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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 16, 188S. 



PHILADELPHIA, May 11.— A contest at bluorock pigeons be 

 members of the University Gun Club to decide which class in the 

 University is entitled to the championship and shall have the 

 right to enter the inter-collegiate championship match during 

 June, took place to-day near the College ground s. It was ex- 

 pected that t- ams from three classes would participate in the 

 event, but only two teams faced the traps— '90 and '91. Class '89 

 had two representatives present, but the contest was for teams 

 of four men, 25 bluerocks per man, (hey could not shoot, ihe 

 famous amateur live pineon shot, H.Yale Dolan, who will go 

 abroad during B-9L, was at the beed of the '90 team, and his supe- 

 rior skill as a trap shot, practically insured a win; the teams 

 were otherwise about equal in point of scoring strength. 



Class '90. Class '91. 



HY Dolan 23 Starr 5 



Irwin 9 Williams 15 



Mcllvain 16 Johnson 16 



Brinton 15—62 Lennig 9—45 



BROOKLYN, May 8.— The Fountain Gun Clnb of Brooklyn held 

 its monthly shoot at Woodlawn Park, Gravesend, this afternoon. 

 The a t tendance was larger than usual, and the weather was fine. 

 Tbe splendid birds supplied contributed their share to make the 

 shoot a success. Tbe club medal was won by J. E. Lake, 27yds., 

 who was tied, on 10 birds straight, with A. Eddy 30yds.. and 1. 

 Kane 30yds. Lake and Eddy shot off, the former winning on 3 

 killed to his adversary's 2. Dr. Shields BOyds., R. Graves 25yds., 

 H McLaughlin 25yds., J Shevlin 24yds. and Wheeler 25yds.. all 

 killed 6 birds out of a possible 7. Of two sweepstakes at 3 birds 

 each, three miss and out, the first one was won by McKane, first 

 on 10 straight, Conover second on 11 out of 13, and P. Donnellv 

 third. McKane also won tbe second match on 8 straight, with 

 Conover second with 10 out of 11. Referee, Mr. Goodwin; scorer, 

 C. H. Dollar. 



OMAHA, May 6.— The new gun club grounds across the river 

 were formally dedicated this afternoon bv a grand sweepstakes 

 race, 25 bluerocks. KKds. rise, participated in by the members of 

 the local and Council Bluffs clubs. There was a vtry large crowd 

 of spectators, and despite the high winds some very creditable 

 scores were made as follows: 



Hardin 0101111100111110111110010-17 



r His 0111 1 1U1100100U010111J01— 16 



Blake 11 1 1 11 11 ()l 1 1 1 1 )i .i ) 1 1 01001 1—17 



Ketchem 1 .OtllOl 1 U 111 111 11101 110— 21 



Wcslln.oke O.Oi 11H01 101 11)110111 till— 19 



Bru"ker lluOllOnoiUOUlOlUlllOlll— 15 



Neville lOmiulOllllulOlimilll— 'M 



Prince 1001111111111111111111111—23 



Biewer 11 111111 1 111 110111 1111110-23 



Cnl ver Ill 0011 1101 1 1001 101 100101— 1 6 



T'pton 101111111 lOlOlKjlllOOOlll— 18 



Field 1111001111 101110110111111-20 



Following this event came a match for $25 a side between J. J. 

 Hardin and .John S. Prince, which was won by Prince by the fol- 

 lowing score: 



Prince 0011111llill011imi01010-19 



Haidin OlXUlllllLllllUHlOuOuO-lT 



WORCE c TER. Mass.. May 9.-At the meet this week of tbe 

 Worcester Spoilsmen's Club at Coal Mine BTook range the > lassi- 

 fic«tiou contest was resumed. All who broke 22 or more out of a 

 possible 30 were in Class A, all others in Class B. The work in 

 del ail follows: 



Class A. Classif'n. Prize. Class A. Classif'n. Prize. 



Dr Bowers 24 10 C R B Claflin. ..23 9 



G J Rugg 24 10 C H Howe 27 8 



MD Oilman 20 9 E T Smith 24 8 



Geo Sampson... .25 9 E s Knowles 26 7 



B Franklin 23 9 C W Burbank...23 6 



Cla-sB. Clai-sif'n. Prize. Class B. Classif'n. Prize. 



CRice 21 9 A K Bowclish 20 7 



EFttwan 19 9 H Edwards 11 6 



W Henry 20 8 F Forehome 7 2 



C Johnson 16 8 



WATSON'S PARK.— Grand Crossing. 111., May 9.— The Gun 

 Club of Chicago. Ma tell at 10 tame p geons, 5 ground traps, 30yds. 

 rise. 80yds. boundary, Illinois State rules, medal prizes: 



Rock..* 2illl22112-10 Miller 1201210012— 7 



Wadswoith D01211222- 9 Barlow 2121112111-10 



Place 222C120210— 7 Young 2112112121-10 



Thompson 1H1M210— 7 Price .-...2112211101— 9 



Hollister 1111112211-10 Uaruliuc.. .. . . ..201b>11102— 7 



Rowe 2-201 "HOI— 8 Kent 2112112111—10 



Smith 1020112121—8 Stanley 2011010810—5 



Burchner 2122220201— 8 



Ties on medal for first at 5 birds, 30yds.: Rock 220, Hollister 

 2120, Barlow 2220. Young 21211, 0111 1, Kent 12111, 20220. Young wins 

 medal. 



Match at 20 Peoria, b'ackbirds. 3 traps, 18yds. rise, Illinois State 

 rules, medal prize: Miller 0, Wads Worth 10, Rock 15, Smith 14, 

 Thompson 9. Young 16, Prica 6, Place 12, Harnline 15, Kent 4, Bar- 

 low 14. Holiister 18, wins: Stmiley 2.— Ravelkigg. 



TORONTO, May 9.— The third shoot for the McDowall & Co. 

 gun of the Stanley Gun Club took place on the grounds tuis after- 

 noon. G. W hile was the winner, with 21 out of 25 at 19yds. rise: 



G White (19yds) 111111011011 UlOllllOllil— 21 



T Sawden, Jr. (21) 10 H ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 01 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1111—19 



FEmond (25) ..0111.101111.110100100101111—17 



J Mitchell (18) 1101111001111110010110101—17 



WFels'ead (23) 0111011 1 Oil 10100101013 ill— 16 



T Sawden, Sr. (lb) 011001. Ou(.lllO0Hllll0lll0-15 



F Malhtt (19) 10010101 1 1 1 n 001 101001110— 14 



C Harrison (19) HOuOlOllOOlOOretired. 



Several sweepstakes followed. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., May 11.— More than a score of shooters 

 faced the traps at the grounds of the Wellington Club to-rlay, and 

 several good scores were made in the silver piti her and merchan- 

 dise matches. In the pitcher match Field was tied with four 

 others, with 14 out of 15 each, but in the shoot-off Field won. In 

 the merchandise match the. following scores were made: Schaefer 

 and Stanton 14, Snow, Sanborn, Chase, Black, Perry and Dill 

 second with 13; White, Dan. Warren and Melcher third, with 12; 

 Hammond and Chase fourth, with H. Schaefer and Alierton 

 shot two 25 clay-bird matches, Schaefer winning the first on a 

 shoot-off, and Alierton the second. There was alto two 25 bird 

 matches between Stanton, Choare ana Perry. In the first Stantou 

 and Perry divided, and in the second match, with Schaefer added, 

 the scores were: Stanton 25, Choate 24, Perry 24, Schaefer 23, out 

 of 25 birds. Following are the winners in the several sweepstake 

 matches: Five pigeons, Stanton, Choate, Melchert; 6 bluerocks, 

 Stanton; 5 pigeons, Stauton; 6 bluerocks, Oh«ate; 6 pigeons. White: 

 6 pigeons, Alierton, Chase and Stanton; 7 bluerocks, Choate and 

 Bradstreet; 8 pigeons, Stantou, Field and PtsrrM 6 pigeons. Dill, 

 Choate and Stantou; 5 pigeons, White, Choate aud Schaefer; 

 bluerocks, Schaefer, Dill and Sianton; (3 pigeons, Stanton; 6 blue- 

 reeks, Choate, Stanton, Dill and Schaefer; 6 bluerocks, Choate, 

 White. Snow aud Melcher; 5 pigeons, Stanton, Choate and 

 Schaefer. 



NEW JERSEY MARKSMEN.— A prominent New York sports- 

 man propotes to match a team of 1.0 New Jersey live-bird shot: 

 against any similar team from any State in the Union. He will 

 back the Jerseymen for any amount, and suggests a race of 250 

 birds. 25 buds each man, under any popular rules. A match of 

 this character would create a furore in shooting circles, and if 

 held on any accessible grounds would draw an immense crowd of 

 spectators. In the last two or three years New York has become 

 the trap shooting center of the country. There is to-day within 

 a radius of fifty miles of the metropolis no less than 150 active 

 gun clubs winch hold weekly or monthly tournaments. Since the 

 advent of artificial targets as a partial substitute for live birds, 

 the colleges and athletic clubs throughout the country have 

 added tr;.p shooting as a prominen t feature of sport. . . . The Essex 

 Gun Club, at a meeting held in Newark on May 8. decided not to 

 assume the responsibility of managing the New Jersey State 

 snoot. It will be held under the auspices of the Middlesex Club 

 at Dunellen, providing the date doe» not conflict with the annual 

 national tournament of that club; otherwise it will go to the New 

 York Suburban Club, 



NORWICH, Conn.. May 13.— The Norwich Shooting Club will 

 hold a tournament on its grounds in Norwich, Conn., on May 28 

 and 29, Tuesday and Wednesday. A $50 guaranteed purse will be 

 shot for on each day. Mr. H. A. Penrose will have full cool rol 

 and management of the traps, which he will run on the Keystone 

 system.— E. W. Yehuikgton, Pres. 



TORONTO. Mav 11.— The third shoot of the Toronto Gun Club 

 for prizes presented by the club was hald at the Woodbine this 

 afternoon. The following are the scores at 15 artificial birds: 

 Felsted 13, McDowall 12, Towuson 11, Sawdon 9, Phillips 13, Crow 

 11, Downe It, Bayles 8. Felsted first, McDowall third. 



DETROIT, May 11.— At the annual meeting of tbe West End 

 Gun Club the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President. John Archer; Vice-President, Chas. Smith; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, J. Wm. Garrison; Captain, E. R. Wendt. The 

 American Shooting Association rules were adopted, and it was 

 decided to send a team to the Richmond tournament to compete 

 for the club championship of Michigan and team trophy. 



MARTIN'S CENTERBOARDS. 



N. J. ATHLETIC CLUB. — The Board of Trustees of the New 

 Jersey Athletic Club have, agreed to the proposition of Messrs T. 

 J. Parker, A, C. Wilrnerding aud E. E. Bigoney, the gun commit- 

 tee of the organization, to make clay-pigeon shoot ing a permanent 

 feature of the sports patronized by the club. A large section of 

 the club grounds at Bergen Point will be arranged as a range, 

 and a cosy little cottage, to be partly used by gunners and partly 

 by the lawn tennis element, will bp erected. Matches will be shot 

 every Thursday during the summpr season. 



BROOKLYN, May 9.— The Unknown Gun Club of Brooklyn 

 held a shoot at Dexter Park, on the Jamaica Plank Road, this 

 afternoon. Twenty members contested in squads of ten each for 

 the handsome badge and two extra prizes. The rules of the club 

 demand that the marksman hold the gun below the. elbow until 

 the bird is on the wing, and use one barrel only. M. Van Staden 

 and Chichester were tried on 7 straight, the former winning on 

 the shoot-off by killing 2 to his adversary's one J. Vroom, W. S. 

 Cabill, G. Knebel, Sr., and J. Rattjen killed 6 each out of a possible 

 7, Rattjen winning second money after a. long contest withWroom, 

 by krlling 6 and missing 3 birds. G. Haase. J. Rankin, W. S. Skid- 

 more, G. Knebel, Jr., R. Monsee* and Capt. Balzer killed 5 and 

 missed 2 birds each. Dick Monsees won third prize on shoot-off. 



CLEVELAND, O., May 7— The Canfield Gun Club held their 

 first shoot on the fair grounds Saturday. The following scores 

 were made: M. L. Edwards 15, E. Thoui.m 14, Frank Hole 14, J. 

 R. Taber 13, W. K. Osbirn 13. Ge rge Strock 12, J. W. H^rrcff' 10, 

 J. Delfe 10, F. S. Osborn 10, H. Huxsaw 9, S. B. Parshall 5, C. W. 

 Twiss 4. 



COLLEGE SHOTS.-The '91 Gun Club, of Princeton, will shoot 

 a match with the Penn Charter Gun Club, of Philadelphia, on 

 Col. Stockton's grounds late in M ry. The class teams of tbe 

 U/ni versify of Pennsylvania will shortly enter into a contest which 

 will divide the composition of the 'Varsity team. Classes '89, '90, 

 '91 are represented by from four to six men each; the freshmen 

 will not snoot, as there are no marksmen in the class. A team of 

 four from each class will compose the 'Varsity team. Mr. Devlin, 

 of the medical school, manages the teams and reserves. 



WILLIM ANTIC, Conn., May 7 — Willimantic Hod aud Gun 

 Club's third merchandise shoot. Match at 15 oluerocks, 5 trai»s 

 and 10 clays, 3 traps, 16 and 18yds. rise; national rules: J. W. 

 Webb 18. C. W. Smith 17. J. H. Ross 15, J. B. Baldwin 18. C. J. 

 Alpaugh 12, J. Macfarlane 17, 0. M. Thompson 11. A. W. Dunham 

 24, T. L. Clark 8, H. R. Alf or 1 9, S. L. Johnson 17, F. Larrabee 13, 

 I. A. Culverhouse 11, W. S. Crane 18, Geo. Taft 13. 



NEW YORK TOURNAMENT.— Albany, N.Y., May 13.— .Editor 

 Forest and Stream: After many unavoidable delays the pro- 

 grammes of the tournament of the New York State Association 

 tor the Preservation of Fish and Game have been completed and 

 will be issued this week. The executive committee of the i-tate 

 Association has secured pearly §1,500 in ca*h, and merchandise 

 prizes to the value of $1,000, to be contended for in the various 

 events. Si>orl.smeu desiring programmes should send their 

 names to Charles L. Gove, Secretary of the Elm Grove Gun 

 Club of Albany, N. Y. The following named cllibR have applied 

 for membership m the Association: Trojan Gun Club, Troyj In- 

 dependent Gun Club, Hoosic Falls; New' York Suburban Shooting 

 Grounds Association; Catskill Gun Club; North Side Gun Club, 

 Long Island; Hed Hook Gun Club; Union Gun Club. Brunswick; 

 Waterville Gun Club; Little Falls Gun Clnb; Lakeside Gun Club, 

 Geneva; New Berlin Gun Clnb; Olean Sportsmen's Association; 

 Saratoga Gun Club, Sarotoga Springs; Gloversville Shooting 

 Club; Homer aud Courtland Gun Club,Courtland.— H. B. Dhuby, 

 Secretary. 



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. 



A NEW STEERING CENTERBOARD. 



THE accompanying illustration shows a new form of double 

 center-board for canoes, in which the board or boards take 

 the place of the ordinary rudder, steering the boat in addition to 

 furnishing the necessary lateral resistance. The hoards, shonw 

 at A A, are each fitted to a shaft, B B, which rises or falls in the 

 sleeve, i! S, within the trunk, Q Q. The boards are raised and 

 lowered, either together or independently by the lines L L. The 

 after board is steered by the deck tiller, J. and yoke, K, while the 

 forward board is operated by a second yoke aud a pair of half 

 gears, D and C. By raising the forward board l>4in. the gear Cis 

 disengaged, the board being locked in the trunk m a fore and aft 

 direction, the after board alone being used for steering. This 

 arrangement permits the trunk to be placed well in the ends of 

 the boat, leaving a very large space for sleeping and stowage, 

 while there is no rudder, and the boat can be maneuvered with 

 the greatest accuracy and delicacy. It has heen tested by the in- 

 ventor on the St. Lawrence River, and will be shown at the A. C. 

 A. meet in August; 



FLAGS FOR THE A. C. A. MEET. 



T^HE regatta committee has issued the following circular: "In 

 fulfilling one of the duties imposed upon them, that of obtain- 

 ing suitable flags for prizes, the regatta committee for 1889 adopt 

 the plan inaugurated last year of asking contributions from 

 cluhs. But in doing so they desire to point out that, to accom- 

 plish the object of having distinctive prizes, the flags themselves, 

 and not merely a cash contribution, must come direct from the 

 donors. Will you therefore please interest your club, and your 

 club's lady friends, in this matter, and send us this year some- 

 thing that shall have a special value, not necessarily in the way 

 of being costly, but in bearing the impress of the club and the 

 locality from which it comes. In order to know what they 

 may count on, the committee would be glad to hear from you, 

 if possible, by June 1, oy letter addressed to E. L. French (324 

 Jersey st reet, Buffalo, N. Y.), who takes charge of this department, 

 and to \. horn ihe flags should be sent, if possible, not later than 

 July 15. 



"Those on the Canadian side may. to avoid questions of duties, 

 etc, send flags to eituer of the other members of the committee. 

 E. L. French, D. B. Jacques, E. B. Edwards, Regatta Committee." 



STANDING OR LOWERING RIGS -Editor Forest and Strewn: 

 In my opinion the standing rig is both dangerous and inconveni- 

 ent. Even if Lacows'c's crew could lower lier small suit, could it 

 be set again, or could it be lowered or set in any other way by 

 luffing up in tbe wind? Even if Mr. Barnev cou'd accomplish 

 these three seeming impossibilities, can others? The Dimple had 

 five different sized standing sails and could perform none of the 

 above maneuvers. Did not staunch believers in hoisting rigs 

 adopt the standing just to keep up with the rimes? Would not 

 the racing portion be on t he same equality with hoisting and reef- 

 ing sails as with standing? The only loss would be that of a 

 dangerous and inconvenient sail to a few who do not use it for 

 cru sing. Besides, canoeing may as well be as safe as possible. 

 Every one acknowledges the advantages of the hoisting and reef- 

 ing sail, but who upnolds the standing?— Geo. C. Forrest. 



THE HUMBER YAWL CLUB.— We have received a copy of 

 the club tiook of the Humber Yawl Club for 1889, an interesting 

 little pamphlet, enlivened by some clever sketches, and contain- 

 ing considerable information about tbe club. Its headquarters 

 are on the Humber about Hull, with an annex at Hornsea Mere, 

 where tbe mate. Mr. Geo. F. Holmes, resides. The club has a 

 membership of thirtv-four. including two ladies, M : ss Holmes and 

 Mr . Tredwen. while Mr. W. G. MacKendrick of Toronto is the 

 sole honorary member. The fleet includes thirty little ships of 

 12 to 22ft. length and 2ft. 6 : n. to 8ft. 9in. beam, canoes and canoe 

 yawls. As the larger boats are used of necessity on very rough 

 water they are mostly fine, able little cruisers. A summary of the 

 club's work in '88 includes a. very pleasant cruise, of five canoe 

 vawls in Holland. The officers are: Capt., J. M. Hamilton, Jr.; 

 Mates, W. Gray and G. F. Holmes. 



CANOEING IM THE FRATERNITIES.— During the winter a 

 number of members of the D. K. E. and Psi U. clubs of New York 

 have taken an interest in canoeing, and in order to bring the 

 sport into notice Com. Burchard and Vice-Com. C'lrtis of the 

 New York C. O. arranged for an entertainment before each of 

 the two clubs. The first was given on May 10, under Horn. Burch- 

 chard's management, at the club house of the D. K. E. Club, of 

 which he is a member, and the second on the following evening 

 by Vice-^om. Curtis before, the Psi U. Club. The entertainment 

 consisted of an explanatory talk on canoeing, illustrated by ste- 

 reopticon views, including a number of new ones by Stoddard, of 

 the A. C. A. meet of 1888, and also some excellent views of the 

 cruising grounds about New York. 



A SPRING MEET ON THE DELAAVARE.— The Red Dragon 

 C. C. invites canoeists, whether club members or unattached, to 

 attend the meet at Delanco on the Delaware Rivf r, from May 27 

 to June 1. A series of races has been arranged ana nearly thirty 

 prizes will be given, the races commencing on Decoration Day. 

 A very fine site has been selected, and the camp will offer every 

 inducement for cruising and racing. The meet is thus far an 

 experiment, but the committee is determined to make a suc- 

 cess of it. The new canoe we mentioned last week as building by 

 Wiser, is not for his own use, but for Mr. Alex. Arnois, of the Red 

 Dragon C. C 



THE RADIX FOLDING CENTERBOARD.— This board, which 

 is now in general use for canoes and oiher small cruising craft of 

 all kinds, is now made by the W. R. Baker Mfg. Co., of Water- 

 town, N. Y., the maker of canoe fittings and brass work. 



DEATH OF MR. MOLLOY.— Canoeists on tbe Passaic will re- 

 gret to hear of the death of Mr. A. C. Molloy, a well-known mem- 

 ber of the Arlington C. C, which occurred lately. He was also a 

 member of the A. C. A. 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET.— A regatta will be sailed 

 on June 8, off Larchmont, instead of in New York Bav, as first 

 intended. A special canoo race will be sailed on June 29. 



faeffting. 



SHUH SHUH GAH C. C— This club gave last week a very in- 

 teresting dramatic entertainment in the town hall of Winchester, 

 Mass. 



VALKYRIE'S SIZE. 



THE following extracts, the former from the Telegram and the 

 latter from the Commercial Advertiser, are samples of articles 

 that are found lately in tbe daily press, founded on the statements 

 of ex-Corn. Sm>tb, to which we alluded last week: 



"The Valkyrie furnishes the principal theme for yachtsmen at 

 the present time. There is much discussion relative to her 

 dimensions. There are rumors that the new English yacht is 

 more than 85ft. over all, as reported by cable, and that she is 

 really 91ft. over all, having a 24ft. overhang. If such proves to he 

 the case she will be the same length over all as the Puritan. 2ft. 

 shorter than the Priscllla and Atlantic, aud 6ft. shorter than the 

 Mayflower. The Volunteer's overhang is 21ft." 



'"Don't let us deceive ourselves as to the probable ability of the 

 Valkyrie by underrating her. She will undoubtedly be the most 

 able boat with 70ft. waterline of any yet built. She represents 

 the latest in the science of yacht building, and let me tell you 

 that means a big advance in the last few years. Compared to her 

 the Bedouin, Grade and even the Titania or Katrina are out of 

 date just as much as the 40-footers of last year are a long way be- 

 hind the development of that class as seen in the fleet now build- 

 ing. The Valkyrie's waterline measurement just admits her 

 within the 70ft. class. But consider her length over all; whereas 

 the Bedouin's length over all is a little more than 80ft.. the Val- 

 kyrie's is about lOtt. greater. That telis the story. Her high free- 

 board and gieat over bang give her immensely increased power 

 by admitting of a much larger spar plan and sail area. You will 

 see that Die Valkyrie will bring to this country a duplicate rig. 

 She will have one for tbe race with the Volunteer much larger 

 than that she will race under in England. With her great over- 

 hang she has extraordinary power compared to her waterline 

 length for working a great sail plan. Wben sue settles down 

 under the pressure of canvas she will undoubtedly carry in th's 

 country, she will be nearer 85 than 70ft. on the waterline. Don't 

 let us American yachtsmen fool ourselves with the idea that the 

 Volunteer will have a walkover, or Englishmen complain that the 

 selection of the Volunteer to defend the Cup is unfair and un- 1 

 sportsmanlike. The Valkyrie, I am certain, will make our eyes 

 open when she shows her paces on this side. Watson, who de- 

 signed her, is nobody's fool, and knowing perfectly well that the 

 Volunteer was the most eligible vacht in America to defend the 

 Cup he would not have advised challenging unless he thought' 

 the Valkyrie stood a fair chance of beating her." 



Such simple nonsense would be unworthy of notice if it were 

 not for the fact that it is given out with intention of deceiving 

 the average reader into the idea that Mr. Watson is trying to 

 overreach the New York Y. C. by building a larger boat than the 

 rules allow: consequently, and here is the point, the committee 

 is justified rn putting Volunteer or Puritan against him. To the 



