Maeoh 37, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



19 7 



To-night Mr. Dimick Drought on hoard another raccoon. Jack, 

 -which he purchased at. Detroit and which is an interesting addi- 

 tion to the Iolanthe live, stock. It is hoped this will prove a mas- 

 cot for the Western team. Mr. Dimick also displays to-night a 

 sample of a gift which will he presented to each member ot the 

 teams and which will he highly prized by each. This is the group 

 picture of the two teams, tastefully framed and supplied with a 

 printed key giving the name of each member of the group. 

 Doubtless this svill he referred to iu after years with feelings of 

 lively interest. 



The party is at this writing, OP. M., en route for Cleveland, at 

 which point it is understood the shoot is given day after to-mor- 

 row. 



Ckoeland, O., March 32.— The teams arrived here in good order- 

 Thursday morning, and spent the day chiefly in taking a good 

 vest, which they needed more than anything else. A handsome 

 programme of entertainment had been arranged by the Cleveland 

 Target, Co., -which included a tally-ho ride through the city, a 

 banquet in the evening and also an opera party, but the boys were 

 fought, so near to a standstill already that they were obliged to 

 beg off in part. The tally-ho ride and the banquet were dismissed 

 therefore, and instead the company generously sent down to the 

 car the case of champagne which was to have figured partly in 

 the latter occasion, and Mr, Chamberlin and Mr. Paul North of 

 the company took dinner with the management on the Iolanthe 

 yesterday evening. After dinner all the party adjourned to the 

 Hollenden and enjoyed the fine performance of the ''Mikado'' ren- 

 dered by the Duff Opera Co. It was raining heavily when the 

 return was made to the car. 



This morning the weather was clearer and the temperature 

 high enough to tie pleasant: it was one of the very few decent 

 days the boys have had since they left the Coast. The baseball 

 park in the city could not be secured, and the shoot to-day was 

 held at Ryerle's Park, nearly five miles from the business part of 

 the citv, as we were informed. The inaccessibility of the grounds 

 doubtless cut down the crowd. About 200 were in attendance. 

 They saw the host exhibition at the trap that has been given by 

 the teams since the start. The .local team of ten strong target 

 shooters was easily defeated, but they shot a race which will 

 hardly be equalled by any other ten men chosen from any one 

 city, their team average being about 34, a very high one in a 

 mixed race at 40 birds. The superb work of tho East and West 

 teams to day, however, would have made defeat a certainty for 

 anv other teams. The ten men, it will be seen, averaged 37Vi out 

 of 40, and that is something far out of the ordinary. Rolla Heikes 

 got his second 40 straight, to-day, and went out amid great ap- 

 plause from his fellow Ohioans. Stice and Whitney were also 

 heartily applauded. 



It was expected that the Cleveland boys would crowd or beat 

 the U. S. teams, as they are known to be steady shooters, and the 

 event is in the nature of a surprise to the travelers, who are just 

 beginning to realize how strong a team they are. As a matter of 

 fact, the esprit tie corpf of these boys is admirable, and it is this 

 feeling of drilled inter-confidence that makes them strong as an 

 army with banuers. 



The birds to-day were handled under the supervision of Paul 

 North, of the Cleveland Target Co., and were trapped by men old 

 at the business. The trapping wa3 the most rapid and satisfactory 

 seen on the trip, so much so that the double race of 20 shooters 

 was run over in very little more time than the regular race of 10 

 men usually takes. The Cleveland boys thought the birds to-day 

 were rather harder than in the average club shoot. Upou the 

 contrary the U. S. teams considered them easier than in their 

 regular contests. This was really the case, as the high scoreB of 

 the two teams would indicate. No. 1 trap was at about the usual 

 height, but No. 3 and No. 3 were throwing birds very much higher 

 than they have been regularly thrown on this trip. Following is 

 the score, which team shooters would do well to paste in their 

 hats, 30 single blueroeks and 5 pairs: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy. . 011111111111011111111111111111 11 11 10 11 11-37 



wwoiste.ncrofr.iiiinnmniiiimmoiiini 10 n n n m M 



WE Perry 111111111101111110111111111101 11 11 11 11 11-37 



W 8 Perrv 111111110111111111101111111111 U 11 11 11 11-37 



H B Whitney. , .l!lllimilllllimilU 1111111 11 11 11 10 11-39-188 



Western Team. 

 C W Budd.. . 111111111111111111011111111111 

 J A Ruble 11111111 10101 11 101111111111111 



r 0 heikes liimiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimi 



r; E Oat i oon ....lloiimillllllllUllLllllllll 



.r r stice miimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 11 u 01 11 11—39— it 



Double Team Total 374 



Cleveland Team. 



R, E Sheldon. . . .111111110111011111111111111111 11 10 10 11 10-35 



C A Calhoun. . ..111111101 11 11111 1 1111001111000 10 10 00 00 11-28 



Paul North OlllOIlii,'! Ill 1 1 1 111 111 1 1 1111 11 10 11 10 11 11—35 



D Upson lllllOlllOOllOlllllimiOlllll 10 11 11 11 11-35 



CP Wheal 111111111111111111011111111111 11 11 01 10 10-36 



D Auld 1111111111011111 11111011111111 11 11 11 10 01-36 



JPritchell 111011111010111310110011011111 10 U 11 11 10-31 



HCHoir niiiiiiiooiiiiiuiiimimii n 10 u 10 10-35 



H Phare 111101111111111111110101101111 10 01 11 01 10-32 



E H Gaidt 111011 lllllllimillOUllOmi 10 10 11 11 10-34-337 



It will he seen that once more the West led the East in the sin- 

 gles, and once more lost the race in the doubles. The East is nine 

 races abend. It will be observed also that W. S. Perry and Gaboon 

 picked up nicely to-day. These two men are very fai thful to each 

 ot her. If one shoots well, the other does also; and nothing troubles 

 them, high or low. 



Tbe car pulls out at 11 P. M. for Pittsburgh, where the teams 

 shoot to-morrow. But the briefest mention has been made of the 

 pleasant stop at this solid and thrifty city, but the travelers carry 

 away memories that are not so brief of the cordial reception here, 

 much of the pleasure of which has been due to the hospitable and 

 enterprising bluerock people. The Iolanthe has her usual quota 

 of visitors and friends to-night, and soon will be under way for 

 new fields. The tour will be practically closed by the end of next 

 week. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., March The party reached this city early in 

 the morning, and awoke to find a heavy rain falling. This stare 

 of affairs continued throughout the day, and ic being announced 

 that the proposed shooting grounds were nearly submerged, the 

 management determined not to attempt giving any shoot here. 

 This was the first unfulfilled date during the entire trip, all other 

 having been shot, rain or shine. The weather has averaged bad 

 since the party left the Coast. 



The giving up of the Pittsburgh shoot occasioned much genuine 

 disappointment. This is a strong shooting town and the mutch 

 was awaited with great interest by the fraternity here and indeed 

 of all this portion of the State. Sportsmen were here from Wasn- 

 inglon, from Beaver and many adjacent towns, and a number 

 came all the way from Altoona, about 200 miles. Some of the 

 latter gentlemen expressed their determination of journeying on 

 down the road to Harrisburg to see the Monday shoot there. 



The boys stuck closely to the car all day. and for a long time it 

 was not generally known down town whether or not the shoot 

 was to be given. Numbers of gentlemen visited the car, and it 

 appeared that all preparations had been completed and that 

 doubtless a very large attendance would have been on hand at 

 the shoot had not the unfortunate rain put a stop to the festiv- 

 ities of a shooting nature. Mr. Win. Bown (si*), the well known 

 sporting goods dealer of this city, placed many members of the 

 party under obligations to him, including Forest and Stream. 

 It was through this gentleman's assistance that considerable in- 

 formation was obtained concerning the Pittsburgh shooting and 

 fishing clubs, which are more numerous than those of any city 

 yet visited excepting Chicago. There are twenty fishing clubs 

 alone in Pittsburgh and a number of shooting organizations. It 

 is the Pittsburgh Mascallonge Club, unless the writer is mis- 

 taken, which pays an annual visit to Wisconsin, and whose trips 

 nearly always attract attention in Chicago. But the merest hint 

 at mention can be made of these organizations or of the genial 

 and courteous treatment their members accorded the Iolanthe 

 people. There was genuine regret felt on both sides when it be- 

 came known that no shoot could be given and that the car would 

 leave on the following morning for Harrisburg. The closing 

 touch of Pittsburgh hospitalities was given in the eveuing, when 

 Mi-. McCrickett, acting for the Pittsburgh sportsmen, took the 

 greater number of the teams out in a very pleasant theater party. 



A funny incident occurred during tho evening at this city. A 

 certain handsome member of the party, whose name need not be 

 given, brought down some lady friends to sec the car. He left his 

 friends in the ante-room as he supposed, and stepped forward to 

 the reception room to prepare the way, as it were. The boys were 



10 11 10 10 11-30 



10 11 10 11 11- 34 



11 11 11 11 11-40 

 11 10 11 10 11—37 



passer by. No one dared to touch him until to-day Rolla Heikes 

 sat down beside him and by careful and fearless coaxing, got him 

 to make friends with him. They call Rolla the "lion-tamer" now, 

 and certain it is that under his handling Jack has become a very 

 decent sort of 'coon, and safe to pet a little in a guarded way. 

 Nellie, the Des Moines 'coon, is a sweet and amicable pot, albeit 

 somewhat daring and restles". These 'coons growl and hiss when 

 angry, When they go to sleep they roll up in a ball and stand 

 nearly on their heads. 



This morning Mr. Wolstencroft did not, stop off at Pittsburgh, 

 hut went straight on through to his home in Philadelphia, where 

 doubtless he was received gladly by his family, from whom he 

 has been so long absent. Mr. Wolstencroft's absence from his 

 team will deprive the Harrisburg spectators of doubtless the most 

 brilliant feature of the exhibition, for his shooting rarely fails to 

 win applause; he will, however, shoot with his team at Phila- 

 delphia. 



Harrifihura, Pa.. March 23 — The car left Pittsburgh early th's 

 morning. The rain had turned to snow, and the day was cold. 

 The run through the mouu t ains is said to be picturesque, but even 

 the glories of the much-advertised "Horseshoe Curve" seem very 

 tame compared with the scenery of the Rockies and Nevadas 

 PaTt of the run this morning was up the valley of that fateful 

 Conemaugh River, whose disastrous flood last year spread grief 

 and woe unparalleled. This stream is restricted to a narrow hed 

 and a contracted valley. It was high and angry to-day, and small 

 as its volume of water was it seemed fretful and vindictive. 

 Wreckage of all sorts still lines tho hanks. It needs no stretch of 

 the imagination to see white faces of the unnumbered dead in the 

 foam spots of the rapid current. We passed up the valley through 

 ruined and rebuilt Johnstown, and over the fateful bridge whose 

 stones might well cry out in anguish; and as we passed, some one 

 on the car was singing softly the old and comfortful song, "Come, 

 ye Disconsolate." 



Dinner was eaten in this city, but even before that hour a com- 

 mittee of sportsmen had come ou board, among whom were 

 Messrs. M. H. Bensinger, H. B. Shoop, J. C. Costello, F.W. Ginther. 

 H. A. Dill, S. Hertzler, and others. These presented credentials 

 somewhat as below: 



"Reception of the World's Champion Trap Shots, West End 

 Social Gun Club; Monday Evening, March 24, 1880; Club House, 

 2(19 Herr street, 8 to 11 o'clock." 



From the above it looks as if there were going to be a little con- 

 tinual round of pleasure here. After dinner a great many of the 

 Harrisburg boys came down, so many that one must give up in 

 despair the effort to get their names; but they were all good-look- 

 ing and jolly, typical of their class the country over, and they 

 swooped down and took possession of the gang. 



The interest seems marked here, and the event of to-morrow is 

 looked forward to with eagerness. A local team may possibly 

 compete. If time and weather permit the Pittsburgh race will be 

 shot off here to-morrow, making two regular shoots. If live birds 

 could be obtained here Mr. S. A. Tucker and Mr. W. Fred Quimby 

 would probably be compelled to shoot their long-deferred and 

 much-talked-of 25 bird race. Their constant wagers and chal- 

 lenges can be stopped in no other way. W. S. Perry has also 

 challenged Fred te a 50-bird match, and forfeit is posted on this. 

 There is a lot of unfinished shooting to he done between here and 

 Boston, and there may be considered fur in the air at the latter 

 city next Saturday or t he Monday following. Now would be a 



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arid 



good time to tell Al Bandle's story of how Fred Quimby got 

 title of "Blue Island Champion," but it is unfortunately late, i 

 this will have to be postponed again. 



Then he turned around and found himself facing his rather 

 startled lady friends, who had uuknown to him followed him 

 closely as he stepped forward to the reception room, and heard 

 every word he said. There were some mu'ual smiles and blushes 

 than. 



The new raccoon, Jack, has been a rather a giy customer and 

 has had a number of whippings for trying to take a leg off a 



Harrisburg. Pa., March HI,.— About 400 persons, including many 

 ladies, witnessed the shooting to-day. The weather was milder, 

 hut not very pleasant. The grounds were accessible and good. 

 The trapping was the best seen on the trip for a long time, and 

 tho two regular races of the series besides the score of a local 

 team of 5 were run off by 4 P. M., the team shooting beginning 

 about, 1 P. M. Previous to the match shoot Mr. Stice defeated a 

 local shooter, Mr. A. C, Krueger, in an individual race at 18 singles 

 and 4 pairs. Score: Stice 23, Krueger 18. 



The regular team shoot, for Harrisburg was shot first. Score, 30 

 single blueroeks and 5 pairs: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchv.. llllllllllOHlllllOliniOnill 10 11 11 11 10-35 

 WF Quimby... 1 11 1 01 0 1 10 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 ! f i 1 1 11 10 00 11 01 10-29 



W E Perrv 11001111 llll 1111 11 11 1 111101011 10 U 10 11 11-34 



W * Perry Ill 1 11111011101111111100011111 11 10 11 10 01—33 



H B Whitney.. .1101011011 1111011 1111111111111 11 11 11 11 11—36—106 

 Western Team. 



C W Budd 111111111111111111111111011111 10 10 11 10 11—36 



J A Ruble 11111111111 1110131111111101111 10 II 10 10 11-34 



R O Hfikes 111111111111111111110111111011 10 00 10 10 11—33 



C E f'nhoon 011111101111111110111111111011 10 11 10 11 11—33 



J R Stice llUUlimiHimiHlllHUlO 10 11 11 11 11-88-174 



Mr. Dimick, referee. 



The West won this race hy 8 birds, and the East wished for 

 Wolstencroft, although the average for the regular team was very 

 low. They "let themselves down very easy," however, by saying 

 they didn't have to win and didn't try to shoot much anyhow. 

 The match for Pittsburgh was then called, and the local team 

 shot in with the teams in this race. Score, 80 single blueroeks 

 and 5 pairs: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy.. .1111010111101111 1110111 llUUi it 11 10 11 10-33 

 W F Quimby. - .101101110101111111010101100101 10 11 10 10 10—26 

 WE Perry- ..111011111111111111110101111111 00 10 1110 11-33 



W S Perry iOOUOOOOlOO'Ullll 1110011101111 10 10 10 10 11-23 



H B Whitney , -100111111111111110111111111111 10 11 11 10 10-34-149 



Western Team. 

 C W Budd... ... 111111111111111111111111111111 10 10 10 10 11-36 



J A Ruble 11111111111101111110111111111] 00 11 10 11 11—35 



R O Heikes 001111111101110111111111111111 11 1! 11 11 11-36 



CECahoon. .111110011111110111111110111111 10 00 00 li- 10-30 



J R Stice 111111111111111111111111111111 11 11 10 10 11—38-175 



Harrisburg Tea m. 



HBock 11011101110111011 001 1111111111 00 10 00 10 10-27 



FWorden 110111111101101100000111011111 11 11 00 01 10-27 



C E H Brelst'ordllOl 11101001111 1 0 1 1 Hi Hill 010 00 01 01 11 00 -27 

 Jas Worden . . ..lOlOOlOlOOlllllllOlOOlUOllOll 10 11 11 10 10-26 

 Jas McKee 011010101010UO1111011011101110 00 10 00 10 00—20-127 



Mr. Tucker referee for singles, Mr. Dimick for doubles. 



The Harrisburg boys hardly got on to the birds t he way they 

 should, especially in the doubles; but the r ice was a jolly one. 

 The West in this match won, and added 26 birds to the lead they 

 have over the East in the total number of birds broken. The 

 Eastern bovs said they didn't try very hard, because, there was 

 nothing up, and they had no-interest in the shoot anyway. The 

 Western contingent, however, admit ted that they shot their best, 

 and declared themselves ready to finish the whole series to-day, 

 while they hand their hand in. It is little enough that the West 

 should go" on East from here with two less defeats against them— 

 they can't win the series anyhow. 



This is a funny old town. Tbey say a great many people here 

 can't see after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which is a phenomenon 

 1 do not understand. The older part of the city enjoys the dis- 

 tinction of being the only town extaut which was spared by the 

 Deluge, and in some of those old stores you may see guns that 

 were used by Noah and his boys when they went hunting after 

 dodos before historic dawn. The younger and modern part of 

 Harrisburg, however, from which is drawn all the membership of 

 the vigorous and energetic West End Club, is up and alive. The 

 interest in sporting matters is evidenced by the goodly attend- 

 ance to-day, and the genuineness of Harrisburg sportsmanship is 

 attested by the constant watchful courtesies shown the members 

 of the Iolanthe's crew here. 



It was here that we heard for the first time of a celebrated 

 hunting pack, which deserves to be more generally known. (I 

 trust the editor will not place the accouut of it under the head of 

 "That Reminds Me," or get it mixed up with the fish lie depart- 

 menl). Mr. C. E. H. Brelsford is the champion rabbit hunter 

 here, and he always hunts with the above-mentioned pack, which 

 is composed of 2 beagles, 1 setter, 1 pointer, 1 Newfoundland, 1 

 1 Skye terrier and two sheep.^The sheep join in the chase with an 

 ardor not surpassed by that of any of the dogs, and when they 

 have seized their prey they rend it limb from limb with a ferocity 

 calculated to curdle the blood of the unacclimated spectator. Mr. 

 Brelsford is sometimes disposed to abolish the sheep from his 

 pack on account of their spoiling so much of the game in this 

 way, but retains them only on account of their great speed aud 

 superior scenting powers. Mr. Dimick wished to purchase the 

 entire pack to add to the other bric-a-brao on the car, but the 

 owner declined to part with them on account of the difficulty he 

 would experience in securing any more sheep of a kind similar to 

 those which constitute the prime luminaries in his galaxy of 

 talent. This unique pack of dogs needs only a bulldog and goat 

 to be complete, but as it stands it is doubtful if it can be equalled 

 elsewhere. 



At 8 o'clock to-night the rooms of the West End Club were 

 crowded with the seventy members of that organization and their 

 gnestb, the East and West teams. A substantial collation was 

 served at 9 o'clock, whose smoothness was marred by only one in- 



cident. Messrs. Tucker and stice were engaged in an argument. 

 Tucker was explaining to Jim just how sassafras tea ought to be 

 made, and Jim was saying he didn't believe it. but thought itwas 

 sometimes justifiable to open a jackpot with a pair of 7s. Just 

 then, while Tuck was making a, gesture, a gentleman who was 

 acting as assistant waiter pnm-cd a glass of liquid refreshment 

 over both gentlemen, with the result of nearly drowning Tuck, 

 who Is an indifferent swimmer, The apologies and laughter 

 which followed nearly broke up the banquet. 



Mr. Brelsford to-day shot one ot those Noah guns to which 

 allusion has been made, one with ears on it like a jack -rabbit's, 

 and t n -night a paper was passed around, purporting to he a sub- 

 scription tor the purpose of buying him a modern gun. This was 

 signed hy a number of gentlemen, '?5 Pd." Later on the paper 

 was presented to Fred Quimby, who. not to be out-done, as he 

 thought, paid the hearer $5 cash. This hova fide, $5 was taken 

 down to the club parlors in a hurry aud used in liquida ting somt- 

 obligation or other, but later on Mr. Brelsford was presented with 

 a toy gun. 



There are other clubs in Harrisburg beside the West End, nota- 

 bly the old Rod and Gud Club. This organization was named 

 after the old Rod and Gun newspaper before it was consolidated 

 with Forest and Stream, and its members have always taken 

 Forest and Stream since then. There are only eight members, 

 and they are all old bachelors. They have no officers. Mr. M. C. 

 Caby is one of this club. He is warden of the protective associ- 

 ation here, and it was he who presented the writer to Mr. Jacob 

 Hess, who has the honor of being high hook on the Susquehaunah. 

 His top fish is stuffed, and graced the dining-room wall to-night. 

 It is a small-mouthed black bass, weight 7H>lbs. But this is 

 digressing from trap news. 



At midnight the merry party has broken mi. Once more re- 

 luctant adieus have become necessary. In an hour the Iolanthe 

 rolls on toward the close of her eventful journey. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Brelsford go on to Philadelphia with the car, Mrs. Brelsford 

 being the guest of Mrs. Dimick, who has become an animated 

 participant in the ups and downs of the campaign. 



Tho Iolanthe arrived at Jersey City. Cortlandt street, depot, 

 early Wednesday morning, and will lie there through the. re- 

 mainder of the week, the New York shoot not being given till 

 Saturday. It, is announced late on Wednesday that, no live-bird 

 shoots will be given, but there will be target competitions het ween 

 the teams and such local celebrities as Messrs. Wm. Sigler, Enoch 

 Miller, H. Brientnall, H. Johnson, E. Collins, Milt. Lindsley, M. 

 Evans. Capt. Jones, Hobart, Apgar, Post and Daly. 



The shoot which will he held at Claremont will probably occupy 

 the greater part of Saturday- It is understood that the next 

 shoot will be at New Haven, Conn., on Monday, and the final 

 shoot will come off at Boston on Wednesday next, at which time 

 some team shooting experiments will be tried, which promise to 

 be of interest, E. HouaH. 



PROHIBITION OF LIVE-BIRD SHOOTING. -Chicago, March 

 23.— It is hinted that at the next session of the Legislature a Btrong 

 effort will be made by the manufacturers of artificial targets to 

 stop the shooting of live birds at the trap. This is short-sighted 

 policy, as sportsmen here cannot be forced to enthuse over the 

 "saucers." and will cross the line into Indianapolis to indulge 

 their liking for feathers. Of course, the manufacturers hope to 

 increase the sale of their targets, although they allege cruelty as 

 the ground for their protest. This ostensible reason has enlisted 

 the sympathies of cranks of various degress, and it is certain that 

 an effort, will he made to pass the law. In an utilitarian point of 

 view, pigeon shooting should never he stopped. Many a farmer 

 throughout this State turns a pretty penny each year by the sale 

 of pigeons, which cost him nothing to raise and whieh'he would 

 not raise did not their use at the trap enhance their value. The 

 commission men here who handle pigeons will fight the law 

 earnestly, as the traffic in pigeons, alive or dead, is a considerable 

 one. In a humanitarian point of view, pigeon shooting cannot be 

 said to be unnecessarily cruel. All birds if not killed by the dis- 

 charge of the gun are otherwise promptly dispatched, and the 

 element of cruelty enters into the sport no further thau it does in 

 other legal methods of taking the life of birds or animals which 

 are used for food. Tile bare fact that in the taking of a pigeon's 

 life the element of sport is introduced, does not make the act 

 cruel, as no unnecessary pain is inflicted. Laws prohibiting the 

 snort have been passed in various States, but in nearly all cases 

 have been found undesirable and repealed. It is highly improb- 

 able that such a law will be passed by the Hlinois Legislature.— 

 W. P. Mtjsset. 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS, March 22.-This was 

 one of the worst days imaginable for shooting; it rained, blew, 

 was foggy, and grew dark and light by turns; cleared up a little 

 aud then began all over again. However, a number of enthusi- 

 asts came down and shot off two events of 30 singles and 5 pairs- 

 Mr. Simpson made his first appearance since bis return from Cal- 

 ifornia, and has not donned his shooting clothes yet, as the scores 

 show. Johnson f eh way down and was trampled in »he mud by 

 the rest. Hathaway forged ahead in the first event, but got dazed 

 on the straightaway bird in the second and missed 9 out of 10 from 

 that trap; hut when you look at the scores below, think of the 

 weather. 



First event, 30 singles and 5 pairs, Si entry, 3 traps (unknown 

 angles): 



Singles. Doubles. T'l Singles. Doubles. T'l 



Hathaway... 25 6 31 Jones 18 5 23 



Collins 25 4 29 Simpson 10 4 14 



Apgar .22 6 28 Johnson. . . 11 3 13 



Lindsley.. .. 22 5 27 



Second event, same conditions: 



Singles. Doubles. TT Singles., Doubles. T'l 



Lindsley 24 5 29 Hathaway... 16 8 32 



Collins 25 4 29 Johnson U 5 19 



Jones 21 . 8 29 Simpson 13 3 16 



Ties on first: Jones 9, Collins 7, Lindsley 5. 



Tatbam, Rose and others used the western traps for practice, 

 and their scores were not taken. On next Saturday occurs the 

 first all-day tournament of the Association, commencing at 9:30 

 A. M. The champion shooters will also be there on that day and 

 shoot their exhibition match. A team will be put against them 

 of local shooters.— Ad Vance. 



WATERTOWN. March 21.— Following scores are of a handicap 

 match between O. M. Paddock of the Hillside Club and W. H. 

 Tallett of the Southside Club, of Watertown. This match was 

 shot under the following conditions: Paddock to shoot at 95 

 kingbirds, three traps. Tallett to shoot at 100 kingbirds, three 

 traps, one-half to be singles and the other half doubles. The day 

 was very windy, making the left quarterers dive in away that 

 made them very hard to get. The match was won by Paddock by 

 a. score of SI to Tallett's 77. Paddock shooting Lefever 12-gauge, 

 Tallett shooting Parker hammerless 10-gauge: 

 O. M. Paddock. 



Singles 11111111111101111101111111111111111011111111-44 



Doubles 11 01 11 11 01 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 



10 10 11 11 10 11 11-37-81 



Tallett. 



Singles ini0Uim0lllll00l0l1lll0l1l0lllll1lllllll-42 



Doubles 01 11 11 11 00 10 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 



11 10 10 11 01 11 00 10-35-77 

 Scores shot on March 18 at 25 kingbirds: O. M. Paddock 25, E. 

 W. Smith 24, H. C. Whitney 23, Alex. Alliugham 22. 



NIAGARA FALLS, March 17.— A pigeon match was shot on 

 the grounds of the Whirlpool GUn Club at Niagara Falls to-day 

 between B. Jones, of Niagara Falls, and J. Bishop, of Niagara-on 

 the-Lake, for $70, under the rules adopted in the competition of 

 the McDowall championship cup recently shot in Toronto, ex- 

 cept that the use of only one barrel was allowed, aud 26yds. rise 

 lustead of 30yds. The following is the score: 



Jones 01011111111101111111—18 



Bishop 1101010H1U11101111— 17 



The third bird shot at hy Jones was killed on the ground, and 

 the referee, who had not understood the new rules, decided it a 

 lost bird instead of giving Jones another bird, as he was entitled 

 to. With this exception everything passed off in a very pleasant 

 manner, and a return match may soon be looked for. 



LONG BRANCH, March 22.— There were four sweepstake shoots 

 at bluorocks to-day on the Central Gun Club grounds. There was 

 only one money in each event. The first was at six targets. 

 Philip Daly. Jr., and AA r m. C. Price broke 5 each and divided the 

 purse. The second event was at 6 targets. Daly took the money 

 with a score of 5. The third match was at 5 blueroeks. Philip 

 Daly, Jr., and Edward Reid made clean scores and divided the 

 money. Elisha West Price took the money in the last event, with 

 a straight score of 5. In shooting up scores in the club shoot for 

 the Daly and Price gold badge, Philip Daly. Jr., and Elisha West 

 Price each broke 7 out of 10, Frederick B j ale 9 out of 15, Edward 

 Reid 16 out of 20, Wm. C, Price 21 out of 25. an 1 Charles Morris 17 

 o'nt of 30, 



