Jan. 19, 1888.] 



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SMALL CALIBRE MILITARY ARMS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As various absurd accounts have appeared in American papers, 

 during the last few months, respecting the new small calibre re- 

 peating rides about to be adopted in European armies, I send the 

 following details of the most important facts connected with the 

 barrels and shooting, the accuracy of which may be relied upon. 

 The chief object in reducing the gauge were: 



1. To enable soldiers to carry the greatest possible number of 

 rounds of ammunition. 



2. To obtain the flattest possible, trajectory up to the ranges 

 within which battles are usually decided, that is up to 500 or 6J0yds. 



The experiments hare mostly heen made with calibres varying 

 from .298 to ,312 of an inch, with bullets from 218 up to 3l2grs. 

 weight, and with powder charges of 55 to 83grs. 



In the .450 ride, Wbitwortb proved years ago that the best results 

 were obtained with bullets three diameters in length, and with a 

 rifling of one r.nrn in about 2()in. With such small bores as JMO 

 the length must be greatly increased in order to have bullets 

 heavy enough for good work at 2,000yds. They are, therefore, 

 made fully four diameters in length. Rome specimens which I 

 possess of .307 gauge weigh 218grs. 



To keep such a long bullet point foremost a very rapid spin is 

 necessary. The grooves are accordingly made, in the best speci- 

 mens of these weapons, with one twist In from eleven to four and 

 a half inches, in a rifle which 1 was allowed to examine while 

 traveling on the continent last year, both lands and grooves seemed 

 to be rounded, so as to leave no sharp angles for collecting the 

 fouling, or causing unnecessary friction. 



It was still found that, with such very rapid twists and heavy 

 charges, the friction of naked lead bullets wore out the grooves 

 very quickly. To remedy this, and also to increase penetration, 

 the' bullets are covered with cases of other metals, rather thick 

 at the point and shoulder and diminishing to the thinness of writ- 

 ing paper at the base, so as to be easily moulded by the lead into 

 the grocves. Copper, nickel and steel have been chiefly employed, 

 and the use of the last named probably originated the report which 

 appeared, that the French were trying steel bullets with great 

 success. It is, of course, evident that steel alone would not pos- 

 sess sufficient weight for long ranges. As a casing, its toughness 

 and smoothness give it great advantages, but these are counter- 

 balanced by its tendency to rust, to prevent which it has since, 

 been uickelplated inside and out before putting in the lead, with 

 what sus-cess I have not yet heard. 



One of the best of the rifles is that invented by Dr. Hebler, of 

 Switzerland. It is of .307 gauge, with a bullet of 225grs. and a 

 powder charge of 83grs. The grooves have one turn in iSVScal. or 

 about 4Mjiu. 'The muzzle velocity of the bullet is 1,912ft. a second, 

 and the height of the trajectory up to 500yds. is under 5ft. 



The Enfieid-Murtini rifle Of .: 00 gauge, with its bullet of 385grs. 

 and85grs. cf powder, has a trajectory for SOOvds. two feet higher 

 than the Hebler, or slightly/ less t ban 7ft. At 1,000yds. the Enfield- 

 Martini bullet has a curve 35ft. high and the Hebler only 30ft. 

 The En field-Martini is far superior in its trajectory to any rifle at 

 present used in European armies. 



To go into all the details of these small-bore rifle* would require 

 a long article, out it may be added that the difficulty connected 

 with fouling has been quite overcome, and that the accuracy (at 

 least in calm weather) is greatly superior at 1,000yds. to that of 

 the Enfield Martini, which again is superior to the Marti 

 Henry. 



Attempts have been made to use larger charges of powder by 

 compressing them into solid cakes with a small passage through 

 the center reaching down to the cap chamber. The powder thus 

 burns from the center to the circumference and the recoil is 

 diminished, but the. full advantages of repeating rifles for war 

 purposes will not be attained until the invention of a safe and 

 reliable smokeless powder. 



The military breech action of the future will certainly be on 

 the bolt nrinciple, which has some important advantages over 

 the under lever actions, like those of the Winchester and 

 Bullard, however well adapted the latter may be to hunting 

 purposes. 



The French report very favorably of a powder which they 

 are trying, composed of picrate of ammonium and nitrate of 

 potash, but there is at present some uncertainty whether it is 

 superior to the ordinary smokeless powders produced by the 

 action of nitric acid upon some form of woody fibre. 



The fact of the most prominent military authorit ies in Europe 

 being auxious for the adoption of these small-bore rifles, shows 

 that they consider the advantages of light ammunition and flat 

 trajectory to be so enormous as to make up for all deficiencies, 

 but it is certain that such very small bullets have some disad- 

 vantages which seem, to my mind, capable, in certain situa- 

 tions, of causing serious losses if not actual defeat to an army 

 using them. .T. J. Mkyrick. 



Dublin, Dec. 13, 1887. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



CANADIAN RIFLEMEN.— The annual meeting of the council 

 of the Province of Quebec Rifle Association was held at. the 

 brigade office ou the 21st ult. At no previous time within the 

 past five years has the association been in such a satisfactory 

 c mdition, not only financially, but respecting also the interest 

 exhibited by the representatives of affiliated associations and by 

 the public generally. Though the entries iu 1886 showed 

 increase of 50 per cent, over those of the preceding year, a still 

 further increase is recorded for 1887, the total being this year 

 2,0,%' individual and 43 team entries, against 1,534 individual and 

 30 team entries for 1880. The largest number of entries in any 

 regular match was 141, In the extra series at 500yds. there were 

 452 entries. 



On the subject of ranges the report, utter explaining the causes 

 which made the abandonment of Point St. CharleB necessary, says: 

 "We are now absolutely without ranges. The D. A. G. requested 

 a number of officers to act as a committee of search, with the view 

 of ascertaining what properties there were in the vicinity of 

 Montreal which would he suitable, for flic purpose. They have 

 made a report which we believe has been forwarded to the 

 Minister of Militia, and an answer is expected every day. This 

 will decide the situation of Montreal's future rifle range, which 

 we earnestly hope will be a permanent one." The following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year: Chairman of Council— 

 Lieut.-Colonel Van Straubensie, D. A. G. Treasurer— Lieut.-Col. 

 Martin. Secretary — Major JMaiklook. Finance Committee— 

 Lieut.-Cols. Brosseau and Fraser and Major Bond. Auditors— 

 Capt. Fair and Lieut. J. G. Ross. Representatives to the D. R„ A. 

 —Lieut.-Col. Brosseau. Majors Blaiklock and Bond, Capts. Hood 

 and Sims. Vice-Patrons— The general officer commanding the 

 militia. Lieut. -Cols. Fletcher, C. M. G., Harwood, Hutton and 

 Li.vman. Hon. J. A. Obapleau, Hon. D. A. Smith, Hon. John Ham- 

 ilton, Sir George Stephen, Senator Thibaudeau, Messrs. Alex. 

 Murray, Joseph Hiekson, Geo. W. Stephens, Geo. A. Drummond, 

 Robert Hamilton (Quebec), Gilbert Scott, Andrew Allan, James 

 Slessor, Hector McKer.zie, L. J. Forget, H. MeDougall, Duncan 

 Molntyre, li. B. Angus, H. M. Allan, A. F. Gault, Hon. J. Shehyn, 

 Hon. .James Mc Shane, W. J. Buchanan, R. w. Grindley, George 

 Hague, Wm. Weir, Aid. J. Grenier, A. M. Crombie and J. Murray 

 Smith. 



Officers of the Nova Scotia Provincial Rifle Association were 

 elected as follows, at a mooting of the new council held at Hali- 

 fax on the 11th ult.: Presideut, Lieut.-Col. MaeDonnld, 00th P. 

 L. F. First Vice-President, Lieut.-Col. Mackintosh, 03d Rifles. 

 Second Vice-President, Lieut.-Col. Curren, 1st Halifax G. A. 

 Treasurer. .Lieut.-Col. Mackinlay. Secretary, Major Weston. 66th 

 P. L. F. Council, Major-Gen. Laurie; Lieut.-Col. Murray, Supt. 

 stores; Major Walsh, (KM Rifles; Capt. Barnhill, 78th batt.; Capt. 

 Garrison, H. G. A.; Capt. Harris, H. G. A.; Capt. Crane. C3d 

 Rifles; Capt. Curren, H. G. A.; Capt. Cunningham, 63d Rifles; 

 Capt. Brown, P. L. F.; Major Church, 93d batt.; Capt. King, 75th 

 batt.; Lieut. Maxwell, H. G. A.; Lieut. Blackburn. 78th hatt.; 

 Lieut. Cassidy, 6Sth batt., and Lieut. Dimock, 78th batt. Major 

 Weston and Capts. Garrison and Crane were elected representa- 

 tives on the council of the Dominion Kifle Association. 



HAVERHILL, Mass., Rifle Club, Jan. 14, 200yds., off-band, 

 standard target: 



HE Tuck 6 9 10 9 9 10 8 8 10 5-84 



J Busfield 8 10 7 7 7 7 8 10 5 10-79 



J F Brown 5 10 7 6 7 10 8 8 7 10—78 



S E Johnson 7 6 8 8 7 II 10 7 6 10—75 



F Merrill 10 5 7 7 7 7 6 8 tt 4-07 



LW Jackson -I 8 7 5 4 5 9 4 8 8-62 



The club elected officers Jan. 10: J. F. Brown, President; C. H. 

 Poor, Vice-President; J. B«usfield, A. Edgerly and H. E, Tuck, 

 Executive Committee; J. P. M. Green, Sec'y and Trews, 



BOSTON, Jan. 14.— The attendance of riflemen at Walnut Hill 

 was very good to-day, and with the fine weather conditions sev- 

 eral scores were made which were noticeable in merit. The fol- 

 lowing scores are the best that were, finished to-day: 

 Decimal Off- Hand Match. 



H Gushing 7 8 9 10 10 8 9 9 7 9-86 



W H Oler 7 7 9 8 9 10 6 8 9 10—83 



W O Burnite, mil 10 8 10 4 6 6 10 8 9 8-79 



J R Dadman 10 6 8 10 9 8 8 6 8 5-78 



A Loring 879468879 8—74 



A ( ' Gordon 5 8 6 8 5 9 7 5—65 



F Daniel - 5 7 5 5 8 7 9 5 7 5-63 



Best Match. 



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



W H Oler - 11 11 10 12 12 11 10 11 11 12 -111 



W Chester 12 9 10 9 12 12 12 11 9 8—104 



Military Creed moor Match. 



WO Burnite ,...5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5-45 



MGWitham 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4-43 



F.TLounsbury 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5—12 



BOSTON, Jan, 10.— The Massachusetts Rifle Association, rep- 

 resented by 30 members, met at Young's this evening to elect new 

 officers and eat, the annual dinner. Colonel Horace T. Rockwell 

 presided at- the business meeting, as he did at tho banquet. After 

 the reading of reports at the business- meeting the following 

 officers were unanimously elected: President, Horace. T, Rock- 

 well; Vice-Presidents, J. B. Fellows and N. C. Nash; Secretary. 

 Henry S. Harris: Treasurer, Geo. R. Russell; Directors, W. L. 

 Chase, Dr. F. Chase, O. R. Dickey, H. W. Eager, J. P. Frost, .(. B. 

 Fellows, C. W. Hinman, Henry S. Harris, N. O. Nash. H. T. Rock- 

 well, Geo. R. Russell, F. J. Krbbeth, .1. S. Sawyer, Solon Wilder 

 and IS. .1. Wardell. After dinner speeches were made by Colonel 

 Rockwell, ox- Presideut Lucius L. Hubbard, recently returned 

 from abroad; .las. Nichols Frye, Dr. Gerrisn, Major J, P. Frost, 

 who told about the Chicago trip of the rifle team; J. C. Sawyer, 

 Mr. Cooper, of Exeter, N. II.. and others. 



IRA PAINE.— The chevalier is very sensitive about his Boston 

 record, and wites to the Herald of the Hub as follows from Cleve- 

 land: '"During my visit to St . Louis last week I broke all pre- 

 vious records made in the gallei y of the St. Louis Pistol Club. 

 My score was 120 out of a possible 120, at 23yds., shooting through 

 a sin. bull, and was 120 out of a possible 120, shooting through a 

 lin. bull; at 12yds.— that is, 10 shots all bulls and clean scores on 

 each of the targets. This record was made in the presence of Mr. 

 "errot, president of the club, and on a night of the weekly shoot 

 hen at least twenty members of the club were present. The 

 Bennetts have got themselves in bad odor among the amateurs 

 all through the West. Everybody of great consequence, of course, 

 knows that the score of 911, which is said to have been made by 

 one of them, is all a bluff. I will give either of the Bennetts, or 

 any man in the world, $1,000 to duplicate my score of 909 with a 

 .44-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver on the regulation American 

 target. Tho game the Bennetts played of shooting against my 

 record was a fine job, but a thing 1 call cowardly. To begin their 

 so-called record breaking when t was in Michigan deer shooting, 

 and to gain notoriety by beating 'PaineV record made under dif- 

 ficulties, is no credit to anybody." 



Subsequently the following challenge was received from Cheva- 

 lier Paine. It is self-explanatory; 



To the Editor of the Herald: As I am now and then reminded 

 of the recent (said to be) best on record pistol score of W, W. 

 Bennett— and, as all the respectable weeklies ha ve published it as 

 "the alleged" score— it simply has no value whatever, and in all 

 likelihood never was made. 



Now as there ma y be a lingering doubt with a few people (a very 

 few) I issue the following challenge to the world: 



I will shoot a match of 500 shots each— under the same condi- 

 tions as recent trials (half to be shot in Boston and half in Provi- 

 dence) against any man in the world, and will bet $2,000 to SI, 500 

 on myself. I shall be prepared to shoot any week in March, if 

 notified within ten days through the -Boston Herald. Now, gentle- 

 men of Boston, if you thiuk you have a good man, come to the 

 front and back him. Let lis have no more record breaking when 

 a man happens to be away deer shooting, therefore unable t 

 defend himself. I hold a magnificent gold medal, given me by th 

 military commandant of Vienua, inscribed "Mister Shot of the 

 World." I will throw this in as well and let the winner take it- 

 It is worth over $100. 



1 wish in any event if a match is made for the Boston Herald to 

 be stakeholder. I would most respectfully ask you to take no 

 notice of any reply unaccompanied by a substantial forfeit. You 

 can draw on me at sight for any or all of my proposed stakes, in 

 case you are satisfied any one means business. The "Lancers" 

 surely ought to do something for rhe member of their organiz- 

 ation. Chevalier In a Paine, 

 Master shot of the World, so designated by Gen. Von Kumeke, 



German minister of war. 

 Cmsvelanu, O., Jan. 1.'-. 



SPRING FIELD. Mass.. Jan. lit. --The t ie between Lieut. A. P. 

 Ohautler, St. Paul, Minn., and Mat Gindele, Cincinnati, O.. to 

 decide the first BOSitiou (each making a score of 43] points iu 50 

 shots) in match No. i, second series, for the individual champion 

 gold badge, offered by the Bullard Repeating Arms Co.. will tie 

 snot off on their respective ranges Feb. 22 next. Mat Gindele won 

 the first match of this series and is now tied with Lieut. Chan tier. 

 — Bullakp Rkpeatiisg Arms Co. 



CENTRAL VALLEY" RIFLE AND HO!) ASSOCIATION, 

 Central Val ley, N. Y.— At a meeting Jan. 7 the following officers 

 were elected for the year: President, Dr. Jas. F. Ferguson; Vice- 

 President, H. L. Leonard; Secretary, E. F. Payne; Treasurer, 

 Wm. Tietjens; Trustees, L. Hawes, H. W. Hawes, H. W. Burr.— 

 E. F. Payne, Secretary. 



ROME, N. Y., Jan. 11.— Mr. Will A. Parker to-day shot his fifth 

 string at 100 composition balls tossed iu the air. He used a 

 "special Winchester" rifle, .22-cal., made especially for him by the 

 W. R. A. Co. The day was warm, and as a result some very good 

 shooting was done. Out of the first hundred only two misses 

 appeared, and the next siring was a full score; 05 were broken on 

 the third and 07 on the fourth attempt. The fifth attempt, made 

 to-day, scored 98 hits and two misses. This brings the score up to 

 488 out of 500, with such runs as 133. «7, 81. The score by 50s is as 

 follows: 50, 48, 50, 50, 47, 48, 49, 48, 48, 50-188-500. Of the first 244 

 shots only two misses occurred. The last 20 balls were hit in con- 

 siderably less than a minute and only one person to put up the 

 balls.— Nimuod. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for puhlieatim should be made out on the prin'' d blanks 

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

 secretaries. QarresxHmd&fa who favor m willt club smrr.x are par- 

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



BUFFALO, Jan. 11 —Yesterday the Audubon Club had a shoot 

 at the Buffalo Driving Park, two teams of eighteen men each 

 competing. The teams consisted of the following: First team— 

 Capt. Downs. Shwartz, Scott, Auel, Poole, Franklin, Almor, 

 Jacus, Manning, Sukow, Story, Diugens, Sheibert, Fisher, h,ong- 

 necker, Jaeger, Roberts, Klank. Second team— Capt. Vine, 

 Cornelius. Metzger. Schnlta, Riegclmann, Heinz, Collins, Beier, 

 Heinold, Hoeing, Smith, Erb. Gerot. Besser, Jones. Minton, Clark, 

 Stern. The contest was at live pigeons, 10 each, at 21yds. rise, 

 plunge trap, for a supper. Capt. Vine's team won by a score of 

 122 tollS. 



NEWARK TRAP NOTES. — Over 500 shooters were on Erb's 

 grounds, at Newark, on the 14th, to see Gus Freche, of Newark, 

 and H. H. Leddy, of Montclair, shoot their §200 pigeon match. 

 The conditions were: 50 birds each, :30yds. mark, 80yds. bound- 

 ary, 5 traps, Hurlingham rules, barring weight of guns and caliber 

 of same. The- birds, furnished by Miles Johnson, were a lively lot. 

 Freche won, shooting his opponent out on the 41th round. The 

 scores were: 



Gus Freche Q1OQ222120O1J 10120 --- "-XU 1-0012122122012222011-21 



H H Leddy 1011222O12102O212O210,.0lj22001li:j0O0liOU00l20 -20 



The Union Gun Club held its monthly badge shoot, at Springfield 

 on Monday, Jan. 9, at clay-birds, and the chief prizes were won as 

 follows: Diamond badge, Enoch Miller, 25 straight; gold badge, 

 Chase H. -Johnson tied with Herbert Lighthipe on 23, and Johnson 

 won the shoot-off 10 to 8; silver badge, Breintuall, Roll, Jobs and 

 Sopher tied on 22. and Breintnall finally won. Other prizes of less 

 value were won by Parker, Pndncy, Haines and Morrison. The 

 shooting was unusually fine. 



Moses Myers, of Arlington, defeated Wm. Green, of Harrison, 

 in a 15 bird match for $50, at Erb's, on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Myers 

 kiUed 18, Green 13. 



A match was shot on Thursday, Jan. 12, at Erb's, between C, M. 

 Hedden, of Newark, and Wm. Green, of Harrison, The terms 

 were 50 birds, 30yds. rise, for $150 a side. Hedden shot Green opt 

 on the 43d bird. 



At the annual meeting: of the Fifteenth A\ enue Gun Club last 

 week rhe following officers were elected: President, O. Mussel!: 

 Vice-President. W, Drastell; Secretary, L, Schilling; Sergeant-nt- 

 Arms, L, Spahn. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 11.— The first regular monthly shoot this 

 season of the Unknown Gun Club took place to-lay at Dexter's 

 Park, Long Island. This club is one of the largest shootme 

 organizations on Long Island, and the attendance to-day was the 

 the best club has had for years, but out of all the prominent wing 

 shots present, only twenty-four wore able to compete for the (dub 

 badge and sp-eial prizes, on account of a scarcity of birds. Ten 

 out of the twentv-four did not complete their score for that 

 reason, but will finish at the next stunt, and all ties will be shot 

 off. The birds Chris. Hurler furnish ed got away from the traps 

 in lively style, some of the best shots missing. The rules of the 

 club allow the use of one barrel only, so that; the score looks 

 rather poor in comparison to that of other clubs where both bar- 

 rels are used. The Unknown Club is gradually increasing its mem- 

 bership, and bids fair to rival the Coney Island Rod and Gun 

 ( 'lull in the number of tirst-ehiss. wing shots. The score of the 

 sli ot is as follows: 



.! Aklmrsf, (25) 0011100-3 A Schwartz (251 



Allans (24). 0011010—3 H Knebel, Jr (25) 



II Lee (33) 1011111-0 J Hebrman (22). . 



M Chambers (20) 1101100-4 J Houseman (25). 



.1111101-0 EVroome(28) 



J Skidmotv [251, ■ 



J Rink in (24) 



H Balding (25).... 



H Plate (25) 



H \ j-.n StfAlan (a?; 

 11 Knebel, Si' (25). 

 J Pauison (25) — 

 Referee, M' 



Rnthjen (28).. 

 E Hlllmer (S3)., 



R Mou sees (28) 



H Shroeder (25) 110110-4 



H Harned (24) 010110-3 



.1100111-5 

 .11 1(>1 10-5 

 ,,111000-3 

 ...010110—3 

 . .101011-4 

 110111-5 

 ...011001—3 

 .110111-5 



..0100100— 2 

 ..lllnilH -5 

 . .lUU 111 -0 



..onim— is 



..001 1101 — t 

 1110011—5 



Knebel, Sr.; scorer, Mr. 11. Van Staden, Jr. 



would not subn 

 gun below the elbow, bird 

 could secure a permanent I 

 probably be changed. The 

 the ensuing year: Henr 



At the recent annual meeting of the club nearly all the mem- 

 bers, about 70 in number, wore present. Mr. Henry Knebel, Sr., 

 was presiding officer and Mr. R. N. Still well was secretary. Mr. 

 H. Van St-aden at tended to the financial affairs of the organiza- 

 tion. The principal business of the meeting was the arranging 

 of new rules for shooting at the regular monthly shoots, but the 

 majority of the members being old Long Island wing shots, they 

 " novation to the use of one barrel onlv. 

 s from 11. and T traps. If the (dub 

 hooting ground the above rules would 

 following weie elected as officers for 

 Knebel, Sr., President; W. Tomford, 

 Vice-President; R. N. Still well, 'Secretary; H. Van Staden. Treas- 

 urer. The prizes for the past year were awarded as follows: 

 John Rathjen first, being the highest scorer in 1.2 shoots, killing 

 89 out or 84 shot at. R. Ivloasces took the club badge, winning it- 

 four times out of twelve, and second prize, killing 08 out of 8! 

 shot at in the club shoot. E. Vroome took third prize as at eleven 

 shoots he killed 63 out, of 70. Henry Knebel, Jr.. and W. Tomford 

 tied for fourth and fifth prizes. M. Chichester, H. Knebel, Sr., 

 EL Van Staden. A. Haas, J. Boyle and H. Rankin took prizes in 

 the order named. The following is the score of the best shooting 

 during the season of 1887: 



S Blohm 



J Bohliug 



M Chichester.. 



J Cahill 



.1 Dettipsen ... 



.! Boyle 



J Giltna-n 



J Housman — 



A Haas 



J 1 Knebel, Sr. 

 11 Knebel, Jr... 



M Leo 



R Midmer 



HAMILTON, Omt., Jan. 11.— A live pigeon shooting tournament 

 was comment ■ed at the Half-way House on Hie Ounrias road, 

 Hamilton, to-day. The following scores were made: 



At 12 birds each, 26yds. rise, j=75 to fii-.t, $50 to second, pi to 

 third, $20 to fourth. .£15 to fifth and §10 to sixth. 



First Squad. Second Squad. 



J Wavper 11 HUllll T-ll G Biiggs 11111010111 '-10 



R Stroud Ill 111011110-10 C Cockburn 011101111111-10 



VV Stroud noillllllOl-10 J Smith 010U 11101 11- - 



L Hipkins 110101111111-10 A Bowron... 



C Beldam 111111011101-10 A Price 



R Btekell llllUllll 1-10 J Jack son. 



S loues lOUllllOllO- 9 WWard 



H Graham 001011101001— 6 GGrillith. .. 



A match also took place between H. Graham 

 5 birds each, tor $10. Graham killed 4 while Beldam w as killing 3. 



Jan. 12.— The live pigeon tournament at the Half-way House 

 was continued to-day. There was a good attendance of sports- 

 men. The shoot for the purse of $200 was concluded, after -which 

 there- was shooting f ir sweepstakes at pigeons and blackbirds. J. 

 Bamberger was referee, and W. Jenkins aeted as scorer. The shoot 

 of the remaining squads for the guarantee purse resulted as fol- 

 lows: „ 



Third Squad. Fuurtb Shujlt]. 



EH Smith 111111111111-12 R Kelly 11 1 110 01 1 1 1 1 -10 



J Smith lOnillllKil-lO R Shroud 01 01111111 11— 10 



H KeUv HOI 11011111—10 E Neil 11001111111(4— 



C Forsyth 011111011011- B McLean.- 001111111001— 8 



D rianiey 01)1011000100 - 4 



Tens shot off and the_nioney was ^divided as follows: E.H. Smith 



No. of 







No. of 





shoots. Killed. 





shoots. Killed 



6 



15 



H Mattair 



.. 7 





4 



19 



R Monsees 



- v i 



m 





38 



H Pope 



H Slate 





23 





13 



Z 



37 



4 



2a 



H Pfohlmau.... 



li 3 



12 



11 



39 



J Rath it n 



L 12 



69 



. s 



31 



11 Rankin 



.. 10 



30 



t fc 



35 



CRing 





11 







31 



J Schroeder 



■! 



15 



» 



43 



R Stdlwell 



.. tl 





11 



re 



W Tomford... 



•,*•> -91 



}\ 



4 



18 



H Van Staden. . 



.. 11 





3 



14 



E Vroome 



.. 11 



68 



10101111101!- 



oiioinuooi- s 



U0010U110M - 7 

 910001111010- o 

 .OlfllOw — 2 

 nd C. Beldam at 



. Hipki 



JS75, J. Way per $50, 1 

 Colborn and C. Beida 



The next, shoot was 

 J. Way per got tiist. ( 

 A number of sweeps i 



TORONTO, Jan. 7 -Memo 

 annual shoot this 

 avenue, for the [is 



f30, and W. Stroud, R. Stroud. C. 



•pslakt-s at s live pigeons, in which 

 i second and A. \V. Price third. 

 Is follower!. 



of the Owl Oun I 'liiii had their 

 moon on Cbas. Ayrc's grounds. Eastern 

 JjJm P. Moore Gup, which has been v, on 



twice by Mr. J. R. Humphreys, president of the Owls, and has to 

 be won three times before becoming anybody's personal properly. 

 The weather was fine aud the great.es ^ interest was taken in the 

 match. Following are the scores, at 15 birds each, handicap, from 

 21 to 34vds.; prize, t he John P. Moore cup: 



.1 Rice (27) ... .01101 11 11 1 1 1011—12 ,1 Onlborne (3D. 11111 10101111 10 1;; 

 G Jones (31). . . . 101110111111101-12 



Douglas, Unwin, Ayre, Gould, Tymoii, Fleming, Lush, Hoffman, 

 Mailed, stewart. Montgomery. McDowell. Riggs. Ellis. Rogers 

 and McKav retired. J. Rice won with 5 on shoot-off. 



Jan. 10.— The annual meeting of the Owl Gun Club was held this 

 evening in their room. King street east. Most satisfactory reports 

 wen- presented, the secretary's showing an increase of member- 

 ship during the year from 70 to 115. There was an unusually large 

 attendance and the utmost harmony prevailed throughout, 'the 

 election of officers resulted as follows: President, J. It. Hum- 

 ph revs; Vice-President, J. C. Unwin; Secretary-Treasurer. A. 

 Austin; Executive Committee, J. R. Wells, A. J. Tymon, A. R. 

 Lockhart and W. Ward. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 14.— The first shoot of the year by rhe mem- 

 bers cf the Fountain Gun Club took place to-day at V' oodlawn 

 Park. L. I. The handsome silver cup presented by Mr. Robert 

 Wells was put up for open competition. Mr. W. R. Selover killed 

 six birds out, of seven at the 25yds. mark and won the cup. J. E. 

 Lake, H. Thorpe, H. McLaughlin, and K. Bushnell, Jr. killed 5 

 each aud divided second money. In a sweepstake that followed 

 at .v. ds. rise, H. Thorpe killed 3 straight and took first money. 

 W. R-. Selover took second with 2 our- of 3 killed. The club has 

 elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, 

 John Sawyer; Secretary, Charles Lango, and Treasurer, W. 

 Thorpe. 



The Long Island gun clubs which shoot at Dexter Park, L. I., 

 will not, lose that ground, as they expected. The Phoenix, Long 

 Island, Washington and Acme all shoot there. 



NORTH MIDDLETOWN, Ky., Jan. 7.— An interesting pigeon 

 match took place in North Middletown, Kv.. on the grounds of 

 the Bourbcn Gun Club to-day. A disagreeable rain fell which 

 caused the smoke to hang in front of the shooter, which some- 

 what hindered the use of the second barrel. The birds were a 

 fine 1st and strong flyers. Condition: 13 live birds, 27yds. rise, 

 80yds. boundary, the use of both barrels. 



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LAFAYETTE, End., Jau. 4.— The pigeon shooting match be- 

 tween Capt. A. H. Bogardiis, of Elkhart, 111., champion wing shot 

 of the world, aud Frc<) Erb, Jr., of this city, lock place here this 

 afternoon. The match was at 100 live birds, 30yds. rise, Hurling- 

 ham rules, for $250 a side. It lasted two hours and forty minutes 

 and ended in the defeat of Bogardiis. The score was: Erb 93 out 

 of a possible 100, Bogardus 77 cut of 93. when he gave up the match. 

 At the close the Captain was handed a telegram announcing the 

 death of his wife and he left at once for home. 



Jan. 7.— Fred Erb has issued a challenge to Ed. Voris, of Craw- 

 fordsville, In which lie says: "I am wiling to shoot Mr, Voris 100 

 live birds, Hurlingham roles, and he can shoct his 'cannon' and I 

 will shoot my little Lefever 12-bore shotgun, under 81bs., for $100 

 to $230 a side, on the Lafayette Gun Club grounds." In a former 

 match between these two men Yorjs defeated Erb, 



