FOREST AND STREAM. 



the grounds was made without him, and upon arriving there he 

 was discovered hard at wort staking out the limits. These 

 grounds (the Compton Avenue Park) are the old Redstoeking 

 . baseball park , They are desolate and dilapidated looking in the 

 extreme and lie so low tha t fct>-day tfcfty w* > r«vvBi 1 5' towqf aiM 

 disagreeable underfoot. 



For some reason or other St. Louis did not turn out so large n 

 crowd as was expected. Numbers of shooters tame down from 

 Jersey ville and other adimenl towns, however, and the gather- 

 ing was a very respeutaoTe one, all things considered. 



The E. 0. Meacham Arms Co., with accustomed largeness, had 

 offered for the winning team to-day five elegant silver shaving 

 cups, and the sight of these fired the hoys to such au extent that 

 it was a, fair prophecy to say sonic good shooting would be done. 

 Charley Budd rubbed his chin thoughtfully and remarked, "I 

 want a shaving cup, and I want it bad. f believe this is a good 

 time to get a good one. I expect every man to do his duty." 

 The score shows the result. The race was the closest vet shot, 

 the teams heing tied three different times. Wolstencroft again 

 led out for a straight, but just at the close of the doubles balked 

 himself at the trigger, got rattled and lost three straight. Another 

 mishap occurred to the Eastern team. At the first of the doubles 

 W. S. Perry's gun exploded the left, barrel shell to the concussion 

 of the right, the left Hammer remaining standing. He flinched at 

 the next shot and lost both his birds. He thus fell below Cahoon, 

 who had done ominous work for his team. The match is always 

 shot at 30 single bluerocks and 5 pairs. Score: 

 Western Team. 



C WBudd 111111111111111111111111111111 Id 11 li U 11 -si) 



J RStice niiiiiininiiiiiinmiiiiii n n 10 n 10— 38 



R O Heikes. ,101011111111111111011111111111 11 11 11 11 10 — 30 

 CE Cahoon .OOlllOtOUllllllOUlllllUlOll 10 1] 10 10 11-31 



J A Ruble 111111111111111111111111111111 10 10 11 11 11—38-183 



Eastern Team. 



HMcMurehv.-lllimilomiOllllllimmiO II 11 11 11 11-37 

 Wolstencroft. liUllllllllllllllllllllllllll 11 11 11 10 00-37 

 WE Perry... .lllllllllllOllllilllllllllillO 11 10 11 11 10—36 

 H B Whit ney. .111111111111111110111111111111 11 11 10 11 11—38 

 W S Perry. . . .101011111111110111111111011011 00 10 11 10 10—30—178 

 . Thus it will be seen that at this point the West leads the East 

 by a majority of matches shot, but teams appear pretty evenly 

 matched. Not much odds offered either way in the pools to-day. 



The live-bird match shot at this place was between Messrs. 

 Budd and Stice, of the West, and Messrs. McMurchy and Whit- 

 ney, of the East. The birds jrere a good lot. There is much chaf- 

 fing to night about the number of times some of the boys are using 

 the second barrel. Score: 



Budd and Stice— McMurchy and Whitney, 25 live birds per num. 



Budd 3111111121111120212201210-3::: 



Stice 0122220020211122211122200-1!)— 41 



McMurchy 1111110220111000111 102200-17 



Whitney 1 21122201121022122 i 002200-1 9-3H 



At the twenty-fourth bird shot by Mr. Budd the Eastern men 

 conceded the match. 



En route..— The boys have been favored of fortune ou this trip, 

 and especially so at, St. Louis. At the start the Heikes Hand Pro- 

 tector Co., of Dayton, O., gave each man of the team one of Rolla 

 Hike's hand protectorsior his gun, and also $25 to I ho winning 

 team. The Bandle and the L. & R, C. ottered the silver cups. 

 Here, in addition to Mr. Mcacham's beautiful donation, Mr. S, G-. 

 Schaaf. of the Budweisser Co., gave each man of the. team a 

 pretty little match-box. It has a rough place on the end where 

 the owner can shoot a match by himself. As if ail ihis were not 

 enough, to-night, Fred Qnimby unloaded an express box he got 

 here, and presented each man with a natty traveling hat in gray 

 and silk lined, and a dandy throughout. These fellows are gett ing 

 too proud of themselves for any use. They don't do anything but 

 strut around and challenge each other to shoot all sorts of 

 matches. Mr. Dimiek has hung up a card announcing that no 

 gun talk will be allowed on the car, and any man caught explain- 

 ing how it was that he happened to miss that bird will be sum- 

 marily ejected. 



This morning Ate. Dimiek shaved off his copious side- whiskers, 

 and to-night, in some insane freak or other, the hoys passed an 

 edict- that, no man on the car should wear anything more, than a 

 moustache on his face. This caught "Boston Perry" and Cahoon. 

 The former had to cut off his imperial forthwith, and Cahoon fell 

 a victim to Jim Slice's scissors, and had to submit to the loss of a 

 set of chin whiskers at least thr«e inches long, which had cost 

 him ten*years of patient care. Then a grand musical carnival 

 followed, which brought wondering heads to the windows as the 

 lolanthe passed through the little country towns. 



At St. Louis we met Charlie Willard, of Chicago, who came 

 down to see the boys and look around for a few more cartridge 

 companies to take in. Charley looked mighty natural and the 

 boys bade him good-bye as if he were the last link that hound 

 them to homo and civilization. Here also Paul North abandoned 

 the party, which still continues southward with the lolanthe. At 

 St, Louis the party was met and materially aided by Mr. Fred. A. 

 Fodde ("'linger Fritz") of the Republic, and also by Capt. H. O. 

 West, who sends his regards to E'orest and Stream. Capt. 

 West is of the Missouri Fish Commission, and is so well identified 

 with protective measures in St. Louis that little is done without 

 his counsel or assistance. All these gentlemen and very many 

 others have evinced the greatest enthusiasm over the. trip, and 

 to-night the U. S. Cartridges Co.'s championship tour is far bet- 

 ter known in St. Louis than it was this morning. 



There is mingled music, challenges, and "Hearts" playing to- 

 night on board. The challenging element prevails. It looks now 

 as though Mr. Qnimby and Mr. Tucker would get off before break- 

 fast and shoot a match for $1,001) a side. 



Memphis, Jan-. 3/.--Thia morning we ran through miles of low, 

 swampy timberland. We saw a nice bunch of mallards. Cherry 

 trees are in blossom he-re in Tennessee, and the young cane is 

 green, Niggers and mules are visible everywhere. In Memphis 

 outskirts, as we sat at breakfast, we could see from the car win- 

 dow the very quiet and beautiful cemetery where many soldiers 

 lie. As we rolled into Memphis depot the boys were singing and 

 playing "Away Down South inDixie." All are well this morning, 

 and the spirits of all seem exuberant. The day has no stiggesnon 

 of winter in it. The sky is clear and an overcoat don't go. 



CHICACO TRAP SHOOTING. 



CHICAGO, Feb. I.— The trifling disturbance which t he Kansas 

 City boys kicked up last week has stirred up matters here in 

 shooting circles, and every Chicago man who over shot a pigeon 

 is getting his gun "sharpened," so as to give the K. C. people a 

 warm welcome when they come here for the big team match in 

 March. The shooting displayed by Messrs, Riley and Elliott was 

 a, good deal of e revelation to Chicagoans, who had imagined that 

 good shooteis could not come out of the West . We had an abid- 

 ing belief in the provincialism of Missouri shooters, and imaged 

 that they st ill used muzzleloading guns and were only accus- 

 tomed to plunge traps and other mediaeval relics. We found 

 them a lot of jolly good fellows, fully up to the times, and Messrs. 

 Budd and Organ can testify that they handle a breechloader re- 

 markably well. The consummation of the long-talked-of match 

 between Chicago and Kansas City shooters, which is to take place 

 the first week in March, is now the sole object of discussion with 

 the shooting fraternity, and a meeting is called for next Thurs- 

 day night, Feb. «, at the Sherman House, to select a team to com- 

 pete, in the match. Probably twenty men will be named and 

 requested to put themselves in practice. From them will be 

 selected the men showing the, best shooting. 



As a result of the constant talk in shooting.circles many matches 

 are. on the tapis for early decision. Among the events already 

 settled upon are the following: R. B. Organ and E. E. Flint 

 shoot a, match at 100 birds each next week at Washington Park, 

 Mr. Flint is well known to New York and Chicago sportsmen 

 and will keep Mr. Organ's hands full. To-morrow at the grounds 

 of 1 he Mak-saw-ba Club Messrs. Ben Dicks and W. P. Mussey 

 shoot one match at CO live birds each and one at 50 inanimate 

 targets. Messrs. C. S. Wilcox and W. P. Mussey will also shoot 

 at 25 live birds tor a consideration. 



The regular club contests for the Shepard suit of clothes and 

 the Leiter black bird medal will also be held and a full delegation 

 of club members and guests will be present to witness and take 

 part in the various events. 



On Friday next Messrs. J. W. Sheahan and W. P. Mussey shoot 

 a match at Grand Crossing with F. A. Place and O. F. Malcoin, 

 l,he terms being 25 live birds each for §50 a side. 



A match will be shot on Monday, Feb. 10, between John S. 

 Orvis and W. P. Mussey at Watson's Park, Grand Crossing, the 

 terms being .50 selected live birds each man for $50 a side, the 

 loser paying for the birds. This match will attract general in- 

 terest, as the two men are considered very closely matched. 



There are a number of other matches which have been practi- 

 cally arranged, but no dates set as yet. It is certain, however, 

 that a very large number of pigeons will be shot m and around 

 Chicago during the present month, and squab-on-toast should be 

 plenty in all the restaurants. 



The project of establishing a new shooting park here is heing 

 discussed with much enthusiasm, and there is now little doubt 

 that it will soon be an accomplished fact. The committee on 



location have several eligible sites in view, and one will probably 

 soon be decided upon, and before nfanv months'hare nassed Chi- 

 cago will bs abje to boast of the finest and best equipped r.hootins 

 park m America Ttm plan ie to srecr & '-ommodious club house. 

 where members or guests mar br- accommodated nver night if 

 desired.. A meeting will shortly bp. nailed to ratify the choice ot 

 the committee on mention, and to jftfte steps fceWRvd complete 

 organization. 



At the meeting of the Gun Club, one of our most important 

 shooting organizations, the following o fleers were elected for the 

 current year: F. C. Donald, President; J. M. Hutchinson, Vice- 

 President; C. S. Burton, F. A. Place and W. L, Shepard, Board of 

 Managers; C. E. Willard, Secretary and Treasuser. The Secretary 

 reported that the live bird medal for 1888 had been won by Messrs. 

 G. L. Deiter, C. B. Dicks and W. P. Mussey, who were ordered to 

 shoot off the tie at the next club shoot. The bluorock medal was 

 won by Percy F. Stone. The first prize of 8-10 for the best average 

 during the year was won by W. P. Mussev: second prize of i$30 

 was divided by ft, B. Organ ami P. F. Stone. The club decided to 

 hold I wo shoots each month, one on the second Thursday and t he 

 older on the fourth Saturday. The Brst contest for the new 

 medals of 1800 will take place on Thursday, Feb. 13. 



A telegram from Cumberland Lodge to Mr. C. D. Gammon, on 

 Thursday, reported a large number of ducks on t he Cumberland 

 marshes. It has been a most singular winter in this latitude, as 

 the ducks have not found it necessary to leave here, and some 

 good shooting has been had during the past month. When rnal- 

 laros are killed near Chicago in the middle of January, it is cer- 

 tainly an open winter. It augurs poorly for the prospect of spring 

 duck shooting to have so many birds here all winter. When they 

 do go north, they are apt to do so with a rush and give but a few- 

 day's sport. 



The tour of the U. S. Cartridge Co.'s teams (the Pan-Americans, 

 as Roll Organ calls them) is attracting much attention here, and 

 the results of the shooting each day are commented upon with 

 much interest. When they strike Chicago on the return trip, 

 we'll try to keep them busy at live birds. Our shooters fail to 

 enthuse very much over "brickbat" shooting, but when it comes 

 to feathers, they put up with much inconvenience to witness the 

 sport. 



The Lake George Sportsmen's Association will soon he obliged 

 to give up their present club houses at Lake George ou account of 

 the sale of the property, and arc considering the feasibility of 

 finding new stamping grounds on the Northwestern road. They 

 have a choice collection of enthusiastic sportsmen, and not wish- 

 ing to let the club die, they hope to establish themselves in new 

 quarters. They have in view a beautiful lake about fifty miles 

 trom the city, which they hope to purchase and erect on its shores 

 a couple of club houses which will be a credit to the club. If this 

 is done, a boom may be looked for in Lane George stock. 



Mr. W. W. McFarland expresses himself dissatisfied with the 

 result of his late match with R. B. Organ, claiming that he was 

 not in condition to shoot, up to his ability, and another match 

 between these two excellent shots will probably occur at an early 

 date. W T . P. MtrssKT. ' 



GRAND CROSSING, Jan. 23.— The Audubon Club, of Chicago, 

 medal shoot, 15 live pigeons per man, handicap rise, Illinois State 

 rules. Several visitors being present, it was agreed to make the 

 club shoot a, sweep (visitors are marked thus*): 

 J E Price (33).. 111122021101000— 10 IE Rilev* (39).p»111112(W«131- II 



Kleinman (34) .11301.2103000 w. 



J Elliott* (39). .012311011321 102- 13 



W ad ' worth (30)2231 222222021*0-13 Q ui notte* (29 ) . .111 22B 1 300302,33- - 1 3 

 .1 S Orvis* (30).. 101010101211111— 11 O W Budd ! (29) 20113(201122121-13 

 H B Foss 1 30) ... ] 100.31 1 1 3202010—] 0 A Reeves" (30) .213020100111012— 10 

 O Maleomb(30)l()002020(XU2201- ", W D Price ,30,1.(1133,33030001000- 7 

 C R Dicks*(30).2000Jo31212l012-10 .1 Watson* (30). 1.11110031113112-13 

 \V W Foss (32 '.01)1 000301 1 12201— 8 

 Money divided. Wadswortb wins medal. 



Jan. ''/. — Match between C. E, Felt on, of Chicago, and K. 

 Guinotte, of Kansas City, Mo., at 50 live pigeons, Illinois State 

 rules, for the cost of the birds: 



Ouinott 2121.1 121ll21222rri)2ol3131()lH.lt2llt(ll()0rf30l)(llJllO((3i)-3. ) 



FV 1 1 oil 12111 1202220122(HX)1202122 1 031 1 r3221 31 1 031 13311 11112-41 



.Kin. .'..-.-Sweepstake at 5 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, .SOvds. bound- 

 ary, Illinois State rules, entrance $3, three moneys, 50, 30 and 30 

 per cent.: 



Deiter 10111 —1 J J Kleinman 10010-2 



•I E Price 12001-3 Wads worth 221*2-5 



H A Foss 01221-i Abo Kleinman 31111-5 



Beardslny 02010 - 2 Dr Ashley 001 10- 3 



WD Price 11112-5 Fred Donald 11101—4 



E.J Beeves 12112-5 M .1 Eich , .00122—3 



Andrews, 20C00— 1 A W Beeves 11110-4 



On shoot-oil ties of 3 Price, Kleinman and Reeves div., ties of 4 

 Dexter and Reeves div.. lies of 3 div. 



Match between ,f. R. Elliott and .1. .!. Kleiuanan al 50 live pig- 

 eons, $50 a side: 



J R Elliott. 201031101 1312011103121 121223211331101212121 1211110—43 



Kleinman 0031200112211120020101122101 101311312.3.1 1 (31 1211110-30 



A. W. Reeves, to kill 40 out, of a possible 50 of choice pigeons, 

 birds to be picked out by J. R. Elliott, for a bet of $50, Mr, Reeves 

 killiug just 40, won the money. 



Score 3010221101 011111 2 1 023) 120 1 1 ill laS" 1 1 1 1102.3.101 1 01 122 -40 



W. S. Hallinell and C. B. Dicks, 25 birds each. $26: 



Hallinell. 1012220121021121112211020—20 



Dicks 111011J222J20020102010200— 16 



W, W. McFarland and R. B. Wadswortb, 100 nirds each, for $100 



a side: 



McFarland 1 23] 0)2122222101) 1 00022 1212201 1.3] 333013 1 3112100132 



0211212102113121211021 2111111 33] 233 - SO 



Wads wort h 1 11331111113210221 .1111 22121 131 li 111 312331 103331212 



22102121 120011 1211 111 22] 22220213 1 1 21332221 1 0111 10 92 

 RAVETjRTGO . 



CLARKMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS.— Claromont, N. ,l.,Feb. 

 1.— There was extra good shooting on these grounds this afternoon, 

 and although it has been stated that these grounds are hard to 

 shoot on because of the background, the scores to-day show what 

 can bo done here. In the ninth sweep 0 men killed 58 out of 00; in 

 the tenth sweep the same men killed 56 out of 60, and repeated it 

 again in the eleventh and last event. The averages to-day are as 

 follows: Sigler 95J4 Johnson 94)4, Evans 94, Miller 92)4 Hath- 

 away 83, Moffatt 82. Rose 60.— Ad VANCE. 



The scores at 10 bluerocks, 50 cents ent ry, ties div., ran as. fol- 

 lows. Sweep No, li 



Sigler 8 Miller 8 AG 7 



Johnson 9 Hathaway 8 Rose _..fi 



Sweep No. 2: 



Sigler 10 Miller 10 AG i 9 



Johnson 10 Hathaway 4 



Sweep No. 3: 



Sigler 10 Miller 9 AG 8 



Johnson 8 Hathaway . ... 8 



Sweep No. 1: 

 Sigler 10 Miller . 



Sweep No, 5: 

 Sigler 



Sweep No. 6: 



Sigler 10 Miller 



Johoson. 10 Hathaway 



Sweep No. 7: 



Johnson ,.. !) AG 



Miller 10 Evans.. 



Sweep No. 8: 



Sigler 10 Miller;,.. 



Johnson 9 Hathawa 



Sweep No. 9: 



Sweep No. 10: 

 Sigler 



Sweep No. Us 

 Sigler 9 Miller . 



8 



AG 



10 



6 







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AG -.v;,-,, 





9 







10 



AG 



, , ..8 



10 







10 







. 8 



Rose. ... ,. 



7 









.8 





. 9 



9 



Moffatt 



9 







,10 



9 



Moffatt 



9 



10 





,.8 



10 







9 





10 



,8 







.34 







Shoot foi'iLefevre trophy, 25 bluerocks: 

 Sigler 25 Johnson 



VILL1SCA, la., Jan 28,— Co. B rifle team had a shotgun match 

 at 10 bluerocks, 18yds. rise: 



Harris 1111110100-7 Bolt 1001100011-5 



Darnold 1110101.110—7 



Tie won by Harris. 



Second match, same rules: 



Harris. 1100110001-5 Bolt 111 1000011-6 



Darnold OlllOlllll-S 



CLAREMONT, N. J.— The best shooting about New York on 

 Feb. 23 will be at the Claremont grounds Jersey City. Live birds 

 are to be there in plenty, and Supt. Moss is putting the already 

 admirable grounds into capital order for the day. There is space 

 enough for several artificial bird sweeps at once, and the live 

 bird shooting is done in the center of the grounds, and every shot 

 maybe watched from the lofty grand stand. President Talham 

 Will be there and good shooters from all sections. 



THE BENNETTS BEATEN,— Philadelphia, Feb 

 Forest Hid Stream: The Bennett brothers, who hare 

 exhibitions of fancy Ertiota-tm and pistol she-tins- -it 

 Central Theater. Philadelphia, were defeat ad it tneit 

 of shooting at .25 glass balls, ou Thursday eventi 

 Morris Pack, of the North End Gun Club. T 

 been issuing challenges before beginning their 

 any one to compete with them. W.W. Ben 

 game with the shotgun to be a hard 



uly thrown about 20ft., and fcelin 



neir own game- 

 last, by Mr, W 

 Bennetts nave 

 rformances for 

 ft, knowing his 

 boat, as the balls are 

 mre, perhaps, in his ad- 



vantage of his being in constant practice, at this the quickest of 

 soap shooting, offered a prize ot $35 to the one who would oltl- 

 shoot him. Mr. Pack accepted t he, challenge, and the figures of 

 the shooters presented a groat contrast when they met on the stage. 

 Mr. Bennett, who towered head and shoulders above his oppo- 

 nent, — who is of medium height- smiled quite blandly when he an 

 nounced who Mr. Pack was. The preliminaries were soon set- 

 tled, 15 single and 5 pair of double glass balls, thrown from Bo- 

 gardus traps. Mr. Mounljoy Judged for Mr. Pack and Mr. Couls- 

 ton for Mr. Bennett; Mr. Wurffloin, referee, all of Gaiety Pistol 

 club. Air. Pack shot first. Following it- the score: 



W H Pack 111111111111111-15 11 11 11 U 1 1-10-35 



W W Bennett 11 1 1 1 111 1 11 11 I I -15 00 10 llvv. -3—18 



Each contestant broke his singles in grand st.yle,|and as he finished 

 the large audience present showed their appreciation uproari- 

 ously. Mr. Pack now stepped to the score ta shoot at 3 pairs 

 doubles, and as each ball was cleanly snuffed out, the audience 

 became wild. When Mr. Bennett began his doubles ho found 

 that the pace had been set too fast for him, and he developed a 

 fine case of " razzle dazzle," only getting 3 balls out of his 3 pairs 

 by 8 close decisionion one of them. The straight score put up bv 

 Pack was the only one made, since, the Bennetts have been on the 

 road, as announced by W. W. Bennett in acknowledging his de- 

 feat. Mr. Pack was heartily congratulated by the, members of 

 the Gaiety Club, of which he is a member.— John C. S-HArxrjROSS. 



TORONTO, Jan. 26.- The members of the Owl Gun Club held u 

 shoot at sparrows this afternoon at C. Stark & Co.'s athletic 

 grounds, Eastern avenue, for a handsome gold medal presented 

 by one of the members, and for several prizes given by the club. 

 On account of the bad weather the attendance was not quite as 

 large as expected; but those who were present h id a good after- 

 noon's sport. The medal was won by Mr. J. Townson. 



This afternoon the Stanley Gun Club commenced a serial shoo) 

 at 200 bluerocks, shooting 20 at each of 10 snoots. 



The annual meeting and election of officers of the West Toronto 

 Junction Gun Club was held at D. Blea's last evening, when the 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year: D, Blea, 

 President; E. Dollery, Vice-President; D. C. Waltou, Secretary; 

 A. Lassells, Treasurer; Executive Committee— W. David ge, C. 

 Hinton and J. Weidman. The annual report showed the club to 

 be in a flourishing condition, with about GO members, most of 

 whom are in good standing. Four new members were accepted. 

 The club intend shooting for an elegant silver cup, the first, shoot 

 to t-ake place on the 30th inst. The targets to be used are blue- 

 rocks, and the cup is to be won three times by one member before 

 it becomes his property. Mr. McDowall has also presenter] a gold 

 medal for the one making the. highest aggrega te score in the shoot 

 for the cup. The days to compete are the 30th and every alter- 

 nate Thursday, when the weather will permit, until the cup is 

 won, 



.Inn. SO. — The annual meeting »f the Toronto Gun Club was held 

 to-night,, there being a good attendance. The report by the treas- 

 urer showed the finances of the club to he in a first-class' condi 

 tion. After the reports had been read and adopted the election 

 of officers took place, with the following result: President, G. H. 

 Briggs; Vice-President, J. Price; Secretary, J. R. Wells; Treas- 

 urer, R. W. Meld rum; Executive Committee— O. H. Riggs, J, C, 

 Form an, F. G. Verity, C. P. Pickering; Auditors— F. Martin, A. 

 Purse. President Briggs presented t he club with a very hand- 

 some cup to be shot for, the rules governing the competition for 

 the cup to he arranged by the executive committee-" ■ 



The West Toronto Junction Gun Club held their first shoot for 

 the elegant silver cup to-day. at Mr. D. Blea's grounds. Mr. Mc= 

 Dowall was the winner for the first time. 



NEWARK, Jan. 27.— At Erb's Park, Bioomfield avenue, this 

 afternoon, Frank Class, of Pine Brook, and John Riggot, of 

 Rockavyay, shot a team match at live birds with C. A. Ash brook 

 "and . I. Duncan, of Philadelphia. The day was a good one, and 

 but for the fact that, Class was in poor shooting trim the Jersey 

 men would have won the match. Each man shot at 50 birds, the 

 stakes were $100 a side, and Hurlingham ruies -governed. Betting 

 was very light. The scores were: 



Ashbrook 44 Class ;..d4 



Duncan 36—80 Riggott 40—74 



After this match was decided there were several sweepstake 

 shoots. A. Schrof, of the West Side Gun Club, gaining the ad- 

 miration of the big crowd of sporting men present by winning 

 nearly everything he tackled. 



A West Side Gun Club team of 10 men met an equal number 

 of men from the Roseville Gun Club on the grounds of the 

 former to-day. Two matches Were shot, 5 men from each club 

 being made to constitute a team. The first match was at 25 birds 

 each, and Roseville came out with dying colors. The score: 



Roseville. 



Coudii.. 18 



Davenport 21 



Fredericks 21 



Kitchell '« 



Wheaton 16 92 



West Side. 



Richards ; 14 



Meyers 17 



Jacquiu 20 



J Webber 1?, 



Astfalk 17—81 



The second match was at 20 birds apiece, and again Roseville 

 came out on top. The score: 



Roseville. 



Huff -.. = .;13 



Wheaton 11 



Simms 11 



Gantz 17 



West Side. 



Drastel 13 



Meisel. ..12 



Geissler If 



J Weber 10 



Green 17-74 H lifers.... 14— r)5 



AUSTRALIAN SHOOTING.— Ed C. Holske, who went to Aus- 

 tralia with Capt. Brewer, is evidently not happy there. In a 

 letter dated la te in December he speaks with some harshness of 

 the Australian trap-shooters and their methods, and to some the 

 comments of the pedestrian critic will sound strange, fie says: 

 "Brewer is to shoot, several matches, or at least handicap sweeps 

 in January, and on the 22d of January he and I shake the Colonial 

 dust from our heels and hoard the Zealanrlia for 'Frisco, where 

 Brewer is to meet, Crittenden Robinson in a match of 2f)(i birds at 

 30yds. rise for §5,000 and the championship of the world. We 

 were to have gone on the Mariposa, sailing to-day, but Mr. Frank 

 Smidmore iuduced us to remain for a match or two. Mr, Smid- 

 morc gets up an open sweep for £'100, and besides Brewer ge, ting 

 what be can win he is to receive the entire gate money for an ex- 

 hibition of fancy shooting with rifle and repealing shotgun. Mr. 

 Smidmore is an enthusiast and very wealthy, and is ready to fur- 

 nish £2,000 on any match that is made. Pigeon shooting is dor- 

 mant— that is to say they have shoots twice a week, but, you will 

 find little gambling on even the contests of the Gun Club. There 

 is a reason for this, and a good one. Through trickery pigeon 

 shooting has degenerated to such an extent that the only men 

 who win money uovvada> s arc those who descend to trickery and 

 jobs. It is a case of 'dog eat dog.' Brewer will in all probability 

 shoot a match or two, but he will not, 1 fear, win the amount of 

 money of wliich his marvelous skill is deserving." 



PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.— The third match between i earns 

 from the Atlantic City Gun Club and the West. Jersey Gun Club 

 came off to-day at Atlantic City, and resulted in a victory for 

 the Atlantic City Club. Each man was allowed 20 single bird-, 

 from three bluerock traps. Following are the scores: 



West Jersey Gun Club. 



Austermuhl 15 



Thompson 13 



Griscom 14 



Beck 12 



Wells 14 



Miller 10 



Sickler 10 



Ridgway 14 



Learning 15 



Gibbs 15 



Pancoast 10 



Armstrong 15 



Chalmers 11—174 



Atlantic C'itv Gun Club. 



R C Griscom 15 



Sanders 12 



Lillig 15 



Mi nerd .17 



Geo Thompson U 



Turner » 



McCormick 14 



A C Griscom 17 



Wilson 13 



Adams ..15 



Stroud 14 



Hires 13 



Hayday II- 1J0 



PHILADELPHIA. Jan, 20.— Chas. Macalester, of the Rivertou 

 Gun Club, and Dr. Kuapp, of the Westminster Club, of Babylou, 

 L. )., have just been matched to shoot a series of matches at live- 

 pigeons. There will be three events, each for $1,000 a side and a, 

 side bet of $5,000 a side on the match. The match is the outcome 

 of the recent Knapp-Dolan shoot, and was made to retrieve the 

 defeat of tfhe latter. Mr. Macalester preferred a series of 

 matches to a single contest, and Dr. Knapp accepted, and the 

 terms of the match were agreed upon as follows: First, event, at. 

 100 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary. Second event, at 

 200 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, 50yds, boundary, * Third event, at 200 

 live birds, 30yds. rise, boundary 30yds. from the trap pole. The 

 matchistobe shot at, the grounds of the Westminster Kennel 

 Club, Babylon, L. I., on Feb, 0, S and 10. 



