Jan. 10, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-The annual meeting of 

 the National Rifle Association was held last Tuesday evening at 

 the Twenty-second regiment armory, General John B.Wood ward, 

 president, iu the chair. Among those present were Secretary 

 Captain J. S. Shepherd, Gen. G. W. Wineate, General C. F. Roh- 

 bins, Major George L. Fox, Major H. C. Brown, Messrs. John H. 

 Peet. James Duane, J. H. Brown and T. J. Dolan, Colonel Bodtoe 

 and Captains &. Henry Witthuus. Leslie O. Bruce and L.T. Raker 

 and Major George Sborkley. The president reported that "The 

 same cloud hangs over the range at Creed moor as was the case in 

 the beginning of 1887. By the efforts and exertion of the officers 

 of tbe Association the threatened proceedings on behalf of the 

 property holders in the rear of the butts to enjoin the firing have 

 been temporarily avoided, and the Poppenhusen estate has 

 granted us another year's lease, of the western short range targets, 

 which stand upon the ground hired by it. This has been accom- 

 plished with the understanding that the plan adopted last year of 

 turning the range over to tho State would be carried out during 

 the present session of the Legislature. I trust and believe this 

 will be the case, for it is cleir that if it isnotdoneCreedmoor will 

 be very badly crippled. In fact, it is very doubtful if it can be 

 longer maintained, as we cannot expect to retain the Poppen- 

 husen property, and even if we did, the Association is without 

 means to make the. repairs to the butts and buildings which are 

 indispensable." The following members were elected directors 

 for the ensuing three years: General George W. Wdtogate, 

 General B. C. Ward, Colonel John Ward, Colonel James (i. Story 

 and Bernard Walther. Mr. Walther is the president of a German 

 rifle club, has won two medals from the Association, and vya* 

 elected a life member. 



ORILLIA, Ont., Jan. 1.— The third and last championship rifle 

 match between Orillia and Aurora was shot over the Orilla range 

 to-day, and resulted in the former winning bv six points. Orillia 

 has won two out of the three matches shot with Aurora. Accord 

 tng to the matches shot, Bradford is first. Orillia second and 

 Aurora third, but the order may be changed before the 1st of 

 May, when the year closes. The score was: 



Orillia. 



T Reid 93 



J D Fortier 88 



J Delanev 83 



WW Wood 80 



GE Whiten 76 



C Fortier 70 



C Wood 71 



R Strathern 70 



H Bingham 



Aurora. 



E Braund 80 



J C B Johns su 



E C Lyons 80 



R Mosley 79 



H Ross 78 



M FJe.ury 7a 



W Machell 76 



A Neilly 74 



Dave Eade 61 



C Crocket '....'.55-7H0 Dr Lloyd. .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' "55— 754 



WILMINGTON, Del.-The following is the score of a lOO-shol 

 revolver match, shot by E. J. Darlington, at Healdmoor Rifle 

 Range, Jan. 1. The match was shot without anv preliminary 

 practice, which accounts for the reduced sine of the first score 

 The shooting was 50yds., standard American target: 



E J Darlington 6 7 5 7 7 S 5 7 5 



10 8 5 9 9 9 6 6 

 57607 10 789 



6 6 6 9 10 io 6 

 9 10 7 8 9 5 6 

 9 5 6 7 9 5 7 

 9 9 7 8 7 9 10 

 8 10 7 8 5 9 



7 10 7 5 6 7 



8 8 8 7 8 9 



9-li.S 



8- 76 



7- 72 



9- 77 



8- 75 



7- 07 

 6—80 



8- 73 

 5 10 10-73 

 8 7 8 6— 77— 7iSt 



8 7 

 7 6 

 5 7 

 6 

 5 



CO\INGTON, Ky., Jan. 2,— Henjamin J. Robertson, a pistol 

 shot here, succeeded in making 456 out of a possible 500 on a stand- 

 ard American target. The shooting was done under the following 

 conditions: Fifty consecutive shots at SOvds.. fair off-hand shoot! 

 ing, using a Stevens pistol, Gould model, .22-cal. The score by 

 strings of 10 shots, was as follows: 95, 91, 91, 80, 95, total 462. The 

 shooting was done without any preliminary practice. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y„ Jan. 1— The first match of the Queens Am- 

 ateur Rifle Club was shot on the Athletic ground at that place 

 to-day. The conditions were 10 shots off-hand, distance 130yds 

 M a 100yd. Creedmoor target, usiug .22-cal. rifles. The score* 1 



Thos Lloyd 5544544324—40 Jesse Kelsev . . . 5454404433— 3H 



W L Wood 3443443445-38 Charles Dot v 4443433432-34 



Charles Rose 4343534453-38 



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. Correspondents who favor us with club score* are ixxr- 

 tieularlv requested to write on one side of the paper only, 



MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB. 



THE members of this club gathered at their grounds, Dunellen 

 N. J., on Jau. 1, to inauguarate the year with some friendly 

 bouts at the trap. As every one knows, the weather was delight- 

 ful and unusuall y mild for this season of the year. The qualifica- 

 tions of New Year's eve had their effect on the morning attend- 

 ance, which was rather slim, many of the shooters no doubt 

 finding bed a very comfortable place. The few who were there 

 were repaid for their exemplary habits by their early ride out to 

 tbe grounds in the bracing air, and by some well-contested sweeps. 

 In the afternoon the tired ones had brushed the cobwebs from 

 their eyes and summoned energy enough for the trip, and several 

 live-bird sweeps wore shot. The birds were above the average 

 and it was by no means easy to make a clean score. The inani- 

 mate targets were shot from Kevstone traps and under Keystone 

 rules, superintended by Mr. Neif Apgar, who ran one team race 

 of 25 birds each, 100 birds in all in 14 minutes. Both traps and 

 rules were very satisfactory to the contestants, and very few 

 were broken in the traps. The club has adopted the Keystone 

 traps and rules for future use. Below are the scores: 

 Sweep No. 1, at lObirds, $1 entrance, 2 moneys: 



E D Miller 1111111111-10 Apgar 1001101110— 6 



Tee Kay 0111010111— 7 Douglass 01100010JO— 4 



SG Smith 1111111110- 9 



Miller first. Smith second. 

 Sweep No. 2, same conditions: 



Miller 1101111111— 9 



Tee Kay ILlOlllOOl— 7 „ 



Miller first on shoot-off, Smith second. 

 Sweep No. 3, same conditions: 



Craft 1111101111— 9 Apgar 1101111110— 8 



Tee Kay Ill] 01 1111- 9 S G Smith 0111101011— 7 



Miller 1111101111— 9 



First divided, Apgar second. 

 Sweep No. 4, same conditions: 



Craft 1111110111- 9 Apgar 1101111011- 8 



Tee Kay 1011010111— 7 S G Smith 1110011111— 8 



Miller 1111111111-10 D Terry 1111111111-10 



First divided, Craft second. 

 Sweep No. 5, same conditions. 



Lindsley 0011101111- 7 Miller 1111111111-10 



Zeizler 0111111110— 8 D Terry 0000 w 



Apgar 1011111101- 8 Craft 0111111011— 8 



Tee Kay 1101111011- 8 



Miller first, Zeizler and Apgar second on shoot-off. 

 Sweep No. 0, same conditions: 



SG Smith 1011111011- 8 



Apgar 1111111011- 9 



Miller 1101111111— 9 



Tee Kay .1011111111— 9 



Lindsley 1111111111— 10 



Apgar 1111111111-13 



Sigler...- 1111111111-10 S G Smith '.'.. ".OllllllllO- 8 



First and second div. 



Sweep No. 7, same conditions: 



Miller OlllllllOl— 8 Apgar 1001111111— 8 



SJgler 1111111111—10 Tee Kav 11 01110111— 8 



Lindsley UOOimOl— 7 Sigler first, second div. 



Sweep No. 8, 10 bluerocks, Kevstone rules: 



Miller 1111111111—10 Apgar 1110110111—8 



Sighs- 1111111111-10 Tee Kay 1101111101- 8 



Lindsley 11U10U11- 9 



Miller and Sigler first, Lindsley second. 

 Sweep No. 9, same conditions: 



Apgar 0111111111— 9 Lindsley 1111100110— 7 



Miller 1111111111-10 S G Smith 1101111111- 9 



Sigler 1111111111-10 D Randolph 1001000101— 4 



First and second div. 



Sweep No. 10, entrance £5, at 5 live birds, Middlesex rules: 



E D Miller (30) 01212—4 Lindsley (29) 10221 -4 



Sigler (30) 10212-4 S G Smith (29) 000 w. 



Forrest (30) 01102—3 Dan Terry (30) 01110—4 



Two moneys; ties div. 



Sweep No. 11, at 5 live birds, entrance 85, two monevs: 



M iller Ill 02—4 Li ndsloy 20111—4 



Sigler 11120- 4 S G Smith OOOw. 



Forrtst 12001-3 D Terry 02110—3 



Ttee div. 



Sweep No. 12, at 5 live birds, entrance $5, two moneys: 



Miller .10100-2 Lindsley 10111-4 



Sigler 11102^-4 Terrv 10210-3 



Forrest 21200 - 3 J D Voorhecs (29) 31000-3 



Ties div. 



Sweep No. 13, at 4 live birds, $3 entrance, two moneys: 



Forrest 1010-2 Sigler 0102-2 



Terry 1011-3 Lindsley 0010-1 



Miller 1210-3 Dickens (30) 0011-3 



tirst div., second shot off and divided by Sigler and Dickens. 



Team match, at 35 bluerocks from Keystone traps, between Tee 

 Kay and Apgar and Craft and Terry, the former team winning by 

 one bird. The trapping and handling of targets here was very 

 rapid and the match was shot in 14 minutes: 

 Tee Kay „ 111101OO11101110011111101-18 



Apgar iiiiinnnimminioii— 24— 42 



Craft 1111111111110111111011111—23 



Terry 0100111111111110100011111-18- 41 



Sweepstake match, at 10 bluerocks, Kevstone rules, entrance f 1, 

 four moneys: 



Miller 1011111111— 9 



Brantingham 1111111110- 9 



Tee Kay 1011110011- 7 



Manning 0001011011— 5 



Lindsley .0110111111- 8 



Teipel 0101101111- 7 



Sigler 1111111111-10, 



Forrest 



H Craft 1111111111-10 



Squires 00111)01011— 5 



Trust 1000000111— 3 



Ayers 1010111101— 7 



JRohinson 1100111111— 8 



Franz 1111101010- 7 



W Terry 1111111031- 8 



Emory Robinson . .0101011010- 5 



D Randolph 1011001111- 7 



Dickens .01 11 nihil- 8 



1101 10011 10- 



Apgar unium-io 



1) Terry 1100110001- 5 



S G Smith 10111 101U— 8 



First and second divided. 



Ties on 8 shot off at 5 single rises: 



Lindsley 11111-5 Terry POlw. 



SG Smith 01110-3 Dickens OlOw 



Robinson 11110—4 



Lindsley wins third. 



Ties on 7 shot oil at 5 birds: 



Tee Kay 11111— 5 Franz Olllw. 



Teipel lOllw. Randolph Olllw. 



Ayers lOlOw. 



Tee Kay wins fourth. 



Sweepstakes match at 10 bluerocks, Keystone rules, entrance 

 four moneys: 



Sigler 1111 1 111! 1-10 



Miller 1101110100— 



Trust 01001100— 4 



Tee Kay 01111 ] 1010- 7 



Craft 1101111 111— 9 



S G Smith 1111010011— 7 Clar k 



Ayers 110111111 1— 9 Teipel 



Forrest 0101000100— 3 



Brantingham 1111101111— 9 



Franz... 10I1101H1— 8 



W Terry 1011011011— 6 



J Robinson 1001111110— 7 



0110011110— 6 



.1111001111— 8 



Manning 0111111011- 8 D Terry' ...1011001111— 7 



Apgar 1111111111—10 



First, second and third divided. Ties on 7 shot off at 5 birds: 



Tee Kay 11111—5 Robinson 10 w 



SG Smith 11110-4 Terrv Ow 



Tee Kay wins fourth. p, m. 



A NEW TUCKER SYSTEM. 



QOME time ago we gave illustrations of the practical working of 

 CT the S A. Tucker pool system of shooting at. the trap. While 

 plain enough to most shooters, there were some who deemed un- 

 able to get the exact idea and to whom the system seemed com- 

 plicated. To refresh the memory of our readers, and also for the 

 benefit of those who may not have seen this system spoken of, we 

 now give the plan again. The system was devised by Mr. Tucker 

 as a means of regulating one of the worst abuses of trap shooting, 

 viz., the pooling and dropping of birds by the expert shots to 

 secure all the money at the expense of the amateurs. It provided 

 for a certain number of tie birds to be added at the end of a shoot. 



birds; thus, if a man killed straight, of course, he was iu for first 

 money; if no one killed straight, the men were then placed, total 

 scores of course being equal, by their score in tho tie birds. Thus 

 see illustration in a 9-bird race: 



A ....111111 111-9 



B UUIO 111-8 



C 111111 101-8 



D 111100 111-7 



E 111110 101-7 



F 111111 001— 7 



G 111000 111-6 



H - 111110 100-6 



First. 

 Second. 



Fourth. 



In this case, first is won by the clean score, second by B, third 

 by D and fourth by G, because their tie birds, the last three, were 

 killed straight, the principle being that the man who holds ud best 

 to the end is the best man and entitled to the victory. Several 

 matches have been shot under this system and success was the 

 result in each case; but as some shooters do not seem to get the 

 exact idea, and as others claim that a chauee still exists for ex- 

 perts to placo themselves by dropping birds before the tie is 

 reached, Mr. Tucker has now devi ed a new scheme, which en- 

 tirely does away with this objection. We give it 10 our readers 

 herewith. The new idea is to shoot all pool matches in specified 

 divisions, all the birds in all the divisions having the value 

 of tie birds. Thus, a match at 9 birds would bp shot 

 in three divisions of three birds each, which divisions 

 would be numbered 1, 2 and 3, commencing at the first birds shot 

 at, or there may be three or four divisions of 3 or 4 birds each, 

 making the total any number desired, to please the contestants. 

 The total score in every match of course classifies the shooters, 

 but the division of the money is to depend on a certain one of the 

 tie divisions, which is to be determined by the throw of a die or 

 the drawing of numbered wads from a hat, bv the referee. The 

 total scores being equal, the man who has killed the greatest 

 number of birds in the tie division so designated is the winner, 

 and there shall be no further shooting off. in the event of one or 

 more contestants tie ing, but the management shall pay the win- 

 ners in the several classes. The simplest way of conveying the 

 idea is by an illustration as below. In a nine-bird»race,*in three 

 divisions of three birds each, say the following scores were made- 



A. . 



B. . 

 C. 

 D.. 

 E. 

 F.. 

 G. 

 H.. 



No. 1. No. 2. 



No. 3. 



Classification 





111-9 



First. 



. 101 111 



111—8 



.111 101 



111—8 



Second. 



010 HI 



111-7 



111 110 



101—7 



Third. 



.111 101 



011-7 



Third. 



101 011 



101-6 



. Ill 100 



110-6 



Fourth. 



In this instance the wad drawn or die thrown by the referee in- 

 dicated division No. 1 as the tie for the final settlement of moneys. 

 A, having killed straight and being the only one in his class, wins 

 first. C wins second money, having killed a clean tie in the 8 

 class. £ and F also killed a clean score in the 7 class, and the 

 management divides third money between them. H, with a clean 

 tie score, is winner of the 6 class. While the expert shots have a 

 Hmall percentage by reason of their superior skill, they are utterly 

 unable to pool and drop birds for places, to crowd out the ama- 

 teur, as no one knows until the entire match has been shot which 

 division will constitute the tie for the settlement of the winnings. 

 Under this arrangement the amateur has no combination to fear 

 and his chances of winning are far greater than under tho present 

 system, where pooling and dropping of birds for places is carried 

 on to such an extent as to drive the weaker shots out of all con- 

 tests. 



This plan is at least worthy of a trial, and its effect will un- 

 doubtedly be to increase the number of contestants at anv tourna- 

 ment where it is in operation. We would like to see it thoroughly 

 tested and commented upon in our columns. 



WHAT IS A PROFESSIONAL TRAP-SHOOTER? 



THE following question has been submitted to us for decision: 

 "A bets that a professional pigeon-shooter is a man who 

 shoots a pigeon match where admission or gate money is charged 

 to see the pigeon match. B says any man who shoots for any 

 money is a professional, without regard to whether pate money is 

 charged or not; shooting for money in his opinion constitutes or 

 makes any man a professional. Who is right V" Ans. Under a 

 literal interpretation of this bet, neither one wins. A is clearly 

 wrong, as at many tournaments an admission fee is charged, in 

 which the participants do not share, and hence should not be 

 termed professionals. B is also wrong; his opinion would make 

 every trap-shooter in the country a professional through contest- 

 ing in sweepstake matches for any amount from 25 cents up. If 

 it is meant that a man is made, a professional through shooting 

 for or sharing in the gate money, we believe such shooters should 

 be so classed. 



The question of what constitutes a professional is a vexed one 

 in trap-shooting matters, and one on which a variety of opinion 

 is expressed. We have submitted the problem to two prominent 

 trap-shooters in this city, men of long experience, and whose de- 

 cisions would be taken as final if called for at a match. One 

 decides thata professional shooter is not made so merely by com- 

 peting for or sharing in gate money: that a professional is one who 

 depends for his living solely on his skill with the gun, such men 

 as Carver, Bogardus, Brewer and others. This would limit the 

 number of professionals in this country to a very few. But the 

 other one claims that any man who shoots for or shares in the 

 gate money is a professional, also that any man who is connected 

 with a gun firm or auy other line of sportsmen's goods, and de- 

 rives all or part of his living from his ability to shoot at the trap 

 and thus advance the interests of his goods should be so classed. 

 This is a very broad view and would bring many under the head 

 of '•professionals," who are now not even classed as "experts." 



Our distinction of a professional is that he is a man who shoots 

 for or shares in gate money, or one who throws out an open chal- 

 lenge, which as a rule carries the feature of shooting for gate 

 money with it. 



This is only one of the many disputed questions in trap-shoot- 

 ing, which remain open simply because no recognized organization 

 exists for their settlement. These questions would properly come 

 within the scope of the new American Shooting Association, from 

 which so much was hoped at its birth, and of which so little has 

 lately been hoard. If in no other way, this organization could 

 render trap shooters a great service by ruling on such questions 

 as above mentioned, and iu formulating a complete set of laws 

 which should cover many points at present in doubt. 



Of late we have been called on to decide several questions aris- 

 ing in competitions at the trap, which are not covered by any 

 rule, and which should be so provided for. There are, of course, 

 many complications which may occur, impossible to foresee and 

 rule upon, and in such cases the judgment of the referee is tested, 

 and as it might be called, a "law of emergency" is made. To a 

 certain extent these laws of emergency act as precedents and 

 future rulings are based on them, but while the decision of a 

 referee is final, still it does not always mean unanimity of opinion 

 among the shooters, who in many cases hold different views, and 

 in fact may be more capable of deciding a knotty point than the 

 referee. Thus there might exist several different laws of pre- 

 cedent covering the same point. How much more satisfactory 

 then, if some recognized rule governing such cases existed. 



For instance, a few days ago a correspondent asked a decisiou 

 on the following question: Six men in shooting a sweepstake at 

 three birds, the purse to be divided into two moneys, each kill or 

 break two birds. On the shoot-off four kill one apiece and the 

 other two none. Do those two get second money i So far as we 

 know this is not covered by any rule except one of precedent, by 

 which it was decided that as all the competitors in the match had 

 tied, the purse was made into one money, to be divided equally or 

 to be shot for, as mutally agreed, either until one man had won 

 or enough had been shot out to give the winners a satisfactory 

 divide. A variety of opinions might be held on this point, which 

 is likely enough to arise with other complications, hut how easy 

 to have a written law fully covering it. 



This is only a sample of the bothersome points on which trap- 

 shooters are so frequently obliged to decide without the aid of 

 any positive rule, which responsibility we know they would be 

 very glad to throw on to some recognized organization for the 

 adjudication of such questions. 



Since writing this, we have been advised that the bet quoted 

 above was not as to what constituted a professional, but was 

 simply a question whether a man is a professional by virtue of 

 shooting in a match for any sum of money, this affirmation hav- 

 ing been made by A's opponent and objected to by A. Clearly the 

 simple act of shooting for money does not make a man a profes- 

 sional, so A wins the bet. 



N. J. A. C. GUN CLUB. 



THE Christmas shoot of the above club was well attended, tbe 

 day was all that could be desired, and the shooting fair, 

 taken on the whole. This new departure of the Athletic Club 

 has "taken" wonderfully well, and the interest shown by the 

 attendance and the increased entries in the shoots is extremely 

 gratifying to the committee in charge. The most minute affairs 

 are conducted with regularity and precision and the shooting 

 done with the utmost despatch, so that none of those tiring 

 delays occur which are of so great annoyance to the shooter. A 

 team will soon be selected to do battle with outsiders. It is 

 proposed to select five men with substitutes to uphold the honor 

 of the club. Any other organized club wishing to "do up" the 

 Jersey Athletic boys may communicate with them at Bergen 

 Point, as mentioned in last week's paper. Following are the 

 scores: 



Suuderman ... .11 1111011101011-12 

 P. S. Paret .... 110011011111001-10 



Cook 110011110110000— 8 



Berdan 100111011111011—11 



Vredenburgh . .111111101101101—12 



Virden OllQOIOoilOUll— 9 



Parker HUIOOVJ./lOi 1- 



Auderson 001111111101110-11 



Tie for first, hunting shoes: Sunderman, 010—1: Vredenburgh 

 110—2. Tie. for second, silver match safe: Berdan, 1100—2; Ander- 

 son. 0111— 3. 



Parker irilOlOllOlO— 7 Vredenburgh 111011001101— 8 



Sunderman 101111111010- 9 Kissam 110111110111—10 



Cook 111111011110—10 R Paret 111100110110— 8 



Davis 001111000101— 6 Anderson 001001101100— 5 



Virden 010001101110— 6 W Paret 001110101011— 7 



Tie: Cook Kissam 2; Kissam wins first, Victoria gun case, 



Virden 111101101—7 S L Davis 0110"0111— 5 



Sunderman 101101111—7 Voorhees 011100111—6 



Hatch O'lOOOOOl— 3 Schuyler IOO1OOOOO-3 



Blgoney 101001010—4 Wilmerding 010100110—4 



And erson 11 • 11 01 00—6 Cook 101111111—8 



R S Paret 101011001—5 Kissam 011001111—6 



R Paret 011001101—5 



Cook wins first. One cartridge vest. 



Parker 100-1 Cook 110—3 



Davis 011—2 W Paret 111—3 



Kissam 100—1 A Vredenburgh 111—3 



Anderson 100—1 



Harris 100—1 



Bedan 1 111—3 



R S Paret 100-1 



Virden 011—2 



Sunderman 111—3 



J Paret 000-0 



Roc k wood 000—0 



N Day 110—2 



Tie.— Bedan 0, W. Paret 0, A. Vredenburgh 1, Sunderman 0. 

 Prize, a framed picture. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 3.— The sixth contest in the series 

 of the Boston Gun Club occurred to-day at the club range 1 . In 

 the shoot at 25 birds, 10 peorias, 10 clay and 5 macombers the score 

 was: C. E. Savage and E M. Whittle 22 each, G. H. Savage 17, 

 Gay 16, Lee and Flanders 15, Wild. Newton and W. Kirkwood 14, 



D. Kirkwood 13, R. E. Whittle 12.. Winners of other events were: 

 Five peorias. G. H. Savage and G. E. Savage; five pigeons, D, 

 Kirkwood and G. L. Savage; five peorias. D. Kirkwood; five pig- 

 eons, D. Kirkwood; three pair peorias. Flinders; five pigeons, D. 

 Kirkwood, five peorias, D. Kirkwood; five peorias. novelty match, 



E. M. Whittle; five macombers, D. Kirkwood and C. E.' Savage; 

 ten peorias, C. E. Savage; ton pigeons, C. E. Savage; three, pair 

 bluerocks, Lee and C. E. Savage; live macombers, G. H. Savage 

 and Gay; seven, peorias, O. E. Savage and D. Kirkwood, seven 

 pigeons, Gay. 



Vredenburgh..ll0111011101110-ll 



Parker 101001010111011- 9 



Sunderman.. . 110011111110111—13 



Kissam 1 1 11 11 1 10011 11-1 2 



Virden 011111111001001—10 



Uigoney .OliOOCOlOOlOOOO- 4 



Wilmerding. ..100111111001000— 8 



Davis 10 . 0110011 1 1101—10 



Cook KhOOiOOUOllOO— 7 



Tie.— Kissam 111— 3, Sunderman 010—1. Kissam wins first match 

 match for the Committee's challenge cup. 



DR. CARVER'S MISFORTUNE. — A telegraphic dispatch from 

 Minneapolis announces that Dr. Carver's manager, Geo. D. Jack- 

 son, has decamped with all the Doctor's funds, includiug the re- 

 ceipts of his recent great endurance shoot in that city, leaving 

 Carver stranded without money. It will bo remembered that 

 during the shoot Carver's guns were attached for a small sum, 

 which was paid by one of his admirers. Now, a second attach- 

 ment has been made by another creditor, and altogether the 

 Doctor's plight is a sorry one. The embarrassment will probn.bl v 

 be only a temporary one and the Doctor will no doubt soon "bob 

 up serenely" in other fields. 



MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB.— At a meetingof the Middlesex Gun 

 Club ot Dunellen, N. J. the following officers were elected for 

 1SS9: Seymour G. Smith, President; W. L. Force, Secretary: Au- 



Robinson, 



