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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 23, 1891. 



MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOClATrON. 



Boston, Jan. 13.-Riflemen, members of theMaFsaehusetta Rifle 

 Aesociation, from all parts of the Slate met this evening at the 

 Hotel Thnrndike, where they held their atimial reuniou and elec- 

 tion of oflficers. The business meeting was called io order at 6 

 o'clock hy President Lucius L. Hubbard. The attenriance was 

 the largest in the iiistory of the Association, about 75 members 

 and their friends beint' pr sent, A c'ub seal and colors, the latter 

 black and while, f ere ariopted. The idea of the ereciion of a 

 new club house at the range at Walnut HiU was broached, but 

 after a little discnssion it was referred to the directrrs. Dr. 

 Heber Bishop and Walter C. Cady were admitted to membership. 

 The election of officers resul'ed as follows: President, Lticius 

 L. Hubbarf3; Vice-Presidents. J. B. Fellows. J. A. Frye; Secretary, 

 Heiu'y S. Harris; Treasurer, W. H. Prescott. Directors, D, L. P. 

 Chase, O. it. Dickey, J. B. Fellows. J. P. Froat. J. A. Frye, H. S. 

 Harris, G. W. Hinman. L L. Hubbard, J. E. lielley, N. C. Nash, 

 W. C. Prescott, F. .7. Rahbeth. H. J. B.ockwell, W. P. Thompson 

 and G. Woodrutf. The floancial condition of the Association was 

 shown to be in a most satisfactory condition and the total mem- 

 bership to be 200. 



After the business meeting the memhera filed into the dining 

 room and sat down to dmner. After fuU J astice had been paid to 

 the me?iM and cigars had been passed around, President Lucius 

 L. Hubbard began the afternoon exercises. He hoped the organ- 

 ization would continue, in the future as in the past, making full 

 scores and upholdmg Massachusetts in her superiority in rifle 

 matt rs. He alluded to the probable new club bou?e and to the 

 high scores m'lde with the pistol, and then introduced Col. H. T. 

 Rockwell, who was loudly applauded as he rose to spe-iii fdr the 

 younger members of the Associatiou and also for the young men 

 of the State militia. Having closed his connection with the State 

 militia he cmld honestly say that since 1874 and 1875 this Associa- 

 tiouhas exerted a powerful and good influence on tlie militiamen. 



Cart. William H. Jackson was called upon as the next speaker. 

 On Nov. 10, 1875, he said, this association flre'l the flrst sliot, and if 

 it hadn't been for this association the militia of this State 

 wouldn't have fired a shot worth looking at. It was because we 

 urged tt along and gave them Col. Rocskwell that they have ac- 

 compl shed such good results, (.■Vpplaus^e.) Without Co'. Rockwell 

 at the head to serve as an incentive, the militia would iiave gone 

 along in the same old way. 



The first shot fired by the association at its range at Walnut 

 Hill was on June Ifl, 1878, and this was also the first spring 

 meeting. 



The fact that the associatiou had sent a team to Englnnd which 

 had come home. victoriouH, as had also a team sent to Creed naoor, 

 and that Mass^cbuaea.s stands far ahead of all other States iu 

 matters pertaining to mark.sman&hip, were pointed out by the 

 speaker. 



Ohaii man James A. Frye, of the prize committee, then awarded 

 those won by the memoers during the past year. 



Mr. Bai stow received a gold haedal for the highest ofi'-hand 

 score; Mr. Harris for the best oistol score (which is also the best 

 American record); James N. Frye, the Keystone trophy; and Mr. 

 Rabbeth, a medal for the best military riflfi score. Medals 

 won by ihe directors and those for the dillerent matches were 

 distributed. 



Speeches were then made bv Drg. C. H. Gerrisb, Heber Bishop, 

 Messrs. J. E. Leach, G. Whoeler, J. U. Frye and others. 



N. Y. CITY.— The Harlem Rifle Club lias just closed its yearly 

 competition, in which twenty-five members to 'k part. The 

 shooting was done on the club's range on Toird avenue, between 

 113th and lUth streets. Bronze, silver and gold badges were dis- 

 tributed among the marksmen m iking ten scores of 103, 107, and 

 112 or better on the 12-ring Massa?huse( ts target, lJ4-inch hulls- 

 eye. The totals and averages of the winning competitors, ten 

 scores to count, were as follows : 



THE TRAP. 



Silver Medals— T. Barry, total, l.llfi ; percenta.ge. 94.00 ; William 

 Tucker. 1,099, percentage, 91.58 ; W. Weeks, 1.100, peiceaiage, 91.67 : 



E. W. Busby, 1.093, percentage 01.08; W. H. Cochran, 1,099, per- 

 centage, 91.58 ; C, Mi ttnacht, 1,093, percentagp, 9158; J. R. Hard, 

 1,086, percentage, 90.50. 



Bronz« Medals- W. C. Walsb, 1,059, percfntagc, 83.25 ; H. C. 

 Keyes, 1,057, percentage, 88.08; C. Brusle, 1,056, percentage. 87.93; 

 R. Kurz. 1,0B6, percentage, 88.83 ; W. P. Beekman, 1,053, percent- 

 age, 87.78; VV. S. Hart, 1,059, percentage, 83,35; G. Mueller, 1,05.B, 

 percentage, 87 75; V. Krayer, 1,047, psrcentage, 87.35. 



The highest record scores made during the year were: Boy ken, 

 119; Keller, 118; Henry, 117; Hutch, 116; Barry, 115; Cochran, 

 114; Bushy, 114 ; Tucker, 113 ; Hard, 113 ; Keyes 112 ; Weeks, 112 ; 

 M'ttnar-hl, 112; Bodensiab. 113 ; Mueller, 113; Walsh. Ill ; Krayer, 

 111; Beekman, 110; Kurz, 110 ; Uulanv, 108 ; Brusle, ms ; Hart 108- 

 Keysfriau, 108; Denker, 108; Melaney. 106: Eiaer. 101; Van Der 

 Gurde. 100; Williams, O.S; Grammont. 97 ; Donuellv, 90 : Peterson, 

 86; McOliniock, 97. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 .-Shell Mound Park was crowded 

 to-day hy marksmen representing the different companies of the 

 NIational Guard. The Third Regiment Tobin trophy was in com- 

 petition. Comi>any B of ihat regiment being I he only one toenter 

 the cutest, won the prize with but little effort. The San Fran- 

 cisco Schneizan Verein competed for the medals of their com- 

 pany, and entered into the contest with much spirit and enthusi- 

 asm. The Independent Rifles completed their monthly medal 

 score. Tlje score made by the members who participated in tne 

 trophy shoot were not as high as expected, but as there was no 

 opposition to Company B the men were not as particular as they 

 otherwise would have been. A private match of 100 shots with 

 Springfleld rifles, under Creedmnor rules, was shot between Wil- 

 liam Glindeman and A. Ehrenpfort, two members of Company B, 

 Third Regiment. The scores were: W. Glindeman 413, A. Eh- 

 renpfort 430, Philo Jacoby. president of the California Schuetzen 

 Club, in company with Major Klose and Captain Thompson of the 

 San Quentin Guard, visitea tne new shooting park near San Ra- 

 fael to day. Major Klnse and Ojptain Thompson state that they 

 are about to bnilti a rangt^ at San Quentin and desired to get the 

 latest iaformai ion in regard t o sucii matter.s. The ne -v range near 

 San Rafael is almost completed. A laige building liOft, long, 

 containing a fine stand for spectators, has been erected. There 

 are twenty targets, and every convenience for the use of riflemen 

 will be 1 rovided. 



CANADIAN OFF-HAKD RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-The third 

 match of the series was snot Jan, 9 over the several ranges of 

 clubs, and was in every particular a grand success. Midland 

 came out ahead in (he team match, and J. W. Crossley of King 

 City won i he silver tropliy with a score of 90 and hMlr the entrance 

 money added; 10 shots each at 100 and SOOi'd*. The scores are as 

 follows: Midland 495, Aurora 467, Orillia 468, Tottenham 452, 

 King City 414, Uhthoff 400, Bolion 393, Second Orillia 392, Barrie 

 384. Byng Inlet 381, Parry Sonnil 325, Waubausbene 332. The next 

 match will be shot on Feb. 18. 



BOSTON, Jan. 17.— The weekly shoot of the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Associatiou was held to-day at its range, and although the con- 

 di'ions were unfavorable, several fine scores were made in the 

 oflhand m>itche.a. Following are the b°st scores finished to-day, 

 distance 200, ds., standard American targets: AH-comers' off- 

 hand match— W. Charles 89. H. Gushing 85, A. S. Hunt 85 All- 

 comers' rest match— S. Wilder 109, J. Francis 107, M. R. Barter 

 105, A. P. Loring 103, T. Warren 97, J. B. Hobbs 96, D. Martin 94. 

 M. T. Day 91, B, Jameson 90, C. H. Emery 87. Pistol match, 50yds. 

 -W. Charles 93, G. L. Hosmer 93, A. S Hunt 85. M. R. Barter 68. 

 A. D. Stephens 68, D. Martin 63. 



HOBOKEN, j\. J.— A good programme, for compel Ition in the 

 gallery is that of the Miller Rifle Club, of Hoboken. named after 

 D. Miller, foimerly a member of the Zettlers and the lounder of 

 the New Jersey organization which carries his name. Shooting 

 will take place on Feb. 1 at 1 P. M., Feb. 4 at 714 P- M., and Feb. 8 

 at 10 A. M., and close at 9 P. M. sharp. The conditions will be any 

 23 cal. rifle, 25 riag target, 50 cents entry, without limit, best two 

 scores of each shooter to count. There are seven cash pi izes from 

 $30 down to $1, a fine 83-oal. Ballard rifle with 500 shells, a self- 

 cocking revolver, and a gold-headed umbrella, put up as rewards 

 for good marksmanship, 



PISTOL CRACKS.— F. Lloyd, the pistol shot, has gone to 

 Europe, and will spend the rest of the winter at Nice and Monte 

 Carlo. The Bennett brothers, the well-known pistol shooters who 

 have been giving exhibitions in Paris, have returned from Europe. 



F. E. Bennett, the younger brother, will go to Texas and southern 

 California, his heslth making a sojourn in a milder climate im- 

 perative. After their return from the West, W. Bennett and Mrs. 

 Bennett will probably cross the ocean again and resume their 

 Paris engagement, 



GENERAL BENET.— Gen. S. V. Benft, Chief of Ordnance 

 United States Army, is to-day placed on the retired list of the 

 Army. 



HEREON HILL GUN CLUB.-Pittsburgh. Pa., .Taa. 20.-There 

 will be a three-day trap-shooting tournament h.eld at Pittsburgh, 

 P3,,, oil May 5, 9 aod ?,-;Bt5j[Bp E. S^:awb«, Secretary, 



Scores for puhUcation shfiuld tie made out on the printed bianks 

 prepared by the Foregt and Stream, and furnimed aratis to club 

 S6creta/r%e». Correspondents who favor us iiyith club scores arte par- 

 tietOarlD regtieated to %vrite on one side 0/ the paper only. 



WESTERN TRAPS. 



CHICAGO, Uh, Jan. 17.— The Illinois State Sport.smen's A=s.3ci- 

 ation met by its directors last Fridav evening, and claims aa 

 the dates for n> xt annual tournament June 9, and the Ave days 

 immediately following. This tournament will he a grand one it 

 is thought. The Audubon Club wOl probably guarantee a purse 

 of $1,000, besides the other heavy guarantees. The snoot will be 

 under the aui^pices of the Audubon Club. 



The Audubon Ciub met to elect offloers one evening this week, 

 but adjourned, no quorum being present. 



The Ft. Dearborn Club oflicers for the ensuing vear are: Pres.. 

 H. D. NiohoUs, Vice-Pres., W. L. Shepard; Seo.-Trea^., W. P. 

 Musaey: Board of Managers, C. D. Gammon, Henry Ehlers and 

 Harry Loveda^-. 



Both of the Ft. Dearborn medals were won for last year by Geo. 

 Kleinman, who holds the live-Wrd medal on 3 winnings out of 9 

 shoots, and the artificial target medal on 6 out of 9. The four 

 prizes for beat averages on live birds were as follows: Abe 

 Kleinman first, m% per cent., a suit of buntinff clothes; W. P 

 Mussey second, 93 per cent., a gun case; C. E. Willi.rd third, '.)V. 

 per cent., 500 shells; Geo. Kleinman fourth, &9i'„; per reni..apr..r 

 of hunting boots. The first average on artiliciafs was Gan. Klein- 

 man, Sl^c, per cent. The two medals won by the latter are valued 

 at $50 each. At the flrst regular shoot of tbf\ Ft. Dearborn for 

 1891 the following were Ihe scores. At live birds: 

 W H Skinner.. 112111122G0311O-12 H Ehlers. . : . .231131110121102—13 

 G K Kleinman]2321201U21113— 14 C E Willard.. .1111.21020010131-11 



W P Mnssey... 0001112 1 0120132— 10 C B Dick^ 01OU03:;O0D10101— 0 



J E Pnoe 211121121022131—14 H W Loved ay ,12001 ,2110112010 -10 



C D Gammon..l22l201121]0211-13 C Nitschke,., 100101100003101— 7 



W L Shephard022121]2210ill3— 13 Geo Airey 002101100.231311—10 



Geo. Kleinman and J. £. Price tied on medal. 

 At artificial 'argets: 

 GKl6inm'nlllll011111110110110-16 NitaehkcOllOUOlOllllOl 11111— 15 



Skinner. ..lOllOllGOlllllllllll—lfi Airey OlOOOUw 



Geo. Kleiimian won the medal in shottt-otf . 



On the same afternoon an interesti'^g little competiti"n oc- 

 curred between Mr. W. P. Mussey and Mr. R. R. Wadsworl 1>, 25 

 live birds, for fun. Mr. Mu5sey won, 21 to 19. He is lilctl v enough 

 trying his new-bored gun for 1 bp race in which he and M r. Wads- 

 worth shoot Messrs. Turtle and Haskell. A good deal of money is 

 going up on this race, but Billy and Roll ouglitn'i to care, because 

 they called it plain robbery from the first. 



At Des Moines, Iowa. Jan. 13, the Board of Directors of the Iowa 

 Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, congigticg of J, 



G. Smitli, Algona; Charles W. Budd, George L, Converse and 

 Nelson Royal, of Des Moines, met and arranged to hold tl^e next 

 annual State shoot at the grounds of the H'ghland Gun Club, of 

 Des Moines, May 19, 20 and 31 next. 



The Burlington, Iowa shoot is expected to be a succesp. Clinlon 

 nest. That will about clope the winter tournaments around here, 

 will it not? The ball will get a big roll at Detroit next Spring, 

 though. 



Jan. iS— The stalwart foi-m of Lew Harrison, of Minneapolis, 

 is to hs seen to-day towering among his Chicagi friends. Mr. 

 Harrison will be in town three or four days, hoping to see some 

 matches shot here betvveen Mr. J. A. R, Elliott, of Kansas Citv, 

 and some Chicago parties. Mr. Elliott arrived in toivn this morn- 

 ing, and says he will go back lo-moriow unless a match or 

 matches can be arranged. 



Mr. Fred Quimby, of Mew York, is also in the village, and will 

 remain for ahout a week. It is thought he is aft>'r Geo, Hofmaon, 

 who has been heard to lay claim to the title of Blae Island cham- 

 pion. Fred is looking a good deal like Fred. 



The ma'^ches at MaK-saw-ba grounds Saturda v were verv inter- 

 esting. That ''casti of robbi»ry" that Messrs. Mussey and Wad-- 

 woith talked about came pretty near not being such a bad case of 

 robbery after all, there bemg only cne bird to spate. The totals 

 of the score were: 



R B Wadsworth 45 W H Ha-^kelJ 12 



W P Mussey 40-8:5 RAT nrlle 42-34 



Just before this race BUly Mitssey had the misfortune to break 

 the bridge of his elegant side-bar glasses, and the skillful optician 

 who repaired them brnke out on« of tiie window panes in doing 

 so. He did not say anything about this, but just put in another pane 

 of glasf,, witbout mueh reterenee to Its optical* luagnifying quali- 

 ties. The consequence was that Billy could see fwn pigeons all 

 the time, one U- good way off and nno right close up. " He may 

 thTefore he siid to havn ^hol ai 100 pigeons in his score, and if he 

 got 40 that isn't bad. 



Mr, Musse>' and Mr. R. C. Stevens also got together on this Mat- 

 saw- ba occasion for a single barrel race, '^"25 and 35," and once 

 more B'lly won. Sc ore. Mussey 19, Stevens 16. 



We may have an Elliott race or so to chromelc here this week 

 some time. E, HotJGH. 



WATSON'S PARK, Burnslde, 111., Jan. 8.-Chicago sportsmen, 

 for Shooting Eeriew cup, 20 live birds, $10 entrance, American 

 Association rules, use of one barrel only: 



F Willard. 11101111111 111100111-17 Anson HlllllllOlOlOllllOl-16 



Kleinman..lll01111111111111111-19 Wadswor'bOOlOlllIlOmiUOlU-lS 

 Atwater . . .OlllllimilllOlllOl-17 Foss ..... - .lOOOllOlllOlllluOlOl-13 



Skinner, ..OlUOOlimiOmoOOO-13 Rock 11111011110100111111-16 



L Willard. 01001111111111111000-14 Eirh 11111011111101111101-17 



Babeuf imiOOllOllOnillOl-15 Turtle 00111101111111100110-14 



Geo. Farmer, F. Place, J. E. Pi ice, C. S. Wilcox, W. L. ^^^clls, 

 Ike Watson, John Whitney, W. Dillyn, A. Lockington, Geo. Airy, 



H. Ehlers, J. R tbbing and M. Wolf withdrew. 



Jan. 10.— Pullman Gun Clun, lu live birds, Illinois Slate rules; 

 C WiUiams 0123120100-0 C Seleeth 2100201011-6 



W Dallvn 000301)1222—5 



JK Finn 21102H100— 7 



E M Gardner 0112221010-7 



T W Warpole 3011013103-7 



G Fieldhonse 022022O-'00— 5 



Wm McOonnell.. , .0213310101—7 



P Teenle 2010000201— 4 



John Cox 3111120201—8 



RAVBLtaOG. 



FRENCHTXiWN, N. J., Jan. 15.— Shoot given byW. C.Apgar, 

 of National Hotel. The day was all that could ho desired aud the 

 birds were a gnod lot. First event, miss and out, American Asso- 

 ciation rules, $1 entrance: 



M J Lindsley 3 E Hoffman 0 AM McMutrie 0 



W C Apgar 1 G. Tunnison 3 A Case 2 



O Heist 4 J Von Master 3 H Milburn 2 



AHBi-inker 3 Col Stackhouse. ..4 R (lano ,.0 



HEilenberger 3 J O'Neil 1 w Haljes 3 



J Wanford 1 Brink.. 0 Pllaljea 0 



J as Garner 4 



Ties on 4 div. 



Second event, 4 birds, 3 moneys, $4 entrance. Third event, same 

 conditions; 



Lindsley 3 4 Warford 3 4 W Haljes 1 3 



Apgar 3 4 Van Master 3 3 Eilenherger "4 3 



Case 3 Wanda 3 Tunnison 3 



Garner 4 3 Brinker 3 3 Hoffman 3 



Heist 3 3 McMutrie 3 4 Gano 3 



Stackhouse 3 O'Neil 4 4 Cafy 4 



Milburn 3 Brink 4 4 Loper 3 



Miss and out. one barrel, won by Brinker and Oaty. 



PHILADELPHIA CLUBS.— The annual meeting for election of 

 officers for 1891 of the John F. Pole Gnn CiuQ was held on Jan. 8 

 and result e< I in the selection of the foUowiug officers: Pi e.*ide.^t, 

 Thomas Lamar; Vice-President, George Single.v: Secretary, David 

 Hays; Treasurer, David Singley; Asst. Captain, J. G. Lower; 

 Official Scorer, J. E. Riday. Snooting grounds. Rope Ferry Road, 

 east of Philadelphia Driving Park. C. C. Caldwell is the captain, 

 and his address is Nineteenth and Mifflin streets, Twenty-isth 

 Ward, The Bierkel Gun Club has elected the following officers 

 to serve for one year: John Sisom, President: Goo. Leflerts, Vice- 

 President: Benj. Glenn, Treasurer; Wm. E. Broiigh, Secretary. 

 Chas. Klotz, Official Scorer; Edward Penn, Assi tant Official 

 Scorer; Jos. Sisom, Field Captain; O. Scandlin, Assistant Field 

 Captain; Wm. Candy, Director. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 14.— The attendance of the membprs of the 

 Coney Island Rod and Gun Club at Woodlawn Park, L. I., to-dav, 

 was one of the best seen this season. It wa.s the regular monthly 

 shoot of the club, and the princiiial prvin was the Schliemann 

 medal, with the ustial extra club prii^es. Twenty-f our members 

 went tothe traps to shoot under the usu*,! club rules. H. Mc- 

 Laughlin, R. Dwyer aud D. Monsees killed 7 birds each aud tied 

 for Hi st prize. On shooting off H. McLaughli!i outskot D. Mon- 

 sees in the seventh round and woti the liadi^c and first monev. 

 The other ties for second and third place wt-re not shot off on 

 account of scarcity of birds, so the winners in each class divided. 



Jan. 26.— The Parkw^v Gun Club held its first shoot of the year 

 to-day at the Dexter Park shooting grounds. Only 11 members 

 went to the traps to shoot for the club badges and extra prizes. 

 J. Blake veas the only man to kill 7 straight and took the emblem. 

 The others were satiated to divide the second money, 



ALGONA, Iowa, Jan. 8.— A very pleasant shoot took place be- 

 twt en Charlie Budd, Charlie Grim and John G.Smith. "Uncle 

 John" furnished the birds and a better lot never left the trap. 

 They did not need any scare ron^s to start the birds. When the 

 traps opened away went the birds like lightning. The hoys had 

 to shoot the match in the mornine on account of Charlie Budd, 

 who bad to he in Des Moines that night. A cold, white frost 

 covered everyt'dng, and the shooters were obliged to face the sun. 

 It was almost, impossible to see some of the birds as they went 

 over the snow. The "northern birds" are very tough in cold 

 weather, and most of the birds that got over the short bounds 

 dropp d d*ad out- of bounds. Hardly a bird escaped without 

 being hard hit. Many of the birds would get out a few feet and 

 drop dead. Uncle John went to the trap flrst. His first bird was 

 a strong right auarterer, which he killed with the second barrel. 

 Charlie Bitdd was next with a left incomer, which he killed with 

 second Then came Charlie Grim. His flrst bird was a left in- 

 com r, which he stopped with his flrst. Charlie Grim had verv 

 hard luck. Many of his birds dropped dead out of bounds. A 

 large company was present and all seemed to enjoy the shoot very 

 much. Had the shoot taken place in the afternoon there would 

 have been two thousand people in attendance. Both Budd and 

 Grim are ereat favorites hero, and;every shooter in the Northwest 

 knows "Unr le John." He is a terror to wild geese, canva' backs 

 aud redhead ducks, and when he is on a "duck pa8=." a wild duck 

 that comes within 50yds. of his gun has but little chance to get 

 a way. Score: 



Smith 2103011120113111033131133 



11020320 1320103231031 11102 

 1102320201313201131133211-59 



Budd 3111013103112033122022111 



1220210230121021211112133 

 2111111003311211011210111-63 



Grim 1101 20 1 031 10121222131001 3 



1U20021.00120011020012003 

 1202201120211111211101311-54 

 S. S. Sbssioks, Sec'y. 

 TORONTO, Jan. 10.— The match between Capt. Tymon and Mr. 

 Dowland for the McDowall champi onship cup at 30 birds each, 15 

 with the use of both barrel;) and 15 with one barrel only, was shot 

 this afternoon at St.ark's grounds and proved to be a most inter- 

 esting exhibition of skill with the shotgun. Mr. Dowland killed 

 26 out of 27, at which point his opponent being unable to equal his 

 score the shootiug ended. 



Jan. 17.~Mv. George Henry, undaunted by Mr. Dowland's fine 

 sho ding in his recent match for the McDowall cup, has chal- 

 lenged him to shoot for it. Henry was defeated by Dowland for 

 this cuj) in December, but thinks he can ca'ch up with him this 

 time. The match will be shot on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, 



Jan 27.— The members of the Owl Gun Club held their semt- 

 anni-.al shoot for the Moore cup at Stark's grounds. Eastern 

 avenue, on Friday and Saturday, the IG'h and 17th. On account 

 of the very severe weather the attendance was not large, but the 

 .'iiooting was above the average. The competition was very ex- 

 cifing. Four members have won the cup twice, and on its being 

 won three times by any one it becomes his property. Mr. Chas. 

 Ayre won it tor the flrst time on Saturday, proving himself this 

 3 ear the champion Owl. 



FREEHOLD, N. J., Jan. 20,-The higgest shooting event that 

 has been held in this county for some time past came off to-day 

 on the grounds of the Freehold Club. It was a team shoot. Four 

 teams of twelve men representing the Daiton Club, the Now 

 Brunswick Club, the Freehold Club, and the Riverside Club of 

 Red Bank took part. The prize was a handsome silver punch 

 howl, with silver cup and tray. Each club paid an equal share 

 for the purchasing of the prize. The conditions were as follows : 

 Kive tTrtps, twenty clay birds to a man, American Association 

 rule to govern. A representative from each team was chosen for 

 judge, and Carl Von Lengerke was chosen referee. The men sliot 

 m squares of four from each team. The result was as follows , 

 Riverside Team, 186; Dtyton Club, 179; New Brunswick Team: 

 187; Freehold Team, 166. The betting before the match was in 

 favor of the Riverside team, but on the first eighty birds of each 

 team the Dayton Club got 1-5 in the lead and wete the favorites. 

 Some of the Riverside men, who thought their ciub would win, 

 got 3 to 1 for their money, and there was lots of it to he had. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., .Jan. 17.— The severe storm to-day fiid 

 not prevent a good attendau'eat the grounds of the Wellington 

 Club. Nearly a score oC men faced tne traps and t'ied to "find" 

 the blue rocks and clay pigeons that flew with great speed In 

 almost every d'rectiou from the traps. Tnere are few clean 

 scores, but still some good shooting was done for such a dav. In 

 the single cup match, at 15 singles and 5 pairs standards, Cowee 

 won by breaking 23. The other scores were: Leslie and Stoue 20; 

 Herrick 19; M^lehcr aud Perry IS; Bradbury, Gore, Sanborn and 

 Moore 16. The special match at 25 bluerocks, for a silver mustard 

 mug, was won by Leslie with 21. TUe other score? were; Gore 

 and Stone 20; Melcher and Bond 18; Perry 17; Perrick, Bradbury 

 anel Moore 16; Stanton ami Cowee 15. Twenty-four sweepstake 

 matclies followed. A new rule was adopted which does away 

 with shooting off ties, so that the money is divided according to 

 the scores made. 



HARTFORD GUN CLUB.-Hartford, Conn., .Tan. 15.-Inclosed 

 And announcement of the formation of the Hartford Gun Club. 

 With our excellent facilities, large membership and experienced 

 trap-shooters who are in the club, we expect to have one of the 

 most successfnl organizations in the State or New England. The 

 Hartford Gun Club was organized Tuesday night, .Tan. 13, in the 

 Franklin Rifle Club rooms. The following officers were elected: 

 Allen Willey, President; John Holt, Vice-President; C. H. Bur- 

 bridge, Secretary; Sidney E. Clarke, Treasurer; Directors, John 

 Melrose, S. J. Besi.or, F. H. Whittlesey, E. R. Paxou and 0. Whit- 

 ney. The committer on eonatituciou and by-laws will report on 

 the 20th. The club starts with 35 members, and a club house, 

 traps, platforms and all the accessories for trap-suootmg at their 

 grounds at, Union Orovo. F. H. Whittlosoy donated the club a S5 

 I silver pitcher, to bo shot for at the ftrat annual shoot.— Allkn 



j WiLLET. 



I LONDON. Out., Jan. 19.— The programme for the big winter 



shooting t nirnament to be held in this city Jan. 26, 37, 38, 29 and 

 30, under the anspices of the London Gun Club, has juat been 

 issued, and offering such liberal prizes as it does, it will no doubt 

 attract all thv. leading shots to thi.s city. 



I RED BANK, N. J„ .lau. bj,— The Hiveiiiide Gun Club had their 



' monthly live-hird shoot to-day. aud 1 here was a good attandance. 



I The opening event was the club handicap at 7 birds. John Bergen 

 won witli 7. Six miss and out races followed. Final event. — Team 

 shoot, 1 bird.-, each, losers to pay for all the birds: H. C. ^^^l^Le, 



! £. M. Cooper and A. Ivinn wore the winning team, killing 9. 



I The losing team was Fred Beale, John aud Jam->8 Cooper. 



GUN PR ACTICE AT HOME.— The pneumatic supplemental 

 I gun barrel is a little device which enables home practice to he 



taken with a field gun— a single pellet is discharged each time 

 I without either fire, smoke or noise. There is a barrel of bi'a,ss 



tubing which Is inserted in the barrel and the pressing down of 



the piston head sets the weapon, which is discharged by the 

 I ordinary trigger puU, The cost of sample is but S3 50 from B. K. 



Tryon, the well-known gua dealer of 10 North eth street, PMla- 

 ! delphia. 



' ORILLIA, Out., Jan. 14.— In a match for a stake of $10 a side at 

 25 bluerocks Jake Gaudanr, the oarsman, shot 20 to Mr. J. Her- 



I bert'slS, which, considering tbe snowstorm, was very good shoot- 

 ing. 



Ko Notice Taken of Anonytnoas Oorregpondenta. 



A. W. J., New York.— Will you let me know through your paper 

 where and how the dogs are entered for the dog show, and when 

 the entries are closed. Ans. Write to Mr. James Mortimer, 

 44 Broadway, New York, for list and information. 



S S., Detroit, Mich.— I liave a pointer bitch, thoroughly broken, 

 but have a pedigree of her mother only. She la a fine specimen, 

 and 1 wish to enter her with a litter of pups; Howard Barnes's 

 (of Detroit) Lansdowne was tbe dog used. Now, could you inform 

 me if she would stand a show? Ans. Your question is cert linly a 

 puzzler; we cauno' answer it. Your hitch before st e cmo >ie 

 shown under A. K. C. rules must be Hated in the Kennel Gazelte. 

 Write to A. P. Vredenburgh, 44 Broadway, New York. 



Names and Pohtraits ov Bibds, by Gurdon Trumbnli. A 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 Identify without question all the American game birds which 

 they may kilL Clotfe, fflO pages, price Whi sale by FOBMT 



