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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March G, 1890. 



ties or possibilities remains a question, and one of absorbing in- 

 terest to his team. Score, 30 singles and 6 pairs bluerocks; 

 Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy... 111111111111111 1111111 11011011 11 11 11 10 10-80 



w WoiRtencroftiiiiimmniniioiiiiriiimi 10 n 10 10 11-35 



AVE Perry., . . .111111111111011 11 ill 101 1 111111 10 11 10 11 11-36 



W S Perry 11101)1011110100000111011101101 10 10 10 11 10 24 



H B Whitney... 111111111111111111111 llllimi 11 11 11 11 11—40—171 



Western Team. 



C W Budd 111111111111111111011101110111 10 10 11 10 10—33 



3 a Ruble mmimiiiiimiiiinnim 00 01 00 00 01-32 



r ■]-.'■ . " "0;;i : - '■;.■!; i : OJ 001 10 10 11 11 11—29 



C E Gaboon... .OlOIOOOUIlOOimiOOlllIOlllll 00 01 10 10 11-215 



jr stice lonmiiimiiimimmiiii n 11 10 10 11-37-15: 



Map. S. I. Kellogg, of tbe Selby Lead and Smelting Company, 

 and Mr. G-oleher, of Clabroueh, Golcher & Co., both of this 

 city, acted as judges, Mr. Dimick referee. One bird was scored 

 to McMnrchy which he did not bit. He shot at a broken pirce 

 and missed it; one of the judges seeing the piece falling, doubtless 

 thought, it broken by the shooter. This did not affect the, result 

 in any way. 



By the result of this match, the Eastern team wins the beauti- 

 ful Clabiough & Golcher trophy described aboye, and they are 

 heartily to be congratulated thereon. When the boys bring this 

 East, their brother sportsmen will agree that it is as magnificent 

 a trophy as ever was seen in that country. There is only one 

 California, and it is broad, deep and big. Witness further the 

 beautiful gift of the Selby Lead and Smelting Company, also won 

 bv the East in this match. This came in the shape of six elegant 

 gold keyrings, with platefor name of owner. Kven the substitute, 

 Mr. Fred Quimby, that man of deplorable morals who acts as de 

 facto chaplain to the gang — and who is loved more than most 

 chaplains by his flock- received one of the rings, which he at this 

 moment believes to be a bangle bracelet. Being a chaplain, he es- 

 pecially prizes this pretty 'little souvenir, as being an article of 

 vertu. 



If the undertaking of this tour has been planned in wide lines 

 and generously conceived, the reception accorded it at San Fran- 

 cisco has certainly been not less broad and generous. California 

 delights in working upon a grand scale, and she has grasped the 

 import of this enterprise instinctively and been eager to foster 

 and further such an enterprise as one af ler her own heart. The 

 sporting goods trade of Sau Francisco, nolablv the finns men- 

 tioned earlier— E. T. Allen, Ohas. Sonntag & Co., Clabrougfc, Gol- 

 cher & Co. and the Selby Lead Smelting & Co.— have been especi- 

 ally cordial and rnergetic in the reception extended to the cham- 

 pionship party, and they have placed the management and each 

 member of tbe party under obligations which can not well be re- 

 paid. It was perhaps due partly to the San Francisco gun trade 

 ana partly to tbe aid of as bear! y and thoroughgoing a newspaper 

 man as the writer has ever met— Air. Horace Briggs, of the 

 /:!; ceder nnri Sjiorfxnion— 1 bat the courtesies of the Sau Francisco 

 Press Club were last night, extended to the party in the form of an 

 elegant dinner at Iheluxurious rooms of that organization. No 

 one but a newspaper man could have secured the admission to 

 that seelusive body, and no one but Mr. Briggs could so thor- 

 oughly have persuaded each and every member of the dinner 

 pari y 1 bat he vvas one of the"perf J sh," in good and regular stand- 

 ing. Mr. Briggs came down to the rendezvous in the evening. 

 "A~l>, Col. Dimick," ho remarked blandly, "I am pleased to see 

 you! l)o you still reside iu too city? As 1 understand it, this is 

 an auspicious oecas'on and opportunity to instil a little wisdom 

 aud roast canvasbaek into this hand of friends with whom you 

 are starring t his end of the firmament. Will you Kind i y marshal 

 the animals, while I go and see if the supplies of beef and hay 

 have been properly attended to? Thanks. As Hook at it. it may 

 be well to proceed at once, for there are to be certain festivities 

 subsequent to the struggle of the Press Club to appease the appe- 

 tite of the menagerie." 



Therefore the menagerie proceeded, and was early engaged in 

 the struggle, much to the depletion of the stores, solid and liquid, 

 arranged against this occasion. It was really an exceptionally 

 pleasa.nt little dinner, and devoid entirely of all the stiffness anil 

 much of the formality which sometimes haunt such affairs. 

 With all deference to the sporting trade of San Francisco (f r it 

 is impossible for me to discover just who did provide this pleas- 

 ant affair) it may be said that much and most of the success of 

 the occasion was due to the wit, aplomb and courteous readiness 

 of Mr. Briggs, who will pardon a sister paper and a humbler 

 worker for complimenting him sincerely as a presiding genius 

 and an after-dinner speaker and toast, propounder worthy even 

 of California. Mr. Briggs called for Mr, Dimick. Mr. Dimick 

 replied briefly and neatly, and begged to supplement his remarks 

 bv introducing silent Fred Quitnby, the professional hard talker 

 for the lolauthe. LApplause.] Mr. Quimby spoke with an elo- 

 quence which brought tears to the eyes of the hardened meu who 

 sat about him. Mr. Briggs called for Mr. H. T. Pavne, president 

 of the California State Sportsmen's Association. Mr. Payne re- 

 sponded nicely, referring to Mr. Briggs as one of the distinctive 

 features of California, worthy to be classed with the Yoscinite 

 Valley, the big trees and the glorious climate. The captains and 

 members of the teams, the advance agent (Tee Kav), and the 

 sporting press, were all proposed, and left on record replies of 

 one sort or other, each of which the worthy chairman accepted 

 with remarks of his own better than those of the speaker. Mr. 

 Dimick called for the members of the trade. Mr. Allen. Major 

 Kellogg, Mr. Golcher and Mr. Clarence Haight (of the Dupont 

 Powder Co.'soffiee here) responded with cheerfulness and felicity. 

 The a H air was a happy one. and so long as Dr. Abbey (manager 

 of Airs. Lily Langtry's California ranch) was on hand, it was by 

 no means a quiet one. I wish I might write of it more fully, or 

 express properly the thanks which all of the lolauthe people have 

 since privately declared to be still due for the delightful evening. 



At about midnight, everybody having made a speech who was 

 capable of speech, there appeared upon the scene Captain J.. I. 

 Callundan, of tbe night detective service of San Francisco, Mr. F. 

 P. Callundan, his brother (well known as the very efficient head 

 of the State Fish Commission), and their brother "Doc" Callun- 

 dan, who were duly announced as guides, counsellors and friends 

 for a visit to that singular portion of this great city known as 

 Chinatown. All these gentlemen are by reason of their vocations 

 familiar with the haunts of that district, where often they go to 

 detect, or to pursue violators, of the law. The proper police per- 

 mits had been secured, and it may be briefly said that our party, 

 which now numbered over 20, saw all the sights and smellcd all 

 the i dors of that most detestable piague spot and moral cancer 

 on the face of this fair city. The trip to the Chinese quarter has 

 often been written up, and at best all that could here be said 

 would be to say that we saw it all and all there was to it. We 

 went into a Chinese theater, stood on the stage, guyed the actors, 

 ogled the actresses, dickered with the first violin for Ids in-,! ru- 

 men t of hellish, misery, gave a Chinese baby all the nickles we 

 had and passed on. Wo went through the indescribable holes 

 under the ground where the actors live, under the theater; we 

 went into one foul den after another, saw opium smokiug at its 

 best and at its worst, saw all the beastliness, vice, immorality, 

 fUtbiness, lewdness, abominableuess that any one could see, and 

 more than any one could imagine unaided, prowled from one dark 

 alley to another, squeezed through narrow reeking halls, drank 

 tea in a. Chin< se restaurant, bought chopsticks, stole marking 

 sticks, begged Chinese money, bought ribbons from questionable 

 localities, saw all manner of things, and finally, at, 5 o'clock in 

 the morning, al'ler a night which may be said to have been pretty 

 thoroughly put in, snatched an hour's sleep, drank a cup of coffee 

 apiece, and got ready to be entertained some more. Any cart- 

 ridge companies contemplating a future tour like this should he 

 careful to select meu of good constitutions and able to be enter- 

 tained for 18 hours at a stretch, without a skip or a break, if they 

 expect to Banff in this town. 



This afternoon il was Col. Chas. Sonntag who had designs on 

 the outfit.. Some people would ask a party to come and take a 

 ride on the cable car. Col. Sonntag chartered a steamer. The 

 afternoon was to be spent in a trip down the bay to see the most 

 wonderful natural harbor on earth, and to gaze at that passage- 

 way Of untold millions of unsorted wealth known the world over 

 and for all time as the great Golden Gate. The boys were scat- 

 tered so widely over the city to-day that it was impossible to get 

 word to many of them, and therefore they unwittingly cast slight 

 upon what was really about the most enjoyable feature of the 

 San Francisco reception. The weather cleared to-day, and this 

 afternoon the sun shone nicely, so that the steamer ride was 

 something delightful. The route lay past the crowded piers and 

 docks, where lies the shipping of all nations of the earth, from 

 English collier to American whaler. AVe saw the picturesque 

 lateen sails of the Italian fishermen, saw a five-master, a U.S. man- 

 of-war (just completed in building here), and who knows what all 

 of every kind and craft. Making the circuit of the bay, we ran 

 easily along in full view of green mountains that rise about it on 

 every hand, topped bv white-fronted Diablo Peak, Oakland Mole, 

 Oakland itself, and all tbe sister towns we could see easily when 

 we stopped at the Government lighthouse supply station, which 

 made nearly the outer point of our trip. The party was composed 

 of Col. Cbas. Sonntag, Major Kellogg, Mr. E. B. Rani bo (manager 

 of the Winchester Arms Co.'s house in this city), Mr. H. C. 

 Golcher, "Uncle Bob" Diddle (beloved of all sportsmen here), be- 

 sides Mr. Dimick, Captain Budd, of tbe West, Mr. W. E.Perry, 



of j the'.East, Mr. Clark, of the Chronicle, and the writer. A very 

 small showing, this, of the party intended to be assembled, but 

 nevertheless a very delightful party, and one appreciative of the 

 lunch on board ship. 



The bay was fairly alive with ducks, a great many of them can- 

 vasbacks. with thousands of bluebills. Major Kellogg had brought, 

 along a .28-cal. rifle, and this came into constant, play on the ducks, 

 cormorants and sheldiakes. Tbe birds were wild, and most of 

 shooting was done on the wing. It was interesting to note how 

 far behind tbe bird the bullet usually struck the water, even when 

 t he aim was thought to be far ahead. Charlie Budd showed well 

 at this wing practice wilh the rifle. One duck started nearly 

 COyds. from the boat, and Charlie tired three times at it as it flew. 

 The second shot was closer than the first, and at the third down 

 came the duck as if struck by lightning. It was a singular shot, 

 perhaps due partly to chance, but more to skill and experience 

 in wing shooting. The air was full of gulls, and these often sailed 

 along, even with the boat, and so near one could nearly strike 

 them with a cane, Mr. Dimick doubled up one. with tbe .22. The 

 gulls are not shot in the inner bay, and are, I believe, protected 

 by an ordinance. They are great, bold, fearless fellows. They 

 sailed along so close we could sec every feather, aud the beauty of 

 their flight was indescribable, iou cannot see whore a gull keeps 

 his feet when flying. His body is a pointed, smooth and rounded 

 missile for the wiugs. 



It was evening when the Caroline pulled into Jackson street, 

 pier. Dinner at the Manthe to-night was «limly patronized. 

 Nobody knows where all the boys are. Nobodv knows, either, 

 what these big-hearted San Francisco men are going to do next. 

 Ems Is a great city and it is more like Chicago than any city in 

 America. Col. Sonntag commented upon this fact to-day. There 

 is something in the. push and enterprise and liberality of the two 

 cities which makes them near of kin. 



To-morrow there is no shoot on hand. On tbe day following tbe 

 great live-bird contest of California vs. the United States will 

 come off, if the weather permits. This is too important an event 

 to be balked by the weather, and should Saturday seem too rainy 

 to give the shoot a fair chance, it is likely that Mr. Dimick will 

 run up and shoot Sacramento Monday, returning here, lving bv 

 till decent weather comes. We can't get East over the mountains 

 anyhow. Nobody cares for that, so long as the heef and hay hold 

 out. Hope it will be a year. 



ScMj Francisco, Co/., Feb, We have met the enemy and we 

 have their hair. California summoned the. best ten men she 

 could get together, and our boys celebrated Washington's Birth- 

 day by gracefully robbing them of the greatest victory which 

 has yet been put in question on the entire trip, and one which 

 will not be surpassed in interest during the remainder of the tour. 

 More than all this, the victory is the result of as pretty and gen- 

 tlemanly a match as ever was shot on any grounds. There is no 

 boasting to be made over this victory, and there is no sting in the 

 defeat. If the match were to be shot: over again to-morrow, it 

 would be as safe, to bet upon the California team as upon the Pan- 

 Americans, although as the matter stands to-night, there are a 

 good many people in San Fraucbco who are beginning to think- 

 that the latter folks can shoot a little bit. This is the third lime 

 the party has been challenged by local men, and each time it his 

 come out victorious. 



The fates were propitious to-day. Tex, the lolanthe mascat, 

 smiled blandly on each man of the teams as he made his morning 

 salutations. Despite recent late hours and general high jiuks, 

 every man on the car had a clear eye, a steady nerve and an 

 appetite which would have done credit' to a bay wolf. Lastly, and 

 best of all, the rain stopped purposely for the "occasion, the pray- 

 ers for clear weather were answered and the sun shone brightly 

 all day long— something which it has not done for the past two 

 months. This gave the people a chance. There has been a great 

 deal of interest taken iu this match hy San Francisco men, and 

 to-day the management saw ttys largest crowd which it has seen, 

 or perhaps will see, on the trip. A fair estimate would place the 

 attendance between 1,500 and 2,000. 



The shooting was at Haight. street baseball park, and the first 

 man stepped to the score at a trifle after 1 o'clocK. The match 

 went on steadily, and occupied about three hours. The California 

 men were a fine-looking set of men. The team was chosen from 

 the best men of the State, aud each man is known the Slate over 

 Mr. Bassford comes from Vacavillo, near the Mexican line; Mr. 

 Martinez Chick, who shoots in Spanish, is from San Diego, also 

 far to the South. Mes-.rs. Merrill aud Haas are both from Sir,: k- 

 ton, and the remaining gentlemen are of San Francisco. Air 

 Chick is champion of the State, at inanimates, and Air. Merrill 

 has that honor, it is said, in live-bird shooting. Not a man on the 

 whole team but what is a shooter, and a mighty good one. too. 



Tbe race to-day was in some respects a singular one. The 

 mutual arrangement at the start was that Chas. Stevens's drig 

 should do the retrieving. This dog, Roy, is a dropper, pointer and 

 Gordon, and is the best retriever that any of our shooters had 

 ever seen work. He was quick, obedient aud full of judgment. 

 He repeatedly caught birds as they rose to fly, when a man would 

 have failed to gather, and it is probable that one or two birds 

 were lost, hy gatherers which Roy could have saved. And yet the. 

 use of this dog occasioned the only bitch of the whole perform- 

 ance. On three different occasions, after the referee (who, con- 

 trary to tbe best usage, did the calling instead of one of the 

 judges) had called "dead." the dog, sent in by the shooter to re- 

 trieve, scared up and drove the bird out of bounds, upon which 

 the bird, under Rule 25 of the new American rules, was properly 

 called "lost bird." These birds were all lost bv tbe California 

 boys, and as thsry were used to seeing a "dead bird" remain held 

 SO unless challenged, there was some little demur. In each of 

 these cases, however, the shooter had taken bis chances and 

 called for the dog, so if any injury was sustained, it was through 

 laches of the shooter. 



This same thing happened a fourth time for the California 

 team, and the bird should have been scored lost; but there being 

 a slight question whether the dog bad not broken louse without 

 order, this bird was cheerfully given to the Calif ornians as dead, 

 and thereafter Air. Dimick did not announce any tiird until it, was 

 gathered or taken up by the dog. There was no injustice wrought 

 by this matter, as there remained a lead of four clean and un- 

 questioned birds above those three. There would have been no 

 discussion had the Coast shooters been accustomed to shooting 

 under tbe American Association rules, instead of the California 

 State Association rules. As it was, nothing can be urged against 

 tbe courtesy of the East and West teams, for they claimed no 

 bird not clean scored, prevented no scoring on tbe other side, and 

 really made a present of one bird which they had a kicker's right 

 to claim. There was not the slightest hard feeling. The race, as 

 first stated, was a gentleman's race, and shot by gentlemen, and 

 it was as pretty and plucky an exhibitioti as ever was seen. 



Mr. Orr captained the California team, and Mr. McMurchy the 

 East and West. The shooting was sharp and clean on bol b sides, 

 and there was little slobbering of birds. On the California team 

 Merrill and Fay probably divided the honors for brilliancy of style, 

 t he latter rather better and snappier.though not to be rhoug lit surer 

 for a long race. Mr. Chick shot a trifle below wbere be belonged. 

 Not a man of the whole team but did some hard work. Mr. 

 Golcher cut, down a giant tailer at nearly 60yds. and wou applause 

 in abundance. Major Kellogg also got down one or two corkers 

 and Mr. Haas,Mr. Delmas.Mr. Bassford, Air. Orr and Dr. Knnwlts 

 all had their ability put severely to test and stood the test. well. 



For the East and West, Wolstencroft as usual, won much ap- 

 plause, hut he was not always getting his birds squarely with the 

 first barrel, and does not think he shot his best. The bird he lost 

 was a screaming tailer, a big white, and he never touched it with 

 the second, although the first raked it enough to bring it, down in 

 bounds, though lost in gathering. Budd never shot cleaner or 

 quicker. McMurchy only had to use. his second four times, and 

 Slice shot a good race, missing only one, a red hot twiste'r that 

 came in like a streak of lightning, after dropping 20ft. as if hit by 

 the first barrel. W. E. Perry used his second, but used it well. 



The best or longest seconds made on the team, however, were 

 made by Fred Quimby, who got down some birds that seemed out 

 of range. Heike.s shot clean. Ruble showed his ability on doubles, 

 as his score will show. He didn't always have to do it, but he did. 

 Whitney shot like a house a- fire, and Tucker shot a quick and 

 clean gait, which his work on targets would not permit one to 

 prophesy at all. The birds were a very good lot. Up to the first 

 ten they were clear above the average, the last five adding a few 

 more reluctant starters. We are told that the birds at San 

 Bruno, the Ereat live-bird place near here, are much harder than 

 those of to-day, and ihey are doubtless t he be.-t of the coast, but 

 tbe birds of to-day were grand ones, and if easier than the Cali- 

 fornia boys are used to, should have favored them rather than 

 our boys, who are not used to much hetter birds than these. 



The victory of to-day carries with it the magnificent trophy, the 

 solid silver tankard offered by Mr. E. T. Allen of this city, and 

 described earlier in the account from this city. A cut of this 

 beautiful prize appears on Ibis page. The Clabroueh, Golcher & 

 Co.'s inanimate trophy was illustrated last week. It was doubt- 

 less with regret that the California hoys saw this noble trophy 

 leave their State, but when the result was announced they gave 

 three cheers for the East and West teams and three for Mr. finii- 

 iok and his company, to which the winners responded heartily 

 with throe rousing cheers in I urn far the California team. 



Surely if ever a body of men should give cheer as compliments 



to their entertainers, the crew of the lolanthe should do so here, 

 for they have been treated magnificently in every regard. The 

 bare record of the scores and the shooting on this trip would 

 make no adequate report of it, and do no justice to the undertak- 

 ing in its best phases. There has sprung up here a warmer feel- 

 ing than one pending simply upon a shooting match. Tbe gnu 

 trade of San Francisco declares the management has bellied it. 

 The management could only say it has been treated better than 

 it could have dreamed by the gun trade of San Francisco. 



Beyond that, countless happy acquaintanceships have been 

 formed, and ihe general bonds of sportsmanship kindled and 

 strengthened. It is for this reason that the projector and the 

 manager of this tour deserve congratulations quite different 

 Irom that due to merely a successful business project. The car 

 will leave tnis city to-morrow evening for Sacramento, but there 

 is a sort of feeling that after this it will rather be down-hill, for 

 if this be not the zenith of the trip then its horizon is broader 

 than was known. 



It is deeply regretted that the heavy floods have made it impos- 

 sible to go to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle as was intended. 

 Yesterday trains were moving slowly on the Central Pacific. It, 

 is expected we. will start east from Sacramento on time. 



The following is the score of to-day's shoot. The California team 

 was: Jonn K. Orr, Ed Fay and H. C. Golcher, of Sau Francisco; 

 Martinez Chick, of San Diego; Joseph Delmas, of San .lose; O. J. 

 Haas and C. A. Merrill, of Stockton; It. A. Bassford, of Vacaville; 

 L S, Kellogg, of Oakland; Dr. Knowles, of Sausalito. Conditions, 

 15 live birds per man, new American rules: 



H A Bassford (10-g.).. 



S I Kellogg (12) 



H C Golcher (10 



S E Knowles (12) 



J K Orr (10) 



Ed Fay (12) 



Martinez Chick (12)... 

 C A Merrill (12)....... 



Jos Delmas (10) 



C J Haas (12).. 



California Team. 



1 0 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 0 1 3 1—12 



2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0-11 



1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2-13 



1 1 0 o 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2-12 



1lll2l2l1l22o2 1-14 



3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 o 3 1 2 2-14 



1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2-12 



11112 111112 111 1-15 



1 ollllllllllJJl 1-14 



1 11 2 2012 3 21111 2-14-130 



East and West Team. 



W H Wolstencroft (12-g.) 2 1122121212120 2—14 



C W Budd (12) 2 1111112 1112 11 1-15 



II McMurchy (12) 11 1 1 12112 1. 1212 1—15 



J R Stice (12) 11112 0 11121121 1-11 



W E Perry (10) 1 202 2 101 12221 1 1—13 



W F Quimby (10) 2 II 2 0 o 2 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 2—10 



R O Heikes (12) 1 1 1 2 1 I 1 1 1 1 o 2 2 1 0—13 



J A Ruble (12) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2-15 



H B Whitney (10) 2 1212111121211 1—15 



S A Tucker (10) 6 111111112 2 111 0-13-137 



o dead out of bounds. 



Judges, Mr. Ramone E. Wilson and Mr. Horace Briggs of the 

 Breeder and Sportsman; referee, Mr. Dimick; official scorer, 

 Forest and Stream. 



San Francisco, Feb, ^.—Opportunity offers now before we pull 

 out for Sacramento to add a few words about the late live-bird 

 match aud its connected events. It seems that the shoot was 

 watched with greater interest than we had supposed. Mr. F.d. 

 Fay, well acquainted with the run of storting events in San Fran- 

 cisco, informs me that, at least $20,000 changed bands on the result. 

 Tbe betting was about even, the continuous practice of the teams 

 being thought a factor against the confidence of the California 

 men in their skill.' The result was close enough to show the odds 

 were wisely considered, and should a return match ever be shot, 

 as there is a bare possibility of happening, more money than ever 

 will go up, and our men will be slow to back themselves too 

 heavily. The California men want to shoot the match over down 

 at San Bruno, on the swift, hard birds they are usee to 



As mentioned earlier, there had beon much talk at San Fran- 

 cisco about this shoot by the S. P. C. A. It is only Col. Sonntag's 

 prominent, connection with this body 'which prevents me from 

 colling that revered and august organization the Society for the 

 Promotion of Cant among Asses. It was due to Col. Sonntag's 

 efforts that matters went off smoothly and without hint of inter- 

 ference. I have already said that the shoot was a gentlemanly 

 one, and this should be repeated. If was resolved that no point 

 for a hint of cruelty should be allowed the critics. Each bird was 

 retrieved at once, before an uliwr shot was II rod, and the second 

 barrel was repeatedly used when not, in the least necessary to 

 score. Mr. Orr, captain of the California team, was keen-eyed 

 aud watchful of the grounds, and all crippled lords were killed 

 after crossing the boundary. 



Major S. 1. Kellogg, of Oakland, manager of tbe Selby Smelting 

 Lead Company, whose hbealily has been mentioned before, has 

 superintended the loading of a large quantity of shells taken on 

 here for the teams. When the boxes came down to the car they 

 were each nicely labeled in red, "Charlie Budd's Champion 

 Load," "Harvey MeAIurchy's Lightning-Strikers," "Fred Qm*m- 

 by's Annihilate, rs," "S. A. Tucker's Scorchers," etc., etc. These 

 inscriptions at least did not. impair the efficacy of the loads, it 

 would seem. Major Sheldon has been attentive to the last degree 

 lo this party, and the Inst proof of this came to-night in a beau- 

 tiful floral horseshr e of rare and choice blossom and foliage, with 

 tbe letters "U. S." displayed in violets in the center. This grace- 

 ful souvenir now ornaments the central arch of tho lolantho's 

 receiving room, a ('tow ning glory to the various bric-a-brac Etna 

 bijouterie, which has now accumulated in quantities on the ear. 

 We have everything now, from a stuffed California quail to a 

 Chinese guitar. The latter article is owned by liolla Heikes, and 

 be plays very soulfully upon it. If only has three strings, and 

 the box, covered wilh snake skin, is not larger than one's hand. 



There is general disappoint meu t that heavy rain prevented the 

 live-bird match between Mr. Tucker and Air. Quimby, respec- 

 tively of the West and of the Fast. I was going to tell "in the re- 

 port of that match how Fred Quimby got tho title of the Blue 

 Island Champion, as 1 promised earlier to do, but as the match 

 bas not been shot this most be deferred. H the shoot ever does 

 come off— and in view of the constant strutting and challenging 

 of these two roosters it is to he hoped it will— the Blue bland man 

 mrst look to his laurels, for Tucker shot a mighty good live- bird, 

 style in this late match. He shoots birds far better than targets 

 and is very quick with birds while very slow with targets. " It 

 was wise tnat he was put on the li\ T e-bird team. 



The long rest the boys have had here has put them all in good 

 fettle, and the jokes they are playing off on each other are endless. 

 Stice and Quimby went into a restaurant together with a few 

 companions, and after Fred had seated himself Jim called the 

 cashier up to him and whispered to him, pointing to Fred, "You 

 want to watch that, fellow, and you'd better collect in advance or 

 tire him out. Say, I know him, and he's a regular beat— never 

 pays for a meal, and got a cheek like a mule. Don't let him run 

 uo'game on you, but just drop on to him." So the cashier dropped 

 and there was war until explanations were made, A liffle while 

 after this Harvey McMurchy became the victim of another con- 

 spiracy in which Charlie Budd and Whitney figured largely 

 They waited until alter dinuer, and then offered lum a cigar 

 which he accepted with thanks and tried to smoke, but couldn't] 

 It was one of the twelve-for-a-dime variety, not made by white 

 labor, and it knocked Mac out in about two rounds. 



High jinks on the lolanthe to-night, but a gre;it many regrets 

 at leaving San Francisco. This is the summit of the trip. Cot. 

 Sonntag and Major Kellogg, with Mr. Henry E, Skinner, of tbe 

 E. T. Allen gun house, have come clear across the bay to say good- 

 hy, as we start from Oakland Mole. Major Kellogg goes to 

 Sacramento with us. 



Aud now she rolls. E. HotJCH. 



The teams will shoot at these points on the dates named: Des 

 Moines, March 7: Davenport, 8tb; Kansas City, 10th and llth; St. 

 Paul and Minneapolis, 13th; Milwaukee, 14th. 



CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 27.— Good scores were made at the regu- 

 lar shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club yesterday on the club's 

 grounds Upson, Wheal and Will lamb) s n tied on 23 for the first 

 badge, and in the shoot-off Tamblyn and Wheal dropped oui, 

 Upson winning the badge. Holt's 22 carried off the second badge. 

 Tnrce traps were used. While the regular shoot was going "ou 

 there was a shoot at 25 birds to a man on t he side traps. The 

 scores of both shoots will be found below. There was also a 

 sweepstake at 3 smgles and 3 pairs of doubles. Upson and Tam- 

 blyn dividing first money. Wherry and ELvorthy second. Holt 

 third: 



Club Shoot. 



Williams 17 Harris 19 F Tamblyn It) 



Upson 23 Wall 17 Marbach 19 



Wheal 23 Flik 18 King 13 



Miser...- ....15 Silsby 17 Wilson 18 



Holt ....22 WTamblyn 23 L 0 Jones 17 



Side Shoot. 



Upson S3 Flick 16 F Tamblyn 14 



Williams 17 W Tamblyn 23 King 12 



Wall IS Paul North 84 Wherry 20 



Moser 19 El worthy 21 Turner 14 



Holt 22 Wilson 20 O I, Jones 13 



