476 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 27, 1889, 



PENNSYLVANIA MARKSMEN.— Tlie company rifle contests 

 for the Singerly gold, silver and bronze medals for teams of 4 

 men each who never were entered in a rifle, contest, took place at 

 the Hartranft Rifle Range, at, Frankford, the 2lst inst. Shooting 

 commenced promptly at 9:30 A. .M., and all teams not on the. 

 range were debarred from competition. Major H. A. Shenton, of 

 Sixth Regt., N. G. P., was detailed to look after the matches. 

 The City Troop team held their average through the contest and 

 catne out a good winner with the combined scores at 200yds. 80 

 points, and 500yds. SI points. The scores made by the teams were 

 as foDows- conditions of match: Four men to constitute each 

 team, who were never in a contest, and had qualified as marks- 

 men ou or before June 18, 5 shots at 300 and 500yds. each, possi- 

 ble 50: 



Uity Troop Team. Co. F, Second Rcuiinent. 



300 500 200 500 



Sergt C T Creswell .... 19 23-42 Sergt R Keeley 18 16-34 



" 18-40 Corp Smith 14 00-14 



21-40 Sergt Bugler 22 19-41 



Pvt. USB Chew 22 



Pvt. R EGlendenning..l9 

 PvtL Barry 20 



19-39 Pvt Franks 19 19-31 



80 81 lbl 

 Company C, First Regiment 



( 'apt Orme 15 13-28 



Sergt Tobolt 19 22-41 



Sergl Meliard 21 22 43 



Corp Wood f 23 19-42 



73 54 127 

 Co. A. Second Regiment. 

 Lieut G E Kemp 17 32—39 



PvtS O'Brien 



Capt Hall 



Pvt S Lose 



...16 16-32 

 ...13 10-23 

 ...13 18-31 



79 76 155 59 66 125 



Co. P. First Regiment. Company E, First Regiment. 



Lieut A W Dcaue 19 16—35 Sergt Hunt 16 11—27 



Corp E Slaigh 21 17-38 Sergt Nuss 13 20-33 



PvtRP(;arrcttson....l4 14-28 Corp Maull 11 16—27 



Pvt WW Abbott 23 17-40 Pvt Willsey 20 16-36 



77 64 141 

 Co. I, Sixth Regiment. 

 Lieut Philip ...13 16-39 



Pvt GS Bennett 21 12—33 Pvt Honey 19 



Corp G P Joues 18 18— 36 Corp McKuight 11 



Corp N Leaf 19 17—36 Capt Gillespie 13 



71 03 134 



60 63 123 



Company D, Third Regiment. 



Sergt Annear 18 15-33 



17-36 

 9-20 

 13-26 



61 54 115 



Battery A.— Sergt. Robbins 28, Corp. C. Carpenter 20. Priv. C. 

 Harvey 25, Sergt, R. W. Molt 31; total 107. 



General Goo. R Snowdcn and Manor C. H. Townsend visited 

 the 1-anne during the day, and after the match, qualified as marks- 

 meu for .1881) as follows: 



200 500 



Gen Snowden 3334:1—17 34542— 18— 35 



Major Townsend 44344—19 40034-11—30 



Protests were promptly entered against Lieut. Deane and Priv. 

 W. W. Abbott, Co. D, First Regiment, and Sergt. Toboldt and 

 Sergt. Meliard, Co. C, First Regiment, on account of being mem- 

 bers of previous (winning) brigade and regimental matches. 

 Major Shenton very promptly decided to allow the protest, and 

 the above named officer and enlisted men's scores were promptly 

 thrown out and disqualified their respective teams from the 

 match. First prize. City Troop Team, gold buttons: second prize, 

 Co, 1, Sixth Regiment team, silver buttons; third pi ize, Co. F, 

 Second Regiment team, bronze buttons. Tliis class of shooting 

 was for the purpose of bringing out new men. 



June The first class regimental match for the Potter trophy 

 ("The Last Cartridge") and the gold medal with ruby bullseves, 

 offered by Mr. W. M. gingerly, took place this afternoon at the 

 Hartranft Rifle Range; the conditions of the match were for 

 teams ot four, with one reserve, from any regiment, battalion 

 or independent organization, 7 shots per man at 200, 500, COOyds., 

 Creedmoor rules. The team from the City Troop was the winner 

 of the trophy for the second time, as the following scores will 

 show: 



City Troop Team. 6th Regiment Team. 



200 500 600 200 500 600 



32 21-78 WN Smith 29 28 25—72 



31 25-82 H A Shenton 24 25 13-62 



29 19-76 Geo Atkinson.... 20 32 26—78 

 25 28-83 J J Mount joy.. ..30 32 30-92 



F E Patterson — 25 



J H Merritt 2b 



E KBispham 28 



L Barry 30 



Co. C, 1st Regiment Team. 



319 



P S Conrad 21 



G F Root 28 



H .1 Meland .. . 28 

 L E Toboldt 23 



2d Regiment Team. 



314 



32 23—76. Geo W Ahrens...28 23 27-78 



28 30-86 L Wilson 27 21 18-66 



34 29-81 JJFreund 28 29 17—74 



34 25-72 A Franks 26 27 24-77 



315 295 

 The second class regimental match at 200 and 500yds. for the 

 Wm. M. Singerly badge for those who never won in a brigade or 

 regimental match was also shot, Only four teams were present, 

 Firet Regiment, Sixth Regiment., City Troop and Battery A. The 

 team from the Third Regiment was only represented bv three 

 men. The condiiions of the match were 7 shots at 200 and 500yds., 

 four men to each team. The city troop proved themselves victors 

 of this match by the score of 223. Appended are the official 

 scores of the teams: 



City Troop Team. Sixth Regiment Team. 



200 500 200 500 



Sergt CTCrcsswell.... 27 33-59 Capt S M Paxson 31 19-13 



" 38-53 Sergt H J Orzier 27 31-58 



30- 57 Pvt J E Phillips 27 34-51 



30-55 Corp A Leaf 17 15-32 



PvtDS B Chew . ..; .34 

 Pvt R E <Tlendinuing..37 

 Pvt J WBiddle 35 



223 



184 



LOWELL ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



HEREWITH are the scores of a two days' tournament given 

 by the above club on their grounds at Tewkshury, June 20 

 and 21. A provision in the programme that experts should stand 

 at 21yds., and amateurs at 18yds., undoubtedly accounts for the 

 slim attendance. 



Thursday, June 20. 



Event No. 1, 6 blackbirds, 50 cents, three moneys: 



Crown 111101-5 Torry . ..111101-5 



Hartford 011110-4 Nelson 100001—2 



Knowles 101111—5 Walton 011000-8 



Ties divided. 



No. 3, 6 clays, 35 cents, four moneys: 



Downs 010100-2 



Bates 111001—4 



Crown 101101—4 



Hartford 101011—4 



Knowles 111111— 



Colt 111110-5 



Nelson 011000-2 



Maynard -. 100101-3 



Walton 110100-3 



Torry 111101-5 



Perhani.... 000111-3 



Townsend 001111—4 



First Regiment Team. Battery A Team. 



Lieut AW Deane 26 27-53 Sergt H G Robbins 23 27—49 



Sergt, L E F Toboldt. . .29 31-60 Sergt R M Mott 36 30-56 



Sergt T F Oarlin . . . .27 26-53 Corp C J Carpenter. . . .20 19-39 



CorpWMcComhs 23 23-45 Pvt C H Harvey 22 11-33 



SH 177 

 SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. -The annual prize shoot of the 

 Germanic Sehuetsen Club attracted a very large number of 

 rnarksmeu to Harbor View to-day. There were so many skilled 

 rifle-wielders around that locomotion in the shooting room was 

 well-nigh impossible. Thero were two distinct shoots— for hon- 

 orary members and all comers. The former was the most im- 

 portant, as the best shots in the club took part. The competition 

 was very close and did not finish until nearly 6 o'clock. A 25-ring 

 target was used, the first prize going to the member scoring high- 

 est out of a possible 75 points: Geo. Heim 62. A. Rahwyler 61, .1. 

 Utschig 60, A. Utscbig 59, J. Dombien 58, J. Young 57, F. Remi 57, 

 B. Voermohle 56, L. Klotz 55, F. C. Muller 54, V. Schmidt 54, H. E. 

 Rapcke 52, H. A. Kurlfincke 52, E. Struber 52, H. Enger 49, C. 

 Adams 49, H. Hieth 48, Dr. Riehl 47, C. Heith 46. H. Zecher 46, L. 

 Schmidt 44, R, Wieland 43, F. Schumann 43, G, H. Babrs 42, F. 

 Krug 40, W. Glinriemann 40, H. Piatt 39, Holsmuller 39, C. Rapp 

 39, j; H. Fisher 38, Dr. Mi (Ten 30, L. Bend. 1 36, J. Grafe 36, F. Hitzs 

 36, H. Kohler 35, A. Moeker 35, A. Hauser 34. M. Reubold 33, R. 

 Faller 33, J. Wolf 33, Farrenkopf 33, F. Hensel 30, J. Straub 29. 



THE TRAP. 



Ties divided except for second, which was shot off and won by 

 Bates. 



No. 3, 3 pairs clays, 50 cents, three moneys: 



Knowles 01 11 11—5 Downs 11 11 11—6 



Rule 01 01 01-3 Lovejoy 01 It 00-3 



Crown 10 11 11-5 Torry 11 01 11-5 



Bates 11 01 11-5 Hartford 11 01 11-5 



Perham 00 01 11-3 Townsend 10 10 10-3 



Mrst was won by Downs, second shot off and div. by Knowles 

 and Bates, third shot off and div. by Rule and Lovejoy. 



No. 4, 8 clays, 75 cents, four moneys: 

 Crown 01111101—6 Nelson 11010000—3 



Torry 01001111—5 



Bates llllllll— 8 



Downs 10100100-3 



Lovejoy 11011010-5 



Perham 11111111-8 



Rule 11001010-4 



Colt, 11101101-6 



Hartford 10100101—4 



Gregg 10000011—3 



Knowles 11111110-7 



Townsend 10000000—1 



All ties div. 



No. 5, 6 blackbirds, 50 cents, four moneys: 



Knowles 101111-5 



Walton 000100-1 



Nelson 110110-4 



Torry 100111-4 



Hartford 000100—1 



Perham 0U011-4 



Rule 111101-5 



Bates 111111—6 



Downs 101011-4 



Crown 110111-5 



Lovejoy 111111-8 



First div., other ties shot off, second div. by Rulo and Knowles, 

 third won by Torry, fourth by Hartford. 



No. 6, 30 clays, $ i, four monevs: 

 Knowles.. 0111 1111111111111111-19 Dutch.... 11001110111111111110-16 



Bates 111101111111 101111 10-1 7 



Crowu. . . .11 101001 11 110110 Hll-14 



Rule no;-, oi i ooi 1 1 o 1 1 1011—1 4 



Lovejoy . ..00101001 11101 1001111-12 .. 

 Downs first, Knowles second, Bates third, Dutch fourth. 

 No. 7', 6 blackbirds, 25 cents, 4 moneys: 



Perham . ..01010101011000111010-10 

 Downs. .. .11111111111111111111—30 



Torry 1 1101 000 1 101 10101 11—13 



Gr e gg 1 000001 11 1 10101 10101-11 



Orown 011100-3 



Bates 101111-5 



Rule 010101-3 



Gregg 110011—1 



Downs 110010-3 



Knowles 111111-6 



Nelson 111011-5 



Prescott 0101JO— 3 



Maynard 001001—3 



Loveioy 101010-3 



All tics divided except for fourth, which was shot off and won 

 by Rule. 



No. 8, 3 pairs clays, 25 cents, 4 moneys: 



C ro wn . . . ." " ... 11 10 1 1—5 



Rule 11 01 11-5 



Knowles 10 01 11-4 



Bates 01 01 11—1 



Nelson 01 11 00-3 



Downs 10 11 11-5 



Torry 01 11 01—4 



Gregg 11 11 11—6 



Lovejoy 01 11 01—4 



Derby 00 11 00-2 



Maynard 00 00 11—3 



Frost 11 U 10-S 



First won by Gregg, second shot off and divided by Frost, and 

 Rule, third shot off and divided by Bates and Nelson, fourth won 

 by Nelson. 



No. 9, 10 clays, SI, 4 moneys: 



Knowles 1101111101-8 



Bates 1111111011-9 



Crown 0001111010-5 



Rule 1011111101-8 



Lovejoy 1101010111-7 



Downs 1011011111-8 



Bates won first, second shot, off and divided by Knowles and 

 Downs, third divided, fourth won bv Frost. 



No. 10, 8 straightaway clays, 75 cents, 4 moneys: 

 Bates 11111111—8 8 Frost . . 



FroBt 1010010111-6 



Derby 1111110011-8 



Gregg 1000110011—5 



Perham 1101010111-7 



Torry 1001110001—5 



Downs 11111111—8 9 



Torry 11 1 Hill— 8 8 



Lovejoy 11111111-8 5 



Knowles U101111-7 



Perham OullHtl— 6 



00111111—6 



Derby 10111101—6 



Crown 10111010-5 



Rule 01I001H-5 1 



Gregg 11110001-5 1 



Nelson 10011100-4 



First shot off and won by Downs, second and third divided, 

 fourth shot off and won by Crown. 

 No. 11, 6 singles and 3 pairs blackbirds, $1, 4 moneys: 



Frost 010011 10 11-6 



Lovejo\ 111110 11 ill -8 



Perham 101011 00 00 -4 



Young 111110 01 01—7 



Knowles 111111 01 11—9 



Bates 110111 01 01-7 



First won by Knowles, second shot off and Avon by Crown, third 

 divided, fourth shot off and won by Frost. 



No. 12, 3 pairs clays, 50 cents, 4 moneys: 

 Downs 11 10 10—4 Gregg 11 10 10—4 



Rule 101110 11 11-8 



Crown 011101 1111—8 



Downs 111010 01 01-6 



Derby 101000 01 00-3 



Gregg 110000 11 11—6 



Crown .00 11 10-3 



Lovejoy 01 00 00— 1 



Piper 10 01 01-3 



Rule 11 11 11-6 



Extra, 6 clays, 35 cents, three moneys: Frank 3, Bates 4, Knowles 

 t>. Downs 3, Perham 3, Hartford 3, Crown 3. Knowles and Per- 

 ham fii st. Bates second, Frank third on shoot-off. 



Extra, same conditions: Knowles 4, Bates 5, Lovejoy 4, Downs 

 4, Hartford 6, Perham 5, Crown 4, Frank 5. Hartford first, sec- 

 ond div., third won by Knowles on shoot-off. 



_Extra, Keystone system, at 6 clays, 35 cents, three monevs: 

 Knowlea 6, Frank 4, Crown 2, Hartford 6, Bates 6, Colt 5, Gregg 4, 

 Perham 5, Downs 5. Knowles and Hartford div. first after shoot- 

 off, Perham won second and Frank third on shoot-off. 



Perham 00 01 11-3 



Wheeler 10 11 10—4 



Knowles 11 10 00—3 



Bates 10 10 10-8 



Frost 10 00 10-2 



Rule won first, second shot off and divided by Downs and Gregg, 

 third shot off and divided by Perham and Bates, fourth won by 

 Frost. 



No. 13, teams of two at, 10 clays per man, $2, four moneys: 



Knowles 11 11101110 - 8 Little 111001 1111—8 



Bales 1110111101-8-16 Perham 1111111110-9-17 



Crown lOiOlOOlll— 6 



Rule 1001101010-5-11 



Ties divided. 



Frost 1111101111 . 



Downs 1110101111-8-17 



Lovejoy 1011011010-6 



Derby 1001010111-6-13 



No. 14, clays, 35 cents, four moneys: 



Little 100101-3 Gregg 010010-3 



Bates 111111-6 Rule 111111-6 



Knowles 000111-3 Torry 111111- 



Crown 110011-4 Frost 111011- 



Piper 411011-5 Perham 100111-4 



Downs 010110-3 Lovejoy 110111-5 



Ties divided. 



No. 15, 6 blackbirds, 25 cents; four moneys: 



Bates 111110-5 Piper 110111-5 



Wheeler 011101—4 Knowles 111101— 1 



ESSEX GUN CLUB. 



THE annual reunion of the Essex Gun Club took place as pre- 

 viously promised on Thursday last, on the grounds of the 

 Jersey City Heights Gun (Hub at Marion, and was a very success- 

 ful, aye, felicitous affair. On the very many occasions of this 

 character on these, well-known grounds it has rarely been equalled 

 and never excelled in all the various elements of the mak- up 

 successfully carried out for a royal good time. In the first place 

 it is a grand club, comprising some of the finest, fellows as well as 

 crack shots of the State. The weather was in every respect 

 superb, the hirds the best lot decidedly we ever saw together in 

 the month of June, the shooting excellent, the dinner, furnished 

 by Morrow & Day of Jersey City, can be mentioned only in the 

 highest terms, and was served by his corps of darky waiteis in true 

 Delmomco style. The feeling throughout the entire day was one 

 ot great, enjoyment. We arrived on the scene quite late, and 

 found that three sweepstakes at bluerocks had taken place, and 

 there was a sweep at 10 live birds each man in progress, with that 

 genial writer and good all-around sportsman rollicking Jake 

 Pentz referee and scorer. It did us good once, more to get our 

 legs under the table and pen ii in hand alongside of this old timer. 

 It was years ago when we reported matches side bv side in the 

 days before Bogardus and Carver; Jake, I think, even antedating 

 or being cotemporary with King and Jack Taylor and Billy Seeds 

 m their closely-contested matches. 



Jake promised me to extend the usual courtesies and send me 

 the previous scores, which he didn't. He sent the clay saucer 

 contests, but the main sweep on live birds you will have to go 

 without. Perhaps he thought I got it elsewhere. Did he? Follow- 

 ing are the scores at the earthen disks. Then came the dinner, 

 after which the main contest, the feature of the occasion, the 

 club match between members, 16 men on a side, for the birds, the 

 dinners and a good time. Mr. Hayes, the gentlemanly jeweler 

 more than once crow ned king of rifle shots at Schuetzen Park, a 

 good shot with single ball or scatter gun. captained one team, 

 while. Frank Stewart, noisy, hilarious Frank of Gull Island 

 reminiscences, did the same for the other 16 men. Two setters, 

 Old South Paw's celebrated Duke and a small black bitch and a 

 good one, did the retrieving. As we said, they were a good lot of 

 buds with some very tough ones, and APs jaw dropped quite 

 ott rii to see them scale the fence. As the birds cost something 

 like 60 to 65 cents per pair, and they were put. up of course at the 

 regular price, 40 cents per pair, At's only way to save himself 

 would be by sending the dead bi rds to market. We fear Old South 

 Paw didn't get-very rich over the transaction, but he likes the 

 fun, and is ever ready to do his share for the pleasure of sports- 

 men both of his own and visiting clubs shooting on these grounds. 

 Long may he wave. 



There were some excellent shots made with some unaccount- 

 able bad misses. We were indeed glad to see that old veteran of 

 more 1 ban fifty years at the traps, Old Reliable No. 1 Uncle Billy 

 Hughes, once more at the score. It is more, thau a year since the 

 old man had touched a trigger, and few that saw him a year ago 

 or less even thought to see him ever again a contestant in the 

 fields he loves so well. But the rare old fellow is all right again, 

 as his score will show, and his many friends— for who has more 

 than Uncle Wm. Hughes— are rejoiced accordingly. The follow- 

 ing is the score in full: 



First event, 10 bluerocks, 4 moneys: 

 Quimby 1101110000-5 Whitehead 1101111111-9 



Score* for "publication should be made out on the printed blanHs 

 prepared by the Forest, and Stream, and furnished tiratis 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 we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Aug. 13, 14, 15 —Second Tournament of the American Shooting 

 Association, Boston, Mass. 



Aug. 20, 21, 22, 23.— Second annual tournament of Hie Keystone 

 Manufacturing Co., of Corry, Pa. Traps will be pulled by a new 

 electric apparatus. 



Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20.— Central Illinois Sportsmen's Association's 

 eleventh annual tournament, Jerseyville, 111. 



Oct, 8, 9, 10, 11.— Middlesex Gun dub Tournament, Dunellen, 

 N. J. W. F. Force, Secretary, Plainfield, N. J. 



Gregg 110111—5 



Lovejoy 001110—3 



Rule 110111-5 



Little 001111—4 



Crown 010010-2 



Frost 111111-6 



Downs 111100-4 



Perham 101010-3 



Nelson 110010-3 



Frost won first; second shot off and div. by Bates and Rule; 

 third shot off and won by Little; fourth div. 



No. 16, 3 pairs clays, 35 cents; four moneys: 

 Gregg 11 10 01—3 Bates 11 10 10—4 



Frost 10 11 10-4 



Downs 11 01 11-5 



Wheeler 11 00 10—3 



Crown 10 10 01—3 



Nelson 10 00 00-1 



Perham 10 00 00—1 



Piper 11 00 00—3 



Knowles 10 10 11—4 



Rule 11 10 01—4 



Lovejoy. 11 11 00—4 



WORCESTER, Mass., June 31.— At this week's meet of the 

 Worcester Sportsmen's Club, at Coal Mine Brook Range, the 

 classification series of shoots was resumed. In the classification 

 each man had a possible 30, and in the prize a possible 10 birds. 

 The first score in Class A: W. R. Dean 23, G. J. Rngg28, E. T. 

 Smith 37, Geo. Sampson 26, A. R. Bowdisn 23, M. D. Gilman 25, H. 

 D. Jourdon 25, E. S. Knowles 22. Class B: E. F. Swan 17, C. R, B. 

 Clafflin 17, Dr. Bowers 20, A. L. Gilman 20, C. R, Holman 16, F. 

 Vernon 12, C. Forehand 11, A. B. Franklin 30, F. Forehand 16, C. 

 Henry 15. 



Hunt milium—' 



Kinsey lim000O0-5 



Breintnall 1111101111-9 



Second event, same: 



Quimby 0111011000-5 



Hunt 1011111111-9 



Kinsey 0000000100— 1 



Third event, 10 bluerocks, ties divided: 



Thom-is 0110111011—7 



Heritage 1101000010—4 



Breintnall 1111011111— 9 



Thomas 1111 111111—10 



Heritage 1011100001— 5 



Hunt. 1111111110— 9 



Breintnall 1101111110-8 



Thomas 0111111111—9 



0. VonL... 

 Carrington. 



.1011110110-7 

 . .OUOOOt Kill 0-2 



Q.uinlan 01001111 10-4 



Kinsey 0000100001—2 



Nichr.ls 0111101111-8 



Heritage 1110110111 8 



CMHedden. 0111111011—8 



Club match for dinners, 16 men a side, 10 birds each. Hurling- 

 ing rule, handicap rises: 



Capt. Stewart's Team. 

 First Squad. 

 Stewart (30) ....1011111111- 6 



Linger (28) 1112112101— 9 



S S Hedden (20).2U11102H- 9 



Terra! (26) 1001100011— 5 



Hunt (30 2011020013- 6—38 Kinzi 



Second Squad. 

 L O Hedden (36...21002020<0- 5 

 Babbage (28).. ..2211111113-10 

 Breintnall (30). .1111110201- 8 



Mix (28) 1002120121- 7 



Hughes (28) .. .1011.111201- 8-38 

 Third Squad. 



Ryan (28) 0213122220— 8 



Nichols (28) 1100011131— 7 



Heiniseh (29). ...20121)2201— 8 



Seddy (28) 1121032200— 7 



Quinley (30) . . . .1111111101— 9 

 Stonaker (26).. .0110121001— 6-45 



121 



Capt, Haves'^ Team. 

 First. Squad. 

 F Class (30)... 21U133211— 10 



Frische (28) 1201322110— 8 



Tilou (310 1123111200— 8 



Thomas (26) 1021012210— 7 



(30) 0312220000— 5-38 



Second Squad. 

 C M Hedden (30)1111021111— 9 

 Herman (28) . . . .1023101321— 8 



Burnett (30) 1101311121— 9 



Keast (26) . . . . . .2112002022- 7 



Whitehead (28; . 1111101 120- 8—41 



Third Squad. 

 OvLeng'ke (30). 1110231011— 8 



Plume (20) 0001000010— 3 



Currington (28). 11 01031123— 8 



Morris (26) .■2003111110- 7 



Hayes (30) 1220111020— 7 



Blind (36) 0110121001- 6-38 



117 



Downs first: second shot off and won by Bates: third shot off 

 and div. by Crown and Wheeler; fourth won by Piper. 



Friday, June 21. 

 For the Eecond day of the tournament only seven shooters ap- 

 peared up to 2 o'clock, and at that time none of the programme 

 events had been shot. A few sweeps were indulged in, of which 

 we give scores. 



Extra, 3 pairs clays, 25 cents, three moneys: Downs 5, Crown 3, 

 Hartford 3. Bates 5, Frank 4, Perham 5, Knowles 3. On shoot-off: 

 Perham first, Frank second, Knowles third. 



Extra, 6 clays, same conditions: Frank 2, Crown 5, Perham 5, 

 Bates 5, Knowles 6, Hartford 6, Downs 4. First div., Bates second 

 on shoot-off, Downs third. 



Extra, same conditions: Lovejoy 2, Knowles 4, Perham 5, Bates 

 3, Downs 6, Frank 5, Hartford 5, Crown 4. Downs first, secoud 

 div., third shot off and won Dy Knowles. 



Dinner match, teams of 4, at 7 clays each: Bates 5, Downs b, 

 Perham 5, Hartford 6; total 23. Knowles 7, Lovejoy 3, Frank 6, 

 Crown 6; total 33. On shoot-off, Bates's team 34, Knowles's team 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION. 



T> EGARDINCi the Association's first tournament, recently held 

 J-V at Cincinnati, we hear the expression from many that it was 

 a failure, and the conclusion is drawn that the Association will 

 not prove to be what its projectors and the shooting fraternity in 

 general hoped it would. The reason for this opinion seems to be 

 solely because the attendance at the initial shoot d : d not come up 

 to the expectations of those who thus prognosticate. This we 

 believe to be an incorrect method of reasoning. It must not be for- 

 go' ten that the plan of classification as adopted by the Associa - 

 tion yvas practically a new and untried scheme, that is, untried 

 so far as its rigid enforcement goes; for while a somewhat similar 

 system has been in foice at several large tournaments, the 

 methods of securing shooters' records, and thereby classifying 

 them, were not such as to inspire confidence among 'the weaker 

 shots. The following explains the Association system: 



Classifte-ation.—iiec. 1. Any shooter to become eligible to the 

 tournaments given under the rules and management of the 

 American Shooting Association must qualify by sending to the 

 headquarters of the Association a certificate from the president 

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

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

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

 tificates will be used in making up a proper cassification of the 

 contestants. Blank forms wilt be sent to any one on application. 

 If the scores made by any shooter give sufficient grounds for 

 changing his classification, the Association reserves., the rigbt 

 to make the change. 



Sec. 3. The classification of shooters will be as follows: 



0?OSS A— To consist of all those whose average is 86 and over. 



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

 clusive. 



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



This seems just, and if carried out and rigidly enforced, as all 

 agree it was at Cincinnati, the Association will have accomplished 

 much toward equalizing the chances of all contestants. 



During a long term of years, while trap-shooting has been grow- 

 ing m popularity and the skill as well as the number of shooters 

 has been steadily increasing, these medium and lowest class men 

 have been learning the lesson of caution, aided by many bitter 

 experiences of combines and pools worked on them by the ex- 

 perts, and where they formerly went in droves to the large shoots 

 they now stay at home. This is not to be wondered at when one 

 considers the rare occasions when any money in the sweeps falls 

 to their lot, and it is not to be expected that they would at once 

 unlearn this hard lesson and flock to tbe first shoot advertised to 

 be given in such a way as to protect them. Just such bait has 

 been offered them before, but althougn well baited the hook has 

 been there and they have grown wary. As they see the practical 

 working of classification as proposed by the Association, and if 

 enforced as it was at Cincinnati, where some good shots were 

 advanced from the ower classes on proof that their skill war- 

 ranted it, they will be convinced that its influence is in their 

 favor and will again attend the tournaments, knowing that their 



