June 21, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



439 



7 6-79 



7 9-71 



9 9-70 



4 7-G5 



THOMASTON, Conn., June 3.— Subjoined are the scores madt 

 at our shoot this P. M , 200yds., off-hand, standard target, hrigh 

 light, with wind varying from 3 to 9 o'clock: 



IS Thomas 8 10 7 5 8 fi 9 9 9 7-77 



Fred A Perkins 8 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 9 7-fift 



W II Dunbar 8 83876874 8—97 



GP North 5 9 4 6 5 10 6 5 8-57 



June 9.— Bright light, with a strong wind attunes from 8 O'clock: 



B Thomas 8 5 8 6 10 8 8 9 7 8-77 



Fred A Perkins B 7 fi 8 10 6 7 7 7 9-73 



GP North 7 5 7 5 7 6 9 5 5 4-60 



OWENSV1LLE, Ind., June 12.— The Owensville Ballard Rifle 

 Toa,m, American held target, 200yds. off-hand, National rules, 



fold medal: 

 Montgomery 7 10 10 7 7 10 9 7 



W Roberts 10 5 6 9 4 9 6 6 



R Speck 8 6 7 10 3 10 6 3 



Met; Dougherty. 9 10 8 5 6 7 3 6 



Average 70. J. Montgomery won medal. 

 BOSTON. June 14.— The firing points at Walnut Hill were com- 

 fortably filled to-day by the riflemen, and the scores inado were 

 very creditable. Saturday's scores: 



Rest match, 200yds. 



J Francis 12 11 10 12 12 12 10 12 11 13-114 



S Wilder 12 10 11 13 12 12 10 12 9 13-112 



A T Warren 12 12 9 13 12 10 13 10 12 10—1.11 



A Ballard 12 13 9 11 13 9 11 10 10 9-105 



E B Browne 11 12 11 18 9 11 10 10 10 9-105 



L R Avay 10 12 8 10 9 8 13 9 11 11-100 



B G Barker 12 9 9 10 7 13 8 12 9 12-100 



S B Read 11 8 6 9 12 11 13 10 9 8- 96 



J N Eames 9 7 9 11 9 10 11 11 7 11- 94 



S Ham 10 10 11 7 8 9 10 9 9 10- 93 



EN James 10 8 7 8 10 9 9 10 10 8— 89 



State Militia, Match. 



W Hooker 20 30 19 18 17 W 1 Getchell 17 15 15 



T Rae 21 21 21 20 20 



Military Match. 



J W Dcloria 4345345454—41 F J Lounsbury 4333543444—37 



A A McCarthy 5433444445- 40 D W James 5324325444-30 



M J Withurn" 344534-1454- 40 G A Miles 2444453334—30 



B L Trull 4453354343—39 



LYNN, Mass., June 16.— The scores at Indian Hill to-day wore 

 as follows: Military match, 500yds.: M. Williams 48, W. G. 

 Hussey 46, W. H. Merritt 45. W. O. Webber 40. Military match, 

 600yds.: W. G. Hussey 45, W. H. Merritt 44. Revolver match, 

 standard target, 50vds.: W. 0; Johnston, Jr., 83. Record match, 

 standard target, 300yds. off-hand: W. G. Hussey 74, F. H. Jack- 

 man 68. 



SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, Mass.. June 16.— Company C, Sixth 

 Regiment, Lowell, Company A, Sixth Regiment, of Wakefield, 

 and Company F, Second Regiment, of Gardner, shot a match to- 

 day at the camp, which resulted in a victory for the team of Com- 

 pany A, by a score of 195 to 183. Return matches will be shot by 

 telegraph at an early date. Following are the scores, at 200yds. 

 offhand: 



Company A, Sixth Regiment, Wakefield. 



Cant Taylor 4544544-30 Sergt Gihou 4343455-28 



Pvt. Horton 4414144-28 PvfKillam 5433444-27 



Pvt Millett 4344445-38 Pvt Babbitt -133-1435-26-195 



Pvt Withurn 4445434—38 



Company C, Sixth Regiment, Lowell. 



Lieut Worthcn 4355454 -30 Pvt. Kiuca.de 1354344-27 



Pvt Bagley 5534534-29 Pvt Kneeland .. 3343444—35 



Sergt Farnsworth 4434 154-38 Capt. Pratt 3233444-33-189 



Pvt. Foster 4442445-27 



Company F, Second Regiment, Gardner. 



C A Hinds 544-1454—30 F K White 5434434-37 



A E Knolton 4344555—30 G H Goodale 4334334-23 



Lieut Edgell 3454548-38 P B Edg< 11 3333340—17—183 



F B Thrasher 5334535—38 



NEWARK, N. J., June 14.— The meeting this evening, caUed by 

 the International Sharpshooters' Union, was attented by dele- 

 gates from the Our Owns, Rutgers, Howards, Monroes and Outing 

 Rifle Association. John Coppersmith was chairman and F. A. 

 Freiensehner secretary. Mr. Coppersmith stated that the object 

 in view w T as the arrangement for short-range team shooting under 

 the management of the gallery clubs. He stated t hat clubs could 

 suit themselves as to distance, targets and other conditions. The 

 delegates thereupon decided to arrange for team shooting under 

 the following conditions: Distance, 75ft.: rifle, .22caL; 31b. trigger 

 pull; team to consist of five men each, clubs to be privileged to 

 enter as many teams as they choose, but no man to shoot on more 

 than one team; entry. $5 per team; half the teams to he winners 

 and half losers. 



NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 13— The shoot for the handsome 

 gold sharpshooters 1 medal offered by Lieut. R. H. Morgan of the 

 City Guards to the members of the company came off to-day at 

 the" Bay View range. The distance at the shoot this year was 

 500yds.; in succeeding years it will be at sharpshooters' distances. 

 A very strong cross wind was blowing in puffs at the time of the 

 mated!.. 



Sergt Pope 3222535454-35 Pvt Bradley 4000024020-13 



Pvt Gibbs 002453-1245-29 Sergt. Swain 0020500002— 9 



Pvt Pope 0000238433—18 



Lieut. Morgan, who was present, made the following score: 



Lieut Morgan 020042 5 2 5-30 



At 200yds. the following practice strings were shot: 



Sergt Pope 0535434454-37 Sergt Swain 4253334453 -36 



Pvt'Bradley 4534543444-40 Pvt Pope 5443533454-40 



Pvt Gibbs 3443544344-37 Pvt Remington. . . .2322233003-19 



TOPEKA, Kan., June 7.— The following scores made by the 

 Topeka Rifle Club June 7: 



R Thompson 79 85 



RR Moore 71 77 



1-244 CC Trimmer 73 68 63-208 



77-225 J H Leonard 74 65 69-208 



J L Paine 70 76 78-224 D N Betts 51 57 61-169 



C R Paine 67 68 80-215 



Scores made J une 14: 



R Thompson 82 79 74-2:15 D N Betts 79 77 68-204 



C R Paine 76 73 73-331 E W Sherman 69 67 67-303 



J II Leonard 73 68 69-210 CC Trimmer 69 68 52-189 



HAVERHILL, Mass.— Rifle Club, June 16, standard target, 

 200yds., off-hand: 



A Edgerly 8 8 8 10 7 10 7 10 8 10-86 



HE Tuck ,.9 9 10 9 9 7 8 7 7 6-81 



G Grant 9 8 9 7 9 8 9 6 5 4-70 



J P M Green 7 9 5 5 4 8 9 6 6 6-64 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for puhU-catvm should be made out on the printed blanks 

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

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

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



THE ILLINOIS STATE SHOOT. 



CHICAGO, June 11. —Watson's Park, at Grand Crossing, pre- 

 sented a lively appearance this morning, when there was 

 commenced the fourteenth annual tournament of the Illinois 

 State Sportsmen's Asoociation. As the two shoots of the day- 

 were for residents of the State only, the outside shooters were 

 few in number, but the latter class are expected to be on hand for 

 the free-for-all tournament which commences to-morrow. The 

 State enthusiasts, however, were numerous, the attendance aver- 

 aging well with previous years. The several local clubs of Chi- 

 cago and vicinity were weU represented, while the country town 

 delegates were found here and there. 



The first shoot of the tournament, and the shoot in which most 

 interest centered, was the contest for the 8500 Board of Trade 

 diamond badge, emblematic of the individual State champion- 

 ship, and held by Dr. O. H. Britten, formerly of Champaign, now 

 residing in California. The contest was at 10 live birds, tame 

 pigeons, sprung from six ground traps at 30yds. rise. The birds 

 flew well, the. day and weather were perfect, and the sport ex- 

 ceedingly interesting during the progress of the shoot. There 

 were sixty-seven entries and the score resulted as follows: Geo. 

 H. Banes 9, C. E. Willard 9, H. F. Orris 6, George Kleinman 10, T. 

 Laflin 10, 0. B. Hill 7. R, B. Organ 8, W. G. Payson 9. Andy Dukes 



Kleinman\S, J. Grossman 8, Charles Kern 5, Tom Stagg 7, Charles 

 Morris 4, W. L. Wells 9, C. Beck 8, W. L. Shepard 9, D. Elston 5, 

 T. T. Hollinger 7, R. J. Lewis 8, H. J. Fahncstock 6, Tom Miller 8, 

 W. P. Mussy 8, G. T. Farmer 7, J. P. Card 5, A. W. Reeves 7, R. A. 

 Turtle 10. A. F. De Stiger 8, M. J. Eich 7, J. M. Hutchinson 9, B.E. 

 Clark 6, W. W. Foss 6, G. W. Franklin 9, S. S. Dinger 9, C. E. Fel- 

 ton6, William Kent 7, F. A. Place 8, Henry Sloan 7, S, Sharp 4, 

 G. W. Randall 7. W. McDuff 10, P. Palis 7, S, E. Young 8, Dr. N. 

 Rowe 6, L. M. Hamlino 5, A. T. Lloyd 10, E. T. Ellieott 6. 

 There were 7 ties on 10s, as follows: The shoot was at 5 birds 



each man. Klein man killed his 5 birds straight. Laflin missed 

 his first bird and dropped out. Baker killed 5 straight. Frank- 

 ltn missed his first bird, likewise did Turtle. McDuff and Lloyd 

 each killed their 5 birds. On the second shoot-off between Kleio- 

 man. Raker, McDuff and Lloyd, Klein man killed 5 straight 

 birds. Baker missed his first, McDuff his second and Lloyd his 

 third. Amid much cheering Kleinman was declared the Winner 

 Ol the prize ami the champion shot of Illinois for the year to come. 

 As the hour was getting late it was decided to postpone the ties 

 on sis, ss and 78 until morning. 



In the meantime, on another portion of the grounds, was being 

 shot almost an equally interesting match at 30 siugle Peoria 

 blackbirds for the 1j. 0. Smith silver cop, valued at "$500. The 

 distance was at 18yds. and the traps were 2 in number and of the 

 revolving pattern. The score was as follows: W. G. Pavson 15, 

 F. Brown 14, G. H. Bangs 18, L. S. Carter 18, C. W. Sheldon 18, E. 

 J. Brown 12 W. L. Well 18, L. E. Brown 8, F. Mooher 16, E. R. 

 Reeves 13, 0, Peek 13, R. A. Turtle 11, G. Henry 17, C. Strawn 16, 

 W. Harbaugh 11, A. F. De Stirgcr 13, W. W. Fobs 14. G.W. Frank- 

 lin 12, T. T. Hollinger 13, A.W. Reeves 18, G. W. Randall 7, J. A. 



V r A, P .',S ard n ' °- B - 15. P. 0. Bradley 16, J. R. St ice 



19, W.E. Phillips 17, C. E. Gaboon 18, L. Paus 16, S. E. Youug 12, 

 W. E. Baxter la, R. E Franklin 18, T. Lallin 15. Wm. Kent 14, L. 

 L. Jackson 3, H. A. Foss 19, II. F. Orvis 15, A. Dukes 19, A. J. 

 Lewis 13, M K. Sardy 12, G. Planter 11, T. Rkmchard 10, P. A. 

 Place lb, R. B. Organ 15, H. A. Sloan 11, T. Miller 11, C. E. Felton 

 14, A. F. Lloyd 16, C. E. Willard 20, V. D. Haurworth 13, E. T. 

 Ellieott 12. 



J .,. T ! le , rosult was a complete surprise. It was generally thought 

 that there would be no straight score and that those who tied on 

 19 would have to fight it out. Willard, who shot in the last squad, 

 surprised every one by making a clean record and walking away 

 the winner of the cup. The ties on 19 for second prize, which con- 

 sisted of $50 cash, 500 loaded cartridges and a bamboo rod, wore 

 Stice, Fobs and Dukes. On the shoot-off Stice won. The ties for 

 third prize, $30 cash, 400 loaded ca rtridges and a Winchester re- 

 peating rifle, were eight in number. On the shoot-off BaxtcT 

 won. Phillips and Henry divided fourth prize, $200 cash, 400 

 loaded cartridges and a bamboo pole. 



The 14th annual convention of the Illinois State Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation was held at the Palmer House in the evening. Twenty- 

 seven clubs in 15 cities and towns were represented bv 65 delegates. 

 It was directed that $100 he paid to Game Warden W. C. Manierre. 

 A motion to pay $100 to Game Warden J. C. Piping was referred 

 to the board of directors. Dr. Charles Henry, of the Audubon 

 Gun Club, of Jacksonville, moved to amend Rule fi of the trap- 

 shooting rules, so that it shall read: "The gun shall not be car- 

 ried to the shoulder until after the shooter calls pull," instead of, 

 "The gun shall not be carried to the shoulder until the bird takes 

 wing." The amendment was carried to go into effect in thirty 

 days. It does not apply to the present tournament. Chicago was 

 selected as the place for the next tournament over Peoria. 



The following officers were re-elected: President, Wilfred N. 

 Low, Cumberland Gun Club, Chicago; Vice-Presidents, H. F. 

 Orvis, Chicago, and Edward J. Brown, Ouiney.and Secretary and 

 Treasurer, William L. Shepard, Cumberland Gun Club, Chicago. 

 The. law and executive committee will be appointed hereafter by 

 the president. 



June 1,1.— The second day of the seventh annual tournament of 

 the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association was cloudy and warm. 

 The attendance was larger than on the previous day. The morn- 

 ing opened with the shoot-off for second, third and' fourth prizes 

 of the diamond medal shoot of the day previous. There, were a 

 large number of ties on 9s, but after two shoot.-offs at 3 birds each 

 man, there remained Williard, Gaboon, Haurworth and J. M. 

 Hutchinson. Thcv divided the prize— $50 in cash, ,500 loaded cart- 

 ridges, one revolver and a huutiug coat. Third prize— $30 cash, 

 500 loaded cartridges and a bamboo rod— was divided by R.J. 

 Lewis and W. P. Mussey. Fou rth prize— $20 cash , 50(1 loaded cart- 

 ridges and a pair of rubber boots— was captured bv N. K. Sardy 

 and Thos. Stagg. One of the three principal shoots of the tourna- 

 ment, a contest for teams of four men each from any recognized 

 club in the State, at 10 air birds to each contestant, 30yds. rise, 5 

 ground traps, entrance price of birds only, was then begun. The 

 first prize consisted of a large diamond badge and four small 

 diamond badges, one for each contestant. Crack shots were 

 numerous in the. several clubs. The score was as follows: 

 Cumberland Gun Club, Chicago. 



J Gardner 8 WW Mc Far] and 10 



G Farmer 8 H W Lovedav 8—34 



South End Club, Chicago. 



J M Hutchinson... 8 George Christians 6 



C Riley 8 MJ Eich 7—29 



Lake. County Gun Club. 



N Lewis 6 FSarther .....10 



G Eschneck 8 ABrebach 3—27 



Calumet Hunting Club, Calumet. 



F Grosskopf 6 F Tasmer 5 



W Kruger 5 A Boeber 6—22 



Lake George Sportsmen's Association, Chicago. 



F A Place 9 RJ Lewis 8 



J Runisay 9 RA Turtle 10—36 



Blue Island Club, Blue Island. 



G Airey 6 G Hosberg 8 



L Luchtenmeyer 7 F Willard 7—27 



Geneseo Sportsmen's Club, Geneseo. 



A Henry 9 W Harbaugh 6 



W H Cropper 7 T Laflin 9—39 



Audubon Club, Jacksonville. 



C Henry 9 G Henry g 



C Shawn 6 JR Still 9-33 



Napervillc Gun Club, Naperville. 



C Sheldon 6 CE Cahoon 8 



B Sherman 8 G H Bangs 10—33 



The Gun Club, Chicago. 



S Dingee 10 W P Mussey 8 



H A Foss 8 CE Willard 8-34 



Chicago Shooting Club. 



Abe Kleinman 9 George Kleinman 10 



R B Organ -.10 W G Pay son 10-39 



Crescent City Oun Club. 



RE Franklin 7 A Dukes 9 



L S Carter 8 LE Brown 8-32 



Audubon Gun Club, Chicago. 



H F Orvis 10 W W Foss 9 



C E Felton ... 8 John Kleinman 10—37 



Le Moille Gun Club, Le Moffle. 



G Grossman 9 J Crossman 7 



F Brown 6 A De Stiger 7—29 



Peoria Shooting Club, Peoria, 



George Hotchkiss 9 J O'Neill 9 



W Haurworth H Fahnestock 4-28 



Evanston Gun Club. 



G Beck 7 George Peterson 5 



T Blanchard 7 J W Franklin 8—37 



Mak-Saw-Ba Club, Chicago. 



H C Buechner 8 CS Wilcox 8 



G W Randall 8 W H Haskell 9-33 



Grand Calumet Heights Club. 



E C J Cleaver 7 J J Gillespie ...5 



C S Cleaver 9 A Hurlbut 2—23 



Curiously enough there were no ties for the prize. The Chicago 

 Shooting Club, killing 39 out of a possible 40 birds, capture the 

 first prize. For (he second prize the Audubon Club of Chicago 

 claimed the honor with a score of 37. Third prize was given the 

 Lake George Sportsmen's Association for a score of 38. 



On another part of the ground the open tournament was com- 

 menced, shoots Nos. 4 and 6 on the regular programme taking 

 place. Shoot. No. 4 was a contest at 12 Peoria blackbirds, sprung 

 from revolving traps at 18yds. rise. The score was as follows: 

 Hoicks 11, BenScotteB 13, L. E. Brown 8, Gillespie 10, L. S. Carter 9, 

 Borto 3, Metz 10, G. Kleinman 7, MeMurchy 10, Fred Erb 11, Pen- 

 rose 7, Budd 12, Bangs 10, Skinner 11, Towle 10, Place 9, Brown 6, 

 Atwood 10, Young 8, Wadsworth 11, Strawn 0. Ruble 7, Hotchkiss 9, 

 Godfrey 12, Mole 11, Stice 10, Smith 12, O'Neill 8, J. W. Franklin 

 10, Dukes 12, R. E. Franklin 11, Peterson 6, John Kleinman 9, 

 Wells 10. Natrass 7, Beck 7, Baker 11, Mosier 10. First money, $48, 

 was divided by Benscotten, Budd, Godfrey, Smith and Dukes. 

 Heicks and R. E. Franklin took second money, $28.80, and Sl ice 

 captured third money, $19.20. 



Shoot No. 6 was a sontest at 12 singles and 3 pairs Peoria black- 

 birds to each contestant. The score: MeMurchy 10-5, Budd 11-5, 

 Benscotten 12-5, Heicks 10-5, Carter 10-3, Sprague 9-2, Metz 10-4, 

 Natrass 10-5. R. E. Franklin 12-4. Stice 11-6, Erb 11-6, Dukes 9-5, 

 Elliott 11-4, Gillespie 13-3, Wadsworth 11-2. Cahoon 12-3, Bangs 9-5. 

 First money, §26.35, was taken and divided by Stice, Benscotten 

 and Erb. Second money, $15.80, vras taken by Budd and R. E. 

 Franklin, and third money, $10,54, was taken by MeMurchy, 

 Heicks, Natrass, Elliott. Gillespie and Cahoon. 



June 13. — The shooting continued in the State Sportsmen's 

 Association tournament at Watson's Park, Grand Crossing. W. 

 C. Graham, champion wing-shot of England, put in an appearance 

 and proved to be one of the three winners of second prize in the 

 principal shoot of the day. The shooters and all those interested 

 in the tournament are rejoicing over the continuous fine weather 

 and state if the week ends as weU as it has commenced the tour- 

 nament will he the most successful ever held. It was intended to 



hold shoots 8 and 6 at Peoria blackbirds, but so much interest was 

 manifested in the li ve pigeon match that all other events were 

 postponed. The. day's contest was a match at 20 live pigeons to 

 each contestant, from 5 ground traps, at 30yds. rise. The en- 

 trance fee was $35 and the total pot amounted to over $700. The 

 moneys were 40, 30, 30 and 10 per cent, of the pot after the. price of 

 the birds had been deducted. The score stood as fallows: G.W. 

 Budd 17, J. R, Slice 17, G. Hughes 15, J. A. Ruble 18, G. Kleinman 

 10, H. F. Orvis 18, R. Heicks 16, H. JVicMurchv 19, W. C. Graham 

 19, Fred Erb 18, W. Gillespie 17, G. H. Bangs 14. R. H. Mertz 17, 

 W. J. Bukcr 19, C. E. Cahoon 19, L. 8. Carter 30. O. Henry 18, W. 

 W. Foss 20, J. Kleinman 20, C. E. Willard 14, F. A. Place 17, R. B. 

 Organ 19, A. Dukes 18, C. S.Wilcox 17, L. E. Brown 18, L. H. 

 Jackson 13, A. T. Lloyd 13, Abe Kleinman 19, O. B. Still 

 14. John K leinman, L. S. Carter, and William W. Foss, 

 the three str^.ght score men, decided to divide the money, $832; 

 rather than shoot it off to a. finish. Those tied for second money, 

 $174, were Geo. Kleinman, MeMurchy, Baker, Graham, Cahoon, 

 Abe Kleinman, and Organ. On the shoot-off at five birds each 

 Geo. Kleinman, Graham and Organ shot the others out and 

 divided the prize. There were tied for third money, $116, Ruble, 

 Orvis, Erb. G. Henry, Dukes, and Brown. On the shoot-off at five 

 birds all dropped out except Ruble and Dukes, and the two divided 

 the money. For fourth money, $58, there were as contestants, 

 Budd, Stice, Gillespie, Mertz, Place and Wilcox. Budd and Stice 

 alone made clean scores and divided the amount. 



June 14— There was a fair-sized attendance of both shooters 

 and spectators when the principal event of the day, shoot No. 7 

 on the regular programme, was announced. It was a contest for 

 teams of two men each at 10 live pigeons to each contestant, 30yds. 

 rise, entrance $15 per team, birds included; four moneys, 40, 30, 

 20 and 10 per cent. The shooting was lively and the result was as 

 follows: Geo. Kleinman and John Kleinman 15, Ruble and Stice 

 16, Gillespie and Wardsworth 16, MeMurchy and Budd 17, Cum- 

 miugs and Hotchkiss 16, Roberts and Foster 10, Heicks and Ben- 

 scotten 19, Carter and Graham 17, Wilcox and Kern 15, Cahoon and 

 Hughes 17, Orvis and W. W. Foss 18, Baker and Strawn 16. 



There were no ties for first money, $48, Heicks and Benscotten 

 having made the highest score, took the amount. Orvis and Foss, 

 with the next highest score, took second money, $36. MeMurchy, 

 Budd, Carter and Graham divided third money, while Baker and 

 Strawn, with a score of 16, took fourth money, $13. 



On the other part of the grounds the regular programme, so far 

 as inanimate targets were concerned, was abandoned. A 12»bird, 



S2.50 entrance, sweonstake shoot Was onvrinrl nut with (ho fnll^-m-- 



Those tied on 12 divided first money, $9.50, while the other ties 

 followed suit without a shoot-off. 



In a 7 bird contest, $5 entrance, shoot at live pigeons, Budd, 

 Stice and Orvis secured first monfiy f26. 



June 15.— The tournament came 10 a close to-day, a day earlier 

 than was anticipated. But few shooters put in an appearance 

 and but one programme shoot was carried out. It was a contest 

 at 10 live birds to each contestant, 30yds. rise. Budd and Baker 

 won first money, Orvis and Stice second, and George Kleinman 

 third. Some email sweepstake shoots followed. 



SOUTH SIDE VS. UNION. 



"VfEWARK, June 18.— The great battle has been fought and the 

 JJ> record will live in the minds of many as corroborative evi- 

 dence of the uncertainty of the. white man. The Union Gun Club 

 of Springfield, N. J.— the invincibles— the anuihilators of t he Long 

 Branch and other clubs, met t heir friends of the South Side Gun 

 Club of Newark, upon the home ground of the former, on Saturday 

 16th inst., in a 12 man team shoot at 25 blue rocks per man, arid 

 despite their long practice at these targets and familiarity with 

 the grounds, they were compelled to submit (which as gentlemen 

 they know how to do) gracefully to a defeat. From early morn- 

 ing until the shades of night interposed, a constant, hanging was 

 kept up at the two sets of traps, and thousands of spheres were 

 broken to atoms by the shooters, who kept coming upon every 

 train. The deafening roar and reverberations of some of the 

 modern guns must have carried the mind of the oldest inhabitant- 

 back to Revolutionary times. To say the Union hoys were confi- 

 dent would be to paraphase. Did not their ancestors defend at 

 the cannon's mouth their honor and title to the sacred bills of 

 Springfield? Do they not cherish the memories of Revolutionary 

 events? Are not the old church from which the singing books 

 were taken for wadding, and the little shady knoll hard by marked 

 with a score of brown head stones in memory of the fallen braves 

 perpetual mementoes, and enough to inspire Young America and 

 write "victory" upou his banner? Was it not suicidal under all 

 the circumstances for any foreign club to the sacred precincts and 

 seek to wrest victory from men skilled in war and under the 

 generalship of a commander such as no other club can boast? But 

 to the battle. Hints were freely thrown out that the Union bovs 

 were short of material, and that the Judge had been overworked, 

 and Johnson had to carry ice around with him for the drills, and 

 Haines. Roll and Doc were nervous, etc. Baptain Breintnall of 

 the South Side never flinches, and can smell powder as far as any 

 man, and when the teams were named it looked Shaky for the 

 visitors, as their reserves had to be crowded in, while the evident 

 intention of the home club was to wipe out the visitors with, their 

 last squad. Many were the sharp and Well timed tilts, all of 

 which enlivened the shoot, and barring the thunderings of White- 

 head's, Conover's and "South Paw's" guns, the reverberations of 

 which broke more targets that the shot, the event, was declared a 

 grand success, and a return match may be expected. A glance at 

 the scores will show how the mighty have fallen, and the duffers 

 pulled through: 



South Side. Union. 

 First Squad. 



Hobart 17 Johnson 23 



O Von Lengerke. 23 Morrison 19 



Quad 24 Haines n 



Whitehead 16—79 Sopher 19—73 



Second Squad. 



AVheaton 15 Lmdsley 18 



Heritage ..20 A Sickley 14 



Still 14 Conover 16 



Dukes 16-65 Roll i3_ 61 



Third Squad. 



Breintnall.- 23 Pudney 19 



Beam 20 E Sickley 17 



J Von Lengerke 23 Parker. 19 



Burnett 17—83 Miller .33—78 



Totals. -. 337 Totals ^1 



Ford. 



DUNELLEN, N. J., June 13.— To-day was the regular dub shoot 

 of the Middlesex Gun Club, but for some unaccountable reason 

 the attendance was very small, the familiar faces of Quinlan, S. 



G. Smith, Seigler, Dickens and many others failing to show up. 

 After a number of sweepstakes at blue rocks had been shot, some 

 one proposed a live-bird race. Manitz, Charley Smith and For- 

 rest were the only entries, so they agreed to shoot a sweepstake at 

 15 live birds, $25 entrance. As this is a little larger stake than the 

 boys generally play for, the spectators looked for a shooting 

 match, and they got. it, as the score shows. The birds were a good 

 mixed lot, and the shoot, taken altogether, one of the most inter- 

 esting I ever witnessed. The following is the score: 



C Smith 12322211U11212-15 



Forrest. 101011121 220111—12 



Manitz .'22122221 i 31 1112-15 



Forrest took second money, and then came the tug of war. 

 Charley Smith, with his "Dutch gun" (an L. C. Smith), came up 

 smiling as usual, but Gus was with him, also shooting bis Smith 

 gun, as the appended score will show. Some one had to miss, and 

 it was Gus's luck to be the man, so the Dutch gun took the money. 

 There is some talk of a match between these gentlemen to come 

 off in the near future, and if they should come together. Charley 

 wants to hold fast to his scalp or Gus will take it. Appended is 

 the score of the shoot-off: 



C Smith 12:;] 131 11122212)111212212-25 



Manitz 1112121311113111211213120—24 



Tee Kay. 



BOSTON, June 13.— There was a fair attendance at the grounds 

 of the East Boston Gun Club to-day, and many good scores were 

 made. The following named shooters were first in the several 

 events: 7 Peorias, Bowker; 7 Peorias, Bowker; 7 clays, Adams 

 and Kirk wood; 7 Peorias, Bowker; 7 clays, Bowker and Hargrave.; 

 6 Peorias, Bowker: 3 pair clays, Gay; 7 straight Peorias, Gay, 

 Bartlett and Kirkwooel; b straight clays, Bowker and Horn;' 7 

 Peorias, Gay, Bowker and Kirk wood; 7 Macombers, Adams and 

 Bowker; 10 Peorias, Hosmor and Hargra ves; 10 clays, Whitcomb; 

 5 Macombers, Whitcomb and Gay; 5 Peorias. C. E. Savage; 3 pair 

 Peorias, Gay; 8 pair Peorias. G. H. Savage; 7 Peorias, G. H. Sav- 

 age; 5 straight clays, Connell and Gay; 5 clays, Gay; 7 straight 

 Peorias, Connell. The winners in the prize tournament are: 

 Whitcomb first, Gay and Hosmor second, Connell third, Bowker 

 fourth, Hargrave and Adams fifth. Kirk wood and Horn sixth, G. 



H. Savage and Bartlett seventh, C. E. Savage, Chapman and 

 Flanders eighth, Salarie ninth, Ja.mieson aud Roberts tenth. 



