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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 13, 1880. 



AN OPINION ON TRAP-SHOOTING. 



IN a lengthy opinion, exhaustive on the question of cruelty as it 

 affects the shooting of pigeons in shooting matches, President 

 Judge Harinan Yerkes, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks 

 county, yesterday, found A. Nelson Lewis, a member of the 

 Philadelphia Gun Cluh. guilty of a violation of the act of 

 Assembly of March 29, 1809, which makes it a misdemeanor for 

 any person to "wantonly or cruelly ill-treat, overload, beat, or 

 otherwise abuse any animal. 1 ' 



The prosecution was brought by the Woman's Branch of the 

 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animate 

 in December, 1887, under interesting circumstances. A mid- 

 winter meeting; of the club had been arranged to take place at 

 Andalusia, it is said, and the exercises were to include a pigeon 

 shooting contest. The club is an exclusive organization, whose 

 president, at that time, was Mr. Clarence Moore, son of Mrs. 

 Bloomfleld H. Moore, and a fashionable assemblage of Philadel- 

 phians gathered to sec the shooting. 



Agents of the Women's Branch also attended and announced 

 that they intended to make arrest s if: the cruelty act was violated. 

 The presence of these agents delayed The sport for some time, it 

 is said, whereupon A. Nelson Lewis, the defendant, who is a 

 lawyer by profession, volunteered to do the shooting and, in the 

 event of an arrest, to make a test case of it. He shot at two birds 

 that were liberated from a trap, and for this was arrested. 



Subsequently Mr. Lewis was indicted under the first section of 

 the act »f 1869. and a special verdict was returned by a jury in 

 the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks county, -flndiog the facts 

 as follows: "That the defendant was a member of an association 

 called the Philadelphia Gun Club, which associa tion is accustomed 

 to hold pigeon shooting matches upon its grounds at Andalusia, 

 in Bucks county. State of Pennsylvania, for test of skill of marks- 

 manship That on the 14th day of December, 1887, the defendant 

 attended one of said pigeon shooting matches, and, for the pur- 

 poses aforesaid, fired, with a gun, upon certain pigeons liberated 

 from a trap, killing one and wounding another. The bird so 

 wounded alighted upon a tree, and as soon as its wounded 

 condition was discovered, it was killed by a member of said club 

 for and on behalf of said defendant, according to the custom of 

 said club in regard to wounded birds. The birds so killed were 

 immediately sold for food, according to the rule and custom of 

 said club." 



Ahout two weeks ago the question of law involved by these 

 facts were argued before the Bucks County Court at Dovlestowu 

 bj Thomas Earle White Esq., of this city, and District Attorney 

 II. B. Eastburn on behalf of the Commonwealth, and by State 

 Senator George Ross and L. L. James, Esq., for the defence. Ex- 

 Attorney General Cassidy had also been consult ed in the case, by 

 the defendant, before his death. Judge Yerkes, in his opinion, 

 seems to agree with the prosecutors in almost every claim. He 

 holds that the statutes do not regard pigeons as noxious, and says: 



"We are inclined, however, to the opinion that all animals, 

 whether noxious or not, which are in the dominion or custody of 

 man, or in bis captivity, are comprehended by the act. But, 

 there is an important distinction to be observed, which we will 

 notice when we come to consider the subject bet ween the right 

 to shoot animals while in their natural wild state and when in 

 captivity. 



"It has been said of a statute, similar to ours, that it does not 

 define au offence against the right of property in animals nor 

 against the rights of the animals that are, in a sense, protected 

 by it. The offence is against the public morals, which the 

 commission of cruel and barbarous acts tends to corrupt. (Com. 

 vs. Turner, Supra). 



"To make out the. offence the Commonwealth must show, first 

 that the pigeon was ill-treated or abused; second, that the 

 manuer of the treatment was wanton or cruel. 



"One of the pigeons was wounded, and alighted upon a tree, 

 and as soon as its wounded condition was discovered it was 

 killed. 



"Is it ill-treatment or abuse to wound a living creature so that 

 it lingers in that condition for a period, long or short?" 



The Judge then goes on to speak of cruelty in this manner: 



"In the case of Commonwealth vs. Turtier, it is intimated that 

 holding a fox in captivity, in the presence of dogs seeking to 

 destroy it, was a circumstance by which suffering by the animal 

 might be inferred. 



"The circumstance that all animals, whether domesticated or 

 not, make violent efforts to escape from their natural enemies, 

 or those who apparently would injure them, shows thai, they are 

 deeply susceptible to the sense of fear, and that they suffer from 

 injuries to their bodies. 



"Whoever has observed at a shootiug, amidst the heap of sports- 

 man's victims, the winged aud wounded birds causing t he whole 

 mass of dead aud dying to quiver and move, by their writhing 

 and efforts io crawl away, will not doubt that pain, suffering 

 aud torture follow as the result of wounding them. 



"The natural instinct either for freedom or of fear would have 

 impelled the bird, whirl) the. defendant wouudod, to continue its 

 flight had not the pain or exhaustion from the injury prevented. 

 We are clear that this result amounted to ill-treatment aud 

 abuse in the meaning of the statute. We cannot undertake to 

 measure the degree of this pain and abuse. 



"Was the act wanton or cruel? As 1 regard the statute, the 

 meaning of these two words, as used in it, is substantially the same. 



"A licentious act. by one towards another, without regard to his 

 rights, or whatever is done sportively, loosely, without regularity 

 or restraint, is wanton. Any act unjustifiable by the circum- 

 stances is wanton. 



"The word cruelly, as applicable to similar statutes, has 

 repeatedly received judicial definition." 



Taking up the question whether there was "adequate reason or 

 necessity for submitting the pigeon to the paiu and punishment 

 inflicted upon it." the Judge says: 



"According to the finding of the jury it was, primarily, for test 

 of skill in marksmanship: secondarily, to prepare the" bird for 

 sale for food. 



"In favor of the first, it is urged that this exercise should be 

 encouraged as tending to promote strength and courage, and to 

 render the citizens more efficient for those services which he 

 may be called upon to render the State in time of war. (Sec State 

 of Missouri vs. Bogardus, 4 Mo. App., R. 315.) 



"Conceding that those recreations which serve as manly exer- 

 cises and do not necessarily lead to protracted pain should bo 

 encouraged to develop soldierly qualities, is shooting pigeons 

 from traps the recreation calculated to best promote those 

 qualitieFi? Courage, endurance and stead 3 marksmanship are 

 among the most necessary acquirements of the good soldier. 



"It would be offensive to any citizen possessed of a spark of 

 manhood to assert that his courage had fallen to so low an ebb 

 as to require the exercise of shooting at helpless, tame pigeons 

 to qualify him to meet a foe in mortal combat, unless, indeed, he 

 is lacking in that brutish instinct which inclines men to shed 

 blood, notwithstanding the nobler impulse which impels mortals 

 to shrink from the infliction of pain. But we have progressed 

 too far in civilization to now wish to develop the brutish instincts 

 of men that in time of war they may possibly make better sol fliers. 



"Neither can* it be said that shooting at birds, as they are 

 liberated from a trap, calls for such active exertion as would 

 augment the citizen's capacity for endurance. The open chase, 

 rowing aud gymnastics are far better calculated to develop' 

 muscular action aud strength. As for marksmanship, shooting 

 at the clay pigeon or glass balls is quite as good a means of testing 

 q uiekiiess of the eye 111 following moving objects. The sportsman 

 who would enter the modern battlefield with the expectation 

 that his agility in using a shotgun at. short range would be 

 regarded of value, would be cquallj' disappointed with the small 

 boy with his popgun. 



"The army regulations do not provide for tests of marksman- 

 ship with shotguns, but with the rifle and ball. All the States 

 use the rifle range and target practice with fixed ammunition, as 

 the. best adapted to train men as soldiers. We arc therefore 

 bound to conclude, that test of skill at marksmanship is not such 

 a necessary or adequate object as will compensate for the 

 infliction of pain, by wounding pigeons at trap-shooting. 



"We cannot agree that the demands of fashionable sport 

 warrant the practice. In Ford vs. Wiley, Hawkins, J., said that 

 while docking horses might be justified, he held a very strong 

 opinion against allowing fashion, or the whim of an individual, or 

 any number of indi viduals, to afford a justification for such pain- 

 ful inuliUtlon and disfigurement. 



"Was it necessary to shoot or attempt to shoot the birds to 

 prepare them for food? 



"The learned counsel for the Commonwealth admitted that 

 the defendant is not answerable for shooting the bird that was 

 instantly killed, because, as the right to kill existed, and as no 

 unnecessary or lingering suffering was inflicted, there was no 

 cruelty under the act. 



"Here is where an important distinction arises, as affecting the 

 manner of killing captive or free animals. Tiie right in man to 

 kill, in order to render the animal more serviceable for his use, 

 is undisputed. Tltereforclone may inflict such pain and suffering 

 as may be necessary to kill the animal for his use, as for food, 

 without being chargeable With cruelty,. He may shoot or other- 

 wise take animals in their wild state, although it may result in 

 lingering pain, because the animals, not being under his control, 



It is the only practicable way to obtain their use. In such case 

 necessity justifies the probable infliction of pain. But when "the 

 animal is in captivity, man, in the exercise of his right to kill, is 

 required to use such methods, having them in his power, as Will 

 avoid unnecessarily prolonged pain, All the cases cited a«ree 

 to this proposition. 0 



."In the Bogardus case the charge, was killing, not wounding 

 pigeons. Hayden, J., carefully qualified his observations, and 

 confined his judgment to a case of killing outright, saying- 

 in the present case there was no mutilation or anything 

 approaching it.' J s 



"We presume it will be conceded there are methods of killing 

 captive fowls or birds, known to every farmer and poultry raiser, 

 witnout subjecting them to lingering suffering or the chances 

 thereof, and which will make them more valuable in the market 

 for food, than by shooting. The mutilation from the shot 

 seriously affects their value as food. 



"We -will now consider the question which t he learned counsel 

 tor the Commonwealth admitted to be the serious one in the 

 case. 



The defendant contends that as his design in shooting at the 

 pigeon was undoubtedly to kill, and not to mutilate or merely 

 wound, the wounding, which caused the pain, was not. knowingly 

 or wilfully committed, and consequently, there was no guilty 

 intent. 



"It is a maxim of the criminal law that one accused of an 

 offence is presumed to intend the natural and probable conse- 

 quences of his act. But this presumption is one of fact, and may 

 b.e rebutted by the circumstances of the case. 



' A test of marksmanship implies a probabilitv and belief 

 among the contestants that all the birds will not he killed 

 instantaneously; otherwise there would be no inequality in the 

 contest, a thing hardly to be expected. 



"The records of shooting matches as published and commonly 

 known establish that a proportion of birds are not killed- It is 

 a matter of common notoriety that some are killed, some 

 wounded and others escape altogether. 



"These are the natural and probable consequences that may he 

 expected from shooting birds as liberated from a trap. One who 

 tests his si; ill knows this: he may hope, and so far as lies in bis 

 ability and skill, he may intend, that all shall instantly be killed; 

 yet as he knows the probable consequences flowing from this act, 

 the law holds him answerable for what becomes a careless or 

 reckless act. 



"An indifferent marksman might mutilate % large proportion 

 of the birds shot at, and to say that, because he wished or designed 

 to kill them he should escape the punishment for the cruelty 

 arising from his gross want of skill, would be illogical." 



After citing very many cases to sustain the different views of 

 the Court the opinion concludes as follows: 



"The object of the statute against cruelty to animals is the 

 suppression of an evil which is oftener the result of indiffer- 

 ence or carelessness than of wrongful intent. As we have said, 

 the offence is against the public, morals, which the commission 

 of cruel and barbarous acts tend to corrupt. The act is in the 

 nature of a police regulation. And it has been said that under 

 police, htealth and revenue regulations, unless otherwise declared 

 in the act, the defendant is bound to know the facts, and obey 

 the law at his peril. (Com. vs. Raymond, 97 Mass., 569). It was 

 not intended by the law-making power that a guilty intention 

 should concur in the act. Otherwise, as was said by 0. J. Paxson, 

 in Carlston's case: Tf such a defence could be successfully 

 interposed in such cases, there would be few convictions, and 

 the law would be practically nullified for all practicable purposes.' 



"The words of the act of ISO!) do not. make the design an element 

 of the offence. The word 'cruelty' is entirely descriptive of the 

 character of the offence, and as a thing may be wantonly done. 

 Without any motive, the word negatives the notion of auv fixed 

 design or intention. 



"From these considerations we are of the opinion that, upon 

 the facts of the special verdict, the defendant is guilty in manner 

 and form as he stands indicted. 



"And now, to wit, January 27, 1890, the Court find and adjudge, 

 upon the special finding of fact of the jury, that the defendant, 

 A. Nelson Lewis, is guilty in manner and form as he stands 

 indicted. By the Court. Harman Yekkks. President Judge. 



The maximum penalty prescribed by the act, Mr. White said 

 yesterday, was a, fine of $200 and imprisoment for one year. The 

 prosecution, however, it is understood, does not desire to push the 

 case that far. Mr. White said the decision settled a very im- 

 pertaut question in this locality, aud established a precedent 

 which would have an important bearing on all future sports 

 involving Hie runuing down of foxes and the shooting of pigeons, 

 etc.— Philadelphia Ledger. 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION.-The annual election 

 Of the American Shooting Association was held at the Stewart 

 Building Feb. 5, and resulted in the selection of the following 

 officers to serve for the ensuing year: President, Charles W. Dim- 

 ick; Vice-Presideut, .1. A. H. Dressel; Secretary, Elliott. Smith; 

 Treasurer, Solomon Turck. Directors: Charles W. Dimiek. Geo. 

 T. Haring, P. G. Sanford, W. T. Harvey. L. C. Smith, Solomon 

 Turck. J. A. H. Dressel, Charles Tat ham aud Elliott Smith. Gen- 

 eral Manager, Major .1. M. Taylor. Advisory Board: W Fred. 

 Quimbv, S. A. Tucker, H. W. McMurchy, E, J,. Mills. Edwin Tay- 

 lor, G. E. AJbee, Al. Bandle, Dr. W. C. Cross, C. E. Wiljanl. S. J. 

 Kellogg, K. B. Organ and A. W. DuBray. The American Shoot- 

 ing Association is an organization composed of the principal 

 manufacturers of the country interested in the progression of 

 trap-shooting, and was organized Feb. 11, 1839, with the object of 

 classifying the trap-shooters of the country and the holding of 

 tournament s to promote the sport. Although the association has 

 been m existence but one year, it has succeeded iu fixing the 

 Classification of 1,400 shooters, whereas before their advent simi- 

 lar organizations had classified but 215 for years past. The asso- 

 ciation is about to give a series of seven tournaments the coming 

 spring, the inaugural oue beginning at Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 12. 

 It will continue three days on the grounds of the Biimingham 

 Fair Association. Following comes a week at Now Orleans, 

 and the other fixtures are as follows: Columbus, O.. April 30, May 

 1 and 2; St. Louis, Mo., May 7, 8 and !i; Minneapolis, Minn,, May 

 20, 21 aud 22; Kansas City, Mo., May 28, 29 and 80; Lafayette, ludi, 

 June 1. 5 and 6. Major Tailor, the manager of the association, 

 has started for the South, and will personally direct all the pre- 

 liminary arrangements of the various contests. The association 

 intend giving a grand eastern circuit of trap-shooting tourna- 

 ments next September a nd October. 



A CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.— A movement is on foot among 

 gentlemen interested in trap-shooting in this city to form a State 

 trap-shooters' league, says the Hartford Post. There is a general 

 sentiment throughout the State iu favor of such an organization 

 audits early formation seems probable. It is proposed that the 

 league shall be composed of all the trap-shooting clubs iu the 

 State. The promoters of the scheme anticipate the accomplish- 

 ing of much good and the advancing of interest in their sport, by 

 the holding of tournaments during the summer months in the 

 principal towns of the State, under the auspices of the league. 

 That the trap-shooters of the State need such an organization, 

 cannot be denied, and the advantages to accrue from it and the 

 financial backing which would be afforded, must certainly be ap- 

 preciated by all interested in the "manly sport." The adoption 

 of uniform rules for all tournaments held under the auspices of 

 the league would be one of its aims and should be welcomed by 

 the trap-shooting fraternity. As it is now, every club has rules 

 of its own and there are no prescribed regulations as to distanees, 

 maimer of holding gun, etc. Championship honors won under 

 the auspices of such a league, would be of some value. At the 

 present time there is no league or any other organization made 

 up of gun clubs of the State. According to the plans of the pro- 

 spective organizers of the league, the board of directors would 

 settle all disputes and, in fact, be the "head of affairs" for trap- 

 shooting in the State. A circular has been sent to all the trap- 

 shooters iu Connecticut, setting forth the advantages of the 

 league and invitiug those interested to communicate with Mr. A. 

 C. Collins, president of the Colt Hammerless Gun Club. 



BROOKLYN, Feb. ">.— There was a large attendance at the 

 monthly shoot of the Fountain Gun Club, at Woodlawn Park, L. 

 1., to-day. The principal attraction was a match shoot between 

 t wo of the members, L. Davenport and C. Kurtz. The match was 

 for a stake of £500 a side, 25 birds, the use of both barrels, Daveu- 

 port to shoot at 30yds. and Kurtz at 27. The former shot his oppo- 

 nent out on the twenty-second round, Kurtz only killing 13 to 18 

 for Davenport, the score standing: 



L Davenport . .1111110111011111010111-18 



C Kurtz IOIOIIOIIOIIOIIOOHOIO-I3 



The regular club shoot brought 16 members to the score, and 

 they had great difficulty in stopping the strong flyers provided b v 

 Blattmaoher. The first prize badge and gun for the best averag' e 

 were won by C. W. Jones, after a tough contest with L. Daveh 

 port. The former killed 13 straight to his opponent's 12 out of 13" 



NEWARK, N. J.— At ihe annual election of the Columbia Gun 

 Club, of Newark, the following officers were elected; President, 

 Wm. A. Coe; Vice-President, A. C. Kregel; Recording Secretary, 

 J. Hanrahan; Financial Secretary. A. Ginter; Treasurer. Ph. 

 Scheib; Sergeant -at-Acms, M, Kivyling, and Team Captain, Wm. 

 Walt/.inger. 



, BERGEN GUN CLUB, Feb. 4.— The Bergen Gun Club began 

 its first open tournament to-day, and although the weather was 

 not very pleasant a sufficient number of trap shooters were 

 present to make the meeting a decided success. The grounds of 

 the club are at Cherry Hill, N. J., a station on the New York & 

 New Jersey Railroad, a handsome little (dub house giving the 

 sportsmen the necessary shelter. The first day's programme 

 comprised eight events, seven of which were shot olT. The third 

 event, at 5 double bluerocks. and the two-men team shoot, event 

 No. 1;, attracted the attention of the onlookers more than any of 

 the other numbers, which were at 10 single bluerocks each: 



Third event, at 5 pairs bluerocks, 10 entered— Lindslev 8, Sigler 

 10, Collins 9, Miller 7, Lozier (J, Hathaway 0, Chaffee 7, G. Ely 0. 

 ^ an Riper 5. Post 7. 



Sixth event, 2-men teams, 10 single bluerocks. 6 teams entered— 

 Miller <|, Sigler 9-18. Hathaway 8. Chaffee 5-12. Collins 8. Liuds- 

 ley 9-17. Post 7, Van Riper 7-14. Blauvelt 10. H. Ely 7-17. J. 

 Lozier 4, Blackledge 9—13. 



Feb. 5.— On the second day of the Bergen Hill Gun Club's shoot 

 at Cherry Hill, N. J., the club house was filled with marksmen. 

 A few sweepstakes were, shot off, notably one at 15 bluerocks each, 

 in which Sigler won the honors aud first money with a score of 

 14. Biggott took second prize with 13, Dr. Wells and E. Miller 

 divided on 12. Promptly on time the first regular event, a shoot 

 at 10 single bluerocks was begun. Bv this time the wind had in- 

 creased, the flight of the targets was much more erratic, and the 

 hitting ot course much more difficult. The same condition's pre- 

 vailed throughout the afternoon. The. regular programme was 

 finished before 4 o'clock, thanks to the excellent management of 

 the committee, which consisted of Messrs. J. J. Blauvelt, F. Post 

 and R, G. Chaffee. Twent>--five marksmen participated. There 

 were were four special prizes to the marksmen with the best 

 averages who should take part in Ihe 11 regular bluerock events, 

 outside of the two team shoots. Sigler won the Gleason prize 

 with 117 out of a possible 140, breaking 01 on the first and 53 ou the 

 second day. The second prize went to Miller, who scored 62 out 

 of 70 on the first day and missed 17, breaking 53 vesterdav, a total 

 of 115. Some of the shooters alleged that Mr. Miller's beautiful 

 red hat scared the pigeous into stronger flights than they had 

 originally intended. The third special fell to Mr. Van Riper on a 

 total of 106. 48 yesterday and and 58 on Wednesday. Mr. Collins, 

 of West Hobokcn, captured the fourth special prize 011 104, with 

 55 on Tuesday and 16 on Wednesday. Among the spectators and 

 participants in the many impromptu sweepstakes was President 

 Ortb, of Brooklyn, aud a few new members of the btHV t who 

 arrived too late to take part in the regular events. 



FRANKFOHD, Pklla., Pa., Feb. 8.-We still do business at ttm 

 old stand. The Briggs Gun Club came up from Chester on Thurs- 

 day, the 6th, to try conclusions with the North End Club. The 

 day was bright and cold, but the wind was high and blustery, iD 

 fact anything but what could be desired, as it hlew straight along 

 the line of traps, and knocked the shooter's calculations into a 

 cocked hat. But we got there j st the same, although the scores 

 on both sides arc nothing to be prond ot. The Briggs club brought 

 a team of twelve good men and true to the grounds, and t hat each 

 man of them was every inch a gentleman was proven by their 

 manner in facing defeat. Not a harsh word was spoken nor a 

 grumble raised. Before the match was over the North End Club 

 was challenged to shoot a return match with the Briggs Club at 

 clay-pigeons. The. conditions were 25 single. Keystones, 5 traps, 

 12 men in each team: 



North End Gun Gfub. Briggs Gun Club. 



W H Pack 18 C B Rhoads„ 9 



A L Lumb 19 J H Ladomus 13 



Jas Wolsten croft 18 Lea Pierce 11 



Sam Richards.. 11 Thos Aodersou 11 



Henry Jacobs.., - 21 T L Briggs ft 



W H Garvin. 13 Wm Dietz 0 



H Ridge 14 J Derbyshire S 



Geo Elmer 15 W P Ladomus .11 



Jno Crowther 17 H Johnson. . 15 



W Morris Pack 15 Ed w I ; ose ] 3 



HEBuckwalter 16 Theodore Roberts 7 



A J Rust 17—191 B G Ladomus 13-136 



As the shooting did not begin until nearly 3 P. M., it was late 

 when the SIR thirds were shot at, and although it was nearly dark 

 Messrs. Rust and Wolstencr«ft bantered Messrs. Buckwalter and 

 W. Morris Pack to shoot a 25-bird race. Before the match was 

 finished it got so dark that the judges were compelled to stand at 

 the trappers' screens and oven further out, iu order To see broken 

 birds. Score: W. Morris Pack 22, H. E. Buck waiter 22-44. 3a% 

 Wolstenerof 1, 19, A. J. Rust 17—36. The officers of the. North End 

 Gun Club elected for 1890 are: Saui'l Richards, Pres.; W. H. Pack, 

 Capt.; Geo. Denny, Treas.; J. C. Shallcross, Sec'v; W. Morris 

 Pack, Ass't Sec'y; Newell Bancroft, Scorer. On the 20th we shoot 

 a live bird match at Gloucester, N. J., with a team of ten men at 

 ten birds, against a ten-men team from the Sportsman's Gun 

 Club, of Philadelphia, modified Burliugham rules to govern. May 

 the best team win. Washington's Birthday is set apart by the 

 North Eud Club for a grand prize shoot. Lots of prtxes, lots of 

 shootcis, lots of fun. All are invited and a grand time assured if 

 the clerk of the weather be not too cranky.— J. O. S. 



MAK-SAW-BA CLUB GROUNDS, Davis, Ind., Feb. 2.— Match 

 at 50 Peoria, black birds per man: 



c b Dicks omimminoirimuioioiiom 11111111111111111-44 



W P Mussey OlllOlOlOllllOlllOlOIOoiWOi 101 1 UJ L 101 101 If 1110001- 32 



Match at 25 live pigeons per man, Illinois State rules: 



<•' S Wilcox 0110111110212201121211202—20 



W P Mussej 11101102011111111221(10111-20 



Tie: C. S. Wilcox, C2012-3, \V. P. Musses , 22122-5. 

 Match at 51 live pigeons each man, Illinois State rules: 

 WP Mussey ... .01210120112221102J:-", J t '.'Oil 1 1 101011121-40 



C B Dicks 120111021 ' 1 llr.PIl 1 1011201 01 115312022013 1201.2111111-41 



Match at 10 live birds: 



Fred Pfeffer 0200112111-7 J P Hayde 1200120012—6 



Regular club contest for a prize suit of hunting clothes donated 

 by W. L. Shepard; 15 live birds each: 



L K Waldron ..001)220002102112- 8 C B Dicks 221112121110222-14 



R B Organ 012211011012112—12 C 8 Wilcox. ... 21 121020.2222212— 13 



W P Mussey. ..111101202222211— 13 .1 A Sharp .. .01 12103222221102—11 

 John Watson.. 20001111U12112 12 Ike Watson. . ..1011121112211212-13 

 C. B. Dicks won the clothes for the first time, leaving Mussey, 

 Organ, Randall, Waldron and Dicks tied on once each. 



Regular club contest, for the Leiter diamond badge; 20 Peoria 

 blackbirds: 



Haskell . . .HlOOlimilllOmiO— 16 Walcox. . .IRKJIIOIOIIIOIHOOIIO— 11 



Dicks 011 111011 Hill 1011101—15 J Watson. 11100110111111111 110-16 



Organ Dt011im0111110ri0-1G I Watson..011U111100011110111— 15 



Mussey.... 11 101010111111001030-12 Stcek 11100101111110111110-15 



S h arp 10111000011 010011 111 -12 



Ties on 16: W. H. Haskell. 111011-5, R, B. Organ, 011000-2, John 

 Watson, 010100-2. Haskell wins medal. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 7, 1890.— The series of contests for the 

 Norcross t rophy, which began in in this city last Ma} , came to an 

 end to-day. The contests have been under the auspices of the 

 Worcester Sportsman's Club, and with a single exception have 

 been at Coal Mine Brook range. The Norcross trophy is a solid 

 silver tankard with a gold lining; it stands upon a tall ebony 

 pedestal; the tankard itself is lOin. high aud tin. in diameter. 

 The cup and lid are decorated with etching, oxydiziug and enamel. 

 The designs are unique and descrintive of the experiences of a 

 hunter's life. The trophy was especially designed for the donor 

 and cost ?200. Mr. James A. Norcross, of this city, a member of 

 the club, gave it on condition that there should be a series of 16 

 handicap shoots, each contest to he for 30 clay-pigeons at 18vds., 

 each contestant to be a member of the club, and that each winner 

 should be allowed to retain possession of the trophv from the date 

 of his su r cess till some member won it from him The first Con- 

 test for the trophy was May 14, 1889, and the last this morning. 

 The several winners who have held the trophy after one or more 

 contests are: M. D. Oilman, E. T. Smith, C. H. Howe, C. B. 

 Ho Id en, whose score was 30, G. A. Sampson. A. L. Oilman, G. -1. 

 Rugg, whose score was 29, W. L. Davis, G, VV. Russell, A. B. 

 Franklin, whose score wa3 30, E. S. Knowles and C. Crompton. 

 During the series Geo W. Russell, Gilbert, J. Rugg, Geo. A. Samp- 



son and Elliot T. Smith have each held the trophy twice. To-day 

 came the final contest, when each man had a possible 100 clay - 

 pigeons let free from open traps. The work of each man follows: 



Geo W Russell 54544 -22 54555 -24 33554 -20 35454—21—87 



Gilbert J Rueg... 41444— 20 45543 -21 55554-24 44355- 21— i>9 

 Geo A Sampson . . .45455 -23 45454—22 53543—20 34545—21—86 



Elliot T Smith 43455-2] 44544-2] 44553—21 44535 - 21-h4 



HARTFORD, Conn., Feh. 4.~ Twenty-one shotgun de\o!ees 

 faced the traps Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Colt Hammerless Gun 

 Club's ground. This club has a membership of 85, having mem- 

 bers iu Dan bury, Manchester, New Britain, East Hartford, Wind- 

 or and other towns. Mr. Alger won the chh muionship gold 

 medal with a score of 23 out of 25 bluerocks, The following w.ore.- 

 ade at25blnerocks: 



John Alger 23 OB Treat 19 L S Main 13 



C Burbridge 23 S B Douglas 19 A Wood .13 



AD Parsons 22 F Harvey 18 A Mo-Mullen... . 13 



A Willey 22 E L Hooper li HF Nichols. 18 



CGriswold 21 M F Cook 17 A C Collins 12 



. FredRisley 21 A F Craig 16 John F Cook 12 



' Bum- A Johnson. . .19 John Melrose 13 W S Taylor t,2 



