Jau. 0, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STHEAM. 



80g 



TOWARD A, Pa., Jan. 4— The New Year's tournament of the 

 Towauda Rod and Gun Club was verv successful in attendance at 

 lea«t. but the scorps as given l«elo\v show tr> a dis-advant- 

 age as to the partieipapfe being experts witl. the shotgun, A 

 number for (he first t'tne faced the traps in a tournament, 

 and while making good seres on the^r home grounds wen' to 

 pn res anions strange, trans an i entectainin-r an an lieuc . Two 

 of ihe rarticipaa's have male grouse buattng for fcae mirke' a 

 busn ess for days the p i«t sea^m, >md bigg-d many birds, hut 

 mi sf d the flying hlnerooke as well as the otner«. VV. K. Park, of 

 Athens P.I.. is an expert with the shotgun at fiving fa>g ts, and 

 had very Utile trouble >vina ag first mmev nearl? every 'ime. 

 He shoots a 12-gauge Colt himmsr gun. W. A. Gh iinberlin, of 

 this pla> e, is the champion livrt bird shot, and although over 60 

 years of ag», makes all the youngsters take a back seat. Live 

 birds w. re ihro.vn f ro n one trap, while Cie inanim ites were 

 thrown from three. Blu^i-nck targ ts wero u-c.1. A n;rictn As- 

 sociation rules governed h both. E lira ,v6 m .my was t h i same 

 in alUveats, an 1 divided 40 30, 20 and 10 par rent., giviug alia 

 chance to win at least a sm .11 amount. Miuy shoo'eis used 

 American woid p iwier, shiwuig UidK it is coming in u e "even 

 oai k in the wood-.." Nea'r'S all of nur Am riean guns were repi e- 

 sei jed. Smith, Lefever, P„irk-r, D ily, Colt, also m.ny foreign 

 maker?. Scores, as follow-: 

 First event, 6 single t^an<r: 



Dittrich 0 0110-3 Montauye 001POI— 2 



P«i k 011- 11-5 Frutchv 010 101-3 



Binder HOJOd— 2 Ritrenburv 11J110— 4 



Park first, Uittennury second, Dietrich tuird, foarth div. 

 ' econd event. 6 sing e largets: 



D1 1 1 r ic h 1 031 10 - 3 C rausk i 001000-1 



Park Ill lOi) — 4 Ri tteub ur y 00100 1 -2 



Snider 110010—3 



Park first Dittrich and Snider div. second, Rittenbury third, 

 Cr;iuska fourth. 

 Third event, 3 singles and 2 doubles: 



Dittikn ....011 00 01-3 Adams Ill 0103-4 



Park 011 10 11-5 Streeter. 110 01 00—3 



Km'der ....Ill 1110-8 WHTyrell 101 01 00 3 



Oauska 010 0110-3 Moore ... ., 010 10 10—3 



RitteDhury 010 00 11-3 Tha-chii' OX) 10 00-1 



Frmchy 001 11 10-'' Lang 011 10 (HD — 3 



Mamai.ye 001 0L 11-4 Hamaker 001 00 00-1 



Clapn 010 11 11-5 



Snider first, ties div. 

 Fourtn event, 5 single tnrwts: 



Snider 0101C-1 LiPlant 10100-2 



Ciauska 01100-2- Benjamin OHQOO-0 



Park HI 1 1—5 Larg . .00111-3 



}iamak-pi 00001-0 WH Tyrrell... . 01111—4 



Thatcher (10000- 0 Moor- 000 0-0 



Clapp 0.1011—2 Streeter 10111-6 



Adams 1011 3 Hitnicn Oil 10-3 



Uittenhury 11011-4 D C rjri.eU 10000-1 



Park first, tbs div. 



Fifth event, 5 siugle targets: 



Park 11111-5 Mmtiuye fOlOO-l 



Snider 00301—1 Adams loull— 3 



Hamaker OOOOU— 0 Clapp „ 10110-3 



DiOrich Illl l -5 Thatcher.... .. 01000-1 



Fru chy 00110-2 Lan- . 01100-2 



Ritenbury 01 ill— 4 



P.iik and Dittrich div. rirst. RiUenbury second, ti?s div. 

 Sixth event, a live. bird c : 



Dittrich 21111—4 Lwg 11022—4 



Park 01201-3 LaPiant 01000-1 



0102 i-3 



. ...21111-5 

 ...01021-3 

 ....21011—4 

 ....00101-2 

 ...20021-3 



..00 01 10-3 

 ..10 00 03-1 

 ..00 00 00-0 

 03 01—1 



Thatcher 01010—3 W H Tyrrell 



M ut.nve 20.01—3 Chamberiin ... 



Snider 2.02.3-4 Mooiv 



Clapp.. 01UI0-2 DCTvrrell ... 



Hamaker 00010-1 Worthing 



Adams 10110—3 VNTvirell. . 



Chambt-rlin first. 



Seventh event, 3 dour le targets: 



Th tcher 00 00 00— 0 Snider 



Crauska 10 00 00— I Frutchy 



Park 10 00 11—3 Hamaker 



Clapp 01 id 00-2 Rutenhury 



Montanye 10 00 00—1 W H Tyrrell 00 01 01-2 



Adams... , „fl 10 03— 3 



Park and Adams fjr«i, tics div. 



Eighth eventh, 5 single targe's: 



Rtt.nbury 1 101—1 Dittrich 11101—4 



Crauska iU01l-3 Ostnaus 0000)— 1 



Snider ,...03101—3 La PL.nr 11011—4 



Ties shot "If in next event. 



"Ninth event: 



Ritienhury 11000-3 Mr-Oann 10101—3 



Crausia , 1O031 2 Turner 00001—1 



Snider 1100 1- i U ttrich 0110L-3 



La Plant O1H0— 3 VV. F. DirnucH. 



CINCINNATI. Jan. 1.— Over 1,030 people weathered i he rain and 

 otmr inconvi niences ir-lay to wruess the first un-meD team 

 shoot on the Er-t Knd Gun Club Ground*, between 10 picked shois 

 of the Dayton (O ) Gun Club and an equal number selected from 

 the Cincinnati^. The Da > tor. Club some lime ago announced 

 their ieadiEessto meet any 10 shooters in the universe. The 

 Cir.cinna.ii shcoleis and aspi- ants for tr.in-shooting honors took 

 exception ther-to, the consi.queuce heing the match of tn-iav 

 am results— a def-at. Generajlv soeaknig, a defeat for t^e local 

 club was expi-cted, the match heing strn ilv the Dayton bovs' 

 cho ce of conditions and r*ce. The weather was of the uor t pos- 

 sible nature— the flight cf the hiids apparently easy, and tnai 

 there was not one perfect score made a m'racle. Mr. Bandle, 

 with the disappointmi nt i.f Shu't, McPhee and S» haller's ab- 

 ppnoe, used go id judgment in the. s lec ion of his men. Mr. 

 Walter Keenan. in place of Mr. xieik. s, officiated as captain tor 

 the Daytonians. Cincinnati won the cho'c-e and sent their opao- 

 nents to the score first, Win. E Limn-ig oemg chosen as judge for 

 Cincinnati, Wm. Praichett for Da v ton, ana S. 8. I'r nip-, a vei v 

 modesl gentlem-.u ihc Day ton delegation brnuah' with teem, being 

 select, d as referee. The ma. ch opme I at 11:20 A.M., the fir.t gen- 

 tlh man to the score being Da\ ton's leading shor, Hei-es. Five 

 Dayton and an fq-.al numb- r of Cincinnati shots weie sand- 

 wiched in the first squad. Heibes, with 4">, s'.coting aeaiust (Jin- 

 ciunaii's ' Old Reliable" Ed. Taylor, with 47; the Davton boy won 

 der, Keenan, with 30, ag .iust Stewari's 39; McDonald, wiMi 45, 

 again t. Miller's 41; Rike 39. against BandU V 47; Runtain. Mia ni 

 county's enteri rising en me wa>dtn, with 39, against Richacds's 

 Z7. Resole, a lead of 12 birds foi Cincinnati. After a v< ry flight 

 intermission toe second squad selected was oidered to shoot, 

 which, though it. was supo ,»ed to be the awkward one, virtual] v 

 won the race. The friends of the defeaied claimed that some of 

 the Daytonians were not proo r members of the club, but no for- 

 mil protest was made. Conditions, 50 single standard birds, 

 ^National American Shooting Association rules: 

 Davton. 



Heikes.....,111100111111in'lllinii11 11111 101111011111111 1101-45 



E. enan 11110 1.1100 ullOJiOOHlOllll 011 1 11111101 01011.11—36 



McDonald... 11 lllllOltllOnilll illOJHll UnillllOU inillllll 45 



Rike 01111 lOif 1111100 lOlhhl llilllllllillonilull0111-39 



Buntain.... llllllOllOUO.aillllllO.QOliai I1T11001 01 11111101— 39 



Racit llOHlOIUlollllillllll lHiJOl omiooioniaiiiii— 41 



Priii in u iiaiiiiiiiiiiiiin mi imuiimnoiioii ui-48 



J'r Hyde.. . 10030111101 UOOOlllilllUOllllllOlilllOrJlOU 11111 1-33 



Knight UU01010 1100,0 111 0 11 1 1101 100 llOUlli 101011101-35 



Bacon llilllllll 10111. 11111111 11)1111111111111111111111-43— 412 



CM'tini ati. 



Taylor oiimmiiiiiiomoimiiiiiiiiimimm miiii_47 



S'ewart ... .010110imi010101olOmomiOllllllllllUMJ,mii_39 



Miller liimmnmuii oui.o iiooHiiiiniiOnoioiom-41 



Bandle 1 ill 11001 11 H lllull 1111 1 1 1 1 111 11 11 1 11111 1111111 11 1— 47 



Rickard OlUUlllOl'llimoi 11111000111011101111001111 11110—37 



Mnipbv uoooiiomm lomouioiuinoiioiio oiomimi— 3& 



Langdon . . . . 1 11 1 1 ill 1 110 1 OlOUlllomm HOlul Ulllll 01 1 101100-39 



Merrick Ill Kill 101*111111110101111 1111110111111 lOi] 1110111— 41 



Bohemian. . 1 Ull Hi II 1 llUOOOOOl 1 1 1 10101011 1 001 10 LH001 10011 111— 34 



Vincent 1 1 10110101 illlOOOlllllllllOllllHiOOJliO .010101 110 -35— £99 



MONTREAL, Jan. 1.— The a mot given by the Dominion Gun 

 Club tc-day was a gr at success. Seventy-lve en'ries we'e re- 

 ceived in the merchandise match, and from noon to 5 P. M., 

 shooting was (he or. er of tug day. Tne fir-t prze w is cat ried off 

 hy cue of ihe tra< k shot- cf the Monireal Gua Clnh. and in view 

 of I he large numl.tr nf exp i t shot' competing, Mr. Jame s mav 

 Wrll fee] proud of his victory. Score: 



R J. unes ...10 V Hpnncbon ...8 Pa ton. 7 



fl beniy 10 W Giee er 8 Br. r Coon 7 



Llh.ckwtll 10 B Higgins » Jones.. . . 7 



JCn.ke. .. 9 Plato 8 Masf rson '.'.....6 



C Anbiu '3 Smith 8 Hulley,. 6 



E Octave.... 8 



Fvery 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. 



Tatham r .8 



No. 2; 

 Tat ham. 



No. 3: 



Tatham. .....9 Hathaway 



^o. 4: 



CLAREMONT, K. J.. Jam 4.— At the newly.orgauized Clore- 

 ^ nt %£99 Tin S Grounds many pleasant "weeps were shot to-day. 

 NoV- CkB6aCh ' AU Bh0i ° ff 0n foUovvin & sw eep. 



Hathaway..... 5 Lyons 5 



7 Hathaway 7 Lyons 



.. 6 Lyons 7 



Tatham. 6 Hathaway 7 Lyons 5 



No. 5: 



Tatuara 7 Hathaway 8 Lyons 6 



No. 8; 



Tatham 7 Hathaway 0 Lyons.. . 



K o. 7: 



Tatham is Hathaway 4 Lvons.... 



No. 8; 



T thaiu 8 Hathaway... 5 Lyons 7 



No. 8! 



Tatham 9 Hhthaway 5 Lyons.... 



No. V ; 



Tatham g Hathaway 7 Lyons.... 



No. 11: 



Tatham 8 Hathaway 3 Lyons.... 



No. 12: 



Ta' ham 8 Hathaway 4 Lyons 8 



No. 13: 



Tatham 1 Hathaway 7 Lvons 



No. 14: 



Tatham 4 Lvons 4 Chapman 7 



Hathaway G Moffatt ....5 



No. 15: 



Tatham, 9 Lyons 7 Moffatt 6 



Hathaway 2 



L»fever Trophy Shoot: Tatham killed 22, missed 3; Hathaway 

 killed 13, missed 12. 



CATSKILL. N. Y,, Jan. 1.— New Tear's day beingrawand driz- 

 Tflv, the attendance at the Catskill Gun Club grounds was some- 

 what smaller than that at the Christmas shoot. Teams were 

 made up with Lever and Roberts at their heads, Leyer's winning 

 Dy9pnio'B through a fortunate selection of shooters— Shufelt 

 with 16, Burg with 15 and Rosa with 13. making remartahle scores 

 for amateurs. The comforts afforded by a club house with a hot 

 ■ B'ove and all the conven'encts were appreciated by all present. 

 A jolly time was had in the two hours' shooting. Below are the 

 scores made in order of shooting: 



Lever's T'-am. Roberts' Team. 



Lever. . . .niOlO'lllOllJlhlOm-H- Roberts. ..milimilOOlllllll-18 



Y>llot 100 000000001 1010010- 6 Benter.... 11111111101101111100-16 



Tolley llllOOOlOiilllOjOOOOl- 9 Hand 001 10 00010000000110- 5 



Shufelt. ..H01101 Iil1l!0mi0-I6 Jump ... .0000000 lOiOlOHOoOJl— 6 



Rnsa OlolllOriollonoim - 13 Kline Illi00,1l001iimoi01-13 



C Burg....lllil0110H1111l00Jl-15 T Burgh. OOOOlOOOOOOllOlOJlOl - 6 



73 64 

 Six sweepstakes followed.— Dr Toll. 



DAVENPORT, (owa, Jan. 1.— The Forester Gun Club held its 

 Tenular holidav shoot to-day. The weather was anything but 

 propitious for a large attendance, a drizzling rain falling all day, 

 but nevertheless a fair number of good shots were pres nt and 

 made t he I est of a poor day. Only two matches were shot with 

 the folio -ving results: 



No. 1, 6 live birds, 5 ground traps, 30yds. rise, Keystone rules, 8 

 prizei: 



John Racrster HO 1 01— 4 Friday 011100— 3 



Kray U0H1— 5 Scheef 111110—5 



Emerson 1HI11— 6 Collin 101010—3 



Davis lllill— G Goos 101110—4 



Tucker UoOlO— 3 Howard 111100— 4 



J a> ss 111111—8 



Emerson and Janss div. first, Scbeef was awarded second, Race- 

 ster third. 



No. 2, (Hive birds, 5 ground traps, 30yds. rise, Keystone rules, 3 

 prices: 



EmerMon 010111—4 Scheef 0)1111-4 



Tucker 101101—4 Janss 010111-4 



Howard 111011—5 Goos ..001011-3 



Kray lliOol— 4 Davis 111010—4 



Cdlin 110111-5 Rucester 111011-5 



Friday 111011-5 Bran gan 101111—5 



Howard and Racestex first. Janss second, tne third money was 

 add^d -o first. w. N. PrritCE. 



CtEUR I.i'ALENR CITY, Idaho, Dec. 23.— The Cceir d'Alene 

 Rod and Gun Club's turkey shoot and sho'g'in rifle and pistol 

 ma'cbi s closed to-day. The 22.1 opened with plenty of snow and 

 winos, but the hoys got on to tne turkeys in fiue shape, killing two 

 dozen before 11 o'clock. Tne shooting was nt the head- at 65ui3. 

 At about 11:30 the pistol match was open: d with 7 entries only, 

 owing to a terrific wind and blinding snow. Had the weather 

 been favorable we should have had manv more. The ►cores of 

 llie winners i-tood as follows, 50rds. off-hand, ifandnrd American 

 T->igei: J. Warren first, 79; Fred S. Bud-i second. 73; J. Fellow-. 

 70. The next event was a rifle mj.tch at 100yds. off-hand, standard 

 American target, with 19 entries. Scores of winners as follows: 



Bergman f-7 Quinlan ..19 Millias 75 



Wi.ite 84 J Warren .79 Pollock.... 74 



Eckhardt 80 



Dec. VS.— The day opened with turkey shooting till ab->ut 11 

 o'clock, bv which tim" the boys had deposed of about 24 turKeys. 

 Next onme the shotgun at blackb rds and biuerocks. 

 Firtt event, 6 singles, sweepstakes: 



Cailin 101111-5 Nor f on,.. 



Hernck 00i111-4 Warren 



Eckbsr.lt.. 011110-4 Pettibone. 



rVllock 100101—3 McFarland „ 



Ties on 4 div. second, Pollock third. Second event, 15 singles, 

 10 entries: 



Herrick. ...... .011111101011111-12 Norton OllOOOOHOOllli— 7 



Canin mill 011011111—12 Quinlan OilOOlOHlODlftV- 7 



Pettibone.. .001111101110)0 10 Pollock O 0011' 10 01 .001— 6 



Warr n .101 11. 1001 1 001 1-10 McFarland. .. . OOtiOlOOOOi inr,ru KV- 1 



Eckhardt 01 J 01000101 1,10— 8 



Herrick flrst, Pettibone seco id, Eckhardt, third. 



Third event, 12 singles, 11 e.nfr.e^: 



Herrick 111111111111-12 Norton 00)111111000-6 



Warrer. 0111101111 1 1—10 McFarland 0011i0100.lt>- 6 



Bubb 11 1 1 1001011 !— 9 CuOer 10X11 HOllOO-S 



Eckhardt 001111010.01— 7 Pettibone C001OJCH10I-6 



Oa-bn 11000111 OtO— 7 VS hite njuJi:u0O0O)l-l 



Pollo.-k 10.011001110- 7 



Fourth event, 6 singles and 3 pairs: 



Herrick 111111 11 II 00-iO Bubb 101100 11 00 10-6 



Carliu 110111 111100-9 Petti hone ...010011 10 10 10-6 



Eteknardt ...OlOll HOull 9 McFarland.... 03H01 11 10 30-6 

 Warren 01J001 10 II 11— 7 



1 cU h»rdt won tie for second after shooting at 12 birds. McFar- 

 land fourth. 



Taking it all in all everyone had a very pleasant time. The 

 weather was very unfavorable f >r good shooting. Mr. Herrick 

 made a splendid ruu of 27 eonse. utive birds, w'yich was very fine 

 under tb^ circumstances Mr. Warren won the banner for hign- 

 est average in rifl-i ana pMol matches. Chela y. 



KANSAS CITY, De- . 24 -The trial of Fred Erbhy the Board 

 of Directors of the Mittouri Fish and Game Prot* efive Associ- 

 ation, which was to l ave been h> Id here to-day, was postponed on 

 aci ouot of lack of a quorum until the meetmg of the convention 

 of ihe auove association, to he In Id at Cameron, Mn., some time 

 r.e*t.lune. President P. D. Watson and Secretary C.W. Schneider, 

 of Cameron. Mo., and J. E Riley, of this city, were present at the 

 appointed time. The latter was not eligible to serve on rbe com- 

 urttee because be is a witness in the case agains + Erb. The miss- 

 ing members who fe„rted to be present are Dr. J. Q, Parrish, of St. 

 Lous; P. i'allmeyer, of Jefferson City, and J. B Bates, of Pal- 

 myra. As the Board consists of six members and but two pr- sent, 

 the tri»l of the case could not pioceed. Dr. Joseph Ingersol], of 

 L.faye.'te, Ind., who generously con«enced t act as Erb's counsel 

 in the ma(t» r, was here with Erb and was ready to proceed with 

 the case. The whole trouble was brovght on by tne recent Budd- 

 Erb controversy over the champion cup, the former refusing to 

 ac epo the inter's challenge for r, owit-e\ a< Budd claimed, to 

 8e\eral shady iransactioi s of the Litter while a resident of t.hi« 

 citv some yenrs r ack, Budd wa- finally compflled to meet Erb, 

 and the Infer defend him for the trophy at Davenport, la., re- 

 centb .— Uasek Fritz 



PiNte BROOK, N. J.-Frarik class has arranged to have a big ARLINGTON C. C.-The annual mee'ing of the Arlington C O 

 opening shoo, a- toe oiras ao his pb.ee at Pine Brook on Friday, was held on D. c. 28, the following officers heiue flebteds 

 Jan. 10; 1,000 birds w ill ha on hand. It w.U be the first big sunol R. E. Molloy; Vi.-e-Com., F. Placefjr.; SecV-Treas !.. C V Sch™v- 

 at the ne.v place, and invitations have been s^nt out to all the \ 1- r. Execu ne C .mmittee, H. Morgan and Wm B Dai v Th\> 

 ci-.ck P|irb, Wi'ttiu a hundred mnVe. Among tW who have 1 club now has a membership of 17, and with the aidota Sir kins 

 entered »i-e Cables, Erb, Pig] er, Leddy, Harri-on. Riegctt, Uptc I tunc! staried some time since, it is endeavoring to purcha^se smi i 

 giove D-ily. Heritage. Green Lever, Charles Smith William , ble land for its house, which is now on leaseS VroK y : 1 Sm! 

 Vijqrbee- beymour Smith Milt Lin-sley, CoUins Go ff Frank | mittee has beeu appointed to look up good nlacerror shmt club 

 bJemtz, Ricl'ard twin, Thompson, Tay or and C. M. Hedden. .ruises this season. Last year tne club, in addition ito a uood 

 TherewiUbeaandicappingto btwt all, and snooting will last all representation at the division m,et.MVMvenCmhe»ti.?fiB 



j A. C. A, me«t, a»d tnie year a 8ttfi larger attendance is prot^eti, 



turKeys 



. .101100 - 3 

 ..0110.0-3 

 . OOlolO 2 

 ..t 00001—1 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, N. Y., Jan. 1. -One of the most in- 

 tPif stmg pigeon shooting evpnts of the season was decided on the 

 grounds of the Washington Heights Gun Cmb, at 186th street and 

 the Bloomingdale road, to-day. The prim ipal event was a match 

 for $50 a side, between W. J. Elliott of West Farms, and Hugh 

 Hurr'son of the Washington H sights Gun Club. The condi ion« 

 were from 30yda. rise, at 25 live p>goous, inside of nOvds. boundary. 

 Harrison had defeated Elliott in a similar match, and was a 

 favoiite in th» speculation on t'.ie remit. Mr. E. A. Fountain -f 

 the Washington Heights Gun Club officiated as referee. Elliott 

 sunt first and kilb-d his first bird, musing the n^xt. and turn 

 bowling over eig'.t straight, missing the eleventh bird, and then 

 killing three straigut, missing the next, and then killing seven 

 straight. He f.nled to kill the twenty -fir.-.t bird, and killed the. 

 remaining two. Harrison led off with eight straight lulled. miss<-d 

 the next two, k-lied the next couple, and missed the nexi. hird. 

 R. brought down the next br.ce. and agaio missed the sixteenth 

 bird. The seventeenth and eighteenth birds were dropp d, and 

 the next bir ). a swift qumerer got away, ana be missed the next 

 three, which were lively birds, and killed the remaining two. 

 The score: 



Kilt ot* ioi mm ioi i ioi ii mi on -2i 



Harrison . . lillllUOOlllMOllOlOOOU— \7 



.A sweepstakes at 7 live birds followed: For the birds, handicap 

 T-ses. entrance |5 divided. Tne awe: Elliot, 30 /ds.. 7: Preyer, 

 28yds.. 6; Peters, ^6vds.. 6; Fortunito, 21iyds., 2: Mullen, 24ves„ 1. 

 Elliott thus raked in the first money, Preyer and Peters dividing 

 the second. 



PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.— There was a good crowd to witness 

 a spirrow-shooting match between Capt. A. H. Bcgardus, the 

 veteran marksman, and J. Frank Kleintz, the well-known local 

 shot. Each man shot ar, 25 sparrows. 30yds.. 5 traps being n-ed. 

 The sparrows were strong flyers, and Ft required' \ ery skillful 

 shooting to bring them down, Bogardus killed his first two birds 

 ? n i. i ni ^ S( ' d lbt! tnird. Kleintz aid tne same. Then eacb man 

 killed the next three. Bogardus killed two out of the next four, 

 and then took the lead, as Kluintz only brought down one out of 

 his four. Kleintz caught up, however, on the next thiee birds, 

 and at the, finisb the score was a tie, each man having killed 16 

 oirds, as follows: 



Bogar.ius , Iirail011010010111ul01011-16 



Kleintz ....... ... 1101110010111010101101011-16 



Referee, E. R. Irwin. This was the fourth match shot by Bo- 

 gardus and Kleintz, each having won two. 



TORONTO, Jan. 1.— The members of the Owl Gun Club held a 

 sparrow shoot at C. Stark & Co.'s grouuds to-day, and taking 

 into consideration the bad weather the shoot was a very success- 

 ful one every way. The attendance was rather light, but tuosp 

 who shot made very good scores. 



Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather of New Year's Day 

 a very successful shoot was carried out at Me Do wall's grounds, 

 tbeseor/ s being among the best ev.i made Tbere. The comfort- 

 able bonding nt the grounds was never more appreciated th-.n on 

 this ocoasion, as without it a postponement would have been ne- 

 cessary. Several small matches were shot, and the afternoon's 

 spu-t was brought to a close by a 50-bird sweepstake, the scores 

 being as follows: 

 Fif'y biuerocks, entrance $2, 2 prizes: 



w McDow-aiL...niionioiiiioiiiii(.iiiiimiimiiioniiimnioii-43 



ccnaries iiommoiioiiiiniiiiioinoiioiiioiiiinumiio-42 



j Draisey liomiiiomnoiii i iiooiiiiniioiiionioiioiiom-40 



C Budd 0110101111011101001111101010111110110111111111010-37 



Double rise mulch, -5 pairs: 



Charles ... . .11 U 11 01 11-9 MeDowall 11 11 10 10 11-8 



Jan. 3.— The West Toronto Junction Gun Club held a shoot to- 

 day at D. I lea's ground at live pig t ons. The birds were a lively 

 lot and the shooting was very good. 



COUNTRY CLUB, N. Y., Jan l.-The members of the Country 

 Club enjoi ed the first day of the new ytar by a shooting tourney 

 at live pigeons over the finely equipped shooting plant of the 

 organization on Pelham Bay. Many of the best-known society 

 people of the metropolis were present. Annus those who p M r ic 1 - 

 pated m the shooting wen : Messrs. Allen. 25 yards rise; Srorv 22 

 yards rls»; Duane, 29 yards nsp; Iselin, 30 yards lise; Hoyt'24 

 yards rise; Potter, 25 yards rise; Gladwin, EfcJ yards rise; and M. D. 

 Thome, 25 yards rise. Ic whs a poor day for the sport, as trie 

 unfavorable conditions of the atmosphere tried both the flying 

 qualities of the b rds and th» sk'll of the contestants. Tne birds 

 were an exception .Uy strong lot of tuig-ts, ana many of tuem 

 managed to get away from the guns of the amateur shooters 

 who were not as profie'ent as tney might have been with the com- 

 plete shooting paraphernalia which they had, everything bei un- 

 ci the best quality, both ni shells and guns. The shooting hfgan 

 promptly at 11^ o'clock, and the first event was for a cup offered 

 by a member or tne duo. at ten oirds per man. go en' ranee fee, 40 

 percent, of the entrance to go to a second man, 10 percent, to 

 the third man, and the remainder to the club, all contestants 

 who wtiM handicapped at 26 yaids rise or under to stind where 

 th.y pleased, and all above that mark at handicap rises, Mr 

 Story won this event, w.th a d -an score of ten buds killed. The" 

 second event was for a cup valued at $250. and the winner had 

 the privilege of accepting the same amount in cash m lieu of the 

 trcphy. It was at ten birds per man, entry fee $10 per man, • 

 handicap rises; all comp-ticors standing at the gfyds, rise tr 

 unoer; one miss to couutas no bird. Mr. Story won this event 

 "lso. 



LONG BRANCH, Jan. 1.— A big crowd attended the shoot on 

 the grounds of the Central linn Club to-day. There were several 

 sweepstakes shjt at live birds, and some remarkabJe shooting 

 i as done oy Cannon, the one-armed shoou r. The principal event 

 was the shoot tor a heavy silver cup, to go to the member of the 

 Central Gun Club making the beet score in the year's monthly 

 snoots. The prize, a silver drinkiug cup, was presented bv John 

 Oney, Jr , son of John Hoev, President nf tue Adams Exnress 

 Company. The conditions were: Seven birds eacb. Hurlindiam 

 rules to govern. Th) ee men killed seven straight rdrds, five kdled 

 six each, four men five each, and two m n four each. The best 

 score was made by Mr. Shaw, who shot f r Mr. Hoev. Mr. Shaw 

 k.lled his seven Vrds with his tir3t baml. E. Taber killing seven 

 b'rus with eight barrels, and W. Taber seven with nine barrels, 

 toevei al matcm s were shot with biuerocks. 



r — — — w — ...... v .« v .^ a uuuo iruir apiiiug |t'i CeMJil 



mpetitfri ana r< suited in the following s. ores; Murphy 5, Mil- 

 ler Brcidenbaehfi, Jacques 4, and Zorn 4. The firs, three divided 

 the first prizr, and rhelat er two divided the second prize. This 

 shoot was followed by another sho, t at live hires and resulted »S 

 follows: Jacques 5, Mnrpay 4 Dittmar4, Breidenbacn 3, and Zorn 

 3. The first prize wa« awarded to Jacques and the second was 

 OiVldea between Murphy and Dittmar. The third and last event 

 wasasweerstaa.es shoot at cla\- birds. 6 birds being sprung for 

 each m n. with the following n suit: Muiphv 6. Jacques G. Diu- 

 mar 5, W. Prb.gle 4, F. Prmgle 3, and * Jim " Pilking.on 1.' The 

 first prize was divided between Murphy and Jacques, and the 

 second w as scooped in by Dittmar. 



•Maying. 



™ T « el i st0 £° mcers a ?. d directions for joining the A. C. A, and 

 W. C. A. will ne found in the first issue of each month. 



Secretaries of canoe clu v >s are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream iheir addresses, with craie, membership, signal, etc. of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and Taces aud 

 report of the same. Canonists a. d all in erested in canoeing are' 

 requested to forward to Forest and steeam iheir addresses; with 

 logs ot cruises, maps, and inform ttion concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descr.puons of boats and tit tings, and all items 

 relating to ibe sport. " ' 



PlXrURES. 



June. 



7. Marine and Field Club, Bath 21, New York Annual. 



