22 



Enyart 1111111101 0111101011 11111—21 



Evans 1111111111 0111100111 11101-21 



Moore 1111001111 0111111110 11111—21 



Ganatt ..1100111111 1110111010 11111-20 



Gilham 1111110111 1111010011 11101-20 



Winters 1111101001 1011101011 11111—19 



Mason 1111111111 1101001001 10111—19 



Cooper 1111111110 1110011000 11111—19 



Macartney 0111101110 1111011011 10111—19 



Cfesar 1111010111 0110000111 11111—18 



Ellis .1110101111 1110111000 10111-18 



Sisson 1011011101 1100110111 11101—18 



Denham 1011101011 1101110110 10111—18 



Burckhardt 1111100111 1010110100 11111—18 



Williams 1111110101 1101001001 11111—18 



Monteith. 1101101110 1110011110 00011—10 



Beal 1010100111 1011001101 01111—16 



McNaughton 0111001110 1001101100 00011—13 



Simpson 0111000010 00111000^0 10101—11 



Shoot off for tie, 10 singles, known traps, known angles: 

 VanZant 1111111111—10 McBrown HlOlOw —4 



No. 12, Multnomah Rod and Gun Club individual championship, 20 

 singles, known traps, known angles, reversed: 



Caesar . . , .10111111111111111110-18 Williams. ..01111111101001110011—14 



Ellis 10110111111101111111—17 Garratt.. .01011101100111111010—18 



Mason 01111011100110111111—15 Monteith. .11100100010110111111-13 



Winter.... 11101010111100111111—15 McBroom. .OlOOOOlOlOllllillllO— 12 

 Van Zant. .10111101111101100111-15 Cooper . . . .00111100110101100111—12 



Sisson 11111001011111101101—15 Enyart . . . .11100010100111111100— 12 



Moore 11111110111100110011—15 Denham. ..10010101011011110011— 12 



Ware 11101110001101111101—14 Beal 01100101101101101110-12 



No. 18, Globe trophy contest, 50 singles, known traps, known angles: 



Winters iiiimiomiioiiimiiimiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiii-4s 



Enyart llllllllllllllll0111111llllllllllOlllllllill01lni-47 



Gilham 011101111011111111111lllilllllllilll0llllllilillll_46 



Denham 11111111110111111111111111111101111110111101111111-46 



Ellis 11111111111111111011111111110111110010111111111111-45 



Cooper 01111111111111111111111111011111111101111101111101-45 



VanZant 11111111111111101010101111111110110111111111111111-44 



Sisson .......11001110111111111111111111011111111111111111011011—44 



Ware 1111111111111 1111111001111111111010111011101111011-43 



Garratt 11111111111101011101111101101111011101111111011110-41 



Mason oioiiiiioioiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiomiooiniimomiiii-4i 



Beal 11011111110111011111111011110011100111011111111111-41 



Cassar 11111011110111101 lOHOilOlllllOlllllllllOlllOlllOl-40 



No. 21, championship team contest, at 30 singles and 10 pairs; 

 Multnomah Rod and Gun Club. 



Enyart llllllllllllOimOOOlllOllllll 



11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10-42 



Oregon 111101000111111101111111110111 



10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 10-36 



Winters 111111111111111011110101111111 



10 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 11—40—118 

 Spokane Rod and Gun Club. 

 McBroom lllllllOlllllllllllllOllllOHO 



10 11 10 11 01 01 11 10 10 11—40 

 Mason OlllllllllllOllOOiimiOlOOOlO 



11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 10 11-36 

 Ware lOllllOllllllllOOlOOlllllilioi 



10 11 11 11 11 01 00 00 10 10—86—112 

 Tacoma Rod and Gun Club. 

 Csjsar .101111111101110111110100100110 



10 11 00 10 11 00 10 10 00 01—30 

 Denham 111111110001111111110010110111 



11 10 00 00 11 11 10 10 11 10-35 

 Ellis , 111011100010111111101101111111 



IX 10 1} 10 11 11 10 10 II JO-88-103 



As will be seen, a local man, Mr. A. J. Winters, carried off the high 

 average and most of the honors. He bids fair to be a second Rolla 

 Heikes, using as he does a Winchester repeating shotgun, Leader 

 shells and E. C. powder. The team contest was also won by local men 

 on a handsome score. 

 Events: ISShBBIS 9 10 11 11 13 lk 15 16 17 IS SI 22 AV. 



Targets: 10 15 20 25 15 20 10 10 15 20 20 20 15 20 10 20 20 50 50 20 



Winters 6 12 19 19 10.. 8 8 15 19 17 15 13 18 8 19 18 48 40 18 85.7 



VanZant 9 10 18 23 9.. 5 10 14 17 16 15 la IS 10 19 18 44 .. 17 83.9 



Cooper 9 1117 1910.. 8 10 11 17 16 13 10 20 10 18 19 45 .. 18 82:9 



Ware...' 9 1216 22 10 13 7 10 12 15 12 14 10 .. 10 19 17 43 36 19 82.5 



Enyart... , . 8 12 17 21 81610 912 1415 12 8 17 9 17 14 47422081.4 

 Sllis 9 11 16 18 12 11 7 10 9 15161711 19 9 1916 45 3817 81.1 



Ctesar" ' . 10 11 14 18 12 13 6 711 17 11 18 5.15 915 16 40 4017 77.5 

 Sisson.. ' .. 811141811.. 8 9 12 14 II 15 11 . . 10 17 18 44 . . 17 76 : 7 



Garratt 10 1016 20 8 15 7 7 916181311 14 8 16 17 41 .. 17 76.0 



McBroom 9 10 12 23 12 16 7 7 10 16 15 12 9 .. 10 18 15 38 40 16 75.7 



FSMeClure... 9 714 19 5 14 8 6 9 151513 8.. 917 16 47. 



Monteith 9 814 1610 15 8 812 16171310.. 8181638. 



J C McClure. . 7 9 13 18 7 13 9 5 11 15 14 14 10 . . 6 15 14 40 . 

 Beal 9 9 14 16 13 16 9 912131413 8.. 614.. 41. 



Williams 6 9 14 1810 12 3 8131311 14 914 91714 .. , 



14 73.9 

 17 71 .7 

 13 69.6 

 .. 73.7 

 20 70.4 



Mason 9 10 1619 9.. 2 7 13 .. 1615 41 36. .71. 3 



76.7 

 82.4 

 77.1 

 81.0 

 70.0 



Denham 8 7 14 181216 9 9 11.. 15 12... 



Gilbam 9 7 19 20 7 12 .... 12 16 46 . . . 



Macartney. ... 7 10 18 19 10 . .• 17 



Moore 21 13 15 5 10 .... 17 15 36 . 



McNaughton. . 9 10 15 13 .. 11 IB 



Hudson 11 14 .. .. 1217 ,, 1316 .. ,. 16 61.6 



Burckhardt 18 9 13 7 11 61,2 



Mead 13 818 9 .... 13 61.4 



Bryan 8 9 15 71,1 



Evans 21 9 75.0 



Simpson 7 .. 11 45.0 



Hughes 12 60.0 



Paquet , 



NOTES. 



The annual meeting of the Association was held Monday evening, 

 June 24, and the most important business transacted was the election 

 of officers, adoption of the Interstate Association rules and the Lev- 

 engston purse division, and a resolution|that known trap-known angle 

 events be eliminated as far as possible from the programmes of all 

 future tournaments of the Association. 



The Multnomah Rod and Oun Club entertained the visiting sports- 

 men with a grand crawfish feast the second evening of the tourna- 

 ment. 



The field shoot took the starch out of most of the boys; so easy to 

 miss. 



The gun store men were conspicuous by their absence. 



The Multnomahs will offer a premium for eight traps that are guar- 

 anteed to throw over 60yds. at their next tournament. 



We are still waiting to hear from any one having any knowledge of 

 "indicators" for unknown trap events. 



Lack of enterprise on the part of the parties most in interest pre- 

 vented a good live-bird shoot the day following the tournament. 



Amberite powder made its initial appearance on the coast at this 

 Shoot. 



There is a good opening for an inanimate target factory on the coast. 

 Who will start it? 



Mult. 



Lynchburg- Gun Club. 



Lynchburg, Va., July 4.— Annual picnic. A. A. rules: 

 No. 1, 15 targets: Nelson 11, Terry 7, Dornin 12, Moorman 11, 

 Scott 8. 



No. 2, same: Nelson 7, Terry 8, Dornin 13, Moorman 7, Scott 5, 

 Taylor 8. 



No. 8, same: Nelson 14, Terry 14, Dornin 15, Moorman 11, Scott 12,- 

 Taylor 15. 



No. 4, unknown: Jenkins 8, Taylor 6, Dornin 12, Averett 7, Scott 13, 

 E P. Miller 11. 



No. 5, same: Empie 11, Nelson 11, Terry 7, Scott 9, Moorman 13, 

 Stearnes 11. 



No. 6, same: Miller 10, Jenkins 10, Stearnes 7, Empie 11, Nelson 13, 

 Dornin 12. 



No. 7, same: Scott 7, Terry 11, Nelson 9, Stearnes 10, Empie 9, 

 Moorman 9. 



No. 8, same: Miller 8, Jenkins 6, Dornin 13, Stearnes 6, Durphy 5, 

 Empie 10. 



No. 9, same: Empie 13, Thompson 5, Stearnes 14, Nelson 13, Dornin 

 13, Averett 11. 



No. 10, known: Terry 11, Jenkins 9, Rodes 8, Durphy 10, Miller 9, 

 Carrington 5. 



No. 11, same: Nelson 11, Scott 13, Stearnes 9, Averett 9, Moorman 3, 

 Gilmer 6. 



No. 12, same: Stearnes 8, Miller 11, Durphy 9, Nelson 10, Terry 14, 

 Dornin 13. 



No. 13, unknown: Empie 12, Stearnes 10, Miller 10, Canonda 7, Chris- 

 tian 3, Strother 2. 



No. 14, same: Nelson 15, Miller 13, Stearnes 13, Richards 6, Christian 

 6, Scott 10. 



No. 15, same: Dornin 12, W. Taylor 10, Empie 9, Jenkins 9, W. D. 

 Taylor 5, Lee 8. 



No. 16, known: Terry 13, Miller 12, Stearnes 12, Lee 2, Empie 12. 

 Dornin 12. 



No. 17, same: Clayton 9, Durphy 8, Scott 8, Jenkins 12, Taylor 8, 

 Averett 4. 



No. 18, same: Nelson 12, Miller 9, Stearnes 10, Dornin 12, W. I). Tay- 

 lor 5, Scott 10. 



No. 19, known angles: Durphy 10, Miller 13, Stearnes 9, Fleming 5. 

 Dornin 12, Empie T. G. 10. 



No. 20: Nelson 18, Terry 10, Dornin 22, Moorman 17, Empie 22 

 Scott 15. 



No. 21, doubles,: 



Nelson 00 10 10 10 10 11— 6 Dornin 10 11 11 10 10 11— 9 



Terry 11 00 10 10 11 10— 7 Empie 01 11 01 11 10 10— 8 



No. 1, unknown angles: Nelson 20, Terry 19, Dornin 21, Moorman 

 17, Empie 19, Scott 16. 



No. 2: Nelson 20, Terry 21, Dornin 21, Moorman 10, Scott 15, Empie 

 20. Miller 17. 



No. 8, Silverthorn medal, 9 singles, 3 pairs. 



Nelson 110110110 11 11 10—11 Empie 111110001 10 00 11— 9 



Terry 100111001 11 01 10 - 9 Scott 111011111 10 11 10—12 



Dornin 111001111 11 11 11—13 Miller 100111011 00 11 00— 8 



Moorman... 000010010 10 01 11— 6 



No. 4: Nelson 22, Terry 20, Dornin 17, Moorman 17, Empie 22, Scott 

 13. 



No. 5, same: Nelson 24, Terry 18, Dornin 23, Empie 19. F. M. D. 



Missoula Rod and Gun Club. 



Missoula, Mont., July 7.— After a lay-off of a couple of weeks the 

 Missoula Rod and Gun Club, represented by a half dozen of its mem- 

 bers, came to the front on time for the medal shoot. Trout in the 

 surrounding streams are beginning to rise too freely to the fly, and as 

 the club is composed about equally of fishing, field and trap cranks it 

 is safe to predict that, with the advent of the fishing season followed 

 close by the hunting season, the traps will now be for the most part 

 overlooked until another year. 



The following were the scores knocked out to-day in the medal con- 

 test, unknown angles: 



A Class * 



J Menard,. 11011110111011 010111— 15 <j Lemley.. .1011111111111101111 18 



B Class. 



J M Evans. 10011101110100111111-14 ' F P Kern. .01010111110110101100— 12 

 W H Mace.llllOllOnOllllOOOOl— 13 Will Cave. . 1(1100111000111111111—14 



Shoot off ties for silver medal: 

 JMEvans 11101—4 Will Cave 01110-3 



The following re-classification of the shooters of the iittie 'club shows 

 that they are improving somewhat. The last four shoots having 

 placed two-thirds of the members in A Class: 

 A Class. 



T „ „ . Broken. Possible. Percent. 



J P Menard 43 60 713^ 



WP Bray ton 46 60 1<S 



AM Sterling 42 60 70 



WHMace 36 60 60 



^ I * S i? vens 37 80 61% 



H W Thompson 28 40 70 



Will Cave 53 80 f,6Vi 



C A Searles 46 60 TfiaJ 



JMEvans .- B4 : 80 67VS 



C J Lemley 43 60 71S 



Lieut Devol 37 40 6 7C? 



Robert Rogers 17 20 85 



B Class. 



L L Hunt 15 40 8716 



Frank Woody 28 CO 4fif! 



F Allison 8 20 40 



FPKern 38 so 47^ 



J K Wood n 20 55 



Capt Andrews. , 20 40 50 



Will Catk. 



Trap at Portsmouth* 



Portsmouth, N. H.— Editor Forest and Stream: Our gun club has 

 taken a new lease of life, and on the glorious Fourth held a grand all- 

 day shoot at the grounds on the outskirts of the city. We have had a 

 number of small practice shoots, but this was the first of any import- 

 ance. We were joined by the Exeter Club, and the result was a most 

 delightful one to all participating. 



The day was rather overcast and quite cool, making the conditions 

 very favorable for enjoying a shoot. Our Exeter friends were received 

 at the depot by our delegate, and a coach in waiting conveyed them to 

 the grounds, where we were in readiness to receive them. Our guests 

 certainly could not complain that their reception was a cool one. 



A series of shoots were soon Under way, among which were the fol- 

 lowing events: 



No. 1, 10 singles, known angles. No. 2, 5 singles, unknown traps. 

 No; 3, 5 pairs doubles. Team shoot, 10 singles, known angles. No. 4, 

 4 singles* 3 pairs doubles, known angles. No. 5, 10 singles, unknown 

 angles. Other events were also added at the suggestion of those de- 

 siring. 



We must admit our defeat in the team shoot, the score being 49 to 

 40. With one exception, our opponents were all crack shots. In the 

 other events we held our own well. One of our best shots made the 

 highest score of the day on singles, 16 straight, and a total of 21 out 

 of 25. We all enjoyed the fun immensely, and took our defeat cheer- 

 fully. A finer, more companionable set of sportsmen it would be 

 difficult to find. 



A large tent at one side of the grounds gave shelter to those who 

 desired, and here was spread a long table, from which were dispensed 

 liheral refreshments. 



But hours ever so pleasantly occupied will slip away, and all too 

 soon came the time for our guests' departure. Regretfully we bade 

 them good-by with ringing cheers, returned by them as the coach left 

 the grounds. 



This shoot has wakened us up wonderfully. We intend to accept the 

 invitation to visit Exeter very soon, and also hope to make matches 

 and enjoy such shoots with other teams. General interest has also 

 been aroused and we are constantly receiving applications for mem- 

 bership, and we hope soon to do more and better shooting. Wilo. 



Boiling Springs Gun Club. 



July 4, in the rain. 25 single: Richmond 19, Apgar 23, Paul 22, 

 Baker 22, Lenone 16, Abbott 13. 



No. 2, 25 birds: Apgar 20, Paul 22, Abbott 8, Richmond 21, Lenone 

 20, Huck 25, BBker 19. 



No. 3, 15 birds: Apgar 10. Coe 5, Frank 12. Richmond 10, Lenone 8, 

 Strader 5. McAlpin 9, Bine Rock 4, Baker 8, Paul 14, James 8. 



No, 4, 10 birds: Paul 8, Richmond 6, Baker 6, Coe 4, Frank 8, Huck 

 7, Apgar 6, Abbott 2, Lenone 7. 



No. 5. 5 pairs: Paul 6, Apgar 6, Richmond 7, Lenone 5, Abbott 2, 

 Baker 8, Huck 7, Frank 4. 



July 6,— Club Shoot, 25 singles: 



Greiff 1111111111011111101111111—28 



Paul 1111101111111101111111111-28 



Richmond 1111111111111111111111111—25 



McAlpin 0111111111111101111111111—23 



Huck 1111111111011011110111101—21 



Frank 1111111111111111100111111-23 



James 1101001101101100011111110-16 



C. Collins 1111100101411101110011100— 17 



Ed. Collins 1111111111011111111111111—24 



Marvin 1000101 1 0001 01 1 01 1 001001— 1 1 



Sweep No 1, 10 birds: McAlpin 10, Huck 10. E. CoUins 9, Richmond 

 7, Greiff 10, Paul 7, C. Collins 5, James 6, Baker 6. 



No. 2, 10 birds: E. Collins 7, Richmond 5, Greiff 4, McAlpin 5, Baker 

 2, Paul 6, Huck 8, CollinB 4. 



No. 3, 10 birds: Paul 8, Huck 9, McAlpin 10, Richmond 8. 



No. 4, 10 birds: Richmond 9, Huck 8, McAlpin 10, Collins 8, Greiff 9, 

 Paul 7. 



No. 5, 5 pairs: Paul 8, Huck 7, McAlpin 5, Richmond 8, Frank 6. 

 No. 6, 5 pairs: Greiff 8, McAlpin 5, Richmond 7, Paul 6. 

 No, 7, 10 birds: Collins 9, Richmond 9, Paul 8, McAlpin 7. Greiff 7, 

 Huck 7. 



Worcester Sportsmen's Club. . 



Following are the scores of j the club's seventh shoot, Merchandise 

 series, at Worcester, Mass., on July 9. Targets, bluerocks; traps, 

 Clover. 



Davis 39+0—39 Roach , 354-5-40 



Mascrof t 42+0- 42 C W Walls 27+6—33 



RC Walls 34+0-34 McLellan 40+4—44 



Ide 29+6 -35 Bucklin 37+4-41 



A W Walls 43+0-43 



No, 2, cash prize series, 25 Keystones: 



Buck 17+1 —18 Mascrof t 18+0 —18 



C W Walls .10+3 —13 Ide 18+3 —21 



Kinney 13+1 —14 Davis 17+0 —17 



Roach 18+2J^-20i/5 R C Walls 19+0 —19 



Bucklin 22+2 —24 Forehand 23+0 —23 



McLellan 21+2 —23 



Kinney 18+2-20 Forehand 43+0-43 



Chas. E. Forehand, Sec'y. 



Jlmwerfl to j^onetyondwte. 



No notice taken of anonymous communications 



G. B. S , Taunton, Mass.— What is the size limit of brook trout al- 

 lowed in Maine? Ans. Five inches. 



H. K,, Brooklyn.— The Brief gives the law correctly; the close 

 season on meadow hens for Long Island is Aug. 16 to.Dec. 31. 



Mult , Portland. Ore.— A and B agree to shoot a match at 4 or 5 

 live birds for $5 a side. A goes to score and loses his first bird dead 

 out of bounds; B kills his first bird; A and B both kill their second 

 and third birds; A kills hia fourth bird, and B then goes to score and 

 calls "pull;" bird refuses to fly and he says, "Pshaw, no bird; the 

 bird is caught in the trap." Trapper advances to fill trap and bird 

 flies and is killed by an outside party within 20yds. of the trap and at 

 a point where, if shot by B, would endanger the life of the trapper. B 

 still standing at the score and without breaking his gun calls "pull" 

 and is interrupted at this point by A, who claims that B had failed to 

 call "no bird," simply saying, "Pshaw, the bird is caught in the trap." 

 Referee when appealed to says he "did not hear B say 'no bird,' but 

 would not call it a lost bird." B then claimed a "new bird" for the 

 following reasons: First— That he had held his gun a reasonably long 

 time waiting for the bird to fly and that he had called "Pshaw, no 

 bird; the bird is caught in the trap;" second, that it was very appar- 

 ent to the referee that the bird had refused to fly and that it was at 

 the time caught in the trap, and that in view of both circumstances 

 it was the referee's duty to call "no bird;" third, that If B had shot at 

 the bird after it took wing that he would have endangered the life of 

 the trapper; fourth, that the bird being killed by an outsider within 

 the boundary entitled B to a new bird. Referee still refuses to call 

 the bird lost, and states that he was not sufficiently posted on the 

 rules to render a decision. B then calls "pull;" bird refuses to fly; 

 calls "no bird," and then calls pull again; gets a bird out of a new 

 trap and kills it with the first barrel. Does B win or simply tie A on 

 the four birds? Nothing was said about rules, although all decisions 

 rendered during previous sweepstakes were in accordance with the 

 A. S. A. rules. Ans. B's claim to a new bird was correct, and on 4 

 birds the score was A 3, B 4. B won. 



Micrometer Combined Powder and Shot Measure. 



The introduction of the micrometer powder and shot measures by 

 the Bridgeport Gun Implement Co. marks another step in their pro- 

 gress toward perfection and absolute accuracy in the loading of am- 



munition. The micrometer measure can be adjusted to the fractional 

 part of a grain of powder, making it absolutely the most accurate 

 measuring device ever originated. The use of this measure does away 

 with special measures for nitro powders, as it is adapted to all 

 powders, even if of different specific gravity, 



Remington Catalogue. 



The Remington Arms Company have recently issued a catalogue 

 and price list of firearms, which is a handsome specimen of the 

 printer's art. This catalogue illustrates and describes the new Rem- 

 ington automatic and non -automatic ejector hammerless guns, aa 

 weu as ihe older models of shotguns and rifles which have made the 

 name of this company famous. 



