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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 12, 1895. 



The Cup Races and Excursion Steamers. 



Chatham, N. B., Sept. 80.— Editer Forest and Stream: In common 

 with my yachting brethren of Canada, I very much regret that the 

 Valkyrie-Defender races ended in a fizzle. Defender appeared to be 

 the better boat— an English yacht capable of beating the best English 

 yacht from England over the favorite English courses. But there can 

 be no doubt about the excursion steamers having rendered a fair test 

 impossible. Even though they served both contestants alike, they 

 rendered the race a game of chance rather than of speed ; but human 

 nature in New York must be different from human nature elsewhere 

 if the steamers were not more considerate ior Defender than for Val- 

 kyrie. 



The New York Y. C. can hardly consent to the sailing of such races 

 elsewhere, and the proposal to keep the dates of sailing secret will not, 

 of course, be entertained. The great public wants to see the contest, 

 and must be given a chance to do so. 



IBWhy not, therefore, make the course so short that the whole race 

 can be seen from one point, and then require the attendant fleet to 

 anchor? Why not make the course three miles to windward and back, 

 and triangular, with two miles to the leg, as in the Spruce-Ethelwynn 

 match, to be sailed over several times. Then the racers could be 

 seen all the time from the starting point, and the excursion steamers 

 would not be tempted to follow them. The public would see the show 

 and the champions would not be interfered with. 



But to make assurance doubly sure could not the officer who issues 

 permits to the steamers to oarry passengers to the races make it a 

 condition of the permits that the steamers anchor at such time and 

 place as the regatta committee should order? If the officer has no 

 power to impose such a condition, why not get an act passed at the 

 coming session of Congress that will give it to him? 



It looks to me as if the whole excursion steamer difficulty could be 

 easily and effectually ended in this way. If you want another Inter- 

 national match sailed off New York, secure such legislation as soon 

 as possible. 



As your designers and builders have produced yachts as quick in 

 stays as the English boats, and as your newspapers all testify that De- 

 fender's crew change sails as quickly as Valkyrie's the challenger can 

 get no advantage from such a course as I propose. 



J. L. Stewart (Miramichi Y. C.) 



Riverside Y. C. 



Saturday, Oct. 5. 



The special race of the Biverside Y. C. for the 34ft- class was sailed 

 on Oct. 5 in a fresh to moderate N.E. breeze. 



The course was from a starting line off Little Captain's Island, 

 around the black spar buoy off Mattinicock Point; thence across the 

 starting line again; thence around the black spar buoy off Center 

 Island Point; thence to the starting line; 20J4 nautical miles. 



On the first leg under spinakers Dragoon won, but on the beat back 

 her bobstay parted. At the end of the first round Vorant II. had a 

 lead of 4m. 5s. over Acushla. In reaching across to Center Island in 

 a lighter wind Acushla made up a couple of minutes, and on the re- 

 turn she passed Vorant, the times being: 



Finish. Elapsed. 



Acushla 3 42 36 3 24 86 



Vorant II 3 43 39 3 25 89 



Dragoon Disabled. 



A special match has been made for a $ 100 cup between Vorant II. 

 and Acushla, to be sailed on Oct. 19. 



Freelance. 



The trial trip of the new steam yacht Freelance, designed by A. Gary 

 Smith for F. Augustus Schermerhorn, and built by Lewis G. Nixon, 

 of the Crescent Shipyard, took place on Sept. 26; the yacht more than 

 fulfilling the expectations of those connected with her. She left Ellza- 

 bethport in the morning and ran up to the Sound, starting at Fort 

 Schuyler and running as far as Smithtown Bay. With forced draft 

 she made 210 revolutions with over 2001bs. of steam, running 19 miles 

 in an hour and two minutes. After the forced-draft trial, while lying 

 still, the bonnet of the low-pressure cylinder blew out, and she ran in 

 to Bridgeport, where a new one was procured; she then continued on 

 her six hour trial under natural draft. She was delivered to her owner 

 on Oct. 5. She shows a marked absence of vibration at high speeds. 



YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 



Gloriana, cutter, has been sold by Com. Gillig through Manning's 

 Agency to Josiah M. Lasell, of Boston. 



Yampa, sehr., B, S. Palmer, arrived at Halifax, N. S., on Oct. 1, 

 after a passage of nineteen days from Falmouth, Eng. On Oct. 6 she 

 touched at Boston. 



Eleanor, steam yacht, W. A. Slater, arrived at San Francisco from 

 Victoria, B. C, on Sept. 13 on her return from Alaska. 



The Herreshoff Mfg. Co. has received an order for a racing 2U.- 

 rater under the new Y. B. A. rule for Altneric Hugh Paget, an 

 English yachtsman. Work on the new boat will be commenced at 

 once. 



Nepenthe, cutter, Messrs. Agar and Dudley, of the Southern Y. O. 

 of New Orleans, returned to that port on Sept. 23. after a long sum- 

 mer cruise, having visited New York and Long Island Sound. Ne- 

 penthe is of 46ft. waterline, designed by the late Mr. Burgess. 



Defender has been laid up in Neptune Bay, inside of Glen Island, 

 New Bochelle, for the winter. 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. has secured for its town house a 

 part of the old Jockey Club house, on the S.W. corner of Twenty- 

 seventh street and Madison avenue. The Oyster Bay club house has 

 been closed for the season and the new town house will shortly be 

 opened. J 



The Cleveland Y. C. has at last, after many difficulties, located itself 

 permanently in pleasant and suitable quarters in a new club house 

 built directly on the waters of Lake Erie. The opening ceremonies 

 took place on Sept. 11. 



Gitchee Gumee, sloop, owned by Duncan Gay, of New York, was 

 stolen on Sept. 21 from her moorings, off Pelham Bay Park. On Sept 

 27 she was sailed into Port Jefferson Harbor and abandoned by a man 

 who was afterward arrested in New York on board a working 

 schooner on which he had just shipped. The prisoner, James Corbett, 

 a sailor, is held for trial. 1 



The firm of Waterhouse & Chesebrough, of Boston, has just been 

 dissolved by mutual consent, each of the members continuing alone 

 the business of yacht designing. 



Jean .steam .yacht, has been sold by the estate of the late James 

 Ben w ok to Miss E. L. Breese,an associate member of theSeawanhaka 

 Corinthian Y. C. The name will be changed to Aisa. 



Yacht and Boat Sailing, eighth edition, by Dixon Kemp, is iust 

 ready from the press of Horace Cox. The book has been completely 

 remodeled, many designs of modern yachts being added. 



Mr Lewis G. Nixon, of the Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, N. J., has 

 Jl 1£ T d K a d -n'P £ 0I M a f uU-powered seagoing steam yacht of 225ft. 

 length, which will be built at once for a Philadelphia yachtsman. 



Mr. George I. Tyson, president of the Biverside Y. C, and owner of 



he schooner Nirvana, died on Oct. 7 after a long illness. 



o^°oL^ tUart f-I ay] ?J^ C6 w / u bnown 40 American yachtsmen as 

 Oct 6 ^ Pe cen terboard yacht, died in Paris on 



A. C. A. Membership. 



Atlantic Division: David Loree, Jas. A. Smith, Francis S Wav 

 Francis E. Pratt, Bensonhurst, L. I., New York O C Central T>ivi 

 sion: Alex. M. Lindsay, Jr., Rochester, N Y * °Harr"y BanS Tobev 

 Port Henry, N. Y. ; Waldo F. Tobey Port HenrjT N Y Wm A 

 Ostrander, Albany, N. Y.; Joseph P. Coughlin, TroV Eastern Divi 

 sion: Robert P. Apollonio, Winchester, Mass.; Robert M MoUneux 

 Boston; Lady Associate, Mrs. Edward S. Towne, Holyoke, Mass 



Steam Yachts and Launches 



Built k Mamm Ikon Works, Cly bourn and Southport avenues 

 Chicago, III. Free illustrated catalogue. Write for it -idV ' 



Knapp , 766773—36 Britton 274647-30 



Major Palmer... 576656-35 Lieut Clemence 605756—29 



Lieut Richardson 267766—34 



Mr. Knapp, who stands third for tbe revolver championship of the 

 club, forgot to comply with some of the formalities and unfortunately 

 will therefore most likely be debarred from the prize list- 



Bevolver championship of club to date: 

 m 20yds. A. D. 50yds. 



Walter Wmans 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 42 38 39—410 



Maj Munday 40 39 39 89 39 39 39 39 37 37—386 



Knapp 40 39 38 38 36 36 41 86 34 34-372 



Comber 40 39 39 38 37 36 88 38 35 33—371 



Maj Palmer 39 39 38 37 36 86 86 86 31 81—870 



Carter 38 37 36 36 3G 35 37 37 81 28-351 



Luff. ....... . 39 .38 37 36 34 33 38 27 30 27-384 



Capt Earle 36 34 32 32 32 30 32 32 33 31-326 



Lieut Richardson 38 35 35 34 34 34 38 34 83 28—318 



MacCormack. Bicketts, Ashby, Tread well, C. F. Lowe, Frost, Skilten, 

 Evans, Howe, Band, Hore, Denyer, Franzmann, Brading, Andrews, 

 Capt. Peters, Clementi-Smith, Chicken, A. J. Comber, Major Jones, 

 Capt. Thompson, Lieut. Chitty, Capt. Cowan, Granville, A. Crawley, 

 Bashford, Diggins, Col. Atherton Aldridga, AUman, Stallibrass, 

 Baxter, Treadwell, Howell. Garaud, Joyce, Hare, Howard, Lattey, 

 Gill, Varley, MacDonald, Wells, Clemence, Britton, etc., have not shot 

 out their scores yet. 



No more shooting has been done at the South London Rifle Club in 

 revolver shooting, Mr. Winans having now a lead which cannot be 

 beaten for the revolver championship of the Club. 

 Club° reS t0 dat6 '° r revoIver championship of South London Rifle 



^ „ 20yds. 50yds. 



Walter Winans 43 41 41 40 40 40 39 39-322 



Capt T W Heath 39 39 89 39 88 37 36 36-300 



Knapp , 40 40 38 88 37 38 35 34- 300 



E Howe 40 39 38 38 87 36 35 33-296 



Lieut J Howard 40 40 3S 37 36 84 34 32-290 



Clementi-Smith 38 36 35 34 33 35 34 33-277 



CFRand 42 40 39 36 39 35 34 



pFLowe 87 36 32 37 34 



Lieut Varley 37 29 35 



Mr. Rand can yet by good shooting come into second place ahead of 

 Capt. Heath, with whom there will be an exciting finish for second 

 place next week. 



On Sept. 18 Mr. Winans made his tenth highest possible score of the 

 season, shooting at the North London Rifle Club's revolver competi- 

 tion at 20yds. Major Palmer also made the first highest possible score 

 he has made. Both be and Mr. Knapp have followed Mr. Winans's 

 example and taken to Smith & Wesson revolvers. 



20yds., stationary targets: 



Walter Winans 777777—42 Lieut Richardson 747746-35 



Major Palmer 777777-42 Gould 645076-34 



C Knapp 777677-41 Lieut Clemence 576466-34 



Luff. 766776-39 Diggins 346777- 34 



Comber 766765-37 MacDonald 565467—33 



MacCormack 466777—37 E Howe 647763-33 



Lieut J Howard 654777—36 Capt W Evans 447646—31 



Most unfortunately, Mr. Knapp is not allowed to count his scores 

 toward the revolver championship of the club, as he forgot to enter in 

 time. 



Mr. Winans's aggregate is by far the best on record— so far in fact, 

 that he intends to continue shooting, although he has practically 

 won, in order to establish a still higher record. 



Scores for revolver championship to date: 

 _ ' m 20yds. A. B. 50yds. 



Walter Winans 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 42 39 38-411 



Mai Munday 40 39 39 39 39 39 89 89 37 36-386 



C Knapp 41 40 39 38 38 36 41 36 34 34—377 



Maj Palmer 42 39 39 38 37 36 36 86 81 31—876 



Comber 40 89 38 37 36 34 88 88 35 33-872 



Carter 38 37 36 36 36 35 37 87 81 28-351 



Luff 39 39 38 37 36 34 33 27 30 27—340 



Capt Earle 86 34 32 32 82 30 32 32 33 31-326 



Lieut Richardson 38 35 35 35 34 34 33 34 33 28—319 



MacCormack 37 80 30 29 27 29 28 28 22 



Bicketts 38 38 32 32 26 .. 32 . 19 



Ashby 27 



Treadwell 29 28 " 29 21 



C F Lowe 36 36 34 . 84 



Frost 39 37 34 34 32 .. 34 . ' 



Skilton 32 



Evans 35 35 31 29 29 28 82 33 .** '* 



Howe 38 36 33 82 32 27 32 32 80 



F Rand 37 



Hore 36 31 31 .... " 



Denyer 31 , 19 



Franzmann 34 32 30 27 .. .. .. 36 36 



Brading 30 .... 



Andrews 39 36 i4 88 88 



Capt Peters 35 



Clementi-Smith 89 38 34 34 . .' 35 34 31 " 



Chicken 37 34 33 . . 34 



A J Comber 36 .. .. 



At the South London Bifle Club on Sept. 12 Mr. Winans made an- 

 other highest possible score with the revolver at 20yds. This puts 

 his total for the revolver championship of the club two points higher 

 than his winning score of last year. 



Below are details of the shooting. 



Twenty yards: 



Walter Winans 777777—42 Capt T W Heath 677775-39 



F Band 776777—41 E Howe. 767774-38 



Clementi-Smith 567777—39 C Knapp 757566—86 



Fifty yards: 



EHowe 675757-87 F Band 656645-32 



Walter Winans 577746 -86 Clementi-Smith 725754-30 



Capt T W Heath 555755 - 32 



As we predicted Mr. Band has come up into prominence toward the 

 revolver championship of the club, and though he cannot now, with 

 the remaining days' shooting, get up to Mr. Winans, he will most 

 probably pass Capt. Heath for second place. 



Scores for revolver championship of the club to date: 



20yds. 60yds. 



Walter Wl ?. ans 43 42 4 * 41 40 40 39 39-324 



Capt T W Heath 39 39 89 39 39 88 35 34—307 



F Band 42 41 40 89 36 39 35 34—306 



E Howe 40 39 38 38 38 37 36 35-301 



C Knapp. , 40 40 38 38 37 38 35 34-300 



Lieut J Howard 40 40 37 38 36 34 34 32-290 



Clementi-Smith 39 38 86 35 34 35 34 33—283 



C F Lowe 87 36 32 . . . . 37 34 



Lieut Varley 3729 35 



From press dispatches we learn that the revo'l'ver championship of 

 the South Lo n a on Rifle club wag won on gep( . 26 by Mr w £ lter 



Winans. His score was 824 out of a possible 336. It was further 

 mentioned that he was leading in the competition for the champion- 

 ship of the North London Rifle Club, which will be decided on Oct. 16 



Lyman Rapid-Fire Target. 



The Lyman rapid fire rifle targets are finding much favor. They 

 are in two sizes, for 26yds. and 50yds. The smaller one sent post-paid 

 fo rl5 cents a dozen, the larger one for 25 cents a dozen, by the Forest 

 and Stream Publishing Co. 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



Owino to the wind no good shooting was done on Sent 11 at th« 

 North London Bifle Club. Below are the details: 



Stationary target, 20yds, : 

 EHowe 557777—38 Luff. 



B Comber V.V.G66657-36 Capt' Earle 0266^ a! 



CP*? 366777-8S MacCormack: '. 'St^-SO 



Presque Isle Rifle Club. 



1 S R t£ b -' V , & \°£ t -s 3 ~¥ T - F auI ' Prudent of Presque Isle Bifle Club, 

 left Erie last Wednesday to accept a position as foreman in a bicvele 

 works at Stamford, Conn. We are sorry to lose htm, as he was a very 

 active member of the club, but he promises to keep up the interest in 

 rifle shooting, and some day we hope to receive a challenge from the 



The following score was made by tbe Presque Island Rifle Club at 

 their regular practice shoot of Sept. 28- 



Stidham 98797695 10 6-76 



10 10 7487579 6-73 

 10 68884784 6-69 

 Froess 9 9 5 4 7 9 6 8 6 9-72 



856547594 4-57 

 o. o „ 555524687 8-55 



Shaffer 6 10 9 7 7 4 6 9 8 4-70 



559576857 5-63 

 T _ TOr 698498698 8-72 



L* ver 6785 10 7537 10-68 



10 8 8 5 6 4 5 7 4 8-60 

 t?o„™ 755384643 7-52 



Bacon 7 6 7 8 10 4 4 6 5 8-64 



488967756 3-63 

 VanEtten I 4^ 6 7 4 6 111 a gzg 



4 7 5 7 10 7 5 7 3 7- 62 

 Wneeler ,| ! 4* 8 8 I 3 7 8 tit 



7663 8 66648 - 60 

 Ponl 475543574 7-53 



Paul 8 4 4 6 5 8 8 6 9 7-65 



85438 6. 35 10 6-58 



***** it II \\ 5 3 10 . tt 



48 10 69 3 056 4—53 



bllenlt 023270721 2-26 



01 2325402 3-22 

 10 1 1 1 2 2 4 0-21 



FIXTURES. 



Oct. 15-16.— Woroesteb, Mass. — Tournament of the Worcester 

 Sportsmen s Club; $100 added money, and a $50 diamond rinsr to 

 highest average. Chas. E. Forehand, Sec'y. 



Oct. 15-17.— Aledo, 111.— Annual tournament of the Aledo Gun Club* 

 live birds and targets. J. W. McRoberts, Chairman of programme 

 committee. 



Oct. 16-17.— Weir City, Kan.— Live-bird championship of the State 

 under the auspices of the Business Men's Gun Club. 



Oct. 16-17.— Elizabeth. N. J. — Fourth bi-monthly tournament of the 

 Elizabeth Gun Club; first day, targets; second day, live birds. 



Oct. 19.— Chicago, 111.— Third shoot of the Cook County Trap- 

 Shooters' League, on the grounds of the Garfield Gun Club, at 2 P M 

 W. F. de Wolf, Secretary of the League. 



Oct. 22-24.— Baltimore, Md.— Dupont Smokeless Powder Company's 

 tournament at live birds. Stanley Baker, Sec'y. 



Oct. 23-25.— Atlanta, Ga.— Annual tournament of the Clarke Hard- 

 ware Company; targets; $700 added money. 



Oct. 25-26.— Seattle, Wash.— First annual tournament of the 

 Washington State Sportsman's Association, under the auspices of the 

 Seattle Gun Club; live birds and targets. C. F. Graff, Sec'y. 



Oct. 27-30.— San Antonio. Texas.— First annual tournament of the 

 San Antonio Gun Club ; $1,000 added money. Willard L. Simpson.See'y 



Nov. 5-7.— Kewanee, 111.— Annual tournament of the Kewanee Gun 

 Club. 



1896. 



Jan. 4-5— Phobnix, Ariz.— Annual tournament of the Arizona State 

 Sportsmen's Association. 



Jan. 9-11.— Ban Antonio, Texas.— Grand mid-winter tournament, 

 under the auspices of Texas State Sportsmen's Association and man- 

 agement of J. M. George and O. C. Guessaz (Texas Field). 



April 1-3— New York.— Interstate Association's Fourth Annual 

 Grand American Handicap. 



May 5-8.— New York — Tournament of the American E. C. Powder 

 Company; $2 000 added money. 



May (second week) —Memphis, Tenn.— Tournament of the Memphis 

 Gun Club, $2,000 added money. 



May 26-28.— Frankfort, Kan.— Annual tournament of the Kansas 

 State Sportsmen's Association. 



May 30-June 1 —Milwaukee, Wis.— Eleventh annual tournament of 

 the South Side Gun Club. 



June 8-13 — Buffalo, N Y.— Thirty eighth annual tournament of 

 the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, 

 under the auspices of the Audubon Gun Club. E. W. Smith, Sec'y. 



J one 17-19.— Cleveland, O.— Third annual tournament of the Cham- 

 berlin Cartridge and Target Company. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 

 these columns, also any news notes they may care 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. 



The San Antonio Gun Club have issued a circular setting forth 

 their claims to liberal support by the trap-shooters. We quote 

 the following from it: '-This is our first tournament and our 

 maiden effort, but we will give you one of the best shoots ever held 

 in this country and the greatest ever held in Texas. Our grounds 

 are perfect and our trap service will be unexcelled. We shall 

 have fifteen traps with electric pulls and all duplicated— in other 

 words double service. We guarantee you £1,000 in added money. We 

 have no handicap and will only say that we have let the bars down, 

 but we shall give a dead square shoot and no favors shown. In this 

 we mean what we say, and referee's decision will be final. We give 

 you three days at targets and one day— the last— at live birds, and you 

 will have good ones. Our added money is distributed as follows: 

 First day, $200; second, $240; third, $290, and fourth, $270. Only three 

 live-bird events on fourth day. We have one live-bird event, 25 birds, 

 $15 entrance, $200 added, five moneys. Here is your chance. We have 

 one target event, 25 targets, $5 entrance and $100 added, four moneys. 

 We have eight target events each day, no entrance less than $2 and no 

 added money less than $25. It will cost you $82 to enter every event. 

 If time will permit we will give extra events— sweepstake." 



The West Newburgh Gun and B'fle Association's tournament, to be 

 held this week, Oct. 9 to 11, on the club's grounds at Newburgh, 

 affords excellent opportunities for shooters to compete. On the first 

 and second days respectively there are ten events on the programme, 

 and on the third day live-bird events. Extra events will be arranged 

 to suit visitors. Fifty dollars will be given divided as follows: $20, 

 $15, $10 and $5, to the shooters making the best averages-on both dayB 

 on clay targets. Ties divided unless otherwise agreed. Moneys will be 

 divided as follows: Entries of 12 and under, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 

 Entries over 12: 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Any shooter in a tie may 

 withdraw his share of purse. Targets, two cents each, to be deducted 

 from purse. Shoots begin at 9 o'clock sharp each day. If time per- 

 mits, other sweepstakes will be shot at targets. All guns shoot from 

 same distance. Rapid-firing system. 



When secretaries pf gun clubs send us scores made at their clubs' 

 tournaments, we would much prefer to receive manifold copies of the 

 scores in detail to clippings from newspapers. vVe can depend on the 

 former, while inaccuracies are liable to occur in the latter, Forest 

 and Stream's squad pads, for the use of gun clubs at tournaments, 

 will enable the managers of any tournament to keep affairs in the 

 cashier's office in a satisfactory manner at an extremely low figure. 

 By using them, too, no trouble will be experienced in furnishing 

 Forest and Stream with a complete record ot all events in detail. 



Mr. Thomas F. Eussell having resigned from the presidency of the 

 Emerald Gun Club, of New York city, an election was held recently to 

 fill the vacancy. The candidates were: L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. 

 G. V. Hudson, ex-Secretary of the Emeralds. Twenty-nine members 

 were present at the election. Schortemeier receiving a majority of the 

 votes cast he was accordingly declared the president of the club. In 

 the club shoot which followed the election, H. P. Fessenden (38) and 

 Nick Maesel (25) were the only ones to kill straight. 1 



The Kingston, N. Y., Leader of Sept. 17 contained the following: 

 "The Pansy Gun Club, at their meeting held on Saturday evening, be- 

 sides deciding to become incorporated, as told in yesterday's Leader, 

 accepted the resignation of W, Scott Smith as Secretary, and Capt. J. 

 Budolph Kenyon was elected to fill the vacancy. Howard Myer was 

 appointed a committee of one to confer with representatives from the 

 gun clubs of Poughkeepsie, Marlborough, Peekskill and Newburgh 

 toward the formation of a Hudson River league of trap-shooters." 



The charges against Mr. J. G. Messner lodged with the Pittsburg 

 Gun Club, in the matter of alleged improper remarks concerning Mr. 

 J. O'H. Denny, to whom he had issued a challenge, seem in a fair way 

 to be settled amicably. Mr. MesBner had tendered an apology to Mr. 

 Denny, but the club held that such did not constitute a defense, but 

 that the club would accept a public apology to Mr. Denny. This Mr. 

 Messner consented to do. but had not done so at our latest advices. 



Next week's important fixtures are: Oct. 15-16, The Worcester, 

 (Mass.), Sportsmen's Club Tournament; Oct. 15-17, annual tourna- 

 ment of the Aledo (Bl.) Gun Club; Oct. 16-17, Live-bird Championship 

 of the State of Kansas, held at Weir City, Kan., under the auspices 

 of the Business Men's Club; Oct. 16-17, Fourth Bi-monthly Tourna- 

 ment of the Elizabeth (N. J.) Gun Club. 



The Baltimore, Md., Sun is our authority for the statement that 

 Billy Fieles, of Christiana, Pa., and Bert Claridge, of Baltimore, Md., 

 will shrot a race at 100 targets per man, expert rules, for a stake of 

 from $100 to $500 a side. Fieles, through Mr, W. W. Linthicum, ot 

 Baltimore, challenged any shooter in Maryland to a contest under the 

 above conditions. 



A new gun club has been organized in Scranton, Pa., under the title 

 of the North End Gun Club. The officers are: President, John Van 

 Bergen; Vice-President, Joseph F. Knatt; Treasurer, Thomas H. 

 Jones; Secretary, P. W. Lynch. The club will hold shoots every two 

 weeks. 



It is to be hoped that those two great clubs in Chicago, the Eureka 

 and the Garfield, will bury whatever tomahawks they may be waving, 

 smoke the pipe of peace, and treat us to some more of those excel- 

 lent team races which, as a rule, do so much to promote interest in 

 trap-shooting. 



The Worcester Sportsmen's Club will hold a grand tournament on 

 Oct, 15 and 16,;Worcester, Mass. Wa 



