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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fSfcp*. 28, 1896. 



13 . 

 10 .. 



The Lancaster Tournament. 



Lancastkr, Pa., Sept. 13 —The second annual fall totirnanientof the 

 Lancaster (Pa ) Gun Club was held yesterday and to-day. It was a 

 successful affair and will do much to create new interest in trap- 

 shooting in this section. New Jersey was represented by Neaf Apgar, 

 of Plaindeld, who was shooting Walsrode powder well in front, and by 

 T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, who held up the end for the American B. 

 C. Powder Company. The weather was intensely hot on the first day, 

 the high wind that made the targets hard to find not doing much to 

 cool the atmosphere. The targets were thrown extraordinarily hard 

 and low, so that the scores- are far better than they seem to be, Mr. 

 Frank Clark acted as referee. Scores: 



First Day's Scores. 

 Events: 18 3 4 5 6 7 8*9 10 11 



Targets: 10 16 25 20 10 50 SO 30 15 25 15 



Wiley 4 8 22 15 7 35 12 13 11 20 9 



Morfey , 8 10 21 17 5 40 16 15 10 21 12 



Apgar 8 12 23 19 8 39 18 16 12 21 11 



Henry 8 7 19 16 10 35 16 . . S .. .. 



Burnham 9 11 20 12 7 



Homsher 5 10 ... . 7 . . 11 



G Franklin 8 12 22 14 9 . . 13 . . 13 23 . . 



Vincent 5 12 20 11 8 38 w .. 10 18 10 



Desmond 4 7 19 11 9 . . 10 . . 7 13 . . 



Brewster 10 11 18 19 7 28 19 19 12 24 11 



F Franklin :. 5 9 11 .. .. 



Wilson 7 12 19 14 18 



Dover 5 10 20 16 9 . . )5 . . 13 22 . . 



Well* 6 13 19 16 5 . . 14 12 11 . . . . 



H Wilson 7 10 ... . 5 . 



Longenecker 14 6 , 



Tell 



Schmeck 18 16 15 21 1? 



Hart , .. .. 7 



Bush 12 i) .. .. 



* No. 8 was at 10 singles and 5 pairs. 



Second Day's Scores. 

 The programme for the second day included five counts— two at 10 

 birds, two at 7 birds and one a miss-and out. An extra miss-an 1-out 

 was also shot off. -'Brewster," who shot so well the first day at tar- 

 gets, really carried off the honors of to-day, scoring 40 out ot 43 bird?, 

 two of his lost birds being recorded in event No. 2, which was shot at, 

 21yds. rise, gun below the elbow until the bird is on the wing, use of 

 one barrel only. James C. Wiley, of Lancaster, and Dr. Taylor, of 

 Columbia, both shot well on this day, Dr. Taylor staying in the miss-and 

 outs just long enough to make them expensive. There was a good wind 

 blowing that aided the birds to a marked degree, while the birds them- 

 selves were good flyers. The birds were retrieved in capital style by 

 Anderson's pointer, Dandy, who gathered over 400 birds during the 

 day without showing any signs of being tired Scores. 



No. 1: 



Desmond H*, 0032 ^ 



Morfey 2221110-6 



Wiley. 2210211-6 



Miller 0220120-4 



D Wilson a * 2, °^~ 4 



Harrison 2121020-5 



Apgar 2111*02-5 



Brewster 2112211-7 



Schmeck 1*12112-6 



Dover i 1120020-4 



Vincent 1212110-6 



Taylor..,., 



Clark ...... 



No. 3: 



Morfey 2212221212-10 



Wilev 1111112111—10 



Dr Taylor.' 2122212212-10 



Apgar 1121111111-10 



Harrison 201020.212- 6 



Miller 22221. .222- 8 



Desmond 2112202111- 9 



Taylor 2201121200- 7 



Brewster 2211121121-10 



Vincent.. 1101122121- 9 



Dover 11'..11112- 8 



Schmeck 1221110122- 9 



A -rait ' ' I9i»-»9nt>n_ " 



John 10111.1011011110—11 



Litto 010001110001111— 8 



Ned J 001010101111100-12 



Ghent 011111110111101—12 



Ware 101111111011110-11 



Buohaoon 111100111101110—11 



John 111101111111111-14 



Tom 101111111001011-11 



Wellineer 101001111111111—12 



No. 2: 

 1101110110-7 

 1010010011-5 

 11111*1111—9 



0100001111-5 

 1110111101-8 

 1100000110—4 

 1110111111-9 

 1111111110-9 

 0111101111—8 

 1111010011-7 

 No. 4: 

 8823012-^0 

 1102111-6 

 2111011-6 

 1212121-7 

 2120220- 5 

 2202023 -5 

 2211211—7 

 0011112-5 

 1121111-7 

 2122211-7 



2222122—7 

 8231200-41 

 0122111—6 

 2212110-6 



G Franklin".'. 121.222020- 7 



Martin . 

 Weaver 



Nos. 5 and 6 were miss-and-outs. The results in these events were: 

 No. 5: Morfey, Vincent and Desmond 8 (divided), Taylor 7, Wiley, 



Miller and Harrison 5, Apgar, Weaver and Dover 4, Martin 3, Brewster 



and Schmeck 2, Martin and Desmond 0. 

 No. 6: Apgar, Brewster and Morfey 6 (divided), Vincent and Taylor 



5, Desmond 4, Evans 8, Miller 2, Dommel 1, Hart and Wagner 0. 



Cincinnati's Annual Shooting Pow Wow. 



Though trap-shooting for many months has been rather dead in this 

 city the two days' tournament held on the Independent Gun Club 

 ground here Sept. 11 and 12 will do much toward reawaking the old 

 time interest. 



Had the weather been anywhere near more agreeable, the shoot I 

 herewith send you would in. number of entries have been twice the 

 number that they were. However, the boys are not complaining, but 

 they would had the merchandise prizes been less and the birds not 

 what they were represented to be— "scorchers." The handsome 

 grounds of the club were crowded both days and the interest mani- 

 fested and the continual applause given ihe men at the score for a 

 good kill at an unusual hard sparrow flight was honor enough. Three 

 States were represented in the entries, they being Ohio, Indiana and 

 Kentucky— Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, proving a disappointment. 

 All contestants in prize shoots won a prize by shooting in for place, 

 the five highest places receiving tickets entitling the holder to draw a 

 number from a prize box. highest score drawing first and so on. 

 Would send a list of the merchandise prizes and the winners, but fear 

 it would take up too much of your space, there being in all some 235. 

 This tells how the boys shot, however, also as to whether entitled to 

 prize by getting a place: 



PROGRAMME EVENTS. 



No. 1: 



Gawocil 111111101111111—14 Wood 111111111101101-13 



Wydman, 011010110111111— 11 Wellinger OUOlllllOl 1111— 12 



Steinman 111000111111111-12 Frank 111111101101101-12 



Bob White 111011111110111-13 Gil) 101 1001 00(100101— 6 



Long 101101111011101—11 H Gastright.... 1101101110H111-12 



Kirsch .011110111111)11—13 Fisher, 101100111011010—9 



Uirton llOlllllOnoiOll— 10 Spencer 110001 101110010— 8 



Gray OlOllOOOOlllOll— 8 CF OOlOiOOOOlOOlll— 6 



Jack 100011110111010- 9 Judge 001111111111111 — 13 



E Taylor 1I111111111H01-14 Mack 011100011011101— 9 



Bob 111101101101111-12 Nagle 110111111111011-13 



Harry 111111110111111—14 Happle 110111111111011—13 



Merrich lllOOOliOllllll— 11 Fulton 011111111111111-14 



Van 1111011)1101001—11 Jack C 101110111001011—10 



Kichard 101111111110111-13 Ben 010111000110111— 9 



No. 2: 



Gamble 111011111111111—14 Mack 101111111011100-11 



Wydman 01 101101110111 1—11 Nagle 00011 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1- -12 



Steinman 101111101011110-11 Happle 110011010011111—10 



Bob White 011011111111111-13 Fulton 111101111011111-13 



Long 001101111011001— 9 Jack O 101011111101111—13 



Kirsch 11101101'illOlH— 11 Ben 110110100111101—10 



Girton lOllllllOUlOll— 12 Pruno 111011 111 111000-11 



Gray HOOOOiOlOlOOOO- 5 John i100l00l01inni_ 7 



j a01£ 011000111101111—10 Lettp 101000111000011— 9 



ETaylor 111110111111111—14 Ned J.... 000001 0000001 10— a 



Rob 111111111111111—15 Glunt 111000111111101-11 



Harry 100111110111111—12 Ware 010101001011111— 9 



Merrick 011101111110011—11 Bueh.tnon 010101101111111—11 



Van iinillliillllO-14 John S lOliOlOiiliOni— 11 



Wood 111001011110001— 9 Tom lllOlOHJinnOO— 10 



Wellinger 011111000111011—10 Shannon lOOOlilOlOllOH— 9 



Frank lllulOlllOlllOl -11 Wurde 11111 0000001 111 — 11 



Richard 101010111110101—10 Gill 111111111110010— la 



Uill 101101010111111- 11 Belt 110111011111110—12 



H Gastright.... 1010(31110011011— 9 Glins, 110000110110101— 8 



Fisher lOHOOiOOllOlll— 9 Gillenbtck 000011000001100— 4 



CF 100001111001100- 7 Link 010011000100011- 6 



Judge 111111111001111-13 



No. 3: 



Gambell lllllinoilllll— 14 Fisher 001111001010000— 6 



Wydman 111111110110100-11 CF OIOOIOOIOIOIOIO- 6 



Steinman 111111010011101—11 Judge 110000111111011—10 



Bob White IOOOOIOIIOIIOIO- 7 T Gester lOlllllllloOOOl— 10 



Long 011111101011111-12 Nagle 111001111001100— 9 



Kirscb 100101011011111-10 Happle lllOOOOOOOllOOl— 6 



Girton.... lllllllOlllOlll— 13 Fulton 110111010111101—11 



Gray 101011111010110-10 Jack C OlllilllOOOUll— 11 



JackK 101100111101111-13 Ben 10000)101000010—5 



E Taylor 111111011111111 -14 Pruno lOlOlOllOllllJl— H 



Pruno 101111111111011- 



Judge 101110101111101- 



T Gastrigbt.. ..111011111111111- 



Wuerde O1000000I111010- 



Frank G 011011010100111- 



Happle 111011111111110 



Fulton 011111110011001- 



Jack C 111110110101101- 



Letto 111001100O11100- 



Ned J 100010011110100- 



John 110111101011100- 



Ben 110111101011100- 



Glunt 110110111111110- 



Glins 0001 11010100010- 



Giilenbeck 100010000010000- 



Link 101111101101100- 



John S 101101010111101- 



Tom 011101011111111- 



Buchanon 101101100011011- 



Strelow 100000011110100- 



Wellinger 111111111111111—15 



Merrick 000<U0111011111— 9 



Judge 101010101111011— 9 



Tom 101011101111111—12 



Long 111101100011111—11 



Fisher 111110001001111—10 



T Gastrigbt.... 110110010111011— 10 

 H Gastright.... 100111011011100- 9 



Harry '..111111111101101—13 



John S 111111111000111-12 



Bucbanon 100011 110011100— 8 



Bob 111001111111110-12 



Harry 111111111101011—13 



Merrick 101111101101110—12 



Van 101111101111111—13 



Wood 111110111111111—14 



Shannon 1000101 11 110101— 10 



Frank lliOllOlllOlOlO— 10 



Richard 101111111101111-13 



Wuerde 000000110110110- 5 



H Gastrigbt.,,. 0111111 11111110-13 

 No. 4: 



Gamble 111011101111111—13 



Wydman 101000111010111— 9 



Steinman 10101 101 1 110111— 11 



Bob White 111110101111001—11 



Long 111111100111011—12 



Kirsch 00111O101100011— 8 



Girton 101000110011111— 9 



Jack K 001011011110111—10 



Nagle 101011111100111—11 



E Taylor 111111111110111— 14 



Bab 101011100101111—10 



Harry 111010110101111—11 



Merrick OlllilllOOH 111-12 



Van 111110000100111- 9 



Wood 101111111111100—12 



Wellinger .111111001110101—11 



Frank 100110010101000— 6 



Richard 101111101111111—13 



H Gastright. . . .011110010111111-11 



Fisher 111000101110011— 9 



No.5: 



Gambel 101111101111110—12 



Happle 110001111010001— 8 



Jack K 101110111101111-12 



Girton 1 1 1 0101 1 1 1 1 01 1 1—1 2 



ETaylor lOOOlllOOOlllll— 9 



Kichard 111111111111110—14 



Wood 101000010100110—6 



Ned J OOCOOOOlfCOOllO— 3 



(4lunt 111111111111111—15 



Nagle 111101111011100-11 



JackC 010011101101110- 9 



Fulton. 100011111111111—12 



Second Day— Live Spai-re.ws. 



Conditions: birds from five Hill plunge traps, 25yds. rise, 40yds. 

 boundary, traps set 3yd i. apart. 



No 1, 5 birds, eotrauce S?2 



Murphy SSs 00012—2 0<ven 11110-4 



Happle ' 01110-3 Gamble 21001—3 



Kirsch 00000-0 Girton 00121—3 



Harry 00000- Albert 10011—3 



F Geriug 10011-3 Kidd 10001—2 



Long 12000- 2 Taylor 21110-4 



Judge -. 00111-3 



Fi> st money S3 25; second money $1.95; third money $1 30; all ties 

 divided. 



So. 2, 7 sparrows, entrance 82: 



Murphy 2120021-5 Geriug 1000200 -2 



Happle 1O01022-4 Kidd 1500010 -3 



Owen 21*2121-7 Tavlor 2011211-6 



Camble 1101102—5 Judge 2101211—6 



Kirsch 1100210-4 Wood 0201110-4 



Harry 0200201—3 Tom 10000.1—2 



Albert 2121011-6 



.birsi money 5?B 45, second §5 10, third $3.40. 



No. 3, 7 sparrows, entrance $2: 



Happle 1101011-5 Kirsch 0011201-4 



Owen 1110011-5 Albert 1012001-4 



Gamble 1011011-5 Taylor 1010011-4 



Judge 0100001—2 Wood 0001110-3 



Tom. 1022111- 6 Mack 0100011—3 



Long 2011011-5 Pedro , 2200111—5 



Kichard 1210010-4 



First money $8 45, second S&.10, third 83.35. 



No. 4, 10 sparrows, entrance S3: 



Happle 1112221110— 9 Dane 0110021021— 6 



Owen 1210221011— 8 Henry 1000121120— 5 



Gamble 2111020210— 7 "Wine 1021111211— 9 



Kirsch 1000100102- 4 Reeder 1110111101— 8 



Albert 2222002020- 6 Bob White 0021210101—6 



Taylor 1111111111-10 Willie 2111212102— 9 



Pedro 0000102011— 4 Modoc 1000001111— 5 



Richard 2010022201— 6 



Taylor first money, $16. Ties on 9 divided, $9 60. Ties on 8 divided, 

 $6.40. 



No. 5, 7 sparrows, entrance $2. 



Happle 1010020-3 Tom 0101021—4 



Owen 2102121-6 Dane 1010201-6 



Albert 0010111—4 Wine 1110110-5 



Taylor 1011121—6 Reeder 0120101—4 



Wood 0101021-5 Bob White 0202110-4 



Willie 2102011-5 Modoc 0111011-5 



T Gastright 2012111-6 



All ties divided. First money $9.10; second money $545; third 

 money $3.65. Judge at artificial birds, Wm. E. Limberg; sparrows, 



Henry Goodman. 



Some Montana Shooting. 



Butte, Mont., Sept. 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: Following are 

 the scores made at a shoot at Twin Bridges recently. I am going to 

 try to find some business which will take me East about the time of 

 the DuPont tournament at Baltimore. You know, business be- 

 comes very pressing upon a shooting crank when there is a tourna- 

 ment at the other end of the line. We expect a big live-bird shoot at 

 Ogden or Salt Lake some time in October or November, a feature of 

 which will be a contest between teams representing Utah and Mon- 

 tana, the full particulars of which I will give you as soon as the de- 

 tails are arranged. 



The shoot at Twin Bridges was given by the Southern Montana Fair 

 Association, and was rather poorly attended. The main interest was 

 in the individual cup shoot and the Madison county medal. The cup 

 was won by James Conley, of Anaconda, with a score of 15 straight, 

 and the medal by Mr. Morrison, of Twin Bridges, with 10 straight. 

 Mr. T. Burton Leiter, a Chicago shooter, was one of the contestants 

 in the latter shoot, while Mr. Haskell, known to all of the fraternity 

 in and about Chicago, took part in the first afternoon's sport, and 

 divided honors with your humble servant by killing 17 straight. The 

 scores were as follows: 



No. 1, 7 birds, $4 entrance: 



Rueger 0011111—5 Conley 0112120-5 



Leiter 1120202-5 Wright 1122111—7 



Haskell 1111221—7 Morrison 2111021-0 



Cowan 2211221-7 



No. 2, 10 birds, entrance $7.50, Madison county medal, first four 

 names contestants for medal, balance for sweeps: 



T B Leiter 2120220212— 8 Wm Haskell 1212121112-10 



G Warner 1021222221— 9 JF Cowan 2112211112— 10 



J Morrison 1212122213—10 M Wright 1111112110- 9 



H Hamilton 0202012112 — 7 C E Rueger 1220210111— 8 



J Conley 2102012112— 8 



No. 3, 10 birds. $5 entrance: 



Conley 1112111111—10 Rueger 11012 —4 



Wright 1111211111—10 Cowan 1112221121—10 



No. 4., 5 birds, $2.50 entrance: 



Conley 12121-5 Wright 118U-5 



Rueger 21012-4 Cowan 01122-4 



Knight 11121—5 Cummiogs 01110-3 



No. 5, cup shoot, 15 birds $10 entrance: 



Conley.-. 122212221112211—15 Hamilton 102111020012201—10 



Kniaht 2122122220^211 -14 Rueger 22120100211(023—10 



Wright ....012111112010022-11 Cowan 21i22021112212 —14 



Morrison 201022210212111—13 



Average of those who shot in all events: 



Shot Shot 

 at. Killed Average at. Killed. Average 



Conley 47 43 91.5 Rueger 47 31 70 



Wright 47 42 90. Oowan 47 45 95.8 



Jno. F. Cowan. 



Greencastle vs. Bedford. 



Bedford, Ind., Sept. 17.— Inclosed I hand you clippings, the result of 

 team shoot at that city on 9th inst., between Greencas le Gun Club 

 and Bedford Rod and Gun Club. We had expected to meet there a 

 team representing the Danville (Ind.) Gun Club, but they did not 

 materialize: 



Bedford: Stipp .44, Glover 42, Sherwood 43, Reath 29, J. Eblesisor 39, 

 O. Eblesisor 42; total, 239. 



Greencastle: Thompson 39, Maloney 36, Steele 26, Callender 38, 

 Frazier 40, Kieinbub 38; total, 217. 



After the match four of our boys went on to Indianapolis and shot- 

 through the Limited Gun Club's tournament, where we had a good 

 time and were nicely treated by the management. 



J. B. Stipp, Bec'y 



Decision of a Referee. 



Wk have received from Mr. J. W. H. Reisinger, of Meadville, Pa., 

 an account of a very curious ruling on the part of a referee that re- 

 cently came under his notice. His letter, dated Sept, 10, reads as 

 follows: 



"Knowing your detestation of the practice of dropping for place in 

 shooting for purses, I report a case and ask for your opinion as to the 

 justice and regularity of the referee's decision in the matter. 



"At the Warren, O., shoot last Friday, in a 15-target event, Upson, 

 of Cleveland, entered in the first squad, but subsequently was changed 

 to the third and last squad. After the first two squads had shot, the 

 change was noticed and objections made; but as he could not then be 

 put back in his proper place, Mr. Upson was changed to the first man 

 on the squad, instead Of last or next to last, where he had been placed. 

 This left a man named Packard (Frank Packard, I think), of Cleve- 

 land, in the last place; he was shooting under the alias of Black. The 

 highest scores made by the other two squads were two 13s, leaving the 

 15 and 14 holes open. As the third squad neared the end of its string, it 

 was noticed that all had made three misses save Upson and Black, 

 each of whom had a straight score. When Upson broke his 15th tar- 

 get, the crowd near me said in substance, 'Watch Black, he will miss 

 his last one.' Sure enough, Black threw up his gun carelessly and 

 missed, the gun seeming to me, as I sat directly behind him, to be 

 pointed at least a rod from the target. 



"He was at once accused by several different persons in the crowd 

 of purposely missing his last target, and protests were made to the 

 referee. After a few moments' consideration, the referee ruled that 

 the target should be scored 'broke,' first money in consequence 

 being divided between Upson and Black. It seems to me that if the 

 shot was honestly fired Black had second place, but if it was pur- 

 posely dropped he was out of place entirely and out of the tourna- 

 ment. The decision looks like a case of 'Not guilty, but don't do it 

 again 1 What do you think?" 



We think that, if in the mind of the referee there was no doubt that 

 Black did not try to break the target, the proper decision was to 

 return him his stake, politely request him to quit shooting and see 

 that he did it. If the facts are as Mr. Reisinger has put them, there 

 was no;doubt in the mind of the referee as to Black's intentions, 

 because he called the target broken, changing his previous decision. 

 The placing of Black on an equality with the man who broke 

 straight is hardly fair to the man with a straight score, and we think 

 the referee, if he changed places with Upson, would be of the same 

 opinion. 



To our way of thinking, the case is one which is outside the province 

 of a referee. It is a case which should be adjudicated upon by the tour- 

 nament committee, or, if there is no such body, by the officers of the 

 club who are running the shoot on behalf of their club. The referee 

 would be a competent witness and might have to be called, but after 

 all he is a poor person to judge whether a man was trying to break a 

 target or not. A good referee has all his attention taken up by. watch- 

 ing the flight ot the targets and looking out for that "perceptible 

 piece" necessary to constitute a "break." If he is doing his duty he 

 has no time to be watching the shooters and their actions, and such a 

 duty should not be imposed upon him. 



Meadville Gun Club. 



Meadville, Pa., Sept. 18.— No. 1, 25 targets, unknown angles, A. S. 

 A. rules: 



Ehrgott 1110001110111111101110111—19 



H A Johnson 0101011001111111111111011-19 



Reisinger 0101 1 111 1 1 1 01 0010111 1 101 1—18 



Krider 1011 1 1001111 0101 111011011— 18 



Decker lllOOOlOOOOOlllOOOOOOOOlO— 8 



Leberman 1000001 011 01 1 01 1 10100100— 11 



Hayes 1 lllllOOlOlOll.l 0011011011—17 



Prenatt 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 11 001 1001 0001001—1 5 



Miller 1 1 1 1001 1 11 001 10001 1111110—17 



Clark HOlOOnoOlOOllOOOllOUOO-12 



Baker OlOOllOOlOOllllHOOllOOlO— 18 



N Affantranger 1101000101111000100110100—12 



No. 3, same: 



Prenatt 1 1 01 001101 101010001 1 1 1 110-14 



Hayes lOllOlllllOillloillllHOl-20 



Leberman 1 1 1 1 ( I J 0100011 1 1 1 0001100—15 



H A Johnson . 11 1 1 in 1 0000 1 01 1 101 1 10111 — 18 



Krider 0100111011101011000100101—13 



Clark 101 111111110(1 11110011110-20 



N Affantrangar 0001111 100011 11 1 J 10111101 — 16 



Baker lllOOlOOOllllOOOlOOlllllO— 14 



Ehrgott 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Decker OOlOlOHlOOOOiOllOlOilioo-12 



Dr Johnson 1101011000010100110001001—11 



No. 3, same: 



Ehrgott 1111111111101111011101101—21 



H A Johnson ,1110101111011111111111010—20 



McClure 0000110101010110011101101-13 



Prenatt 0000111111111111011111101—19 



Hayes OlllllOOlUOllllOlllOlHl-19 



Choke Bork. 



In Illinois. 



Heqewisch, 111., Sept. 14.— This shoot was held at Benj. Fogli's Park. 



The tirsi. was a sweepstake at $5 entrance, first takes all; the second 



and third $1 entrance; the four th the price of birds. 

 No. 1, 100 empire targets: 



L C Williard 1011111111011111111101111—22 



111001101101310110101 11100— 15 

 1011111111111011111111)11—23 

 1110111010111111111111111—23-83 



A W Reeves OoiOloOOiOtlliOllllOllllO— 15 



HllllOlliriinoil 1 111110— 21 

 0011010100010011101110010—12 

 0111100100111110011101100—15- 63 



Benj Fogli lllOOOIlllOlllllllllllOH-20 



1111010111110101011111111-20 

 1010101 100001110011)00111—14 



1111110111110011110111110—20-74 



No. 2. 25 empire targets: 



L C Williard 111111 11 1 1011 101 ll 1 111011 — S3 



A W Reeves Ol0ol1llll1l0ll00ll0lll0l-17 



Benj Fogli 1111111111111111110110111—23 



No. 3, 25 empire targets: . 



L C Williard 1101111111111111111011111-23 



A Reeves 0111111111110101110110011—19 



Benj Fogli 1111111111001111111111111-24 



No. 4. 25 empire targets: 



L C Williard 1011111010111111111011111—21 



Benj Fogli 1111111111111110111011011-22 



' O. F. 



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A Gust Preventive. 



New York, July 9.— Gentlemen : After using my gun for three days 

 about the salt water duck snooting in March of this year I cleaned it 

 with "Three in One" and put it in an ordinary canvas case and left it 

 in a gunning house on an island in Great South Bay. It was not taken 

 out, cleaned or in any way cared for since it was put away until last 

 week, when I opened the case to inspect it. I have found the gun 

 absolutely free from rust and in perfect condition, an experience 

 which I have never had before under like circumstances, although I 

 have used almost every advertised rust preventer. I deem this test 

 an extraordinarily hard one and am an enthusiastic believer in your 

 "Three in One." Yours respectfully, Chas. E. Hill, 6 Wall St. 



G. W. Cole & Co., Ill Broaaway, City. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



B., Dallas, Texas —The capercailzie and the black cock are two dis 

 tine IbirdB. 



