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rise-J. Bailev 11, D. Black 11, P. Wakefield 10, C. Hiuton 8, E. 

 Pollerv 7, H. Newman 7. H. Power 7, E. D'Eve 7, H. George 5, D. 

 Walton 5. In the. shoot-off Bailey won with 3 out of 5. 



Montreal, March 17— The second shoot for the Boyd cup 

 came off this afternoon on the grounds of the Lachine Gun Club, 

 thev heine up to to-day the holders of the trophy. The weather 

 was clear and cnld, hut not gooil for shooting, the wind being very 

 strong and gustv, and the sUti and snow making It very difficult 

 to gauge distance. The shooting, particularly of the members of 

 the Lachine Club, was not ne.arlv up to their usual form. W. 

 Cameron, of Ottawa, was referee. There were seven teams com- 

 peted, a-nd the following is n summarized score: 



Cote St Paul 88 Pt Laurent »> 



Lachine 32 Pnminiop. 28 



St. Laurent (second team! 27 St Hubert 18 



Cote St Paul (Second team).. .21 



The conditions were In Peoria blackbirds. 18yds. rise. National 

 Club rules. There will be no more shooting for this cup until the 

 snow is off the srround. 



The Toronto Gun Club commenced a series of sis fortnightly 

 shoots at Mc Do-wall's grounds on Saturday. March 17. The affr- 

 noon was pleasant, although cold. There are 5 prizes in this 

 competition; the first is a, handsome shotgun, presented by Mr. 

 Chas. Stark, the other 4 are silver prizes given by the club. The 

 5 highest total scores in the contests will win the prizes. The 

 following are the score" to-dav. Conditions, 20 Canada black- 

 birds from 3 serened traps, 18yds, H«e: 



W A 1 exander IT J ,P> okson 13 



W Bugs? hi W Pearson 12 



H George 14 W Sandys 12 



GP<*arsall 14 P Writ? lit H 



D Blea It P Black 11 



R Charles 14 B Pearsall 11 



WFclstead 13 JTownson 11 



F Martin 13 WMcBowall 11 



J Porman 13 T Thompson 11 



The next competition will take place on Good Friday. 



SOLOMON CITY, Kan.— At a meeting of the Solomon Gun 

 Club, Feb. 28. (be following officers were elected: Pres., C. F. 

 Dewar: Vice-Pros., B. Johnson: Sec.-Treas.. T. J. Edwortby; 

 Standing Com.. John Kranechi, H. Gould, E. E. Crooks. During 

 the vear club shoots will be held alternate weeks on Tuesday, at 8 

 A- M., all absentees fined twenty-five bests unless sick or out of 

 city. National and Unrlingham rules; all disuutes to be left to 

 Forest and Stream's decision. Vote of thanks extended by club 

 to editor of Forest and STREAM for encouraging the recreative 

 sport Of the shotgun through their trophy match of 1887, and its 

 enlic-htem'ng columns of snorting records and information. 



Regular semi-monthly shoot, 21yds., bin* rrVs and Peorias; 



CH Smith 1111111111111111111111111-25 



H G<"ild lon'rwni'innioiooiiniii— 13 



T.T Fd worthy 1111110110111111111111111-23 



k w Crooks.. iiinmiiininininoion-?o 



F P<»war 11 11111 11 1 1 lKXTUOl 111 ill— 32 



B Johnson 1111C0ni0l0l0lll1llPlon-l8 



M Robecker cmoi 1 101 1 1 11011 1 looooiooi — 14 



John Kraneoiii 0011111111111101111111110-21 



March IS.— Shoot at 25 Peorias, 21yds. Hoe: 



C H Smith 0101111001111001110111101—17 



John Kranechi 1(110101111110110011110111-18 



C H n.-war 101.0111011101111111100111—19 



T J Edwortby! 0100000001000100001111100— 8 



B Johnson ' 0111101001011111110111010—17 



K Gould OOOOaVKKWOOOl 001 00001000— 3 



E C rooks .' OOlOlOOlOllOOOOOOw. — 5 



.At 8 blue rocks, 30yds. ri=e: . 



H Smith 11110111-7 B Johnson 10111010—5 



T J Edwortby 01011111-0 T. J. E. 



CALIFORNIA' SHOOT.— The open pigeon tournament at Fair- 

 field. Solano county, on Ma^eh 10 and 11. brought toaratber a most 

 notable congregation of brilliant trap shots from at) parts of the 

 State. There were the Bassford brothers from Vacavi lie, the 

 local Donaldsons, Haas from Stockton. Knight, the celebrated 

 quni] shot, from San Bernardino. Mann from Napa, and a select 

 and strong delegation from San Francisco, including Dr. Carver, 

 Ed. Pav, W. L. Evre. W. Wattles. H. H. Priggs, Felling and Char- 

 lev Laing. The weather during the two davs was simply perfec- 

 tion. There was a red-hot sun and very little wind. The opening 

 shoot on Saturday had a $5 event at 10 birds, in which 10 shooters 

 took part. Dr. Carver, shooting under the name of "Jackson," 

 tied Ed. Donaldson with 9. The second shoot was also a 3>5 en- 

 trance, with 11 subscribed, at, 12 single birds each. Frank Bass- 

 ford on] v lost his eighth, using his first barrel with great effect the 

 latter part of his string. In shoot No. 3. Knight made a clean 

 score, thou<rh run pretty bard bv Frank Bassford, who was only 



1 astern. Knight's single-barrel kills towards the end of the 

 event, gained h'in many admirers for his coming shoot against Dr. 

 Carver, The final shoot on Saturday terminated in a tie and 

 division for first coin between Henry Bassford and Ed. Donald- 

 son. -who both obtained clean scores. The day's sport was care- 

 fully satisfactorily lodged by Win. L. Eyre. .las. Collins pulled 

 the strings, and the entire management of the whole events was 

 efficiently cared for by A. L. Donaldson. Following are the 

 scores of the first da v's shooting, the figure 2 in each case denot- 

 ing the use of second barrel: 



Fir-t shoot— 10 single birds, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, 3 prizes, 

 825. S1K and $10: 



Jackson 9 Kuieht § 



Eddy 7 Haas 7 



C Bassford 8 E Donaldson jj 



Thompson fi Mann 8 



Fay fl F Bassford '. 



Second shoot— 12 single birds, similar rise and conditions: 



A Donaldson 10 Knight 10 



Jackson 9 Fay 9 



F Bassford 11 Eddy 7 



Third shoot— Same conditions: 



A Donaldson 9 Eddy 9 



F Bassford 11 Knight 12 



Jackson 9 E Donaldson 10 



Fourth shoot— 8 single birds, same subscription and conditions: 



Knieht 6 Eddy 2 



F Bassford fl E Donaldson 8 



Jackson 4 H Bassford , 8 



Fay 6 



An immense gathering of shooting men went down to Fairfield 

 on the 11th, but unluckily the supplv of birds fell too short for 

 such inveterate glut tons 'for sport. The opening event, at 8 birds 

 each, drew a large Old, =eyenteen in all. H. Golchcr made a 

 clean soor" and secured $35. "frank Bassford scored one less and 

 obtained $25, In the second effort Carver. Frank Bassford and F. 

 Butler, of the gun club, tied with half a dozen apieco.and divided 

 875 between thorn. A freeze-out followed, won by Knight on the 

 fourth bird. Wattles staved with him to the last round, and then 

 fell Pke a soldier. Carver broke on his second. In a, blue rock 

 shoot afterward Baker won with 14 out of aj)OFsibi,e 15, Laingand 

 Wallace shooting up. The second day scores stood: 



F'rst shoot— 8 single birds. $5 entrance: 



F Bassford 7 Wattles 8 



E Donaldson 5 Punshea ft 



Laing 6 Schwerin 6 



W Golcher 6 Eddy 6 



H Golcher 8 



Second shoot— 6 single birds, 85 entrance: 



Carver ■. ., 6 Butler 2 



F Bassford 6 Mann 6 



LA SALLE, N. Y,, March 16.— Monthly shoot of the Niagara 

 River Shooting Club for seven prizes furnished by the club, each 

 member to shoot, at 45. Owing to the stormy weather the .attend- 

 ance, was smaller than usual and the scores low, 15 Niagara black- 

 birds: 



S Kellogg 1110011111101 1.0-11 Martini 101001101001000- 6 



Guuther 1000100000C00U— 4 Moody, M H. . .001000111101110— 8 



Treat 0001 C01C1 001011- 6 Moody, E M . . .100011110110100— 8 



Rose 11 1011110' 1101 —13 Case 011001111011010— 9 



Green 001111010110001- 8 Thompson. . . .000000001011100— 4 



Sh i rl ey 000100000101110- 5 



Fifteen bats: 



Kellogg llllOlllOOUlOl-U Martini IXIOOOOIOIII 101 1— 7 



Gunther 001101101001011 - 8 Moody, G H. , .110111000101100- 8 



Treat 1001101100001110— Case 111011110101010—10 



Rose 011001001111 110— Moody. E 011011010011010— 8 



H iven 010101001100010— 6 Thompson 011100101001011— 8 



Shirley 100100101000111- 7 



Fifteen bine rocks: 



Kellogg 1001 01 lOOOOOOlO- 5 Martini 11 101 1 100011 110—10 



Gunther 111000000111001- 7 Moody, G 111001111101010-10 



Treat OlObn 101011110- Case 100100011011110- 8 



Rose 111001101 0U11-11 Mooody, E 1011111011011:0-11 



Green... 011111100001110- y Thompson 011100101001011- 8 



Shirley 1 00 1 11111000111—10 



Rose first, S2: Kellogg second, 27; G.Moody third, 26; Martini 

 fourth, 36; Shirley fifth, 22; Treat sixth, 21; Gunther seventh, 19. 



MURPHY— G1RTON.— Cincinnati, March 18.— Between 250 and 

 300 shooters presented themselves on the East End Gun Club 

 grounds, situated at Columbia, St. Patrick's Day to witness the 

 shoot at live birds between W. Girton, a farmer from Hopkins- 

 ville, O., and Geo. Murphy, a leading member of the East End 

 Club. The weather, though clear, was raw, and the ground 

 damp from a heavy rain of the day previous, which made it a 

 bit unpleasant for the spectators. "Twenty-five dollars to ten 

 on our man. Murphy, gentlemen; who'll take it? Even money 

 he scores better than 20," and like remarks greeted the cars of a 

 couple, of hundred spectators gathered about with few or no 

 takers, owing to Mr. Girton not being well known among the 

 shooting fraternity here and still less about, his shooting qualifi- 

 cations." However, he placed every cent he had and considerable 

 borrowed money on himself with the greatest of confidence, and 

 at t he finish of the match all he did was to smile, and hand his 

 card around to the aspiring and already aspired shooters present: 



W. GIRTON. 

 : Cash Raid for Wheat, Hopkin-sviulh, O. : 

 One Square South of Town Pump. 



Whatever induced the big odds offered against him is hard to 

 imagine as he outshot his opponent, Mnrphy, in every particular 

 and that too with luck against him as regards birds. Murphy 

 was supposed by bis friends, who were by the. way in the majority 

 of course, to have a walkover. The winner hud the worst, the 

 most difficult birds allotted him, getting 11 good strong tailers 

 out of Ins 25. The birds were an extra strong batch selected for 

 the occasion and proved as erratic of flight as bull-oats. Al Ban- 

 die coached Murphy while the winner acted in that capacity for 

 himself. Mr. Edwin Taylor, an old time pigeon shooter, of Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., but now a resident, of this city, officiated sat isfactorily 

 as referee. The match, 25 single live birds, 30yds. rise, from 5 

 ground traps. Hurlingham rules governing with exception of 

 gauge and weight of guns, both using 10 gauges: 



G Murphy ; 2200 100223121012120201221-18 



W Girton 21 2 1 21 23 1 0021 0221 301 221 20— 20 



Flight of birds— Right quartere.rs, Murphy 6, Girton 6; left 

 quartercrs. Murphy 1, Girton 3; tailers, Murphy 7, Girton 11; in- 

 comers, Murphy 8, Girton 3; hoverers. Murphy 0, Girton 2; used 

 second barrel. Murphy II times, Girton 13 times. Time of match, 

 1 hour and 35 minutes. Referee, E. Taylor.— C. G. Newsboy. 



SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.— A large number of the members 

 of the Alameda County Sportsmen's Club assembled at Bird's 

 Point to-day to participate in the first monthly prize shoot of the 

 club for this season. Seventeen uarnes were entered for the con- 

 test and with a few exceptions the scores were good, some of them 

 remarkable. The prizes competed for were a beautiful silver 

 tankard won from the San Francisco Gun Club, to be taken only 

 on condition that the claimant average 66, or over, per cent, for 

 the season, and four bnndsome medals. The pigeons were in the 

 main strong birds and gave the shooters considerrble trouble, 

 many getting just outside the 100yds. bounds before dying. The 

 best score was made by S. I. Kellogg, who succeeded in dropping 

 his 12 birds without a miss, and in only one instance did he use 

 Ms second barrel. Not one of his birds was challenged. Ap- 

 pended is the official score: 



C B Gould 012220210110- 8 A F Adams 111121021112—11 



S E Sladc 322112121000- 9 J O Cadman 011121011010— 8 



W E Mavhew. . . .112011011011- ORE Bell 021221101111-10 



JBMayhard 01 10121 1221 1-10 CM Osborn 011012101010- 7 



S 1 Kellogg 111111111211-12 CAEdson 010010010102- 5 



H B Houghton . . .101112120122-10 H Schroeder 211110100110- 8 



C J Boardman. . .100202100021— 6 J Pollak 0021100w 



W W Haskell. . . .001120101101- 7 A Wilkie 210101120000 - 6 



T B Coffin 121120101111-10 W L Brown 112222101111-11 



W A Beck 11 ' 010012011 — 8 



The next shoot of the club will be held on April 14. 



PHILADELPHIA, March 17.— The following is the score of the 

 Wawasct Gun Club's monthly shoot for the gold badge. The 

 shooting was at 10 single and 5 pairs clay-pigeons per man: 



W H Hartlove 1110101010- 6 11 11 10 11 10-8-14 



R Miller 1110011111- 8 11 11 11 11 10-9-17 



A H Stout 1010001011— 5 10 10 10 10 01—5-10 



J Goodwin 0300101000- 2 00 11 01 10 11-8— 8 



H Buckmaster 0001010111- 5 00 11 10 11 10—7—12 



C M Buckmaster lOloillllO- 7 11 11 U 11 10-9-10 



Dr Mann 0101011010- 5 01 00 01 00 00—2- 7 



W Buckmaster 10H010110— B 11 11 11 10 11-9-15 



S F Touchstoue 1111111111-10 11 11 10 10 01-7-17 



Geo Cloud 1001100010— 4 00 00 00 01 01—2— 6 



Wm Smith 1101111101- 8 11 00 10 11 10-0-14 



N B Hill 1110110000— 5 11 01 11 11 11—9-14 



Geo Miller .0110001001— • 4 11 01 11 U 10-8-13 



Ties on 17: 



S F Touchstone... 11110 10 01-6 R Miller 01111 00 10-5 



BROOKLYN, March 10.— The members of the Unknown Gun 

 Club turned out very strong on Thursday at their third regular 

 shoot of the year. Only 24 were able to enter in the contest for 

 the club badge on account of the scarcity of birds. Chris Durler 

 had selected a fine, fast lot of flyers, and some of the best shots 

 made poor scores. H. Knebel, Jr., killed 6 out of 7, and won the 

 emblem. Eight tied with 4 each for second prize, which was fin- 

 ally divided between E. Vroome and C. Plate, who killed out of 

 7 more shot at. The other ties could not be shot off until the next 

 meeiing. The score of shoot is as follows: 



H Van Staden (22) 1101000—3 HDeltifsen (23) 1000010—2 



J Paulsen (25) 1001110-4 H Knebel, Jr (24) 1111110-6 



II Rankin (23) 0011100-3 H Harnett (23) 0000100-1 



H Knebel, Sr (25) 0010111-4 J Rathjen (38) 1000101-3 



J Skidmore (25) 0001101-3 A Haas (23) 0001001-2 



H Lee (23) 0111100-4 W Tomford (25) 1111000—1 



M Brown (25) 1001011-4 H Bohling (25) 0001000-1 



H Smith (23) 1009010—2 H Beb rmann (22) 1000110-3 



W Oilman (22) 0001111-4 D Smith (28) 1000100-2 



E Vroome (38) 1001110—1 Cant Meyers (33) 1010000-3 



A Schwartz (25) 0000111-3 R Stillwell (23) 1000110-3 



C Plate (26) 0101110-4 C Link (25) 1000100-2 



Referee, Mr. H. Knebel, Sr.; scorer, Mr. J. Boyle. 



NEWARK, March 15.— The regular shoot of the West Newark 

 Gun Club to-day at the club's grounds, No, 616 Springfield avenue, 

 at 25 bats, 21yds. rise, American rules, resulted as follows: 



G Deisler 7 M Ulbright 20 



F Hillers 20 F Schmidt 12 



John Heldmann 23 C Von Lengerke 15 



Ben Ulrich 21 F Compton 19 



M Adelmaun 19 



Sweepstake shoot, 10 bats. 



Chip (divided) 8 Hilfers (shot off) 3 



Schwartz 1 M Adelmann (divided) 5 



Jackson 9 Ben Ulrich (shot off) : .. 4 



M Adelmann, 1st 10 J Adelmann (shot off ; won)... 4 



P Hilfers 7 Jackson (divided) 5 



B Ulrich (divirioa) 8 Compton (shot off) 3 



J Adelmann 2d 9 Von Lengerke (shot off; won). 3 



SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB, Newark. N. J.— It is the intention 

 of the management to hold, during the coming season, a series of 

 open shoots at artificial targets, to take place once a month. The 

 programme for each shoot, will be announced. All will be class 

 shooting under club rules. Prizes divided 40, 30 and 20 per cent. 

 Targets, three cents each. Loaded shells on hand. Shooting will 

 take place rain or shine. The grounds are situated on New Jer- 

 sey Railroad avenue, near Lehigh Valley coal depot, and may be 

 reached via the Pennsylvania Railroad, Emmett street station; 

 Newark & New York Railroad, Broad street station, and Dela- 

 ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. W. R. Hobart, Isaac H. 

 Terrill, Oswald Von Lengerke, committee. The second shoot of 

 the'series will take place on Thursday, March 22. First event, 10 

 single Ligowsky clays, 50cts. Second event, 15 Lockport bats, $1. 

 Third event, 10 single Ligowskys. $1.50. Fourth event, 5 pairs 

 bats, $1. Fifth event, 10 single and 5 pairs Ligowskys, §1.50. Sixth 

 event, 15 bats, $1.50. Seventh event, 20 Ligowskys, $2. Eighth 

 event, 5 pairs bats, $1. 



NEW JERSEY CHAMPIONSHIP.- A grand pigeon shooting 

 tournament for the championship of the State, opeu to all comers, 

 is announced to take place at Hall's Hotel, Eatontown, N. J., on 

 Thursday, March 22. Prizes aggregating $1,100 are to be awarded 

 the winners of the first and the (Second place, while a few prizes of 

 lesser amounts will be distributed among the next three highest 

 scores. The entrance has been placed at f 35, half forfeit, and the 

 match is to be governed by the new Long Branch rules. Miles 

 Johnson, of Robbiusville, will furuish the birds and attend the 

 traps. 



NEW YORK STATE SHOOT.-The Auburn Gun Club has 

 already under way preparations for the annual meeting of the 

 State Sportsmen's Association, which will be held the second 

 week in June. Recently the club was notified that Devine Hayes, 

 art eccentric coffin manufacturer of Oswego, had given a $75 coffin 

 fbt a prie% at the shoot. 



shot of this city, won on a handsome nm of 20 straight.hirds. 

 The conditions of the badge shoot wer" 20 blnc-rocks. 3 traps, 

 18yds. rise. Five visiting shooters from the East End and Cleve- 

 land clubs made scores alotvr with the club shoot. The score: 

 Club Shoot. 



WBoll 17 JHonecker hi 



J Wade 16 T ("Moose if) 



W Bennett 15 F Pother*- "' 9 



H Holt IS J Mcftnire, .' "ji 



JPvechtel 20 C Willard ffi 



W Towns 13 W Bentley 15 



J Philips 13 Q Probst .1 14 



J Decker 10 C Roof is 



LNowell 13 



Visitor^. 



W Tarablyn ..... , .. .11 F Brown ... 17 



H Lee 18 JMartin 13 



J Moser 10 



A sweepstake shooot at 6 blue rooks to which the entrance was 

 a. half dollar, followed the elnh shoot, and almost ever'- bod v en- 

 tered. Roof and Forrester find and divided Hr«t monev. both 

 men breaking straight. J. Warden and WOtard shot Knight. 

 Andrews, Lee and J. Hnnec'-er out of the 5 hole and divided 

 second money, both breaking 6 straight in the shoot-off. C. 

 Hnnooker won third motley. The score,: 



F Knight 5 Willard 5 



L Newell 4 Forrester fi 



W Bell 4 Probst '.'.'.'.".3 



J Wooden ., 5 Lee 5 



And rews 5 J IJoue"ker 5 



Martin 3 C Hon ec Iter 4 



Smith 2 Towns 3 



goof Q McGuire 2 



Prechtel 4 



MONTICELLO. Fbt., March 10. -The event of the week was the 

 match lor the individual championship between members of the 

 Motiticello Gun Club. The score was made c er 5 traps. Ameri- 

 can clay-birds, 50 singles and 25 pairs, total 100 shots. The con- 

 ditions were that the winner is subject to a challenge from any 

 member of the club, at any future day. The. first fifty bi-ds wore 

 divided into thirty singles and tpn nair doubles. Upon the lin'sh 

 of the first fifty Messrs. Hoey and Crosby pulled out. The total 

 score showed: 



Singles. Doubles. Singles. Doubles. 



Harned 34 33 Dorrance 25 16 



Partridge 34 27 Hack IB 12 



Metcalf 35 24 Hoey 8 s 



Gregn- 83 22 Crosby 7 5 



R. F. Harned was declared the winner, and will wear the hon- 

 ors subject to challenge at any time. The club has net been able 

 to make a match this season with anv other clubs, ft challenged 

 Paint kn. which was excused on account of "business." p j a onon 

 to a challenge from Jacksonville, which it has "downed" in four 

 straight matches. 



WELLINGTON, Mass.. March 17.-Thirty-fiv« eunners faced 

 the traps at the grounds of the Wellington Olnb to-4»y, and 

 several of them made good scores in 1he merchandise match. 

 Point" were scored in this match as follows: Rr 1 - Refer first, with 

 17; C. B. Sanborn. Scott. Chase. Swift. Pan and Hart second, tfith 

 10; Snow and Bond third, with 14: Reaudry. Shumwav, Lee. Wild 

 and James fourth, with 13; De Rochemont, Brown' and Moore 

 fifth, with 12: Bill, Phelps and Stanton sixth, with 11; Short, 

 XT ichols and Ghapin seventh, with 10. and Bradstrect, Baxter and 

 Melcher eighth, with 9. Following are the winners in the sweep- 

 stake matches: First, 6 clav-oigeons. Wild, Chase and rhanni 

 first. Second, 6 blue rocks, Phelps. Wild, Swift and Chase first. 

 Third, blue rocks. Moore first. Fourth, (1 blue rocks, Grimes 

 prize. W. A. Sanford first. Fifth, 10 clny-piireona, merchandise 

 match, Swift and Chase first. Sixth, 10 blue rocks merchandise 

 match, Sehaefer and Hart first, Seventh, 6 clav-pigeons, Stanton 

 and Cbapin first. Eighth, B blue rocks, Baxter first. The eleventh 

 competition for the Climax diamond badce will take place next 

 Wednesday-. The had to is now held by II. W. Eager of Marlboro. 

 Beaudry, Eager and Wheeler have each won it twice, and as there 

 are but two more shoots for it the chances are in favor of one of 

 these shooters getting it. 



WORCESTER, Mass., March 17.— Last year the members of the 

 Worcester Sportsmen's Club arranged and had a very interesting 

 and successful series of meets, and the executive committee of 

 the. cluV have a series for this year. Last vear the prizes, aggre- 

 gating $350. were Taised largely b" subscription. The first meet, 

 will be March 27. There will be fourteen meets in the series, and 

 will occur once in two weeks. The conditions are as fellows: 

 Classification scores of 30 birds, all credited with 20 ormore breaks 

 to shoot in Class A, all scoring 19 or leas to constitute Class B. To 

 determine distribution of prizes, two strines of 5 birds each from 

 open traps must be shot at. The sum of $25 for each shoot, Class 

 A to have $15. divided— first, $7.50: second, $4.50: third, $3. Class 

 B, $10— first, $5, second, $3; third. $2. All members of the club 

 are cordiaHy invited to participate in the sport. Sweepstakes on 

 each event in the classification scores are optional in every in- ' 

 stance, and no member of the club need have the slightest hesi- 

 tancy in competing for the prizes, if In any instance the num- 

 ber of contestants in either class falls below six, 20 per cent, will 

 be deducted from the sum allotted to that class an*' another prize 

 added, making four prizes for the largest class. The largest por- 

 tion of the sum for the prizes has been contributed by voluntary 

 subscription, with the sole object of fostering and keeping alive 

 the interest which all lovers of trap shooting possess. 



MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., March 15.— The second match, at 

 live pigeons, between the young and ambitious trap shots, Frank 

 Kleinz, Jr., and S. Merchant, took place here to-day. The first 

 match was won by Merchant. The conditions of the second match 

 were to have been 15 birds each, but owing- to a misunderstanding 

 the number was changed to 10 each. The score, amid a great dtal 

 of excitement, resulted in a tie. Kleinz was unlucky again, hav- 

 ing three birds fall dead just out of bounds. Merchant had two. 

 The score was as foUows: 



Kleintz 1110100001— 5 Merchant 1100110001—5 



It is probable that another match, at 15 birds, will be arranged. 



CLEVELAND, March 15.— Kirtland Club members were busy 

 from early this afternoon until dusk, and the Kirtland Club 

 grounds were strewn with shattered birds of pitch and paint. 

 The. turnout of shooters proves that the old-time Kirtland Club's 

 vigor and life has been completely revived. The marksmanship 



LONG BRANCH SHOOT.-Lafayette, Idd., Feb. 28.-EdUor 

 Forest and Stream: I soe by the Forest and Stream of Feb. 23, 

 in the report of the Long Branch shoot, that you have Fred Erb, 

 Jr., of Lavfayette, Ind., shooting with a Lefever Arms Co, gun, 

 7H;lbs., 10-bore.and 3^oz. Schultzepowderand 3J£drs. cf dead shot. 

 Mr. Erb. Jr., used a Lefever Arms Co. gun, 7^1bs., 12-bore, 3drs. of 

 Schnltze powder in right barrel, 3^drs. dead shot in the left.— W. 

 S. Grain, Sec. West Side Club. 



AVON, Conn., March 13.— The annual meeting of the Avon Gun 

 Club was held March 5. The following officers were elected: 

 Cleveland Oapen. Pres.; James N, Bishop, Vice-Pres.; Dr. R. W. 

 E. Alcott, Sec'v-Treas.; Holey C. Woodford, Field Captain. 



People who happened to be on Washington street near 

 Hollis street a little after 10 o'clock Monday night, witnessed 

 a sight that -they will not soon forget, though it was only 

 the death of a dog. The animal was a handsome mastiff, 

 standing certainly three feet and a half high, whose noble 

 appearauce attracted general attention as he trotted along 

 behind the ear on which his master was ridins. Suddenly, 

 for reasons unknown, he bounded to one side and directly 

 under the wheels of a car coming in an opposite direction. 

 The cry uttered by the poor creature as the car passed over 

 him was almost human m its expression of agony, and those 

 on the street for some distance either way involuntarily 

 started forward, thinking that a human being was in mortal 

 pain. The dog was fatally wounded, and police officer 217, 

 who happened to be on the scene, prepared to put him out of 

 misery. He stooped and placed his hand mi the dog's head, 

 accurately to locate the place through which to send a bullet, 

 when the animal, fasten-ng his gr. at, piteous eyes on the 

 officer's face, raised himself slightly and licked the hand 

 that was to end his life. The mute appeal was almost too 

 much for the policeman, and his resolution was temporarily 

 shaken, but in a moment more he had performed one of the 

 most humane duties that it is possible for a policeman's 

 revolver to accomplish— Boston. Transcript, 



