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FOREST AN© STREAM. 



[Feb. 13, 1890. 



blundered into the ear to-night at a supper station. He wore 

 blue jeans pants and only had one suspender, but before he could 

 get out at the rear end of the car Tucker had sold him a gun. 



New Orleans, Feb. S.—I reckon we all have struck heaven. There 

 is no taint of winter left in the air. There are roses blooming 

 everywhere, oranges are lying on the. ground in the dooryards, 

 and all the trees are in leaf or blossom. It seems a far call to the 

 North, and letters from home received to-day sound strange 

 when they speak of snow and cold. 



The Iolanthe is lying to-day near the Government Mint build- 

 ing, and the boys are therefore all living on mint, juleps. We 

 are anchored on the world-famous New Orleans levee, whose 

 strange spectacles rank among the curious scenes of the earth. 

 All last night the deep groaning of a big ocean steamer near by 

 mingled with the whistles of the river boats and the calls of the 

 wharf laborers to make the hours sleepless for the travelers. 

 Nearor and more prevailing than all these sounds was the pipe of 

 the New Orleans mosquito, which even at this season appears to 

 be a large and vigorous bird. On every hand arc sights and 

 sounds new to most of our crew, and the hovs early seatieretl 

 widely along the levee or through the little narrow streets of th» 

 French and Creole quarters. They have investigated the ship- 

 ping of all *ho different lands, have been through the quaint 

 French market, have flirted with the dark-eved maidens m the 

 galleries, and otherwise have shown themselves appeoiative of 

 the riches of the situation. Surely this is as fortunate a lot of 

 Goths as ever descended upon a Southern city and wondered at 

 its luxury and beauty; 



We arrived here yesterday, Saturday morning, and bevond the 

 temporary derailing of our engine in the' switch yard— a fact 

 which did not for an instant disturb the current game of "hearts" 

 —reached our present, comfortable station without mishap, and 

 will call this home till Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The gun 

 store of Messrs. H. & D. Folsom was early made headquarters 

 down town, and it was due to Mr. Folsorn's courtesy that the 

 boys were afforded the very pleasautest feature which the trip 

 has yet had. This was a grand tally-ho ride through New Orleans 

 on a coach which would be noticeable on anv boulevard of the 

 world. The drive led up St. Charles street for five or six miles, 

 and the great coach with its uniformed passengers made a tine 

 display and attracted universal attention. St. Charles street is a 

 beautiful promenade nearly from end to end, and its magnifii ear 

 residences and fine grounds arc unique among the attractions of 

 great ci ieg. Here the magnolia tree was common, and frequently 

 were seen sombre oaks draped with Spanish moss, and as dismal 



trees were frequent, and the sight of the great golden spheres 

 lying half hidden in the green grass where thev had fallen was a 

 novel one for most of the curious visitors. Ladies and little 

 children waved their hands to the party, and in orie narrow StMej 

 a maiden wafted a kiss to Fred Quimhy. who— unless it were Mr 



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forever too late. The trip through the narrow streets of the "old 

 town 1 ' was a continuous panorama of scenes new and striking to 

 the dwellers of the North, and many was the loud regret that "the 

 Iolanthe could not stay here for a year. 



Mr. Thornhill. agent for the L. 0. Smith gun and for the L. & 

 ft. Powder Company, has been very kind to the party here and 

 has assisted materially m the necessary work. He told us of a 

 deer hunt which some friends of his had last Thursdav, which 

 netted three deer to one drive, within twenty miles of town. We 

 went to the big building of the Louisiana Brewing Company, and 

 here Mr. Poursuie, the hunter who killed two of the deer showed 

 us Che three deer, two bucks and a doe, hanging up in the ice 

 room This bred the hunter instinct in some of the hovs, and at 

 this date Mr. Thornhill, Mr. McMurchy and Mr. Whitney are 

 not yet back from a deer hunt for which they made hasty "pre- 

 parations last evening. There is tine fishing also near this place 



There were many visitors abjut the car, but the whole party 

 suspended hospitalities last night and went in a body to the. 

 theatre. The boys all wore their uniforms, and the East occu- 

 pied the right proscenium nox, while the West had the corres- 

 responding box upr. n the left. This odd theatre party attracted 

 much attention, more, indeed, than Mr. Kiralfv's ballet girls for 

 the time. We were much surprised to have walk into the box 

 Mr. Colville ("Dick Swiveller") who happened to be in at the per- 

 formance, saw the distinguished gentlemen in the boxes and 

 came to pay his rega rds. It seems that Mr. Colville is here on his 

 way West, and we will perhaps see him at some of the Texas 

 points also. 



As the long line of fusileers marched down the streets to-night 

 considerable comment could be overheard, and it seemed to be 

 pretty well known that. the. party was in town and tha t fchej were 

 shooters who would give.au exhibition. An opinion has gotten 

 out that half the party are cowboys, and we. have heard one at 

 two commentators point out "Broncho John" (the Amateur) 

 "Big-foot Jim, the King of the Cowboys," "Texas CbarPe " etc ' 



Th's afternoon Mr. Dimick was visited by Mr. Cord on a. a sports- 

 man of note here, and there is also an invitation to visi t the ouar- 

 ters of the Metropolitan Athletic Club, which is now upon the 

 point of being accepted. 



Mr. Dimick has just received by express the magnificent trophy 



beveled edges. Upon the face is an engraving of the car iolanthe 

 with the two teams standing in the foreground, much as is shoWn 

 in the lithographs distributed. The names of the team meinuefs 

 are given, in the right and left hand lower corners. Across the 

 top of the plate is inscribed in large letters, "The World's Ohatti- 

 pion Trap Shooters." The lower inscription is "Fast vs. West- 

 Championship Series." The plate has a device of two silver shells 

 at each side, and is surmounted by two crossed fowling pieces 

 joined by a wreath. The whole plate is mounted nnon aheayy 

 bed of dark blue plush, and is well framed. The whole trophy 

 weighs between 50 and 7SHK, and it is beyond doubt the most re- 

 markable and eLgant shooting prize ever offered in America, 

 just as this is the most remarkable trip of the sort ever under- 

 taken. Mr. Dimick has done nothing by halves on this trip, and 

 he and his company should certainly be congratulated upon the 

 last manifestation of that fact. Nothing that has yet occurred 

 has aroused so much enthusiasm among the two teams as this 

 and it is safe to say that each man will shoot his best from now 

 on. All this, and the royal reception accorded the hovs here, 

 have created a satisfaction and an interest which passes anything 

 yet evinced, and whicu should be highly gratifying to the pro- 

 moters of this enterprise. 



Feb. The visit to the Metropolitan Club was a very pleasant 

 one. The buys were taken iu hand and entertained iu true South- 

 ern style. The Metropolitan is a young hut very strong club. 

 The ir buildings are commodious and elegantly furnished for the 

 purposes of the organization, it seems to be the purpose of the 

 New Orleans sportsmen to make the sojourn of the boys a con- 

 tinual round of pleasure. 



McMurchy and Whitney are back from their deer hunt with 

 Mr. Thornhill. They really and truly did bring in a deer— a year- 

 ling buck— but neither McMurchy nor Whitney will claim the 

 honor of killing it. They say "We killed the deer," and that is 

 all they will say. McMurchy says that when the deer saw them 

 it just stopped aui threw up its hands, remarking, "1 see you fel- 

 lows are out of that, ganff of champion wing-shots, and if 'that is 

 ho it's no use for me to run.'' This deer was murdered with buck- 

 shot. Another deer was killed by an^old gentleman of the same 

 party. The boys speak very highly of the sport offered them. 

 The hunt was planned by the Promised Land Hunting Club, of 

 New Orleans, a body of French gentlemen, and it is to be regret- 

 ted that more of the boys could not be present to enjoy the very 

 elaborate preparations made for them. The hounds' were fine 

 Kentucky dogs, and Maspereau, tke driver, handled them in a 

 most workmanlike manner. Three deer were started, and the 

 boys are enthusiastic over the great time thev had. Neither Mac 

 nor Whitney had ever bagged a deer before, I understand, fit is, 

 it should be re .numbered, happened within t went v miles of the 

 city of New Orleans. Deer are abundant in this country. Snipe 

 shooting is only fair just at present. The ducks have never come 

 this far south this winter. The native French hunter here carries 

 a fowling piece with a strap, German silver trimmings, etc., and 

 a hammeriess gun among them is rare. The hunter usually has a 

 vast affair of a net game bag, into which he stuffs a suit of clothes 

 a lunch and two or three bottles of claret. This applies only to 

 the ordinary middle class shooters. The club men are modern, 

 and they have shown themselves hospitable and kindly to the last 

 degree. 



The regular shooting of the day began at 3 P. M. at the Sports- 

 man's Park, a very beautiful ground, that lies quite surrounded 

 by the different cemetries of the city. A number of spectators 

 sat upon the arch of a large burial vault, and like Patience on a 

 monument, endured the pelting of several showers of rain to see 

 the shooting. The crowd of inside spectators was small, but 

 enthusiastic. Trap-shooting matters are languishing in this 

 city. The opportunities tor field sports ere too constant and 

 tempting. 



The match of to-day was a remarkable one in some respects, 

 and resulted in a victory for the Western team. At this point 

 the latter team leads by one match. Of the total number of birds 

 shot at. each team has broken exactly as many as the other. This 

 is simply wonderful, in view of the fact that 'each team is doing 

 its level best. To-day Charlie Budd fell a trifle below his proper 

 average, not haying recovered from his late sickness. Whitney 

 also tell below his place. Wolstencroft never shot more brilliantly 

 although he dropped one in the doubles. This young man is the 

 cleanest and swiftest: performer at the inanimate traps it was 

 ever the fortune ot this writer to see, and if he. holds his gait the 

 best average pf fhe tour will belong to him easily and bv right. 

 McMurchy s 38 is remarkable, for yesterday he. fell and sprained 

 his wrist painfully. Mac's shooting was applauded by his many 

 friends here. Score, 80 single bluerocks and 5 pairs: 

 , „, , . . , . Western Team. 



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JR«tice oimmniimunmumm n n 111111-39 



R 0 Heiites. . .... .nunmmmmmiiiimii to n 11 10 n-ss 



9 ? £&hodn:. . . .lllllOllOllllllllllllOllllllll 11 10 01 10 11—33 



J A Ruble .101111111111111111111101111111 1101 10 10 10-34- 17K 



TT ,, ,, , Eastern Team. 



HMcMMrcby... 111111101111101111111111111111 11 nil 1111-38 



W WolstencroftllllllllllUllllllllinillllll 11 11 11 10 11-39 



5? E££ r - Fy iiioimoi nmoiiiuiniimi 11 u 11 n 11-37 



HB Whitney. ..111111001111101111111010111111 11 11 10 10 10-32 

 WS Perry ....... 101111111110110101111 111111111 11 10 01 10 10-32- -1 » 



lhe prize of the day was .offered by Mr. Dimick, and consisted 

 ™ ye • j 8ty matchboxes similar to those won by the Eastern team. 

 1 lieride home from the park was past the grand live-oak park, 

 which was the old duelling ground of the ante-bellum davs, and 

 through the old Creole residence section, crowded with quaint, 

 beautiful and indeed magnificent houses. Now the hoys have 

 eaten their last pineapples, have bought their last boiiquet of 

 roses, drunk their last cups of French coffee at the old market, 

 and are due to start at 7:25 to-morrow morning ior Houston, 

 iexas, under the new dispensation as to the train schedule. The 

 whole atmosphere here is laden with mystery and romance, and 

 it is with regret that this city is now to be numbered with those 

 gone and passed by the Iolanthe in her flight. 



ifomhm, me., Feb. 5.— The ride yesterday from New Orleans 

 was through swamps, sugar plantations, cotton plantations, and 

 level prairies broken with live-oak groves, the whole making 

 scenery peculiar and interesting, though monotonous. WecPOSSi d 

 Tlie Texas line about 5 o'clock in the evening, and a little after g 

 P. M. of a delightfully cool and refreshing evening pulled up in 

 this pretty and comfortable old town. At Beaumont, eighty 

 miles east of here, a town of about 5,000. we found nearly the 

 Whole population assembled at the depot, and they had ali heard 

 of our coming. Some of the shooters there knew some of the 

 boys, some of them were readers of Fobest and Stream, and all 

 and all we had quite a love feast there. 



Houston is a town of about 50,000 people, and is spacious, clean 

 and roomy -looking. Here, also, there is enthusiasm and the irre- 

 proachable hospitality of the South. Messrs. Comrninge & Geiss- 

 ler, gun dealers, Pave been especially kind and helpful. Several 

 shooters from other towns have come in, including Mr. W. H. 

 Wheeler, of Hempstead, Mr. Albert Erickson and others, includ- 

 ing two brothers of p. E. Gaboon, of the 'Western team, whom be 

 has not seen for years. People and press have been kind here, 

 and the crowd gathered at the fair grounds to-dav included every 

 man that should have been expected, and Mr. Dimick is pleased 

 to-night. 



It was a funny race that was shot to-day. From some cause or 

 other, Cahoon went all to pieces, and shot clear below where he 

 belongs. He should have lost the match in a race of expert tran- 

 shooters, and to-day he failed to beat his running mate, " Wor- 

 cester Bill." And yet, in spite of all this, the Western team added 

 another victory to their score, and are now two ahead in the 

 series. The day was saved by the old wa r horses, Budd, Stice and 

 Heikes. Budd missed his first bird, and then, shot a clean score 

 straight out. Stice missed two birds out of his first three. He 

 has to miss a bird or so at the start, till he gets the dirt out of his 

 eyes, but after that he wants 'em all. He shot his uphill race in 

 grand style, and never broke doubles neater in his life. Ruble 

 also shot finely. Rolla Heikes led out for a straight, but dropped 

 two in the doubles, losing his second in one pair, the right band 

 bird, by shooting too quick, for he had plenty of time after snuff- 

 ing out the first one. Rolla seems to have struck his gait, and it 

 is a safe wager that his average will go over 3*5 on the trip. Wol- 

 stencroft leads at date on average, Stice second. Heikes third. 

 Budd fourth. The Western team has broken three more birds in 

 the total than the East, and wen two more races out of the series. 

 Captain McMurchy shot a game race to-dav. His wrist is not yet 

 well. Wolstencroft lost his ninth bird through a singular acci- 

 dent. The entire case of the cartridge blew off and was carried out 

 through the barrel, only the head of the shell remaining. He said 

 it felt as if he had only snapped a cap. This may have rattled 

 htm a little, but not much, for as usual he won the bulk of the 

 applause. W. E. Perry let three left, charterers go, but broke one 

 that was apparently 60yds. off. Whitney shot a very steady race 

 with his big 10 gauge. 



Mr. S. A. Tucker ("Diamond Tuck") was appointed scorer to- 

 day; Messrs. .). S. Massie aud Albert Erickson acted as judges 

 and Mr. 0. W. Dimick was referee, as usual. I should add here, 

 for I believe I have forgotten it, that Messrs. Poursine and Thorn- 

 hill acted as judges at New Orleans, and Mr. Dimick was referee. 

 Score 30 single bluerocks and 5 pairs: 



We-tern Team. 



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J R Stice. 0101111111111111111 11111111111 11 11 11 11 n-m 



ft O Heikes lllllinim mill 11111 1111111 11 11 10 11 10-38 



C E Gaboon 1 11110001 111011101 100100110010 10 10 10 10 10—23 



J A Ruble 1101 11111111111111 i 11111111111 II 10 10 11 H-87-175 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy... 11H1111111111111 11 1 1111] 111111 11 10 11 lo 10-30 

 W WolstencroftlllllllllOlllllllllOinimill 10 11 11 n 11—37 



W E Perry 1 11 111 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 L>1 1 1 01 1 1 1 ( 1 1 11U1 10 11 11 11 H-34 



HB Whitney... 111111111111 111111101111111111 10 11 11 10 11-37 



W S Perry 1 1 1 01 1 1 111 1 010( >01 1 11 11 01 011 HO 10 01 10 11 11—28—172 



The West w»n with the small majority of 3. It had no business 

 to win at all. 



To-night the Iolanthe is full of visitors as usual, and as usual 

 she is entertaining royally. No better host than Mr. Dimick. He 

 has been so careful at every point that we all wish him continued 

 success throughout the trip, At fl:40 to-night we start for Dallas 

 and shoot there to-morrow. Then probably Mr. Wheeler and his 

 friends, of Hempstead, will hold up 1 here for a day at quail and 

 snipe, and then we go to Austin. Mr. Cahoon goes to Galveston 

 to visit his brother, Mr. Tucker shooting in his stead at Dallas. 

 The boys thought a little sea air would be good for "( fooney" any- 

 how. 



It was at this place that one of the party acquired a nickname i In- Knapp. . 

 that is apt to abide with him. Mr. Tucker wears a diamond of 

 surpassing brilliancy. It measures lin. across, and is often mis- 

 taken for an eltictrie light after dark. When he turned the 

 effulgence of this gem upon Mr. Comminge last night, the latter 

 shaded his eyes and exclaimed, "Well, if there ain't Diamond 

 Tuck again !" The morning Post, of this city, to-day published a 

 large portrait of "Diamond Tuck," with a suitable comment. A 

 view of Tuck and his diamond looking east is really very impos- 

 ing, and the hoys have caught up the sobriquet and uothing <*oes 

 now but "Diamond Tuck." 



The weather is if any thing too warm to he pleasant. There has 

 been no winter here. This is a great place for game. Quail, 

 snipe, chickens and ducks are all reported plentiful, and I am 

 tolo one needs go only a short distance for turkey and deer. The 



and beat his running mate by 4 birds. It was not Mr. Tucker's 

 fault that the Western boys lost their race by 2 birds to-dav. The 

 fault perhaps really lies with Rolla Heikes, who got "off" some- 

 how, although this morning he was feeling so good that he backed 

 himself to break his 33 singles straight. Ruble also fell down a 

 little, although he shoe a beautiful race till near the close. Mc- 

 Murchy, Wolstencroft and Whitney shot about where they be- 

 longed for the East. W. S, Perry repeated the score of 28. W. E. 

 Perry to-day changed to the old gun (au L C. Smith) with which 

 ns won $600 last year, and he ran out 20 straight, then falling U 

 about his former average. It will be noticed that Whitney has 

 been placed a t the foot of the Eastern team. He is a cool and 

 gritty little shooter, and it was thought that his higher average 

 would steady up the team in a close finish or a tie. W. S. Perry 

 has been shooting his old field gun, a hammer Parker, not So close 

 bored as some of the others. He used a later gun, a hammeriess 

 .Parker to-day, and when he hit them mashed 'em all up At the 

 next shoot Rubin may change places with Stice, for foot of the 

 team. Nothing does or could rattle Jim Stice-nol even if a house 

 should tall on him. 



McMurchy felt that he had to win to-lay, aud he stood at the 

 score and coached his men carefully. Tue above details will 

 show hi --generalship, which is best approved by the fact that his 

 team pulled out winner. As the team? stand now, the Western 

 is one match ahead in the series. Out of the total number of 

 buds shot at. there is at this date only one bird's difference in 

 favor ot the Western boys. It. is very sure that the race for the 

 championship and the beautiful trophv is to be a close and exrit- 

 lug one. It is altogether too early m the day to make anything 

 like a sale bet on the result, The standing of the two teams, so 

 nearly equal as it is, is one of the most remarkable bits of news 

 tound in trap-shooting history. It looks like a hippodrome, but 

 it ISO, t, by a large majority. There never were two teams more 

 dead in earnest. 



The birds were thrown rather hard to-dav, especially in the 

 doubles. Trap No. 3 threw the right hand bird entirely too low. 

 and it crowded the boys to get it. Score: 

 Ir „, Eastern Team. 



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 WWolstencroftlllllllllirillliiinnnilllll H 11 11 n 10-30 

 WE Perry 11 1 111 111 111 1111111 1001 1011 1 LI 10 11 11 00 10-33 



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HB Whitney.. .11111111111111 llllliii 10101111 II 11 11 11 11-38-176 



' . Western Team. 



C WBudd 111101111111111111111111111111 11 11 11 Id 10-37 



unmiiioimuomnnmu ion n n ,: ::. 



ROHeikes 1 1lllOllHOlll ill 1 10101 loiun 10 11 10 .11 h— 33 



S A Tucker 001111011111011110111111111(111 11 10 10 1011—32 



J A Ruble llllDlllllllllllllllltllllOll 10 00 11 01 11— .-55—174 



Mr-W,. K. Allen aoc I Mr. Geo. Fearne acted as judges, Mr. O. 

 W . Dimick, referee The Iolanthe leaves Dallas at 'i- III t his even- 

 ing, and supper will be eaten on the way. The usual uutnoer of 

 visitors were at the car to-day, and to-morrow the people will 

 know the party has been here. E. Hours h 



boys are all well and eat like wolves. 1 believe I promised to 

 give Al Bundle's explanation of how Fred Quiuibv won his title 

 of "Blue Island Champion," but as it is late, if may be better to 

 defer this till another time. 



Dallas, Tex., Feb. il, —The weather here was "cloudy and a little 

 chilly to-day, and this, in addition to the f ict that there was not 

 a line in the morning papers announcing the arrival of the 

 Iolanthe, made the attendance at the base hall park rather a 

 light one, there being only 150 or 300 on hand. Wo gol in this 

 morning at 7 o'clock, too late for any advertising of value. This 

 town is of about 60,000 people, and is in a good game country, but 

 trap-shooting interests are demoralized, and there, is no regular 

 trap club at present. It seems strange that out of the abundant 

 shooling material there is here there is not a strong club here, and 

 it is to be hoped that such a club will be formed again and kept 

 up. 



The country through which we have been passing on our way 

 up here from Houston seems to he high prairie and farming land 

 devoted mostly to cotton and corn. From Houston to Dallas is an 

 ad-night run, and to-night we go directly back to Hempstead 

 Junction, over the same road and to within fifty miles of Hous- 

 ton. We lie at Hempstead all day to-morrow and* shoot quail and 

 snipe there. 



To-day's race was a singular one, and another instance of the 

 oddities and uncertainties of a team race. Mr. Tucker was shot 

 011 the Western team in place of Mr. Oahoon, absent, and it was 

 feared that Mr. Tucker's lack of recent practice would cut down 

 fhe scores of his team. But Tuck wouldn't, have it that way, and 

 the scores will show that he beat Gaboon's last score by 9 birds, 



M AC ALESTER— KNAPP. 



BABYLON, L, I., Feb. 6.-One of the greatest pigeon shootiug 

 matches ever known in this country opened to-dav at the 

 grounds of the Westminster Kennel Club, near Bahvlon, L. 1 

 The contestants were Dr. Lee Knapp, a well-known club man 

 of New \ork, and Charles Macalester, of Philadelphia. Both are 

 gentlemen ot wealth and are also enthusiastic e-portsmen. Dr 

 Knapp is regarded by the members of the Union and Racquet 

 Clubs as the best amateur wing shot in America, and his friends 

 a.re continually praising his skill on the field. 



Mr. Macalester is one of the best-known men in the Philadel- 

 phia Association of Amateur Sportsmen, an I Ins performances at 

 the trap have been regarded as wonderful by Philadelphians in- 

 terested iu this sport. The question as to which of these gentle- 

 men is really the best amateur wing shot in the United S,. 

 has been repeatedly argued, and a match was brought about sev- 

 eral weeks ago, and this contest of nerve and skill will settle the 

 matter. It was at first suggested that the gentlemen should 

 shoot tor a stake of £1,000. This proposition was assented to by 

 the Philadelphia!!, but the Union Club men desired that the 

 match should be for a larger amount, and as the Quaker City 

 sportsman left the matter entirely in the hands of Or. Knapp's 

 friends it was finally agreed that the gentlemen should shoot 

 under these conditions: One hundred birds eacb on the first day 

 leb. li, 80yds rise and -50yds. boundary, for 81,001 a side; 200 birds 

 each on the second day, Feb. 8, with the same rise and limit, for 

 *.),uoo, and 200 birds on the third day, Feb. 10, with a, rise of 30yds 

 and a 30yds. from the trap pole boundary line, for Ju.fKix making 

 a total of $8,000 a side. 



But Dr. Knapp and Mr. Macalester are but two out of main- who 

 will win or lose large sums on the match. It is aid that at thv 

 Union Club $50,000 has been bet by Dr. Knapp's friends, who are 

 inojiued to accept almost any odds. The members of the Racquet 

 Club bet almost as heavily on Dr. Knapp, gladly giving odds of 5 

 to 3. The W estminster Kennel Club men have" wagered very 

 quietly, if at fl.ll, but their interest is iuteuse. 



A special tram on the Long lslaud Railroad took several hun- 

 dreds of the admirers of both contestants to Babylon early yester- 

 day morning. Representatives of gun clubs of Chicago. 'Buffalo 

 Hartford and other cities were aboard, and there was a small res- 

 ilient of Philadelphians. 



It was a beautiful day for the opening of the great match, and 

 when the contestants took their places behind the traps there was 

 scarcely a cloud visible in the blue sky. 



The match was rcfereed by Howard S. Jaffray; Walker B. Sinii h 

 actmg as Dr. Knapp's handler and .fames Handy, of Philadelphia 

 perlormiug a like service for Mr. Macalester. 

 Dr. Knapp killed 12 straight, but the thirteenth bird, unlucky 

 *" the sportsman, flew beyond the boundary and 

 m by one of the twenty outside the fences, who 

 • lost birds. Mr. Macalester fired both barrels at 

 n, hut it soared away, though evidently peppered, 

 ake a small cloud of tail" feathers. " He missed 

 turd and then scored each time tin to the fiftv- 

 fourtti, thus making an unbroken score of 30. The Philadclphian 

 was liberally applauded, aud deservedly, as he made some mag- 

 uificeut shots, for which he was cheered by many of the more 

 enthusiastic sportsmen, wbo watched his every movement with 

 absorbing interest. In the ninetieth round Dr.' Knapp was shot 

 out, but they continued shooting until the full quota of pigeons 

 had been released. Tiiis was the score: 



Macalester 22212 11112 10211 20112 221LI 



12U2 10222 12121 12121 12111 

 12101 10211 11*11 11111 11211 

 31121 11112 01211 21100 21113-112 

 22122 12hi2 22011 11010 12011 

 22210 .31102 20111 22200 11112 

 13111 20121 11122 11202 11002 

 1.1111 01212 0110,2 11002 20002- 79 



Time, 2h. lOru. 



as its numbi 

 was brougbt doi 

 were waiting fo 

 his tweR'th pige< 

 as it left in its v 

 the seventeenth 



Mr. Macalester's score is the second highest ever made at the 

 Westminster grounds, Oakley Thorne having scored 93 out of a 

 possible 100 last j ear. Altogether, the first day's result was some- 

 thing of a surprise, to the New Yorker's friends, and on the affair 

 several thousand dollars changed hands. Dr. Knapp, however 

 surprised he might have been, gave no outward sign of astonish 

 ment, and he hopes to wiu both succeeding matches. His staj ing 

 qualities are said to be excellent, and his friends expect" that he 

 will outlast his opponent in the big "race" ot 200 birds on Satur- 

 day. Luucheon was partaken of at the beautiful club house, and 

 a well-kuown Wall street man wagered $ii0U that Knapp would 

 have the higbest score iu the next division of the match, other 

 bets were made, but in each case Mr. Macalester was the favorite 

 at five to three. About one hundred well-Kiiowu society men 

 watched the. match to-day, and it is altogether probable that live 

 hundred sportsmen will be on hand on Saturday. 



These gentlemen, among others were at the grounds to-day 

 Chauncey i'loyd-Jones, Ogden Goelet, J. H. Vail, W. Rutherford, 

 R. H. Williams, Charles Hitchcock, master of the Meadow Brook 

 Hunt; N. S. Simpkins, O. E. Parker, Commodore Livingston, Eli 

 Goddard, J. Bruce, lemay, Edward Bell, F, D. Thompson, T. Kil 

 teridge, F. G. Wiimerdmg, Centre Hitchcock, James Handy: 

 Edward Bispham, Yale Dolau and C. Dolan, of Philadelphia 

 Bookmaker "Davey" Johnson, James Mortimer, "Aleck" Morton, 

 Mr. Garmendia, George Pollock, Captain Blake, J. G. K. Dure N 

 S. Simpkins, William aud Fred. Hoey, Thomas Hitchcock, J. Von 

 Lengerke. J. Otto Donner, T. De Witt Thompson, L. K. Wiimer- 

 dmg, E. Manice, H. M. Johnson and Foxhall Keene. 



Babylon, Feb. S.— The second day of the gieat club match 

 struck a bit of bad weather. It is a difficult matter to shoot 

 pigeons on a rainy day. especially when the wind travels at the 

 rate of thirty-five miles an hour, and Charles Maclester, of 

 Philadelphia, and Dr. Lae Knapp, of New York, did not break any 



— ^ ■ "w . uw,. iu liumucis, How- 



ever, to witness the performances of tho celebrated marksmen, 

 and lhe Philadelphia contingent pocketed not less than $10,100 on 

 the result pf the day's "race," for Macalester killed 165 points out 

 of a possible 200. beating Dr. Knapp by 19 points, 



