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Binghamton Gun Club. 



Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 1,— The following sixteen 10-target events, 

 unknown angles, entrance $1.50, were shot to-day by members of the 

 Binghamton Gun Club: 



■ 99778898808789 

 96567769 98 10 10 87 

 89 10 9889787 10 88 10 

 78889 , 9 889997 10 10 

 7 8 9 7 -9 9 10 8 6 10 7 7 8 10 

 7 7 9 9 9 10 9 7 10 7 8 8 10 10 

 6 4 6 



4 3 4 



5 7 3 , .. .. .. 



5 



Hobbie 5 10 



Boss 7 7 



W Adams 10 10 



P Adams 5 8 



Kendall 10 8 



Brown 9 7 



Bell 5 



Johnson., ...... 4 



L Gaigc, . , , 7 



Snell ...... 10 10 6 8 9 



Waldroh ...... 8 9 9 7 



McHenry , 7 7 



7 8 10 9 , 

 6 9 7 9 



Lafayette Gun Club. 



La*- ayette» ind., July 25.— The ninth annual tournament of the La- 

 fayette Gun Club closed to-day with the going down of the sun after 

 three successful days' shooting held at the dub's park. Lafayette is 

 one of the wealthiest cities in the United States, considering its popu- 

 lation, audits enterprising and wide-awake gun club* has been a source 

 of pride for many years. The club members may well claim to have 

 the best equipped and best located grounds in the State, while the sky 

 background makes target shooting pleasant to old and young alike. 

 At this shoot we saw good scores made by men of sixty-five and again 

 by young men of only sixteen summers. 



A visit to the trap house revealed a curiosity. Almost everything 

 that has been invented in the trap-shooting line may be found there. 

 A set each of Llgowski clay pigeon traps, Peoria blackbird and blue- 

 rock traps, together with targets for each. The ol 1 clay pigeons were 

 a curiosity, so long hive they been out of date. Add to this several 

 devices for trapping live birds and all manners of pulls, wire, rope, 

 electric, etc , and you have a combination that shows a progressive 

 club of long standing. 



The present officers are hard working good fellows. Aloa Li vingood, 

 president, and Louis Krauss, secretary, handled the cash, kept things 

 moving and shot in every event, making good scores. John E. Long 

 did the greater part of the refereeihg in excellent style, while "Uncle 

 Nate" Long with his 111b. 10-gauge Smith, using brass shells, proved a 

 combination hard to beat. Mr. Whit Thompson, ex-president and a 

 member of the executive committee, was on hand all the time. 



W. Tramp Irwin, of Peoria, was employed as manager. He was 

 kept busy during the three days keeping traps in order, watching the 

 trappers, hustling squads, etc. Ten traps were us id— five bluerock 

 and five Peorias. Peoria blackbirds were used in both sets. 



The weather was very good for the most part. It was cool and 

 cloudy the first two days, with threatenings of rain. Yet the rain did 

 not fall and the targets were easily seen, as they were thrown just 

 above the fence and at a distance of about 60yds. To-day was brighter 

 and slightly warmer, but yet fine, a good rain having fallen last night. 

 Winners of first money in two events were handicapped to unknown 

 angles during the remainder of the day. Thus a number of the 

 shooters were shooting at unknown angles most all the time. 



Ralph Trimble missed but 18, "Partington" 20, Gamble 27 and King 

 30 during the three days, winning in their order the prizes for highest 

 averages. Trimble did not have his own shells during the first day, 

 and lost more on that day than on the other two. 



The scores made each day were as follows: 



Events: 1 

 Targets: 10 



"Partington" 10 



"Rex" 10 



McDonald 10 



Thomas 10 



Elliott 10 



Martin 5 



King 9 



Krauss 9 



Livingood 9 



Park 9 



Jones 9 



Hill 9 



Gamble 8 



Grube 9 



Moshier 9 



Robinson 8 



Thompson , , , . 7 



Lock wood 5 



NLong 8 



McGruder 



Trimble 8 



First Day. 

 3 4 5 6 7 

 IS IB 10 IS 15 



14 13 10 14 14 



15 13 8 15 14 

 12 13 9 13 14 

 12 12 8 14 14 

 12 15 10 13 14 

 12 14 8 13 13 

 14 15 8 14 14 



14 15 6 13 13 



12 14 8 14 15 



13 15 7 14 14 



13 13 8 13 13 

 9 15 8 15 11 



15 13 10 13 14 



14 15 8 13 15 



15 15 9 15 12 

 15 13 9 13 13 

 13 13 9 14 11 

 13 11 7 11 9 



8 9 10 



30 10 15 

 20 8 14 



19 8 13 



20 9 12 



19 10 15 



17 9 13 



14 10 12 



15 10 15 



15 9 12 



18 10 12 



16 9 11 

 16 .. .. 



20 8 14 



15 9 15 

 18 9 14 



16 10 18 



17 9 10 



18 9 11 

 18 7 18 



Weaver , 7 



Leach 7 



Head 6 



Voris 4 



Snyder 6 



Stiff 6 



Dehurt, 7 



Cornelius . , . . , 8 



Van Vllck 6 



Slow S 



Shaffer 



Crook 



Chalmers 



Fleming 6 



Garland 



9 14 15 

 9 14 12 

 7 15 11 



7 .. 10 

 9 10 12 



9 11 13 



6 12 13 



8 11 11 



7 9.. 



4 13 11 

 2 .. .. 



10 11 13 

 7 .. .. 



5 .. ... 

 4 10 "9 



9 14 11 

 9 12 10 



WH Price.. 

 Reed ....... 



Parson 



Dietrick.... 

 Chad wick. . 



8 11 



.... 12 19 8 12 

 9 13 14 18 9 14 

 8 9 



7 12 14 17 . . 

 8 



8 11 11 



7 14 11 18 . . 



9 13 11 13 9 . . 

 7 12 13 12 7 11 



!! '9 io !! 



'9 ii 12 i7 



10 13 11 15 . . 10 



6 12 14 14 .. 12 



7 .. .. 15 .. .. 

 6 14 14 15 6 14 



8 12 11 16 . . . . 



17 ,. ,. 



..12 



6 .. 11 15 6 11 

 ., .. 11 



9 10 11 16 8 10 

 8 15 11 11 .. .. 



Second Day. 

 Events: 12345678 

 Targets: 10 10 15 15 10 15 50 15 



Trimble 9 10 15 15 9 15 .. 14 



"Partington" 9 9 15 14 10 13 48 14 



Hill 10 10 15 15 10 12 47 11 



Grube 10 9 15 14 8 14 49 14 



Gambell 8 9 13 14 10 14 49 14 



King , 9 10 15 14 8 13 48 15 



"Rex" 8 9 15 14 8 11 . . . . 



McDonald 8 10 14 15 10 15 . . 13 



Elliott 9 8 14 14 9 13 44 . . 



Livingood 9 10 13 13 10 11 44 12 



Leach 8 .. .. 9 



Park 8 9 12 14 6 15 45 14 



Krauss 13 6 13 45 14 



10 



Shot at. 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 185 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 110 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 135 

 185 

 145 



20 



60 

 135 



75 

 110 



45 



85 

 110 

 120 

 135 



35 



85 



20 

 110 



85 



85 



70 

 135 

 110 



20 



40 



85 



15 

 100 



55 



Broke. 

 127 

 125 

 121 

 121 

 120 

 109 

 121 

 116 

 121 

 118 



95 

 118 

 121 

 124 

 124 

 115 

 112 

 106 



14 



51 

 123 



59 



65 

 85 

 92 

 98 

 23 

 53 

 8 

 94 

 71 

 68 

 45 

 109 

 89 

 17 

 31 

 58 

 11 

 76 

 40 



Robinson. . . . 



Thompson 10 



Martin 7 



Lockwood 3 



Jones 8 



Garland 5 



Tnomas 8 



Whistler , 6 



Rigdon , 4 



8 13 14 6 13 41 l 



8 13 15 9 12 47 10 



9 13 14 10 12 44 13 



8 14 11 7 11 .. 10 



9 13 .. 10 11 ,. 13 



8 12 .. 7 10 .. 13 



9 14 13 10 14 48 15 

 8 12 15 6 11 42 . . 

 5 11 .. 8 , 



Mosh6r 13 



Crook...., 7 7 



Shaffer 10 9 14 , 



Magruder 7 7 10 . 



Stiff 8 6 13 , 



Parsons 



Pea 9 9 14 , 



Kramer 



Fleming 7 7 12 , 



9 12 .. 12 

 7 .. ..10 



7 11 .. 14 

 7 11 39 12 



, 13 .. 14 



i 



8 15 42 11 



Comstock .. .. .. .. 12 41 



Hiatt 7 6 11 10 9 13 .. .. 



Albert 6 5 10 . . 7 9 . . . . 



Vorhies 9 9 12 . . 9 10 43 14 



Small 6 9 .. 13 .. 13 .. .. 



Wilson 8 9 14 14 10 14 .. 13 



Detrick 9 6 13 . . 9 13 ... . 



Price 6 .. 13 .. .. 12 .. .. 



Weaver 7 9 11 . . . . 15 .. .. 



Chodurick 6 7 .. .. 7 



Blessing 10 10 . . 8 



McCaffrey 11 .. 6 14 46 14 



Cheney 10 .. 7 



Slow 12 8 12 .. 12 



Tack J 5 43 .. 



Cornelius 8 11 , . 



Miller 6 10 . . 10 



Webber 6 



Luke 7 11 .. ., 



Reed 8 .. .. 



Shot at. 



Broke 



90 



87 



140 



132 



140 



130 



140 



133 



140 



131 



140 



132 



75 



65 



90 



85 



125 



171 



140 



122 



20 



17 



140 



124 



105 



90 



125 



103 



140 



124 



140 



122 



90 



64 



75 



64 



75 



55 



140 



131 



125 



100 



45 



28 



15 



13 



75 



43 



60 



50 



75 



56 



125 



96 



10 



8 



65 



5? 



10 





125 



102 



65 



53 



75 



56 



60 



37 



125 



106 



50 



41 



90 



82 



60 



50 



40 



31 



50 



45 



30 



20 



35 



28 



105 



91 



25 



17 



55 



44 



65 



58 . 



25 



19 



40 



26 



10 



6 



25 



17 



10 



8 



Events: l 

 Targets: io 



Trimble.. 10 



Partington 10 



Gamble 9 



King 10 



Grube 10 



Hill 9 



McDonald 10 



Park 8 



Martin 9 



Livingood 9 



Thompson 9 



Fleming 8 



Krauss 8 



Magruder... 10 



Wilson 10 



Jones 9 



Price 8 



Small 8 



Lockwood 7 



Webber 9 



Shaffer 8 



Garland. 7 



Sutton 



Thomas , . 



Slow 



Smith 



Simons 



Shobe 



Weaver 



Blessing 8 



N Long , , 



Mosier 



Debang 



Reed 



Third Day. 

 •3 3 4 5 6 

 15 10 15 SO 10 

 15 10 15 19 10 

 14 10 14 17 8 



14 10 Vi 18 10 



15 9 13 18 9 

 14 9 13 17 10 

 14 10 13 18 6 

 14 10 14 14 9 



14 .. 13 15 .. 

 13 7 12 19 8 

 13 8 13 19 7 

 18 8 13 16 9 



15 8 9 16 .. 

 13 10 8 18 10 



10 9 11 18 .. 

 15 9 13 18 10 

 15 9 13 18 8 



7 



. . 8 10 ... . 



12 7 



.. 4 .. 17 6 



11 7 12 ... . 



12 8 14 12 7 

 11 



10 4 



13 10 10 17 9 



11 8 8 13 8 

 10 6 



14 6 



13 .. 11 .. ., 



7 8 9 

 iS 15 IB 



14 15 14 



15 14 14 

 14 15 15 



14 13 13 

 18 10 12 

 13 13 13 



13 .. .. 



15 13 12 

 15 18 13 

 12 14 15 



14 10 14 



12 14 i8 

 14 .. .. 

 11 14 14 



11 .. 



.. 11 

 10 .. .. 



13 13 14 

 9 10 



i .. 15 9 



13 18 7 



. .. 14 9 .. 10 .. 



.. 6 .. 12 8 



Shot at. 

 125 

 125 

 125 

 125 

 125- 

 125 



96 

 105 

 125 

 125 

 125 



70 

 125 



85 

 125 



80 



25 



85 



35 



65 



65 



95 



15 



25 

 115 



95 



25 



40 



30 



10 



40 



45 



45 



50 



Broke. 

 122 

 116 

 118 

 114 

 108 

 109 



84 



90 

 109 

 110 

 107 



56 

 100 



72 



"72 

 20 

 26 

 26 

 47 

 49 

 70 

 11 

 14 

 99 

 62 

 16 

 32 

 24 



26 



Great interest was taken throughout the shoot in the winning of the 

 averages. Partington was ahead up to noon to-day, when the young 

 man from Kentucky tied him. During the afternoon Trimble lost but 

 two, while Partington lost four. No. 4 and No. 7 of the second day do 

 not count in the averages, hence the totals do not agree with the 

 averages as given in another place. The young man who was barred 

 at Cleveland was present, and from his shooting here it seems alto- 

 gether probible that young Thomas can go up against any sixteen- 

 year-old boy in the United States. It was regretted that he had to go 

 home through indisposition and could not be present the last day. 



PARTIAL LIST OF GUNS, ETC. 



Name. Gun. Powder. Shell. 



Alva Livingood Francotte Dupont Nitro. 



H. B. Hill Parker Dupont Smokeless. 



Louis Krauss Winchester Dupont Nitro 



J. Park Smith S. S Victor. 



R. L. Trimble Parker Dupont SmokeleBS. 



A. Gambell Parker Dupont S nokeless. 



J. C. Small Lefever Dupont Smokeless. 



J. W. King Ithaca E. Nitro. 



W. 8. McDonald Lefever Hchultze Nitro. 



W. N. Thompson Snith E. C Smokeless. 



H. G. Harding Greener Schultze Smokeless. 



A. Grube Parker Dupont Smokeless 



C. Lockwood Snith Dupont. Smokeless. 



"Partington" Smith Wood Rapid. 



"R«x" Winchester Wood Rapid. 



R. Robinson Colt E. C Rapid. 



Magruder Parker EC Smokeless. 



Thomas Lefever. Dupont Smokeless. 



Fleming Smith E. C Smokeless. 



Martin Smith S S Victor. 



J. L. Webber Smith E C Nitro. 



Reid Smith .... , D upont ... Smokeless. 



W. Long Smith .....Wood Brass. 



J. Long Burgess Dapont Rival. 



Garland Spencer Dupont Rival. 



Look the scores over and see what a soft snap the amateurs have 

 when they meet and shoot against each other with the professionals 

 left out. 



The most exciting contest was the State badge shoot, 50 targets. 

 Scores: two 49s, three 48s, two 47s, one 46, two 453, three 44s, etc. 

 Qrube and Gambell had a shoot off that was a shoot off. Gambell in- 

 sisted on shooting at 50 targets, and it was a fortunate thing for the 

 club that they had two sets of trap3. 



When the clouds had rolled by Grube and Gambell were tied again 

 with 47; thus they had each broken 96 out of 100. After quite a bit of 

 delay and chattering it was agreed to shoot another 100 targets. Out 

 of the first 25 each scored 24 ; in the second 25 Gambell lost 3 and 

 Grube 1, leaving two ahead; third 25 Gambell lost 4 and Giube went 

 straight and the race was virtually settled. But Gamble rallied and 

 smashed out 24 to Grube's 22. The total of last 100 was Grube 95 and 

 Gamble 91. Grube won the medal last year on 46 and can nosv be 

 styled champion of Indiana. The shooting of Gamble is remarkable; 

 he is a man of small stature and quite crippled with rheumatism. He 

 has taken to shooting for recreation, and he must dearly lave it when 

 he will stand up for 200 shots in succession and score 187 out of the 

 200 - Injun. 



Trap at Little Rock. 



Little Rock, Ark., July 27. -On July 12 Dr. J. H. Lenow and W, 

 R. DuU-y shot a match at live birds; conditions, 25 birds per man, 

 American Shooting Association rules to govern This match resulted 

 in a tie, each scoring 16. There not being enough birds on hand to 

 shoot off the tie. it was agreed to shoot a similar match as soon as 

 the pigeons could be procured. 



The second match took place today, and this time Duley was the 

 victor. The Doctor jeopardized all his chances, of winning by losing 

 his first five birds, the fifth one dead out of bounds Duley in the 

 meantime hid scortd 3 out of his 5, a lead the Doctor was never able 

 to overcome, Duley eventually winning the match by 2 birds. 



The Doctor is not at all satisfied with the results and desires to 

 shoot Duley another race, while Duley is quite as anxious as the D ic- 

 tor, and another match will likely take place in the near future. The 

 match was purely a friendly one, the consi deration being the price of 

 the birds only. The scores below tell how it was done: 



First Match. 



Trap Score Type— Copyright isss by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



125 242431213143213343 4 5 23 

 "sT/ 1 "\T 1V \/"/» \T\T/ ,1 /V/" 

 Duley 1 010«221001012llull02202 2—10 



421133524 3 523235244124815 



Lenow 1 100ll020112222122.20.02 0-16 



Second Match. 

 245335433252 5 451515145454 



2021»1022101101»11111121 0—18 



3415121232 3 12423432123123 



......0 000«21122011020211*2021 1—16 



Paul R. Litzke. 



Duley. . 

 Lenow. , 



Greenville Gun Club. 



Greenville, Miss., July 26.— The regular weekly shoot of the Green- 

 ville Gun Club was held to-day. D. M. Porterfleld, representing Fred 

 J. Waddell, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Southern agent for DuPont's 

 Smokeless and Hazard's "Blue Ribbon" powders, was our guest. Mr. 

 Porterfleld made the best average of the day— 95 5 per cent. ; of course 

 he used the powders which he represented, none other being good 

 enough for him. Scores: 



No. 1, 20 singles, unknown angles, $ 2: 

 Porterfleld 01111111111111111111— 19 L, Y Kerr. .00111101110110101100— 14 

 L Percy... 11111111110111101100— 16 Van Meter.11111101 11 1111111110— 18 

 Alexander. 11111011001110011101— 14 Leav'nw'thll 111111101111111101— 18 

 WM Keller 11111000111101010111— 14 OLawson .11110111111100010101—14 

 B Wynne. .01101101010000011100— 9 J Connelly. Ill 10000011110111100— 12 

 R H xMcHie 11111111111111110100—17 



No. 2, same: 



Portertield 11111111111111101111— 19 O Lawson..ll000101010101111110— 12 

 L Percy. ...10101110111111111011— 16 J Leaven- 



Aiexander.11100111111111011111— 17 worth., ..10110111011011110011— 14 

 B Wynne... 01110111001100011100— 11 Van Meter.111110111 10010101011— 14 

 R MoHie. ..11111101011011110110-15 J Connelly.11101110001110001110— 12 

 W Keller. ..11011100110100111001—12 

 No. 3, same: 



Porterfleld 11110111111111111111—19 W Keller. .01000111011011101000—10 



L Percy llillllOllllOlOlllll— 17 Van Meier.lllimoOlllOOlOOlll— 14 



Alexander . 1111C011101 101 01 1000— 12 J Connelly.001 1 1 1 1 1 11 i 1 10 1 11001— 15 



K.^H. McHie, Stc'y. 



Michigan City Gun Club. 



Michigan City, Miss., July 25.— The Michigan City, Miss., Gun Club 

 held its regular weekly shoot to day. Some good scores were made 

 considering that this is the club's first season. T way is shooting a new 

 Greener and is not up to his regular form, although at 20 singles and 5 

 pairs he smashed 27 out of the 30; Hardaway turned out 25 straight 

 and Aldrich was not far behind. Our first annual tournament will be 

 held on Sept. 5, and all sportsmen are cordially invited to attend. A 

 good time is guaranteed. The events programmed for that date are 

 ten, they range from 15 to 25 targets, entrance $2 per race. The 

 Michigan City Gun Club also desires to meet any team of four men in 

 a team race at 25 targets per man on that day. The club's team will 

 ba Chas. W. Tway, W. P. Hardaway, M. L. Brewer and J. M. Aldrich, 

 with W. F. McCarley and W. Wheeler alternates. Programmes will be 

 ready for mailing about the 15th, write for one to the secretary. Be- 

 low are the scores made to-day. 



Tway 1111001111111111111111110-22 



Aldrich 1111111111111110111011110-22 



Hardaway 1111111101111111011110111—22 



Pewitt 0111110011010101011011111—17 



Robinson 0100000101110110100100011-11 



Dr Phillips ..0010110110001011111111011—16 



Brewer J Kill 00000000010001000101— 8' 



Lo ve 1 1 OOC001 00000100001000000 - 5 



Small 001 10101111011111111 11011— 19 



J Robinson 010)001111010000011011001—12 



Maples , 1100000100000110000000110 -7 



Moody 0000000010010000000110000— 4 



FarrelJ llllOllllOniOllOllllllOl-20 



Leary 0101011101100111111111010—17 



Lewis OOOOOOOOOlOOOOOw. — 1 



Remember the Michigan City, Miss., tournament, Sept. 5. 



When you want to have a good time attend the Greenville, Miss. , 

 shoots. Of course you know Mr. McKie, Van Meter, Arnold, Keller, 

 Alexander and Percy. If not, you don't know the make-up of gentle- 

 men and true sportsmen. 



Brewer, of Lamar, Miss., and McCarley, of Jackson, Tenn., go to 

 Dakota after chickens next month. 



The Michigan City Gun Club will be represented at the interstate at 

 New Orleans by Charles W Tway. 



A letter from C. C. Emery, of Solomon, 111., says: "I will be on 

 hand at the Michigan City tournament Sept. 5. 



J. N. Aldrich Bnd W. P. Hardaway, of Michigan Cily Gun Club, are 

 shooting their Winchesters at a winning pace. Look out for them. 



Look out for the undersigned at your tournaments with his new 

 Greener and bright red sweater bearing the inscription "E. O— Em- 

 pire." C. W. Tway, Sec'y. 



Peekskill vs. Pansy. 



Peekskill., N. Y.. Aug. 2.— Fourteen members of the Pansy Gun 

 Club, of Kingston, N. Y, were the guests of the members of the gun 

 club of this place to-day, a team race between the two clubs being the 

 object of the meeting. Among the visitors were Smith, H. Meyer, 

 Cable, Weston, Cramer, Shaffer, Kenyon, Van Gaasbecb. Hume 

 Broadhead, Cohen, Merrinew, Marantette and Pfieger. During the 

 morning, the Pansyites having arrived at 10, practice was indulged in 

 until noon, at which hour the members of the two clubs adjourned for 

 lunch at the Eagle Hotel. 



After lunch, at 2 P. M., an 8 men team race, 25 targets per man 

 known angles, was shot, Peekskill winning by the score of 169-144 a 

 victory of 25 breaks. The home club was short three of their best 

 shots, but still made an average of 84.5 per cent. The weather was 

 beautiful; in fact, one could not wish better conditions for target- 

 shooting. 



Score of the team race was as follows: 

 Peekskill. 



Halsted 1111111111111111111101111-24 



Mason 1111111110111111111111111-24 



Everinghim 1111111111011110111111111—23 



Loder 1111111011111101111111111-23 



Dain 1111110111111110100111011-20 



Southard OlOllOlllllllOllOllllllll— 20 



Armstrong 0101101111011011111011111—19 



Lent 0011000101011101111110111-16—169 



Pansy. 



Van Gaasbeck 0111111111111101111110110—21 



Smith 1111110111011011111111101-21 



Cable 1101011111010111111111011 -20 



Cramer.. UlllCOllllOlUiliOllOlll— 20 



Meyer 1110101111010111100111011—18 



Humer 1101101111110011100111001—17 



Weston 0001001010101 101 111111111-16 



Kenyon 010110100001010010101 1 1 00- 1 1 -144 



From the above it will be seen that Halsted and Mason led with 24 

 each, Everinghim and Loder being close second with scores of 23, 

 Van Gaasbeck and Smith were top scores for the Pansy Club whh 21 

 each, the average of the Pansy team being 72 per cent. 

 _ The day's sport was brought to a close with a miss-and-out at live 

 birds, Captain Dain, of Peekskill, winning the pot of $12. Score: Dain 

 4, Cramer 3. Halsted 2, Cable 2, Smith 1, Marantette 1, Van Gaasbeck 

 1, Mason 1, Meyer 0, Hume 0, Broadhead 0, Shaffer 0. 



Live Birds for Memphis. 



In a personal, letter to Mr. Hough, the Chicago representative of 

 Forest and Stream. Mr. T. A. Divine, president of the Memphis Gun 

 Club, gives the following information in regard to the live bird pros- 

 pects at his city. lb will be a personal pleasure to many of his friends 

 to hear that his health, poor in the early summer, has improved very 

 much. It is hardly news to say that Mr. Divine was re-elected presi- 

 dent of the Memphis Gun Club. He writes: 



•There were laws in Tennessee that prevented the shooting of live 

 birds. During the last Legislature we had a bill passed repealing all 

 laws prohibiting the shooting of live birds at the trap, and making it 

 possible for chartered organizations to have live bird matches, where 

 they would use the birds for food Therefore the following named 

 gentlemen applied for a charter for the gun club to be known asihe 

 Memphis Gun Club, with the following chartered members- ,7 C 

 Neely, Jr., W. P. HalJiday, Jr., F. P. Poston, W. F. Allen, A. B. Dun- 

 can, J. S. Walker, Fred. Schmidt, Irby Bennett and T. A. Divine. 



"The regular annual meeting of the Memphis Gun Club should have 

 b s en held in May, but owing to the wish of the club to disorganize the 

 old association and reorganize under a charter, the organization was 

 not perfected and the election of officers not held until the 24tli of 

 July, at which time the club held a very enthusiastic meeting, nomin- 

 ating and electing by acclamation T. A. Divine, President; J. C. Neely, 

 Jr., Vice-President; A. B. Duncan, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr, Hal- 

 iiday, the old secretary, found it impossible, on account of his grow- 

 ing business, to act as secretary and treasurer, and asked to be re- 

 lieved. 



"I doubt whether we will ever have as big a tournament again as we 

 had this year, but our club, which consists of fifty-one prominent citi- 

 zens of Memphis, are determined to give the delegates who come to 

 the American Trap-Shooters' Association convention in Memphis, May 

 12, lb96, a reception which they will certainly appreciate. During that 

 week we contemplate having our tournament, a part of which will be 

 devoted to live-bird shooting. We have already in view several 

 matches between prominent shots over our grounds in the winter. 

 We have made arrangements with an excellent purveyor to furnish 

 and handle all the birds at our shoots, and I am glad to say that we 

 will have no trouble in making plenty of bird matches, and good ones. 

 Memphis at one time was the great central point for live-bird shoot- 

 ing, and there is no reason why it should not be the neutral ground 

 upon which the Eastern and Western crack shoots should meet and 

 try their prowess." 



Bedford Rod and Gun Club. 



Bedford, Ind. — The following scores were made this afternoon by 

 members of the Bedford Rod and Gun Club: 



No. 1, 25 targets, unknown angles: 



Thompson 1000010000010010011101100— 9 



Ti If o rd 0001 1 1 1 1 0011 11 1 0010000000—11 



Heath; 1111011101011111111001001-18 



Slipp 1111111011101011111101110—20 



Hat fit Id 0101 1 1 01001 10000000011000— 9 



Erwin , 1101010001101101011.010011— 14 



Framis OOllOOOllOOOllOlllillOlll— 15 



Tippit 1111110101111111101111101—21 



Voris 101 000001 1 1 01 1 001 1 1 10011 1—14 



Sherwood 1111111111110111111111111-24 



Eb es sor 1011011101110101111111UO— 19 



Do y 1 e .0100000101 011011 010001001—1 : 



No. 2, same: 



Thompson 001000001U000000011111000— 7 



Tilford 1110010001010100001010100—10 



Reath 1111111001111110100111001—18 



Eblesisor OllllOllOlOOlllllOllilOll— 18 



Hatfield 0100010011111111010110111—16 



Erwin 0111010011110110111110111—18 



Francis 1111101111101101010110010-11 



Tippit 1111101111101101011111111— ai 



Vjris 1110111100111010110001010-15 



Sherwood llllllllllllllllllllillll— 25 



Doyle 1111110111100011110010100—10 



Stipp 0010111111111111111111011-21 



J. B. Stipp, Sec'y. 



