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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[SEPT. 8*, 1887. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.— The California Creedmoor Rifle 

 Team held a reunion at Shell Mound Park to-day. Ten years ago 

 there was a competition in rifle shooting in San Francisco to se- 

 lect 12 men to go East and shoot for a bronze trophy, which was 

 won by the California team against Connecticut. New York and 

 New Jersey. To-day being the anniversary of that event it was 

 celebrated by a shoot of the old team. Eight of the members who 

 went East shot and scored 82 per cent., being 1 per cent., less than 

 when they won the trophy in New York. The members feel 

 jubilant over their successful shooting. The members shot 10 

 rounds each at 500 and 200yds. respectively. Appended is the 

 grand total of the shots scored, including both ranges: J. H. War- 

 ren 80, C. Nosh 87, II. Hook 84, T. E. Carson 87, A. H. Hentz 64, A. 

 F. Klose 80, C. P. le Breton 78, C. N. Shook 80, C. F. Waltham 84, 

 S. I. Kellogg 83. W. E. Erhen 73, M. Doane 70, W. Wright 84, .J. 

 Maher 85, W. Leman 87, L. Townsend 78, T. Murphv 81, L. Barrsie 

 84, H. C. Burns 78, James Welsh 68, T. E. Klein 88, Col. Grannis 38, 

 P. H. McEllinrv 58, A. D. Yarrington 50, Philo Jacoby 87, H. H. Bur- 

 rell 80, S. J. Pembroke 43. 



The eleventh annual target excursion and picnic of the Inde- 

 pendent Rifles was held at Shell Mound Park so-day. Fifty-eight 

 men of the company shot for prizes, and only four missed the tar- 

 get. For an independent military organization the shooting was 

 fair. Following is the score made bv the best shots at 200yds.: 



J Tonncrmacher 44445-21 C L West 88483—16 



Capt Sehmallholz 44454— 21 H Staude 34883— 18 



P Staude 444-44-30 T Sauer 43243-16 



W Gleason 84444-19 P Steadmann 44422—16 



Hy Gaetzen 34854-19 R Uther 33423 -16 



H Fie.ge .43543-19 Q Seyden 44322-15 



H Beaverson 33435—18 F Kronn 03444—15 



O T Ruber 34443-18 C Meyer 440-43-15 



H Wiltuns 24434-17 Dr V A Ohaigneaur 22133-14 



J Wortmann 33524-17 J Moenichmann 22244-14 



CStauder 33334—16 CASchultz 25232—14 



The company gives prizes for the judges, who scored as fol- 

 lows: 



Capt A Ruber 45455-23 Major A F Klose 44534-20 



Capt J E Klein 45545-23 



LYN N VS. CAMBRIDGE.— The telegraphic match at 200yds. be- 

 tween teams representing the non-commissioned officers of City 

 Guard, of Cambridge, and Company D, 8th Regiment, of Lynn, 

 was held Saturday afternoon, Sept. 10, each team shooting on its 

 own range and telegraphing the result to the other. The City 

 Guard team made the highest team score ever made in a match 

 by a Cambridge rifle team, but even that score was not enough to 

 defeat the team from the city of shoes, which rolled up a grand 

 total of 191. 



Company B, 5th Regiment. 



Sergt Chase 5454454-31 



Lieut Murray 35i5584-29 



Corp Sisson 4443444-27 



Corp Cowin 4445244-27 



Sergt Hilliker . . . .4334444-26 

 Corp Thompson. .5348134— 26 



Company D, 8th Regiment. 



Sergt Balmer 4544535—80 



Corp Henderson..4345544— 29 



Corp Fox 5444353—28 



Lieut Sinclair .... 4434444—27 

 Corp Caulkins .... 4324442—23 

 Sergt Henderson. 03S2324— 17 



Sergt Smith 3348444- 25—191 Sergt Blair 2422324-19-173 



GARDNER, Mass., Sept. 16.— The Springfield City Guards, Co. 

 B, 2d Regiment, M. v. M., and the Heywood Guards of this town, 

 Co. F, 2d Regiment, are having a series of telegraphic matches. 

 At the match this week the. result was as follows: 



Lieut Chats N Edgell. .4444545—30 Pvt W E Hosmer 4445544-30 



Pvt Frank White 4454444 -29 Capt F G Sonthmayd .3545454-30 



Pvt John D Edgell. . . . 3445544—29 Sergt J A Sterling. . . . 4154345-29 



PvtGoddard 5441435-29 Lieut H McDonald — 4344454 — 28 



Pvt Geo W Bishop .... 3345545-39 Pvt. J M Johnston . . . .4545443- -28 



Pvt Chas A Hinds .... 4444444-28 Pvt E R Tuft 3444444-27 



Musician Warfield. . ..4534534-88 Pvt S Bowers 3345444—27 



Sergt B F Thrasher. . .3334345-35 Pvt W H Daggett 3435443-26 



Lieut H J Black 3442444 - 35 Jergt J C Morgan 38344-43-24 



Pvt Goodale 2244334-22 Pvt C M Dunn 045-1383—23 



274 271 

 NEW BEDFORD, Sept. 10.— The annual shoot of the City Guards 

 for the handsome gold medal given by Mayor Roteh, took place at 

 Bay View range this afternoon. Weather conditions excellent. 

 The scores made by Corporal Charles L. McBay, who has worn the 

 medal for the last two years, a.nd Private Joseph L. Gibbs were 

 very close, as the f ollowing will show. The first five shots in each 

 case were at 200yds., the next live at 300yds., and the last five at 

 500yds.: 



Private J L Gibbs. . . .21 16 21—58 Private E F Pope. ... 18 17 7-43 



Corp'l C L McBay. . . .21 16 20-57 Sergt H S Swain 20 11 8-39 



Priv't T H Bradlev...l8 20 17—55 Sergt E F Dahill 20 15 3-38 



Sergt A P Pope 20 15 11—46 Sergt G H Devoll. . . .13 19 0—33 



Sergt A T Howland. .18 16 10—44 Priv't F Loomis 16 00 10—36 



CREEDMOOR FN OCTOBER.— The range will be open on Sat- 

 urdays, Oct. 1, 15, and 23, and on election day, Nov. 8, for the regu- 

 lar marksman bad ge matches and for the qualification match. 

 The last named date will "bring the shooting season to a close. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication 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 scores are par- 

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



ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 13.— There was a very large number of 

 sportsmen from all over the State took part in the St. Paul Gun 

 Club tournament on tiie Fair grounds to-day. Five events were 

 contested, with the following results. First event, ten single Peo- 

 rias; entrance £1.50: Skiuner 7, Shaft 8, Van Slyke 4, Chantler 8, 

 Block 8, Balsom 9, M. F. Kennedy 7, Davis 7, Stearns 9, Jewell 7, 

 Van Saun 8, Clark 8, Catamaran 7, Tuttle 6, Quane 6, Ruble 6, Gor- 

 don 7, Rogers 5, Stoltze 6, Blakelcy 9, Durante, Anderson 9, Stokes 



5, Thompson 5, Ensign 9, Noreen 7, James 8, Sisson 7, Thomas 6, 

 Baldwin 7, Hanna 6, Newton 4, Johnson 5, Carpenter 9, Pfister S. 

 First money divided between Balsom, Stearns, Blakeley, Ander- 

 son, Ensign and Carpenter. Socond money divided between Shaft, 

 Chantler, Van Saun, Block-Janies, Pfister and Clark. Third money 

 divided between Skinner, Davis and Sisson. Fourth money di- 

 vided between Ruble and Curant. 



Second event, 15 single Peorias, entrance $2.50: Gordon 9, Noreen 

 10, Clark 5, Shaft 13. Kennedy 10, Stearns 9, Tuttle 9, Chantler 8, 

 Pfister 8, Stoltze 10, Thompson 7, Stokes 7, Van Slyke 13, Sisson 15, 

 Balsom 15, Anderson 13, Baldwin 9, Black 12, Thomas 10, Skinner 



12, Rogers 8, Newton 8, Davis 13, Van Saun 14, Ensign 11, Zincke 7, 

 Catamaran 12, Johnston 12, James 12, Quane 7, Hanna 9, Blakeley 



13, Durant 12, Arland 9, Ruble 12, Jewell U, Carpenter H. First 

 money, Balsom and Sisson; second money, van Saun; third 

 money, Shaft, Van Slyke, Anderson, Dans, Blakeley; fourth 

 money, James. 



Third event, 6 singles and 2 pair Peorias, entrance §2: Block S, 

 Balsom 7, Sisson 8, Skinner 8, Tuttle 6, Thompson 6, Stokes 4, Van 

 Slyke 5, Pfister 6, Stearns 6, Jewell 7, Baldwin 9, Hayes 5, Gordon 



6, Stoltze 8, Newton 7, Paulson 4, Kennedy 7, Ensign 8, Noreen 8, 

 Lincke 6, Davis 9, Rogers 3, James 10, Chantler 4, Blakeley 9. White 

 8, Anderson 9, Thomas 6, Johnson 7, Carpenter 8, Shaft 8, Durant 

 6. Clark 6, Van Saun 6, Ruble 8, Snyder 0. First money, James; 

 second, Baldwin, Davis, Blakeley and Anderson; third, Block and 

 Noreen; fourth, Balsom. 



Fourth event, 10 singles, 5 pair, Peorias, entrance $3: Gordon 



cstearns io, jxenneuy ia, 

 Jewell 15, Newton 9, Ensign 10, White 18, James 12, Carpenter 14, 

 Balsom 15, Ourant 10, Stokes 8, Arland 16, Block 19, Baldwin 15, 

 Hayes 12, Shaft 17, Thompson 13, Davis 14, Blakeley 15, Marshall 

 10. First money arid special prize of one-half keg of powder, by 

 Austin Powder Company, to Block; second Snyder and Shaft, 

 third Anderson, Skinner, Stoltze and Arland, fourth Jewell. 



Fifth event, 10 single Peorias, entrance $1.50: Pfister 7, Ruble 6, 

 Skinner 6, Catamaran 8, Marshall 6. Lincke 7, Van Saun 7, Van 

 Slyke 6, Thomas 7, Block 9, Hayes 3, Tuttle 6, Sisson 9, Chantler 9, 

 Snyder 8, Arland 6, Anderson 9, Ensign 8, Jewell 8, Stoltze 6, Bald- 

 win 9, Kennedy 5, Newton 7, Blakeley 9, Durant 7, James 6, Davis 

 7, Gordon 5, Carpenter 10, Steams 7, Noreen 4, Balsom 0, Johnson 

 6, Shaft7. Carpenter first. Block and Blakeley second, Catamaran, 

 Snyder, Ensign and Jewell third, Van Saun fourth. 



Special prize, for best total score on all events of the day— 200 

 Bhells loaded with Kings quickshot powder, donated by the King's 

 Great Western Powder Co., awarded to Block and Anderson. The 

 scores being poorer than usual may he accounted for hy the high 

 side wind prevailing during the entire day. 



Sept. 15.— In the gun club shoot to-day G. W. Baldwin won the 

 State championship badge. There is still a great deal of interest 

 in the tournament. The following is the score: First shoot, five 

 pairs Peorias; entrance |2: Skinner 8, Jewell 6. Baldwin 10, Van 

 Saun 9, Block 7, Shaft 6, Durant 0, Carpenter 9, Balsom 8, Ken- 

 nedy 4, Anderson 8. Blakely 9, Dennis 4, Smith 7, Chantler 4, 

 Thomas 5, Pfister 9, Stoltze 4, Williams 5, Rogers 4, Ensign 1, 

 Ruble 6, Sisson 6, Davis 8. First money, Baldwin; second. Van 

 Saun, Carpenter, Blakely, Pfister; third Skinner, fourth, Block 

 and Smith. 



Second shoot, fifteen single Peorias: entrance $2.50: Skinner 13, 

 Jewell 9. Carpenter 10, Block H, Durant 41, Anderson 11, Chantler 

 11, Smith 4, Kennedy 11, Sisson 13, Ensign 11. Pfister 13, Balsom 12, 

 Williams 7, Van Slyke 11, Van Saun 9. Shaft 13, Baldwin 15, Davis 

 13, Thomas 13, Hanson 9, Hay 12, Dennis 7, Ruble 11, Perrv U, 

 Stoltze 10, Blakeley 14. First money, Baldwin; second, Blakeley; 

 third, Pfister and Davis; fourth, Hay. 



Third Shoot.— Individual State championship. Chamber of 

 Commerce diamond badge. Twenty-six Macomber metal birds; 

 twelve pairs Peorias. Entrance, $7.50: 



Paine 22 



Shaft 19 



Baldwin 19 



Smith 13 



Anderson 18 



Blakeley 18 



Wann 16 



Met'l. Peor's. Total. 



17 

 20 

 21 

 16 

 20 

 13 

 9 



Met'l. Peor's. Total. 



40 

 29 



MF Kennedy. 18 



13 



31 



Davis 21 



12 



33 



Pfister 19 



12 



31 



Sisson 17 



13 



30 





20 



35 



Carpenter 17 



14 



31 



Block 33 



15 



37 



T. M. Paine, of Bird Island, winner of the badge last year, received 

 $70 of entrance money from this contest, it being the rule to award, 

 to each winner of this badge $5 for each man shooting in the next 

 season's contest. 



Fourth Shoot.— Thirteenth event, fifteen single Peorias; en- 

 trance $3: Corey 15, Kent 11, Shaft 14. SkinDer 13, Jewell 13, Dur- 

 ant 11, Van Slyke 13, Pfister 13, Chantler 12, Balsom 13, Stoltze 10, 

 Anderson 13, Jones 5, Ruble 11, Hay 13, Sisson 9 Van Saun 12, 

 Thomas 10, Harrison8, Hanson 12. Williams 14, Blakely 13, Car- 

 penter 4, Davis 11, Baldwin 13, Kennedy 10, Block 13. First money, 

 Corey; second, Shaft and Williams; third, Jewell, Baldwin arid 

 Block; fourth, Hanson. 



WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 14.— Birds very ordinary, second 

 barrel counts }4, live birds, 2 traps, 24 and 26yds. rise, 80yds. bound, 

 sweeps and medal. 



Match 1: 



JCurtin 1 1 



E Godey 1 



S Cunningham. 1 



WS Thompson... 1 0—1 

 " 1 1—2 



w— 2 



1 0-4 



1 1 0-4 



1 1 1—4 Simpson 



1 1 H-m Tyler 1 1 



Holmead 1 1 & 1 1— 4j| J M Green 1 1 1 



Holmead won first and medal, Godey and Green second. 

 Match 3, same conditions: 



Mills 1 IK 1 H— 4 Godey I }£ 1 1 1-4^ 



Tyler 1 *A 1 1—3^ Cunningham. .0101 1—3 



Jones 1 1 1 1-4 Curtin 1 1 1 1-4 



Simpson % 1 1 H 0-4 Holmead 1 1 1 1 1-5 



Green 1 1 1 0-3 



Holmead first, Mills and Curtin second. 



Match 3, Miss and Out, live birds: Jones 2, Tyler 3, Mills 4, Simp- 

 son 3, Cunningham 5, Green I, Curtin 3, Godey 0, Holmead 4, 

 Thompson 0. Cunningham won. 



Match 4, elay-pigeons: 



Mills 1111110011101111-13 Holmead 0000010000100000-2 



Cunningham. 0101111111111101-13 



Mills and Cunningham divided. 



Sept. 16.— Match for a club badge, hereafter subject only to in- 

 dividual challenge, match at Ligowsky clay-pigeons. 5 traps, 

 N. G. A. rules: 



Williams 01111011011010111111-15 



Cunningham OlllOlllioO' 11001001— 12 



Du Bois 110O10U11O0OO11O011— 11 



Woodhridge 01110011111011011111-15 



Ties on 15: 



Woodhridge 01111—4 Williams 01101—3 , 



Sept. 17.— Sweeps: 



Cunningham 01111 11111 11111-14 



Green. . . 00010 00101 10001- 5 



Woodhridge 10100 1U10 0M01- 3 



Sheester 01101 11110 00101- 9 



Doubles: 



Green 11 11 11 01 11 10-10 Sheester 11 00 11 10 11 01- 8 



Woodbridge.il 11 01 11 00 01— 8 Tim Berdoodle. 



BROOKLYN, Sept. 14— The regular shoot of the Coney Island 

 Rod and Gun Club at Woodhaven, to-day, was better attended 

 than any of the previous ones this season. Seventeen members 

 shot for the club badge and four prizes. Out of 156 birds shot at 

 118 were killed. J. E. Lake, a comparatively young shooter, made 

 the fine score of H straight kills from the 25-yard mark and won 

 the club hadge and first prize. H. Eames won the second, F. Len- 

 zer the third and J. Simpson the fourth. Darkness prevented any 

 sweepstake shooting. Score of shoot: 



H McLaughlin (25) 1111111-7 G Edwards (24) 0101101-4 



A Schwartz (29) 1011111-6 N Zirkel (25) 1001111-5 



E A Holland (23) 0111101-5 H Battmacher (24) 0110111-5 



R Moore (30) . 1011110-5 J Shevlin (24) 1UC10 w-2 



F Lanzer (25) 1010111-5 J Simpson (29) 0110110-4 



W Stuart (29) 1101101-5 H Eames (27) 1110111-6 



J E Lake (25) 1111111-7 E Fesler (21) 1101100-4 



L Davenport (29) 1111111—7 J Burgess (25) 0111111-6 



C Wheeler (21) 0101U1-5 



Ties for badge: H. McLaughlin 2, J. E. Lake 4, L. Duryea 4. 

 Ties for second prize: A. Schwartz 2, H. Eames 3. Ties for third 

 prize: E. Holland 1, R. Moore 2, F. Lanzer 3, W. Stuart 1, H.Blatt- 

 macher 1, E. Zirkell 1. Ties for fourth prize: G. Edwards 2, J. 

 Simpson 3, E. Fesler 1. Referee, Mr. H. McLaughlin. 



BROOKLYN, Sept. 13.— The regular shoot of the Acme Gun Club, 

 Dexter Park, was somewhat unique. To win the first prize the 

 shooter had to kill a majority of live pigeons and break the largest 

 number of clay-pigeons. This was done by J. Short, after tieing 

 with J. Link. Keppell, 24yds.; rest 21yds. The score is as fol- 

 lows: 



Live Birds. Clay-Pigeons. 



H KeppeU 100100011 0-4 0000000100-1 



J Short 1010111101-7 0011111111-8 



G Wassell 0111100110—6 11111101)00—6 



HKunzweiler 1110011111—8 1010011010— 5 



JKolmar 1111100U0— 7 0000011011—4 



O Schottler 1110011111—8 0010101000-3 



.1 Mnk -HaIIi m ,v - , ;i,!!n:iLli-;> 



C Carolan 1001H1010-6 0010011101-5 



J Delthoff U10100000-4 0010001000 -2 



Ties for club badge: 



Live. Clays. Final shoot at clays: 



T Short 7 8-15 T Short 111111111111—12 



J Link 6 9-15 J Link 111111111110-11 



Referee, W. Mills. 



LEONIA, N. J., Sept. 17— Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Ruther- 

 ford, N. J., vs. Leonia Gun Club, on Leonia Gun Club's ground, at 

 American clay birds, 5 American clay bird traps. National As- 

 sociation rules: 



Boiling Springs Gun Club, Leonia Gun Club. 



CaptCoe 110011 111110011—11 Capt Goesser. .lllOlOOllHllU— 12 



Vogelsang 10101 C01 100 11 11- 9 Wells 01U00110011011- 



Lendsey 111101111111111-14 Beam 111111110101110-12 



Myer lOlHllllllOlOl-12 G Gladwin 11001 H00011001- 7 



Blauvelt OUlOllllOllUO-ll Litchenberg. . .101110001111110-10 



Pellens 111011111111111-14 Springer. .11100101 1000001- 7 



Collins 1011' 1101011111-41 Moore 001011000100110- 6 



Generet 100H1110101101-10 Banta. 01G011010011110- 8 



92 



71 



SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 11.— The Pacific Gun Cluh held its 

 regular pigeon shoot to-day at Agricultural Park, eleven of the 

 members participating in the contest for the gold medal. Some 

 excellent scores were made, as will be seen by the following 

 record. The figure 2 shows where the second barrel was used, and 

 a * indicates that the bird died out of houuds: 



Morrison 112321122111-13 Mannix 010102021021— 7 



Damm 121*10110*10- 7 Foss *000 11002311- 6 



Kunz 112122121222-13 Parrot 1211 22112201-11 



C Flohr **101121112*— 8 Vaughn 2122110:3310*— 9 



Gotobed 1011222*1131-10 Nicolaus 121212120010— 9 



Reeher 100131100210— 7 



Messrs. Kunz and Morrison shot off their tie on twelve straight, 

 and the former won with a clean score, Mr. Morrison losing his 

 first bird, which fell dead outside. As this was the third time 

 Mr. Kunz had won the medal, it became his personal property. 

 After the medal shoot there was pool shooting, in which Messrs. 

 Todd and Gotohed were the most successful. 



TAUNTON, Mass., Sept. 17.— Taunton Fish and Game Protective 

 Association shoot at 10 clay-pigeons and 10 bluerocks and 10 hats 

 every Saturday for four weeks for cluh prizes. Score for first 



week: 



Blue- 

 Clays. Rocks. Bats. 



,vis 4 8 7-19 



ieith 6 7 8-21 



arstow....6 6 10—32 



les 1 3 5—9 



udder 4 5 5—14 



Davis 5 8 8—31 



R 7 5 6-18 







Blue- 





Clays. Rocks. Bats. 



IT Hall.... 



....7 



7 9-23 



E Leonard. 



, .6 



7 9-22 



G L Smith. 



....3 



6 8—17 



C T Snow. . 



..7 



9 6-22 



E Bowen. . . 



...6 



5 7-18 



P Slater. . . 



. ..5 



3 5-13 





5 



5 7-16 



PEORIA, 111., will have a shooting tournament Sept. 27, 28 and 

 39, live birds and inanimate targets. The committee are H. M, 

 Nash and H, Conner, 



NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 10.— In the contest between tho 

 Ridge Hill Gun Club and the New Bedford Gun Club at Raynham 

 to-day the latter team won by a score of 73 to 66 as follows: 

 New Bedford Gun Club. Ridge Hill Gun Club. 



Rocks. Clays. Total Rocks. Clays. Total 



Post 5 7 12 A Hall 7 7 14 



Piumnier 7 9 16 A A Lincoln .... 4 4 8 



Homer 3 8 10 C Robinson 7 9 16 



Smith 4 7 11 FL Lowell 6 4 10 



Hooper 9 5 14 I Hall 4 7 11 



Snow 5 5 10 S A Lincoln ....4 3 7 



Both before and after the match sweepstake shooting was in- 

 dulged in to quite an extent. The day, which opened in rather 

 unpromising fashion, proved to be fine, and the visiting cluh en- 

 joyed themselves very much. A return match will be shot at 

 New Bedford shortly. 



THE LATE JOHN M. GILL.-Utlea, N. Y. Sept. 4,-Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Absence and sickness have delayed the an- 

 nouncement to you that Mr. John M. Gill, who died suddenly in 

 Aberdeen, Dakota, Aug. 7, was the well-known amateur wing shot 

 who appeared under the nnm de plum-- of "E. M. Hammond," and 

 whose triumphs in the New York Gun Club contests with Col. But- 

 ler, in the Brooklyn club shoots, and other events over the country, 

 have been recorded in the Feu: est asd Stream. He had 'a 

 record of 100 straight birds. Mr. Gill removed from Chicago to 

 Omaha about two mouths ago with his wife and two children. He 

 was in the employ of tho Brush Electric Light Co., of Cleveland, 

 when he was stricken down with heart, disease on Aug. 4, and died 

 Sunday, Aug. 7. Brother commercial travelers proved to be good 

 Samaritans, nursed him, performed the last offices for their 

 stranger friend, closed his eyes, had religious services, adopted 

 resolutions of sympathy and condolence, placed a modest floral 

 cross in the casket, and sent tho remains to the widow at the home 

 of her mother, Mrs. John J. Flanagau, Utica, N. Y. All the 

 earthly remains of John M. Gill now lie in the beautiful Forest 

 Hill Cemetery in this city. A good man and a true and honorable 

 sportsman is at rest. The deceased was an honorary member of 

 many of the gun clubs of the couutry, of the Lambs Club of New 

 York and the Oneida County Sportsmen's Club of this city, to 

 which he gave one of his finest trophies.— J. J. F. 



ESSEX COUNTY GUN ASSOCIATION.— The next monthly 

 competition for the prizes of the Essex County Gun Association 

 will take place on the grounds of the Woodside Gun Club, North 

 Newark, N. J., on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2 o'clock. This will be 

 the ninth contest, the first six having been won by the South Side 

 Gun Clnb, the seventh by the Mountainside and the eighth is un- 

 der protest. Four club prizes and an individual prize constitute 

 the "lay out." Several different names have been given in recent 

 issues of your paper to this organization, whose real title is tho 

 Essex County Gun Association. The association was organized 

 Dec. 23, 1886, and is composed of the South Side Gun Club of New- 

 ark, the Mountain of Orange Valley, the Mountainside of South 

 Orange, East Orange of East Orange, Nirnrod of Newark, and 

 Woodside of Newark. The officers are Lewis Bush (Nimrod) 

 President; J. R. Burnett (Mountainside), Secretary and Treasurer; 

 W. R. Hobart (South Side), Manager. The objects of the associa- 

 tion are contests for a silver cup and other prizes, the shoots tak- 

 ing place once a month on the grounds of th* several clubs in Es- 

 sex county. The organizers had in mind the. probability of their 

 example being followed in other counties, with the hope of a .State 

 Association in the near future. This would make some very in- 

 teresting contests possible, — W. R. Hobart. 



WELLINGTON, Sept. 17.— There was a good attendance of gun- 

 ners at the grounds of the Wellington club to-day, and some good 

 scores were made at clay-pigeons, blue rocks and blackbirds. Fol- 

 lowing are the first prize winners in the several events: 1. 6 clay- 

 pigeons, Richards. 2. 6 hlue rocks, Evans and Gerry. 3. 6 bats, 

 Adams and Sanborn. 4. 6 clay-pigeons, Gerry, Adams and Ward- 

 well. 5. 6 blackbirds, Gerry and Snow. 8. 6 bats, Edwards and 

 Sanborn. 7. 6 blackbirds, Gerry, Snow and Ward well. 8. 6 clay- 

 pigeons. Sanborn. 9. 6 hats, Gerry, Wardwell and Sanborn. 10. 6 

 clay-pigeons, Baxter. 11. 6 blackbirds, Snow and Adams. 13. fi 

 clay-pigeons, Edwards, Snow and Warren. 13. 6 bats, Snow. 14. 

 6 blackbirds, Gerry and Sanborn. 15. 6 clay-pigeons, Snow. 10. 3 

 pairs blackbirds, Adams. 17. 6 bats, Gerry, Adams and Stone. 18. 

 3 pairs clay-pigeons, Warren and Snow. 19. 6 blackbirds, Baxter, 

 Wardwell and Warren. 20. 6 blackbirds, Melcher. An all-day 

 shoot will be held Sept. 20, when the Climax diamond badge, now 

 held by Stanton, will be contested for. 



NEW BEDFORD, Sept. 17.— The Acuslmet Gun Club was 

 defeated by the New Bedford Gun Club to-day. The score: New 

 Bedford— Plummer 14, Post 15, Homer 13, Snow 12, Bryant 13, 

 Hooper 13. Smith 13, Pierce 12. Aeusbnois— Whalon 11, Kenyon 

 14, Gray 9, Job Spooner 6, Durfeo 7, W. Whalon 7, G. Spooner 10, A. 

 Whalon 16. A return match will bo shot soon. The clubs are now 

 a tie, each having won one match. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



October. 



8. New York, Sailing and Paddling. 



9. Oakland, Edwards Cup, Mayrisch Badge. 



November. 



6. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



Deoembeb. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



r, N.Y. 

 .•tforu. 

 r, Can. 



•ruliiiK 

 ention 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ) . iv. on „ w v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. J Albany Y. 

 Vice-Corn. Rcar-Com. Purser. 



CeutralDiv.. Henry Stanton... R. W. Bailey E.W. Brown, 146B'w 



Eastern Dlv. .1.. Q. .Tones Geo. II. Barney. . . ."W. B. Davidson, 14 



N'thernDlv. .A.D.T.HeGachen.W. CI. McKendrick.S.L. Btftton, I. in. Is 

 Applications for membership must be made to division pursers, 

 panled by the recommendation of an active member and the sum 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year ($1.00). Every member at 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for ramp expenses. Apr. 

 sent to the. See'y-Treas. wiLl lie forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing In tho Central Division wishing to become, members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. _ 



THE FIRST BRITISH CANOE MEET. 



THE London Field, gives the account of the canoe meet lately 

 held on the Norfolk Broads, the first of its kind on the other 

 side of the Atlantic. Now that British canoeists have learned how 

 pleasant such a camp may be, and how useful to canoeists, we 

 hope it may become a permanent institution like our own meets. 

 A correspondent writes us of our Canadian friend "Mae" t hat he 

 "gained the affections of everybody, and it says much for him 

 that nobody kinder hated him for engrossing all the attentions of 

 the ladies' wherry." The Field says: Canoeing in England became 

 an established sport long before it was received with favor in 

 America; yet to-day, when the list of canoe clubs in the United 

 Kingdom is but seven, with a gross total of enrolled members of 

 about two hundred and fifty or three hundred, the canoe clubs of 

 the United States and Canada number over one hundred and 

 twenty, with a membership of thousands where we count hun- 

 dreds." Apart from the greater natural advantages offered by the 

 lakes and rivers of the American continent, one thing that has 

 caused canoeing to make such rapid strides in America has been 

 the formation of the American Canoe Association, promoting 

 meets for cruising and racing, where its members have been able 

 to enjoy the sport in company, to compare types of boats and rigs, 

 and renew their enthusiasm for the sport. For some years past 

 there have been rumors of coming canoe meets each season, but 

 until the present moment the idea has uot taken form and practi- 

 cal shape. 



This year, through the co-operation of the Royal C. C, the Mer- 

 sey C. C., the Humber Yawl Club, the Wear C. C, and some un- 

 attached canoeists, a combined cruise was held on the Norfolk 

 Broads during the first fortnight in August. 



It is very probable that this meet may have a very important in- 

 fluence on the future ot canoeing in England. Ct n'est que le pre- 

 mier pasqui coutc; and a meet having been held once and all the 

 arrangements having been carriod out with success, a new de- 

 parture has been made and there is practical experience on which 

 to lay the plans for still larger and more successful gatherings in 

 the future. • _ . . , 



The question has often been raised, why hav» we no British, 



