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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 21, 1895. 



The Riverton Cup of 1883. 



Twelve years ago the Riverton Gun Club, of Philadelphia, Pa., pre- 

 sented a handsome cup to be shot for by the following clubB: Long 

 Branch G. C, Orange Gun Club, Westminster Kennel Club, Philadel- 

 phia Gun Club, Maryland Gun Club, Foresters, of Reading, Pa. ; Rock- 

 away Gun Club, Staten Island Gun Club, Queens County Hunt Club, 

 Meadowbrook Kennel Club and South Side Sporting Club of Long 

 Island. The contest took place on April 14 in a gale of wind and with 

 the dust blowing across the grounds of the Riverton Club in great 

 clouds. 



Under those conditions it was hardly likely that there would be big 

 scoring, and as a matter of fact the highest team total for the four- 

 men teams, 15 live birds per man, was only 44 out of a possible 60. 

 That team was composed as follows: Edgar Gibbs Murphy 13, Dr. Zol- 

 nowski 13, Walter Gibbs Murphy 10, and E. S. Chapin 9, members of 

 and representing the Long Branch Gun Club. The cup therefore went 

 to Long Branch, and for a few months rested on the sideboard in the 

 borne of the Murphys. Later, on the disbandment of the Long Branch 

 Gun Club in 1884 in favor of the Hollywood Gun Club, the cup was put 

 up for individual competition, so far as we can gather only about 

 three of the members being able to put in an appearance and shoot 

 for the cup. Among that number was the late W. D. Campbell, and 

 he proved to be the winner. In order to realize something on the cup 

 Mrs. Campbell handed it to Phil Daly, Jr., who offered to let it be shot 

 for on his grounds at 20 live birds per man, $20 entrance, $100 being 

 taken from the purse to pay for the cup. It was originally agreed 

 that the shoot should be "class": the cup and 25* of the purse to the 

 winner, 50* to the second and 25* to the third. The date set was Sept. 

 12, the hour named being noon. 



We were desirous of going down to Branchport, the station for Elk- 

 wood Park, by the pleasant Atlantic Highland route, a route that 

 gives one a delightful sail down the bay and a railroad ride along the 

 shore where the blue combers of the North Atlantic break with a roar 

 within a short distance of the track. We were aware that the 12th 

 was the day set for the third race between the Valkyrie and the De- 

 fender, and that the Monmouth, of the Atlantic Highland route, was 

 in the habit of following the races, so that we were a little doubtful as 

 to whether a boat would run in connection with the train on that 

 morning. To make sure, we tried to get Pier 8 North River by 'phone 

 on the 11th, but the "Hello Lady" informed us that she couldn't raise 

 them. She very kindly and patiently then tried to get the Bureau of 

 Information at the Liberty street ferry; but she couldn't succeed in 

 doing that, although the hour was only 12:30 P. M. As it seemed saf- 

 est to go down to the last named place in person and make inquiries, 

 we did so, finding a notice that told us that the Monmouth started at 

 9 A. M. for the races, and would call at the Highlands pier to take on 

 passengers for the races. Our inquiry as to whether we could go by 

 that boat and make connections as usual with the train was answered 

 in the affirmative. It was evidently all right. But what a difference 

 in the morning. At the pier no one seemed to know quite where they 

 were at. It was a case of first she would and then she wouldn't. One 

 of our party who had a ticket to Branchport and return asked at the 

 gangway of the steamer if it was all right for that boat, and was told 

 "Yes." But when we went to buy our tickets, our money was refused 

 and we were told that the boat was not going to carry any but passen- 

 gei s to the race. That settled it. But in deference to a nice old gen- 

 tleman who tried to explain the situation to us by saying, "We can't 

 do it to-day; we are limiting the number of our passengers. Yes, we 

 stop at the Highlands to take on passengers," let us poiut out how 

 woefully he broke up his own case. In the first place, tickets were 

 still being sold to people who wanted to view the race, and, if the num- 

 ber of passengers was to be limited, would we have taken up more 

 room than those who were to be picked up at the Highlands? 



As it was we took the 9:10 train onthe Pennsylvania and found it as 

 usual about as good a way to get to Branchport in comfort as any 

 other. Arrived at Elkwood Park we found that we were the first on 

 the field, Col. C. E. Felton, of Chicago, being among our number. 

 Bland • Ballard and the Height boys, George and Hart, Jr., accom- 

 panied by their father, were the next- to arrive, followed at a long in- 

 terval by A L. Ivins, Dr. J. G. Knowlton, of New York city ; Fred 

 Hoey and Edgar Murphy. Phil Daly, Jr., of course had been on the 

 scene all the morning, getting things in readiness for the shoot. 



It was 2:15 before the first shot was fired in the cup race. The con- 

 ditions had been changed so that it was made "one bigh gun" to take 

 all. With eight entries this meant that the winner would receive $60 

 and the cup. The birds were a good lot of summer birds, not up to 

 the standard of the four-handed match birds provided on Aug. 30. 

 Yet moderate as were the majority of the birds, only one man went 

 straight, Edgar Murphy. By his score of 20 straight Murphy won 

 again the Riverton cup of 1£83, and this time it is his for keeps. It- 

 should have been stated above that Murphy's score of 13 recorded in 

 the shoot of April 14, 1883, was the highest score in the match. It is 

 therefore very appropriate that he should once more win the trophy. 



H. Height was the first to retire, having lost his 2d, 4th and 7th 

 birds, the 4th bird falling dead out of bounds. Col. Felton, who was 

 clearly out of a'l form, retired in the next round, having lost four 

 birds— his 2d, 4th, 5th and 8th— his 4th and 8th birds were dead out of 

 bounds. Phil Daly missed his 1st and 4th birds, but shot along up to 

 the end of the 13th round, when he had his bird go over the boundary 

 owing to one of the worst pieces of retrieving we have ever witnessed; 

 gross carelessness on the part of the man retrieving was alone re- 

 sponsible for Daly's retirement at that time. Fred Hoey dropped out 

 in the next round, having lost his 1st, 6 th and 14th birds, the latter 

 dead over the fence. 



Murphy was the only straight at that time, Ballard, Ivins and Geo. 

 Height all having two misses scored to them. Each man killing his 

 last six birds the relative positions were unchanged, Murphy winning 

 as stated above He shot well and cleanly, the only real piece of luck 

 experienced by him being his sixth bird; this was a driver from No. 1 

 trap; it was filled full of lead, but was getting dangerously near the 

 far boundary when the bird suddenly turned right round and flew 

 back toward the score, dropping dead fully 20yds. from the back 

 boundary. 



Ballard did not shoot in quite such good time as on the 30th, but he 

 made some excellent bills, scoring his 12th bird with one of the longest 

 second barrel kills we have seen for many a day. After his second 

 miss he shot in much better shape, running 21 straight before he won 

 the pot made up for second money as told below. Ivios was a little 

 slow at times, but he also did some good work with his second barrel. 

 He won a $1 miss-and-out shot after the big event, the score of which 

 has missed connections. George Height tasted some of the bitterness 

 of bad luck in live-bird shooting, losing his 5th aud 11th birds, both 

 dead out of bounds. He is a rattling good shot and should be partic- 

 ularly well able to hold his own in the field with the best of them. 



The scores of the day are as follows: 



Trap score type— Copyright, ism, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 

 Conditions: 20 five birds, $20 entrance, one money, 30yds., every- 

 body: 



3 5412124318341444525 

 T"M-\T T<-T ^<-<-\H^H->-^ , w 

 Edgar G Murphy 2 1 222 2 222 1 1221 221 12 2—20 



24215335234333523115 

 ? H -VMH H \->H T>» -»-> *"-H-\.r T *- 

 Bland Ballard 2 12011.111121221222 2-18 



334541154235325 2 1154 



George Height 1 112»lllll«21llllll 2—18 



21531231113425801141 

 <-\H/» T->? T SrV T 1V W/*±-^ 

 A L Ivins 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 l 1 1 1 1—18 



12214635435141 



Fred Hoey 0222201211222«w -11 



413 5 414331255 



Phil Daly, Jr 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 * w -10 



2 4 8 4 114 



Hart Height, Jr 2 1 • 2 1 w — 4 



42252453 



Obi, O. E. Felton 202#012»w -4 



About the middle of the above shoot, when Ballard, Ivins and 

 Daly had each missed two birds and were practically out of the race 

 bo far as any chance of the money or the cup was concerned, the 

 three above named made up a sweep of $5 extra on their respective 

 scores. At the close of the 20th round, Ballard and Ivins were tied 

 with 18 apiece, while Daly had retired at the end of the 13th round for 

 the reasons given above. It was arranged to shoot off this tie miss- 

 aod-out. Ballard won by killing 8 straight, Ivins letting a dead-easy 

 incomer get away from him. 



Previous to the shoot for the cup, Ballard, Daly, George Height and 

 Dr. J, G. Knowlton shot a sweep at 5 birds, $5 entrance, Height lost 

 his first bird, dead out of bounds, but the other three killed straight. 

 The birds were only an inferior lot in this sweep, the majority of them 

 being white birds and moderate flyers. As there was but one money, 

 it was agreed to shoot off miss-and-out. When each man had killed 

 seven or more birds, they agreed to stop and commence the cup 

 Bhoot, drawing down what was left of the $20 in the pot after the 



birds had been paid for, the price charged being the usual one of 25 

 cents. The scores made in the Ballard-Ivins shoot-off and in the 

 above sweep were as follows: 

 Tie: No. 1: 



44133554 



Ballard .1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1-8 1 1 1 1 2-5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-7 



5 2 521155 

 J,V-M-,*vr4 



Ivins 1 11112 1 0-7 



Knowlton 2 2 1 2 2—5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2—7 



T\T-*<- 4-< < < < T\ 

 Daly 2 1 2 2 1-5 2 1 2 1 2 1 2-7 



G Height t 1 a 1 W 



Edward Banks. 



Boiling Springs Gun Club. 



Rutherford, N. J., Sept. 7.— The Boiling Springs Gun Club held its 

 regular monthly shoot to-day, nine members shooting their strings in 

 the club shoot, which was at 25 targets, shot in the following manner: 

 15 singles, one man up, and 5 pairs. Scores were as follows, Paul 

 and Richmond tieing for first place with 22 each: 



Paul 111111111111111 11 11 10 11 10-22 



Richmond 111111100111111 11 10 11 11 11—22 



Huck 101111111111111 10 11 10 10 10-20 



Marvin 110101001011000 01 01 01 11 11—14 



Krebs 111101011011110 10 11 11 10 01—18 



Jeanerette 001101010010001 10 01 10 10 10-11 



E Collins 111101111110111 10 11 10 11 11-21 



James.. 110100101110101 11 11 11 01 11-18 



Lenone 010100101111111 10 11 11 10 10—17 



Other sweeps were shot as follows, all events being at unknown 

 angles except No. 3, which was 5 pairs, known angles: 



Events: 1 3 3 4= 5 6 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 



Targets: 10 10 10 10 35 35 Targets: ' 10 10 10 10 35 35 



Richmond 10 .. 8 9..,. Wanda 7 



Huck 8 8 10 7 23 22 Marvin 6 7 4 6.. .. 



Lenone 7 8 .. ..22 21 Jeanneret 8 8 8 7 .. .. 



James 7 Krebs 7 



Collins 9 9 .... 23 24 Frank 10 . . 



Paul 9 10 5 9 21 24 



On Labor Day, Sept. 2, the club members shot a few sweepB at live 

 birds, finishing up on targets. Scores were a« follows: 



Live birds. No. 1: No. 2: No. 3: 



Abbott 0220212-5 2201002—4 1221211222—10 



Lenone 1110111—6 0112001—4 2110101110 — 7 



Paul 0220120-4 1022110—5 0011221020— 6 



Coe 0102122- 5 0222002—4 



Marvin 0102202-4 



At targets the scores were as follows, all events being shot at un- 

 known angles: 



Events: 12345678 Events: 13345678 

 Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 35 Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 35 



Lenone.... 7 8 8 4 12 7 6 18 Marvin.... 6 4 5 5 11 8 8.. 



Abbott.... 8 8 8 10 11 4 9 15 Harring. 2 4 



Huck 8 10 9 9 15 9 10.. Paul. 9 9 10 12 7 9 23 



Franks 9 9 10 .. .. 7 ., .; James.... 7 



Coe 7 4 5 5 12 .. 7 .. W. H. Hues, Sec'y. 



Hingham Gun Club. 



Hingam, Mass., Sept, 6. — The last regular monthly shoot of the 

 gun club for 1895 was held on Turkey Hill grounds on Saturday last. 

 This was the eleventh shoot of the year, and it speaks well for our 

 club that 13 members put in an appearance and shot their scores of 50 

 targets per man. Messrs. Howe, Higgins and Henderson have taken 

 part in every one of the eleven shoots, while Messrs. Bi een, Allison 

 and Spalding have only missed one shoot. 



The class A medal goes to G. O. Henderson, the medal for class B 

 being won by G. Otis Higgins. The following table shows the percen- 

 tages of eight of the members on April 19 and also on Aug. 31. It will 

 be noticed that some remarkable advances were made during the in- 

 tervening months: 



April 19. Aug. 31. April 19. Aug. 31. 



G. O. Henderson. ..78$ 92* Lincoln 60* 66* 



Breen 74* 82* Higgins 48* 76* 



Allison 70* 86* Spalding 30* 80* 



Howe 66* 80* Maynard 22* 50* 



The scores in the last club shoot were as follows: 

 Class A. 



Henderson Olillllliiilliiliinoiooilllllilioilllllililliliii— 46 



Howe 01011111111011110101111111110111101110111100111111—40 



Prescott 01111011111110011110101111111111111110111111111111—43 



Breen 10111111111011111111111101101111011011111111010101—41 



Allison 11111111111111011011011111111111101111111110011101-43 



Jones 11011101111111110111111101111111111111111111111111—46 



Farrar 10111111101010110111111111111111111111111101111001-42 



Class B. 



Loring 11111010011011011001110010011111101111111110111010 -34 



Higgins 01111111111011110011011121111111101011111111100010—38 



Spalding iioioooiiiiiioiiiiiiimiiinoiiiiiiniiiimoooio-40 



Maynard OlOlOOOOlOOllllOlOlOllOi 11 101 001001101001 101111000— 25 



Sylvester 00100100100111110000100010010010100110111100001010—21 



Lincoln 11011010111111100110111100111110110001110010110111—83 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



. Chicago, 111., Sept. 11.— The following Beores have been made on 

 theBe grounds during the past three days: — 



Sept. 9 — C. S. Wilcox versus C. B. Dicks, 100 live birds per man, 

 $100 a side; looser to pay for birds; Illinois State Rules to govern- 



S Wilcox 2212120000102000201211210-15 



1110221221211011201120222-21 

 1022000121222221220211200—18 

 2112222222222202222122121—24-78 



C B Dicks 0202120221222112102010210—18 



222V22020I112012201222002— 19 

 1110121101112012300022222-19 

 21001021 1 1 02210221 1 022222-19-75 

 Sept. 10.— Chicago Shooting Club; medal shoot, handicap allowance- 



M J Eich 222011121011211-134-2-15 



Henry Ehlers 101111121101112—13+1—14 



J H Amberg 212*22221001111—13+0-13 



Sept. 11.— South Chicago Gun Club; live bird medal- 



L C Willard 11121121222111222222-20 



A W Reeves 21121110102111111022-17 



Geo Sibley 20221021012011211111—10 



Target medal, 30 empires per man: 



Geo Kleinman 011111111110010111011110111111—24 



LC Willard OlOiOlOllOimillOOllOlOOllOU— 19 



AW Reeves OOlllllOOOlOIIOilOllOOllliiiOl -19 



«eo Sibley 10101111101101011 1100100110100— 18 



In an extra at 25 targets, Willard scored 24, Kleinman 22 and Reeves 

 18 - Bavklrigg. 



Trenton Gun Club. 



Trenton, N. J., Sept. 13.— The regular monthly shoot of the Trenton 

 Gun Club was held at its grounds to-day, the shooting being all done 

 from five traps. The club contest was for two badges, first and 

 second. The conditions were 30 targets per man, each man first shoot- 

 ing at 15 for place. The men breaking 11 and over being in the first 

 class, the men breaking under 11 in second class. Following are the 

 scores: 



First badge: For place: For badge- 



E O Hutchinson 111111101111110-13 lOlllOlOOlOilll— 10 



J M Allen 111101111110011-12 101000000110101— 6 



M D Hicks 111110110111110-12 110111110011100-10 



G N Thomas 111011001110111—11 101110110110101—10 



Second badge: For place: For badge- 



C H Allen 010011111110110—10 111101111111111—14 



W Williams 000110111101011— 9 111111110111101—13 



H Harper 000110110111101— 9 011110101111111—12 



W Taylor 011000100111011- 8 001111101101101-10 



E EBainbridge 101100110010110- 8 101101010100101— 8 



E Carson 101100101010101— 8 011011000001111— 8 



Smith 010011011001110- 8 001011010101100— 7 



i> Williams 000011101001010- 6 100001001001001— 5 



A Wilson 000011010000010— 4 



The ties for the first badge were shot off in series of 10 targets In 

 the first series Hutchinson and Thomas scored 8 each to Hicks's 6. In 

 the second series Thomas ran right away from his opponent, breaking 

 9 To his 4. The scores made in an extra sweep at 10 targets were as 

 follows: C. H. Allen 10, Carson, Taylor and Hicks 9, Hutchinson, 

 Thomas, W. Williams and J. M. Allen 7, D. Williams and Kuser 5 



Warren Gun Club's Tournament. 



Warren, O., Sept. 7.— The Warren Gun Club held its second tourna- 

 ment of the season on Sept. 6 and 7. The rapid-fire system was used, 

 and all shooting was at known traps, unknown angles. A total of 

 3,635 bluerocks were thrown in the 25 events, North's electric pulls 

 being used. The entrance to the various events ranged from 50 cents 

 to $3, and the percentage system governed the division of money. 

 The weather was very threatening both before and during the shoot, 

 and this undoubtedly kept many shooters from attending. B. A. Bart- 

 lett, of the Burgess Gun Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., very kindly gave an 

 exhibition of fancy shooting, which was highly enjoyed by all 

 present. 



The following 31 shooters were present: Cleveland, O.— Upson, F. 



H. Snow, Black. Buffalo, N. Y.— Bartlett. Lakewood, N. Y.— B. 

 Graff, J. Graff, Houston. Meadville, Pa.— Johnson. Reisinger, Stein, 

 Prenatt, Gundaker, Smith. Ravenna, O.— Flick, Williams, Morrow. 

 Akron, O. — Hull, Chapman. Youngstown, O. — Weakland. Conneaut, 

 O.— McAvoy. Niles, O.— Naylor, Clearfield, O.— Philips. Warren, 

 O.— Sutcliffe, Ewalt, Schoonover, Jones, Craver, Biery, Holland, Ner- 

 acher, Perkins. 



The following were the guns used: Parker 9, Remington 4, Win- 

 chester 3, Greener 3, Lefever 3, Burgess 2, Colt 1, Scott 1, Claybrough 



I, New Baker 1, Belgium 1. 



The following is a brief summary of ten events taken at random, 

 giving the three highest scores in each event: 



No. 1, 15 targets, $2, 18 entries: Upson and Black, 15; Hull, Gundaker 

 and Reisinger, 13; Jones and Ewalt, 12. 



No. 2. 20 targets, $2, 8 entries: Bartlett, 18; Houston and Stiles, 17; 

 Snow, 16. 



No. 3, 10 targets, $1, 18 entries: Up«on, Jones and Prenatt, 10; Snow, 

 Morrow and Stein, 9; Hull, Weakland. Biery and Schoonover, 8. 



No. 4, 15 targets, $2, 8 entries: Upaon, Bartlett and Houston, 15; 

 Snow, 14; Stiles, 12. 



No. 5. 10 targets, 50 cents, 12 entriea: Upson, 10; Gundaker and 

 Ewalt, 9; Johnson, McAvoy, Black, Srein and Snow, 8. 



No. 6, 20 targets, S3, 12 entries: Hull, 19; Snow and Upson, 18; John- 

 son, Black and Weakland 17. 



No. 7, 15 targets, $1, 22 entries: Upson, Hull and Black, 14; Ewalt, 13; 

 Morrow, Snow and Johnson, 12. 



No. 8, 10 targets. $1, 8 entries: Bartlett, 10; J. Graff and Houston, 9; 

 Upson. 8. 



No. 9, 20 targets, $3, 12 entries: Black, 19; Upson, 18; Snow, Hull, 

 Schoonover and Weakland, 17. 



No. 10, 20 targets, $3, 12 entries: Upson, 20; Flick and Hull, 19; Ewalt 

 17. H. B. Perkins, Jr., Sec'y. 



Guilford Gun Club. 



Guilford Center, N. Y., Aug. 28.— The scores made to-day by the 

 members of the Guilford Gun Club for the seven prizes of loaded 

 shells, donated for the Walsrode Powder Company by Dr. E. L. 

 Tiffany, were as follows: 



Rev. Gottschalk (20) 16: Darling (26) 14; L. Burlison (27) 14; Curtis 

 (30) 13; G. Richards (27) 12; Kinney f2G) 11; W. Hall (283 8; B. Gridley 

 (27) 7; M. Burlison (30) 7; Alcott (25) 6; Burlison (25) 6. 



The numbers in brackets show the targets shot at by each man. 

 Darling and L Burlison, who tied for second prize, shot off the tie, 

 Darling winning. Wads. 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



An Open Letter. 



Eastern Field Trials Club, Organized 1878.— Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 

 11.— To the Hazard Powder Co., No. 44 Cedar Street, N. Y. City: 

 Dear Sirs— In reply to mine, your consignment of "Blue Ribbon" 

 Smokeless came duly. Accept thanks for promptness, etc., and in 

 accordance with your request asking me to pass an opinion on same, 

 would say: It gives me the highest pleasure to say in my reply that I 

 have given it quite a severe test. In comparison to the other nitroa, 

 of which I have used all but two on the market both in the field and 

 before the traps, I can conscientiously and honestly say yours is fully 

 up to the required standard in all-around qualities, and in the test 

 gave me most perfect satisfaction; and I feel, from long and varied 

 experiences, qualified to pass judgment on the same. Let me here 

 add, for twenty-five years I have used your black powder in prefer- 

 ence to all others, solely from the fact that I found it always more 

 reliable and superior to others, and believing this same standard 

 auality of materials nnd workmanship, which has characterized your 

 black powder's reliability, will be carefully carried out in your new 

 "Blue Ribbon" Smokeless Nitro. In conclusion will say to brother 

 sportsmen: I don't say that other nitros are not good— far from it — 

 but simply request they order 50 or 100 shells loaded with "Blue Rib- 

 bon," or purchase a can and load their own shells, use them in both 

 field and trap-shooting, and note all qualities, bury prejudices, and 

 then say if I have over-estimated its good qualities. Beli«ve me, 

 sincerely yours, (Signed) Washington A. Coster. 



Winchester Smokeless Cartridges. 



The new Winchester catalogue, No. 55, contains the following Infor- 

 mation with regard to the classification of smokeless rifle and revolver 

 cartridges: 



"The smokeless cartridges enumerated below may be divided into 

 two classes. In the one class are those cartridges in which black 

 powder has been replaced with smokeless powder. In these, to 

 meet the requirements of the guns for which black powder cartridges 

 were intended, no attempt has been made to get additional velocity. 

 The name of the black powder cartridge has been retained and the 

 word 'Smokeless' added. The smokeless cartridge in point of excel- 

 lence differs from the black powder cartridge only in smokelessness 

 and cleanliness. Velocity and penetration remain the same. In the 

 other class of cartridges may be numbered the .236 Navy, .25-35 Win- 

 chester, ,30 U. S. Army and .80 Winchester Smokeless. These are 

 purely smokeless cartridges. The velocities obtained cannot be got- 

 ten with black powder, nor have we been successfully able to use lead 

 or alloys without metal patches. These are cartridges belonging en- 

 tirely to the smokeless powder class and cannot be used with black 

 powder. Their excellence is in high velocity and consequent flat tra- 

 jectory. The full metal patch gives great penetration. The soft nose 

 nullet will expand to give effects upon animal tissues very much 

 greater than the small caliber would otherwise enable." 



E, C. Smokeless Rifle Powder. 



Sportsmen will be glad to learn that the American "E. C." PowdeT 

 Company's smokeless rifle powder, which has heretofore been supplied 

 to the cartridge companies only, will shortly be put upon the general 

 market. 



The "E. C." Company has recently made some large additions to its 

 extensive plant at Oakland, N. J., designed primarily to increase its 

 facilities for supplying the demand for smoKeless rifle and revolver 

 ammunition. Large quantities of "E. C." smokeless of the new brand 

 are being loaded in cartridges of nearly every caliber by the U. M. C. 

 Co., and also by the Winchester, .22cal. short. .32 and .38 8. &. W. 



Most excellent results were obtained with the U. M. C. Co.'s .45.90 

 smokeless cartridges on bear and elk last year in the Rockies by Mr. 

 Geo. Work and Mr. L. Thompson, the well-known gentlemen amateur 

 pigeon shots of New York, while in many shooting galleries .22cal. 

 smokeless cartridges have entirely superseded black powder, the 

 absence of smoke and fouling being a great advantage. 



Excursion Trip to Lake Superior. 



The Northern Steamship Company announces that their palatial 

 steamship North West will close her second successful season with a 

 special excursion trip to Lake Superior, at popular prices, leaving 

 Buffalo Saturday, Sept. 14, 1895. While the service of the ship will be 

 maintained at the high standard which has made it famous, there 

 will be a great reduction in rates, and tickets will include meals, 

 Derths and all legitimate traveling expenses. On the up trip stops are 

 made not only at the usual ports of call, but also at Port Huron and 

 Marquette, Mich., and on the down trip, leaving Duluth, Ashland, 

 Houghton, Hancock and Marquette are visited, with opportunity at 

 each point for going ashore and viewing these thriving cities. The 

 Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior, most wonderful phenomena, can be 

 seen on both going and returning trips. The ship will pass close 

 enough to - ive an excellent view of these wonderful cliffs.— Adv. 



Tryon's Catalogue. 



We have received from Edw. K. Tryon, Jr., the Philadelphia sport- 

 ing goods dealer, a handsome catalogue of firearms and sportsmen's 

 goods. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



E. B. M., Easthampton, L. I.— Will you piease tell me if there is ar " 

 law against a person bringing a deer that he has shot in Maine (o hia 

 home here on Long Island if he accompanies it? Ans. No. 



