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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 21, 1895. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 

 these columns, also any news notes they may carp, to have printed. 

 Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 

 Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, SIS 

 Broadway, New York. 



An unfortunate accident, that came within an ace of being a fatal 

 one, put a damper upon the tournament promoted by the Lancaster 

 (Pa.) Gun Club last week. Mr. W. H. Burnham, a very popular and 

 well-known shot who hails from York, Pa., was the victim, an i we are 

 extremely pleased to be able to state that from all we can learn he is 

 none the worse for his narrow escape. The way the accident hap- 

 pened, as it was related to us by an eye-witness, was tbus: Mr. Burn- 

 ham was shooting his score in a 15-target race when a trap got out of 

 gear. A shooter to bis right opened his gun and laid it, with the shell 

 in the barrel, across a rail. Plenty of people have seen loaded guns 

 placed in just such a manner. As soon as all was ready for the shoot- 

 ing to go on again, the owner of the gun stepped up to it and was going 

 to pick it up when it slipped off, and sliding as it were around the rail 

 fell, butt down, on the ground, the gun closing and going off as the butt 

 struck the ground. The whole charge passed so close to Mr. Burn- 

 ham 'a stomach that it tore his sweater and shirt from his body, three 

 pellets of shot scoring their way across his skin and one just entering 

 his skin slightly. His sweater was set, on Are by the discharge. The 

 charge found its resting place in the lining of the covering that pro- 

 tects the spectators from the elements Mr. Buruharti's nerve is best 

 attested by the fact that he finished his score in the event. He then 

 packed up his gun and took his departure, saying: "Good-by, boys; 

 I've had enough shooting for a month or two, and maybe for always." 

 We hope, however, to have the pleasure of meeting the champion 

 targat shot of Pennsylvania in front of the traps before many months 

 are over. The accident is only one more proof that a shell in a gun, 

 no matter in what position the latter may be, is always a menace to 

 those in its vicinity. 



In our account of the four-handed match between Ballard-Ivins and 

 Hoey-Murphy we stated that we thought the scores made a record, 

 each man having killed 90 per cent, or better. Fred Hoey called our 

 attention on Sept. 12, at Elkwood Park, to the match shot on March 

 29, 1894, at Babylon, L. I., on the grounds of the Westminster Kennel 

 Club, grounds that are acknowledged to be extremely fast, and where 

 George Mott. the superintendent, always has strong birds and good 

 flyers on hand.. On the date in question Fred Hoey and L. S Thomp- 

 son shot a match against George Work and Charles Macalester, 100 

 birds per man, 200 to the team. Hoey and Thompson won by thrte 

 birds, scoring the great total of 190 to 187. The individual scores were: 

 Hoey 97, Thompson 93, Macalester 84, Work 93. We have to thank 

 Mr. Hoey for calling our attention to the above score, and shall be 

 glad to know if any score has been made under similar conditions that 

 can beat it. As a curious coincidence, it may be mentioned that Fred 

 Hoey and Edgar Murphy used in the match for the Riverton cup of 

 1883, shot at Elkwood Park on Sept. 12, the full score of which appears 

 elsewhere, shells that were loaded by Von Lengerke & Detmold for 

 the match shot at Babylon, L. I., on March 29, 1894. The shells were 

 loaded, according to the inscription on the case, on March 2(1, 1894, and 

 bad been laid one side by Fred Hoey until the morning of Sept. 12 

 of this year. It may be of interest to some to know that the shells 

 were "Eiey's Gas-tight Cartridge Case made in Great Britain" for V. 

 L. & D., and that they were loaded with American E. C. powder. 



In a personal letter on a totally different matter, Irby Bennett, of 

 Memphis, Tenn., the popular representative of the Winchester Repeat- 

 ng Arms Company, concluded as follows: "Recently I was in Atlanta 

 and discussed with Mr, John S. Clarke, of the Clarke" Hardware Com- 

 pany of that city, the prospect and outlook for their coming tourna- 

 ment in October. Mr. Clarke was very enthusiastic over the same, 

 and believes that the attendance will be extremely large, in conse- 

 quence of which belief they have increased the added money from 

 $600 to 8700. The International Exposition will be in progress at that 

 time, and will unquestionably attract a great many people, from all 

 parts of the country. It seems to me that the $700 added money 

 should also attract the shooters, particularly when they can obiain a 

 one fare railroad rate for the round trip. I feel justified in urging all 

 the shooters of the country to attend this shoot, for the reason that 

 the shooting and the management will be of the best. The exposition 

 itself will unquestionably be worth the visit, and Atlanta is a beautiful, 

 attractive and typical Southern city, and its people are as hospitable 

 as Southerners generally are. I will be in control of the Winchester 

 exhibit at the exposition, and should Forest and Stream's represent- 

 ative look in on me, he will find a hearty and cordial invitation awaiting 

 him to make our place his headquarters." 



Forest and Stream has gotten out a "Tournament Squad Pad" for 

 the use of gun clubs at tournaments. The ubo of (--quad pads has 

 grown very largely and there is no other satisfactory method of run- 

 ning a shoot outside of the squad system. It enables the cashier's 

 office to keep up with its work— the greatest necessity when it cornea 

 to making a shoot a success. The pads consist or 100 sheets of army 

 and navy bond paper, three or four good manifold copies being prac- 

 ticable with that paper. Clubs that contemplate giving tournaments 

 will do well to bear these pads in mind and send for a sample. As we 

 have had them made in large quantities we can make an advantageous 

 offer in resprct of price. A bingle pad costs 15 cents; ten pads, 1 000 

 sheets, $1 50. Send for a sample. 



The second annual tournament of the Leavenworth, Kansas, Gun 

 Club will be held on Thursday and Friday of next week, dept. 2C, 27. 

 A note in our last issue gave the pirtieulara of the shoot in brief so 

 that it is unnecessary to dilate any further on that matter, merely 

 remarking that the amount of added money— $300— is worth while 

 going after. It is also worth noting that on the second day there are 

 two team races on the programme: one is a two-men team, 15 targets 

 per man, entrance $3 per team, $20 added; the other is a three-men 

 team, 25 targets per man, $4 50 entrance per team, $50 added. Re- 

 member that in all events winners of first and second money will be 

 handicapped in the next shoot by being given unknown angles to 

 shoot at. 



Mr. Chas, E. Forehand, secretary of the Worcester, Mass., Sports- 

 men's Club, writes under date of the 12th inst. : wish to claim Oct. 

 15 and 16 as the dates for the Worcester Sportsmen's Club's tourna- 

 ment. There will be $100 added mon«y, and a $50 diamond ring will 

 be given to the man making the highest average. This shoot coming 

 so soon after the Newburgh shoot should draw a good attendance." 

 We suppose that the diamond ring will be given to tne shooter making 

 the highest general average in all the programme events of both 

 days. Mr. Forehand has promised to mail us a programme, and that 

 will no doubt explain this point fully. 



The Bayside Gun Club, of Keyport, N. Y., is evidently a very 

 healthy organization, twenty-three members out of a possible fifty- 

 four putting in an appearance at the first monthly shoot of the club 

 held on Sept. 4. The conditions of the badge shoot are rather hard on 

 beginners, being given as "known angles, unknown trap V that is, 

 expert rule. Although that system is far and away the most sporting 

 of all, we are of opinion that it is a little too severe on young shots, 

 and does not encourage them or keep up the attendance as well as 

 known traps, unknown angles will do. Tne club's nest regular shoot 

 will be held on Oct. 2. 



The Independent Gun Club, of Reading, Pa., will hold a three days 1 

 shoot, Oct. 9-11. The first two days will be given up to targets, the 

 third day to live birds. The sum of $100 will be added to the purses 

 each day, making $300 of added money altogether. The tournament 

 committee is: John Shaaber, George Ritter, Brooke Harrison and 

 James Schmeck. The tournaments given in the past by the Reading 

 boys have always been successful and enjoyable, and the tournament 

 of 1895 should be added to the list. The composition of the com initio 

 is a guarantee that the shoot will be run all right; everybody knows 

 Shaaber and Schmeck! 



The annual fall tournament of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle 

 Association will be held, as announced some months ago, on Oct. 9-11, 

 thedates just selected by the Independent Gun Club, of Reading Pa 

 as, however, the two clubs will draw shooters from different sections 

 of the country, there is little reason to fear any visible effects from 

 such clashing of dates. President Brown, of the Newburgh Club 

 promises the usual good time and plenty of shooting, which 

 has characterized the shoots of his club in years gone by. Land- 

 lord Gedney's lunches also are a special attraction, and there Is 

 going to be no change here. 



The Rochester (N. Y.) Gun Club's programme has been issued dur- 

 ing the past week. The schedule of events is the same that we pub- 

 lished in our issue of Sept 7. so that it is hardly necessary to repeat 

 the details. The "Rules and Regulations" contain some pieces of in- 

 formation of special interest to intending shooters: "Shooting will 

 begin each day promptly at 9 A. M. Ten-gauges at 18yds. The Liv- 

 ingston Hotel has been selected as headquarters. Reduced railroad 

 rates. Ammunition and guns shipped to James MeCulloeh, 99 East 

 Main street, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge." Also 

 note: "Dropping for place will uot be tolerated." 



Mr. Sam Dow, president of the Knoxville, Tenn., Gun Club, called at 

 this office while on his way home from Boston, where he had been at- 

 tending the recent Masonic conclave. Mr. Dow says that the Kuos- 

 vilie'B are not talking "shoot in '96 "at all, in fact he doesn't thitk 

 they'll give one. He left New York on Siturday, Sept. 14, en route 

 for home, having for a companion U. M. C. Thomas, who was travel- 

 ing to Atlanta, Ga., to take charge of the U. M. C. Co.'a exhibit at the 

 exposition. 



H. L. Lyons, a member of the Kentucky Gun Club, of Louisville, Ky. 

 won the amateur championship of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky 

 and Michigan at the Limited Gun Club's shoot at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 He scored 49 out of 50, tieing with Mr. Elliott; on the shoot off at 25 

 targets be won easily, breaking 24 out of 25. Mr. Lyons used U. M. C. 

 factory loaded ammunition. E. C. powder and one of Packer Bros, 

 pigeon guns with Whitworth steel barrels. He won the live- bird 

 championship of Kentucky last year, and is one of the most popular 

 men in his club. 



During the recent visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show to Harris 

 burg. Pa., the members of the Harrisburg Shooting Association 

 presented Annie Oakley with a mammoth bouquet, the floral trophy 

 being larger than Miss Oakley herself. Frank Butler says that i.ne 

 first time the Harrisburg boys hold a shoot that Miss Oakley has 

 leisure time enough to spare to attend, she'll be there, even "if she has 

 to ride a bicycle up-hill to get there." 



We regret that we did not receive some earlier notice of the Lake 

 View Gun Club's tournament and meeting of the Michigan Trap- 

 Shooters' League, which took place at Lake A r iew Park, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., on Thursday and Friday of this week, Sept 10, 20. The pro- 

 gramme was a varied one, the Pumphrey "Equitable" system being 

 used in dividing several of the purses. Ben O. Bush was carded as 

 manager, so that it is safe to assume that everything passed off all 

 right. 



Secretaries of gun clubs and other correspondents to this depart- 

 ment are requested to read carefully the note in italics that Is run at 

 the head of tm's column. Owing to the absence of the trap editor 

 while attending tournaments, matter that should have prompt atten- 

 tion is often left unnoticed through being addressed personally 

 instead of to Forest and Stream Publishing" Comi-any There need 

 be no fear that any matter thus mailed will be overlooked; it will find 

 its way into the right basket. 



With fine weather the tournament of the Rochester (N. Y.) Rod and 

 Gun Club is bound to prove a success. The excellent club bouse, 

 probably one of the best appointed in the country, guarantees the 

 comfort of the shooters, while the programme and the quality of the 

 management also insures plenty of shooting for everybody, and that 

 smoothness of running which is such a pleasant feature at many of 

 the shoots of to-day. 



Mr. W. F. de Wolf, secretary of the Cook County (111.) Trap-Shoot- 

 ers' League, announces that the third tournament of the League will 

 be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 P. M., on the grounds of the Garfield 

 Gun Club, of Chicago, Fifty-fourth and West Madison streets. We 

 believe the sec ind tournament takes place to-day, Sept. 21, on the 

 Eureka Gun Club's grounds, Seventy-ninth street and Vincennes 

 avenue. 



Col. C. E. Felton, of Chicago, was in New York on Wednesday last, 

 and was easily persuaded to stop off on his way still further East and 

 try his luck at Elkwood Park on Thursday. The Colonel is paying a 

 visit to his son-in-law, Charlie Willard, Hte of Chicago, but now of 

 Hartford, Conu., in which city he is looking after the best interests of 

 the Colt Firearms Company. 



A50-bird handicap, £25 entranc 3, birds included at 25 cents each 

 will be shot at Willard Park, near Paterson, N. J., on Sept. 24 The 

 money will go to the four high guns, 40%. 30%, 20^ and 10%; entries 

 close on Sept. 20, the number of entries being limited to fifteen. Han- 

 dicaps range from 32 to 20yds. Entrance fee, $10, should be sent to T. 

 W. Morfey, of Paterson, N. J. 



Although no scores of Jack Parker's shoot have reachpd us, we 

 learn that Harvey McMurchy knocked them all out, winning first 

 average and relegating Heikes to second hole. Incidentally we may 

 mention that the boys beat Jack Parker in the races where he paid ac- 

 cording to the number of birds broken. 



Another live bird handicap is announced by W. H. Green, secretary 

 of the Newark, N. J., Gun Club. The event will be at 25 birds, $10 en- 

 trance, birds extra, class shooting, four moneys, handicaps from 32 to 

 26yds. It will be decided at Erb's grounds on Sept. 26 



Jack Halstead and Capt. Harry P. Dain, of Peekskill, N. Y., were in 

 New York on Monday last. They were on a sort of "fitting-out" trip, 

 as they will shortly leave on a hunting trip for North Dakota. They 

 expect to be away until the end of October. 



The result of the Plainfleld-Dunellen shoot, the score of which is 

 given elsewhere, was a surprise to both parties. Dunellen expected 

 to lose, Plainfield thought it would win. A defeat by 5 targets shows 

 that it was a good and close race. 



Mr. Fred Sauter, a well-known member of the N. Y. German Gun 

 Club, is on a hunting trip in the Black Forest. A recent letter reports 

 that he has killed a fine roebuck. Edward Banks. 



Sands and Adams. 



A ltoona, Pa., Sept. 14.— Yesterday being the date set for the live 

 bird race between W. B. Sands, of Altoona, and E. J. Adams, of Mif- 

 flin, Pa., a delegation from this place left on Main Line express, arriv- 

 ing at the scene of the contest at 1:50 P. M. Mr. Adams had carriages 

 in waiting, and It was only a few minuteB until we were on the base- 

 ball grounds, where we found everything in readiness. The grounds 

 are very suitable, being perfectly level, with a clear background and 

 surroundings. Staid old Mifflintown, as it is properly called, turned 

 out en masse to see the match; for although, through the modesty of 

 the two contestants, the announcement had only been made to a rew, 

 it had leaked out, and as a result a large crowd of very orderly spec- 

 tators was present. 



The weather was perfect for a shooting match, A strong wind, 

 which at times was almost a gale, blew directly across the traps from 

 No. 1 to No. 5. The sky was clear and the atmosphere cool and brac- 

 ing. The birds were a selected lot and one of the best I have ever 

 seen at an early fall shoot. This is evident from the fact that but one 

 bird refused to fly out of the lot. It Is a pleasure to be at a match 

 that is run so smoothly as was this one. There was not a dispute nor 

 a delay. The referee's good judgment prevailed where there was a 

 close decision to be made, without a murmur from the contestants or 

 backers. 



It was only a matter of putting guns together after the arrival on 

 the grounds and going to work. Sands won the tosa and sent Adams 

 to the score. He drew a stiff driver from No. 3 trap, which he grassed 

 nicely. Sands's first bird was from the 6a me trap and was a very 

 difficult i ight-quarterer; the second barrel was necessary to stop him. 

 Adams's second and third t irds were very good ones and the neat kills 

 he made showed that he was in good form. It was now apparent that 

 the shooting would be difficult, for the wind was doing much to make 

 the birds quick starters and very rapid when on the wing. Sands's 

 third bird, a rather easy right-quarterer, was not touched. This some- 

 what put him on his mettle, for his next ten kills were clean in the 

 extreme. Adams dropped a quick direct right-quarterer in the eighth 

 round and his eleventh was also soon perched on a neighboring barn 

 roof. Both men lost their fourteenth birds and again each failed' to 

 score on the seventeenth round. Adams dropped his nineteenth, giv- 

 ing Sands a lead of two birds. He again failed to score his twenty- 

 third, an incoming twister to the right. It was hit hard with both 

 barrels, but carried everything it received over the boundary line 

 Sands's twenty-second was thought to be safe, but when the retriever 

 attempted to pick it up it arose again and fell dead just outside the 

 flag line. At the end of the first half the score stood 19 to 21 in favor 

 of Sands. 



Then it was that Adams turned to referee and stake holder W. G. 

 Clark, and said, "Bill, let me see that roll you have in your vest 

 pocket " He took a long look at the green bundle, rolled up his 

 pantaloons, chased off several dirty-faced boys who had been inno- 

 cently gazing up into his determined countenance, and proceeded to 

 saw wood. The last half of the race was a spirited contest, and had 

 not bands gained on his opponent in the first half, he never would 

 have carried home the money. The birds were starting quick and 

 strong, and both men were doing great execution. Sands made a 

 great effort to stop his thirtieth, but failed. The bird was a (lark blue 

 one, and seemed to be hit with both aarrels, but did not stop until it 

 reached the roof of a shed some 50yds. back of the dead line. He now 

 led his opponent by but one bird until Adams slipped up on his thirty- 

 fifth, one of the easiest birds he had drawn. Sanus dropped his forty- 

 ninth, an easy left-quartering incomer, and many spectators thought 

 he had become rattled and was liable to drop to a tie. This was not 

 the case, however, for he scored the last, a difficult direct left-auar- 

 terer, in fine style, and won the race by one bird 



Conditions: 50 birds per man, $50 a side, loser to pay for birds 

 50yds. boundary, with dead line 3tt. back of score, modified Hurline- 

 ham rules governing. W. (J. Clark, referee; W. C. MacDonald, officii 1 

 scorer. The scores: ' 



Trap seore type-Copyrioht fans,, bu Forest and Stream Publishing Co 

 - , , 343511443 3 4223 3 5225 2 25315 



Mifflin, Pa... 2 1 2 1 a 1 2 U 2 2 U 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 a .1 1-19 

 35 4 541441545125212132 5 35 2 



2 2 a 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 a 1 2 1 a 2 a a 1 1 2 1 2-^24-43 



3 1115 2 12 4 5 2 4 12 15 2 15 3 3 2 5 3 5 

 W B Sands. ...^ i/t-T\^\/r(-\i 1 rv\-» r |t / - + T^ 



Altoona, Pa.. 2 2 0111221121202 10 11a a .2 12-21 



12 3 24433 5 1354243543554513 

 \^ N \ T T ^->T \ W /" / T \ *. S, ? <- /<- 

 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 a 2 12 1 2-23-44 



Adams used the second barrel 25 times. Sands 27 times. Adams's 

 longest run was 15; Sands's, 18. 



Neither contestant had ever shot in a race at as many as 50 birds, 

 Adams is practically a new man at live bird shooting, his first experi- 

 ence having occurred within the past two years. He was one of the 

 men who stayed almost to the last in this year's Grand American Han- 

 dicap, and is unmistakably a good shot. The work be did yesterday is 

 strong enough to win under many circumstances, for the birds were 

 not the kind at which to make straight scores. Sands has shot in 

 many small sweeps aDd races; in fact,T have seen him in about all 

 such events in this locality for the past ten or twelve years; but such 

 a race and before a large crowd of spectators as that of yesterday 

 is new to him. He is a very careless shot, and to succeed needs a 

 coacher more than any good shot I have seen at the score in years. 

 He aeems to have little or no concern about his money, a feature, from 

 a standpoint of c 50l-headedness, that is commendable; but he is the 

 extreme in this particular. The clo?e margin on which this match was 

 won is likely to result in another and similar one, to be shot on the 

 Altoona grounds. Adams is not made of material so easily knocked 

 out. 



TRAP AT WOPSONONOCK. 



A return race between teams of the Huntingdon (Pa.) and Altoona 

 gun clubs was to have been shot at the Wopsononock grounds to-day, 

 but the Huntingdon people did not put in an appearance, sending 

 word that they, owing to some unavoidable reason, could not ba here 

 until next. Raturday, the 21st inst. The home club, however, shot a 

 postponed medal race as well as a regularly scheduled one. Several 

 10-target sweeps were shot as preliminaries. Tne day was a most de- 

 lightful one for an outing— a clear sky and a cool, stiff breeze making 

 the shooting quite spirited. There were some six or eight new mem- 

 bers in line to-day, a very encouraging sign of the club's prosperity. 

 The stiff breeze made the flight of the targets very uncertain, with 

 the result that some of the old-timers did not have everything their 

 own wa/. The remarkable work of Sands was a feature; bis experience 

 in the closely contested race at Mifflin yesterday seemed to have a 

 tendency to put him in great form. Some one proposed to him after 

 he had missed his second target in the postponed medal race that he 

 could not make 23 out of the 25 to be shot at in this event. Rubber 

 bands were at once removed and a stakeholder was feeling wealthy 

 for a short time. The detailed score shows what he did. Then the 

 second and regularly scheduled medal race followed. Some one 

 seemed to think he could not repeat that score. Well, I think he had 

 about forgotten how to miss by this time, for he made the 25 straight, 

 winning the gold medal and of course everything else In sight. The 

 strong wind was making the flights very uncertain, and the run, 

 which the two events show of 48 straight was really a remarkable 

 one. He centered his birds well. There was not a ragged break 

 among the 49 out of 50. 



All events except the medal races were at 10 targets. The scores: 



Events: 1 2 3 



Clover 7 10 10 



Killitts 6 9 9 



Fay 5 9 .. 



Sands 6 9 7 



H Turner 2 3 4 



Clark 8 9 .. 



House 7 5 



Events: 1 3 3 



W Turner 3 2 2 



Mulhollen 3 4 l 



Bastian 1 3 5 



Kotty 2 6 9 



Forney 5 6 S 



KoelliKer 2 



Darr 1 



The scores in the two medal races were as follows, No 1 being the 

 postponed race, and No. 2 the regular event scheduled for to-day: 

 No. 1 No. 9. 



Clover Ill 11 1101 11 110111 10111 111— 21 1101111111111101111101011—21 



Killitts 1000111 111101 IU11 10110101 -17 0101100011001111111101000—14 



Fay 101 1 01 00 lOOlut 1 11 1011 1001 — 15 1101110111110111111101010—19 



Sands 1011111111111111111111111-24 1111111111111111111111111-25 



H Turner... OlOlOlOllllOlOilOllOOiOli— 15 



Clark 1111111111101101101111011-21 HOllll 101001111101101001— 17 



House 1101100101111100001011111—15 0001000001001001000000000— 4 



W Turner.. .1110001100011)100110 0101—12 



Bastian lOOOOOoOOOlOl 101 000010001 - 7 lOOKJO.JO J OlOloOOlOl 1 1 1001 — 11 



Kotty 1100111110110011 1011 1011 1— 1R 1100101010110111111011111— IN 



Forney 1111101011001010111001111-17 0000101111111101011000101—14 



Darr OlOOOlOOOlOOOOOOOOOlOlulO— 



Mulhollen. .. lOllOOlOOOOlllOlOOOHOOOO-10 



S han k 0001 00100001 1 1001 01 0001 1 0—10 



Koelliker. . . .OU001010000J0101100000000— 5 lOOOOOOOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOlO— 2 



PITTSBURG NOTES. 



The Herron Hill Gun Club, of Pittsburg, is arranging to have a 

 series of monthly live-bird sweeps during the winter months. Each 

 sweep will be at 25 birds per man, entrance $20, handicap rise. De- 

 tails have not yet been fully completed, but it is likely that there will 

 be a limit to contestants. Whether this limit will be confined to the 

 dubs in and around Pittsburg I am not yet informed. The wind-up of 

 the series, I understand, is to be a 50-bird, $50 entrance race, open 

 to all. The first race of the series will be shot the latter part of 

 October. 



A friendly team race was shot a few days ago between members of 

 the Wilkinsburg (Pa.) Gun Club at 50 targets per man with the follow- 

 ing result: 



A A Jack 44 O McElroy 39 



Robert Anderson 38—83 J Benton 32-71 



Grant. 



Lynchburg Gun Club. 



Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 13.— The Lynchburg Gun Club held its regu- 

 lar weekly shoot co-day. The traps were screwed up tight and the 

 targets were thrown as far and as fast as possible, being also thrown 

 at a very low elevation. They were flyers from start to finish. Scores: 

 No. i: No. 2: 



Nelson 0110001110010101010110111-14 0010111110110011100011011—15 



Dornin 111011 1110100111111111111—21 11101 1 llOnilllOlllllllll— 22 



Empie 0101111110100011101011110-10 0110111011111011010111101-18 



Dawson 1010010010010000101010100- 9 1 1 1010001 10101101 1 101 1100— 15 



Moorman.. .1100110101111111111001010-17 OOlllllllllooillllOllllll— 20 



Stearns 1110010010 — 5 1111001010011111110101010—16 



No. 3: No. 4: 



Nelson OOOOOOlOllOlOCOllllllllll— 13 0111110011111000111010111—17 



Dornin,, ... .1111111111101111111011100— 21 01 101001 01011 10001O01 1 111 — 14 



Empie llllllllOl 1010HH 1 1 101011 —19 0101 lOlOOl 1 11 lit ill 1 1 1101— 19 



Dawson 0011000011 01 001 1001011001—12 11001 11 101010 10 1 1001 11010— 14 



Stearns 001100001 101 1 01 11 11011111— 1*3 HlOtilOllOOOllOOOlOlOOlll— 13 



Moorman.. . 0111110101100101110101111— 17 



Munson lOlOOOlOOOOolOOOOOllOOlll- 9 



Dr Stearns . .OOOOllllOOlOlOlOOlOOlOllO-ll 



Younger.. .0101100110100010010010011—11 ' ". 



No. 5: 



Munson 00001 1001 101 001 0010010010—10 



(Rastus) Gilmer 1111101 101 1 1 1001 1 10110101 — IN 



Dr Stearns 0011001001011001001111011-13 



Younger 1010001010010101 101010110— 12 



F. M. D. 



Meadville Gun Club. 



Meadvtlls, Pa., Sept. 11.— Event No 1, 25 targets, unknown angles, 

 A. S. A. rules: 6 ' 



Lashelis 1 10101 1 1 11010111000101110 -16 



Ehrgott 1110101 HUH 111101101100—19 



Krider , KUll 1 101 101101001 101 1 101—16 



Decker 1 1 1001 1 01 u 1 000 10101 1 1 100 1 -14 



Hayes IllllOlOllllJOOOlllllllll— 20 



Prenatt lOlOiOOlllOllilOlllluilll— 19 



N. Affantranger llllllOOllllOlOllllllOQlO-18 



Reisinger 10111111]111001111U01111-21 



E. L. Affantranger uOuiOlOOOOlOllllOlOlllllO— 13 



Stein 0111011101011111101111111—20 



No. 2, same: 



Kr ider 1001 111 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 111001 1 1 1 -20 



Hayes 1111111111110110111111111—23 



Ehrgott 1111111111111111110100111—22 



Prenatt 1 1 11 1111111 1100101101 1 1 1 1—21 



N. Affantranger (.oil HOOOlOllOlOllllOOllO— 15 



Lashelis 100101 1 111 111111111111100— 20 



Stein HOllOillll 11101111110111-21 



E. L. Affantranger 1100111110011011100101111—17 



CaoitE Bore. 



Perth Amboy Trap-Shooters. 



Perth Amboy, N. J., Sept. 14.— Our regular shoot should have been 

 held ou Saturday, Sept 7, but it was postponed until to-day owing to 

 the international yacht races. Our shoot, which is at 10 birds per 

 man, $3 entrance, American Association i ules to govern, was shot as 



follows: 



H Jones 1200222211—8 Wm Hartman 0112110111-8 



Wm Dayton 2020011000-4 S Dayton 1200012110—6 



H Dayton 1222111010—8 S Hornsby 1200012110—6 



J Glenn 0021010100 -4 H. J. Mason, Sec'y. 



Highland Gun Club. 



Moune, ills., Sept. 2.— The club shoot of the Highland Gun Club was 

 held this afternoon, twenty-three members contesting. James Mont- 

 gomery was high man with 21 out of a possible 25, (J. Benson being 

 second with a score of 20 out of the same number. 



