Jan. 30, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Sunday. Mr. C. W. Budd is to be in town to-dav. This morning 

 I met some of the Kansas City boys who have come up to shoot 

 to-morrow. Mr. J. A. R. Elliott is here, looking disgustingly 

 healthy and fit. and so is Mr. Carl Guinnotte who will, if agree- 

 able, shoot with our Mr. Felton the small-gauge match for which 

 Mr. McGee, of Kansas City, fails to qualify to-day. Mr. Whit- 

 field is present as referee, I believe. Mr. Riley is in town also. 

 This is the same Mr. Riley they "speak of so Highly," and he is 

 said to be "looking quite well." 



This is perhaps 1he last writing 1 shall do from Chicago for 

 some time, as 1 start Saturday to join the lolanthe crowd at Day- 

 ton, for the endeavor to grapple with the problems of the long trap- 

 shooting trip, record of which will appen r in Forest and Stream. 

 Mr. "W. P. Mussey, one of the best known shooters of Chicago, 

 will, as his time permits, send iu shooting news to Forest and 

 Stream from this place. At present Mr. Mussey is seriously ill 

 of pneumonia, which fact all the boys roeret very much, for un- 

 less Billy is presiding at the counter of the big hi lliard hall whore 

 so many of the. boys meet, things don't seem just right iu shoot- 

 ing circles here. 



Jan. 24.— The weather to-day was cold and cutting, but in spite 

 of that fact a good little crowd of Chicago shooters met at Wat- 

 son's Park, at Grand Crossing, to see the tie shoot between Messrs, 

 Riley and Elliott, of Kansas City, and C. W. Budd and R. B. Or- 

 gan, the former of Des Moines and the latter of this city. The 

 Kansas City shooters were accompanied by Messrs. J. K. Guin- 

 notte, W. S. Holliwell and Jas. Whitfield, the latter editor of the 

 Referee, and all of Kansas City. 



Mr. McGee being absent, Mr. C. E. Eel ton, of Chicago, agreed 

 to shoot Mr. J. K. Guinnot te. of Kansas City, the small-gauge 

 race. The scoring began at A. M. Mr. Felton shot a 20-gauge 

 Scott, using 2J^drs. Schultze, 7s in the right barrel, 6s in the left. 

 Mr. Guinnotte shot a 30-gauge Daly, and used 2drs. Schultze, 9s 

 in the light barrel and 7s in the left, chilled. Following is the 

 score, 50 live birds: 



Felton 121111202220 1 220001202122102102221 3110211221111112-41 



Guinnott 212ni21o3ll32mi2ol2121o001201olo011200o21110020-35 



oDead out of hounds. 



The main shoot began at once after lunch. Both Mr. Riley and 

 Mr. Elliott seemed in good form. Mr. Organ is always in good 

 form. Mr. Budd, just recovering from a severe spell of sickness, 

 was known to be "off" before he pulled a trigger, and the scoi-es 

 show how much. Mr. John Watson was chosen referee, and the 

 match began by Mr. Riley's missing his first bird, which was a 

 good specimen of a lot of corking good birds. 



Both Mr. Riley and Mr. Elliott, showed themselves extremely 

 fast-gaited. Mr. RUey's second barrel is a revelation. The match 

 was courteous and pleasant throughout, and Chicago shooters 

 were treated to a good exhibition by good men. Mr. Riley and 

 Mr. Elliott both shot the same gun, a 13-gauge Greener. Both 

 used Schultze powder and chilled shot, the former shooting 8s 

 and 7s and the latter 8s in both barrels. Mr. Budd shot a 12- 

 gauge L. C. Smith, wood powder, and 7s in both barrels. Mr. 

 Organ shot a Francotte 12-gauge, with Schultze- powder, 8s and 

 7a. The score, 50 live birds: 



J E Rile v ... . 011222 1 1 22221 2222 10211 22222 1 1 222 1 < 1221 221 02121 1 1 222—40 

 JAR Elliottlll222< >2l 121 222222101 111112) .2211121 11 1 21 111112111210— to— 91 

 C W Bud d ... 110 120121 210001 2111 201 1110111221 22 2012 122 1 201 1222 1 ,2— 10 

 R B Organ . . .122222 2i 12221 1 22 102211121 10022011 201 1 ( >20 1 ,2t w >21 221 - 39 - 70 



The Kansas City boys thus won with plenty to spare, and were 

 heartily congratulated on their victory. Sweepstakes at live 

 birds were shot, till evening. To-morrow Messrs. Organ and Mc- 

 Farland shoot their match, and Mr. John Klehiman will also 

 shoot Mr. Elliott, Mr. Riley appearing to be in too good shape 

 just now for even John Kleiuman's luck. 



The articles are signed for the Kansas City-Chicago ten-men 

 match, and the text as finally agreed upon is below: 



"Chicago, Jan. 24, 1890.— We agree to make a match team shoot 

 between ten men or more, residents of Kansas City and Chicago 

 respectively, at 50 birds to each contestant, and the losing team 

 to pay for the birds, the shoot to take place in Chicago during the 

 meeting of the Mascoutah Kennel Club's bench show, in March, 

 1890. the Chicago match to be governed by the Illinois State rules' 

 modified to allow 16-gauge guns weighing 71bs. or under a handi- 

 cap of 4yds., 12-gauge guns weighing Slbs. or under a handicap of 

 2yds., and the 10-gauge gun (standard distance of :10yds. rise), and 

 we further agree to shoot a return match (win or lose) at Kansas 

 City, ou some date to be agreed upon during the last two davs of 

 Chicago bench show, under the customary rules governing club 

 shoots in Kansas City. J. A. R. Elliott, J. E. Rilev, R. B. Organ 

 C. E. Willard." ' E. Hough. 



U. S. CARTRIDGE SHOOT. 



[Special to Forest and Stream.'] 



CINCINNATI, Jan. 28.— So far things have moved along very 

 smoothly, and our trip has been most pleasant. At the 

 towns where we have stopped there appears to be great enthu- 

 siasm among the local shooters. At Dayton there was an attend- 

 ance on the ground of 800. Here the Western team won by the 

 following score. Whitney, of the Eastern team, was ill, and 

 Quimby shot as his substitute. Match at 30 singles and 5 pairs 

 hluerocks: 



Western Team. Eastern Team. 



Budd 38 McMurch y 36 



Stice-- 36 Wolstencroft 40 



Heikes 34 WE Perry 37 



Gaboon 33 Quimby 19 



Ruble 39-180 W S Perry 34-166 



Heikes of the Western team and McMurchy of the Eastern shot 

 a live-bird match of 25 singles, Heikes winning with 20 to IS. The 

 Heikes Hand Protector Company presented the winners with 825 



At 'Cincinnati there was great enthusiasm and a large crowd- 

 nearly 1.000 people. Here the Eastern team won by a score of 186 

 to.178, as follows. The Bandle Arms Co. and Laflih & Rand Pow- 

 der Company presented five handsome cups to be competed for 

 Tha scores to-day for the Eastern team were: MeMurchv 39 out 

 of 40, Wolstencroft 39, W. E. Perry S8. Whitney 39, W.S.Perry 

 31. Western team: Budd 35, Stice 36, Heikes 37. Ruble 35. The 

 teams will start for Louisville to-night. 



KNAPP VS. DO LAN.— Philadelphiaus were heavy losers in 

 the recent live-pigeon match at the Westminster Kennel Club 

 grounds, between H. Yale Dolan, of the Riverton Gun Club and 

 Dr. Knapp, the veteran of the Westminster Kennel Club. ' The 

 stakes were $1000 a side; 100 live pigeons each, 80yds. rise 50yds 

 boundary, 12-gauge guns weighing less than T^lbs! Shortly after 

 the arrival of the train, at the Kennel Club grounds, the match 

 was started, no time being lost by preliminaries. The wind was 

 blowing lively, though not as hard as ttte day before, and favored 

 the birds, blowing a little diagonally to the right, from the shooter 

 to the traps. The birds of course, were as good as could be 

 procured. The doctor won the toss and killed a rapid left driver 

 using both brrrele. Mr. Dolan opened the ball not so luckv' 

 He got an equally quick driver and feathered the bird with both 

 barrels, but all the same, it went out and on. Out ( I' the first 10 

 birds the Doctor had 7 bard drivers and 8 out-quai terers and 

 only failed to kill his tenth bird. Mr. Dolan had six hard 

 drivers, two outgoing and two incoming quarterers, all fast bird« 

 and he failed on 5 out of the 9 drivers, all of which were hit, but 

 they simply beat the gun at the distances they were shot at. Mr 

 Dolan's eleventh bird, also one of those ghost-lite visions, was 

 lost, and the Doctor's thirteenth, a swooping incomer, got awav 

 unhurt. Mr. Dolan then killed twenty-two straight and so did 

 the Doctor. The match was shot out, although the result was 

 settled at the nineteth bird. The red setter "Doc" did the 

 retrieving during the match, beautifully. He saved two or three 

 birds which probably could not have been gathered by man 

 One of Mr. Dolan's birds had flown, body hit, right to the bound- 

 ary, a 15 to 18iu. wire cloth fence. Instead of running right up 

 to the bird, the dog jumped the fence some 25yds. from the bird 

 keeping it in sight, however, all the time, and drove it back toward 

 the traps and caught it. One for the Doctor was saved by the 

 quick work of Mr. Walker, who was handling the Doctor to 

 perfection, and the alertness of the dog. The bird, an incomer 

 was but slightly hurt and was coming for the rear line like a 

 streak, about 4ft. off the ground. Mr. Walker called "dog" in 

 time for Doc to intercept the bird within a few feet of the line 

 ■and jumping high in the air, caught the bird. Each performance 

 of the dog was greeted with a thunder of applause. Dr. Knapp 

 used his Guyot hammer gun, weighing a little less than 71bs., 

 and Von Lengerke & Detmold's match shells. In the right barrel 

 he used 3drms. of Schultze powder, wadded with one greaseproof 

 and 3 pink-edge wads and lj^oz. No. 7 chilled shot in 2J4in. cases. 

 In the left barrel, 3%dnns. of Schultze, same wadding, with 

 lJ4oz. No. 6 chilled shot. Mr. Dolan used his 7J£lbs. Scott hammer- 

 less, with 2%in. Eley, large cap, buff-colored cases and 3}^drms. 

 of Schultze and a scant lJ4oz. of No. 6 chilled shot. The powder 

 was wadded with one feit and 3 pink-edge wads. Dr. Knapp 

 used his second barrel 43 times on birds killed, of which thirteen 

 were for safety only, on birds brought to the ground with first. 

 Mr, Dolan used his second barrel 36 times, of which, also, ten were 

 £or safety only, Dr. Knapp 86, H, Yale Dolan 76. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., Jan. 25.-There was some good shooting 

 at Olaremont to-day, despite the strong south wind that blew 

 across the traps and made the birds a strong set of flyers. Twelve 



events were shot off in about two hours' time, which is pretty 

 li vely shooting, considering the wind. The events were all sweep- 

 stakes of 10 birds per man, 50 cents entrance, bluerock targets. 

 Ihe scores follow: 



First event: 



Johnson 9 Russell 8 Sigler . 7 



Deacon 8 Hathaway 7 Lindsley '. '.. 4 



Second event: 



S'gler R Lindsley 7 Hathawav 5 



Johnson 8 Russell 6 Deacon .'. 3 



Third event: 



Sigler -.. 6 Johnson ,8 Hathaway 6 



Emdslev 8 Deacon... .8 Russell 5' 



Fourth event: 



Sigler ..10 Russell 8 Hathaway 7 



Deacon 8 Johnson 8 Lindsley' 6 



Fifth event: 



Russell 10 Hathaway -8 Johnson .8 



S'gler 9 Deacon 8 Lindsley 6 



Sixth event: 



Johnson 9 Hathaway 9 Lindsley 8 



Sigler 9 Deacon 9 Russell' 7 



Seventh event: 



Sigler 10 Moffatt 8 Deacon 5 



Johnson ,.8 Hathaway 7 Russell 8 



Lindsley... 8 



Eighth event: 



Russell 10 Moffatt 7 Hathaway 6 



Johnson 8 Sigler. 7 Deacon 5 



Lindsley 8 



Ninth event: 



Sigler 9 Hathaway 8 Russell .7 



Johnson 9 Moffatt 8 Deacon . , ..6 



Lindslev 8 



Tenth event: 



Linasley 10 Deacon 8 Johnson 6 



Hathaway 10 Russell 8 Moffatt 4 



Sigler 9 



Eleventh event: 



Sigler 9 Russell 9 Moffatt. 7 



Hathaway 9 Johnson 7 Lindsley .... 6 



Twelfth event: 



Hathaway 10 Russell 9 Lindsley 7 



CAMDEN, N. J.. Jan. 25.— Scores of match between our club and 

 the Haddonheld Club, of Had don field, N. J. The match was at; 

 Camden, N. J., between teams of 13 men, at, 15 single and 5 pairs 

 of Keystone inanimate targets per man, from 5 traps: 

 Haddonfield Gun Club. 



L J Kelton 010111100111001 00 01 10 11 10-11 



Geo CTagget OllllOOllOuOllO 00 00 00 01 11—11 



Jos Peacock 111011001111101 11 10 11 11 11— 20 



Robt Bates 110011010110000 00 10 11 10 10-12 



Chas Ellis 111111011011011 U 11 11 00 01—19 



Harry Peacock OUIIOIOOOIOOIO 11 00 11 10 11—11 



Lippincott 010011101000000 00 00 01 Of) 00— 7 



Chas Kelton 011000100110111 00 00 11 00 00— 10 



Geo Tule 100110010111111 10 10 00 10 11-15 



Lew Graff 111001 11H11110 00 11 11 11 00—18 



Bert Ellis 011011011010111 10 10 00 11 10—15 



W Graff. 011111111000010 00 10 10 11 11—15 



Kirk Peacock .100111110111101 10 10 10 01 11—17—187 



West Jersey Gun Club. 



Austermubl 011111111101111 11 10 01 11 11—21 



Griscoin 10111 1001U1011 10 11 00 00 00—14 



Thompson 111110111111110 10 01 11 11 10-20 



Wells 010011101111011 11 11 11 11 01-19 



R T Miller 001010110011111 11 10 10 11 11—17 



Beck 111111110101111 10 11 10 11 10-20 



Sickler 011111111001011 10 10 10 00 11—10 



E B Learning - 111100110111111 10 10 10 11 11—19 



Ridgeway 100001110111011 10 U 10 10 10—15 



Gibbs limnoiuiiii io ii oi 11 11-23 



Pancoast . 011110011101101 00 11 10 10 10-15 



Armstrong 10111 1010H0111 10 10 10 00 10—15 



John Chalmers * 011111110101111 00 01 00 10 10—14—227 



Feb. 1 our club shoots against the Atlantic Citv Gun Club at 

 Atlantic City. Feb. 8 we shoot the Haddonfield (N.J.) Club at 

 Haddonfield. Feb. 15 we shoot, the Philadelphia Sportmen's Club 

 on our grounds. Feb. 22 we shoot our monthly field contest in 

 club classes. During January we have shot over 6,000 birds from 

 our club grounds. — C, 



CLEVELAND VS. D AYTO N.— Day ton, Jan. 22.-The second 

 telegraph match between the Dayton Gun Clnb team of ten men 

 and a similar team of the East End Gun Club, of Cleveland was 

 shot to-day, and Dayton was again beaten. Paul North witnessed 

 the shooting here, and Scott McDonald was on the same detached 

 service at Cleveland. Conditions were 50 singles targets to each 

 man, 3 traps, new rules, for expenses. Snow cevered the ground 

 here, and tor the first, hour of the shoot a cold, chilly wind pre- 

 vailed. George W. Knecht and Chris. Kiefaber were judges, and 

 W. J. Kneisly referee. The score was: 



Dayton Team. 



Heikes 48 



Pratchett 39 



Tippy 44 



Keenan 38 



Wolf 40 



Bacon 48 



Troup 34 



Knight 41 



Snyder 40 



Cleveland Team. 



Sheldon 47 



Gault 42 



Byrnes 39 



Auld 46 



Phare 43 



Brockaway 39 



Jones 43 



Forester 41 



Ell worthy 40 



Smith 42-^414 North 



46—431 



■! Longbottom (26).. 0 



J Blong (24) 6 



H Page (24) 6 



W Ward (21) 6 



TORONTO, Jan. 21.— The members of the Owl Gun Club held a 

 shoot at pigeons. Owl Gun Club rules (single barrel), for the cup 

 presented by Mr. J. P. Moore, and also for prizes given by the 

 club, at C. Stark & Co.'s grounds, on Saturday and Monday, which 

 resulted as follows: 



J Douglass (27yds.).ll T Louden (27) 9 R Powell (21) 7 



A Austin (21) 11 J Montgomer v (37). .8 W Pearcv (27). ... 6 



C Charles (34) 10 C Avre (27) 8 " 



WMcDowall (27).. 10 C Kemp (27; 8 



A J Tymon (27). . . . 10 H Townson (24) 



J Rice (34) 9 J C Uuwin (24; 



J Townson (31) 9 



The ties on being shot off resulted in the competition being 

 closed as above, Mr. James Douglas being warmly congratulated 

 on handsomely securing the much-coveted trophy. The McDow- 

 alleup, representing the live-bird championship of Canada, is 

 now on exhibition at the store of Mr. Wm. McDowall, 51 King 

 street east. The cup will be shot for on Feb. 12. The entries, 

 which close Feb. ; ; , are beginning to come iu, and the committee 

 iu charge of the shoot are. confident that it is going to be the most 

 interesting one ever held in Toronto. 



WEST FARMS, N. Y., Jan. 25.~The Bronx River Gun Club 

 held their monthly shoot at 25 bluerocks, Chamberlain rules. 

 Mr. Charley Zorn won the gold medal and Mr. William Briden- 

 bach second prize: 



E P Miller 1101111001011111011101111—19 



Jas Duane 010000 lOOOOOOlOlQOOOIOlOl— 7 



ADittmar 1001010110110101111010011-15 



H Seawood 1011100101000000111111111-15 



G Seawood 0000100011010101000111011—13 



FPringle 1011010101111110101111011-18 



Wm Pringle 10111110111110 tlllllOOlOO-18 



Chas Zorn 111101111111110111101101 1 —31 



Win Briden bach H11111011010011001101010-16 



PATUXENT, Md., Jan. 25.— The Patuxent and Howard match 

 at 15 Standard targets each, 16 and 18yds. rise. National American 

 rules, prize $20: 



Patuxent Gun Club. Howard Gun Club. 



Clark 110110110100111—10 Gorman.... U1101010101110— 10 



RBond 111110110111111-13 Davis 001011111100110- 9 



F Bond 001101110101100- 9 McClenald .100011 100111101- 9 



Biggs 011001010011011- 8 Travers. . . .OllOulllOllOOll— 9 



Willey 101111011111111—13-53 Keys L101O01O01 10011- 8-45 



Match free to all, 6 Standards, 16 and 18yds.: 



Clark 4 RBond 5 Travers 3 



Gorman 3 McClenald 4 Popplien 4 



Davis 3 Willey 6 



Same conditions: 



R Bond 6 McClenald 3 Willey 5 



Gorman 3 F Bond 3 Waters 2 



Clark 4 Travers 3 



Tie for th'rd won by Clark. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly re- 

 auested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 25.— A regular gale blew across the 

 traps from the southwest to-day, and a large majority of the clay- 

 pigeons and bluerocks thrown from the several traps escaped un- 

 touched. It was a very difficult thing to breali a bird thrown 

 against the wind, as the gunuers were unable to judge its direc- 

 tion long enough to sight it, and it generally sailed in several 

 directions before it dropped. The birds thrown with the wind 

 did not fare so well, and most of them were brokeu. The first 

 match for the silver pitcher, under the new conditions, was shot 

 to-day, and the man who wins it must have the best, seven scores 

 out of ten, at clay-pigeons and 10 bluerocks. In this match to-day 

 Sanborn was first with 15. The other scores were: Scott. 14, Bond 

 18, Olive 12, Melchcr and Chase 12, Stone and Pavson 10, Bradbury, 

 Schaefer and Baker 9, .Short, 8. Moore and Warren 7, Leslie, 

 Brooks, Webster and Roxton 6. In the merchandise match, at 15 

 bluerocks, Scott was first with 14. The other scores were: San- 

 born 12, Leslie and Bradbury 10, Bond, Stone and Wan en 9, Gale 

 8, Cruise, Dill and Webster 7, Melcher fi. Brooks and Moore 5. The 

 merchandise match for January closed to-day, the conditions be- 

 ing that the best three scores at 15 bluerocks to count. Perry won 

 first prize with 38, Sanborn. Warren and White second with 36, 

 Bond, third with 33, Dill, .Short, Chase and Bradbury forth with 

 32, Melcher fifth with 26. 



BOSTON STAGE SHOOT, Jan. 25.— At the Howard this after- 

 noon Fred Bennett was defeated at a match in glass ball shooting, 

 which included 15 singles and 5 doubles, by a Mr. Damon, of 

 Michigan, known among rifle and shotgun men as "Left Hand 

 Charlie." Two or three nights ago Mr. Damon was defeated by 

 Bennett with the revolver, and not being satisfied with the match, 

 challenged Mr. Bennett to shoot with the shotgun for |50 a side. 

 The money was won by the Michigan man bv a score of 24 birds to 

 18. Damon is a very quick, clean shooter, and killed near! v every 

 one of the inanimate targets before tbeirflight had taken past the 

 center of the stage. In the evening contest, W. W. Bennett shot 

 against O. R. Dickey with a shotgun, 15 singles and 5 doubles. 

 Dickey is considered in the "A" class in trap shooting, and Fred 

 Bennett in announcing the match, stated that he thought, the 

 contest, would he close. But it was not, for Dickey shot away 

 calmly, while Bennett appeared to be a, bit unsettled, and did not 

 care to shoot in the doubles, saying that it was impossible to tie 

 Mr. Dickey, as he had already lost two points. After repeated 

 calls Bennett finished the shooting and missed three of the glass 

 balls. Dickey was an easy winner with a score of 24 points to 

 Bennett's 20. Dickey was remarkably self-possessed and hit the 

 balls in the center. A. W. Gore, referee. 



ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24.— The appearance in this citv of the touring 

 champion trap-shooters is eagerly awaited by local enthusiasts. 

 Next Thursday is the day set for them to shoot at Compton Ave- 

 nue Park, and should the weather prove pleasant a large crowd 

 will be present to greet them. Much talk is being indulged in as 

 to the superiority of the two teams, with the sentiment in favor 

 of the Western men. When accused of sectionalism they say no, 

 emphatically no ! But argue that they have analvzed the teams, 

 compared records and they can't for the life of them see how the 

 Western team can come, out, behind. The two-team matches at 

 live birds between McMurchy and Whitney on one side against 

 Budd and Slice on the other will be far more interesting to the 

 general shooting public than the regular event at tare-ets, because 

 it is more lively than the smashing of mud saucers.— Unser Fritz. 



BERGEN GUN CLUB.— There will be three days of shooting 

 on the grounds of the Bergen Gun Club at Cherry Hill, N. J., Feb. 

 4, 5 and 6, 'Tuesday and Wednesday bluerocks. Thursday live birds. 

 Grounds within three minutes' walk from Cherrv Hill Station on 

 New Jersey & New York R. R. Trains leave foot of Chambers 

 street, Pavonia Ferry, 7:52, 8:45. 9:52 A. M.; 1, 2 P. M. Shooting 

 will begin at 0:30 each day. An interesting programme has been 

 prepared, and all arc invited to attend. For particulars address 

 R. G. Chaffee, care of W. Fred Quimby & Co., 291 Brood way, N.Y. 

 It stormy on Tuesday, shooting will be postponed until Wednes- 

 day, Thursday and Friday of same week. 



RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 11— The annual meeting of the 

 Riverside Sportsman Club, held on the 10th inst.,showed the affairs 

 of the club to be in a flourishing condition. Vice-President E. J. 



trophy for the ensuing year.— J. E. Beamer. 



PHGSNIX CLUB.— One of the most unique rules in the by-laws 

 ot the Phoenix Gun Club is the oue which forbids the giving of 

 any prize whatsoever. The club does not, as is usually the case, 

 buy a medal; no member of the club is allowed to put up a prize 

 to be snot for at the club shoots; sweepstake shooting is inter- 

 dicted, ad far as the posting of stakes is concerned, and a penalty 

 in the. shape of a fine will be imposed on the. rash member whb 

 forgets himself so far as to bet on any event during the club's 

 shoot. The ten members unite in the statement that they go out 

 for the sport of shooting and not to win prizes, and they claim 

 that the honor of having the top score at the shoot is a sufficient 

 reward. 



RED BANK, N. J., Jan. 24. -The Riverside Gun Club held their 

 weekly shoot to-day. The opening event at 10 single clay birds 

 was won by E. M. Cooper, who made a clean score. John Cooper 



was a team shoot, 7 men each, 10 singles and 5 pairs, double rises. 

 The teams were captained by John Cooper and Commodore Bus- 

 sell. Cooper's team won with a total score of 78, Bussell's team 

 only breaking 52. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 35.— The Teturn match between the teams of 

 the Amersfort Gun Club, of Flatbush, and the South Side Gun 

 Club, of Newark, N. J., took place this afternoon on the former 

 organization's grounds at Flatlands Neck, L. I. In the ranks of 

 the visitors were a number of the best-known trap-shooiers in the 

 country, while the home club, although containing some of Long 

 Island's most skillful marksmen, belongs more strictlv to the 

 ranks ol amateur associations. South Side 258. Amersfort 218. 



RIVERSIDE, N. J.— A shooting match between I. P. Meeks, 

 Riverside, and J. B. Dukes, of Viucetown, and A. B. Evans, of Mt. 

 Holly, for $25 each, to be shot under agreed rules, 30vds. rise, one 

 ounce of shot, two barrels, 15 birds each, SOvds boundary, oarriug 

 snaps. It is to be shot on Friday, Jan. 3i, 1S90, from five traps, 

 English rule, both barrels, at Riverside. N. J. 



A PIGEON SHOOTING CASE has just been decided in the 

 Pennsylvania courts,;to the effect that pigeon shooting is cruel 

 and punishable. The case was that of the Woman's Branch of 

 the S. P. C. A. against Clarence Moore; and the gist of the deci- 

 sion is, that while it is not cruelty to shoot from the trap and 

 kill instantly, it is cruelty to shoot and wound, even though the 

 wounded bird be killed as soon thereafter as possible. 



THE FOREST GUN CLUB, Davenport, la., will hold a tourna- 

 ment Feb. 11, 12, 13 and 14, at their park, A. S. A. rules, Keystone 

 system. Address J. W. Howard. 



ftoffting. 



"West India, Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard.'' By 

 Everett Hayden, U. S. Hydrngraphi-e Office. Large quarto, with £3 

 Uthugmvhh- plates. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

 storm id March, 1838, with practical information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of uil at sea, etc. 



PLEON Y. C— Tire annual meetiug of the Pleon Y. C„ of 

 Marblehead, was held at the Parker House, Boston, on Jan. 22, at 

 3 P. M.; Com. A. G. Wood presiding. The following officers were 

 chosen for the ensuing year: Com., W. T. Palmer; Vice-Corn., 

 S. W. Sleeper; Sec'y, F. O. Poole; Treas., F. B. Licchman; Meas., 

 C. M. Barker; Regatta Com., C. S. Street, F. L. Rhodes, H. W, 

 Perry, A. G. Wood, H. Whitcomb. Membership Com., S. W. 

 sleeper, F. B. uitchman, R. C. Bridge. Social Com., F. C. Munroe, 

 H. B. Perkins, D. W. Lane, W. T. Palmer, H. Whitcomb. The 

 reports of the sec'y and treas. showed the club to be in a good 

 condition, having a total of 62 members and a fleet of 38 boats. 

 The following classification was adopted: All boats from 13ft. 

 sailing length to 10ft. waterline shall constitute the first class; 

 all boats from 10ft. waterline to 13ft. sailing length shall con- 

 stitute the second class; all dories under 16ft. waterline shall con- 

 st! tnte a special class. 



