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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deo. 5, 1889. 



^tooting. 



HOW TO SHOOT. 



THE value of winter instruction in the matter of rifle practice 

 is coming more and more to be understood by those in charge 

 of troops, and in a recent order the Adjutant-General of the State 

 of New York goes over th s m itter with such detail, that his in- 

 structions are of value to every one having a rifle. He directs: 

 Commanding officers of companies will see that the enlisted men 

 of their respective commands receive the necessary preliminary 

 instruction in rifle practice, and, where possible, that they have 

 gallerv practice, before they are sent to the ranges. 



The following instructions prepared by the General Inspector 

 of Riflp Practice (Gen. Robbins) are prescribed: 



Sighting.— I. A sand bag for each squad will be placed on a rest, 

 which mav be a table, a tripod, or a stack of arms, and so arranged 

 that the bag will be about fy&tt. from the ground. 



The men will be formed in single rank, and in squads not to ex- 

 ceed teu men in each. 



The instructor will then flatten the sand bag with the back of 

 his hand, lay a full cocked rifle on it, aim at some small object at 

 as great a distance from it as the drill room will permit (a wafer 

 on the wall, for instance), and explain to the men the following 

 simple rules: 

 The sight should not incline to the right or left. 

 The line of sight, should be taken along the center of the notch 

 of the rear sight and the top of the front sight, which should 

 cover the middle of the mark aimed at. 



The eye should be fixed on the mark, and not on the front sight. 

 Particular attention should be paid to this rule, as beginners are 

 apt to fix the eye on the front sight and not on the mark, which 

 prevents the latter from being distinctly seen and greatly in- 

 creases tbe difficulty in aiming. 



2. The instructor will also explain the different kinds of sights, 

 viz: 



Pine Sight— When the point of the front sight is just seen 

 through the notch of the rear right, the effect of which is to shoot 

 low. ; 



Full Sight;— When the whole of the wedged shaped portion of 

 the front sight is displayed through the notch on the rear sight, 

 the effect of which is to shoot high. 



Half-Sight— When but half the front sight is seen. 



3. At times during this drill the leaf of the rear sight should be 

 required to be raised. 



Aiming— (One.) Come to the position of ready and raise tbe leaf 

 of the rear sight. 



(Two.) Raise the rifle smartly in front of the right shoulder to 

 the full extentof the left arm. without moving the body, head or 

 eye; the arms to move close to the body; barrel nearly horizontal 

 and pointing a few inches below the mark; the eyes fixed upon 

 the forefinger inside the trigger guard; both elbows inclined 

 downward. 



(Three.) Press the piece smartly with both hands against the 

 hollow of the shoulder, which must neither be allowed 1 o give 

 way nor pressed forward or raised to meet it; the left elbow at 

 tbe same time being brought as far under the rifle as is possihle 

 without assuming an unnatural position; the right elbow slightly 

 raised, being nearly squarely with the right shoulder; the center 

 (or rather the upper than lower) part of the butt to be prpssed 

 firmly against tbe shoulder with the left band without touching 

 the collar bone, the top of the butt being as nearly as possihle 

 even with the top of the shoulder, the forefinger will be phiced 

 around the trigger like a hook, but without pressing it; the head 

 and bod>r will be kept perfectly perpendicular the wnole time, no 

 attempt being made to look through the sights. 



(Pour.) Close the Ipft eye and incline the head to the right 

 over the small of the stock so that the right eye may quickly per- 

 ceive the coincidence of the rear and front sights, and the object 

 aimed at. 



(Five.) Raise the bead, look squarely to the front and bring the 

 piece smartly to the first position. 



Practice in aiming will be continued until the men »iin quickly 

 and correctly from the shoulder, after which they should he 

 taught how to discharge the arm by pressing or squeezing the 

 trigging, and especially to avoid a pull or jerk ih. so doing. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



NEWARK, N. J.— The Association matches during the week 

 ending Nov. 23 resuPed as follows: Monday, Nov. 22. Puritan 

 range— Puritan 1,023, Lakeside 1,016. Annie Oaklev range— Men- 

 roe 1,070. Annie Oaklev 1.004. Essex range— E?sex 1.048. North 

 Ward 1,024. Friday, Nov. 22. Newark Range— Howard 1.071, New- 

 ark 983. Electric range— Oakland 965. Electric 947. Essrx range 

 Essex 1,083, Lakeside 1,056. Excelsior range— Excelsior 992, Snen- 

 pard 982. 



The standing of the clubs in the Association tournament to 

 date is as follows: 



Won. Lost. Tied. Average. 



Howard 5 0 0 1.060 4 5 



Excelsior 4 1 0 1.032 4 6 



Monroe 4 1 0 1,007 



Essex 3 1 0 1.044M 



Oakland 3 1 l 1,005' B 



NerthWard 3 2 0 1,014< 



Puritan 3 2 1 1,008' * 



Lakeside 2 3 o 1,016 4 B 



Newark 1 4 0 96Q3 



Sheppard 1 4 0 S14 2 6 



Electric 0 5 0 931'. 



Annie Oaklev 0 5 0 941 -i 6 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 23.-Seven members of the St. Louis Pistol 

 Club took part in its last shoot. The scores are again very low. 

 Alexander made 83 and took the medal. The score, 20yds., stand- 

 ard American target: 



G Alexander 10 8 5 9 7 10 9 6 9 10-83 



W Bauer 9 5 10 6 10 5 10 10 8 9-82 



M Summer field... , 9 6 8 10 B 9 7 10 7 8—80 



M Billmeyer 8 5 6 9 7 8 10 8 7 8-76 



WMackwitz 0 9 6 7 8 8 5 9 7 9—74 



WHettel 8677 10 58 9 7 9—74 



AEBengel , 669758567 5—64 



Nov. SO— The disagreeable weather last Wednesday night was 

 no doubt the cause of a very light attendance at the St. Louis 

 Pistol Club's regular weekly shoot. Only five members put in an 

 appearance. What was lacking in number was fortunately made 

 up by a really pretty 92 by Mr. Alexander. The balance of the 

 scores are only ordinary. Standard American 20yds. target is 

 used by tne club. The scores: 



G Alexander 9 10 8 10 10 10 8 9 9 9-92 



W Bauer 8 9 7 7 9 10 9 8 10 7-84 



WMackwitz 9 7 9 10 5 8 9 10 5 7—79 



M Billmeyer 7 6 8 8 9 8 9 10 6 7—78 



O Wallace 9 9 10 7 7 5 9 7 6 9-78 



Unser Fritz. 



MILITIA PRACTICE.— Rifle practice by the militia hereabouts 

 has been yvell pushed dnring the past season and the second 

 classes with the following showing which gives the nnmbers 

 qualifying, by organizations, in the Qualification and Marks- 

 man s Badge matches and as sharpshooters during the 1889 shoot- 

 ing season: 



-,„A$™ At BotQ Remain- Sharp- 

 100-200 200-500 Classes ingin2d shoot- 

 . Ya , r 2 s - Yards. Individ's. Class. ers. 



7th Regiment 248 622 638 16 61 



23d Regiment 127 294 329 35 sa 



9 ill Regiment 26 76 87 11 



22d Regiment 27 57 64 7 q 



71st Regiment 19 50 55 5 4 



13th Regiment 10 31 37 0 8 



12th Regiment 9 31 33 1 11 



47th Regiment 4 36 29 3 



14th Regiment 2 11 12 1 4 



69th Regiment 3 11 u I 



8th Regiment 2 4 5 



32d Regiment 2 2 



State Staff 2 2 i 



1st Brig Staff 2 3 3 i 



2d Brig Staff Ill 1 



3d Brig Staff 1 1 y { 



S'lpernuni'y Officers. 1 5 g '" 3 



11th Separate Com. .1 1 1 



14tn Separate Com 1 



37 th Separate Com. .. 3 jj 5 i 



2d Catling Battery 1 1 



2d Brig Signal Corps 1 1 



Total 485 1,236 1,322 ~W "l50 



The foregoing can be better understood by reference to the 

 table which follows, giving the number of entries and compet- 

 itors at the regular match of the Nrtional Rifle Association: 



Qualifica- Marksmans ,Sharpshoot- 



tiou Match. Badge. ers' Match. 



Competi- 

 tors. 



June 8 40 



.Tune 15 36 



July 4 45 



July 13 17 



July 27. 5 



Aug. 3 10 



Aug. 10 14 



Aug. 17 29 



Aug. 24. , , 20 



Sept. 2 91 



Oct. 5 39 



Oct. 12 25 



Oct. 26 50 



Nov. 5 150 



En- 

 tries. 



49 



44 



59 



20 

 5 



11 



21 



37 



24 

 118 



07 



55 



Competi- 

 tors. 

 118 

 112 

 U5 



32 



14 



40 



54 

 110 



78 

 198 

 110 

 110 



91 

 410 



En- 

 tries. 



467 



104 



491 

 93 

 40 



193 



170 



300 



221 



093 



300 



265 



441 

 1051 



Competi 

 tors. 

 59 



22 

 54 

 48 

 64 

 00 



• En- 

 tries. 

 103 

 91 

 112 

 69 

 42 



Total 571 



825 



75 

 73 

 47 

 110 



849 



136 

 138 

 142 

 88 

 156 



1434 



1592 5195 



In calculating the actual extent of the practice indicated in the 

 foregoing it should be remembered that each entry in the sharp- 

 shooters' competition represents three "strings," the qualification 

 and marksman's badge matches being single-entry contests. 

 From this statement may be figured the amount of money ex- 

 pended by each individual in securing the marksman's badge, 

 pro rata, which in the case of the Seventh Regiment amounts to 

 a considerable sunt, and showing the extent to which enthusiasm 

 and personal pride will carry the individual. 



BOSTON, Nov. 30.-The Massachusetts Rifle Association held 

 held its regular yveekly shoot to-day. The scores of Lee and Ells- 

 worth were very fine. Munroe won the gold medal in the 20-shot 

 rest match and Lee won the champion medal. Following are the. 

 scores made to-day: 



20-Shot Rest Match. 



J R Munroe 98 106 214 N E Norman 90 101 191 



T Warren 93 105 198 



Champion Medal Match. 



H L Lee 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 6 8—91 



Victory Medal Match. 



GF Ellsworth 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 9—89 



S O Gardner 83 AS Hunt 80 



Military Medal Match. 



JNFrye 44 D T Wigglesworth.41 A S Hunt 38 



G F Hall 41 H Garfield 39 S Field 37 



All Comers' Rest Match. 



S Wilder ..108 F WC hester 100 T B Williams 98 



HH Ballard 101 TWynan 99 N E Norman 94 



FSHam 100 F C Toyvne 98 MB Mar tin 91 



All Comers' Off -Hand Match. 



H L Lee 83 S C Sydney 77 F W Chester 74 



J B Fellows 78 AS Hunt 75 D Bayley 66 



M B Martin ..60 



Military Practice Match. 



W Murphy 43 S Field 38 H Garfield 35 



OT Moore 42 A S Hunt 37 C Corney 33 



D T Wigglesyvorth.41 



BALTIMORE. Nov. 28.— Company K, Fifth Regiment, Captain 

 Robert Riddell Brown, went to Darley Park for target shooting. 

 The prize winners were Private N. B. Hutchinson, first prize, a 

 gold medal, won by a score of 27 out of a possible 35; second prize, 

 a gold modal, Private James W. McCuen; third prize, a silver 

 medal, Corporal C. C. Anderson, Jr. Company F, of the Fifth 

 Regiment. Capt. J. Frank Supplee, had target practice at Govans- 

 town. The shooting was at 103yds. range, tor a gold medal, offered 

 as a first prize by Oapt. Supplee, and a silver medal, offered by 

 First Lieutenant Moulton, for the second prize. The scores, out 

 of a possible 25 points, were: 



Corp PH Daley... 22 Sergt Adams 9 Pvt Mixter 13 



Pvt G W Byrd 20 Corp Putsche 3 Pvt Orndorff 18 



Capt Supplee 16 Pvt Burrough. . . .20 Pvt Taylor 20 



Isl Lieut Moulton. 14 Pvt Billmire 16 Pvt Thompson. . . .19 



2d Lieut Irydng. . . .17 Pvt Durrell 14 Pvt Gumbrecbt. . ..11 



Sergt Kiefer. . . .19 PvtGehrman 11 Pvt Zimmerman. .15 



A turkey feast followed at Hitter's Hotel, and the medals were 

 presented to the winners. Corporal Daley and Private Byrd. 



WILMINGTON, Nov. 25.— Owing to tbe incessant rains and 

 high tides HenLimoor Rifle Range, Wilmington, Del.. becama 

 badly flooded and was too wet for rifle practice on Nov. 25, so that 

 the marksmen were obliged to devote t he time to pistol practice. 

 Some very fine shooting was done and in the excitement of com- 

 petition the riflemen forgot the privation of losing their week's 

 feast of rifle practice. The shooting resulted in the following 

 score, Standard American targets, off-hand: 



E J Darlington (Gould model)* 10 9 10 8 8 9 10 9 10 10—93 



9 10 8 10 9 8 10 9 9 10-92 



E Jackson (Gould model) 8 10 10 9 8 10 8 9 7 9—88 



H Simpson (Gould model) 9 6 7 10 10 9 10 10 6 10—87 



W H Johnson (Gould model) 10 9 7 



O E Garmany (Gould model) 6 10 10 



J W Geyer (Gould model) 10 6 8 



E Darlington (Lord molel) 9 8 6 



W Floyd (Gould model) 6 8 5 



W S Darlington (Lord model) 8 7 0 



Mr McGinty 3 5 0 



*Clean scores. 



8 8 



9 8 

 9 8 



8— 81 



9- 1-0 



5— 72 



6- 74 

 P— 61 

 8-01 

 0-40 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out on tne printed bianht 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Currespondeiils who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



THE NEBRASKA TOURNAMENT. 



rpHE Lincoln Gun Club held a three days' tmurnament on the 

 JL Fair Grounds, at Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 28, 29 and 30. Despite 

 the weather, which was very cold, with high winds, the attend- 

 ance was good and a very enjoyable time repaid all the visitors. 

 A fine hot dinner was served each day on the grounds and did 

 much to aid in keeping- out the cold. Some remarkly good scores 

 yvere made, the winners receiving merchandise prizes In addition 

 to a division of the purses. The scores in full follow, all ties dix. 

 unless otherwise stated: 



Nov. 2S.— First event, 15 single bluerocks, open to members of 

 Lincoln Gun Club only, five trapB, four prizes in addition to club 

 badge: 



Burr 000000101001010 - 4 Turner 001101100011010- 7 



Noble 000001011001110-6 Bush 000000101100111— 6 



Hutchins 00010 1000010000-3 Mockctt 000011001000011- 5 



Kelley 010000101100010-5 Stout 111111110110111-13 



Riser 001101000000000-3 Spears 010111001011111—10 



Stevens 110011000111101-9 St John 100101001011100- 7 



Rudge 000011000000000-2 Clark 000001 100010000- 3 



Second event, prize match, 7 single live birds, 21yds., 5 traps, 

 use of one barrel, 6 prizes: 



Parmalee 1110101—5 Hutchins 0110101—4 



Cox 1100110-4 Kelley 1001010-3 



Phillips 1111111-7 Stout 0111U1-6 



Hathaway 0101000-2 Mockett 0111111-6 



Harrison . - 1111111—7 Palmer 1111110—6 



Houtz 1010111—5 Reynard 1111111—7 



Applegate 0110111—5 Spears 1100101-4 



Walker 0100110—3 Lo we 1111111—7 



Hallett , 1 100111-5 Rudge 0001000-1 



Smith 0111111-6 Turner 0110101—5 



Carruthers 1111 111—7 Noble Oil 1000 -3 



Bush 0001111-4 St. John 0110011-4 



Clarke 0110011-4 Stevens 1111110-6 



Burr 1110100—4 



Harrison won first on shoot off for tie. Smith second, Applegate 

 third. Spears fourth, Kelley fifth, Rudge lowest. 



Third event, prize match, 10 single bluerocks, 5 traps, 18yds., 

 seven prizes: 



Smith 0100110101— 5 Turner 0010000011— 3 



Parmalee 1111111111—10 Noble .0010101110— 5 



Raynerd 1111111111—10 Bush 1100110000— 4 



Cox 110110 till- 8 S P Stevens llimilll— 10 



Clarke 1111011101- 8 



Walker 1101011011— 7 



Phillips 1111111101— 9 



Applegate 1110101101- 7 



Palmer 1001111111— 



Hallett 1000110010 - 4 



Lowe JllllOlllO — 8 



Riser 101010 1 011— 6 



J A Stevens UllllOlll— 9 



Mockett 0001001000— 2 



Harrison 0101000110— 4 Rudge .lOOlOOiooil— 5 



Burr 0110110101- 6 Spear 0001000100- 2 



Caruthers 0101011011— 6 Hutchins 0101110100- 5 



Kelly Ill 1101000- 6 Houtz .000 



Stout 1001101011- 6 Hathaway 1011101000— 5 



First div., second Phillips, third Palmer, fifth Burr, sixth Rudge; 

 lowest score by Spear. 



Fourth event, 3 pair live birds and 3 singles, 7 prizes: 



Parmalee... 11 10 01— 4 011—2—6 Burr 110100-3 110-2—5 



Raynerd.... 11 11 11-6 111—3—9 S P Steve11s.ll 11 01— 5 111—3-8 



Palmer 10 11 10-4 111-3-7 Noble 00 10 10-2 011-2—4 



Phillips ... .11 10 11-5 111-3-8 Cox 10 1101-4 111-3-7 



Stout 10 10 10— 3 110-2—;. Hutchins... .01 01 01-3 111—3-6 



Clark 10 10 00-2 110-2-4 Houtz 01 11 11-5 101-2—7 



Smith 00 11 11—4 111-3-7 Carruthers. .10 01 11—4 011—2-6 



J A Stevens. 10 10 10—3 000-0-3 Walter 00 10 11-3 011-2—5 



Harrison... .10 11 11-5 111-3-8 Mockett 110111-5 101—2-7 



Lowe 10 1111-5 111-3-8 Turner 011111—5 110-2—7 



Hallett 10 U 10-4 111—3-7 Riser 10 11 00-3 010-1-4 



Hathaway. .11 00 11—4 111-3—7 Applegate. .10 1110-4 111—3-7 



Spears 11 10 11-5 101-2-7 St John 10 00 10-2 100-1-3 



Bush 10 10 01-3 100-1-4 Kelly..- 00 10 00-1 110—2—3 



Rudge 10 11 11-5 101-2-7 



Raynerd first, Harrison second, Palmer third, Hutchins fourth, 

 Walker fifth, Bush sixth, Kelly lowest. 



Fifth event, prize match, 5 singles and 5 pairs bluerocks, 7 

 prizes: 



Parmalee.mil 11 11 10 10 10-12 Cox 01101 11 10 10 10 10— 9 



Palmer .. .11111 10 U 00 11 11-12 Hutchins .01100 00 10 00 0011—5 



Stout 11111 10 11 10 11 11-13 Walter. . . .11010 11 11 11 11 10-12 



Phillips... 11110 1110101110-11 Bush.. ..11100 111010 1001-9 



Raynerd . .11111 10 11 10 11 11-13 Noble 01101 10 11 10 10 10- 9 



J Stevens. 11101 1011 11 10 00—10 Mockett . .10100 01 1011 10 01—9 



Clarke 1U10 10 11 11 11 10-12 Riser . .10101 01 11 11 01 00- 9 



St .1 ohn . . .10101 10 10 10 00 00— 6 Car ruth'rslOlll 11 11 11 11 00—12 



S Stevens. 11111 H 11 11 11 00-13 Lowe 11111 0111111111—14 



Burr 01010 101010 1110-8 Smith 10011 11 01 00 1011-9 



Kelly 11111 10 0110 00 10- 9 Rudge 01100 10 10 0'UO 10- 6 



Harrison. .11101 11 11 11 11 00-12 HathawayllOll 01 10 00 10 11- 9 



Lowe first, Raynerd second. Palmer third, Phillips fourth, J. A. 

 Stevens fifth, Bush sixth, Hutchins lowest. 



Sweepstakes, 10 single bluerocks, 5 traps, SI, 5 prizes: 



Clarke 1011101011- 7 Cox 1111111111—10 



Reynard limillll-10 Noble 0101000011— 4 



Parmalee 111H11111-10 Stout 1101001011— 6 



Carruthers 0001110010- 4 Mockett 0000111101- 5 



Stevens 1111111111-10 Phillips 1111111011- 9 



Applegate 0001010110- 4 Lowe 1011101110- 7 



Harrison 1001111101- 7 Smith U00101000 - 4 



Palmer 0110111000 - 5 



Reynard, Parmalee aud Stevens div, first, Phillips second, 

 Clarke, Harrison and Lowe div. third. Stout fourth, Mockett 

 fifth. 



Nov. 29.— First event, prize match, 10 single live birds, 30yds., 5 

 traps, use of both barrels, 7 prizes: 



Parmalee. 1111111111-10 Noble 0100111000-4 



Reynard 1111011111- 9 Hutchins 0100111111—7 



Phillips 1110101UO- 7 Bush 1100111000-5 



Palmer 1101111111— 9 Turner 1010011011—6 



Hallett 0000100111— 4 Houtz 10010011H-6 



Cox U111U0U- 9 McNett U101imO-8 



Harrison 1011001101— 6 Kelly 0011110110-6 



Stevens OOlllllllO- 7 Rudge 1111101111-9 



C H Clarke 1100111011- 7 Hathaway 0001100110-4 



T A Stevens lOUPdOll— 7 Spears 0H1111110-8 



Burr 1110110110— 7 Lowe 1111011111-9 



Caruthers 1001011111- 7 Hurgins 1010011111-7 



Riser 0101110011— 6 



■ Parmalee first, Palmer second, Mockett third, J. A. Stevens 

 fourth, Harrison fifth. Bush sixth, Hathaway seventh. 



Second match, 7 live birds, 30yds. rise, 5 traps, entrance §5, 5 

 prizes: 



Parmalee 1111111-7 Reynard 1111111—7 



Mockett 0101000-2 H Clarke 1001101-4 



Spears 1U1011-6 Carruthers 1111101-6 



J B Smith 1111010-5 Hallett 1110111—6 



C H Clarke 0000010— 1 Phillips 1111111—7 



Harrison 1111011-6 J A Stevens . . 1110101-5 



SP Stevens 0101011—4 Cox 1111110—6 



Palmer 0101111-6 Burr 1100110-4 



Parmalee, Reynard and Phillips div. first, Harrison and Cox 

 second, J, B. Smith third, Burr fourth, Mockett fifth. 



Third match, 15 single bluerocks, 5 traps, entrance $2.50, 5 prizes: 



Reynard UOlHimiOlll -13 Cox 010111011110101-10 



Palmer 101001111100111-10 Clarke 011110111111101-12 



ParmHee 111111111111111—15 Stevens OllllllOlllOOll— 11 



L'>we 100 1 11 11 1 1 1 1001—11 Sid Stevens. .. .111111100101111-11 



Benton 011100101101101-9 Smith HOiOllIll U101— 12 



Kelly 001111 1 01011110-10 Carruthers. . .111111111111110-14 



Harrison loll0l00lililll-l2 



Parmalee first, Carruthers second, Reynard third, J, B. Smith 

 fourth, S. P. Stevens fifth. 



Fifth match, 5 pairs and 5 single bluerocks, entrance. $3, five 

 pTizes: 



Kellv ... .01 00 10 01 00 00000- 3 Parmaleell 11 11 11 11 11111-15 

 Revnard.ll 10 11 11 11 01lll-13 Clark ....10 10 01 01 01 11111-10 

 Pairner...l0 11 11 11 11 01011-12 Carothersll 11 11 11 10 11101-13 

 Harrison 11 11 11 01 10 11111-13 



Parmalee first, Reynard second, Palmer third, C. H. Clarke 

 fourth, Kelly fifth. 



Nov. 30— First match, 10 single bluerocks. entrance fee $1, two 

 moneys: 



Carothers imillUl— 10 H F Clarke 0001100010- 3 



Smith 1101111111— 9 Burgess 1111111111-10 



C H Clarke 1101001001- 5 Parmalee 1111111111-10 



Ties on 10: 



Carothers lUUOw —5 Parmalee 1111111111—10 



Burgess lmilllll— 10 



Burgess and Parmalee div. first, Smith second. 



Second match, 9 live birds, 30yds., entrance $7: 



Carothers 111110111—8 Burgess 111111110—8 



Parmelee 111111111-9 C H Clarke 010101001-4 



J B Smith 111111111-9 Kelly 100111111-7 



Tie for second; 



Carothers 11111 Burgess 11110 



Parmelee and Smith div. first money, Carothers second, Kelly 

 third and C. H. Clarke fourth. 

 Third match, special for merchandise prize, 15 single bluerocks: 



Parmelee 111111111111111-15 Smith 11111111010 



Burgess 111111011001111—12 Stevens lllllllllllim— 15 



Carothers 0001 1 1 11 1110 1 1 1-1 1 Clarke 1110 



Burr 111111101010001-10 Kelly 110 



Parmelee won. 



Fourth match, 25 live birds, entrance $6, (» prizes; Parmelee, 

 Carruthers, Burgess and Smith stood at 30yds., all other shooters 

 allowed 4yds.: 



Kelly 16 C H Clarke 18 H F Clarke 16 



Parmelee 20 S P Stevens 21 Burgess 17 



Carruthers 18 Burr 19 Smith 19 



Stevens first, Parmelee second, Burr third, Carruthers shot off 

 the tie and won fourth. Burgess fifth. 



Fifth match, 15 single bluerocks, entrance 551, two moneys: 

 Parmelee. . . . .111111111111111-15 H F Clarke. . . .010000111111110 - 9 



Stevens 111111101101101—12 Carothers 1010H101110111— 11 



Burr 011111101111111—13 



Pameleee first aud Burr second. 



Sixth match, 25 live birds, entrance 86, one money: 



H F Clarke 21 C H Clarke 18 



Carothers , 21 Burr 20 



Score on tie: H. F. Clarke 14, Carothers 13. 



The club is very much pleased with the success of their tourna- 

 ment. They extend their thanks to the sportsmen from other 

 towns who participated in the tournament and remained not- 

 yvithstanding the unpleasant weather. C. H. C., Sec'y. 



THE SHOOTING TOUR. 



T latest advices the United States Cartridge Co. had com- 

 . pleted their Eastern team for the grand trap-shooting ex- 

 hibition series by the addition of W. S. Perry, of Worcester, 

 Mass., and now the Western team is upset by a doubt of Al Ban- 

 die's ability to go. This is to be a most desirable trip, and every 

 one who has been invited to go would be glad to accept, but un- 

 fortunately business interests conspire to prey^ent some of the 

 best shots from leaving home for the three months as proposed. 

 It is to be hoped that Bandle will be able to go, as he will prove 

 a valuable addition to the party, both socially and professionally. 



Later— A despatch just received states that J. A. Ruble, of 

 Beloit, Wis., will complete the Western team in place of Al. "Ban- 

 die, yvho is unable to go. 



NEWARK, N. J.— On Thursday, Dec 12, the members of the 

 Amersfort Gun Club of Long Island shoot a team race against 

 the members of the South Side Gun Club of Newark. N. J. The 

 lasi -named club won the American Field diamond badge, in a 

 contest in which eleven clubs were engaged all parts of the United 

 States. The terms of the present match are: Teams of 15 men each 

 club, 52 blue rock tartifical targets) each man, American Associa- 

 tion rules to govern, and the match to be shot on the grounds of 

 the South Side Club. 



