Oar. 25, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



£78 



he money which had been placed as forfeit by the Comptons bad 

 been taken down, a challenge reappeared in the paper first men- 

 tioned from the Carondelets, uffenng to shoot any gun club in 

 the city a ten-man team mutch at clay-birds for $50 a side, the 

 editor of the paper acknowledging the receipt of $10 as forfeit. 

 It) less time than it would require to tell it, a member of the 

 Comptons repaired to the office of the paper and placed $10 with 

 f,He editor to bind the match. So far, so good; the prospects of the 

 two clubs coming together was now assured, and this was just 

 what a great many of the trap-shooters of this city wanted to' see. 

 There is an old and a true saying, that the darkest hour is just 

 before the dawn of light. This was just reversed in the case of 

 the two clubs above. The brightest hour was just before dark- 

 ness set in. Some misunderstanding occurred in reference to the 

 time when the balance of the stake money and final arrange- 

 ments were to be agreed upon. 



At a self-appointed time representatives of the Carondelet Club 

 were at the paper's office, and patiently waiting for the Comptons 

 to put in an appearance until patience had ceased to be a virtue, 

 departed tor t heir homes with the firm conviction that the Comp- 

 tons had reconsidered their rash act, and had decided wisely to for- 

 feit the $10 in preference to sending $40 more to be put into a rat 

 hole, ;is they began to term the affair, so confident had the Caron- 

 delet people lea themselves to believe the contest would be when 

 they met, if they ever met at all. After some little correspond- 

 ence, between the officers of both clubs, the matter was finally ad- 

 justed and all difference patched up. An appointment was made 

 and a date was set, for representatives of both clubs were to meet 

 to sign articles and post the balance of the stake money. What 

 for a time seemed as though would wind up in a contest of 

 printer's ink and wind, had now taken definite shape, and was 

 soon to come to an amicable termination. 



In due course of time the appointed time arrived for the match 

 to be shot. Both clubs had indulged in considerable practice 

 previous to the time and each felt quite confident that victory 

 would perch on their side. Carondelet, by the way, is a suburb of 

 this city, and is to some extent a little town all to itself. The 

 people, take much pride in their gun club, and naturally felt 

 certain that the club would win. But it didn't, in fact it was de- 

 feated, and badly so at that. The day was not exactly as favor- 

 able as it might have been. Heavy clouds overhung the heavens, 

 and a strong wind blew directly across the traps, which made 

 some of the birds quite hard to hit. A few of the gentlemen made 

 good scores, several of them breaking over eighteen out of the 

 twenty clay birds shot at. The Compton Hill Club scored 145) to 

 the Caronclelet's 117, thus winning easy, with thirty-two birds to 

 spare. A return match was talked of, to be shot under the same 

 conditions, but as the game season is at hand now it was called 

 off until next season. Unsbb FJMiz. 



THE NEW YORK SUBURBAN. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., Oct. 23.— "Old Prob" seems determined to 

 frown on shoots. The New York Suburban Shooting Grounds 

 Association Tournament commenced here to-day with beastly 

 weather, fine drizzling rain and atmosphere almost thick enough 

 to cut, making the smoke from the guns hang low and rendering 

 it extremely difficult at times to see the targets. There were 

 about thirty shooters present, who seemed determined to make 

 the best of things, and five regular events were run off besides 

 three extra sweeps. The grounds are in a rather crude state as 

 yet, and the recent heavy rains have left their mark in the shape 

 of numerous pools of water here and there. However, this does 

 not incommode the shooters, as back of the traps all is dry and 

 well planked. Eventually, when the improvements shall be com- 

 pleted, the Suburban will be exceptionally fine shooting grounds, 

 handy to New York, with every appointment for the comfort and 

 convenience of shooters. 



A change in the rules governing inanimate target shooting was 

 made, and instead of Natioual Gnu Association Rules, the Key- 

 stone Target Co. rules were adopted and put in force under the 

 guidao.ee of Mr. H. A. Penrose of the Keystone Co., who acted as 

 referee. This system of rapid shooting seemed to find favor with 

 the contestants. 



M 



A MATCH WITH REPEATING CUNS. 



R, GEORGE E. ALBEE, os the Winchester Repeating Arms 

 Co. of New Haven, gives us the particulars of a match which 

 is to be shot next seae-on. under the auspices of that company, 

 which will be a decided innovation, inasmuch as the contestants 

 will be obliged to shoot at. triplets. 



it is intended to run this event at the first regular tournament 

 given by the New York Suburban Shooting Grounds Association 

 m 1889, with the following conditions: 



First day, Winchester Repeating Arms Company offers $150, to 

 be shot for with Winchester repeating shotguns; 80 artificial tar- 

 gets, thrown from traps three at a time, 15yds. rise, entrance $8, 

 open to all, ties to be shot out. 



On second day, all money received for entries on first day will 

 be offered as a prize for the same kind of a match, under the same 

 conditions, except, that the four winners on the first day will be 

 barred. Entrance $1.50, four moneys, ties to be shot out.' 



On third day, all the money received for entries to second day's 

 match and all money received for this day will be shot for at the 

 same number of targets and on the same conditions, except that 

 the four winners on the second day will be barred. Entrance 50 

 cents, four moneys, ties to be shot out. 



TORONTO.— The second annual shoot of the West Toronto 

 Junction Gun Club took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 

 § and J0. at Dan Blea's grounds. The weather was fine, with the 

 exception of a high wind, which made the birds go very fast. Mr. 

 Joseph Taylor, the veteran, acted as referee, and gave great satis- 

 faction. Following are the scores: 



First class— At 15 birds each, 20yds. rise, use of both barrels: 

 D Van Vlack. .110111111111111-14 W A Clarke. . .111111111101010-13 



D Blea 011111111111110-13 EDollery 111001111110011-11 



APurse 111011111111010-12 S Staneland . . .010011101111110-10 



J Bailey 1001 111 10111111—12 



Shoot-off of ties of 13 won by Purse. 



Second class— Same conditions as first class: 



E Brown 101111111 111 101—13 ED Eye 110001011111111—11 



C Wakefield. ..111111111001100-11 W Smith lOOOlOOlUHlll— 10 



C Kin ton 11011 100 1 ltU 1 11—1 1 W McDowall. .01011110110011 — 9 



Shoot-off of ties of 11 won by P. Wakefield. 



Third class— Same conditions as first and second: 



WDavidge.... 111111110110110-12 A Royce 011110101010001— 8 



G Davis 111011111101010-11 H Power 010111101000110—8 



F Brimer 111010100111110-10 S Watt 011011101011000- 8 



F Wakefield. ..111101110001101—10 A Lasoelles. .. .001001001111010— 7 

 HNewman. . . .101110100100111- 9 T Charles lOlOOOlOlliiOlOO- 9 



Ties intliird class, F. J. Brimer 3, F. Wakefield 2. 



Fourth class, 10 birds each: 



FSchaefer 0100111111—7 W Blea 0110011010—5 



T Griffiths 0011000111—5 E Gabello 0010100000-2 



Ties in fourth class, W. Blea 3, T. Griffiths 2. The following 

 gentlemen took specials in their respective classes for killing 

 most birds with one barrel: D. L. Van Black, W. Davage, P. 

 Wakefield, F. Schaefer. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 13.— There was a good attendance 

 at the grounds of the W ellington Club to-day, when the merchan- 

 dise match was opened and also the individual prize match, the 

 prize being ottered by a member of the club. Following are the 

 winners in the sweepstake matches: Six bluerocks, James; six 

 clay-pigeons, James; six bluerocks, James and Chase; six clay- 

 pigeons, Chase, Wild and Snow; six bluerocks, Stanton; six clay- 

 pigeons, Chapin; ten bluerocks, Stanton; ten bluerocks, Bert and 

 Sanborn; ten clay-pigeons, Wild. In the badge match Wild and 

 Stanton tied with la out of 20 birds. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 18.-The regular monthly medal shoot 

 of the Kansas City Gun Club was held at Exposition Park to- 

 day. Riley, Underwood and Savage tied on 9 birds, Riley win- 

 ning the shoot-off, kiUiug 9 birds to Underwood's 7 and Savage's 

 6. The conditions were 10 single live birds, 30yds. rise, the use of 

 both barrels ahowed. The score was as follows: 



J E Riley 1222112120-9 S E Scott 1022122122-9 



Fred Denser 1210001112-7 W J Baer 1100(02110-6 



George Ysomau. . . .£119001308— E Captain Ditsch 120?1000l: ; ,— 6 



John Savage 1110132211 -9 At Wetzel 0120200021 —4 



Frank Smith 0212000020-4 D W Williams 0020111211-7 



A O Bonibeck 0001012010—4 Major Cross 2032012000—5 



William Stone 1102000122—6 G Johnson . ..0110212011—7 



W S Hallowell 2001002110-5 Dock Wallace. 2101011001-0 



C P Fairman 2010110011—6 Frank Jones 0202221022—7 



Joe Underwood 2101222211—9 Ben Holmes 2001020000—3 



An interesting sweepstakes was then shot, there being 20 con- 

 testants. Messrs. Riley, Scott, Barer, Williams, Elliott and 

 Smith were tied for first money and in the shoot-off Williams 

 Won, killing one more bird than Smith, 



10 11 11 11 11-22 



11 11 11 11 11-25 

 11 10 00 00 01 -r 



10 10 01 10 11—17 



11 01 11 10 11—23 



10 11 10 01 11—31 



11 01 11 11 11—20 

 00 00 10 10 01—14 

 11 01 11 11 11—22 

 11 00 10 10 01—18 

 11 11 10 01 01—22 

 00 01 10 00 10—1.0 

 11 11 10 00 11—20 

 00 10 10 10 10-1.1 

 10 11 10 10 11-15 

 10 10 11 10 11-16 

 It 10 10 11 11—19 



10 10 11 11 10-20 



11 00 10 11 10-17 

 00 U 01 10 10-11 

 10 00 11 11 11—31 

 00 11 11 10 01—15 

 10 11 11 11 11-21 



FRANEFORD, Pa., Oct. 13.- The North End Gun Club held a 

 special prize shoot on thftir grounds this afternoon. Quito a. 

 number of members and invited guests were present and a pleasant 

 time was enjoyed by all. The targets were 15 singles and 5 pairs 

 bluerocks. The score; 



W M Pack 110111111111101 



W Wolstencroft 111111111111111 



Jas Wolstencroft 110110111111110 



W Garvin 101011111100111 



F Barron 1111 111111 111 1 1 



J Crowthcr , 111111111111110 



Or M onaco 11111 1000101111 



S Richards 011101110110111 



II Ridge... 1110111 111101 11. 



G L Garsed 111111111111100 



W H Pack mnnnmui 



F Ridge 011000100111001 



AL Lumb 1111111 1 111 1001 



W J Didier 011 100001001111 



J Krewson 1101100001 1 1010 



W W Abbott 011110010101101 



D Buekius 101 1(111 111! I0U1 



W Gibson 101111110 111111 



1 Buzby msummsM 



F Duckworth 000011.11(1000011 



H Jacobs 111111111111011 



J W Lumb Ill 110101000101. 



Geo Pack 111111110111100 



Chas Knorr HOOOllOw. 



Wm. Wolstencroft took first prize, Leffingwell's "Wild Fowl 

 Shooting," a handsome volume and much appreciated by the win- 

 ner; second prize, a gunning coat, went to Frank Barron. A sole- 

 leather gun case, third prize, was captured by W. M. Pack. Fourth 

 prize, a leather cartridge box, was not awarded. Wm. Gibson 

 took fifth prize, one of W. H. Pack's new and improved loading 

 blocks, one of the neatest and decidedly the best thing for the 

 price yet invented for handiness of loading and for preventing the 

 bulging of shells. All the other classes took prizes which were 

 numerous and usuful. After the shoot the members and invited 

 guests were escorted to Tweitman's Hotel, where a bountiful sup- 

 per was spread. Here was where some grand scores were made. 

 I wish to emphasize this, for a busier set of scorers in the shape 

 of waiters I never saw. Speeches and jokes flew about like 

 autumn leaves, and the amount of game that was killed in their 

 tales of gunning trips would have, covered the floor two feet deep. 

 The festive and home-loving oyster came in for a full share of at- 

 tention, and if the balance of the tribe of bivalves could have 

 seen the amazing quickness in which they were made to disap- 

 pear it would have caused their shells to quiver. One member 

 was so immensely tickled with the flavor of a baked ham that he 

 was impelled to rise and offer a resolution, that the other members 

 go down in their pockets and put up $150 as a premium to induce 

 some energetic farmer to breed a variety of pig that would have 

 a ham just like the one before him on all four corners instead of 

 only on two as at present. He was widely cheered and congratu- 

 lated, but his eloquence came to naught, no money was put up, for 

 all seemed to have bets on the election. And so on, to the hour 

 when cordial "good nights" were in order, and as they bent their 

 steps homeward congratulated one another that good fellowship 

 was the rule and not the exception in their club. — J. C. D. 



SHOTGUN AT WALNUT HILL.- Walnut Hill, Oct. 17.— The 

 usual number of trap shooters found their way out to the HiU to- 

 day, and as a result the trappers and scorers were kept busy until 

 the departure of the last train town ward. In addition to the 

 regular matches, the fifth monthly competition for the climax 

 diamond badge was on the programme. This match was inter- 

 rupted by a smart shower, but when the contestants finally got to 

 work they showed by their scores that the rain had not dampened 

 their enthusiasm. The match finaUy resulted in a tie between 

 Stanton and Knowles. The summary follows: Climax diamond 

 badge match, 20 clay-pigeons from 6 traps, and 20 standard targets 

 from 3 traps: 



Clays. 



Knowles 1111 lUUUOOl 11 1110— 17 



Stanton 1 .11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 110110-17 



Nichols 10111111111011111111-18 



Wardwell 11111011110111111011—17 



Swift 01011 1 1 10)11 1 1 111111 —17 



Hammond 1111 1111 HOlOllUIH— 18 



Webster 11101 0011111111 .11110-16 



Chase 1101111 1 1 11 J 1 1101001-16 



Crown 11101011100011111011—11 



Hartford OlOOMlOOlOUUHlll— 13 



Rule 10100011101111111101-14 



Perham Ill 1 111001 1 1 00111111-16 



Standards. 

 1 11 11111 11 011 1 1 1 01 11-18-35 

 10111101111111111111-18-35 

 1 1 011 1 1 1 11 01 1 101 0100-14— 33 

 lOllUlOOOOmOlllll— 14-31 



■ MM; . .. 



UOOllOllllOOllOlllO— 13— 31 

 0101111 1010111 011101— 14— 30 

 1 1 1 H0010101011 1 1 101—14—30 

 01 111 01011 1 11 1101011-15— 29 

 01010011111111111111-16-29 

 10000111 11111 1101101—14-28 

 10101111001100000111— 11-27 

 Gold Coin Match, 10 clay-pigeons from 5 traps, and 10 standard 

 targets from 3 traps: 



Knowles . - . .' 0111111101— 8 HllllUU— 10-18 



Griffith 1110111111— 9 1111011111- 9-18 



Stanton 1111111111-10 1111100101- 7-17 



Swift 0101111111- 8 01111101H— 8-16 



Chase 1011101111- 8 1110101011— 7-15 



Hosmer llOlllOlll- 8 0111101110— 7-15 



Wardwell 0011110110- 6 011111H11— 9—15 



Hammond 1111110011— 8 1110101101- 7-15 



Ruh 11 11111011- 9 0101111100— 6-15 



Swan ..1110101111- 8 1010101111— 7—15 



Webster 0111101111- 8 1001111O11- 7-15 



Crown 1111111011— 9 1110000101— 5-14 



Houghton 0110111001- fi lluOlllUI- 8-14 



Nichols 1111110011— 8 1100100110— 5-13 



Perham , 0010111111- 7 0111011001— 6-13 



Burt 1110011011— 7 0100101110— 5-12 



The minor events were as foUows: 



First, 6 standards: Chase, Nichols 0, Griffith 5, Houghton 4. 

 Second, 5 clays: Chase 5, Knowles 4, Griffith, Nichols 8. 

 Third, 6 standards: Rule ft, Wardwell 5, Houghton, Griffith 4. 

 Fourth, 5 clays: Wardwell, Griffith 5, Nichols, Rule 4, Chase 3. 

 Fifth, 6 standards: Stanton, Houghton, Griffith 6, Chase 5, Rule, 

 Swift 4, Snow 3. 



Sixth. 4 clays: Knowles, Stanton 5, Chase, Griffith, Nichols 4, 

 Snow, Swift 3, Perham 3. 



Seventh, 6 Macombers: Rule 6, Chase 5, Wardwell, Knowles 4, 

 Crown 3. 



Eighth. 5 clays: Stanton 5, Rule, Houghton, Wardwell 4, 

 Nichols 3. 



Ninth, 6 standards: Swift, Nichols, Griffith 5, Knowles, Rule 4, 

 Chase, Houghton 3, Wardwell 2. 



Tenth, 3 pairs clays: Curtis, Perham 5, Knowles 4, Crown 3, 

 Nichols 2. 



Eleventh, 6 standards: Swift, Crown, Knowles, Nichols 6, Stan- 

 ton, Rule 5, Hosmer, Griffith 4, Snow 3. 



Twelfth, 6 Macombers: Nichols, Knowles, Wardwell, Stanton 6, 

 Swift 5, Webster, Perham 4, Hosmer, Curtis 3. 



Thirteenth, 10 clays: Stanton 10, Crown, Griffith, Rule 9, Ham- 

 mond, Chase, Webster 8, Perham 7. 



Fourteenth, 10 standards: Knowles 10, Wardwell, Griffith 9, 

 Houghton, Swift 8, Hosmer, Snow, Stanton 7. 



Fifteenth, 20 clays: Nichols, Hammond 18, Wardwell, Stanton, 

 Swift, Knowles 17, Webster, Chase, Perham 16, Crown, Rule 14. 



Sixteenth, 20 standards: Stanton, Knowles 18, Hartford 16, 

 Crown 15, Rule 14. 



Seventeenth, 5 clays: Nichols, Rule 5, Hammond, Snow 4, Hart- 

 ford, Perham 3. 



Eighteenth, 6 standards: Stanton 6, Chase 5, Crown 3. 



The next shoot in the current scries will be held on Wednesday, 

 Oct. 31. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.-An interesting and well contested 

 clay bird match for $25 a side took place to-day at Bird's Point, 

 Alameda, the competing parties being S. Carter and Chas. Holtz. 

 The match was only made on the day previous, during a little 

 discussion down at Holtz's ranch, and the original conditions 

 were that each man should shoot at 15 singles and 5 pairs blue- 

 rocks, but it was found on reaching Bird's Point that the last of 

 the black and yellow disks had been used up, and it was necessary 

 to postpone the shoot or fall back on terra cotta. The latter 

 alternative was accepted. The preliminaries were soon settled 

 and Mr. Shrader being installed as judge the shoot commenced 

 at the single birds, 5 traps being used. After a brief interval the 

 double birds were set going, Carter leading as before. Appended 

 is the complete score, 15 single birds, 18yds. rise: 

 Carter 111101111111111-14 Holtz 1011111.11010111—12 



Five pairs double birds, 15yds. rise: 

 Gaiter 11 00 10 11 01— 6 Holtz 11 11 11 11 11—10 



By the above it will be seen that Holtz totaled 22 to Carter's 20. 

 The match was governed by internal ional rules. Before Mr. 

 Carter arrived a couple of sweepstakes were shot. The first was 

 at 10 single clay birds, and was won by Moore with a clean score. 

 The second sweepstake was at 5 pairs of doubles, the same four 

 shooters subscribing a pool of $10. This was won by Holtz with 8 

 breaks. On the conclusion of the Holtz and Carter match, two 

 more sweepstakes were gotten up, each at 10 single birds. There 

 were five competitors, in each, the pools amounting to $12.50, The 



first shoot was won by Carter with a score of 9, and the second bv 

 Moore with 8. On the whole day's shooting Holtz broke 51 out of 

 65, and Carter 35 out of 15. 



PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.— The third and last of a series of 

 three shoots between the Parker and Darby Gun Clubs was shot 

 on the grounds of the former club, resulting in a victory for the 

 Darby Club, thus giving them two of the three ma tches' and the 

 title of champions. The latter part of the match was shot in al- 

 most, total darkness, thus affecting the scores of several shooters, 

 principally Messrs. Gildner and Clarke. In the aggregate scores 

 for the three shoots, with a total of 1,350 shots, the Darbv Club 

 won by the small number of nine birds. 



Darby Gun Club. 



French 1011101011 11 1111 110100111-19 



Morris 1111 11001 1 1 1 1 1 1011 01 11101— 20 



He w es Hi MtO LOlOlOlOlll 01 100000-1 3 



E James 101100111 1010011 1 1 LlOOlOt— If! 



H Crian 01010(1011 1 1 11011 100111011-16 



W James 0011000] L0Q0J 0010 1101 1000— 10 



T Knight 00 llOlOllOOlOllOOllllllll— 13 



G Uriah hi J 1 1 1 ) 1 1 a !( mi 1 1 I I 01 001 1 01 11 — 1 3 



C Clark 1 01101 10 1 1 11 1 1 1111 1 100000-17 



O '1 1 ara 1 00011 1111111111101111101 — 20—159 



Parker Gun Club. 



Nothersall 1110001 1 oiOf 01.011! 1111110— 17 



R Bradbury Oil 1 1 1 lOlllOllOlOlll 1 1110-19 



F Hey 1011110010011000101010001— 12 



J H Kerr 01011101 1 1 1 101101 10000101—15 



Rowcro ft lOUOlOOlOOOOlOOOll 101100—11 



Jones 001 00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1111 11 1 001 1011—18 



Martin 1100010101001001111 001 100— 13 



W Bradbury 1001 0001 001 11 001 000100111— 10 



Gild ner 1101 11 1111 11 1 1 10111111001-21 



Stevens llOlOlOOOllOll.OlOlllllOil -16-152 



TORONTO, Oct. 15— To-day the much-looked-forward-to match 

 between Mr. James Douglas, of the Aquatic Hotel, Yonge street, 

 and Mr. Samuel Staneland, of King street west, at 50 birds each 

 for $100 a side, took place on Mr. Chas. Stark's athletic grounds. 

 It was a lively and interesting match all through. The weather 

 was fine, the hirds lively and the shooting good. Mr. John Wil- 

 son was referee, and a. fairer man never stood at the scratch. Mr. 

 Douglas won by 34 to 38, after three of his birds had fallen dead 

 just out of bounds. There were upward of two hundred people 

 present, all keen as to the result. Following is the score: 



Staneland 01011100111111111111100001011011101110101001011110—33 



Douglas llOllOlOOllllllOllllOllllllOllllOlOOlOlOlllOlOUOO-34 



Staneland has challenged for another match. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 17— A shooting match to test the 

 merits of the Lefevre, Parker and Smith guus was held at Expo- 

 sition Park this afternoon. The teams were made up as follows: 

 Lefevre gun— George P. Orr, Mr. Worson, W. Anderson. Parker 

 gun— Fd Bingham, J. K. Guinotte, F. C. Maegley. Smith gun— A. 

 E. Thomas, Louis Kunz, W. V. Rieger. The conditions of! the 

 match were 10 live birds, 30 yards rise. The score is as follows: 



L Kunz 1000001110— 1 George B Orr 11101.10111—8 



Ed Dingham 1111110010-7 A E Thomas 1101111101—8 



W Anderson 1111011001-7 Worson 1111111110-9 



Rigger 1011011101-7 Maegley 1011111101—8 



J K Guinotte lOllOlOOOl— 5 



A sweepstakes with 15 entries was then shot. It was won by J. 

 K. Guinotte. W. Thomas won first money in another sweepstakes 

 and Messrs. Anderson and A. W. div. second. Mr. Ed Bingham 

 won the third sweepstakee match, Mr. Riley winning second 

 money. 



TORONTO, Oct. 20.— A match was shot this afternoon at Mc- 

 Dowall's grounds at 1.5 Peoria blackbirds, between J. Bailey and 

 T. Weslick and W. Howell and W. Epplett, for an oyster supper: 



J Bailey 111000100101000-6 T Weslick 1.11111111111001- 2 



W Howell.. 011010101000001—6 Wm Epplett... 010101.11 1111100- 10 



MISS OAKLEY. — Miss Annie Oakley is matched to shoot 50 live 

 pigeon against an unknown for $250 a side, at the Arlington Driv- 

 ing Park, Baltimore, Md., on Oct. 30. It is probable that Miss 

 Oakley wdl visit Paris during the exposition of 1889. 



GUELPH, Ont., Oct. 15.— The first pigeon shoot, of the season 

 took place at, Sleeman's flats to-day. Sleeman killed 11 birds out 

 of 12, W. D. Sbattuck 10, D. Martin 10, and J. Johnson 9. 



Thk U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., have received the 

 following letter from Mr. L. S. Carter, winner by 25 out of 35 live 

 birds at Cincinnati, Sept. 8, and who won 18 out of 20 at the shoot. 

 Sept. 9, winning the American Field Championship Cup: 



"•Hammond, 111., Oct. 8, 1888. 

 "IT. S. Cartridge Co.. Lowell, Mms.: Gentlemen— I have found no 

 shells that, can come up to yours, and think your strong primer 

 Climax paper shells superior to Eley's. I used youF shells at all 

 the shoots this season, and had no trouble with any of them. They 

 are more durable, crimp better, and for wood and Schu ltze powder 

 they are superior to any I have yet found. (Signed) L. S. Carter, 

 Now Champion Live Bird. Shot of the World."— A dr. 



LITERARY NOTE. 



Well authenticated scraps of information respecting the 

 habits of Canadian birds should invariably be sent to the 

 newspapers, as being of interest to ornithologists, the Au- 

 dubon Society, and the general public. Last Saturday one 

 of our prominent gunners started off. at early dawn with 

 the avowed intention of shooting partridge. After a weary 

 trudge of , not to exaggerate, say five and twenty miles, he 

 arrived home again with an empty stomach and' game bag, 

 and a voracious appetite, without 'having seen so much as 

 a feather to shoot at. On the following Sunday morning, 

 while shaving, with his head and mouth on one side, as is 

 the manner of man, he happened to glance through the win- 

 dow to see sitting on the garden gate, within 50ft. of him, 

 and with its head also on one side, the identical bird which 

 he had been chivying during the previous day. This is 

 imrna facie evidence that the C anadian partridge when pur- 

 sued, instead of flying away, dodges round with instinctive 

 cunning, takes up a positiou in rear and follows the attack- 

 ing party. The sportsman, pitting human against animal 

 cunning, should occasionally stoop down, and under pretense 

 of tying his bootlace or buttoning a gaiter, take a squint 

 bet ween his legs. If he sees a covey or two of birds hopping 

 after him from branch to branch, he can turn round suddenly 

 and let fly. He will probably hit something, if he does not 

 fill his bag.— Orillia {Ont.) Packet. 



Dr. Downes, of Lakeport, Cal., had a pet deer to which he 

 was very much attached. Last fall it ran away to the moun- 

 tains, and that was the last he saw of it until the spring, 

 when one day it appeared in the dooryard, and, walking- 

 straight to the Doctor, laid its head on his arm and seemed 

 greatly pleased, as was the Doctor. It hung around him in 

 rather an unusual way and then disappeared. The next day 

 it came again, and acted as though it wanted the Doctor to 

 follow it, and he did so. The deer led him some distance 

 from the house directly to a little fawn which lay hidden in 

 the bushes. The Doctor took the little thing in his arms 

 and carried it home, the mother following and showing 

 unmistakably that that was just what she wanted. 



Dr. G. W. Massamore while gunning on Thursday in the 

 Green Spring Valley, saw a large booby owl in a tree, but 

 did not disturb it, thinking the bird did not see him.' He 

 was about to raise;his gun when the owl swooped down upon 

 him, drove its ugly-looking talons through his hat and flew 

 away, carrying the hat. Dr. Massamore shot the bird, which 

 measured over four feet across the wings.— Baltimore Sun, 



