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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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and 5 shall be set to throw their birds so that their line of flight 

 shall cross that of the straightaway bird at a point not, less Gum 

 10yds. nor more than 20yds, from trap No. 9. 



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Sec. 2, In tie shooting, no one shall be considered a contestant 

 except I hose in their respective ties. 



Bulb 35. Forbidden Shoating.-No shooting will be permitted 

 within the inclosure other than at the score, and in case there is 

 uo lnolosnre, no shooting within 200yds. of the score, except; by 

 those at the score. 



Rule 26. Class Shooting— All shooting shall be class shooting 

 unless otherwise stated. 



Rule 27. Oon&wt.— Np person whose conduct is ungentlemanly 

 upon the grounds, or who shall persistently violate any rule, after 

 his attention has been called to the fact, shall be permitted to 

 participate in a contest; and the ref eree shall so decide. The 

 management giving a tournament under the rules of the Amer- 

 ican Shooting Association, may suspend the offender and report 

 the suspension to the Associa tion for final action; and the Associ- 

 ation shall have the power to suspend ihe offender for such a 

 period of time as the gravity of the offense may warrant, and 

 during the period of such suspension the individual suspended 

 shall not be allowed to participate in any contest held under the 

 rules ot this Association. 



Classification— Sec. 1. Any shooter to become eligible to the 

 tournaments given under the rules and management of the 

 American Shooting Association must qualify by "sending to the. 

 headquarters of the Association a certificate from the president 

 or secretary of a regularly organized gun club, of which he is a 

 member, giving, to the best of his knowledge and belief, what he 

 considers the shooter's average on inanimate targets. These cer- 

 tificates will be used m making up a proper classification of the 

 contestants. Blank torms will be sent to any one on application, 

 lr the scores made by any shooter give sufficient grounds for 

 changing a shooter's classification, the Association reserves the 

 right to make the change. 



Sec. 2. The classification of shooters will be as follows: 



Class A— Ho consist, of all those whose average is 86 and over. 



Class B-To consist, of all those whose average is from 70 to 85 in- 

 clusive. 



Class C— To consist of all those whose average is under 70. 



LClubs adopting these rules are requested at once to notify the 

 secretary of the Association to t ha t effect. Address J. M.Tavlor, 

 Stewart. Building, New York.] 



THE SUBURBAN SYSTEM. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Shooting at inanimate targets from the trap having attained 



in a Vf/o nnnni.Y-t i /mi a 4 f U <^ <-> it „ «„,.J„„„ a; i_ _ * _. i 



The Keystone plan, while very rapid, is certainly open to criti 

 cism as a practice for live bird shooting, because it is known posi- 

 tively .pst where the bird will start from and what direction i 

 will take. Good shooters have observed that it spoils one for liv 

 bird shooting to practice much at Keystone rules, as it causes the 

 shooter to expect his bird to rise from one spot, whereas he should 

 be on the lookout for a rise from any one of five traps, or if in the 

 field, from any quarter. As the result of much thought on the 

 subject, Mr. M. B*. Lindsay has suggested a plan like this: 



Traps □ □ □ n □ 



Shooter's scores. 



Scale %in. to yard. 

 Not e— To get aagle of birds thrown from traps Nos. 2 and 4, measure back 

 '6yds. from trap No. 8 on line to shooter's score to point marked A. A line 

 from this point drawn across traps 2 and 4 will give proper direction of 

 flight. The birds from traps 1 and 5 should cross Hup of flight of straight- 

 away bird at a distance beyond trap No. 3 of not less than Mvds. nor more 

 than 20yds. 



Sec. 3. After the traps are set for these angles, if the bird for 

 May reason shall take a different course it shall be considered a 

 fair bird, provided the. trap has not been changed. 



Rule 14. Pulling the Traps.— Sec. L The puller shall be placed 

 At least 6ft. behind the shooter, and when the shooter calls "pull," 

 the trap or traps shall be instantly sprung. In the single-bird 

 shooting he shall pull the traps as decided by the trap-pulling in- 

 dicator. 



Sec. 2. If the trap is sprung before or at any noticeable inter- 

 val after the shooter calls "pull," he can accept or refuse the 

 bird: but if he shoots the result shall be scored. 



Sec. 3. Should any puller not pull in accordance with the indi- 

 cator, he shall be removed and another puller substituted. 



Rule 15. The Rise— In single-bird shooting the rise shall be 

 18yds. for 10-bore guns, and 16yds. for 12-bore and smaller gauges. 

 In double-bird shooting the rise shall be 16yds. for 10-bore guns 

 and 14yds. for 12-bore and smaller gauges. If the weight of any 

 12-bore gun. except a magazine or repeating gun, exceeds 81bs., 

 ■the rise shall be the same as for 10-bores. Magazine or repeating 

 guns may weigh 81 bs. 2oz. without penalty; if over that weight 

 ihe rise shall be the same as for 10-bores. 



Rule 16. Caliber of Gun.— No gun of larger caliber than a 10-bore 

 shall be used. 



Rule 17. Locals.— Charge of powder unlimited. Charge of shot 



^oz. Ampriran Shnotinp- A SROr-in tinn fthnr. mfiasnra af-i>nr.t- r,flP 



l}4oz. American Shooting Association shot measure struck off. 

 Any shooter using a larger quantity of shot shall forfeit his 

 entrance money and rights in the match. 



Note.— If in the opinion of the management, with the unani- 

 mous consent of the contestants, a shooter has not wilfully 

 violated this rule, his entrance money shall be returned to him. * 



Rule 18. Loading Guns.— la single-bird shooting, only one bar- 

 rel shall be loaded at a time, and the cartridge shall not be 

 placed in the barrel until after the shooter has taken his position 

 at the score. In double-bird shooting both barrels shall be loaded 

 a,t the score. Cartridges must be removed from the gun before 

 leaving the score. 



Rule 19. Position of Gun,— The shooter mav hold his gun in any 

 losition, except against the shoulder, until he calls "pull." If 

 be position of the gun is challenged, and sustained, the result of 

 the shot, if a dead bird, shall be declared "no bird," if a miss, 

 "lost bird." 



Rule 20. Allowing Another Bird— The shooter shall be allowed 

 another bird for either of the following reasons: For anv defect 

 m the gun or the load, causing a miss-fire. For unintentional 

 neglect to load his gun. For unintentional neglect to cock a 

 hammer gun. For unintentional neglect to properlv adjust the 

 safety slide on a hammerless gun. Provided, that in single-bird 

 shooting, if the. shooting is at traps set in the segment of a circle, 

 the bird shall be thrown from an unknown trap to be decided by 

 the indicator; if from traps set in a straight, line, the bird shall 

 be thrown from the same trap, at a different angle, and unknown 

 to the shooter. 



Note— The object of this rule is that a shooter shall not incur a 

 mance for defeat by the unfortunate circumstance of losing his 

 shot. 



Rule 21. Single Bird SlwoUng.-Ea.ch contestant shall shoot at 

 ihree or more birds before leaving the score. If two birds are 

 jprung at the same time it shall be declared "no bird." 



Rule 22. Double Bird Shooting— Both traps must be pulled 

 simultaneously, and each contestant shall shoot at thi-ee pairs 

 jonsecutively, thrown as follows: if three traps are used the first 

 3air shall be thrown from Nos. 1 and 3 traps, the second from 3 

 md 3 and the third pair from 1 and 3, If five traps are used the 

 3rst pair shall be thrown from Nos. 2 and 3 traps, the second pair 

 !tom 3 and 4 and the third pair from 2 and 4. If only one bird is 

 Jhrown it shall be declared "no birds." If a, bird is lost for reasons 

 Itatcd in Rule 20, it shall be declared "no birds." If one be a fail- 

 ed the other an imperfect bird it shall be declared "no birds." 

 f both are broken by one barrel it shall be declared "no birds." 

 t a shooter fire both barrels at one bird it shall be scored, "lost 

 ™>trds." 



Rule 23. Tie Shooting.— Sec. 1. All ties shall be shot off at the 

 •riginal distance, and as soon after the match as practicable, at 

 he following number of birds: 



Ties on single birds: In single bird matches of 25 birds or less, 

 m 3 traps 3 birds, 5 traps 5 birds. In matches of 26 birds to 50 in- 

 lusive, on 3 traps 6 birds, 5 traps 10 birds. In matches of over 50, 

 in 3 traps 15 birds, 5 traps 25 birds. 



Ties on double birds: In double bird matches 10 pairs or less on 

 traps, 3 pairs, in matches of more than 10 pairs, 5 pairs, thrown 

 -"m traps Nos. 1 and 2. If 5 traps are used, the same number 

 be thrown, in each case, from traps 2 and 3. 

 . 2. Ties if not shot off at the close, of anv day will be con- 

 ed the next morning, at a specified hour. Any contestant not 

 sent when called to the score, after the hournanied, or. within 

 minutes thereafter, shall forfeit his rights in the match. 

 Role 24. Challenges— Sec. h No challenge shall be considered 

 ess the party challenging is a contestant, and the challenge 

 be made before the next shooter goes to the score. 



Shooters 



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Puller. 



Six traps are supposed to be in use and a squad of seven men 

 are to shoot. The three traps on the left are set the usual right 

 and left quarters and straightaway; the three traps on the righf 

 may be set same way. The puller is provided with the new revolv- 

 ing indicator, and as the first man prepares to shoot he turns the 

 indicator and one of the traps on the lelt is pulled as directed by 

 figures on the indicator. The shooter does not know which one 

 it will be, of course. The indicator Is then whirled again and one 

 of the same three traps is pulled for the. second man. The opera- 

 tion is repeated for the third man. Then the same thing is worked 

 with the three traps and shooters on the right; the shooters go in 

 a circle the same as Keystone plan, and it is thought can shoot as 

 rapidly as under that plan. Anyhow, the new plan, which has 

 been named the "Claremont rules," is worthy of trial. 



. Ad. Vance. 



COR BY, March 21.— Scores of the Corry Gun Club. IT. Arnold 

 won gold medal, Lewis the silver, Starbird the leather- 

 Ward 1101 1 00001 01 11100110001 1 0-13 



Berliner 01110010001 101 0010101000-10 



H Arnold lllOOlli 1110110101111 1101— 10 



M Arnold 1110111101111110101000010—16 



Green 101011011010 11 1 1 011010001—15 



Swift ouioniioioonooiiooiooi-14 



Blydenburg 011000110001 1 1 1 1011 1 J 1 1 11—17 



Oliver 1110101110110001101110111-17 



Austin 001 OOlllOOlOlU '0100000010- 9 



Lewis 1 1 1111 1 0101 1 10001001 1111 1 -18 



Newman lOOOOlOOlOlOllOlOllOlOOOl— 11 



Howard 11101 01OO000O1O0OW 000000 - 7 



Waggoner 001011 11001011 00110010100— J 2 



Starbird lOOOOOOOOQOOlOOlOOOOOOOOl- 4 



Blair 11 01 111 1 001 101 000 1 000 10 ! 0—13 



Jacobson HOOOOOOOOOOIOOOOOIOOOOOO— 4 



Laurie OlOOlOllCOlOOlllOllnllilO— 17 



Swan 1010010110100111011011110—15 



Brown 0010100101001000011000101— 9 



Wilson 11 0111 11001 1 001 1 111011011—1 8 



Smith 0111010001011001011010001—12 



Jones mimiioioioo'iooioioii -17 



Holde 1011010010111 GOOlOOlOllO— 14 



Ed ward 01010101110001100111101 1 0—1 4 



A Howard OllllOlOllOOllOOH 1111000-15 



Mead 1101001111011110111010000-15 



BUFFALO, N. Y., March 20. -A few members of the Indepen- 

 dent Gun Club, of this city, met at Jag. Murphy's place. West 

 Seneca, N. Y., March 19, for practice at Peoria birds. The dav 

 was all that could be desired, with just enough wind to make 

 the birds difficult to get at, but the boys managed to keep some- 

 where by their average. The club's membership amounts to 25, 

 their grounds at Mr. Murphy's are about one mile from the city, 

 with five trains passing there daily. We intend to have a Peoria 

 and live bird tournament here in June and from the present out- 

 look it will undoubtedly prove a success. First event, at 9 birds, 

 entrance $1; div. 50, 30 and 30 per cent: 



W McCarthy 011001111-6 J Murphy 100101111—6 



E J Wilhelm 101111111-8 J Zimmers 100001011-4 



W Elliot 111011101-7 F Kinney .111111111-9 



Kinney first, Wilhelm second, third div. 



Second event, same as first: 



McCarthy 10H11101-7 M Wasson 111100111-7 



O Sampson 011111101-7 Wilhelm 001110111—6 



Elliott 00011 1011-5 Kinney 1111 Hi u_o 



Kinney first, second div., Wilhelm third. 



Third event, same as second: 



McCarthy 111011101-7 Zimmers 011001100-4 



Wdhelm 111110110-7 Wasson 111010100-5 



EUiott MlfllOl-e Duggan 100111111-7 



Murphy 001110111-6 Kinney 1 11111110-8 



Kinney first, second and third div. The fourth and last event 

 was a team shoot, with Mr. Murphy captain for one side and Mr 

 Duggan for the other, the losing side to pay for the excellent sup- 

 per served by Mr. Murphy's genial spouse: 



Capt. Duggan's Team. Capt. Murphy's Team 



Duggan... 0011011111—7 Murphy 1111111111 — lo 



McCarthy 0111111111—9 Zimmers 1010011111— 7 



Kinney 1111111110—9 Wasson lOllillill— 9 



Parker 0011111110-7 Willielm 0111111110- 8 



Samson 1101011111—8—40 Hubbars 1001111111— 8—42 



A. B. C. 



ELM CITY GUN CLUB,— New Haven. Conn., March 24.-We 

 have organized the Elm City Gun Club with the following officers: 

 President, J. H. Pomeroy; Vice-President, W. H. Porter- Secre- 

 tary, J. W. White; Treasurer, N. B. Eddy; Directors, Chas. \ 

 TJyler, W, H, La»e and Thos, N. Gierding.— C. A, Tyler. 



HUTCHINSON GUN CLUB.-Hutchinson, Kas„ Maroh 1,- 

 Yesfcerday several members of the Hutchinson Gun Club met at 

 their grounds and contested for the gold modal. The day was 

 dark, cloudy and disagreeable, with a stiff breeze blowing from 

 the north, which made the clay-birds dance about in a gleeful 

 manner, and the way they bobbed around made the boys think of 

 jack snipe shooting. The scores, however, were very creditable. 

 Chas. Smith, of Wichita, present champion of Kansas, was present 

 and took part in the shoot. lie used a strange gun and did not 

 strike his usual hot gait, but he enjoyed the shoot: nevertheless. 

 He won the State championship in 1879, and holds to-day a fine 

 medal emblematic of his victory. Following are the scores made: 



First match, 6 singles and 3 pair bluerocks: 



Young 111111 1111-10 Chamberlain.. 101011 0110-6 



George 111111 10 11- 9 French 000100 01 10— 3 



Burslem 111111 10 11— 9 



Second match, medal shoot, IS singles and 5 pair: 



George 111111111011111 11 10 01 10 11-21 



Young 101101101010101 11 10 11 1110-17 



Burslem 001101011101110 11 10 11 10 HI — 10 



Chamberlain 101 lOlllutllOlO 00 10 10 10 TO— 15 



French 101100 >1010l011 10 10 00 00 10-11 



Allen 01 101 000] 0(0,100 10 11 10 00 10-10 



Mr. George won the medal. 



Third match, IS single bluerocks: 



Chamberlain 1 1 111) 1 1101 0-1 George .11010011 1 1 00 - 8 



Allen 1101 11111011-10 French 101100010111— 7 



Young 100110101011- 8 Burslem 001111111000- 7 



Fourth match, 13 single bluerocks: 



Allen 011111111111-11 George 010111011111— 9 



Young 110111111111—11 French 011110111110— 9 



Chamberlain 101001111111— 9 Burslem 110000001011— 5 



*Smythe 001111011111— 9 



Fifth match, 12 single bluerocks: 



Chamberlain 111101111011—10 *Smythe. .. lllOlOlOlOll— 8 



Young 111011101111-10 French 101101000101- 6 



Allen 111011001111- 9 Burslem 010001011010—5 



*Not a member. 



It nearly always takes 21 or better to win our medal— Shady. 



WILMINGTON, Del., March 19,-To-day was a great day for 

 shooting at the. grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club. The match 

 for $25 a side between P. Ambold of the Wawaset Club and P. 

 Carney resulted in a victory for the former: 



Am bold 00101011 1 1 11 It 01 1 1 1001 1 1 1—17 



Carney 111110101 1 1 0111000111000—15 



After the match there was some good sweeptitake shooting in- 

 dulged in by members of the club and others. There were three 

 rounds of shooting and below are the detailed scores: 



First. Second. Third. 



WHHartlove 10111-4 10001—3 01111-4 



P Ambold 11111-5 



R. Miller 11111-5 01101-3 01111-4 



G Neuber 10111-4: 



TWeldin 11010-3 11100-3 



WMcKendrick 11110-4 11111-5 Hlll-5 



LFos 11011-4 11111-5 011U-4 



W Philips 11111—5 



C Buckmaster 11011-4 QQQw 11111—5 



E Melchoir 00100—1 



H Buckmaster 11100-3 01111— 4 Jllll— 5 



J Edwards 10001-3 00011—2 



D Wilson 01111-4 10101-3 



H Calwell ' 00011—2 



T D Buckmaster 11000—3 



J Edwards, Sr 00011- 3 



J Q Adams 11111—5 



In the shoot-off of the ties in the first match, Miller won first 

 money, Wilson second, IT. Buckmaster and Weldin divided third 

 money. In the shoot-off of the ties in the second match, McKen- 

 drick and Fox divided first money, H. Buckmaster second and D. 

 Wilson third. The third match, as can be seen by the scores, was 

 well shot. The shoot-off for first place in this match was won by 

 H. Buckmaster with 3 straight. Fox got second with 3 straight. 



BOSTON, March 20.— The announcement of the challenge match 

 between Messrs. Dickey and Wheeler attracted an unusually 

 large number of lovers of the shotgun to Walnut Hill to-day. In 

 addition to this event, there, was a long programme of sweeps'takes 

 and a shoot for the individual badge of the State Association. 

 The weather conditions were far f 10m favorable, a strong and 

 cold wind making it unpleasant to face the target. The event of 

 the day was the Dickey-Wheeler contest. No closer match has 

 ever been fought in New England, and when Dickey broke his 

 last bird— on which the result of the match depended— he was 

 heartily cheered. Another hotly contested race was the match 

 for the State Association badge, which was won by Wheeler, who 

 made a clean score and had only a bird to spare at the finish. 

 Following is the result of a challenge match for purse of $100: 

 O. R. Dickey vs. G. H. Wheeler, 100 clay birds and 100 standard 

 targets: 



Dickey. 



Standards... 11001 1 1 1 111 1 01 1 101 01 1 011 1 1011101 1 1 HOlllOOlimilO 



11111001101111111111101 11010111101 101110101 1011111-77 

 Clays lOOllllUlllllllOlOliOllll] 1 9J 1 * 1111011110 



010111101.11 loioini iiiiimounioiomiiioiiomi-81-1.58 



Wheeler. 



Standards . . .1101111 1011 1UU0111 11 1111001111 1 Ml 111011101 1 1 1001 



llllUlllHilOllOT 1101111 11101.11111 111110111110101-81 



Clays 10111UUlllii.0Miiilli]iionilli:ilo,j0101.1iluililllll 



101 1 11 1 1 1 1111 1010 101 1 mil 1 ion 1 Hi] LOO] 11001101101-76-157 

 The State Shooting Association's individual badge match 15 

 standard targets, resulted as follows: Wheeler 15. Berry 11, Eager 

 13, Houghton 13, Crown 13, Gilman 12, Chase H, Russell 11, Dickey 



10, Stanton 10, Piper 10, Knowles 10, Bradbury 9, Burbank 9. 



The winners and scores in the minor events were as follows- 

 Is, five clay birds; Nichols, Hammond, Stanton 5, Knowles 4, Bow- 

 ker, Dickey 3, Chase 2. 2, six standard targets: Stanton 6, Bow-- 

 ker 5. Knowles, Hammond 4, Dickey 3. 3, ten clay birds: Stanton 

 9, Dickey 8, Bradbury, Chase 7. Bowker, Knowles'O. 4. ten stand- 

 ard targets: Stanton. Wheeler 10, Dickey, Eager 9; Chase 8, Bow- 

 ker. Hough tow, Wilbur 7. 5, ten clay birds: Bowker, Wheeler. 

 Eager 10, Dickey. Knowles 8, Crown, Stanton 7, Gilman, Hough- 

 ton, Nichols 6. H, fifteen standard targets: Wheeler 13 Perry 14 

 Eager, Houghton 13, Gilman 12. 7. five clays: Gilman, 'Knowles' 

 Perry 5, Dickey, Wheeler 4, Bradbury. Nichols 3, Bowker, Grif- 

 fith 2. 8, six standard targets; Perry, Gilman, Knowles 6, Piper 

 Dickey, Russell 5, Chase, Curtis, Short, Wilbur 4, Crown, Nich- 

 ols 3. 9, five clay birds: Stanton, Wheeler. Perry, Houghton 5, 

 Dickey, Gilman 4, Wilbur 3, Burbank, Griffith 2. 10, three pair 

 clay birds: Perry, Stanton 5, Eager, Snow 4, Crown, Piper 3. 



11, five clay birds: Perry 5, Burbank. Houghton 4, Stanton 3 

 Snow, Griffith 2. 12, six standard targets: Chase, Perry 6, Rus- 

 sell, Snow, Stanton, Burbank 5, Houghton 4, Neal, Griffith 3. 13, 

 six standard targets; Knowles, Perry 6, Houghton, Snow, Wheeler 

 5. Chase, Stanton 4, Eager, Dickey 3. 14, ten clav birds: Perry, 



targets: Dickey, 



Perry o, Knowles 4, Stanton 3. lv, five clay birds; Bowker 

 Dickey, Knowles 5, Crown 4. Wilbur 3. 18, five clay birds: Ham- 

 mond, Stanton 5, Dickey, Perry 4, Nichols 3. 19, miss and out 

 standard targets, 21yd?.: Dickey and Stanton. 20, five clay 

 birds: Dickey, Houghton, Stanton 5, Wheeler 4, Bowker, Wilbur 

 3. The next shotgun day at Walnut Hill is scheduled for April 3, 

 when the eleventh competition for the climax badge will be shot 

 off, in addition to the usual sweepstake shooting. 



WEEHAWKEN, N. J., March 21.— Algonquin Gun Club of N.Y. 

 city oh club grounds. Shot in a blizzard, a heavy snow r falling 

 contiunally during shoot and no wind to carry off smoke; birds 

 only fair. Match at live birds, sweeps, two traps, 25yds. rise, 

 80yds. boundary. Shot under J. C. Heights rules. Mr. Thompson, 

 a prospective new member, tried his hand for the first time at 

 live birds, and the result shows that he is a good one. 

 First sweep: 



J Mail.'. 11110—4 FRinn 10011—3 



PTomlin 00100-1 E H Fox 01100—2 



L Brenner 10010-3 



Messrs. Rinn and Tomlin allowed kill kill for either barrel to 

 count 1, others L. B. bird. 

 Second sweep: 



. Mail ..11022-8 FRinn 11101—4 



L Brenner, 01U1— 4 E H Fox 11120—3!^ 



P Tomlin 00000-0 F Thompson 13110-3P 



Third sweep; 



_ Mail 10012-2^ EH Fox 11212-4 



L Brenner 21110—314 Thompson 11011— 4 



PTomlin 01100-2 



All ties divided, first and second moneys only. 



NORWICH, Conn., March 21. -At the annual meeting of the 

 Norwich Shooting Club, held 111 the office of J. D. T. Blackstone, 

 March 19, the following officers were elected: E. W. Yerrington. 

 President; W. L. Sargent, Vice-President; Chas. R. Butts, Treas- 

 urer; J. Edwin Olcott, Secretary; Fred L. Osgood, Chester W. 

 Burns, O. O. Palmer, Director.: ; Gurdon L, Bidwell, Captato,-E~. 

 W. yEBRING3Wf, Sec'y. » * 



