40 4 



FOREST" AND STREAM. 



[Bid. 4, -1866* 



No. 18, 20 singles, $8.50 entrance, four moneys: 



Hamline, . 111111 11011111011111-18 Pid geon. . 0110011101 1 100110011-12 



Lindsley. .01111110111111011111-17 Post ..... .10111110111100111111-16 



Skinner . .11111101011 110111001-15 Smith . . . 11111111101111111111-19 



Collins. ...llllllOin i i 1 11111101—17 Jersey. . . . 11111011100111111011—16 



Quimbv ..01111111111010111010-15 CI s , i . 0 i H i 



Fieles.'. . . .11111111111111111011—19 Daly 11011000110110100111-11 



Tliird Day, Nov. 27. 



No. 23, 8 birds, 4 moneys, SO entrance: 



Hathaway lelll220-6 Simpsoo 11112011-7 



Quimby Ulllo22-7 Castle 10122101-6 



Canon 11011200-5 Daly 21220200-5 



<PP,PP,,, . . V'i'-r> F,.'n„^ 11120211-7 



Hamline 10011110-5 Lurch 10111123-7 



Skinner 11211221-8 Hedden 11111311 ~ 



DuBray Hollo21-6 



No. 24, 10 birds, $10 entry: 



Quimby 1001021214- 7 Daley 1112211111-10 



Canon 2110021010- 6 Hollis.... 2121221010—8 



McMurchy 2122112111—10 Lurch 1102211011— 8 



Lindslev 1213121110— 9 Manley. .111010oo20— 5 



DuBray 1211212120- 9 Skinner 21o221U10— 8 



R Sehroft 1020211022— 7 Hamline ,. ..1120220110- 7 



C M Hedden ..1121211011- 9 Castle ..1121211121—10 



Mack 1202] 12211- 9 Jones 1111121120- 9 



Class 2212223222-10 Mahlon 2121131.1 10- 9 



No. 25, 7 birds, $5 entrv: 



Collins ..r 1211222—7 



Quimby 1112210-6 



Riggott ,2221112-7 



DuBray 1221110-6 



Mahlon 1U1112— 7 



A W Wheaton J 1 22001 -f 



P Daly........ 2122121-7 



Class 2212200-5 



Lindsley , 101201o-4 "Hollis" 1120211-6 



McMurchy 211121o-6 H Leddy 1123211- 7 



Hughes... o220120-4 S Castle 2221111-7 



C M Hedden 1121021-6 Schrafft 0221120-6 



"Mack" 1001121—5 CB Manley... 1111111-7 



"Hamline" 122211o— 6 E C "Jones" 1011111—6 



Skinner 0211101-5 



First, third and fourth div., second shot off in next sweep and 

 won by McMurchy, DuBray, Hollis and Schrafft. 

 No. 26, 8 birds, $7: 



Quimby 02121212-7 Hughes 0l101oll-5 



Lindsley 10111211-7 Castle 12121120-7 



McMurchy 11111111-7 Hamline 12o2021 1 -0 



Mahlon 11220011—6 Riggott. 12222222—8 



Hodden 31o02111-6 Class 01211122-7 



Leddy 32011101- 6 Mack 20001111-5 



Hollis 11211211-8 Collins « 12101231-7 



Dalv 2121o312— 7 Canon 10212011-6 



Schrafft 22121121-8 Jones 13Uo22i-7 



Dn Bray 12111121—8 Firth 12211011-7 



Geoffrey 11120310-6 



For second money Collins and Firth withdrew pro rata, the. 

 others shooting miss and out, Quimby, Lindsley and Class winning 

 the money. 



Fourth Day, Friday, Nov. 28. . 



No. 27, 4 birds, S3 entrance, two moneys: 



Class 1112—4 Quimby 2122-4 



Erb 2111-4 Hollis 2122—1 



Lindsley. ...... 1211—4 Mablon 0221—3 



McMurchy.. .. .1111—4 Hedden 2210-3 



Ties tor first shot off in next event and won by Frank Class. 



No. 28, 4 birds. S3 entrance. 2 moneys: 



Class 1111-4 Mahlon 2121—4 



Quimby 1002- 2 Riggott 0111-3 



McMurchy 1210-3 Erb 01 11 -5 



Lindsley 1110-3 Hedden 0111 -3 



Hollis 0221-3 



Second shot off in next sweep and won by McMurchy and Hed- 

 den. 



No. 29, 5 birds, $5 entrance, 3 moneys: 



McMurchy 11111-5 Riggott o!221-4 



Quimby ....11112-5 Erb 01202— a 



Lindsley ■ 2020 - -5 Class.. .21112— 5 



Hollis 22310-4 Hedden 22132-5 



Daly 23222-2 Mahlon .21220-4 



Ties on first shot miss and out and won by Quimby, Daly and 

 Hedden. 



No. 30, 5 birds, $5 entrance, 3 moneys: 



Quimby llUo-4 Erb 01231—4 



McMurchy 11112-5 Hollis 11223- 5 



Class 22211-5 Daly 12221-5 



Lindsley 11200-3 Mahlon 23210-4 



.Riggott 11111-5 Collins 01110-3 



Hedden 21222-5 Schrafft 21111-5 



No. 31, 15 birds, 4 moneys, $15 entry: 



Hollis 111211221131221-15 Quimby 221121022120212-13 



Class 212221022332111-14 Phil Daly 30;022ill2ol.222-13 



Schrafft 201111121311111-14 ■'Mahlon" 2021 ! 02321 130o 1—11 



Collins 111111121021222-14 C M Hedden. . 1212.200121o2110 -11 



Mc Murchy . . . .10U1112H20111- 13 J Erb .Iloll01o31 12100-10 



Riggott 11010 112112122-13 Leddy 011io0120001111— 9 



Li nd sley 121011022211112 -13 



No. 32, 8 singles, $7 entrv: 



McMurchy 21112111-8 



Pelha.ua 12033021-6 



Lindsley 22211112-8 



Hughes 02100000—2 



Riggott 12111112—8 



Hollis O1122120-G 



Hedden 132ol211— 7 



Mahlon 10001112-! 



Daly , 11312102-7 Schrafft 21111211— £ 



Griffin '. 12o32222-7 



Howke 10111010—5 



Class ........11311333-.? 



Collins ..11112120-7 



Wheaton 12121111—8 



Castle o223illl- 



First shot off , miss and out, and won by McMurchy, Lindsley 

 and Riggott. 



WALNUT HILL, Nov. 26.— The usual party of shotgun experts 

 assembled at this range to-day for the double purpose of adding 

 to their aggregates in the prize matches and getting up robust ap- 

 petites for the Thanksgiving dinners of to-morrow. To the eye 

 the weather was all that could have been wished, but a told and. 

 stiff breeze made the attainment of high scores more than ordin- 

 arily difficult. In spite of all drawbacks the shooting was very 

 strong, and the scores of Messrs. Nichols and Wheeler in the Key- 

 stone trophy match are creditable in the extreme. Mr. Bowker 

 broke one bird more than his nearesttcompetttor in the "diamond 

 pin'' match, and his performance enables him to wear the cham- 

 pion medal of the association until the next meeting, which is on 

 the card for Wednesday, Dec. 10. 



Diamond pin match, 15th competition, 20 keystone targets, 

 squad system of firing, and 5 pairs standard targets: 



Bowker 10111110110111111111-17 10 11 11 10 10—7-24 



Gale 11111111111001110111—17 00 10 11 00 11-0-23 



Parbam .01111011011111111111-17 10 10 10 11 00-5-32 



Wheeler 10111101111101111111-17 11 10 10 00 00 - 4-21 



Bradbury 11111111011011010111-16 10 11 00 10 00-4-20 



Knowles 11010111111100011101-14 11 10 10 10 .10-6-30 



Curtis .01101101111011111110—15 10 10 10 00 00-3-18 



Black, 11111110110011111111—17 00 00 00 00 10-1-18 



Nichols 11111100111111111101—17 10 00 00 00 00-1— 18 



Bumstead OOOOOOOOtlOQillOlOOiP— 5 00 00 00 00 00-0— 5 



Keystone trophy match, 20 single Keystone targets, 5 traps, 

 10-bores at 18yds., 12-bores at 16yds., squad system, 5th compe- 

 tition: 



Nichols. . .11111111011111111111-19 Bradbury 10111111011101101110-15 



Wheeler.. 11111111111111110111-19 Cullis 10010111101110101111-14 



Black 1001011111011111 IP" <s Pa.;- 1 iioi.iiainiMmoi' 1-« 



'-Pile DiUOilOilOlllj i 101 -10 Knowles J 1 llOOllOOOtlllOOlll— 13 



Bowker ..11010111111110111001— 15 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS, Nov. 27— Ten blue- 

 rocks, 50 cents entry: 



Lyons 6 6 



Wyman 6 8 



Sunderman 5 6 



Way 5 4 



6 9 

 3 6 



7 8 

 6 



Simpson 7 8 8 6 



Eibscn 2 17 1 



Fussel 3 3 



4 3 



Sweep No. 1, 4 live birds, $2 entrance'. 



Lyons , 2 Simpson 4 Sunderman... 2 



Way 3 



Sweep No. 2, same: 



Way... 4 Lyons...., 4 Simpson ,3 



Sunderman 3 Eibsen 2 Wyman 4 



No. 3, same: 



Lyons 2 Simpson, 3 Wyman 2 



Way 4 Eibsen, 3 SundeTman 1 



No. 4, same: 



Simpson.. 3 Sunderman.. 3 Lyons...... 2 



Way 3 



Nov. 29 — Ten bluerocks. 50 cents entrance: 



Sigier...l0 9 10 9 9 8 9 9 10 Ost'rho't 5 . . 4.. 



Simpson 6 8 9 5 9 8 . . 10 . . Hunt.... 7 .. 7 7.- 7 



Lindsley 988789978 H'thw'y . 6.... 8 8 5 4.. 



Collins.. 8 9 8 10 8 8 10.. .. Gladwin 9 7 7 7 .. 



Clark... 7 7 6 5 7 9 Moffatt. 7 .. .. 



Matches at 4 live birds, $3 entrance: 



IjKler 1133—4 1111-4 Hathaway .2202-3 3001-2 



Simpson 1211-4 2111-4 Clark.,.,; 3313-4 



INTERESTING TRAP QUESTIONS. 



Chicago, 111., Nov, 29.— Editor Forest and Stream: t wish to 

 correct a statement in your report of the Chicago— Kansas City 

 shoot, which is not auite accurate in regard to my match with 

 Mr. Vories. At the same time I wish to go on record to the effect 

 that the referee made an erroneous decision against me on the 

 second bird 1 shot at, which was scored lost. The report states 

 that failing to kill my second bird, by reason of a misfire, I was 

 ordered to shoot, another bird, using a blank shell in the first bar- 

 barrel and a loaded in the second, and that I "pulled the loaded 

 barrel first." This was the general idea on this matter, but it is 

 not really exactly the case and I wish to state the matter precisely 

 as it was. 



My gun, a Scott premier hammerless, was, as I found later, in 

 need of a touch or so at the mechanism of the strikers, and it 

 troubled me with misfires. On the second bird I shot at I hit the 

 bird with the right barrel, but the left barrel failed to fire. The 

 bird lit just within the flags and on a line for the coops. I was 

 afraid to try the left barrel again for fear it would be too long a 

 shot and would start the bird out of bounds. I stood looking at 

 the bird to see what it would do. I claim I had a right to stand 

 and watch it. and to gather it at any time within 3 minutes, 

 under the rules, if I wanted to, but the referee asked wbat we 

 were going to do, and we agreed to shoot at another bird. Then 

 I did go to the score with a blank and a loaded shell, the blank in 

 the right barrel, which I shot first, and then happened what no- 

 body seems to have just right. I pulled on the right barrel first, 

 the blank shell, but not hard enough to discharge it. My finger 

 slipped to the left, or loaded barrel, and this barrel missed fire 

 and was never discharged at all. So no shot whatever was fired 

 at this second or alternate bird. Yet the referee gave it a "lost 

 bird." 



Now, what I claim is that this bird should not have been scored 

 lost, but I should have been given another bird, and if necessary 

 another and another, under just such circumstances. My reason 

 for this is that I was entitled to action on that second bird, as the 

 rules are two-barrel rules. My second shot was unused on the 

 second or on any bird for that bird's score, and I was barred from 

 a right thereby. The referee had no right to assume that I would 

 miss until after I had shot at least, and the fact that I snapped 

 the loaded barrel cuts no figure in the case. 



I claim tbat on my second bird instead of deciding "lost bird," 

 the referee should have decided "another bird." On this point I 

 should be glad to have a decision from the editor of the Forest 

 and Stream. The rules shot under were the new American rules. 



A. S. KleinmAn. 



Chicago, 111., Nov. 29.— Editor Forest and Stream: I wish to 

 raise a question in regard to t he action of the referee at a certain 

 point of the Abe Kleinman — Vories match in the Chicago — Kan- 

 sas City shoot. Many shooters of this city wish further to get a 

 decision upon the authority of Forest and Stream bearing upon 

 a point which was not actually raised during that match, but 

 which came very near being raised, and which may come up at 

 any time in an important match, and indeed often has done so. 

 The matter in cmestion transpired when Mr. Kleinman shot at his 

 second bird. Mr. Kleinman hit the bird with his first barrel and 

 the left missed fire. The bird lit just within the boundary and 

 the shooter stood looking at it. The referee, very widely trans- 

 xessing his duties, as it seems to me, for a referee is there only to 

 „ecide questions, and not to raise them, did not call "Dead bird," 

 but called out "What are you going to do about that bird?" The 

 captain of Chicago team did not answer, but Mr. M. J. Eich, who 

 was at the time extending the courtesies of a handler to Mr. 

 Kleinman, said, "We claim another bird." Mr. Kleinman being 

 apparently afraid of the distance, acquiesced with Mr. Eich, and 

 the claim was made and honored for "another bird." Before this 

 was settled the bird began to wobble, and in point of fact, died 

 within bounds before the second bird was in the trap. 

 On this much of the statement I wish to ask, 



1. Was not the referee wrong to ask, "What are you going to 

 do?" instead of calling "Dead bird," and waiting for the shooter 

 or his opponent to raise the question? 



2. Was it not the shooter who should be heard from before the 

 referee could act, and not his handler? 



3. If Mr. Klein mau had not agreed to handler Eich's call for 

 "another bird," would not his, the shooter's, voice be the deciding 

 one and the one on which the referee should act? 



I wish now to raise yet another question on the contingency 

 which did not actually arise, but nearly did so. Now, if the call 

 and agreement for another bird had not been made, and if that 

 bird were still on the ground, undecided, I claim that the shooter 

 had tie right, before he forfeited it by calling for another bird to 

 send the gatherer out after that undecided bird, and if gathered, 

 it to be scored "dead bird," and if not gathered, then he had the 

 right still to another bird, with his one blank and one loaded 

 shell, under the new rules of the American Association. Here is 

 where I think Mt. Kleinman let go a right that he could have 

 used. I would formally ask, therefore: 4. In case of a bird fired 

 at with first barrel, tne second barrel misfiring, and the bird 

 lighting within boundary, has not the shooter a right to claim 

 any action that may be given him by his first barrel, by sending 

 out his retriever to gather the first; and in the event of the 

 retriever failing to gather has not the shooter a right to claim 

 another bird, with a blank cartridge in his first barrel and a 

 loaded one in his second? 



Your decisions on the specific questions asked will please and 

 benefit a number of shooters in Chicago and everywhere else, for 

 these questions are such as arise at nearly every big tournament 

 or match, and no set of rules really covers all the points. The 

 new American rules were those in use in the Chicago-Kansas City 

 match. W. P. Musset. 



KANSAS CITY— CHICAGO MATCH. 



THE full individual summaries of the great Kansas City- 

 Chicago match will be given in our next issue, and they will 

 supplement, or put the gilt edge on what is universally conceded 

 to be the best report of that famous meeting of the giants. These 

 summaries tell the story of the scores completely, and will be read 

 with great interest. 



MACOMB, 111., Nov. 27.— Macomb Gun Club's Thanksgiving 

 shoot, 10 bluerocks, 3 bluerock traps, 18yds. rise, Keystone rules, 

 3 prizes: 



Walker 1011001111- 7 1110110001— 6 



Brooking 0000011011- 4 0110001000— 3 



Watson 0110010011- 5 1001010110— 5 



Head OlliiKUIi- f O10U01QG0- i 



Knapenberger 0101001111— 6 0110011101- 6 



Webb 0001001010— 3 1011001110- 6 



Kunse... 1111111111—10 0110010111—6 



Cochran 1011011001- 6 0100001101- 4 



Cherry 0001011011— 5 10H11H01— 8 



Wheat 1001011101— 6, 1100100111— 6 



Peokenpaugh 1010010001- 4 0001000000- 1 



Peasley 0100001010- 3 1000010001— 3 



D G Tuunicliff 1101111011- 8 llllllUlO- 9 



Geo Tuunicliff 0001010001- 3 0001100011- 4 



A Curtis 1000000011— 3 0110111110 -7 



Lodge 0101100000— 3 0000000110- 2 



D Allison 10111U010- 7 0000101111- 5 



T Allison 1011000001— 4 0101000100- 3 



Wm Tunniclifl! 1001010111— 6 0100001101— 4 



Hill 1101110010- 6 0011000101— 4 



D Curtis 0001011000- 3 10101110L1- 7 



E Allison 1110000111- 6 0011111111— 8 



Neece 0001000001— 2 1100010110- 5 



Mecum OOOOOOOOw 1110001010- 5 



Holmes .1011101010— 6 1100010000— 3 



Peril. e:ee ... .ee',. r.ee. ■ : : > ,e:.en ; i ;0 .- ; 



p.-eane-e . .Ji^'P,;- ., O.OP'UJ n . - 



Scott 0100100011— 4 



Kerns 0001100001- 3 



Chandler 0000000101- 2 



Wilson 0001000000— 1 



Adkinson , .0101000100- 3 



BlaisdelJ 1110011111— 8 



Rodgers , 1000010110- 4 



In the first match Kunse. first; Head, D. G. Tunniclifl! and Blais- 

 dell div. second; in shoot off for third Bartleson won. In second 

 match D. G. Tunniclifl: first; E.Allison and Chorry div. second; 

 in shoot off for third D. Curtis won. In justice to" the shooters 

 will say that most of the scores were very much poorer than 

 usual.— En Ami. 



MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB.— The lessee of the Middlesex Gun 

 Club grounds at Dunellen, N. J., has notified said organization 

 that under the terms of the lease, the fence, buildings and 

 grounds shall be vacated by Jan. 1, 1891, as the premises are 

 wanted for building purposes. At a meeting Nov. 39, a resolution 

 was passed that the property of the club, consisting of club house, 

 office, grand stand, fences, blue rock, Keystone and live bird traps, 

 pulling stands and all other property be offered for sale, and if not 

 disposed of by Dec. 8, the same be offered at public sale OB the 

 club grounds at 9 P. M, on the afternoon, of Doc. lit 



WATSON'S PARK.-Burnside, 111., Nov. 27.-Sweepstake shoot- 

 ing, Am. Ass'n rules, 10 birds, $5 entrance: 



G Hoffman 2210221222—9 Cap Anson 0102121011-7 



Babeuf 1112120010-7 Geo Watson, ... ....2000100212—5 



A Torkington .2122201100-7 C Burton .3221111200-8 



Ike Watson 0222122202-8 G Kleinman 1120121122-9 



W D Price 1111201221-9 Abe Kleinman. .... .1222001021—7 



Williams 2112122000—7 W N Low 0200021101-5 



EM Stark. . . OPPP'POP-:-. 'V p pr..r ,i . . 1211220211—9 



McOonnell 110110:3201-7 C B Dicks.. 1220310022-7 



Jim Finn 1122211011—9 



On shootoff first div. by Hoffman, Price, G. Kleinman, and tbird 

 by Torkington and Williams, second div. 



Same conditions: 



DaUon 11012-4 Fieldhouse 20212—4 



Joe Finn 22012—3 B Rock 12110—4 



Jim Finn 11112—5 B Babeuf 12110—4 



McOonnell 10101—3 Cap Anson 11211—5 



Warpool 11222—5 



Ties for first div., second won by Rock. 



Same conditoins: 



Jim Finn 211O0— 4 Cap Anson 11120-4 



W D Price 11120-4 G Hoffman 12211-5 



Williams 12020 -3 B Babeuf 12120-4 



McOonnell 20121-4 Ike Watson;.., 12121—5 



B Rock .....11112—5 Warpool 10220—3 



First and third div., second won by Babeuf. 



Miss and out: Abe Kleinman 12, Cap Anson 5, Geo. Kleinman 3, 

 G. Hoffman 12, E. M. Steck 4, A. T. Torkington 4, Jim Finn 10, Ike 

 Watsou2, Williams 1. Kleinman and Hoffman div.— Ravelhigg. 



THE DEAN RICHMOND CUP.- Editor Forest and Stream: 

 There seems to have been a good deal of controversy at the State 

 Sportsmen's Convention, at Lyons, last June, as to the conditions 

 under which the Dean Richmond cup was presented to the State 

 Sportsmen's Association, at Batavia, in 1873. Therefore I inclose 

 you a copy of the original conditions presented at the business 

 session of the convention at Batavia, for publication.— Chas H. 

 Finch. Wopy-1 Mr. Peck, of the Dean Richmond Club, after 

 some explanatory remarks, read the conditions under which the 

 State cup was given, in effect, that the club wiuning it shall give 

 proper security for ics production the following year, and shall 

 not obtain absolute possession till after winning it three times; 

 that the funds obtained from entries shall be set apart to the 

 amount of $1,000 or less for the purchase of another cup when this 

 one becomes the property of some club. The Dean Richmond 

 Club will surrender all right to the cup on the signing of this 

 agreement by the president of the State Association in behalf of 

 that body. The convention unanimously authorized the president 

 to sign the agreement. 



CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29— Mt. J. A. R, Elliott, the champion 

 pigeon shot, is iu town to-day, en route from Kansas City to New 

 York, Whither he is drifting to complete a few preliminaries to 

 the act of walking off with $20,000 of Mr. Macalester's money, or 

 leaving an equal amount of his own along New England's stern 

 and rock-bound shore. It is not tbought here that the great 

 match will be shot within a month or so, but it seems certain it 

 will be a go. Mr. Elliott has shipped his guns East, probably in 

 the hopo of trying some with Edgar Murphy, or any other gentle- 

 man who desires to meet him on the bloody sands. The opinion 

 here is common that Elliott has found $20,000, but the older judges 

 know it is no one's race. To-day Mr. Elliott is shooting live lirds 

 as the guest of the Washington Park Club, of this city, and the 

 boys here are doing what they can to entertain the genial Kansas 

 Cityan. Mr. Elliott in his late race with Billy Crosby killed 48 

 out of 50, Crosby only getting 39. The other day, in trotting a 

 friendly heat with Jim Riley, at 200 birds, he killed 186 to Riley's 

 170. Elliott is certainly in good shape and dangerous company. 

 — E. Hough. 



BOGARDUS.— Capt. A. H. Bogardus was married recently, at 

 Lincoln. 111., to Mrs. Lucy Heimer, of Philadelphia. Tbe Captain 

 has been a widower for several years. 



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Camp Life in the Wilderness.— A tale of the Richardson 

 Lakes with thirty illustrations. By Capt. Chas, A. J. Farrar. 

 Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1890. Price $1. 



From Lake to Lake; or a Trip Across Country,— A narra* 

 tive of the wilds of Maine. With thirty illustration?. Boston; 

 Lee & Shepard, Price $1. 



