March ft, 1890,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



133 



THE U. S. CARTRIDGE CO.'S TOUR. 



[From Our Own Representative.] 



EN ROUTE.— Arizona, Feb. 14.— We have been passing through 

 &everal thousand miles of country which seems struggling 

 in its own mind whelher to be a semi-mountainous desert or .mar, 

 a plain desert, with no trimmings. Sage brush and cacti make 

 the mn in vegetation. There are many specimens of the great 

 organ cactus," 20ft. or more in height. The only animal seen was 

 one lonesome coyote, fit gonius'.for the scene. The weather is dis- 

 agreeably warm', and one removes bis coat very gladly. 



We wormed for a time at Yuma, in the middle ol the day. Yutua 

 is well known as the hottest place on earth. It is lower down than 

 the level of the sea. and hotter, by common repute, than the 

 regions lower yet. Here we saw the. usual crowd of more or le s 

 naked Yuma Indians. Thoy don't wear anything much hut hair, 

 but are blessed with abundance of that. In figure they ore puny 

 hut wiry-looking. They delight in bright colors m their scanty 

 ga rh, and arc picturesque-looking beggars enough. I wish I could 

 Eend on a picture of two iuma belles who, dressed in about half 

 a yard of red calico each, sat on a box at the station and ogled the 

 good-looking young men of our party. These poverty-smitten 

 people are not destitute of spirit, as a little incident of our stay 

 witnessed. A good specimen of the genus Smart Aleck, a con- 

 temptible little f quirt lroni some place where manhood was 

 scarce on me off from one of the ears ahead and persisted in his 

 attempts to get a photograph of one of the young bucks, who 

 evaded him, protested, and finally picked up a stone and stood on 

 the aggressive. (These Indians think that death soon follows for 

 on v one who has his picture taken.) The blessed idiot with the 

 camera pulled his sis-shooter partly from his pocket, and for a 

 brief tnhmeut posed in his own mind as a hero before the crowd. 

 Several voices called to him to stop his foolishness: but the young 

 Yuma needed no backing. He walked directly up to the hero 

 with the gun. shoved the camera aside, and ill broken English 

 early convinced the young ass that he would better call a halt in 

 the picture business.' 



At the supper station at Indio another incident occurred, and 

 cue which for ihe time threw the whole party into commotion. 

 A certain 1 all and shapely damsel with lovely auburn hair and a 

 general ?chool-teaeher-from-Boston look, was promenading with 

 unconscious grace before the two trains on the platform at the 

 station. Se vera I hearts had longing but not courage to make the 

 acquaintance of this goddess, hut Harvey McMurchy, as usual 

 full of lissrme grace and riant beauty, was the first to attract her 

 glance of open and undisguised admiration and affection. In a 

 moment he had offered his arm and the two were promenading 

 befei e a dozen pairs of envious eyes. The hoys all paired off also 

 and ostentatiously strutted up and down the platform, but Har- 

 vev and the fair one were unconscious of all this. The bell rang 

 and The boys all crowded back into the Iolanthe, but Harvey did 

 not appear! He was iu the front coach with the damsel of roseate 

 hair A committee was appointed to visit him, and some three 

 hours It ter he nppi ared while all the boys were seated at dinner. 

 In the meautime a (iendi-h scheme had been enncocted. When 

 the gallant enptsnn appeared and began to expatiate upon the 

 cbarmsof the siren in tho front coach, he was greeted with a 

 BtofiV S'leijee. He stammered, grew red in the face, and accosted 

 each man of the party in turn, but got no reply whatever. The 

 bovslalked all around bim. oil* said nothing to him, and would not. 

 even pass him a dish at the table when he asked for it. For half 

 an hour be was left in this little purgatory, and then began a 

 «uving which has not yet ceased. By reason of these occurrences 

 Contain MoMurchv received from bis envious associates the so- 

 briquet of "White Horse Harvey," a title which is apt to cling to 

 him for some time. As soon as it is possible be. will be publicly 

 presented with a floral white horse, as tribute alike to his prowess 

 and to the beauty of the ouburn-haired enchantress of the Gila 

 Plains. 



Los Angeles, Cat, Evening-- Toward dusk we began to leave the 

 desf rts and to approach country which seemed more suitable for 

 hahil ation. We i cached Colton, Cab, at 7:45 P. M., and here were 

 greeted by Ihe advance guard of the Los Angeles and Colton 

 sportsmen, in the form, of a committee who bad comedown the 

 road to meet the Iolanthe party. This committee consisted of 

 Mr. H. T. Payne, of the Los Angeles Tribune, president of the 

 California State Sportsmen's Association, and a gentleman known 

 in enorimg circles all over tb<- const; Messrs. E. Maxwell and E. 

 Urger. of the Los Angeles Rod and <-un Club; Mr. E. B. Tufts, of 

 tbe Tuite-Iiyong Arms Co.; Mr. J. H. Keifer, of the Los Angeles 

 Recrc nthm 'Gun Cub. with Dr M. E. Tabor and Mr. A. W. Bru- 

 ner of the Colton Gun Club. Mr. S. J. Ballard, of the S. P. R. R. 

 Co. 'also rode into the city on our car in company with hiH former 

 townsman, Mr. Budd. The boys have found friends waiting for 

 them in this way all along the road. 



It was about 10 P. M. when the Southern Pacific through tram 

 pulled into ibis beautiful city, and late as it was the caged ani- 

 mals of the Iolanthe broke out and scattered over the town. The 

 hot weather seems past. The evening is cool, and instead of the 

 dreary sands, through which we have passed all day. we are now 

 amid strange »nd half-trop'cal trees aad a vegetation whose 

 luxuriance is beautiful and surpiising. 



Feb, 11.- Po much has been written about Los Angsies that, little 

 neefl bb added in this brief itinerary. It would he impossible to 

 exaggerate, the beauty and attractiveness of this place. The city 

 is a "gem of uinoue civilization set in green mountains and mar- 

 gined with abundant foliage of uncalendered life. Orange trees 

 are common, and to-day the car is decorated with great clusters 

 of these golden globes. 



The generositv of nature seems to reproduce itself herein the 

 men who people this country. They are large-natured. There 

 has been no heartier reception accorded the party anywhere, and 

 the regret is loud-spoken that we cannot lie over here a day or so 

 and accept the numberless invitations to see the city and the 

 many adjacent points of interest. We are only about 20 miles 

 from the sea and the famous Santa Monica Beach, and the country 

 round about is a paradise on earth. 



For the psst fortnight the weather here has been beautiful and 

 warm, but to-dav it hlew up cold ar d cloudy, with light rain in 

 the evening. Shooting began a little after 2 P. M. at the baseball 

 grounds across the river. There was a nice crowd on hand, proh- 

 abh 850 in all, many of whom had come into the city from distant 

 towns. They saw only a very fair exhibition of team shooting, 

 abht-ugh the Kastern team made about its usual showing, which 

 at 176 is a hard gait for a 5 men team to travel. The conditions of 

 light, background, etc.. were very favorable, and there was no 

 excuse for the lamentable spectacle the. Western team made of 

 itself. Ruble made three beautiful specimens of German doubles 

 (Oft), but being allowed a balk on the second pair shot over and got 

 both to scree. Budd couldn't find the singles, Cahoon and W. S. 

 Perry indulged in their usual generous contest of shooting worse 

 than each other, and to-day Cahoon came out ahead and shot less 

 than Perry. The latter seems improving a trifle, and is more apt 

 to gather than Cahoon. who apparently grows daily less reliable 

 for his team and more ominous for their chances on the cham- 

 pionship. Perry snaps at his birds with a low position of the butt 

 of the gun before calling pull. Cahoon is very slow and loses his 

 birds by not getting on quick enough. Any of the men has had 

 off days, and that is liable to occur to any shooter, especially one 

 subjected to the hardships of constant railway travel, but enough 

 matches have been shot to enable an observer of the scores to 

 make a pretty fair guess at the future averages of each shooter. 

 The, Eastern team is now two matches ahead in the series. Score, 

 regular match: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchv. ..111111111111111111111111111101 11 11 11 11 11—39 

 W WolstencroftllimilUllllllllllllllllllll 11 10 10 10 11—38 



WE Perry 011111111111111111010100111111 11 10 11 01 10-82 



WS Perry 110111101101011110011111111111 10 11 10 10 11—31. 



H B Whitney. . .111111111111111111011111111111 10 11 11 11 11-38-178 

 Western Team. 



C WBudd OlOllOllllOllllllilimOlimi 11 11 10 10 11—33 



J A Ruble 111111101011111101111111111111 00 11 00 10 11-82 



R O Heike 8 111111111111111111101111101111 11 11 H 10 11-37 



C E Cahoon 10111 IIOIOIIOOOIIIOUOIUOIIIO 01 01 10 01 10-25 



3 R Slice lnlllllllllinll 1111101111111 11 01 11 11 11-38-165 



Mr. H. T. Payne of the Tribune acted as calling judge; Mr. F. S. 

 Ecker, who had come up from San Diego to see the match, acted 

 as other judge; Mr. Dimick, referee. 



At this city the usual $25 offer was made to any local shooter 

 who equals the score of a man named from the teams before the 

 shoot. Mr. E. Unger, a well-known and skillful trap shot of Los 

 Angeles, appeared for this contest. Mr. Dimick named Whitney 

 of the Kastern team. Result, Whitney 88, Unger 32. Following 

 is Mr. TJeger's score: 



Mr Unger .OmOlllllOllllllllOlllllOOllll 10 01 11 11 11-33 



It looks easy. 



At 10:40 P. M. the Iolanthe pulled out for Stockton, and the boys 

 all turned in at once 



En Route, Sau Joaquin Valley, Cal, Feb. 16, A.M.— We kave 

 come through tho Loop in the Tehachapi Mountains, and are now 

 ruuuing out Into perhaps the mORt wonderful river valley of the 

 world, the San Joaquin, 40 miles wide from Sierras to the coast 

 range, 200 miles long, and floored with ground as rich as gold. The 

 wheat .fields stretch far as we can see, and the unplowed ground 



is yellow for miles with the blossom of the wild poppies. We 

 had a belt of yellow flowers, then a belt of predominating white, 

 then a belt of blue. Rain fell in the morning, but the sky has 

 cleared and the country is lovely. We saw one flock of ducks and 

 a number of great swarms of wild geese feeding on the wheat 

 this morning. As the sky clears we can see the deep blue of the 

 mountain ranges upon either hand as we go north. A day of 

 stead v travel and we do not half way cross this single State of 

 wonderful beauty and richness. If this trip does nothing else, it 

 should educate each man of the party into a reverence for this 

 great land of the United States. 



Letters are received from San Francisco stating that the S. P. 

 C. A. has announced its intention of spending $250 if necessary 

 to stop the live bird matches arranged for that city. The party- 

 stops three days at San Francisco. 



Stockton, Qrfl., Feb, 17 — We got into this city at early bed time 

 last night. This morning the weather seemed threatening and 

 residents prophesied rain. The boys were cordially received by 

 the Stockton shooters, Major Kellogg, who had come down from 

 San Francisco to meet, the party, acting as guide and introducing 

 friend for a time, assisted also by Mr. Chas. .1. Hoar, who rode up 

 on our car from Lsthrop to his home in Stockton. The gun store 

 of Ditz Bros, was made headquarters here, and here the crew met 

 the best of treatment and became acquainted with most of the 

 Stockton sportsmeu, among whom may be named Messrs. James 

 Budd, Austin Sperry. Chas. Merrill, Dr. S. N. Cross and dozens of 

 others. By Mr. Sperrv's courtesy the teams were extended the 

 hospitalities of the luxurious and beautifully appointed apart- 

 ments of the Yosemite Club, of Stockton. Mr. Sperry is vice- 

 president of the State Sportsmen's Association, and also of the 

 Pacific Field Trials Club. From accounts of these different gen- 

 tlemen we learned, that Stockton is situated in a line game country. 

 Ducks and snipe were coming in along the the San Joaquin in 

 good numbers during our stay. Stockton is on tide water and is 

 surrounded by countless creeks and lakes, which t he resent high 

 rains have made seem more numerous and important. 



Rain was falling steadily at. 1 o'clock when the boys finished a 

 hastv lunch and started for the baseball grounds. The down 

 pour increased for nearly an hour, and the only wonder was that 

 the 100 or so of spectators came out at all. Had they not been of 

 the faithful they would not have done so. The grounds were 



THE E. T. ALLEK TEOPHT. 



spacious and well provided with grand stand and comfortable 

 rooms The background was good, with exception that No. 3 

 threw its bird directly toward a dwelling house just beyond range. 

 The score was laid close in to the buildings, so that tho boys could 

 at once step back under cover after shooting. Mr. Dimick, 

 referee, and Messrs. Quiinby and Tucker pullers, were the only 

 ones who had to take the rain, whicdi mercifully stopped now and 

 then, just short of the drowning point. 



Once more the Western team went to pieces and allowed the 

 bloated aristocrats of the effete Ea3t to. score a victorv. The 

 record as shown in the score needs explanation. Charlie Budd is 

 not falling down to 26 out of 40 as a plain every-day occurrence. 

 The fact is, Charlie made a blunder that deserved to lose him 

 the shooting match. He brought out in bis gun case the stock of 

 one of his guns, and the set of barrels that belonged to another, 

 aud result was that he didn't have any gun at all. He borrowed 

 McMurchy's gun and found it too straight for him. Then he 

 tried Slice's, and then Whitney's, and before he was done he had 

 tried about all the guns and all the ammunition on both of the 

 teams. The result, is interesting to those who think expert shots 

 can shoot, any kind of a gun, or can by careful sighting overcome 

 the drawback of a gun that does not fit. Had Charlie shot at 36 

 or above, where he is belonging, and had Cahoon shot above 30, 

 where any man belonging to either of these expert teams cer- 

 tainly does belong all the time, the result would have at least 

 been a decent showing for the Western team. The apparent 

 breakdown has been the occasion of abundant discussion to-night, 

 and there are probably twenty different wagers up to-night be- 

 tween the two teams, the Westerners freely backing themselves to 

 win in the next race, and the Eastern boys eagerly taking them. 

 McMurchy and Whitney did good work to-day. Ruble made an- 

 other beautiful German duet and spoiled a good score. Slice 

 shot a slashing gait on the doubles again. Stice is ahead of the 

 lot on doubles. He has broken 76 out of his last 80. Cahoon and 

 Perry engaged in their usual friendly struggle again, and this 

 time Perry came out ahead, succeeding in breaking only 28, while 

 Cahoon unfortunately hit another bird and so scored 29. Perry 

 has bet Cahoon 50 cents ou each race from here to Boston that he 

 will in each race beat Gaboon's score. He has also bet $5 to noth- 

 ing that Cahoon will not make his 30 singles straight on the trip, 

 he adding the privilege of using 2}-goz. shot and standing at the 

 traps instead of at the score. This is a sample of the wagers con- 

 stantly making in this gang. Tex, the wildcat, is the tamest 

 thing on the car. Score, usuai race: 



H McMurchy. . .llOllUlllHUinYllinlloilll 11 11 11 11 11-38 

 W WolstencroftmilimillOllllliriUimni 10 11 11 11 11-38 



W E Perry lllOlllOHlOlOOllOllllllllllll 11 11 11 11 11-34 



Vi S Perry 111011110101110111110011110111 10 10 10 10 10-28 



H B Whitney... llllllllllllllllHllllllllllll 11 10 11 11 11-39-177 



Western Team. 

 C W Budd UlllldailOllOOHIOOlOllOOlOll 10 10 10 11 10—26 



j a Ruble lijiniiniiioiiininmiioiii n n n n 00-35 



R O Heikes 111111111111111110101011011111 10 10 11 11 11-34 



C E Cahoon lllOUOOUtlOllllOlllllllOOlino 11 10 10 11 10-29 



J R Stice lllllOimillimiOllllllOllll 11 11 11 11 11-37-161 



En Route.— Immediately after the close of the shoot the party 

 hurried to the ear, which at 4 P. M. pulled out for San Francisco. 

 This evening we are passing through a flat country, cut up by 

 pounds and lakes in aud over which great numbers of wildfowl 

 are seen. The Coast range is plainly visible, and its higher peaks 

 are covered with snow. We must get on the other side of the 

 range to reach 'Frisco. Rain all the evening. The boys are on 

 a tear to-night. Such singing, wrestling 1 , sparring and betting 

 has not been witnessed since the beginning of the. journey. Ruble 

 has found an old friend in a green hat ou another car. 



H P. AT.— We are on Oakland Pier, across the bay from the main 



city. Mr. Chas. Sonntag. whose gun store will be headquarters 

 for the gang, meets us here and brings over a quantity of mail, 

 which is eagerly consumed. 



Oakland Pier, Feb. 18— At 5 A, M. this morning we were awak- 

 ened by a tapping on the windows. The intruder turned out to 

 be no one, less than our own and only advance man, Tee Kay, who 

 had been wired for a week ago, and who escaped from a snow- 

 bound train in the Sierras just in time to reach us here. There 

 is a general whoop-her-up on board the Iolanthe at this writing, 

 and Tee Kay is relating his adventures in the wild "West to an 

 appreciative audience. Ho says it is awful wet up in Oregon, 

 never saw such a, place in his life; you can't go into a hank to get 

 a draft cashed without the cashier inviting you to take a drink. 

 Tee Kay thinks it doubtful whether we can get up to Portland, 

 the washouts have been so bad. Portland has been flooded, and 

 he went into Hudson's gun store in a boat. 



We will be at San Francisco for three days, and the boys will 

 get time to stretch their limbs and take a rest. This morning 

 they have all deserted the car and taken the ferry over to the 

 city. The Iolanthe is now being thoroughly overhauled and 

 cleaned down in the yards, preparatory to be taken across the 

 bay into San Francisco. Between the uproar and dust of this 

 work and the efforts of Tex, Ihe wildcat, to chew up the copy as 

 fast as it is produced, the matter of writing is a difficult one, and 

 it seems wiser to quit and join the crowd up town. 



To-day Mr. Sonntag tells us that he thinks there will bo no 

 interference with t he live-bird matches. Ten men, chosen from 

 all over the State, have been selected to compete with our joint 

 teams in a grand live bird contest. Budd and Tucker, West, also 

 shoot McMurchy and Quimby, East, at this place. This will be 

 the greatest point of the entire trip doubtless. Enthusiasm is 

 intense and general. The objects of this tour have neen accom- 

 plished so far, but the record of the next few days will show that 

 this is preeminently and prominently true for this great sporting 

 city. Califoruia could not be said to be alive on trap matters, 

 when such towns as Stockton have no regularly organized and 

 active club. But the advent of this touring party never fails to 

 stir things up. At this point we meet the concentrated force and 

 activity of the whole State. 



Feb. 10.— It is raining again this morning and It rained all day 

 yesterday. The prospect for decent weather for tbe several 

 shoots atLthis city seems remote. The boys spent yesterday in 

 seeing tlie sights of this great and interesting city. In this they 

 have been materially aided by the courtesies of Messrs. Cbas. 

 Sonntag <fc Co., Mr E. T. Allen and Messrs CJabrough. all shoot- 

 ing goods dealers here; by Mr. Briges, of tho Breeder and Sports- 

 man; Mr. Edwards, president of the. Pacific Field Trials Club; Mr. 

 Block, Mr. Fay and Mr. Crittenden Robinson and many others of 

 the California Athletic Club, and very many others, not the least 

 of whom have been Mr. Skinner and Mr. Bekeart. of Mr. E. T. 

 Lane's house. Here also we have met Mr. Charles (i. Yale, who 

 has in the past written good work for: FoHES'X and Stream under 

 the name of "Saueelito." with Mr. Kellogg, of the Cordelia Club; 

 Mr. Pay of, of the Espinosa Club; Mr. Whictier and Mr. Goodall, 

 of the Teal Club, and so very many others who have conspired to 

 make the life of our party here one continual round of pleasure 

 that we may be forgiven if we can mem ion only a few. The re- 

 ception accorded tbe party has been worthy of California and as 

 large and as generous as her. elf. For instance, it is doubtless 

 known how seclusive are the methods of tbe famous California 

 Athletic Club, tickets not being obtainable through love or favor 

 to its entertainments, yet last night the entire party was admitted 

 to one of these exhibitions, and witnessed a Delsartean display, 

 in which Mr. J. Dempsey, of New York, and Mr. W. McCarthy, 

 of Australia, figured prominently, somewhat to the ultimate dis- 

 comfiture of the latter named gentleman. 



There are two magnificent trophies offered for the competition 

 here. The first is presented by Mr. E. T. Allen, the sporting goods 

 dealer, to the team of ten men which shall win in the live-bird 

 contest of Saturday next, ten California men against the com- 

 bined teams, East and West. It has not been my fortune to see a 

 finer trophy than this. It was designed by Phil. B. Bekeart. of 

 the above lirm, and executed by Vandersliee & Co., of this < ity. 

 The material is pure silver, and the design is that of a graceful 

 urn, mounted upon a polished ebony base. Tbe design of the 

 trophy is l.Ofjin.. the base beiug B>im. higu by iin.diamet.tr. The 

 design is sirrip'e and plain, but striking and pleasing. The figure 

 upon the cap of the urn is a faithful miniature of the. California 

 emblem, the grizzly bear, and is done in oxidized silver by a hand 

 of no mean skill. It took the artisan one week of labor to make 

 this figure alone. One hundi" d ounces of silver was melted to 

 make the body of the urn. At the sides of the urn are three silver 

 guns, Sin. in length, and these are the features of the whole. They 

 are actual guns, made in perfect proportion after mechanical 

 drawings taken from an actual gun. The barrels are silver tubts, 

 and the ribs were fitted to these as in a real gun, the barrels and 

 stock being joined later, as in a perfect arm. Tqo inscription is: 



CALIFORNIA 



UNITEDSTATES. 

 Presented by 



E. T. AliLES, 

 Feb. 22. 1890. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



The entire trophy cost somewhat more than $200, and it is singu- 

 larly appropriate and indicative of the broad methods of this 



city. 



The, other trophv is that offered by Messrs. Clabreugh, Goleber 

 & Co., sporting goods dealers of this city, and is also an elegant 

 and expensive affair. This goes to the winning team in the regu- 

 lar East vs. West contest, of to-day, and by the. terms of gift will 

 become the individual property of the mau on the winning team 

 making the highest average in the next four shoots following. 

 The design of this trophy is that of a silver pitcher, with crossed 

 guns upon the one side and the inscription upon the other: 



Presented 

 by 



CLABKOUGH. Golckeh & CO., 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



The inscription scrolled about the crossed guns reads "East vs.. 

 West, 1890." Upon the top of the lid is an exquisite 111 tie image of 

 a bluerock trap, which is a Teal working model, with spring, arm, 

 etc., which can be set and sprung. This is a trophy which no 

 teams of inanimates-shooters have yet seen equalled, to the best 

 of the writer's knowledge. It is no wonder that the interest of 

 the teams is highly excited here. 



Feb. 19, P. M.— The glowing climate of California falrlv laid 

 itself out to-day and tried to soe. what it could do. It rained all 

 pay, with the wettest, dismalest, drenchingest rain ever was. 

 They say that, such weather has not been known here since the 

 wet spring of '72. No real Californian can speak of this weather 

 without his cheek mantling with a blush of shame. East of here, 

 in the mountains, the snowstorms have been terrible, and at this 

 date a blockade of all through trams exists, whose continuance 

 is an indefinite quantity. The floods to the north of here have 

 cut off all chance of getting up to Oregon and the Sound country, 

 aud the dates for that section have all been canceled. The team 

 shoots at Sacramento next ^Monday, and after that future dates 

 are problematical, as Tee Kay, our advance man, cannot get out 

 and over the hill to do any work. It is likely that Ogden will be 

 dropped and the mountain list concluded with Salt Lake City, 

 Denver and Cheyenne. What the, dates there will be cannot be 

 told now, as east-bound traffic may be long delayed over the C. P. 

 Eastern mails are now all going via S. P. R. R. 



The rain to-day soaked about goOO out of Mr. Dimick's pocket. 

 The interest manifested here is great, and as this is one of the 

 greatest sporting cities in the world, the management had a rigli t 

 to expect a generous showing at the very accessible and suitable 

 grounds at Haight street park. As it was, barely a hundred or so, 

 wet and shivering, gathered under cover to see the exhibition of 

 trap-shooting under difficulties. The teams protected themselves 

 as best they could with rubber coats and umbrellas, but the match 

 was shot under the most disagreeable and trying circumstances 

 possible. Whitney's straight 40 was remarkable under the con- 

 ditions. Three others of the Eastern team shot a steady race, the 

 remaining shooter, W. S. Perry, going to pieces. Cahoon on the 

 West was" barely better, and Rolla Heikes was unaccountably and 

 unspeakably broke up in business. Budd and Stice were steady 

 enough in the singles, and Ruble made the singular score of 80 

 straight singles aud 3 ''Dutch doubles" in the pairs. The East 

 won again, and is now four matches ahead. Heikes will probably 

 not go so low again. What Cahoon may find among his capabili- 



