June 16, 1887. J 



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HALIFAX, June 8.— The competition for places on the Nov 

 Scotia team in the inter-provincial rifle match was commenced on 

 Bedford Range to-day. The wind was very unfavorable, aud made 

 good scores impossible. There were 23 competitors, and the 

 ranges were 200, 500 and OOOvds. The best scores were as follows: 



200 500 600 200 500 600 



Capt Bishop, 63d.... 29 23 28-90 Lieut Steven?,C0th.:;7 30 29-86 

 Lieut Fiske, 63d... 31 31 28-90 Capt Garrison, HGA28 30 27-85 

 Pvt Corbin, 63d. ..80 28 30-8S Lieut Adams,HGA.30 29 26-85 

 CaptCorbin 30 28 29-87 Gunn'r Fader, RGA29 28 27-84 



NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.-Tbe Niagara Rifle Association lately 

 organized here with a charier membership of 10*, which includes 

 nearly all of the members of the 42d Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y. 

 expect to have their range in readiness for an opening day some 

 time this mouth. The Association is officered as follows: L. \V. 

 Pettebone, President; R.N.Campbell, Vice President ; O. S.Rice, 

 Secretary ; Drake Whitney, Treasurer. It will be one of the finest 

 ranges in the State, and as the Association contains some excel 

 lent marksmen, some great scores may be expected.— C. S. Rice, 

 Sec'y. 



NEWARK, June 7.— The John Magory Rifle Club met this 

 evening, and after adopting a constitution aud by-laws elected 

 the following officers : President, E, Branigan ; \ ice President, 

 Christopher Figuera ; Secretary, J. Magory ; Treasurer, G. Jnthe: 

 Sergeant- at -Arms, G. Vliet ; Rifle Inspector, F.Schaeffe-r; Official 

 Scorer, E. Howard. The regular meetings of the club will be held 

 on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at No. 84 Spring- 

 field avenue. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should he made out on the prfrteri Wanhs 

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

 secretaries. OarrespondcMs tdio favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to ic-rttc on one side of the paper only. 



DECORATION DAY" TROPHY. 

 'T , HE ties for prizes in the Decoration Day Trophy mateh will be 

 shot off on Saturday, July 3, or Monday, July 4. A club may 

 select either date and we must be notified at least one week in 

 advance which date will be chosen. The conditions will be the 

 same as those governing the original shooting, and the teams 

 be made up as before. 



WELLINGTON WINNERS. 



BOSTON, Mass,, June 12.— Editor Forest and Stream; There 

 seems to have been a mistake in recording the list of prizes 

 and names of winners in the late carnival held at Wellington, 

 Mass. I herewith inclose you a correct list, according to the 

 official score books, You will confer a great favor on the Associa- 

 tion if you insert same in your next issue.— C. W. Dimick. 



EXPERTS. 



Score. 



LLC Smith gun, valup $450, won by T G Strater. Boston 88 



2. Parker Bros gun, value $150, won by J R Stice, New Haven 84 



3. Piper guu, value $150, won by G C Luther, Syracuse 82 



4. Winchester repeating gun. value $100, won by H W Eager, 



Marlboro 80 



5. Massachusetts Arms Co. rifle, value $75, won by O W Budd, 



Syracuse 79 



6. Forehand & Wads worth gun, value $75. won by W H 



Sheldon, Pawtuxet 78 



7. J P Lovell Arms Co. revolver, value $20, won by O R Dickey, 



Boston 77 



8. Smith & Wesson revolver, value $15, won by H McMurchy, 



Syracuse 76 



9. Wvnship shell case, value $13, won byE T Smith, Worcester 74 



10. Leather boat box, value $10, won by 13 Teipel, Covington. . . 73 



11. Leather gun cover, value $5, won by H G Wheeler,Marlbor» 72 



12. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Wagener, Syracuse 71 



13. Cartridge belt, value f 1.50, w on by Perry, Worcester 70 



14. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Parsons, Indianapolis. . 67 



15. Cartridge belt, value 81.50, won by Charlos, Exeter 66 



16. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Gilman, Worcester 65 



17. Cartridge belt, value $1.50. won by Beaudry, Marlboro 62 



18. Set of Ideal loaders, value $1.25, won by Davis, Worcester.. 55 



19. Set 6t Ideal loaders, value #1.35, won by Faulkner, Lowell. 45 



20. Set of Ideal loaders, value $1.25, won by Tinker, Providence 38 



AMATEURS. 



1. Painting, value $1,000, won by A L Traeger, New Haven. ... 81 



2. W & C Scott & Sons' gun, value §200, won by C H DeRoche- 



mont, Newburyport . . . 80 



3. Lef ever Arms Co.'s gun, value $150, won by Ed Taylor, Cin- 



cinnati 78 



4. Spencer repeating gun, value $100, won by E M Moody, 



Lockport 76 



5. W R Davis & Son's gun, value $75, won by F S Mead, Knox- 



ville 75 



6. Manhattan gun, value $75, won by J N BulTum, Boston — 74 



7. Springfield bicycle, value $75, won by F W Prentiss, Ilion.. 71 



8. J Stevens ride, value $75, won by E J Wardwell, Boston 70 



1 9. Shooting suit , value $30, won by E W Law, Boston 69 



10. Harrington & Richardson revolver, value $15, won by H C 



Warren, Boston 68 



11. Belcher shot shell loader, value $10, won by J S Snow, Bos- 



ton 67 



12. Canvas gun cover, value $3.50, won by A B Bowdish, Ox- 



ford 65 



13. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Aldoes, Brockton 64 



14. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Dean, Worcester 63 



15. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by McCoy, Boston 61 



16. Cartridge belt, value $1.50. won by Nichols, Boston 00 



17. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Perry, Somerville 57 



13. Cartridge belt, value $1.50, won by Lee 62 



19. Set of Ideal loaders, value $1.25, won by Gore, Boston 49 



20. Set of Ideal loaders, value $1.25, won by Morse, Jr., Wel- 



lington 48 



21. Set of Ideal loaders, value $1.25, won by Edwards, Boston, . 47 



THE NEW YORK STATE SHOOT. 



THE thirtieth annual gathering of the. New York State Associa- 

 tion was this year at Utica, and the arrangement was 

 under the very excellent care of the Oneida County Sportsmen's 

 Association. The last previous gathering of this Association was 

 held in Utica in 1871. and there are many shooters who took part 

 there just as enthusiastic to-day. The field portion of the annual 

 programme began at Riverside Park on Tuesday morning, June 7. 

 The day was bright and clear, and as there was no wind the 

 weather could not have been more favorable for the sport. 12 blue- 

 rocks, 4 traps, 18yds., 21 yds. for ties: 



Hess OUlOimillO— 7 F A Sinclair 000000110100- 3 



Eames .110111111011-10 



E Taylor OlllllllilOO— 9 



W C Hedley ljJli 111101— 9 



A Baker 11111U00101— 9 



J Kennedy 1012110111 U— 10 



B Tolsma 011011111111—10 



F D Wolf 111111011110—10 



J H Urbrandt. . . 111011011111—10 



O Besser, Jr OllOlllllOlO— 8 C W Tuttle 111111111111—11 



F W Candell lOOOloO 10111- 6 Charles Green. . . .10111 1010100— 7 



MC Smith 010011111011— 8 W C Harris 101111011011— 9 



L Erbe lUOlOlltillO- 8 F Steele UIOIOXIIHI- 7 



E H Smith OlOiuHllOlO— 7 Coolidge lOOlOOOllllO— 6 



G W Crouch 011101111110- 9 J \ ork HH1Q010000- Q 



Wagner 111111111111-12 Scott 101111111000- 8 



F W Partis 011101111111-10 Walker 01 10101 1.0011— 7 



Rumsey 101 110011101— 8 Whitney 11KX..11 11011— 9 



Christian 001101101001- 7 J M Monroe 111111101111-11 



JGStacey 111110011111—10 O A Wheeler. . . .011010100100-5 



D M LeFever 111111111101-11 W H Booth 111111010110- 9 



J A Banta 11 OllUOlUl- 9 J Koch 011101111011— 9 



Horkway OUOOlllllll- 9 Chismore Gil HUH 011— 10 



M T Blakeley. .. .100101010110- 6 E Hudson 111011101110 9 



E H Kni^kern.... 101101011111- 9 B Catchpole 111110001111- 9 



C H W.lteiv 111100 110110- 8 C Felton 0010UO31101— « 



G C Luther 111011101101— 9 H L Gates 011C00U0011- 6 



WM Richmond.. 111101000111— 8 Kendrick 110110011001-7 



J B Hill 110011000110— 6 McCormick lliniOlOOH— 8 



A Walrath OOHllllOOH— 8 A Rickman 011010111111— 9 



F A Elliott UOlOOOllOll— 6 H Candee. . - llllUOUUH— 10 



The prizes in this contest amounted to $383. The first, $100 in 

 cash, was won by Charles Wagner, of Pouitney. 

 Ties on 11: 



LeFever 110110—4 Monroe OOlOw— 1 



Tuttle 100110-3 



The cash prize in this class, amounting to $63, was divided, and 

 the Almo clock was won by D. M. LeFever, of Syraeusas 



Ties on 10: 



Karnes 111111-6 Wolfe 011010-3 



Partis 0101Gw-2 Hillbrand 00110w-2 



Stacy 111010-4 Chismore 101000-3 



Kennedy 00110 w-S Candee 111010-4 



Tolsma 101100-3 



J . G. Stacy, of Geneva, and fi. L. Candee, of Waterville, divided 

 the second prize. 



Ties on 9: 



Taylor 11U11-6 Harris . . lOOw -1 



Hedley Ill 01 1-5 Whitney 111111-6 



Baker 101 w —2 Booth 001 w — 1 



Koch Ollw —2 



Hudson 111110—5 



Catchpole :i 1110-5 



Rickman 000 w — 



Crouch OlOw —1 



Banta 111001-4 



Horkway 110 w —2 



Kniskern H0w —2 



Luther lOlw —2 



Messrs. Taylor and Whitney tied again, and in shooting off the 

 former broke 3 and the latter 4 birds. The first prize was awarded 

 to H. B. Whitney, of Phelps, E. Taylor, of Buffalo, taking second. 

 Ties on 8: 



Besser .111100-4 Richmond .101101—4 



M C Smith 010311-3 Walrath i010w-2 



Erbe 011111-5 Scott 111011-5 



Rumsey 110111—5 McCormick OllOw— 3 



Walters 1010H-4 



Messrs. Erbe, Rumsey and Scott again tied and shot again to de- 

 cide the matter, Erbe breaking 4, Rumsey 5 and Scott withdraw- 

 ing on the third bird. The first prize was awarded to C. J. Rum- 

 sey. of Ithaca, and second to L. Erbe, of Buffalo. 



There were filty entries for the second contest in the afternoon. 

 Conditions the same as before: 



Wheeler 1011101 1100 J- 1> 



Partts HP 1111 1000- 8 



Chismore 101011001010- 6 



Baker Ill 1111111— 11 



Besser 101101111011- 9 



Kniskern 0U0I00110U— 7 



M C Smith HllllOOlOOl- 8 



H Candee 011111000910- 6 



J Koch 110010101111- 8 



F A Elliott 111111110111-11 



Wagner .'. 11 111111111-11 GW Crouch, Jr. .111110111111-11 



Hill OOOlllOlOlOO- 5 A Walrath lOlllllOllOO— 8 



Steele 001101OJ0101— 5 F D Wolfe 000110 drawn 



Tuttle 011000000011— i Walters 101110010110— 7 



Taylor 011110100110- 7 C J Rumsey 000110101100- 5 



Kennedy 110011011011— 8 E H Smith 11111110 110- 9 



Erbe lOOl.HlijlOll- S G C Luther 011111011111-10 



Tolsma OUll'JllOOlO— 7 Scott 000111101100— 6 



Hildebrand 111011110111-13 Richmond 111111 11111 '—12 



Horkway 110111001011— 8 C Ureenc 011100010 11— 7 



Sohmitz OOQOOJOOillO- 3 A Rickman 11110 111111— 10 



Blakely 111010110000- 6 Hess 011101111111—10 



Hadley Q00L11010U- 7 Sinclair 011C00111000- 5 



Stacey 101100110111- 8 Kendrick 011100111111— 9 



LeFever 111010; 11101- 9 McCormick 010111001111— 8 



Eames HllOO'.O 11— 9 Booth 100110011011— 7 



Munroe 101110111100— 8 Harris 1U01 100111- 9 



Banta 100100111001- 6 Hudson lOHOOllOlI- 7 



Felton 110111111011-10 Dix 101001*01010— 5 



Kendal] HllOOOllOU— 8 Whitney 101111011011- 9 



The first prize, a hammerless gun valued at $100, given by L. O. 

 Smith, Syracuse, was won by William M. Richmond of Rochester. 

 Ties on lis ' .„., . 



Baker..., 001111—4 Elliott 111010-4 



Wagner 10UU-5 Crouch 010111-4 



The first prize, $33 in cash, was won by Charles Wagner of 

 Pouitney. The other three gentlemen shot off for second place, 

 and F. A. Elliott of Clinton won. 

 Ties on 10: 



Hillebrand. 101 w. Rickman 010 w. 



Felton 011101-4 Hess 110111-5 



Luther 11U11-6 _ 



G. C. Luther of Syracuse won the first prize, and H. R. Hess of 

 Geneva second prize. 



Ties on 9: „ A „ 



Besser 110111 -5 Kendrick U0010-3 



LeFever ., 11010 w. Harris 0110 w. 



Eames 111111-0 Whitney 1010 w. 



E H Smith OHIO w. 



The first prize was won by F. W. Eames of Bay Ridge ; the sec- 

 ond was won by Otto Besser, Jr. of Buffalo. 

 Ties on 8: 



Partis 011111—5 Kendall 001 w. 



Kennedy 101 00-3 M C Smith 1100 w. 



Erbe 001010-3 Koch OHIO w. 



Hookaway 110110—4 McCormick 101191—4 



Stacy 011101—4 Walrath 101111—5 



Monroe 0U1U— 5 



Messrs. Partis, Monroe aud Walrath again shot off, the latter 

 won. The first prize was awarded to A. Walrath, and the second 

 to F. W. Partis, Ilion. 



JuneS.- There was a little breeze to-day, but not enough to inter- 

 fere materially with the shooting, and the weather on the whole 

 whs favorable for pood work. Sage, of Buffalo, acted as referee, 

 Messrs. Elliott and Stice as judges and James Brown, of Roches- 

 ter, as caller. The third contest opened at a half-past ten o'clock: 



J G Stacy 101010101111— 3 C Oehnig lQOOOHOlOlO- 5 



F W Kendall. . . .101011110101- 8 W E Hookway. ...011111011001- 8 



F M Eames 110110111111—10 M J Blakeley . . . .110010011101— 7 



A Baker 010101111101- 8 C H Walters 01C101101.il- 7 



E H Kniskern. , . .011000111000- 5 J A Scott 110001110010— 6 



J Koch 110111111111-11 F A Elliott 100111101101— 8 



J A Banta 111111101110-10 W C Hadley HOlllilllll— 11 



C Wagener 110111111010— 9 O R Vine lOOOOiOOlOlO— 4 



J P Hill OlOOOllCOlOw. N K Stoiy HUH011100— 9 



O A Wheeler IHllOllllOl-lO W C Harris 111111110011—10 



C O Babcock HlUllOllOul- 8 JHillebrant 111010011101— 8 



E Taylor 101001111111- 9 R Hess 110011111111—10 



A Walrath 0H10U10010- 7 M Mayhew 100011111 !10- 8 



W H Booth lHOlHlllll-11 C Green 0101 1 0110101— 7 



O Besser, Jr HOloOlHOll- 8 H B Whitney. . 1111101100.1— 9 



LErbe 1111! 1011011— 10 B Tolsma 100111000011- 6 



J S Barnes 1 ; 0111111111— 11 E J Rumsey 111111111111-12 



M C Smith 011011111110- 9 CM B'elton ..101011111010— 8 



D M LeFever lOulOllllill- 9 H N Candee 110011001011- 7 



EH Smith 111101000101- 7 B Catchpole 0111 11111101-10 



G C Luther 001111111110— 9 J York 110011000010- 5 



G W Crouch, Jr.. 010010111111- 8 J D Gray 111101001110- 8 



A E Rickman. . . .0 00 ! llo01w. J E Coolidge 110010111111- 9 



E Hudson OH 011111110— 9 M M Brunner. . . .011111100111— 9 



W Richmond 111111 101H0— 10 A J Minton 001110101111— 8 



E. J. Rumsey, of Ithaca, who broke 12 straight birds, was 

 awarded first prize, $100 in cash. Ties on 11: 



Jacob Koch 000111—3 J. S. Barnes .1111U— 6 



W H Booth 101010-3 W C Hadley 111111—6 



The prize for leading score, $50 cash, was divided by J. S. Barnes 

 of Waterloo and W. C. Hadlev, Rochester. Ties on 10: 



Eames. .111110—5 Richmond lOHOw 



Banta 100111—4 Harris 111011—5 



Wheeler 010000-1 Hess OlOw 



Erbe 111U0— 5 Catchpole OllOw 



Messrs. Eames, Erbe and Harris again shot off, the former scor- 

 ing 5, Harris 4, aud Erbe 3. The first prize, |25 in cash, was 

 awarded to F. M. Eames, of Bay Ridge, and the second to W. C. 

 Harris, of Utica. Ties on 9: 



Wagener 010111-4 Whitney 1011 Ow 



M C Smith 0.10 0—3 Coolidge 1010H— 4 



LeFever 01 OOw Brunner 011011—4 



Luther 111011-5 Taylor 111100-7 



Hudson Ullll-G Story 111100-4 



The first prize was won by E. J. Hudson, Syracuse, and th« 

 second by George C. Luther, of the same place. Ties on 8: 



Stacev 00w Elliot H1101— 5 



Kendall HUH — Hillebrant 100 w 



Baker 111110—5 Maybe w 010011—8 



Babcock 0110 w Felton 110101-4 



Besser 111011-6 Gray 111100-4 



Crouch U1110-5 Minton 000011-2 



Hookway 101001-3 



F. W. Kendall, of Woleott, a member of the Lakeside Gun Club 

 of Geneva, won flrst. In shooting off the ties of 5, A. Baker, of 

 Syiacuse broke 6 straight targets and won the second prize. 



Theie were forty entries in the fourth contest, which ocourred 

 in the afternoon. The prizes aggregated in value $341.50. Messrs. 

 Brunnei and Stice acted as callers, Messrs. Elliott and Klages as 

 judges and Mr. Elliott as referee. The shooting was quite brisk, 

 and several very good scores were made. The record was as fol- 

 lows: 



Taylor 110101011110- 8 Hookway 111111111010-10 



Kendall OOOlllOOIOOl- 5 Smith 011111111109- 9 



Richmond 011011011111- 9 Booth 111101011111- 9 



Hudson 1111001. 0111- 9 Kounedv 000011101101- 6 



Rum.-ey 111111111011-11 Hadley 001101111011- 8 



Banta OllOOHUlUl- 8 Williams 010111100011- 7 



Wheeler 001000111111- 7 Elliott 111111111011—11 



Baker 11 1111110111— 11 Wolf 111111 U 1110—11 



Koch 101111111011-10 W itney 111111111111-12 



Rickman 011011111111-10 York 100^00001000— 2 



Barnes 011111111111-11 Felton 001101011111— 8 



Harris 1010101111 Id- 8 Minton . . . ..... . ulllOlHlOHO- B 



Luther 111111111111—12 Gray 111101000101— 7 



Eames 111110111111- U Candee 110111001010— 7 



Besser 010001111111— 8 Catchpole 011110111010— 8 



Walroth 010111110110— 8 Wagner 110111111111—11 



Le Fever 111101010100— 7 Coolidge 111111001111— 8 



Christian 011101001101- 7 Walters 001010111111- 8 



Linek 101001110000- 5 Blakeley 110111101010— 8 



Hess 001010101110- 6 Scott 011011110011— 8 



Ties on 13: 



Luther U1101-5 Whitney 111111-6 



The first prize, a Lo Fever hammerless gun, worth $100, given by 



the Le Fever Arms Company, was awarded to H. B. Whitney, of 



the Lakeside Guu Club, Geneva, and the prize for second score, 



$50 in cash, to George C. Luther, Syracuse. 

 Ties on 11: 



Rumsey .111100-4 Elliott 111111-6 



Baker 111011-5 Wolfe OOw 



Barnes 100111—4 Wagener 1010W 



Eames 111100—4 



The first prize, $60 in cash, was won by F. A. Elliott, of Clinton, 

 a member of the Oneida County Sportsmen's Club; and the sec- 

 ond by A. Baker, of the Geneva Sportsmen's Club, of Irondequoit. 



Tics on 10: 



Koch H0110— 4 Hookway 110111-5 



Rickman 1H 110-5 



Messrs. Hookway and Rickman then shot off their tie and the 

 former won. The first prize was awarded to W. E. Hookway, 

 Syracuse, and the second to A. Rickman, of Greece. 



Ties on 9: 



Richmond Hi 111-6 Booth 10H10-4 



Hudson 111011-5 Minton 101111-5 



E H Smith OlHOw 



The first prize was awarded to W. M. Richmond, Rochester. In 

 shooting off for second place, E. J. Hudson, of Syracuse, broke 

 five birds and won. 



Ties on 8: 



Taylor 111111-6 



Banta 111011—5 



Harris .lOOOw 



Besser CHOw 



Felton 111101-5 



Catchpole 10H01-4 



Coolidge 000 w 



Walters 111110—5 



Wal rath 011111-5 Blakeley 111111-0 



Hadley 100111-4 Scott 100110-3 



Messrs. Taylor and Blakely shot off, aud the former won, break- 

 ing five birds. The (irstprize was awarded to E. Taylor, Buffalo, 

 and the second to M. J. Blakeley, of Syracuse. 



June 9.— The fifth and sixth contests were held to-day. The rain 

 of the morning cleared the air and lowered the temperature so 

 that the day was most enjoyable. The fifth contest, for prizes 

 aggregating $315, was the amateur contest of the week, and was 

 one of the most interesting on the programme. Fifty-six entries 

 were made. J. R. Stice was referee, Dr. Gottlieb and J. Koch were 

 the judges and W. M. Richmond the caller. The score was as 

 follows : 



W McCarthy 001101000111— 6 Walker 001001100010- 4 



E Taylor 011011H0101- 8 T Scott OOIOOIOIHIO- 6 



J Banta 010111111011- 9 Chesmore 111111111011-11 



F Schwartz 000100111100- 5 Catchpole 111111111111-12 



C A Shader 010101110010- 6 P M Keel 001000010000- 2 



J Kennedy 011000100000— 3 L Erbe 110011011101— 8 



F W Partis 001000111111- 7 C Oehmig 010000000000- 1 



F Northrup 011011010001— 6 Brunner 110101001100- 



J Hillebrant 11C011110011— 8 Prettie llOHOOlllOl— 8 



E Howe 111101010111— 9 Dr Booth 101001010101— 6 



Hookaway 011111010111— 9 C M Felton 001001111101— 7 



Kniskern 101001010111- 7 H N Candee 110101110111— 9 



U E Story llOUOluOOlO— 6 W C Harris 001101001111— 7 



A J Minton 110011111101- 9 E II Hudson, Jr. .111110001111— 9 



M J Blakesley. . ..110101011101— 8 J G Stacey 010010111001- 6 



GRVine 011101011010— 7 WA Hunter 011000111110— 7 



A Downs 100001100011— 5 H L Gates 10U10010001— 6 



A Walrath OlOllOUOlll— 8 W S Porter 111100000100- 5 



A E Rickman. . . .011101010111- 8 Jersey 001111111011— 9 



O A Wheeler HOOIOIOOIH— 7 J E Coolidge IHlllOllHO— 10 



F H Dix 01 0101010010- 5 W B Kirk 100110001011- 6 



D M Lo Fever. . . .111101101011- 9 F W Lyons 110000100001- 4 



O J Rumsey 101111001111— 9 M C Smith 111111111110-11 



B. Catchpole, of the Northern Wayne Gun Club, of Walcott, 

 won the first prize, $100 in cash. 



Ties on 11: 



H Chesmore 010100—2 M C Smith 011101—4 



M. C. Smith, of Syracuse, won the first prize in this class, H. 



Chesmore, of Ilion, won the second prize. 

 Only one contestant succeeded in getting into the third class of 



ties, J. E. Coolidge, of Walcott. 

 Ties on 9: 



J Banta 111110—5 C J Rumsey IOIOw— 2 



E Howe 100110-3 A N Candee 101101-4 



Hookway 111100-4 E Hudson, Jr 011100-3 



A J Minton 011111—5 L F Jersey 0U0w-2 



D M Lef ever 10110w-3 



Messrs. Banta and Minton, in shooting off their 5 birds broken, 

 tied a second time on a like score. A. J. Minton, of Buffalo, in the 

 third trial, broke 6 birds to his opponent's 1, and took the first 

 prize, JT. Banta, of Johnstown, won second. 



Ties on 8: 



E Tavlor 111100—4 A Rickman 111011—5 



J Hillebrant 011110-4 Prettie 011100— 3 



M J Blakesiey 011101—4 L Erbe 110111—5 



A Walrath 111111-6 



A. Walrath won first, and L. Erbe, in shooting off his tie with 

 A. E. Rickman, won second. 



The sixth contest, for prizes aggregating $325, occurred in the 

 afternoon. Dr. Gottlieb and Messrs. Hudson and Baker alternately 

 acted as judges, and James H. Brown, of Rochester, as caller. 

 There were 37 entries. The score was as follows: 

 W C Hadley 01111U11101— 10 Stilson 101011110001— 7 



A Baker lUlHOllOlO— 9 



WC Harris .. .003011010010— 4 



J Koch 111111100011- 



W McCarthy 111000111011— 



M C Smith 011111001111- 



F M Eames 110111011110— 9 



D M Lef ever 110001111111— 9 



L Erbe 111100111101- 9 



H R Whitney.... 111111111111-12 

 H N Candee 111101011000— 7 



O Besser, Jr 0H1111 1111 1—11 Dr Booth 001 011011010— 6 



Ed Ta vlor 111111110110-10 F A Elliott 111011011101— 9 



W E Hookway. . .110101011111— 9 G C Luther 111111110111-11 



E Hudson 111100101011— 8 L F Jersey 101111U0001— 8 



J Montgomery. ...111101111111-11 M M Brunner 111011111101—10 



H R Hess 001011011110— 7 J Banta 101111011101— 9 



E H Smith 011101010011- 7 F A Partis 001000110110- 5 



O Wagener 111111UU11— 12 B Catchpole 111100111101— 9 



O A Wheeler 101111110011— 9 H Chesmore OOOlOOOuHIO- 4 



G W Crouch, Jr . , 011111010111- 9 J E Coolidge 10011011 1011— 8 



J S Barnes 111111111111—12 Storey 111101000010- 6 



F Northrup 110000101011— 6 Felton 100100101100- 5 



Richmond 110111001011— 8 



Messrs. Wagener, Of Pouitney. Whitney, of Syracuse, and J. S. 

 Barnes, of Syracuse, tied on 13 birds broken. They divided the 

 prizes in this class, consisting of $100 in cash. 

 Ties on 11: 



Besser 111110—5 Luther OllOw 



Montgomery 11H10— 5 



The socond tie on five birds between Messrs. Besser and Mont- 

 gomery was followed by a third five, a fourth of six, and a fifth of 

 lour. In the sixth trial O. Besser won the §50, J. Montgomery, of 

 Jamestown, took second. 



Messrs. W. C. Hadley, of Rochester, Ed Taylor, of Buffalo, and 

 W. W. Brunner, of Utica, divided the prizes for the third class of 

 ties. 



Ties on 7: 



Baker U1001-4 Eames lOHOw 



Koch 110111—5 Lef ever OOw 



Smith 111111-6 Erbe IOIOw 



Hookway 11010 w Elliott 111111-6 



Wheeler U1110— 5 Banta llOw 



Crouch OlOw Catchpole 1111U— 6 



In shooting off the subties of 6 birds a second tie of 5 was made 

 by Messrs. M. C. Smith, of Syracuse, and F. A. Elliott, of Clinton. 

 In the third trial Mr. Smith won first prize. 



Ties on 8: 



McCarty 001100—3 Jersey 000 -0 



Hudson 110101—1 Coolidge 011011-4 



Richmond 111101-5 



The first prize was awarded to Mr. Richmond, of Rochester. 

 Edward Hudson, of Syracuse, won second: 



At 3 o'clock in the afternoon occurred the double rise contest 

 between J. R. Stice, of New Haven, Conn., and Ed Taylor, of 

 Buffalo. A large crowd had gathered to witness the shooting of 

 these two champions. Mr. Stice, who is a large, flnely built man, 

 more than Git. in height, stepped to the score first. He is employed 

 by tho Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of New Haven, 

 Conn., and used one of their repeating shotguns in the contest. 

 Each contestant had a chance at 25 double rises. Mr. Stice scored 

 38 birds out of 60, and his opponent 86. 



Friday, June 10, was the last and by far the plcasantest day of 

 the State shoot. The air was cool and pleasant. Contest No. 7, for 

 prizes worth $318.50, was called early in the nmrning with 36 



