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FOREST AND STREAM. 



IDec. 7, 1896. 



The Monte Carlo Programme. 



Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 30.— Editor Forest and Stream: By the kind- 

 ness of Mon A Blondin, Secretary at Monte Carlo, who has just 

 forwarded the programme for 1895-6. I have the pleasure of sending 

 a description of the general features to Foekst and Stream. 



Pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo is to be on a more extensive scale 

 this season than it was last year, and will include what is termed "free 

 handicap," translated means ' equal handicap." When more than one 

 pigeon is mentioned in these lines, the usual sweeps for 30 and 20 per 

 cent, obtains, also sweeps for 30 and 20 per cent, will obtain in purse 

 events of one pigeon. There will be more cups this year and altogether 

 the programme will present a magnificent entertainment. The 

 matches will be continuous, but the programme is divided into a 

 series of five parts: The first is known as "Tir Hebdomadaii es" 

 heginning December 16. Nearly every other day there will be three 

 events: first, a miss and out, one pigeon; second, an event for a $100 

 purse, miss and out, six pigeons; third, a handicap miss and out, one 

 pigeon. - 



Second part, known as Concours Preparatoires, heginning Jan. 20, 

 with two events every other day; 1st, for a purse of $200, miss-and- 

 out, one pigeon; 2d, a handicap miss-and-out, one pigeon. 



Third part, known as Concours International, beginning Feb. 1, one 

 event each day, with purses ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 francs and 

 objets d' art. The Grand Prix, with its beautiful cup, is to be shot 

 for on Feb. 5, 6; there will be three prizes, the first being 34,000. This 

 event will be at 24 pigeons, allowing three for a miss-and-out. 



Fourth part, known as Concours de Feuxieme Serie. beginning Feb. 

 12, with two events nearly every other day; 1st, for a $200 purse, miss- 

 and-out, one pigeon; 2d. a handicap miss-and-out, one pigeon. 



Fifth part, known as Troisieme Serie, beginning February 26 with 

 three events nearly every other day: 1st, a handicap miss-and-out, 

 one pigeon; 2nd, an event with purses from $100 to $200 each, miss- 

 and-out, six pigeons.; closing the season with an event on March 14 for 

 a $200 purse and objet d'art. 



The new rules on all events, with the exception of the Grand Prix, 

 are that, beginning at,26 yards, winners of $100 are handicapped one- 

 half yard; winners of $200 are handicapped one yard; every time a 

 winner scores a purse he is handicapped additionally, the extreme 

 distance being 31 yards. Events will be shot at Nice, which is a half- 

 hour by rail from Monte Carlo, once or twice a week, these events 

 not conflicting with the Monte Carlo programme. 



For the benefit of pigeon shooters who contemplate visiting this 

 tournament and carrying their own gun, I would state that the gun 

 must not weigh over 81bs. and must not be larger than a 12-gauge. AH 

 sizes of cartridges and all kinds of smokeless and several black pow- 

 ders can be had at reasonable prices, and with guaranteed loading on 

 the grounds from the club's armorer, the well-known Mon. Guyot, of 

 Paris. In addition, however, there are, to my knowledge, three reli- 

 able gun stores at Nice and three at Marseilles, and many, both 

 French and English, at Paris. There is no duty charged to import one 

 shotgun, so shooters will have no trouble. Shooters will have great 

 trouble in trying to import cartridges; the same will be confiscated 

 and probably a fine imposed. It is my suggestion that you do not try 

 importation. 



For further particulars and programme, address Mon. A. Blondin, 

 secretary Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo, France. 



Lieut. Peter Gibson. 



The Rule for Shooting Double Birds. 



On Nov. 29, at Morristown (N. J.) Driving Park, Aaron Woodruff, of 

 Elizabeth, N J , shot at a pair of pigeons which were both liberated 

 from No. 4 trap. The birds flew from the trap almost instantaneously, 

 one being a right-quartering driver, the other a right-quartering in- 

 comer. He shot at the incomer, killing it, the remainder of the load 

 hitting the outgoing bird ard killing it also. The shot was especially 

 peculiar from the fact that both birds were killed instantly. 



In discussing this occurrence, the question of a referee's decision in 

 such matters came vp. The A. 8. A. double-bird rules say ("Rule No 7)- 

 "If both birds are killed with one barrel it shall be declared 'no 

 birds,' and the shootpr shall shoot at another pair of birds." Thatisa 

 rule with which, of course, all trap shooters are familiar. We, how- 

 ever, have always had our doubts as to the equity of the rule, and 

 certain clubs in this country have adopted a club rule that scores one 

 bird for two killed at one shot ; a pair thus killed would be called "one 

 dead, one lost." We are not. therefore, alone in our ideas as to the 

 propriety of following xhe A. S. A. rule on this point. To score one 

 for a pair thus killed of course penalizes a shooter, but it makes him 

 all the more careful not to "bunch" his hits. 



Rule No. 6 of the same rules is one that we have always taken issue 

 with. "If a shooter fires hoth barrels at one bird intentionally, it shall 

 be scored 'lost bird. 1 " Our first claim is that the rule is wrong on the 

 score of humanity; it prevents a man from putting a wounded bird 

 out of its misery, penalizing him if he dares to do it; it also compels 

 him to shoot at another bird, with a chance of sending them both 

 away badly wounded. Our next claim is that the rule nullifies the 

 sporting element of trap-shooting which it was framed to foster. In 

 "doubles" trap-shooting is brought as nearly to covey-shooting as we 

 can bring it; but imagine a rule that would prevent a man in the field 

 from firing his second barrel at a hadly wounded quail. We have 

 always thought it far better to cut down with the second barrel a bird 

 that had been "tailored" with the first, rather than to put the second 

 barrel into another hird and trust to one's dog to find the wounded 

 one. Aside from the humanitarian aspect of the question, is there 

 any valid reason why a shooter should not be scored a dead bird for a 

 pigeon killed with a second barrel after it has been wounded (or even 

 missed) with the first ? 



We are strongly in favor of changing the rule in regard to the pull- 

 ing of two traps. From what we have seen, both birds are far more 

 likely to fly at the same time, or very nearly so, when they are both 

 liberated from the same trap. Since an effort is being made to revise 

 the shooting rules for both inanimate and live-bird shooting, it would 

 be well if there was some discussion on these points. We have stated 

 our views. What are yours? 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



Chicago, 111 , Nov. 20.— There has not been much live-hird shooting 

 here to report of late. To-day several members of the Audubon Gun 

 Club shot a match at live birds for a cut glass decanter 15 birds per 

 man, club allowance handicap of misses as kills. Score: 



I L Parker 02001 2001222221+3-13 



C E Fe ton 220201011111221+2-14 



C S Wilcox. 220110210222002+3-13 



Dr Frothingham 211 110200101022+2-12 



? r J J T? hepard 111210121020020+2-12 



i 2 /™- 222022001112111+3-15 



w Fred Oaimby 211011212111202 -13 



JAR Elliott 201122020222220 —11 



Paul Stone 002010022022010 — 7 



Levi 110001221210021 —10 



Same day, o live birds, $5 entrance: 



I L Parker 11121-5 C Plum, Jr 10222-4 



W F Quimby 12212-5 C S Wilcox 21010-3 



P Stone 01112-4 Levi 12201-4 



Dr Frothingham 22122-5 



Nov. 10 -This afternoon R. L. Watts, J. B. Wilson and J. Wilkes 

 shot at oO live birds each for practice; Watts did the best work, scor- 

 ing 43 out of his 50. Score: ^ 



J Wilkes... 1110100122221211020011120—18 



T D 0002^11213011303112212112-20-38 



J B Wilson 0102110112221220211111201-20 



„ T Wof . 1102001121002102112222101-18-38 



R L Watts 0210111112122101101112112-21 



1211211112110112102012112-22 - 43 

 Ravelrigg. 



Clark and Willey Matched. 



On Tuesday of this week W. Q. Olark, lateof Altoona, Pa., and Allen 

 Willey, of Hadlyme, Conn., came to this office and signed articles of 

 agreement to shoot a series of three 100-bird matches on Thursday 

 Friday and Saturday of next week, Dec. 12. 13 and 14 Each match Is 

 to be for $100 a side, the loser of each match paving for the Wrd^ 

 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, Hurlingham rules to govern The first 

 match will be shot at Elizabeth. N. .1 , on Dec. 12; the second at Zwlr- 

 lein's grounds Yardville, N. J„ on Dec. 13, and the third at Dexter 



XcLfK, Ij. 1., OU JJ6C. 14, 



The other conditions of the match are somewhat curious: If Willev 

 & e hi 8 .-£'T . l K f ; rst match they shoot even-up again in the second; 

 if he beats him m the second they shoot even-up in the third. If how 

 ever Clark- beats Willey in the first match the second is shot with 

 Clark allowing Willey three misses as kills: if he beats him in that 

 match he again allows him three misses as kills in the third match 



All the money has been placed in the hands of Mr. J. A. H Dressel 

 of theU. MO Co The position of scorer and of referee wil be flUed 

 most probably by Mr. Jacob Pentz and Edward Banks, who will be 

 asked to serve alternately. Both the shooters being weU kWn in 



On Long Island. 



INVITATION SHOOT AT DEXTER PARK. 



Nov. 27.— The invitation shoot to-day was poorly attended, there 

 being only five shooters present, among them Billy Mills, the trapper, 

 one of the best retrievers of wounded birds in the country. As will be 

 seen from the following scores, Billy won two out of the three sweeps, 

 taking second money alone in the other: 



No. 1. No 2. No. 3. 



W Mills 22222—5 12022- 4 12022—4 



S J Held 11021-4 12122-5 12002—3 



Brown 12021—4 12001-3 21001—3 



HSLippack 22220-4 11200-3 10102-3 



Stellman 10101-3 10101—3 10110-3 



Before the sweeps were started Held tried his hand against 20 picked 

 birds, backing himself to kill 15 of them. This he accomplished with 

 one to spare, scoring 16 out of 20. 



FHEEPOBT GUN CLUB. 



Nov. 27 — The Freeport Gun Club, of Freeport, L. I., held its month- 

 ly shoot to-day on its grounds at Freeport. The club shoot is at 25 

 targets, the trophy being a gold medal emblematic of the champion- 

 ship of the club. The scores were: Dr. T. D. Carman 17, Charles T. 

 Sprague and Dr. Edwin F. Carman 13, Edward A. Dorlon 12. Dr. Car- 

 man won the medal as above. 



NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 



Nov. 28 — The tournament of the New Utrecht Gun Club at Wood- 

 lawn Park was a meager one, 7 being the total number of shooters 

 who took part in the events, while only 4 put in an appearance when 

 the Holiday Cup contest was called. This was won by Charley Floyd 

 with a total of 11 straight, Coulston having tied him with 10 straight, 

 but failing on his first bird in the ties. A few small sweeps were also 

 shot, the different events being as follows: 



Holiday cup. club handicap, 10 birds, ties shot off, miss-and-out: 

 Ties: 



C W Floyd (28). 2222221 122-10. ... 1 HP Fessenden (28). . ,2222202222- 9 



G Coulston (29).1221222222-10. . . .0 J N Meyer (28) 1221210220 -8 



No 1: No. 2: No. 3- 



Coulston 21111-5 221222—6 1.111-4 



Meyer 02222-4 122110-5 



Floyd 02022—3 112122- 6 22122—5 



Fessenden ,., 0.201— 2 



Otten(28) 2210 —3 



C Fergueson 22222—5 



E Lohman 21020—3 



Nov. 30.— Eleven members of the New Utrecht Gun Club met at the 

 club's target grounds at Bay Ridge this afternoon. The main event 

 was thei club handicap shoot; in this event Class A men shoot at 50 

 targets— 20 known, 20 reversed and 5 pairs; Class B men at 55 targat* 

 —25 known, 20 reversed and 5 pairs; Class C men at 60 targets— 30 



23 

 36 

 23 



23 

 35 



PAUL LITZK.E. 



known, 20 reversed and 5 pairs. There were two cash prizes and two 

 merchandise prizes, which were won respectively as follows: J 

 Gaughen, first; H. P. Fessenden, second; P. Adams; third; D. Deacon, 

 fourth. A summary of the scores show as follows, those not having 

 a chance for the prizes not shooting their allowances- 

 Class A. 



_ . Known. Reversed, Pairs. Allowance. Total. 



P Adams... 14 16 7 



A A Hegeman 10 8 5 



D Deacon , 14 13 9 



M Van Brunt 10 9 4 



Class B (allowed 5 extra targets). 



DrShepard 11 8 4 w 



RE Gray 13 8 4 w 



HP Fessenden 13 13 7 5 



J Gaughen 18 13 6 5 42 



Dr Pool 6 8 w w 14 



DC Bennett 10 15 5 3 33 



Class C (allowed 10 extra targets). 

 P A Hegeman 13 10 4 7 34 



Wells, who shot as a guest of the club, broke 12 out of 20 known, 10 

 out of the 20 reversed, and 5 out of his pairs; total 27. 



A couple of 15-target races, nominal entrance, were also shot, as 

 follows: ' 



No. 1: A A. Hegeman 13, Adams and Deacon 10, Thornton and 

 Van Brunt 8, Gray 6. 



No. 2: Van Brunt 13, Adams 11, Gaughen 10, Thornton 9, Hege- 

 man 6, 



UNION GUN CLUB, 



Nov. 2S.— The Union Gun Club held its first shoot of the season to 

 day (Thanksgiving Day) at its grounds at Long Beach, Nine mem- 

 bers took part in the club shoot, which is at 15 targets, the prize being 

 a gold medal presented to the club by Robert J. Cameron. The scores 

 made were as follows: 



Club shoot, 15 targets, for the Cameron medal: 



R J Cameron. . .111111111111111—15 F J Murray 011100110010110— 8 



C Hart 111110111111111-14 A Porter 100010100"U1001- 5 



J O'Brien 101110011111111-12 T W Murphy. ...000000100000011- 3 



W H Grady. . . .110111011010011-10 J J Morgan'. . , . .100010000000000- 2 

 Dr Holmes 111011100110100—9 



Two other sweeps were shot as follows: 



O'Brien 1111111111-10 1001111111-8 



Murray Ollllmil— 9 0011101001-5 



Hart 1010111111- 8 1010011110-6 



Cameron 1100011111— 7 1111011111-9 



Holmes 1101011011-7 1111011111-9 



P° rter • 0101011110- 6 1001001010-4 



g ra(1 y- 1111100100- 6 1110110111-^ 



Murphy 0110100010- 4 OOOOlOOOt. _2 



Morgan 0000100110- 3 OOOOOOOOOO-O 



VERNON GUN CLUB. 



Nov. 28.— Thanksgiving Day saw a poor turnout at the grounds of 

 the Vernon Gun Club, only four of the members showing up. These 



four shot a series of four 10-target events with the following results: 

 Events: 3 8 3 4 Events: 1 ' 3 3 4 



RPhister 3 8 6 7 J Wright ....7 5 6 4 



COsterhout 5 5 3 3 L Bishop 5 3 7 8 



EMPIRE GUN CLUB. 



Nov 20.— A baker's dozen of the Empire Gun Club, of Brooklyn, 

 took part in the club's regular shoot at Vanderveer's farm, Flatlands, 

 this afternoon. The club shoot is only at 5 live birds per man, but so 

 good were the birds that only one of the thirteen shooters had a clean 

 score at the end of the second round; this man was John Metzen- 

 bacher, and he succeeded in accounting for his 5 birds, winning the 

 shoot without a tie. The following are the scores, showing the handi- 

 caps of the shooters: 



J Metzenbacher (25) 11111—5 O Bogart (25) .10.2— 2 



J Skidmore (25) 10211—4 J Geary (25). lwOO-1 



T Gott (25) .0111-3 P Heiss (25) .1000-1 



H Meyer (25) ('•111—3 W Schenck (25) O2O0.-1 



G Fassnacht (25) 0102.-2 F May (25) 0.0.0—0 



J Woolley (25) 1.20.-2 S Bennlson (25) 00.0.-0 



C Gerken (25) 01010-2 



A team race at 5 targets per man brought out sixteen shooters, 

 sides being chosen by Gerken and Woolley. Both teams made very 

 low scores, but Gerken 'a team won easily, scoring 17 to 13 Scores: 



Gerken's team: Metzenbacher 5, Brundage 3, Schenck, Skidd and 

 Gerken 2; Hein, Geary and May 1; total, 17. 



Wooiey's team: Woolley, Orr, Skidmore and Geary 3; Meyer 1, 

 Bogart, Fassnacht and Bennison 0; total, 13. 



The Eureka's Thanksgiving. 



Chicago, Ills., Nov. 28.— The all-day shoot advertised for to-day 

 (Thanksgiving Day) came off as announced. Snow covered the 

 grounds, but paths were shoveled through it by the indefatigable 

 Reddy, who has become a fixture at these grounds and who knows so 

 well how to make our traps do their best work. The shooters were 

 few in numbers, but numerous enough in enthusiasm; their total 

 number was only 12, and only 1,200 targets were thrown during the 

 shoot, ordinarily a small amount for an afternoon's work at their 

 grounds. 



In considering the scores, remember that nowhere are targets 

 thrown any harder than on the Eureka Gun Club's grounds; it's no 

 boy's game to average 90^' over its traps. Stannard shot an L. C. 

 Smith; De Wolf, a Lefever Pigeon gun and Schultze powder; Glover, a 

 Lefever and Schultze; Plum, a Lefever, and J. L. Jones a Greener. I 

 was unable to ascertain the make of the other guns used. After a few 

 practice shoots the following programme was disposed of: 



Events: 13345678910 



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



Stannard 21 9 19 .. .. 8 23 .. 13 .. 



Plum 19 5 13 13 6 13 ,, 



Glover 20 4 17 7 22 



DeWolf 21 8 22 14 ii .. 19 13 ii U 



W A Jones 19 3 20 9 8 .. 13 8 11 . 



Goodrich 14 7 16 .. .. 4 24 



J L Jones 14 6 16 10 7 



Taylor 7 



Pete , , "14 



C Plum io " 



Buck 15 ii 



Souther , 8 



Long 4 " 



The scores in detail of events Nos. 1, 4 and 8 were as follows: 



No. 1: 



Stannard 0111110111111111101101111-21 



DeWolf 1101111101111110111111011—21 



Glover 11001111111Iinil01101110-20 



Plum 0111111101101011101111101—19 



W A Jones 1111011110110111101101011-19 



Goodrich 1110111000U000111omilOO-14 



J L Jones 0100001111101011000111010—14 



No. 4. 



De Wolf 111111111111111-14 



Plum 



lonnniiioui 



J L Jones 





W A Jones 



011001111011001- 









Souther k 





No. 8. 

 111111111111111—14 

 111101111011111—13 



iioiioioioiiiii — 1 1 



111111111111111—15 

 111111101111011—13 

 101111011010000— 8 

 100100000010001— 4 



Nis. 1, 3 and 7 was at unknow n angles, $2.50 entrance; Noa. 2, 8, 9 

 and 10 were also at unknown angles, $1 50 entrance; No. 4 was at ex- 

 pert rules, $1,50 entrance; No. 5 was at 10 pairs, $2 entrance, and No. 6 

 at 5 pairs, $1 entrance. W. F. D., Sec'y. 



Thanksgiving Day at Baychester. 



Baychester, N. Y,, Nov. 28.— There was a good attendance ;to-day 

 at Miller & corn's shooting grounds A total of 385 live birds were 

 trapped during the day, while a series of target events were also shot 

 off. The best shooting was done by Klliott, who killed 48 out of 52; 

 Pilkington score d 82 out of 102; Nicholls .44 out of 52; Loonie 43 out of 

 54, and Hendricks 26 out of 33. Of the 12 sweepstake events, all except 

 Nos 9 and 12 were $3 entrance; Nos. 9 and 12 were $10 entrance. The 

 scores in the various events were as follows: 



No. 1: No. 2: No. 3: No. 4: No. 5: 



GNicholls 0211—3 0112—3 0202—2 1110—3 2111—4 



F Hendricks 2120-3 1001—2 



J Elliott 1111—4 2120—3 1221-4 1111-4 1102-3 



J Pilkington 0120—2 1211—4 1120 -3 2112-4 0001—1 



H Huffman 1222-4 2202-3 0102—2 



BLoomis 1110-3 .... 2111-4 0122-8 



Bradford .... .... 0111—3 0100—1 



J Loonie .... .... 0221—3 .... 



No. 6: No. 7: No. 8: No 9: 



J Pilkington 12111-5 1111-4 0011—2 111221—6 



J Elliott 11211—5 ,1111—4 2012-3 122130-5 



B L r iomis 21221—5 .... .... 



G Nicholls 11110—4 1110—3 2211—4 121112-6 



H Huffman 1121—4 0010—1 



RArnow , 0113—3 0012—2 



No. 10. No. 11. No. 12. 



G Nicholls 1211—4 1121-4 11220-4 



J Pilkington 1122-4 1112-4 11211-5 



J EllioU 1212 -4 1122-4 22222 -5 



R Arnow 0211-3 1021—3 



Match, 4 birds, $5, then miss-and-out. 



M Fi=her 2011-3 011111021121110—12 



R. Arnow 0312-3 012112011111121-13 



Match, 50 live birds per man. 



J J Loonie .12111221022121221.210201—20 



21021 0222.J21 2021 102221 12—20-40 



J Pilkington 11121011102021UJ211010..2— 17 



0.21011112111112220151121—21-38 



Match, 25 live birds per man: 



J Bannon 0.022121 1 1 1200221 1201.010— 16 



F Hendricks 21121112110222110^.211011-21 



In a match at 10 birds, $10 a side, Long Island rules, J. Elliott de- 

 feated J. Pilkington by she score of 6 to 5. 



The following 10- target events were also shot during the day: 



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



Nicholls 8 7 9 8 8,. Loomis 9 7 7 8 7.. 



Pilkington 8 6 6 5 4 4 Elliott 4 



Murphy 6 8 Brown 3 



Bradford 7 2 5 6 5.. Adams 6 



__ E. P. Miller. 



The Cobweb's Field Day. 



Baychester, N, Y., Nov. 26.— The Cobweb Gun Club, of New York, 

 held a field day to-day at the grounds at Baychester, N. Y., lately 

 opened by Messrs. Miller & Zorn. There was a good attendance 

 notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain that fell almost the 

 whole day. George Nichols did the best shooting, scoring 20 out of 22 

 birds shot at; Pilkington scored 27 out of 32; McKeon 22 out of 28. 

 Scores: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. S. 



J Pilkington 2112—4 0110—2 1122-4 



P McKeon 1222-4 .... 2121—4 



G A Barker 1000—1 0011-2 0021-2 



G Nichols 2221—4 1221—4 2111-4 



M Herrington.. 1101-3 1311-4 2211—4 



C Donnelly 1121-4 .... 



A Bage 1211—4 .... 0001—1 



J Nagle 2110-3 



No. 4. No. 5. 



J Pilkington 2121122011—9 1221011101-8 



G Nichols 1121020112-8 



MHerriugton 12202<:000. -5 



P McKeon 2011102120-7 1201202021-7 



G Barker 01022000. .v 



A Bage lOOlOl.sr 



. .020002. 



