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FOREST AND * STREAM, 



[Nov. 28, 1895. 



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. 



Charlie Fehrenbach (Bilderbach), of Wilmington, Del., writes us 

 under date of Nov. 11 as follows: "Arrangements have been completed 

 for a 25-men team race between All-PhiladeJphia and the Delaware 

 State League, i. e., Philadelphia proper against the Diamond State, A. 

 S. A. rules to govern, 25 targets per man. The first race will be shot 

 on the Keystone League grounds, at Holmesburg Junction ; the second 

 race on the Wilmington 11. and G. Club gronnds, this city; the place 

 for holding the third race to be decided by the winners of first race. 

 As this will be an all-day affair, the following sweepstake programme, 

 has been announced by the Keystone League for Dec. 7. (First race): 

 No. 1, 10 targets, known angles, $1; No. 2, 10 targets, unknown angles, 

 $1; No. 3, 15 targets, known angles, $1.50; No. 4, 15 targets, unknown 

 angles, $1 ; No. 5, 20 targets, known angles, $2; No. 6, 10 targets, un- 

 known angles, $1 ; No. 7, 10 targets, known angles, $1 ; No. 8, 20 targets, 

 unknown angles, $1.50; No. 9, 10 targets, known angles, $1; No. 10, 15 

 targets, unknown angles, $1.50. If 20 entries or over in the 15 and 20 

 targets, 5 moneys. Entertainment committee, W. Wolstencroft, H. 

 Thurman and Jos. Learning. Harry Thurman will captain the All- 

 Philadelphia team and Chas. Fehrenbach will captain the Delaware 

 State League. First race, Dec. 7, '95; second race, Jan. 4, '96; third 

 race, Feb. 1, '96." 



W. H. Brady, of Detroit, Mich., a member of the Swan Creek Club, 

 in a letter to us relating to other matters tells of a few days' ,sport he 

 has had recently: "I have been north of Alpena to Grand Lake with 

 Joe Marks, of Hodgson & Howard, whom I presume you met when 

 you were here. We went from Detroit to Alpena with Ed Gillman, 

 Louis Duryea and other members of the Turtle Lake Shooting Club;, 

 they were going on their annual deer hunt to that point in a special 

 car from here, and they invited us to join their party until we arrived 

 at our destination. There we were met by our friend, George Mac- 

 Donald, of Alpena, who had a team and outfit; we then drove twenty- 

 six miles north to Grand Lake. It is a beautiful inland lake, eleven 

 miles long and two miles wide, and has thirty-seven islands on it. The 

 east side is lined by a high bluff on which they have a fine club house 

 used principally for outings in the summer. We made our headquar- 

 ters there for a'bout four days, hunting ruffed grouse, making a nice 

 bag of fifty birds. Before I went north to Alpena I had two days' duck: 

 shooting at the club while Parker was away at Atlanta; I bagged sixty- 

 three redhead, mallard and teal." Mr. Brady is now in Detroit, chained 

 to business, but he enjoys life fairly well notwithstanding, as he does, 

 the next best thing— he reads Fokkst and Stream. 



At the Altoona. Pa., Gun Club's annual tournament, held last July 

 on the summit of Wopsononock Mountain, the visitors made the Wop- 

 sononock Hotel their headquarters. Every evening after dinner the 

 poolroom of the hotel was the general lounging place; experts, semi- 

 experts and duffers, all measured their skill with the cue. The only 

 drawback to the evening's amusement was the lack of chalk, there 

 being but one small piece for both tables. Dutchy Smith, who by the 

 way is an expert cueist, took charge of that piece of chalk, everybody 

 whose cue needed any attention in that line going to Dutchy to have' 

 it chalked. So jealously did he guard that chalk that on his return 

 to his home in Plainfleld, N. J., he found it reposing in his pocket. It. 

 now seems that he has lost it, for we have received the following 

 card: "$5 rewarts. For dea peobels dot stole dea las pieses of chaks 

 dot wos at dea pool rooms uf dea Wopsononock Mountains Hotel at. 

 dea dime uf dea Altoona shuting tournemends, July 10, 1895. Dea 

 obove liknes is dea correct pikture uf dea chaks, Ef found dea obove 

 rewarts will bea giving by me— Irish." (''Dea obove pikture" is a. 

 photograph, actual size, of the piece of chalk ) 



The Des Moines (la.) Gun Club will hold its annual autumn trap 

 shoot on Nov. 26-28. In sending out its programme, which contains 

 events both at live birds and at targets, the club says : "You will 

 notice that in the division of purses we have departed from the cus- 

 tomary sweepstakes method, and make all divisions under the equi- 

 table system. We feel ronfidenttbat the amateur shooters throughout 

 the State will appreciate this departure from the old custom, under 

 which it was possible for the expert trap-shot to win a good income 

 for two or three months in two or three days. We regret it is not 

 possible to adopt a plan of purse division under which all may be win- 

 ners, but we are confident our effort to popularize a system thereby 

 the good shooter may win some and the poor shot lose but little will 

 meet the approval of our club members and visiting friends." The 

 four and five-place equitable provides that each man shooting into a 

 place shall receive an equal amount for each bird killed or each tar- 

 get broken. The four-place equitable will be used on the first day, 

 the five-place equitable on the second; the "full equitable," used on 

 Nov. 28, gives each contestant participating in an event an equal 

 amount for each bird or target scored. 



Is this another instance of "mental telegraphy" such as was out- 

 lined by Mark Twain a few years ago? While we were writing the 

 article, which appeared in last week's issue, advocating to a certain 

 extent the adoption of Rose's system of division of purses in connec- 

 tion with a proposed new handicap, Mr. Rose, in his distant home at 

 Salida, Col.^ was busily engaged writing us a letter on that same sub- 

 ject. With the letter he also sent us a number of examples worked 

 out on his plan, using for his examples events fihot at some of the 

 more prominent tournaments of the season; for the sake of ready 

 comparison he had also worked out the examples on the present basis 

 of divisions. We hope at some early date to reproduce some of Mr. 

 Rose's examples in order that the trap-shooting public may be able to 

 judge for itself the merits and demerits of this system. 



At the conclusion of the second King-Messner match, at Pittsburg, 

 Pa., on Nov. 15, the loser, Messner, at once claimed the right to a 

 third match for a stake of $200 a side, that right being given him by 

 an agreement entered into by both parties when arranging the first 

 two matches. The third match will not be shot until after the holi- 

 days, as King will be away on a hunting trip for several days. There 

 is some talk of matching Harry Mohler against King, and it is under- 

 stood that Mohler is ready to shoot a race with Messner's conqueror. 

 A Pittsburg paper commenting on the shoot says: "Neither Clark, of 

 Altoona, nor any person representing him, was at the match to chal- 

 lenge the winner." Do the Pittsburgers really want Clark? 



The Ohio Trap-Shooters' League has decided not to alter its dates, 

 which are the same as those claimed for the Memphis tournament. 

 The idea of the League is that the programme for its shoot, which is 

 a State affair, would have very little attraction for outsiders, so far as. 

 open events were concerned, and that the absence of some of the Ohio 

 experts at the Memphis shoot would not be prejudicial to the best in- 

 terests of the sport in that State; on the contrary, we understand, the 

 absence of those experts is held as likely to be conducive to a larger 

 entry list of purely amateur shooters. We are not at all sure but 

 what the League is right, and shall watch the outcome of the experi- 

 ment with mueh interest. 



The championship contest at the E. C. Powder Company's tourna- 

 ment, held at New York during the first week of May, will draw a 

 large number of entries. As already stated, the E. C. Powder Com- 

 pany has decided to adopt Forest and Stream's idea of arriving at 

 a "champion of the world at targets," and will incorporate in its pro- 

 gramme, with some slight modifications, the plan as outlined in 

 Forest and Stream of October. There can be no question that the 

 man who breaks the largest percentage of the 400 targets— 100 unknown 

 angles, 100 expert rules, 100 reversed order and 50 pairs— would be 

 honestly entitled to the name of "champion." 



Capt. Bartlett, of the Burgess Gun Company, Buffalo, N. Y., has 

 been in this city for a week or so. Bartlett has attended all the big 

 tournaments this year, and will be on hand again in '96. He can look 

 back upon the season of '95 as the one in which he made what we be- 

 lieve to be a record, breaking 151 straight at unknown angles at the 

 Rochester, N. Y., tournament. Capt. Bartlett's handling of the 

 Burgess gun at the score makes many friends for the weapon, but 

 we think his wonderful trick shooting, showing off as it does the 

 rapidity with which the gun can be fired, adds largely to that list at 

 every tournament which he attends. 



During the struggle for the ownership of the gun donated to the 

 New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League by the Winchester Repeating Arms 

 Co., details of whieu are given elsewhere, Major Taylor ran out of 

 shells, and was compelled to shoot during the afternoon four different 

 kinds of shells. It will be noticed that the changes from one ammuni- 

 tion to another made little difference to him. 8o long as you're hold- 

 ing right, you can use pretty nearly anything that is loaded properly 

 Richmond, who of course uses Walsrode, had to beg and borrow shells 

 loaded with other nitro powders before night put a stop to the shoot. 



Jordan L. Mott, Jr., the patentee and inventor of the Mott live-bird 

 trap and automatic pulling apparatus, has offered to wager J. Seaver 

 Page a certain sura of money that he cannot kill 81 selected birds 

 trapped from his traps. He offers W. S. Edey a similar chance, but 

 reduces the number to be killed to SO. Knapp will try his hand at 85 

 the number which George Work tried to kill and failed. The general 

 opinion among the amateurs who have tried the traps is that they are 

 8yds. faster on quick-starting birds than any other trap now in general 

 use. 



Those who have attended the three annual tournaments 1 held on 

 Wopsononock Mountain by the Altoona, Pa., Gun Club, will remember 

 the patch of woods and swamps that lie between the shooting ground 

 proper and the tournament grounds at Lookout Point. It will be of 

 interest to them to learn what happened one day last week to Billy 

 Bell, a prominent member of the club, who was out with a party 

 hunting ruffed grouse in that patch of territory. Billy carries a Daly 

 three-barrel gun, two barrels 12-guage, the third a .38cal. rifle barrel; 

 his fellow club members have often joked him on the subject of "old 

 three legs," but this time "three legs" came in handily. Kate, Billy's 

 setter, made a curious demonstration in the way of making game, 

 following a trail for some hundreds of yards, finally coming to a 

 stanch point near a ledge of rocks. The game proved to be a SOOlbs. 

 bear that stood at bay not dreaming of "three legs." The.S8cal. 

 spoke, and now Billy and Kate are hero and heroine respectively, 

 while "Wopsy" has added another laurel to Its crown. 



The fifteenth competition for the President's Cup, at the Car- 

 teret Club, took place on Wednesday, Nov. 6. On this occasion there 

 were only 5 members present to fight for it. These were W. H. Staf- 

 ford, George Work, J. P. Knapp, W. H. Mead and H. Mackey. 

 Stafford was the winner with a score of 18 out of 20, Work and Knapp 

 being in second place with 17 kills each. The cup must be won five 

 times before becoming the individual property of any member; as 

 matters now stand the following have wins to their credit: Knapp and 

 Duryea 4 wins each, Work 3, Seaver, Page, Mead, Hoey and Stafford 1 

 .each. 



The All Philadelphia vs. the Diamond State matches, the first of 

 which is scheduled to be shot on Dec. 7 on the grounds of th Keystone 

 Shooting League of Philadelphia, at Holmesburg Junction, P. R. R., 

 will be purely sporting affairs and should be productive of much 

 genuine fun and real benefit to the cause of trap-shooting, both 

 around Philadelphia and in the State of Delaware. Neither Father 

 Time Thurman (who is shooting very well now) nor Charlie Feh- 

 renbach will have an easy task in picking their respective teams of 

 twenty -five men. 



A two days' shoot at live birds will be held at the Morristown, N. J., 

 Driving Park on Nov. 28 and 29. The programme for Thanksgiving 

 Day (the first day of the shoot) is as follows: No. 1, 5 birds, $5; No. 

 2, 7 birds, $7: No. 3, 25 birds, $15 (birds extra, with $50 added). Sec- 

 ond day: No. 1, 5 birds, $5; No. 2, 7 birds, $7; No. 3, 15 birds, $15, birds 

 extra. In this last sweep the conditions will be: 25yds. rise, use of one 

 barrel only, gun below the elbow until the bird is on the wing, in fact 

 —Long Island rules to govern. 



The Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., opened its target- 

 shooting season for 1895-96 on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 16; the 

 grounds are located at Bay Ridge, L. I. The attendance was small, 

 but this may be attributed to the greater interest displayed by the 

 •Crescents in the outcome of the football game at Eastern Park that 

 .afternoon. 



There was a small shoot at Fanwood, N. J., on Saturday afternoon, 

 Nov. 16, on the Climax Gun Club's grounds. John Benner defeated 

 Harkinsin a race at 15 live birds by the score of 11 to 7, while Neaf 

 Apgar defeated C. C. Hebbard by 3 targets in a 50-target race, un- 

 known angles, the scores standing 47 to 44; Neaf broke his first 25 

 straight. 



Preparations for the San Antonio midwinter shoot next January 

 are progressing favorably. A strong delegation from the Buckeye 

 State is contemplated, among the number being Raymond, Heikes and 

 Dando. New Jersey will have her representatives there too; neither 

 Ferd Van Dyke, Noel E. Money nor Tom Keller are likely to be absent 

 when the time comes. 



With the wind-up of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League season 

 for 1895 we ought to begin to hear of some interclub team races. 

 The afternoons are short, but team races would bring the boys out 

 for an hour or two of sport, and would help to keep the clubs from 

 going to sleep. 



The Limited Gun Club, of Indianapolis, Ind., will hold an all-day 

 shoot at targets on Thanksgiving Day. During the morning a series 

 of 15-target races. $1.50 entrance, will be decided; in the afternoon a 

 100-target event, $10 entrance, will be shot off. 



An all-day shoot will be held on the grounds of the Eureka Gun 

 Club, Chicago, 111., on Thanksgiving Day. W. F. de Wolf, secretary 

 of the organization, will see to it that all who attend have a good time 

 and all the ehootitig they want. 



A. H. Hebbard has severed his connection with the Empire Target 

 Co. Mr. Hebbard has been the superintendent of the target factory 

 for some time. His brother, Charlie Hebbard, of course, remains with 

 the company and looks after its interests aB usual. 



The Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, will hold an all day shoot 

 at its grounds, Marion, N. J., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. All the 

 events will be at targets. The club issues a general invitation to all 

 shooters to attend this holiday shoot. 



Forest and Stream's tournament squad pads seem to have hit the 

 bull'seye. All clubs that contemplate holding tournaments, and that 

 are not already supplied with squad pads, should send to Forest and 

 Stream fer samples and prices. 



On Saturday, Nov. 9, Leander B. Campbell, of Little Silver, N. J., 

 and W. H. Oonklin, of Red Bank, N. J., shot a match at 25 live birds 

 on the Elkwood Park grounds. Both men killed 20 birds; Campbell 

 refused to shoot off the tie. 



The Vernon Gun Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will hold its regular 

 monthly club shoot at live birds this afternoon; there will be no shoot- 

 ing at the club's grounds on Enfield street in consequence. 



The Kirkpatrick Hardware Company, of Atlanta, Ga., will hold a 

 two days' tournament on Nov. 26 and 27. This tournament will be for 

 amateurs only, professionals being barred. 



H. D. Swartz, of Scranton, Pa., announces that there will be a live- 

 bird shoot at the Driving Park on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. 



The first annual meeting of the Cook County, 111., Trap-Shooters' 

 League will be held on Monday evening, Dec. 2. 



Edward Banks. 



Boston Shooting Association. 



Boston, Mass., Nov. 8.— The Boston Shooting Association's two days' 

 tournament, held on its grounds at Wellington, Mass., was brought to 

 a close this afternoon. Tables showing the scores of the winners on 

 the various events are as follows: 



First Day's Scores. 

 ^Events: 1 2 S h $ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IS lh IS IS 17 18 19 SO 



Targets. 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 25 25 



LeRoy 9 10.. 9 10 7 19 20 15 14 10 8 9 7 8 10 10 17 



Puck 8 8 9 9 9 9 17 16 14 .. .. 9 8 6 7 10 7 16 24 " 



Lyman 8 9 18 13 12 7 9 8 . 7 8 7 



Hoyle 8 9 7 18 16 13 .. 10 7 10 6 8 10 9 " 23 24 



Clark 8.. 10.... 8 13.. 8 8 4.. 8 9 " 



Herbert 7 9 9.. 8 8.. 15 14 13 7 7.. 7 7 8 8 17 "' 



Snow 7 8 8.. 8 8 10 



Conn 7 8 8 10 .. 9 20 16 15 13 .. 6 8 ,. . '8 



Mascroft.,.. 7 10 8 9 10 10 . . 16 12 13 . . 8 8 ,, 7 8 "8 is " ' " 



Bond 8 8.. 7 '*" 



Jones 9 8.. ....13.. 7 6.. 8 8 ..." 



Allison 9 17 16 .. 13 7 9 10 6 9 9 10 



Dickey 19 16 . ' gj 



Burbridge 12 13 7 9 . . 8 8 10 - 8 ." 



White 8 6.. 6 .. 7 .. 15 " " 



Curtis 8 .. .. 8 10 



Sanborn 7 .. .. 



Daniels 4 .. 7 .. " ,\ .] 



Second Day's Scores. 



Events: 1 2 3 h 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IB 13 lh 15 16 17 18 



Targets: 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 15 20 25 10 10 10 25 15 15 



Le Roy 9 10 8 15 10 9 10 15 10 14 20 25 10 7 8 23 13 



Puck 9 9 10 13 9 8 . . 14 8 12 16 . . 9 10 10 23 i.3 



Mascroft 9 9 8 . . 10 9 . . .. 10 13 . . . . u lu<sd •• ld 



Lyman 9 8 14 . . 8 8 . . 9 13 . . 



Clark 9 9 S 7 7 



Hoyle 9 9 8 14 7 10 8 13 11) .. 17.. 8 8 



Davis 9 9 9 14 9 7 9 15 9.. ..22 9 9 



Herbert 8 9 9 13 9 .. 9 14 8 12 18 , 7 " " " 



Jones 9 9 7 ,. 10 17 8 8 '9 



Snow 6 .. 9 12 8 7 .. .. 8 ... .. .. 8 7 



Warren 9 



Keller 8 8 8 14 7 . . S 16 *9 



Curtis 10 8 8 



Martin 9 8 " '9 '9 " ' " ; 



Rogers 6 



Wetherbee 7 



Ellsworth 10 



Conn 9 8 .. 13 ., 12 .'. " " 16 *' " 15 " 



Baxter 8 



Daniels 23 .'.* "§ 21 \\ '* 



Wiute :; 21 9 9 .. 80 12 14 



Bevendge g 8 11 



Newcomb "7 " " 



Altoona Gun Club. 



Altoona, Pa., Nov. 15.— To-day was the day set for a two-men team 

 race between Bill Clark and Kotty on the one side and Billy Sands and 

 Clover on the other. The day dawned as bright as one in June, and 

 although the contest was not to begin until 2 P. M.. quite a crowd of 

 spectators bad gathered Beveral hours before that time. The contest- 

 ants are all good shots and there was much speculation on the result. 

 There was no handicap, all standing at the 30yds. mark. The boun- 

 dary was a 50yds, semicircular one. 



The feature of the event was the magnificent work of Clark. These 

 birds were a selected lot and with a few exceptions were very strong. 

 He had made a run of fifty-two straight on Tuesday until his gun prac- 

 tically broke down. 



Kotty 's only excuse for being on earth this evening is that he is not 

 in form and hopes to even things up in another contest. Sands was 

 shooting a new Forehand ejector which had never been used before. 

 His score indicates that he will keep it. Scores: 



Trap score type— Copyright t$9s, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



4541554214543452445342 313 

 Kotty 1 121200-102221 210.01121 2 2-18 



1252145151141154142244423 

 Clark 1 21212111122222212111212 2-25-43 



112151131542241255512 5434 

 Clover 2 12.2202221 2 212201222221 2-22 



5553451424112413512445141 



Sands 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 21122 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1-33-45 



After the team event was over it was decided to shoot a miss-and- 

 out to use up the twenty-five remaining birds. This attempt resulted 

 as the following scores show: 



544554 454533 

 WN.1V<- 



Clover 2 2 2 2 2 2-6 Kotty 2 11221-6 



114311 523345 



Clark 1 11112-6 Sands 2 11111-6 



Nov. 13.— A number of interesting live-bird contests were shot this 

 week. She first took place on Tuesday afternoon, the affair being an 

 impromptu one. The first events were a series of three 10-bird races 

 between Clark and Clover, Clark killing all his birds. Then followed 

 a three-cornered race in which the high gun took the purse and the 

 low man paid for the birds. Then came a similar event in which five 

 contestants took part. During the sixth event Clark, who had made 

 a run of 52 straight through the events, lost his third bird by a very 

 decided flinch. This occurred again in two of the miss-and-out events. 

 On returning to the city he had a gunsmith examine the weapon and 

 found the mechanism of one of the locks bo much out order that he 

 turned it in for repairs. The birds throughout the afternoon were a 

 mixed lot, some of them being corkers. The weather was cold. Fol- 

 lowing are the scores in detail: 

 Traplscore type— Coiiy right, isss, by Sorest and Stream Publishing Co. 



No. 1. No. 2. 



51342152 3 4 4134512452 



Clark 2 1112 112 1 1-10 11111112 1 2-10 



5131241234 4131284523 



Clover 1 111101100—7 222111102 2—9 



No. 3. No. 4. 



3448543455 1521352252 



Clark 1 1112 12 11 2-10 2 1112 1112 1-10 



2523532552 4552252213 



Clover 2 110011112—8 .22212211 1—9 



5453254133 



Parker 1110101012—7 



No. 5. No. 6. No. 7.* 



4852342534 44415 446152 



\\\\\->\\W ->\->.f\ 



Clark 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1—10 1 1 2 1-4 2 2 2 2 1 1-G 



2135443525 42343 11242 



Clover 1 12 121032 1— 9 1111 1-5 2 2 2 2 —4 



5333552152 51235 



Parker 112 12 112 2 1—10 110 1 1—4 



3241335232 35323 514443 



Sands • 121211.0 0— 6 1122 1—5 1 2 1 1 2 2-6 



1142323311 41445 142544 



Forney 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2- 8 2 1 1 1 2-5 2 2 1 1 1 0-5 



* Miss-and-out. 



No. 8, same: Clover 2. Sands and Forney 1, Clark 0. 



No. 9, same: Sands and Forney 3, Clover 2, Clark 0. Grant. 



King- Defeated Messner. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Nov 15.— The second of the series of races between 

 J. G. Messner and Alex. King was decided to-day, King winning by 4 

 birds, killing 79 to Messner's 75. Both scores were poor ones, and al- 

 though the birds are said to have been remarkably fast, neither man 

 was shooting anything like bis gait. The first match, shot Nov. 8, re- 

 sulted in a tie on 88 apiece. To-day's match was, therefore, for double 

 the original amount— $100 a side— making the purse worth $400 to the 

 winner. The result, so far as the scores are concerned, was both a 

 surprise and a disappointment to the many friends and admirers of 

 both men. 



The Pittsburg, Pa., Post, in giving an account of the match says: 

 "King began strong. He killed 23 of his first 25 birds, but was unfor- 

 tunate to lose 2 which fell dead out of bounds. At the end of the 

 first 25 birds King was in the lead by 1 bird. He fell off woefully on 

 his second 25, killing only 15, whereas Messner brought down 20. This 

 nut Messner 4 birds ahead. Then came King's brilliant spurt. Of the 

 next 25 he killed 24, bringing down 17 straight, the best record of the 

 match. When each had shot at 75 birds the score was even at 60 

 apiece. Messner then missed 3 straight, which greatly surprised the 

 large crowd of spectators. Before he finished his string he had 7 

 more, 3 falling dead out of bounds. He wound up by killing only 15 

 out of the last 25. King, on the other hand, though he was also in 

 bad form, killed 19 of the last 25, finishing 4 birds ahead. Messner's 

 best record was 12 straight. Three times he missed 2 birds in succes- 

 sion. King, including dead out of bounds, missed 2 birds in succes- 

 sion three times. Messner had 4 birds dead out of bounds, and 

 King 3." 



The scores in detail were as follows: 



A H King 2232222122022..2222202223— 21 



02023.3202022223200220080—15 

 22222220222222223222<j2222-24 

 0222202030282022232022312-19-79 



J G Messner , 291 1203230222203332.20333-20 



0312302033202233222233220—20 

 2233300233303323303232202—20 

 0002.332.3330322003220.22— 15-75 



Lynchburg Gun Club. 



Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 12,— The regular weekly shoot of the Lynch- 

 burg Gun Club was held this afternoon. The following scores were 

 made, the first four events being at unknown angles, the last two at 

 known traps and angles: 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Nelson lliiiioiioooi mil 1001011 —is iionmiioiiiiiiiniioil-22 



Scott 1100001011011011011010101—14 0110001000000100110100001— 8 



Dornin 1010111111111110110110101—19 1110111100111011110100111—18 



Moorman.... 1101001100001111001011111-15 1111011111101111101111011—21 

 No. 3. No. 4. 



Nelson 0011110100110111111101011—17 0111101111011110110111101—19 



Scott 1011111111111000111001111—19 OllOOllllllOlllOllOOlOOlO— 15 



' Dornin 1111101011111111111011100—20 01 1 1001 101 101 1 1 1 1 1 1011101—18 



Moorman.... 1111111111101111111111111—24 1011111001111111111111101—21 

 No. 5. No. 6. 



Nelson 1100110110111111011111011—19 101110111111111 —18 



Scott 1111111111010110011110110-19 111100011011100 — 9 



Dornin 1101111111111111111011101-22 OlllllllOlllOlI , —12 



Moorman.... 1111111111010100101011110-18 HlOllOllOlllll —12 



Miller... , 110110111011110 —12 



V. M. D, 



