April 12, 1888.] 



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BOSTON, April 5.— Walnut Hill range was visited to-day (Fast 

 Day) by the largest number of riflemen that have faced its targets 

 for months. It was estimated that at least 150 marksmen, includ- 

 ing' many militiamen, were at the range during the day, and the 

 competition was lively from the opening hour until dusk. The 

 records in the various matches arc appended: „ , 



Best Match. 200yds— J. M. Karnes 101, H. T. Dudley 100, M. Jame- 



son 98, N. Knight 97, A. C. Thompson 90, D. T. Howe 04, F. D. nart 

 92, A. T. Newton 81. ' ' „ T „ 



Militia Creedmoor Match, 200yds., 10 shots, possible 50.— W. O. 

 Bumite 48, R. Washington 14, A. IT. Wright 43, C. H, East man 4a, 

 A. McCarthy 43, W. H. Ames 42, F. W. Fowle 42, H. N. Ooun 41, 

 M. '4. Withum 41, W. Dav 41, .T. DurwardiO, A. Moore 40, J. Ilealey 

 40, W. H. Miles 40, A. Walker 40, H. Johnson 30, B. L. Trull 39, M. 

 Austin 39, J. Hood 38, F. W. Frank 38, R. W. Gilbert 37, M. H. 

 Williams 37, H. H. Davis 37, J. M. Deloreia 37, W. A. Parker 37, H. 

 Miller 36, M. S. Martin 30, G. H. Naso 56, N. R. Tenney 35, E. S. 

 Howes 35. C. J. Sargent 34, W. A. Mitchell 84, W. J. Lockhart 32, 



Brown 64. 



Revolver Match, 50yds.— J. B. Fellows 87. M. Howard 84, A. Lor- 

 ing 82, B. Mardeu 76, L. Bartlett 82, J. L. Fowle. 78. 



Revolver Match, 30vds.— J. L. Fowle 85, W. S. Hill 80, L. Bartlett 

 79, F. James 09, A. C. Newton 65. 



Off-Hand Decimal Match. 200yds.— W. Charles 84, W.O.Burnlte 

 (mil.) 83, A. Loring 82, A. Law 78, II. Hawley 77, L. P. Ames 75, D. 

 L. Chase 74. C. IT. Eastman 74. C. Tovvne73, A. Bams 71, L. Hiland 

 71, F. D. Hart 71, A. S. Martin 71, A. W. Long 69, C. L. Davis 60, W. 

 H. Sharer G6, M. Jackson 66, B. Gardner 60. 



NEW BEDFORD, April 7.— The Massachusetts fireman have 

 made gallery shooting a great fad, and each engine house ' 

 galler> in some safe nook or corner. Visits to and fro are 1 . 

 order, and teams make merrv under the excuse. Independent 

 Hose Company No. 1, of Walthani, 10 men, arrived here to-night, 

 and are the guests of C. Howland Engine Company No. 4. After 

 filling up with good things the firemen engaged in a. rifle match. 

 The score, 10 shots per man: 0. Bowland Company— W. A. Gibbs 

 45, J. Backus 47, J. Donaghy 42, D. D. Bi iggs 42, E. S. Gilbert 43, 

 C. Wing 44, C. Card 35, R. W. Snow 38; 337. Waltham Company - 



E. A. Emerson 40. F. W. Walker 37, J. dough 40, F. Clarke 41, D. 



F. Hussin 42, G. W. Peun 40, J. Flood 41, M. Nethercote 41; 322. 



HARTFORD, April 7.— The Franklin Rifle Club hold their reg- 

 ular monthly shoot to-day. The wind was exceedingly strong 

 and variable," and scores consequently low. 



Medal Match. 



FKRand 9 7 7 5 4 9 6 6 



D S Seymour 6 8 7 6 8 10 10 10 



HMP'upe 8 9 8 8 6 9 4 5 



ECHenn 7 9 9 4 5 5 8 7 



T H Britten 8 7 7 9 5 6 3 6 



EE Beach 4 3 4 4 6 3 5 



W W Tucker 5 6 6 10 6 6 7 1 . 



Medal was won by Seymour. Half dollars for best single shots, 

 won by Seymour and Tucker, measuring 1.1 and 1.5in. respectively. 

 Record Match. 



FH Britten 7 6 3 9 5 7 



ECHenn 7 9 9 4 5 5 



H M Pope 4 8 6 8 10 8 



FKRand 6 4 9 6 9 8 



D S Sevmour 8 10 10 10 7 5 



S J Lyon 6 9 10 8 9 7 - 



The record match is a three-months' match, and this was the 

 closing shoot. It is won by the member making the best percent- 

 age of improvement. All scores shot to count. 



OWKNSVILLE, Ind., April 3.— The Owensville BaUard Rifle 

 Team, Hinman target, 200yds. off-hand: J. Montgomery 70, Jas. 

 Daugherty 66, W. Roberts 63, G. Witter 61, John Daugherty 57. 



EASTER MONDAY MATCHES.— The third rifle match be- 

 tween the Scarboro' and Highland Creek rifle teams was shot at 

 Agincourt on Monday, April 2, resulting in a victory for Scarboro' 



of 31 points A rifle match between the Orillia and Midland 



associations was shot on April 2 on the Orillia range, and resulted 

 in an easy victory for the Orillia team by 140 points. 



CHICOPEE, April 2.— The Mavnard Rifle Club made the follow- 

 ing scores at their range at. the Falls, to-day, with the Hinman 

 target, at 300vds., off-hand: Clark 85, Gassner 82, Dodge 81, Engle 

 75. 



H AMILTON, Ont., March 30.— A match took place at the Vic- 

 toria Rifle Club ranges to-day between two teams of 3 men each. 

 J. R. Adams, who won the championship at the annual matches 

 of the 13th Battalion, made the excellent score of 93 points, 7 shots 

 at each range. 



NEWARK, N. J., April 3— The double match shoot between G. 

 Snellen, of Our Own- Rifle Club, and John Coppersmith, of the 

 Essex Club, was concluded to-night, and the record stands: 

 Suellon-115',110. 117, 107, 113, 114, 110, 116, 116, 114: total, 1,133; first 

 match. 1,164: grand total, 2,296. Coppersmith— 111, 114, 118, 111, 110, 

 106, 110, 112, 114, U3; total, 1,114; first match, 1,153; grand total, 



guns was very light, but the smoke produced by them showed that 

 they did not burn wood powder. You kuow what they say in this 

 country: "Palvora poca y nnmicion hasta la horn." ("Save the 

 powder and waste the shot.") The "kills" were not very clean; 

 the birds falling crippled and exhausted were chased and cap- 

 tured out of the boundary line. I noticed that the flight of many 

 was painful and slow. Taking into consideration the poor condi- 

 tion of the birds, the close range and the clumsy way of throwing 

 them up, I wondered that any of them escaped at all. J. M. G. 



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THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should tie made out on the printed Manhs 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to eluTi 

 msretarics. Cm-respondents who favor vs with cJwb scores are par- 

 ticularly rceniented to write on one side of the paper only. 



A PIGEON SHOOT IN HAVANA. 



THIS Sunday (March 18) I went to see a pigeon shoot adver- 

 tised in the Havana papers to take place from 7 to 13 A. M. on 

 the grounds of the club Almendares, situated in the suburbs of 

 this city. Before going I felt some regrets for not having my 

 gun with me here, for 1 anticipated great fun and good sport. 

 When I arrived the shooting had begun, and I must try to give 

 you an idea of it, as it will amuse you to know how affairs (if 

 this kind are arranged here. Imagine a race track of % of a 

 mile with a high hoard fence, and inside, between the track and 

 fence, a kind of a railing with large openings. In the center of 

 the field, inclosed by the inside railing, was a pile of baskets 

 containing all kinds of birds, doves, black and reed birds, etc. 

 The genius of the affair was a master of mimics, to judge by 

 the way he argued and carried on a conversation with his pat- 

 rons he reminded me of the hero of the foUowing verses: 

 " Ob ! Iam the cook and the captain bold, 



Arid the mate of the Nancy brig; 

 And the bo'sun tight, and the midshipmite, 

 And the crew of the captain's gig." 

 This man was trapper, scorer, referee, crier, etc., and the shoot- 

 ers were few and scattered in different points along the fence. 

 Only one at a time shot at the score, as often as he liked, paving 

 for every shot fired . The others on the boundary fence also paid 

 for the shots fired at the birds missed at the score. The man who 

 had so manv duties to perform also carried a private account 

 with every man who snapped at a fleeing bird. In case of "hit" 

 or "miss" bv the outsiders, the man would call to the successful, 

 crediting him or debiting him in his imaginary account. The 

 way the birds were thrown up was very economical, taking in 

 consideration the necessary outlay for traps, etc., but it does not 

 work so economically in the end, because a bird pitched up at 

 4yds. from the gun is an easy target. The shooter and trapper 

 stood facing each other at tour or live paces, the latter holding a 

 bird, girated on one foot, making at the same time several feints 

 to deceive the former as to the direction he was going to give to 

 the bird, his actions being somewhat similar to those of the 

 pitcher in a base ball game. At last the poor bird was thrown up 

 with great force, presenting an easy target in its efforts to stop 

 with outspread wings the impulse given by trapper. Neverthe- 

 less I saw many birds shot at twice at the score and as many times 

 more bv each of the scattered gunners, escape unhurt. 



At first I thought all the birds were doves, such as I have shot 

 in the United States; but the trapper did not confine himself to 

 them alone, sandwiching now and then a reed or blackbird, the 

 latter giving a larger average of "kills" than the pigeons. When- 

 ever a man shot a bird at these close ranges they clapped their 

 hands with great vehemence. The way of holding the gun at the 

 score was prettv good, but there were no rules of any sort, no 

 program, no score (except the mental one kept by the trapper 

 with bis customers). I did not inquire deeply into this matter, 

 because I did not care to bother the shooters, and having left my 

 "cedula" (papers) at borne, did not wish to make myself very 

 conspicuous, and so be exposed to the greedy policy which arrests 

 people not provided with "cedillas," and then claims some money 

 in exchange for their freedom. W bile I was looking on, two men 

 came in a cab, one of them carrying a beautiful English ham- 

 merless gun, but his poor show at the score spoiled the impression 

 his tine gun made on me . 



The shooting was very reckless, several times the shot showered 

 pretty lively around me. There were very few spectators for a 

 free show. 1 counted fifteen, and these left before the affair was 

 over and so did I. There were no guns to hire. The report of the 



CANADIAN TRAP NOTES. 



OTTAWA, March 21).— The Ottawa Gun Club held a shoot this 

 afternoon, the club turning up in good numbers and several 

 visitors lending a hand. The first event was a match at 10 clay- 

 pigeons each between Messrs. Sam Cassidy and S. Morrison, the 

 latter gentleman winning by one bird, the only one hit out of the 

 20. The club match at 15 Ligowsky pigeons each was then shot, 

 Messrs. Thompson. Throop, T. McLean and Dr. Martin, of the 

 St. Huberts Gun (Tub, shooting by invitation: H. Street 13, T. 

 McLean 13, A. Throop 12, B. Thompson 11, A. Stewart 10, H Both- 

 well 10, Manuel 9, E. Smith 9, J. Stewart 8, Traecy 8, Dr. Martin 

 7, G. Lang 6, H. Baldwin 6, Dr. McPhee 5. 



TORONTO, March 30.— The blackbird shoot at McDowall's to-day 

 was a decided success. The shooting commenced at 9 A. M. and 

 was kept up until dark. Considering the stormy weather the 

 sport was good. Messrs. < Uia rles and Walker did some tine work, 

 the former breaking 42 out of 44 and the latter 42 out of 46. The 

 following are the winners: Ten Peoria birds— W. Paul first, D. 

 Blea, second, R. Charles third and J. A. Walker fourth. Fifteen 

 Peoria blackbirds— R. Charles first, W. Alexander second, W. 

 Walton third, .1. A. Walker fourth and t\ Wakefield fifth. Double 

 rise at 10 birds— A. Ellis first, R, Charles second and J. A. Walker 

 third. 



Montreal, Mareh 30. -The Dominion Gun Club was out in 

 force to-dav. when the. Morris cup was shot for the first time. 

 The cup will be won' bv the man making the best average score 

 in 4 matches. The conditions arc 20 Peoria blackbirds, the dis- 

 tance a handicap, the scratch men shooting at 22yds. rise. Bel ter 

 weather could hardly be got for shooting, although early in the 

 afternoon the wind was a little on the strong side. Some of the 

 shooting was splendid, notably that of Messrs. Trotter and Wal- 

 lace, th& former gentleman breaking his first 15 straight. He, 

 however, had 1yds. advantage of Mr. Wallace, 'who made the fine 

 score of 17. There were It entries. Mr. Cameron acted as referee. 

 The 4 leading scores: 



C H Wallace (22) 01111100111111111111-17 



Jno Allen (18) 101 01 Of 101 HU 00 J 00 1 01 .— 9 



L T Trotter (18) 11111111111111101110-18 



F Emond (22) 11000101110111001101-12 



Then there were 2 sweepstakes shot, the first at 9 birds. Trot- 

 ter winning first, Emond second, Robertson third, and Aubin 

 fourth. Sweep at 5 pair double birds followed, and Emond again 

 landed first and Henrichson second. 



Toronto.— The following are the scores made by the members 

 of the Owl Gun Club at their second shoot for gnu presented by 

 Enos, James & Co., at 20 birds: W. Pearson 17, A. Alexander 19, 

 C. Kemp 14, W. McDowall 15, H. Roberts 18, H. George 15. A. Ellis 

 17, W. Paul 15, R. Charles 16, J Douglass 17, J. Townson 12, J. Job- 

 bott 12, C. B. Harrison 12, J. C. Uhwm 15, J, R. Gould 15. They 

 shot their second string and scored as below, A. Alexander doing 

 remarkably well, breaking 39 out of 40, and H. Roberts 36: W. 

 Pearson 17, A. Alexander 20, C. Kemp 18, S. Longbottom 10,11. 

 Roberts 18, A. Ellis 15, C. B. Harrison 15. J. C. Uuwin 10. 



Buantford, March 31.— A great deal of local interest; was 

 excited bv a shooting match between James Cook, of Paris, and 

 II. T. Westbrook, of this place, on the farm of the latter, about 

 two miles from Brantford. yesterday. The match was at 25 

 pigeons, 81yds. rise, Dominion rules, for $100 a side. The shooting 

 of Westbrook was the best ever seen here, his killing 17 out of his 

 first 18 birds being excellent shooting. Having made some bets 

 that he would kill 20 out of 25, he kept on until he reached that 

 score on the 23d bird. The following is the score: 

 Westb'klllOllllllllllllllOHOl— 20 Cook. . . .U000101111 101001010— 11 



Ottawa, April 3.— The St. Huberts and Ottawa gun clubs shot a 

 match to-day, 12 men a side, at 15 Ligowsky clay-pigeons each 

 man; Alex. .1 agues, referee. The older club proved a little too 

 strong for their opponents, but the shooting was not up to tho 

 usual standard. St. Huberts scored 108 and the Ottawas 89. 



Hamilton, March 30.— The Wildfowlers' Gun Club held an in- 

 teresting series of matches to-day. The weather was decidedly 

 disagreeable, but still some good scores were. made. J. Bowron 

 shot in aU the contests, five of them, tieing for first in three with 

 an unbroken score, winning one with 11 out of 12, missing his first 

 bird, and getting second in another with 11 out of 13, missing his 

 last. Shooting off one of the ties he broke 5 straight and thus 

 scored 44 out of 46. Another competitor who distinguished him- 

 self was E. Hunt, who captured 35 out of 39, with T. L. Stephens 

 running him close with 33 out of 39. Following are the scores in 

 the 12-blaekbird competition at 18yds. rise: J. Bowron 11, C. Hunt 



10, T. L. Stephens 10, J. Pett 9, G. Hore 9, Wm. Smith 8. 



Second sweep. 12 blackbirds: C. Hunt 12, J. Bowron 11, J. Pett, 



11, G. Hore 11, G. Brant 10, T. L. Stephens 10, Wm. Smith 8, Jamie- 



& °In d the 5-blackbird competition, also at 18yds. rise, the winners 

 were: No. 1— J. L. Bowron and T. L. Stephens. No. 2— Class shoot- 

 ing: Bowron first and Stephens second. No. 3— J. Bowron, G. Hore 

 and Wm. Hunt. 



Toronto, April 5.— An interesting shooting match took place at 

 McDowall's grounds to-day. The shoot was at 25 clay-pigeons 

 from five traps at 18yds. rise for a stake of $25 a side. The follow- 

 ing is the score: J. Moore 15, H. Roberts 18. 



FAST DAY TRAP SHOOTING. 



THE regular April holiday has come to be a sort of opening 

 day among the gun clubs and of the many enjoying it, a few 

 scores are appended: 



Wellington, April, 5.— Some 70 gentlemen, members of the 

 Wellington and other gun clubs, were present. The day was a 

 perfect one for shooting till about 3 o'clock, when a drizzling rain 

 set in. Still, the sport was continued for two hours longer. The 

 winners in the various events follow: Six pigeons, Lang; six 

 pigeons, Lang; six blue rocks, Steele, Lang, Brown and Member; 

 six blue rocks, Swift; three pair pigeons, Law; six pigeons. Tucker 

 and Bancroft; three pair pigeons, Moore: six blue rocks, Bond; 

 six blue rocks, Perry, Bond and Sanborn; six pigeons, Lewis; three 



Stanton, M»lcher and Moore; six blue rocks. Chase and Snow; 

 three pair -pigeons. Grimes; six blue rocks, Tucker; three pair 

 pigeons, Snow; six blue rocks, Stanton, Sanborn and French; six 

 pigeons, IT. Swift, Sanborn and Chase; tnree pair pigeons, Perry 

 and Grimes; six pigeons. Grimes, Snow, Chase and Sanborn; six 

 blue rocks. Perry, Moore and De Roehmont; six pigeons, French; 

 six pigeons, H. Swift; six blue rocks. Snow; six pigeons, Snow and 

 Perry. 



Waltham, April 5.— Members of the Crescent Gun Club assem- 

 bled at their club house at the foot of Prospect hill, to-day, and 

 shot four matches, 5 clay pigeons and 5 blue rocks being used in 

 each match. The birds were sent straightaway, right and left. 

 C. Sewell winning first money in the first three, and E. Hildreth 

 in the fourth. 



Brighton Gun Club.— The club held its second shoot of the 

 merchandise series on Fast Day afternoon at its grounds at Fan- 

 euil. The scores made in the merchandise prizes also counted 

 for the Rivett diamond medal, won at the last shoot by J. O'Con- 

 nell. O'ConneR and J. Coyle were tied, but in the shoot-off the 

 former was tho victor. He has now won the medal twice and J, 

 Coyle once. The scores and events were as follows: Ten blue 

 rocks, J. Coyle; 10 clays, Man- and O'Connell; 5 bats, J. Coyle; 

 3 pairs bats and blue rocks, J. Coyle and C'Connell; 7 Peorias, 

 O'ConneR. Merchandise match, 10 blue rocks,. 10 clay pigeons 

 and 5 bats: J. Coyle 17, O'Connell 17, Breivogel 9, Horrigan 9. 



East Boston Gun Club.— A large number of shooters assem- 

 bled at the range of the East Boston Gun Club on Fast Day, and 

 some very eredi table scores were made. The winners', with 18 

 events, were: 5 clays, Payson; 5 Peorias, Whitcomb; 5 clays, F. 

 Norton; 5 Peorias, Hargrave; 3 pairs Peorias, F. Norton; 5 clays, 

 Payson; 5 Macombers, Grew and Kirk wood; 5 Peorias, Pete; 3 pairs 

 clays, Sampson; 5 clays, F. Norton; 5 Peorias, Kirkwood: 5 straight- 

 away' clays, Payson and Jones; 5 straightaway Poorias, Buck; 5 

 Peorias, Payson, Pete and Kirkw r ood; 5 clays, Pete and Kirkwood; 

 3 pairs clays, Pete and Payson; 5 Macombers, Kirkwood; 5 Peorias, 

 Hargrave and Kirkwood. 



Rbadinc, April 5.— The members of the Reading Gun Club held 

 their Fast Day shoot on the new grounds near the depot. Sweep- 

 stake shooting was the order of the day, 26 events being decided. 

 In the championship match J. G. Fames defeated A. S. Tuttle by 

 a score of 42 to 35. Conditions: 50 Peoria birds, 16yds. 



Worcester, Mass., April 5.— The Worcester Sportsmen's Club 

 had a tournament to-day at Coal Mine Brook range. The. rain in 

 the afternoon interfered somewhat with the pleasure of the 

 occasion, still every one apparently was having a good time. 

 There were guests present from Boston, Marlborough, Clinton, 

 Leominster in this State, and from Norwich, Conn. During the 

 day attention was attracted to the following events: Six clay- 

 pigeons, Rugg and Bowdisb: 6 blue rocks. Perry; 10 clays. Smith 

 and Oilman; 4 pairs clays, Russell; 7 blue rocks, Yoarington, 

 Eager, Rugg and Dean; 20 clays. Dickey, Davis and Russell; 9 

 clays, Harve-e, Burr, Wheeler, Whittaker and Nichols; 6 blue 

 rooks, Smith and Davis; 7 clays, Eager, Yerrington and Smith; 

 li blue rocks, Russel; two-men team match, 6 clays per man, 

 Sampson, of Clinton, and Bowdisb. : 4 pairs blue rocks, Davis; 10 

 clays, Jlolden and Yerrington; 10 clays. Wheeler and Dickey; 4 

 pairs clays. Smith; 5 clays. Smith and Russell; 7 clays, Dickey, 

 Davis and Wheeler; 9 clays, Wheeler; 7 straightaway blue rocks, 

 Wheeler and Swan. 



ALGONQUIN VS. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.— The Algon- 

 quins, whose stronghold is within the mountainous regions of 

 Weohawken, N J., sustained on April 5 a well concerted attack 

 from the shooting dwellers of Washington Heights, New York 

 city. The latter were gloriously repulsed with great slaughter 

 of pigeons, and lost the return match as shown in the appended 

 score. The cherished jewelled gold cup will now serve for the 

 libations of the Sachem of the Algonquius, while the chief of the^ 

 defeated tribe will have to rest content wit h a beer glass. Never 

 in the memory of the hoariest-headed Indian on the grounds was 

 a match shot in such weather. When the rain stopped pouring a 

 deluge the fog would close upon the combatants so that from the 

 score one could hardly discern the birds as they escaped from the 

 traps. The pigeons were a fair lot, but could not fly very well in 

 the pouring rain, so that there were quite a number of duffers. 

 A hogshead (more or less) of clam chowder was consumed in a 

 twinkling and a wagon load of fixings, liqnid and solid, went the 

 way of all perishable things. Altogether they had a line time 

 of it. 



Algonquins. 



Radzinsky 7^s 



Duoseith >M 



Brenner H)4 



Lordly 7 



Van Schaick 7 



Meyer 7 



Fox 5 



Kuhnast 6 



Gordon 7 



Bradley 4 



Simpson 6 



Greener 3 



Washington Heights. 



Glasser 6 



Gerlach 1 



Roe 6 



Russell V>Yn 



Fountain 7 



Hunt 6J6 



Terwilliger 5 



Harrison %Y Z 



Disbrow 9 



Kepler 2^ 



Dux 3 



Saner. . 



Greenwull 3 — 76V£ Davison 4 —70 



The match was shot at five traps, birds killed with second bar- 

 rel to count one-half, 50yds. boundary. The last four men of each 

 team had to shoot at 8 birds only, as they unfortunately rail 

 si ort of the fuR number.— Big Injun. 



DENVER, Col., April 8.— The prize pigeon shoot this afternoon 

 between Dr. Carver and Victoria Keunieutt, of this city, 100 birds 

 a side for $2,000, resulted in a draw. Carver hit 00 and. missed 8, 

 Kennicutt the same. 



CLEVELAND, Mareh 29.— Several of the members of the Kirt- 

 land club, Whicih includes in its membership some of the best, 

 clay pigeon shots in Cleveland, held a practice shoot out on its 

 range this afternoon, 25 single blue rocks at 18yds. rise. The. 

 scores are as follows: 



Prechtel 1101101111111010111111110—20 



Wooden 11011 .11 0100010 11J 1111110— 18 



Townsend 01001 101111101 IDOllOi 1 001—15 



PhiUippson 101001110110101 U01QH 1 10-10 



Rooth 01010U0110111 1 0011000010-13 



LAFAYETTE, Ind.-Mr. Fred Erb, Jr., is backed to break 475 

 targets out of a possible 500, from three traps, National rules. Mr. 

 Erb is to shoot 100 targets each day, commencing April 3, for five 

 consecutive days. Mr. Erb and Mr. Graham shoot two matches 

 April 18 and 20, at 100 live birds, Monaco rules, on the base baR 

 grounds at Lafayette. 



METAL TARGET.— Another flying target has been invented 

 and placed upon the market. This is a two-part tin pigeon. It 

 is made in two parts, wdiich are guaranteed to separate when hit, 

 and it can be used many times. 



MISSOURI ASSOCIATION. — The eleventh annual tournament 

 and convention of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Association 

 takes place in St. Louis, under the auspices of the Excelsior Gun 

 Club, May 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. 



SAN FR ANCISCO, March 24.— The Eureka IGun Club held its 

 first meeting at Bird's point, Alameda, this afternoon. The 

 weather was favorable for the guns. Colonel Kellogg carried off 

 the honors for the club trophy by killing eleven of his twelve 

 birds. Several freeze-out matches were arranged, in which 

 Schwerin, Golcher, ingalls and Pixie y won the honors and the 

 coin. W. L. Eyre judged all the events. 



Following is a list of the prizes which will he competed for by 

 the members of the Eureka Gun Club during the present season : 

 First prise, one pair of linked gold and platina diamond sleeve- 

 buttons ; second prize, one pair pearl opera-glases ; third prize, 

 Colt's new lightning magazine 22-caliber rifle; fourth prize, fine 

 split bamboo fishing-rod ; fifth prize, 250 standard shotgun car- 

 tridges ; sixth prize, bottle (one pound) fine extract ; seventh 

 prize, $3,000 accident insurance policy for one year in the Travel- 

 ers Insurance Company. All prizes will be awarded at the end 

 of the season on the basis of the total of the three best scores 

 of each member during the season, the highest taking the first 

 prize, and so on in regular order, with the exception of priz 

 seven, which will go to the member scoring the lowest avcrag 

 on any three shoots. 



CLEVELAND, March 29. —The Cleveland Gun Club range was 

 the scene of a closely contested match this afternoon, the occasion 

 being the monthly contest for the club's handsome badge. The 

 tournament began at 2:50 and continued almost until nightfall 

 when it was found that Will Roberts had won not only the privi- 

 lege of wearing the club badge for the coming month, but had 

 come out of two of the three sweepstake shoots with first honors. 

 The contest was 25 birds, 15 singles and 5 doubles, at 18yds. rise. 

 The birds were sprung from 5 traps. The club scores are as fol- 



C'FWheal OllOlllllll 011 1-12 10 00 11 11 11—7—19 



W Tamblyn 101011011100111— j(> 10 11 00 10 11—0—1(1 



E South 11111101001 1 111-12 11 11 10 11 10-8-20 



HLee IIP 1111011 11 11 -14 11 10 11 10 00-6-20 



1 100111111111010-11 01 00 00 10 11-4—15 



W Harris 1110110010010H- 9 10 1: 10 11 11 -8— 17 



W Roberts 11111111)111111-15 10 10 11 11 10-7-22 



Henry Bassett OlllliOimmi 1-12 10 11 11 10 01—7-19 



S O Jones 011010111111001-10 10 10 00 00 10-3— .3 



Visitor. 



A Forester 011110111111110-13 10 01 11 10 10-6—18 



The second was a sweepstake for two purses, at five pairs of 

 Peoria blackbirds. The scores are: H. Lee 6, Roberts 6, E. South 

 8, Wheal 9, Bassett 6, Tamblyn 8, Forrester 6. First purse, Wheal; 

 second, South and Tamblyn. 



Toe conditions of the next contest were 9 single standard birds 

 at 18yds., and resulted as follows: E. South 7, Bassett 4, Wheal 6, 

 ftoberts 8, Tamblyn 6, Lee 7, Forrester 6, Smith 6. First purse, 

 Roberts; second, South and Lee. 



The conditions in the fourth match were similar. The results 

 are as follows; South 8, Lee 4, Forrester 7, Roberts 8, Jones 5, 

 Wheal 0. Bassett 8, L. C. Smith 8, J, Moser 5. Smith, Roberts and 

 Bassett shot off a tic, Roberts bi caking three and his competitors 

 two each. 



CLUB ELECTIONS.-Tho Athens. (Pa.) Gun Club has elected 

 the following officers for the year 1888 : President, Frank Fuller; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, W. K. Park; Committee, E. W. Davis, 

 N.J. Kuaresboro, F. Sherman. The club was fust organized in 

 1882, and has been kept up by a few members ever since, while as 

 many as six different clubs in the same part of the country have 

 stopped shooting altogether. The club holds its animal shoot on 

 May 30. * * * * At the annual meeting of the South Side Gun 

 Club, at Newark, N. .)., the following officers were re-elected ; 

 Charles Le Roy, President ; Lemuel Tnomas, Vice President ; Asa 

 Whitehead, Secretary; E. M. Carrington Treasurer; it. H. 

 Breiutnall, W. R. Hobart, Oswald von Lengerke, E. L. Phillips, 

 J. R. Burnet, Executive Committee ; Isaac H. Terrill, Manager. 

 The roll shows a membership of forty-seven, and the treasurer's 

 report a good cash balance. 



W1NCHENDON, Mass., April 6.- The Winchendon Gun Club 

 have elected officers for the ensuing' year as follows: President, 

 E. M. Whitney; Vice-President, Dr. J. G. Henry; Secretary and 

 treasurer, F. F. Hopgood; Directors. F. E. Mann, F. F. Hopgood, 

 H. J. Lawrence, J. Sutherland and A. H. Felch. The Club cham- 

 pion badge now held by Dr. Henry will be contested for this 

 season, the same as last. The regular weekly meet of the club 

 will begin on the club grounds on Wednesday April IS. 



