814 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 11, i889. 



1 



Against this the South London Cluh put in a total of 1,025, thus 

 leaving the American boys victors by 43. 



The conditions were upon the whole favorable. There was a 

 Dine sky and the wind was not too strong or erratic. The meet- 

 ing was, ;is usual, a business one, and there wore few spectators, 

 but. the number included Lieut. Charles E. Ilawley of the United 

 States Navy, who made a long journey to he present on reading 

 of the team's whereabouts in the newspapers. 



The home team used Martinis, which some of them cuddled in 

 a manner highly diverting to the visitors. The feature of the 

 afternoon was Maior Hinnian's shoot, which included the highest 

 possible score on the longest range. 



South London's range totals were 332, 368, 325; grand total 1,025. 

 The highest individual English score was 95, made by young 

 Lieut. Craig, and the lowest 77. 



To-night the Americans are enjoying themselves at the Alham- 

 bra. To-morrow, Saturday, they will be the guests of Major 

 MacKeuzie, a veteran of the Honorable Artillery Company at his 

 charming seat in Essex, and the day will be spent in practicing 

 with the Martini rifle, which the Americans will have to use at 

 Wimbledon, except in special team matches which are being ar- 

 ranged. 



London, July 6.— The American volunteer riflemen in their 

 matches this week have broken the world's records with military 

 rifles. Every team they have met has boon picked from the 

 finest English, Scotch and Irish twenties, to spy nothing of the 

 Queen's prize winners. For a team shooting entirely without 

 practice, at a strange range every day, their record is remarkable 

 and has set the English volunteers to thinking. 

 The American riflemen went to Ohingford this morning to 

 ractice with the Martini-Henry rifles loaned by the National 

 _ti fie Association. They shot over the Honeylane range, Epping 

 Forest, and the result was sufficient to warrant hopes of good 

 showings in the individual matches at Wimbledon, where the 

 National State colors are now flying. They will remain at Wim- 

 bledon next week, after which they will go to Paris for a week 

 and then sail for home on the City of Chicago, July 31. Captain 

 Frost is well pleased over the week's success, which bears out his 

 predictions made before sailing. 



In live matches Hinman and Bull tied for first place, the totals 

 heing: Hinman 153, Bull 453, Bums! ead 451, Doyle 444-, Farrow 440, 

 Merrill 433, Huddleston 433. Pvt. Bull 432, Hussey 431, Edes 423, 

 Farnsworth '432, Johnston 404 



London, July 8.— The Massachusetts riflemen have not as yet 

 come to a decision as to the matches in which they will engage 

 at Wimbledon. The decision of the Council, excluding Spring- 

 field rifles from the general contests, was expected. The Ameri- 

 can team are actively drilling with the Martini-Henry rifle, and 

 showed to-day good form both in the pool practice and in the 

 Alexandra cup match, which was limited to Martini-Henry rifles. 

 None got first rank prizes. With 7 shots at 500 and BOOvds. Hin- 

 man made a total of 60, Farrow 55, Edes 53, Doyle 51, Hussev 50; 

 Johnston 49, and Huddleston 37. The winner made 68. In the 

 200yds. pool Johnston, standing, made two bullseyes in five shots 

 at a 4in. disk. 



Judge Henry A. Gildersleeve, who was a member of the famous 

 small-bore rifle team which 14 years ago went to England and de- 

 feated the English riflemen at Wimbledon, was delighted when 

 he heard that the Massachusetts team were proving such victors. 

 "We can defeat them every time," said the judge, "it is not in- 

 dividual superiority in which we excel them, but in discipline. If 

 the English shoot in cup matches individually they can beat us, 

 but not in a team. These matches are more substantial victories 

 than appear upon the surface. Our other contests have been with 

 match rifles. These matches were shot with military rifles. In 

 this State our national guards use the Remington 50-c'aliber rifle, 

 which is out of date, and no competitor for the improved Martini- 

 Henrys which the English use. But the rifles used by the Massa- 

 chusetts team is an improved Springfield rifle, which has proved 

 itself to be a match for the English arm." 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON, July 6.— The fine weather conditions brought out a 

 large number ot riflemen to the Massachusetts Rifle Association 

 range to-day, and some fine scores were made. Mr. Burnite won 

 the gold medal in the 20-shot rest match, and Mr. Lee won the 

 gold champion medal. Following are the best scores finished 

 to-day: 



•Twenty-Shot Rest. Match. 

 WO Burnite 9 1110 mil 9 9 12 8 



H l J 2 S ^ 9 12 13 12 12 

 J N Lames t 12 8 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 12 



911 612 8 9 9 7 11 10—195 



W P Conley 10 10 12 9 9 10 12 10 11 11 



8 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 8 9 -192 

 OM Howard 10 10 97 12 88898 



11 10 10 13 9 11 10 10 11 9-192 

 W Thomas 11 8 8 9 12 10 9 11 9 11 



10 10 9 8 11 6 9 9 9 11-190 

 JRMunroe 11 12 10 9 8 9 8 12 12 



10 U 8 7 10 10 10 9 8 10-184 

 L R Avay 8 8 9 8 8 9 10 8 10 8 



9 3 10 8 8 10 10 12 8—164 

 Champion Medal Match. 



H L Lee 8 10 9 10 9 9 7 10 10 9—91 



CC Clarke , ft 10 8 10 9 7 6 6 8 4-74 



Victory Medal Match. 



CMHill - 10 6 8 8 10 10 10 8 10 10-90 



HLLee 10 s 10 8 9 9 9 8 10 8-89 



AN Mann 668688 10 B 10 0-74 



OT Moore 6 7 4 8 5 10 8 10 6 5-71 



Press Rifle Association Match. 



AKeach 6 4 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 5—74 



DBFarwell 44648497 6 alko 



O Moore ... 4 3 5 6 6 4 7 3 8 4-50 



Rest Match. 



J R Munroe 12 12 13 12 12 9 11 13 10 12—114 



I) Webster 8 9 10 10 13 11 11 11 io 10-102 



i-^Avay 8 12 9 12 9 12 9 9 11 10-101 



S W Hart 11 12 9 11 9 10 8 10 11 7- 98 



W P Thompson 12 9 13 11 9 7 12 7 10 9- 98 



A Ballard 9 10 10 10 12 9 9 8 8 7- 93 



N Jameson 10 8 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 7— 91 



OHRimbach 978 12 998 10 99— 90 



R S Simouds 8 7 8 7 9 8 9 9 9 13— 86 



A R Long 9 11 8 8 9 8 6 8 8 8- 83 



"97979 10 69 8- 83 



A S Hunt 



RR Richardson 11 8 



Off -Hand Match. 



7 7 7 



8- 81 



G H Eastman . 



FO Martin . 

 AW Short.. 

 SBeals, 



R H Chittick 



Keough 



500yds. 



6 



8 



7 10 



7 



9 7 



6 



8 



8-76 



9 



7 



6 



6 



5 



5 6 



9 10 



9-76 



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7 



7 10 



4 



7 10 



9 



8 10—76 



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6 



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8 



9 7 



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8-73 



6 



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6 



8 



3 



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8 



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5 



8 



8 



9 9 



8 



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5-69 



6 



8 



4 



8 



6 



7 6 



8 



9 



5-67 



8 



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5 



8 



6 



9 6 



9 



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3-66 



6 



6 



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7 



7 



8 6 



6 



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5-38 



LAWRENCE. July 6.-Following are the scores made by the 

 Lawrence Rifle Club to-day: 

 _ w „ , v , Record Match. 



EFRmhardson , 8 8 10 10 6 10 10 10 8 7-87 



OM Jewell 8 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 7-86 



^ Beal ; 4 7 6 10 10 10 7 9 6-79 



W Fisher 8 6 7 7 6 g „ 9 9 Q 



A^J™L n ,f ldS 9 7 9 9 4 7 5 7 7 10-74 



££®Ui?tt . 10 6 8 5 10 7 9 5 6 7-73 



T W Tiihnghast, mil 304759643 3-44 



T wit?! 1 " 4 2 5 5 4 6 4 7 5-42 



J VNatts 24533006 8-32 



PI , D . , . Badge Match. 



EF Richardson 8 9 6 10 9 9 8 5 10 10-84 



w Wisher 10 6 4 10 8 6 9 6 9 6-74 



snn^nfHF 1 ' ^t-T^, 8 - 2 - °°Peland and B. J. Robert- 

 ?S«^*« e 9 1 ? < ^ miiatl 1 P,sto1 Club 8 expert shots, were defeated in 

 w r& m - &5J*ft*?*5 match v " tn St - Route's ^o experts as fol- 

 tW>?. ttt t °f - e ^ h £ ossi , bl i. 10 ?' Copeland 87:91, 85; Rob- 

 ertson 8o 83 87; total 517. Here's St. Louis: St, Louis, Mo , Julv 

 JJ. P. M., total score o25. " 



WILMINGTON, Del., July 4.-The shooting at Healdmoor Riflle 

 Range shared the common fate of all outdoor sports on the Fourth 

 of July. From 12 to 1 o'clock the rain poured down in torrents, 

 and the showers lasted until late in the afternoon. The pistol 

 and revolver matches monopolized the attention during the morn- 

 ing, as it was intended to devote the afternoon to the rifle, and 

 what was left of it was so done. A very large attendance was 

 expected, not only of local marksmen, but from Philadelphia, 

 West Chester and surrounding country, but the weather pre- 

 vented. Both of the military badge mutches wcto postponed 

 until Monday. Following are the bcores in detail, standard 

 American target, off-hand: 



Pistol Match, 50yds. 



IP Taylor 8 9 7 10 9 8 9 10 5 10-85 



E J Darlington 7 9 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 10—82 



I Preston 7 7 9 7 8 6 9 9 9 8—79 



E Darlington 7 78786 10 6 3 9—71 



WS Darlington 6 6 5 5 4 10 7 10 10-63 



Revolver Match, 50yds. 



E J Darlington 9 5 10 10 8 9 5 8 10 7—81 



*E Darlington 5 8 9 7 9 7 9 10 7 10—81 



E Jackson 8 7 7 7 10 6 8 4 7 9—74 



J Lee fi 7 5 6 8 9 7 9 6-69 



H Simpson 9 7 10 784658 5—69 



*D Evans 5 7 6 6 7 9 7 9 2 8—66 



G Darlington 7 10 5 7 4 3 6 7 9—58 



*S Howard 5 332 5 8885 5-52 



G Walker 1 1 2 7 3 2 3-19 



*Pistol. 



Record Match, 200yds. 



E J Darlington 10 8 5 8 7 7 10 5 6 10—76 



H Simpson 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 9 8 5—63 



E Jackson 8 6 8 4 6 5 7 6 7 6-62 



E Darlington ..476573986 6—61 



WS Darlington 836743973 5-55 



At 100yds.— Beginners' Badge Match. 



WLawton 6 7 6 9 7 9 4 8 9 7—72 



F Howard 8 7 5 6 8 10 3 9 9 8—71 



IS Bullock 5 6 7 6 6 3 5 10 6 6-60 



J T Jones 4 3 3 3 3 4 1 7 3 1-38 



Record Match. 



F Howard 5 10 6 7 6 5 7 7 7 5—65 



WLawton 8 9 10 *5 4 4 5 7 5 5—62 



IS Bullock 5 6 7 6 6 3 5 10 6 6-60 



J T Jones 4 3 3 3 2 4 1 7 3 1—31 



CREEDMOOR.— New York, July 4.— The third match for the 

 Marksman's Badge was shot at f reed moor on Thursday. The 

 weather conditions were very bad, a heavy wind and drizzle in 

 the morniDg proved very annoying to the competitors, and the 

 rain in the afternoon put a stop to the shooting for some time. 

 The attendance was very good and some good scores made. The 

 following made sharpshooters' scores (12): 



200yds. 500yds. Total 



* Alex Stein, Co C, 7th Regt 23 34 47 



1. R M Dunn, Co G, 7th Regt 21 35 46 



J W Halstead, Co C, 7th Regt 33 33 46 



2. J D Foot, Co F, 7th Regt 23 23 45 



3. H TLockwood, Co B, 7th Regt 21 33 44 



4. Geo BalL Co F, 23d Regt 31 23 44 



* W H Palmer, Staff, 7th Regt 21 23 44 



5. F L Holmes, Co I, 23d Regt 21 23 44 



6. G A Lane, Co A, 13th Regt 20 23 43 



7. C W Simmons, Co A, 23d Regt 20 23 43 



W A Stokes, Co I, 23d Regt 21 22 43 



L J Elliott, Co C, 33d Regt. 22 21 43 



V Werner. Co H, 13th Regt 19 23 42 



R Byars, Co G. 22d Regt 19 23 42 



E R Ric.iards, Co D, 7 th Regt 20 22 42 



J W Cochran, N C S, 7th Bcgt 21 21 42 



W R Pryor, Staff, 22d Regt 23 20 42 



O M Beach, Co B, 7th Regt 24 18 42 



1 to 7 winners of cash prizes. * Medal winners. Next matches, 

 July 13 and 37.— J. Manz, Jr., Asst. Sec'y N. R. A. 



WORCESTER, Mass., July 5.— There was a meet on the Fourth 

 of members of the Worcester Rifle Association at Meadow Range. 

 The light was poor and much of the time it was raining hard. 

 The. shooting was off-hand, distance 300yds, with a possible total 

 of 50. The work of each man follows: 



Sporting Rifle- 

 White 5555555555-50 Brown 5445445554-45 



Thomas 5544555555—18 Smith 5454445544—44 



Military Rifle. 



White 5544555555-48 5455555444-45 



Brown 4454455444-43 



Logan 5543453445-42 4454444444 - 43 3455454:144-41 



Macombt r 5454444443-41 53545334 44—41 5445444434-4 1 



Jones 3454444444-41 



Grant 3434454445 - 40 



WORCESTER, Mass., July 5.— Yesterday members of the Wor- 

 cester City Guards, Co. A, 3d Begt,, M. V. M., went out to Peat 

 Meadow Range for a practice shoot. The shooting was off-hand 

 distance 200yds.. the Springfield service rifle was UBed. 



Ten shots straight: 



Corp Willkins, 5445345414—42 Pvt Mcintosh 5454454445—44 



Corp Leonard 4433354543—38 Pvt Farnsworth. . .4444453645— 40 



Five shots straight: 



Pvt F E Choat 44353-19 Pvt G F Warren 44444-30 



Pvt F King 43434-18 



ALBANY, N.Y., July 4.— The third of a series of competitive 

 military matches was shot at the Rensselaerwyck rifle range to- 

 day. Following are the names of the contestants and t heir scores- 



200yds. 500yds. 



C H Gray 44554-22 45455-23-45 



W C Gedding 54444-21 45455-23 -45 



CorpWO'Neil 44535-21 54435—21-42 



Sergt P Farrell 35345-20 53524-19-39 



PvtFSatover 43434-18 35444- 20-38 



Pvt C M Warren 43455—20 25443—18—38 



Pvt Chas Christian 42333—15 43444—19-34 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 6— There was a very light attendance at 

 the last shoot ot the St. Louis Pistol Club. Fodde won the medal 

 Standard American target reduced for 20yds. is used for all 

 shooting. The scores: 



Fred A Fodde 7 10 10 10 10 7 10 8 8 5—85 



LVD Perrett. 9 9 10 9 7 7 8 5 9 8—81 



S G Dorman 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 6 8 10—81 



M Summerfleld 7 7 9 9 5 6 10 10 9 8—80 



A E Bengle 9 5 5 8 8 8 9 7 10 10-79 



JALee.- 10 8 10 984878 6-78 



WHettel 9 7 7 7 8 5 7 8 7 7-72 



Unseb, Fkttz. 



COL. BLUNT, U. S. A— Washington, Jnly 5.— Col. Stanhope 

 E. Blunt, Ordnance Department, has been relieved from duty at 

 the headquarters of the army as inspector of small-arms practice 

 and ordered to report in person to the Chief of Ordnance. Col. 

 Blunt thus closes a connection with rifle practice which has ex- 

 tended over a period of nine years, commencing in 1880 as inspec- 

 tor of rifle practice in the Department of Dakota, and since 1884 

 in supervision of the instruct ion throughout the army. By 1883 

 he had so far become the leading authority On the subject' that 

 the Secretary of War then designated him to prepare a manual 

 of rifle practice, and his works, "Rifle and Carbine Firing," pub- 

 lished the next year, and its revision. "Small Arms Firing Regu- 

 lations," prepared this last winter in accordance with Gen. Scho- 

 field's directions, have since been the tactics on the. subject in the 

 army, the marine corps and the navy, and to a great extent among 

 the National Guard as well. Col. Blunt, as the author also of the 

 extensive article, "Target Practice," in Farrow's Military Ency- 

 clopaedia, and of many others that have appeared from time to 

 time in the public press and military publications, has exercised 

 a marked influence upon rifle practice and instruction in our ser- 

 vice, and in now finally changing from these duties to those of his 

 own corps leaves a valuable record and honorable name through- 

 out the army. The army will cordially agree with Gen. Schofield 

 in the following complimentary remarks, with which he closes 

 his order: "Capt. Blunt's services in connection with the devel- 

 opment of an effective system of rifle practice in the army have 

 been of the highest importance, and his name will long be honor- 

 ably connected with this great advance in the military service of 

 the country." 



NEW JERSEY STATE SHOOT.-The success attending the 

 Massachusetts riflemen in England has stimulated interest in the. 

 military rifle matches arranged to take place at the State range, 

 Seabright. N. J., in September next. These contests are supple- 

 mentary to the annual prize, meeting of the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation at Creedmoor, and will comprise an inter-State and inter* 

 national military match with service, rifles at regulation dist- 

 ances. Assurances have been received from nearly every State in 

 which rifle practice is a part of the established system of National 

 Guard training that a representative team will he sent forward 

 to participate in the proposed contests. Liberal provision has 

 been made by the State of New Jersey for the quartering and 

 preliminary practice of competitors, and it is hoped that the at- 

 tendance will be secured of a team representing the riflemen of 

 the volunteer militia of the Dominion of Canada, 



THE NEWARK SHOOT. — Newark, N. J. July 6.— The annual 

 festival of the Newark Shooting Society, which ran from Thurs- 

 day noon to this evening, was one of the most successful, so fat- 

 as shooting goes, ever held by the society. The weather, up to 

 2:30 P. M.. on the first day, was anything but favorable, but there 

 was a good number of out-of-town riflemen on hand at. the open- 

 ing, and there were many more on Friday and to-day. The visi- 

 tors declared themselves well pleased with the arrangements and 

 with the manner in which they were treated by the local marks- 

 men. Among the visitors were A. H. Merriman, Meriden, Conn.; 

 H. Rothert and G. Homrighausen, Baltimore; A. C. Gates and L. 

 Eggleston, Syracuse; George Sehalk, the veteran gun maker of 

 Pottsville, Pa.; J. P. Delahuuty, Pitts ton. Pa.; C. E. Qverbaugb, 

 New York; Tom J. Dolan, New York; Geh. Krauss, Brooklyn; L 



B. Collins, New York; II. W. Hawes, expert fly-caster and rifle- 

 man, of Central Valley. N. Y.; Wm. Wurfnein. inventor of the 

 Wurfnein rifle, of Philadelphia; Ed. J. Travis, a crack shot, of 

 Philadelphia; Jos. M. Green, of Philadelphia; Bernard Walther, 

 J. A. Bayken, C. G. Zettler, of the Zettler Club; F. W. Hofele, 

 Dave Miller and Capt. R. W. Dewey, of the Miller Kifie Club of 

 Hoboken; S. J. Lyons, of Collinsville, Conn. The members of the 

 local society turned out in fair numbers. The scores put up on 

 the first afternoon were very heavy, a 72, 71 and four 70's being re- 

 corded. The first buDseye was made by F. C. Watts, and the last 

 by William Hayes. On Friday the. conditions were not so favor- 

 able, but nevertheless some good shooting was done. Dave Miller 

 got the first bullseye and the last by George Joiner in the morn- 

 ing. In the. afternoon "Barney" Walther secured the first bulls- 

 eye and William Hayes the last. The fi-st bullseve this morning 

 was made by A. C. Gates and the last by G. Homrighausen. The 

 first in the af ternoorf by W. Hayes and the last by J. Coppersmith. 



The shooting on the bulleye targets closed at 4 o'clock this after- 

 noon, and on the other targets at 6 o'clock, the prize winners in 

 full in order being as follows: Best bullseye— E. J. Travis, Phila- 

 delphia; A. C. Gates, Syracuse; G. D. Weigman, Newark; J. Cop- 

 persmith. Newark: S. J. Lyon, Collinsville, Mass.; B. Wallber 

 Mew York; J. C. Foster, Meriden; C. G. Zettler, New York; Geh 

 Krauss. Brooklyn; L. Flach, New York; W. Hayes, Newark; D 

 Miller, Hoboken: H. Holges. New York; L. Eggleston. Syracuse* 

 M. Dorrler, New York; W. H. Cleveland, Newark; F. 0. Watts' 

 Newark; E. C. Henn, Hartford; G. Schalck, Pottsville, Pa.; A. 

 Begerow, Newark; J. A. Boyken, New York; G. Sehlieht, New 



delphia; P. W. Pope. Hartford. The first premium for the most 

 bullseyes during the festival was won by William Hayes, second 

 by S. J. Lyon, third by A. C. Gates, fourth by George Joiner, fifth 

 being divided between G. Homrighausen and J. A. Bovken. Man 

 target— D. Miller 50, J. Coppersmith 59, A. Regerow 58, L. Flach 

 57, M. Dorrler 56, A. Leitz 56, W. Haves 56, G. Homrighausen 5li 

 H. Rothart 55, J. A. Boyken 55, B. Walther 55, G. Sehlieht 55, A. 

 Hoffman 54, F. Ross 54, G. Joiner 54, C. G. Zettler 54, F. W. Hofele 

 51, P. Bell 54, H. Holges 54. R. Busse 54, A. C. Gates 53. J. Y. B. 

 Collins 53, H. M. Pope 53, C. Gensch 62, G. Kleiuhuh 52, H. W. 

 Hawes 71, L. Flach 70, L. Eggleston 70, J. A. Boyken 70, P. Bell 70, 

 G. Homrighausen 70, A. Begerow 69. H. Rothart 69, S. J. Lynn 69, 

 J. Coppersmith 69, D. Miller 69, B. Walther 68, H. O. Koegel 68, C. 

 G. Zettler 68, H. Holges 68, G. Joiner 67, F. W. Hofele 67, L. Vogel 



67, F. A. Freieusehner 67. G. D. Weyxnan 67. F. C. Watts 60, II M. 

 Pope 66, J. T. B. Collins 66, A. Fisch 65, R. Burse 65, T. J. Dolan 55, 



E. C. Henn 64. American champions— First prize, $14, won by W. 

 Hayes on 69 points. Other prize winners were; ,T. H. Bovken 68 



F. C. Watts 67, H. W. Haws 67, D. Miller 65, B. Walther 65, A. C. 

 Gates 65, H. Holges 65, J. Coppersmith 64, G. Homrighauseii S3 II 

 Begerou 63, A. Fisch 62. L. Vogel 62, C. G. Zettler 61, S. J. Lvon 61, 

 F. A. Freiensehner 61, G. W. Downs 60. The premium for the best 

 three tickets on the ring target went to William Hayes, who 

 scores 71, 70 and 71; M. Dorrler getting 67, 71 and 68 and baking She 

 second premium. A. C. Gates scores 73, 66, 66: J. A. Bovken 70 



68, 67. 



TORONTO, July 5.— A committee meeting of the Off-Hand 

 Rifle Association was held to-day to make arrangements for the 

 forthcoming tournament. President J. W. Crosolv, King City, 

 took the chair, and the other members present were Simpson 

 Rennc, Scarboro; J. Hay, Tottenham, and S. E. Wilton, Orilla. 

 Rules governing the tournament were adopted and arrangements 

 completed for the meeting, which wiU take place at Orilla, on 

 Oct. 10 and 11. Orilla offers $10 in prizes for each team compet- 

 ing in the tournament. The team matches will be shot on the 

 first day, commencing at 1:30 F. M. The championship and gJQ 

 $5 and S3 respectively for first, second and third teams, will he the 

 prizes. On the second day the individual matches will be held, 

 beginning at 9 A. M. The prizes will be $10 for first and 50 cents 

 less for each of the next 19. Mr. Geo. E. Wilton, of Orilla, told of 

 the preparations made by the Orilla Club. Three good targets 

 had been provided and seven clubs were expected to compete. 



TORONTO, Ont., July 6.— The Teuth Royal Grenadiers of To- 

 ronto have challenged the Massachusetts rifle team to shoot a 

 match with eight or ten men on a side, either in Canada, Massa- 

 chusetts or by telegraph. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blank* 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished grans to ■ ' ,7; 

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

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper oiily. 



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.— SecoDd Tournament of the American Shooting 

 Association, Boston, Mass. 



Aug. 20, 21, 22, 33.— Second annual tournament of i he 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 Club Tournament, Dunellen, 

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



Oct. 15, 16, 17, 18.— Tournament at live birds and inanimate 

 targets. J. F. Kleinz, Secretary, 600 etouth Delaware avenue, 

 Philadelphia. __ 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



CHICAGO, July 5.— The Fourth was a great sportsman's das in 

 Chicago and nearly all the shooting clubs had meets at their 

 grounds and club houses. Mak-saw-bas and Grand Calumets 

 had pleasant little gatherings. Mineola Club, of Fox Lake, led 

 off with $250 worth of fireworks across the lake. Mr. F. J. Magin 

 and family, Mr. Robt. Lindblom and family, Messrs. J. G. and 

 Robt. Dwen, Mrs. Davis and family, Mrs. R. M. Fair and family, 

 Mr. H. P. Wadhams and a number of others were present. The 

 formal opening of the beautiful new Mineola club house will 

 occur next Saturday evening, July 13, and will be a brilliant 

 affair. Preparations are now making on a large scale for if, and 

 a carload of refreshments will go up over the Wisconsin Central 

 next week. 



About the jolliest Fourth of July crowd, however, was the 

 little one that gathered on the South Pier, out in the lake in 

 front of the city, and indulged in a little trap-shooting, consid- 

 erable fresh air and a lot of fun. The hosts of the partyV/ere Mr. 

 Fred. C. Donald, General Passenger Agent of the C. & A. road, 

 President of Gun Club of Chicago and President of the Illinois 

 State Sportsmen's Association; Mr. Chas. S. Burton, City Passen- 

 ger Agent of the Kankakee line; Mr. F. H. Lord of the Manitoba 

 road, Mr. Chas. E. Willard of the Standard Cartridge Co., Mr. 

 John Gillespie of the Jenney & Graham Gun Co., and Mr. Henry- 

 Smith of the West Side. The entertainment was gotten up on 

 the spur of the moment by these gentlemen, but the refresh- 

 ments were as copious and choice as a month's study could have 

 made them, and the guests of the party will rise to maintain that 

 same. There were preseufTTUso Mr. J. F. Ballantyne, managing 

 editor of the Daily News; Mr. A. H. Harryraan, editor of the 

 Sanitary News; Mr. H. W. McCinniff, Mr. W. Isbel], Mr. C. H. 

 KroeR, Mr. A. Angelica and the representative of Forest and 

 Srream, which latter paper knows a good time when it sees it. 



The afternoon was put in at smashing Keystones, and the scores, 

 shot under such names as "Dago," "Sinbad," etc., were very good 

 ones indeed, considering. It took 14 out of 15, 11 out of 12, and the 

 like, to win anything. The penalty for missing a bird was to eat 

 a sardine, and the unfortunate who couldn't get that windy right- 

 quarterer always found some one waiting for him with the sar- 

 dine. The traps were arranged so that the birds fell in the lake, 

 the shooters standing under a large awning. A cool breeze swept 

 inshore, and the day was simply beautiful. The city looked its 



