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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 2, 1888. 



consecutively, thrown as follow* First pair from No. 1 and 2 

 traps. Second pairs from No. 2 and 3 traps, and third pair from 

 No. 1 and 3 (raps. If only one bird is thrown it shall be dbclated 

 "no birds," aud if the gun miss fire on either bird it shall be 

 declared "no birds." In each and all such case* another pair of 

 birds must he shot at. 



Rule 17. Tie Shooting.— All tie* must be shot off at the original 

 distance and at the number of birds agifeed on by the contestants. 

 If, however, the contestants cannot awe promptly on this point, 

 the referee shall tlx the number, and his decision shall he final. 

 The rules prescribed for single and double bird shooting shall pre- 

 vail in tie shooting. 



Rule 18. Challenge— -No challenge shall be considered unless the 

 parties challenging are contestants. 



Several shooters were bio 

 hefore being able to stop 

 -o thick at times That the tr 



ESSEX-EASTON MATCH. 



IJthtur Form (tiifl Stream; 



Some four weeks ago several of onr Newark snota. also lire 

 Jersey City Heights Sun dub received a challenge from the 

 Easton Gun < 'Inb to shoot iht-in a club match under Httjlinghatn 

 rules for glorv, the price of ihe birds or big money. The challenge 

 was so bold and broad thai it caused a great deal of talk among 

 the local clubs and resulted in the old Essex Club accepting the 

 challenge for glorv or the price of the birds. On the morning of 

 Jan. 26. a party of about 30 Essex members and friends started in 

 a special car from Newark on the Central Railroad of Now Jer- 

 sey for Easton. 



Early in the evening of the oreWous day it snowed, changing 

 later in the evening to rain, hut the morning broke clear and 

 mild, and not a member of the jolly party had any idea that be- 

 fore reaching home again they should experience a veritable bliz- 

 zard with all its consequences and hardships. It was soon noticed 

 that the snowfall increased the further west we came, and when 

 within some 20 mil- s of Easton we found the snow aboct I51n, on 

 the level. The wind in the meantime had increased in force and 

 the thermometer was steadily dropping down closer to zero. At 

 Easton the club was met. by a committee of (he Easton Club who 

 had sleighs in readiness, and all bauds were conveyed to the Fair 

 Grounds Hotel, which was reached after a rather slowride, owing 

 to the depth of snow. 



Upon arrival a bountiful dinner awaited all, served by the Eas- 

 ton club, who exerted themselves to their utmost 40 make up for 

 what the weather clerk was trying his hest to mar the occasion. 

 The weather by this time was simply fearful. The wind had now 

 increased to a howling gale traveling at a rate of 65 miles an hour, 

 driving dense clouds of drifting snow along, so that it was almost 

 impossible to make any headway against the. wind. However, 

 the Essex club had come to shoot and oostponement was out ot 

 the question. After considerable trouble 3 instead of 5 (taps 

 were rigged up in such a manner that the birds were given the 

 beuefit of the wind. Bv mutual consent 7 birds were substituted 

 for 10 birds per man, as it was thought impossible to get through 

 the match with SO men shooting under the present conditions. 

 Old South Paw Heritage, after borrowing a buffalo robe, sealskin 

 vap aud an extra pair of high arctic*, was unanimously chosen 

 for referee, much against his wish, as he had come prepared to 

 invest a dollar or so on the result and if possible to make himself 

 paid for the six sleepless nights the bold Easton challenge, to the 

 Jersey Citv Heights club had caused him. 

 The shooting was dune under the ut most imaginable difficulties. 



' "Uy several yards over the score 

 Ives; and the snow was drifting 

 J^yds. away, could not. be seen. 

 The birds were a good lot, but in many instances were afraid to 

 start, while others wouli put their head to the wind and give the 

 shooters almost a standing mark. Many, however, went away 

 like ghosts, aud while the birds flew best during the last half of 

 the second squad and third squad when the wind had moderated 

 some, the first squad could hardly stand up at. the score, and 

 several times shorter and gun were blown yards away from the 

 score and their intended aim at the time of tiring. The shooting 

 on both sides was very good under the circumstances. A total SO 

 per cent, for the Essex was something to be proud of. The Easton 

 Club is to he congratulated on the splendid race they made in their 

 maiden effort. Several phenomenally long second barrels were 

 made bv members of both teams. The utmost good feeling pre- 

 s ailed throughout the match and not a harsh word was heard 

 anywhere. 



The shoot over, all bauds returned as best they could to the 

 hotel, under the circumstances not an easy matter, for the road 

 had become impassable for conveyances of any kin 1, and snow 

 drifts 5 and 6ft. high were numerous. The Eastoa club had 

 again taken care to prepare a sumptuous supper for the bojs, 

 which all did justice to among complimentary speech making by 

 members of both cIuds. At 7 o'clock the Essex Club were at the 

 depot and soon were comfortable in their special car. However, 

 real trouble should only then begin. The train was two hours 

 late. After a successful start delays were numerous, and on 

 several occasions the locomotive left the train to "buck" the 

 drifts, and bad it not been for friend Stanacre's inimitable humor, 

 patience might have had a sore trial; but all ended well and no 

 lives were lost. The Essex party reached home at about 1:30 A.M., 

 while the few Jersey City and Hoboken msmbers came home an 

 hour or two later. 



The Essex bovs speak in the uio.-' nattering terms of the splen- 

 dsd reception given f hem by tha Easton club. Many new friends 

 were made, and the home club shall do its best to reciprocate 

 when the Easton club comes to Newark for the return match, 

 which will come off soon. G-ucs of all kinds aud makes were 

 used. A large percentage of Sciniltze powder was used, and it is 

 a remarkable fact that all live straight scores wore made with 

 Sehultze powder, Figure 2 signifies sesond barivl. The. follow- 

 ing is the score: 



Essex. 



McGall 



Kinsey 



Yeoman 



Quimby 



J Von Letigerke 

 CMHedden.... 

 Nicholas 



Hayes — 



First Squad. 







Easton. 





..1 111 111 —7 



William Bercaw .. 



. 2111022—6 



.0. '210 12 -5 



James Smith 



...112] 320— 6 



.2010211-5 



James Somniers. 



...0111101—5 



.221H112 -li 



Charles Bercaw... 



...1012212-0 



.2020012-1 



Hiram Dye ... . 



...1110020-1 



Second Squad. 





. 1101101—5 



Charles Unlet 



..313I2O0-5 



.1100112-5 



Andy Post 



. . .2100101—4 





George W Viiet 



..1111122-7 



'iimm—i 



John E Ebtier 



..0111011-5 



.22122 ,'0-ti 



G R Givens 



. .101.2220-5 



Third Squad. 





.1122011-0 



H Brefaingar 



...2132202—15 



.1222322-7 



Jacob Young 



...0001112-1 



1111101-3 



Jacob Pleiss 



..10 2121-0 



.0010201-3 



Isaac Wilier 



30302HO—3 



.1120201—5 



A Breninger 



...0111101-5 



SKUM'EK. 



Jan. 23.— A shooting tournament took place at 

 between teams of the Toronto and Guetph gun 

 following result: 



Gun Club. Guelph Gun Club, 



lllllll— 7 GSleeroan 1111011— 3 



101UI1— 6 W Ferguson 0000101 - 2 



11 Oil 11— E V Tho mpson 100111 1— 5 



1111011- 6 J Edwards 1011011— 5 



1111110- 6 C Quinn 0011101- 4 



1100110- i WDShoddoek tlOlill— 



JWaypber 0111101—5 



HL Walker 1110011— 5 



J Holliday.... 

 J Johnston . . . 



1011010- 4 



1100001- 3 



0110111— B 



0010101- 3 



. .1110111— 6 

 1111001- 5 



TORONTO, 

 Guelph to-day 

 clubs, with the 

 Toronto 

 Geo Briggs — 

 Jeff Women. . . 

 W Patterson . . 



D Black 



A Purse 



J Townsend. . . 

 G Pearsall .... 

 W Felstead .... 

 W Bugg 

 DBlea . 



50 19 

 A sweepstake match at Canada blackbirds took place after- 

 ward. 10 birds each, the result being as follows: 



Shaddock millllil-10 Thompsom OHiniOOl- 7 



Brig<*s 1011111101- 8 Pearsall 1100100111— 



Blea HlOOlllll- 8 Patterson 1100101000- 4 



Wavpher 1001111111- 8 Bugg Q10P01000— 4 



Johnston 0101111111- 8 Ferguson 0000101110- 4 



Filstcd 1101011011— 7 Edwards 0000001000— 1 



Townsand 1111100101— 7 



On the shoot off of the ties the result was as follows: Waypher 

 3, Shaddock 2, Patt erson 2, Briggs 2. 



Jan. 26.— The annual meeting of the Toronto uu Club was held 

 this evening. All the reports presented proved to be satisfactory. 

 A number of new members were elected, bringing the roll up to 

 nearly two hundred. It was decided that a team shoot, president 

 versus vice-president, should be held at the Woodbine, and that 

 on Feb. 1 the return match between the club and the Guelph Gun 

 Club should be held, the annual dinner to follow in the evening. 

 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, Mr, Geo. Pearsall, re-elected: Vice-President, H. Nuthall; 

 Secretarv, F. Fensom; Treasurer, S. W. Downey: Executive Com- 

 mittee, T. Townsend, J. Worden, W, McDowell, M, E Snider; 

 Auditors, R, J, Kidd, ,T, Wright, 



THE COUNTRY CLUB. 



rONG ISLAND, Jan. 30.— This was an ideal day, the morning 

 J broke clear and cold, but the warm sun soon took the edge 

 from the air and made the glistening snow-bound grounds of the 

 club picturesque in the extreme. The final match for the winter 

 cup was shot off, resulting in a tic bet ween Mr. Allen Nichols, of 

 the New York Club, and Air. ("Lightning*') Harry Trevor, of the 

 Hurlingham Club, London, England. 



Mr. Winslow was disturbed' in his shooting by the dazzling 

 effect of the sun on the snow, and. while, this did no) extend to the 

 other gentlemen, it put Mr. Winslow "out of it'' early in the 

 match. The. occasion was of interest to New York Club men gen- 

 erally, and in the neighborhood of one hundred persons, including 

 several members of the English nobility* were present* 



The rule of the club prohibiting "betting on the premises" was 

 openly broken by those who should have known better, and some 

 heavy wagers were indulged in, Mr. Trevor having the call, as it 

 wrts well known that both Mr. Nichols and Mr. Winslow were 

 short of practice. Your correspondent has seen Mr. Nichols shoot 

 matches, and in the field, both in and out of practice, and it is bis 

 belief tiiat this iron-nerved gentleman can perform as erelitaMv 

 without as with practice. For five years Mr. Nichols has been the 

 'old reliable" cup defender of the New York Club, and seldom 

 has he bce.'i beaten. With to-day's match ends his praiseworthy 

 career before the traps in public, and a thoroughbred sharp- 

 shooter is lost to American sport. 



Nothing need be said of Mr. Harry Trevor, whose name is 

 familiar to all good and true sportsmen. He shot up to his best 

 form to~day and would have won— if it had been written; the 

 fact is Mr. Trevor is not quite tip to Mr, Nichols's class, the very 

 first class, as he has now been beaten thrice by that gentleman 

 and has only beaten him once, at which time he had the advan- 

 tage ot Mr. Nichols both as to distance aud gun bore. However, 

 he is a good one. and it is to be regret ted that he has failed by 

 such narrow chances to take more of our cups across the water 

 to his English collection. 



Mi - , Henderson was chosen referee* he is a crack shot and 

 member of several English clubs, A much advertised English 

 nobleman was made time keeper, and your correspondent kept 

 the score. 



The birds, strong aud swift, were furnished by Captain Brown, 

 whose dog retrieved for the contestants. Mr. Nichols used a 

 hammerless Scott, Messrs. Trevor and Winslow hammerless L. 

 & C. Smith guns, all weighing about Tibs. 12oz. Mr. Winslow was 

 given the benefit of three yards. All used 4drs. powder, lJ4oz. 

 shot, according to custom. The conditions were 50 birds, Hurl- 

 ingham rules to govern, 28yds, rise, 80yds, boundary, both barrels. 

 Figure 2 indicates second barrel; 



H Tre vo r 11111111111111 0128101111223101 lilt 2231 1101 212ll1 22—46 



Allan Nichols... 1112113211iniU10111U2D12Snom 10122121 11121111-46 

 S T Winslow . . . 113011122200 retired. 



Shooting off the tie: 

 Nichols. , 1121 11112-9-55 Trevor t . . : 111213120-8-54 



Mr. Nichols used second barrel 12 times, Mr. Trevor 15 times. 



AURORA, Iud., Jan. 26.— Editor Forest and Stream: Fully 400 

 people were in attendance yesterday at the old fair grounds in 

 spite of the disagreeable cold weather, to witness the match be- 

 tween J. L, Witiskm, of Covington, Ky., recognized as the cham- 

 pion shot of Kentucky, aud N. B. Hill, of Aurora, champion of 

 Indiium. The feeling between the two for some time has been 

 great and the match shot to-day was the result. Mr. Winston 

 being virtually a Cincinnatian was accompanied here by "Mason," 

 Geo. Murphy and W. E. Limberg. The ground, an old discarded 

 race track, is a poor excuse for a shooting ground, being situated 

 in a valley and the surrounding back grotiud difficult to show up 

 the flights. On this occasion especially w r as that the case, the 

 ground being covered with ,iust enough snow to daze one's eyes 

 and 1 he smoke banging for several seconds about the score. Then, 

 too, the birds were thrown at an extremely lo.v angle, which made 

 the shooting the more difficult. Mr. Hill chose as his judge Mr. 

 Li Graffe of Aurora, and Winston chose Geo. Murphy, of Cincin- 

 nati. Tli« choice of judge being restricted to "Mason," of Cincin- 

 nati, and J.C. Small, of Aurora, the latter gentleman's name was 

 drawn by \\ . E. Limberg and appointed. The match at. 100 single 

 kmeiican clay birds each man. half to be shot with a 10-gauge 

 and half with a 12-gauge, f or $100 a side, opened at 1:30 o'clock with 

 i he Kentucky champion, Winston, at the score, with a 10-gauge 

 gun. The first 5 birds hi broke straight; Hill followed him up 

 with 4; Winston lost 2 birds in his second 5 and Hill scored 

 straight; both scored straight in r'.e third 5: Hill losing 1 in the 

 fourth round made it a tie: both losing 1 in the next 10 made the 

 score Still tie; Winston losing 3 in the next 10 and his opponent 

 breaking straight put the Indiana champion 3 in the lead; Win- 

 ston breaking straight and Hill losing 2 the score on the first 60 

 birds resulted; Hill 45; Winston 44. After a slight intermission 

 the last 50 birds were begun with t he 12-gauges, the general opinion 

 being that Winston was a crushed champion, Hill's superiority 

 with a 12-gauge over him being general. But he fooled them all 

 and demonstrated on this occasion at least his superiority over 

 his opponent with thatcalihcr, he losing only bis 7th and 38th 

 birds and finishing with the remarkable score of IS to Hill's 45. 

 M r. Hill lost his 3 I, 8th, S.'-'d, 38th and 43d birds and the match by 

 2 birds; score, Winston 03, Hill 90. Just as Mr. Hill was about to 

 shoot at his first 5 in the last 50 his opponent called the attention 

 of the judges and referee to Mr. Hill's gun, a Winchester repeater, 

 he claiming the gun with the six shells in the magazine weighed 

 over 81hs., w hile the rules the match was shot under called for 

 under Nibs. Though the challenge was t echnically a good one 

 and the judges differed, the referee decided Hill was shooting it 

 as a single gun and the charges in the magazine, independent of 

 of the gun as loaded; besides if anything he (Hill) was with every 

 shot handicapping himself by lightening the weight of his gun. 

 However, the point brought by the Kemuckian was a good one 

 and opens a question for debate among trap shooters. How would 

 you decide iff In the match, barring one score of 5 birds shot at 

 by Winston, he did the best work, though it was slight. Front the 

 start to the finish it was "any one's race," and the usual betting 

 on the winner was not there. The match was a fair one, end all 

 possible courtesy was shown and extended the characteristic 

 Kentucky champion who, as the boys say here, has a "Charley 

 Horse" in his head to the extent that he can beat any man in the 

 country at either clay or live, birds. Both Hill and Winston are 

 shooters of the cold order with plenty of nerve to see them 

 through anything. Mr. Winston is the. same gentleman who de- 

 feated Capt. A. fl. BogardUS at St. Loui9, Mo., some five weeks 

 ago at live birds, scoring 02 to Bogardus's 80, and is matched to 

 meet the Captain in the same kind of race at Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 

 22, for $250 a side. He has besides five records of 03 in individual 

 matches aud the leading amateur record, 96, at the last Cleve- 

 land. O., world's shooting tournament. Personally, he is a neat, 

 snappy, Italian-looking gentleman, slight of build, good-natured, 

 a witty conversationalist and one of the nerviest men that ever 

 faced ihe score, and like Budd, McMurchy, Slice and Meaders, is 

 a thoroughly temperate man in drink. He acknowledges but one 

 man his superior and that is H. McMurchy, of Syracuse, N. Y. I 

 inclose von scores of the match and sweepstakes shot. 



Fifty Birds. 



Winston, lo-g'e. 11 II 1101101111111111 1110111 11111010011 fill mil 111— it 

 Winston, 10-g'c.ll 1110111111011111111111111111111 1111 111111101111-48 



93 



Hill 10-ga uge. . . . 10111 111 11111 1 lol l 111111)1111111111111 1101 01 111111 — 15 

 Hill 12-gauge.... 1101110111.111111111111111 1111110111110111111111011-15 



MURPHY VS. FLOYD-JONES.— The return pigeon-shootiug 

 match between Edgar G. Murphy and C. Floyd- Jones at the 

 grounds of the Carteret Gun Club, Bergen county, N. J., on the 

 28th, attracted a large crowd, especially of brokers. It will be 

 remembered that on the 19th the same two gentlemen shot a 

 match at 100 birds each, 30yds. rise, Monaco boundary (2tyds.), 

 which Mr. Floyd-Joiies won by one bird, score standing 78 to 77. 

 The result, was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Mvtrpbv, and 

 they challenged for a returh match, with the stakes at §50 1 each) 

 supplemented with a heavy contingent bet oU the outside; The 

 day was anything but comfortable for Outdoor sport; It was very 

 cold; with half a gale of wind blowing directly across the grounds 

 from left to fight. The surface of the grounds was covered with 

 ice, so that the man who gathered the birds when the doe wa« 

 not used skated to where the bird was lying, while with the ice 

 and wind coupled, many of the dead birds were onlv stopped from 

 -lining over the 21yds. boundary by the Sin. high wire fence that 

 marked the boundary, which in* several instances proved insuffi- 

 cient, and the birds were blown over into the 35yds. ground, and 

 were scored lost birds. Mr. Murphy won the toss and elected to 

 go to the score first, killing a quick quarterer to the right, and 

 was followed by Floyd- Jones, who killed a driver. The latter gen- 

 tl emau then had one of the worst streaks of luck probably ever 

 witnessed on pigeon-shooting grounds, and at the tenth bird he 

 had only killed three. Eight of the ten had been drivers, two of 

 which fell dead inside of 35yds., while he had been compelled to 

 call no less than four "no birds" out of the ten, Mr. Murphy, to 

 the contrary, killed 8 out of 10, a lead of 5 birds— a tremendous 

 pull for any shooter to make up against a shooter like Mr. Mur« 

 phy. The luck of birds falling dead in the grounds was about 

 equal, for while Mr. Murnhv lost one each at 35 arid 50vds; he had 

 6 at 80yds., to Mr. Floyd-Jones 3 at 35yds. and 1 at 80yds. Mr. 

 Murphy had the best run, 18 straight kills, and his worst break 

 was 4 birds. M r. Floyd- Jones's worst break was 5 birds In his 

 first 10, and his best run was 14. The score killed and missed was 

 as follows'! 



Murphy 1 1111 11111 10110 11111 11110 



10100 00101 101 1. 1 11101 11010 

 111 1 1 01111 10010 11111 00111 

 11111 10011 10110 11111 1111 1-77 



Flo>d-Jones...l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

 1110 1 11111 10111 01101 11110 



11101 11101 liin iiioo mil 



01010 00010 01111 1 1 1 1 1 1100 1-67 

 Recapitulation. 



MUrphy-Quarterers to the right, 50; to the left, S; drivers. 35; 

 towerers, li; incomers, 6; total, 100. Used second barrel 97 timesi 

 Floyd- J ones— Quarterers to the right, 53; to the left, 3; drivers* 

 31: towerers, 6; Income rs* 7; total, 100. Used second barrel 73 times: 

 The number of quarlerers to the right is explaiued by the wind 



ston 

 Hill 



merless, weighed 71os, 10oz., and his 10-gauge, an L. C. Smith, 

 91bs. 3oz. Hill's light gun. 12-gauge, a Winchester repeater, 

 weighed 81bs., and his Iu-gauge, an L. C. Smith, 10%lbs. Both 

 used the Bandle shell. Following this was a sweepstake match at 

 5 single live birds from ground traps, 30yds. rise, 80yds. bounding; 

 use of both barrels, English rules to govern. 



Graffe 5 Mason 3 



Conway 4 Hill 5 



Wiuston - 4 Murphy 5 



Wildridge 5 Small 5 



Ties on 5: Graffe 5, Hill S, Murphy 5, Small 1, Graffe, Hill and 

 Murphy divided. Ties on 4 and 3 each divided. 



Second sweepstake, 10 single clay birds, National rules: 



Winston 10 Kirsch 



Hill 10 Graffe..., 9 



Small 8 Stall 



Mason 8 Wildridge 



Murphy 9 Wick 



Conway 7 



Ties divided. 



Third sweepstake, 7 single clay birds, National rules: 



Winston 6 Graffe 



Murphy 7 Kirsch 3 



Mason 8 Small Q 



Hill .. 7 Stall 7 



Ties on 7 divided. Ties on 6: Winston 4, Mason 4, Small 5. Small 

 won second. Graffe took third. -C. G, Nkwsbov, 



from No. 5. 



Floyd-Jones— 14 from trap No. 1, 18 from No. 2, 16 from No. 3, 32 

 from No. 4 and 20 from No. 5. 



As in the joint match, Mr. Murphy was looked after by his 

 b: other Walter, with Dr. Enapp doing the same for Mr. Floyd- 

 Jones. Both used the same guns they did in the first match— Mr. 

 Murphy a Greener hammerless, weighing Tibs. 5oz,, with Kynoch 

 paper shells, charged with 3W drams of Sehultze powder and an 

 ounce and a quarter of No. 8 shot for both barrels. Mr. Floyd- 

 Jones used a Scott hammerless premier, weighing 7J4lbs., bored 

 for the KynOch thin brass shells, which were charged with 3W 

 drams of Sehultze powder and an ounce and a quarter of No. 7 

 chilled shot. . Mr. R. B. Lawrence, of the Kennel Club, was 

 referee: the birds were gathered by the dogs Ralph and Phil— the 

 latter doing some very flue work, and the time was 3a. 15m. A 

 third match between the same gentleman will probably take place; 



WELLINGTON, Jan. 25.— To-day has been an old-time day at 

 the Wellington Gun Club range, and upward of 4500 birds were 

 sent in midair. The day was a good one for shoot ing, and all the 

 traps were constantly employed the entire shoot. There were 31 

 entries in the cont est for t he Climax diamond badge, which was 

 captured by J. T. Hall. The challenge team badge whs won by 

 the Worcester team, with a score of 78, but, owing to having a 

 man in the team who had not been a member the requisite time, 

 it was barred out. .and the prize was awarded to t he Massacbnsel ts 

 team. The other .-vents wer<? won as: follows: Six blueroeks. 

 Snow; 6 pigeons, Lager; ti blueroeks, Perry; 10 pigeons. Dun; a pair 

 pigeons. Smith; pigeons. Hill aud Ferry: 10 blueroeks, Berry; 3 

 pa ir pigeons. Eager and Hall; pigeons, Dan, Eager and Schaefer; 

 10 pigeons. Hall; 10 blueroeks, Davis; 6 blueroeks, Barnard aud 

 Eager; 3 pair pigeons, Hill, Brown aud Mitchell; 6 blueroeks. 

 Berry. Han and Eager; 20 pigeons, C. B. Sanborn; 6 blueroeks, 

 Schaefer and Perry; miss and out, won by F. Swift; miss and out. 

 won by F. Swift, Wneeler and Berry; Climax badge match, 10 

 pigeons and 10 blueroeks, J. T. Hall winner, taking the badge. 



The scores of 15 and over are appended: J. 1'. Hall, 10.8, 18: 

 Law. 9, 8, 17; Dickev. 9, H, 17; Oilman, 9, 8, 17; Perry, 8, 8, 16; Eager, 

 8, 7, 15; Hill, 7, 8, 15; Davis, 6, 9, 15; Nichols, 7, 8, 15; Dan. 8, 7, 15. 

 Scores in the challenge team badge match, five men per team, 20 

 birds per man: Worcest er Gun Club team- -Smith. 9, 8, 17; Dan, 5, 

 10, 15; Beaudry, 8, 8, 16: Davis, N, 9, 17; Oilman, 6, 7, 13; total, 78. 

 Massachusetts Rifle Association team— Eager, 9, 8, 17; Knowles 5, 

 ti. If. Nichols, 8. 8, 10; Snow, 6, 8,11; Dickey, 9. 10, 19; total, 77. 

 Wellington Gun Cltrb team No. 2— Bond. 7, 8, 15; Frank, 5, 5, 10; 

 Chase. V., 6, 12: F. Swift, 9. 7, 16; C. B. Sanborn, 10, 10, 20; total, 77 

 Wellington Gun Club team No. 1— Schaefer, 7. 6. 13: Penw, 8, S, 10; 

 Wheeler. 7, 9, 16: Law, 7. 4, 11; H. Swift, 10, 6. 16; total, 73. Well- 

 ington Gun Club team No 3— Moore, 5. 0,11; Warren, 7.7, 14: Brown, 

 3, 9, 13; Hart. 6, 5, 11; Adams, 7, 5, 12; total 60. 



Jan. 28.— To most people there wouldn't appear to be much fun 

 in standing out on the marsh here, with the mercury 10" below, 

 shooting at clay pigeons and blue rocks; but there are a good 

 many trap shooters in the vieinitv of Boston who would attend 

 the regular shoot of the Wellington club even if It was cold 

 mough to freeze the shot as it left the gun. To-day the first 

 ■ontest was held for the following prizes: A silver tea service, 

 donated by a member of the club; half dozen solid silver tea- 

 spoons, half dozen solid silver coffee spoons, two solid silver 

 berry spoons, gold-handled walking cane, silk umbrella, and 100 

 imported cigirs. In this shoot the contest is at 20 birds, 10 clay 

 pigeons and 10 blue rocks. Schaefer, Brown aud Bill each scored 

 a point in class 1, with 14 each; Snow and Nye in class 2. with 13; 

 Chase and C. B. Sanborn in class 3, with 13; Bond in class 4, with 

 11: Edwards, Moore and Hammond in class 5, with 10; Phelps and 

 Short in class 6. with 9; McCoy in class 7, with 8; and Bradstreet, 

 G rimes and Baxter in class 8, with 7 each. 



OAK POINT, Jan. 34.— Notwithstanding the extreme cold to- 

 day the pigeon and sparrow shooting tournament at the Oak 

 pomt shooting grounds in the afternoon was well attended. The 



traps, using two barrels, with gun below elbow. Appended are 

 the scores: 



James Bilkingtou . . . 1110101111-8 Harry Force 111O01U11— 8 



Andrew Ward 1111001111—8 James Thompson . . . .1001111101-? 



William Ward 1010110111—7 T Trott OllllJlOOl-6 



John Elliott 1110011100-6 J Jarvis 1110011101-7 



Frank Butler 1001111011-7 



Pilkington, Ward and Force shot off for first money, and Pilk- 

 ington won. Ward, Butler, Thompson and Jarvis shot, off for 

 second money, and Ward won. Elliott and Trott divided third 

 money. In the sparrow shooting contest there were six com- 

 petitors. Five birds each were shot at from one trap, two barrels, 

 with gun below elbow. Following are the scores: 



Miss Annie Oakley U101-4 Harry Force 10001-2 



Jack Elliott U001— 3 William Ward 11010—3 



James Pilkington 1C011 -3 And rew Ward 11000—2 



Miss Oakley got first money. Elliott, Pilkington and Ward shot 

 off, miss and out, for second money and Elliott won. Force and 

 Ward divided third monev. James Pilkington and Andrew Ward 

 shot a special match. 30yds. rise, at 80 clay-pigeons, using both 

 barrels, with gun below elbow, for a handsome silver pitcher. 

 Fifty pigeons each were shot at, when, darkness coming on, the 

 continuation of the match was postponed to Saturday next. 



CARTERET GUN CLUB, Jan. 25.— There was an improved at- 

 tendance at the Carteret Club's grounds, near Bergen Point, N. J., 

 to-dav, to participate in the second shoot for the club's winter 

 cup. It was not a good day for shooting, which, coupled with 

 poor birds, made the occasion anything but exciting. The feature 

 of tne afternoon was the shooting of Messrs. Thome, Sands and 

 "Leighton," and the failure of Mr. Floyd Jones to sustain the ex- 

 cellent record he made at the last shoot, on the 18th inst., wheu 

 he carried off the honors with a straight score of 10 killed. Yes- 

 terday he missed 2 out of his first 3 birds in his first entry and 1 

 out of 4 in his second entry, after which he retired. The final 

 issue of the shoot for the day was left to Messrs. "Leighton" and 

 Sands, the latter shooting on his second entry. Mr. Leighton had 

 a clean score on his second entry up to the 17th bird, when, get- 

 ting a fast chocolate-colored driver in a very poor light, he scored 

 a miss, although the bii-d fell dead inHidethe fence, which leftMv„ 



