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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 23, 1887* 



READMOOR RANGE.— Considering the bad weather June 10, 

 the result of the shooting by the members of the Bridgeport Rifle 

 Club at Readmoor Range was excellent. In the usual club con- 

 test, the following scores were made : W. B. Wheeler 89, Georgo 

 E. Betts 84, W. H. Beardslev 88. D. E. Marsh 74, J. W. Brown 71, 

 A. Wheeler 61, C. H. Barber 68. These were out of a possible 100, 

 10 shots. In the. Ballard match scores were as follows, 30 shots, 

 possible 300: G. E. Belts 235, W. H. Beardsley 223, D. E. Marsh 230, 

 W. B. Wheeler 410, Dr. F. A. Rice 199. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be ?nadc out on the printed blewits 

 prepared- by the Forest and Stream, and furnished oralis to club 

 secretaries. Cor respondents tvhn favor us with club scores are par- 

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



THE STILLWATER TOURNAMENT. 



STILLWATER, Minn., June 15.— The gun club tournament 

 opened at 10 o'clock this morning. The day Was line :md the 

 range good. The day comprised five shoots, several sweepstakes 

 being sandwiched in, some of which were on the programme. The 

 first shoot was 10 single Peoria, blackbirds, entrance $2.50. The 

 second shoot was 7 single and 4 pairs Peoria blackbirds, entrance 

 |o. The third shoot, 10 blackbirds, $3 entrance; fourth shoot, 

 pair birds, S3 entarance: fifth shoot. 7 single birds, $2.50 entrance. 

 Representatives from St. Paul, Minneapolis and other parts of the 

 State were present. The scores wore as follows: 



Shoot No. 1.— Lake 0, Tuttle (i, Anderson 8, Parker 9, Jones 10. 

 tforbes 8, Shaft 7, Daley 7, Bonte 7, Willmuu 7, Mann 9, Grimes 8, 

 Burk 7, Holcombe 7. R. S. Kennedy 5, Shnider 9, M. F. Kennedy 7, 

 Brown 5, Heisel 5, Foster 5, Best 8, Gumming 7, Catamoran 6. First, 

 Joues; second, Parker, Snyder, Lake and Brown; third, Anderson, 

 Grimes, Forbes and Best; fourth, Shaft; prize, Tuttle. 

 ' Shoot No. 2,— Forbes 10, Lake 14, Shaft 9, Bonte 10, Daley 12, 

 Parker 10, Brown 12, Chantler 11, Jones It, Tuttle 10, Anderson 12, 

 'Willman 9, M. F. Kennedy 12, Hart 11, Shnider 11, Best 8, ITolcomb 

 11. Heisel 8, Grimes 11, R. S. Kennedy 9, Johnson 10, Foster 9, 

 Wallace 10, Newquist 8, Cummings 9, Burk 14, Catamoran 10. 

 First, Lake and Burk; second, Brown, Daley, Anderson and 

 Ms F. Kennedy; third, divided betwen 10 scores; fourth, Johnson; 

 briae, R. S. Kennedy. 



Shoot No. 3— Parker 8, Grienner 7, Shaft 8, Shnider 9, Daley 8, 

 Chantler 7, Newquist 8, McKusick 7, Willman 9, Lake 6, Burk 9. 

 Brown 10, Scott 9. Anderson 10, Joues 8, Wallace 6, W. F. Kennedy 



10, Bonte 9, Heisel 7, Hart 9, Holcomb 7, Forbes 0, R. S. Kennedy 5, 

 Johnson 10, Best 8, Tuttle 9, Catamoran 10, Gregory 7. First, 

 Brown, Anderson, M. F. Kennedy, Johnson, Catamoran; second, 

 Shaft, Shnider, TVillinan, Burk, Scott, Bonte, Hart, Tuttle; third, 

 Jones; fourth, Gregory; prize, Forbes and Lake. 



Shoot No. 4.— Shaft 8, Grienner 10, Forbes 10, Chantler 11, Daley 

 6, Bonte 6, Lake 9, Shnider 8, Anderson 8, Parker 9, Willman 7, 

 Jones 8, Brown 8, Best 7, Burk 7, Johnson 8, M. F. Kennedy 10, 

 Sheaus 8, Hart Scott 7, Newquist 7, Tuttle 10, Gregory 6, Holcomb 

 8, Catamoran 6. First, Chantler; second, divided ; third, divided; 

 fourth, Shnider: prize, Burk. 



Shoot No. 5.— Shaft 8, Forbes 6, Bonte 6, Brown 8, Parker 5, Lake 

 .5. Rogers 7, Chantler 5, Daley 0, Jones 8, Grienner 4, Anderson 5, 

 M. F. Kennedy 6, Bprk 6, Foster 4, Johnson 7, Hart 7, Scott 6, 

 Spears 6, Tuttle 7. First, divided ; second, Kennedy ; third divi- 

 ded; fourth, divided. 



June 16.— The scores of the second day's shooting of tournament 

 at Stillwater were as follows: 



Shoot No. 6.— Six singles and two pairs, entrance £2.50: Shaft 5, 

 Greiner 8, Tuttle 9, Daley 9. M. F. Kennedy 7, Jones 8, Bonte 5, 

 Anderson 8, Foster 0, Parker 10, Brown 6, Bell 5, Forbes 7, Johnson 



6, Sibley 7, Pennington 6, Burk 9. Parker first, Burk second, third 

 divided", Kennedy fourth. Prize, Foster. 



Shoot No. 7.— Fifteen singles, entrance S3: Greiner 11, Bonte. 9, 

 Chantler 10, Daly 13, Parker 15, Hart 14, Bell 9, Tuttle 12, Ander- 

 son U, Forbes 13, Burk 12. Willman 9, Freeman 9. Chase 7, Jones 



11, D. V. C. 11, Brown 13, Janson 12, Sibley 8, Reed 9, M. F. Ken- 

 nedy 13, Foster 0, Shaft 11. Parker first, Hart second, Forbes third, 

 Burk fourth. Prize, Anderson. 



Shoot No. 8.— Ten singles, entrance S2,50: Tuttle 8, Bonte 6, 

 Dalev 7, Jones 9, Rogers 0, Beck 7, Macy 7, Hart 5, Greiner 9. An- 

 derson 9, Harrold 7, Brown 9, Sheans 6, Reed 7, M. F. Kennedy 8, 

 D. V. C. 6, Parker 10, Sibley 5, Forbes 8, Johnson 6, Shaft 9, Burk 



7. Parker first, Brown second, Forbes third, Beck fourth. Prize, 

 Bonte. 



Shoot No. 9.— Nine singles and three pairs; entrance $3: Ander- 

 son 12, Sheans 10, Hart 9, Beck 9, Jones 11, Parker 12, Chantler 9, 

 Harrold 11, Gregory 13. Bonte 13, Miller 10, Daley 12, Holcombe 10, 

 Dunne 11, Greiner 12. D. O. C. 10, M. F. Kennedy 12, Reed 13, Forbes 

 13, Johnson 7, Burke 11, Brown 13, Tuttle 13, Newquist 8, Shaft 13. 

 First, divided; second, divided; third, divided; fourth, Sheans; 

 prize, Hart. 



Shoot No. 10.— Seven singles, entrance ?2.50; prize, sack shot: 



combe 5, Tuttle 1, Beck 5. First, divided; second, divided; third, 

 Gregory; fourth, divided; prize, Harrold. 



The Minneapolis Gun Club held their first match on the new 

 ground in the afternoon. The score was as follows: Joyslin 13, 

 Brown 10, Wai wick 8, Kennedy 11, Kraeger 16, Knapp 9, Boardman 

 16, Marshall 11, Best 4, Dennis 13, Hoblett 15, Owens 5. Krueger 

 and Boardman were tied on 16, and in the contest between the 

 two Krueger won the badge offered as a prize. 



June 11— The third and last day of the shooting tournament 

 opened with cloudless skies and cooling breezes. Shoot No. 11, 

 10 birds, entrance $ 2.50 ; Parker, Bonte, Brown, Anderson and 

 Johnson each a straight 10 ; first money, $21, divided ; second 

 money, 812.60, Reed and Jones; third money, $8, Barnum; fourth 

 prize,Burke; fifth prize, Hart. 



Shoot No. 12, 7 single and 4 pairs; entrance, $3; first money, 

 817.10, Bonte and Brown ; second money, $13.80, Parker, Kennedy 

 and Anderson ; third money, $8.55, Reed ; fourth, $4.50, Greiner 

 and Hart. 



Shoot No. 13, 15 singles. First money, $18.80, Sisson, Minneapo- 

 lis; second, $14.20, Parker, Burke, Forbes ; third, $9.50, Anderson, 

 Hart, Griener, Scroggins ; fourth, $4.25, Bonte ; fifth prize, Man- 

 waring. 



In the best average Sisson (Brown), of Minneapolis, 132 diamond 

 badge, $75: Parker, 131, cash, $50; Anderson and Kennedy, 124, 

 cash, $35; Forbes, 132, oil painting, $25; Burke, 120, opera glass and 

 plaque, $25; Griener, 118, rod and reel, $15; Jones, 116, Belcher 

 loader, $12; Shaft, 115, gold mounted whip, $10; Tuttle, 114, rubber 

 coat, $8; Bonte, 113, hunter's companion, $7.50. 



LIMA, N. Y.. June 18.— The Lima Gun Club held a blackbird 

 shoot this afternoon, entrance divided into four moneys. First 

 contest, 18yds.: 



C Goodrich 1111100101-7 S T Vary 0000001111-4 



W Gregg: C0111 11010-6 W M Hyde OlllullOlO-6 



■T W Quaekenbush. .0100101100-4 M Lafreau 1100001000-3 



F Fisk 01 110] 1 10C-6 G Salmon 111)100101 -7 



S Weller 1010100000 -3 G Quaekenbush 1011010011-6 



E H Clark 111101H11-9 



E. H. Clark first, second divided, W. Gregg third, S. T. Vary 

 fourth. Second contest, 18yds.: 



E H Clark 0111110101-7 B A Vary 0100001100-3 



J W Quaekenbush . .110001 1 110-6 F Fish 1011111101—8 



L Weller 1010110101-6 G Quaekenbush 10:1010011-0 



W Gregg 00) 1 '10111 — 7 G Salmon IllOOilOdt- 6 



S T Vary 1001100000-3 W M Hyde 1100111000-5 



W H Beull 0001000000-1 C Goodrich llOllllICO-7 



F. Fish first, C. Goodrich second, J. W. Quaekenbush third, W. 

 M. Hyde fourth. Third contest: 



J W Quaekenbush . .0110001000-3 W II Buell 100001C001-3 



Wm Gregg 1011111011-8 G Quaekenbush 1011110111—8 



FFisk 1000101111-6 G Salmon 11101 11100— 7 



L Weller 1010101100-5 W M Hyde 1111001100—6 



E HOlark 0110110110-0 C Goodrich 111011111.1—9 



S T Varv 1100011000-4 S Skinner 1110101101—7 



First, C. Goodrich; second, W. Gregg; tliird divided; fourth, F. 

 Fisk. Sweepstakes, 5 birds, 15yds.: 



G Quaekenbush 00010-1 W M Hyde 11110-4 



C Goodrich 11111-5 J W Quaekenbush 0101 1-3 



L Weller 00010-1 G Salmon 01000-1 



S T Varv 01000-1 W Gregg 11101—4 



E H Clark 01000—1 F Fisk 01001—2 



First, C. Goodrich: second, divided between Gregg and Hyde; 

 third, J. W. Quaekenbush. Second string: 



L W eller 10100-2 B A Vary 00000-0 



E H Clark 01100-2 W Gregg 00111—3 



J W Quaekenbush 00011-2 C Goodrich 10110-3 



S TVary 11101-4 Roachville 01101-3 



F Fish 00111-3 W M Hyde 11101-4 



First divided between S. T. Vary and W. M. Hyde, each break- 

 ing 5 out of 6 on ties; second won by W. Gregg, third by J. W. 

 Qnackenbush— Sportsman, 



TAUNTON, Mass., June 16.— Taunton F. and G. P. A. against 

 the New Bedford Gun Club, team of 7 men, 20 bluerocks, 10 and 12 

 bores, 18yds. rise. 5 angles: 



Bore. Taunton. 



C T Snow 12 111011111 11111111101-18 



J J Davis 12 11101111111100110111—16 



E C Leonard . . . .13 00011010010011111101—11 



G H Davis 13 10011101001011110101-12 



FS Keith 12 lllOWlOOOOOllOOlOlO— 7 



E Bowen .13 00101 101 11 111 101 1100— 13 



G L Smith 13 11101 1 101 01011 100111—14—91 



New Bedford. 



Plummer 12 11111011111100110111—16 



Bryant 12 lllOOUOOllOlOOOlOll-ll 



Dr Post 10 11111 1 011 1 1 00011 11 01-15 



Butts io iiieoimooioioioiio-13 



Holmes 12 11000100010010111001— 9 



R-Snow 10 000001 111 1 1100010110—10 



Hooper 10 00000011001000111100— 7-80 



There was a high southwest wind. 



CAMPBELIi VS. HARVEY.— A match between Harry Camp- 

 bell of the Middlesex Gun Club of Plainfield, N. J., and Irving 

 Harvey of the High Rock Gun Club of Norwich, Conn., was shot 

 at Norwich June 14, 50 blue rocks and 50 American clay birds, 3 

 screened traps at all angles, 18yds. rise. After the fifteenth round 

 Campbell found he was being terribly punished by his gun, but he 

 pluckily finished the match under unfavorable circumstances, 

 and won the plaudits of the large assemblage present, manv of 

 whom were ladies. We were handsomely entertained by the 

 members of the High Rock Club. Mr. E. Y. Yerrinton, of the 

 Home Club, and Mr. T. Earl, of the New London Gun Club, wore 

 the judges, and Mr. C. Brand acted as referee. Following Is the 

 score, a fair one under the circumstances, as the wind was blow- 

 ing a gale : 



Blue rocks. Clay birds. Blue rocks, Clay birds. 



Harvey. 1111101111 1110111111 Campbell 01 10111111 0010001101 



omoioooo iiionioio iilnnoii loounioo 



11101 10H1 IHUHOIO 1110101111 0101101011 



1111111010 1001010011 1110111101 1111011100 



0111011111 1001001000-68 1010111100 1011011110-69 



Tee Kag. 



NEW DORP, Staten Island, Juno 14.— Emerald Gun Club, 

 match at live pigeons, ground traps, 21 and 25yds. rise, 80yds. 

 bound, shot, under club rules, four prizes. Voas and McMunn 

 25yds., rest 21: 



TCodoy 1011000010-4 HRubino 1U1111010-8 



Geo Remsen 0111111101—8 John Bade 1101011001— fi 



Dr Hudson 1101111110-8 N Maesel 1110111101-8 



J H Voss 1110111111-9 P Butz 1110111111-9 



Dr Dwyer 1111100100—6 T Schrader 1100110111-7 



R Regan 11 1 0011 101-7 J Klein lUHlOlOl— 8 



M McMunn 1101110111-8 J Glaccum 0HH11111— 9 



J Maesel 1101000111-6 L C Gehering llllimOl— 9 



P J Keenan 0100011101-5 T J Oseikei. 0100010CC1-3 



T P Mackenna 1100011111— 7 



Ties on miss and out for first at live birds, 25 and 30yds.: J. H. 

 Voss, 30yds., 1; P. Butz, 25yds., 1; J. Glaccnm, 114 and won; L. 

 Gehering, 25yds., 0. Ties on miss and out for second at live birds, 

 35yds.: G. Remsen, %\ Dr. Hudson, %; McMunn, 1111101 and won; 

 N. Maesel, HH10J6; H. Rubino, 1:J. Klein, 0. Ties on miss and 

 out for third at live birds, 31yds.: R. Regan, 0; T. P. Mackenna, \%\ 

 F. Schrader, 11, won. Ties on miss and out tor fourth or Oseikei 

 trophy, at live birds, 31yds., John Bade. 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, N. Y., June 16.— Both members of 

 Washington Heights Gun Club shot on club grounds a friendly 

 shoot, this is the first of a series of such matches between these 

 two shooters. Fifty bluerocks, 1 trap, 18yds. rise, 80j ds. bounds, 

 shot under club rules: 



E H Fox 1011110011— 7 CD Davidson. ..OllOHlloo- 6 



1101111000— 6 1010111111- 8 



0100111111— 7 1111100110- 7 



0111111101— 8 0111111111— 9 



HllltOUO— 7-35 0110001111— 6-36 



HE CLAIMS TO BE A SHOOTER.-Germantown, June 20- 

 1 send you the scores of matches between "Sir Roger Tichbornc," 

 the claimant, and Charles Myers, of this city, at 50 clay birds, lor 

 $50 a side: 



Mvers 01001111001001011101101011011101111110100110100111-31 



"Sir Roger" llOOllOlOllOOilllOliWllOllOOllOlOlllllUOllOlOlllOll-Sl 



After the match between "Sir Roger" and Myers, another match 

 between "Sir Roger" and Chas. Munch, of this city, was made; con- 

 ditions $25 a side at 15 clay birds, which was won by C. Munch. 

 C Munch 101110110111101-11 "Sir Roger" . . .011011101010111-10 



The claimant does not seem to amount to much as a shooter; at 

 least, if he wants to put money up, he can get all the matches he 

 wants in Philadelphia.— H. T. 



JERSEY CITY, June 11.— Several hundred persons visited the 

 grounds of the New York Gun Club, Greenville, this afternoon, 

 and saw good clay-pigeon shooting, consisting of sweepstakes. 

 The following were some of the scores: 



Ho ff man 10110C0111— 3 Greene 0C0100 1000-3 



Cook 010U0U11-7 Richards U010101U-7 



Richards won tie. 



Hoffman 1110110110—7 Meyer 1110111001-7 



Willis 1011101101-7 



In the shoot-off Willis came out ahead, killing 9 birds. The next 

 match was between Richards and Willis. The score was: 

 Richards 1111101111—9 Willis 1101111011-8 



SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.— A large crowd was present at the 

 San Bruno range to-day to witness the pigeon match between 

 Ferguson and Kerriocan, two wing-shooters well known on the 

 Pacific coast. The elements were not at all favorable for pigeon 

 shooting. Aslight morning breeze was fanned into a perfect hur- 

 ricane, which lasted during the greater portion of the day. Had 

 it not been for this it is expected a much better score would have 

 beeen made on both sides. The birds with few exceptions were 

 strong flyers, and in almost every instance they went with the 

 wind, rendering the shooting very difficult. Ferguson shot with 

 a No. 10 bore gun at 28yds. Kerrigan missed his first bird, and 

 seemed to lose all interest in the match after that. Some good 

 birds were, however, recorded on his unerring second barrel. Fol- 

 lowing is the score, 50 birds, handicap: 



Ferguson.10-28-12121022010120 1 1 1 01 1 1 tM 1 221121 2 1 2001 Q 3 1 1 22101020-36 

 Kerrigan . 13 -30-0231 12120012011 11 001 3001 10121 1O3O22O1OU0011O1121 1 1-33 

 Preceding the regular match an outside contest took place with 

 the following result: 13 birds, 38yds. rise, no entrance: 



Schultz 01 1 101110000- 6 Heath 11 1111111100—10 



Ferguson HlHllOOOw— 7 J Fanning HlllimilO-ll 



BROCKTON, June 18.— The annual shooting tournament of the 

 Massachusetts State Glass Ball Association closed to-day. Fol- 

 lowing are the results: 



1. Individual sweepstakes match, 7 clay-birds, 26 contestants- 

 Eager, Schaeter and (Stanton divided first. 



2. Individual contest, 6 blue rocks, 26 contestants— Lawson and 

 Bartlett divided first. 



3. Grand championship contest for the Ligowsky gold badge and 

 the individual clay-pigeon championship of the association, 15 

 single birds per man— Eager, Stone, Dickey, De Roohemont, San- 

 born and Howard were tied at 14. The shoot-off was warmly con- 

 tested by Eager and Dickey, tho former winning on the fourth 

 set. In "the .sweepstakes Eager and .Dickey di vided first, Schaefer, 

 Swift and Stark second, Bartlett and Builinton third, Lawson and 

 Smith fourth. 



4. Three men team match, 7 clay-birds per man— Massachusetts 

 Rifle Association first, with 19; Wellington team second, 18; Brock- 

 ton third, 16. 



5. Individual contest, 7 blue rocks, 34 contestants— Stanton, Al- 

 does. Swift and Barry divided first. 



6. Grand champion contest, 10 clay-pigeons per man, for the 

 team gold badge of the association— Massachusetts Rifle Associa- 

 tion team first, with 43; Wellington Becond, 41; Brockton third, 40; 

 Brockton, No. 2, fourth, 38. . .. . , 



7. Individual expert match, 25 single clay-birds— Dickey first, 

 with a score of 34. 



8. Individual contest, clay-birds, straightaway, 20 contestants- 

 Evans, Bartlett, Lawson and Swift divided first. Dickey, Stark 

 and Edwards divided second, Aldoes, Wheeler and Howard di- 

 vided third, Smith and Knell divided fourth. 



9. Three pair clay-birds, 20 contestants— Wheeler and Stanton 

 divided first, Allen, Dickey, Evans and De Rochcmont divided 

 second, Aldoes and Stone divided third, Lawson and Lovejoy 

 divided fourth. ' M „. , . 



10. Individual contest,7 blue rocks,20 contestants— Fish, Wheeler, 

 Snow and Barney divided first, Tisdale. Schaefer, Stark and Love- 

 joy divided second. Swift and Stone divided third, Buffington, 

 Wright and Eager divided fourth. 



WELLINGTON, June 18 —At the Wellington Gun Club range 

 the winners of events to-day were: 6 bluerocks, Gerry; 6 pigeons, 

 L. Brown; 6 bluerocks, Savage: 6 pigeons, Gerry; 6 bluerocks, Sav- 

 age; 6 pigeons. Savage; 6 blackbirds, L. Brown; pigeons, D. Brown 

 and Gerry; 6 blackbirds, Moore and L. Brown; 6 pigeons, Savage; 

 6 bluerocks, Gerry; 6 pigeons, Gerry; 6 bluerocks, Moore. 



CARVER'S ACCIDENT.— Tho principal topic of conversation in 

 sporting circles last week was the accident to Dr. Carver, while 

 he was giving his marvelous exhibitions with the shotgun at 

 Ridgeway Park. Dr. Carver had raised his Spencer repeating 

 gun to fire, and as it did not respond to tho pull of trigger and fall 

 of the hammer, he naturally supposed a snap had been made; on 

 the same instant, with the extraordinary rapidity characteristic 

 of his style of shooting, he worked the gun so as to throw out the 

 snapped shell. As the shell eutered the receiving block to be 

 thrown out it exploded, having evidently hung fire. The force 

 of the explosion was in an upward direction, and for a few sec- 

 onds Dr. Carver believed that the sight of both his eyes had been 

 destroyed. He was taken immediately to the Wilis Eve Hospital, 

 where relief was obtained through the skill of Dr. Behrens, who 

 declared that Carver's escape from a serious accident was mira- 

 culous. In justice to the Spencer gun it should be elated that tho 

 plunger had been broken a few days ago. and a new plunger had 

 been put in by Dr. Carver himself, which evidently did not strike 

 the cap with sufficient force, as one or two snaps had occurred with 

 it previous to the explosion already mentioned.— Philadelphia Item. 

 June 19. 



NOT ALL OF TRAP-SHOOTING TO SHOOT.-Solomon City, 

 Kans.— At the grounds of the S. G. C. were gathered many people 

 among whom were several of the sons of the gun or rather lovers 

 of true sport, and ere old Sol had elevated sufficient to wither 

 with his fiery rays the sweeping breath generally found floating 

 over the Kansas prairies, for it blew a steady gale until his high- 

 ness disappeared bej ond the Rockies, leaving by its cause the 

 monarch dusk to cease the eclioing sound of the guns which called 

 several old vets to witness the day's sport, Blue rocks, Peorias 

 and live birds, everything pnsscd off pleasantly and good scores 

 were made. Everybody present seemed happy and longed to meet 

 again. The following were the winners of the day: Irwin, 

 Kraeuchi, Eicoltz. Silvey, Bonebrako, Lash, Edworthy, Crooks, 

 Dewar, Sham, Kelly, Gould.— A. I. 



ST. PAUL, June 15.— The Capital City Gun Club was organized 

 this evening with a membership of 25. The organizers are 0. A. 

 Rose, C. E. Nathurst. Wm. Breitenstein and C. A. Sandstrom. 

 Among those present were Nels Sandell, Dr. C. H. E. Cassel, Wm. 

 Anderson, S. Seaton, F. E. Wedaff. O. O. Rindal, A. Ostrum, 0. N. 

 Clause, M. Matlson, G. O. Searlc, Oscar llin, John Engberg, C. 

 Weimersteiu, John R. Anderson, M. F. Kennedy, H. E. Humphrey, 

 O. N. Nelson and H. C. Lawrence. 



ERIE, Pa., will have a blue rock and live bird shooting tourna- 

 ment July 4 and 5, under auspices of the Erie Gun Club, open to 

 all, sweepstakes.— W. W. Derby, Sec'y. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



June. . • 



25. New York, Annual, Staten Island. 



Judy. 



2-5. Calla Shasta, Camp and Races. 



3. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



4. Passaic Meet, Dundee Lake. 

 18-31. W. C. A. Meet, Rallast Island. 

 24. Oakland, Mayrisch Badge. 



August. 



1-12. Northern Division, Stony Lake. 



7. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 

 12-26. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain, 

 13. Lake St. Louis Chal. Cups, Lachine. 



SEPTEMiilitl. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



OCTOBER, 



9. Oakland, Edwards Cup, Mayrisch Badge. 



November. 



6. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



December. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



A. C. A. 



FOR membership apply to the Secretary, W. M. Carter, Trenton, 

 N. J. Required age, 18 years or over. Application to be ac- 

 companied with $3 and recommendation of an active member. 

 Sec'y A. C. A. Central Div., E. W. Brown, 4 Bowling Green, New 

 York. Sec'y A. C. A. Eastern Div., W. B. Davidson, Hartford, 

 Conn. Sec'y W. C. A., J. O. Shiras, Cincinnati, O. 



BRITISH VS. AMERICAN CANOEING. 



rpHE R. C. C. opened its regular season of racing at Hendon Lake 

 JL on May 28, with a first and second class match. The entries 

 were numerous and the sport good. The craft which competed in 

 these races were all of a high standard of efficiency, both as to 

 model and rig, and the handling was in nearly all cases faultless. 

 Racing in the Royal C. C. certainly cannot be said to be a chase of 

 duffers, for a man who can successfully navigate a first-class 

 canoe within reasonable time over three rounds of the Hendon 

 Lake course must be above the average smallboat sailor in profi- 

 ciency. The entries were: 



Diamond H. Church 1st class. 



Minnie H. Wilmer 1st class. 



Nautilus W. Baden- Powell 1st class. 



Churn ..W. Stewart 1st class. 



*Pearl 86 E. B.Tredwen 1st class. 



Pearl 85 F. Knight 1st class. 



Kitten E. A. Leach 1st class. 



*Nina F. Mills 1st class. 



Sabrina R.Turner 2d class. 



Severn TI. Holding 2d class. 



Spray.. F. Dickenson 3d class. 



Atalanta R. de Quincey 2d class. 



Vanessa B. de Quincey 2d class. 



*Did not start. 



A flying start was made in a moderate N.N.E. wind, giving a 

 reach and run for the first two sides of the triangle and a run 

 home. Three rounds were sailed, making a course of six miles. 



Nautilus, the new boat built this season, sailed her maiden race, 

 and taking the lead at the start, was never headed, and won by 

 2m. 40s. She carried a new form of triangular mainsail of 75sq.ft., 

 and an old m'zen, her new lit out of sails not being ready. Her 

 most dangerous rival was found in Diamond, a Nautilus of 1886. 

 I fjamond sailed a very keen match, being only lm. astern of Nau- 

 tilus in the first round. The Churn (Stewart's new canoe) also 

 sailed her maiden race. She is, as mentioned in the Field last 

 week, almost similar to the celebrated American canoe Pecowsic, 

 and sails under exactly similar rig; though in the first round she 

 for a time held second place and exhibited a rare turn of speed in 

 some of the puffs, she fell off in the lighter winds, and at the end 

 of the first round was astern of Kitten and fourth in her class 

 She gave up shortly afterward, and having procured her third or 

 middle sail, came, out for a trial to leeward of the racers, but with, 

 but slightly better results as to speed. Kitten sailed better than 

 ever, her mainsail, a large lug, being perfection in size and set. 

 The tinal times in first class were: 



Nautilus (first prize) 5 47 00 Kitten 5 54 00 



Diamond (second prize)... 5 49 40 



The second jdass canoes were sailing the same course, and 

 started at the same time as the first class. These canoes are 

 somewhat smaller in hull than the first class— generally in the 

 matter of length, as being about lift, to 15ft., and in depth of body 

 lOin. to llin. or g©. However, the first class are rapidly coming 

 down in size of hull, Churn, for instance, being shallower by 

 inches than any second class canoe, and Nautilus, though of tho 

 beam common to second class — viz., 30in.— is only lin. deeper at 

 mid-body, i, e., ll^iu., but considerably deeper at bow, owing to 

 her great sheer forward. The second class are, however, limited 

 in sail area to 75 sq. ft. total, of which tho mainsail may not ex- 

 ceed 00ft. The difference of sail area, with first class average of, 

 say 100ft., being 25ft., does not however, account, for the very con- 

 siderable difference of time in completing the triangular course of 

 six miles, viz., first class, Nautilus, time over course, 3.16.00; Sar 

 brina, 2.58.00, or 42m. difference. Such a difference of speed would 

 tell heavily against the second class boat in any open water 

 cruise, and woidd probably be even increased in cruising, as the 

 small boat would have to carry a load of stores and camp gear. 

 In the races the second class boat is generally sailed without any- 



