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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 4, 1889. 



THE SUBURBAN GROUNDS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I recently desired to shoot a little, but was unable at first, to 

 find a place where I could go and have a short practice now and 

 then. At last I stiuck such a place on the grounds of the New 

 York Suburban Shooting Grounds Association at Claremont, 

 N. J. I took the 2 o'clock train from Liberty street, and at 2:18 I 

 was at the grounds, which adjoin the railroad station. I at 

 once heard the welcomo sound of shotguns at work, some loud 

 and reverberating, and others, due to the use of wood and Schultze 

 powder, not much louder than a firecracker. 



The gate being open I walked in, and following a good hard 

 cinder path reached the club house and entered. 



Several men were putting their guns together, and all were 

 good-naturedly exchanging greetings and seemed to be on the 

 best of terms with each other, I saw nothing of the rough element. 

 As I had come to shoot, I at once accepted an invitation to enter 

 a shoot about to commence, called the "trophy" shoot, entrance 

 25 cents, 26 bluerocks, 5 traps, 6 angles. I was told the shooters 

 for this badge must be amateurs, and all those entered were prob- 

 ably amateurs, but some of them shot like good ones, anythiug 

 less than 18 out of the 25 was considered poor. I will not say what 

 my score was, but I enjoyed the shoot. 



Tne constant popping of guns over at the other end of the 

 grounds excited my curiosity, and going over there I found a 

 lively sweep in progress; about fourteen were entered and ware 

 pulverizing the targets in fine style. Uncle Billy Sigler at once 

 attracted my attention. He looks like a typical sport; sturdy, 

 quick and sure of aim, he seemed to have a mortgage on the bird's, 

 and as I stood looking on he broke his 10 straight, arid such breaks; 

 in fact, the "crockery" was all broke up. E. D. Miller was anot her 

 commanding figure, tall, well built, cool, every inch a 100 mar., 

 and the equal of any. Good-looking Brientnall was not r.ehind 

 any, and I heard him say in a low tone, "That makes 40 straight," 

 as he finished the sweep. Lindsey, in dark corduroy coat and 

 working his "wing" as usual, was not up to his best form but 

 managed to scoop in second two or three times with his wood 

 powder. Tom Kellar was on hand with his chewing gum, Apgar 

 ■was there mentally comparing the working of the traps here 

 •with the perfection attained on the Middlesex grounds under 

 his skilliul care of that department. The genial Qnimhy 

 beamed upon all as he concluded a score of 9, Collin's 

 who knows what good shooting is; Johnson who has it nip- 

 and-ttick with Miller occasionally; Lever, who won the 60 

 live bird shoot at Erb's the other day; Bobart, who loves to shoot 

 so well that they say he shoots indoors at target-: Eddv, of Cali- 

 fornia, with his splendid Scott gun; J. T. Richards, the lawyer, 

 who can never get enough powder in his shells and whom no 

 man can bluff; Chas. Richards, small of stature, but a Samson in 

 slaying the flyers with his Westley Richards 12-bore; Hathaway, 

 the bank teller, who they say has a different gun every other 

 Saturday; Scott, who stands up to his work like a drum'major; 

 Seehusen, w 7 ho has a rage for repeaters at present; Albee who 

 shoots a cannon in the shape of a new 10-bore Winchester and 

 goes at it like a sailor about to climb the mast; Morton, the ac- 

 countant who found out that shooting "culls" did not pay, ex- 

 cept on black and blue marks on shoulder, all these were there 

 and many others whom the writer did not know personally and 

 about whom he could not pick tip any gossip. 



The style of shooting was what is called Keystone rules, which 

 seems to be a favorite with the most of the contestants. 



I was tempted into joining the next sweep with these gentle- 

 men, and got laid out flat, but in subsequent sweeps I managed to 

 get my entrance money back; so that all my afternoon 'ssport cost 

 me was my ammunition and birds. No trappers to pay nor any 

 extras — nothing to do but shoot. 



I noticed about fifteen or twenty persons who did not enter any 

 sweeps, but seemed to be practicing only. I am told that over 

 2,000 birds are often shot at on these grounds between the hours 

 of 2:30 and 5 o'clock. Mr. Richards told me that some improve- 

 ments arc contemplated, such as extending the cinder tilling in, 

 rearranging traps, facilities for live-bird shooting, etc. 1 believe 

 a rifle range is contemplated: there is also a targc-dinga-tid testiiv 

 backboard to the left, which, 1 understand, was put up by the 

 Fobest and Stream people, and which has been used some, 'judg- 

 ing by the shot marks in it. When these improvements are com- 



pleted the Suburban will possess grounds as good as any, and in 

 the items of nearness to New York city and ease with which any 

 number of boys can be got for working the traps, superior to 

 any. 



In addition to usual Saturday shoots, I understand that the 

 grounds are open every afternoon and any one can go there and 

 practice, the only charge being the price of birds. This is a 

 specially good feature. Also, every fourth Saturday an all-day 

 shoot is held, with restaurant open. 



I intend taking the next one in on April 27, and mav have a few 

 remarks for you to publish if you can stand it. Ad Vance. 



CANADIAN TRAP NOTES. 



OTTAWA, March 23.— The St. Hubert's Gun Club shot their 

 fourth competition for the club handicap this afternoon 

 and in spite of a glorious day and everything in favor of a good 

 record, most of the boys wore away off, and the scores were a w- t \ 

 below par. Following are the scores made: 



Sweep at 10 blackbirds, 18yds. rise, 5 traps: W. J. Johnson 9 

 A. H. Throop 9, J. Deslauriers 9, E. White 8, Geo. White 8 Dr 

 Martin 7, 8. White 7, Ed King 5, R. G. Dalton 4. 



Sweep at 5 pairs, 15yds. rise: R. G. Dalton 8, W. J. Johnston 8 

 A. H. Throop 5. Ed White 5, Ed King 5, Geo. White 4, J. Deslaur- 

 iers 4, Dr. A. Martin 4, Dr. H. Equis 3. 



Club handicap at 20 birds each, 18yds. rise, 5 traps: Ed White 

 (1 start) 16, Dr. Martin 15, W. J. Johnston 15. S. White (2 start) 15 

 J. Deslauriers 14, A. H. Throop 14, Geo. White 13, E. C. Grant 

 (3 start) 12. R. G. Dalton 9. 



Ottawa, March 25. — A bright sun, clear sky, gave hopes for 

 good shooting at the Htmton tournament to-day, but the cold 

 raw northwest wind fairly chilled every one. At 10:30 the fir^ 

 call for an "individual" prize was responded to by 11 guns- \; 

 birds each, 18yds.: 



W J Johnston 01111110001111011111—15 



Ed White - 1110101010111 1 10O11 1-H 



Dr A Martin OllOlllliooilOlIlOll-u 



Geo White 110.l010lllH(t001nni-13 



A H Throop 01010011111101001101-12 



J Deslaurier 010110111100011 11011—12 



R G Dalton 01100111010111111000-12 



White second on shoot-off, Throop and Deslaurier divided third. 



! St. Hubert's 

 No. 2, W. J. 

 The old vet. 



it will be noted was m nne order, scoring a straight 20. No. 1 

 team: 



John Deslaurier 111111 11111 11 1111111— 20 



S C Labelle 10101101101100111001-12 



R G Dalton 11111000011100011011-12 



Geo White 1 11001 OOllllO HON 00-12 



Dr A Martin 1001011 1001110110001—11-67 



No. 2 team: 



P Trudeau 111011 1010imilll01-16 



Ed White 011 1 1 1 011 11 1 1 1 11 0011-16 



W J Johnston 1111111 1001101001011-14 



S White 01011011001111 1 01 111— 14 



A H Throop nOlOOlllOOmOlUOlO— 11-71 



Toronto, March 26.— At McDowall & Co.'s grounds this af ter- 

 noonthe following gentlemen assembled for a friendly shoot at 

 blackbirds. Seven sweeps and two team matches were also dis- 

 posed of. A very interesting and enjoyable time was spent. The 

 following are the scores, at 10 birds: 



First sw^eep: Emond 10, Rice 8, Townson 7, Jackson 7, Andrews 



6, C. Pants 5. 



Second sweep: Felstead 8, Rice 8, Pants 8, McDowall 7, Townson 



7, Jackson 7, Emond 6, Andrews 5. 



Third sweep: McDowall 8, Emond 6, Pants 6, Townson 6, Felstead 

 6, Rice 5, Jackson 5, Andrews 5. 



Fourth sweep: Rice 9, Felstead 8, Jackson 8, Emond 8, Townson 

 6, Pants 5. 



Fifth sweep: McDowall 10, Rice 8, Pants 8, Andrews 7, Felstead 

 6, Emond 6, Jackson 6. 



Sixth sweep: Rice 10, McDowall 9, Emond 8, Charles 7, Jackson 

 5, Felstead 5, Pants 4, Andrews 2. 



Seventh sweep: McDowall 9, Emond 9, Pants 7, Jackson 0, An- 

 drews 6, Charles 4, Rice 3. 



Team shoot, 6 birds: 



McDowall 101111—5 Emond 110111-5 



Charles 111110—5 Rice 101010—3 



Pants 111000—3 Andrews 110101—4 



Felstead 111101—5-18 Jackson 101111—5-17 



Team sooot, 6 birds: 



McDowall 111011—5 Emond 110111—5 



Charles 101111—5 Andrews 011101—4 



Pants 011011—4 Jackson. 110100—3 



Felstead 111100-4-18 Rice . . . . : 100010— 3—14 



Montreal. March 25.— T. W. Boyd & Son's first annual shoot 

 was held on the grounds of the Dominion Gun Club, when there 

 was a large attendance of both shoot ers and spectators. The day 

 was a beautiful one for the sport. The fi ret event, the team shoot, 

 owing to the non-arrival of the Ottawa men, was postponed. The 

 entries in the individual shoot were numerous. Mr. W. L. Lums- 

 den made a fine score of 19 out of 20. missing his last bird. There 

 were representatives of all the leading clubs on the ground, St. 

 Lawrence showing up strong, headed by their president, Mr. A. 

 Brault. Mr. Boa and several members of the Thistle, of St. 

 Laurent, were also present. There were 40 entries in the ladies' 

 match, and the excitement was great, Mr. J. Smith (Dominion) 

 and Mr. E. A. Cowley (Montreal) tieing on 9 straight and shooting 

 off 6 ties before Mr. Smith secured the prize. Individual match. 

 20 birds, open to all shooters, 5 traps, 5 prizes: 

 Lumsden. 11111111111111111110—19 Paquette.. 10000101101101011110-11 

 Au bin. .11011010101111101111-15 A Branlt ,.001001 1 1001 1 10111001-11 

 J Smith... 01110111000011111111— 14 G Brault.. llOOilolOlOOIllOHOO 11 

 Thaekw'llOOOOlll '011111110011— 13 A A ubin.. 11 11 000*11 100011 1010-10 



A Boa 11011011011001010011—12 J Cooke. .00110010100101 110110-10 



Vermefcte.Ollllll HI 1000110000-12 Bourgeau 011000001 11 101001000- 8 



Ladies' match, 9 birds, 6 prizes: 



J Smith 9 J Cooke 7 



E A Cowley 9 Lumsden 7 



Caughtry 8 C Aubin 7 



SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS. -Claremont. N. J., March 

 30.— There was a fair attendance at the grounds to-day and some 



enjoyable sport. Ties divided. The various sweeps ran: 



No. 1, 10 birds, 50 cents entry: 



Lindsey 1110111100-7 Sandford 0110001110—5 



Simpson 00U10U01-6 Hathaway 1000010001— 3 



King 1011111111— 9 Apgar 1111111110-9 



No. 2, same: 



Lindsey 0101110011-6 Sandford 1110111011-8 



Simpson 0110111110—7 Hathaway 001C01U10— 5 



King lim00111-7 Apgar 1110101111-8 



No. 3, same: 



Simpson 1110000111— 6 Sandford 1011111001— 7 



Hathaway 1011001000-4 Apgar 1100111101-7 



King 011U11011-8 Lindsey 0111001110-6 



No. 4. same: 



Simpson 1111011110-8 Sandtord 1111011100—7 



Ha t ha wa y 11 11001 1 1 01 — 6 Apga r ...1111 110010 - 7 



King 1011111011—8 Lindsey 1110101010-6 



No, 5, same: 



Simpson 0100110111—6 Apgar 1001110111- 7 



Hathaway 1111101101—8 Lindsey 1111101010— 7 



King 0110111101-7 Eddy .1111111111-10 



Sandford 1110100111-7 Richards 1010110100- 5 



No. 6, 10 birds, $1 entrance: 



Lindsey 0001011111—6 Sandford 0111111110—8 



Eddy 1011110111-8 Apgar 0111111 111-9 



King 1111111101-9 Richards 1111101101-8 



No. 7, same: 



Lindsey 1101111010-7 Eddy 1101111111-9 



Sandford 1010110001—5 Richards 1101110111—8 



King 1111111011-9 Hathaway 0111011110-7 



Apgar 1111111 101-9 Simpson 1110011 11 1-8 



King first, Richards second on shoot-off. 



No. 8, same: 



Richards 0011011111—7 Lindsey 1111010101—7 



Apgar .0010100010-3 Eddy 011101 0100-5 



Lindsey first on shoot -off. 



No. 9, same: 



.1101001111-7 Richards COOOOOCOH-" 



.O0C01011O0-3 Simpson mtMlU-9 



.1101101001-6 Hathaway 1001010001-i 



Apgar. . . . 



Lindsey 



Eddv 



No 10, same: 



Apgar 



Lindsey ... 



Eddy 



No. 11, same: 



Lindsey 



Hathaway — 



.. Ill 0010101 -0 Simpson 0011000111—5 



..1111001110-7 Richards SoOH0100-4 



. .1101101101-7 Hathaway .1111 1001 11-s 



.0111011100-6 Eddy 1111101101-8 



.0100101110-5 Richards 101 1111011— H 



Apgar 1111001010-6 Simpson 0000011111—5 



Fifth amateur championship shoot for gold trophy 



Hathaway 10101100 1 111 111 1 1 1 1 01 1111— 20 



Simpson 11011101 1 001011 1 01 1 0111 10—1 7 



Thompson 0111001 1 1010101 i loll 10011—16 



E H Fox 1011.011010011101110111111—18 



Winans 00011 10101110000000011010-10 



J T Richards lOlOlUlOOlllOlllOHOUOl— 17 



DAYTON, O., April 2.-As usual here, the two days' shooting 

 tournament was well patronized, and there was fine sport. There 

 were live live-bird contests under the old rules, SOvds. boundary 

 Five live pigeons each, 15 entries: J * 



Mumma 2?, ndle 11010— 3 



James 11111—5 Bill 11110—4 



Benscotten • 11011—4 Sheets 00010—1 



Schaller 11111—5 Oakes 11011—4 



Cain 01010-2 Magle Mill -S 



Ocls "111"? ShmyV/ebb 01111-J 



Emerson 11110—4 Makley 01001-2 



Heikes 11011—4 



James, Schaller and Cole divided first, Benscotten and Heik»« 

 second, Magle third, Cain and Makley fourth. 

 Six live pigeons, 15 entries: 



James 011011—4 Cole " 110101—4 



Oakes 100111—4 Mumma HlOll— 5 



Heikes SHiHI S a « 001000-1 



Cain 111101—5 Sheets 010100—2 



Bandla 111101-s Shr.rty 111111-e 



Benscotten 1111|1— 9 Miller 001000-1 



Emerson 111110—5 Magle. 100001-2 



SchaUer 101010-3 



Benscotten and Shorty first, Randlo and Mumma second, Cole 

 Oakes and James third, Schaller fourth. 

 Five live pigeons, 12 entries: 



Bandle 11011—4 Cole 11111—5 



Schaller , 001 10—2 Mumma 10101—3 



James 10101—3 Oakes / 10 01—2 



Heikes 11111-5 Magle / 11110-4 



Bunt 11011-4 Webb 01011-3 



Benscotten 11101—4 



Heikes and Cole first, Benscotten second. 

 Five live pigeons each, 7 entries: 



Heikes 01111—4 Benscotten 11110—4 



Cole 00011-2 Mumma 00111-3 



Harman 10010-2 Elliott 00111—3 



Cain 01111-4 



All moneys divided. 



Five live pigeons, 11 entries: 



Heikes 11111—5 Elliott.... oil U — 4 



Cole. 11111—5 Keenan 11101—4 



Harman 11110—4 Ackerman 01110—3 



Cain 11011—4 Makley 10101—3 



Benscotten 11111—5 Stockert 11101-4 



Mumma- 01110-3 



First money divided, Harman won second, third divided. 

 The three most exciting contests in the standard target matches 

 weTe 12 birds each. First: 



Sheets , 000000 Benscotten lllllllUUl— 12 



Schaller 111011101110- 9 Cole 111111010101— 9 



Oakes 011101111111-10 Gethens 11011011UU— 10 



James 111101011100-8 neikes 10101111 HU— 10 



Bandle 111111011111-11 Taylor 011111111111—11 



Mumma Ill 100101 111- !) Shorty Webb llllllimiO-11 



Magle 110101111110— 9 Cain 110111111101-10 



Benscotten first, Bandle, Taylor and Shorty Webb second, 

 Heikes and Oakes third, Cole fourth. Second: 



Mumma 10111(111111—11 Owens 1111100D1010- 7 



Keenan 111111110111—11 Makley 11111110001X1- 7 



Heikes Ill 101111111-11 Gain 10111111 1011-10 



Harman 011101101111— 9 Benscotten 111111111111—12 



Elliott 111111011100- ft Cole lUOOOlllOll- S 



Ackerman 101110101101- 8 Stockert 111101111010- 9 



Benscotten broke 12 straight and took first money; Keenan and 

 Heikes "whacked up" on second, Cain took third. Third: 



Mumma 111101011111—10 Makley 101111110011—9 



Keenan 111111111111-12 Cain 111111011111—11 



Heikes 111111111111-12 Benscotten 111111101111-11 



Harman 011111111001— 9 Cole 111111011111—11 



EUiott ...010111110111— 9 Stockert 001011000110—5 



Owens 101111111101—10 



Heikes and Keenan handsomely acquitted themselves by each 

 breaking 12 straight, and "whacked" up again; Cain won second 

 in the shoot-off, Benscotten third, Owens fourth. 



it was unanimously agreed that hereafter all live bird contests 

 here shall be under the new American Association Rules.— A. B. 



NEWARK, N. J.-Tne Southside Gun Club will hold its open- 

 ing shoot of the summer season at the club's grounds on April 

 10, beginning the sport at 9:30 A. M. Invitations to participate 

 have been extended to sportsmen of this vicinity and ten matches 

 will be shot for prizes. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 22.-Teams of three from the 

 North End Club and the Philadelphia Sportsmen's Gun Club met 

 at the Fernwood range to-day and had a long good tight. North 

 Enders winning by 21 points. The score stood: 



Philadelphia Sportsmen's Gun Club Team. 

 Singles. 



Harris 11110111101111 1-13 



111101111110 1) 1-13 



11111111110 11 1-13 

 1111110 11111110-13 



Gibson OllOllllllllll 1—13 



1111111111 1101 1-14 

 11001111111011 0-11 

 _ . 110111111)111] 1-14 



Davis 11111111111101 1-14 



lOllllllllim 1-14 

 11111100111111 1—13 

 11111111011111 1-14-159 

 Doubles. 



Harris 10 01 11 11 10 11 00 01 01 01 



01 01 00 11 11 00 11 10 10 11-24 

 Gibson 01 11 11 01 10 10 11 11 00 11 



• . 11 11 01 11 10 11 10 11 11 00-29 



Davis 10 11 11 It 11 11 11 10 11 11 



01 11 00 11 11 01 10 10 00 11-30- 83 

 North End Gun Club Team. 

 Singles, 



W Morris Pack 11100111111111 1—13 



11111111111110 1—14 

 11101111101111 0—12 



, m , „ 11111111111111 1-15 



Jas Wolstencroft 11011111111011 1—13 



11111101111111 1-14 

 10111111111111 1-14 

 . 11110111111101 1-13 



Wm Wolstencroft lllllOltllloil l— 13 



11111111111111 1-15 

 01111101111111 i_i3 

 11011110111111 1-13-1112 



Doubles. 



W Morris Pack 11 11 11 11 11 01 11 01 11 11 



11 11 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11-36 



Jas Wolstencroft 11 10 11 01 11 11 01 11 11 11 



11 11 11 10 10 10 01 01 11 11-33 



Wm Wolstencroft 11 11 01 11 10 11 II 11 11 11 



10 11 11 00 11 11 01 11 01 11-33—101 

 SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.— Beautiful, warm, sunshiny 

 weather, with little wind and a splendid lot of p : geons, gave the 

 California Wing Shooting Club as fine a day before the traps at 

 San Bruno to-day as it lias ever enjoyed. The gentle breeze which 

 blew from the traps to the stand made many "in -comers," but 

 they were generally grassed in fine style. At the last shoot, two 

 weeks ago, the weather prevented the score from being shot out, 

 and to-day it was determined to ignore this altogether, and begin 

 anew for the season of 1 SsO. There were 13 entries for the main 

 match, and out of the 156 birds trapped only 32 escaped out of 

 bounds, and a very large majority feli dead. Following is tho 

 score: 



Randall 111201021121—10 Lewis 2011110:12110— 8 



Slade 221111111120-11 Liddcl 010210002110- fi 



K ( >bi n son 1 10112112210-,10 De Vaull 10221 1111121-11 



Fay 211112201201-10 Smith 121222221211—13 



Meily 222232101120-10 Lowe 022202221211-10 



Haas, 1111111^0111—11 Johns 012000100111— 6 



Sperry 211030121111— 9 



A pool shoot at 6 singles with 8 entries was the next event. The 

 entry fee was $2.50. the pool being divided in prizes of §10, S3 and 

 §4. For this event a box of fine strong bluerocks were procured, 

 and some interesting work resulted. Many of the powerful birds 

 carried charges of shot out of bounds before giving up. Robinson 

 only used his right barrel and made a clean score of kills. Slade 

 and Fay tied with 5 each t and divided second and third money 

 The score: Robinson 6, Slade 5, Smith 4, Fay 5, Sperry 4. Lowe 4, 

 Randall 4. Another pool under the same conditions, with 7 en- 

 tries, followed. Fay made a clean score, and Robinson, Smith 

 and Randall killed 5 each, dividing second and third monev. 

 Score: Robinson 5, Smith 5. Fay 6, Lowe 4 Randall 6. Joliiis 

 tried 12 singles and succeened m droppiug ll in line form after 

 missing his first. This closed the day's sport and the shooters re- 

 turned to tho city, well pleased with their outing. 



YOUNGSTOWN, O., March22.— Following were the scores made 

 to-day at the weekly shoot of the Yonngstown Gun Club: First 

 shoot, 25 birds: 



John A Logan 1100011110001110011111101—16 



J N Whiteside 1101111011111111011111111—22 



E Semple 1010101100011100001100100-11 



WA Smith 1111101111101111111111111—23 



W J Hitchcock, Jr OllOiOiOllOOUOlOUOOllll— 15 



John Stanibaugb, Jr 11C001 101000! lOlOlOOJloOO— 10 



Geo L Fordyce 1100010 llftOllllll 1 1000101— 15 



D F Anderson 011 001 1 1 Oil i OiXH 1 010 ! 1 1 10—15 



Warner Arms 1111111111110111111110011—23 



Second shoot, 25 birds: 



John A Logan, Jr 1001001110010100010011110—13 



J N Whiteside 1101111111111111111111011—23 



C E Semple 00 1 1 1 100 101 01 1 1 01 1 001 0110—13 



W A Smith OllOlUllloniOllloilliOl— 19 



W J Hitchcock, Jr 0010100110111010101111000 13 



John Stambaugh, Jr OOOOOHOOOiOOOOOllOlllllO— 10 



Geo L Fordyce. 100101 1101101 llOlOlOlOHl— 16 



D F Anderson 0111011010111101111010111— 16 



Warner Arms 1100011011 Hill 1110110111—19 



Rober t Bent ley Hill 111111111 1 1111111111-25 



Third shoot, 10 birds: 



J A Logan, Jr 1101110111— 8 J Stambaugh, Jr.. .1011110100— 6 



J N Whiteside . . .11111 LU10— 9 Geo L Fordyce 1100010000— 3 



C E Semple 1100011001- 5 Warner Arms 1111111111—10 



W A Smith 1011 111111 — 9 Robert Bentley . . ..HI 0110001— 6 



W J Hitchcock, Jr.llOOHOlOl— 6 D F Anderson 1111111011— 9 



ERB'S.— New York, March 30.-On the 28th inst., at Erh's grounds 

 Newark, N. J., two very interesting shoots took place. The day 

 was raw and cold, and rain fell all the forenoon; notwithstand- 

 ing this the largest crowd of the season was in attendance, lovers 

 of the trap from all sections being on hand. The first match, 

 called promptly at 12 o'clock, was between Mose Meyer, "an old- 

 timer" of ArUngton, N. J„ and Wm. Lever of Elizabeth; 50 birds, 

 one barrel, any gauge gun, otherwise Hurliugham rules, for $50 a 

 side. Mr. Meyer was evidently out of practice, and Lever had no 

 difficulty in shooting him out on the 43d bird. Mr. Erb was 

 referee, Mr. Liudsley and Mr, Terrv judges: 



Meyer OOlQOOllOlOUOHOOlOUllllOlOlOlonoiOOlll 11 w.— 24 



Lever H1100 1 lOilllOHOiOllUOl 1 1 11011 110 1 110111 —32 



The match between Charlie Smith and Gus Manitz was the 

 magnet that drew the crowd, and every one that witnessed it 

 declared themselves more than repaid for braving the storm. It 

 certainly was the prettiest match that has been shot in this 

 vicinity for years. The excitement was at fever beat until the 

 winning shot had been fired. Both gentlemen did beautiful ex- 

 ecution, some of the kills being remarkable. Toe scores are 

 worthy of a champion, for the birds were of the best, those from 

 the 15th to the finish being of the highest order. There was a 

 large amount of money wagered on the result , mostly at odds of 

 10 to 8 on the "Dutch." Mr. Oswald von Lengerke was the referee, 

 and had an unusually easy task, as he was called on only once 

 for a decision, Mr. Manitz's third bird being challenged for being 

 shot on the ground, he was ordered to shoot at another. There 

 was no kicking throughout the match; it was a most gentlemanly 

 shoot. Mr. W. Lindsley was judge for Smith and Mr. Dan Terry 

 officiated for Manitz. Appended are the scores with the birds 

 lost. Both gentlemen used a 10-gauge L. C. Smith hammerless 

 gun, and wood powder in the first barrel: 



Manitz 31212101121111210011101211210111121011011221201222-42 



Smith 10131112111111 012212011011121112221221211202121021-44 



Smith lost his second bird, an incoming towerer, fifteenth a 

 right quarterer, his twenty-first, a strong diver, was hit hard with 

 both barrels, but fell dead out of bounds; twenty-fourth a hard 

 diver, forty-third, a towering Tight quarterer. hit hard with the 

 second, fell dead outside; forty-eighth, a right quarterer, fell a 

 prey to the pot hunters. Manitz's lost birds were his seventh, 

 seventeenth, eighteenth and twenty-second, all right quarterers; 

 twenty-ninth, a straight driver, hit hard; thirty-sixth, a right 

 quarterer; thirty-ninth, a driver, and forty-sixth another right 

 quarterer. There is to be a grand sweepstake shoot, at Erb's, 

 Newark, on the last Thursday in April. The conditions are 25 

 birds, $35 entrance, Hurlingham rules, 12-gauge guns, 28yds. It 

 will undoubtedly be a great event as all the Jersey cracks have 

 signified their intention of entering.— Tee Kay. 



THE ARIONS.— The Arion Rod and Gun Club, of New York 

 and East New York, which is composed of a number of well 

 Known and prosperous business men, intends to buy a new club 

 house for the accommodation of themselves and their families at 

 Rockaway Beach. The membership, which has been limited to 

 thirty-five, will now be increased to fifty. The officers elected 

 for the ensuing year, the ninth of the club's existence, are: 

 W. H. Frank, President; M. Mayer, Vice-President; G. Kahr, 

 Secretary: L. Kolb, Treasurer. 



