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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 28, 1889. 



Ufa Mfd 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



SELF-LOADING SMALL ARMS. 



CHICAGO, Maioli 3.— EcWtor Forest and Stream: While on a re- 

 cent mlgriinage in the interests of the trade up in Wisconsin, 

 I incidentally learned that in a little backwoods town adjacent to 

 the pine forests, which arc even yet inhabited by many of the 

 larger game animals, as bear, deer, etc., was to be found a novelty 

 in the shape of a gun. 



Now, if there is anything dearer to a sportsman's heart than a 

 good spot to spend his annual vacation it is a gun— a good gun. 

 That a new gun could emanate from a locality where the practi- 

 cal use of guns is the rule seemed possible; but as wo are accus- 

 tomed to look to the Nutmeg State for the superior articles of that 

 kind, it appeared to your correspondent highly impropable that 

 one of the lalter kind could be found up th«re in the woods. 

 Upon iuquiry it was learned that the little city nf Neillsville was 

 the home of the man who was known as the "gun man," "gun 

 crank." "doctor gun," "a son of a gun," and other pleasant cog- 

 nomens of a like nature. Dr. H. A. Pitcher, the gentleman re- 

 ferred to. is the inventor of whathe termsan automatic repeatiag 

 rifle. Trusting the following description will prove interesting to 

 your many readers, I take the liberty of inclosiug it, ana will add 

 that the Doctor has a gun now built which performs all he claims 

 for it, as the many who have been favored by secinu it shoot can 

 testify. 



The principle upon which the power is obtained was intimated 

 to the inventor many years ago by the manner in which the old 

 cap lock would throw the hammer cocked by the escape of gas 

 through the tube, and which iirst suggested the possibility of this 

 power being utilized for the purpose of replacing a cartridge. This 

 hns been accomplished, and the gun which loads itself isnnestab- 

 lished fact. The gun now made is a rifle, and uses the Bullard .38- 

 45 cartridge, I r, has a barrel and magazine 20in. long. The maga- 

 zine is on top, the drive tube underneath the barrel. Within the 

 drive tube is a cylinder in which is placed a moderately tight- 

 fitting piston. Behind the piston is a small hole or vent extend- 

 ing through and communicating with the bore of the barrel. At 

 the front end of the oiston within the drivo tube is a spiral spring. 

 A drive rod passing backward into the lock is attached to the 

 front end of the piston. The drivo rod when carried forward 

 to its fullest extent engages with a tumbler, which is pivoted 

 within the front end of the curved piece underneath the breech 

 bolt and which is called the segment. 



Within a circular recess in the stock and attached to the tang 

 is a spring-pressed arm, which is attached at its upper end to the 

 rear end of segment by a connecting rod. The function of this 

 spring and arm is to throw the action forward, press the cartridge 

 home, and lock the breech, after being operated upon to the rear 

 by the force of the drive spring underneath the barrel. It will be 

 seen from the foregoing taat at the instant of fire a small portion 

 of gas passes through the vent into the cylinder at the rear of the 

 piston, throws the piston and drive rod forward and compresses 

 the drive spring, which instantly re-acts together with the drive 

 rod which engages the tumbler, presses the segment, and bolt to 

 the rear until the tumbler reaches the rear end of the friction 

 slide, when it slips off. The spring and arm in the rear then 

 press the segment and bolt forward again, carrying the cartridge 

 in front, lock the bolt and release the tiring pin and trigger, 

 and the gun may be again fired. 



The gun is first loaded by grasping t he lug or finger knob which 

 passes through and works in a curved slot in the right hand side 

 plate so that the guu may be used as an ordinary repeater, i. e., by 

 shutting off the vent, which is accomplished as follows: A screw 

 is fixed into the frame at right angles across the vent, a hole is 

 drilled through the screw to correspond with the vent. A short 

 arm is formed upon the head of the screw and points to an in- 

 dexed circle upon the outside of frame. At one extreme of the 

 indexed portion is the letter 0, open, at the opposite extreme the 

 letter C, closed, so that, as before stated, the gun may be used 



automatically or otherwise, as desired, by simply turning the 

 valve screw with the thumb. A pin or screw is placed at each 

 extreme of the indexed portion to prevent the valve, being turned 

 further than is necessary, so that no harm is done in either case. 

 The cartridges are fed in from the magazme at the top, the last 

 cartridge lying directly upon the breech bolt and between the 

 transfers or carriers, and is driveu downward and held in a path 

 to the barrel in a way not easilv explained. Theexploded shell is 

 thrown through a slot in the lfft hand side plate. The advantage 

 of thus disposing of the shells is obvious in an arm of this kind 

 and avoids the projection of the shell upward in front of the eye 

 when sighting. 



The supposed awkwardness of the magazine on top of the barrel 

 is more than offset by the ease with which the sights are lined 

 with the eve and the lessened drop consequently required in the 

 stock. This is a feature commended by all sportsmen who have 

 seen the gun. Perhaps the two points of greatest interest, and 

 briefly stated as follows, are those of safety and manner of hand- 

 ling to avoid tiring more than one shot. That the gun as now 

 made has all the elements of safety to as great and perhaps a 

 greater degree than in any firearm yet made will I think be 

 admitted upon a careful study of the manner in which the firing 

 pin and sear are operated. That the sportsman who gets rattled 

 will fire this gun more times than is desired is quite probable, but 

 he will soon learn that but one quick distinct pull is sufficient 

 for one shot. 



To answer all the queries which will occur to the reader in this 

 article is quite impossible. I will, however, concisely state a few 

 of them. The explosion don't load the gun. but imparts the 

 requisite power to the drive spring which does. The peculiar 

 form of the piston is not fully explained here. Suffice it to say 

 powder crusts do not form to any considerable extent, and the 

 gun has been fired one hundred times without cleaning the niston 

 part of it. The gun which is a first sun is necessarily crude, but 

 is capable of better finish and proportions. The principle is 

 equally well adapted to shot as rifle. Nitro powdeis have been 

 used to considerable extent. The ultimate practical value of the 

 gun is largely at this time a matter of conjecture. It will occur 

 to the mind of the reader, however, the possibilities of getting 

 "doubles," and in bird shooting of getting away r with the whole 

 flock. In certain branches of military service it will undoubtedly 

 find a place. The doctor is to be congratulated for the persever- 

 ance which he has exhibited and success he has achieved, after 

 two years of patient experimenting. C. H. G. 



WILMINGTON, Del., March 19.— The charming weather this 

 afternoon was a great inducement to spend a half dav in the 

 open air, and the local riflemen who gathered at Healdmobr Rifle 

 Range for their regular weeklv sport found tho day was all that 

 could be desired for rifle shooting, and in spite of a southeast 

 wind, which at times was a little, troublesome, the scores were 

 very good. There was general raising of individual records all 

 along the line, H. Darlington especially making a fine jump on 

 his revolver record. The scores are as follows, standard Ameri- 

 can target: 



Revolver Match, 50yds., Smith & Wesson, .32-44. 



H Darlington 10 7 10 9 8 8 8 10 10-89 



E J Darlington 7 8 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 6-83 



J P Taylor 6 7 5 8 8 9 9 6 3 



H Simpson 9 7 7 5 9 4 6 5 8 



S Howard 497643 10 45 



H Johnson 564475488 



S Philips 7 2 6 5 6 3 6 6 6 



Rest Match, 200yds.. Rest Center. 



H Simpson 9 11 9 7 10 10 8 9 8 



S Howard... 7 11 8 9 8 7 H 6 8 



A H Carlisle 6 10 9 7 5 5 10 11 



H Johnson 9 9 9 7 8 6 5 6 7 



J Montgomery 9 7 6 7 7 8 7 6 8 



Special Record Practice, lOOvds. 



H Darlington 9 10 8 7 8 10 10 7 



E J Darlington 9 8 10 5 9 8 6 10 



W S Darlington 7 10 10 6 5 6 8 8 



OWENSVILLE, Tnd., March 9.— The Owensvillo Ballard rifle 

 team made the following scores to-day, wind two points from 9 

 o'clock and variable, standard targets, 200yds. off-hand, National 

 rules, gold medal. J. Montgomery won gold medal. 



J Montgomery .10 5 10 979457 



W Gentry 7875 10 7657 



W Roberts 9*6 8 9 5 9 6 9 



J Daugherty 10 6 4 3 4 7 7 



8-69 



6- 66 



7- 59 



6- 57 



7- 54 



7—88 

 7-77 

 5-74 

 7-73 

 7—72 



6 7—85 

 5 10—83 

 9 10—80 



PStone 4 5 i 5 8 5 10 5 



8-70 



8- 69 



9- 63 

 4-55 



BOSTON, March 23.— The pleasant weather brought out a large 

 crowd of rifle shooters to-day at the Massachusetts rifle range, 

 and all of the matches were well patronized, some good scores 

 being made, especially by Messrs. Man roe and Fellows. The wind 

 was light from 7 to 9 o'clock. Mr. Davis won the gold medal in the 

 20-sbot rest match and Mr. Leo won the champion gold medal. 

 Following are. the best scores finished to-day: 

 „ 20 shot Rest Match. 



C H Davis 12 11 8 12 12 8 13 10 10 10 



8 9 9 10 11 9 12 11 10-203 



J Francis 9 10 8 10 8 10 9 12 11 11 



, _, „, J 9 9 10 11 9 10 9 12 10 12—199 



.1 R Munroe ... 8 12 9 9 11 9 8 10 12 10 



„,„.,_, 10 9 9 12 9 12 12 9 9 9-198 



S Wilder 12 10 8 9 9 11 9 9 11 11 



12 12 9 8 9 9 12 9 U 8—198 

 Champion Medal Match. 



HLL ee 887 10 97969 7-80 



W Charles 798776788 8—74 



J A Frye 5 10 9 4 10 8 5 5 7 7-67 



Prize Rest Match. 



S Wilder 12 12 12 In 9 10 11 11 10 10-107 



A Ballard 11 12 11 9 11 10 11 3 11 8-102 



50 shots, 50yds, .22cal Pistol. 



J B Fellows 10 9 10 889989 10 



8 8 10 8 10 9 9 10 10 8 



8 10 10 8 9 8 10 10 10 10 

 10 10 10 6 9 10 9 10 8 8 



9 9 9 10 8 10 10 10 10 9-458 

 Victory Medal Match. 



J A Frye 7879 10 87 5 7 5-73 



Rest Match. 



J R Munroe 12 11 12 12 13 9 11 12 10 U— 112 



O H Davis 11 11 10 11 12 11 12 9 9 12—108 



W M Foster 8 10 9 11 11 11 9 8 12 11-100 



A Ballard 11 9 10 9 8 10 11 8 8 11— 95 



D T Wigglesworth 9 9 12 9 10 8 7 10 13 6— 93 



WP Thompson 9887999998— 84 



B G Baker 6 8 9 8 8 6 10 11 10 8- 84 



EAlson . 5 9 7 8 7 8 9 8 7 11— 80 



Joel Cults 5 9 6 9 12 4 9 8 6 8— 70 



A G Home 5 4 3 6 9 6 7 12 9 9- 70 



AU-Comeis' Match. 



H L Lee 7 8 s 7 10 10 9 8 10 10—87 



W O Burnite (mil.) 6 9 9 10 8 4 10 6 10 9—81 



LAmes 10 7 8 5 8 8 9 7 8 10- so 



C C Clarke 2 " 



BG Barker 5 



L C Downer 9 



N Good 5 , 



50yds. Pistol Match. 



J B Fellows ...10 10 8 . 



KS Gilmore 10 10 10 9 



J S Howe 9 9 10 10 



W Charles 8 6 10 10 9 10 8 10 9 8-98 



A Stevens... 8 10 10 9 8 10 7 9 7 8—86 



Military Match. 



J S Howe 4535544544—45 F Carter. . . 4454545444—43 



W D Huddleson. . ..4515555444—45 F J Brown 4344445515- 42 



W C harles 5454544544-44 E E Patridge 4445434444-40 



A Sharp 454554454-1—44 O T Moore 4532454454—40 



C E Horton 5552344445-43 



500yds. Military Match. 



S P Ringfield 5545455445-46 



SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.— Despite the threatening aspect 

 of the weather, a large number of target shooters assembled at 

 the Shell Mound shooting range to-day, and from their comfort- 

 able shelter rained lead at the defenseless targets all day long, 

 Several important shoots wore held, notably the one between C. 

 Carr's aud J. E. Klein's teams of crack pistol shuts. This match 

 was shot at 50yds., 20 shots to the man, at an American field tar- 

 get, and though no trophy was represented the result was eagerly 

 looked for by admirers of this kind of sport. Each team con- 

 sisted of five of San Francisco's best shots. The result was as 

 follows. First team, C. Can- captain: 

 Carr 7 6 10 10 7 7 10 9 10 9 



9 8 7 10 10 10 10 8 10 8-175 

 Col Brown ...10 ' 



9 



J Short 8 



! 10 i 10 7 



7 V 6 6 6 10 



9 10 6 4 7 3 



6 8 4 6 7 4 4 



9 7-71 

 6 10-69 

 4 9-57 



8 10 10 10 10 10-95 



9 9 9 8 10 8—92 

 9 9 7 8 10-91 



8 9 111 9 6 9 9 7 

 5 10 9 7 7 8 6—158 



P D Linville 10 



4 

 7 



7 9 5 8 

 4 10 10 8 

 6 7 10 10 

 9 8 6 9 

 9 8 10 8 

 9 



5 5 10 

 6 6 9 8-146 

 8 8 8 8 



7 6-161 

 7 9 



7 10—163—803 



9 7 



9 10 



H Carr 9 



9 6 6 7 

 Second team, J. E. Klein, captain: 



J E Klein 10 7 8 10 9 6 9 10 8 10 



10 8 10 8 8 8 



S Carr 7 9 7 10 9 9 



6 8 9 7 9 7 



A Johnson 10 8 10 10 7 10 



7 9 8 9 10 10 9 

 F O Youngs 8 10 9 8 6 8 6 



8 10 9 9 9 10 7 

 EHovey , 6 7 6 7 7 7 



10 6 8 9 8 " 



8 9 6 10—172 



9 9 10 10 

 9 9 8 10-171 

 7 8 10 9 



9 10 10-180 

 7 7 10 

 9 10 10-170 



7-147-840 



9 15 

 6 



The Bay City Rifle Club team, numbering 10 men, who won the 

 gold medal from a team composed of United States Armv rifle- 

 men in September last, held a shoot to-day to decide the perpetual 



ownership of the trophy. The match was shot under the National 

 Rifle Associit'on rules, guns under lOlbs., 31b. pull, 200yds., and 

 resulted in a victory for Edward Hovey, with 240 points out of a 

 possible 300. Following are the three hest scores: 



Hovey 7 9 8 6 7 6 7 6 7 10 



" 7 6 

 7 7—240 



10 



Carr 



8 6 7 6 7 6 



8 8 10 9 8 9 6 



9 9 8 9 10 10 10 

 9 6 8 6 6 7 6. 

 786 10 987 10 9 



8878 10 9686 9-229 



Klein 6 10 10 7 6 9 7 6 9 8 



9686687877 

 6 7 8 8 7 8 9 8 10 8—229 

 ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 28.— There was not a very large attend- 

 ance at the last shoot of the St. Louis Pistol Club, owing to the 

 fact that the duck season is now in full blast in this part of the 

 country, and many of the members were away. Mr. Bauer came 

 to the front with a splendid 87: .22cal. Stevens gallery pistol, 

 20s'ds., standard American target: 



W. Bauer 8 10 10 8 



M Summerfield 7 10 8 8 



L V Perret 1 7 10 9 



E Mohrstadt 6 9 



W J Lord 4 7 



W Hettel 8 6 



W Billmeyer 10 6 



II Griesedieck 4 7 



W O Maekwitz 8 7 



L H Race 5 



A K Bengel 



9 8 

 9 6 

 9 9 7 5 6 



4 10 5 9 9 

 7 4 10 6 10 



7 8 



8 8 



9 7 



5 7 



6 7 



7 8 



B 5 6 B 



9 



7 7 8 6 



7 6 10 7 



8 10 4 7 

 7 10 8 5 4 

 7 8 9 6 5 

 7 10 5 6 6 



9 10 



8 10 9 

 7 8 9 



8 10 10 9 7-87 



8 9 10-81 



9 7 7—78 



7 10 9-77 

 9 9 10-76 



8 6 9—74 



7 10 5 7-73 



8 10 8 4—72 



4 8 5 8 4-66 



5 6 6 7 9-64 



9 10 7 7 0-63 

 Uxser Furrz. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 33.— These scores were made at 

 Lake Lookout range this afternoon: 



Record Match. 



Stephens 8 6 10 



Cooley 10 4 " 



Mavott. 7 4 



Kimball 10 6 



Bull 9 fl 



Allen 9 7 



Practice Match. 



Mayott 9 7 



Cooley 10 7 10 7 



Stephens 9 6 10 8 



Allen 8 4 10 8 



Browning 9 6 8 7 



Hitchcock 8 10 7 5 



Talbot 7 " 



Kimball 7 



Bull 7 



Hindley 5 



North 4 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— At a recent meeting of the San Fran- 

 Cisco Schuetzen Verein the following officers were elected to serve 

 during the ensuing year: Pres., Otto W. Lilkendey; Vice-Pres., 

 August Browning; Ree. Sec, C. Hildebrandt; Fin. Sec, A. Bahrs; 

 Treas., John Ilorstmann; Shooting Masters, JolmPlath and Kauf- 

 man Wertheimer. Trustees, Alexander Gerdes, H. F. Maas.Henry 

 Schroeder. Military Officers: Capt., John F. Bolts: First Lieut., 

 Louis Haake; Second Lieut., William Sehmadeke; Third Lieut., 

 John Mangels; Fourth Lieut., George G. Bahrs; Ord. Sergt., Rob- 

 ert Gerhow; Color Bearer, Hy. Koster; Company Guide, Henry 

 Perien. 



NEW YORK. — Gus Zimmerman, who won the week's shoot at 

 the recent German Hospital fair here, has accepted F. W. Hoe- 

 fele's challenge to shoot a match from 100 to 200 shots a side at the 

 Morrisania Schuetzen Park. Preliminaries will soon be settled. 



8 8 8 10 8 



8 9 5 



7 10 5 



7 10 10 4 6 10 



7 7 8 7 6 4 



5 10 6 7 6 8 



6 9 7 6 5 4 

 5 8 6 6 8 6 



9 9-76 



7 10-76 



4 10-70 



6 4-65 



5 4-64 

 5 3-61 



8 4—81 



7 8-79 

 7-77 

 5-7 7 



8 5 10-75 



6 7 10-7.5 



7 6 6-7 3 



6 9 10-7i 



8 5 7-Og 



7 » 7-6i 

 7 5 4-4 



THE TEAM FOR ENGLAND.— The Boston newspapers say 

 that matters relating to the trip of the Massachusetts volunteer 

 militia rifle team to England are progressing rapidly. The lead- 

 ing business men have taken hold of the project, with enthusiasm, 

 and it is understood that already about one-third of tbenecessarv 

 funds have been subscribed privately. The team will leave home 

 with probably the strongest backing by representative business 

 men of the State in its history. The first public acknowledgment 

 of subscriptions will be made bv Treasurer Potter this week. So 

 much pressure has been brought to bear upon Mr. Potter and 

 Major Frost, the team captain, by officers and members of tho 

 M. V. M., to he allowed to subscribe, that it has about been de- 

 cided to permit each company and field and staff to contribute a 

 small sum, more as a token of good will and appreciation of past 

 work done, than with the idea of securing any large amount. If 

 this should be decided on, clue notice will be sent to all interested. 

 The team will probably compete with the First Royal Berkshire 

 regiment, the London rifle brigade, the Middlesex county team 

 and the South London team, previous to the matches at Wimble- 

 don. A match is practically arranged with the fine sbootrag 

 team of the Honorable Artillery Company of London, which has 

 a score or more of the best rifle shots who visit Wimbledon. Com- 

 petitions for three, and possibly four, members of the team will 

 be heM, commencing about April 30, and will be open to an v mem- 

 ber of tbe militia in service March L Distances, 200. 500 and 

 600yds. Each competition will be held in a different locality, that 

 the competitors may have no advantagein shooting entirely upon 

 home ranges. Positions will probably be off-hand at 200yds.. any 

 position at 500 and 600yds., but are subject to change. As near as 

 can now be judged full team practice will begin the first week in 

 May. The ten men who have been selected are already in practice, 

 with g. od results. With a solid six weeks in the range previous 

 to full team work, the team should bo in the pink of condition 

 when they sail for Europe. It is understood that a leading busi- 

 ness gentleman of Boston and an ex-officer of the United States 

 Army, who is an enthusiastic, believer in the prowef s of the Mass- 

 achusetts men, has agreed to give the team a trip to Paris if they 

 are successful in their matches on English soil. 



WALLA WALLA, Wash.-Messrs. Z. K. Straight and A. W. 

 du Bray recently shot an all-around match here, the match was 

 as follows: 25 shots with any .I4cal. revolver, factory ammuni- 

 tion, off-hand, 50yds., Creedmoor target; 25 shots, any" rifle, globe 

 peep-sights, 100yds., off-hand, Creedmoor target; 15 fast pigeons; 

 English-American rules. 5 ground traps. 30yds. rise: 5 nairs, 21yds. 

 rise; 15 Peoria blackbirds, Peoria rules, 2 traps, screened, 10yds. 

 apart; 5 pairs, same conditions. The match commenced with' the 

 I)i.-I "1 shooting and was won by du Bray by 100 to 94 points. On 

 the rifle score both men tied on 1)0 points. The 15 live birds score 

 stood, du Bray 13, Straight 10. On 5 pairs live birds du Bray 6, 

 St raight 5. On 15 single Peorias, Straight 14. du Bray 10. Oil 5 

 pairs. Straight 8, du Bray 9, giving the match to du Bray by 16 

 points. Both contestants used 12-gauge Parker guns and Cham- 

 berlin shells, loaded with Schullze powder. The Peoria birds 

 were thrown over 50yds. and at medium height. Both men had 

 been practicing at pistol and rifle t hooting in cloudy heavy 

 weather and as the sun shone as brightly as in July the pistol and 

 ride scores were low. as it was some time before they could locate 

 the bullseye. The rifles were Winchester, single shot, .32-20-115, 

 and both pistols of Smith & Wesson make. 



THE ENGLISH MAGAZINE ARM.— The new magazine rifle 

 has been adopted with complete unanimity, and will soon be 

 turned out with great rapidity. The trials of the weapon in 

 India have been in all respects satisfactory. A compressed pow- 

 der is now used which gives good results, and with which the 

 rifle (which is to be sighted for 2,800yds.) may be used up to 500yds. 

 without raising the backsight. But a new powder is being ex- 

 perimented upon by which it is expected that the power of the 

 rifle will be much increased. Mr. Stanhope concluded his des- 

 cription of the new w r eapon by expressiug the hearty thanks of 

 the War Office to the Small Arms Committee, presided over by 

 General Philip Smith, "who brought so much ability and perse- 

 verance to the task of choosing a magazine rifle, a difficult work 

 which had been performed with perfect fairness toward all in- 

 ventors, and which had produced a rifle which promised the most 

 satisfactory results."— Vol. Ser. Qax. 



NEWARK, N. J., March 25.— The 200-yard section of the Our 

 Own Rifle Club met on Thursday evening to discuss plans for the 

 comiDg season's work. No definite plans were arranged, but the 

 sentiment of tbe members seemed to be unanimous in favor of 

 affiliating with the Newark Shooting Society, although retaining 

 the form of a separate section. The chairman appointed C. Mink, 

 Jr., F. A. Freiensehner and Fred B. Lante a committee to confer 

 with the directors of the shooting society and endeavor to arrange 

 for the joining of the members in a body. The 200-yard section 

 will comprise from twenty to twenty -five men, all of whom will 

 be enthusiastic shooters. This number will greatly strengthen 

 the active force of the shooting society. A special meeting of the 

 section will be held on Thursday evening, March 28, when the 

 committee will report. 



NEWARK, N. J.— The tournament of the United Amateur 

 Clubs has now but two more weeks to run, and the Monroe and 

 Oakland teams are tied for fi 1st place, with one match each to 

 shoot. If both clubs win their matches the tie will be decided by 

 a series of three matches. The highest club scores to date are: 

 Monroe 1,092, Oakland 1,080, Columbia 1.062, Howard 1,061. Excel- 

 sior 1,058, Annie Oakley 1,017, Lakeside 1,016. 



THE TRAP. 



Score* for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

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

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us wit)t> club scores are par- 

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



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



FIXTURES. 



March 26 to 37.— Tournament at Dayton, 0. 



Omaha, Neb.. Gun Club Tournament, Api-il 16, 17 and 18. 



April 17 and 18.— Norwich, Conn., Shooting Club Tournament. 

 E. W. Yerrington, President. 



April 30.— San Antonio, Tex.. Tournament. Open to all comers. 



May 21 to 23.— Minneapolis Gun Club Tournament, Minneapolis, 

 Minn, .lames Pye. Secretary. 



South Side Gun Club Tournament, Milwaukee, Wis., May 29, 30 

 and 31. C. W. Milbraith, Secretary. 



June.— Annual Tournament Sportsmen's Association of the 

 Northwest, Tacoma, Wash. 



Juue 3 to 7.— New York State Association for the Protection of 

 Fish and Game. Convention and Tournament, Albany, N. Y. 



June.— Kansas City Tournament. 



NEW YORK SUBURBAN GROUNDS. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., March 23— To-day was the banner Satur- 

 day so far this year. The crowd of shooters was large and 

 enthusiastic, and matches ran along with enjoyable haste. Ties 

 divided. The scores ran: 

 No. 1, extra, 10 birds, 50 cents entry. Keystone rules: 



Rrientnall -1111111011— 9 Yerrington 0UU01111— 8 



Savage 1110011101— 7 Quinton 1110111101— 8 



Albee ...1101111111—9 Folsom 0111100101—6 



Bristol 1111111011- 9 Tee Kay 0111111101— 8 



Beers 0011100110- 5 Hendrie 0011111101— 7 



Sherman 1111111111—10 Scott 0111101100— 6 



Hunt 1111111101— 9 



No. 1, regular, 10 birds, SI entrance: 



Rrientnall 0111111111— 9 Yerrington 10U1111U— 9 



Savage 0111111110- 8 Quinton 1011111101- 8 



Albee lllHlllll— 10 Folsom lmillOU— 9 



Bristol U10111111— 9 Tee Kay 1111111011— 9 



Beers HlOOliOll— 7 Hendrie .1011101110— 7 



Sherman moilllll— 9 Scott 0011111011— 7 



Hunt. ., 1101111111— 9 Tuttle 1111111011- 9 



Shoot-off, miss and out: Brientnall5, Bristol 3, Sherman 3, Hunt 

 3, Yerrington L. Folsom 1, Tuttle 1. 

 No. 2, regular, 10 birds, $1 entrance: 



Hendrie 1110010001— 5 Scott 1010011110— 6 



Brientnall 0111101111— 8 Beers 0010111001— 5 



Hunt 1110111111— 9 Bristol 1011101111— 8 



Folsom 110101 111C— 7 Quinton ...11U0HU1— 9 



Yerrington 1111111111—10 Tee Kay 1111011111— 9 



Albee .1011111010— 7 Tuttle ..lllHlllll— 10. 



Sherman IHIIIIU.1 — 10 Savage .............. 1U1110111— 9 



