April 4, 1889.] 



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IRA PAINE.— Before leaving Paris and his long engagement at 

 the Folies Bergfere, Mr. Paine invitrd a number of well-known 

 French pistol experts to witness some of his work at an outdoor 

 range. The exhibition took place at the testing ground of Leo- 

 pold Bernard. 129 Ave. de Versailles, and Gastiiiuc Renette, the 

 gallery keeper, att ended to the targets, etc. It was a test of speed 

 and accuracy, and SO rounds from a S. & W. Russian model re- 

 volver were fired at 50 meters in less than three minutes. The 

 target was 50 millimeters across, with a black of 25 millimeters. 

 In spite of a strong, unfavorable wind the shooting was fine, and 

 37 of the shots were in the black. For some late comers Mr. Paine 

 fired 18 bullets, putting all in the, black. 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION.— The first tourna- 

 ment given under the management of the American Shooting 

 Association will begin June 10 at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



THE TRAP. 



SCOm /Of publmMun should he made OUt on the printed blanks 

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

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly 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 wo may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



April IX).— Opening shoot of South Side Ghu Oititi. Newark. N.J. 

 April 11 and 12.- Elm Grove Gun Club Tournament, Albany, 

 N.Y. 



. April 16 to IS.— Oilman, Til., Amateur Tournament, Frank 

 Mosher, Manager. 



April 16, 17 and 18.— Omaha, Neb.. Gun Club Tournament. 



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

 Ei W. Yerrington, President. 



April 24 and 25. — Willimantic, Conn., Rod and Gun Club Tour- 

 nament, open to all. 



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



May 21 to 33.— Minneapolis Gun Club Tournament, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. James Pyc. Secretary. 



.South Side Gun Club Tournament, Milwaukee, Wis., Mav 29, BO 

 and 31. C. W. Milbraith, Secretary. 



June. — Annual Tournament Sportsmen's Association of the 

 Northwest, Tacoma, Wash. 



June 1 to 7.— New York State Association for the Protection of 

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



June 10.— First Tournament of the American Shooting Asso- 

 ciation, at Cincinnati. 



June.— Kansas City Tournament. 



HAVE WE FOUND IT? 



IT is very well known that the grave question confronting all 

 supporters and lovers of our system of trap-shooting is that of 

 devising some plan which will put the amateur on some sort of an 

 equal, of substantially equal footing with the professional. As at 

 present conducted the large shoots and tournaments which offer 

 tiny considerable prizes are simply opportunities for a dozen or 

 twenty professionals* who make their living out of shooting, to 

 divide up the Money contributed by the remainder of the shooters, 

 whom we may, for want of a better name, call generous- minded 

 and plucky suckers. Such a proceeding as this, however, has 

 Certain tiresome features in it, which the vast majority of shooters 

 have long since discovered, and against which many or most are 

 now beginning to rebel. So much for that. 



It has on this basis become apparent to manufacturers of inani- 

 mate targets that whoever would invent a system which would 

 do away with this obvious inequality would, double the sale of 

 such targets, would infuse into trap-shooting a new and vigorous 

 life, and confer upon the great body of our shooters present and 

 to come a substantial and lasting benefit. Mr. Tucker's system 

 was accordingly received with interest and investigated with 

 care. Already the shooters, in the West at least, are nearly pre- 

 pared to pronounce it not a solution of the difficulty. It has been 

 shown that the professionals can beat this system and manipulate 

 it easily; or, if the number of the tie birds is selected quite by lot 

 there is the objection of the less skillful shooter that it is alia 

 matter of luck. In other words, while almost any shooter is will- 

 ing to admit that trap-shooting is partly a matter of skill and 

 partly Of luck, it is claimed that the Tucker system does not involve 

 that just proportion of luck and skill which any success: ul adjust- 

 ment of this problem must possess. Be tnat as it may, the inter- 

 ested parties feel asif something was still wanted which will brin» 

 numbers of young shooters into the tournaments and large meets' 

 and which, moreover, will give these same young shooters some 

 sort, of encouragement to come and enter again the next time. 

 Aud it is all in the air as yet. 



I have no system of my own to offer, but I wish I were the author 

 of the system which I will here try to present, and which, in re- 

 spect to its designer, I bog to call 



THE nO YD SYSTEM. 



Mr. Alex. T. Loyd, the inventor of this plan, is the presideut of 

 the Grand Calumet Heights Gun Club of Chicago. He lias been 

 figuring on his system of trap-shooting for some time, but would 

 not. yet have made it public save at urgent instance. Neither lie 

 nor this writer would like to call the system perfect yet, or to 

 herald it abroad with any great flourish of trumpets. It is the 

 intention now only t :> present a few schemes which Mr. Lovd 

 figured out for me to-day, and to offer others later on, inviting 

 careful study and discus' ion of them by all readers of the trap 

 columns of Forest and Stream, in order to a prompt ventila- 

 tion of their merits or demerits. 1 believe there will be many 

 even at the close of this first paper, who will be ready to sav 

 that a Chicago man had found the key to the puzzle. If this 

 should prove to be indeed the fact, T should be very happy over 

 it, and very glad that Forest and Stream is the first journal to 

 get hold of it. 



It should be premised that any system of this kind means a 

 compromise, and that any compromise must draw its support 

 from somewhere between the two euds of the rank of shooters. 

 It can hardly suit each individual, but it will have served the 

 function of any compromise if it have suited the majority. The 

 greater that rnajoriiy, the better the compromise. Tnis particu- 

 lar compromise is in favor of the ordinary shooter, and against 

 the professional, yet it does not bar out the professional, but 

 allows him a legitimate and a proportionate reward for his skill. 

 And if the professional shooter needs to shoot in more matches 

 to earn a hundred dollars, he should remember— as the clav bird 

 makers will pleasantly note— that there will under this system 

 be more matches made to shoot, because the amateur and the 

 novice will find incentive to go in and shoot, not feeling himself 

 so sure to he robbed. To this it should be added that this system 

 is not useful in live bird matches, and is not suitable for applica- 

 tion in very small clubs. It is intended to be applied to black- 

 bird f hooting in tournaments and large meets. The best wav to 

 understand it is to figure out a sample match or so. 



MATCH no. L 



Nine birds, §1 entry, 100 entries; total entry monev $100, less 

 $18 (cost of birds), $82. 



Call $82 the "pot money." Divide this pot money into live 

 moneys; each money will then be $16.40 



Divide eacn money into four pots of 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 

 Each of the five moneys will then present the following apnear- 

 ance: 



C (1).. $6.50=40 per cent, 

 ■ftuwn ' <2) -- 4.92=30 per cent. 

 »i6.4U •< (3) 3.28 =20 percent. 

 , (. (4)., 1.61=10 per cent. 



It will thus be seen that at least twenty prizes, instead of three, 

 are offered to the competing shooter, and he must be both a poor 

 shooter and an unlucky shooter if he does not get his entrance 

 money back. 



The all-important question of deciding the ties remains to 

 be considered. Everybody knows the long and tedious delays 

 of shoot mg out ties which are necessitated under the old svsteih, 

 and whicn the Tucker system is calculated to partly remove. 

 Under the Loyd system this is decided briefly bv lot, as follows: 

 It should be kept in mind that under this system the scores for 

 place are always the same in number as the number of moneys 

 Thus, there being 5 moneys in our 9 birds race, the winning tie 

 scores in the match would be 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5. A few shooters 

 would break 9 straight; yet more would get 8, and so on. Let us 

 tabulate that as follows: 



No. of birds broken . No. of shooters breaking. 



8 10 

 \ 12 

 t> 15 

 5 21 



Our shooters are now classified. They classify themselves in 



each shoot, as is the only possible fair way. The arbitrary method 

 of allowing a club average to classify a shooter has in it a large 

 element of nonsense. Under the Loyd svstem each shooter is 

 freed from the annoyance of finding himself classed by somebody 

 else. He has the Whole field free, and is a s good as a nvboriy if ho 

 given match.. 



Masses or shooters of different numbers in 

 of these five classes goes the same amount of 

 birds killed be 9 or 5 out of 9) but only four 

 pot. There, is no real test of skill in 

 and out tie. is always more or less of 

 other. For instance, any OUo of 



shoots as well in an; 



We now have five 

 each class. To eacl 

 money, whether tht 

 out of each class may win 

 shooting 9 birds, and a mis 

 an accident for ( 



our seven shooters who have brc 

 bird, and then run 50 straight if he hi 

 of chance enters into all these f 

 forestall this element of chance 

 in the nine class to determine bj 

 them to take the monev, and 

 nothing. They have tried the ' 



826.40 



ght might miss his next 

 jl a chance. The element 

 hort races. Very good; we may 

 by allowing our seven shooters 

 lot which shall be tho four of 

 vhinh shall be tho three to take 

 .... skill to got their place, now let 

 them try their luck to hold it. It is a combination of skill and 

 luck. The man who dreads the tie shooting mav win the first 

 money of IPs class in the shake off. In other words, the poorer 

 shooter has a cha.nce. Therefore, into a jar put seven balls or 

 gun wads, tour of them numbered I, 2, 3, 4 and three of them 

 blank. The men of the 9 class draw*. He who draws No. 1 wins 

 86.50, No. 3 wins 84.92, No. 3 $3.28, No. 4 $1.64. The remaining 

 three men win nothing. 



In the 8 class there are ten men. These draw in precisely the 

 same way as above. No. 1 wins $6.56, No. 2 $4.92, No. 3 $3.28 and 

 No, 4 81.64. The blanks win nothing. 

 In the 7 class the same course is pursued. No. 1 wins $5.76, No. 



3 $4.92. No. 3 $3.28, No. 4 $1.64 



In the 6 class the same plan is followed, and the same amounts 

 won as above. 



In the 5 class the same plan is followed, and the same amounts 

 won. 



Thus it will be seen 20 men out of the 100 have won an amount 

 greater than their entrance feo. Five of these 20 have won an 

 amount six times groater than the entrance fee, and one of these 

 five may be a shooter who is just beginning to shoot, and who 

 only mado 5 out of 9 in the match. Here is encouragement for 

 such a shooter, and he may snap his fingers in the face of the dis- 

 gruntled professional, arid tell him he. has won as much money as 

 the champion of All-America aud Fiji. If the latter doesn't like 

 it he can quit shooting, or go into another uia.teh, for which latter 

 he will not have long to wait. Or, if there should happen to be 



4 of these professional brethren in I lie 9 class, and if their notions 

 of a fair divide did not happen to hold it seemly that one of the 

 "perfesh" should carry off so much money as $6.56, while another 

 got only $1.64, they might divide their $16.-10 into four equal parts, 

 aud each take $4.10. Or t hey might speculate their chances aud 

 throw dice to see which should take it all. The pot-money of any 

 class belongs to the class, aud they can divide it as they like, pro- 

 vided only they do not bore the crowd by shooting out the ties. 

 This is not a professional's good day. The system is not devised 

 for him. But while the temperature grows frigid for him com- 

 pared with what it used to was (although lie still can win enough 

 to make a living by strict attention to business and careful 

 economy), the thermometer rises in the breast of the amateur, 

 and he begins to think that after all he is something of a fellow 

 himself. 



By increasing the amount of the entrance money, the size and 

 number of the pots can be increased very nicely. Let us take an- 

 other sample: 



MATCH no. 2. 

 9 blackbirds, at $1.50 entry; 100 entries. 

 100 X $150= $150; $150 — $J8 (cost of birds) =$132=pot money. 

 Five moneys, $26.40 each, with six pots in each monev, may lie 

 divided as follows; 



"(1).. $6, 60=25 per cent. 



(2) .. 5.28 = 20 per cent, 



(3) .. 3.96=15 per cent. 

 (41.. 3.96=15 per cent. 

 «).. 3.96=18 per oeht. 



,(6).. 2.64=10 per cent. 

 The tie classes will bo 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5. There will be six pots in 

 each class. There will be 30 winners, and of the 100 shooters of 

 these, five will win $6.60, five will win $5.28, fifteen will win $3.96, 

 live will win $2.64. There is some inducement to go into a shoot of 

 this kind. Take, one more sample: 



MATCH NO. 3. 



9 birds at $1.50 entry, 50 entries. 



50X81.50= 875; $75 — $9 (cost of birds) = $66=pot money. 

 Four moneys, and five nots in each money, will show as below: 

 ("(1).. $4.95 =30 per cent. 

 (2). . 4.12=25 per cent. 

 $16.60 (3).. 3.30 =20 per cent. 

 I (4).. 2.47=15 per cent. 

 1(5).. 1.65= 10 per cent. 



There b ' 

 Four men 



four win $i.re>; ym men win more tuan tneir entrance money. 



In case there should not be so many men as four in any one 

 class, there would be one money left unprovided for. The disposi- 

 tion of such a case as this will be taken up next week, together 

 with another test case or two, A few words will then also be said 

 about a scheme for arranging the batteries of traps, for all of 

 which there is not space here, In the meautimo it is to be hoped 

 that some comment will be excited, favorable or unfavorable, as 

 it is not improbable that this svstem will be given a trial at some 

 important Western shoots. Mr. Loyd has never made it public 

 before now, but the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association is 

 anxiously inquiring for some scheme which will fill its eutries at 

 its next annual meet (in June), and it is not likely (hat one will 

 offer which will suit its purpose better than tin's, which will put 

 new blood into its veins. Had the American Association known 

 this before its last meet it might possibly have found w hat it also 

 was looking for. That there is the most urgent need for this sys- 

 tem, or a better one. all intelligent students of the present condi- 

 tions of trap-shooting will admit, and Mr. Loyd will have a large 

 feather in his cap if. after further consideration of his system, it 

 shall be determined m open council that hehas Cound I he solution 

 to the puzzle and devised a scheme which will cause professional 

 shots to shoot the more, and make those shoot who never shot 

 before. The poetry is not mine; neither is the system, but as 1 

 said, 1 am inclined to think the latter wouldn't be anything to be 

 ashamed of. E. Hough. 



Chicago, 111. 



TRAP CHAT. 



EW. YERRINGTON of Norwich, Conn., is acquiring quite a 

 • reputation as a trap shot, and his name has been advanced 

 by admiring friends as the champion shot of his State, and by 

 some others as champion of New England. To neither of these 

 two titles does Mr. Y r errington aspire, and it was entirely without 

 his knowledge that such claims were made in print. He is an un- 

 assuming gentleman who started in a few years ago at trap 

 shooting as a recreation, and as a tournament shot ranks arnone; 

 the best. He has no desire for honors as a match shooter, but as 

 the. articles in question have been the means of drawing out a 

 challenge from Mr. C. B. Mauley of Danbury, Conn., he has de- 

 cided to accept this challenge with some modifications. Mr. Man- 

 ley's challenge called for a match at 100 bluerocks from 5 traps at 

 ISyds. rise, for $50 a side, to be shot on Colt Gun Club grounds at 

 Hartford, and limited Yerring'on to a 12-gaugc 81b. gun. As the 

 challenged party Yerrington claims the right to have some voice 

 in the conditions, and accepts with the right to shoot any gun, 10- 

 gauges at 19yds., and 12-gauges at 16yds., and match to be shot 

 during the Norwich Tournament, April 17 and 18, on Norwich 

 Gun Club grounds. Tnis should make a good race, and we hope 

 to be able to announce Mr. Mauley's acceptance soon. 



i (a>.. i.oo=j.u.per cent, 

 being four moneys, the scores to win would be 9, S 7, 6 

 en win $4,95, four win $4.12, four win $3,30, four win $2.47, 

 a $1.65; 20 men win more than their entrance money. 



The Norwich Shooting Club offer a very attractive, programme 

 for their shoot on Wednesday and Thursday, April 17 'and 18. 

 There are. 13 events for tho first dav and 12 for the second, and, 

 as Keystone rules will be used the shooting will be constant and 

 lively, Sweepstakes of all kinds are provided, from 7 to 30 birds 

 entries ranging from fifty cents to $3, with several matches at 

 double rises, so there will be no lack of variety. On each day a 

 race at 30 birds will be shot under the new Tucker system, which 

 is to be given a practical test. These races are for guaranteed 

 purses, $50 the first day and $75 the second day. The club pro- 

 mises visitors a good time, with large entry lists. A hot dinner 

 will be served on the grounds each day at a charge of fifty cents. 



NEW JERSEY PIGEON LAW.— By the united action of the 

 several gun clubs having grounds in New Jersev the law which 

 has been interpreted as prohibiting the killing of pigeons from 

 traps has been changed to permit the sport by the members of 

 regularly incorporated clubs. 



BRYN MAWR, Pa., has a newly organized gun and rifle club, 

 with Hugh W. Barrett, Pres.; Christian Moore, Vice-Pres.; F. 

 Howard Shank, Sec; Geo. W. Foley, Treas.. and John J. Kerri- 

 gan and Joseph Hamilton, Field Captains. 



Keystone rules. 



RULE 1. A referee shall be appointed to judge all matches, and 

 his decision shall he final. 

 Rule 2. Special Duties rtt Referee.— The referee shall see that 

 the, traps arc proncrly set to throw the proper angles at the be- 

 ginning of a match, and that they aro keptin order to the finish. 

 Rule 3. The referee shall announce the score in a loud voice. 

 RuiiP. 4. Keeping the -Score— There shall be appointed a scorer, 

 and the score kept by him shall be. official. The scoring of a dead 

 bird bv a "1," and the scoring of a lost bird by a "O," 



Rule 5. Trips.— All raatclus shall be shot from either 3 or 5 

 traps. Shooting from 3 trap*, four shooters shall step to the 

 sfcotPi one facing each trap, according to his number. No. 4 to 

 step to No, i score after No 1 shoots, No. 1 to step to No. 2 score 

 after No. 2 : shoots, etc., until all have shot, when No. 3 steps be- 

 hind No. 1 score and the rotation continues. Starting at No. 1. 

 shooting shall continue in rotation down the line. Shooters shall 

 load guns while walking from trap to trap, so that shooting wil> 

 be continuous; a shooter must never shoot until the shooter to the 

 left has shot, Any one shooting out of turn must shoot at another 

 bird. In using live traps the rotation is the same, having five 

 shooters face the traps and the sixt h shooter to stand behind No. 1. 



Rule 6. The traps must bo well screened; there must be a num- 

 ber put on each screen opposite each trap, and the shooter must 

 stand opposite the number. 



Runic T. Adjust ina Traps.— The traps shall be so adjusted that 

 the elevation of the bird in its flight, at a distance of 10yds. from 

 the trap, shall not be more than 10ft. nor less than 6ft,, and the 

 angles shall be as follows: In using 3 traps No. 1 shall be set to 

 throw a left-quartering bird; No. 2 shall be set to throw a straight- 

 away bird; No. 3 shall be set to throw a right-quartering bird. In 

 using 5 traps No. 1 shall be. set to throw a right-quartering bird;; 

 No. 3 shall be set to throw a left-quartering bird; No. 3 shall be 

 set to throw a. straightaway bird; No. 4 shall be set to throw a 

 right-quartering bird; No 5 shall be set to throw a left- quartering; 

 bird, same as National rules. 



Rule 8. Pulling Traps— The trap puller shall be a,t least 6ft.- 

 behind the shooter, and when the shooter calls pull, the trap or 

 traps shall he instantly sprung, in single-bird shooting he should 

 pull the trap consecutively, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. He shall pull regularly for 

 all shooters, if the bird is sprung before or at any noticeable in- 

 terval after the shooter calls pull, he can accept the bird or not; 

 but if ho shoots the result shall bo scored. 



Rule 9. Gun — No gun of larger caliber than 10-borc shall be 

 used, and the charge of shot shall not exceed IJ^oz. Dixon stan- 

 dard measure, No. 1106. 



Rent 10. Loading Guns.— In single-bird shooting only one barrel 

 shall be loaded at a time, and the cartridge shall not be placed in 

 the barrel until after (lie shooter has taken his position at the 

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

 score. 



Rule 11. Position of Gun,— The gun may be sighted at the score. 

 But when ready to shoot the butt of the gun must be held below 

 the armnit until the word pull is given. 



Runic 12. Broken Birds.— A bird to be scored broken must have 

 a perceptible piece broken from it while in the air. The decision 

 of the referee on this point shaU be final. No bird shall be re- 

 trieved to be examined for shot marks. If a bird be broken by the 

 trap, the shooter may claim another bird. 



Rule 13. Single-Bird Slioot-iug —Each contestant shall shoot at 

 number of birds decided on by the referee before leaving the score, 

 If two birds are sprung at the same time it shall be optional with 

 the shooter to accept or not. If he accepts either bird the result 

 shall be scored. 



Rums 14. Jiouhlc-Bird SI 'looting. —Both traps must be pulled 

 simultaneously, and each contestant shall shoot at three pairs 

 consecutively thrown, as follows: Three shooters face the 

 traps, the fourth man standing behind No. 1; No. 1 shoots out of 

 Nos. 1 and 2 traps; No. 1 a left quarter and No. 2 a straightaway? 

 No. 2 shoots out of Nos. 3 and 4, No. 3 a left quarter, No. 4 a 

 straightaway; No. 3 shoots out of Nos. 5 and 6, No. 5 a left quarter, 

 No. 6 a straightaway. The rotation to continue the same as in 3 

 trap shooting at singles. 



Rums 15. Four Trap Hide far Double Shouting.— Two men to face 

 the traps, with the third to step in after No. 1 shoots. No. 1 to 

 shoot out of Nos. 1 and 2; No. 2 to shoot out of Nos. 3 and 4, and 

 rotate until shot out. 



Rule 16. Tie Shooting— All ties shall be shot off at 21yds. on 

 singles, and at 18yds. on doubles, and at the number of birds 

 agreed on by tho contestants. If, however, the contestants can- 

 not agree promptly on this point, the referee shall fix the num- 

 ber, ami his decision shall be final. The rules prescribed for 

 single and double, bird shooting shall prevail in fie shooting. 



Rule 17.— In case of a tie, any one in the tie can ask for a 

 divide any time when his interest in the purse amounts to as 

 much as his entrance money, and the balance can shoot out after 

 the interests of those asking for a divide have been deducted from 

 the nurse. 



Rule 18, Challenge,— No challenge shall be considered unless the 

 parties challenging are contestants. 



Rule 19, Distance iu single-bird shooting shall be 18yds. for 10- 

 bore guns, 16yds. for 12-bore guns weighing 81bs. or less, and 15yds. 

 for all smaller bores weighing 71hs. or under. In double-bird 

 shooting the rise shall be 15yds. for 10-bore gutis, 14yds. for 12-bore 

 guns, and 13yds. for all smaller bores. 



Rule 20. Handicaps. Every time a contestant wins a first 

 money he shall be handicapped 2yds. and remain so as long as he 

 shoots in a tie for any money. A contestant cannot be handi- 

 capped more than 4yds.. and when shot out of aU moneys can 

 enter the next contest without a handicap. 



Rule 2. Semi-Professional Ride,— Our semi-professional rule is 

 the same as our amateur rule, excepting that the angles of the 

 traps are changed each time to throw either a right-quartering 

 bird, left-quartering bird or straightaway. The trappers are 

 compelled to change the angles every time their traps are sprung. 

 Five traps are to be used, the same as in our amateur rule. 



RuleS. Expert or Professional Ride— In our Rule 3 six traps 

 must be used and seven men constitute a squad. Unknown traps 

 and unknown angles. Traps must be pulled according to indica- 

 tor. No. 1 must throw a right-quartering bird, No. 2 a left-quar- 

 tering bird. No. 3 a straightaway, No. 4 a right-quartering bird. 

 No. 5 a left-quartering bird. No. 6 a straightaway. Shooters' posi- 

 tions are the same as in the amateur rule, and rotate the same: 

 1, 2 and 8 are to get either 1 , 2 or 3 traps; 4, 5 and 6 are to get either 

 4, 5 or 6 traps. No guns of larger caliber than 10-bore are allowed. 

 Every shooter shall have the privilege of the same number of 

 shots with his gun properly loaded. 



NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT. 



Editor Forest ami Stream: 



I beg leave through Forest and Stream to notify all the gun 

 clubs of the State of New l r ork that they can be admitted to 

 membership in the New York State Association for the. Protection 

 of Fish and Game on the payment of an initiation fee of one 

 dollar. The admission of any organized gun club to membership 

 will give it representation in the convention to be held in Albany, 

 June 3, and render its members eligible for competition in all the 

 events of the great tournament to be held at the shooting park of 

 the Elm Grove Gun Club, June 4, 5, 6 and 7. The executive com- 

 mittee of the Elm Grove Club, having charge of the projected 

 State tournament, are preparing an elaborate programme 

 of the events arranged for the four days above designated. 

 Prizes are being constantly donated by merchants and others, 

 and a gratifying list is already shown at the committee's head- 

 quarters, greatly varied in quality and value. Any club desiring 

 admission to the State Association should send application to the 

 undersigned at once; and as soon as the official programmes of 

 the convention and tournament are issued, copies will be sent to 

 all clubs whose applications are filed at headquarters. 



Another suggestion I make to all shooters who contemplate 

 taking part in the State un-eting, is to come here and take part in 

 the tournaments held at Elm Grove, prior to the great event. It 

 is generally conceded that most men, however skillful, are handi- 

 capped by shooting on strange grounds; and to such I would sav 

 come to Albany and take part iu our next tournament to be held 

 at Elm Grove Shooting Park, Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 

 13. Programmes furnished on application. All persons desiring 

 further information regarding the New York State Sportsmen's 

 convention and tournament will please addres 



Horace B. Derby, Sec' v. 



448 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



BERGEN POINT, N. J., March 30.-The ninth match of the 

 clay-pigeon shooting tournament for the New Jersev Athletic 

 Club's challenge cup was shot this afternoon on the organization's 

 grounds at Bergen Point, There were eight entries for the event, 

 and each contestant shot at 15 targets from 18yds. rise. Edwards 

 O. Schuyler and Bayard T. Kissam tied at 12 breaks each. In 

 shooting off, the former missed his first bird and the latter broke. 

 Geo. S. Virden scored 11, and Edward L. Vredenburgh and Elmer 

 E. Bigoney each scored 10 breaks. Kissam will probably capture 

 the trophy, as he has won five matches of the series shot to date. 

 Virden has won two, and J. D. Berdan and Richard Sunderman 

 have each won one event. 



