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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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the method of utilizing tbe stored-tip ballistic power. In practice 

 the bullet '8 dropped into a small aperture at tbe rear end of the 

 barrel, and hv moving a small lever it is deposited in the breech 

 chamber cf the gun. The hammer of the gun is < hen placed at 

 full roc* and (ho trigger pulled. By the fall of the hammer a pin 

 is struck, which opens a valve at the rear of the lioncfbd gas res- 

 ervoir and permits the instantaneous escape of a sufficient volume 

 of gas for one discharge. The bullet is thus ejected with a force 

 proportionate to the impelling power of the charge, which can he 

 Increased or decreased at pleasure by a simple screw arrange- 

 ment. In other words, the. prouelling power is completely under 

 control, although, of course, this in practice is not left to the arbi- 

 trary will of the ordinary ttser, but will be fixed and definite, 

 according to the character of the gun in which it. is employed. 

 The discharge of the gun is unaccompanied by any report, nor is 

 there the. least recoil or kick. On pulling the trigger there is a 

 slight, hiss or puff, fallowed by the noi°e of the impact, of the bul- 

 let upon the iron target. The reservoir is vctv light, anil, when 

 charged with liquefied carbonic acid gas, is eatable, according to 

 the size and caliber of the gun. of discharging from 100 to 500 con- 

 seen five sho' s at a stated cost of less than one penny. It is stated 

 that, there is no fear of any part of the gnu or its mechanism be- 

 coming oxidized bv the gas. and it is hardly necessary to add that 

 there is neither smoke nor smell from the propellant. There is also 

 no deterioration of the liquefied gas from storage or keeping. 

 With regard to the rifle itself, with the exception of tlio tubular 

 reservoir carried under the barrel, there is no material difference 

 in Vppearanee between the Giffard gun and an ordinary weapon 

 of similar character. 



A demonstration of this new gun was given yesterday at the 

 headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles. James street. Buck- 

 ingham ("Tate, London. A large number of the members of both 

 houses of Parliament and other ereu'lemen were present, includ- 

 ing the Puke of Roxhurghe, Lord Grimston, Lord Duusanv, the, 

 Rt Hon. E. Maiorih'nks, M. P., Admiral Field, M. P., Col. 

 F.mnderson, M. P., Ool. Waring, M- P.. Col. Laurie. M. P., Ool. 

 Renvon -Slnnv. M. P.. Sir George Baden-Powell, M. P., Ol. 

 ptrachev, Oapt. B. T L. Thomson, and Mr, .T. Stewart Wallace. 

 The proceedings were cemmenced by M. Giffard explaining the 

 prirciples and practice of bie system, after which he discharged a 

 number of rounds from saloon rifles of six, eight and ten milli- 

 metres calibre respectively. The visitors were then invited to try 

 tbe new rifle, which many of them did with satisfaction. The 

 demonstration went to show tbe valuable nature of tbe invention 

 and to prove the soundness and practicability of the principle. 

 Of course the proof was limited to the arms referred to, hut it 

 was sta+ed that the principle has been applied in France to mili- 

 tary and sporting guns, as well as +o revolvers and pistols, with 

 every success It was also stated that Colt's Company in America 

 are now applying the principle to their arms. On the whole, 

 it was shown that M. Giffard has now practically developed a very 

 important principle, which only awaits application to the various 

 weapons in use for throwing projectiles. It is said that the 

 French Government, is at present engaeed in investigating the 

 merits of the invention as applied to artillery, in which direction 

 some excellent practice at long ranges has already been made.— 

 London Times. 



The latest, advance in ballistics made in France is th° substitu- 

 tion of liquefied t?as for powder. Rifles, revolvers and machine 

 guns are to be fired without tbe use, of powdc ; shells are to he ex- 

 ploded, and in fact, it is proposed to revolutionize the art of killing. 



This is not tbe first time that r» Placing powder by the expan- 

 sive force cf gas has been tried. The air gnu was the first attempt 

 made m thislme.bnt after each discharge it was found necessary 

 to compress the air anew, and even then the pressure was not. 

 above ten atmospheres. Air guns do not, however, rise much 

 above the tov stage until tbev reach the point which, a few years 

 aero, was so well illustrated by the pneumatic dynamite gun that 

 within the past few months has shown such a surprising develop- 

 ment. 



The idea of the inventor of the new system is of the same order. 

 In place of b « vine; recourse to air be. uses gas previously com- 

 pressed to a. point bevond the liquid state. The ordinary pressures 

 at which it is possible to liquefy gas axe well known, as is also tbe 

 fact that if fhirtv atmospheres were necessary to liquefy gas we. 

 should have an equivalent potential energy where the gas was 

 liberated. Krunp, the great German gunmaker. has been using 

 compressed carbonic acid gas. carried in closed iron vessels, for 

 the post nme vears. The tanks are placed in little carriages so 

 that tbev can be run about, fr^m place to place in his establish- 

 ment,, and knowing the cooling effect of the air and gas when 

 mixed together, he has used it, to cool quickly the iron hoops that 

 are placed over the tubes of his euns. All over tbe world com- 

 pressed carbonic acid era sis used for various well-known purposes. 



The expansion of this gas as it comes from its reservoir was 

 what suggested its use as a desiroble nropellsut for projeo+iles 

 and a bursting charge for shells, torpedoes, and so forth, and its 

 comparative cheapnes= was another recommendation. It lique- 

 fies at 15° centigrade under a pressure of about 50 atmospheres; 

 thatip, ten times the expansive force of an air gun. At 200° the 

 force mounts up f o 800 atmospheres, and the inventor declares 

 that when necessary he will h? able to reach that great pressure. 

 In arms of 6, 8 and 12 millimeters, capable of firing from 50 to 300 

 consecutive shots, he claims tbe following advantages: No flame 

 and no smoke, freedom from noise and dirt, absolute accuracy. 

 Dower to fire evenly and regularly at, will, no heating, rapidity of 

 loading, and cheapness.— N. Y. Times. 



PARIS. Jnlv 15. —Some interesting experiments were conducted 

 yesterday at M. Giffard 1 ? house with the now famous Giffard rifle 

 in the presence of a small party of the inventor's private friends, 

 including a military attache and another eminent member of the 

 Diplomatic corps. M. Paul Giffard lives in the Rue de Laborde, 

 in a modes 1 suite of rooms, which have much the appearance of a 

 museum of arms the walls being lined with models of bis gun in 

 various stages of advancement, from the first incomplete attempts 

 and failures down to th« perfect weapon. As the inventor has 

 devoted more than fifteen years of anxims labor to solving the 

 problem of the application of liquefied gas n « a. propelling force 

 to guns of all kind", and has spent over 1.000 000 francs in experi- 

 ments, it may readily be believed that, his collection of abandoned 

 models is extensive. 



The general form of the Giffard gun presents few particular 

 characteristics to distinguish it outwardly from an ordinary 

 breech-loader except a loner steel cylinder which is screwed under 

 the barrel just in front of the trigger, and containing the lique- 

 fied gas. In tbe simple pe^-rifles or carbines, not adapted +o the 

 repeating system, the bullet, is inserted in a round slot in the 

 upper part of the breech, and falls into a small chamber, where 

 it is kept in position by the action of a spring. On pressing the 

 trigger a drop of liquefied gas escapes from the steel cylinder into 

 this chamber, and at the same time the bullet is pushed slightly 

 forward in the bore, so as to receive the full force, of the evapo- 

 rating liquid. The chief difficulty with which M. Giffard has 

 had to contend has been, of course, to regulate the charge of lique- 

 fied gas in its passage from the steel evlinder into the chamber 

 containing the bullets, and it, is in the solution of this highly diffi- 

 cult mechanical problem that the entire merit — and also, I may 

 add, the secret— lies. 



The liquid is simply oarbom'c acid gas, liquefied under great 

 pressure. I inquired of M. Giffard whether there was no danger 

 of tbe cylinder exploding in tbe event of its receiving a very vio- 

 lent blow. His replv was to take a fully charged cylinder, place 

 it Upon an anvil, and hea t it almost flat. He then attached it to 

 a rifle, which he fired with perfect success. "Nothing." he said, 

 "hut a blow from a cannon ball or a flaw in the metal of which 

 the cylinder is made could possibly cause it to burst, and even 

 then the liquid would simplv escape with a hissing noise in the 

 form of carbonic acid gas, and could do no more harm than tbe 

 opening of a bottle of soda water. The metal of the. cvlmdear is 

 extremely malleable, is not subject to oxidization, and though 

 very solid, does not, with the ordinary pea-rifle, weigh more than 

 51bs., and with the military rifle 71bs. 



There is no recoil, so that the gun does not require to be heavy, 

 and as a convincing proof that his rifle really gave no recoil, M. 

 Giffard held it about half an inch away from his nose and fired it 

 off in that position. Powder of all kinds being- dispensed with, 

 the bore rarely requires cleaning. Tbe propelling force, more- 

 over, i only exercised to the full upon the projectile when the 

 latter has nearly reached the muzzle of the gun, so that the fric- 

 tion of i he bullet in its passage down the bore is greatly lessened. 

 The limited accommodations in M. Giffard's atelier prevented us 

 from ascertaining, even a proximately, the force of penetration of 

 the projectile, though at about forty paces a small round bullet 

 from the carbine was beaten quite flat against an iron target. 

 The question, therefore, still remains open whether the rifle can 

 be practically adapted for military purposes. 



The military opinion which I heard expressed upon the subject 

 are, so far, favorable, especially as the Lebel repeating rifles, with 

 which the French armv is already provided, can easily he con- 

 verted into Giffard rifles, and then can be fired as many as 350 

 times in two and a half minutes. Moreover, the cost of the Gif- 

 fard rifle is said not to exceed from 19 to 35 francs. The French 

 authorities have several months in which to make up their minds 

 on the matter, and in any case there can be no doubt as to the in- 

 genuity and importance of the invention, whjeb is likely to find 



still further application for industrial as well as military pur- 

 poses, for M. Giffard tells me that, he is now engaged in discover- 

 ing a means of adapting his system to machinery of all kinds, so 

 that one of these days not only the steam locomotive but even the 

 electric motor may be supplanted by a Giffard liquefied gas en- 

 gine.— London Post. 



CREEDMOOR. 



The eighteenth annual fall prize meeting of the National Rifle 

 Association of America will be held at the Creedmoor range, 

 Tuesday, Sept. 0. The shooting will continue for five days, begin- 

 ning at 9 o'clock each morning. 



The matches will be shot as follows: Sept. 9, Judd and Wimble- 

 don Cup matches: Sept. 10. the long range and the Barney Wal- 

 thet team match; Sept. 11, President's match for the military 

 championship of the United States of America, inter-State long 

 range match and the Barney Walther team match; Sept. 12, New 

 York State National Guard match, First Brigade National Guard 

 match and the Second Brigade National Guard match; Sept. 13, 

 Hilton Trophy match and Inter-State Military match. 



The Directors' match, the Tiffany match, Governor's match, 

 All-Comers' Military match. Revolver match and Steward match 

 will be open throughout the meeting. The hours for shooting are 

 from 9 to 12 o'clock and from 1 to 5 o'clock. 



The Hilton Trophy is valued at, |3 000. It was presented by ex- 

 Judge Henry Hilton, and is shot for at 200, 500 and 600yds., seven 

 rounds at each distance. Tbe competition is open to teams of 

 tw r elve from the three divisions of the United States army, one 

 team from the United Stales navy, a team from the National 

 Guard of each State and Territory, and teams from other count- 

 ries. Since 1886 the trophy has been held by the Massachusetts 

 National Guard team. The Inter-State Military match is open to 

 teams of twelve men representing the National Guard of each 

 St'Jte, or Territory. The distances are 200 and 500yds. standing 

 and prone respectively. The Massachusetts team has held the 

 trophy, a statue valued at $350, offered by New York State, since 

 1886. 



ST. LOUIS. Mo., Aug. 2.— The tourney of the St. Louis Pistol 

 Club will end in a few weeks. E. Mohrstadt is at present high on 

 the individual straight average, and it looks very much as though 

 he will become the final winner of the handsome gold medal. He 

 leads the next highest man so much that there is little chance of 

 his losing. Eleven good and true members of the club put in an 

 appearance last Wednesday to do battle for the bauble of gold, 

 and S. G. Dorman proved the lucky individual to make the top 

 score. The scores made, by all of the persons competing class up 

 well. For all shooting the club uses .22cal. pistols and a 12J£yds. 

 standard American target. The score: 



S G Dorman 7 10 10 7 10 9 10 10 9 .9—91 



M Summerfield 10 8 10 7 10 9 8 10 9 10-89 



A McB-an - 9 10 7 8 8 10 10 8 10 7-88 



W Bauer 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 10 8 8-86 



W C Mack wit z 9 10 10 7 8 7 9 8 7 10—85 



M C Billmeyer 9 7 10 9 9 8 8 10 10 5-85 



E O Mohrstadt 7 8 9 8 8 10 10 7 9 8-84 



HShissell 10 7 8 4 8 10 10 10 8 8-63 



A E Bengel 10 0 5 8 10 9 8 10 5 10-81 



L V D Perrett 5 7 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 9-79 



.fay J Schaeffer 9 9 9 8 8 7 9 6 7 5—77 



Unsek Feitz. 



NEW ORLEANS, July 19.— To-night the Metropolitan Club had 

 open house and a grand time presenting the prizes won at its re- 

 cent tournament. The most important event of the evening was 

 the presentation of the championship medal of Louisana, a hand- 

 some diamond Bet, piece of workmanship, of which any one ought 

 to be proud to be the wearer. President Cooper called Mr. John 

 Christen, of the Expectation Club, who had made the highest in- 

 dividual score, 1,522 out of a possible 1,625, and pinned this beauti- 

 ful and most valued prize on his breast. Christen was so over- 

 come that he was unahle to respond, and had to call on Mr. T. A. 

 Marshall, Jr., of the Spirit of the South, to do so for him. and he 

 performed the task most pleasantly, and made one of the most 

 appropriate speeches of the evening. The next event was the 

 presentation of the Hernsheim trophy to the record breakers, the. 

 Arnoults. This prize consisted of a large silver punch bowl and 

 eighteen goblets. The score made by the victorious eighteen was 

 26 102 out of a possible 29,250. Mr. C. P. Drolla presented this 

 trophv on behalf of the generous donor and the progressive Metro- 

 politan Club. Mr. B. Rouen accepted the gift in the name of tbe 

 Arnoult Rifle Club; his telling little speech was received with 

 cheers. Capt. Kinler and Lieut. McCoy were on hand to take care 

 of the prizes so gallantly won. McCoy was disguised as a min- 

 ister. 



BOSTON, Aug. 3.— The wind and light were good to-dav at Wal- 

 nut Hill, and excellent scores were made. These were the best at 

 20yds.: 



All-Comers' Rest Match. 



F Daniels Ill J N Eames 107 W Peters 102 



W P Thomson .... 110 LB Ava y .,,105 M T Day 102 



C Wilder 108 AH Ballard 101 



All-Comers' Off-Hand Match. 



H Severance 82 W G Hussey 77 S C Sydney . . _ 71 



C H Eastman 81 S P George 76 B Downs 71 



H L Lee 80 D Bayley 73 AS Hunt 70 



S O Merville 78 O M Howard 73 



Pistol Practice Match, 50yds. 



W G Hussey 91 M T Day 89 AN Manus 79 



H Gill 91 A G Stevens 87 W Woods 79 



J B Hobbs 75 



BERLIN, Aug. 4.— Captain Weber, the leader of the visiting 

 American riflemen, has gone to Nauheim, where Captain Diehl, 

 another of the American sharpshooters, is lying seriously ill. 



ANY RIFLE.— The demand for 10-pound rifles with a trigger 

 pull of 31bs. is very likelv to decline, owing to the action of tbe 

 National Rifle Association in recognizing the right of shooters to 

 use a rifle of any weight or with any trigger pull. Tbe rule re- 

 stricting the weight and trigger pull was English and was nonsen- 

 sical in the extreme. The only way to popularize rifle shooting 

 as a pastime is to allow shooters to suit themselves as to what 

 they shoot, though it has cost the N. R. A. many hundreds of dol- 

 lars to learn this fact. The rifle manufacturer who puts on the 

 market a close-shooting. 11-pound, set-trigger rifle for from $30 to 

 $40 will he able to sell a large number, and the sooner a start is 

 made the better. The firm that has put out the best set-trigger 

 rifle for tbe past twenty years has stopped their manufacture and 

 is now devoting its time to making repeaters, so that the field is 

 open.— Newark Gall. 



ZETTLER CLUB, Aug. 3 —The members of the Zettler Rifle 

 Club on the 200yd. raii'e at Wissel's Cypress Hills Park managed 

 to put, up some very fair scores. B. Zettler, who used a new .32 

 Winchester for the first time, made the greatest number of points, 

 and leads in the club competition with the largest total, 2,869. 

 Dr. J. A. Bovken made the best a verage, 218.5, on four strings, and 

 is second with a total of 2.617. Yesterday's results: 



Off-hand shots, 200yds. distance, strings of 10 shots, possible 250 

 points— B. Zettler 202, 181. 189. 206, 217. 216, 212; total 1,126, average 

 20.37. V. Steinbach 185, 183, 19S, 193, 193. 201, 201* total 1,351. average 

 19.30. Dr. J. A. Bovken 338, 20:. 82g, alO; total 874; average 21.85. G. 

 W. Downs 175, 201, 151, 209; total 736, average 18.40. H. Kohlmetz 

 160. 



DOMINION LEAGUE.— The 54th Battalion still leads the 

 league in the matches fired so far. The aggregate scores of the 

 leading teams are: 



54th Battalion, Windsor Mills 4,065 



53d Battalion, Sherbrooke . , 3,894 



Halifax Garrison Artillery 3 890 



13th Battalion 3 866 



45th Battalion, Bowmanville , 3 845 



25th Battalion Essex Centre 3 800 



45th Battalion, Lindsay 3 744 



96th Battalion, Port Arthur 3,735 



SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-The shooting range at Shell Mound 

 Park was crowded to-day with enthusiastic marksmen. The 

 National Guard had a strong contingent present, and the different 

 German shooting societies were indulging in their favorite pas- 

 time. Many monthly medal competitions were held by tbe mem- 

 bers of the National Guard, and the San Francisco Schuetzen 

 Verein held its initial bullseye shoot. The most interesting event 

 of the day's proceedings was a friendly military match bv F. O. 

 Young and J. M. Stewart against C. F. Waltham and A. Johnson. 

 Each participant fired 50 shots. The weapon was the Springfield 

 rifle, with the regulation 6lbs. pull of trigger. Score: 

 F O Young.., .45 47 43 44 45-224 C F Waltham..44 42 45 46 46-233 

 J M Stewart.. .41 44 43 40 41—209 A Johnson 42 42 41 40 40—211 



433 434 

 A return match may be looked for at an early day. 

 HUNTINGTON. W. Va., July 31.— The Continental Powder Co. 

 has been chartered with gl.000,000 capital stock, to erect a smoke- 

 less powder factory on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad 

 near Ceredo. The Phoenix Powder Co., of New York, is the urin: 



cipal stockholder in the enterprise. The company controls tbe 

 formula, for tbe manufacturing of smokeless powder in this coun- 

 try! and an effort will be made to have the Government adopt it. 

 If successful, the largest powder works in the United States will 

 be erected. 



CREEDMOOR, July 26.— The New York Rifle Club shot one of 

 its series of matches on the above date. The severe storm in the 

 early part, of the day kept many at home. Only five of the forty 

 odd members had sand enough to come out. Following are the 

 scores: M. Herrington 89. T. J. Dolan 84, Mr. Loyd 77, Dr. E. R. 

 C. 74, John F. Klein 72. We use the standard American target in 

 all our matches. The other matches of this series will take place 

 on the 9th, 23d and 30th of August. — SecJhetabv. 



THE TRAP, 



Scores for publication should be made out on the prinUd blanks 

 prepared by the Foi-est and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Aug. 6-8.— Onondaga County Sportsmen's Tournament, at Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. Guaranteed purses, all cash. 



Aug. 12-15.— McDowall Tournament, at Toronto, Can. Held 

 under the auspices of the four gun clubs of Toronto. For pro- 

 grammes address W, McDowall, Manager, 81 Yonge street. 

 Toronto. 



Aug. 18-23.— Third Annual Keystone Tournament, at. Corry, Pa 



Aug. 26-30 —Grand Inanimate Target Shooting Tournament of 

 the West End Gun Club of Harrish m -g, Pa., to be held at Williams 

 Grove, Cumberland county, Pa. For programmes address H. B. 

 Shoop, Secretary. Box 321, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Sept. 1-2.— Hackettstown, N. J., Gun Club Shoot, Labor Day, 

 Sept. 1, at targets: Sept. 2 at live birds. For programme address 

 E. R,ich f er. Sec'y. 



Sept. 3-4— Beeville, Tex., Gun Club Tournament. T. J. Skaggs, 

 Secretary. 



Sept. 9-12.— Cincinnati, O.— Al Bandle's Sixth Annual Live and 

 Artificial Shooting Touruament, open to the World. Avenue 

 Ball Park, Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Guaranteed Purse. Wm. E. 

 Limberg, Sec'v. 



Oct. 8-10.— Sixth Annual Tournament of the Middlesex Gun 

 Club, at Plainficld, N. J. Two days targets, two days live birds 

 $1,000 guaranteed. Programmes ready for distribution Sept. 1. 



DALLAS, TEX. 



Dallas, Tex., July 28.-The scores cf the last three shoots of 

 the Dallas Gun Club. Tbe fargets were blueroeks, 15 singles and 

 5 pairs doubles. Our club is in a splendid couditior; we number 

 nearly 100 members. Our weekly shoots are generally attended 

 by quite a crowd of spectators and they seem to enjoy themselves 

 veiy much: 



Worden 011011111010111 10 00 10 11 01-16 



Patterson i 101001100011000 00 10 n 10 10-11 



Wolf iiminiiiuoii io oo 10 n 10-ia 



Fearn 111111100111111 11 11 10 10 11—21 



Mohrhardt 01110101 1000000 TO 11 11 10 00—11 



Terry 101001100101110 00 00 00 10 10- 10 



Thompson 111111111011111 11 11 11 10 10-22 



Jones OOOIOIOOIOOUOO 01 10 01 01 00— 9 



Domnau UOIOOIOIIOIUO 00 01 01 00 10—12 



P-rry 100011111010111 00 01 00 01 01—13 



Nelms O0OOO0OO0OHO11 10 01 00 10 00 - 7 



Williams 010001101100101 00 10 10 10 10—10 



Thomas 101111000011110 11 01 10 00 11—15 



Allen 00101 1000111101 00 01 10 10 11—13 



July 17: 



Fearn 111111011111011 11 10 11 11 11—22 



Worden 011101101111110 01 11 10 10 11-19 



wolf oiiioin nmio io oo oo 10 10-14 



Thomas 010100000000010 00 10 10 10 10— 7 



Patterson 111110011110001 10 00 00 00 01—11 



Miller 11 01 010 '01 01 000 00 10 00 00 10— 9 



Perry 10110100001 U01 11 11 01 10 00—13 



Welms QOOUtiOOtOOQOOO 00 00 10 00 00— 4 



Domnau 010100101111010 10 10 10 10 00—12 



Williams 110100111000011 01 01 00 01 11-13 



Terry 111111 01 1 10U 00 01 00 00 00 00-12 



Dazey OOOH0011001001 10 00 00 00 00— 7 



Jones OlOinOOOOUOll 11 01 10 01 10—14 



Allen 111001000111100 10 00 10 00 00-10 



F House 110101001001001 01 00 01 11 00—11 



Mclntire 001000110H00101 01 00 10 00 00— 7 



McKosky.. „ .111110111101100 10 10 11 00 00-15 



Seegar 011001011110101 10 11 10 00 00-12 



July 2U: 



Worden 100100011011110 11 11 11 10 11—17 



Perry 001110111101001 01 11 10 11 00-15 



Fearn 011111101100111 11 11 11 11 11—21 



Wolf 101110110001101 00 10 00 10 10—12 



Williams 001111111100110 11 10 10 10 10-16 



Terry 101001000000110 10 11 11 00 00—10 



Thomson H1111111111111 11 11 11 10 11-24 



Welms 01011101 (TOftOO 00 11 10 00 11—11 • 



Mohrhart 111111110000111 11 10 10 10 10—17 



Domnau 011100111111100 01 01 01 10 00—15 



Smith 001111111110011 10 10 10 01 10-16 



Jones... 100110111011111 OO 00 01 11 11-16 



D^zey , 0' 01111 10011 101 00 1 0 10 01 10—14 



Morrison 00011 0101O01001 10 10 10 10 10—11 



THIHorv :;. ■ ■ % i, ■ , ,, . 



Pa.tterson 101 11 00 : 1 01 1001 11 10 00 10 1 0—14 



F House 010010101111000 01 10 00 11 10-12 



Thomas OOoOOlOlOlOllOl 00 00 10 10 00— 8 



J House 1100001 01010000 10 00 00 10 00— 7 



MA K-SA VV-B A. 



Chicago, 111., July 30 —Editor Forest and Stream: A match was 

 shot at Mak-saw-ba Club grounds, at Davis, Ind, on Saturday, 

 July 19. Conditions. 50 live birds to each man, high score paying 

 nothing, next in order paying 10, 20, 30 and 40 per cent, of expenses, 

 respectively, Illinois State rules to govern: 



John Watson. . . .12210121002110112012011211121111111111111121121121-44 



C B Dicks 1122211112 ' i > ?i— 47 



R C Stevens 00110220111202112121111122012210211111121111111221—43 



J P Card Ol22l22OlOl0l22lHil1l2llli:?l2?.!1200ilOl0l2inilll-48 



W PMussey 10122111122211111111103122011111111122111111011022-15 



The birds were an excellent lot. and the match was particularly 

 interesting, as the closeness of the score will show. 



Following this race another at SO Peoria blackbirds each man, 

 was shot under the same conditions as to payment, viz.: Best 

 score paying nothing, others 10, 20. 30 and 40 per cent, of expenses, 

 respectively. The scores were as follows: 



CB Dicks 1010111110101111111111111010101011111111011111111-41 



W P Mussey 0ll0milll0llllll0llll0l10l0lll0l0lllllllllllill_4l 



G W Andrews. . . .1011110111100110110101011111111111111111110111111— 41 



R C S tevens 000 1 11 111111101 1 11 1 1110111110111 0111111101 1 1 1111 1—42 



LMHamline 1111111111111111111111111111111111101110111011110—46 



Ties on 41 each shot at 6 birds each with results as follows: 



P B Dicks Oillll-5 Andrews 111101—5 



Mussey 011111—5 



Second round of ties: 



Dicks 111110-5 Andrews 111110-5 



Mussey 111101—5 



Third round of ties: 



Dicks 110110-4 Andrews 111111-6 



Mussey 101110-4 



Fourth round of ties for third and fourth: 

 Dicks 101111-5 Mussey 0011 w. 



This race was particularly interesting and exciting from start 

 to finish, and was very enjoyable. 



On Saturday next, Aug. 2, the same matches will be repeated at 

 Mak-saw-ba Club grounds, and will be witnessed by a large crowd 

 of members and guests. The matches have created much interest, 

 as the shooters are so closely matched, and the race of next 

 Saturday will be for blood from first to last. W. P. Mussey. 



NEW YORK, July 31.— The Bronx River Gun Club held a very 

 enjoyable and, considering the heat, well attended shoot on the 

 club grounds at West Farms, in Westchester county, to-day. The 

 targets were American standard blueroeks thrown from 3 traps, 

 otherwise American Association rules governed. The scores 

 were as fol ows: A. Pfeiffer 19, J. Murphy 14, Y. Seawood 17, H. 

 Seawood 15, A. C. Dittmar 23. C.Clark 17, T. N. Jajqa'sa 17, M. 

 Briedenhacb J8, E, Fenton 9, M. Cunningham 9, E. D. Miller 18. 



