Mat 15, 1890.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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BROOKLYN EVENTS. 



BROOKLYN, Mfiv 7.— The Fountain Gun Club held its monthly- 

 shoot at Woodlawn Park. Gravesend, L. I., to-dav, and the 

 event proved to he one of the best shoots ever held hy'this popfl" 

 Jar and active organization. In addition to the regular shoot a 

 special match at WO live bird- between Li Davenport, of the Foun- 

 tain Gun Olnb, and Theodore Peck, of Haverstraw. N. Y.. drew a 

 biff throng of spectators to the grounds. The match was the first 

 event shot, and as the >>irds all prov ed to he rattling good flyers, 

 the sport was unflagging from the time the first pigeon was 

 trapped until the end of fi e shoot. The conditions were 100 live 

 birds per man, the stakes being $100 a side and the loser of the 

 match to pay for the hirds. TTurHugham rules governed the con- 

 test, according to which Peck, who used a iO-bnre Wehley shot- 

 sun, toed the 30yds. mark, while Davenport, who shot, a Franeof te 

 12-bore gun. shot from the 28yds. rise. W. Taylor was Peck's 

 coach and Dr. Shields served in a similar capaeitv for Daven- 

 port. Peck «'as first to face the traps. In the first. 25 birds shot, 

 at he killed 19. Davenport brought down 19 in his first 25 In the 

 second lot Pec 1 -- got 16 to Davenport's 19, and in Hie third round 

 the Haverstraw gunner again ran up his total to 19, but, the Brook- 

 lyn man increased his lead by killing 21 birds in capital shane and 

 Davenport finally won by fi birds. The regular club shoot followed. 

 The scores: 



W A Allan 7 J Voorhees 7 Dr Schwartz H 



B Wefit 7 H McLaughlin 6 O W Jones 5 



L Davenport 7 W Selover 6 W Thompson 5 



E Purdy 7 J E Lake 6 OA Seddons. 



Dr Shields 7 H blattmacher. . .6 S Garrison 4 



Tbe lies were not shot off, as the sunply of birds "-as exhausted, 

 and the scores made will have to be computed with other season's 

 averages. 



May 8.— Tbe members of the Un Known Gun Olnb a rc enthusi- 

 astic sportsmen and asseinbsed to-day at Dexter Park, on the 

 Jamaica plank road, for tbe regular monthly shoot. The club 

 badge was the main trophy at issue, each man shooting at 7 live 

 birds, according to class handicap rises. The old Long Island 

 rules governed. A stiff, veering wind, mostly northwest, helped 

 the birds alone:, and while they were a mediocre lot as a rule, 

 when they did fly they proved hummers, and as the shooters were 

 never certain what kind of a bird thev were to get the interest 

 was great throughout. One of Honkins's birds proved the sour 

 of a great deal of merriment for the spectators. He rose only 

 Utile way and then settled, and save Billy Mjfis, tbe trapper, all 

 he wanted to do to get him. causing him to perform some tumbling 

 feats worthy of the circus ring. After the regular shoot sweeps 

 were decided, and su"h a lot of them did the hove conduct, that 

 they u*ed up all the live hirds, clay targets and glass balls there 

 were in the park. The kills in the club shoot follow. Tbe score*! 



G. Pfohlman 7, Dick Monsees 7. H. Knebel, Jr., 6. I. Hvde (i. \V. 

 G. Oilman 5, L. C. Hopkins 5, IT. Van Staden 4, J. Boyle 1, E. 

 Vroome 4, J. Dieferen 3, A. Haas 3. H- Rankin 2, J. Behrman 2. 



In the shoot-off for the medal Monsee° killed 3 straight and 

 •won the badge, Pfohlman only getting 2. Knebel ami Hvdediv. 

 second money, and in shooting off for third prize Hopkins de- 

 feated Oilman, killing 2 to the former's 1. The sweepstake events 

 followed, and the first prize winners were Knebel (2), Pfohlman 

 and Diet gen. 



Mav 1, — The members of the Long Island Sportsmen's Club held 

 a well-attended shoot at Dexter Park to-dav, the big attendance 

 being due to the fact t hat the members of the organization were 

 to shoot wif h a team from the Acme Gnu Club. Tbe members of 

 both clubs were in poor form, for some unaccountable reason, ard 

 several members of the clubs, who are generally good shots, mcde 

 scores totally dispropnortionate to their records/ Clay birds were 

 the targets, and they furnished lots of sport for the spectators, if 

 not for the contestants. The first event was the regular shoot for 

 the club badge, which resulted as follows: 



Bieber 13 Gentzlinger 3 



Hnfer 6 Wassel 7 



Steitzler 8 Haas 8 



Boss in Fliegel 7 



Guenter 10 



Bieher won the gold medal, and to Gentzlinger the wooden 

 m^dal was award- d. 



The team sheof followed, the scores and teams being as follows, 

 20 birds were shot at by each man: 

 Acme Gun Club. 



Short 14 



Robot tier 17 



Link 4 



Landman 15 



Menkel 7 



Hoing 4 



Vorech 8 



Meyer 11 



Dettloff 5 



Kress 7 



Fripse 7 



Banch 7 



Schrengbauer 7 



Long Island Shooting Olnb. 



Steitzler . . 8 



B-'eber ...13 



Hofer... f, 



Ross 10 



Guenter 10 



Gentzlinger.. . T 3 



Wissel 7 



Haas 8 



Fliegel 7 



Kunzweiler 10—95 Kress 7—79 



Referees— For Acme Gun Olnb, Anthony Bettv. of the Diana 

 Sportsmen's Club; for Long Island Shooting Club, Geo Kress. 



A team match at, 6 clay hirds per man followed. This was the 

 result: 



Acme Team. 



Short 4 



Rchottler 4 



Link 2 



Landman 4 



Meukel 3 



Hoing 1 



Vorech ... .2 



Meyer _ 2 



Dettloff ..3 



Kunzweiler 2—27 



Long Island Shooting Club. 



Steitzler 4 



Bieher 5 



Hofer 1 



Ross ,i 4 



Guenter ;j 



Gentzlinger 1 



"Wissel .3 



Haas 1 



Fliegel 0 



Kress 1—2:2 



BED BANK, K. J.. May 12.— 1 inclose herewith scores of the 

 team race at Long Branch on Monday last, Mav 5, also scores of 

 the Riverside Gun Club's regular weekly shoot of May 9, As will 

 he seen by the score two of the Riverside men, Bussell and 

 Throckmorton, wont to pieces badly, ea-h getting but. 4 out of 10 

 shot at. John Cooper, Hesse and Ivins killed all their birds. 

 Hesse's fifth bird fell dead just at the bottom boards of the fence, 

 and was pulled through a hole by a boy from the outside: called 

 lost bird by referee Dr. E. F. Taylor, of Middletown. E. W. Reade. 

 of the Centrals lost his tenth bird, dead just over the fence. The 

 birds were tbe. best lot I have seen in many a dav, exceedingly 

 quick to start and verv rapid flyers. The terms were, live birds, 

 5 ground traps, 28 and 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary; weather cloudy: 



Central Club. 

 J Van Dyke. . . .0002122211— 7 



E W Price 1222111020— 8 



Geo Cubberl y . . 03 1 0012021- 5 



E E Tabor 0021211011- 7 



Chas Spinning. 1032012110- 7 



J L Price 0102122000— 5 



E W Reade 2222221210- 9 



Riverside Club. 



O Hesse 21110121211- 9 



John Cooper... .2112112111— 10 



F Beale 0111121110- 8 



E Bussell 000101 1010 - 4 



Throckmorton,. 01 11 100000— 4 

 E M Cooper . .. 0111111101— 8 

 A Ivins 1211111112-10 



P Daly, Jr 0011122222 - 8-56 H O White 2021220221- 8-61 



Riverside Club scores at Keystone targets, 5 Keystone traps, 16 

 and 18yds. rise, team shoot: 



Throckmorton 1111 lOOOlllllllllO] 111111— 21 



Hesse 11 100001 1 1 10010 11 11 111011 -17 



Beale 1110111111111111110111100-21 



Belshaw 11 10i 001 1011 0101 10OD10101— 13— 72 



John Cooper 11111111111011110 iHlllll-23 



James Cooper, Jr 1111101101111110011111111—21 



"White 11011 1 101 11 10 1 11 1011 00110-18 



Bergen 1010100100011011111011011—15—77 



Same conditions: Hesse 8. Throckmorton 9, James Cooper, Jr., 

 4, Beale 7, John Cooper 10, White 6. Belshaw 3, Wbavmer 8, Mor- 

 ford 3. 



Same conditions: John Cooper 10, Beregear 5, Throckmorton 10 

 White 7, Hesse 9, J. Cooper, Jr., 8, Belshaw 7, Beale 6. 



LANSING, Mich.. May 7.— The Lansing B,od and Gun Club held 

 their first shoot at Pine Lake to-day. Also a shoot for the medal 

 which was put up by E. W. Sparrow. It has to be shot for once 

 a month, on the first Wednesday, and is to be held by the winner 

 until the day prior to the next shoot, when it is to be turned o vet- 

 to the secretary. Twelve members contested for it. hut H. Sweet 

 was the lucky chap, as he got, 25 out of 30 birds shot at. There 

 were four sweeps at 10 birds each as follows: 



'I 3 k T. 1 $ S U 



7 9 8 34 A H Whitehead... 4 4 7 5 

 5 6 5 21 E F Oooley 5 4 7 



5 7 3 24 J P Lee 4 



9 5 7 29 F Alsdorf 2 



8 5 7 28 J Band 3 



6 7 B 21 LS Hudson 3 



~ 8 9 32 W Skinner 4 



J E Nichols 10 



E W Sparrow 5 



B F Hall 8 



W S Wright 8 



C Shilling 8 



H Phillips 2 



H Sweet 8 



L Thompson 2 



2 4 4 8 



T. 



. 20 

 8 24 

 . 4 



.* 3 

 3 



. 4 



MIDLER'S FALLS, Mass., May 10.^-Miller's Falls Gun Club. 

 Match at 10 Keystones, 1 Keystone trap, 16yds. rise: P. E. Anti- 

 don 4, S. Henry Amidon 5, E. L. Lanfair 2, F. A. Lanfair 3. H. D. 

 Lanfair 1. C. C. Pierce 3, E. M. Partridges, F. H. Ryther 8. Q. 

 Scott 1, W. W. Smith 0, E. J. Wiieeler 2. °. w- 



WATSON'S PARK— Crand Crossing, 111., April 24— The Herald 

 medal and Jenney & Graham trophy were shot, for here to-day at 

 20 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, Illinois State rules. 

 $20 entry: 



A Reeves,.! 1 1011 2212131120121 1-18 HKPnm'n011111110l201.11.00112— 15 

 M J Eich.. 00101121 111110232012 -15 J E Price. 20222101201122111121— 17 

 Wadsw'th21 110120122)23132322-18 J K I'nra'nSl 1121101021011 i 1111 -1 

 G Kl'nni*nl22 1221311 1 03 1 320121 — 18 J Watson.0m.tl21 110210002102—13 

 .1 Orvis ... 11 11011 111 1 201U31 1 21— 17 G Dei for . . 021 1212111 3022082031— 15 

 E I Reeves! 1 ( 120 12111 12331 1 ! 31221—16 



Ties of 18: Beeves 3, Kleinnian 3, Wadsworth 5 and won medal 

 and first. Ties of 17 div. second; ties on 15 for fourth won by 

 K leinman, 



April 20 — Gun club medal shoot at 10 live pigeons, 30yds. rise 

 80yds. boundary, Illinois State rules: 



B Dick 2130122220— 8 E Steele 2111111102- 9 



Babeuf .1121121111- 10 H -Eaton 321)111112—10 



R B Wadsworth . ...1221211131-10 H Foss 1110220002- 



W L Shepard 1112112121—10 



Ties on 10: Babeuf 4, Eaton 4, Wadsworth and Shepard tied 3 

 times again on 5 each; at 30yds.: Shepard 4, Wadsworth 5 and 

 won. 



Blackbird medal, same, day: 



E Steck . . .00000(10 1 0 1 000001 1 000— 4 Eaton 10011101100011000001- 9 



Wadsw'lhOinnnori 1011001 110-13 Shepard.. OllOinjionoioil 1010-1.1 



Baheuf ....00010100100000000100 - 4 Foss OllOOOOOllOlOlOOIOOll - 



Dicks... =011010000100] LdOOlll— 8 



Wan 9. — (inn club shoot for medal at 10 live pigeons, 40yds. rise 

 80vds. boundary, Illinois State rules: 



Wheeler 1011211132- 9 Steele 1232111202-10 



Eaton 2011210112— 8 Willard 1201211112- 9 



Bock 212121221.1-10 Hamline 1030221012- 



Lloyd 2111021012- 8 



Ties on 10 for medal: Steck 3, Rook 5. 



Blackbird modal, same day: 



Rock 01101111110001101110-13 Eaton 11111110101111111011-: . 



Lloyd, . .00101001000101 111110-1 1 Hamline. .10011100111 1 1 1101100-13 

 Wheeler . 01111111110111111011-17 Willard . . 01 lOOURl 10111 1101001-10 

 Stock .. .0110001 1011111010101-12 



In shoot off Eaton won medal.— BAVtsiiRiG. 



JERSEYVILLE, III.— The following scores were made at the 

 Shooting Park at champion clay birds, 3 traps, for medal, 15 clays: 



*Tafck 12 Bowman 11 * Warren 14 



♦Cameo" 14 Cadwaladcr 7 Pogue 10 



Smith .10 



♦Class B; others Class C. "Warren won B medal on shoot-off: 

 Bowman won C medal. Special match, 10 clays, won by Cad 

 Another same kind won by Tack. Sweep 6 clays, Cameo first 

 Sweepstake, 9 clays. 8 equal moneys: 



Warren 7 Bowman 5 Smith 7 



Cameo 5 Pogue 8 Cadwalader 8 



Tack 8 A Perrings 5 



Tack first, Warren and Smith second, Cameo, Bowman and 

 IV rrings Ihil'd. 



Same kind: 



Warren 6 Bowman 5 Smith 



Cameo 6 Pogue 6 Cadwalader 6 



Tack 8 A Perrings 6 



Tack first, Smith second, Warren third. 



Same kind: 



Tack 9 Warren 7 Bowman fi 



Cad 7 Pogue 6 Cameo , 



Smith 8 



Tack first, Smith and Cameo second, Warren third.— Hammer- 

 less. 



PHILADELPHIA, May Kl.-The Wayne Gun Club held their 

 regular monthly badge and prize shoot at their grounds near 

 Wayne Junction to day. The day was stormy. Joe Cheyney and 

 Frank Hesslor tied for first place and divided. Oheynev taking 

 the golfl badge and Hessler the additional first prize. W. Ulary 

 took second, Davis third and Briney fourth. Mr. Cheyney is 

 a new member and a beginner at the trap, and last month made 

 1 he. lowest score. Since then be has fitted himself with a new 

 Parker hammerless, 7J^.lbs., 12-ga.uge, and the fit is evidently a 

 good one, judging by the way Mr. C is coming up. Another fea- 

 ture of the day was the side shoot between Fran k Hessler and 

 Jeffries on one side and Hausberrv and Sparks on the other, a pot 

 of 820 being the stakes; targets, 25 bluerocks from 5 traps. The 

 result: 



Hessler 19 Hansberry 13 



Jeffries 14—33 Sparks 13—26 



Hessler »ud Jeffries winning by 7 birds. Full score appended: 



Kane 11011100111100001100-11 S Walsh . .10001111001100011100-10 



F Hessler. 11 1101101 10011 11101 1-15 S Davis . .10(1 11110101 1 01 111 010— 13 

 A Ulary... 1001.101 1.100001010011— 10 Han'bem 000110)0100111110001—10 

 Jeffries. ...HOOonooOmoiOl I0O- 10 ( Tievuev.. 1.1111001001111111101-15 

 F Mack . . .01010100100001000101— 7 Sparks. . . . 00011100111001000011- 9 

 A Sessler.OOlOlllOllOOtOl 1001.0— 10 Briu-> J " 1 ooi] lllOOlOOOHOt — 12 



Sidle 0001O1 000 10.1 01 001 001— 7 W Ulary. 00011111101111011110—14 



Sfargle.... 10010100110001101010- 9 P Yost. ...00000110001101111000- 8 



S. 



ONEIDA, N. Y., May 7.-Club shoot. Captains J. F. Tnttle and 

 T. A. Devcreux, 15 singles and 0 pairs, kingbirds, 18yds. rise, 

 American rules: 



Tnttle 111111101110110 10 11 10 11 11 10 11 01 01-25 



Maxwell lOlOllOlllllOll 01 01 11 01 01 11 01 11 01—23 



Carter '.: :;,:; jOOOUll 10 01 11 01 01 10 00 01 11-18 



Oavana 101110111111110 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 1)0 00-14 



Mo ft 101101001110101 01 01 01 10 10 11 11 00 00-18 



Marble 001110T011 Hill 10 01 00 01 11 01 00 00 10-18-116 



T A Devereux 011111101011101 00 01 00 11 00 01 11 10 11-20 



Markham 111111111111111 11 11 01 01 01 01 01 11 11-28 



Cheney ooiwioililOloi 00 01 01 01 00 11 00 00 00— 14 



Bailev 100110010001111 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 01 01-20 



Hefner 100011101011111 11 01 01 01 01 11 11 01 01-23 



W Devereux 010001001100111 01 01 10 11 01 00 10 00 00-14-U9 



SAN ANTONIO. Texas, April 13.— The Gun Club scored at clay 

 birds, 3 traps, 18yds., American rules, as follows: 



A Wendler 18 J France 16 JN Rothwell 17 



AThirle 22 Dr Philip 8 A L Conoway 16 



A Grossman 14 S Virth . 19 E Critzer .10 



G Chabot 18 Ed Sterrs 19 A Critzer .'. . .'.12 



O C Guessaz 17 



April 17, same condition: 



S Virth ..16 A P Conoway 11 HB Critzer 18 



J P Warren 15 



April 20: 



S Virth 17 A Grossman 11 O C Guessaz 20 



AThirle 17 



April 27: 



S Virth 39 O C Guessaz 41 A L Conoway . . ,.40 



ABCritzen 40 AThirle 43 



WORCESTEB, Mass., May 6.— At the regular meet to-day the 

 series of prize shoots were continued at Coal Mine Brook Range, 

 under the auspices of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club. Each 

 man had a possible 25 clay-pigeons; the result of each man's work 

 follows: E. T. Smith, C. Orompton, each 21, W. D. Oilman, W. L. 

 Davis, A. L Oilman, A. B. F. Kennev, A. R. Bowdish 20, G. J. Rugg 

 H. D. Jourdan, C. A. Parker 19, C. H. Howe. F. M. Harris, C. Fore- 

 hand 18, W. B. Henry, Geo. Sampson 17, W. A'Delbert, V F 

 Prentice 16, E. Whittaker 6. R. B. Claflin 15, A. G. Monroe 14, L E 

 Bill 15, H. Colvin, H. W. Webber 12, E. F. Swan, Wm. Brown 10.' 

 E. S. Knowles 10. The other events of the meet resulted as fol- 

 lows: 15 clay-pigeons— M. D. Oilman, E. T. Smith, W. U Davis 

 div. first, A. L. Oilman, A. R. Bowdish, C. A. Parker, Chas. 

 Orompton div. second, W. R. Henry, C. H. Rowe, G. J. Rugg, A 

 B. F. Kenney div. third. F. M. Harris, E. E. Hill div. fourth. 10 

 clay-pipeous— A. B. F. Kenney, Chas. Orompton div. first. E. T. 



div. fourth. 6 bluerocks— M. D. Oilman, A. R. Bowdish, W. L. 

 Davis div. first, W. R.Henry, H. D. Jourdan, div. second, M. 

 A'Delbert, E. F. Swan, C. H. Howe div. third, F. M. Harris, H. M. 

 Webber div. fourth 3 pairs bluerocks— W. L. Davis first, H. D 

 Jourdan, E. T. Smith div. second, A. R. Bowdish third, Adams 

 fourth. 



PHILADELPHIA, May 3.— The various classes of the college 

 department at the University of Pennsylvania sent teams to 

 Frankford to-day to compete for the inter-class gun champion- 

 ship. Only three classes were represented, the Sophomores fail- 

 ing ro enter a team. Contrary to expectation the Juniors won 

 from the Seniors, who were regarded as most likely to win. Fol- 

 lowing is the score made by the members of each class. Juniors— 

 W. Rowland 16, T. Johnson 13, F. C. Williams 13; total 45. Seniors 

 —J. Brinton 17, J. Irwin 13, G. Rosengarten 11; total 41. Freshmen 

 — W, Brinton 13, J. Cadwalader 10; total 23. This was for 25 birds 

 apiece, except for the merub jrs of the Freshman team, who being 

 one man short were given an additional 25, so that W. Brinton 

 shot at 38 birds and <L Cadwalader at 37. The University Gun 

 Club, which had sueh a successful season last year, when it de- 



E. W. YERRINGTON.— The death last week of E. W. Yerring- 

 ton of Norwich takes from the ranks of Eastern shooters a man 

 who was a credit to any assemblage of sportsmen. He was 62 

 years of age and had always been a fine shot in the field, but did not 

 begin his career at the trap until he was 60 vears old. He had a 

 marvellous nerve and went, rapidly to the front among New Eng- 

 land marksmen. He weighed 2651bs., was Oft. Tin. tall, and hand- 

 somely proportioned. His steadiness of nerve, which was not 

 shaken in the slightest degree, no matter how close the score or 

 big the assemblage of onlookers, Mr. Yerrington ascribed in part 

 to the fact that be. never used tobacco or liquor. At. tbe trap he 

 used an L. O. Smith 10-gauge, double-barreled gun, with 30in. bar- 

 rels, and always fired heavy cartridges loaded with his own h«nd. 

 He always used the same weight of load at all targets. In a 

 match of 300 or 500 targets there is no doubt be could shoot with 

 as little fatigue and make scores fully equal to those of any 

 marksman in America. In 1889 be a ttended all the shooting tour- 

 naments m the East, and his average was a little above 93 per- 

 cent. In 1888 he made 11 scores of 25, 18 of 24, and 24 of 23 out of a 

 possible 25; bis highest score was 96 out of a possible W0. At Syra- 

 cuse in that year in five sweenstakes ho broke 55 clay birds 

 straight, winning first money in four and dividing in one, against 

 such professional shots as Hudson. Whitnev. Tborne. M C 

 Smith, McMm-chy, Spnngler, Luther, Gardner, Courtney, Lefever 

 and Beck with. In September. 1888, he shot 95 out of a possible 100 

 tor the Atlantic Ammunition Company's diamond badge for New 

 England, winning second place and 50 per cent, of entrance 

 money. At tbe Mend en State fair shoot last fall, in the principal 

 event, j) birds, he smashed the entire set and took first money. 

 At the second tournament of the American Shooting Association 

 af^Beacon Park, ^Boston, last August, in four days' shooting at, 



e of 

 rna- 



uous shooting. At the Colt Hammerless Gun ciub'gVounds ^larO 

 lord last May, he scored 20 against, negative conditions, out- 

 shooting Connecticut and Massachusetts experts. He won the 

 State Championship cup at New Haven on December 25. 1889 

 Torty-seven/day birds out of 50 was bis score on July 17. 1889, and 

 he took second olace, shooting against 23 of the best shots in New 

 England. In Norwich last January he broke 47 birds out of 50 

 JT^JF'S? fi fst Place. At New London on the same dav he defeated 

 O. B. Manley in a 100 clay bird match, scoring 83 to his opponent's 

 75i On Apr. 16 he won the prize gun at the Connecticut Trap 

 Shooters' League shoot at Hartford, against, twenty-five of the 

 best, Connecticut marksmen, thereby taking first nlace among the 

 State shots. He caught cold that dav. which entailed rheumatism, 

 and typhoid fever set in later, causing his death. Mr. Yerrington 

 was a quiet, courteous gentleman, and a favor* te with trap shoot- 

 ers.. At a meeting of the Norwich Shooting Club, Mav 3, tbe fol- 

 lowing resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That in the death of 

 our president, Mr. E. W. Yerrington, the club 1ms sustained a 

 severe loss. As an official we shall miss him, and as a companion 

 mourn htm. Alive at all times to the interests of the club, faith- 

 ful and painstaking in the discharge of every duty, unusually 

 enthusiastic over the sport, incessantly active in promoting its 

 welfare, he was the life of the club. To him we owe our coucen- 

 tion, organization and perpetuity; hut for him our club would 

 Simply have had a local reputation; through his prowess it exten- 

 ded and became widely known. Resolved, That while we are 

 mindful of our Inability to fittingly express our profound sor- 

 row to those afflicted ones in the broken circle, we yet in the 

 presence of their bereavement, sanctified by the will of our Hedv- 

 enly Father, wish to respectfully tender to tbe family our deepest 

 condolence." The club as a body attended the funeral. 



LIVE BIRDS IN PLENTY.-Crows and sparrows, bats, black- 

 birds, snowbirds and what not of the flying sort, ha ve from time to 

 time been used in lieu of the scarce live bluerocks. A writer in the 

 Montreal Gazette, flinging ridicule at the recent endeavor to pro- 

 hibit live-bird shootingfn the {Dominion, has the following from 

 Monte Carlo. He, says: ''The most interesting and amusing speci- 

 men of trap-shooting that it has ever been mv luck to wit- 

 ness was established at the Cercle for the first time last Saturday 

 evening and proved a perfect success. The inventor is a weU- 

 known German-American dentist of sporting proclivities; he has 

 applied for natents in the. principal European countries and in 

 the United States, but, not in Canada, where. I am afraid, I inad- 

 vertently spoiled his chance of selBng his rights, on the spot, to a 

 Toronto sportsman, by bringing up tbe question as to whether his 

 system could he used in Canada should Mr. Adam Brown's Anti- 

 Trnp-Shootmg Bill become a. law. my argument being that by it 

 the shooting of any living thing from a tran is prohibited. Any 

 way, our Toronto friend backed out from his offer. Now for a 

 description of the. new sport. It is neither more nor less than the 

 substitution of the common house fly for the pigeon or sparrow 

 The modus operandi is as follows: A miniature trap is placed on a 

 table, at one end of which stands the shooter with an ordinary 

 double-barreled shotgun, which, however, has a diminutive pair 

 of barrels one decimeter long and a bore about the size of a goose 

 quill, attached in an ingenious but simple manner to tbe gun- 

 these are loaded and discharged in the ordinarv way. The shooter 

 wears a pair of magnifying glasses so arranged that a flv at. a dis- 

 tance of 1 or 5 meters appears as large as a partridge; a fly 

 is now put in the trap and when this is sprung off he goes; the 

 shooter fires and scores or not according to his skill. This was 

 the first time that Tir Mouche has been publicly exhibited; 

 it was a success in every way, as even those who came prepared 

 to ridicule it had to admit. Several matches were shot off and a 

 deal of betting took place; the best score was that of the inventor 

 who has doubtless been practicing in private, killing 9 out of 10; 

 the distances were 1 meter rise, 4 boundary;. The 'gun' is said to 

 be effective up to about 3 meters. It is needless to enumerate the 

 advantages of this sport; if it retains its popularity, it can be 

 carried on night or day, indoors or out, and the supply of birds 

 wiu certainly never run short. A Belgian house has, I am in- 

 formed, contracted to supply miniature barrels at a verv low fig- 

 ure; the "magnifying glasses are, however, expensive. Both will 

 soon be in the ma rket. I will send you a descriptive pamphlet 

 shortly.— Viator." 



SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.— The first of a. series of pigeon-shoot- 

 ing matches to be held in South San Francisco about once a month 

 during the summer, and arranged by J. S. Fanning and T 

 Sweeney, camo off at the old Bay View Track to-dav. A large 

 number of expert marksmen from various gun clubs took part in 

 the contest. Among those present none exhibited as clever, quick 

 and accurate workmanshi p as C. H, Gate. His work with the 

 bluerocks was a pretty performance. The other contestants were 

 also no tyros with the shotgun, and they scored exceptionally 

 well all day. A stiff land breeze favored the sportsmen, and the 

 rapid-winged game rarely escaped beyond the boundary line. 

 Outside the border flag were ranged small groups of sportsmen, 

 among whom were a number of Italians, who had left their vege- 

 table gardens under the guardianship of the small army of tire- 

 less windmills, and sallied forth to secure a share of the sport. 

 The first match was between T. T. Fanning and E. Peguillan, for 

 a purse of $50. with 25 live birds each. The latter won by a score 

 of 19 to 18. Three matches followed, with 6 live birds to each con- 

 testant, and an entrance fee of $2.50, In the first the prize money 

 was divided between C. H. Cate, J, Brims and E. Peguillan. In 

 the second C. H. Cate took first money, and the remainder was 

 shared by T. Sweeney, J. Karney, H. White, J. McEvoy, C. Budd, 

 T. Parks and J. Fanning. In the third the money was divided 

 between C. H. Cate, T. Parks, J. Bruns, J. Rice and J. Fanning. 

 Tbe fifth contest brought the marksmen over to the pit from 

 which the bluerocks were sprung. Ten rocks were allowed to 

 each contestant, and the entrance was $2.50. The prize money was 

 shared by C. H. Cate, C. Brown and T. Parks. The last match, 

 with the same entrance fee and number of rocks as the previous 

 one, introduced a "freeze out." C. MeUish won first money and J. 

 Fanning second. T. Parks, S. Scovern and J. Karney had another 

 rock each to decide the winner of third money, and J. Karney 

 won. The first prize money did not run very high in the double 

 figures, but the spirit of rivalry and sport gave a zest to the sport 

 contests which made the proceedings very enjoyable. 



RED BANK, May 9.-The Riverside Gun Club held its weekly 

 shoot to-day. Clay birds were the only targets. Opening event, 

 at 10 singles: John Cooper and Ed. Throckmorton 10. Oscar 

 HeBse, F. Beale and James Cooper 9, D. Belshaw and H. White 7. 

 Second event, team shoot, at 25 birds each man, 4 men on a team: 

 John Cooper, James Cooper, H.White and J. B. Bergen, on the 

 winning team, broke 76; Throckmorton, O. Htsse, F. Beale and- 

 D. Belshaw 74. Final event, at 10 singles: John Cooper 10, Ed 

 Throckmorton and F. Beale 9, O. Hesse and W. Haymer 8, James 

 Cooper 7, C. White 6, 



JERSEY CITY, N. J., May 12.— The three days' shooting con- 

 test, held by the St. Johns Catholic Club, Jersey City Heights, 

 closed Saturday evening. May 10. Members of the Hudson and 

 Excelsior rifle clubs, of Jersey City, won a large number of prizes. 

 H. Hansen and E. Ingram, of the Hudson, won first and third 

 gold medals and L. P. Hansen, of the Excelsiors, won second. Of 

 'he cash prizes F. G. Kittredge and L. P. Hansen, of the Excel- 



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leafed Harvard, has been rather inactive this year, and alack of piors, won first and second, respectively, and J. Rebahn, of the 

 n-actice is the chief cau.se for the low scores made. It i3 very Hudsons, third. B. L. Clark, J. Speicher and Win. Websr, of tds 

 likely, however, that another shoot will be arranged with Har- Excelsiors, also won cash prize3, and M. Hoff and E. Ingram, of 

 vard,and this, is is hoped, will give a new impetus to the club. I the Hndsons. — Daphne* ' ' 1 



