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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 24, 1889, 



Miller 



Sopher 



Sickley ... 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J„ Oct. 19 — Editor Forest and Stream:. On 

 the ground of tbe Union Gun Club situated here, one of the nicest 

 team races took place this afternoon that it has over been my 

 good fortune to see. For over six months a great deal ot rivalry 

 has existed between several of ttic members as to who had the 

 best team, Capt. Miller with Sickley and Sopher as partners, or 

 Capt. Johnson upheld by Conover and Roll. Many an evening 

 has been spent discussing their respective merits and finally 

 about ten days asro an agreement was drawn UP and signed that 

 the match should be shot to-day rain or shine. Everytnimf- 

 seemed to smile on ub this afternoon, »s the day was delightful 

 with just, enough air sirring to blow the smoke away, m tact: it 

 was an ideal day for tr ap-shooting. The match was to commence 

 at 3 o'clock sharp but owing to the non-appearance of the Miller 

 team it was nearly half past three before it was in full blast, the 

 delinquent having shown up in the meantime. Capt. Johnson 

 pulled out a quarter from his pocket, tossed it in the air, Miller 

 called out "'heads" and tails it proved to be, so Johnson decided 

 to go to the score first followed by Miller and so on down, a man 

 from each team shooting alternately. I is a wonder that either 

 team could do any shooting as every man at the score was most 

 unmercifully guyed with such remarks as this: "Ding-a-ling- 

 1 i ti tr, T knew be would miss it." "Next time pull a little furthcr 

 abeod." "you shot behind that, Roll." "You shot over that, 

 ■Sopher." "Now see Sickley miss three straight." "Don't you do 

 that again Doc." "About time Johnson would slip up." "Stick 

 to them Judge." "That's the stuff," and so on. When all the 

 singles had been, shot it was found that Johnson's team led "by 15 

 birds, but this was noue toomuch a? Sickley and Sopher are rioted 

 for their double shooting, while the rest of us are only passable. 

 Everything went well until the last five pair all around when it 

 was so dark that it was almost impossible to see tbe first bird, let 

 alone the second, but the scores were shot out. Johnson's team 

 winning by a score of 288 to Miller's 335, This from all accounts 

 is far from satisfactory to the losing team, and I hear that there 

 is a challenge being written to have it all oyer again at no very 

 remote date. There, is also some talk of a series of matches be- 

 tween Sickley and Roll, and if all the sand does not run out of 

 one or the other before next Saturday great sport is expected, as 

 both say they will come loaded for bear, nee bluerocks. Follow- 

 ing are the conditions and score of to-day's shoot. Teams com- 

 posed of three men each, each man to shoot at 100 bluerocks (70 

 single and 15 pairs) thrown from 3 screened traps, American As- 

 sociation rules. Benj. Pudney, referee; Al Snow, scorer: 



Johnson's Team, 



Johnson 10111111111111111111111111111111111 



111 1111 10] 1101111111111111011111110—65 



10 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 00-18-83 



Roil nioiiiioj ion niuiiuoi looiomii 



1 1 it i u oi iniioiiiii to 1 1 1 1 noioi 1 1 1 1 -57 



11 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 01 10 00 10 00-19—70 

 Conover 10111111101111111111001111111101011 



liniiiioi mil i loiini .milium 1- 62 



11 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 10 00 00 10—17—79—23 



Miller's Team. 

 11111.11111111.1111111111111111111111 



mn uiiiiiimiiuu imiiiiooiii-68 



10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 10 00 10 11-22-90 

 01101 110! 0111 11101 1 1 1 1001 1 J 11011010 



11110101 11 11101 1 1 10101001 1001101111—50 



11 11 01 11 11 00 11 11 11 10 10 11 01 11 11-24—74 



m ooii ioi i o mum a ion i u j 11 1001 



11 11 10 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 10 10 11 CO 00-20-71-235 



12- Bore. 



WALNUT HILL, Oct. 16.— High scores were the rule in all the 

 matches to-day. In tbe thirteenth competition for the gold coin 

 match the shooting was exceedingly close, and Perry's *• ore of 

 29. which stood at the head, was only one point higher than the 

 figures reached by three other competitors. In the shooting for 

 the Standard Target Company's gold medal, some very fine Scores 

 were shown, and no less than four of those who shot in this match 

 succeeded in gaining full scores and winning each a point in the 

 race for the trophy. Below are the scores made, in th<) two main 

 events of the meeting, as well as a summary of the work done in 

 the minor sweepstakes. 



G old coin match, 15 clay birds and 15 standard targets, Keystone 

 system of sauad tiring: 



Clays. Standards. 



Perry 111111111111111-15 111011111111111— 14-SS 



Gale 11111011111 11 1 1-1:1 101111 HI 1 1 11 1 1—1 1—28 



Wheeler 1110111111111 11—14 101111111111111-14-28 



Curtis 111111111111111-15 101110111111111—13- -38 



Black 111011110111111-13 11101 1 1 11111011—13-26 



Nic hols HI 1 111 1 1 010011-1 2 1111 00 1 1 1 11 10 11 — 13—24 



Suow 100111111111111-13 1111101 11011001-11—24 



Hosnier 111101101101011—11 010011111111111—12—23 



Holder 000003011110101— 6 111111001011111-12—18 



Nelson llOlOOOlOOUlll— 9 101001101111010— 9—18 



Standard Target Co.'s medal, 30 standard targets, handicap- by 

 classes: Black, A, 20: Wheeler, A, 20; Hosnier, B, 20; Gale, C, 20; 

 Nichols, C, 19; Wheeler. A. 18; Nelson, C, 18; Snow, C, 16; Holder, 

 C. 13. Six Chicago tin birds: Wheeler 4, Perry 3. Six Chicago tin 

 birds! Nichols 4. Perry 3. Six standard targets: Wheeler 6, Nich- 

 ols 5. Six standard targets: Black aud Perry 6, Wheeler 5, Gale 

 4. Fifteen clay birds: Gale, Perry and Wheeler 14, Black 13, Nich- 

 ols 12. Fif t een standard targets: Perry 15, Gale and Wheeler 14, 

 Black 13. Twenty standard targets, handicap rules: Black and 

 Hosmer 20, Nichols 19. Nelson and Wheeler 18. Six Chicago tin 

 birds: Hosmer and Wheeler 5, Black 4, Snow 8. Three pairs clay 

 buds: Nichols 0. Black, Curtis and Wheeler 5, Gale and Perry 4. 

 Ten standard targets: Black and Hosmer 10. Gale and Nichols 9. 

 Six standard targets: Nichols 4, Gale 3. Six standard targets: 

 Black 6, Nichols 4. The next shotgun meeting at Walnut Hill is 

 scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 30, when the gold coin match and 

 the competition for the Standard Target Company's medal will 

 he open, in addition to the usual sweepstake shooting. 



MADISON COUNTY TOURNAMENT.— Thursday morning, 

 Oct. 17, opened bright and the members of Eaton Gun Club were 

 astir, especially President Richardson, who was over anxious to 

 have meeting a success. The 10 A. M. train brought the hoys from 

 Oneida and Caoastota, but the club from Cazenovia failed to ap- 

 pear. After a business meeting of the Association the shooters 

 faced the five traps each with a determination to do his hest. 

 Soon it became dark and smoky, with a 4 o'clock wind, which 

 made the birds fly low and irregular. The trophy had been won 

 by Eaton at the previous shoot on 80, and now it was captured hv 

 Eaton's first and second teams on a tie of only 70. The most inter- 

 est centered on contest No. 3. the first prize of which was a superb 

 Parker hammerless. There were 20 contestants, but it soon 

 became evident that the fight lay between Markham, of Oneida, 

 and Cole of the Eaton Club. But Markham won with 18 to Cole's 

 17 out of a possible 20. The members of the Association seemed 

 pleased with the management of the tournament and also for the 

 partial donation of the fine gun by Parker Bros., and donation of 

 Fokkso: and Stheam. The entire programme of six events was 

 successful carried out. The following scores were made in the 

 two leading events: First, $140 trophy, 4 men per team, at 15 

 singles and 6 pair doubles, each club allowed as many teams as 

 desired: 



Oneida, 1st Team. 



S D 



J F Tuttle 7 3-10 



T A Deverux 8 8—16 



J M Maxwell 11 7-18 



J M Markham. 13 10—22—66 



Eaton, 3d Team. 



C A Stone 9 8—17 



DF Parsons 10 3-13 



F E Short 3 7-15 



FSacket 7 6-13-58 



Eaton, 1st Team. 



RJPeet 9 9—18 



A E Richardson... . 8 7—15 



WmHall 13 7—20 



S A Curtis 10 7—17-70 



Eaton, 2d Team. 



S D 



Geo Cole 14 11—35 



G B Palmer 6 10-16 



Geo Fryer 9 7—16 



FLBriggs 7 6—13—70 



Can a slot a, 1st Team. 



EB Roberts 10 8—18 



H H Lansing 9 8—17 



W Salisbury 9 7—16 



W Suits 4 4— 8—59 



Oneida, 2d Team. 



MSMarkham 5 9—14 



H T Carter 7 4—11 



F B Cheeny 3 3—5 



R Clark 10 10-30—50 



Guu contest with numerous specials, 20 single kingbirds, 5 traps. 

 Association rules: J. Markham 18, won $85 Parker gun and in- 

 dividual championship of the county; Geo. Cole 17, watch; R. J. 

 Peet 15, Forest a^'.d stream; H. Lansing 14, E. Roberts 14, 100 

 loaded shells; E. A. Richardson 13, F. L. Briggs 13, J Maxwell 13, 

 flannel shirt; S. A. Curtis 12, F. A. Deverux la, oil stove; W. Salis- 

 bury 10, Geo. Palmer 10, whip; Dr. Bailey 8, Geo. Fryer 8, R. Clark 

 8, W. Hall 8, F. B. Cheeny 8; H. T. Carter 7, C. A. Stone 7, tie for 

 ham, flipped cent and Carter won. 



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. 



HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y., Oct. 19.— The grand kingbird tourna- 

 ment so long talked of took place yesterday at Webster's Glen, 

 under the auspices of the Independent Gun Club, of Hoosick Falls. 

 The day was very fine, with uo wind. There were 10 events at 

 kingbirds, thrown from 5 1 raps, Keystone system. The shooters 

 came from Troy. Albany, Coboes, Saratoga Springs, Lansingburg, 

 Cambridge, N. Y. The new trap pulling machine, invented and 

 managed by "P. K.," worked to perfection. 



First event, 10 kingbirds, entrance §1: 



Woodstock O1110O110O-5 Goggin 001 11.1 1111-7 



Beck 0100111111-7 Thoene 1111111010-8 



McGinniss 0111101101-7 McVicker 1 111101100-7 



Shepherd 1111010110-7 Patten 1110001111—7 



White 01 10101010-6 Levengston 1101111111-9 



Ramsdill 1010010111-6 Johnston 1110111101-8 



Harkness 0100000000-1 "P K" 1100011111-7 



Second event, 10 kingbirds, entrance 81: 



Beck 1110111110- 8 McVicker 0101011101- 6 



White 1011110111- 8 Woodstock 1001111101- 7 



Ramsdill 1111111111-10 Johnston 1011101111- 8 



Shepherd ,. 1011110000— 5 Patten 1111010111— 8 



McGinniss 1101111111— 9 Thome 1111011011— 8 



Levengston 1111111111-10 Mills 1111111101— 9 



Harkness.- 1111001100- G Williams 0001011110— 5 



Goggin 1110101101— 8 



Third event, 15 kingbirds, entrance SI. 50: 



Woodstock 110101011111111-12 Mills lllOlimilUlI— 14 



White ..110011010100000— 6 Williams 111 110011001111—11 



Ramsdill 011 111101011111-12 Patten 1 11 11111101 1 110-13 



Goggin 011100111111100-10 Beck 110111111001100-10 



McGinniss 111111110111010—13 Thorne 111111101111111-14 



Shepherd 11111011 1010011-11 Johnston 111111111111101-14 



Harkness 000000010001000- 2 Levengston. ...11111111111.1100-13 



Fourth event, 15 kingbirds, entrance #1.50: Woodstock 13, Mc- 

 Ginniss .13, Ramsdill. 14, Beck 1.2, McVicker 7, Goggi'n 12, Patti n 8, 

 Mills 12, Williams 12, Levengston 14, Thome 12. 



Fifth event, entrance §2.20 kingbirds: McGinniss 17, Beck 15, 

 Ramsdill 18, Goggin 16, Woodstock 15, Levengston 19, Mills 16, 

 Williams 17, Johnston 17, Thorne 14, "P. K." 14. 



Sixth event, 10 kingbirds, entrance 81: McGinniss 10, Wood- 

 stock 5, Ranudill 9, Beck 8, Shepherd 6, White 1, McVicker 10, 

 Goggin 9, Mills 6, Williams 7, Patten 10, Groesbeck 7, Johnston 8, 

 Levengston 9, Thorne 9. 



Seventh event, 15 kingbirds, entrance $1.50: McGinniss 13, 

 StockwellO, Ramsdill 14, Beck 15, McVicker 14. Levengston 12, 

 Goggin 11. Patten 9, M ills 14, Williams 12, Johnston 14, Thorne 11. 



Eighth event, 15 kingbirds, entrance $1 .50: McGinniss 14, Wood- 

 stock 10, Ramsdill 14, Shepherd 9, Beck 18, Goggin 13. Mills 14, 

 Williams 12, Levengston 15, Johnston 12, Thorne 11, McVicker 13. 



Ninth event, 20 kingbirds, entrance $2: Woodstock 15, Beckford 

 1.8, Ramsdill 20, McGinniss 17, Mills IS, Williams w., Johnston 19, 

 Thome 16. 



Tenth event, 10 kingbirds, entrance $1,50: Woodstock 9, McGin- 

 niss 9, Ramsdill 10, Goggin 8, Patten S, Beck 9, Mills 7, Williams 7, 

 Johnston 10, Thorne 7. 



The following is a list of averages of shooting out of a possible 

 140: Ramsdill 127, Johnston 124, McGinniss 120, Beckford 115, Gog- 

 gin 113, Thome 110, Woodstock 100. 



SUBURBAN SHOOTING GKOUNDS.-New York, Oct. 19 — 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The crowd at Claremont to-day was 

 not as large as expected owing to several causes. E. D. Miller and 

 C. H. Johnson were engaged in a team shoot at Springfield, N. J., 

 Fred Qnimby and Milt Lindsay were not yet in sight from Read- 

 ing, and others were detained by business. The dozen who were 

 there had what all called a good shout, and are to he on hand next 

 Saturday afternoon. With the closing of many clubs for the sea- 

 son, and the winding up of the tournaments, will come the harvest 

 time for these grounds. Last winter as many as forty shooters 

 were engaged in the Saturday afternoon shoots, and some days 

 the traps wcro kept busy all the afternoon, Tbe base ball and 

 rowing clubs must soon cease operations, and their sport-loving 

 members will, many of them, be found here. The public are wel- 

 come. Below will be found some of the scores. Ties div. unless 

 noted: 



Sweep No. 1, 10 bluerocks, 50 cents entrance: 



Tatham llllOlllll— 9 Nixon 1101001111—7 



Simpson 0H1111 111-9 Howard 0001010110-4 



Lyons 1100110111-7 Borland 0010010100—3 



Sigler „ ... 1011110111-8 



Lyons third on shoot off. 



Sweep No. 2, same: 



Tatham 1111111011—9 Sigler 011UU110— 8 



Simpson 01 101 10010-5 Nixon 0101111100 - 0 



Lyons 1111011010-7 Howard 011J101010-6 



Sweep No. 3, same: 



Tatham 1011010110-6 Sigler 0101111111-8 



Simpson 1101110010-6 Nixon 0101110101- 6 



Lyons 1100110011—6 Howard 0100010001—3 



Sweep No. 4, same: 



Tatham 0111101111- 8 Nixon 1111101100- 7 



Simpson 1010111111- 8 Howard 1110000001- 4 



Lyons 1111110010— 7 Hathaway 0010111101- 0 



Sigler 1111111111-10 



Sweep No. 5, same: 



Tatham llimilll— 10 Nixon OOOIOICOH- 4 



Simpson 1011111111- 9 Howard 1100110011- 5 



Lyons 1111110010- 7 Hathawav llOUOHOl— 7 



Sigler 1111111111-10 



Sweep No. 6, same: Tatham 9, Simpson 10, Lyons 7, Sigler 8, 

 Nixon 5, Howard 9, Hathaway 7. 



Sweep No. 7: Tatham 9, Simpson 9, Lyons 5, Sigler 10, Nixon 8, 

 Howard 5, Hathaway 9. 



Sweep No. 8: Tatham 10, Simpson 8, Lyons 8, Sigler 9, Nixon 7, 

 Howard 0, Hathaway 8. 



Sweep No. 9: Tatham 8, Simpson 8, Lyons 5, Sigler 10, Nixon 7, 

 Howard 7, Hathaway 7. 



NORTH BRANCH VS. WHITE HOUSE.-North Branch, N. 

 J., Oct. 19.— To-day witnessed the third! shoot between the White 

 House aud North Branch gun clubs. The weather was warm and 

 delightful, with a hazy atmosphere, none the best for trap-shoot- 

 ing. The White House hoys started in with a grim determina- 

 tion to do or die, and the result shows what such a determination 

 can accomplish. The North Branch men bewailed the absence 

 of t heir champion, Mr. Frank Cramer, but even Frank with his 

 15 straight could not have saved them from defeat, as the scores 

 will show. This victory gives the White. House boys a chance, as 

 the series was to be the best of five, but thev will have to look 

 well to their laurels, for the North Branch men say they are 

 coming to White House next time "loaded for bear." Next shoot 

 Nov. 2. Match at 15 Lockport bats, 18yds. rise, 3 traps, Keystone 

 rules: 



North Branch Guu Club. White House Gun Omb. 



E Lever. . ..111000011110111-10 H Bishop. .100111110111111-12 

 G Cramer..0111000lllH001— 9 J H Davis..! lOHOlllllOl 11—12 

 Col Kline.. 100011100001COO— 5 Anderson. .111001111011101-11 

 T Welsh. . .101010111110111-11 B Pickle. . .110011101XH010-10 

 DuyckincklOlOOlOOUOlOlO- 7 L Woodin. 0011.100110011 11— 9 

 Hamman . . 100000100100000- 3-45 C Abbott . ..011011111111010-11- 6 5 

 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12.— The Wayne and Frankford gun 

 clubs shot a friendly challenge match at Keystone targets, 25 per 

 man, at Frankford, and the home club won by a score of 321 to 

 207 Officer Wm. Johnson, of the Frankford police force, a mem- 

 ber of the Frankford Club, broke 24 straight and missed his 25th 

 target when it was quite dark. John Blair, of the Frankfords, 

 broke 20 straight, all that he shot at. Frank Hessler, of the 

 Wayne Club, broke 24 out of 25. Darkness came on hetore all 

 could shoot their full score, three men on each side getting but 20 

 targets each. 



Wayne. Frankford. 



H Kin g .21 J Crowther 15 



S Merchant 18 K Langhead 17 



JSeidel 17 JDanser ...17 



TJack 14 EBetson 20 



J Sparks 14 E Dawson 15 



A Cli ft'ord 14 T Al 1 en 13 



W Milary 18 W Bourne 15 



F Hessler 24 J Sehwartze 20 



A Sill 14 W Johnson 24 



CBiiney 18 D Mercer 18 



S Davis 12 J Blair 20 



G Hessler 10 E Delaney 15 



T Scargel 13—207 J Entwistle 12—22! 



RED BANK, N. J., Oct. 18.— The Riverside Gun and Rifle Club 

 held their regular monthly live pigeon shoot to-day. Two hun- 

 dred pigeons were on the grounds and most of them were shot in 

 the two events. American Association rules govern the matches, 

 the boundary being 50yds. The first event was the club shoot at 

 seven birds, in which there were 12 entries. A. Ivins and John 

 Cooper won first money, each killing 7. The second money was 

 divided between Edmund Throckmorton, Jas. Cooper, Mel Corn- 

 well, Edward Cooper, Wm. Conover and Asa Whymer, each kill- 

 ing 6. John Bergen and Charles Noble won third money, killing 

 5 each. Dr. Edwin Field won fourth money with 4. The last 

 shoot was a sweepstakes at 8 birds Ivans won first with 6, John 

 Cooper second with 5, Edward Cooper third with fourth. 



HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 14.— The regular monthly shoot at 

 live birds came off Oct. 10. and 12 shooters faced the score for the 

 first time under American Association rules. The birds weTe a 

 lively lot and gave the boys the slip very unexpectedly, as the 

 score will show. The gold medal was won bv Mr. H. B. Shoop for 

 the second time with a clean score; he will have to win it only 

 once more to own it and wear it for good. If the weather he 

 favorable the club expect a very large attendance at out tourna- 

 ment on the 17, 18 and 19th inst., of which I will send you scores. 

 Match at 10 live birds, 5 ground traps, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, 

 American Association rules, gold medal: 



W Dunn 000011111]— H W F Wade 1101111001-7 



H B Shoop 1111111111-10 Geo Foerster 1101001101-6 



J Whiteman 0100011000- 3 J D Kinzer 01J1100 110-6 



M H Brensinger... .1111110011— 8 F Warden 0111111100—7 



HA Bach 1100001111- 6 A Miller 1111011110-8 



J Nutt 1011000011- 5 P Hummel 1100101111—7 



M. H. B. 



SAN JOSE, Cal., Oct 9.-The opening day of the eighth annual 

 meeting of the California State Sportsman's Association was well 

 attended. The Selby trophy, including the division of the en- 

 trance fee and seven additional prizes was the first match. H. H. 

 Briggs, of the Breeder and Sportsman, was the referee, Keat Bas- 

 com scorer and Louis Dezaldo trapper. The entries were: Cali- 

 fornia Wing Club of San Francisco, Bluerock of Oakland. Pacific 

 of Sacramento, Colton Club and Garden City of San Jose. The 

 trophy was won by the Pacific Gun Club of Sacr.amento by a score 

 of 89 out of a possible 100. Colton took the second prize with a 

 score of 84. The California Wing Club and Bluerock Club made 

 81 each and divided their money. The Garden City Club took the 

 fifth prize with 78 individual. Tbe scores were: Pacific Club— J. 

 W. Morrison 20, C. E. Mack 19, William King 19, Louis J. Nicholas 

 17, Adam Damin 14. Colton Club— Dr. O. P. Britton 19, M. Chick 

 19, E. Unger 16. Gus Knight, 16, B. Wilier 14. California Glut)— C. 

 J. Haas 18, C. Robert son 18, Dr. Slade 16, E. Fay 15, C. W. Osborne 

 14. Bluerock Club— F. B. Norton IS, S. I. Kellogg is, H. C. Golcher 

 19, A. F. Adams 14, C. E. Boardmau 13. Garden City Club— Joseph 

 Delmas 20, F. E. Coykendall 15, Geo. C. Anderson 5, S. A. Childs 

 14, James Tams 14. A sweep was made up after the trophy match 

 and 10 birds shot at. Sixteen were entered at $2.15 each, and 

 divided the money into five prizes. W. Chick took first money 

 with a score of 9. 



TRENTON TOURNAMENT.— In our announcement of the 

 Trenton tournament in last week's issue we questioned the 

 accuracy of tbe statement made in their programme that C has. 

 W. Budd and J. Frank Kleintz would shoot a match there on 

 Monday, tbe opening day. In doing this we simply questioned 

 the fact, not the honesty of purpose of the management in mak- 

 ing the announcement, and we are now glad to be able to say that 

 it was made on the strength of a positive statement lo them by 

 Mr, Kleintz, who firmly believed that he would be well enough 

 to shoot the match and that Budd would remain East to meet 

 him. On the strength of this assurance from one of the contest- 

 ants the programme and bill were printed announcing the match . 

 Now that it has fallen through, the management express their 

 regret for thus unintentionally making an incorrect statement, 

 but hope to present enough other attractions during the live days 

 of their tournament to offset this disappointment. 



TORONTO, Oct. 16.— The West Toronto Gun Club's annual tour- 

 nament concluded to-day. The weather was all that could be 

 desired, and there was a good attendance. The following are tbe 

 results: First Class, ties of 1-1 birds— S. Staneland 7, D. Beldon 0, 



D. Blea 3. Ties of 13 birds— E. Brown 1, G. H. Briggs 2, W. A. 

 Clarke 3. W. Bugg 4, G. Carruthers 5. Second Class— (4. Davies 

 13. D. O. Walton 12, W. .McDowell 12. C. Kemp, E. Dye, P. Wake- 

 Held, C. Hint.on and W. Smith took the rifxt five prizes in tbe 

 order named without shooting off. Third Glass— W. Skev 12, G. 

 Oakley 7, A. Royce 5. Fourth Class— W. Blea 8, E. Gabel 6, A. 

 Laseelles 3, T. Griffith 2. W McDowall won the first money in 

 the sweepstakes at 5 birds, with D. Blea second, C. Emond and D, 

 Beldon divided third and fourth. C. Kemp won the merchandise 

 match at 9 artificial birds with a score of 8, E. Brown took second, 



E. Emond third, and W. McDowall and W. A. Clark divided 

 fourth and fifth. 



faceting. 



CLASSIFICATION BY CORRECTED LENGTH, 



DURING the unusually active season that has just closed, a 

 season remarkable both for the number of races aud the 

 strong winds in which many of them were sailed, there has been 

 little time for any discussion or study of the measurement ques- 

 tion; the great points have beeu " Who won," and how the win- 

 ner might be beaten in the next race. Now, however, with the 

 racing over and the fleet laid up, it becomes necessary to take up 

 again the subject so generally discussed in the early 'spring and 

 postponed by common consent until the close of the racing sea- 

 son. The fact long recognized by the more thoughtful yachts- 

 men, that spars and sails were rapidly developing to a most unde- 

 sirable extent, was brought home to the majority las', winter by 

 the construction of several yachts in which drafD aud sail area 

 were carried to an extent never before reached on either side of 

 the Atlantic; the result being very much like a panic. The stories 

 that were told, and with good foundation, of a draft of nearly 

 lift, in the forties Helen, Tomahawk and Liris, and of sail spreads 

 such as had previously been seen on notning less than two classes 

 higher, gave a strong impulse to the movement for further re- 

 st fictions on some of the elements of design which has been qui- 

 etly but persistently pushed for a long time. Among the propos- 

 als which were made was one to place an arbitrary limit on draft, 

 another to tax sail more heavily than at present, retaining the 

 same basis of classification, waterline length; and a third, to 

 change to a system of classification, as well as measurement, on 

 a basis of corrected length. 



As has always been the case, this agitation for a more or less 

 radical change of the rules was not, made at a time when it could 

 be discussed with the care aud deliberation which its importance 

 demands, but it came so near the beginning of the racing season 

 that any action would necessarily have been hasty and incom- 

 plete, while much injustice might have been done to the large 

 fleet of new yachts whose sails were just being bent. It would 

 probably have been an easy matter so to have excited and directed 

 the popular clamor last spring as to have hurried through a radical 

 change in the rules at the spring meeting of some of the clubs, hut 

 fortunately wiser counsels prevailed and the whole question left 

 iu the hands of committees, with the distinct understanding that 

 some decided action, one way or another, should he taken as soon 

 as possible after the season closed. It was confidently expected 

 that the many promised races and the very large- Meet, especially 

 in one class, would afford a basis for some positive conclusion; 

 and although this expectation has not been fully realized, though 

 there are many loose ends to the record, and much that is unsat- 

 isfactory and incomplete, there is at least more to work on than 

 has ever been offered to yachtsmen in the past. The present time 

 is of all the year the most favorable for the consideration and 

 execution of a task of this kind, as, though active work on the 

 water has stopped, the interest in yachting has uot yet been tem- 

 porarily deadened by the demands of business and society, as wiU 

 ho the case by December, and the subject still has a firm hold on 

 the attention of yachtsmen. Though there is as yet nothing defi- 

 nite, the indications are very good for a fleet of new yachts next 

 season, tbe forties are by no means done with yet, and both the 

 53 and 70ft. classes are likely to experience a revival, in order to 

 encourage huihling and to induce men to begin iu season, it is 

 most essential that the measurement question shall be settled 

 within the next few weeks, at least by tbe end of November, 

 either by the adoption of the such changes as may seem desirable, 

 or by a determination to do nothing at all for the coming season, 

 If tne matter is left until after New Year, it must go by default 

 until the following autumn. 



At the present time three important committees are at work on 

 the subject, in the New York and Seawanhaka clubs, a nd the 

 Lake Y. R. A., all of them to report within a couple of weeks. 

 There seems little prospect of any direct increase of the tax on 

 sail, and if any change be made it will be in the adoption of a 

 classification by corrected length, such as was favored by many 

 leading yachtsmen last spring. Without attempting to analyze 

 the rather complicated records of the races, or to draw any con- 

 clusions from them as to the advisability of a change, we propose 

 at present to consider the subject of classification by corrected 

 length in its application to the American fleet, in order that the 

 attention of yachtsmen may be called to the many points in- 

 volved. 



As every yachtsman knows, by the system in use now by the 

 principal American clubs the yachts are grouped in classes by 

 their waterline length, time being allowed between those in a 

 class according to tbe "corrected length;" while by the proposed 

 method, instead of classing by a fixed quantity, as the waterline, 

 the basis of classification as well as measurement will be the 

 "corrected length." 



