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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Dec. 15, 1887. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



DELAWARE.— In spite of the tricky wind and reflection from 

 blight sunshine the shooting at Healdmoor Rifle Range on Dec. 5 

 was fair. The members of Company H, of New Castle, took part 

 in the shooting, and other members are likely to attend the 

 Monday snooting hereafter. Mr. Lunt, of that company, won the 

 weeklv military badge, and from the indications of his shooting 

 the Wilmington militiamen will have to bestir themselves or he 

 will hold the badge for some time. Standard American target, 



200yds.: 



H Simpson » 7 



6 6 



10 



H S Johnson. . 



9 4 G 



4 8 8 3 



7 6 9 



8 4 8 

 6 5 8 

 6 6 7 

 4 10 4 

 6 6 

 6 6 6 

 4 6 4 

 9 3 

 2 2 



7 8 



7 4 



9 7 10 



8 8 5 



5 3 9 

 7 4 



6 4 



6-62 

 9-60 

 4-75 

 4-59 



5 3-53 



8 8-59 



2 2-45 



2 4-41 

 8 3-52 

 4 7—40 



3 0-21 



G W Howard... , 4 



4 



6 



4 



O Hint, mil | 



5 10 



RWilson.mil 1 f> 



T AVise mil • J 



' Revolver Match at 15Yds., Short Barrels. 



H Simpson 244524423 V-35 H S Johnson 2555212085-30 



G W Howard 3542523351-32 



The regular weekly shooting of the Wilmington Rifle Club tools 

 place on Dec. 5 at the range, on Forty Acres. The monthly badge 

 was won by S. J. Newman, standard target, 200yds.: 

 Record Match. 



S J Newman 6 10 10 6 



J E Newman 4 7 7 9 



CHeinel.Sr 4 8 7 7 5 4 



W A Bacon .2 6 fi 10 4 I 



WRice 5 3 5 6 2 4 



JFGibson .... . 4 4 5 4 6 4 



Badge Match. 



S J Newman 7 6 8 9 7 7 



J E Newman 8 6 6 9 8 2 



C Heinel, Sr 6 4 4 7 6 5 



W A Bacon 3 5 4 5 4 1 7 



W Rice 3 1 4 2 8 2 3 



4 10 7 

 4 8 10 

 7 5 

 2 5 

 6 4 

 4 4 



6—74 

 3-61 

 9-60 



3- 44 



4- 42 



4— 37 



5— 76 



6— 64 

 5—57 

 4—44 

 4-41 

 2-40 



riO 7 10 3 5-71 

 1 7 7 7 4 6-58 



4 6 



6 



7 4 4 



5 4 4 



7 5 4 



8 5 4 



2 6 10 



3 10 3 



3- 53 

 6-56 

 5-51 



4- 51 



5- 48 

 0-48 

 5-40 



9 9 8 



7 10 7 



8 8 7 



9 9 10 

 8 9 7 

 8 10 7 



7 10-85 



8 6 9-82 



9 9 10-8+ 

 7 10 10-81 

 9 7 6-79 

 6 9 5-77 



7 6 9 6 7 



5 6 5 10 9 



6 10 10 5 4 



5 8 7 7 



5 10-75 

 8 10-78 



6 -7—77 

 5 10-76 



8 7-69 

 8 10-71 

 7 6—65 

 5-71 



. 9 9 10 8 7 9 6 



.8 8 7 10 8 10 7 



.6 6 8 7 10 10 9 



,9 9 8 8 9 9 6 



7 10 6-81 



8 7 9-82 

 8 6 7-77 

 7 8 6-79 



jy Gibson" . ::::::::::: stoiusi 



OWENS VILLE, Ind., Dec. 6.— Quite a number of visitors were 

 on the range to-da.v to witness the Owenville Ballard Rifle team's 

 seventh contest, 200yds., Standard target. A 12-o'cloek fish-tail 

 Wind made soores run low: 



J Montgomery 10 7 7 



W Roberts 5 4 7 



M Daueherty 7 4 9 



W Gentiy 8 6 10 



J Daugherty 4 o 5 



J Stones 6 7 3 



G Wcller 4 5 5 



R Speck 9 5? 



H Mauck • 4 3 4 _ 



Montgomery gold medal, H. Mauck leather medal. 



BOSTON, Dec. 18.— The result of the rifle shooting in the two 

 matches at Walnut Hill range to-day was creditable to the con- 

 testants. The records are as follows: 



Decimal Match. 



F F Ellsworth 8 7 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 9-90 



8 9 10 8 7 9 6 10 10 9-86 



9 9 8 7 



WH Oler 810 8 9 



B G Warren 7 6 8 5 



JRDadman 9 fi 10 8 



9 9 7 7 

 Rest Match. 



J Francis 11 12 12 12 12 9 11 11 11 11-112 



1Q n 1Q 13 1Q 1;J l3 u n 13 _ m 



W Chester j 11 12 11 12 11 8 11 12 12 10-111 



12 9 11 12 12 9 12 U 8 13-108 



H A Smith 10 9 13 8 11 11 8 11 11 10-101 



7 7 9 10 9 9 10 13 10 10— 93 



A Loring 10 10 9 10 8 10 9 12 10 7— 95 



B "" 10 13 7 6 9 10 9 10 8 12- 93 



MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 1.— The Minneapolis Rifle Club had a 

 shoot to-day. opening with a shoot for a badge and followed by a 

 prize match. Following is the score, at 2O0yds.: 

 Badge Score. 



I Si! ? ? 



Bird 6 8 7 10 10 6 



Weeks 7 10 8 8 6 7 6 



Morgan was handicapped one point more than Bird, so it was 

 declared a tie and was shot off on five shots, Bird winning, 33 



Prize Match. 



Marshall g 5 



Morgan 8 4 



B-rd 6 



Weeks • • 6 10 



Weeks and Morgan shot off the tie; oH five shots, Morgan scor- 

 ing 39 and Weeks 33. 



Highest scores made during the day were: 



Marshall " 



Morgan 



Bird 



Highest total, Creednioor count: 



Mai shall 48 Morgan 47 



Bird 45 Weeks 4" 



Anew prize match has been arranged by the club, to take place 

 after the badge match every Wednesday afternoon. The terms 

 of the. prize ma ten are, 20iiyds. oil-hand, Springfield and plain 

 sighted magazine rifles to have 5 points handicap. Open sighted 

 single shot rifles allowed 3 poiuts on the total score of 10 shots. 

 Match opon to all comers. Standard American target will be 

 used. 



ANOTHER MAGAZINE RIFLE.-Captain Grevillc Harston, of 

 the Royal Grenadiers of Canada, may be congratulated on having 

 mastered a problem that has puzzled the gunmakers and mechan- 

 ical engineers of this country uot a little. It has been repeatedly 

 said by those who have not Oapt. Harstpn'a faith in tbe resources 

 of mechanics that rifles of the falang-blocktype, and notably, the 

 Martini, could never be couvt-rted into a magazine rifle. Capfc. 

 Harston declined to accent this nan possumw, and set to work to 

 ft nd a solution. This he has done by a devise which is faultless 

 in theory, and the practical development of which is limited only 

 by the capacities of the Martini-Henry as a military rifle. One 

 side of the falling block being cut away he introduces there a 

 loosely-jointed carrier, which works freely in a movable bridle, 

 sliding to and fro in the direction of the axis of the barrel as the 

 breech is opened and closed. This carrier receives each cartridge 

 as it falls on the block and forces it Into the chamber with a 

 steady pressure. The magazine is a light hooper, which cau be 

 fltted beside the lock instantaneously, and the f eel is kept up by a 

 revolving action. Into a description of all the details it is unne- 

 cessary for us to enter, beyond saying the mechanism is very 

 simple, and there are no springs likely to get out of order. It is 

 obviously impossible for a dangerous "jam 1 ' to occur beca^s? a 

 second cartridge cannot fall into the block until the exploded 

 case has been ejected. The weakest point of the Martini action 

 is overcome and the extractor made very powerful by the simp- 

 lest of all contrivances. Whether this invention wiU ever be 

 adopted is doubtful, but as to its mechanical merits there can be 

 no question. Capt. Harston has come over from Canada at the 

 request of the War Office authorities, and under his supervision 

 three Martini-Henry rifles will be converted into magazines for 

 trial before the committe on small arms.— Admiralty and Horse 

 Guards Gazette. 



NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 10.— The old-time interest in rifle shoot- 

 ing, which was allowed to languish until nearly all the clubs 

 formerly represented in the monthly tournaments of the Newark 

 Rifle Association have gone out of existence, is again being 

 revived. The action of the Rutgers, Our Own and J. Magory rifle 

 clubs in organizing a league for the purpose of shooting a series 

 of monthly matches has had the effect of awakening some of the 

 "old-timers," and the probabilities are that before tbe season 

 closes other clubs will be formed and will apply for admission to 

 the league. An effort is now being made to organize a club to 

 make its headquarters on the Western Rifle Range. This is the 

 only double gaRery in the city, and especially commends itself 

 for match shooting, a s one of each team can shoot at the same 

 time. The targets are illuminated by electric lights. A meeting 

 wiU be called at an early date for the purpose of perfecting tbe 

 organization and electing officers. A move is also being made to 

 organize a club by the frequenters of the gallery of Von Lengerke 

 &Detmold, and, if successful, the organization will probably take 

 up pistol as well as rifle shooting. The Essex and Frelinghuyseii 

 clubs, both "old-timers," are still in existence, and there is a 

 strong chance that Newark may soon have another league as 

 strong as the old N. R. A. 



UNITED STATES SMALL ARMS.— Secretary of War Endicott, 

 in his report just sent to Congress, speaks as follows of the small 

 arms under his management: "During the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1887, 41,106 rifles and carbines were manufactured by the 

 National Armory. The question of a reduced caliber for small 

 arms is now under careful consideration and experiment by the 

 department, and while the present caliber, .15, meets the demands 

 of the service in a satisfactory manner, and was adopted fifteen 

 years ago after exteilded tests, the interest awakened in the 

 military world justifies a further examination and report upon 

 this subject, A magazine gun has become a necessity, and during 

 many years the department has endeavored to find one that would 

 give satisfaction to the army. From what we learn of the 

 magazine systems abroad nothing is gained by haste, and the 

 Springfield rifle must continue to serve our purpose until a 

 magazine gun, that will do credit to the inventive genius of our 



fieople, is adopted. It is to be observed that under the existing 

 aw, revised statutes, sec. 1,672, only the Springfield guns can be 

 manufactured by this department. We are unable, therefore, to 

 make magazine guns, and can only test and examine the magazine 

 guns and systems brought to the department by dealers or inven- 

 tors. It is very desirable that this statute should be so far modified 

 that wo can purchase or manufacture magazine guns for experi- 

 ment and trial. The orders of the War Department respecting 

 rifle practice throughout the army have taxed to the fnU our 

 resources in ammunition and target suppplies. The reserve 

 supply of rifle cartridges on hand on June 50 last was small, but 

 the army and country have been amply repaid for this expendi- 

 ture of ammunition at the military posts by the great success 

 attending the annual competitions. Larger appropriations for 

 ammunition and target material are asked for. A matter so 

 necessary to the effectiveness of our small army deserves the 

 favorable consideration of Congress." 



PENNSYLVANIA— The First Brigade Rifle Club was duly 

 organized on Thursday evening, Dec. 8, at State Fcncibles Arm- 

 ory, Phil. Owing to Battalion DriU at First Regiment on that 

 evening, no oSicers were selected, as there were no representa- 

 tives from that organization present. Sergeant J. J. Mountjoy 

 was selected as range master. The regular weekly shoot of the 

 club will take place at the Armory Range on Tuesday night of 

 each week, commencing at 8:30 o'cloek. 



ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB, N. Y.— At the annual election held 

 Dec. 6 the foRowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 B. Walther, president; G. A. Schtirmann, vice- president; N. D. 

 Ward, secretary; C. G. Zettler, treasurer; A. P. Hunt, cor. -secre- 

 tary; B. Zettler, shooting master. During the evening Mr. N. D. 

 Ward was presented with a testimonial by the club, in apprecia- 

 tion of his faithful services as secretary for the past 15 years. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for yulMcaUon should he made out on the printM 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 icHtc on one side of the paper only. 



TORONTO, Dec. 5.— The McDowaR shooting tournament, at C. 

 Ayre's grounds, was brought to a close this evening. The shoot 

 proved to be one of the most successful ever held here, the attend- 

 ance each day being very largo. About 100 competitors shot in 

 the five different events, and had the weather been milder the 

 entry would certainly have been still larger. Representatives 

 from Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Port Colborne, George- 

 town, Guelph, Winnipeg aud La Salle, N. Y., were present. The 

 foRowing is a minute of the entries in each match: First match, 

 10 pigeons, 50 entries; second match, 7 pigeons, 35 entries; third 

 match, 15 Canada blackbirds, 25 entries; fourth match, 7 pigeons, 

 15 entries; fifth match, teams of five men at Canada blackbirds, 6 

 teams. Mr. G. H. Briggs refereed most of the matches, and Mr. 

 E. Loudon scored; 



Team shoot at 15 Canada blackbirds from 5 screened traps, 

 18j ds. rise: 



1st Team. 

 Adams 13 



Hine 13 



Wayper 14 



Smith 10 



Felstead 



3d Team. 



George H 



Worden 5 



Dollery 10 



Bugg 10 



Townson 12—48 



5tn Team. 



Thomas 9 



Wakefield 11 



Wnght 9 



Brown 9 



Rice 5-43 



Sweepstake at 7 live pigeons, 2 



Carruthers 7 



Wayper 7 



Adams 6 



Mc Do wall 6 



Forsyth 6 



Hipkins 5 



Bell 5 



2d Team. 



Cockburn 11 



Gould 10 



Rogers 11 



ERis 8 



10—60 Carruthers .11—51 



4th Team. 



Hipkins. 11 



Riggs 8 



McDowaR 4 



Stroud 10 



Heat her ington 11—44 



6th Team. 



Moffitt 8 



Musson 6 



Pearson 9 



Newman 7 



Duncan 4—34 



vds. rise, 4 prizes: 



Bugg 4 retired. 



George 3 retired. 



Newman 3 retired. 



Hine 2 retired. 



Heatherington 2 retired. 



Felstead 3 retired. 



Stinson ,2 retired. 



Carruthers and Wayper divided first and second, MoDowall and 

 Forsyth, who each missed their last bird, divided third aud fourth 

 prizes. 



CLEVELAND, Dec. 8.— The grounds of the Cleveland Gun 

 Club, at Blue Rock Springs, were very lively this afternoon. A 

 livelier shoot or one better attended has not been held bv the 

 Cleveland Club this year. The Cleveland members turned out 

 en masse, eighteen of thorn being entered to the badge shoot, and 

 five East End members were at the grounds with their guns, 

 besides a number of spectators. Until their last time at the trap 

 both "Wall" and Silsby had broken 14 birds out of 15. The many 

 entries to the shoot prolonged it until dusk. When "Wall ' went 

 fco the trap for nis last 5 birds it was almost dark and he flinched, 

 but Silsby broke his 5 straight and scored 19 dead out of 20. The 

 big score gave him first badge and "Wall's" 15 out of 20 took the 

 second trophy. Blue rock pigeons were the targets nsed and the 

 marksmen shot from 5 traps: 



"Roberts" (26) 10000011101111010110-11 



BUeldiin (21) U 101 110 11111 01110-15 



L O Jones (21) 011U 00100 110 1010100— 10 



"Janes" (2u) OllOOOllOOllOtOOOOll— 9 



Stoneman (22) 11O00G001 UU1 OOlOlll-ll 



"Lee" (20) 01011011011011011111—14 



Harris (18) Oil 1111011101 0] 1' >1Q1— 1 4 



Wheal (30) 1010 11 11111111111110-17 



» Wall" (18) 1111111 1 101111100100-15 



Calhoon (20) 001 101011 101 11101111 — 14 



F Tamblvn (20) 01111010000111010011-11 



Keys (20) ItttOOWOIO 0011.11111-12 



"Bassets" (20) 00111000111100111001-11 



Cogswell (18/ 01011100101011111110-13 



W Tamblvn (18) 11011110000100001011—10 



M Silsby ('20) 11101111111111111111—19 



"I B Joluison" (22) 1111111101011C100001— 13 



D C Powers (32) 11111000111111110011-15 



Visitors. 



Pike (18) 01010100100100001001- 7 



Wherry (18) 11011010001000610011— 9 



A B Jones (18) 10010010011111110111-13 



P North (18) 1 1 0011 00 1 1 1 1 1000000—10 



McCrecker (18) 11101111110110110001-14 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 2.— Below is the score at 10 live 

 pigeons made by the Independence Gun and Rod Club at the 

 medal shoot to-day. The score was probably as good as was ever 

 made at a shoot in this city: 



J J Owens 1' 101011111-7 C R Thomas 001111 1111-8 



R T Proctor 1110111111-9 Chas McBride 1010011101-6 



George Parker 1111011111-9 R D Mize 10H100U1-7 



WS Gregg 1000001001-3 J Bryant, Jr 1111111101-9 



Robert McBride .... 011000110 1 — 5 TC Bullene 1010001111-6 



OW Cogswell OlllOlROl-6 T D Bedford 1111110001— 6 



J M Langsdale 1100111101-7 A S Wright 1111111101-9 



T W Hereon 1101110111-8 J N Lee lOllllllOl— 8 



There having been four ties in the shoot proper, a shoot-off at 6 

 birds was had with the following score: P. T. Proctor 00, George 

 Parker 111011, J. Bryant, Jr. 110, A. S. Wright 111111-6. 



BREWER ABROAD— The champion trap shot, John L. Brewer', 

 and his backer, Mr. J. J. Leary ^sailed from New York for Lon- 

 don, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, with the intention of fnaking a tour 

 of England and the Continent. Brewer never was in better con- 

 dition for work. He is prepared to meet all comers, at any kind 

 of rules, English, American, French, or otherwise, and Mr. Leary 

 states that Brewer will be backed for any amount from $1,000 to 

 $5,000 a side. Brewer will also give exhibitions of fancy shooting 

 with the shotgun, and endeavor to lower English "time" records. 



NEWARK, Dec. 10.— In the pelting rain of this afternoon a $500 

 pigeon match was shot off at Erb's grounds, near Newark. The 

 contestants were Gus Manitz, of Orange, and J. Waring, of Yon- 

 kers. Despite the terrible weather there were more than 200 

 shooting men present, divided into two factions, and thevdid con- 

 siderable betting, with Manitz as the favorite from the start. 

 I he match was at 40 birds each, 30yds., Hurlingham rules. There 

 wps no restriction as to weight and gauge of guns. This enabled 

 Manitz to use his 10-gauge Lefcver. He shot in wonderful form, 

 shooting his opponent out on the fourteenth round. Out of his 

 40 birds he only lost 4, and these were very hard hit. Waring, 

 who used black powder, shot at every disadvantage, as the smoke 

 hung in front of the score in the damp atmosphere. The summary 

 Of the score la as follows: 



Gus Manitz . 11111 111 10 00111 11101 11123 11111 22211 21112-36 



J Waring .02200 11000 010.12 20221 02211 21011 12011 10220-26 



A handicap sweep was shot after the match for fB entrance 

 money divided into first and second prizes, Castles 31 vds., rest £0. 

 It resulted as follows: 



Castles Ulllll-7 Miller 1111111-7 



Class 1111101—6 Manitz 01H111-6 



Lever 1111111—7 



Altogether the sweep was the best exhibition of shooting seen 

 at Erb's m many years. 



BROOKLYN, Dec, 9.— The monthly shoot of the Fountain Gun 

 Club, of Brooklyn, was held to-day at Woodhaven, L, L A hand- 

 some silver cup was the prize competed for: 



A Crook (24yds.) 1101111-6 A Eddy (30) 0011 W. 



J H Sawyer (21) 1010101—1 C Carlos (27) 0101111-5 



H Thorpe (25) 1111010-5 H W Blattmacher (24). 01 11 111— 6 



E D Grau (21) 1111100-5 T Rci.lley (23) 0011000-3 



C W Whoeler (24) 1110101-5 M Bon den (21) 0101101-4 



J E Lake (.23) 1010110-4 F Rausch (23) 1111010-5 



Referee, Mr. A. Crook; scorer, Mr. C. A. Dellar. Mr. R. Wells, 

 treasurer of the club, has offered a silver cup to be shot for in 

 January. 



WOODSIDE, Dec. 9— To-day's shooting at Northside Gun Club 

 ground was decidedly interesting. The event of moment Avas a 

 match between A. Duryea, of Greenpoint, and Mr. Bosell, of 

 Long Branch, 25 birds, 23yds. rise, 2 barrels and gun below the 

 elbow, for ten dinners and price of the birds. The shooting was 

 excellent. and the birds were of a good quality. JohnWienholz 

 acted as referee aud the match was watched by nearly all of the 

 noted shots of this vicinity: 



Buryea 11111111.111 11111111111110-24 



Bosell 1111111.01111111111.1111111—24 



Bosell was the favorite, as Duryea allowed him 5 dead birds. 



A. H. BOGABDUS.— Captain A. H. Bogardus, the crack trap 

 and field shot, arrived in St. Louis Tuesday of last week from 

 Texas. He has been with Forepaugh's circus aU season, and is 

 now on his way to his home in Illinois. The Captain expressed 

 himself as anxious to get on a match with any local shot, giving 

 his opponent 2yds., the match to be at 100 live birds. This is not 

 likely to be taken up, but he will probably shoot Mr. Winston, of 

 Cincinnati, on those conditions. If the match takes place it will 

 be at Compton Avenue Park, for $250 a side, ground traps, and 

 modified English rules. There are 1,200 wild birds in coops there, 

 and no difficulty would be experienced on that score. The 

 Captain expresses himself as willing to go into the grand sweep- 

 stakes shoot at St. Louis next, spring. The Captain makes another 

 proposition, which any one is at liberty to accept. He will bet 

 even money that he can kill 90 out of 100 birds at 30yds. rise, being 

 allowed the use of both barrels, or he will bet 1 to 3 that he can 

 kill 95 out of 100, or $50 to $500 that he can kill 100 straight. Mr. 

 Bogardus did some field shooting in Texas, and one day killed 55 

 quail straight, missing the 56th bird. 



A CLEVELAND MATCH— After the shooting on the grounds 

 of the Cleveland Club was over on Dec. 28, President Huntington 

 called a meeting of the Cleveland members at the club house. 

 The object of the meeting was to receive the communication 

 from Secretary KUby, of the East End Club. During the after- 

 noon Cleveland members discussed the East End-Cleveland match 

 freely, and many of them favored accepting the East End's chal- 

 lenge and shooting that club on its own terms. After Secretary 

 Kilby's letter was read to the meetiug President Huntington 

 called for a vote to finally decide whether the East End's chal- 

 lenge should be accepted unconditionally. It resulted 11 to 5 in 

 favor of acceptance, two Cleveland members refraining from vot- 

 ing. The challenge will therefore be accepted and 15 Cleveland 

 members will shoot against 15 East End members at the grounds 

 of the latter club Jan. 2. They will shoot on the conditions named 

 by the East Ends, viz.: blue rock pigeons, Chamberiin rules, 21 

 birds to each man. The 15 men who will represent the Cleveland 

 Club in the shoot will bo selected from the 15 highest scores made 

 at shoots which the Cleveland Club wiR hold on their grounds 

 on Dec. 15, 32 and 26. 



WELLINGTON, Dec. 10.— There was a good attendance at the 

 grounds of the Wellington Club to-day, and some good scores 

 were made in the merchandise matches. Swift and Perry scored 

 a point each with 19 out of 20 in Class A. Wardwell won m Class 

 B with 18, and Snow and Williams each scored a point in Class O 

 with 17. Following are the winners in the several sweepstake 

 matches: First, six Ciay-pigcons — Swift and Wardwell first. 

 Second, six blackbirds— Snow and Wild first. Third, six clay- 

 pigoons— Swift first. Fourth, six blackbird— Snow first. Fifth, 

 six blackbirds — Sanborn first. Sixth, six clay-pigeons— Swift 

 first. Sev enth, ten blackbirds, merchandise match— Perry first, 

 Swift, Wardwell and Sauborn second, Snow third, Williams 

 fourth. Eighth, six clay-pigeons— Swift first. Ninth, ten clay T - 

 pigeons, merchandise match— Swift first, Snow second, Williams 

 third, Bradstreet fourth. Tenth, three pairs clay-pigeons— Perry 

 first. Eleventh, six clay-pigeons— Swift first. 



BELVIDERE, N. J., Dec. 7.— At a shooting match between 

 picked representatives from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, held 

 here this afternoon, the Jerseyman lost by one bird. The match 

 was for $li.-0 a side and the championship of the two States. The 

 shooters were Albert Folkner, of Oxford Furnace, N. J., and 

 Robert Fislior, of Easton, Pa. Fifteen live pigeons each were to 

 be shot at, but at that time it was a tie, each having killed nine 

 birds. On the shoot-off Fisher killed three straight, while Folkner 

 lost his second bird aud the match. There was a large crowd of 

 sportsmen from different parts of both States present, and the 

 spirit of rivalry was very marked. The friends of Folkner are not 

 satisfied \vith the result, and lay it to his gun. He used a muzzle- 

 loader, which missed Ore on his thirteenth bird, when he was two 

 ahead. This, his friends say, caused his defeat. They will insist 

 on another match, which will soon be shot. 



ST. LOUIS.— The arrangements for the monster pigeon shoot 

 to take place next spring here are going well forward. The crack 

 shots of the country have signified their wiUingness to take part 

 in it, and as there will be no difficulty in securing birds the shoot 

 promises to be a success in every particular. Budd and lice will 

 at the same time shoot their postponed match at 100 birds for $200 

 a side. The event would have ccme off this fall but for tbe mis- 

 erable weather. Stice is now in the South, where he will attempt 

 to get on several matches. He will also have a turn at the ducks 

 during his absence. Budd is at his home in Des Moines, but will 

 probably take an extended tour to the Pacific coast this winter. 

 He and Stice wil I both enter the sweepstake shoot contemplated 

 here next spring. The event will be open to all, $50 each, the 

 winner to take all. Over a dozen of the crack shots in this city 

 will compete. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J.— The Union Gun Club, of Springfield, N. 

 J„ last summer held several one-day invitation tournaments, and 

 those who were fortunate enough to secure the cards never had 

 cause for regret. Under the management of Mr. E. D. Miller the 

 club has built a commodious house on their beautiful ground, 

 under the Union county hills, and they now announce a two-days' 

 tournament, including in the programme a match for the New 

 Jersey State championship, with a diamond badge as the emblem 

 thereof. Seven other events open to all who will fill out the time, 

 and any vmo will pay the club a visit on Dec. 20 and 21 will be 

 satisfied. Programmes may be had by addressing Mr. Miller. 



GRAHAM VS. KLEDSTZ.— Wm. Graham and J. Frank Kleinz 

 are arranging a match to take place at Easton, Pa., on Dec. 26, at 

 50 live pigeons each, Long Island rules, and 50 Jive pigeons, Hurl- 

 ingham rules, total score in both matches to decide the conf est. 

 The stake will be $100 a side, each match, open for $250 a side. 



ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.— Capt. A. H. Bogardus has made a match 

 with J. L. Winston, of Covington, Ky., to shoot at 100 wild pigeons 

 each, English rules, live ground traps, 30yds. rise, for $250 a side; 

 the shoot to take place in St. Louis next Friday. 



A RICH PRIZE. — There will be a clay-pigeon shoot at Washing- 

 ton Square, near Norristown, Pa.,Dec. 22, for a fat heifer. Chances, 

 $1. No shooter allowed to shoot more than three chances. National 

 Gun Association rules. 



