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[Avq 84, 1805, 



Climax Club Shoot. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Climax Gun Club, of Plainfleld, N. 

 J,, was held on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The weather was all that could 

 be desired for target-shooting, with the exception perhaps of the ex- 

 treme heat of the sun, which was untempered by even a breath of air. 

 Fifteen members put in an appearance and shot their strings in the 

 club handicap for prizes. The race for first place, as shown below, is 

 close and exciting. On this occasion Neaf Apgar went straight, scor- 

 ing in all 44 out of 45 at unknown angles. Charlie Smith and Tom Kel- 

 ler, two other scratch men, broke 23. Grier, with an allowance of 8 

 extra targets, broke 29 out of his 33, while J. Singer scored 26 out of 

 his 35. Edwards, with 30 targets to shoot at, broke 25, while Schorte- 

 meier missed but 2 out of his 26. J. Swody, with an allowance of 6, 

 broke 23; in fact all but two of the shooters added points to their 

 records. Points are scored as follows: one point for 20 breaks, and one 

 point for each additional break up to 25, the maximum being six 

 points, no shooter being entitled to more breaks than the highest pos- 

 sible scratch score. 



To-day's scores were as follows: 



J Grier (8) . 110111011111111111111111110111101 —29 



J Singer (10) 10110010111311100011011011111111111—26 



N Apgar (0) 1111111111111111111111111 —25 



E Edwards (5) 111111010111110111111011111110 —25 



Li H Schortemeier (1) 11111111011111111111111011 —24 



TH Keller f0) 1111111111011111111111011 —23 



C Smith (0) lJllinilllllllllllllllOO —23 



J Swody (6) 1 11 1 0101 1 1 1 1 1 1001101 1 1 1 1 0101110 —23 



D Terry (1) .11111110111111011111101011 —22 



R Manning (2) 101111110111111111111011110 —22 



A Woodruff (2).. 101111111101111100111111111 —22 



P Williams (4) 01010111100111110111111101011 —21 



D Darby (5) 111101110001101111110110111010 —21 



J Goodman (6.) 1011100001000111100110101000111 —16 



T Brantingham (0) 0111110000100101111010111 —15 



The following sweeps were also shot: 



No. 1, 10 targets, unknown angles: C- Smith and Manning 10, Apgar • 

 and Schortemeier 9, Keller, Swody-, Terry and D. Darby 8, Wood- 

 ruff and Grier 7, Edwards and Brantingham 6, Singer and Good- 

 man 5, 



No. 2, same: Apgar 10, Terry 9, Schorty 8, Smith, Manning, Grier 

 and Singer 7, Edwards and Woodruff 6, Goodman 4. 



No. 3, 5 pairs: Smith and Grier 9, Terry 9, Apgar 7, Woodruff 6, Ed- 

 wards and Schorty 5, Manning 2. 



Four miss-and-outs were shot. No. 1 was won by Apgar with 6, No. 

 2 was divided between Apgar and Edwards, No. 3 was won by Schorty, 

 No. 4 was divided between Manning and Woodruff. These events were 

 shot one man up, unknown traps and angles. 



The club shoots for prizes are conducted on principles that are in 

 vogue with many clubs. Handicaps of extra targets to shoot at are 

 apportioned prior to the first monthly shoot of the year, and prizes 

 are awarded to a certain number of the highest scores who have 

 qualified for such prizes. In order to qualify a shooter must attend a 

 majority of the shoots— seven.. Points are scored as above. This 

 system is very popular wherever it is used and has been found to 

 bring out the club members in larger numbers than any other system. 

 The following table shows the position of each man who has scored 

 any points and also tells the number of shoots he has attended. 

 Ciphers are inserted when a shooter has taken part in a contest, but 

 has scored no points in that shoot: 



N Apgar (0) 



E Edwards (5) 



R Manning (2) 6 



D Darby (5) 5 



TH Keller (0) 1 



C Smith (0) 5 



J Darby (7) 1 



J Singer (10) 



D Terry (U 3 



J Swody (6) 



A Woodruff (2) 



L H "Schorty'Yl). .. 



J "Grier" (8) 



P "Williams" (4).. 3 



J "Fayette" (3) 



T Brantingham (0) 1 



F Van Dyke (0) 



P "Jay" (5) 1 



C Hebbard (0) 



"Charles" (10) 



GE Greiff (0) 



J Goodman (4).... 

 R H Breintnall (0). . . 

 Capt "Jones" (5) . . 

 McCarthy (10) 



Jan. Feb. M'ch. Ap'l. May. June. July. Aug.Points 



25 

 24 

 23 

 19 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



The following have also shot in one or more congests, but have 

 scored no points: "Scott" (3), J. Zeglio (4), W. Squires (2), W. Terry 

 (4), Trust (5), N. Astfalk (0). 



The Elkwood Park Handicap. 



Thursday, August 15, was the formal opening of the new shooting 

 grounds at Elkwood Park, near Long Branch, N. J. Elkwood Park is 

 reached from New York either by rail over the Pennsylvania or 

 Central of New Jersey railroads, or by steamer to Atlantic Highlands 

 pier and thence by rail to Branchport. 



On the above date we chose the latter route, leaving New York at 9 

 A. M., reaching Atlantic Highlands pier shortly after 10, and Branch- 

 port at 10:55. A stage met us and conveyed us to the park, the 

 distance to be covered being about a mile and a half, perhaps a little 

 less. At the park itself, Phil Daly, Jr., who has charge of Elkwood, 

 has placed in position a set of live bird traps and also a set of the new 

 empire traps for target shooting. The accommodations for shooters at 

 the score at present are only temporary, but were sufficient for the 

 occasion. The Elkwood Inn, inside the driving park, afforded the 

 means for a comfortable dinner, etc. So much for the surroundings. 



As an opener for his new grounds, Phil Daly elected to run a 100- 

 target handicap race, 810 entrance. The idea proved a popular one, as, 

 despite the short notice given, seventeen shooters paid up their $10 

 and took part in the event of the day. The morning was passed in 

 shooting 15 and 20-target events, the scores of which are given below. 

 The handicap race was not started until well on toward 2 P. M.; 

 maybe it was later than that before the first shot was fired. 



A new departure was made in the system of handicapping, not a 

 man knowing his handicap until he had fired his last shot, an excep- 

 tion being made in the case of the scratch men, Van Dyke, Apgar and 

 Dickey, these three being publicly announced as the scratch men. 

 The contestants shot in three squads, two of six and one of five men. 

 Each squad fired at 25 targets and then retired, and so on until each 

 man had fired at 100 targets. Then the first six men on the list with a 

 handicap stepped to the score with their pockets filled with shells. 

 As soon as the man in that squad with the lowest handicap had shot 

 up his allowance, he was told to retire; the balance kept on shooting, 

 dropping out one by one as their allowance was exhausted. This kept 

 up the interest in the race to the end, and entirely prevented dropping 

 for place. It was with that idea in view that the scheme was originated, 

 as there was more than a suspicion expressed by several shooters that 

 one of the contestants had willfully dropped his last target in a pre- 

 vious event. As we were at dinner while the occurrence in question 

 took place, it is impossible to speak with any authority on the matter. 

 Anyway, the secrecy scheme worked well in the handicap race, and 

 the boys approved of it. The handicapping was in the hands of Jacob 

 Pentz, T. H. Keller (proxy for Major J. M. Taylor), and the trap editor 

 of Forest and Stream, the latter also acting as referee. 



No leBS than six States were represented in the handicap: New Jer- 

 sey— F. V. Van Dyke, Dayton; C. Smith, T. H. Keller and Neaf Apgar, 

 Plainfleld; T. W. Morfey, Paterson; Eddie Collins, Jersey City; Gus. 

 E. Greiff, Carlstadt; J. "Shaw," Hollywood; Phil. Daly, Jr., Long 

 Branch; A. L. Ivins, Seabright, and J. "Grier," Dunellen. Massachu- 

 setts— Capt. E. B. Wadsworth ("Puck") and O. R, Dickey, Boston. 

 Kentucky — B. Ballard. Pennsylvania— H. L. David ("Landis"), Phila- 

 delphia. South Carolina— L. W. Bicaise, Charleston. Georgia— G. S. 

 McAlpin. New York did not send a single representative. 



The winner turned up in "Puck," who broke 89 out of his 100, and 

 then broke 11 out of his 12 extra targets. Dickey shot a splendid race, 

 making a 25 and three scores of 24, totaling 97— one more than he set 

 himself to break at the start of the race. Owing to pressure on our 

 columns the story of the details of the race must be left to the score. 



An unlucky feature was the mistake made in adding up Morfey 's 

 total for his last 25. The carbon copies show plainly that he missed 

 three targets, his 11th, 17th and 21st, whereas he was credited with 

 breaking 23, making his total for the 100 just 92. With a clean score 

 on his five extra targets, he really totaled only 96, whereas he was 

 scored 97, tieing Dickey and Charley Smith for second money. His 

 right place was tied for third with Keller and McAlpin. The differ- 

 ence was appreciable, but the error was just one of those things which 

 is always likely to occur when there is no adequate protection for the 

 scorer or cashier. 



Empire traps and targets were used, the total of the latter thrown 

 during the day being close on to 3,000. The trappers were green 

 hands and took some breaking in. During that process a lot of twine 

 was wasted and much annoyance caused to the shooters and the 

 management. Toward the end of the day everything worked very 

 nicely, squad after squad shooting its score in quick time. All the de- 

 tails appear below; 



Handicap race, 100 to 117 targets per man, unknown angles, $10 en- 

 trance, targets at 2 cents included, four moneys: 



E B "Puck" (112). 10111111110111111111101111111111101111111101111011-45 

 11111011011110111110111111111111011111111011111111-44 



111101111111 — n 



100 



O R Dickey (100). .11111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111— 49 

 11111111101111111111111111101111111111111111111111—48 



>• ... v 



C Smith (106) 11111111011111111011111111111111111111111111111111-48 



11111111011101111011111111111010111110111111111111-44 

 011111 — 5 



97 



T W Morfey (105). 10111111111101111111111011111111111111111010111111— 45 

 11111111011111111111111111111111111011111011101111-46 



inn — 5 



G S McAlpin (105) .11111111111111111111011110111101111111111111111111—47 

 11111111110111101111111111111100111111101111101111—44 

 11111 — 5 



96 



TH Keller (108). .10111111111111111111101111111111111111111011111111— 47 

 11111111010001111111111111111111011111101101111110—42 

 11110111 — 7 



96 



G E Greiff (104). . .11011111110111111111110111111111111110111111111101— 45 

 11111101111110111111011101111111111101111111111111—45 

 1111 — 4 



Neaf Apgar (100) 

 B Ballard (106)..., 



11111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111101-48 

 11111110110111111011110111111111111111111111101111—45 



11110011111101111111111111101101101111110111111111-43 

 11111111111111111101111111101111110911111111110111—45 

 110111 — 5 



H "Landis" (104). 11011111111111110011111111111111111101101011111111-44 

 11111110101111111111001011111111111111111111111111—45 

 0111 — 3 



F Van Dyke (100) 

 J "Shaw" (117).. 



.1111011111011111111111111011011111111111111101111-45 

 11111110111111111111010111111111111111111111111011—46 



10011111011101110101110111110110111101111111111011—39 

 11111111111011111101111111111101101111100101101111—42 

 11011011010101101 —11 



E Collins (108),,.. 11111111111110111101111111010111111111101101110111— 43 

 01111111111110111111101111110111101111111001111011—42 

 10111111 — 7 



90 



A L Ivins (106). . . .11111111111110111111101111100001110111111111111111-43 

 10111111111111110110011111111110110111111101101010-40 



linn — e 



89 



J "Grier" (114) ...11100111101011101111011111101110111011110111011011—38 

 11011011110011111111101101111011111011100111011011—38 



liiioimiim —i3 



89 



L W Bicaise (111). 11101111111001110111101111100011111111010111111111-40 

 01111110111110010111111000101111111111011011110011-37 



oiimimi -io 



87 



Phil Daly, Jr (115)11111111010101101111111010111110110101101111101111-39 

 10011101101111101011011010111001011010011111011111—34 

 111101110100101 —10 



83 



In the other events shot during the day, the targets, of course, were 

 thrown at unknown angles; the entrance fees in each event were at 

 the rate of 10 cents per target. The quality of the shooting may be 

 gathered from the following figures, which show that out of the 18 

 shooters who took part in three or more events, no less than 13 aver- 

 aged better than 85 per cent: 



Shot at. Broke. Per Cent. 

 Dickey ....195 



186 



95.6 



Ballard. . . 



.186 



165 



88.7 



157 



95.1 



Keller 



203 



179 



88.1 



181 



93 



Landis 



,169 



149 



87.6 



169 



91.3 



HebDard. 



.. 80 



70 



87.5 



157 



90.4 



"Puck".. 



..192 



168 



87.4 



170 



89 



Collins 



158 



135 



85.4 



169 



88.9 









Apgar 165 



Van Dyke.,195 



Morfey 185 



Greiff 174 



Smith 191 



McAlpin... 190 



This table shows that out of 2,283 targets shot at by 13 men, 2,055 

 were breaking, giving a general average of 90 per cent Dickey's per 

 centage shows that the Boston man is in great form, and is unquestion- 

 ably one of the best target shots in the country. Apgar 's totals in the 

 four events he shot in, outside of the handicap race, are 64 out of 65. 

 Out of his last 615 targets, all thrown at unknown angles, he has to 

 date broken 584, making an average of only a slight fraction UDder 95 

 per cent. Van Dyke shot a great gait too, while Morfey and Greiff 

 were also well up in the list. All things considered the averages at 

 Elkwood Park are remarkable. The following table gives the scores 

 made in the events decided before and after the main event: 



Events: 13 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 



Targets: 10 SO 15 SO 15 15 Targets: 10 20 15 SO 15 15 



Dickey 10 19 15 18 15 12 McAlpin 19 13 18 13 10 



Van Dyke 10 20 13 20 14 13 Smith 17 13 17 13 13 



Morfey 9 19 13 19 13 . . Oreiff 18 15 17 13 



Hebbard 8 18 12 18 .. 14 "Landis" 11 17 15 14 



Ballard 8 18 15 17 14 .. Apgar 15 20 14 15 



"Puck" 8 18 12 18 .. 12 Collins 14 20 .11 



Cooper 7 16 13 12 11 .. Bicaise 11 16 14 



Ivins 6 11 11 15 .. .. Sigler 15 



Keller, 6 19 14 20 10 14 Wanda ... 13 



"Shaw" 13 14 .. 12 .. Greer 13 



Daly 15 11 7 .. 8 



A Big Shoot for Baltimore. 



From present appearances there will be held in Baltimore, Md., dur- 

 ing the last week of October, a live-bird tournament that will in all 

 probability be an exact reproduction of the Interstate Association's 

 successful tournament at Paterson, N. J., the first week of April this 

 year. The programme as arranged now is as follows: 



Tuesday, First Day— First event, 5 birds. $5 entrance; second, 7 

 birds, $7; third, 10 birds, $10; fourth, Baltimore Handicap, 15 birds, 

 §15; fifth, $5 entrance, miss and out. 



Wednesday, Second Day— Same as first day, except that the fourth 

 event will be the Monumental Handicap of 20 birds, $20 entrance. 



Thursday, Third Day— Grand Dupout Handicap; 25 birds, $25 en- 

 trance, $1,000 guaranteed, divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., high guns 

 to take the money, and champion to hold the trophy in trust from year 

 to year, subject to redemption for $100 cash. 



The trophy in this last event will be valued at $500 and will be held 

 in trust, subject to challenge, and will be redeemed annually from the 

 holder for $100. Full particulars in regard to this shoot will doubtless 

 reach us in the near future. 



Maplewood Gun Club. 



Maplewood, N, J., Aug. 17.— The following scores were made bv 

 members of the Maplewood Gun Club this afternoon: 

 Events: 1334567S Events: 13345678 

 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 S5 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 35 

 Drake 10 10 8 10 10 9 7 20 Van Ider- 



ASickley.. 10 10 23 stine 5 •>, 



Geoff roy . . 10 10 9 10 8 10 4 21 G H Smith. " 8 7 6 '4 20 

 ESickley.. 978999524 Fisher.. " " 71" 



W Smith... 8998865 25 Sofer 6 20 



Jackson... 7 9 6 7 13 Howard 17 



Eager 5 8 2 17 



No. 1 was at known angles; Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 at unknown angles- 

 No. 3 under expert rules, and No. 7 was at 5 pairs, known angles' No' 

 8 was shot as a team race, Drake's team beating Geoffroy's team by 

 the score of 125 to 113. The following were the teams- Drake E 

 Sickley, A. Bickley, Van Iderstine, G. H. Smith and Fisher, against 

 Gec-ffroy, W. Smith, Sofer, Eager, Howard and Jackson. yf, it, j). 



Trap around Pittsburgh. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 9.— The 5-men team race between seven of the 

 leading clubs in this vicinity was brought off to-day on Brunot's 

 Island, the Spring Hill Club winning by the narrowest possible major- 

 ity— 1 target. A similar distance separated the Braddock, Iroquois 

 and Wilkinsburg teams, which finished second, third and fourth re- 

 spectively. The collapse of the Herron Hill was a remarkable feature 

 of the contest. The North Side Gun Club was shy two men, while the 

 Pittsburg Gun Club, one of the strongest organizations in this vicinity, 

 was unrepresented. The scores in the team race were as follows: 

 Spring Hill. 



D S Boyd 1111110111111111111111111—24 



C A Anderson 1111111111110101111111111—23 



W M C Jones 1111110010101111111111111—21 



J G Anderson 0010111111111110111111111—21 



JSkilman 1100110111111111011111111-20-109 



Braddock. 



W J Vance , 1110111111111111111111111—24 



DOreelman 1111110111111101011111111—22 



JGelra 1111111111111111111111000-22 



J APenn 1111011110111111111011010—20 



Nimon 1010111111101111010111111—20—108 



Iroquois. 



Born 1111111111111111111111111—25 



Wood 1111101111111101111101111-22 



Coltreyhahn 1101111101111011110111111—21 



Udick 1011111010111111111110111—21 



Motz 1100011111101001011111111—18—107' 



Wilkinsburg. 



J G Messner 1111101111111111111110111—23 



H Brown 111011111111111111.0111101—22 



O D McElroy 1111101111111110111111101—22 



Benton 0111011110111101111111111—21 



R Lovett 1101010011111111101111010—18—106 



Verona. 



J King 1011111101111111110110111-21 



Wall ..1111111011101101110111111-21 



H B Mohen 0111101101111100111111111—20 



W Dade HlOOOlOllllOlllllllOlOll— 18 



Sport 0101110001001011000110001—11— 91 



Herron Hill. 



E H McWhorter 1111111010111111111011111-22 



WSKing 0111101111011111111110111—21 



A H King 1111101111010011010111010—17 



Bessemer 1110111111111100000011000—15 



H Vandergrift 0101001111001011011101001—14— 89 



North Side. 



J H Shafer 1111110101111111111111111-23 



SamSbaner 1111111111111001111111110-22 



M J Williams .1011111111010101111111110—20— 65 



Aug. IS— The members of the Wilkinsburg, Pa., Gun Club have 

 been competing for a silver trophy, the conditions being that it should 

 be won three times before becomiug the personal property of any 

 individual. J. G. Messner has accomplished the task by winning the 

 trophy three times out of four races. The scores were as follows: 



First race: 



J G Messner llllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllOHOOllll— 47 



OD McElroy 11111111111111111010110111111111111111101110111110—44 



J B Sawyer 10111111011101111111111111111001111111110111101101—42 



R Lovett 01111111011 1111111001001011001 00111101001111111001-34 



WS Smith 10110001111110111000111101100111111101100001000100—29 



Second race: 



JG Messner 01111111111111111111111111010111111011011111101010—42 



O D McElroy 11011111111111111110011111111000111101111111100111—41 



W S Smith 11111100011111111111110111011000111000011010111010-34 



J B Sawyer 111011 111100111101110I0111110001100011110000100101— 31 



R Lovett 10111100010011011101010110010100111101111001001111—30 



R Anderson IIOIIOIIIIOOO1OIIIOIIOOIIIOOOIOIOIOIOIIIOOOIOIIIOI— 28 



Third race: 



OD McElroy 11111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111—49 



J G Messner 11111101101111111111111111111110111011111111111010-44 



H Brown 10011011111111100110111111111111111111101111111111—43 



R Lovett 00101011111111111111111110010111001110101111100101—36 



J B Sawyer 1 011 11111010110111111111110101011111 1101 1011110100—30 



W S Smith 110011 11011 11 llUOllOOlllOllOllOllOllllOOllllOlOlOO— 33 



Fourth race: 



J G Messner 11101111111110111111111101110111111111111111111111—46 



OD McElroy 11101110111011111111111111111101011111001111111111—43 



R Lovett 11011111101111101111111101111111111111110101101111—43 



W S Smith lllllllOOllOllllOllOlOllOOOlollOOOllOlOOOllllOOlll— 31 



Shot at. Broke. Per Cent. Hayes 



Meadville Gun Club. 



Meadville, Pa., Aug. 14. — The following scores were made to-day at 

 our regular shoot, Prenatt, H. A. Johnson and Ehrgott shooting in 

 excellent form: 



H A Johnson 11111011111111111101111101111101111111101111101111-44 



00111101100101111111111110111110011111101111111101—39 



Prenatt 101110101111 11111 lllllllllllllllllll 0011 1111111111— 45 



Krider 01111110011110101111111111011011111100101110110011—37 



Clark 11011110111111111101111101011111101110011100100101—37 



Lashells 00110110011110100101010111001-11 11 11001011111111111— 34 



Ehrgott 11111111111101111101111111101111111000111111111111-44 



FW Smith 11110100001100111111111101101111011111111111111011-39 



Adams 11110111111 1 10011 lOlllllllll 10101011111 11101101110— 40 



Reisinger 11111011111110111001110100011111111011101111111100—88 



Dr Johnson 100111101 101 lOlOllllllOlOllOuOllOlllOllllOlllllOll— 35 



Belton 10101111011111011110111111011101110110111101100100—36 



No. 2, 25 targets, unknown angles: 



Baker 111110011011 110101 101 1 101— IS 



Leberman 1001111101011110111011010—17 



Gaston 00000001 llOiOllllOOOl 0100— 10 



Decker 1100111111101111100010100—16 



H A Johnson 0111111011111111111111111—23 



Dr JohnBon 1100011011101111011111011—18 



Hayes 0111111010111111110111011—20 



N Affanstranger OOOOOlllllllllllllllllOOl— 18 



E L Affantranger 1111010110011110111601110—17 



Dunn 0010011010101101111010001—12 



Hotchkiss 0110110101111011011011101—17 



Wagner 1110111101101111110001111—19 



F W Smith 1111111110111111001110011—20 



Clark 1110111111101011011011111— 00 



Ehrgott 1110111111011111111011111—22 



Belton 1011111101100110110001110—16 



Lashells 0000110001111111100101111—15 



Prenatt 11001111111111111111011:11—23 



Chokk-Bore. 



Esses Gun Club. 



Newark, N. J., Aug. 15.— The monthly shoot of the Essex Gun Club 

 of this place was held to-day at John Erb's grounds. The club shoot, 

 which is a handicap on the usual point system, had but five entries. Of 

 that number, L. H. Schortemeier was the only one to kill straight. 

 During the afternoon he shot at 18 birds, scoring 17. Asa Whitehead 

 acted as scorer and referee. The birds were a better lot than might 

 have been expected when the hot, sultry nature of the day is taken 

 into account, The scores are as follows: 



L H Schortemeier 2122121221—10 1210-3 1212-4 



WGHollis 2111111021— 9 22«2— 3 1110—3 



CMHeddon 1012121210—8 



L Thomas 0121212011— 8 1221—4 »020— 1 



Grifrin 201.211221— 8 .... 1120-3 



JErb nU-4 1112-4 



The Utica Shoot. 



Utioa, N. Y., Aug. 19. — In order to aid in making the shoot here in 

 September a success, I give $25 to winning team of four men, 50 tar- 

 gets each man, and optional sweep $0, which will be the main event 

 the first day. The second will be the Central New York Handicap, 26 

 to 32yds , 20 birds, $15 entrance, birds included. They will be a good, 

 lively lot, fresh from the country. A good number west of this place 

 have arranged to be present. Rochester, Binghamton and Syracuse 

 have arranged to come; these parties I saw in person, and think it is 

 safe to say the shoot will be a success. J. W. Fulford. 



Ten Days of Delightful Travel through the South 

 for $55.00. 



Two early autumn tours, Sept. 24 and Oct. 8, under the personally 

 conducted tourist system of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 

 Gettysburgh Battle-field, Blue Mountain, Luray Caverns, Basic City, 

 the Natural Bridge of Virginia, Grottoes of the Shenandoah, Rich- 

 mond, Washington and Mount Vernon visited during the tour. Parlor 

 car and hotel accommodations, guides, carriages and all necessary 

 expenses covered by the rate. A tourist agent, chaperon and baggage 

 master will accompany party. For detailed itinerary address Tourist 

 Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1196 Broadway, New York.— Adv. 



