Oct. 20, 1887.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



fourth, fifth and sixtf prizes. Fay seventh prize, D cr.it 

 prize and Walsh ninth prize. 



II, was growing late in the afternoon and the president decided 

 that the second match would he at 8 birds instead of 1ft as adver- 

 tised. The shoot, or race, as it is now termed, was 30yds. rise. 

 Hurlingham rules, ground traps. The following is the order ot 

 the shooting: 



Slade 11212000-ft West 1 11 12121-8 



Fav 11111311-8 R Wilson 11001110—5 



Pixlev 10310301-5 Kellogg 33023002-5 



W Burnett O12..'0O01— 4 Hinmau 22011100-5 



Merrill 011 11222-7 Delmas 21111122-8 



Jelletl 21011303-0 Coylienda.il 11012111-7 



Haas 11022020-5 A Donaldson 12123132-3 



Golcher 11200120-5 Dunshee 12111101—7 



J B Burnett 11111202-7 Eyre 1U1012C-6 



F Bassford 11111130—7 Cross. 21110220—6 



E Donaldson 12121111—8 Walsh 02122212—7 



Tin- re was quite a number of even scores in this race, and the 

 lucky ones, Fay, West, A. Donaldson, Delmas and E. Donaldson, 

 divined the cash prize, $119, between them, and were to shoot 

 off for fifth prize, a handsome Smith gun. The six contestants 

 that scored 7 birds each will shoot off for thesixthandsevcnl.il 

 prizes this afternoon. F. Bassford won eighth and Coykendall 

 ninth, 



Oct. S— The gathering of sportsmen at San Bruno to-day was 

 very large. A more favorable day could not have been wished 

 for. The heavy cold wind that prevailed through the latter part of 

 yesterdav had died away and in its place came a refreshing breeze 

 just stiff enough to make the day a most pleasant, one. In the 

 morning the. performance opened with a blue rock shoot. The 

 race continued up to noon. The second contest began after noon 

 and owing to the very large entry it did not terminate until about 

 half an hour before sundown. The live bird contest was very 

 spirited. The pigeons provided for the occasion wore a remark- 

 ably tine lot, and darted from the traps with great, rapidity. The 

 shooting was acknowledged to he the best, ever witnessed on the 

 Ban Bruno grounds. Rice manipulated the strings and the 

 referee, H. H. Briggs, gave general satisfaction. First sc«re was 

 at 20 blue rock targets, 13yds. rise, 5 screened traps, ent ries 2fi: 



Dunshee 11111111111111111111-20 



Coykendall 1100001101.1.101011 1 10-I2 



Kellogg 10111101 1001 111 10111-1 ft 



Walsh 011 1 0101 111 01 01 11100— 13 



Delmas - 110001.001 1 lull 1 J 1111-14 



H Bassford 11 1010101 11 111101011— 15 



F Bassford 1001111111 1101111111— V 



C H Cate .11001011010009111111— 1 



S Donald ,on 1111110011000001101 1—13 



E Donaldson 011.11111111111111001-17 



West 0101101111111111 0101-15 



Campbell 01111110110101001111 -14 



Brims 11 001 10101 1 111011101—14 



Pixlev 00101000010001011111-10 



Coffin Olioio 1 1011010111000—11 



Smvt.h oiioioiioiimoi , ino— u; 



H C Golcher 11101011011101111001—14 



A Schwerin Ill 1111110011111111-18 



W Burnett lOJUOlOlllll 1101001-13 



E. Dunshee made a clean score and took first; A, Schwerin came 

 second; F. Bassford and E. Donaldson divided third and fourth: 

 Kellogg, H. Bassford and West tied for the fifth, sixth and seventh 

 prizes, and divided them; Delmas, Campbell, H. Golcher and 

 Bruns tied for the eighth prize, and, on shooting oft* for same, J. 

 Delmas won. 



The next and last shoot of the day was at 12 live birds, OOvds. 

 rise, ground traps, Hurlingham rules; entrance $5. The figure 2 

 shows second barrel: 



Coffin.... lUlOimoOl— 9 KellogR 101111313212-11 



Fay 122111101102-10 Ford 212112020000- 7 



J Burnett 221120012103- 9 F Bassford 111203121011—10 



Captain E y re 01 1113012111-10 Coykendall 2110111 01 1 11-10 



F Maskey 210112122031—10 Dunshee 211031111110-10 



Dr Cross 111131010110- 9 Haas 111101031111—10 



Merrill 112211111112—13 Smyth 103002211021- 8 



Delmas 120101 .123202— 9 Schwerin 102111333111—11 



PMey 131011212011-1 Cate 202110111112— 9 



De Vaull, Jr ... .011311012021— 9 Wilson 201111011110— 9 



A Donaldson 221122020121—10 Kerrigan 221112211102 -11 



Sperrv 110100201123— 8 Lane 033120300201— 7 



H Bassford 202101210211- 9 E Donaldson 21101012110 — 8 



H Golcher ... 132111200211— 9 W Burnett 011121110201— 9 



The above contest was very cleverly won by Mr. Merrill of 

 Stockton. His cash prize was |72. Kellogg, Coykendall, Schwerin 

 and Kerrigan, with elevens to their credit, took second rnonev, 

 $27 each. 



Oct. 9.— The third and last day of the State Sportsmen's Tourna- 

 ment, ended under most successful auspices. The attendance was 

 quite large. The pigeons were an excellent, lot; in fact, they were 

 voted to be the best-flying birds that were ever produced at a trap 

 shoot iu San Bruno. In tne live bird contest Merrill made a clean 

 score and won the handsome diamond badge of the association. 

 Donaldson and his competitors shot off for the Smith gun. It was 

 won by Donaldson. 



First contest, for the diamond badge, association match, at 20 

 live birds, ground traps, 30yds. rise, Hurlingham rules; prize, a 

 diamond badge, presented by the vice-president. The conditions 

 of this shoot were that the winner must hold the badge for one 

 year, until won three times by any member, when it shall become 

 his personal property, the winner at each meeting to surrender 

 the badge at the succeeding meeting and to receive the entrance 

 money at such last-mentioned meeting. Open to members of the 

 California Sportsmen's Association only, 28 entries: 



Sperry 01102001101002201111—12 



Haas 1321121012111221in0— 1 8 



Mackey 02022113111211210] 11 -17 



De Vaull, Jr ! ' : il l -iv 



.■<:; id ' ni:lJs'ijli;(i:j!;:i:T?;": -13 



Kellogg 0111U22102011Q2C021-14 



!'Vix :' :. m: : .' :: v2:.'U:2! I -1;, 



F Bassford 00011 1001 31 111 11 31 01 - 14 



Delmas 0010«3223l :?3l i! 3 ! n 1 -i r, 



A Donaldson 1131 2021 1 1 1 120312212—18 



Coykendall 02 1 232 1 12021 i J 110111—1 7 



2: 1 > 2- ! 11 110:212111131121111-12 



Slade 



W Golcher 21101111111110101101-16 



Merrill 12M212M2112H1 1111—20 



F E Lane. 01010101200222212201-13 



The next feature was a fusillade on the blue rocks. This con- 

 test was very spirited, and was watched with keen interest. 



Twenty singles and 5 pairs blue rock targets, singles at 18yds. 

 and pairs at loyds.: 



Delmas 11110111101111111011-17 



Coykendall 10101000111101111110—13 



Fox 11011111110111110111-17 



Kell ogg HP 011.1.1011.1 1111011-17 



W Golcher 01111101111111010001—14 



Fauuing 11110111111010110110-15 



Jellett 01111011111110101111-16 



Campbell llllOllOOlllOOOllhl— 13 



II Bassford 00110001110110011111-12 



Dunshee 11000111111001010010-11 



Mellish 11110011111110101111—16 



A Donaldson nil 0001110001101111—13 



Brown 01111001010111100011—12 



Pixie v 11101111111101101111-17 



Jones 01010001000101101111—10 



Cate 11101011101111001011—14 



Bruns 11110110111100010111-14 



F Bassford 11111010111111111111-18 



Dobbins 11001101111000110111-13 



The wind-up shoot of the day and the tournament was at live 

 birds. 12 live birds, 30yds. rise, $5 entrance: 



Fav 111111100011— 9 Freer 200011111311—8 



Haas 111111110210—10 Dobbins 122110111112-11 



Golcher 120121111111—11 Delmas 032111121111—11 



Merrill 121112111111-12 Cate 112211121010-10 



Fox 111011011111-10 Osgood 020010110111— 7 



Coykendall 121110111011-10 Fanning 111111111111—12 



Ingalls. 200011111.211- 9 



Merrill made another clean score, which speaks well for the 

 young Stockton marksman. He did not miss one bird for the 

 entire shoot. The first and second prizes were divided between 

 Merrill and Fanning, both having made clean records. Golcher, 

 Delmas and Dobbins divided third, fourth and fifth money. 



This shoot ended the State Sportsmen's Tournament, the most 

 successf ul meet that has ever been held on the San Bruno Pigeon 

 Grounds. , 



BUDD VS. BREWER.— Dunellen, N. J., Oct. 12.-Sportsmen 

 from all over the country are gathered together to-day on the 

 grounds of the Middlesex Gun Club to witness the match between 

 C. W. Budd, of Dos Moines, la., the American champion, and 

 Jack Brewer, of Philadelphia, Pa., the best man the East has 

 produced. The match is at 100 birds fx-om 5 traps, strict Hurling- 



ham rules, for $250 a side. Mr. Budd used an L. C. Smith ham- 

 naerless, 71ns. 12o7.., With 3$£8rs. FFG powder, 1!4oz. No. 7 trap 

 shot, loaded in Climax shells by Chamberlain. Mr. Brewer shot 

 a W. W. Greener. 71 ha. 14oz., using 4Mdrs. of new American wood 

 powder and lWa% No. 8 chilled shot, in his first barrel; in bis sec- 

 ond bo bad Mbesi of Dupont's diamond grain and l'-joz. No. 7 trap 

 shot, loaded iu Ely shells. The day was raw and cold, with a 

 strong wind blowing across the trans from left to right. The birds 

 were a good lot, some lingered on the trap, only to start oil* like, 

 shot from a gun. Previous to the match several sweepstakes were 

 shot, the scores appearing below. Promptly at 2:13 Referee Mr. 

 W.Fred Quimby called the men to the score. Brewer led elf, 

 killing his bird, Budd following suit. Budd was first to fliisa, 

 losing his third bird, a towering incomer, that, fell dead just hack 

 of the dead line, he then started in ami made his big run of S3 

 kills, missing his 30th, a hard straight driver, also his 40th. finish- 

 ing his first 50 with 37 to his credit. Brewer missed his 4th, a 

 strong right quarterer, his 11th, 20th, 34th and 28th, a towering 

 driver that was hit hard, finishing his 50, two birds behind. A re- 

 cess of ten minutes was taken and Brewer stsrted in to reduce the 

 Western man's lead; at the 69th bird he tied the score and was 

 loudly applauded; the 78th round he was one bird ahead with the 

 remarkable run of 42 kills. He missed his 78th, a, right quarterer, 

 and the score once more stood even. The little Western man now 

 started in and at the 81st. round had the lead by a bird, but slipped 

 up on an incomer and the score, amid the greatest excitement, 

 once again was a tie. Brewer lost, his 89th and 92d, both right 

 quarterers. Budd killed his last 13 straight and thus ended one 

 of the most interesting matches ever witnessed in this seetiou. 



Budd 1101112211— 9 Brewer 2110121111- 9 



1212111132-10 0112113120- 8 



2212221211-10 .1130131331- 9 



2211101220— 8 2332221011— 9 



1311231221—10 1221213331- 10 



122*101112— 9 31.231 1 1121—10 



1331321301- 9 1122112212—10 

 1130131212- 9 2122312201— 9. 



1120120122— 8 0120322101- 7 



1211222211-10-93^ 3021312221 o - -00 



Second barrel to Sill, 20 times "Second barrel to kill, 29 times; 

 on the grouud, 23 times. on the ground, 18 times. 



Brewer killed 18 straight drivers, missed 3; 4 right quartering 

 drivers, missed .1; 6 left quartering drivers; 14 hovercrs; 1 1 left, 

 quarterers; 21 right quarterers, missed 4; 6 towering drivers, 

 missed 2: 4 incomers. . . ,„„.,. . A . 



Budd killed 17 straight drivers, missed 2; 9 right quartering 



t; 12 left 



01 11 10 10 11—7-24 



10 10 10 11 11-7-20 



11 10 00 11 11-8-25 

 01 10 11 11 11—8-25 



10 10 11 10 10-6—20 



11 10 10 11 11-8-23 

 11 10 11 10 10—7—23 



10 11 00 11 11—7—20 



11 10 10 10 11-7—19 

 10 10 00 10 10-4—15 



10 10 11 10 11—7—23 



11 10 10 10 11—7—20 

 00 10 11 01 11—6—18 

 11 11 01 11 11—9-26 



10 00 00 10 11-4—14 



11 11 10 11 10-8-22 



10 11 01 10 01-6-20 



11 11 10 11 10-8-36 

 10 11 10 11 10-7-20 



off in next sweep. 



Sweep No. 3: Quinlan 4, Budd 5, Peacock 3, Seigler 5, Dickens 



4, C. Smith 5, Tee Kay 3. Tics divided. . 



Sweep No. 3: Ouinlan 4, Budd 5, Dickens 5, Seigler 4, C. Smith 



5, Peacock ft, Tee Kay 8. Ties divided. _ 



liams 5, J. Day 4, Quinlan 4, Creely 5. Ties divided. 



BROOKLYN, Oct. 12,— Regular shoot of the Coney Island Rod 

 and Gun Club to-day at Woodlawn. Most of the. best wing shots 

 of Long Island competed. Besides the competition for the "Don- 

 nelly" gold badge, six prizes were, shot for. There were five tics 

 for the'badge, each man killing seven birds straight. The other 

 prizes, in which there were ties, were divided. Out of the 182 

 birds shot at only 47 escaped: 



F Lanzer (25) 1111111-7 H Meyer (23) 1100010—3 



J Smith (30) 0111010-4 J E Lake (2ft) 0111011-5 



A Rockfellar (25) 0111011-5 H L Fesler (31) OOHllo-4 



R Monsees (30) 0111110-5 F Anson (28) 0111111-7 



Wise (27) 1111111-7 E Williams (32) 11O0OOQ-3 



Kerrv (28) 1111111-7 C W Jones (30) 1110111.-0 



G L Edwards (34) 11U111-7 J Ennis (21) 1111110-6 



Ties for first: A. Schwartz 2, F. Lanzer 1, C. Wise 9, Kerry 10, G. 

 L, Edwards 3. 



NEW YORK GERMAN GUN CLUB. — New York, Oct. 15.— A 

 very enjoyable shoot took place on Thursday, Oct. 13 at New Dorp, 

 S, I., when 12 members of the New York German Gun Club stepped 



club shoot, at 10 live pigeons, in which Vice-Pres. Schmitt carried 

 off the prize (the second time this year), a number of sweepstakes 

 were arranged and Mr. Fountain scored several victories in a 

 sportsmanlike manner, each successful shot of the honored vis- 

 itor being vociferously cheered by all present. Iuclosed please 

 find score of the club shoot, in total not a very good one, but very 

 fair in consideration of the really extraordinarily strong and wild 

 birds and a stiff wind. . . m 



Match at 10 live pigeons, H. and T. ground trap, 21 and 2oyds. 

 rise. 80yds. boundary, club rules: 



Boesseiinecker (35). .1101110001-0 Lucas (31) IHOOIOiOO-5 



Spregade (21) .0111011101-7 Sauter (25) 1010111011-7 



Schlicht (25) 1011101101-7 Greitner (21) 1011111011-8 



Schmitt (25) 1010111111-8 Bonden (21) 0100001110-4 



Hemmer(25) 1100111011-7 Breen(21) 1001011001-5 



Muller (21) 1110011010-6 Klein (25) 0110110011-6 



NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 15.— The tie match some weeks ago be- 

 tween GustavFrcehe and Thomas Rudden, of this city, when both 

 killed 20 birds out of 25, led to another race being shot this after- 

 noon. The match came off on John Erb's grounds on the Bloom- 

 liejd road, a number of old time shooters being present. The con- 

 ditions were 50 birds each, 25yds. rise, for. $100 a side. Freehe bet 

 considerable outside mouey. The match was very close, and 

 although Rudden led on the first score of ten by two birds, Freehe 

 won the contest by one bird. O. Von Lengerke acted as referee, 

 and with satisfaction, although one decision gave rise to some 

 kindly criticism. This was when a bird shot by Freehe alighted 

 on the rail fence, and being gathered was scored ae a ''dead bird," 

 many of the spectators claim it was a "lost bird" from having sat 

 on the boundary. Figure 2 signifies second barrel. The following 

 is the score: 



Gustav Freehe. . .011011111021 i 101021111 1 1 12121 ill! 120221 ! 3220022102-40 

 Thomas Rudden. 10123121011222021003122001111210111121031101011221—39 

 NEWTOWN, N. Y., Oct. ll.-North Side Gun Club of Long 

 Island. Seventh average match of the year for p50 gold badge, 

 best average of one year to win it as property. Match at live 

 pigeons, five King's patent traps, handicap rise, 80yds. boundary, 

 no hack, club rules, 7 birds each: 



Dr Franz 0111010-4 A Eberhardt .1110111— ( 



J Kroger 1101100-4 A Duryea 1111011-6 



G- Biems 0101110—1 W Bohmoke 1001011-4 



E Barlow 0111111-6 T Tapken 0111001-4 



M C Manning 0111001—4 J. Grau 1111000-4 



JWinholz 1111011—6 WKrumbeck. 1110100—4 



Ties on 6 for first at 3 birds: E. Barlow (38yds.) 3, J. Winholz 

 (28) 2, A. Eberhardt (38) 3, A. Duryea (29) w. Second tie: E. Bar- 

 low (30) 3, A. Eberhardt (30) 3. In a sweepstake match, ten entries, 

 miss aud out, two moneys, Messrs. Barlow and Kroger divided.— 

 August H. Euerhardt, Secretary. 



BROOKLYN, Oct. 13.— Regular shoot of the Unknown Gun Club. 

 The birds, supplied by Chris. Duerler, were of the best possible 

 description, and gave the outsiders a chance to kill. J. Rathjen 

 won the club's championship badge for the third time this season. 

 In a subsequent sweepstake Rathjeu and Pfohlm an killed aU their 

 birds and divided first and second money. The quality of the 

 birds is shown by the fact that no less than 66 birds escaped out of 



OS S! I, St- 



J Ranki n (21) 0000101—3 J Tom ford (25) 1000100-2 



E Vroome (24) 0100111—4 II Van Staden (33) 1001111-5 



R Still well (23) 1100000 -2 J Rat hjen (34) 1111111-7 



R Moore (25) 0101110—4 C Plate (24) li 



W Gilmaii (23) 0010010-2 H Kncbel, Sr (25) 0001101-3 



G Pfo him an (25) Ill 101 1-6 C Ri ng (21) 0001 000 -1 



J Boyle (21) 1101101-5 H Kncbel, Jr (23) 0110000-2 



H Blohm (21) 0011011-4 



NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 10.— West Newark Gun Club, match at 

 25 hats, 18vds. rise, National Gun Association rules: 



Botelmay 1011101011111111111101101—20 



J Adelmann lllOlOmillllllOOlllllll— 21 



C Doty 111111 111 111 1111110111111-24 



FHilfers 1111111011111111111111111-24 



M Mumm 1111 11 1101 10 ! HI li 1011011— 19 



M Ulbricht OlOlOlOUllllllllllll 1111—21 



G Deissler 1101110111111111111111111-23 



M Adelmann 111100] 111111111111101011-21 



C von Lengerke . . .1111111101111011110101111-21 



GREENBURG, Pa., Oct. 11.— The tournament conducted by the 

 Green.burg Gun Club at the fair gionnds was a decided success. 

 The following are the scores: The first match was for 40, 30, and 

 10 per cent, of tne entrance fees, at 10 birds: Dick 7, Gessler 2, 

 Shanor 4. TChalt 1, Overholt 5, Cochran 3, Thomas 2, Donohoe 3, 

 Sex. on 4. Chain 4, Brunei. 3, Cummings 3, Householder 4. Dick 

 took first money and Overholt second. Chain won the "miss and 

 out" and third money by shoot ing at four birds and breaking two. 



The next free for all match was on same, terms at 10 blue rocks, 

 18yds.: Cochran 6, Overholt 4, Gessler 4, Donohoe 2, Thomas 2, 

 Btuuot 6, Dick 7, Shaner S, Cummings 7, Fretts 6, Ehalt 4, Chain 

 6, Sexton 7. Shaner won first by breaking 8 out of 10, Dick second, 

 Chain won third by breaking 4. birds. 



This finished the advertised matches, and everybody joined in 

 to get up several extra contests. The first was at 5 blue rocks; 

 Overholt 3, Cummings ft, Dick 3, Chain 2, Sexton 2, Cochran 3, 

 Holsinger 2, Fretts 3. Tiie next, special match was at three single, 

 and won by Cummings. Another match at ten birds followed: 

 Dick 7, Cochran 3, Cummings 8, Shannor 5, Ehalt 4, Chain 6. In 

 this Cummings got first and Dick downed second. This finished 

 the shooting, part, of which was done in a rain while a high wind 

 prevailed all day, and the sun failed to show itself even at inter- 

 vals, The match was pronounced a success by the visitors from 

 Johnstown, Scott tale, Larimer aud other near towns, and was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The rather deficient scores 

 were undoubtedly caused by the bad weather and chilly wind. 



BROOKLYN, Oct. 11.— Acme Gun Club regular shoot for the 

 gold badge to-day at Durler's Park, Jamaica Plank Road, 20yds.: 



C Wiosscl milU till 1 o 1 1 1 1 00-14 



C Munek OOlOlOOlOOOOfKiOOOOOO— 3 



<>U -01 021 SSMV'II.SCS;,!,),,!,,, 1,) ; - 



M SchoetUer 1100111.1110101110110-14 



G Kollmanu OOIOOHOOICPIOIIOOO- 7 



.) Link 11110011111011100001-13 



<: Carohui 0001111 101 00) 1000 l.uOl- 8 



Ties: C. Wiessel 2, M. Schoettler 0. 



SOLOMON CITY, Kas., Oct. 9.— On account of the sultry 

 weather in this section the club has done but little shooting, but 

 at this meeting decided to hold its first hunting tournament at 

 Chyenne bottoms for ducks, brant and geese. The result you shall 

 hear in the future. Match shot Oct. 8: 



J Kraenchi 01101010000010001101— 8 



T J Enwortliy 000011 11 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 001 —1.3 



O H Smith 10111101C11111111101— 16 



E E Crooks 01111110110110001111—14 



TAUNTON, Mass, Oct 1— Tannton Fish and Game Protective 

 Association. Eleven members met and shot for the club prizes. 

 Match at 10 clay-pigeons, clay-pigeon trap, 16yds. rise, 3 angles, N, 

 G. A. rules: G. L.Smith 7, .1. T, Hall 7, G. L. DavisO, F. S. Keith 5, 

 A. Handy KG, Leonard 7, C. Hill 4, W. Barstow 8, J. Davis 8, C. 

 T. Snow 3, E. Bowen 3. 



Match at 10 bats, clay-pigeon trap: Smith 8, Hall 8, G. H. Davis 

 .10, Keith 0, Handy 9, Leonard 5, Hill 8, Barstow 10, J. Davis9, Snow 

 8, Bowen 8. 



Match at 10 blue rocks, 8 blue rock traps: Smith 5, Hall 8, G. H. 

 Davis 7, Keith 5, Handy 7, Leonard 6, Hall 7, Barstow 3, J. Davis 6, 

 Snow 7, Bowen 2. 



Match at 10 clay-pigeons: Smith 6, Hall 7, G. H. Davis 8, Keith 

 ft. Handy 5, Leonard 8, Hill 3, Barstow 7, J. Davis 6, Snow 9, 

 Bowen 7.' 



Match at 10 blue rocks: Smith w, Hall 7, G. H. Davis 6, Keith 4, 

 Ha rdy ft, Leonard 8, H ill 3, Barstow 7, J. Davis 7, Snow 10, Bowen 9. 



Match at 10 blue rocks: Hall 7, G. H. Davis 8. Keith 6, Handy 7, 

 Leonard 7, Hill 3, Barstow 10, J. Davis 3, Snow 7, Bowen 5. 



W. Barsto w first, 92; G. H. Davis second, 85: O. T. Snow third, 

 Hall aud Leonard fourth, SO; J. Davis fifth, 79; Keith and Handy 

 sixth, 71. 



BLACKBIRDS FOR THE TRAP— At a recent Kansas City 

 tournament blackbirds were used. The birds, says the Kansas 

 City Times, were supplied by J. C. Caldwell, of Nor burn, Mo., who 

 nets them in tfie marshes in that vicinity. He uses a net 24ft. 

 wide and 90ft. long. He finds one of the fly ways of the birds, and 

 sets the net on its Toute, the two edges touching the ground and 

 the net forming a canopy, open at either end. It is made of No. 

 IS thread, with inch meshes. A clever contrivance enables Mr. 

 Caldwell to drop the net in a twinkling. Decoys are placed under 

 it, and millet, hemp and sunflowers are used to entice the wild 

 birds on. A flock once under the net, it is dropped, and the birds 

 can't even struggle. Five hundred and twenty birds is the great- 

 est number ever made by Mr. Campbell at one haul. Once cap- 

 tured the birds are stored in a house 30ft. square by 8ft. high, 

 made of wire netting. "They can be kept six months if they are 

 handled right," he says. "They must be fed carefully and kept in 

 as much a state of nature as possible." The birds are not crated 

 loosely together when shipped as are pigeons, but each blackbird 

 lias its separate little compartment. Blackbirds are about as dif- 

 ferent from pigeons in size and (light as could be imagined. There 

 is a gamy twirl of the tail of the blackbird as he comes out of the 

 trap, a challenging flutter of the wings, and a dart and "away 

 all" inatwinking. He doesn't wait to see where he came from, 

 aud apparently cares not whither he goeth. It takes quick shoot- 

 ing and good shooting to kill. Where there was a single bang! at 

 pigeons on Tuesday, the order yesterday was bang! bang! for both 

 barrels were the rule, not the exception. This made the sport all 

 the more interesting and exciting, especially as the wind blew 

 awa\ from the traps and sent the birds generally in that direc- 

 tion.' With blackbirds it is the tailer which is hard to reach 

 effectively. The scores were good ones, but not up to the scores 

 at live pigeons, as was to be expected. The blackbirds were a 

 good lot , fresh aud strong. In the very first shoot at the little fel- 

 lows a surprise developed, as the two big professionals, Stiee and 

 Budd, were shot out of first place, and the latter completely out of 

 any money. Mr. Budd laid it to the shells. Mr. Stice is not at aU 

 partial to blackbirds, and was satisfied with a division of second 

 money. It was surprising how few of the visiting marksmen had 

 shot, at live blackbirds. They are by no means a common target, 

 and such men as Mr. Crabill had never pulled a trigger on one. 

 Their vitality is much greater than that of the pigeon, and when 

 hit they struggle to fly just as long as they can flap their wings. 

 Birds with two or three shots in their body often get out of 

 hounds. Some of the marksmen were pleased with the target, 

 others were not. Few had the proper shot for the birds, and this 

 accounted for the disappointment of several. 



PLUNGE TRAPS.— "The use of plunge traps exclusively in the 

 live bird shooting," says the Kansas City Times, "was condemned 

 by the professionals present, who at first declared they would 

 enter into no such matches. Others also objected. 'Why, sir,' 

 said Mi'. Stiee to a reporter, 'I've shot all over this country, from 

 • 1 2 1 , i s .1 : o Texas, aud from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Mis- 

 souri is the only State in the country where plunge traps are used 

 with the gun below the elbow. The sportsmen here are fifty years 

 behind the times. I will shoot any man in Missouri, I to use 

 ground and he plunge traps, and he can put his gun to his shoulder 

 before he calls 'pull' if he wants to. Plunge traps are away be- 

 hind the age.' 'That is the size of it,' put in Mr. Budd, emphatic- 

 ally. 'The great objection to plunge trans,' went on Mr. Stice, 'is 

 that soft birds can be used— birds which wouldn't rise from a 

 ground trap. Just as well put big potatoes in to throw up and 

 hoot them before they come down. A bird has no chance to get 

 on the wing before he is shot at. Now, a ground trap gives a bird 

 his natural flight.' 'I don't think much of the plunge traps, either,' 

 rema rked. F. 8. Crabill. 'They have gone out of use almost every- 

 where. They give a bird no chance to gather himself before he is 

 lulled. He is thrown up and knocked down before he can get his 

 wiugs well in motion. Now, a proper ground trap, you see, gives 

 a. bird his natural flight. It is much more like field shooting and 

 is much better sport.' The Missouri State Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion adopted the plunge trap years ago. At the last State tourna- 

 ment a resolution was introduced to change to ground traps. 

 Enterprising and advanced sportsmen have been agitating the . 

 question since, and urging the adoption of the ground trap with 

 such success that it is thought that plunge traps will be a thing of 

 the past after the next meeting of the association." 



Hon, H. M. Seely has been passing his summer's vacation 

 in the Adirondack^, devoting his time mainly to fishing. 

 While out with a guide, in a boat on Chateatigay Lake, 

 Franklin county, N. Y., a few days since, indulging in his 

 favorite pastime, he met with a hunting adventure that 

 rarely falls to the lot of a sportsman. They noticed some- 

 thing swimming toward them, hut at some distance. Grad- 

 ually it drew near, when they discovered that it was a buck. 

 Beirig destitute of firearms they were at somewhat of a loss 

 how to proceed; but as delay might prove to be dangerous to 

 themselves, or give the deer an opportunity to escape, Judge 

 Seely hastily grasped a piece of board lying in the bottom of 

 the boat, and when the animal came within reach gave him 

 a sturdy and stunning blow over the head, killing it. They 

 carried their trophy in triumph to the hotel, and it furnished 

 a most toothsome repast.— Honesclale Citizen. 



