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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[AVQ. 30, 1889. 



JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS GUN CLUB— Tbe regular monthly 

 shoot for tbe cup of the Jersey City Heights Gun Club took place, 

 as ordered by Giand Mogul and Master of the Situation '"Old 

 South Paw," on the grounds of the club, at Marion, on the 21st 

 inst.. arid was another very pleasant affair to tbe lew engaged 

 therein: and some extraordinary shooting was done. Tbev were 

 a fair lot of birds, very few refusing to spring at the falling of 

 the trap, but all the shooters bad their best caps on. and but a 

 few birds scaled the fence. Si eerier (Old Reliable Mo. 3) leads the 

 score wiih 24 dead birds out of 2a shot at, Hughes (Old Reliable 

 No. 1) IS out ol 21, Jones 21 out of 23, South Paw 18 out of 23, Lever- 

 ing 18 out of 21, Burdett was a little off, having many incomers, 

 missing 4 birds out of 16 shot at. Uuder ordinary circumstances 

 that would not be thought a had score, but it stood no show that 

 day when Dr. Levering— a duffer among the du ffers, whoso handi- 

 cap is but 23yds. (he insisted upon shooting with the others at 28) 

 and who had not shot a pigeon for over two years— came forward 

 and wrested the laurels from such old-timers as Hughes and 

 Siegler and the whole kit, killing his 16 birds straight; and had 

 not his 12-bore shells given out and he been obliged to take a 10- 

 bore aud a str nge gun for the last shot on the shoot-off, there is 

 no telling wliat his score tnignt have been. Moral— Always take 

 plenty of your own shells. The follow- ing is the score for the cup 

 (Buroett holding: it from last month), modified Hurlingham rules 

 (which we think are abominable). Jerry Maher referee and trap 

 puller: 



Bu rd el t (27yds) ol 00111-4 Siegler (29) 1111221—7 



Hughes (28) 1H1I21 — 7 Jones (29) 1121212—7 



Heritage (20) 1211010—5 Leveriug (23) 21012ol— 5 



Hughes takes the cup, having made the best score, using the 

 second barrel but once. 



First sweep, ties divided: 



Jone3 1111—4 Heritage 1110—3 



Siegler LU1— 4 Hughes 1010—2 



Second sweep: 



Hughes 2111-4 Burdett 1111—4 



Siegler 1111-4 Heritage 2211-4 



Jones 1102—3 Levering 2121—4 



Shoot off for first money, miss and out: Hughes and Siegler 2, 

 Burdett and Heritage 0, Levering 3, and wins first money amid 

 tne cheers of the crowd. 



Third sweep: 



Hughes olH-3 Siegler 1111-4 



Jones 1121—4 Burdett ...21*2-3 



Levering 2121-4 Heritage Ill 1-4 



Shoot off: Heritage and Levering 2, Jones 3, Siegler 4 aud wins 

 first. There remaining a few good birds Jerry Maher bet three 

 bottles of lemon soda with South Paw that he would score three 

 birds in succession, and Jerry did it. Thus ended a pleasant day's 

 sport. 2, second barrel; o, dead out of bounds.— J acobstaff. 



FLORENCE, Mass., Aug. 20. -Norwood Gun Club, 25 single Key- 

 stones, 5 Keystone traps: 



E E Harris 0010011101100110111010010-13 



L Gavlor.... lilOllOlOOOOlOOWlltiOOlll— 12 



T T Cartwright 001001 lUinoOlO 1 1 1 001 1 01 10 —12 



H H Chilsou 0111001100000000010010011— 9 



Z Foster U 10000000 1 1010001 1100000- 9 



F Nuttleman 1111 OOlOOOOOOlOl 010101111-14 



E Feiker lOlOlOOlOUOOOOOOllllOllOl-ll 



Double rises: 



Gay] or 00 01 01 11 00 11—6 



Nuttleman , 00 01 10 11 00 00-4 



Cartwright ...00 00 00 01 10 00-2 



Practice: 



Gavlor 1 10110010111100111101 0100-15 



Cartwright lOomiiRuiOlOlOllOlOOlll— 15 



Chilsou 0110001011100110111100000-12 



Feiker 10101011000 - 5 



Foster.... 1100100110 —6 



This was the first time the club have shot from 5 traps, which 

 accounts for the poor scores. 



Match at 25 kingbirds, 5 traps: 



T T Cartwright OillllllOllllOOOOOUlllOl-17 



F WTwiss 0011000111111111011011011—17 



L Gaylor 11011001 Oil 1001 1100111111- 17 



Z Foster 1101 lOmiOllOimolOlOlO-17 



C O Hams niOlOHOllllOlOlOOOl 11101-15 



E Feiker 0010010111110010111011010—14 



E E Davis 0100110110111001000011100—12 



Double rises: 



Gavlor 11 11 11 10 11-9 Twiss 10 01 10-3 



C^ftwrieht 11 11 11 11 01—9 Nutttleman 10 10 10—3 



Practice: 



C O Hams 11111 — 5 



Cartwright 1110011011 - 7 



Nuttleman 001 1 mni n in< n HHOOOIOIO — 13 



Twiss 1001111110 —7 



Davis llOHllOOOO - 4 



Gavlor 0011101001 - 5 



The club will use five Keystone traps at the tournament Aug. 

 27— KOSMOR. 



WALNUT HILL, Aug. 21.— There was an unusually small at- 

 tendance at the range to-day. The weather conditions were good, 

 and some line scores were made, notably the clean score of 30 

 birds made in the gold coin match by W. E. Perry. Gold coin 

 match— 15 clay birds and 15 keystone targets, keystone squad 

 system: • „ 



Clays. Keystones. 



Perrv 111111111111111—15 1111 11111111111—15—30 



Swift llllllllimill— 15 111110111111100-12-27 



Lee 110011111101111—12 101110111111101-12-24 



Bowker 111110111011111 -13 111000111101111—11—24 



Michols 101111111101001—11 011011010111111-11—22 



Hammond lOlOlOOloiOllll— 9 01 111! 111111101— 13— 22 



Perham 101110111110011-11 001110010001011— 7-18 



Thomas 11010101 1 0 Wi tb drew. 



Hill 0011010111 Withdrew. 



The following named were winners in the sweepstake events: 

 Six standard targets— Nichols and Switt 6, first; Hammond and 

 Perham 5, second. Ten keystone targets— Swift 5, first; Ham- 

 mond 4, second Six standard targets— Hammond tind Lee 6, 

 first; Swift and Nichols 5, second. Ten keystone targets— Nichols 

 9. first; Swift and Lee 8, second: Hammond and Bowker 7, third. 

 Ten clay pigeons, keystone system— Swift 10, first; Lee and Per- 

 ham 9, second; Bowker 8, third. Ten standard targets— Lee 10, 

 first: Nichols and Hammond 9, second; Swift 8, third. Ten key- 

 stone targets, keystone system— Bowker 9, first; Hammond and 

 Swift 8, Fecund; Michols 7, third. Ten standard targets— Nichols 

 9, first; Bowker, Hammond and Perham 8, second; Lee and Swift 

 7, third. Ten clay pigeons— Perbam and Nichols 9, first; Swift 

 and Perry 8, second; Bowker aud fcee 7, third. Ten standard 

 targets— llanimond 9. first; Bowker and Swift 8, second; Lee 7, 

 third. Five slandard targets, straightaway, 40 yards rise— Per- 

 ham and Lee 2, fiist; Bowker and Swift 1, second. Fifteen clay 

 birds, keystone system— Swift and Perry 15, first; Bowker 13, 

 second; Lee 12, third. Fif teenkeystone targets, keystoue system- 

 Perry 15, first; Hammond 13, second; Swift and Lee 12, third. 

 Seven Chicago lra pigeons-Swift 6, first; Perham 5, second; Lee 



4, third. Ten slanaard targets— Swift 10, first; Nichols 7, second; 

 Thompson and Perham 6, third. Five Chicago tin pigeons— Perry 



5. first; Hill 4, second. Ten clay pigeons— Swift and Perham 9, 

 first; Thompson 6, second; Hill 4, tbird. Five straightaway 

 standard targets, 40 yards rise— Perry 11000, first; Micnols 00100, 

 second. Five siiMightawav standard targets. 40 yards rise— 

 Michols 11000. first; Perry 00100, second. Five straightaway stand- 

 ard targets, 40 yards rise— Nichols 00110, first; Perry 00010, second. 

 The next shotgun competition Sept. 4. 



ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 17— The third live bird match 

 between S. B. Vandegrif t and Jack Faulkner on one side and 

 Geo. A. Muller and John Rothacker on the other side was shot 

 at the Inlet, the conditions of the match being SoO a side, 16 birds 

 each, 80yds. lise, Hurlingham rules, 50yds. boundary. The 

 weather was very fair for shooting and the shoot was witnessed 

 by at least 500 spectators; the birds, jwith the exception of a few. 

 very strong flyers. This was the deciding match, as each party 

 had one victory, but Faulkner and Vandegrif t carried of the 

 honors, winning two out of three. Following is the correct score 

 of the shoot: 



Vandegrif 1011211201010011-10 Muller,. ..001210011002111—9 

 Faulkner. . 101212U1211112-14-24 Rothacker 11 1 211211010110— 12— 21 



PARIS, Ky., Aug. 21— John Webb, Jr., and Robert C. Tucker 

 had a match shoot at the Maysville Bridge to-day for $20 a side, 

 100 clay-m'geons. Webb won the match by breaking 84 pigeons to 

 Tucker's 83. The following is the summary: 



Tucker. ...1011 11110111001 i 01 11—15 Webb 11111111111111111111-20 



1 11 11 101 1111 1 1 1 1 1101 —IS 10111111111011111101-17 

 11111110010111111110-16 10111101111111110101-16 

 11101111011101110111-18 11100110111111116010-14 

 11011011111111111111-18 11110111110111110111-17 



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BLAUVELTVTLLE, N. Y., Aug. 24.-The Spring Hill Gun Club 



and visitors made the following scores this afternoon. Weather 

 perfect. All events 5 traps, 10 birds, angles, entrance 50 cents, 

 ties d'vided. 



No. is 



Allen 0111110101—7 Snedeker 0011000010—3 



Lippe J 1001110101—6 Durvea 1000010100—3 



Hathaway lllOlllllO— 8 Barnard 0110010010 -4 



J J Blauvelt 1111011010—7 Post 1011110111-8' 



E J Peck 1101111111-9 J Peck 1010011011—6 



No. 2: 



Allen 0111111101-8 Blauvelt 1111101100-7 



Hathaway- 1111111011-9 Barnard 1010000111-4 



E J Peck 0111011011-7 Post 1101 110011-7 



Lippe 0101010011-5 Snedeker 0101011101-6 



Duryea 0010000011-3 J Peck U110100U— 7 



No. 3: 



Allen 0011111111-8 Blauvelt 1110011001-5 



Hathaway 1110111110-8 Post 1110111001—7 



E J Peck 1111001110-7 J Peck 1HU01111-9 



Duryea 1011110010-6 Snedeker 100101U000-3 



No. 4: 



Allen •011110011—8 J Peck 1111101011-8 



Hathaway. 1111010111—8 Duryea 1100101011—6 



E J Peck 1101111011—8 Snedeker 0010100100—3 



No. 5: 



Allen 1001111111-8 J Peck 0111111111-9 



Hathaway 1111111011-9 Duryea 0101000011-4 



E J Peck 0100m011-« 



No. 6: 



Allen 1111111010— 8 Durvea 0010010010- 3 



Hathaway 1111101111- 9 Snedeker 0110100901— 4 



E J Peck 1111111111-10 J Peck 0011011101— 6 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 24.— Some two dozen gunners 

 faced the traps at the grounds of the Wellington Club to-day, 

 and some good shooting was done in the several matches. In the 

 silver pitcher match, at 8 clay pigeons and 7 blue rocks. Nichols 

 was the winner with 15 straight. The other scores in this match 

 were: Shumway 13, Bond 12, Stone, Melcher and Edwards 11, 

 Sanborn, Cowee, Chase and Warren 10, Bradstreet and Snow 9, 

 Chapin 8, Bradbury 6. In the merchandise badge match at 15 

 clay pigeons, Sanborn, Shumway, Bradstreet and Bond tied with 

 14 each, and in the shoot off Bond won. The other scores in this 

 match were: Bradbury 13, Chase, Chapin, Stone, Melcher and 

 Snow 12, Cowee, Warren and Porter 11, Webster 9. The winners 

 in the sweepstakes follow: First event, 5 clay pigeons— Chapin 

 and Melrher 4, French and Bradbury 3. Second event, 6 blue 

 rocks— Shumway and Chapin 5, Chase and Bradbury 4. Third 

 event, 10 clay pigeons— Chapin 9, French 8, Shutnwav and 

 Melcher 7. Fourth event, 5 clay pigeons— Chapin, Bradbury, 

 Sanborn and Porter 5, Melcher, Stone and Snow 4, Warren and 

 Webster 3, Bradstreet and Cowee 2. Fifth event, 6 blue rocks- 

 French 6, Chase 5. Sixth event, 6 blue rocks— Snow 6, Chapin 

 and Bond 5, Bradbury aud Everett 4, Warren 3. Seveuth event, 

 5 clay pigeons— Bond and Nichols 5, Shumway, Porler, Bradbury 

 and Melcher 4, Cowee 3. Webster 2. Eighth event, 7 blue rocks — 

 Stone and Shumway 6, Bond 5, Bradbury, Edwards and Webster 

 4, Chapin aud Porter 3. Ninth event, 8 clay pigeons— Cowee, 

 Shumway, Bond and Edwards 7, Porter and Melcher 6, Sanborn 

 and Stone 5, Bradstreet aud Snow 4, Tenth event, 5 clay pigeons — 

 Webster and Sanborn 5, Bradstreet and Snow 4, Cowee, Warren 

 and Chase 3, Porter 2. Eleventh event, 5 clay pigeons— Brad- 

 street 5, Chapin and Bond 4, Webster and Melcher 3, Stone 2. 

 Twelfth event, 6 blue rocks — Sanborn 6, Stone, Bond and Chase 5, 

 Edwards 4, Shumway 3. Thirteenth event, 6 blue rocks— Brad- 

 street and Yellowlegs 6, Chase 5. Warren, Porter, Everett, Bond 

 and Webster 4, Shumway and Homans 3; Fourteenth event, 10 

 clay pigeons— Sanborn and Edwards 10, Chapin and Bradstreet 9, 

 Bond, Nichols and Warren 8, Stone 7. Fifteenth event, 6 blue 

 rocks— Chapin 6, Bond 5. Sixteenth event, fi blue rocks— Cowee 

 6, Chase and Sanborn 5. 



CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.— Bandle, Murphy and Ferris were nar- 

 rowly defeated by another aggregation of three at the East End 

 Club grounds to-day. The losers paid $50 to the winners, paid the 

 expenses of the match in full and banqueted the delegation, some 

 fifteen, at a prominent first-class Cincinnati restaurant on their 

 arrival in Cincinnati. The match was close and exciting, but 

 landed the men winners as follows: 



Courtney.... 01 111 0101 1100U0010U111U1 111" )01 11011101101100110 

 YSvraoiise) 11 ol 1 000101 1 lnoop OolOl 1 1 11 1 111 1 1 11111 11 11 1 101 1111 — 71 



E Taylor.. ...liniion loimoiiioiiiioiooioiimiiiioiooiimii 



0111 1011 100111100110110 01111010001111111111101101-73 

 Cole . . . .1100111100 1 11 00111 10110001 1110U11101J 101001 1001 11 



11101111101111011111111111110001110001110111111111—73—217 

 Al Bandle.. .00000111110110101110111110010011111010111101100111 



11011 1 11101 0 1 0 1 1 1 1111101 1 0 1 1 100 1 mill 111! 1 1 1 01111— 73 

 F Ferris .. ..001001111 11 1111 111 ! 0011.1 00 1.0 luOOOl 11 11 110001101011 



10111111011110011111111110111000111111111111001110-71 

 G Murphy. .10001110110111 1111 1 01111101 1 lOllllOOlllOOOi 1110110 



nooim i oiin ooioiioi liioi 1 1 ii in i oouioi miom— 72— 216 



HUTCHINSON, Kan., Aug. 24.— The Hutchinson Gun Club held 

 their third quarterly shoot yesterday. The shooting was not up 

 to our regular average, as there was a stiff Kansas breeze blow- 

 ing over the traps, or what some Eastern shooters would call a 

 gale; and I believe we have the swiftest throwing traps in the 

 country, as I have seen nearly all the traps of the gun clubs in 

 this part of the country, and I have seen none to equal them yet; 

 and this fact, together with the wind, made it very difficult shoot- 

 ing. The race was a very interesting one from start to finish. 

 Mr. Fred Burslem, our gun dealer, won the trophy, with a very 

 creditable score, considering the condition of the weather. He 

 used a 12-bore Lefever, under 81bs., and smoked his birds in good 

 shape. One of the members, after missing three straight, was 

 heard remark, "I would like to see some of the experts break 

 86 out of 100 over these traps." Conditions of match, 50 single 

 bluerocks: Fred Burslem 38. J. T>. George 36, E. H. Young 35, Will 

 Allen 33, E. B. Holly 32, C. H. Menke 32, Miles Taylor 32, Wm. 

 Chamberlain 28. H. J. Winters 24. C. R. Dodds 17. — Shadt. 



ROME, N. Y., Aug. 23.— The Rome Gun Club held its regular 

 weekly shoot at the Riverside Park to-day, and the following 

 scores were made in sweeps at 12 birds each, except the last, when 

 it was at 10: 



ELBetson..." 10 1111 9 5 William Besley 9 6 .. 6 



MRBlackman. ... 9 10 .. .. 10 George Hauk, Jr 9 10 10 10 



J L Farquaharson., 8 6 P Smith 7 .. .. 2 



MBKingsley 9 8 10 10 9 H O Tooker 6 9 6.. 



George Payne 4 4 HH Jones 9 9 6 



E O Worden 8 10 ... . 8 Suits, Canastota 6 9 t 



W P Walker 10 10.. .. 4 Roberts, Canastota 10 12 6 



Messrs. Suits and Roberts, of Canastota, reported that the Can- 

 astota team could not meet the Romans to-day as intended. They 

 desired a postponement of the friendly shoot agreed upon until a 

 later day. Tins was granted. 



N. Y. SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS— Claremont, N. J. 

 Aug. 24.— Shoot for Lefever trophy: 



Jones 11 111111111111111010imi-23 



Sigler 1111111111111111111111111—25 



Johnson 0110101111111110111111111—22 



Sweep No. 1; Jones 8, Sigler 10, Johnson 7, Apgar 7. 



Sweep No. 2: Jones 9, Sigler 9, Johnson 4, Apgar 5, McNeill 3. 



Sweep No. 3: Jones 8, Sigler 10, Johnson 5, Apgar 8. 



Sweep No. 4: Jones 8, Sigler 10, Johnson 8. Apgar 8, McNeill 4. 

 Apgar second on shoot off. 



Sweep No. 5: Jones 6, Sigler 6, Johnson 0. Johnson took money. 



Sweep No. 7: Jones 6, Sigler 10, Johnson 9, Apgar 9. Johnson 

 took second on shoot off. 



NEWARK, N. J.— The Southside Gun Club will hold a shoot on 

 the club grounds on Labor Day (Sept. 2), being at 10 A. M. Ten 

 events will be provided at the usual rates, and the prizes wiU be 

 divided into 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 



INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19.— There was a shooting match to-day 

 between Ed. Voris, of Crawfordsville, and George C. Beck, this 

 city, on which considerable money was wagered. The. terms of the 

 match called for 25 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise; 25 live pigeons, 31yds. 

 rise; 25 English sparrows, 26s 7 ds. rise, and the score shows: (Hay- 

 pigeons, Beck 22, Voris 18; live pigeons, Beck 21, Voris 2.2; English 

 sparrows, Beck 25, Voris 22. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 23.— The principal event at the 

 regular meet this week of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club was 

 the eighth contest for the Norcross trophy, which was secured 

 for the next two weeks by G. J. Rugg. In this contest each man 

 has a possible 30 clav-pigeons. The meet was at the ground oi 

 the club at Coal Mine Brook range. The work of each man in 

 detail follows: G. J. Rugg 29, C. B. Holden 27, W. R. Dean 26, E. 

 T. Smith. 26, W. E. Johnson 26, E. B. Burbank 26, W. L. Davis 26, 

 A. L. Gilman 25, F. M. Harris 25, M. D. Oilman 24, E. S. Knowles 

 2+, H. W. Webber 24, E. Welch 23, Geo. Sampson 23, F. F. Swan 22, 

 A. B. Franklin 22, C. H. Howe 20, Mr. Ames 20, H. D. Jourdan 19, 

 C. R. Holman 17, F. Forehand 17, J. C. Doherty 14, V. F. Prentice 

 15, H. Smith 13, Capt. E. A. Hams 5. 



FODDE'S TOURNAMENT.— St. Louis, Aug. .24.— Please omit 

 live birds from announcement of my shoot and make it targets 

 exclusively. — Foddb. 



ELMSFORD, N. Y., will have an amateur tournament at Key- 

 stones, Sept. 2— Thos. B. Ward, Manager. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It Is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION MEET. 



TENTH ANNUAL. 



Stave Island on the St. LaAvrence. 



SECOND PAPER. 



MONDAY, Aug. 19, P. M.— The combined race was called im- 

 mediately after dinner. No. 5 on programme, 1)4 miles 

 sail and Vyo, miles paddle, in half mile stretches. Twelve started 

 at 3:03:07; nine finished. Won by H. L. Quick, of Yor.kers, in 

 canoe Evangeline. 3:52:48, thus completing the course in 49m. 41s., 

 the best time ever recorded. W. G. MaeKendrick was second 

 (3:51:04). Gage, Brazer, Goddard, Whitlock, Forrest, Eraser and 

 Masten followed in the order named. At times during the race 

 MaeKendrick led. Quick did the best work of the race on the last 

 half mile paddle. It was a hard race well contested all through. 



No. 9, Tandem, half mile paddle, followed soon after the com- 

 bined race, four crews. MaeKendrick and Wright won with 

 single blades, Cartwright and Putnam came in second, double 

 blades. Torrance and Smitlie, single blades, third, and Quick and 

 Must en fourth, doubles. 



No. 1. Paddling. Classes 2 and 3 decked, half mile, won by M. F. 

 Johnson, A. S. Putnam second, followed by Masteu and Cart- 

 wright. 



No. 4. Paddling, Class 4, open, half mile, won by H.Wright. 

 Second and last J. MaeKendrick. 



The upset paddling race (No.ll, 1 50yds.) was then called, although 

 it was after supper time, so as to get as much of the programme 

 worked off as possible. Won by Andrews, as usual, H. F. VI ac- 

 Keudrick second, Goddard third, Whitlock fourth. M. F.John- 

 son did not finish. Open canoes were given half a minute start. 

 Decked canoes won. This event wound up the racing for the day. 

 Six of the fifteen events were successfully worked off. 



The big tent, erected for business meetings, etc., in the 

 orchard near the mess sheds, by order of the commodore and com- 

 mittee on camp site, suggested to L. W. Seavey a novel enter- 



tainment, nothing more nor less than a full-fledged circus. The 

 idea was spleudidly carried out by him and his twenty or more 

 aids, and the show that was given this (Monday) evening will be 

 long remembered by all who saw it or took a part. There have 

 been camp-fireR at former meets, lantern parades on the water, 

 practical jokes, mock trials, songs, speeches, and many other 

 evening entertainments, but never before a circus, and a genuine 

 one, too. There was bareback riding, tight-rope walking, gym- 

 nastics, contortion acts, bar performances, tumbling, turning, 

 clown business, ringmaster, trick animals, heavy-weight lifting, 

 barrel-turning, handsprings, summersaults, wild men and wild 

 animals, a band, sawdust ring, Deadwood coach and all. The 

 circus was a success as an entertainment, and ten-cent admission 

 paid more than double the money expended in getting it up. 

 Mile, Jabberwock, in true circus-rider costume, mosquito-netting 

 dress and all— barring a heavy moustache— rode a* - farm-horse, 

 well tired out after a hard day's work. She (or he) was mounted 

 on a board platform tied on the coVs back over some canoe cush- 

 ions. The animal was led round the ring by two attendants, and 

 carefully stopped before the hoop-holders to give the lady time 

 to get comfortably through the paper and hand the ring back to 

 the attendant. The tight rope was easily walked by a daring 

 cauoeist, who put his balancing-pole over a rope stretched above 

 his head, and then fearlessly ventured forth. The entire pro- 

 gramme lasted over two hours and kept the large audience in fits 

 of laughter all the time. The costumes, although impromptu, 

 were clever, appropriate and often artistic. Rubber balls did 

 good service instead of iron ones for the giant to lift, as tbe latter 

 were not to be had. The show terminated with the taking of a 

 flash-light photograph of the interior of the big tent, audience, 

 baud, performers and all. The show was announced in some of 

 the local Canadian papers. On the Wednesday following Man- 

 ager Seavey received a letter from a young fellow m Toronto, who 

 applied for a position as tumbler in the circus, sending a letter 

 from a temperance society stating that he was of good character. 

 He evidently Pad been led to suppose that the circus was a per- 

 manent organization. 



Tuesday, Aug. HO — Calm, No. 2. Paddling, Class 4, decked, 

 therefore first called. Twelve started and finished. Record race, 

 won by W. G. MaeKendrick (Mac), Cartwright (Ilex) seeond, 

 Colin Fraser (Cno) third. It was by far the best paddling race of 

 the meet, closely contested and exciting all through. No 10 then 

 followed, for club fours, L T bique vs. Toronto, James MaeKendrick 

 and his three sons won. Wright, Shaw, Tulgie and Mason, of 

 Toronto, however, fought every inch of the way and lapped the 

 Ubique boat at the finish, where a foul occurred and the Toronto 

 crew were swamped, Shaw having quite a narrow escape. He 

 was so exhausted that he sank at once when the canoe went down. 

 His companions grabbed him, and kept him afloat till assistance 

 arrived. This ended the morning's racing. 



The trophy sailing race was called first after dinner, as a light 

 breeze had sprung up which promised to stay. Start was made 

 at 3:35. The twelve who earned t aeir right to race were: Dr. J. 



A. Gage, Ford Jones. R. F. Broyer. W. G. MaeKendrick, Paul 

 Butler, B. W. Wood, R. W. Bailey, F. T. Walsh, W. Whitlock, C. 



B. Vaux, F. F. Andrews and Colin Fraser. Forrest won place U 

 in Monday's race, but was ruled out tor fouling Whitlock. The 

 three invited to compete were Forrest, Douglas (who was 14 on 

 the trial race) and Goddard, who had been upset in the first race 

 by a canoe which fouled him. The wind held light throughout 

 the race. The course was sailed to port There was no tacking, 

 as the canoes could lay a true course on every leg of the triangle. 

 Dimple was the only canoe having to make a tack in the entire 

 race. 



