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FOREST AND STREAM 



[JAN. 12, 1888. 



THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 



THE annual gathering of the life members of .the 'National 

 Rifle Association was held on Tuesday evening last at the 

 22d Regt. Armory. The reports showed progress in some lines 



bl (Ln°eral Wingate, in his annual address as President of the 

 association, said: 



Gentlemen- While at Oreedmoor the past year has not been 

 marked by any occurrence which has attracted the attention 

 of the press or the public there have been few if any years m the 

 history of the range in which the attendance has been greater, or 

 more satisfactory results attained. , . . 



The number of civilians who have attended the matches have 

 been no larger than during the last two years. 



wlu . 



rifle™hoottng NatlonalGnardhas never 



been greater, and the number practicing at the range and the 

 aggregate of the marksmen who have qualified there has never 

 been previously equaled. 



Rifle shooting as a mere amusement appears to be at a stand- 

 still, but rifle, shooting as a part of military instruction has never 

 been more popular or more efficiently conducted than has been 

 the case at Oreedmoor during 1837. As this was the mam pur- 

 pose for which that range was established and this Associa- 

 tion formed, we have every reason to congratulate ourselves 

 upon the results of the year. 



The annual meeting of the Association was well attended, the 

 weather was exceptionally hue for shooting, and the scores were 

 high. Several protests were made against the rifles used, which 

 have led to some dispute and which it would be well to avoid in 



^Thegreat variety of rifles in use by the military marksmen of 

 the different States, and the changes in their sights that are from 

 time to time either directly authorized or tacitly perm itted, make 

 it exceedingly difficult for the directors of this Association to 

 either frame or enforce regulations which are just to all competi- 

 tors. Nearly all the serious disputes which have occurred in our 

 matches since the range was established have had their origin in 

 this portion of our regulations, and it seems to me wise that when 

 the rules are next revised, either they should be made so broad as 

 to permit the use of any sight upon a military rifle which is suffi- 

 ciently strong for military purpose, so as to give the freest scope 

 to individual ingenuity, or else such sights should be restricted to 

 certain official pat terns and no deviation therefrom allowed by 

 any individual or team by any authority whatever. Any middle 

 course involves endless disputes and heart burnings. The coming 

 year will require action upon two important and difficult points 

 which will largely affect the efficiency of the range. 



The lease of the western part which contains the short range 

 targets, expires within a short time and cannot be renewed. The 

 Association must either purchase this land (comprising some lifts- 

 acres) at a cost of about $5,000 or give it up. To surrender ft will 

 deprive us of eleven targets which we cannot do without except 

 at a great inconvenience, and yet the problem of how to provide 

 the funds for its purchase is a most serious question, as the re- 

 sources of the Association are not equal to its support. 



During the last two years the owner of the laud in rear of 

 the eastern portion of the range has claimed that the use of his 

 land has been interfered with by bullets fired by the State troops 

 in their class practice. In 18S6 he w&s content to accept 8150 as 

 payment. In 1887, however, he demanded $500. The Association 

 considered this exorbitant, but it was awarded him by the arbi- 

 trators to whom the matter was referred to avoid a law suit. 



This amount was paid, but to do it swept away the profits which 

 had been realized from the efficient and economical manner in 

 which Secretary Shepherd had managed the affairs of the Asso- 

 ciation during the year. 



The resources of the Association cannot meet this exaction if 

 made annually, as is certain to he done. It amounts to much 

 more than the interest upon the value of the entire land affected, 

 and it would be far cheaper to buy the premises than to pay it. 



The question of how this difficulty is to be met will form one of 

 the most important questions which the new board of directors 

 will have to pass upon. 



In closing these remarks, it is proper that I should state to you 

 that this is my last: appearance as an officer of the Association. 

 Since its organization, a period of sixteen years, I have been con- 

 tinuously either secretary, vice-president or treasurer. With the 

 exception of General Woodward, I am the only one of the original 

 directors remaining in the board. While in office I have done my 

 best to perform my duties, but business engagements have for some 

 time rendered this to be almost impossible, and I am unwilling to 

 hold a position whose duties I feel that I do not properly fulfil. 

 For this reason I sent in my resignation as president last Novem- 

 ber. Althougn it was not accepted by the directors, 1 must to- 

 night surrender the office to some one who, 1 trust, will prove 

 more efficient in your interest and that of rifle shooting in 

 America than 1 have heen. 



Secretary Shepherd made a brief pointed report of the affairs 

 of the Association: 



New York, Jan. 10, 1888. 

 Mr. President and Life Members oftlte National Rifle Association: 



Your Secretary begs leave to submit the following report of 

 the transactions of the Association for the past year: 



The annual meeting of the Life Members was held on Tuesday, 

 when the following named members were elected Directors for 

 the term of three years, via: Messrs. J. H. Brown, L. B. Bell, L. 

 C. Bruce, G. L. Fox and and Edw. Duffy, and for one year-Col. C. 

 E. Bridge. 



At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors, held on Feb. 

 15, Gen. Geo. W. Wingate "'as elected President and Gen. John B. 

 Woodward Vice-President, the Secretary and Treasurer having 

 been re-elected at. a previous meeting. 



During the year we have lost by resignation Messrs. Allen and 

 Zalinski, and by death Major Lawson B. Bell, which vacancies 

 have heen filled by the election as Directors of Messrs. Brown, 

 Witthauss aud Nesbitt. 



Early in the year a committee was appointed to look at a plot 

 of ground on Staten Island that was offered to the Association at 

 a reasonable price, but after carefully considering the matter it 

 was not deemed expedient to attempt to make any charge in the 

 locality of the range. 



The annual fail meeting was fairly well attended, and some fine 

 team scores were made, those of the Brigade, State, Hilton Trophy 

 and Inter-State being far ahead of all previous records. The ex- 

 penses, includ i ng prizes, exceeded the receipts hy nearly $300, hut 

 as compared With the two pre - , ions years this may be considered 

 satisfactory. I am pleased to be able to again report, that an in- 

 creased interest is shown in the semi-monthly matches in which 

 an opportunity is given to the members of the National Guard to 

 win the coveted State decoration. The uet profit in these matches 

 was slightly in excess of that of the previous year, notwithstand- 

 ing the fact that extra prizes in the shape of medals were given, 

 which cost the Association nearly $250. I trust that another 

 season we may be able to reduce the entrance fees to these 

 matches and thus to make them still more popular. The increase 

 in the number of marksmen in the Stare from 3,100 in 1885 to 

 3,600 in 188G, aud 4,700 in 1887 shows that the current is moving in 

 the right direction. 



The lease of the ground at Oreedmoor, commonly known as the 

 west or new range, expired on the 1st of January and cannot he 

 renewed, the owner having decided to sell the property, some fifty 

 acres in all, which includes, in addition to t he. laud lately used hy 

 us for short range purposes, a considerable piece of ground in the 

 rear of the targets. 



The Treasurer's report showed a balance on hand at the close of 

 the year of jEL6Q6.95, to which may he added the sum of $300 which 

 will shortly be paid in for railroad tickets sold and redeemed. 

 The Long Island Railroad ( lompany, through the persistent efforts 

 of two of the directors, consented to reduce the price of military 

 excursion tickets to Queens to 40 cents each, aud the increase of 

 sales by us was morethau 50 per cent. 



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We are again indebted to Mr. J. H. Steward jif London, optician 

 of the Association, tor valuable prizes, and afjo to Messrs. Tiffauv 

 & Co., Messrs. Benedict. Bros., and the staffs of the First and 

 Second Brigades. Very respectfully, 



John S. Shepherd, Secretary. 



A committee of three director;, consisting of Gen. Robbins 

 w i«eate. and Gen. Woodward, was appointed to prepare a 

 bill tor the Legislature providing that Crecdmoor may he given 

 into the charge of the State, the land it now owns, "providing 

 the Association shall have the use of the range for shooting 

 purposes. 



Gen, J. B. Woodward was chosen President of the Association. 

 Major H C. Brown, Capt. G. Henry Witthaus, James Duane, 

 Lieut. J. h. Shepherd, and Major George Shorkley were elected 

 Directors for three years; Lieut. D. A. Nesbitt for two years, and 

 joi <_.. A, h, Bavtlett.lor one year. 



OWENSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3.— The Owensville Ballard Rifle 

 Team, standard target, 200yds. rise, national rules. There was a 

 full attendance of the members on the range to-day. Weather 

 conditions bad for the comfort of the contestants and scores 

 ranged low. J. Montgomery won gold medal, R. Speck leather 

 medal. Light poor, with a strong, cold 10 o'clock wind: 



J Montgomery 845.974798 8-69 



W Roberts 9 5 7 7 7 5 4 6 8 10-68 



McG Daugherty 5 8 4 10 6 5 6 7 6 7-64 



J Stone. 5 4 5 4 7 7 10 6 5 9—62 



H Mauck 6 9 7 4 5 6 3 10 3—59 



J Daughter ty 6 4 3 10 8 5 3 9 5 10—58 



Chas Summers 7 7 .5 4 4 10 5 3 5 5—54 



G Wetter 3 3 10 4 4 5 5 8 7 5—54 



W Gentry 6 7 5 2 5 4 3 8 8—51 



R Speck 3 3 2 B 3 3 9 7 5 8-49 



LAWRENCE, Mass.— Lawrence Rifle Club, Jan. 7, standard 

 target, 200yds., off-hand: 



CM Hill - 9 10 9 9 6 8 9 9 10 10-89 



O M Jewell 10 10 8 9 8 8 10 8 8 8-87 



E H Archibald 8 6 9 9 8 7 8 8 7 10—80 



Wm Fisher 10 6 4 9 8 10 9 7 7 6—78 



M Beal 10 9 9 8 10 5 5 6 6-77 



H Joseph 996958666 7-74 



D P Norris 6 5 7 5 8 7 8 10 10 4-70 



TTPhilbrick 5 9 4 6 7 7 10 9 7 4^68 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 2.— E. T. Stephens and A. L. Rogers 

 of this city were the guests of the Amherst Rifle Club to-day, and 

 were treated in "bang-up" fashion. They were taken to the 

 range in hacks -something that does not happen to marksmen 

 often— and found one of the best shooting houses in the State. 

 Besides all this they were served with a fine game, dinner. Follow- 

 ing are some of the scores made during the day: 



E T Stephens 6 6 10 10 9 10 8 8 8 9-86 



A L Rogers 6 6 10 8 7 9 8 8 4 10-76 



Henry Adams 5 9 6 8 8 10 9 7 5 8—75 



ALBardwell 7598 10 7886 6—74 



James S Thomas 5 5 6 8 5 7 6 10 8 9-69 



THAT MUZZLELOADER CHALLENGE.— Syracuse, N. Y., 

 Jan. 9.— Editor forest and Stream: Having noticed the challenge 

 of Messrs. Moore, Garfield and Perry, published in your issue of 

 Dec. 29, we hope that you will kindly allow us space to reply. 

 They have read our claim aright, and we have nothing to retract. 

 We are willing to defend that claim against all challengers, hut 

 do not feel under any obligations to call in thd assistance of our 

 neighbors. Therefore, we accept their proposition for a trial of 

 guns upon the terms named hy them, except that t he shooting he 

 done by two men on each side instead of three. Or, if all three of 

 their team desire to shoot, Warner & Lowe will put up the same 

 amount of money that they do, and the prizes shall be awarded to 

 the best average shooting, according to the number of shots made 

 by each team. We. wisli further to explain that, since they refer 

 to the rules of the N. R. Club governing weight of guns, and only 

 quote one-half of the rule, we shall expect that the other half 

 will be equally applicable. Being the challenged party Ave claim 

 our right to namo place aud date for meeting and we select 

 the Anderson Rifle Club range, near Syracuse, N. Y., as the place, 

 and May 8, 1888, as the time for this contest to commence. We 

 have deposited $100 as forfeit in the hands of a respected citizen 

 of this place, whose name and address will he given to interested 

 parties who may wish to deposit for the same purpose. When- 

 ever the above-named parties make a like deposit for a like 

 purpose we shall think they mean business, and not before.— 

 Warner & Lowe. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publiration should be made out on the print* ^-d blanks 

 prepared by the Forest, and Stream, and f urnished (iraiis to club 

 secretaries. Coivespondenis who favor us with cluh scores are par- 

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



CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 3.— Inclosed find account of match 

 between East End and Cleveland Gun clubs. The match is 

 one that has been wat ched with great interest by al I Ohio shooters. 

 You will please note that 1.0(H) blue rocks were thrown with only 

 five balks, and that the highest and next highest scores were 

 made with Chamberlin cartridges. The victory wae a most 

 creditable one for the younger organization, even though the 

 Clevelands were handicapped by rules, targets and grounds, all of 

 which were chosen by the East Ends. The match was very 

 exciting at the finish. On the first two squads of three men each 

 the East Ends gained twenty birds, but lost seventeen of these on 

 the last three squads. All the East Ends but Elford shot well, 

 and while Jim Jones of the Clevelands fell farthest away from 

 his usual form, Hendershot, L. O. Jones and Cross were almost as 

 bad, and it was to the unsteady shooting— in which some bad 

 luck was mixed— of this usually reliable quartet that the East 

 Ends owe their victory and the Clevelands their defeat. The 

 conditions of the match were as follows: Teams of 15, 21 blue 

 rocks, 18yds., 3 traps, highest possible team total 315. An uneven 

 wind, light good. The referee for the team match was C. H 

 Sayle. and the judges J. Jenks for the Clevelands and J. Ellis for 

 the East Ends. 



East End Gun Club. 



E HGault .0111111111111011111110-16 



I Sherman 001111111110100110111-15 



A B Jones 011001110111011111111-16 



F G Hogen 100011011011100111111—14 



C McCracken 111011001001111001110-13 



T B Haycox 111111110101011111110—17 



W W S wee tman 11 1 001 01 1 Itjul 1 1 1 1 1 001—1 i 



C C Hogen 101011010101110111101—14 



C H Kilby 1010110U1 10001 1010011-12 



H J Martin 011111111011010111101—18 



C Elford. . .v 1 01100000 lOOOOlfllOlOl - 8 



P North 1111111 011101 1 H h m 011-14 



H Phare 011111111111001111001—16 



D Auld, Jr lUOOlOimillOlOOlll-15-216 



= Team average— 14 2-5, 



Cleveland Gun Club. 



M F Silsby OluOllOlOOllltlllOlIOl— 12 



L O Jones 000011110100001110111—12 



W A Bassett 101101111111100101100—14 



A C Coggswell lOiill 1 1 00003 oilllllO— 14 



J C Hendershot 000101! i"! m 



g Jones 111001110000100000010- H 



F H Wallace 011101100101111111101-15 



W Stoneman 011110011 till 0111 0101—15 



H L Gross. . 10011101001 10011 11101— 13 



R E Sheldon 10UH101 1 mil 1 1111 U-18 



C A Calhoon 111111111110010011110-10 



D C Powers 011111001111111011111-17 



9 F Wheal 1001U11 10101 1101 1111-10 



J J W ightman 111009111011110111100-15 



W Roberts . .111001111011111101 111-17—213 



Team average — 14 1-5. 



Sweep No. 1, at 6 blue rocks, 18yds. rise, and three traps: Rob- 



f, McCracken 1, Neff 4, Phare 6. "Phare and Wightman 

 divided first, h rank Hogen won second in the shoot-off, Bassett 

 third and A. B. Jones fourth. 



Sweep ~ 

 dershot 

 Powt 

 Phar 

 Edar 



a gpod deal of shooting the siirviVors,*' A.^rjontes"a^^ow«ra 

 had a very funny tight for, first money and Jones finally won it' 

 Phare, Cross and Behan divided second and Martin won third 

 A «er.tbe sweepstakes Calhoon, Sheldon, Wheal and Roberts had 

 a 20-bird race, 16 single and 2 pair of double blue rocks, 18yds. rise 

 and three traps. Calhoon was "stuck." 

 RIDGE WOOD, N. J., Jan. S.-The Ridgewood Gun Club held a 



Siasr City Heights rules to govei,n - Ties 



R Ramsey 10-1 



T Biackledge 10 11-2 



G Oblenis 10 VA—ZM 



R Van Ripes l \yi> 1-3*1 



i m 0-3 



I oa 0-1^ 

 ... 1 10 f-8 



R Van Riper l XWA— 3 



A Christoptier. ...... 00 11—2 



V Hopper 1110-3 



J B Jacobus i o— 2 



D Hopper 11—2 



J Henion 1 1 0—2 



A J Post 01 0—1 



Second sweep: 



Y Hopper 0} R Ramsey 



J B Jacobus 1 1 5-2 F Biackledge. . 



9 Hopper 10 1-2 G Oblenis 



J Henion 1 1 1U— 31 ' 



A ^ } 1 °^ 1 I" 3 ? 

 Third sweep: 



Hopper 1 0—1 



Jacobus 01 0— t 



Henion 



aSSft?;:;: r:r:?ft1 

 & n y .;:;;:;;;::;;;.i8« v " ^ 



DUNELLEN, N. J., Jan. 6.— Although no shoot had been an- 

 nounced, a number of the members of the Middlesex Club 

 gathered on their grounds on Monday last to have some 

 sport. The birds were an excellent lot, and, aided by a strong 

 wind, made it difficult work for even the experts to stop them. 

 The Orange contingent, Messrs. Manitz and Quad, were in great 

 form, making some very pretty kills. Quinlan, as usual, was the 

 life of the party. L. B. Campbell, of Little Sil ver, N. J., paid us 

 a viBit and shot in with the boys in several sweepstakes. At one 

 time it looked as if a long-talked-of and mueh-desi red match 

 could be arranged between Mr. Campbell and a member of the 

 Middlesex Club. When it came to dra wing up the articles of 

 agreement, however, it fell through, as Mr. Campbell seemed to 

 "want the earth and a shawl strap to carry it in." Mr. Campbell 

 can be accommodated, as be well knows, if he will only be satis- 

 fied with half of this earth. The following are the scores, remark- 

 ably good ones, I think, under the conditions. Where not other- 

 wise stated, ties divided. Smith, Tee Kay and Quad, 28yds.; the 

 rest 30: 



Sweep No. 1.— Four birds, 5 ground traps, Middlesex rules: 



Quinlan 1102—3 H White 0121-3 



Manitz 1122—4 Quad 12] 1—4 



Sweep No. 2: 



Quinlan 0121—3 H Whi te 1 222—4 



Manitz 1100-2 Quad 0110-2 



Sweep No. 3: 



Quinlan 2102—3 Quad 0011—2 



Manitz 2011-3 L B Campbell 02H-3 



White 1120-3 



Ties shot off in next event. 



Sweep No. 4: 



Quinlan... 1121-4 Quad 2120-3 



Mauitz 0211-3 Campbell 1122—4 



White 2201-3 



Quinlan and Campbell divide first; Manitz won second in shoot, 

 off, killing 4. 



Sweep No. 5: 



tuinlan 1121-4 S G Smith 1011—3 



Jampbell 1112—4 Quad 1U1— 4 



Manitz 1101—3 Forrest 1020—2 



Ties shot off in next event. 



Sweep No. 6; 



Quinlan 1022—3 S G Smith 2122-4 



Campbell 0221-3 Quad 10U-3 



Manitz 1101-3 Forrest 1 130-3 



Second shot off in next event. 



Sweep No. 8: 



Quinlan 1101-3 Quad 1110-3 



Cam pbell . * 1111—4 Forrest 1120-3 



Manitz 1011-3 Squires 0221-3 



Smith 1010—2 



Quinlan and Manitz divided second, killing six each. 



Sweep No. 8: 



Quinlan 2211-4 Campbell 2100-2 



Manitz 1111—4 Dickens 0211—3 



White 0000—0 Forrest 2111-4 



Smith 1111-4 



Ties on first shot off in next event. 



Sweep No. 9: 



Quinlan 0111—3 Dickens 11 10-3 



Manitz 0111— .3 Forrest 1111—4 



Smith 0212—3 



Ties shot off in next, Quinlan winning. 



Sweep No. 10: 



Quinlan 1212—4 Dickens 2011-3 



anitz 1011—3 Forrest 1222—4 



Smith 1010-2 



Sweep No. Ih 



Quinlan 0210-2 Forrest 1100-2 



Manitz 1100—2 Dickens lOOw. 



Smith 1101-3 Tee Kay 1212-4 



Sweep No. 12: 



Manitz OOw. Dickens 1111—4 



Smith 1122-4 Tee Kay 0121-3 



Smith first on shoot-off, killing 10. 



Miss and out, $10 entrance: 



S G Smith 112121130—8 Dickens 211121112—9 



Tee Kay. 



BOSTON, Jan. 4.— A number of shooters were present on the 

 Boston Gun Club grounds, at Wellington, to-day, to shoot off the 

 third match in rive series for the ten prizes offered by the club. 

 The Wellington, East Boston, Chelsea. Brighton and Boston gun 

 clubs were well represented. Following are the scores in detail: 

 1, five clay pigeons, D. Kirkwood first, E. Flanders second, F. 

 Norton third; 2, five Peoria blackbirds, W. Norton first, F.Norton 

 and F. Whitcomb second, Flanders third; 3, live Macomher metal 

 targets, Kirkwood first, F. Norton second, W. Brewer third; 4, 

 live Peorias, A. F. Adams and J. Oonnel first, E. B. Douglas, Kirk- 

 wood, Flanders and Whitcomb second, W. Norton third, Brewer 

 fourth; 5, five clay quail, Hart, Flanders and Kirkwood first, 

 Douglas and Adams secoud, Whitcomb and F. Norton third, J. 

 H. Wild fourth: 6, five Peorias, Hart first, W. Norton second, 

 Douglas third, Whitcomb fourth; 7, five clay pigeons, C. M. Hoff- 

 man and Kirkwood first, Hart and Whitcomb second, F. Norton 

 third, Flanders fourth; 8, five Macombers, Hoffman and Kirk- 

 wood first. W. Norton second, Whitcomb and F. Norton third, J. 

 Connel fourth; 9, ten clay pigeons, J. A. Sampson first, Kirkwood 

 second, Hoffman third, Adams and F. Norton fourth; 10, ten 

 Peorias, Whitcomb first, Sampson second. Hart third, Connel and 

 Adams fourth: 11, five Macombers, Hart first, Whitcomb second, 

 Sampson third, Kirkwood fourth. The last three scores consti- 

 tuted the scores for the Boston Gun Club prizes, and were as fol- 

 lows: J. A. Sampson first, F. Whitcomb second, W. Kirkwood 

 third, J. Connel and Hart fourth, E. B. Douglas aud F. Norton 

 fifth, A. F. Adams and C. M. Hoffman sixth, W. Norton seventh, 

 E. Flanders eighth, S. Mitland ninth, J. Wild tenth. 



MONTREAL, Jan. 2.— The much talked -of championship shoot 

 came off to-day on the Montreal Gun Club grounds and was the. 

 most successful in point of numbers and importa nce perhaps ever 

 held in Lower Canada, although the scores showed nothing to 

 boast about. On the coutrary they were very poor. There were 

 7 teams entered for the championship team cup, and 47 entries 

 for the individual championship medal. The shoot began at 9 

 o'clock in the morning, and darkness came on just as the ties 

 were completed in the individual match. The weather was clear 

 and cold, but the wind was very high aud rendered good shooting 

 almost impossible, particularly early in the day. Then the sun 

 was right in the shooters' eyes for a couple of hours. The con- 

 ditions in both matches were 15 Peoria blackbirds, 18yds. rise, the 

 Montreal Gun Club winning the team championship with a poor 

 score of 37 out of a possible 75, while Mr. C. Wallace, of the same 

 club, won the individual match with a score of 13 birds out of 15. 

 This was the only good string made during the day. The follow- 

 ing is the score of the winning team: 



Wallace 110001111111111—12 Emond OOOOOlOllllOlll- 8 



f rorcer 000011010000101— 5 Allan OIOOIOIIOIOIOOO— 6 



McCan 00100001111 1000— 5 



Lachine Gun Club, first team, came next with a score of 32; St. 

 Lawrence Gun Club, 30; St. Hubert, of Ottawa, 28; Lachine, second 

 team, 23; Cote St. Paul, 21; Richelieu Club, of St. John's 20. In the 

 individual championship, after the ties had heen shot off, the 

 winners of the prizes and number of birds were: 



C H Wallace 13 W L Cameron 7 



P Thomson 11 J Delorme 



D Robertson 10 L G Trotter 6 



i ft 

 5 



W Esmond 



E Arpin 



J Allan 



E A Champagne 



AO Scott 



PTrudeau. . 



A Boa 



. 9 CMagey 



8 P Levesqne 



7 Ed White 



. 7 E W Stretby 



7 A E Pennlston 



H. G. Verity, A. Bonneville, H. McCaw. A. Throop, Geo. White, 

 H. Carrier and W. Parisien also competed. The Montreal club 

 have been challenged already to shoot for the championship cup 

 in four weeks. 



Individual championship of Canada, at 10 Peoria blackbirds, 

 18yds. rise: 



H Lajeunesse 9 J Galbraith 6 



■GWLesage 9 J Paquette 6 



R Monteith .7 J Twinny & 



R Lucas 7 JB Bejdard 



CAubin. 



LVermette 7 



J Cook 7 



JGHadley 6 



P Masse 5 



FDowd 5 



Wm Shields g 



H Brault 5 



^J. Leroux hit 4 and E. B. Wescott 3. 



"BOSTON. Dec. 28.— Tile attendance of shooters at the closing of 

 the M. R. A. silverware matches was limited to a few who had an 

 interest as prizo winners. The gunnel's, encased in waterproofs, 

 managed to shoot the necessary scores to complete the series of 

 matches and the prizes were awarded. There will be no more 

 shotgun matohes at the range until toward the last of January. 

 O. R. Dickey won the inacomber gold badges, and immediately 

 upon receiving it presented it. to the M. R. A. to be placed among 

 the trophies or the association with the express condition that it 

 - was pever to be offered for competition again. Following are 



