June 20, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM SUPPLEMENT. 



488 



McMurchy has been troubled with the rheumatism, but shot in 

 apparently good form. Parmalee cannot shoot live birds as be 

 can targets. Budd is always the same, quiet, steady and gentle- 

 manly. There is no more commendable a shooter at tbe public 

 trap than Charlie Budd. Al Bundle, colossal in figure and good- 

 natured, shot a hard nice, as he is sure to do. Each man bad his 

 followers, and wagers were on side and individual issues. Holla 

 0. Heikes filled acceptably the position of referee, the match 

 being sbot under American Association rules. There was no 

 demur to his decision except in one. case. Parmalee grassed a 

 left quartering bird. The referee announced ''dead bird." The 

 trapper started to gather the bird, which look wing and went out 

 of bounds. There was no challenge, but the decision of the referee 

 was changed to "lost bird." Under the strict rules of the Asso- 

 ciation this decision can only be warranted by supposing the case 

 to be covered by that, rule which says: "A bird once out of bounds 

 shall be scored a lost bird." This is by ordinary trap usage 

 thought to be intended to cover the case of a bird flying out of 

 bounds aud then returning and failing within bound p. It re- 

 mains a question whether the opposite party did not forfeit its 

 rights by neglecting to ctiallengo the "dead bird" until after it 

 had taken wing. An unchallenged bird does not have to be 

 gathered to be. scored. The result of the match, however, was 

 not affected by this decision; in the latter Major Taylor and Mr. 

 Tucker, of the Board, both concurred informally with Mi'.lleikes. 



The greater part of the crowd now went home. The tents and 

 material began to disappear under the packer's orders. Frank 

 Mosher, L. C. Boyd and A. M. Robinson shot a side match or tw o 

 at 10 live birds, Mosher winuingtwice. Night approached and the 

 end of the tournament was at hand. 



In reviewing this, the first meet of the American Shooting As- 

 sociation, little remains to add to what has been already said. 

 The meet has gathered moral strength every day, and to day the 

 American Shooting Association has cause to feel more confident 

 than at any time before this. It has broken the ice aud shown 

 that it can swim, it has succeeded under not the easiest circum- 

 stances. It would have had a far larger attendance at Boston or 

 New York, probably at any good Eastern point. Give honor to 

 tbe Western shooters for making the first success of the Associa- 

 tion. Tbey have thrown themselves into the breach almost un- 

 supported try Eastern shooters. I recall but one man here unoffi- 

 cially from the Eastern States. When the next meet comes off 

 we will send men East from our country and show the. people 

 there that Western shooters are not afraid to go to shoots, and 

 not afraid to shoot when they get there. A bigger home crowd 

 might have turned out at Boston, but Cincinnati has done her 

 part. Let us call this meet a pluoky success, and claim all credit 

 for the support of it. To the management who planned and con- 

 ducted it the first and main ciedit of course belongs, and the 

 thanks of all those who, nnthankfully enough in some cases, 

 have been the beneficiaries thereof. E. Hough. 



MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION. 



THE tenth annual meeting of the Massehusetts Shooting Asso- 

 ciation was held on the 17th and 18th inst., at Clarendon Hills, 

 Mass.. on the Old Colony Road. Providence Division, six miles 

 from Boston, under the management of the Jamaica Plain Gun 

 Club. This is the youngest and one of the most progressive clubs in 

 the Association, and the tournament was given to them as an in- 

 centive to still greater effort. It has for its officers: Pres., A. W. 

 Rounds; Treas , C. H. Olmstead; Sec, J. R, Hanmer; Capt., H. A. 

 Baker, and with their efficient aid, the members manage to have 

 a lively club shoot every Thursday. The shooting grounds are 

 located on the crest of a hill, entailing quite a climb when no 

 vehicles are in readiness at the station, as was the case on Mon- 

 day morniug, when a number of would-be shooters gat hered on 

 the platform and waited and growled for the rig which never, 

 yes, finally did come, but was so small that several trips were 

 necessary. Some of the waiters became disgusted, more perhaps 

 on account of the arbitrary system of handicapping in vogue in 

 tbe Association than because of the delay, and returned to Bos- 

 ton. The expert shots are handicapped m distance, they shoot- 

 ing at 31yds. to t he amateurs'' 18yds., and this they consider unfair. 

 A more equitable system would be by classing all contestants as 

 70, 80 and 90 men, as in other Sta te associations. However, those 

 that remained gotthere after a while, some of us walking through 

 the wet grass in the dripping woods. 



The shooting commenced at St o'clock, but soon after the rain 

 began to fall, and it came down in perfect torrents, interfering 

 sadly with the comfort of all concerned. It seems to he only 

 necessary now to announce a shoot to bring rain in abundance, 

 and we offer tbis as a suggestion for farmers in a time of drought. 

 Still it takes a great deal to discourage a band of shooters when 

 their minds are made up for a session at the traps, and the regu- 

 lar programme consisting of ten regular events, besides a num- 

 ber of extra sweeps, was completed. The shooting was done from 

 four sets of three traps each; they were in constant operation 

 for the benefit of outsiders as well as members of the Association, 

 At 1 o'clock an elegant lunch wa* served in a commodious build- 

 ing near the club house. For 75 cents one could eat, his fill of 

 salads, salmon, cold turkey and meats of all kinds, with a desert 

 of strawberries and ice cream of all flavors— truly a luxurious 

 meal and one not often to be procured on an occasion of this kind. 

 Notwithstanding the heavy showers, which held up somewhat 

 toward noon, there were about fifty shooters present, and laugh- 

 ter and jollitv were the order of the day. Perhaps the attend- 

 ance was due to the fact that Monday was a legal holiday, the 

 anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. In town, cannons 4 r ere 

 roaring out salutes, and at Clarendon Hill the four sets of traps 

 at times equalled the cannon in noise. We give the scores of all 

 the State events, and of six extra sweeps, which are fair samples 

 of the rest. 



Event No. 1, individual subscription match, 6 clay-pigeons, 50 

 cents, four monevs, ties miss and out: 



Bradstreet 111111-6 6 Carpenter 111010—1 3 



Wilbur 111111-0 3 White .111111-8 5 



Herrick 101101-4 3 Seiiaeffer 110110—4 3 



Chapin 011011-4 3 Cbase 111101—5 3 



Woodruff 110111—5 3 Sampson 111110—5 3 



Ateo 111111-6 3 Lang 111111—6 5 



Brown 101111-5 2 Hall 111111-6 2 



Roxton 101100-3 Whalon llllll— 6 6 



Savage 111110-5 Berne rs 11M11-4 2 



Ingersoll 100110-3 Wbaiand 010110-3 



Loring 101011—4 Boothby 111111—6 3 



Tisdale llllll— 6 Russell Ullll— 6 



Charles 110110—4 3 Spoffard 111111—6 1 



Baltor ...llOlll— 5 2 Eager 111111—6 6 



Allen 111111—6 4 Tilton 111111—6 1 



Sawyer 111111—6 2 Hutehimon 101111—5 3 



Webster 111101-5 Barney , 0! 1110-4 2 



Melcher 011101-4 3 



Three men divided first, Messrs. Bradstreet, Whalon and Eager. 

 Those who killed 3 straight in the ties of 5 and 4 divided second 

 and third; fourth divided without a shoot-off. 



Event No. 2, individual subscription match, 10 bluerocks, 50 

 cents, lour moneys, ties miss and ont: 



Whalon 0011101101 



Bradstreet lOllllOllo- 



Laug 1101001110—6' 3 



Sampson 1010110000— 1 



Sawyer 1U0110100-6 3 



Woodruff 10100 1 0000—3 



4 Chapin .1101110101—8 



" Chase 1101011111-8 



Schaefer 0110110111-7 3 



VVilber 1100101101-6 



Tisdale. 1111010010-6 1 Webster oil 1100101— 6 1 



Keatim 0110011110-6 AUen 1000110101—5 



Bolton 0111111111 -8 



Atwell 1110111110-8 



Barnev HI 0010110— 6 3 



Ingersoll . . ...UH111101-9 



Savage 01111U111-9 



Bowers 1100011110-6 1 



Hutchinson 1101100010 -5 



White 1010000101-4 



Russell innnoio-8 



Barilctt 1000111110-6 



Himick .0110000101-4 



Brown ijllOllllOl-7 4 



Eager 0110101111—7 4 



Spofford 111C011111— 8 



Tilton 0100000110—3 



Hall OlHolOlU-7 4 



Loring 0110U0111-7 6 



W B Whalon 0110111100—6 2 



Baker 110U01101— 7 Carpenter 1111110011—8 



First and second was divided without a shoot off. Third won 

 by Loring; fourth divided by Whalon, Sawyer and Barney. 



Event No. 3, grand championship contest, for the individual 

 challenge gold badge of the association, at 15 bluerocks, entrance 

 free, but optional sweepstakes, which was made to cents, and 

 four divisions of money, ties miss and out: 



Brown 100111010110001- 8 Chase 111111011011110-12 3 



Hutchinson. lOlOulOlllOllll-10 Spofford 111000010101101- 8 



Ingersoll .... 11111 1111 1 1001 1-13 8 Woodruff . . . 110011001011111—10 



Savage 110101101110111—11 Atwell 111011011111011—12 



Heimick OOOUllOOlllOOl— 8 Charles 000101001111101— 8 



Wilher 100111101011101—10 Sawyer 0101 0010 w. 



Russell 111011111011101 -13* 2 Loring 111011011111111— 13 1 



Bowen 111110101111011-12 J G Whalon. 111100100110010— 8 



Barrett 111001111000011— 9 Vickery OlHlllOtHOlw. 



Bradstreet... 100001110 100111— 8 Roxton 1U1011011 011111— 11 



Tilton lOOOOHOOw. Keating.... llOllllOOOlOlOl— 9 



Allen 110101010111111-11 Hall llllllllOllOlil - 13 3 



Chapin 111101111001111—12 Perry 111111111110101-13 



Lang llOHOlOlllOiOO— 9 Lovejoy. . . .lOlOOOOOw. 



Bartlett 111110111110110—12 1 Faulkner. . . .110111110111109-11 



Eager 011111111111101-13 Knowlcs 111101111111111-14 



Baxter llllllOOOlllllOl— 10 Crompton . . .100111111010010— 9 



Sampson,. .110110111111110-12 Swift 11111 111 II 11111— IS 



Tisdale 111111010111111-13 1 Bradbury... .001010010010100- 5 



Seh ae ffer . . . . 1101 10110100111 - 10 



The medal and first money went to Swift, the only man to 

 make a straight score. But one man, Knowles, fell into the 14 

 hole, and he tonk second alone. Third shot off and div. by In- 

 gersoll and Hall; fourth sbot off and won by Chase. 



Event No. 4, individual subscription match, 10 clay-pigeons, 

 straightaway, 50 cents, four moneys, ties miss and out: 



On 



50 cents, four mc 



Russell 1111111111—10 



J G Whalon 1100101111 - 7 



Faulkner 1101011111— 8 



W B Whalon 1111(111001- 7 



Bradbury 100010 w.— 2 



Barrett Olllll'lOl— 3 



Bartlett oiilllUll— 9 1 



Sawyer 1000010111— 5 



Savage 1110111111- 9 6 



Barney 1111111111.-10 



Bradstreet 1110011111— 8 



Schaefer 1111111111-10 



Spofford 1011111 111— 9 



Boothby 1111111110— 9 5 



Hutchinson lllllllOU— 9 3 



Eager 1111101111- 9 4 



Sampson 10111101U— 8 



Chase .1111111111-10 



Baxter 0111001 101— 6 



Woodruff 1111111110- 9 3 



Ingersoll ,1111101111- 9 6 



Bowen 1111011111- 9 5 



Herrick.. 1111111110- 9 4 Atwell 1101011110- 7 



Allen 1110011111— 8 



Roxton 1111111101- 9 



Charles 0001101111— 6 



Hall 1100011111- 7 



Wilber 1111111111—10 



Lovejoy 1111110111— 9 1 



Lang 1111110111— 9 S 



Lprmz 1101111111— 9 5 



Tisdale 11 10001 100— 5 



First, third and fourth div., second shot off and div. by Savage 

 and Ingersoll after killing 6 tie birds. 



Event, No. 5, individual subscription match at 10 bluerocks, 50 

 cents, four moneys: 



Spofford 1101111100- 7 3 J G Whalon 1111111110- 9 



Russell 1101101110- 7 3 Hall 0111110101- 7 



Sawyer llOtOlOOll— 5 F Swift 1110111001— 7 



Wilber 1100111101 - 7 1 Chase 1111100111— 8 



Sampson 1100111110- 7 Allen 1001111101- 7 1 



Bradstreet 0111011011— 7 Schaefer lOOlllOOOw. 



Bradbury IWOIOIIOO— 3 W B Whalon 0010011100- 4 



Lovejoy." 0111111011— 8 



Faulkner 0001 111110- 6 



Hutchinson 0000011110— 4 



Ingersoll 110H11101- 8 



Charles 0111011010- 6 



Bowers 1100010101— 5 



Knowles. 1111111111-10 



Barney 1011010101— 6 



Savage 1110111111— ~ 



Barrett 1111110111— 9 



Woodruff 1011001100- 5 



Chapin 1111111101- 9 



Atwell 1100111110- 7 3 



Eager OOOllOlw 



Tisdale 1110100001— 5 



Roxon 1111010010— 6 



Cromton 1011111101— 8 



Sanborn 0010111111—7 



Knowles, being alone in the 10 hole, took first money; second 

 and third div.; fourth shot off and div. by Spofford aud Russell. 



Event No. 6, grand championship contest for the amateur gold 

 badge of the Association, at 5 clay-pigeons and .5 bluerocks per 

 man, open to any number of teams of live men from each club 

 belonging to the association, entrance free, but optional sweep- 

 stakes, which were made 50 cents per man, three monevs: 



Jamaica Plain Guu Club. 



Roxton 01111 01111-8 



Savage 01101 10111-7 



ingersoll 11110 10111-8 



Barrett 01101 11111-7 



Chapin. 11110 11110-7—37 



Lexington Gun Club. 

 Hutchinson.. ..11101 10111-8 



Vickery 11101 



Tilton Hill 



Herrick 11110 



Shumway 01101 __ 



Jamaica Plain Gun Club No 2. 



Boothby 10100 10000-3 



Charles 11111 01001—7 



Bradbury (Mil! 10001-4 



Woodruff llioi iono—7 



Brockton Gun Club. 



AUen 11111 11001-8 



Wilber 01011 11101—7 



Tisdale 10111 11111-9 



Hall 00101 11101-6 



Atwell 11110 Hlll-9-39 



Wellington Gun Club. 



Chase 11111 10111—9 



Bradstreet ... . 1HU 01101-8 



Loring I lioi 11001-7 



Sanborn 11101 11011—8 



11101-7-3!) Schaefer 11101 01111—8-40 



Wellington Gun Club No. 2. 



Melchor 1U01 OHIO- 7 



Keating 11111 10101— 8 



Cowing 11110 11100- 7 



Warren 11011 01111— 8 



11101-8 

 10110—8 

 11011—8 



Baxter 01111 11000-6—27 Sawyer 11111 Ulll-10-40 



The two Wellington teams finished with an equal score of 40 

 aud divided first. Lexington and Brockton with 39 each divided 

 second, aud Jamaica Plain won third. In this event, an unfortu- 

 nate decision of the judge on Herriek's last bird in the first five, 

 put the Lexington club out of the tie for first. The bird flew very 

 low and was well broken when almost down to tbe screen. The 

 judge, however, failed to sec it and refused to change his decision, 

 much to the chagrin of the Lexingtons. 



Event No. 7, individual match, 5 pairs bluerocks, 50 cents, 4 

 moneys, 15yds. rise for all guns: 



Bradstreet 11 01 11 10 11— 8 Ingersoll 00 11 11 10 00-5 



Barnev 01 11 10 11 10-7 Schaefer oO 11 00 00 10-3" 



Swif t 10 10 10 11 10-6 Sawyer 10 11 10 11 10-7 



Eager II 10 00 ol 10—5 Chase 01 11 11 10 10-7 



Chapin 00 IB 00 10 10-3 J G Whalon 10 10 10 10 00-4 



Savage. 10 00 CO 00 00-1 Roxton 01 10 10 10 00-4 



Woodruff 10 01 10 10 10-5 W B Whalon.. ..00 01 00 00 10-2 



Dickev 10 11 01 11 11-7 Spofford 00 10 10 00 00-2 



Melch'or 00 11 11 10 10-5 Barrett 10 00 10 11 10-5 



l; ,\v.-n . 10 00 10 10 00-8 Bartlett 10 11 10 10 10-6 



All ties divided. 



Event No. 8, grand championship contest for the glass ball 

 team gold badge of the Association, open to any number of teams 

 of 5 men each belonging to the Association, entrance free: 

 Jamaica Plains Gun Club. Mass. Rifle Association. 



Roxton 1110111111—9 Eager 1010011101—6 



Savage 0000011110—4 Sampson 1101001100—5 



Ingersoll 1111011011-8 Knowles OllOOlllll— 7 



Barrett 0101011111 -7 Spofford 1 101010000-4 



Chapin 1111101110—8-36 Dickey 1011111111-9-31 



Jamaica Plains Gun Club No. 2. Wellington Gun Club. 

 Brown llllOHlll-9 Perry 1110111110- 



Charles 0111000011-5 



Bradburv 1111100011-7 



Woodruff 0011110111—7 



Baxter 0110011011-6- 



Brockton Gun Club. 



Tisdale 0111101100-6 



Hall 0101111111-8 



Atwell 1101100010 5 



Wilber 1111111100-8 



Schaefer lllOOiOHl-7 



Swift llliUOOlO-7 



Chase 1101111011-8 



Snow 101010001 1—5-35 



Wellington Gun Club No. 2. 



Bradstreet 1111111111—10 



Warren 1101100000- 4 



Melchor 1010010000— 4 



Sanborn 1010000111— 3 



Bartlett'. 0011111H1-8-36 Keating 0110010000 - 4—25 



The Jamaica Plains team No 1 won the badge with a score of 36 

 out of 50. 



Event No. 9, individual, at 5 pairs clay-pigeons, 50 cents, four 

 moneys. 15yds. rise for all guns: 



Warren 00 11 11 11 01— 7 J G Whalon.... 11 10 10 11 00— 6 



Dickev 11 11 11 11 11-10 Chailes 01 01 10 10 01- 5 



Bradstreet 10 11 10 11 11- 8 Schaefer 00 11 00 11 10- 5 



W B Whalon... It 11 10 10 00- 6 Herrick 11 10 11 10 10— 7 



Woodruff 11 10 00 01 10— 5 Swift .... 11 11 11 11 01— 9 



Eager 11 11 11 It 11—10 Hutchinson.. . .00 11 10 10 01— 5 



Bradburv 11 01 01 11 11- 8 Chapin 10 11 01 10 10- 6 



Russell..' 11 00 11 11 10- 7 Knowles... 11 10 11 10 11- 8 



Barney 10 11 10 10 01— 6 Chase 11 01 01 11 11— 8 



Perrv." 11 10 11 11 11— 9 Boothby 00 10 01 10 10— 4 



Ingersoll 11 10 11 10 11— 8 



All ties divided. 



Event No. 10, individual, miss and out at bluerocks, 21yds. rise, 



50 cents: 



Boothby 10 —1 Eager 10 — 1 



Dickey —0 Brown — 



Barrett —0 Nichols 110 —2 



Knowles Ullll-6 Swift 111111-6 



Ingersoll 111110-5 Hutchinson 110 -2 



Schaefer 10 -1 Chapin 111111-6 



Savage U10 —3 Baxter 110 —2 



Kuowles, Swift and Chapin divided. 



Extra sweep No 1, at 6 clay birds, 25 cents, four moneys: 



Allen 101110-4 Loring 011111-5 



Chapin - 101011—1 Atwell 011100—3 3 



Sawyer .101111-5 Webster 111111—6 



Herrick ....111111—6 Boothby 111010-4 



Bradstreet 111111-6 Baxter 111001—4 2 



Roxton 110101-4 2 Carpenter 100011-3 3 



Bartlett 111011—5 Charles . . . 111111—6 



Tisdale 101101-4 Ingersoll 010101—3 2 



Wilbur 111111—6 



Melchor 000111-3 3 



Woodruff 110111—5 



Savage 101111-5 



Vickery 101001-3 2 



White 100111-4 3 



Keating ,000111—3 



Brown 101101—4 1 



First and second div. without a shoot, other ties shot off, third 

 won by White, fourth div. by Melchor, Atwell and Carpenter. 

 Extra sweep No. 3, 6 bluerocks, 25 cents, three moneys: 



Roxton... 000110-2 Tisdale 101111-5 3 



Sawyer -. ...101111—5 Charles 100111—4 1 



Bradstreet. 010101-3 Shaw 001101-3 



Brown 001101-3 Wilber 100111-4 1 



Ingersoll 111111—6 Keating 110101-4 1 



Baxter 011111-5 L-.ring 001111—4 3 



Woodruff 111101—5 White 101111-5 1 



Webster 101111-5 Herrick 011101-4 2 



Chapin 101011-4 2 Allen 110111-5 



Bartlett 001010-2 Savage . . .011110-4 



Atwell 001111-4 3 



First won by Ingersoll; second shot off aud won by Tisdale; 

 third shot off and won by Atwell and Loring. 



Extra No. 8, 6 clays, 25 cents, four moneys: 



Brown 111111-6 Tisdale 110111-5 



Wilber 111011-5 2 Baxter 111111-6 



Herrick 111111-6 White 010100-2 



Savage 011110-4 3 Loring 111111-6 



Atwell 110110-4 2 Roxton 111111-6 



Ingersoll 101111-5 Keating 0HI011-3 



Webster 101111-5 Bartlett .. . 011011-4 2 



Boothby 111111-6 Charles 101010-3 



Bradstreet 011 101— 4 Woodruff 011111—5 3 



Allen 111101-5 2 Chapin... 101011—4 1 



First and fourth div., second shot off and won by Woodruff, 

 third shot off and won by Savage. 



Extra sweep No. 4, 6 straightaway bluerocks at 21yds., 25 conts, 

 four moneys: 



Whalon 111111-6 3 Loring 110111-5 5 



Eager llllll — 6 1 Melchor 111110-5 



Chase 111111-6 1 Hall 111111-6 1 



Leonard 011111-5 W B Whalon 111111-6 



Woodruff 111101-5 1 Ingersoll 101011-4 1 



Russell 111111-6 2 Tilton 101111-5 6 



Barrett Ill 111-6 3 Bowers 111001-4 4 



Lang 011111-5 6 Boothby 011100-3 4 



Bradstreet 111111-6 Chapin 011101-4 6 



Carpenter lUlOl— 5 5 Sampson 111111-6 



Herrick 111111-6 8 Bradbury 011010-3 



White 101110-4 3 Baxter 111111-0 2 



Bartlett lllll0-*5 G Clark 001001—2 



Schaefer 011110-4 6 Gove 111000-3 



Atwell 111101—5 1 S Gove 011001-3 5 



McNutt 010001-2 Cilley 100001-2 



Barney 110111—5 2 Savage 111111-6 1 



All ties shot off. First div. by Whalon. Barrett and Herrick; 

 second by Lang, Bartlett, Barney and Tilton; third by Schaefer 

 and Chapin; fourth won by S. Gove. 



Extra sweep No. 5, 6 straightaway clay-pigeons, 25 cents, four 

 moneys: 



Eager 101111-5 Chapin 110111-5 6 



Roxton 111010-4 2 Bradstreet 0101 10—3 



Russell 111110-5 6 Ingersoll 111101—5 6 



HaU 101111—5 6 Spofford 111001— -1 3 



Boothby 111111-6 1 Gove 011011-4 3 



Webster 111111-6 2 S Gove 100101-3 



Baxter 011010-3 4 White 001010-2 



Bradbury 001111-4 1 Hutchinson 101111-5 1 



Loring 111111-6 3 Leonard.. 111011-5 5 



Barrett 110111-5 Savage 1013111-4 2 



Schaefer 100011-3 4 Clark 010000-1 



Lang llllll- 3 Sanson 011111—5 



Bnwns 000100— 1 Herrick 011101-4 1 



Carpenter 110111—5 Melcher 100111—4 1 



Woodruff 101011-4 1 Taylor 111111-6 2 



Whalon 111111-6 1 



Loring and Lang divide first after a shoot off. Second shot off 

 and div. by Russell, Hall, Chapin and Ingersoll. Third shot off 

 and div. by Spofford and Gove. Fourth shot off and div. by Bax- 

 ter and Schaefer. 



Extra No. 6, at 3 pairs clay birds, 25 cents, 4 moneys: 



Chapin 11 10 11-5 J Whalon ... 10 11 01—4 3 



Bradstreet. 11 11 10-5 1 Woodruff 01 01 11—4 3 



Tavlor 11 10 10-4 Hutchinson 11 11 11—6 



Swift 01 11 11-5 1 Loring 10 11 10-4 1 



Faulkner 00 01 01-2 Perry... ... II 11 10-5 2 



Nichols 11 01 00-3 2 Roxton 10 00 01-2 



Herrick 00 10 11-3 2 Leonard 11 00 00-2 



Eager 10 11 01-4 1 Hanmer 10 11 11-5 



Boothby 10 10 11-4 1 W B Whalon U 00 11-4 4 



Bowers 11 01 11-5 1 Schaefer 11 01 11-6 1 



Webster 10 11 11-5 2 Tilson 11 10 01-4 



Atwell 11 00 11-4 4 Charles 00 11 12-4 1 



Melchor 10 11 11-5 1 Lovejoy .10 11 10-4 1 



Carpenter 11 01 10-4 Sawyer 01 01 10-3 2 



Knowles 11 01 11-5 1 Savage 10 00 10-2 



Sampson 01 11 10-4 I Chase 11 01 00-3 



First divided; other ties shot off; second divided by Webster 

 and Perry; third divided by Atwell, Sampson and W. B. Whalon; 

 fourth divided by Nichols, Herrick and Sawyer. 



The annual meeting of the Association was held on Monday 

 evening at Young's Hotel, for the election of officers and the 

 transaction of other business. About twenty-five members were 

 present, representing the following clubs: Lexington, Welling- 

 ton, Mass. Rifle Association. Jamaica. Plain and Brockton. The 

 miuutes of the provious meeting were read and approved, and 

 the treasurer reported a balance on ha nd of 8127.39, which report 

 was accepted and placed on file. The Fall River Gun Club was 

 reinstated on application. The officers of the Association sin ee 

 1886 Have been: Pres , H. W. Eager. Marlboro; 1st Vioe-Pres., Alba 

 Houghton; 2d Vice-Pres., J. Buffum; Sec, Chas. Hart well, of 

 Worcester; Treas., .Albert Keating, and Board of Directors, W. H. 

 Allen and J. S. Sawyer. Under the head of new business Mr. J. 

 S. Sawyer broached the subject of classification, saying that 

 under the present system of handicapping by distance the experts 

 claimed to be practically out-classed, and he suggested that some 

 change be made, closing by requesting the opinion and sugges- 

 tions of the. experts, those most interested. 



A long informal discussion ensued, the general tenor of which 

 was adverse to the welfare of the experts. However, in Mr. 

 Tucker, of the Lexington Club, they found a champion, and he 

 advised the Association to adopt some rule which would keep 

 the experts in; if the present rule was so unjust to them he hoped 

 that modifications would be made so that they would not be 

 driven away from tournaments. The talk finally resulted in a 

 motion by Capt. Sawyer that the American Shooting Association 

 rules be adopted, carrying witn them their system of classifica- 

 tion; motion seconded and carried. 



Motion made that any member of any club belonging to the 

 State Association, whether living in the Stare or not, should be 

 allowed to shoot in the State events. Carried. 



Moved to pay the secretary $10 as a slight recompense for his 

 services. Carried. 



The election of officers then followed. Mr. H. W. Eager was 

 unanimously re-elected President; the vote for First Vice Presider t 

 was rather scattering, and as six votes were necessary to election 

 another vote was taken, Mr. Eager suggesting that all who pre- 

 viously voted for themselves should agree on some one else. On 

 the second ballot Capt. J. S. Sawyer, Cambridge, was elected. 

 Second Vice-President, W. H. Allen, of Brockton. Secretary, 

 Chas. Hartwell, of Gardner; Treasurer, Albert Keating, of 

 Quincy. Directors, H. F. Amsden, of Boston and A. M. Tucker, 

 Charlestown. On motion adjourned. 



Tuesday, June 18. 



The second day of the tournament opened bright and clear, 

 although a strong east wind gave rise to the fear that more rain 

 might fall. This fear was not realized, however, and the day 

 BaSSecl very pleasantly. The wind did not inter! ere seriously 

 with the flight of the birds, except on Nos. 1 and 2 sets of traps, 

 and it blew right across these, hastening somewhat the flight of 

 the. quartering birds. Tbe arrangements for transportation of 

 shooters from the station to the grounds were very much im- 

 proved, a large 'bus meeting every train and for 25 cents giving 

 each passenger a comfortable and pleasant ride. Only a small 

 number were present in the morning, but accessions to the 

 ranks were frequent as each train arrived, and the later events 

 were well filled. Some old-timers were present, among them D. 

 A. Brown, J. N. Frye ana Percy Aldrlch, of the old Tremont 

 shooting men. The latter is an old live-bird shot, and has taken 

 part in many events all through the country. The members of 

 the Jamaica Plain Club are workers, and no tedious waits oc- 

 curred in running off the events. The programme called for ten 

 regular sweeps, in addition to which many extra sweeps were 

 shot, but of the latter we give only a few. Much interest cen- 

 tered in the individual badge contests, and Mr. F. J. O. Swift, of 

 Falmouth, covered himself with glory by winning all three, also 

 the medal offered for best average in amateur events. 



At 1 o'clock a^second edition of Monday's elegant luncheon, hut 

 if anything more elaborate, iwas served, and its abundance and 

 quality helped to put every one in good humor, and in this condi- 

 tion no kicking was heard, though truth to tell, no necessity for 

 it existed. Two trophies, in the shape of watch charms, were do- 

 nated by the Association for the best average on the two days, 

 shooting at 50 clay-pigeons and 50 bluerocks each day, 200 birds 

 in all, one for the experts and the other for the amateurs. They 

 were won respectively by H. W. Eager and F. J. C. Swift. 



Your correspondent wishes to thank Messrs. Chas. Olmsted, Dr. 

 H. A. Baker, S. D. Charles, W. P. Robinson, J. R. Hanmer, H. F. 

 Chapin, G F. McCausland and C. F. Cilley of the Jamaica Plain 

 Gun Club and H. W. Eager President, and Chas. Hartwell, Secre- 

 tary of the State Association, for their kindness and aid in fur- 

 nishing scores and other information. 



