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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 16, 1890 



SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-To-dav being the last opportunity 

 the marfc sfepn of the Third Regiment, N„ G. O.. had to practice 

 for the Tobin troDhy, which takes place od Sundav nest they 

 wpre out in full foice, and the rang- at Shell Mound Park, BerVe- 

 lev" was crowded. The scores made ra practice by the different 

 companies have hitberio been guarded jealously from the public, 

 so that each comnanv was in almost complete ignorance of what 

 the others were doing. It was con -ed<- d, however, that Company 

 B of this oily was doirg snlendid work, and stood a good chance 

 of winning Captain Kennedy aud Lieut. Burns of B company 

 have been indefati arable in their exertions to keep their men at 

 work praelieincr. and the result of toda^ 's shoot shjws that their 

 labors were not in vain. In spite of the cold weather, which is 

 not calculated to steady the nerves of riflemen, the scores were 

 the best ever made by the company, and should the weather be as 

 cnod next Sunday B's success is assured. The best scores m the 

 practice were as follows: Captain Kennedy 38, Lieutenant Burns 

 P9. Sergeant Mahone 41, Sergeant Priehard 40, Sergeant Brusher 

 37, Sergeant Oestiich 40. Private Nelson 44, Corporal Donahue ,-.6, 

 Corporal Hail v 41, Sergeant. Kennedv 41, Private Shea 43, Private 

 Johnson 41, Private fitey 34, Private Kebrlein 42, Private Heath 

 43 Private Brown 46, Private Carroll 41, Sergean -Maior Middh- 

 ton 45. Private Stettin 40. Companv C of Oakland also turned out 

 in full force and practiced as though they intend to give B a hard 



harbor View -was also well attended, and the first monthly 

 shoots of the California Schutzen Club and Germania Rifle Club 

 took. pises. 



The California Sehntzen Club competition resulted in the fol- 

 lowing scores: Champion class, A Strecker. 435 rings; flr-t clas j . 

 G H. Brown, 433 Tines; second cla«s, William G'endemaun, 421 

 rings; third class, A. Burmeister, 378 rings; fourth class, H. Enge, 

 878 lings. These scores are exceptionally high. 



In the Geruiania Rifle Club shoot the following scores were 

 mari< : Champion elaes, George Helm, 412 ring?; fiist.cliss, H. A. 

 Kurlfmka, 360 rings: second class, W. G'endemann, 403 ring?; 

 third class. H. Patt. 378 rings; fourth class, F. C. Miller, 345 lings. 



The Gruetli Veiein also held a sboot in which the following 

 were tie best scores: A. Rohwyler 390, J. C. Huguenin378, J. 

 Scheibli 32\ 



The Eii tracht shooting section held its first sboot for 1890 at 

 Harbor View, the prize winners being as follow?: Champion 

 medal, F. A. Kuhls, 433 rings: first class medal, H. Hagerup. 371 

 rings; ?econd class nWal, B. Ovemiuhle, 346 rings; third class 

 m6dal, J. Blinner, 319 rings. Capt. Kuhle took the prize for the 

 best shot, a 23-ring. 



THE TRAP, 



Score* for pubvicatiun should be made out on tne printed blanks 

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

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

 ticularly requested to write on one side of th-e 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. 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION DATES, 



Feb. 15. 13, 34.— Birmingham, Ala. 

 Feb. 19, 20, 31.— New Orleans, La. 

 April 30, M»y 1, 2.— Columbus, O. 

 May 7, 8. 9.— St,. Louis, Mo. 

 May 20, 21. 23 — Minneapolis, Minn. 

 May —.—Kansas City, M>. 

 June 4, 5, 6.— Lafayette, Ind. 



The Kansas Citv dates have not, yet been determined, but they 

 will probably he May 25, 26 and 27. 



CHICAGO TRAP-SHOOTERS. 



CHICAGO, Jan. 7 —There is quite a flutter in the trap-shoo>ing 

 world here at present, and although nobody is shooting very 

 mach. about ev<-r> body who can carry a gun is goiner to shoot a 

 mutch with 6% ery nody else right away pretty ouick. The coming 

 trap shooting tour of the U. S. Cartridge Co. car seems to have 

 started up the fever. 



Mr. J. H McGee, of Kansas City, will come up here some tiuie 

 in the lat'er part, of this month and shoot a matf-h with Mr. C. E. 

 Felton, at 100 live birds, $100 a side, 16-gauge guns. If Mr. Felton 

 we're bis new yellow- topped boots he will paralyze Mr. McG«e 

 and heat bim easy. - 



Some time about t.h 6 end of the month, too, the tie will be shot 

 off here between Messrs. Itiley and Elliott, of Kansas City, and 

 Messrs. Budd and Organ. These, folks have, been laying for each 

 other a good while, and have now got on a match that will be in- 

 teresting. We all hope the Kansas City bovs will win— if they can 

 kill more pigeons than the other fellows. This is at $100 and 100 

 biros a corner. - 



Mr. K. B Organ-Wadsworth (that makes his name look as 

 t 1 ' oneh he were an English lord) Las sgr« ed to shoot a match with 

 Mr. W W. McFarland at 100 birds for $100. No money posted yet, 

 but this i< he dago. 



Mr. Organ- W 'ads worth, assisted by Mr. Ben Phks, has also 

 co tracted to wipe up rhe earth with Mr. Billy Mussey and Mr, 

 G. W. Randall, at the Mak-saw-ba Club grounds, ne*t Saturday— 

 unbss the latter gentlemen should wipe up the earth with the 

 former. It is not yet determined. 



Mr. Billy Mussey and Mr. Organ-Wadsworth and Messrs. E. I. 

 and A. W. Reeves ha e, also gore into au earth-wip-ng contract 

 similar to the a hove, for some time in the near future. 



Mr. W. W. McFarland and Br. Ashley, of Austin suburb, are of 

 the opinion that they can kill a good many more pigeons than Mr. 

 Organ- vVadsworth and Mr. Billy Mussey. Dr. Ashley is sick ju=t 

 now, but when he gets well this match will be shot. 



If Billy Mussey doesn't win some of his matches, the bovs will 

 have td give him a henefit,. He and Mr, J. S. Oi vis have been 

 walking on each other's coats for quite a while, and the result is 

 that they will have to shoot amateo for S100 a side, some time in 

 February, probably, when they both have got their nerve up. 



I have not had full scores of the whole shoot at Lake George 

 Club, on RVw Year's Day, but believe I have announced that Mr. 

 Place heat Mr Loyd, Mr. Dicks beat Mr. Place, and Mr. Loyd 

 heat Mr. Hamline. 



But, the above list does not cover all of Chicago's ambition in 

 the challenging line. Chicago will challenge the two Pan-Ameri- 

 can teams as they pass East through here at the close of tneir 

 great tour, and will produce ten men who, until spring at least, 

 will nourish the fond thought that they can kill more live birds, 

 at 25>de„ $25 a corner, than the whole carload of experts, East 

 and West combined. I like Chicago's nerve. If she does tackle 

 the Pan-Americans, we will see some fur fly. 



But I have kept the, best news for the last. It is now an open 

 secret of some days standing that, the great, the unparailelel, the 

 mucb-ialked-of and mighty-ltttle-matenalized ten-men match 

 between Kansas City and Ch'cigo is really and actually going to 

 be shot. Tell it not in Gath! They say it will be shot at Grand 

 Crossing, our shooting grounds heie. Feb. 20, 21 and 22. Tne ma<ch 

 will be between Kansas City and Chicago, aud not between Mis- 

 souri and Illinois. This is rather against Chicago, as she has 

 trou le in getting the last three men of the team, which she ought 

 topics: outside of the city. This match is for glOO and 100 birds 

 per man, Kansas City will probably shoot Messrs. J. Rile*\ J. & 

 W. Anderson, J. K. Guinnotte, J. H. McGee, J. A. R. Elliott 

 Drury Underwood, Frank Smith, B. Rieger and Ed. Bingham. 

 Chicago team is not yet certain, but by permission of Mr. Organ- 

 Wadsworth Im >y name Messrs. R. B Organ-Wadsworth, W. P. 

 Mussey, C. E. Willard, John and Abo Kl tinman. W. Payson, A. 

 W. Reeves. M. Eich, W. W. McFarland and J. S. Orvis. There 

 may be changes from this, but it is somt where in the neighbor- 

 hood of right. Now let down the bars and pull the collars off 'm 

 the dogs of war! There is blood on the face of the pale-visaeed 

 moon, and there will be twenty men scared clear through until 

 after Washington's Birthday. E. Hough, 



Jan, a.— The South Chicago medal shoot was held at Grand 

 Crossing to-day, 10 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, Illi- 

 nois State rules: 



Geo Kleinioan Hill 11111— 10 AW Reeves 00101 Hill— 7 



Abe Kleiuman 1111111111-10 C FTempleton. ...Ulllioill— 9 



Anrtein 1101000001- 4 L Willard 1111111101— 9 



E JR(-eves 01010I1H1- 7 F Willard 1111010111- 8 



Ed Marsh 1111111000- 7 *J Oi vis , Ullllllll-10 



0 Miller OHIO 0111- 7 *J E Price .1011011101- 7 



J Watson 1111111111-10 *J Kleinnian 0111111011- 8 



Ike. Watson 1110111111- 9 



Ties of 10 div. first and will shoot off at aext meeting for medal. 

 * Not members,, 



Twenty blackbirds, for meflal: , _ . . . . fc 



LWiliardlOlllllOlimfll 1111-18 E Marsh.. 1001in000l000001003- t 

 G Klein- ■ Amstein. .1100111110 10H1H10-15 



m-in . . . .00111111111111101110-16 Miller. . . . .uOi»10j0O3OUOOOUO311— 5 

 F Willard 1 llOlllllIll lllllull —18 J Wa+s.m.lllOiOlOllUOlOOlOOl-13 

 Templet'nlllltlllOOlOUIllOlO-lo Abe Klein- 



AWLteeve-llllOlimilOllULll-17 man OOllOllOOlOOOOOUOll- 9 



E.IReeve? 111U11H" MlUlOll-lS 

 Ties of 18: L. Willard 4, Reeves 4, F Willard 5 and wins. 

 Jan. 9- Contest at Grand Crossing for the Herakl and Jenny & 

 Graham Gun Co. trophies, 20 live pigeons, entrance ,*20, divided 

 40, 30. 20 and 10 per cent., ground traps, 30yds, rise, SOyds. bound- 

 ary, Illinois Sta t '6 rule 1 



EJReeves 11111111121311201111— 19 

 T Luflin . . .1 1111121101132201 110- 17 

 J Watsou.HH 1 1210111,21121113-19 

 Malcolm. . l02;:siG£t>l''i21 2222023-13 

 B Dicks. . .21120210112122120221—17 

 Abe Klein- 



man .... 11122112012101111111-18 

 Foss 11312020110112221 112— 17 



M J Rich , .11111021011 1 122 1 2012—1 ; 

 R B Organ 1111 1 1222 3102 202 1221 — 15 

 J R Price. .001 11111111001222001-14 

 Geo bdein- 



man . . . .01011110121022112112-16 

 J J Klpin- 



man . . . .01111122221212112222—19 

 i iji'v;;...U'.jill(:ijr';:i[i^yi| -if, 

 AWRei'VeplllllH1211221212i22-20 



Ties on 19 div. second, oa 18 div. third; on 17: Eich 2. Laflin 5 

 and won, Dicks 0, Foss 8. Ravelriog. 



SYRACUSE, Jan. 9.— The Onondaga* had a club shoot to-day 

 and Courtney made the boys hustle at a lively rate. He set the 

 shooting pace so fast that all the coa'estants were han HcaDpid, 

 and the day ended without recovering from the "break." Court- 

 ney not only won in the first class, but also first money in the 

 two match sweeps that followed. He was suffering from La 

 Grippe, but it didn't seeji to affect his shouting, which was first- 

 class throughout.. The shoot was for club medals, 25 bluerocks 

 at 18yds., and 25 bluerocks at 30yds., for first class: 18yds. for 

 both events, second class: 



First Class. 



Geo C Luther 18yds. 1011 til 3 lini 1011111111 110— 21 



SOyds. 11101 lllOiOOllllllllllOll— 20— 11 



J Montgomery 18vds. lllillOliniimOUOlsiOOl— 20 



SOyds. llOltOlOimOl HO II 001011— 17— 37 



AG Courtney, 18yds. 0111111111111111111111111-24 



3i)vds. llllllllltiO1101111110ilOl-30-44 

 Second Clas^. 



H Chase . . . . . 18 vd s. 11101011 10000000000111111—13 



18 yds. 



Fred Strange... 

 Wm Prettie.... 



Dr Neering 



Dr Holden 



Harry Ayling. 



18yds. 

 18yds. 



111111110111100,001111111—21—34 

 111 1 110 1 1 1101 1 0 1 1 1 I I M il l I -21 

 11 011 1100! 101C01 1 011 01 1 11—17 - 38 

 1010000 1 101 1 01O1000 01100-11 

 1111 10000001111111] 1 00011—16-27 

 01100100000111 100 1110100-13 

 ' •! 1 ■ • i 1 ( , 1 • I ::• 



imiioiooiinouiiioini-21 



1110011 00 1 1 1 111 0 1 1 1 1 1 OHIO- 1 8 - 39 

 111110110 1 01 100110 i fl, 11-17 

 0001001 1 0 1 101 10100 1 1011 1 0 -13-S0 



18s ds. _. 



Courtney won Lefever medal in class A; Or. Holden won K. & 

 P. medal in class B. 



Match No. 1, at 10 bluerocks. entrance $3: 



Courtney 1111111111-10 Ayling 0111111010—7 



Luther loOlllllll— 8 Strange 11I1011U1-9 



Montgomery, 0111111110- 8 Neering 1111101011-8 



Couitney first, Strange second, Montgomery and Luther div. 

 third. 



Match No. 2, satnw conditions as No. 1: 



Courtney 1111111111-10 Strang 1111111001-8 



Luther ill I 111 101- 9 Neering 00000101 1 1-4 



Holden.... HlOOOllOl- 6 Ayling llllllllOl— 9 



Chase lOlllOOlU- 7 Prettie .10101100x1-1- 



Montgomery 1101111011— 8 



Couituey first, Luther shot out Ayling and won second; Mont- 

 gomery shot out Strange and won third. 



WORCESTER. Mas«., Jan. 10.— At the meet this week at Coal 

 Mine Brook Range of members of tho Worcester Sportsman's 

 f'lub the first event was the shooting off of the ties in the Norcross 

 Trophy mad» at the last meet. The men tied were E. T. Smith, 

 G W. Russell, E. B. Burbank and P. W. Webber. The latter was 

 sick and unable to be present, but i* to be allowed to shoot later 

 against the hem score. The work of the three follows: 



G W Russell .1111111111 -10 1111011111-9-19 



R T Smith 1111111111-10 1111101110 — 8—18 



E B Burbank 11011 w 



The remaining event was the nest in the series of the Norcross 

 Trophy contests. Each man had a possible string of 30 birds. The 

 number broken by each man follows: 



A B Franklin 30 Dr Bowers..., 24 A R Bowdish 20 



G J Rugg. , - - .28 A L Gil man 23 M A Li nfield 13 



Geo Sampson c 28 C R B Claflin ?3 H D Jourdan IS 



ET Smith 26 E Welch 23 W T L Davis 17 



WE Johnson 25 C Croroptou M C K Holm an 15 



C B Holden 25 E B Burbank 21 W S Welch 12 



G W Russell 24 E F Swan 20 



SYRACUSE, N, Y., Jan, 7.— At our regular medal shoot here 

 yesterday scores were a« follows: Ten bluerocic*, 3 traps, entianee 

 $5— G. C. Luther and Jas. Montgomery each 8, div, third; A. G. 

 Courtney 10, firs'; Fred Strange 9. sei cud. 



Medal shoot, Class A. 25 hluerocks at each distance: 



18yds, 30vr!s. 16yds. 30vds. 



GC Luther.... 21 20 41 AG Courtney... 24 19 43 



J Montgomery 20 17 37 



CIhss B, 50 bluerocks at 18vds. for Lefever meda 1 : Dr. Holden 

 39, Fr» d Strange 38, H. Chase 34, Dr. Neering 82. Harry Ayling 30; 

 Wm. Prettie 30. 



Ten bluerocks, $'d entrance: Ge,o. C. Luther 9, Ja-. Montgomery 

 8. Fred Strange. 8, Dr. Holden 8, A. Courtney 10, H. Chase 7, Dr, 

 Neering 6, Harry Ayling 6, Wm. Pretrie 7. Ties of 8 div, second. 

 We, are to shoot a return mat' h with 10 men a side for the supper 

 and all expenses with 10 men from Lyons, N. Y. We beat them 

 the last time and they gave us an elegant supper, and we had a 

 fine time. Will give you mil details nest time, as I must go to the 

 other shoot.— La Gbippb. 



POHLMAN V-*. MONAHVN.-G. Po'>lman. of the Unknown 

 Gun Club, and James Monahan, of the Northside Gun Club, shot 

 at 25 birds each, 25vds. rise, for $50 a side, on Jan. 8, at Miller's 

 Dexter Park, Brooklyn, on the Jamaica road. The contest re- 

 sulted in a tie, hut on the shoot-off Pthlmin won. The birds 

 were fast flyers and strong. The score follows: 



Pohlman,... ., OOlll 1 1000H riOCO ' 01 11 101 1 1 — 13 



Monah ■« n lOlXb 11 1 10000110 1 11001 001—13 



In the shoot-off Pohlman killed 3 out of 5 and Monahan 2. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 8.— The Parkway Gun Club held a sboot at 

 M Uer's Dexter Park to-day. The birds were one of the finest 

 lots of flyers ever tossed from the traps, and furnished capital 

 sport for the well-known wing shots whof iced the i.raps through- 

 out the afternoon. The main event was the regular comuetiuon 

 for the club badge. The score of the main event was as follows: 

 E. Helgans 0, R. Phisti r li, 'J. T. Savage 0. James Bennett 6, Brom- 

 well 5, H. T. Selover 4, H. T. Bookman 4, P. Hale 3. M. Meyer 2, 

 C. btemneuser 2, and M. J. Borden 1. Helgan thus won the 

 medal and Borden received the leather trophy. An extra event 

 at 3 live birds per man followed, at 25yds. rise. In this event 

 Buckman, H. Von Wyckhoft and R. Phister each killed 3; Sav- 

 age, Meyer, Philman, Bromwell, B-nnett, Below.* and Helgans 

 each 2; while Steinheuser and Borden each killed 1. In shooting 

 off the ties for second money, miss and out, Selover killed 4 birdB, 

 Meyer 4, Biom well 2, Bennett 3. Savage 1 and Helgans 0. The 

 first two contestants divided. A second extra sweepstake, under 

 the same conditions, resulted as follow*: Heitrans 4. Von Wyck- 

 hoff3. Bookman 2, Bennett 4. Phister 3. Van Sicklen 3, Philman 



5, Selover 4 and Cbarlick a. It was loo dark to admit of fur' her 

 shooting; the money was divided, after the birds were paid for. 



RED BANK, N. J., Jan, lO.-The Riverside Gun Cluh held th< ir 

 weekly meeting to-day. Clay birds only wi-re used as targets. 

 The opening event at 10 singles resulted as folic ws: John Cooper 

 won with 8, Fred Beal was second with 7, Wm Little third with 



6, and Wm. Conover hroke 5. Second event -it 10 singles; John 

 Cojper won with 7, Wm. Conover second with 6, Wm, Little aod 

 Fred Beal divided third, J. Bergen fourth with 5, M. Cornwell 

 hroke 4, David Belshaw 3 and Asa VVhaymer S, Third event 10 

 siugles: John Cooper won with 10, M. F. Cornwell was second 

 with 8, Oscar Hesse third with 7, Fred Boal fourth with 6, Asa 

 Whavmer got 5, Wm. Conover 4, D. Belshaw 3, and P. Hendi ick- 

 son 2. Final event at 10 pairs: John Cooper won with 8, Fred 

 Beat was second with 7, Asa Whaymer third with 4, Wm. Con- 

 over broke 2. 



PHILADELPHIA. — The following officers of the Wiugohock- 

 ing Gun Club, Germantown, have been elected: Prep., Joseph 

 Thurmau, Jr.; Vice- Pres.. Mahlon Bolton: Trean., Roderick Pro- 

 vost; Sec, S. W. Ktohart; Field Capiaio, Harrv Thurman- Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, Frank Knhn, Theodore Mitchner, James 

 Broadhurst. 



ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.— The Atlantic City Gun Club has 

 elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Pres., L. Ad- 

 ams; Vice- Pres., Dr. C. C, Raitb; Sec-Treas., R.C.Griscom; Cap- 

 tain, C. C. Minerd; Executive Committee, W. Hayday, A. C, 

 Griscom. Robert Stroud, R, O. Griscom andC. C. Raitb. 



WALNUT HILL, Jan. S.— The opening shoteun meetine of the 

 year was held on tn6 range to-day. under the most favorable 

 weather conditions, and with an unusually large number of con- 

 testants on tti6 ground. It was expe -ted that the 100-bird match 

 between Bowker and Knowles would prove an ex'-itWg feature, of 

 t he meeting, hut the latter was w a^ly out of form, owing t o recent 

 illness, and felt obliged to withdraw nftrr the tin rtietb round. 

 Bowker thus won the opnl stud for which the match was shot, 

 but Knowles was presented with a handsome split-bamhno trout 

 rod as a consolation prize. Tne sweepstake events were ho'ly 

 contested, and the scores made were extremely creditable. °8 the 

 following summary shows: Five Keystone targe's— Bowker 5, first; 

 down, Dutch. Rule, 4 second; Knowles, Nichols, 3, third. Si^ 

 standard targets— Bowker, Rule, Nicbol", 5. first; Crown, Grese, 



4, second; Knowles3. third. Five elay-hirds, squad system— Crown 



5. first; Bowker, Du*ch, White. 3, second; Brooks. N'Chols. Rul«, 

 2, third; Gregg 1, fourth. Six standard targets— White 6 firs*; 

 Bowker, Nichols, Rule, 5. second: Brooks, Short. 4, third; Br«d- 

 burv, Crown, Knowles. 3. fourth. Seven clay-b^rds, Kevstone 

 rules— Chase, Gregg, Knowles 7. first; Bowk»r. Crown. Nic hoi », 

 White, 6, second; Dutch Rule, S rort. 5, th'rl; Bradbury 4, fourttu 

 Six standard targets— Black, Bradhury. Brooks, White, 6, first; 

 Hosmer 5, second; Gregg, Knowles, 4, third: Rule 3. fourth. Six 

 standard targets— Bowker, Crown, Nlchhois. White, 0, first; Hos- 

 mer 5, second; Knowles 4, tbi id. Six s*andaid targets— In this 

 event there were 12 entries. Messrs. Bradbury, Bowker aud Chase 

 made clean scores. In shooting off the tie Chase wod, and the 

 prize, a bamboo fly-rod valued at $10, was awarded to him. Five 

 keystone targets, squad firing— Chase 5, firs'; Bradburv 4, second; 

 Black, Gregg. 3, third; Brooks 2, fouith. Seven standard target — 

 Bradbury, White. 7, first; Rowker, Dutch, Gregur. Hosmej-, 6. sec- 

 ond: Shool 5, third. Ten Keystone targets, squad tiring— Black, 

 Brooks. Knowles, Rule. 10, first; Chase. Gregg. 9, second; Nichols, 

 Perry, Wh''te,8,tbird: Bradbury, Crown Dutch, Hosmer. 7,fourth. 

 Five t-tandaras-Bnoks, Chase, Whil e, 5, first; Black, Hosmer, 4, 

 second; Bowker 3, third: Greg^ 1, fourth. Fifteen Keystone tar- 

 gets, squad firing— Bowker, Short, White, 15, first; Brooks. Rule, 

 14, second: Black 13. third; Chase 12, fourih. Six standard tar- 

 gets—Black, White, 6, first; Knowles 5, second; Orogg, Rule, 4, 

 third; Bowker 3, fourth. Five clav-blrd«— Ohase 5, ftrsrj Crown. 

 Rule, Short, 4, secoud; Bowker 3, third: Gregg.Knowle, 2, fourth. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 8. - This afternoon at Woodlawn Park the 

 members of the Fountain Hud Club held their first shooting 

 meeting of the season of 1890. The weather in the morning was 

 delightful, but iust as the shooting ws about to begin the mas= 

 of heavy clouds which had been gathering in the west rolled over 

 the shooiing grounds, making things dark and dismal. So dim, 

 indeed, was the light that it interfered materially with t,ho=e en- 

 gaged in the competition, although it was hardly rnidaffcrnoon. 

 The birds were a poor lot. in fact the worst in flight, the men of 

 the club have ever had to shoot at. C W. Wingert, Louis T. 

 Davenport and C. A. Seddons tied for first; place with clean i-cores 

 of 7 kills each. A. Alfred a:-id H. W. Blattrnacher tied with 8 

 kills each. W. Selover was all alone with 5. W. A. Stewart, W. 



E. Dudley and R. Grant scored 4 each, and F. H. Garrison 3. The 

 tie for first place was shot off at once, and as fine a display of 

 shooting skill was then witnessed as is ofteu seen. Seddons 

 mi?sed his sixth bird and dropped out. Wingert and Davenport 

 then shot round after round until the fourteenth, when Wir gert 

 killing and Davenoort missing, the former took first position. 

 These were all in CTass A. and stood at 25yds. rise. Eddy, Blatt- 

 rnacher, Grant and Selover were also in Class A. Stewart in 

 Class B, 23yds. Dudley and Garrison (Snapper) iu Class B, 21yds. 

 Just as the mnin event closed a heavy ehower passed over the 

 grounds, putting a stop to the f-hooting for a few inomonts. A 

 sweepstake wa.s then shot off, ties shot off, m'ss and out. En- 

 trance $2, 3 birds each man, 3 moneys — Louis T. Davenport and C. 

 W. Wingert killed all their birds and divided first monev, after 

 shooting out Detleff^en and Stell, who missed their first fie b : rd3. 

 Selover enptured second money after shooting out W. H. Dudley, 

 Grant and Garrison. Stewart took third without a competitor in 

 his class. The two hest shots of the day were made by C. A. Sed- 

 dons. Both were almost straightaway birds, quartering a little 

 to the left. Each bird was killed at a distance of 75yds., a re» 

 markable distance to get a scoring shot. 



FRANK CLASS— The announcement that Frank Class would 

 have a house- wbrming and a live-bird shoot at bis new hotel ju*t 

 over the Passaic Piver, in Tine Brook, on Friday. Jan 10, drew a, 

 lnrge number to that place. The day was cold and r iw. and the 

 clouds seemed to be ready at any moment to send dowu a torrent. 

 Many of the visitors had their shooting implements with them, 

 and as John Erb had furnished a supply of good pig* o . s. tbey 

 had lots of fun at the trap'. The shooting was all of the b« rep- 

 stake order, the conditions being 4 birds each man, S3 entry, 3 

 traps, Hurlingham rules to govern, and 3 moneys. The results 

 were as follows: 



First, Sweep— Frank Class, Chris Reinhardt and John Riggdtt 

 killed straight and divined first monev. C. M. Hedden, Geo) ge 

 Innis, Jr., E. Jones and Hugh Leddy tied for second on 3 kills 

 each, and sh' t off, miss and out, Bedden and luuis taking the pot 

 by oulshooting their opponents. Third money went in with first. 



Second Sweep— Hedoeii and Riggott. with 4 eac'% tooK first 

 boodle. Class, Jorm Erb, Sam Cas'ie, Bernhardt, Jones, Leddy, 

 Innis. Miller and Harrison tied for second, aim on the shcot-off 

 Jon< s killed 5 straight bnd took the pot. Third was again put Id 

 with first. 



Third Sweep— Miller, Jones and Rein'ardt tied on leach, and 

 on th" shoot-off Miller was shot out. ttif oihoisdividing. For sec- 

 ond C) iss, Erb, Gistle Leddy and Riggott tied and t-hnt off; Re'r» 

 hardt and Jones proved to be the b» st stayers and c iptu red the 

 money. Tmrd wis split even by Hidden and Harrison. 



Fourth Sweep— First w^stiel for by Heddt n.Castle. Reimhardt, 

 L ddy aud Riggott with all down, and nn the shoot- ff Led y and 

 Riggott pocketed the cash. Enoch Miller ana Class took second, 

 while third was divided even by Erb and Jones. 



Fifth Event— Castle, Leddv, Riggott and Miller killed straight 

 and shot off, Castle and Riggott, finally dividing first cash. Cail 

 von Lengerke, Erb, Reinhardt, J. E. Wheat on »nd Jones tied for 

 second and also shot off. Von Lengerke and Erb finally dividing. 

 Third went to Hedden aloue. 



The final event was a migs-and-iut. f2 entry, with 9 entries. 

 Sam Castle captured the $18 by killing 9 straight, Jones missing 

 his ninth, Hedden his seventh, the rest dropping out early. 



DAVENPORT, la , Jan. 9.— Monday evening, Jan. t3, the For- 

 esttr Gun Club held its annual meetirg in the parlors of the St. 

 James Hotel, and elected Ihe following officers for the ensuing 

 year: Presiden', F. O. Davis Vice-President, O. M. Leonard; 

 Secretarv and Treasurer, J. M. Howard; Board < f Directors K. 

 O. Dav"s, C. M. Leonard, J. M. Howard, John Krav, C.Collins, 

 Harry Y'oung, E. Emerson. Tbe treasurer's report showed the 

 dub to be in a good condition financially, bt-ing out of debt and 

 with a, balance on hand of $263,99. The new board of directors 

 were authorized to erect a club house in the soring to er»t from 

 $500 to fifiOO. Gold medals were awarded to C. Collins, tC. C. Bran- 

 igan and J M. Howard. It was decided to put up a cup, to cost 

 not more than $1.% to be, contested for by the members in live 

 bird matches. C. M. Leonard was designated as t he first holder 

 of the cup, and J. M. Howard has challenged bim for a match, 25 

 birds a side, which will be shot next, Friday. The one who holds 

 the cup in four successive contests will be declared the champion 

 of the club and will be entitled to keep the prize. At a meeting of 

 the dire ;tors, held Tuesday evening, Jan. 7, tbe following were 

 anpointed to make arrangements for the February tournament: 



F. O. Davis, C. M. Leonard, J. M. Howard, John Kray, and Harry 

 Young.— W. M. Puhce. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION CARDS.-New York, 

 Jan. 9. 1890.— E Htor Forest and Streams The American Shooting 

 Association have provided a very convenient and appropriate 

 classiftcat'on card, having on it outside a monogram wi<h proper 

 wording in gold letters on tne inside, printed on one side, is tbe 

 classification, and on the opposite a photograph of the shooter. 

 Thi< at one* identifies the shooter wherever he may go, and io 

 many ways will serve him, principally as a card of intrndu tion, 

 and secure for him his proper place in shooting contests wherever 

 he may be. The Association wants to place one of these in the 

 hands or every shooter classified by it, and will do so for anv one 

 sending a photograph and fifty cents. The photograph will he 

 reduced to proper size for card, and the original returned if de- 

 sired. Already large numbers have been sent out, and without 

 exception the holders say they would not he without them for 

 twice the cost. In fact, they could not duplicate themtheirselves 

 for less than that amount. Tbey are so conveniently arranged 

 that the classification can changed at any time without charge 

 to balance of card.— The American Shooting ass'k L'd, Rrom 

 184 Stewart Building. New York City, S. M. Taylor, Manager. 



NEW Y'ORK, Jan. 7.— The members of the Unknown Gun Club 

 elected the following: officers at their annual meeting to-night; 

 H, Knebel, Sr., President; J. Akhurst, Vice-President; R. N. S ill- 

 well, Secretary; H.Van Sraden, Treasurer. The club will continue 

 to shoot on the second Thursday of every month at L. Miller's 

 Dexter Park. Some valuahle extra prizes have been offered by 

 some of the members, besides the usual club medal, the Midas 

 badge. 



