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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Feb. 3, 1887, 



MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE PR ACTICE, —Col, Horace T. Rock- 

 well, Inspector-General of Rifle Practice in the State Guard of 

 Massachusetts, has submitted an interesting report of the work 

 performed, while the comments of such an experienced shot as the 

 can tain of the now champion military team of the country are 

 worthy special attention. He puts the growth of rifle practice in 



the State in a clear tabular form, as follows: 



1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 



No of qualifications, sharpshooters •. •• 19 



No of qualificatiotis, first class 94 36 <8 121 



No of qualifications, second class 133 184 204 2/1 



No of qualifications, third class 233 268 363 431 



Requalifications 139 156 234 317 



No qualified or requalilied during the year — 509 644 578 Uo8 



Issue of badges, all classes, aggregate 780 1273 191o Unu 



Marksnien in service close of year 545 79;> 10u8 144. 



Co.'s performing armory practice 51 66 66 68 



Co.'s performing field practice 42 04 05 66 



Co.'s entering teams, State match 37 54 56 63 



The list of sharpshooters for 1886 is: Highest possible score, 150; 

 f-rquisrte for qualification, 12-".; vis . v 48 at. tack of three distance, 

 501, 600 and 800yds. , . 



1 Col H T Rockwell, A 1 G, staff commander in chief 1-.0 



2 Capt C W Hinman, I It P, 1st brig 141 



3 Capt J B Osboru, Q M, 1st brig. ..." . . 132 



4 Capt. I P Frost, I R P, 3d brig 140 



fi Capt A A Hall, Provost Marshall, 2d brig 137 



6 Sergt W M Merrill, bugler, 2d brig 138 



7 Lieut Henrv White, Co D, 1st regt 142 



8 Lieut S S Bumstead, I R P. 2d regt lo9 



9 Priv M W Bull, Co B, 2d regt. 138 



JO Priv F R Bull, Co G, 2d regt 140 



11 Priv J Kimball, Co G, 2d regt 132 



13 Priv T B Wilson, Co G, 2d regt 140 



13 Lieut R B Edes, I R P, 5th regt 137 



14 Sergt J E Darmody, Co G, 5th regt 132 



15 Priv W C Johnson, Co C, 1st corps cadets 136 



10 Priv F D Bartlett, Co D,lst corps cadets 136 



17 Priv L Grant, Co D, 1st corps cadets 148 



18 Sergt C A Parker, Co D, 1st corps cadets MO 



19 Priv M W Daulton, 2d corps cadets. 136 



Taking the foregoing record by itself, a degree of progress is 



indicated greater than that recorded in any previous year. But 

 other striking evidences of improvement are to be found in the 

 averages of performance at the State rifle matches, in the scores 

 at the mid-range match held for the first time this year, aud in 

 the success of the team sent to Creedmoor. On the whole, it may 

 be said that more interest has been shown and better results 

 achieved than ever before. 



Of the 100 rifles, latest pattern, received early in the year, it was 

 possible to distribute only 56 to companies; and, as one of the 

 objects of obtaining them was to place in the hands of tho most 

 expert men fit arms with which to enter into national competi- 

 tions, the distribution was made upon the basis of the record of 

 the highest class of markmanship in the companies. This accom- 

 plished the purpose in tho fairest way possible; but: when the time 

 came for our State matches it was felt by some that, companies 

 holding the new rifles possessed an undue advantage. It is my 

 judgment that individual work at 200yds. depends very much less 

 noon the arm than upon the individual capacity and habitual 

 practice with the piece used, and that the "advantage'' (at the 

 distance named) of any particular arm is somewhat fanciful. 

 Nevertheless, I deem it. desirable that a sufficient number of the 

 new rifles be obtained to place at least two in every company in 

 the militia. 



I have obtained return* from the entire militia of the State of 

 some useful details of their armory arrangements, the provision 

 made by local authorities as to targets and the expenditures of 

 ammunition over and above State allowances. From these it ap- 

 pears that there are very few companies which have not provided 

 themselves with permanent appliances for armory practice; but: 

 that quite a large number have thus far been unable to secure any 

 co-operation from their town authorities in respect to facilities 

 for field practice. This is one of the matters which regimental 

 inspectors may be expected to assist in rectifying. 



It also appears that a majority of the companies, and particu- 

 larly those which show the result of faithful work, use a great deal 

 of ammunition beyond that furuished by the State. Probably 

 much of it is reloaded ammunition; and it would hardly be pos- 

 sible that companies should continue their large expenditures if 

 they were to purchase fixed ammunition at factory prices. It is 

 desirable that the use of reloaded ammunition shall be encom aged 

 and it is but just that those companies which are doing so much 

 at their own expense should be assisted as much as possible. 

 Therefore, while recommending that the general issues of ammu- 

 nition be made upon the same basis as heretofore, I recommend 

 an additional issue, in cases indorsed by regimental inspectors and 

 approved by superior officers of the materials for reloading (ex- 

 cepting she.. Is and powder) to such an extent as may be found 

 wit liiu reasonable limits of cost. 



MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 2.— The challenge rifle match, 100 

 Shots per man, between T. T. Cartwright and O.R. Horr. of Spring- 

 field, Mass.. aud A. B. Dodge and C. D. Palmer, of this city, winch 

 was to have been shot to-night, did not take place because of a 

 request from Mr. Cartwright that the match be deferred, as he 

 was to shoot a money match to-day, and believed that the shooting 

 of a match the night before would unfit him for the more impor- 

 tant event of to-day. Mr. Palmer put in a practice string of 100 

 snots Thursday night, scoring a total of ISO, making a run of "84 con- 

 secutive bullseyes, and again a run of 21. 



J an. 24.— The match between T. T. Cartwright and E. T. Stephens 

 for a purse of $40 was shot Saturday and resulted in a very close 

 and exciting contest, considerable money changing hands on the 

 result. Mr. Oartwright's friends took all bets offered. The scores 

 wore as follows: 



Cartwright. Stephens. 

 5 8 9 8 7 9 6 7 9-74 6 8 8 7 9 7 7 0-73 

 4 5 8699647 5-63 677666788 5-06 

 - r-w?— z_l 10 7 6 10 7 6-73-213 596665697 7-69—208 



Mr. Cartwright used a Bulhtrd single shot rifle. He also shot a 

 single shot match with T. B. Wilson, both using military rifles, the 

 result being 35s in the hitter's favor, decimal count, and 219 to 218 

 Creedmoor count. Mr. Wilson used a Springfield rifle aud Mr. 

 Cartwright a special military made by the Bollard Arms Company. 

 The distance was 200yds. off-hand on the Hinman target. 



Jan. 25,— The weather conditions for rifle shooting were first 

 class this afternoon, yet with the exception of O. D. Palmer the 

 riflemen who gathered at the West Manchester range shot: below 

 their average. Mr. Palmer did some very fine work aud suc- 

 ceeded in making the best 10-shot card of his life. There was a 

 team shoot with the Maynard Rifle Club of Chicopee Falls, "Mass.. 

 but: the scores made are withheld until after Saturday next as the 

 Maynard club will not shoot its scores until Saturday. The prize 

 shooting resulted as follows: 



CD Palmer 10 8 8 9 8 10 6 10 10 10-89 



7 10 10 9 8 9 4 7 10 9—83 



FJ Drake 5 8 7 6 6 9 6 10 10-73 



" 7 8 5 5 5 8 8 5 6 8-00 



W Morris 9 5 10 10 6 7 7 6 9 4—73 



A A Dodge 8 8 7 6 9 5 6 8 6 8—71 



GALeighton 6 3 5 9 7 6 7 8 6 7-66 



W J Schonland 4 3 6 5 8 2 3 8 6 2—47 



There were several other riflemen participating in the shoot 

 who did not finish cards. 



Jan. 29.— The second rifle match between A. B. Dodge and Clar- 

 ence D. Palmer, of this city, on the one side, and T. T. Cartwright 

 and O. W. Horr, of Springfield, Mass., as their opponents, took 

 place this evening, the conditions being the same as in the first 

 match, viz., Creedmoor targe t, off-hand, 50ft., bullseye 34in. in size 

 and each man 100 shots, which gives a possible 500 per man. The 

 first match was won by tho Manchester representatives and they 

 also won this evening's contest by an increased lead. The shoot- 

 ing of Mr. Podge was phenomenal. He consumed an hour and five 

 minutes in the making of his string, while Mr. Palmer put in his 

 100 shots in 43 minutes, besides doing his own marking and loading. 

 The scores follow: 



A. B. Dodge. . . . 5545555555-49 C D Palmer. . . .5555554555-49 

 5555554555— 49 5155555544—47 

 5555455555—49 4555454455—46 

 5545555545-48 4555414545-45 

 5555555555—50 5545555554—48 

 5545514555-47 4545555555-48 

 5555555555—50 1555554455 — 47 

 5455555544—47 5555-155545-48 

 4555544554—46 



5555555.555—50—487 5555545551-49—473 

 Total of both.... 960 



The score of the Springfield riflemen was. T. T. Cartwright, 457; 

 O. W. Horr, 457; total, 915; a lead of 40 for the home experts. In 

 the first match Mr. Dodge made 478, Mr. Palmer 474, total, 952; 

 Cartwright 451, Horr 461, total, 912. 



The next team match in the Bullard Arms Company's series 

 will be shot Feb. 1, weather permitting, when the range will be 

 open all day. The team will consist of Messrs. Dodge, Palmer, 

 Boothby, Colby, Leighton, Paul, Drake, Temple, Partridge, Knowl- 

 ton. 



SPRINGFIELD, 0„ Jan 21.— The Springfield Rifle team held its 

 regular weekly shoot at the range on Perrin's farm, south of the 

 city, this afternoon. The shoot was at 200yds, off-hand. Some of 

 the hoys did not shoot as well as usual, probably because the sud- 

 den and severe changes in the weather during the past week had 

 Unstrung their nerves. Henry Croft, Sr. carried off the palm, his 

 score of 90 out of a possible 100 points in his second scries of 10 

 shots being very fine. Mr. Croft attributes his success in that 

 series of shots to the use of "patched balls," which are as perfect 

 in every way as it is possible to make them. Following the de- 

 tailed Ecore: 



H Croft, Jr.. 



C H Rice..., 



J C Trimmer 



A 6 



no 



■il 



(10 

 • 5 3 



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HDuke < 10 



J 



H Croft, Sr < 10 



I 8 



Smith Davis 6 



ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.— M. A. Thurber won the medal of the St. 

 Louis Pistol Club's weekly shoot with a score of 110 out of a pos- 

 sible 120, Tho shooting was very close arid exciting, the winner 

 getting there by just one point. Following are tl 



g 



7 7 9 



9 







5 



8 5-71 





10 8 9 



9 



8 



8 



8 6-82 



6 



8 9 10 



7 



8 



8 



10 6-81 



9 



9 10 7 



8 



4 



7 



10-76 







8 7 10 





9 





7 3—70 





6 10 7 



7 



6 



6 



6 7-67 





8 5 8 



5 



9 



8 



5 5-68 





8 9 4 









8 



6 8— (35 



6 



9 6 5 



6 





6 10 6-04 



8 



7 4 6 



5 



ib 



5 



8 9-06 



9 



8 4 7 



6 



5 



7 



8 5-66 



5 



6 8 5 



6 



7 



7 



7 7-68 



7 



6 6 8 



7 



A 



8 



8 5-72 



7 



9 10 5 



6 



5 



8 



8 5-73 



8 



5 6 



6 



9 



9 



4 3-64 





4 5 7 



6 



9 



4 



5 9-455 



LO 



9 10 10 







9 



7 



9 10-90 







8 5 10 



6 



8 



6 



6 7-73 



8 



6 5 7 



5 



3 



9 



5 6-60 



11 10 10 11 11 12 11 13 10 10-110 

 13 10 11 11 13 12 10 11 11 9-109 



11 12 11 11 13 10 9 S 13 12-108 



10 11 10 12 11 11 10 12 10 11—108 



13 11 11 10 9 12 10 9 12 11— I0 r ( 



12 8 13 12 10 11 10 11 11 10—107 



11 13 11 11 9 11 10 9 10 i2— 106 



12 12 12 9 11 12 10 8 10 10-106 



9 II 12 13 10 11 11 11 10 9-106 



10 10 9 11 12 11 12 10 10 13—100 



10 9 12 11 9 11 12 8 10 11—103 



W A Jones 11 10 11 13 10 9 11 8 8 13—103 



W H Bonnell 11 12 10 9 11 7 111 10 10 10—100 



W B McDoncll 9 12 9 7 7 11 9 13 12 10- 98 



Jan. 29.— Tho struggle to-night between W. .1. Laird and W. G. 

 Sims, for the medal of the Pistol Club, was very exciting, aud 

 after shooting off two scores was finally won by Laird. In the 

 first score they tied on 110; in the shoot-off Laird made 109, when 

 Sims again tied; in the last shoot Laird made 110 and Sims dropped 

 to 106. Scores: 



M A Thurber 



F A Fodde 



Neuhaus 



W Bauer 



WE Field ... 



W J Laird 



W (i Sims 



LVD Perret 



W L Wells 



A E Bengal 



W H Hotel.. 



W .1 Laird.... 



W G Sims 



A E Bengel .... 



F A Fodde 



WLWeUs..:... 

 M A Thurber.. 



WE Field 



W Bauer 



W Hettel 



WH Bonnell... 



W Clark 



O Wallace 



..11 10 13 10 12 10 11 10 12 12-110 

 ..12 11 12 12 9 12 10 11 11 10—110 

 ...12 12 8 10 11 10 13 12 11 10-108 

 . .H 11 12 10 9 11 11 11 10 11-107 

 . .11 10 11 11 12 11 12 9 12 8-107 

 ..10 11 11 11 9 12 12 13 9 8-105 

 .. 6 12 L2 11 12 11 12 11 9 8-103 

 . .11 11 13 9 10 8 <) 10 11 11-103 

 . . 8 10 10 10 12 9 9 12 11 9—100 

 ..H 11 11 12 11 8 9 8 9 8- 98 

 . . .11 10 8 11 9 7 10 10 11 11- 98 

 7 12 6 12 10 11 9 10 6 9- 92 



J G Scbaaf 7 10 6 8 7 7 10 8 7 7— 77 



SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.— Tho following scores were made 

 to-day by members of Co. G, N. G. S. C, at the 200yds. range, 

 Sharps military rifles: 



Capt Hall 4443355554— 42 Pvt McMillan 2323344144-36 



Sergt Mott 4444442244 -36 Pvt McKenna 3433454434 -37 



Sergt Sewcll 5444444444—41 Pvt Klein 3324355433—35 



Corp Qninn 3123434453-85 Pvt Viemeistcr 3334452254-35 



Pvt Bouse 4445444444—41 



Scores of honorary members, same range: 



Capt Coffey 4444454444 41 Sergt Little 4544444533-40 



Sergt Hughes 3414545544—42 Corp Hughes 5544455545-45 



Jan. 23. — Notwithstanding the exceptionally fine day for rifle 

 shooting there were no regular matches among the rifle 

 teams at Shell Mound Park ranges. R. C. Moore of Company A 

 and F. P. Coulter of Company F of the Fifth Infantry, however, 

 engaged in a practice shoot at the ranges, and made creditable 

 scores as follows: 



500yds. 



Poulter 5556455545—48 



3454545454—43—91 



Moore 5455454355- 45 



4555551554—47—92 



200yds. 



Poulter 4454445554-44 



5444554546-45- 89 



Moore 5544555444—45 



5554444444—43-88 



At the riug targets: 



Moore 25 17 19 20 23 15 17 18 17 19-190 



22 21 15 22 14 20 24 10 16 23-187—377 



Poulter 24 17 15 19 25 17 18 17 22 25-199 



17 19 16 19 22 19 23 17 18 15-185-384 



WHITWORTH. — The death of Sir Joseph Whitworth. the 

 famous rifle inventor, which took place at: Monte ( iarlo on the 

 22d ult., was announced from London on the 21th. Sir Joseph 

 Whitworth, Baronet, F. R. S., was born at Stockport, England, in 

 1803, and when fourteoen years of age was placed under the care 

 of his uncle, a mill owner in Derbyshire. When twenty-two years 

 old he went to London, thoroughly dominated by the idea of 

 attaining perfection as a ■ mechanician. Sir Joseph's name first 

 came prominently before the public when he exhibited his plans 

 and other improvements at the Exhibition of 1851. In 1853 he was 

 a commissioner to the exhibition in New York, and in 1854, when 

 the English Government was anxiously seeking to perfect its 

 military armament. Sir Joseph turned his attention to the im- 

 provement of the rifle, and it is his work in this direction which 

 has made his name most widely celebrated. At a time when the 

 Enfield rifle was considered an admirable weapon, the perform- 

 ances of the Whitworth rifle astonished everybody. The rifle was 

 not stumbled upon by accident, but was accurately thought out 

 from the first. His success in this direction soon made him a 

 competitor with Sir W. G. Armstrong in his efforts to produce 

 perfected ordnance and projectiles. The system of polygonal 

 rilling invented by Sir Joseph is still in use to-day. In his great 

 works at Charlton street, Manchester, may be seen regiments of 

 steel ordnance and an army of those flat-headed steel projectiles 

 which Sir Joseph has persistently advocated. In 1868 he founded 

 the "Whitworth scholarships" in mechanical science, thirty in 

 number, of the annual value of §500. He was made a baronet in 

 1866. 



DENVER, Col., Jan. 29— A special from Pueblo to the News 

 says: Colorado lawyers have made use of the Supreme Court 

 decision on the invalidity of criminal convictions by information 

 to obtain the release of Hamilton, alias Burton, from the peniten- 

 tiary at Albany, N. Y., where he is serving a sentence for robbing 

 a. mail stage near Alamosa in 1.881. Re had built a pile of brush- 

 wood across the road in the woods, and set up blackened sticks in 

 such a way as to look like gun barrels pointing at the coach. Hav- 

 ing stopped the coach, Hamilton made all the passengers form in 

 line. He then made motions back toward tho supposed band of 

 riflemen, telling them not to shoot uutil he ordered them to do so. 

 While the supposed riflemen were covering the passengers with 

 their guns, the latter were robbed of their valuables by Hamilton, 

 who escaped into the mountains. 



NEWARK, Jan. 27.— Our Own Rifle Club shot this evening on 

 the new range at No. 93 Mercer street for the club trophy, a dia- 

 mond badge for teams. Each man fired ten shots, with a possi- 

 bility of scoring fifty. The result was as follows: Team No. 1— G. 

 Snellen, Captain; Ford. Freie.nsehner, 44; Weider, 39; Frieden- 

 heit, 41; Klein, 29; Kiefer, 37; Snellen, 47; total, *37. Team No. 2— 

 JohnW. Gill, Captain; Limberger, 39; Bertram, 39; Drexler, 36; 

 Dietzel, 38; F. A. Freiensehner, 42; J. W. Gill, 37; total, 231. 



WALTHAM, Mass.— The several companies of firemen in 

 Waltham have organized a rifle tournament ; 30 matches wiU he 

 shot, 3 each week. The contest opened Jan. 25, 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for 'publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

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

 k, a , la, Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

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



BUFFALO, N. Y„ Jan. 26.-^The long talked of pigeon shoot be- 

 tween Jacob Koch, of this city, and George Radger, took place at 

 the Buffalo Driving Park. $2c0 a side, 60 live pigeons, 21yds. rise, 

 80yds. boundary. The Canadian led up to the 17th bird, after that 

 he lost: 



J Koch 0110111101 llllimilllllOl 011111111111110101111111-43 



Q Rodgers 111101111111101101011H10imi00111111011111101100-39 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 28.— The last regular meeting of the Long 

 Island Gun Club took place to-day at Dexter Pari:, Jamaica Plank 

 road. Out of the large number of members present, thirteen put 

 down their names to compete for the silver cup and money prizes, 

 Tho birds were, supplied by Chas. Durrler, and proved such good 

 ones that jut of the 193 shot at 46 escaped, only to be knocked down 

 by the scouters who lined the fence. M. Brown, 26yds., did the 

 best shooting and won the cup, after tieing with Pfender. As it 

 was the last shoot of the season the prizes were afterward awarded 

 for the best individual scoros. Each man had to shoot at eight of 

 the twelve meetings to entitle him to a chance for a prize. They 

 wore awarded as follows. Class A, H. Knebel, To0; Class B, E. 

 Tipping, $20; Class C, E. A. Vroom, $10. Some sweepstakes were 

 shot afterward. Tipping and Pfender divided the first, Brown and 

 Knobel the second, and C. Creckncll took the third. W. Mills was 

 trapper and handler. Score, of shoot: 



E Tipping, 25yds 1110010—4 P Post, 25yds 0000000—0 



11 Knebel, 25yds 0010110-3 E Vroom, 23yds' 0100111—4 



J Akkurst, 24yds 0101101-3 F Pfender, 25yds 1101111-8 



W Green, 27yds 0111011-5 J Smith, 24yds 1011000-3 



M Brown, 27yds 0111111-6 F Remson. 23yds 1111010—5 



R.Jones, 24yds 1010011—1 1 Siscord, 31yds 1111000-4 



R Midmer, 25yds 1000110— 3 



In shooting off the ties Brown won first and cup, Remsen second. 



RALEIGH, N. C„ Jan. 26.— Match at live pigeons between 

 Chalmers L. Dick of Johnstown, Pa., and E. B. 'Rngelhard, of 

 Raleigh; 22 birds, 5 ground traps; 5yds. apart; 28yds. rise; 5 min- 

 utes allowed to retrieve, birds; use of both barrels; English rules. 

 Dick used a 10141b. .33in. Lefever gun, 10-bore; Engelhard a 101b. 

 30in. Parker gun, 10 bore. Score: 



Dick ! 10 1111111111110 11110 1 1.-19 



Engelhard 111111101111001011111 1-18 



Dick had right qunrterers 7, left 11, incomers 2, driverslO. Engel- 

 hard right quarterers 3, left 7, incomers 2, drivers 10. Tho wind 

 was blowing almost a gale, and the birds were strong and fast 

 flyers.-S. L J. 



BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. — A clay-pigcon shooting match was con- 

 tested bet ween the Arlingt on and Pimlico gun clubs, at Arlington, 

 Baltimore county, this afternoon. The following is the score: 

 Arlington Club. Pimlico Club. 



D E Elisor 010111111111111-13 W Bland 111111111111111-15 



J O Devries.. ..111111110111111— 14 PBland 111011110011011-11 



E Bland ill] 11111111111-15 E Bowers'ks. . .010110101111111—11 



D Bland 000111110101011- 9 S Bland 101111011111011—12 



51 49 

 Another match will take place soon. 



TORONTO, Jan. 23— The Owl Gun Club is only in its third sea- 

 son, but has a membership of between forty and fifty, the majority 

 of whom arc wing shots of more or less ability, some being among 

 the best in the country. In fact the Owls are a very flourishing 

 institution. To-day they diced- at night, as became them— and m 

 their own roost, 171 King street, east, where comfortable and com- 

 modious rooms have been taken. The tables were placed in the 

 billiard room aud were elegantly laden with a choice cold collation. 

 Union jacks were draped over the windows and trophies of the 

 chase with works of art illustrative of natural life adorned the 

 walls. Conspicuously placed on the cross-table in front of the 

 chairman, Mr. T. H. Tabor, vice-president, was the handsome and 

 costly Moore challenge cup, which, by the way, was originally 

 made on the order of Forest and &EREAM as a. championship 

 challenge trophy of America. Flanking the chairman were ■Mr. J. 

 Humphreys, president of the Owls; Ald.Maughan, George Waring, 

 John Wilson and James Douglas, while around the fable were 

 John Townson. Robert Charlton, J. C. Unwin, Charles Kemp, W. 

 J. Dwyer, H. Townson, A. J. Symon. William Unwin, F. Mallett, 

 A. H. Lockhart, James Maginn, W. Smith, L. Longbothain, F. 

 Fensom, William Douglas, George Urr (the bicyclist), A. Trebbie, 

 Charles Doherty, Jr., and P. Clark. The eatables ha vi ng been dis- 

 posed of, a few toasts were proposed and responded to. and then, 

 Mr. Labor retiring from the chair in favor of Aid. Maughan, the 

 most interesting part of the programme was carried out. This 

 comprised some excellent solo and duet singing by Messrs. 

 Humphreys, Lalor, Wilson, Wells, William Douglas and T. Carlyle, 

 the last named accompanying himself on the bango, and also per- 

 formed during the evening some exceedingly clever feats of leger- 

 demain. Mr. Charles Doherty, Jr., was the accompanist, and 

 favored the company with a capitally-played piano solo. The 

 whole performance was thoroughly artistic, and much enjoyed by 

 those who had the good fortune to be present. Indeed it was a 

 revelation to the guests and to many of the members themselves, 

 who had no idea there was so much talent in the club. Aid. 

 Maughan, in winding up the proceedings, said that bethought that 

 the "Owls" was almost a misnomer, and that the "Nightingales' 

 would have been more appropriate, and ho isn't far wrong. The 

 Owls will have a shoot at Egliuton on election day, Feb. 22, when 

 one of the events Will be a match at 15 birds for §25 a side, between 

 W. Dwyer and ,i. Maginn. 



Jan. 22.— The Toronto Gun Club held a very successful si pot a t 

 the Woodbine this afternoon. Snowbirds were shot at, 20 to each 

 man. Mr. A. Elliot won the first prize with 19 killed. Mr. Leroy 

 coming next with 18. There were several 17s and 16s. In fact the 

 shooting was particularly good all round. A large number of 

 members were present. 



Jan. 24.— A shoot took place at Eglinton to-day. The second 

 sweep was at 9 blackbirds, three prizes. Score: W. Filstcad, 9; J. 

 Baillic, 7; S, Carruthcr, 7; W. McDowall, 7; T. Lowden, 5; A. Jewell, 

 4; R. Dickson. 4: J. Lcrov.4. Third sweep.— T. Lowden, K; 3. 

 Baillic, 6: W. Filstcad, 5; A. Jewell, 5; S. McKillop, 4; R. Dickson, 

 4; J. Leroy, 4; W. McDowall, 8. McKillop and Jewell shot a match 

 at 6 birds, McKillop breakiug 5, JeweU 3. 



THE NEW ENGLAND TRAP SHOOT.— An extensive shotgun 

 trap-shooting carnival is to take place on the grounds of the Wel- 

 lington Gun Club, Wellington, Mass., May 30, 31, June 1, 2, 3 and 

 4, under the auspices of the biew England Shooting Tournament 

 Association. It wiR eclipse anything ever before attempted in 

 the line of shooting with shotguns, it is hoped to have an inter- 

 national contest, and an invitation has been sent to England, re- 

 questing that country to send a representative team of ten men 

 to meet an American team of the same number. In the shotgun 

 contest a cup valued at ft, 000 will be the trophy, should Great 

 Britain send over a team, it is also proposed to have the individ- 

 ual inanimate target championship of America decided at this 

 time, by a contest of 50 singles and 25 pairs of doubles, the trophv 

 to be a valuable and appropriate medal. Most of the manufac- 

 turers of guns and kindred articles, both here aud abroad, are to 

 co-operate with the committee, and donate, as prizes to be com- 

 peted for, samples of their makes. There will he upward of fifteen 

 guns and rifles, and as many more revolvers, with other prizes 

 such as hunting suits, shell-loading machines, gun implements, 

 shell cases, gun cases, etc. There wiU also be a large list of valu- 

 able special prizes, such as watches and chains, bicycles, etc., to 

 be donated by various manufacturers. The prizes are given with 

 the understanding that they are t be contested for without cost 

 to the contestants, but each event wiR probably be accompanied 

 by an option sweepstake to make it more interesting. As a great 

 many amateurs complain that at most of the shooting tourna- 

 ments hitherto held a large number of experts or quasi- profes- 

 sionals have attended and carried off most of the honors and 

 prizes, it is proposed at the coming carnival to have two classes of 

 events— the first open to aU, the second barring experts. As there 

 is at present no way by which the contestants can be classified, 

 this plan has been adopted. As the so-called experts have a larger 

 array of prizes to compete for than ever before, they wiR be satis- 

 fied. The association will make a special effort in the interests of 

 amateurs, who wiU have a list of prizes equal in value and num- 

 ber to those for experts. As near as can be estimated at present 

 there will be between 400 and 500 contestants. Special railroad 

 reductions will be arranged. Shooters coming from the South 

 and West should signify their intention of being present, by Wilt- 

 ing to the secretary, C. B. Sanborn, 29 South Market street. Boston. 

 Elaborate preparations wRl be made to entertain visiting sports- 

 men. 



CARTERET GUN CLUB.— The members of the Carteret Gun 

 Club competed for the handsome cup given by Dr. G. L. Knapp, 

 at their grounds in Bergen Point, N. J., ou Jan. 26. The weather 

 was bad for shooting, a strong 'wind driving the snow in the faces 

 of the shooters and the snow on the ground causing a bad light, 

 but under these adverse circumstances the shooting was pretty 

 good. Ten of the members went to the traps to shoot at 10 birds 

 each, club handicap, Hurlingham rules, but not one of them shot 

 his f uR complement of birds, as they could not keep up with J. 

 Stewart, 30yds., who kRled 7 out of 8 and won the cup. Mr. Story 

 came next, with 6 kUled out of 8, foUowed by J. Bryar with 6 killed 

 out of 9. 



ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.— Capt. A. Hi Bogardus, champion wing shot 

 of the world, and Capt. Andy Meaders, champion shot of Ten- 

 nessee, will shoot for the championship of the world and the 

 championship cup and $500 at Compton Avenue Park, this city, 

 on Tuesday, Fab. 22. The conditions of the match are that each 

 shaR shoot at 1C0 Rve birds, 30yds. rise, 5 traps, gun club rules, gun 

 to weigh under 81bs. The shooting wiR commence at 2 P. M. 

 sharp. On the foRowing day, Feb. 28, there will be a sweepstake, 

 open to all comers; §25 entrance, 25 birds each, same rules to 

 govern as above. 



