Jan. 2, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



477 



Grit—Partmcaod Titter. John H. Matthtws's (New York city) 

 bull bitch Grit, (Morgan's Crib— Kittic) to his Portswood Tiger 

 (Paul Clifford— Hussevj, Dec. 24 and 26. 



Merry Duehtss— Bradford Hurry. P. H. Ooorabs's (Bangor, Me.) 

 Yorkshire terrier bitch Morrv Duchess (Young Royal— Juno) to 

 his Bradford Harrv (Cmwshaw's Bruce— Seal's L»dy>, Nov. 26. 



Bijou— Penny. W. H. Murphv's fOelenshure. N. Y.) fox-terrier 

 bitch Bijou (Sport ,-Sbj) to Gilbert A vereU's Penny, Aug. 10. 



King's Girl— Tamarack. Spencer & Butler's (Sandusky, O.) 

 pointer bitch King's Girl (King's Boy— Dndie L.) to Frank Bill- 

 ing's Tamarack (Tarn o' Shanfer— Oroxteth's Rival Queen), Dee. 

 17. 



WHELPS. 



¥W Notes mU8t h<6 ,«rit oil Die Prepared Blanks. 



Toody. Dr. Geo. W. Dixon's (Worcester, Mass ) Yorkshire ter- 

 rier hitch Toody, Dec. 36, two (one doe), by P. H. Coombs's Brad- 

 ford Harry (Orawshaw's Bruce— Seal's Lady). 



Bijou. W. H. Murphy's (Ogdensburg. N. V\) fox-terrier bitch 

 Bi.iou (Sport— Shy), Oct. 10, threo bitches, by GilVrf Averell's 

 Penny. 



SALES. 



^SF" Notes must bo sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Ben. White, black and white head fox-terrier dog, whelped 

 May 8, 1888. by Bacchanal out of Surry Clove, by Berkshire. Ken- 

 nels. Uiusdale, Mass.. to Geo. M. llolurook, Spriugfield, Mass. 



tiff bitches, whelped 

 lit Of Nina, by Berkshire 

 Harhuler, Harrisburg, Pa., 

 Y. 



'n I fi«. Fawn mastiff pups, 

 . 25, 1888, hy Berkshire Oau- 



Bcrkshire Cant ion— Nina whelms 

 Aug. 20, 1888, by Berkshire Cant 

 Kennels, Hinsdale. .Mass., one to L. 

 and one to John Q. Burps. Buffa lo. 1 

 Berkshire Caution— Berkshire 'Aviv. 

 one dog and two bitches, whelred Ja ... 



Hon out of Berkshire Zulu, tiv Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, Mass., 

 one dog to Daniel Upton, Adams, Mass., and two bitches to John 

 Burns, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Guy. Fawn mastiff do?, whelped Jan. 25, 1888, by Berkshire 

 Caution out of Berkshire Zulu, by Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, 

 Mass.. to Albert K. Guv, WolfsbDro, N. H. 



Pilot. Fawn mastiff dog, whelped Jan. 21, 1889, by Berkshira 

 Caution out of Berkshire Zulu, by Berkshire Kennels, Hin9dale, 

 Mass.. to 0. E. Maxwnll, same place. 



Don. Fawn mastiff dog. whelped Nov. 17, 1887, by Berkshire 

 Caution out of Floss, by Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, Mass., to 

 E. C. Watkins, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Samter, Fawn mastiff dog, whelped Sept. 9, 1889, by Berkshire 

 Caution out of Berkshire Zulu, by Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, 

 Mass., to L. W. Biseaisa. Charleston. N. C. 



Berkshire Caution— Lady Belle whelps. Fawn mastiff pups, four 

 dogs and one bitch, whelped March 26, 1889, by Berkshire Caution 

 out of Lady Belle, by Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, Mass., one. dog 

 to John II.'Boies. Hudson. Mich.; one dog to R. T. C. Crouch, Elk- 

 ton, Md.; one dog to L. D. Stebbius, Milwaukee, Wis., and one dog 

 and bitch to John G. Burns. Buffalo. N. Y. 



Berkshire Caution — Lady Belle whelp. Fawn mastiff dog, whelped 

 Oct. 5, 1888. by Berkshire Caution oul of Lady Belle, by Berkshire 

 Kennels. Hinsdale, Mass., to Hasson & Son, Indianapolis, Iud. 



Berkshire Caut ion— Be rksli i re Zetta whelps. Fawn mastiff pups, 

 four dogs, whelped Sept. 6. 1889. by Berkshire Caution out of Berk- 

 shire Zetta., by Berkshire K< nnels, Hinsdale, Mass., one to F. B. 

 Zimmer, Gloversville. N. Y.; one to Rev. Chas. H. Baldwin, Am- 

 sterdam. N. 1\, one to Chas. II. Ensign, North Adams, Mass., and 

 one. to Win. Appleyard. Sebee, Me. 



Philip. Orange and white St. Bernard dog, whelped March 4, 

 1889, by Merchant Prince out of Snowdrift, by Berkshire Kennels, 

 Ilindsdale, Mass., to R. F. Winslow, Readville, Mass. 



Berkshire Prince— Jewell whelp. Orange, white markings. St. 

 Bernard dog, whelped November, 1888, by Berkshire Prince out of 

 Jewell, bv Berkshire Kennels, Hinsdale, Mass., to R. T. C. Crouch, 

 Elkton, Md. 



Jarl. Oranee and white St. Bernard dog, date of birth not 

 given, by Tell out of V*ida, by Berkshire Kennels, Hindsdale, 

 Mass., to G. W. Flint, Seio, N. V. 



Bismarh. Orange tawny and white St,. Bernard dog, whelped 

 July 1, 1889, by Berkshire Prince out of Berkshire. Juno, by Berk- 

 shire Kennels, Hinsdale, Mass., to E. D. Ballou, Becket. Mass. 



BvtftgSoS. Bull bitch, date of birth and pedigree not given, by 

 John H. Matthews, New York, to Lloyd Phcenix, same place. 



Tippo. Black cocker spaniel dog, whelped Sept. 12, 1889, by Red 

 Rover out of Spunkey, by Theo. J. Hook, Rome, N. Y., to John G. 

 Burns, Buffalo, N. Y r . 



Ceesar. Bulldog, date of birth and pedigree not given, by John 

 H. Matthews, New York, to Warn am Whitney, Rochester, N. Y. 



Clyde. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped April 30, 1889, 

 by Frank Forrest out of Susie, by A. Parry, Linden, Mass., to 

 Bradford S. Turpin, West Yarmouth, Mass. 



PRESENTATION. 

 Penny— Bijou whelm. White, with tan and black heads, fox- 

 terrier pups, three bitches, whelped Oct. 10, 1889, by Penny out of 

 Bijou, presented by W. H. Murphy, Ogdensburg N. Y., one each 

 to \Vm. M Keenan, Troy, N. Y., and Henry Sullivan and Hugh 

 Curry, of Ogdensburg, N. Y. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dee. 21. -The eighth tourney of the St. Louis 

 Pistol Club came to an end with the shoot held last Wednesday 

 night at the Laclede Gallery, corner Broadway aud Chestnut 

 street. Alexander, who was in the lead with a very small margin 

 at the close of the previous week's shoot, was beaten out by Mohr- 

 stadt after an exciting shoot. The latter's record of 95 is within 

 one point of the record as made by F. E. Bennett, of Boston. 

 Mass. Alexander shot strong, hut fell short of a sufficient num- 

 ber of points to hold the prestige he had gained at the shoot pre- 

 vious. The medal is a very handsome bauble of gold, valued at 

 $15, and Mohrstadt can well feel proud of the trophy,now that it has 

 become his personal property. In the handicap department there 

 were five prizes, and the winners are: Mr. C. Mackwitz first, E. C. 

 Mohrstadt second, G. Alexander third, W. Hettel fourth, and 

 W. Bauer fifth. A 20yds. Standard American target is used by 

 the club for all practice. The scores: 



E C Mohrstadt in 10 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10-95 



G Alexander 9 9 10 6 9 10 9 9 8 8-87 



Fred A Fodde 8 7 7 9 8 9 10 10 8 8-84 



W H-ltel 7 10 8 7 5 7 8 8 10 9-79 



W Bauer 10 10 6 6 8 5 7 9, 9 9-79 



O Wallace 0 9 7 7 8 10 9 10 9 9-78 



M Billmever 6 10 8 7 5 5 6 0 8 7—78 



AE Bengel 10 67 10 74606 0—64 



A meeting will be called in a few days to make arrngements for 

 the holding of another tourney to begin after the holidays.— 

 Unseb Frttz. 



MARTINI VS. MAGAZINE.— In a. recent number of the Forest 

 anu Strtcam mention was made of a trial of anew Magazine rifle 

 against the old Martini- Henry. Two teams were made up of 8 

 expert men each. Every man fired with the two arms, 7 shots 

 each at 200, SfJQ &»(! 600yds. Wimbledon targets, positions and 

 scoring. Two tests were mode The following are the aggregate 

 .scores of each side- First match (Nov. 11).- Ma j. Harley's team: 

 Martini-Henry rifle, 065 point?; Magazine rifle, 671 points; total, 

 LB36 points. Lieu'. Dull on- Hunt's team: Martini-Henry rifle, 

 690 points; Magazine rifle, 641 points: total, 1,336 points. Result 

 of match, a tie, with 1,336 points for each side and 38 poiuts in 

 favor of Martini-Henry ritle. 



Marfini-Henrv. Magazine. 



Major Harley's side 665 671 



Lieut. Dutton-Hunt's side 690—1,355 646—1,317 



The second match was shot Nov. 14, and resulted as follows: 

 Major Harl •,« 's team, with Martini-Henry rifle, 693 points; Maga- 

 zine rifle. 68 »; total, 1,381 points. Lieut. Dutton-Hunt's team. 

 Mart sin- Heory rifle. 724 points; Magazine rifle, 649 points; total, 

 1,373 poiuts Result of match. Major Harley's side won by 8 

 points, and 78 points in favor of the Martini -Henry rifle. 



Martini -Henry. Magazine. 



Major Harley's side 692 689 



Lieut. Dutton-Hunt's side 729-1,416 649-1,338 



BOSTON, Dec. 28— To-day was the last rifle shoot of the Massa- 

 chusetts Rifle Association for 1889, aud all the matches are closed, 

 it has been a year of much interest to riflemen, and the many 

 matches have drawn out a large attendance at most of the shoots. 

 J. B. Munroe is the final holder Of the gold medal in the 20-shot 

 rest match, having won it 31 times, J. Francis being the next, 

 highest, 27 times. H. L. Lee is the final holder of the gold cham- 

 pion medal, off-hand, having Avon it 28 times, H. Severance being 

 the next highest, 23 times The association opens the new year 

 on Jan. 1, with the most extensive list of matches that it has ever 

 offered. Among the prizes are 42 gold, silver and bronze medals. 

 Following are the scores made to-day: 



Champion Medal Ma ton. 



.IB Fellows 89 WComey 71 L Grippe 09 



P Fitz 79 D Pedro 79 J C Winter. 63 



S O Merville 71 



Twenty Shot Rest Match. 



PFilz 89 93-182 J C Winter 61 53-114 



Victory Medal Match 



SO Merville 76 ASTIunt .72 FT West. 7U 



B J Cook 72 D W Ma rti n 71 



Military Medal Match. 



F J Lounsbury . . 44 A S Field 42 



O ft' -Hand Match— 200yds. 

 .85 S Webster 7« A Sharp 



^haating. 



RANGE AND GALLERY, 



BOSTON, Dec. 25.-The Massachusetts Rifle Association cele- 

 brated Christmas with a rifle shoot at the Walnut Hill range. 

 Many shooters were on hand. The conditions were unfavorable 

 for high scores on account of a strong 3 o'clock wind. Mr. Fel- 

 lows won the cl ampion medal, and Mr. Eames won the gold 

 medal in the 20-shot rest match. Mr. Durward won the silver 

 and Messrs. Nason and Brown each won the bronze military 

 medal. Mr. McBean won the bronze victory medal. Next Satur- 

 dey will be the last rifle shoot of 1889, and all matches will close 

 that day. The scores of to-day: Twenty-shot rest match: 

 J N Ames 100,104 T Warren 90,87 S P Williams... 91, 81 



Champion medal match: 



J B Fellows 80 W C Johnston. Jr. 72 J K Edwards 67 



C H Eastman 74 J C Winter 68 A S Hunt 65 



Silver military medal, won on 10 scores of 42 or better: 

 J Durward 44 43 42 42 42 43 42 43 42 43 



Bronze military medal, won on 10 scores of 36 or hetter: 



GH Nason 39 36 37 38 40 38 40 42 36 36 



W J Brown 10 37 38 37 39 37 38 37 36 36 



Bronze victory medal, won on 10 scores of 75 or better: 

 A McBean 82 86 77 75 82 79 79 76 81 83 



All-comers' off-hand match: 



.IE Kelly 79 CH Eastman 74 A S Hunt 67 



I. Law 78 J C Winter 68 F D Martin 66 



A. Lamb 76 C B James 67 



Rest, match: 



J N Ames 112 NESimonds 96 A G Homes 



FOTowne 104 L Lamb 76 ~ 



J W Soule 98 F D Martin 93 



A S Hunt 97 S C Sydney. 93 



Victory medal match: 



A McBean 83 SO Merville 75 



OT Moore 81 B J Oornev 74 



M Barney 76 AS Hunt 71 



Military medal match: 



J Durward 43 F D Martin 42 



O B Cook 43 W J Brown 37 



DC Thomas 42 L Lamb 36 



Military practice match: 



P S Spofford 44 C H Ridgwood. . . .41 DC Thomas 



C Everett 43 A S Field 39 OB Cook.... 



S Samp=on 43 H H Sweetser 38 NESimonds 



C B James 42 L Lamb 37 



WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 27.— A few of the members of the 

 Worcester Rifle Association went out to Broad Meadow Range 

 on Christmas Day. With a glaring light and a strong wind the 

 score was not as large as on many previous occasions. Military 

 as well as sporting rifles were used. They were aUowed two 

 points on the Creedmoor and five points on the standard targets. 

 The work of each man follows: 



Creedmoor. 



S P Williams 91 



A Ballard 85 



F D Martiu 60 



C B James 60 



N E Simonds .86 



AS Field 35 



C B James...... ..,§0 



36 



O B Cook 34 



..32 



M G filler 46 46—92 



L G Thomas 48 46-92 



S Clark 



E R Shumwav . 

 C L Macomber. 

 James Logan. .. 



D Starr 



J HDupois..,,. 



.43 45-8! 



. 43 42-85 



,.45 43-88 



..42 42-84 



.41 41-82 



..40 38-7S 



Standard. 



79 83-162-254 



75 83—158 -250 



66 73-135-228 



77 60-137 -222 



70 64—134—222 



64 58-122— 206 



50 5^-108-190 



M 98—170 



W Charles 



S THawley.... 



L Daniels 79 



C F Barstow 79 



P Fitz 77 



S O Merville 77 



J Francis 108 



S Wilder 105 



FT West 76 TC Brown 70 



C H Eastman 75 W Carney 70 



C F Brooks 74 AS Hunt 66 



F W Chester 72 D W Martin 65 



Rest Match-200yds. 



LBAvay 100 W A Ballard 



. WS Green 99 A S Hunt 



W P Thompson... 104 P Williams 98 T B Day 



T Warren 103 A R Lang 97 



SEVENTH REGIMENT RIFLE CLUB.— There is no range 

 which is in more constant use than that under the armory of the 

 7th Regiment, and to this constant practice is due the proud 

 position which the regiment holds as a shooting body. Thus far, 

 the present season has been the most successful ever "given by the 

 club. The club recently elected the following officers to serve for 

 the ensuing term: President, Col. Daniel Anpleton; First Vice- 

 President. Captain and Assistant Surgeon, W. A. Valentine; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, Sergt.-Maj. Wm. B. Coughtry; Secretary, 

 Ordnance Sergeant J. W. Cochran; Treasurer, Corp. F. S. Ken- 

 nedy; Executive Committee, Capt. W. H. Palmer; Inspector of 

 Rifle Practice, ex-officio, Corp. Harry W. Jansen, Lieut. S. W. 

 Merritt, Sergt. H. B. Thompson, Corp. F. W. Pohle, Lieut. W. S. 

 Wilson, Corp. O. E. Dudley, Sergt. R. M. Dunn, Corp. G. L. Hoff- 

 man, Sergt. A. C. Clayton, and Pvt. H. E. Chapman. 



CARVER'S BIG EFFORT.— In a few days at the Royal Aqua- 

 rium, London, Dr. Carver will attempt to hit 100.000 wooden balls 

 in ten days. His wonderful performances with both rifle and 

 shotgun are well-known, but tne task he has now set for himself 

 requires almost superhuman strength and stamina, in addition to 

 skill. The Doctor has offered repeatedly a big prize to any one 

 who succeeded in lifting one of his rifles to the shoulder as in the 

 act of shooting for five consecutive minutes, aud although many 

 have attempted the feat none have accomplished it. The Doctor 

 in his coming feat will try to break 10,000 per day, and to do this 

 will have to lift a gun weighing lOlbs. that number of times to the 

 shoulder. Allowing ten misses in every hundred, it can readily 

 be seen how many extra pounds he has to raise. A year ago he 

 accomplished the feat of hitting 60.000 balls in six days, so that he 

 is aware of the nature of what he will soon attempt to do. When 

 he performed last year's feat he missed only 650 balls. 



NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 23.— At the semi-annual meeting of the 

 Excelsior Rifle Club the following gentlemen were elected to 

 office for the ensuing six months: President, Chas. Mager; Vice- 

 President, M. Eisenburg; Secretary, H. Buob; Treasurer. Otto 

 Krauss; Sergeant-at-Arms, A. Aurnhamer; Captain, John Bauer; 

 Assistant Captain, Chas. Burger; Rifle Inspector, Wm. Watts; 

 Club Judge, John Berger, and Association Judge, J. Bauer. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should he made out on tne printed blanks 

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

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are pair- 

 licuki/rlu 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. 



CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOTS. 



BOSTON, Dec. 25.— To-day the Jamaica Plain Gun Club held 

 its Christmas turkey and sweepstakes shoots at its range, at 

 Clarendon Hills, the shooting commencing at 9 o'clock and clos- 

 ing at 3 o'clock. The day was an excellent one for shooting and 

 a large number of the members of the ciub participated in the 

 sport. Following are the different events and winners: Six clays 

 —Savage first, Newcomb second, Barrett aud Melcher third. Ten 

 bluerocks— Barrett first. Melcher and Boothby second, Need ham 

 third. Three pair blackbirds— Boothby aud Newcomb first, 

 Melcher second, Swan third. Ten clays— Cilley first, Melcher 

 and Newcomb second, Johnson third. Miss and out, 35yds.— Won 

 by Savage. Three pairs clays -Newcomb first, Johnson second, 

 Savage, Cilley and Barrett third. Six blackbirds— Johnson first. 

 Savage and Heifer second, Melcher third, Needham fourth. Six 

 clays, 21yds., Hurlingham rules— Nichols first. Barrett second, 

 Johnson and Brown third, Savage fourth. Six bluerocks— Savage 

 first , Melcher, Nichols and Newcomb second; Cilley and Savage 

 third, Needham fourth. Six clays— Barrett first, Newcomb seo- 

 ond, Nichols third, Boothby fourth. Six straightaway black* 

 birds— Barrett first, Baker and Cilley second, Needham third, 

 Six clays— Baker first. Nichols second, Melcher third. Three 

 pairs blackbirds— Boothby first, Barrett and Savage second. Cilley 

 third. Six bluerocks, walk up match-Cilley firak.B&Jcer.. Melefiap 



and Boothby secoud, Barrett and Savage third. Six clays— Cilley 

 and Nichols first, Barrett second, Boothby third. 



Chicago, Dec. 25.— The inaugural pigeon contest of the Wash- 

 ington Park Club took place to-day, aud was productive of some 

 excellent sport. The shoot was held on the club's grounds, a very 

 handsome portable pavilion having been erected by the house 

 committee on the infield directly in front, of the in dees' and 

 timers' stands. A new contrivance for the trapping of birds, 

 worked by electricity, was used for the first time, and proved a 

 success. Many members of the club aud their friends were 

 present, and during the latter part of the afternoon the betting 

 was very heavy. Fifteen contestants entered in a grand sweep- 

 stake of $10 each. Forty birds were allowed each man. They 

 were of excellent quality, most of them being of the species known 

 as bluerocks. The device used for trapping would not allow the. 

 shooter to ascertain in advance from which of the five traps the 

 bird would rise. Some of the scores made are considered excel- 

 lent when the conditions are understood. G. A. Schwartz carried 

 off the honors with a score of 33 killed out of 40. The sport began 

 at 10 o'clock and lasted until dark. Steward Westland provided 

 a substantial lunch, which was served in the pavilion. 



G A Schwartz 40 



Frank Floyd 40 



H S Griswold 40 



Walter Dupee.. . . 40 



WR Linn 30 



D S Babcoek. . .. 30 



Chas Carhart 30 



O R Glover 80 



Shot at. Killed. 



33 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 24 

 22 

 16 

 15 



H O Stone 20 



George Linn 20 



Dr Rowe 20 



J J Knickerbocker 20 



Edwards 20 



O II Roche 15 



Marvin Hughitt J r 15 



Shot. at. Killed. 



12 

 1 J 



9 



12 

 12 

 12 



. .5 W McDowall 5 E Charles 



. . 5 F Emond 5 D Beaty . . 



...6 Emond 6 



..5 D Beaty. 



...9 Draisey 6 



...7 Budd 6 



...'} Morgan .2 



...3 SMcOlure 2 



Id 



.... 3 



S McClure 

 Cook. 



T Harmer 

 T Mitehel . . 



...3 



Toronto, Dec. 25.— The following long list of matches was shot 

 at McDowall's to-day. The targets in the first. 12 shoots were 

 bluerocks, and in the next 8, sparrows, one prize going to the win 

 ner in each event: 



Shoot No. 1: 



W Heatherington...« F Emond .4 OSpaner... 4 



T llarmer , ...5 T Emery 1 



Shoot No, 2: 



E Emond 6 S McClure 4 O Spauer 4 



T Harmer 5 



Shoot No. 3: 



F Emond 0 T Mitchell 4 W McDowull 4 



T Harmer 5 T Draisy 4 



Shoot No. 4: 



F Emond 5 T Draisey 3 W McDowall 3 



C Harrison 4 S McClure 3 



Shoot No. 5: 



F Emond 6 T Draisey 6 W McDowall 5 



Shoot No. 6: 



F Emond 5 T Draisey 4 S McClure 4 



C Harrison. 5 



Shoot No. 7: 



C Charles 6 Budd 6 F Emond 6 



C Tomson 6 



Shoot. No. 8: 



T Pants 6 C Charles . . .6 T Sawden 6 



Shoot No. 9: 



T Pants , 



Oben 



Shoot No. 10: 



T Prints 6 Budd 



C Charles 6 



Shoot. No, 11: 



0 Charles 6 T Pauls 



F Emond 6 



Shoot No. 2, double rise, 5 pairs: 



0 Charles 8 James — .. 



Pants r 8 Beaty.. 



Sparrow shoot No. 1, 5 birds: 



C Harrison 5 T Draisey 



F Emond 3 WM eDowali... 



Shoot No. 2: 



W Heatherington .5 F Emend. 



W McDowall 4 O Harrison . 



G Heatherington. . .4 Morgan 



Shoot No, 3: 



F Emond 4 C Harison. . 



W Mc Do wal 1 3 T D raisey . . 



Shoot No. 4. at 10 sparrows: 



GMorley... 9 G Heatherington.. .8 Mitehel t 



F Emond 9 Pnts 5 



Shoot No. 5, at 5 sparrows: 



C Charles 5 E Emond 9 Leroy 3 



E Reid 5 Townsend 4- Mitehel 3 



TReid 4 



Shoot No. 7: 



C Charles 4 Budd 4 Rice 3 



F Emond. 4 Kemp 3 Townsend 3 



James 4 Reid ....3 



The shooting at Stark's grounds on Eastern avenue to-dav for a 

 prize presented by Mr. C. Ayer for the best average score at pig- 

 eons and sparrows was won by H. Page, who killed 11 out of 15 

 pigeons and 17 out of 20 sparrows, which was considered good 

 shooting, as the birdc were strong on the wing and only the use 

 of one barrel was allowed. 



Newahk, Dec. 25.— Erb's Park on Ohristmas Day was the 

 scene of one inscessant roar. It was bang! bang! dead! los» ! from 

 dawn till dusk. The shooting was all sweepstakes contests at 

 live birds. 



First event: Four birds each man, $3 entrance, only one mouev 

 Hurlingham rules modified to govern all contests. Baite, C. M, 

 Hedden, Erb and Chris. Reinhardt all got clean scores, and 

 agreed to carry the money over to the next sweep, the best score 

 to take the money. 



Second event: Same conditions Reinhardt was the only one 

 who got a clean score and he won in this and the tie money 

 brought over from the previous one. All others out. 



Third event: Castle and Hedden tied for first, and Erb and 

 Reinhardt for second. The money was carried over to the next 

 sweep. 



Fourth event: Hedden, Erb, and C. M. Hedden got all their 

 birds straight and captured the money of this and the preceding 

 sweep. 



Fifth event: Same as all others, but with two moneys instead 

 of one. Jones, Castle, Hedden and Erb killed four each. The 

 tie was shot out in the next sweep, the best score to take if. Ben- 

 jamin and Reinhardt tied on 2 kills each, and divided rather thau 

 shoot out the tie. 



Sixth event: Two moneys; all other conditions same. Castle, 

 Hedden, Erb, and Jones tied for first with 3 kills each out, of the 

 4 birds shot at. First money was again carried forward to the 

 next, sweep. Second divided between Reinhardt and Ben jamin. 



Seventh event: Same as preceding. Jones, Reinhardt, Erb. C. 

 M. Hedden, and Castle, again got all their birds, and the first 

 money was once more carried forward. Ben jamin took second, 

 with three kills. 



Eighth event: Same as other?. Jones, Erb and Castle got each 

 4 straight kills. Erb got his with single barrel each time, and 

 "gathered in the shekels" from the money brought forward, win- 

 ning first money from the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sweep- 

 stakes. Second money went to Reinhardt. 



Ninth event: Same as all others as to conditions. Jones, Hed- 

 den and Reinhardt got all their birds, 4 each. Again was first 

 money carried forward, Erb capturing monev brought forward 

 from other event. Castle and Jones div. second. 



Tenth event: A repetition as to conditions. Castle and Jones 

 tied for first and agreed to shoot it off in the next sweep. Erb 

 Beniamin and Reinhardt won second, and that money was car- 

 ried forward, as was first. 



Eleventh eventh: Differing in no way from previous ones. 

 Jones, Reinhardt. and Castle got each all the 4 birds shot at, and 

 once more first money went in advance of the shooters, Reinhard 

 taking the second money brought over from the preceding sween- 



clciVaD t 



Twelfth event: Wheaton, Castle and Reinhardt got straight 

 scores, Castle thereby winning first brought from No. 10. Erb 

 Benjamin and Jones killed 3 each and agreed to shoot the tie off 

 m the next event. Castle and Reinhardt div. first, brought over 

 from No. 11. Benjamin and Erb div. second brought over from 

 same sweep. 



Thirteenth event: Same. Wheaton and Castle made clean 

 scores and div. first money. Erb, Reinhardt, Jones. W"heaton 

 and George got 3 kills each for second money and carried it for- 

 ward. Benjamin captured second money brought from No 12 



Fourteenth event: Same. Burrall, George, Hedden, Jones and 

 Castle killed all their pigeons and shot the tie off miss aud out 

 George scored a goose egg on his first shot. Burral and Jones' 

 each added another, and Castle aud Hedden secured the cash by 

 killing 3 straight and they fdiv. Cannon, Hughes. Wheaton, Erb 

 and Reinhardt got three kills each and carried, the tie over to 

 next event, 



Fifteenth event: At 7 birds, entrance $f. ft moneys, modified 

 Hurl neham rules: Benjamin and Erb made clean scores, killing 

 7 each and rby, i}poxm Wbwim. 0»nou, Castle Hedden. ajjj 



