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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Sept. 27, 1888. 



Bnslyn May. Sable, and white collie hitch, age not given, by 

 Septula out of Bonnie Kuowe, by K. MeEwen, Bvron, Ont., to 

 Chestnut Hill Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Dublin Scot— Madge whelps. Two black and tan collie dogs, 

 whelped April 18. 1888, by R. McEwen, Bvron, Ont., to Chestnut 

 Hill Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa. 



AUie. Fawn, black points, mastiff hitch, whelped July, 1887, by 

 Debonair out of imported Alice, bv F. B. Zimmer, Schenectady, 

 N. Y., to V. B. Van Valkenburgh, North Chatham, N. Y. 



Fair Maid of Perth. Black and white pointer bitch, whelped 

 MayS, 1887, by Gj af ton out of Ethel, by F. F. Harris, Portland, 

 He., to J. H. Winsflow, Pbilnclelphia, Pa. 



Manilla. Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped March 12, 

 1888, by Bant? out of VandaJia, by J. H. Winslow, Philadelphia. 

 Pa., to F. F. Harris, Portland, Me. 



Brunette. Black and white pointer hitch, whelped June 10, 18B6, 

 by champion Giaphic out of Zitta, by J. Ti. Winslow, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., to P. F. Harris, Port land, Me. 



Glen Graphic (A. KM. ms)— Jennie (A.K.R. 60M> n'hdp. Liver 

 and white pointer flop, whelped June 19, 1888. bv G. W. Lovell, 

 Middleboro, Mass.. to W. H. Hurd, Hartford. Conn. 



Dave Garrick. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped June 9, 

 1888, by Donald IV. out of Lady Price, by J. Pederson, lies Moines, 

 la., to Rosecroft Kennels, Birmingham, Conn. 



Victor the. Blue Slacking (frrmerly Slasher). Liver and white 

 pointer dog, whelped May, 1885, by chamuion Beaufort out of 

 Zuba, by F. F. Harris, Portland, Me., to J. H. Winslow, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



Teltimon. Black and white pointer dog, whelped May 22, 1888, 

 by William Tell out of Dal y A., by C, A. Parker. Worcester, 

 Mass., to C. Leslie Hopkins, Norwich, Conn. 



Ky Ky. Fawn pug bitch, whelped Aug. 8, 1881 (A.K.R. 1592), bv 

 G. W. Fisher, Catawissa, Pa., to A. G. Eberhart, Cincinnati, O. 



Duke of St. Paul and Marquis of St. Paul. Orange tawny and 

 White St. Bernard dogs, whelped June 27, 1888, bv Bang II. out of 

 Noma, by A. T. Churchill, Burlington, la., to D. Bergman, St. 

 Paul, Minn. 



Lord Nelson. Orange and white. St. Bernard dog, whelped Sept. 

 -4, 1884, by Joseph out of Savoua, by Erminie Kennels, Mt. Vernon, 

 N. Y., to Chas. Heim. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Don Philip. Blue helton English setter dog, whelped May 3, 

 1888, by Rockingham out of Donna, by Rosecroft Kennels, Bir- 

 mingham, Conn., to J. Pederson, Des Moines. la. 



Slulblc- Countess of Devonshire nhelp. Black and tan Gordon 

 setter dog, whclned July 28, 1888, by I. W. E..Clark, Tuxedo Park, 

 N. Y., to Jas. B. Blossom, New York. 



Tim -Lady Edith Whefag. Red Irish setters, whelped May 3D, 

 1888, by J. H. Ackroyd, Saylesville, R. i., a dog to John E. Troup 

 and a bitch each to John W. Gale and J. G. Barnes, Providence, 

 R. Li a dog to Jas. R MacColl and a bitch to J. W. Steere, Paw- 

 tucket, R. I., and a dog and hitch to H. S. Jaffrav. Irvington-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. ^ 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 21.-At the field oav exercises this 

 week of the Worcester City Guards, Co. A, Second Regiment, 

 M.V.M., they went out to Peat Meadow Ranee, whe.ro thev had 

 target practice, then there was a parade, followed bv a banquet. 

 The work of each man that made a score of ten or more out of a 

 possible 25 follows: 



Active Members. 



lsr Lieut M H Tisdell. . 45141—21 Pvt Geo E Sweet 23413-16 



2d Lieut E 14 Barrett . . .34443—18 Pvt Chas Leouard 341134—14 



Serg' A D Jefferson 44341—19 Pvt James Leigh 34340—14 



Pvt. Win R Jacobs 43544— ..0 Pvt H H Rogers 02444-14 



Pvt J D Mcintosh 44144—20 Pvt E A Stone 30;V> > -1:; 



Pvt. Fred Howland 44344—19 Pvt J E (iowans 34201—13 



Pvt Percy Miller 5)3553—19 Pvt A J Underwood.... 24303— 12 



Pvt Wm E Wilkins i4434— 19 Pvt Wm J Ott 42230—11 



Honorary Members. 



MajlE R Shumway 34134—18 Adin E Brown 34423-17 



Capt J E Merrill 31344—18 Fred Clement 33334— 16 



Lieut F B Fay 42433—16 Tnos Kenney 40044—12 



Lieut F S Hoy t 43332—15 J S Wheeler 44040—12 



Lieut James Early 33502 — 13 J J Quinn 2304° — il 



J R Cle veland 41344-19 T H Day 33220— 10 



JBWillaid 34444—19 Hollis Mansfield 403CS-10 



BOSTON, Sept. 22.— A large crowd of shooters visited the M. R. 

 A. range to-day and did some lively shooting m all the matches 

 The weather conditions were not good, hut several line scores 

 were made in the different matches. The fall meeting of the 

 Association will be held Oct. 4, 5 and 6. Follow ing are to-day's 

 scores: 



Rest Prize Match No 1. 



J Francis 11 11 12 II 11 12 12 11 11 10—112 



D L Chase 12 12 11 9 12 11 9 12 12 11-111 



AB Lewis, 5x 11 11 13 8 11 10 9 9 12—107 



J R Munroe 9 10 11 10 12 9 12 9 9 12-103 



C H Davis 11 10 9 10 12 9 11 6 12 9-102 



J Robinson 8 9 9 9 12 10 9 10 11 9- 90 



Rest Prize Match No. 2. 



D L Chase 12 11 12 9 9 11 9 11 10 12-10!) 



A R Lewis, 5x 11 9 9 8 12 9 11 9 12 9-104 



J Robinson.. 9 11 8 9 11 9 10 11 10 11- 99 



GHorne .. ..11 9 8 8 11 12 12 9 10 9- 99 



Rest Prize Match No. 3. 



D L Chase 10 12 10 10 H 11 12 11 11 12-110 



.) R Monroe 10 11 12 10 13 10 10 10 10 10-105 



J Francis 12 12 10 9 12 12 10 9 10 9—105 



J Robinson 13 10 12 11 12 9 10 11 8 8—104 



C H Davis 11 10 11 12 10 10 10 8 8 4— 91 



A R Lewis 6 9 8 7 8 9 8 9 10 9— 84 



F. E. Bennett made the following record at 50yds., with a .23- 

 cal. pistol; 



10 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10-97 



8 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 10-95 

 10 9 7 9 8 10 8 9 10 10-90 



9887 10 9989 8-85 



9 10 10 889998 9-89 

 10 8 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 9—91 

 10 10 10 8 9 10 10 9 7 10-03 



89888 10 10 99 10-89 

 9 8 10 988896 10-86 

 10 8 10 g 9 10 9 9 9 9-91-906 

 Pistol Match— 50vds. 



J B Fellows 5 10 5 10 10 9 9 8 10 10-89 



AShurp 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10-88 



BWWiite 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 9 8 10-86 



A Stevens 9 7 9 9 10 6 10 8 8 9—86 



OT Moore 10 S 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 9—84 



F D Hart 8 10 9 8 6 8 6 8 9 8-80 



D Martin 778997877 5—74 



Military Match, 200yds. 



A L Brackett 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5-46 



B S Parker 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4—43 



W Havvley 5 44444444 5-42 



E T Boave 5 5 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3-41 



C HDake 5 44443443 3-38 



S Field 4 44344323 5-30 



Rest Match. 



D L Chase 13 12 12 12 13 12 10 10 12 12-116 



J R Munroe 11 11 12 11 10 12 11 9 12 9-108 



J Robinson 13 11 8 10 10 13 12 12 11 9-107 



A Ballard 11 11 9 9 12 10 11 13 9 3£-106 



C L Davis 12 9 8 13 i3 9 11 10 10 11-104 



O T Moore 10 8 10 11 8 8 11 7 13 13- 97 



GHorne 8 9 10 8 11 10 9 9 11 13- 97 



J ETuttle 8 It 10 10 13 11 8 8 6 11— 95 



Off-hand Decimal. 



A L Bracket 9 8 8 7 10 9 9 5 8 7-80 



(Mil.) 9 7 7 7 9 9 10 5 5 7-75 



A Law 8 8 7 4 8 10 7 6 9-76 



O T Moore 9 7 9 7 7 5 10 6 6 9-73 



W Havvley 10 57876698 4—70 



L Ames 6 9 10 7 6 8 3 9 6-70 



C W Peters 6 8 7 5 8 5 6 7 3 10-64 



B G Barker 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 8 3-65 



J R Carmichael 7 1 2 8 6 4 8 1 8 10-55 



H H Williams 3 6 4 8 5 I! 5 4—51 



Victory Medal Match. 



JAFrye 6 9 10 8 9 8 9 9 9 9-86 



DP Holder 8 5 9 8 8 4 9 6 7 9-73 



A Maynard , 4 94886786 5-4» 



GARDNER, Mass., Sept. 20. -There have been recently a series 

 2>- ma £, £1?^ Hackmatack range. In a practice by the Gardner 

 S J %,^P\ tte , fo ^?^™Sl^alaw«reraad^ C. N. Edgell, 81 and 

 81; W O. Lovehind, 74 and 79; F. E. Nichols, 13 and 74; G C. Uood- 

 jV e ?? d JvP- each 77. Members of the Hevwood Guards, 



Co. P., *d Regiment, M. V. M., have made the following individ- 

 ual scores: F B Edgell, 80 and 32; A. E. Knowlton, 30 and 31: C. 

 O Neal, 30 and 25; Lieut. C. N. Edgell and G. C. Goodell, each 29 

 and 29; B. F. Thrasher, 28 a nd 29. Members of the Guards in a 

 team score, the first seven shots to count, with no sighters as per 

 the conditions of the State match resulted as follows: 



O N Edgell 4444445-29 Pvt A > Knowlton. . . .4445444-29 



•g v * F BKdgell 4445555-32 Pvt B F Thrasher 3544444-28 



Pvt F While 4455445-31 Pvt G W Bishop 3344355-27 



Pvt G C Goodell 5444445—30 



Tho Hcywood Guards, of Gardner, Co. F, 2d Regiment, M. V. M., 

 have had a telegraphic match with the Richardson Light Infan- 

 try, of Wakefield, Co. A, 6th Regiment, M. V. M. The result fol- 

 lows: 



T - * r/l? y ,£j 00< J n Guards ;, , „ Richardson Light Infantry. 



Lieut C N Edgell 4454444-29 Capt (1 H Taylor 4433354-26 



Beret B F Trasher. . . . 4444444-28 Sergt E .1 Gibson 4354544-39 



Pvt A E Knowlton .... 54.55554-33 Pvt II T Mellotl, 4454535-30 



E v £ £ A 4544554-31 Pvt C E Horton 4534345-28 



MALDEN, Sept. 22.— The following scores were made at the 

 Bear's Den Range to-day, at 200yds., there being a large attend- 

 ance: 



Pvt A WhitteKiud, 5th. 54444-21 Lieut Hale-v. 5t.h 44335-17 



Lieut Erickson, 5th. . . .44444 -20 H B Ora ford, 5th 54343—19 



.1 H Whittekind, 5th . . . .45443—20 S B Clark 34414-19 



Sergt Col burn, 5th . . ..43543-19 A F Hatch 43442—17 



Pvt Perkins, 5th 44444-20 W T Fuller 44323—16 



Pvt G. M. Pottle, 5th. . . .53444-20 Sergt F A Ruggles 35344-19 



Pvt M S Drew, 5th 04444—16 Sergt Frazer 34334—17 



Sergt H Jenkins, 5th.... 44444-20 Sergt H. W. Sprague. .. .24435— 18 

 SALEM, Sept. 22.— The third ma+ch between teams of Company 

 A, Sixth Regiment of Wakefield, and a team from the Second 

 Corps of Cadets, was shot in this city this afternoon. The match 

 was on 200 yards Creedmoor target, the following being the re- 

 sult: 



Company A, Sixth Infantry. Second Corps Cadets 



Pvt J W Babbitt 5544144—30 Sergt P F Packard, ..4544444-29 



Pvt B S Killam 4454445-30 Pvt M W Dauiton. . . .3454444-38 



Pvt C E Horton 4443454-28 Pvt WE Smith 44534+4-28 



Pvt M G With am 5334114-27 Pvt G A Lawrence. . .4443444-27 



Prt H T Millett 444443-4—27 Corp C G Hinman. . . . 1433444-26 



Corp Flanders 3444444—27 Corp D M Bruce 3444343-25 



Musician J C Hubon.. 3543234— 24 



~1W ~187 

 LAWRENCE, Sept. 22.— There was a large attendance at the 

 range this afternoon, but in consequence of the windy weather 

 the scores were not as high as usual, although they were good for 

 the day. Following is a summary at 200yds.: 



EF Richardson 10 10 8 7 8 7 9 9 8 9-85 



OM Jewell 7 8 9 10 10 9 6 8 10 8—85 



C M Hill 9 7 8 10 8 7 9 8 8 10-84 



A D Elliott 6 10 8 8 9 6 9 6 7— r *5 



EH Archibald.. 79888 10 547 8-74 



W Fisher 7 8 6 9 10 7 5 8 6 7-73 



J W Bean 8 7 7 8 6 7 10 6 5 0--72 



W Arthur 8 8 7 8 5 9 9 5 5 8—72 



MBeal 5 7 6 7 6 5 8 10 7 5-66 



D P Norris 7 8 6 6 2 9 7 5 4—60 



NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 18.— Members of the City Guards 

 visited Bay View Range this afternoon to shoot for the medal 

 presented to the company by Mayor Rotch, shot for annua Uy. 

 The distances shot w ere 200, 300 and 500yds.. 5 shots each. The 

 present holder of the medal. Corporal Charles L. MeBav, was the 

 winner. The leading scores stood: 



Corp McBay 23 19 17—59 Sergt Swain 20 18 12—50 



Corp Baudoin 19 18 19—56 Pvt Pope 16 17 16—49 



Lieut Perry 21 14 20 - 55 Pvt Dunham 12 17 06—45 



Pvt Bradley 20 18 17—55 Sergt Pope ...16 9 20—45 



Pvt Gibbs 20 20 14-54 Pvt Loomis 20 14 5-39 



Pvt W K Russell 21 17 10-54 Pvt C D O' Russell . ...17 14 7-38 



THE PISTOL SHOOTERS. -Boston, Sept. 34.— Editor Forest, and 

 Stream: In the report of the late meeting of the N.R.A. in your 

 issue of the 22d inst. you infer that it was generally expected 

 that the Bennett Bros, would be there to "rake the revolver re- 

 cord," and also dwell at some length on the terrible disappoint- 

 ment experienced by Ira A. Pame at not getting a chance at 

 them ou neutral grounds, even terms, etc. I think Ira got Ben- 

 nett enough last June, both shooting on neutral grounds, and 

 also at his own home. If he did not, I shall be pleased to meet 

 him at any time for "fun and money." Had I supposed he had 

 returned to the amateur ranks and would have been at Creed- 

 moor, I should certainly have been there, and saved those tears 

 of disappointment, or possibly turned them into another chau- 

 nel. However, he must bear up, he accumulated much glory, 

 ten dollars (810) in real money, and enacted the part of "GulM- 

 ver among the Lilliputians" with great success.— W. W. Ben- 

 nett. 



MILLER RIFLE CLUB.— The second annual fall shoot of the 

 Miller Rifle Club, Capt. Richard W. Dewey, will be held at Schtit- 

 zen Park, Union Hill, N. .1., Out. 9. Ring target, prizes to the 

 amount of S133, open to all comers. Bullseye target, open to all 

 comers. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 19.— Fifteen members of the Selye 

 Citizens Corps took part in the rifle practice at the rifle range 

 this afternoon and all hut three qualified, 25 points being neces- 

 sary. The target distances were 100 and 200yds. and 200 and 

 500yds., 5 shots each distance, and the points made in the shooting 

 were as follows: 



100yds. 200yds. Total. 200vds. SOOvds. Total 



H A Swift 25 16 36 17 12 29 



C S Gibbs 12 16 28 14 18 32 



L B Thrasher 13 13 26 13 15 27 



C A Blazo 21 15 36 14 17 31 



A F Carey 15 18 33 19 10 29 



AC Col by 15 13 28 12 15 27 



R H Coplin .12 4 16 



T T Eigabroadt. 19 8 27 16 19 35 



L C Fish 15 10 25 12 9 23 



J Gibson 19 18 37 13 13 20 



EH Miller 13 13 25 14 23 36 



J C Mmogue 13 14 27 12 7 19 



(4 D Siel 18 9 27 18 11 29 



John H Taylor 18 18 36 13 17 30 



W C Thomas 13 13 26 10 10 26 



MARKS WOMEN.— Queen Victoria fired the first shot on the 

 Wimbledon ranges in 1800. and the target, which she aimed at has 

 since that time been conspicuously displayed with its single hulls- 

 eye on the recurrence of each meeting for competition of the Na- 

 tional Rifle Association of Great Britain. On the 21st of July last 

 the Princess of Wales fired the last shot on the Wimbledon range 

 with a Maxim gun. The cartridge case of the last shot fired has 

 been preserved and set up as an ornamental souvenir, and Queen 

 Victoria has accepted the relic as a "keepsake." It bears the fol- 

 lowing inscription, "This cartridge was tired from the Maxim 

 gun by H. R. R. the Princess of Wales, at the termination of the 



Wimbledon meeting, 1888." Rifle competition, open to any 



lady, has .iust term nated on the Curragh of Kildare military 

 camp iu Ireland. The conditions were seven shots, 100yds., 6in. 

 ballseye, any position, rook rifles. There were 12 competitors, 

 and the winners of prizes were all married ladies. Hon. Mrs. 

 Gougb won the first prize with a score of 34. Mrs. Webb and Mrs. 

 Balfour second and third with a score of 30. 



NYACK, N. Y., Sept. 19.— An interesting rifle match took place 

 here this afternoon, being one of a series between clubs of the 

 counties of Westchester, Orange and Rockland. ST/here were a 

 large number of spectators present. The shooting W^is for a large 

 silver cup, elaborately ornamented, which has been held by the 

 Nyack Club for several months. This cup has to be won three 

 times to become the permanent property of either club. The club 

 from Central Valley, Orauge county, has now won it twice, the 

 Nyack Club has won it once, and the Peekskili Club has won it 

 twice. The distance shot to-day was 200yds. and the scores were 

 as follows: Out of a possiole 300— Central Valley 255, Nyack 251, 

 Peekskili 250. There were six men in each team. Tne next shoot- 

 ing for the cup will take place at Central Valley iu April, 1889. 



ALBANY, N. Y. — The eleventh annual meeting of the Third 

 Division Rifle Association will take place at the Kensselaerwyok 

 Range on Oct. 11 and 13. There are nine matches in all, many at 

 short range, some going to 500yds.. and a pistol match. The range 

 is pleasantly situated between Albany and Troy, and is one of the 

 best equipped in the State. 



„ WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 21.-The Worcester Light Infantry 

 Co. C. 2d Regt.,M.V.M went to Peat MeadcwRange thisweeklor 

 their annual taiget shoot. Those who made 10 out of a possible 

 25 were: 



Capt Edward A Harris .34545-21 Frank J Quinn 44344—19 



Sergt W H Dewing 43453—19 Flint W Wright 38545-17 



Sergt D F Rourke 34034—14 William E Whitnev. . . .23353—16 



n°i' 1 Y, C/ r^? I T Xtel " 33333-15 George F Zaeder. .'. 34420—13 



Pvt F F Mclnnes 44454—21 



At a practice shoot out of a possible 35 the following totals were 

 made: 



Capt Harris 5544343-28 Qui nn 3345344— 26 



Sert Dewing 4033834—20 Wright 2334554—36 



Mclnness 5444454—30 



A PENCIL SCORE.— If the scores made yesterday at the State 

 shoot were not very great, thev had the result of stirring up 

 much ill feeling and placing Captain Mc Alpine, of the Third In- 

 fantry Regiment, in a most unenviable position. The shoot was 

 recently ordered by the Adjutant-General, and some 150 members 

 or the regiment met in accordance at Shell Mound yesterday. 

 The conditions were that, rifles be used with a six-pound pull of 

 trigger, that a comparison might he made of the result with that 

 ot the recent shoot with Springfield rifles. On the latter occa- 

 sion, with those liner guns, the highest score made was 47 points, 

 and it was expected that with the muskets such accuracy of aim 

 would not he displayed, The Adjutant-General offered a set of 

 medals for the 50. 80 and SO per cent, scores. An additional gold 

 medal was also to be given the highest score above 90 per cent., 

 and some 3,000 marksmen to-day would have felt discouraged at 

 their prospect of winning it bad the Examiner reporter not dis- 

 covered a verv questionable joke which was being perpetrated 

 on them. Captain McAlpiue, of Company D, was the first to 

 shoot, and the altogether unprecedented score of 47 made with a 

 musket, was placed to his credit. It seemed such an extra- 

 ordinary success in a possible 50 points for a man who on 

 ordinary occasions can hardly reach 80 per cent., that many of 

 the marksmen present believed that there was something wrong 

 about the marking. The reporter called on Captain Siebe, and 

 both went to the bulks to investigate. The marker stated that no 

 one had heen there marking besides himself, but later it was 

 learned that Private O'Rourkehad marked for Captain McAlpine, 

 and the paper target used was discovered among the others. As 

 is usual with all perforated targets, small black patches— eight 

 in number— were found pasted in the 6-inch ring on the target. 

 The marker stated that when he had arrived to attend to his 

 duties he had found that target laid aside as having been shot at 

 already, and he had paid no further attention to it. Captain 

 Siebe investigated closer, end removing one of the black papers, 

 noticed that the target was a fraudulent one, which had never 

 been perforated by a bullet. Just as this discovery was being 

 made Captain M< Alpine came to the bulks. He looked as though 

 he was very much a itated, and with a soulless laugh he declared 

 the whole matter "a joke." The Captain insisted that he be 

 allowed to shoot "again," and he was given his way. He scored 34 

 points this time. All those at the range are severe in their crit- 

 icism of Captain McAl pine's "joke," which, had the JSm-mincr 

 reporter not discovered in time, might have passed by untu ticed, 

 giving the Captain the hig.iest score made in the shoot.— San 

 Francisco Examiner, Sept. 10. 



ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 25.— The third annual tournament of 

 the Minnesota National Guard opened to-day for a four days' 

 meet. One day is given up to State matches, and there are nine 

 contests on the other dates. 



THE TRAP, 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printM blanhs 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Cor-res-pondc-nta who favor us with cluh scores are par- 

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



OUR TOURNAMENT REPORTS. 



/"\UR full, prompt and accurate reports of the Cincinnati and 

 " Cleveland tournaments have excited the admiration of trap 

 shooters. They appreciate the high character of the work of our 

 special staff correspondent. A well-known shooter here in New 

 York said the other day when he saw the Chamherlin scores that 

 it was the best report he had ever seen. These reports speak for 

 themselves. It would be superfluous to point out what is mani- 

 fest, that they are rivalled by no other reports. 



The Forest and Stkeam has had its own man on the ground at 

 Cincinnati, Cleveland and Oorry. He will be at St. Louis for the 

 bombardment there, the first week of October. 



For the earliest, fullest, most accurate and iu every way the 

 best reports of trap shooting meets, read the Forest and Stream- 



THE KEYSTONE TOURNAMENT. 



[From ottr own Staff Correspondent.] 



CORRY, Pa., Sept. 31.— The first annual tournament given by 

 the Keystone M'f'g Co. closed here to-day. In evervthi tier hut 

 attendance it has been one of the most successful and best- 

 managed shoots of the season, aud was deserving of much better 

 support from the shooters than it received. There were 31,000 

 guaranteed money, divided into twelve events, ?250 each of the 

 four days. In addition to this, there were four handsome tro- 

 phies, three engraved silver cups, one given by the Keystone 

 Al'f'g Co., one by L. C. Smith, in shooting for which all contest- 

 ants are obliged to use a Smith gun, and a solid silver and gold 

 cup by the Peters Cartridge Co., no restriction as to ammuni- 

 tion, but left to the courtesy of shooters; also a diamond ring 

 given by the Keystone M'f'g Co., to be the property of winner, 

 and to he duplicated each year. The Smith and Peters cups are 

 to be held for one year and then returned to tie donors, to be con- 

 tested for at the next Keystone Tournament. 



Notwithstanding the lack of attendance, the guaranteed events 

 were run off, the moneys being paid in full, some of the contests 

 barely filling. No charge for birds was made in these events. It 

 was intended to divide the surplus money for the best averages, 

 but there was no surplus. 



The weather during the week was threatening, with frequent 

 showers, but this did not seem to cool the ardor of the shooters, 

 and the game went on just tne same. 



All contests were shot from 5 traps, set ahout 5yds. apart, with 

 arise of 18yas. for 10-bore guns, 16yds, for 12-bores weighing 81bs. 

 or less, and 15yds. for all smaller bores weighing 71bs. or under. 

 There were no guns of smaller gauge than 12 on the ground. The 

 arrangements for shooting were very complete and systematic, 

 aud the Keystone rules contain one feature which it would be 

 well for all tournaments to adopt; that is, the system of shooting, 

 as follows: Shooting from five traps, six shooters face the score, 

 No. 1 at No. 1 trap, No. 3 at No. 2, and so on, No. 6 to stand behind 

 No. 1. No. 6 steps to No. 1 score after No. 1 shoots, No. 1 to No. 2 

 score after No. 2 shoots, and so down tne line, shooters to load 

 while walking from trap to trap. This style of shooting was new 

 to aU the contestants, but proved entirely satisfactory, and was 

 very interesting to the on-lookers. The bang! ban- 1 of the guns 

 was continuous, and as soon as one squad was finished, another 

 stood ready to take their pla^e. It was the most rapid shootiug 

 we ever saw, one eveut, at 15 birds, with 30 entries, 451 birds in all, 

 taking only 45 minutes to entirely complete. 



With tnis system, each day's work was completed as per prc- 

 gramme and long before sundown. In fact, the whole tourna- 

 ment was shot from one set of five traps, giving ample time for 

 lunch each day. Another good feature was the blackboard on 

 which the scores were kept, so that each shooter could determine 

 his relative position at a glance. In addition to this, the scores 

 were kept in duplicate on separate cards, which is a great conve- 

 nience for the press. 



The ladies of the Episcopal church profited by the occasion, and 

 each day served an elegant lunch on the ground, which partook 

 more of the nature of a home meal, and was doubly grateful 

 after a routine of hotel tare. The tables were beautifully decor- 

 ated with flowers, every appointment was clean and tasty, and the 

 smiling faces of the lair ones while ministering to th'e wants of 

 the hungry shooters was alone worth more than the moderate 

 charge for the meal. 



Tne Keystono Co, say they are "here to stay," and will hold 

 these tournaments annually. The next one will probably fie 

 given earlier in the season, and at some of the beautiful resorts 

 on Lake Chautauqua, where a much larger attendance would be 

 attracted by the diversity of amusement. They are progressive 

 and propose to adoot several new schemes for the protection of 

 the poorer or amateur shots. The Ocean Gun Club of New York 

 have been discussing a scheme, which was presented to the Key- 

 stone people, and it may be combined with their rules. It has for 

 its end the encouragement cj young shooters, and while not 

 handicapping the good *liots, still gives the pooi-er ones aa iaGea- 



