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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Tbe Smith & Wesson Rovolver Club 

 is doing good work in a quiet way. It was organized in Novem- 

 ber last, and has a capital range which is much used. Its officers 

 arc: President, J, H. Wesson: Vice-Presidents, 0. H. Ladd, B. 0. 

 Harvey, Frank S. ("rune; Sec'y, D. W. Ware; Treas., 1;. J. Harley. 

 Financial Committee— Ira A. Harvey, Orrin E. Hodskins, Wm. fi. 

 Watts. Trustees— J. H. Wesson. Renj. C. Harvey, J. K. David- 

 son, D. H. Griffin, O. H. Ladd, Frank Crane. B. S. Haskins, L. J. 

 Harley, D. W. Ware. Range Commit tec— Orrin E. Hodskins, 

 Fred W. Livingston, Charles Stone. Its active membership is 

 made up of employes of the Smith & Wesson armory, and no 

 weapon but the S. & W. is usod at the range. The club has adopted 

 as its shooting rules those adopted by the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association in January last, as follows: The rules governing rifle 

 competi tions, so far as they are applicable, shall be in force in all 

 pistol competitions. In all matches, when not otherwise men- 

 tioned, either sinele-skot pistols or revolvers will be permitted 

 upon equal conditions; but if matches call for the revolver, the 

 single-shot pistol will not be admitted unless specially mentioned. 

 Pistols and revolvers allowed in competitions must conform to 

 the following conditions: A— Army or navy revolver. B— Any 

 revolver. C— Any pistol. 



A. — Army or navy revolvers must be such as have been adopted 

 by any government for the armament of its army and navy, and 

 must conform in all respects of model, sights and ammunition 

 used, to the service revolver of such nation. 



B. — Any Revolver. — Revolvers of any caliber, maximum weight, 

 31hs.; maximum length of bore, including cylinder, lOin. 



C —Single-Shot Pistols.— Any breech or muzzletoadtng pistol, 

 maximum weight, 31be.; maximum length of bore, lOin. 



Trigger-Pull.— In all matches, or in practice shooting, the mini- 

 mum trigger-pull shall be 31bs. 



Sights for any Pistol or Revolvers.— The front and rear sights 

 must.be open; the notch of a rear sight, to be considered open, 

 must be as wide at the top of the notch as at any part; no aperture 

 or peep sights, nor any manner of covered sights, shall be per- 

 mitted. Lateral sliding bars or wind gauge may be used on rear 

 open sight, also any elevating front or rear open sight. The use 

 of a notch for a front sight will not be permitted. Sights may be 

 smoked or blackened in any desired manner. No device shall be 

 worn on or over the eye, or on glasses, to secure the sight through 

 an aperture. 



Ammunition.— If factory nmmunition is called for, it shall be 

 of any make, of any established manufacturer, generally procur- 

 able in stores, and brought to the shooting point in unbroken 

 boxes, with the label of the manufacturer intact. 



Cleaning — In any match where both pistols and revolvers are 

 allowed, competitors may clean their arms at will, provided such 

 cleaning does not delay the firing, wbich shall bo at the rate of 

 one shot per minute, or oftener during the firing of each score, 

 except in case of accident. In such case, the time mav bo ex- 

 tended, in the discretion of the executive officer. In matches con- 

 fined to revolvers, the cylinder must be fully charged, or a suf- 

 ficient number of chambers charged to complete the score. Blow- 

 tag into or cleaning the barrel in any way will not be permitted, 

 except when the cylinder is completely discharged. 



Loading and Firing.— No arms shall be loaded except at the 

 firing point, tbe muzzle of piece being kept in the direction of the 

 target till the arm is either discharged or unloaded. Missfires 

 shall not count; but an accidental discharge shall, in every in- 

 stance, be scored a shot. 



Position.— The position shall be as follows: Standing free from 

 any other artificial support, the pistol or revolver held in one band 

 only, with the arm cxteudod free from the body, and unsupported 

 in any way. The rear sight of the pistol, or revolver, shall not be 

 nearer to the eye than 12ra. 



Targets.— The standard American target, full size, having an 

 8in. bull, shall be used in matches at f-Oyds. distance. The same 

 target reduced to one-half size, having a 4in. bull, in matches at 

 30yds. distance. The same target 'educed to one-quarter size, 

 having a Sin. bull, in matches at. "0yds. distance. The target re- 

 duced in the same proportion to distance in matches of a lesser 

 range. 



Marking and Scoring. — Unless otherwise specified, each com- 

 petitor will have a separate target provided, and will fire his score 

 throughout, when the target will be examined by the scorer and 

 the score recorded. In case of any dispute as to the value of a 

 shot, the same may be challenged as provided in shooting rules 

 governing ride competition. 



OTTAWA, March 13.— The annual meeting of the Dominion Rifle 

 Association, held to-day, was more thinly attended than usual 

 owing to the snow blockade preventing most of the members 

 from a distance from being present. Lieut.-Col. Kirkpatriek 

 presided and Lord Lansdowne, Sir Fred. Middleton and Sir. A. P. 

 Caron were present. As usual, the principal business consisted 

 of passing complimentary resolutions to tbe patrons and officers. 

 Governor-General Lansdowne made a practical reply to a vote 

 for his assistance as patron. General Middleton gave some 

 advice to the association, in acknowledging a vote of thanks to 

 him for the interest he has taken in the society. He wished the 

 Canadian militia would not put so much stress on marching past 

 and saluting, but learn how to fire their rifles. He had received 

 information from England that the detail of drill of the army 

 was to be greatly reduced and more attention given to practical 

 mark shooting. The battles of the future, he felt sure, would he 

 fought at 500yds., and he would sooner have a regiment of fair 

 shots at ranges between 200 and 400yds. than one containing no 

 other marksmen besides a proportion of crack shots. A breeze 

 Was created in the meeting by Major Pond, Prince of Wales' 

 Rifles, Montreal, asking for an explanation regarding the com- 

 plaints against the Quebec-made cartridges. He remarked that 

 at the annual meeting of competitors at last autumn's matches 

 Major Perley, of the Militia Department, had denied the story 

 told by some, complaining marksmen that the cartridges are filled 

 by little children. Ma jor Pond read a most emphatic corrobora- 

 tion of the story then denied. He read some of the evidence 

 taken before the Labor Commission at Quebec, which stated that 

 a number of children thirteen and fourteen years ot age are 

 employed in the. cartridge factory filling cartridges, and that half 

 a dozen of these little laborers have sustained serious injuries 

 owing to the defective nature of the apparatus used. Major 

 Pond remarked that if the cartridges are made by children it is 

 no wonder that they are defective. The matter dropped after the 

 usual promise to have the matter inquired into. It was decided 

 to notify the competitors selected to compose the Wimbledon 

 team that they must send a reply to the secretary for the guidance 

 of the executive committee on or before April 10, stating whether 

 they Will be prepared to join the team, and that in the event of 

 any of the selected competitors failing to send such notice the 

 executive committee shall be authorized to fill the vacancies. 

 The Wimbledon team will assemble at Quebec on Thursday, June 

 21. The annual prize meeting will be held at Ottawa on Mouday, 

 Sept. 3 next, and following days, the prize list not to exceed 

 $7,250 in cash. 



WIMBLEDON.— The London Echo says: "The Wimbledon rifle 

 meetings are hopelessly doomed, and there is no help but to go 

 f urtner afield. If the Duke, of Cambridge could let land on build- 

 ing leases beyond the butts, he would soon gain an additional 

 £2.000 a year income, and so the National Rifle Association re- 

 ceives what Lord Wantage describes as a crushing blow. For 

 many years his royal higtmess has been drawing over £22,000 per 

 annum from the country; we should have thought he would have 

 shown more self-sacrificing patriotism." 



SNOW WADDING— John Rice and William Wagner, of Man- 

 hasset, L. I., quarreled recently, and the former was knocked 

 down. Rice then went to his home and returned with a double- 

 barreled shotgun. He leveled the gun at Wagner's head and 

 pulled the trigger. As the gun was discharged Rice fell to the 

 ground. The gun had exploded and shattered his left arm almost, 

 to pieces. Rice had, after loading the gun with powder, filled it. 

 up from the wad to the muzzle with snow, rammed it down, and 

 the explosion followed. 



ST. PAUL. Minn.— Lieut. A. E. Chautler, of Co. C, St. Paul, and 

 Corol. E. A. Faulk, of Co. zV, Minneapolis, shot a 50 shot match at 

 200yds. on Thursday, the 22d, for the championship of Minnesota. 

 .The Hinman target was used. A. movement is on foot to organize 

 a rifle club in St. Paul, Minn, and securing a' rifle rauge near the 

 southern limits of the city. 



HARTFORD, Conn., March 22.— The rumored sale of the Gat- 

 liner patent to Great Britain has been current for some time. The 

 statement as printed is (1) that negotiations have been pending 

 for two years and (2) were finally settled last, week through the 

 agency of Mr. Frederick O. Pcnfield, who (8) is said to have Bailed 

 for Europe on the Elbe on Saturday. To this it maybe, said (1) 

 that negotiations have not been pending for two ) enrs; (2) that 

 they were not finally settled last week, and (3) that Mr. Penlield 

 did not sail for Europe on the Elbe last Saturday, because he had 

 already been in London for nearly n week. Mr. t-Yn field came to 

 this city some six week a ago at the request of an English capitalist, 

 and opened negotiations with Dr. Gatling and tbe Gatlmg Gun 

 Company. He received authority to arrange for the sale and 

 transfer of the plant upon certain terms, and he started for Lon- 

 don on March 3 on the steamer Fulda, arriving early last week. 

 Nothing has been heard of him since his arrival. The scheme in- 

 volves the complete absorption of the famous gun, which Is so 

 highly regarded by Englishmen because it has been their main 

 stay so many times in South Africa and Egypt. Although an 

 American invention, the English press and the English war cor- 

 respondents have made it famous. There has been no fighting of 

 recent years by British troops in wbich good reports have hot 

 been made of the "Gat-lings," as they are popularly known in the 

 Army. Dr. Gatling will cont inue hisrosidence in Hartford, being 

 retained by the new company as consulting engineer on a salary 

 for life, lie plodgiug himself to give to the concern any future in- 

 ventions or improvements of tbe gun. 



OWENSVILLE, Ind., March 20.-Owonsville Ballard Rifle Team. 

 Seven members met on the range to-day. The following are best 

 scores made. Conditions off-hand. A strong shifting wind with 

 clouds flying across the range made good shooting difficult, and 

 scores ranged low: 



J Montgomery 10 10 7 6 4 7 B 5 9 6-70 



W Gentry 10 9 8 3 9 6 5 7 5 4-67 



James Daughertv 8 36640778 6—65 



R Spick 6 10 6 4 3 B 10 6 3—63 



W Roberts 6 5 6 8 6 8 7 5 4 6-61 



John Stone 4 6 3 10 6 5 7 9 6 4-59 



John Daugherty 6 4 5 4 10 7 3 3 5 6-53 



J. Montgomery won gold modal. 



MONTREAL. March 26.— The challenge which it was reported 

 had been isstied by champion Bennett against a French noble- 

 man is directed to Count Mosse, of this city. The challenge came 

 indirectly as follows: Mr. Leach, of the Hamilton Powder Com- 

 pany, has the reputation of being the best pistol shot in Canada, 

 and the Count lias for some time past been anxious to test his 

 strength. Mr. Leach objects to shooting in cold weather and 

 promised to accommodate the Count as soon as the weather 

 moderates a little. In the meantime Mr. Leach had written to a 

 friend in Boston about Count Mosse's proposal, and eventually 

 Bennett heard of them and forthwith deposited $100 to bind a 

 match. The only difficulty is that the Count wants to use the 

 duelling pistol, of which ho possesses a magnificent pair, while 

 Bennett's weapon is the regulation army revolver. No further 

 arrangements have been made so far. Last fall Mr. Leach gave 

 every facility to Mr. Bennett to make a match for $250 or upward, 

 but the Boston man excused himself on the ground of his engage- 

 ments with Chevalier Paine, and could only find it convenient 

 to meet Leach then. Mr. Leach promises to again challenge Ben- 

 nett in the spring and will use the army revolver. It is alto- 

 gether within the probabilities that both matches will be shot. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for ]mblieation should he made out on the prin*"d blauhs 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished- gratis to cl/ub 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularlu requested Co write on one side of the paper only. 



TRI-STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT. 



CINCINNATI, March 22.— The fifth shoot of the series of seven 

 for the expert diamond climax and the amateur Tatham gold 

 medal, open to all individual shooters in the States of Ohio, 

 Indiana and Kentucky, was shot this afternoon ou the grounds of 

 the East End Gun Club, situated at Columbia, four miles north of 

 this eitv, in weather which for disagrecableness was hardly ever 

 equaled. It blew a gale continually, and half t lie time a blizzardly 

 snow added to the other disadvantages, the intense cold being the 

 great drawback. In spite of all tins there were 44 entries. The 

 result of the shooting proved a great surprise, especially so that 

 in the expert class, barring Mr. J. E. Miller's score, which was not 

 allowed by the managers, Messrs. Al Bandle and John Clements, 

 owing to his shells not having been loaded with the Belcher loader, 

 which the conditions call for. Instead, he shot tbe Peters 

 machine-loaded cartridge, and his handsome score of 42 was dis- 

 allowed. The other experts, Taylor, "Roberts," R. O. Heikos, W. 

 H. Jackson and invincible (?) Al t-andle came along like draught 

 horses among thoroughbreds, the highest scores next to Miller's 

 being 38, made by Heikes and Taylor, which, in the tie shoot-off, 

 was won by the "Old Reliable" Taylor, Mr. A. C. Dick "Richard" 

 did not disappoint the gentlemen who offered odds in bis favor in 

 the amateur class, he shooting his same careful and sure gai t from 

 start to finish, and that in a manner to be proud of. He has now 

 won the amateur medal three times out of five, the first time on 

 a score of 40, next on a score of 44 and to-day with all the disad- 

 vantages against him on a score of 42— cer tainl v meritorious work. 

 G-irton, of Franklin, O., in the same class, pulled in secoud alone 

 with 40 to his credit, and had he not allowed himself to slip up on 

 some very nasty flights, would probably have scored a few better. 



Messrs.'Cole, Robiuson, Joe H., Goldrick, Harris, Bing, Dad, 

 Stuart and Ferris also did well, considering. Comparatively the 

 shooting of tbe gentlemen in the expert class is hardly worthy of 

 mention, though some good runs were made by Heikes audTaylor 

 during the latter part of their string of 50. Miller outranked 

 them all in that class, and acknowledging the. right of the man- 

 agement in making the use of certain shells compulsory, it is 

 almost a pity his score wont for naught. 



The poor scores made are quite excusable as it was almost the 

 next thing to impossible to face the traps without being blown 

 off one's feet, and there was as much regularity in the flight of 

 the birds as there is in the frisky good feeling spring swallow. 

 Coldl Don't mention it; and no hot coffee there to trickle down 

 one's throat to soothe and encourage you— nothing but a greedily 

 surrounded fire in a not over-commodious club house and a very 

 chilly bluff of snow on the outside in waiting. It was a beauti- 

 ful day to test the shooter's ability with the gun as well as their 

 constitution, and the constitution, I believe, showed up to better 

 advantage than the ability, on an average. E. Taylor won the 

 expert medal, but ashamedly accepted it. Shooters that prefer 

 big wind to do their shooting m were conspicuous for their absence 

 and if present for their silence. Al Bundle's score counted in a 

 telegraphic, match with R. E. Sheldon, the leading shot of Cleve- 

 land, O., the latter gentleman shooting at Cleveland , O., his score 

 being telegraphed here and vice versa. Sheldon scored 43. 



The shooting was at 50 single American clay birds, under Ohio 

 State trap shooting rules, 5 traps, unknown angles, officially the 

 birds'scored were: 



Dad 



*W H Jackson. . 

 Lefever 



.34 



Richard 



42 



.38 



Girton 



40 



.30 



W Warwick 



30 



.23 



P Ressler 





.32 



Snider 



...24 



,28 



*J E Miller 



42 



.30 







.33 



F Ferris 



34 



.35 



O Briggs 



30 



.33 



Whitney 



23 







. .83 







27 



88 

 37 



*A1 Baudle 



29 



31 



Ben D'Or 



22 



28 



Bob White 



20 



.26 





26 



.20 



Wickersham 



30 





H E Peter 



31 



.28 





28 



29 





16 



20 





17 



B Naples 



R Naples 



♦Denotes expert class. 



A. C. Dick (Richard) won the amateur medal for the third time. 



R. O. Heikes and E. Taylor having tied for the expert diamond 

 medal, they shot off the tie, with the following result, at 10 single 

 birds: 



Taylor 1110111111—9 Heikes 1011110101-7 



J. E. Miller shot a 101b. 10-gauge L. C. Smith and used Peters's 



cartridges, loaded With iM&VS. King's quick shot No. 2 and l}4oz. 



'Latham's chilled No. 8 shot. E. Taylor a 0%lb. 10-gauge L. C. 



Smith, loaded with 3£4drs. L. & B. powder and lJ4oz. Pittsburgh 



No. 8 chilled shot. Richard a 9jk»0>. 10-gauge Parker, loaded with 



4Mp8. Tatham's chilled straight 8'a, 

 Time of shooting four and a half hours. Trapder and referee, 



Kelly; official scorer, C. F. Weil, of Detroit, Mich. 



A sweepstake at 10 single birds, entrance $1, followed aud re- 

 sulted: 



Heikes — 7 Roberts 5 



Dad 7 Richard "s 



Schatzman 5 Joe H g 



Warwick 5 Mai-wick. 5 



Bandle 7 Taylor 



Goldrick • 7 Briggs 2 



AW West 9 Ferris "3 



Jackson .0 Bling 5 



Cole . ..9 Wick '"2 



Robinson 4 



Cole and West divided first money; Richard took second; Heikes 

 in shoot off won third. 



The following, special telegram tells the Sheldon score at Cleve- 

 land in full: 



Cleveland, March 22.— R. E. Sheldon's score in the telegraph 

 shooting match with Al. Bandle is as follows, he making iO out of 

 a possible 50: 0011111 111 1111111 1 11 1 11 II 111 111111.1 10i IODIC I i i J 1 1 11 — 43. 

 The wind blew directly across the range and snow fell at in- 

 tervals. 



A NEW YORK SHOOTING GROUND. 



Editor Fur est and Stream: 



A few gentlemen who have found much pleasure in trap shoot- 

 ing, and being lamiliar with many of our local clubs, have noted 

 many difficulties and hindrances in the full enjoyment of (his 

 sport, propose to form an organization to afford sportsmen of 

 New- York and vicinity every facility for enjoying trap shooting 

 at the lowest possible cost. 



It is proposed to form a stock eompanv of 100 shares at 850 per 

 share, to leese ground suitable for running three sets of traps, 

 eroding a comfortable chib house and grand stand, fencing etc 

 A desirable ground is offered within IS minutes ride from New 

 York, 30 minutes from City Hall, less than lOOvds. from the depot 

 where trains stop abnutevery 30 minutes; round trip fare 15 Dfinfe 

 Such a ground, thoroughly equipped with every improvement, 

 and convenience, where any gentleman could obtain EftootiiiB at 

 small cost, either artificial targets, live birds or rifle practice 

 would prove very attractive to shooters and pay the stockholders 

 well. 11ns ground would soon become popular with experts in 

 shooting exhibition matches, and gate receipts would be large 



All betting or gambling of any kind to be prohibited within the 

 shooting inclosure, club house, grand stand or entrances thereto 

 Perfect order maintained by ah efficient set of officers. The fa ir 

 sex welcomed and interested in the sport, and everything done to 

 elevate and improve the standard of this amusement 



During ■ 1880 about 200,000 artificial flying targets other than 

 glass balls were sold in New York city. 1 11 1887 about 1,00,000, and 

 m the neighborhood of 00 new dubs were formed. From present 

 indications the sale of artificial forgets in New York will prob- 

 ably reach 1,500,000 or 2.000,000 in 1888: This shows ereat increase 

 of interest in this sport. These substitutes for live birds have 

 now been brought to such perfection that. they have clearly come 

 to stay. 



There are thousands of shotguns now owned bv sportsmen in 

 New York city. Most of these gentlemen have but little time to 

 spend in the field, and when they go hunting thev desire to be 

 able to make a good bag of game. To obtain sufficient practice to 

 attain this end is difficult and expensive about New York. Thous- 

 ands more would own guns and shoot if they could have sufficient 

 practice near home, to enable them to become expert shots 'al 

 small cost and little waste of time. 



Local clubs already formed accomplish this to some extent but 

 in no way to compare with a thoroughly equ-'pped association 

 under good business management, that could furnish shooting 

 facilities at any time he pleased. 



Many clubs as generally formed soon degenerate into a mild 

 species of gambling, and develop cliques, often bringing Ibis tine 

 sport into had repute. 



But few expert matches are shot about New York, because no 

 suitable ground is within easy reach where sufficient number of 

 people can attend to make gate receipts an object, and manv 

 persons do not attend such exhibitions, fearing to meet with an 

 attendance made up of sporting men instead of sportsmen. 



I lay this matter before 3 ou for publication, hoping to call forth 

 the views ot your readers on the subject, and if the scheme meets 

 With much favor shall proceed to look up parties who are willing 

 to help put it through. 



It seems to me that New York city should have a ground where 

 such sport could be enjoyed to its fullest extent. Bedford 



New York, March 22. 



■ wonderful 



11111 11111 

 11111 11111 

 11111 11m 



11101 

 11m 

 11111 

 11111 

 11011 



11111-91 

 11111 

 11011 

 10111 

 110H-00 



LOS ANGELES. March 18.— Dr. Carver was defeated here to- 

 day before a large company assembled at Agricultural Park to 

 witness the pigeon match between him and Martinez Chick of 

 San Diego. The match was at 100 live birds each, 80yds. rise 

 80yds. boundary, Hurlinghaui rules, for a. pu rse of $5110. Jarncs C 

 Wood was chosen referee and H. T. Payne score-keeper. Dr. Car- 

 ver had only arrived from San Francisco on the morning train 

 and was complaining of a severe pain in Ins chest. Notwithstand- 

 ing the injunction of his physician, he went to the score, remark- 

 ing that he would shoot as long as he could, at any rate, Mr. 

 Chick was in his usual good form. Dr. Carver used a 12-gauge 

 Greener gun, Ttglbs. weight, shooting Carnock shell loaded with 

 wood powder in the right barrel and black powder in the left. 

 Mr. Chick shot a Daly gun, 10-gauge, 9M>lbs„ paper shells, black 

 powder in both barrels. The match was a very fine one, and the 

 birds a reasonably fair lot. The sportsmen were delighted with 

 the excellent shooting, and the vast crowd that had assembled to 

 witness it were well pleased and returned home full of compli- 

 mentary expressions for both contestants and their wonderful 

 skill: 



Chick 01111 11111 Hill 



mio 10m 10111 



11111 01m inn 



Cllll 10101 11m 



Carver 10101 11110 11111 



11011 11111 11111 

 11111 moi moi 

 11111 10111 11m 



Chick killed with the second barrel 23 times; his largest run was 

 28. Carver killed with the second 17 times: his largest run was 10 

 Carver bad two birds fall dead out of bounds. 



Martinez Chick, who made such a capital performance, was 

 born in San Joaquin county, Cal., on the 22d day of August, 1859. 

 He came with his parents to Los Angeles in 1872 and resided here 

 until 1879, since which time he has made his home in San Diego, 

 although spending nearly as much of his time here as there. The 

 first match that Mr. Chick ever shot was in the spring of 1885, at 

 Agricultural Park, and against Mr. James Cheatham, of San 

 Bernardino. The match was at 50 clay-birds each, and was won 

 by Mr. Chick with a score of 41 to Cheatham's 31. His next match 

 was with Mr. Crittenden Robinson, also in this city, in Mav. 1880, 

 at 100 live birds, Hurnngham rules, In this Mr. Robinson de- 

 fea ted him with a score of 85 to Chick's 70, though Mr. Chick had 

 birds fall dead out of bounds. His third match was at San 

 Bernardino, in April, 1S87, with Mr. Gus Knight, at 100 live birds, 

 defeating Knight by a score of 88 to 86. Mr. Chick is also the win - 

 ner of the champion badge of southern California, which he 

 wrested from twenty contestants at San Diego, with a score of 23 

 out of 25. Mr. Chick is a powerfully built man, carrying no 

 superfluous flesh, enjoying perfect health, and therefore able to 

 endure the punishment of 200 or 300 shots without the least in- 

 convenience. The score that ho made to-day is believed to be the 

 best ever made in the State under Ilurlingham rules. Thus Mar- 

 tinez Chick, but 28 years old, with only the experience of f out- 

 matches, stands at the head of the long line of California shots 

 with a record of 91 clean kills. 



READING, Mass., March 21— About 40 members of the several 

 local gun clubs assembled at the range of tbe Reading Gun Club 

 to-day to participate in several events. E. F. Pro .ks presented a 

 pair of camel's hair blankets to the Reading Club to be given to 

 the one who made the best score in shooting 5 blue rocks, 5 clays 

 and 5 Peoria blackbirds. D. H. Moore was the winner of these 

 events with a clean score. The other 17 events resulted as fol- 

 lows: 1. Five clays— Connell first. 2. Five Peoria blackbirds— 

 Saugus, Killara and Davis first. 3. Five Peoria blackbirds— Moore 

 and Connell first. 4. Five clays— D. Kirkwood first, 5. Five blue 

 rocks— Connell first. 6. Ten clays— Adams first. 7. Ten Peoria 

 blackbirds— Moore first. 8. Five blue rocks— Drew first. 9. Five 

 clays— Adams first. 10. Five Peoria blackbirds— Moore and Kirk- 

 wood first. 11. Five clays— Adams first. 13. Five Peoria black- 

 birds — Killam, Linn and Kirkwoud first. 13. Five blue rocks — 

 Moore first. 14. Five clays— Adams first. 15. Five straightawav 

 clays— Adams and Linn first. 16. Five clays— Linn first. 17. Five 

 Peoria blackbirds— Moore and Grew first. The scores in the fifth, 

 sixth and seventh events count for the Boston Gun Club prizes, 

 the winners standing in the following order: Adams first. Moore 

 second, Connell third, Tuttle f< )urth, D- Kirkwood fifth, Grew r 

 sixth, Linn and Jones seventh, Eanies, Buck and Loring eighth, 

 Saugus ninth, Willis tenth. The last and final round" in the 

 tou'tnameht for Unices will be shot on the grounds of the Boston 

 Gun Club at Wellington. 



