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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 8, 1888. 



PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Doc. 3I5.-The f our clay-bird matches of the 

 Squirrel Hill Gun Club to-day wereliotly contested, and a Horded 

 fine sport for those taking part in them. The following is the 

 ECOr» of the first match at 9 bluerocks: 



Robt McKnight 6 Jas Caughey 6 



Jas M' Knight 4 K Cooke 6 



JrJm Tlesan 4 Gwynne 6 



Wm McKnight. Sr 5 Davison.. 7 



■J PAudrews 6 Hafermalz 6 



A Dayisnn won first' pri'ap,' Robert McKnight second, William Mc- 

 Knight, Sr., third, John Regan fourth and A. Turner fifth. 



The "core in the second match at 10 bluerocks stood: 



Rob t McKnight 5 A Turner . 2 



Samuel Hanna 7 Wm McKnight, Jr 4 



Jas McKnight 6 Jas Caughey 4 



John Regan 4 Chas Cloche 6 



Wm. McKnight, Sr 4 S Quigan , 6 



J PAudrews... 5 _ 



The prizes in this match wore won by Samuel Hanna, Jas. Mc- 

 Knight, Robt. McKnight, Wm. McKnight and A. Turner in the 

 order named. 



The score of the third match, which was a sweepstake, $2 en- 

 trance fee aud at 15 birds, is as follows: 



E Lauer 4 W Lauer 2 



Samuel Hanna 5 Wm McKnight, Jr S 



Robt McKnight 14 Jas Caughey 7 



John Reean 6 C Cloche 3 



John McKnight 11 Davison 13 



J P Andrews 11 Hafermalz 10 



Wm McKnight, Sr 8 Hatch 6 



A Turner C Martin 6 



Robt. McKnight got first, F. F. Davison seconr 1 , John McKnight 

 third, Thto. Hafermalz fourth and Wm, McKnight, Sr., fifth 

 mnney in this contest. 



The fourth and last match was at 6 hluerocks, the score stand- 

 ing: 



R Mc Knight, . , 6 Davison 5 



Samuel Hanna 4 Jas Caughey 2 



JasMeKnight 1 C Clocue 1 



K, Lau^r , 3 John McKnight S 



Wm McKnight. Sr 5 T Hafermalz 3 



P Andrews 4 A Martin 4 



A Turner 3 Stoor 3 



Wm McKnight, Jr 1 Gwynne 3 



The prizes in this match were won hy Robt. McKnight, F. F. 

 Divison, J. P. Andrews, E. Lauer and Jas. Caughey. 



The piizes contested for were 20 in all, and were made ap of 

 everything of use to a wiug-shot. 



HUTCHINSON GUN CLUB.-Hutehinson, Kas.. Dec. Zl.—Edi- 

 or Forest and Stream: The Hutchinson Gun Club held their 

 Christmas shoot. Tne weather was terrible, a regular Kansas 

 blizzard, with rain, wind and sleet. The live birds were a good 

 lot and got away like lightning, and the heavy wind carried many 

 out of bounds that were flit hard. The bluerocks darted around 

 like swallows and were very difficult shooting. Following are 

 the scores: 



Match No, 1. 15 single bluerocks: 



Taylor 11111111 11 11011-14 Rursiem 011100111010111—10 



Woodnutt 1101111:11111101-12 Young 1011011100:1000- 8 



Jones 11101 10111 10001-10 Holly 0000,0110101111- 8 



George ! 1100 1101111100-10 



Taylor lirst, Woodnutt second, George third. 



Match No. 2, 10 live birds: 



George 011 1 1111 in— 8 Burslem 11 1 uOlllOO-fl 



Chamberlain 0111111010-7 Jones 1101000110— 5 



Young 11H00 011-7 Taylor 0111000C01 — 4 



Holly 1001111001-6 



to George first, Chamberlain and Young second, Burslem and Holly 

 third. 



Match No. e, 12 singles: 



Young 111111001111-10 Burslem 111000011011-'. 



Chamberlain HOlOlllOIll— 9 Holly 100100101011-6 



Taylor 101100111111- 9 Jones 111000110001-6 



George lOlllOlOUll- 9 *Grant 0100010100JO-4 



Young first, Taylor and George second, Burslem third. 



*Non-member. 



Dec. 10.— Medal shoot, 15 singles and 5 pairs bluerocks: 



11 11 11 00 10-21 



11 U 10 11 10-18 



10 10 11 11 H—18 



00 00 11 11 10-17 



10 10 10 01 H— 17 



11 10 01 10 01-16 

 11 10 10 10 10-15 



Young .mmoimim 



Taylor lOlOOlolOHHU 



George loaillMiOHOOl 



Allen inoiOll 11111111 



Burslem 011011111 110111 



Chambe r 1 „ in 1 01010 . . 1 11 1 1 



Jones 010001100111111 



Young won the medal, Taylor won the cup on the ties. 



Match No. 2, singles and 2 pairs: 



Young 111111 11 H—10 George 101101 10 i0-6 



Chamberlain.... 011110 1111—8 Taylor..'. 11U01 11 10—8 



Allen 111100 1110-7 Jones 0101U 1110-7 



Burslem lOilul 11 10- 7 ' 



Eli Young again gut there.— Shady. 



BOSTON, Dec. 26.— The attendance at to-day's meeting was a 

 trifle smaller thau usual, owing to the fact that so many ma' ches 

 were held yesterday. However, the prospective winners in the 

 matches just closing were on hand, and the Anal competition was 

 exciting enough to su : t any one. Better weather conditions than 

 prevailed could not have been asked, and the scores ran up to 

 good figures accordingly. The winners and their prizes are as 

 follows: Wheeler first, £20 in gold; Stanton second, ice pitcher 

 Swift third, 815 in gold; Nichols fourth, ice pitcher, salver and 

 goblet; Snow fifth, §10 in cold; Perham sixth, carving set" Crown 

 seventh, silver shaving mug and brush: Burt eighth, $5 in gold. 

 The summary follows: 



Gold Coin Match, 10 clays, 10 standards: 

 Clays. ' 



Field ailHOOllr- 8 



Perham 1111111101- 9 



Snow llllulllll— 9 



Stanton 111111 till— 10 



Knnwles UllOimiO— 7 



Chase 1011110110- 7 



Webster J110110101— 7 



Swift 0011111111— 8 



Crown 1010111010— 6 



Nichols , 1011101101— 7 



Wiggles worth 1110100111— 7 



Rule on mono— 7 



Consolation Match, same conditions: 



Chase 1111101111— 9 



Knowles 0100111111- 7 



Rule 1110111101- 8 



Standards. 

 II 10111111- 9—17 

 1101110111— 8-17 



noouuii— s-17 



1011010111— 7-17 

 1101101111— 8—15 

 1011111011— 8—15 

 0111110111— 8-15 

 1001101101— 6—14 

 11011UCOO— 6-12 

 01000 11111- 5-12 

 Oil! 1110100- 5-12 

 0110000011— 4-11 



Winners in minor eve 



minim— 10-19 



11 110011 11- 8-15 

 1H01001H— 7-lii 



rents-Five clays, Knowles and Rale 5; six- 

 standards, lield 0; live clays, Knowles 5; six' standards, Fiold and 

 Swiff. 0; li ve days. Crown 5; six slat dards, Crown, Nichols and 

 Knowles 5; five clays, Nichols aud Stanton 5; six standards, Per- 

 ham and Swift 5; five clays. Swift fi; six standards, Knowles 0; 

 five clays, Nichols 4; six standards, Stanton 6; ten clays, Stanton 

 10; ten standards. Field 9; three, pairs clays, Curtis and Stanton 5; 

 six standards, straightaway. Snow and Stanton 5; ten clays, Stan- 

 ton 10; ten standards, Chase 10; five slays, Perham, Snow and 

 b tan ton 5; six •standards, Knowles, Nichols, Perham and Stanton 

 5; six clays, Nichols a. The next shotgun meeting at Walnut Hill 

 will he held on Yv ednesday, Jan. 9, 1889. The occasion will doubt- 

 less attraci a large number of shotgun men, as, in addition to the 

 engM h competition for the Climax diamond ba'dge, there will be 

 two contests— one for the five-man team badge of the State Asso- 

 ciation, and one for the individual glass-ball medal of the State 

 Association, r.ow held by Mr. Stanton. 



pigeons. Field and Webster; bluerocks, Perry and Melcher 6 

 bluerocks, Snow. Field, De Rochmont and Sehaefer: 6 pigeon^ 

 Snow, Perry aud Chase; 6 bluerocks, Field, Sanborn, Webster 

 and Schaeter; C i bluerocks, Edwards, Field and De Rochmont: 6 

 pigeons. Bond. Perry and Swift; 6 bluerocks, Field and Bond : 3 

 £t ^ Pigeons, Perry, r .hase and Swift; 6 pigeons, Webster, Snow, 

 Perry and Chase; S pan- bluerocks. Grimes, Perry. Tribble anrl 

 Melcher: 6 bluerocks, Perry and Chase; 6 bluerocks, Perrv- 6 

 If^t Nichols and Snow; pigeons, 24yds. rise, both barrels, 

 Perry and Snow; 3 pan- bluerocks, Perry. 



r M'W^hi'^Pmi 2S»j 25.-About a dozen members of the 



auu j4'>rtroru, ai 25 day resulted- 



BANDLE'S 'BIG SCORE.— The magnificent showing made hy 

 Al Bandle, of Cincinna'i, at the Christmas Day shoot against 

 A. H. Bogardus is the talk of every marksman in the c ountry. 

 Between 1,3C0 and 1,500 lovers of the sport witnessed the shooting; 

 and to their credit, be it said, they acted very impartially in ap- 

 planse, crediting the world's famous champion. Bogardus, when 

 a good shot, was made, equally as well as the undoubtedly Cin- 

 cinnati wonder. The birds were but fair as to the great strength 

 of wing, but there were some good hustlers. Poorer birds have 

 been sprung, and the Cincinnatian's rci ord is the best under any 

 established club rule ever made. Even if the birds had been good 

 the prospects are that the form Bandle was shooting in would 

 have landed him where he did. He resorted to his second barrel 

 in the majority of cases where it was uot at all necessary, his 

 only object apparently being to make sure aud make good his 

 promise made some years ago, that if he shot at the trap long 

 enough he would some day score a straight hundred live birds 

 from English traps. He has done it. and the record be made is 

 very likely to stand for many years vet to come. There is certainly 

 nothing of the nervous man about him, and if one defeats him he 

 must do so hy merit of better judgment and knowledge of shoot- 

 in g. Bogardus, the father of the tra p, was surprised from the 20th 

 bird on, and finished with a score that, made against any other 

 man, would be looked upon as phenomena]. Though fifty-six 

 years of age it is doubtful even to-day if he has an equal in the 

 country. When he hits his bird with the first barrel he never 

 hesitates at the score, but steps away, knowing well his bird is 

 sufficiently hit to be gathered in bounds safely without resorting 

 to his second barrel. Pigeon shooters that have not witnessed a 

 shooting match for many years were present to see the world's 

 record beaten: 



Bandle 1 1211. 12111212111211 2-20 



1122111111221122111 1—10 

 1221211121112122111 2-20 

 1112111112111211211 1-20 

 2111112 2 2111211112 1 2—20-100 



Bogardus 1 122111222012212112 1—19 



111210121221111110 1-17 

 1211111222122121212 2-30 

 2211012111121121111 1—19 

 12 2 2111111121222211 1-50- 95 

 Three of Bogardus's birds fell dead out of bounds. Time of 

 match, two and one-half hours. Referee, S. A. Tucker, of M>ri- 

 den, Conn.: puller, A. C. Dick; official scorer, Edwin Taylor. 

 Bogardus shot a 12-gauge L. C. Smith gun. hammerless, 7lb. 12oz. 

 in weight, and shot 4drs. American wood powder in his right 

 barrel, lj^oz. No. 8 shot in first aud P/joz. No. 't in left, backed" up 

 with 3%drs. Laflin & Rand Orange Lightning powdtr. Bandle 

 shot the same make of gun. 10-gauge, and used right barrel, 4drs. 

 wood powder, left barrel, 4drs. Laflin & Rand "FFF extra" pow- 

 der, l^oz. No. 7 shot. In commenting on the event, "Capt. Bogar- 

 dus said that never in the world betore was a clean score made 

 under the rules at 100 live birds, the feat that Mr. Bandle has ac- 

 complished. Mr. S. A. Tucker, the referee in this match, pro- 

 nounces the feat unparalleled. A score of 87 out of 100 and up- 

 ward at live birds entitles anv marksman to a rank aimni> the. 

 great shots of the world. This Christmas shoot was under strict 

 Hurlingham rules, except as to Bandle's gun gauge. The five 

 ground traps, instead of being scoops which push the bird out and 

 encourage it to fly, weie the tin lay open traps, such as are used 

 in bird shooting iu England. They are not the best to make the 

 Turds flv. There were 5 of these traps arranged 5yds. apart on the 

 arc of a circle, the distance of which from the shooter wa« 30yds. 

 The stake was the gate money. The birds were domestic pigeons! 

 While, they were a fairly gcod lot, some of them were too good 

 and some were not good enough. This makes the task of the 

 shooter more difficult, as it increases the demand upon his nerve 

 and judgment. Any shooter will admit that an uneven lot of 

 birds is the hardest to make a good score upon. Fully half of 

 these birds had to be whipped up with the ropes after the trap 

 had been pulled open." Dr. William F. Carver has just chal- 

 lenged Albert Bundle to shoot 100 1 Lve birds for $250 a side. Ban- 

 dle has accepted the challenge under Hurlingham rules, except 

 as to weight and hore of gun for himself, the match to come off 

 at Cincinnati early next Mareh. It is for Dr. Carver to say 

 whether he will accept the exceptance allowing Bandle a 10 or 

 OJ^lb. gun. 



Oincinnat 

 match " 

 Dayton, „. 



as first agreed upon, was witnessed to-dav by nearly 1,000 people 

 There would have been a much larger crowd of spectators had 

 the match begun at half past one instead of at eleven o'clock 

 The weather conditions were perfect except that it was a trifle 

 muddy under foot. An army of bushwhackers surrounded the 

 Old avenue grounds on three sides and rendered it impossible to 

 score birds I hat fell dead out of bounds. The conditions were 100 

 live domestic pigeons to each man from 5 ground traps 5yds 

 apart, 30yds, rise, Hurlingham rules, except in respect to weight 

 and bore of gun. Both used 10-bore hammerless guns, 9i41bs 

 loaded With Schultze powder and No. 8 shot in the right barrel 

 and with black powder and No. 7 shot in the ieft.;4drs. of black 

 powder and its equivalent in white powder were used hv both 

 The trap3 were the square lie-open traps set on top of the ground" 

 not the hidden scoop trap. Not much attention was paid to trap- 

 pers, several different ones officiating for both men. The number 

 of the traps to be pulled was intl icated to the f rapper by lot. Mr 

 L. K. Burtain, of Dayton, O., State game warden, HeLkes's right 

 hand man, was the official scorer, and Mr. Edward Taylor of 

 Cincinnati, was referee. Here is a complete summary of the 

 score by twenties: 



Heikes 1202 ! 0102201 11111010—19 



U01222U11121112121-10 

 11120111121121121111—19 

 21011210112 00122111—16 

 2201 1212.120220001201- 13-81 



Bandl e 10 1 11021212 1 2201 1 122—1 9 



11220111111112011131-18 

 21112101212011112111-18 

 101 11 2212220221 01111-17 

 21111121211121121111-20-90 



The. first twenty aud the last thirty birds were grand fivers the 

 r thers were fairl y good. Bandle had 5 incomers from No. 2 trap 

 and Heikes had 5 tailers fiom No. 4. At the sixty-second shot 

 they tied on 54, but from that time on Bandle led, making his last 



24 straight. 



John R. Chamberu^. 



DAYTON, O., Dec. 25.-A1 the meeting of the Ohio Trap Shoot- 

 ers' League here last fall, C. W. Hart, of Huron, O., and Rolla O 

 Heikes, of this city, tied on 85 birds in the 100 bluerocks match 

 for the State championship and t he L. C. Smith $500 silver cup 

 In the shoot off tl ey tied on 49 birds and postponed the contest 

 They met here to-day to settle it, aud a fair audience of shooters 

 was attracted. Gray, cloudy, but mild weather prevailed, and 

 the surroundings were all favorable to the shooters. Conditions 

 of the match were 100 bluerocks each, 3 traps, 18yds, Mr. Cad 

 Langdon, of Pi qua, wus chosen referee; H. Hart, of Huron, brother 

 of the shooter, and Wm. Pratchett, of this city, were judges, 

 and J. H. Kcifer was official scorer, and following is his record: 



...1111110111 

 1111111111 



n miiioi 

 (111111111 

 1011111110 

 1110111111 



Hinomi 

 n nonm 

 lummi 

 miiiiin— 93 



loinmii 

 imoimi 



1110111111 



miooim 

 mmoioi 

 oiimnii 



in n 



imoimi 



1011111111 

 1111111111-90 



When each of the men had shot at 20 birds Heikes was one ahead 

 and he held that advantage until Hart lost his 35th and 20th, 

 which gave Heikes a lead of 3, which he maintained until the 

 match was finished. When Hart lost his Elst he was 4 behind. 

 Heikes dropped his 04th, but was an easy winner. Heikes will 

 retain the cup and the honors until the next League tournament, 

 when he will be caUed upon again to defend it. . 



TOLEDO, O., Dec. 25. The following is the score of a team 

 match which was shot to-day between J. S. Acklin and E. A 

 Longdon and G. C. and C. F. Osborn, at 100 bluerocks a side: 

 J S Acklin linillim001111H101111-22 



mioiuuin ooioioimu-21-43 



E A Longdon 1111011111011011101:11010-19 



„ „ _ * moiomoniiiiiiiiiom-21-40-83 



G C Osborn , in til 111 1111 Oil 1111 11111-24 



minimi miiniiiini-25-49 



c F Osborn 0110111111010101111111011—19 



1111111111101101010111111—22-41-90 



M 2vJ?? c> S6 ;~ A serif 9 of Pigeon shooting matches on 

 the outskirts otElkl on tins afternoon was largely attended hv 

 local sportsmen and others. Over 200 birds were shot at. The 

 principal match, 20 birds a side, between Henry Cameron and 

 Robert Rudolph and Edward Garrett aud John Morgan, was won 

 by the last named two. Harry Garrett defeated Thos. Settle, and 

 Henry Cameron beat Robert Rudolph in other matches. 



CONEY ISLAND. N. Y., Dec. 25. — A shooting match at the Old 

 Mill on Coney Island Creek was held to-dav. The stakes were 

 $100 a side, each man to shoot at 25 birds. The following is the 

 score: 



Hharles Rein mil 01111101 111 0111 1 1 111—22 



William Golding 1111111110111111110010110—20 



Referee, David Van Wicklen. 



BALTIMORE, Dec. 25.-The South Baltimore Gun Club had a 

 clay-pigdon shooting match at Acton Park to-day, and the silver 

 medal was won by W. T. Olements. The shoot was at 25 pigeons 

 for each man. Clements hit 25. Wroten 22, Cotterton 20, Jory 20, 

 Schultze 19, Chilian 19, Stone 10, Parks 13, Essex 11, Stevens 8. 

 Fisher 4. • 



TORONTO, Dec. 25.-The annual Christmas shoot of the Guelph 

 Gun Club was held this morning, at 7 livo birds each, and resulted 

 as follows: 



Brown 1111111—7 JHogan 0110101-4 



G Thompson 1101111-6 A Cull 1110101-5 



C Queen 010111) -5 Edwards 1001101—4 



H L Walker 1001111-5 JTurnbuU 1101111-6 



G Thompson 0010110—3 J Johnson 1001001—3 



T Holliday 0011101-4 F HaU 0011110-4 



J Johnson 1101110-5 J Hall 0101001-3 



Theman llnl 1 11—3 J Wa v per 1111011—6 



H Cull 1111101-6 



The match was a handicap one. A match at Hamilton black- 

 birds came off after the live bird match. Walker broke 16 out of 

 20, Miller 16, rull 7, Johnson 12, Wayper 20. In the shoot off In the 

 tie Walker won. 



PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 25.— There was shooting for club prizes, 

 open to members only, at the grounds of the North End Gun Club, 

 of Fraukford, to-day. The terms were 25 bluerocks per man, 

 class shooting. Those winning nrizes and the scores thev made 

 were as follows: First. W. H Wolstencroft, 22: second,' W. M. 

 Pack, 21; third, James Wolstencroft, 20; fourth, H. Ridge, 19: fifth, 

 George E. Puck, 18; sixth. A. Lawrence, 17; seventh, S. Richards, 

 18; eighth, J. Crowther, 15; ninth. Elmer Ridge, 14. There were a 

 numher of ties, which were shot off with great spirit. 



NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 29- The South Side Gun Club had a 

 pleasant day's sport at artificials Christmas on open sweepstakes. 



the Essex County Gun Association Cup, held hy O. Von Lengerke 

 since the last shoot. The conditions were that each man should 

 shoot at 15 bluerocks, 20 clay-pigeons and 15 bats, 60 in all. Breint- 

 nall won yesterday's contest with the flue total of 48 breaks; 

 White and Phillips each broke 44, Hunt and Oswald Von Lengerke 

 each 42. In an open sweep which followed White took first with 

 10 straight; G. Still, Breintnall and Phillips 9 each; I. H. Tenill, 

 Hunt and Von Longerke 8 each. 



PROVIDENCE, R. L, Dec. 25 — A large and interested company- 

 was present at the Christmas shoot of the Narragansett Gun Club. 

 The day's sport consisted of twelve, events, which called for about 

 2,000 birds, winners as follows: 7 bluerocks, E. S. Luther; 7 clay- 

 Pigenns, Houghton; 7 bluerocks, Luther and Houghton; 7 clay- 



Potter and Gray second. Tinker third, Adams fourth. Luther 39, 

 Houghton 37, Potter 87. Grny 37. Tinker 31. Adams 30, Payne 28 

 Grand all 27, Randall 26, Carey 27, Bender 13. 



LITTLE HAWKEYE.— At a sweepstake shooting match at 

 glass balls, for a purse of $25, between Isaiah Budd and Rachel 

 Hunsinger (Little Hawkeye), at Gloucester City, N. J., on Christ- 

 mas day, the former won by breaking 13 outof a possib]el5. Miss 

 Hunsinger only broke 2, 



ST. LOUIS. Dec. 25. -This afternoon the Oak Hill Gun Club had 

 a meeting and shot three sweepstakes. The first event was atO 

 live birds each man, ground traps. 28yds., use of both barrels: S. 

 Wade 5, Swiveller 5, Junge 4, E. Gutgesell 2, G. Thorpe 4, St. Twist 

 4. F. Loesacam 2, Kendall 4, Wm. Twist 4, Wm, Gutgesell 8. 

 Wade aud Swiveller dividi d first money : ties on 4 and 2 divided 

 Second event. 3 birds each: Swiveller 3, Wade 3. E. Guigesell 3, 

 G. Thorpe 2, C. Thorpe 8. Loesacam 2. Kendall 2, Wm. Twist 3, J. 

 Twist 2, Wm. Gutgesell 2. The pigeons were first-class in all re- 

 spects, leaving the traps like a flash. The balance of the dav was 

 spent in bluerock shooting, Mr. Gutgesell making the highest 

 average— 80 per cent. 



CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 29.— On Dec. 15 Rolla Heikes of Dayton, 

 O., aud Albert Bandle or this city agreed in writing to shoot a 

 match here at 100 live hi rds, using Hurlingham rules except iu 

 respect to the weight and bore of their guns, for f 500 a side. When 

 the money should have been put up, H> ikes wanted to change the 

 amount of the stakes to $250 iustead of £500. Bandle telegraphed 

 that he would shoot for $500 or uot at all, to which Heikes replied 

 that he would not put up m^re than $250, so that the match which 

 was expected on New Year's was declared off. 



NEW YORK, Dec. 28.— The Mount Morris Gun Club, an organ- 

 ization recendy formed by some well-known Harlemites, held its 

 first sweepstakes shoot to-day at Oak Point. Three matches were 

 decided, the first being at 9 clay-pigeons, the second at 10 live 

 birds, and the third at 5 clay-pigeons. Mr. Frank Bonhain, of the 

 Cribh Club, was referee. Joseph Heraty was scorer and J. Smith 

 had charge of the traps. In the match at 9 clay-pigeons were 

 four contestants at So each. Their scores were as follows- P 

 McKeon 8. T. Mullen 7. P. Mullen 6. The live bird match wa.4 at 

 10 liirds, 21yds. me, for $20 a man. T. Mullen won, killing 9, p 

 Mullen was second with 8, J. Mullen third with 7, and P. McKeon 

 last with fS. The last match was won by P. McKeon, who killed 5 

 straight; T. Mullen second at 4, and P. Mullen third with 3. 



MONTREAL, Dec. 22.— The gun men only had one shoot to-day 

 to keep them busy, but it was an unimportant one, the Montreal 

 challenge cud being shot for. It is just a voir ago since the 

 Montreal Club offered a silver cup for onen competition. At that 

 time there had been no split iu the club, the Dominion club had 

 not been formed yet, aud with the combined o-oori ^hooting of 

 what is now tvvo clubs, it is not to be wondered at that the first 

 shoot was won by the Montreal Club. The conditions of the cup 

 are that it is a perpetual challenge cup. the club holding it to be 

 obliged to defend their title every thirty days. TheLachiue Club 

 were the first to challenge the Montrealers, and the Laehine 

 men won. The Cite St. Paul Club then put in a claim and twice 

 shot for the trophy on the Laehine grounds, being defeated each 

 time. The Dominion Club, shortly after its organization, chal- 

 lenged for the cup. but when the day came one of their cracks 

 went all to pie:, is nt a critical point, and for the fourth time tin. 

 Laehine won the trophy with a lit tle to spare. This was a good 

 many months ago. aud at last the Dominions remembered the 

 fact that the. cup was still wa Ring for customers at the old stand, 

 and the outcome of this recollection was Saturday's shoot, and 

 for the first time Laehine sustained defeat. It was unfortunate, 

 too, that the time set for the shoot was somewhat inconvenient* 

 1:30 was too early for some of the Laehine men, although they set 

 the time themselves. The Dominions, however were on hand 

 with a full te»ni, and so four Laehine men shot against five 

 Dominions. The shooting, from t e high winds and the setting 

 of the traps, was about as poor as it could te. The score was- 

 Dominions 31, Laehine 23. 



MONTREAL, Dec. 25.— It was awfullv bad weather, hut it did 

 uot deter the shooteis from turning out to the Dominion Gun Club 

 eomuetition. At 10 o'clock the shoot for the Captain's cup was 

 started. This trophy will be won hy the man making the best 

 aggregate score. To-day Mr. L. T. Trotter broke 11 singles and 7 

 doubles, a total of 18 and won the first match; W. Lumsden with 

 10 sinedes and 6 doubles coming next and Mr. Fereruson with a 

 total of 15 coming third. In the competition for the Hoisley gun, 

 Mr. Ferguson won the mortgage with 17 out of 20, but only after 

 ties on the same number had been shot off with Jones. On the 

 first tie they broke four birds each; on the second tie Jones 

 stepped to the score aud broke two out of five, while Ferguson 

 broke his three easily and won the competition, being the second 

 time he has put a match to his credit. Still the ownership of the 

 Horsley looks a long way off. 



STICE VS. BUDD.— J. R. Stice, who recently won the title of 

 champion wing shot of America from L. S Carter in the shoot at 

 Decatur, has accepted the challenge of C, W. Budd of Des Moines 

 to shoot for $50 a side and the championship cup. He names 

 March 5 as the date and Jacksonville, 111., as the place for the 

 match, 



Tallmajdge, O., Sept. 24, 1888.— United States CartHriae Co., 

 !■■■'■ ■ '•■ Mass.: Dear Sirs— I have used a good many U. >S. car- 

 tridges, and they have never failed to give satisfaction. Yours 

 truly, (Signed) E. S. Mexujsv- Adv. 



