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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Jan. 10, 1889. 



SHOOTING IN CLEVELAND. 



THE first week of the year has been a very busy one inrleed 

 among t.he.trap shooters along the Lake side. The following 

 will give the narrative of each clay's work: 



Cleveland, O., Jan. L— A big gathering to-day at the range on 

 the West, Madison avenue meadow marked the first public tour- 

 nament of the West End Gun Club, and everything passed off 

 according to programme. There was no hitch in tho arrange- 

 ments, or delav in getting off any of the events except the big 

 club contest, which went off rather slowly, owiug to the fact that 

 the men became interested in the sweepstake and prize contests 

 which were taking place at other sets of traps. Three sets of 

 tra ps were kept busv all day, and there were no delays because of 

 poor trapping at any of them. Standards were used in all the 

 events. The shooting began early in the day and nightfall drove 

 the sportsmen from the traps. The weather was most agreeable 

 for trap shooting, and excepting the humidity of the grounds and 

 the narrowness of the island there were no disturbing elements 

 at the club's first public shoot. The object of the tournament 

 was to get money with which to erect a commodious club house 

 and improve the range, and in this respect the shoot was also 

 successful. 



The club shoot was held during the forenoon. Ten members 

 each shot at 20 single standards. C. Coulter and W. Bell tied on 

 35, and in the shoot-off Bell won the trophy. 



The event of the day, however, was the tri-clnb shoot, and the 

 Rockports. who were once besore a close rival of the West End 

 hoys for the medal, surprised them by easily taking the honor. 

 They had no cloie competitors. Tho shooting was commenced 

 about noon, and it was nearly dusk when the trophy was awarded 

 to the best shooter in the winnig team. W. Beniley carried away 

 the coveted honor. The conditions were, 25 single standards per 

 man, 10 men in a team, and the following scores were made: 



Rockport Club. 

 Smith ioiiiioiiiimoinniioio;-Hi 



Eaton 1010001 111 11 1111011 100010— 16 



Curran 111106011011 J I 11111110011-19 



McMahon 1110111111111111111010101-21 



Sweet 1111111111110101110111111—22 



Kevse .1111101111101101110111111-31 



Du'cker 1101110110010111101011111—18 



Becker 11 11 01 111101011 1011 1 10111-20 



S Pease 1011110011011110101101111-18 



W Bentley 1111111111110111111111101—23-107 



Locksley Club. 



Becklev 1111010111111111011101111-21 



Mullally 1 1 11 0101 101 J0101.U1 1 10011—18 



Andrews 011 1 0000100100011101011 1 1—13 



Tegardine OllOlOOOllOOOlOltdOllllll— 14 



Hall 0010100001 1011111 10101111- lb 



A Jenks Hill 1 illllllOHOllllllOl-22 



J F Beyer 10101011011100)0001111011-15 



A Pease 101 11 1 1 1 1 1 1011 IOOqI 1 101 01-18 



C Malle 1111011001101010111110111-18 



F F Andrews 11111111101 10111110110001 -19-173 



West End Gun Club. 



Weaver 11011 11 100111101011 1 11111— 20 



D A Coulter 10001 C01 1000110. '0001 10001— 10 



C Coulter 101110 1 11 010011 101 1 Jl 10111 — 17 



J L Kohn 111101 10 1 1011 01 1 111 111 101 — 20 



C E Hebbard 01 01 101 011001 1 0101 1 001 1 ] 0— 14 



F Roach llllllllllOlOMJOiOOOOlOOO-14 



Offutt 1101001101111111101100010-10 



w Bell i mi 1 1 oiioio 1 1 ooiooi i loi— lr 



R H George 010100] 1 10111 0111011 1Q111— 17 



J Prechtel 1010000101111111111110011- 17-103 



Sweepstake events, 6 singles, entrance 50 cents, 3 moneys. 



1. North 4, L. O. Jones 4, Valentine 3, Upson 5. Green 5, A. B. 

 Jones 4, Story 4. Bell 3. Eaton 6. McCracken 0. Eaton and Mc- 

 Cracken divided first, Upson and Green second, North, Story 

 and L O. Jones third. 



2. Upson 4, Bell 3, Arnold 4, Valentine 5, L. O. Jones 3, A. B. 

 Jones 3, North 5, Eaton 3, C. Jones 4, Coulter 4. Hendershot 4, 

 Green 4, Held 4. North aud Valentine divided first, Valentine 

 and Hendershot second and L. O. Jones third. 



3. Upson 5, A. B. Jones 4, North 4, Green 4, L. O. Jones 4, Val- 

 entine 4, Bell 4, Williams 3. Upson first, A. B. and L. O. Jones 

 second and Bell third. 



L L. O. Jones 3, Hendershot 3. Valentine 0, Green 0, North 4, 

 Havcox 5, Upson 6, Bell 5, A. B. Jones 3, Story 3, Arnold, Jr. 4. 

 Valentine, Green and Upson divided first, Bell and Havcox sec- 

 ond, Arnold, Jr.. and North third. 



5. North 6, F. Andrews 4, L. O. Jones 6, Haycox 5. Arnold 6, 

 Storv 3, Arnold Jr., 3. A. B. Jones 5, Green 4, Upson 4. Valent ine3, 

 W. Bell 3, Held 4, Auld 6. North, L. O. Jones, Arnold and Auld 

 divided first, Haycox and A. B. Jones second, W. Bell and Green 

 third. 



6. Nine singles, entrance SI, 4 moneys: North 7, L. O. Jones 5, 

 Auld 8, Holt 4, Snyder 4, J. O. 5, Hendershot 7, A mold 5, Havcox 0, 

 Valentine 3. Willard 4, A. B. Jones 4. Story 4, Bell 5, Upson 8. 

 Gault 0, Green 7, Andrews 4, Roach 7, Malle 7, Held 9. Held first. 

 Auld second. Green and Hendersnot third and Valentine fourth. 



7. D. A. Coulter 6, C. Coulter 6, Bassett 7, George 5, Valentine 4, 

 Bell 6. Upson won first, Bell and Bassett second and Ge jrge 

 third. 



8. Six singles and 2 pairs, entrance $1, 4 moneys: North 9, 

 Roach 6, Held 5, Upson 8, Andrews 6, Green 9, Valentine 10, Hav- 

 cox 8, Hebbard 8, Bell 9. Auld 8. Valentine first, Bell, Green and 

 North second, Upson third and Haycox fourth. 



Prize conteslB, singles, entrance 50 cents: 1. Nine singles— Green 

 6, Auld 7, Havcox 7, Valentine 7, Upson 9, Held 8, J. O. Jones 5, 

 Coulter 7, Bell 7, Kohn 7, Bassett 4, Hold 5, North 9, George 5. 

 Upson and North first. Held second, Kohn, Bell, Coulter, Auld. 

 Hayeox and Valentine third. 



5, Havcox 4, North, McCracken 3, C. Jones S, A. Williams 5, Shad- 

 duck 3. 



3. Six singles— Auld 5, Colwell 3, George 3, B. Andrews 3, Kohn 

 4, Weaver 4, Offutt 3, Bassett 5. Hold 3, Gault 6, L. O. Jones 6, Val- 

 entine 4, Hurd 3, Sandford 4, Upson 5. Gault first, Upson second 

 and Weaver third. 



Jan. 3.— The Forest City Shooting Club, which is a new-comer 

 in the list of trap-shooting clubs, celebrated the new year by 

 holding a club shoot this morning. Only six members took part, 

 yet the score made by the participants would compare favorably 

 with the. scores male by older clubs in regular badge shoots. 

 The conditions were 25 single bluerooks, Chan) berlin niles. The 

 score follows: 



F Deda 1111010111101111111011111—25 



J Sicha 011 1010O1 11 100111 111 11111 — 19 



J Deda 1110101111110111110000111-18 



J Beranek lllllbU1000U1110001010U-15 



F Wolf (1011101110010111111010100-10 



ABarsa 111010U101 11 110111110111-20 



Jan. S.— The county badge shoot occurring at the same time 

 scarcely a half mile away did not deter the East Enders from 

 holding their regular badge shoot this afternoon. Some of its 

 members entering the county contest and others attending as on- 

 lookers decreased the attendance to six, but those on hand, rein- 

 forced by Messrs. Arnold and Moser, conducted the shoot accord- 

 ing to pragramme. The conditions were 25 single standards per 

 man, 3 traps, 18yds. rise. The badges were won by Messrs. S weer- 

 raan and Nicklous. The scores follow: 



Sweetman 1111111010111110011111110—20 



Nicklous 110 110111 110101011110111-19 



McCracken 1100110011101110101111100-16 



C McHenry 01001101001 1 10011111011 1 1—16 



C F Knight 0101010010010011101000COO- 9 



Johnson 0111100111010000001001101—11 



Arnold 0000000000111010101100001- 8 



J Moser 0001001000101110010000001— 8 



Another gun club, the Blue Rock, has been added to the list, in- 

 creasing the number of clubs in and adjacent to Cleveland to 11. 

 The infant club has completed its organization, provided itself 

 with traps, and secured convenient shooting grounds on Detroit 

 street. The club held its first badge shoot on Jan. 1. 



There are no end of challenges flying about from one end of 

 Ohio to the other. One of the latest, and broadest is: The Union 

 Gun Club, of Sandusky, challenges any other club in Ohio to shoot 

 a team match with from 15 to 20 men, standard or bluerocks, 

 Chamberlin rules, meeting the team half way for the expenses of 

 the shoot, or for from $100 to $500 a 6ide.— R. Valentine, Captain 

 Union Gun Club. 



Jan. 3— The twenty-filth contest for the quarterly badge was 

 held on the Cleveland grounds to-day, R. E. Sheldon, the previous 

 winner, having charge of affairs. The list of competitors included 

 eighteen snots. The long listof entries and shortnessof time from 

 when the.first shooter stepped to the score to nightfall prevented 

 the completion of the shoot. The competition never was stronger. 

 Only 35 olrds per man, excepting for one or more shooters, were 

 thrown from the traps, leaving 15 each for the contest to-day. 



The conditions were 50 bluerocks per man, 5 traps, 18yds. rise. 

 The traps worked admirably and few targets broke in them. The 

 weather also was favorable. No wind of consequeuce was blow- 

 ing, and the sun shone on the shooters' backs. 



The first shooter was called to the score at 1 o'clock, and the 

 eighteen contestants in turn shot at 5 singles uufil they had been 

 to the score seven times around. Darkness interfered with the 

 continuation of the shoot, and after an exchange of opinions, not 

 wholly fraternal, the shooters agreed to finish the. shoot to-day. 

 Some favored continuing it at least another round, others urged 

 that they be allowsd to complete their scores irrespective of 

 what the leaders might do in the matter, and the remainder 

 wanted the shoot discontinued altogether until to-day. 



The present holder of the badge, R. E. Sheldon, first stepped to 

 the score, and out of a total of 35 birds he shattered all but one, 

 his eighth. Cogswell, a young shooter, whose face is frequently 

 seen on the Cleveland grounds, was the last man to take his turn 

 before the traps, and the white flag went up only once. The Kirt- 

 lands are represented among tho leaders bv Prechtel and the East 

 by June, boih having 33 to their credit. 'Messrs. Wheal, North. 

 Upson and Calhoun have each broken 31, while Forester is lone- 

 some with 32. The scores follow: 



Cleveland Gun (Tub grounds, Cuyahoga county badge, shoot, 50 

 single Mueroeks, 5 traps, 18yds. rise, entrance $3, 18 entries, badge 

 to winuer, 50 per cent, of net receipts to previous winner, 30 and 

 20 per cent, to second and third, unfinished t 



Sheldon ....... 34 



C F Wheal 31 



J Coryell 27 



M Silsby , 27 



Brown .. ..27 



Paul North 31 



D A UpBon 31 



C E Calhoun 31 



W A Bassett.,, . 28 



J Held £8 



J Bishop 24 



W Roberts 30 



DA June 33 



L O Jones 29 



J Prechtel 33 



C Andrews 27 



Forester 32 



Cogswell 34 



Jan. h. — When the hour appointed for resuming the county 

 badge shoot arrived this morning, fourteen of the eighteen con- 

 testing sportsmen were on the Cleveland grounds ready to renew 

 the struggle for the coveted trophy. Each bad fifteen more birds 

 to shoot at, and the remainder of the targets were rapidly thrown 

 from the traps and shot at, having Mr. Sheldon in quiet pos- 

 session of the trophy, which he has won on seven different 

 occasions. The twenty-fifth quarterly shoot was notable in thai 

 fourteen out of the eighteen scored 40 and over, while the other 

 four did not return to complete their scores. 



R E Sheldon lllllllOimillllilllLUlllllimillllUlOllllllll— 48 



D A June 11111110110111111111111111111111111111101101111111—40 



J Prechtel 11 111 1111 1111 11 111 11101 1 11111111 1KI11 11 1 1111111001 — 40 



F Alexander 1 111 011 111 1 1 1111 n 1 1101 111111 1111 lull I I I 1111011111—46 



Cogswell 1 UnillllllHlllllllllllOlllllin 1111111 11H10010— 46 



C F Wheal IlllliliOlOOmiilllOllllimillllll 11011111111111— 45 



Paul North 11110110111101111111111111111101111111111110111111—45 



i) a Upson liiiiiiiiiiiiiiinoiMiiioiiimin ii in mnooin— 44 



C E Calhoon 1010110111101 1111111 111111111111111011111101111111—14 



J Held 11110111001110111101111111110111111111111011111111-42 



W Roberts 1 01 1 1 1 1 11 1101 111 1 11 1 1 001 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 0001 11111-42 



L O Jones 111111^1101111110111001111111111111111111111100110-41 



F A Andrews. . . .00110011011111111101111111101101011111011111111110-40 

 M F Silsby 11101111110l00nillll010m011ini001011011inil11-10 



Referee, A. Jeuks: scorer, Kelsey. Badge winner, R. E. Sheldon, 

 of the Clevelauds. First money, 50 per cent, of net receipts. R. E. 

 Sheldon, the previous winner; second money, 30 per cent., June, 

 of the East End; Cogswell, of the Clcvcland;tPrechtel and Alexan- 

 of the Kirtland; third money, 20 per cent., C. F. Wheal, of the 

 Cleveland, and Paul North, of the East End. Sheldon shot a 10- 

 bore Lefever weighing atjlbs., and using Peters's cartridges, con- 

 taining 4drs. of powder and lV,<oz. of No. 8 shot. 



The record of the badge now stands: 

 No. Winners. Clubs. 

 1 — Dan C Howers Cleveland Gun Club. 



2— J A Prechtel Kirtland Shooting Club. 



3— C M Roof - Kirtland shooting Club. 



4— J J Wightman Cleveland Gun Club. 



5— C E Calhoon Cleveland Gun Club. 



6— R E Sheldou Cleveland Hun Club. 



7— R E Sheldon Cleveland Gun Club. 



8— C E Calhoon.... 



9— C E Calhoon 



10— C M Roof 



11— J A Prechlel 



12— Dan C Powers 



13 — R E Sheldon 



14— W R Huntingtou 



15— R E Sheldon. ..: 



10— K H Gault 



17— RE Sheldon 



18— X) M Auld. Jr 



19— C F Wheal 



20 — C M Roof 



21— C E Calhoon 



22— J A Prechtel 



2:3—0 M Roof 



24— R E Sheldon 



25— R E Sheldon 



Cleveland Gun Club ., 



Kirtland Shooting Club.. 

 East End Gun Club 



The sweepstake eventB 



.Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Kirtland Shooting Club. 

 ..Kirtland Shooting Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 . .East End Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Oun Club. 

 . .Ea?t End Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ...Kirtland Shooting Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Kirtland Shooting Club. 

 . .Kirtland Shooting Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 ..Cleveland Gun Club. 

 16 



3 



hich followed resulted in the 



First event, sweepstake, 10 single bluerocks, 5 traps, entrance $1, 

 11 entries— Calhoon 9, Upson 10. Sheldon 10, Roberts 1, North 7, 

 Wheal 8, Andrews 10, Jones 10, Prechtel 9, Alexander 9, Behleu 7. 

 Upson and Calhoon first, Prechtel and Alexander second, Wheal 

 third. 



Second event, sweepstake, 10 singles, 4 traps, 18yds., 10 entries— 

 Upson 9, North 9, Sheldon 10, Prechtel 10, Calhoon 9, Alexander 

 10, Wheal 10, Maggo 5, Andrews 9, Phare 8. Prechtel first, Cal - 

 hoon and Upson second, and Phare third. 



Third event, sweepstake, 5 pairs, 5 traps, entrance $1, 7 entries— 

 Calhoon 8, Wiieal 10, Prechtel 9, Alexander 6, Andrews 8, Upson 5. 

 Wheal won first, Sheldon second and Calhoon third. 



First monthly prize shoot, 80 Keystone targets, 3 screened traps, 

 National G*i Association rules; Benjamin Puduev referee: 



Miller 111111 Llllllll 111 11 1 1111111110 — 29 



Conover 110111111110111111111111111100-26 



Haines lllllllOOlllllliniOOlllHllll-26 



Brantingham 11101111 1110111111111111101011—26 



A Sickley llimnOllOlllOllUlllllllOlO-25 



R Williams 10110111111101101101 11110H1U-25 



Lindsley 110101111110110001110101111111-22 



Manning UU 1010010 11H HI 1111101011101-22 



ft Pudnev 101110110111011101111011110100—21 



Roll .. .'. 111011111100111111000101010011-20 



Snow. 001110010111 1 10101111111101100-20 



H Sayre 101110111101001101011011101110-20 



Briant 111100100001110111111101111001-20 



Miller wins first. Keystone trophy. Ties on 26, at 5: Conover 3, 

 Haines 4, Brant ingham 4; second tie, Haines 2. Brantingham 4, 

 and wins second, $10 in gold. Ties on 25: A. Sickley 4, R. Wil- 

 liams 3; A. Sickley wins third, leather gun case. Ties on 22, 

 Lindsley 4, Manning 4; second tie, Lindsley 5, Manning 4; Linds- 

 ley wins fourth, $7.50 in gold. George Pudney wins fiftli all alone, 

 leather shell case. Ties on 20: Roll 5, Snow 4, Sayre 4, Briant 4. 

 Roll wins sixth, $5 in gold, 12-Bore. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Jan. 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 Union Gun Club of this place held its first monthly prize shoot on 

 its grounds here yesterday, and although the day was showery 

 and with a high wind, the boys who turned out had a most jolly 

 time. Shooting was commenced about half-past ten and kept up 

 until dark. Thirteen sweeps were shot besides the regular shoot, 

 consisting of clays, bluerocks and Keystones. Considerable 

 double shooting was indulged in, and some of the boys are getting 

 to be quite expert at double birds. Judge Miller, the winner of 

 the Keystone trophy, shot his old 12-gauge Parker gun, and by 

 the way he chaws up everything he points at all hands seem to 

 think that the old gun is still pretty good. Notwithstanding the 

 had weather quite a number ot people came to look on. At noon 

 a hot lunch was served. The next shoot comes off on the first 

 Monday in Fehruary. We have 26 active members on the list, 

 and nearly all of them are able to get there when they call "Pull.' 

 Following are the scores: 



WALNUT HILL, Boston, Dee. 30— In giving results of the Gold 

 Coin match just closed at Walnut Hill and the names of prize 

 winners, I failed to state that the Victory medal, which was 

 offered to the competitor making the highest average in the sev- 

 eral competitions in the match, was won by Manlius Knowles, of 

 Lowell, Mass. Please, therefore, add to the list of prize winners 

 previously furnished as follows: Manlius Knowles, for highest 

 average made in the match, bronze Victory medal of the M.A.R., 

 first of the kind ever offered for competition to shotgun men, 

 value $10.— J. N. FAye. 



CANADIAN TRAP NOTES. 



TORONTO, Dec. 29.— A very interesting shoot took place on 

 Stark's athletic grounds this afternoon. The object was to 

 test Mr. Stark's new target bird, which he is manufacturirg here. 

 To arouse keen competition and insure a thorough and fair test 

 Mr. Stark supplied guns, ammunition and gave handsome first, 

 second and third prizes for the best scores, which resulted as 

 foUows: 



Van Vlack t 10101111111011111111-17 



Townsend 1 0010 1010 r HlOllllOl— 13 



Wak efield 11001001 1111111 11111 -16 



Morley 11111001111110111110-16 



F Malle tt 10100111001111001011-12 



Stewart 110011 111000C01C0109- 9 



Walton 11001101111111101011-15 



McDowall 11001101110100011111—13 



Rice 11110111010111111111-17 



C Riggs 110101 101 11011 1 11 110-15 



6 r v n thers 1011 11 101 11 0110111 11 16 



Pearson HlllliOllOlOlllOHO-15 



Rice first. Van Vlack second, Morley third. For comparison 

 the Peoria and Canadian birds were thrown in turn, from the 

 traps, and the decision arrived at was that Mr. Stark's effort to 

 place a perfect bird on the market is rewarded, and his new bird 

 is indeed matchless, in fact as well as in name. 



Toronto, Jan. 1.— One of the most successful shoots ever held at 

 McDowall & Co.'s grounds took place on New Year's Day. There 

 were a great number of competitors, representing all the clubs of 

 the city. A large number of spectators were also present, who 

 seemed to enjoy the sport fully as much as those who contested 

 for the prizes. The weather was all that could be desired, except 

 that a strong wind blew across the traps. The shoot began at 10 

 A. M. and lasted until darkness set in. Twenty-one matches in 

 all were shot, and the prizes were pretty evenly distributed, the 

 Owls taking the lion's share. The following ate the scores. In 

 each shoot there was one prize, at 5 Peoria blackbirds at 18yds. 

 rise, 



Shoot No. 1.— Humphreys 3, White 3. W. Heatherington 2. 

 Shoot No. 2.— Rice (first) 3, Moffatt 3, G. Smith 3, Morley 5, 

 Humphreys 3. 



Shoot No. 3.— W. Heatherington (first) 4, J. Humphrey 4, Mitch- 

 ell 4, Morley 3, Rice 3, Whito % 



Shoot No. 4,— Rice 4. Charles 4, Kily 4, Kemp 3. 



Shoot No. 5.-Mitchell (first) 4, White 4, McClary 4, Kemp 3, Rice 

 3, J. Humphrey 3, Jones 3. 



Shoot No. 6.— W. McDowall 5, Kily 4, Jones 3, Charles 3, Mc- 

 Clary 3. 



Shoot No. 7.— W. McDowall 5, Besty 4, Jones 4, Charles 4, Morley 

 3, Kily 3. 



Shoot at Macomber Birds— Jones 5, Kemp 4, Charles 4, Kily 3. 

 Shoot No. 9.— Charles (first) 4, Bennett 4, Moffatt 4, Besty 4, Mc- 

 Dowall 3, McClary 3. 

 Shoot No. 10.— Bennett 5. Charles 4. 



Shoot No. 11— W. McDowall (first) 5, Charles 5, Rice 4, Morley 

 3, Bennett 3. 



Shoot No. 12.— Kemp 4, Charles (first) 4, McDowall 4, Jones 4, G. 

 Hetherington 3, Sawden 3, Rice 3. 



Shoot No. 13.— Morley (first) 5, McDowall 5, Sawden 4, Kemp 3, 

 Sawden, Jr. 3. 



Shoot No. 14.— Kemp 5. Sawden 5, W. Hetherington 4, O'Ben 3. 



Shoot No. 15.— Morley 4, Beatty (first) 4, Jones 4, Rice 3. 



Shoot No. 16.— Charles 5, G. Hetherington 4, Moffatt 4, Jones 4, 

 Charles 3, Kemp 3. 



Shoot No. 17.— Dick 5, J. Barrett 4, Besty 3, Beatty 3, Jones 3. 



Shoot No. 18.— Rice (first) 4, Jones 4. J. Barrett 4, McClary 1, 

 Mallett 3. 



Shoot No. 19.— Sween for money prizes: 



W Hetheririg'nlll111U0111111-14 Dick UOUlOlllOlOOl-lO 



T Bennett 1 11 1 110111 1 1101 — 13 Kemp OlOlOlilll 10001— 9 



Jones 011111101111101-12 Rice OtJlOi 1100111011— 9 



McClary 101111001101111-11 McDowall 001010110110101— 9 



Shoot No. 20.— Romaiu 5, Beatty 3. 



Shoot No. 21.— Dick 7, Montgomery 6, Bennett 4. 



Toronto, Jan. 1.— The Toronto Gun Club held a very success- 

 ful shoot at the Woodbine to-day. The tine weather and the 

 birds were favorable for the sport, and the New Year maybe said 

 to have been auspiciously opened by the marksmen of the Toronto 

 Club. Following asp the scores: 



Sparrow sween. 5 birds: E, Reid 5, J. Format! 4, A. Elliott 4, R. 

 Kino 3, F. Martin 3. P. Wakefield 3, F. W. Martin 3. 



Turkey sweep, 5 birds: E. Reid 5, F. Martin 4, R. Kipp 4, D. 

 Black 3, H. Elliott 3, P. Wakefield 3. J. Townson 3, E. Leroy 3, J. 

 Forman 3, G. H. Briggs 2, G. Pearsall 2. 



Third Sweep, 5 birds: E. ReRoy 4, P. Wakefield 4, A. Elliott 3, 

 G. H. Briggs 3, T. Bay lis 3, F. Martin 3, E. Reid 3. J. Forman 3, F. 

 W. Martin 3, G. Pearsall 2. 



Fourth sweep, 5 birds: J. Townson 5, G. Pearsall 5, A. Elliott 4, 

 P. Wakefield 3, E. LoRoy 3, E. Reid 3, F. Martin 3, J. Forman 



Fifth sweep, 3 birds: J. Townson 3, D. Black 3, E. LeRoy 3, F. 

 Martin 2. G. Pearsall 2, P. Wakefield 2, A. Elliott 2, T. Baylis 2, 

 E. Reid 2, J. Forman 2. 



Toronto, Jan. 5, — The members of the Owl Gun Club held their 

 annual supper this evening at Mr. J. F. Scholes', a splendid affair 

 it was. Tnere were nearly a huudred guests present, President 

 J. R. Humphreys sat at the head of the table, and opposite him 

 in the vice-chairs, were Messrs, J. C. Unwin and J. Lennox. The 

 chairman had on his right Mr. G. Pearsall, president of the 

 Toronto Gun Club, and on his loft Mr. Jeff Wordon, representing 

 West Toronto. Besides, there were present: George Warin, S. 

 Staneland, G. H. Briggs, C. A. Riggs, Capt. A. J. Tymon, John 

 Murray, A. Elliott, George Oakley, J. Townson, R. J. Charlton, 

 R, Nolan, J. Melrick, A. R. Lockhart. A. Austin, T. Best, D. J. 

 O'Halloran, Pete Clark, J. Wilson, J. Worden, G. Pearsall, J. G. 

 Unwin, J. Lennox, and many others. Messrs. Parson and Wor- 

 den responded for the sister clubs. "Field and Athletic SportB" 

 brought Mr. J. Wilson to his feet, He gave some capital hints 

 how gun club rules should be modified in favor of the birds. Mr, 

 ,1. Worden also made a pleasant speech, as did Messrs. J. F. Scholes 

 and Geo. Warin. In proposing the health of the press President 

 Humphrey referred in most complimentary terms to the absence 

 of a well-known sporting press man, Mr. H. J. P. Good, and hoped 

 his voyage to England would restore him to perfect health. The 

 proceedings were very en joy ably interspersed with songs and on 

 tho whole the evening was most enjoyably spent. 



Ottawa, Dec. 29.— The St. Hubert's Gun Club held their usual 

 shoot this afternoon, and the members are getting into form 

 which will put some of them in the first flight before long. Presi- 

 dent P. Thompson has presented the members with a very hand- 

 iomeand chaste sil ver cup for competition during the season. The 

 club have arranged to shoot eight handicap sweepstakes at twenty 

 birds each, one sweep each Saturday. The best five scores will 

 then be taken in each sweep for the cup aggregate. Tho handi- 

 cap is framed with the intention of giving the junior and green 

 shots encouragement, and they all receive a most liberal start, 

 some getting eight birds out of twenty. Such old shots as Messrs. 

 Throop, Rothwell, Trudeau, Martin, E. and G. White. J. Deslau- 

 riers and Dalton are plaeed at scratch, and the top-weights can 

 just go fast enough to make the handicap a most interesting one. 

 The club have added several handsome prizes, and these will be 

 keenly competed for. The shooting resulted as follows: 



Sweep. 20 hirds each; 18yds. rise; 5 traps: R. G. Dalton 17, J. 

 Deslauriers 16, A. Throop 15, P. Trudeau 14, G. White 12, E.King 

 11, E. White 8, E. Lemieux 7. 



Second sweep, at 10 birds. Same conditions: A. Throop 9, G. 

 White 8, R, Dalton 8. P. Trudeau 8, S. White 5, J. DeslaurierB 5, 

 G. Trudeau 8, S. White 5, J. Deslauriers 5, E. King 5, D. McPbee 5. 

 In shooting off ties White took second prize and Trudeau third. 



Jan. 1.— The St. Hubert Gun Club took advantage of the fine 

 New Year's day to hold a sweepstake shoot, when some of the 

 members cracked the Ligowskys at a lively rate. The following 

 sweeps were shot: 



First sweep; 10 Ligowski clay pigeons; 18yds. rise; 5 traps: A. 

 Throop 9, E. King 6, G. Trudeau 9, W. Mclntyre 4, G. White 8, J. 

 Deslauriers 7. 



Second sweep. Same conditions: A. Throop 10, E. King 5, S. 

 White 6, J. Deslauriers 6, G. Trudeau 10, G. White 4. 



Third sweep. Same conditions: G. Trudeau 9, G.White 8, J. 

 Deslauriers 6, E. King 6, S. White 6, W. Mclntyre 4. 



Montreal, Dec. 29.— The fifthhandicap club competition of the 

 Montreal Gun Club, for the Greener gun, took place to-day, but 

 the busy holiday season left only a small field of entries. Each 

 ot the five competitions have been won by different gentlemen, 

 viz., W, McCraw. A. Lockhart, E. A. Crowley, N. Parker, and to- 

 day's was won by J. Paton in shooting oil for first. The handi- 

 caps and score follow: 



Handicap. 



J Paton 2 



Cowley 4 



R James 2 



W Mack 4 



Total. 

 16 

 10 

 15 

 15 



Handicap. Total. 



A Alexander. ... 3 13 



W Lumsden scratch 13 



OLeger 3 9 



There were afterward four sweeps at 5 birds, in all of which the 

 leaders tied, first money being eventually won by Messrs. R. 

 * James, Taylor, Cowley and Lumsden. 



