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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 15, 1888. 



NEWARK. N. J.— The Newark Sunday Call, always accurate 

 and full in its reports of shooting mat ters, says at the close of the 

 season's work: ''The season for out-of-door rifle shooting is prac- 

 tically closed so far as this part of the country is concerned, and 

 it has been the liveliest since 1878. Almost every club, large or 

 small, in New York and New Jersey, has held one or more prize 

 shoots, and nearly all of them bave drawn well. The grand event 

 of the year and one which stirred up a rifle shooting interest in 

 every State in the Union, was the mammoth six days' festival 

 held'in the Shooting Park in July. This affair, which, was con- 

 ceived and pushed to a finish by Mr. William Hayes, of this city, 

 will go up'>n record as the most gigantic shooting festival ever 

 held in America. By some of Newark's citizens the affair, as a 

 whole, was looked upon as a failure because there was a deficiency 

 of $3,586 to be made up after the festival closed, but this loss was 

 entirely in the Volksfest portion of the affair, the bad weather 

 cutting the attendance, outside of the shooting house, down to a 

 mere nothing, compared with what it would have been had the 

 festival been held in the first week of the month. The festival as 

 a Sohuetzenfest was a grand success financially and other- 

 wise, all the losses occurring outside of the shooiing house. 

 The festival swelled the membership of the Newark Shooting 

 Society, one of the oldest organizations of the kind in this part 

 of the country, to about 157, about two-thirds of the new mem- 

 bers being active riflemen. This society will soon stop practicing 

 for the season, but bright and early in the spring the shooting- 

 house will he unlocked and the targets stretched, after which 

 some lively work is contemplated. Some of the most earnest of 

 the old members and a large percentage of the new ones will 

 endeavor during the off season to have some plan of record- 

 shooting worked up by which it is hoped that all members of the 

 society will be tempted to take up active practice. For a few 

 years back all the practice has been on the go-as-you-please plan, 

 no records being kept by the society of any scores made except at 

 the annual king shoot. Records will be Kept not only of scores 

 made by the hair-trigger shooters, but those made with the 31b. 

 pulls as well, and it is safe to say that, before the season of 1889 closes 

 one-third at least of those members who have become accustomed 

 to the cumbersome Schuetzen rifles in days gone by will discard 

 them for the lighter and handsomer hard -pull rifles. It is not 

 known as yet in whose hands the Shooting Park will be when 

 another season opens, as Mr. Geiger,who has managed for thepast 

 two years, will leave on December 1, but this cannot affect the 

 matter of the Newark Shooting Society using the range, as it has 

 a perpetual lease thereon." 



NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 6.— About thirty marksmen, one-half 

 being members of the Newark Shooting Soeietv and the rest 

 visitors from New York, were in the Shooting Park to-day peg- 

 ging away at the German ring targets from morning until' dark. 

 It was expected that Point targets would be used, but instead 

 the shooters contented themselves by contesting in throe-shot 

 pools. The proposed revolver practice was cut down to one man's 

 work, the rest of the revolver shooters failing to put in an ap- 

 pearance. Theo. E. Beck, using a .44-caliber Smith aud Wesson 

 Russian model at 30yds. did some fine shooting on a Standard 

 American target, making several clean scores of six shots each. 

 The 50-shot match which was arranged for the afternoon was not 

 started until late, and in consequence had to be cut down to 35 

 shots, and even then was finished almost in darkness. It bad 13 

 entries, the entry fee being $3, half the contestants being -winners 

 and half losers. The result, according to the official scores was 

 as follows: * 

 New 

 G.,1 

 N.S. 

 R.C . 

 pound 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out on ths printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, ana furnished gratis to eluh 

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

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



ELECTION DAY SCORES. 



rpHE Suburban Grounds were open on Election Day, and a small 

 JL number of shooters gathered to keep their guns" from rusting 

 and to get beyond the reach of heated political argument. The 

 weather was not conducive to a large attendance in'the morning 

 but toward noon the sun appeared to cheer the spirits of Repfl b- 

 licans and Democrats alike. The shooting was from live traps 

 screened, known angles, regular rules, and the targets used were 

 bluerocks. Some improvements have been made on the grounds 

 since the opening tournament, and more will be made 'before the 

 next shoot, which is dated for Nov. 29, Thanksgiving. Below are 

 scores made. 



Sweep No. 1 at, 15 single rises, $1 entrance, three moneys: 



Albee 111111111111111-15 Bristol 0111111 111011111-12 



VonLengerke.. 101100111111110—11 Brientnall 111111111101101-13 



Hunt. ... 111011111111110-13 Quimby 001111111111001-11 



J P Smith 110111011011111-12 J E Richards. .111101001111101-11 



Gould 010110001011000- G C Richards. . . .000001111101001- 7 



Albee first, $5; Runt and Brientnall divide second, S3: J P 

 Smith and Bristol divide third, $2. 

 Sweep No. 2 at 5 pairs, double rises, §1 entrance; three nionevs- 



Albee 10 10 10 11 10-fl Gould 11 H £<j m mlSf 



Hunt 00 10 10 00 10 -3 J F Richards. .. .10 01 10 11 10-6 



Brientnall 10 11 11 11 11-9 O Richards 00 10 10 00 00—2 



Bristol 10 11 11 10 11—8 Quimby 10 01 10 10 11—13 



Brientnall wins first, 85; Bristol second, $?.40; Gould third, $1.60. 

 Sweep No. 3 at 10 single rises, $1 entrance; four monevs: 



ED Miller 1111111111-10 Nixon 0111011001- C 



Albee 1100101111- 7 Bristol UiOllllll- 9 



Brientnall mill Hi 1-10 Hunt 1 1 m Hlll-10 



J F Richards 0010011011— 5 W A Hendry. . million- q 



Gould 0011110111- 7 Squire * 0111011111- 8 



J P Smith 1110111111- 9 Chas Tatham 1011010010- 5 



Quimby 1111111110- 9 



Ties on 10 divide $5.20; ties on ii divide S3.90; Squire won third 

 $2.60; Gould and Albee divide fourth, $1.30. ^ 



Sweep No. 4 at 10 single rises, SI entrance; four monevs- 

 Albee 1111111110- 9 Miller OHlilllll-q 



Tl^of/Vl lrammi o <~,..4„u„ "Hilt 1 



Sweep No. 10 at 10 single rises, $1 entrance; three moneys: 



Brientnall 1111101111- 9 Miller 0111111111-9 



Hunt 1010111111- 8 Tel] 0010010100 -3 



Apgar 1111111111-10 J F Richards 1010101100— 5 



Jones 1010010000- 3 C Richards 1001010111 — 6 



Apgar won first, S4; second divide $2.40; Hunt won third, |1.60. 

 Sweep No. 11 at 10 single rises, $1 entrance; three moneys: 



(uimby 1011111100—7 



O Richards OllOllOOli— 6 



Hendry 0111111110-8 



Hunt 0111111101-8 



Nixon 000001 10001— 1 



ties on 8 divide 



Bristol 1110011111- 8 



Brientnall 1111111011— 9 



Jones 1011111100— 7 



Smith 1001101111— 7 



Gould 1111111111—10 



J F Richards 0101011001— 5 



Gould first money $5.20: ties on 9 divide 

 $3.60; ties on 7 divide $1.30. 

 Sweep No. 5 at 10 single rises, $1 entrance; three monevs- 



Brientnall 111HMU1- 9 J F Richards 11011 11111-9 



Bristol 1001111011- 7 Hendry OimillOO-7 



Gould 0111111010- 7 Hunt.. .0111 11111-9 



Albee 1010001111- 6 Jones 1 11100 11101-7 



Mdler.... 1100011111- 7 Hubbell llO^lOi 010-6 



J P Smith 1111111111-10 Quimby 111011001-7 



J A ^? ( ^ l - h -7 A ni '^- S6: t5 » a 011 » divide $2.60: tits cn 7 shot eff 

 and $2.40 divided by Miller and Quimby. 



Sweep No. 6 at 10 single rises, $1 entrance; four monevs- 



Qmmby. 1001111101-7 Tell . . . .1001010011-5 



Brientnall H11111101-S J P Smith H011 mi-9 



gfe SffiffliJ J* Richards oKJgJ 



£ lls f 01 1101000100— 4 Hendry 0011000111- 



Dr w Giif. :.::iMooiooii- 



Ainee 0110111111—8 C Richards lOOlnoiin— a 



Jones 1111000111-7 Hubbell. inoilOOOO-5 



Hunt 111110nil-9 uiuiiuuuu-o 



Ties on 9 divide $6- Albee wins second. $4.50; ties on 7 divide Si- 

 ties on 6 shot off and fourth money, $1.50, won by Gould. ' 



Sweep No. 7 at 5 pairs double rises, $1 entrance; three monevs- 



Brientnall 10 10 10 11 11-7 J F Richards 00 10 10^ 00-2 



Jones 01 11 10 00 11-6 



Qmmbv 10 11 10 10 10-6 



W A Hendry.... .11 10 10 00 10—5 



Miller 11 n lo u 10-8 



Albee 10 11 10 11 10-7 



C Richards 00 11 11 00 10—6 



Bristol 00 11 11 11 10—7 



Miller wins first, $5; ties on seven divide 

 Sweep No. 8 at 10 single rises, ! 



Miller 1111111101- 9 



Bn entnall U llllllil-io 



J P Smith 1111011111— 9 



Gould lmilllil— 10 



Albee 1011110111—8 



Ties on 10 divide ties on 9 divide S3 ties on 8 divide 



fc^!!!!!^^ threem nlfiom 8 



Ap.gar. . . 1101101111- 8 Handry.'. , OliOlOlOOl 5 



Ties divide moneys $4, $2.40 and $1.60. liniOOlOl-- 



ties on 6 divide $2. 

 51 entrance; three moneys: 



Hunt lllilOllOl-8 



?^ s 4°. 1 V-v 0001111001-5 



J F Richards OllOlllOOl— 6 



Quimby 11010o010l-5 



-Qramer 1111011111-9 



Hunt 0111110111-8 



Brientnall 1101111101—8 



Apgar 1111111101—9 



Miller 1111111110—9 



J F Richards 1111111101—9 



C Richards OllllHOol-7 



Jones 1100011101—5 TeU 1100111000 



Ties on 9 shot off and the U won by Apgar; second divide $2.40; 

 O. Richards wou third, $1.60. 



THANKSGIVING DAY SHOOT. 



THE New York Suburban Shooting Grounds Association pre- 

 sent an attractive and varied programme for their Thanks- 

 giving Day Tournament, which will no doubt draw a goodlv 

 number of shooters, particularly as mine host Bowers of the 

 restaurant promises an excelle.nl spread with all the usual ac- 

 companiments of a Thanksgiving dinner. The grounds are at 

 Claremont, N. J„ second station from New York on the Central 

 R. R. of N. J. Time from New York. 18 minutes; round trip 

 fare 14 cents. 



Event No. 1, 10 single bluerocks, open to all, entry BL 

 Event No. 2, 10 singles and 5 pairs bluerocks. open to all, 

 entry $1. 



Event No. 3, match between chosen sides, at 10 singles and 5 

 pairs bluerocks, no entry fee, but the losing side to pay for all 

 the dinners, not to exceed 75 cents each, each contestant paying 

 for the birds he uses. Open to all. 



Event No. 4, 9 single bluerocks, open to all. use of both barrels, 

 13-gauge guns at 17yds., 10-gauge guns at 16yds., traps to be 

 screened, 3 traps and at different angles unknown to the shooter. 

 The shooter to turn the indicator and shoot at three targets be- 

 fore leaving the score, entry $1. 



Event No. 5, 50 cents entry, miss and out match, to be shot same 

 as Evenl No. 4; open to all. 



Event No. 6, Walking Match Sweepstakes, 50 cents entry, open 

 to all, at 6 birds. Each shooter will march alone from end to end 

 and back, along the line of six traps, turning and firing at the 

 targets as they may be sprung from any trap as he passes along. 

 The gun must be carried upon the shoulder, the muzzle well 

 elevated. The referee shall call pull, wben one of the three traps 

 nearest the shooter shall be immediately sprung. The use of botb 

 barrels will be.allowed. 



The Western set of traps will be used exclusively for open-to- 

 all shooting. The Eastern set of traps will be devoted entirely to 

 the use of amateurs, for such shooting as the may see fit to indulge 

 in, either for practice or sweepstake shooting, they having the 

 privilege of barring any one they choose by a majority vote of 

 those concerned. 



All impromptu sweepstakes not regular programme events, 

 must pay 50 per cent, of entries in each sweep to the club. This 

 applies to all impromptu sweeps where money is up. Every one 

 interested in shooting is earnestly invited to attend and bring a 

 friend and gun along. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 31.— Elm Grove Park was the scene of a 

 capital trap shoot to-day. Three traps were bolted to the plat- 

 form in front of the trapper's pit in charge of Jack Whitney, and 



the quiet Betts, the earnest Dunn and the youthful crack shot 

 Lord. Patten generally comes alone from Lansincburgh, Paul 

 from Cohoes, and Dorner from Green Island. Wheeler, ot Bruns- 

 wick, and Hord, of Schuylerviile, are strangers, and so are the 



of Elm Grove, aud Partiss, a good shot from Johnstown, is well 

 known. The first event that excited the interest and drew the 

 attention of everybody on the ground wastne "composite match " 

 This consisted of 5 singles and 3 pair of kingbirds being allotted 

 to each contestant, the totals made in the singles and doubles to 

 count in the score. 



._ Goggin 111111 



F W Partiss.. 111111 



W T Lord 111101 



H Gardner... .111110 

 C Hoekwovtk.110111 



111110—11 H Livingston.. 001110 01 11 11—8 



00 1111-10 A Paul., 010111 00 10 10-6 



11 10 11-10 OLGove 100000 11 11 10 -fi 



10 11 11—10 P G Williams.. 001100 10 00 00—3 



11 10 10- 9 Gus Buesser. ..100110 11 00 00—5 



Ties on 10, 3 singles, 1 pair: Gardner 5, Partiss 4, Lord withdrew. 

 After the composite match was concluded, the eagerly looked 

 for live bird event was called. 



S Goggin limil-7 



W G Paddock 1111111— 7 



WDomer 111111 1-7 



C E Rockworth 1111101—6 



J Selkirk 1110110-5 



.1 H Patten 1111010-5 



J T Betts 1111010-5 



C L Gove UOllol— , n 



F W Partiss 1111011 -6 G H Thomas 1111010-5 



W_GT>arr lolllll— (1 A Dunn lolOOil-4 



. . . .1111011—6 G A Wheeler oOlllOO— 3 



B J Hurd 



WTLord 1111 110-0 



J Becker 1111101—8 



H Gardner 0101111—5 



Denoies dead out of bounds. 



G Buesser ". .'.OlOolOO— L 



A Paul 0010001-2 



HM Livingston lllOlOw. 



Goggins, Paddock and Domer divide first money with straight 

 scores of 7 dead birds. There were six men in the second class 

 tie with scores of 6 each, and they shot out the tie with the fol- 

 lowing result: Parr 2, Partiss 2, Lord 1, Becker 1, Rockworth and 

 Hurd withdrew. W. G. Parr, of Albany, and F. W. Pari is^ of 

 Johnstown, divided second money. The ties in the third class, 

 with scores ot 5 each, divided third money. There was but ore 

 man in the fourth class with a score of 4, and he got fourth mouev 

 which paid him a dollar and a half over and above his entrance 

 fee. As Tonoy was handed the money, Tom Curley exclaimed, 

 '•well Dunn!" ' 



BROOKLYN. Nov. 1. -The members of the Glenmore Rod aud 

 Gun Club did not turn out very strong in numbers to-dav at their 

 regular monthly shoot at Dexter's Park, Jamaica Plank Road, 

 Long Island. Thirteen went to the traps to compete for the 

 handsome diamond badge presented to the club bv Mr. Bernard 

 Midas and a handsome silver pitcher presented bv Supervisor 

 George U. Forbell as the members' prize. James Bennett re- 

 peated his hue performance of last month, killin" his 7 birds 

 straight from the 20yds. mark, winning the badge and the Forbell 

 pitcher. W. Selover also did some splendid shooting, killine 17 



visor G. U. Forbell also shot well, although he was in the parade 

 of the previous evening. After the regular shoot sweepstakes 

 were shot off, _W. Selover and T. T. Edgerton taking the lion's 

 share aud dividing m each sweep. Host Si Nager proved to be 

 the best man of the Glenmores and their guests, and saw that 

 everyone present did not hunger or thirst as long as the good 

 things provided held out. 



The full Rcore of the shoot aud sweepstakes is as follows: 

 J Bennett (29) 1111111-'? O Magee (2£) ' 1010100-fi 



E Helgans (27) 1001111—5 



WLevens (35) 1111011-0 



J Ochs (26).. 



W Selover (29) 1110111-0 



W Quiniugton (26) ... .0100111-1 



First sweepstake at 25yds.: J. Bennett 2, W. R. Selover 4, G U 

 Forbell 3, T T Edgerton, Jr., 4, E. Helgans 3, P. H. von Dreele 2 



W' ^•kS1\°w M, 2 , 1 2 ' ^ lU « m 3- Second sweepstakes: G 

 U. l<orbell 2, W. Selover 4, T. T. Edgerton 4, E. Helgans 1, W 



if w f» n * ' W * Selover 8 - Referee, Mr. C. A. Dellar; scorer, 



M?Ji!,^F N J?^ M '*? a "' , Nov - ^--Sweepstake match at 10 live 

 Q yd ,?",' 40y i ds ' v '0'ii^ary, use of one barrel: Levi Hill, 

 Muncy 9; I Kessler, Shamqkin Dam, 9; Ben Mackamer. Trevor-' 

 ton, 6; L. Ditsman, Shamokm, 8; W. Burrows, Shamokin, 10- G 

 Goodman, shamokin, 8; 0. W. Stahl, Lewishu rg, 7; Finn Cooper 

 S^mokin 9; A. J. Biekel,SelmsGrove. 7; TonfLarkins^ ShS 

 Kin, a, h. Hudson, 8; G. S. Burlc, bhamokin, 8. Same ulace and 

 %m%™\ Cl lt U l^^< H ^^ d Mfe 15 live Cs, a for 



d a v U hp?wP W V, 0tlt T;V^ ov - 6 - _A pl > e ,°. n shooting match here to- 

 day between Dr. MoOnmmon, of Kincardine, Dr. Gamier of 

 Lucknow, John Hewitt and Jas. MeKennv, of Rervie, and T J 

 Stewart and Sam Holmes, of Blaek Horse, 'was a most enjoyable 

 sidPvs'tn l?< T aS Ga , rn t 10 } s match and he entertained the out- 

 ?£ e i s ii n h - ls lno& ; t , royal sfc > rle - 1 he match was 15 birds each, and 

 SW^tTOV 8 ^ 651 ^ H Johu Hewitt 13? T J 



Stewart 8, Sam Holmes o, Dr. McCrimmon 4, Jas. McKenny 6. 



MONTREAL, Nov. 3.— Some time ago Messrs. Greener, the well- 

 known gun makers, presented the Montreal Gun CTuh with two 

 handsomely finished and valuable guns, one for club and the 

 other for open competition. The first club match took place to- 

 day on the M. G. C. grounds at Cote St. Antoine. If the devil had 

 the choice of days and wanted to hear shooters say cuss words 

 he could not have arranged the matter any more to his satisfac- 

 tion. Misty, bleak and damp, with a wind that would lull for a. 

 minute and blow great guns the moment a man said "pull." 

 Lirris would sail along nicely for half a second, then thev would 

 be lifted up to the tree tops or dashed to the ground. The wind 

 seemed to be blowing from six different directions, the cardinal 

 points did not give it scope enough; sometimes it seemed to blow 

 down in a straight line from the sky, and again it would appear 

 as if there was a vent in the earth; at least the wind seemed to 

 come from (hat direction. At all events good shooting was an 

 impossibility. Some of the crack shots were there and most of 

 them wished they were somewhere else, seeing that their prayer- 

 ful maledictions did not send old Boreas where he belonged. How 

 bad. the shooting was may be imagined from the fact that out of 

 X bu ds the men who broke 9 were tied for first place, and when 

 the ties were shot oil Mr. W. Mt-Caw had won the first competition 

 (or the Greener gun. A gentleman who won the gold medal, em- 

 blematic of the championship of Canada, some few days ago, 

 only grassed 6 out of his 20. Shooting, however, will take unto 

 itself a little bit of a boom round about Thanksgiving Day, when 

 the Montreal Gun Club will hold their annual shoot a:nd the 

 Dominion Club will have their first match for the gun presented 

 by Mr. Ilorseley. In fact Thanksgiving Dav may be put down as 

 the real opening of the clay-bird season here. The score to-dav 

 stood: J 



First handicap competition for Greener gun, at 20 Peoria black- 

 birds, 18yds. rise, from 5 traps, Lewis J. Trotter referee: 



R James 11101101001100100001-10+2—12 



W h Lumsden 00000000000101001.111- 6 — 6 



W McCaw 110)1011000110000001— 9+4-13 



A Alexander 00100000000310100 1 00— 4-^3 — 7 



E C Alberts OlOli.OiOOOlOUOOlOll— 9^-4-13 



H Judge 00001101000100001001— 5+4 - 9 



B Jim 1 01003UOU001 00101 110— 7+4-11 



Fred Orr 00000100010001111001— 7+3—10 



W A Vensteson O00O0OOOOOOOOCOO00OO- 0-3— 3 



Luke Sharp 11110101001000101000— 9+4—13 



In the shoot off at 5 birds for first place the score was: W. 

 McCaw 4, E. C. Alberts 3, L. Sharp 1. 



The following sweeps were then shot at 10 birds: 



Alexander liOOOlHOO-5 E A Cowlev 0110001010—4 



L Sharp 1110010000 -4 B Jim 0101101000-4 



O Robertson 0100010111—5 Tavlor 0100001000—2 



VV Lumsden 0000101001—4 H Judge OOiOlulOlo— 4 



FOrr 0011000001—3 ThackweU 0110001000—3 



R James 1110011111—8 RBogardis 0OU0010011— 3 



Alexander first on shoot off, Cowley second. 



Second sweep at 5 birds: 



A Alexander 001 1 1 - 3 W Lumsden 01101—3 



L Sharp 00101—2 E A Cowley 01101-3 



L Robertson 11111—5 O F Botsford 01011—3 



R James 10110—3 



Cowley second on shoot off. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 8.— The Wellington Gun Club held 

 an all-day tournament to-day, and, in addition to the several 

 sweeps, the challenge amateur individual and team badges of the 

 Massachusetts S. S. Association were contested for the urjt time. 

 In the individual badge match, at 7 bluerocks and 8 clay-pigeons, 

 the following scores were made: 



Nichols 011111 011 101101-11 



Melcher 011110101111001— 10 



Swift 011010111000011- 8 



Perry llUlllllOOOUOl— 10 



Sanborn 100101001111111—10 



Atwell 00110 101000110— 7 



Schaef er .111111111110000—11 



Moore OlllllOOOiOlllO- 9 



Peie OlllinimilOO-12 Snow 111011001111011—11 



Chase 1101 0101 1011 1 10-10 Field 0111101 , 1111011-12 



Charles 11 1001 111101 1 11 -12 Choate 101 11 011111110] -12 



Lang 101111011101111— 1^ Budd Ill 0010 LOOOOOIO- 6 



Payson 111000100000101— Wild 110111001111111—12 



Conant 110111011011111—12 McCoy OOnOllllOlOOOl— 8 



In the shoot-off in the above match Conant won, breaking five 

 straight. Schaefer won the keg of powder. For the team badge 

 match there were no competitors outside the club, although it 

 was expected that teams from Walnut Hill, Worcester and Spring- 

 field would be present. Three teams from the club contested for 

 it, and it was won by Wild, Gore, Moore, Pete and McCoy, with a 

 total of m out of 50 birds. The other teams tied with 35 each. 



Following are the winners iu the sweepstake matches: Six 

 bluerocks. Chase: sis clay-pigeons, Bond; six bluerocks, Bowker; 

 six clay-pigeons, Schaefer; three pairs clay-pigeons, Bond; six 

 bluerocks, Swift and Suow; six clay-pigeons, Schaefer and 

 Swift; three pairs clay-pigeons, Pete; six bluerocks, Charles, 

 Schaefer and Field; six clay-pigeons. Wild; three pairs clay -pig- 



born; eight clay-pigeons, Schaefer; three pairs clay-pigeons, 

 Choate and Moore; six bluerocks. Sanborn; five clay-pigeons, 

 Gore, Schaefer and Choate; five bluerocks, Field; six bluerocks, 

 Wild; six clay-pigeons, Melcher; six bluerocks, Choate. 



DAYTON, O.-The Heikes-Bandle 100 live bird match for a purse 

 of $500, which is to be shot here on the 29th inst. is the most im- 

 portant event now on the shooting stage— will, in fact, be the 

 largest stake race that has been shot in the State for over fifteen 

 years. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, speaking of 

 th'i two men says: 'T know both men. Both personally are great 

 fellows— big-hearted men, generous to a fault. But when it comes 

 to shooting the similarity ceases, their method, manner and 

 character being different. Heikes walks up 10 the trap seemingly 

 confident, usually without a tremor; calls 'pull' in an ordinary 

 tone of voice, and shoots at his first bird as though he were con- 

 testing for a dinner, in place of perhaps a half year's salary. 

 Here the Dayton man, Heikes, shoots a winning race^ — in the 

 beginning. He is, I believo, not quite so confident near the latter 

 end of the match, seems over-anxious, and, I think, isjnot quite so 

 strong as at the start. He should overcome this, and he will be 

 one of the greatest all-around trap shots in the country. How- 

 ever, he displayed no weakness in this respect in his great shoot 

 with Hart, of Huron, O., for the L. C. Smith State championship 

 cup two months ago at Dayton, m which he tied his competitor 

 twice, shooting at 150 birds apiece, both scoring 145 out of 150. 

 Al Bandle is, I must say so, a peculiar fellow. I have often 

 thought that in a contest his thoughts are too thoroughly centered 

 in the money his friends have upon him. He seems over-anxious 

 as he steps before his first side-quartering or trailing bird. This 

 displays itself in the serious look in his dark eyes, his set teeth 

 and the rigid contraction of his muscular arms. There is where 

 Bandle should be careful. 1 will venture to predict that if he 

 loses in his coming match it will be in the first fifteen birds. I 

 base that opinion on his over-anxiety— his surety. It is a splendid 

 sight though for a lover of shooting to witness Bandle shoot an 

 up-hill race. When his chances seem almost hopeless he does his 

 neatest work, birds right and left, slow and fast flyers being cut 

 down like grain before a mower. His birds are out of the trap 

 aud riddled before you scarcely see a spread of wing. I tell vou, 

 my friend, if Bandle will only watch himself in the beginning of 

 a match he can win every time. The action of a Dayton paper 

 criticising the statement made in Cincinnati papers that Bandlo 

 macte concessions to Heikes in going to Dayton to shoot the com- 

 ing match is unreasonable. Bandle, as he always does, gave up 

 his interests upon every qutstion in favor of his opponent, leaving 

 to him the race, the time, the grounds and birds. Besides this 

 agreed to go among his opponent's friends on comparative un- 

 familiar grounds to shoot h a match. The questi nn brought up as 

 to the fairness exhibited by Mr. Heikes was altogether uncalled 

 for, as all these persons are known as gentlemen w T ho have never, 

 nor ever would, stoop to take anv advantage of a person who 

 came among them as a guest or friend. Still I insist. Mr. Bandle's 

 friends who have money (and they are many) on the match are 

 right in disapproving his course in the event. Every one must 

 acknowledge one's dunghill is an advantage— is pleasanter than 

 going to the hill on which some other cock has trod. 1 ' 



GUELPH, Ont., Nov. 3.— Five members of the Guelph Gun Club 

 went to Brampton to-day and had a friendly pigeon shoot with an 

 equal number of the members of the club thpre. It was expected 

 that representatives from Toronto would put in an appearance, 

 but they failed to do so: 



Guelph. 



Geo Sleeman 00110110—4 



W D ShattucH. . . .11111111-8 



J Wayper 11111111—8 



James Johnson 11010111—0 



Brampton. 



D Allison 11110100—5 



M Deady 01010110-4 



W Lee 10000111—4 



R J Williamson . . . 1 110111—8 



F Quarrie ........ .U010U1-6-32 James Packham.' .10111101-6—25 



Shattuck and Wayper won the sweepstakes, killing 8 birds each, 

 hus dividing the honor. 



