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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 1890, 



MR. PENTZ'S MISTAKE. — Red Bank, Oct, &.-EdUnr 

 Forest and Stream: S^eine an article in the Forest and 

 Stream where Mr. Stanton W. Pentz asserts that I claim 

 that his pointer dog served my pointer bitch Marguerite If., 

 I claim that he asserts what is not true, for I never have 

 claimed that I eypr used bis dog nor do I wish to use him. 

 But I do claim my puppies are by the very same dog that 

 they were advertised to be. The dog that my puppies are by 

 is owned by a gentleman livingne.ar Red Rank by the name 

 of Mr. C. W. Chapen, and if Mr. Pentz will take the trouble 

 to look and see wb.pn'1 bred my bitch, he will find that she 

 was bred to Mr. C. "W. Ghapen's pointer dog, which he calls 

 Brake, and a very fine one too. There was a mistake in the 

 number, and Mr. Pentz and myself had some correspond- 

 ence over it. and I thought that it was settled until I saw 

 his letter in the paper. I wish it understood that I don't 

 claim my puppies are by Pentz's dog, but I do claim they 

 are by Chapen's Brake, by which name he is known, and I 

 cannot understand Mr. Pentz publishing such an assertion 

 when he knows it is not so. — JOHN EL Dey. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



1105™ Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



dlmer Queen. By A. K. Pitt?. Columbus. O.. for silver fawn pug 

 bitch, whelped Aug. T. 1890, bv champion Kush (Bradford Ruby — 

 Lady Cloudy) out of Rustic Quean (Rustic— What's That). 



Bex G. By Eberbart Pug- Kimnnels. Cincinnati, 0„ for silver 

 fawn pug dog. whelped Aue. 5, 1890. bv Spokane (champion Kash 

 — Lady Thora) out of Lady Verne (Joe II.— M>mdie). 



Bacltaweuj Joe and Crusoe: By Robt. A. A. Johnson, Ottawa, 

 Can., for black cocker spaniel doe?, whelped July 10, by Kildare 

 (champion Brant— Bonita) out of Jill (Doctor— Lucy). 



BRED. 



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Cromar'sVic—Portswood Twer. ,7. H. Matthews's (New York) 

 bull hitch Cromar's Vic (Guillermo— champion Carmen) to his 

 champion Portswood Tiger, Sept. 29. 



Juno— Portswood Tkier. Dr. S. B. Blodgett's (Cambridge, Mass.) 

 bull hitch champion Juno to J. H. Matthews's champion Ports- 

 wood Tiger, Pept. 16. 



Beatrice— Portsiencd Tiger. J. H. Matthews's (New York) bull 

 bitch Beatrice (Rustic King— Soudan) to his champion Ports wood 

 Tiger. Sept. 0. 



Row— Portswood Tiger. Win. Rickey's (New York) bull hitch 

 Rose t 0 J. H. Matthews' champion Portswood Tiger, Sept. 3. 



Grit— Portswood TUjer. J. H. Matthews' (New York) hull bitch 

 Grit (Morgan's Crib— Morgan's Kittie) to his champion Portswood 

 TigT, Aug. 23. 



Loue— Tammany Boy. Charles ^rather's (Bridgeport, Conn.) 

 pointer bitch Loue (Springboek— Composition) to H. Wooster's 

 Tammany Boy (Tammany— Juno), June 15. 



Erminie—Lord Clover. M. E. Rradley's (Columbus, Ind.Jpug 

 bitch Erminie ( Kash— Daisy) to Thos. I. Ballantiue's Lord Clover 

 (champion Loris— ironlding's Nellie). 



Queen Anna— Kash. M. M. Murphy's (Ripley. O.) pug bitch 

 Qneen Anna to A. E. Pitta's champion Kash, Oct. 8. 



Trkcy—Kash. Adam Flaitz's (Shelbyville, Ind.) pug bitch Trixy 

 to A. IS. Pitls's champion Kash, Oct. 7. 



Daisy— Kash. Seminole Kennels' (Philadelphia, Pa.) pug bitch 

 Daisy to A. 15. Pitls's champion Kash, Oct. 6. 



Vixen— Kash. M. M. Murphy's (Ripley, 0.) pug bitch Vixen to 

 A. E. Pitts's. champion Kash, Oct. 3. 



Teresa -Kadi. Adam Flaitz's (Shelbyville, Ind.) pug bitch 

 Teresa to A. E. Pitts's champion Kash, Sept. 9. 



Topsy— Bradford Ruhy II. H. J. Braml age's (Cincinnati. O) 

 pug bitch Topsy to Eberbart Pug Kennels' Bradford Ruby II. 

 (champion Bradford Ruby— Puss R.), Oct. 7. 



Flossie II. —EberhaiVs Cashier. C. V. Griffith's (Anderson, Ind.) 

 pug bitch Flossie IT. (champion Bradford Ruby— Daisy) to Eber- 

 bart Pug Kennels' Eberhart's Cashier (champion Kash— Ladv 

 Thora). Oct. 2. 



Dill— Colonel. Geo. C. Jones's (Emporia, Kan.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Dtlly (Prince Obo III —Black Beauty) to his Colonel (Capt. 

 Stnbbs-Mand S. If.), Aug. 10. 



Bell— Bradford, Harry. F. F. MoGuife'a (Bangor, Me.) Yorkshire 

 terrier bitch' Bell .(onampion Bradford Harry— Old Bell) to P. H. 

 Coombs's champion Bradford Harry (Crawshaw's Bruce— Beat's 

 Lady), Aug, 15. 



WHELPS. 



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Emma L. Wm. H. Wild's (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer bitch 

 Emma L. (Sachem— Dawy of Naso>, Oct. 6, nine (three dogs), by 

 Hempstead Farm Kennels' Robert le Diable (Croxfetb— Spin- 

 away). 



LucilB. Tell Kennels' (Worcester. Mass.) pointer bitch Lncil 

 H. (Harris's Grafton— Ethel Bsanfort). Sept. 2, ten (six dogs), by 

 their Darego (Harris's Mikado — Gypsy K.). 



Maygo. Tell Kennels' (Worcester, Mass.) pointer bitch Maygo 

 (M'kadn— Gvpsv K), Sept. 28, ten (six dogs), by Carrier's Prince 

 (Wwrs's Max -Currier's Bell TIL). 



Vera Bang. R. L. Hooper's (At hens, O.) pointer bitch Vera Bang 

 (Bang Bang— Christmas Vic), Oct. 2, eight (five dogs), by Field 

 Trial Kennels" King of Kent. 



Ballymony. Nor'h Fields Yorkshire Kennels' (Salem, Mass.) 

 Irish terrier bitch Ballymony (Benedict — Jamesou's Argus), Oct. 

 12, seven (three dogs), by J. W. Taylor's enampion Breadenhill. 



SALES. 



Prepared Blanks sent, free on application. 



Golden. Silver fnwn, black points, pug bitch, whelped Jan. 22, 

 1890. by champion Kash out of Peggie II., by A. E.Pitts, Colum- 

 bus, O., to Fred IS. Hook way, Wooster, O. 



Hustler. Silver fawn pug dog, whelped Aug. 5, 1890, by Spokane 

 out of Lad v Verne, byEnerhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to 

 Wm. Smith, ssjne place. 



Bex G. Silver fawn pug dog, whelped Aug. 5. 1890. by Spokane 

 out of Lady Verne, by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, 0., to 

 Wm. J. Gerlv, New Orleans, La. 



Didic. S'lver fawn png dog, age and pedigree not given, by 

 Eberbart Png Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to Mrs. J. J. Farrell, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Smuggler. Pug dog, whelped April 2, IS'JD, by Lord Clover out of 

 Midget Bell, bv Thos. I. Ballautine, Peoria, HI., to J. H. Jackson, 

 St. Paul, Minn. 



Buffalo Bofj. Black and tan terrier dog, whelped Aug. 6, 181)0, 

 bv champi n Buffalo General out of Buffalo Lass, bv A. W. 

 Smith. Buffalo, N. Y . to Geo. H>imattn, Jr., Davenport. la. 



0*Donovan Rossa— Sedan, wftrlps tied Irish setters, by Glendyne 

 Kennels. Bristol, R. I., hitci Winnie Davis to J. O. Le , Charles- 

 ton, S. C. Dnes-Leddie bossa to O. F. Herreshoff, Bristol, R.I.; 

 Pot Rossa to Wm. Willie, Fo- t Niobara, N*b; Grip W. to F. E. 

 Nose, Duncannon, Pa.; Thurman to M. L. Oppenheimer. New 

 York; Lismore to A. B. Watson, Raiesburg, S. C.; Frank Hurd to 

 John Porter, Bristol, R, I.; Clonmel to Allan Dodge, Washington, 

 D. C. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 ^T" No Notice Taken of AnoDymoui Correspon tents. 



J. J., Brooklyn. N. V.— I have a King Charles spaniel, 8 years 

 old, had two litters of pups. Has continual itching, mostly on the 

 back and neck. I do not feed very heavy, mostly meat and, as 

 she has very few teeth. cu ! ii fine. She is confined most of time. 

 Would like you to advise me in next issue what, to do for her Ans. 

 Rub affected parls with balsam of Peru; after a few days wash off 

 -with warm water and c as tile soap. Give more exercise. 



A. M-, New York.— I have a small pug, six weeks old, who has 

 been constipated since it has been taken from its mother, which 

 is about a week ago. From constant, s training she has a small 

 lump protruding from the anus, which looks as though it might 

 be falling of the rectum. Will you please tell what to do for her 

 in your next issue? Ans. Press the lump gently back in its place. 

 Then roll a piece of paper to a point, whenever the puppy is con- 

 stipated, and dipping the paper in olive oil insert it a short dis- 

 tance into the rectum, when a passage will shortly follow. It 

 wonld be well to put a little powdered charcoal, say as much as 

 ^will lay on a dime, in its food once a day. Feed soups, with stale 

 • bread, "avoiding rice boiled milk and such foods. 



A MAP of the United States.— A large, handsome map of 

 'the United States and showing North and South Dakota, mounted 

 and suitable for office or home use and issued by the Burlington 

 route, will be furnished responsible parties free on application to 

 the undersigned. Playing cards for 15 cents in postage. You can 

 obtain a pack of best quality playing cards on application to the 

 undersigned.— P. S. Eustis, General Passenger and Ticket Agent 

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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



RENSSELAERWYCK. 



Albany, Oct. 3.— The fall meeting of the Third Brigade Rifle 

 Association, at Rensselaerw\ ck, concluded to-day. The con- 

 ditions were favorable, and some excellent scores were made. 

 Stephen Schreiber distinguished him-elf by taking first place in 

 two matches, in one of Which he made a clean score. The full 

 scores follow: 



Match No 1, short, range continuous military match of 5 shots, 

 all comers, 300yds., two scores to count, any military rifle. 



J G Bodemtein 24. 24- 48 A H Rennie 21 21-42 



Col WE Fitch 24 24-48 C H Hitchcock ...21 21-42 



S Schreiber 24 23-47 J E Roach 22 20-i2 



Wm Turner 23 23 - 46 C M Underwood 33 20-42 



W C Gomph 23 31—44 A L Bevier 21 20—41 



■44 JL'Amoreaux 21 20—41 



E S Hogg 22 „„ 



GH Charles 32 22-44 O S Bytngton 22 19-41 



TMCongden 22 22—44 WWStowe -.20 20—40 



ADonner 22 21-43 C Chinman 20 19-39 



J Murphy 22 21—43 



Match No. 2, standard American target re-entry match, all 

 comers. 300yds., any rjB>, best three scores to count: 



WC Gomph 45 43 42—130 J B Tavlor 43 41 40-124 



Dr May berry 45 43 41—129 J G Newberry 43 40 40-123 



BC Andrews. 48 11 41—123 A Sidney ..41 36 33—110 



Match No. 3, mid-range continuous military match, all comers, 

 500yds., unlimited re-entries allowed, the aggregate of the b ist 

 three scoreB to count: 



S Schreiber 25 25 25—75 W C Gomph 24 22—46 



Col WE Fitch.. . 25 25 24-74 G Rommel. 23 23—40 



AH Rennie 24 24 25-72 C Hinman 22 21—43 



RSHoag 25 24—49 JL'Amoreaux 22 20-42 



Wm Turner 24 24— 48 Lieut C H Hitch cock.. 21 21—46 



GH Charles 24 23-47 J Murphy 21 20-41 



C \1 Underwood 24 22-46 TMCongden 20 20—40 



W W Stowe 25 21-46 J E Roach 20 20-40 



Match No. 4. rest match, all comers, standard American targets, 

 aggregate of best three, scores of 5 shots to couut: 



S Schreiber 57 56 56-169 J G Newberry 50 47—97 



GH Charles 57 57 54-168 W C Gomph. 50 46-96 



Wm Turner 54 54 54—162 A H Rennie 49 44 - 93 



A Sidney 53 52—105 E Allen 47 43-90 



A Dormer. . 54 50—104 



Match No. 5, Holt's larget revolver match, all comers, and to 

 revolvers only, 30yds. on the standard American target reduced, 

 number of shots five, unlimited re-entries allowed, aggregate of 

 the best three shots to count: 



H G Charles 130 J G NewbeTry. . . .125 James H Price. . . 124 



Buel C Andrews.. 129 E L Strong 125 E L Hinman 134 



H A Parsons. 127 



Match No. 6, Third Brigade team match, open to teams of six 

 commissioned officers or regularly enlisted soldiers from any 

 battalion or separate company of infantry in the Third Brigade, 

 200 and 500yds.: 



500yd! . 



Bingbamton Team. 20th Sep. Co. 



200yds. 500yds. 



CW Hinman 19 



C W Hitchcock.... J 9 

 F W L'Amoreaux. .17 



John Murphy 16 



T M Congdon 31 



E S Hoag 31 



113 



Tenth Battalion Team. 



200yds. 500yds. 



20- 39 C Underwood 30 



21- 40 J E Roach 11 



18—35 OSBvtngton 13 



17- 33 A H Rennie 21 



18- 39 WE Fitch 22 



19- 49 G Rommel 14 



113 226 



100 



18- 88 

 21-32 

 14-26 

 30-41 



19- 41 

 21-35 



113 313 



EPHR AT A, Pa., Oct. 10. -It having rained on several of our 

 practice days the members of the North End Rifle Club were 

 forced to forego their pleasure of target shooting. To-day was a 

 beautiful day, with little wind, and nine of our boys were on the 

 range near Ephrata, at an early hour, prepared with abundant 

 ammunition to make up for lost time. The following scores re- 

 sulted as the best out of several scores of 10 shots each to each 

 man. Distance 200yds., off-hand, standard American target: 



W M Carpenter 8 7 6 7 10 6 6 7 7 6-70 



C S Weneer 6 6 8 10 6 10 5 10 10 9-80 



L M Wiest 9 7 10 8 6 4 5 6 5 4—64 



J A Rtober 6 6 5 5 6 10 3 9 5 5-60 



JMSheaffer 7 5 5876338 7-59 



MKafroth 30848 5 357 5—48 



D B Lefever 3 6 4 3 0 7 3 7 9 3-45 



W D Winters r. 400738944 4-43 



C Konigmacher 4 0 3 4 5 6 3 3 4 8—40 



The team meets on Friday afternoon, Oct. 17, for practice.— D. 

 B. Lefever, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 10.— But nine members of the St. Louis 

 Pistol Club attended the shoot held last Wednesday; 12J^yds. tar- 

 get. The score: 



Sam Dorman 9 8 8 8 10 9 10 10 10 10—92 



W Bauer 8 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 7 9—90 



a Alt xander 9 6 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 9-88 



M Snmmerfield 9 9 10 10 9 10 8 8 10 7—88 



J H Chase 8 9 10 10 6 8 7 8 7 6-81 



A MnBean 9 7 9 6 5 10 9 10 9 6-80 



M Billmeyer 5 7 7 0 10 9 10 8 8 10-80 



Hstussell 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 10-78 



WCMackwitz 10 8 9 6 7 9 7 8 3 5-73 



A YANKEE GIFFARD.— Norwich, Conn., Oct. 12.— William T- 

 Chamberlain, the inventor of this city, has thought out a great 

 many new things, for some of which, the Government hassenthim 

 patents. Lately he put bis mind on tbe trail of a possible gun that 

 should out-shoot anything in firearms in the world, and walked 

 the streets every night for hours di earning about his purpose. 

 Th ice he thought he bad holed the possible gun in his imagination. 

 He invented an air gun that would shoot projectiles ten miles, and 

 a powder gun that would throw dynamite safety. Then he wheeled 

 about in his thinking and made a loaded projectile that would 

 fire itself out of any gun two or three miles; but none of the inven- 

 tions quite satisfied him. So he has thought out a new gun that 

 is a corker. He calls it tbe ''electric hvdrogen gun." It maybe 

 fired in three ways. First, Mr, Chamberlain says he sends the pro- 

 jectile out of the gun with 37,000 '"atmospheres" chasing it; second, 

 he says he puts 148,000 atmospheres behind the shot; third, he 

 ea sily and quickly transforms the weapon into an air gun, with a 

 pregsnre behind the projectile of 1,500 or 3,000 pounds. The gun s 

 is very simple and very powerful, and it costs almost nothing to ' 

 Are it. It sends a shot traveling faster and further, Mr. Cbam- 

 herlain says, than any other weapon. He thinks he sees $200,000 

 in it. 



ZETTLER CLUB, Oct. 12.— The light to-day was anything but 

 favorable for rifle, practice, but nevertheless those members of 

 the Zettler Rifle Club who assembled at the C\ press Hill Park 

 range managed to put up some good scores, especially J. A. Boy- 

 ken, who as u^ual had the highest average, 215.41, on 100 shots. 

 During th" contest B. Zettler and V. Steinbach shot a good old- 

 fashioned 100-shot match, such as in former times contributed so 

 much to the interest taken in rifle shooting, and which has fallen 

 in abeyance for some time. As the match was not for blood, Dr. 

 Beyke.n was allowed to enter, but had to give his two opponents 

 125 points each. Nevertheless the man from Harlem came out on 

 top, whiie Zettler held the middle and Steinbach had to pay for 

 the fun. The score 100-shot match, no restriction to rifle, buti no 

 holder allowed, 200vds.. German 25 ring target: J. A. Boyken 

 2,181, B. Zettler 2,113, V. Steinl->ach 2,035. R-gular cluh shoot, 

 strings of 10, possible 350 points: V. Steinbach 3.934, average 195.50; 

 J. A. Boyken 2,181, average 218.10; B. Zettler 1,988, average 193. 80 

 Dressier 1,066, average 167.07; Kohlmetz 174. 



THE GIFFARD GUN.— London, Oct. 11.— Mr. Giffard, the in- 

 ventor of the wonderful gun in which liquiefled gas serves as a sub- 

 stitute for powder, is now in London. Speaking of his invention 

 the other day he said: "I won't tell you of the experiments I have 

 been making at tbe Paris Gas Company for nearly twenty years 

 for the compression of steam and air and the liquefaction of gas, 

 but the Giffard gun is the outcome. The French government has 

 bought tbe rights for the rifle as a weapon of war, and the Colts 

 have bought the American rights in the patents for £200,000." 



TOURNAMENT AT NEWARK.— Thanksgiving week the New- 

 ark Gun Club of Newark proposes to hold, at its grounds, Erb's 

 Park, Newark, N. J., a four days' shooting tournament, Tuesday 

 and Wednesday to be devoted to target breaking, Thursday, 

 Thanksgiving day and Friday to be ghenup to live bird shooting. 

 An attractive programme i« being arranged* As soon as tbe 

 prin ter is through with it, it will be sent out. In ail probability the 

 cracks at inanimates, those who have acquired a national repu- 

 tation both in tbe East and the West will be debarred from the 

 target, contests. .This will give the amateurs a better chance a in 

 the various events of this oharacter?»»JACOB.PEN3iz» — 



THE TRAP, 



Scores for publicamn should be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to elub 

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

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



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following: 



Oct. 23.— Second Annual Tournament of the Maplewood Gun 

 Club, at Maplewood, N. J. Open to all. Blueroeks, three sets of 

 traps. C. W. "Brown. President, Maplewood, N. J. 



Nov. 18-19.— Open-to. All Tournament of the Wooflside Gun Club, 

 Woodside, N. J. Carl Von Lengerke, Sec'y, 843 Broad street, 

 Newark. 



ELLIOT VS. MURPHY. 



ONE of the greatest pigeon matches that I have ever had the 

 pleasure of witnessing was that which rook place on the 

 grounds of the Carteret Gun Club, at Bergen Point,"N. J., on the 

 afternoon of Oct. 8. The principals, J. A. R. Elliot, of Kansas 

 City.and Edgar G.Murphy,of Long Branch, are both well known in 

 the shooting world. Mr. Murphy for years has been regarded as 

 one of the best of our amateurs, and with the exception probably 

 of Mr. Macalister, has no supeiior to-day. Mr. Elliot, or plain 

 every day Jim Elliot, has been recorded so of ten of late in tb^se 

 columns as a winner .that be is known to all. This, he declared , 

 was one of the hardest matches he bad ever shot, and he fully 

 sustained bis reputation as a game and nervy single-banded shot. 

 The conditions of the match were 100 birds each for $1,000 a side, 

 30yds. rise, 21yds. boundary, gun below the armpit. These were 

 the rules of the Carteret Club, and as the grounds and surround- 

 ings were strangers to Elliot, his victory is all the more credita- 

 ble, and his score of 94 should go on record. The afternoon of the 

 contest was a delightful one, a^ brisk northwest wind favoring the 

 birds. The audience, among which were several ladies, was a 

 select one, being composed of well-known club men and lovers of 

 the sport. Among those present were Cnas. Willard and J. N. 

 Robbms. of Chicago; E, W. Davton, Cincinnati; Mr. Henry and 

 Capt. Money, of England; C. W. Dimiek and Geo. Pushee, of 

 Boston; Irving Schultze and M. F. Lindslev, W. Fred Quimbv, W. 

 S. Cannon, Justus Von Lengerke, Chas. Parker, W. L. Colville, H 

 Folsom, Frank Rogers, Peter Morris. Geo. de Forrest Grant, W. 

 and C. Floyd-JoDe.s, J. Heber Brtentnall, Fred Hoev, Dr. Knapp, 

 Fred K. Sands, James Bryer, C. Smith, J. Pentz, C. M. Hedden, 

 H. White, Miles Johnson, W. L. Force, Geo. Wallace MeGrath 

 and E. Collins. Tbe match was refereed bv James Bryer, of 

 Brooklyn, C. Floyd-Jones advising and handling Mr. Murphv, 

 Elliot "going it alone." At 2:25 P. M. Elliot flipped up a com 

 in the air, and winning the toss, he decided to go first 

 to the scorp, or to use his own expression, "to open the 

 german." His first bird, a rattling left quartering to were r, was 

 hit bard by both barrels and fell dead inside the 50yds. mark, 

 but of course was scored lost. Mr. Murphy foRowed suit, 

 his bird being exactly similar in flight, but if anything a trifle 

 faster. He feathered him with his lirst barrel, but he sailed on 

 and out. After losing his first, Elliot did not miss again until his 

 15th bird, when a right quarterer got away with a clean skin. He 

 followed with another goose egg on his 16th, and then settled 

 down to work and made the magnificent run of 34. losing his 51st 

 dead out of bounds, another one dead out of bounds on his 59th, 

 and again a cipher on his 70th. He then started in and finished 

 strong with a run of 80. A total of 94 scored; only (i lost out Of 

 100, 2 of which were killed within tbe 50yds. mart and 3 within 

 70yds. boundary. Mr. Murphy, after his first miss, killed 12 

 straight, the 13th being au unlucky number, for be lbat, dead out 

 of bounds, a right quartering incomer, that he should have 

 saved. He then killed 15 straight and lost hist 30th, a right quar- 

 terer that was a "screamer," Hit with both loads, the bird went 

 out and fell stone dead 40yds. away. His next, another of the 

 same flight, was stopped in great style. This was one of the neat- 

 est of tbe many pretty kills made by both contestants. Mr. Mur- 

 phy then made a run of 11 straight, losing bis 45th, a right quar- 

 terer. He then killed 3, and lost the 48th, a right quartering 

 driver, dead out of bounds; scored another lost in his 63d, a rat- 

 tling strightaway, and then made his longest run of the match, 

 23, slipping up on his 86th bird. From this out he killed straight, 

 not sbooting at his last bird. Both men shot in magnificent form, 

 and at any stage of the match it was anybody's race. This state of 

 affairs kept the spectators in breathless suspense, and the winner, 

 upon killing his last bird, was greeted with a hearty round Of 

 applause. Mr. Murphy's birds were gathered bv the liver pointer 

 Phil, Billy Mdls, of Dexter Park, gathering for Mr. Elliot. The 

 birds, every one of which was dark in color, were an excellent lot, 

 and only five of them co«ld be classed as duffers, and these were 

 called. The different style of the shooters was marked. Elliot, 

 very deliberate, depending most on the first barrel, but getting 

 the second in when necessary, in quick time. Murphv snapping 

 the first, the second invariablv following as on- shot. Score: 



Elliot 02323222212121001212112212122132212212321111211213 



033313 12o223 -')' , ';: : : - J 1 1 32122112212312 — 94 



Murphy 0222222222232o22323223 ' r222322032o23 



2223332323231' ' " '21123331332210222222022233 -93 

 o Dead out of bounds. 



Becapiiulation. 



Elliott bad 19 straight drivers, 19 right-quartering drivers, 11 

 left quartering dr'vers, 15 right-quarterers, 8 left-quarterers, 15 

 straight incomers, 6 right-quartering incomers and 7 left-quarter- 

 ing incomers. He shot a Greener gun 71^1 bs.. shells loaded with 

 45grs. of E. C. powder, lj^oz. No. 7 chilled shot; same load for both 

 barrels. 



Murphy had 18 straight drivers, 21 right- quartering drivers, 14 

 left-quartering drivers, 13 right-quarterers, 13 left-quarterers, 11 

 straight incomers, 1 right- quartering incomers and 6 left-quarter- 

 ing mcomers. His gun was a Stephen Grant, 7Ui lbs., shells for 

 both barrels loaded with 45grs. Sebultze powder, l%oz. No. 

 shot. 



The second match between Elliot and Murphy, if match it can 

 be called, was arranged late Wednesday evening, following the 

 grand contest of that afternoon, and took place on the grounds of 

 the Carteret Gun Club, at Bergen Point, on Friday afternoon fol- 

 lowing. The conditions, to say the least, were unique, and if the 

 affair had been known to the public, a large gathering of sports- 

 men would have been on hand to witness it, for never in the bis- 

 tory of pigeon shooting had such novel conditions governed a 

 shooting contest. The friends of Mr. Murphy were desirous of 

 arranging another match under the same conditions as the first. 

 Upon the broad shoulders of Elliot is all responsibility shifted for 

 the novel conditions of this match, it was his match, with the 

 exception of the 5yds. boundary clause; this was inserted by- 

 Murphy. If the match bad been shot aN21yds. boundary it would, 

 notwit hetanding the other outlandish conditions, have born some 

 resemblance to a shooting contest, and not the game of chance it 

 really was. The conditions were as follows: The stake $1,000 a side, 

 each to shoot at 100 birds from 5 ground traps, use of one btii-rel, 

 30yds. rise— 15\ds. to the left and the same distance to tbe right of 

 toe original 30yds. score— small stakes had been driven at inter- 

 vals of lvd., these being numbered 1 to 30. Starting at the com- 

 mand of the referee, from stake No. 1 at the lelt and walking par- 

 allel with the traps, the. shooter was expected to pace exactly 1yd,, 

 no more nor less, the gun being carried squarely upon the shoulder. 

 Upon reaching the mark designated by a number- d ball drawn 

 from the pocket of the referee the trap was instantly pulled. The 

 bird, to be scored, had then to be gathered within 5yds. ot the 

 trap sprung from. If more difficult or really idiotic rules were 

 ever known to govern a pigeon contest I have failed to hear of 

 them. What was gained outside of tbe. stake money and the set- 

 tlement of side bets was nought. It was not a test of skill, for a 

 majority of the birds wpre out of bounds with a flap of the wing 

 long before the gun could be brought from tbe shoulder. 



The match was a monotonous one to witness, and if it had not 

 been for the grotesque positions of the contestants at the score 

 and the comical expressions of countenance, the affair wonld 

 have been unbearable. Elliot, much shorter of stature than his 

 opponent, labored at a great disadvantage in length of arm and 

 SLtide, and was set back a number of times for not stepping the 

 requisite yard. His position, carrying the gun upon his left 

 shoulder, the left arm crossing just beneath bis eyes and the hand 

 grasping the barrel at the foreend, was a comical one. Murphj 's 

 position was not near so strained; over 6ft. tall and long of reach, 

 he had no difficulty in pacing the yard or of grasping the gun 

 with the left hand. For the first 17 birds be walked jauntily along, 

 like a soldier on guard, the left arm carried at the side, but goon 

 seeing the advantages he assumed Elliot's position of grasping i he 

 barrel of the gun with tbe left hand. The birds were tairiy strong 

 flyers, few of them lingering at tbe trap; but even when the trap 

 was known a kiU^eldom followed, a dead out of bounds or clean 

 miss, in tbe anxiety to get on them quickly, invariably following. 

 Captain Money, of England, was toe referee, assisted by Mr. J. Von 

 Lengerke as pace judge. Wally Murphy gathered the birds for 

 his brother, John Riggott, of Rockaway, N. J., gathering for Mr. 

 fillip t.- .The scores below, giving the number of-bird and trap* dis- 



