94 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Feb. 19, 1801. 



m — ENDTTBANCE. 



a. Each gun to be fired 500 continuous rounds without cleaniTig, 

 using the magazine. The state of the breech meehatiism to he 

 examined at the end of every 50 rounds. 



h. With magazine loaded but held in reverve, each gun to i^e 

 fired as a single loader 100 continuous rounds without cleaning; 

 condition of breech mechanism and of the cartridges in magazine 

 to he examined at conclusion of firing. 



rv.— DUST. 



With the mechanism closed the piece to he exposed in the box 

 prepared for that purpose to a blast of fine sand-dust for two 

 minutes, removed by blowing thereon and wiping with bare hand, 

 and th'^n fired 20 rounds xinder the following conditions: 



a. Magazine empty when exposed. Refore firing load magazine, 

 fire balance of cartridges as a single loader, then those in maga- 

 zine. 



if>. Magazine loaded when exposed. Remove and wipe cartridges, 

 reload and fire as above. 



T.— DEFECTIVE CARTRIDGES. 



Each gun to be fired once with each of the following defective 

 cartridges: 1. Crosa-lileri on head to nearly the thickness of the 

 metal. 3. CutatintervR.l'saround the rim. 3. Witli a longitudinal 

 cut ilie whole length of the cartridge, from the rim up. A fresh 

 piece of wMte paiDer, marked with the number of the gun, being 

 laid over the breech to observe the escape of gas, if any occur. 



An.— EXCESSIVE CHARGES. 



The piece to be fired five times as a single loader with cartridges 

 in which the charge of powder is so Increased as to produce a prps- 

 sure in the chamber about one-third greater than that caused by 

 tlie Frankford Arsenal experimental cart ridge. 



VII.— EASE OP MANIPULATION. 



Facility of manipulation by members of the Board . 

 Any gun whose breech action or magazine system fails in any 

 of the foregoing tests will not be submitted to further tests. 

 SUPPLEMENTARy TESTS f 



I.— DEPBCirS'E CABXRIDGEa AND DUST. 



a. As a single loader: To be fired with two defective cartridges, 

 Nos. 1 and 2, and then to be dusted five minutes, the mechanism 

 being in the mouth of the blow-pipe, and closed, but at full-cock; 

 then to he flred 5 slir>ts, the last two defective Nos. 1 and 3; then 

 without cleanina to be dusted with the breech open and fired 5 

 shots. The piece to be f teed from dust only by pounding or Avlping 

 with the bare hand. 



b. As a magazine arm: Same as "a" except that the cartridges 

 for the subsequent firing will be placed in the magazine betore 

 dusting, and fired therefrom afterward. 



II.— RUST. 



The breech mechanism, receiver and magazine to be cleansed of 

 grease, and the chamber of the barrel greased and plugged, and 

 breech action closed: the butt of the gun to be then inserted lo the 

 height of the chamber in a solution of sal-ammoniac for 10 minutes, 

 exposed for two days to the open air standing in a rack, and then 

 flred 20 rounds, loading magazine and holding it in reserve until 

 remainder of cartridges have been fired, using gun as .single 

 loader, then firing those in magazine. 



HI.— EXPLOSIONS IN' MAGAZINE. 



The liability to accidental explosion of cartridges in tubular 

 magazines will be tested by charging the magazine, and then giving 

 the gun a vertical jolting motion for two minutes; repeating with 

 the magazine but lialf loaded. 



IV.— DISMOUNTING AND ASSEMBLING. 



The comparative ease and relative time required in dismounting 

 and as8eml)ling the breech and magazine systems of the different 

 guns wiU be determined. 



To further determine the comparative rapidity of fire and 

 facility of manipulation of various arms, each gun will be fired 30 

 shots by three men to be selected by the Board, loadiuK from the 

 cartridge box and firing from the shoulder, with aim at an "A" 

 target 100yds. distant. The average of the three trials to be the 

 record'^d time of firine 20 rounds. The magazine to be loaded 

 from tlie cartridge box before the start, the remainder of the car- 

 tridges to be firpd away first, using the gun as a single loader, and 

 the magazine to be emptied last. 



Such additional tests or repetition of previous ones \s may 

 seem advisable will be made by th(? Board m its discretion. 



i-To he applied only on such arms as have passpd through the 

 regular tests in a manner satisfactory to the Board. 



BOSTON, Feb. 14— The regular weekly shoot of the Massachu- 

 setts Rifle Association was held to-day at its range. A large 

 number of sbooters were on banri, but unfavorable weather con- 

 ditions prevented high scores. Mr. N. C. Nash flnisbed his ten 

 scores in the "seal medal off-hand match," and won the first 

 gold medal in this match, and Mr. W. O. Prescott won tiae bronze 

 membership badge. Below are the leading scores made to-day, 

 distance ^yds., standard American target, re-entries allowed: 

 All-Comers' Rest Match. 



S Wilder Wi F W Chester 100 IB Thomas 88 



T Warren 104 F C Towne ?8 J French 84 



A H Ballard 104 AN Mann 97 J B Hobs 83 



S T Crawford 103 D Martin 93 



All Comers' Otf-Haad Matcli. 



W Charles 83 A Winchester 73 AN Mann ;.. .64 



S C Sydney 77 M F Bates 69 J B Hobb (Mil.) .. 6i 



MTDay 77 IB Thomas 66 D Martin 63 



OMHoward 75 TBond(Mil.) 65 



Pistol Practice Match, 50yds. 

 W Charles 88 AG Stevens 87 



On Washington's liirthday this association will offer six silver 

 cups in its regular rifle practice match, open to all comers, with- 

 out any extra charge for entry. 



TORONTO, Feb. 13.— Ttie Off-Hand Rifle Association of Ontario 

 stiot t he second macch of the series last week. Some of the scores 

 are below the average, the falling off beine caused by the high 

 wind, some clubs not havine anv wind-break. 



Teams of Five Competitors. 



Bradford No. 1 435 



Aurora 447 



Bradford No. 3 4o2 



Scarboro No. 1 397 



Point Edward..; 387 



Toronto 374 



Scarboro No. 3 313 



Teams of Sevea 



Bradford 



Aurora 



Competitors. 



641 



607 





569 



Everett 



Highland Creek. 



5n6 



553 



456 





835 



Orono 265 



The next match of the association will be shot on Tuesday, 

 April 7, at which a number of other clubs have signified their in- 

 tention of competing. 



ZETTLER'S B ANGE.—The match shoot between the Manhat- 

 tan Club, of New York city, and the Secaucus Olub, of New Jer- 

 sey, look place at Zettler's range, 331 Bowery, on Thursday even- 

 ing. Fob. 12. At times botli te^ms shot well, but the fine manner 

 in wfiich the local marksmen 1 andled their rifles at critical 

 moments won the contest by 103 piints. The target in use was of 

 the 3i-ring kind, and all scores were made from a possible total 

 of 250 points. The result follows: 



Manhattan. Secaucus. 



Pingpank 380 Bergkamp 227 



Sehiemme 239 W Kngelhrecht .210 



Elser 227 Woeekner 218 



Kruse -326 BuehrauUer 316 



Lappe 235 Luhra 215 



Bulthaupt 335 H Engelbreclit 215 



Wellbrock 232 Kunz 308 



Monsees. 319 Hefflick 204 



Garbade 215 -2,018 Block, , 193- 1,915 



There will probably be at least ten shooting societies of this city 

 and vicinity rnpresented in the team trophy match at the Zettler 

 Club's headquarters on Washington's Birthday. 



CONLIN'S REVOLVER SIATCH.— The coming revolver match 

 at Conlin'a gallery will be u-ique in som-^ of its features. The 

 tournament will begin with the novices who hav« never scored 50 

 or more points in six shots on the decimal target. Thea the ama- 

 teurs wiLh records from 50 to 54 points will compete, and tlie last 

 two weeks will be open to the experts wtio nold records of 53 

 points or better. 



REVOLVER SHOTS.— Feb. 14,— The scores made by the mem- 

 bers of the New York Pistol and Revolver Club are increasing 

 with every day of additional practice, and the club will soon find 

 it necessary io either change the target or adopt rules which will 

 keep the marksmen from shooting the entire evening and select- 

 ing his best target as a record. To-night's results at the St. Mark's 



ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 10.— For the past several weeks 

 the mombers of the St. Augustine Guards and the people of the 

 ancient city have anxiously awaited the result of the rifle contest 

 for the State championship, to be competed for by teams repre- 

 senting the State military organizations. As an extra induce- 

 ment for good results, the citizens sub.«cribed a purse -^f $50, both 

 of which prizes were shot for and won tin's afternoon by the Hali- 

 fax Riflfs of D^iytona, Captain Charles M. Bmgham. The contest 

 tock place en tbe range in North City ,vr 3 P. M. to-day, the dis- 

 tance beine 200yds. Excepting a stifi* wind from the south, every- 

 thing was favorable. The following is the .score: 



Halifax Rifles. Wilson Battery. 



M M Maltby 2 2 2 4 3-13 J H KornahrensS 0 0 4 0-6 



B N Stevens ... .4 5 4 4 2- 19 D T r4erow 4 3 3 3 4^17 



C L Smith 3 0 3 2 4-11 L 1 Stephens 0 5 3 3 3-13 



O W Stevens 3 3 4 4 4-18 Tbpo Ball 3 4 4 4 4 19 



CBaliough 3 3 4 4 5-19 80 J Gumbinger. . . .4 4 4 3 4-18— 73 



Gem City Guards. St. Augustine Guards 



P B Bnrt 2 3 4 4 4-16 F H Gr<-atorex ..3 4 4 3 a— 17 



W M Boyd 0 0 :J 3 4- 9 G F Olivpros . .3 4 5 3 5-20 



J L Crary 3 4 4 4 4 -19 C R Hill 4 0 0 0 3—6 



O H Wigg 4 4 3 0 4-15 W E Hinch 4 3 4 3 3-16 



B E Dyson 3 4 4 2 3—16-75 C A Graves 4 4 4 3 4— 19— ?8 



HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y.. Feb. 14.-I inclose the scores of the 

 Hoosick Falls Uifle Association, made at their range. Standard 

 American targets, 200yds. off-liand: 



Dr May burg 7 8 6 9 10 10 10 9 8 7-84 



Hairy Parsons 9 8 9 6 9 8 7 10 6 7-79 



C H Palmer 96 10 487 10 93 10-76 



R Lansing 8 5 4 8 6 5 7 6 8 10-67 



F Lansing 9 9 8 7 8 9 9 5 9 4 - 77 



HARLEM CLUB, Feb. 12.— To-day saw the last of the three 

 days' prize shoot which has b'»en in progress at the Harlem Rifle 

 Club's range since Monday. L. Fitch, of the Zettler Rifle Clu", 

 led tmtil late in tbe evening with the handsome scores of 74, 72, 72, 

 total 218 out of ,225 points, while .1. A. Bjyken, D. Michael and 

 other N'^w York cracks tried their best to equal or overcotne bis 

 score. With tbree scores of three shots eaclQ to count they had a 

 big contract on their bands. It being the closing day of the shoot 

 all the rifle clubs of this city a,nd vicinity were represented, many 

 members of the Zet tier Rifle Club. iVlillpr Rifle Club, of Hoboken, 

 Bull's Head. Turtle Bay and Empire Rifle cUitis of this city, Wil- 

 liamsburg Shooting Society, aud Excelsior and Hudson R ifle clubs 

 of Jersey ' Jity being present. During the last two hours of the 

 contest the old Essex Indian, J. Coppersmith, appeared on the 

 range and, after a short and decisive struggle, managed to reach 

 first place. J. Hitch tied with L. Flach for second place and also 

 captured the second premium for the five best, scores. J, A. Boy- 

 ken, to whose hard work much of tie meeting's success is due, 

 was fourth and E. Fischer, of th« Millers, was fifth. First pre- 

 mium. So, for I h'^ best five scores. .1. Coppersmith, Essex Indians. 

 71, 73, 73, 73, 74— 364 out of a possible 375; second premium, g3, for 

 the next best five scores, J. Hitch, 72, 73. 73. 72, 74—363, 



CHICAGO, lU., Feb. 11.— The delegates of the Northwestern 

 Military Rifla Association of the National Guards m^t this morn- 

 ing at the Wellington Hotel. Tbe following delegates were 

 present: Colonel Foster, of Iowa; Colonel C'haniler, of Minnesota; 

 Colonel Gabblin, of Michigan; Colonel Winsor, of Wisconsin; 

 Colonel Rice, of Illinois; General Vance, of Illinois, president, 

 and Colonel Gulden, of Wisconsin, secretary. The meeting was 

 held for the purpose of arranging for competition in rifle shoot- 

 ing between the teams from each State. The contest will be held 

 Sept. 7 of this year, probably at SpringQeld. The winning team 

 will receive the Washburne trophy.— H, 



WALTHAM VS. KEi'ES.-Oue of the first events after the 

 opening of tbe outdoor rifle shooting season will be a 100 shot 

 match for a hamlsome trophy between Presidant D. Waltber of 

 the Z=ttler Rifle Club and H. C. Keyes, of the Harlem Rifle Club. 

 Mr. Keyes challenged the prtsiding officer of the Zettlers on 

 Wednesday evening, Feb. 11, during the prize shoot of the Harlem 

 Club, and the cballf-nge was promptly accepted. The maicli will 

 take place at tbe Cypress Hill range, under the following condi- 

 tions: 100 shots each man, oft- hand, on the German 35-ring target, 

 12in. buUseye, ^^m. rings, distance 3oyds., the loser tojiaythe 

 shooting expenses. Mr. Keyes has tbe privilege of naming the 

 day, Mr. Walther having declared his readiness to shoot at any 

 time. 



ANOTHER TARGET.— The new "amateurs' " target, designed 

 by Zettler Brothers, especially for beginners at gallery, rifle or 

 pistol shooting, has a bull-eye l%in. in diameter, with an inner 

 ring counting 10 This target is a good one for beginners, the full 

 possible not seeming to be so far beyond their skill as it it does on 

 the finely-ringed 35-ring targets. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publicaMon should fte made out on the printed blanhs 

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

 secretarie«. Correepondents u'Tio favor U8 with club 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: 



Feb. 17'20.— Annual Winter Tournament Davenport (la.) Gun 

 Club. Live birds and inanimates. Address J. F. Kray, Sfc'y. 



Feb. 19.— Hartford (Conn.) Tournameni. See notice elsewiiere. 



March 24-36.— Detroit Tournament, assisted '^y the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. $1,000 guaranteed. 



April 38-80.— New London (or New Haven) Inter-State Associa- 

 tion. 



May 5-6.— Algona (la.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 John G. Smith, Sec'.v. 



May 5-7.— Pittsburgh Tournament. Open to all. Elmer E. 

 Sbaner, See'y. 



May 19-21.— Washington (D. C.) Capital City Gun Club, assisted 

 by Inter-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Club 

 gives Sl.OOO, Association guarantees $1,000, total S2.U0O. 



.June 3-5.— Saratoga Gun Club Shoot, assisted by the luter-Sfate 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Association guarantees 

 |l,000. club adds $3,000. total $3,000. 



June 15-19.— Thirty-third Annual Tournament of the New York 

 State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, at Rome, 

 N, Y. M. R. Bingham, Sec'y. 



THE IOWA TOURNAMENT. 



CLINTON, Iowa, Feb. 3.— The second annual tournament of the 

 Clinton Gun Club commenced to-dav, on the coldest morning 

 we have had this winter. The wind during the first day blew a 

 perfect gale from the west, making tbe shooting exceedingly dif- 

 ficult on right quartering birds; in fact, on all kinds, and bird 

 alter bird was killed dead, and after being killed in the air, the 

 wind would Wow them over the flag. 



The shooting was done under modified American Association 

 rules, and the scores made by =ome of the ackaowledgpd best shots 

 in America will sbow how difficult the shooting must have be* n; 

 but the hnys were here to shoot, and notwithstanding the inclem- 

 ency of the weather, shot throughout the entire day. that is, until 

 4 P. M.. when the cold weather was too much for them and they 

 were forced to give it up for the day. i>ome brilliant shooting was 

 done by all par lies concerned, and bird after bird was killed 40 to 

 60yds. with the second barrel, but there was an uncertainty about 

 tbe shooting all 'lay that made it impossible for the best shots to 

 shoot with accuracy. Many of the birds would stand in a sleepy, 

 dazed condition, perfectly without life, would give a spring of a 

 foot, perhaps, from the ground, and before ttie shooter could pos- 

 sibly get aim on them, their flight and the wind wotild drift them 

 from 15 to 25yds. from the traps. Many and many a bird was lost 

 by the drifting of tlie wind, the wind blowing so "trongly that the 

 shooter had to brace himself to keep it from blowing him out of 

 his tracks. Just as the shooter was ready to shoot, and before he 

 could check himself, the wind would catch the birds, and bis 

 charge would be anywhere from 3 to C£t. one side and behind the 

 bird Take it all in all, every one conceded it to be the most difn- 

 cult dav they ever shot. 



The cleanest killing for the first day was done by Mr. Batcheller. 

 of St. Joe, Mo., who made clean scores ana seems to center all his 

 birds. It was not a Question of luck with him, but seems to be the 

 rare judgment he displayed in shooting just at tbe right lime. It 

 hardly seems fair to particularize any individual shooting, as in 

 order for any one to have a show for division of any of the purses 

 hP bad to be on his metal and shoot with all his skill. 



The grounds of the Clinton Gun Club aro beatitifuUy situated 

 wi'hin^a few minutes ride on the street cars from the hotels, and 

 the gun olub are doing all they can to make it pleasant for tbe 

 visitors. To-morrow, the second dav, bids fair to see a great many 

 more present than to-day. and should the weather be calm, so as 



to give the shooters some chance against the birds, no doubt some 

 excellent scores will be made. 



It was the constant remark to-day that the shooters could not 

 remember when they had seen such a uniformly good lot of birds 

 fis were shot at, as all the squabs and po"r flyers had been weeded 

 out, and with plenty of birds on hand each shooter bad to shoot at 

 .a selected lot of birds. Following are the scores of the five days' 

 shoot- 



Ji'eb. 3.-7 live birds. 5 traps, 28yds. rise, 50.vds. boundary, Ameri- 

 can Association modiflpd rules, four moneys: 



OShaw So21201- 5 Anson 1202321-6 



W Duer 2112112—7 Cropper 2101110-5 



C W Budd 1023311-6 McMurchy 1102313-6 



O P Ankeny ]2i31ll— 7 Batoheler 1132211-7 



G Strawn 1111200—5 Jerome 0010133-4 



rTjattin 2331103-6 B FAnkenv 3310023—5 



Spencer 1113131—7 Keller 0021010-3 



Reese 3101301—5 Wonster 3221U1— 7 



Parish 1102112-6 J B Smith 1120120-5 



First money div., second div., third B. F. Ankeny, fourth div. 



Ten live birds, same conditions: 



Parish 1311111210- 9 McMurchy 0031223211— 8 



BF Ankeny 201oo22231— 7 Budd 1221022031—8 



Batr-heler.. 1131111221—10 Stice ,200122olll- 7 



Jerome oll3101o31- 7 Shaw 2l30333.'-30- 8 



Avery o201111?ol- 7 Cropper 0122011000—5 



G M Leffingwell. . . .222322o323- 9 Reese 0110110313— 7 



Duer 2200122011- 7 Wooster 1111210133— 9 



Spencer 1201213100 - 7 Laflin 1111112111—10 



An-on 1032221(123- 8 J B Smith 1131112120- 9 



O P Ankeny 3111211120- 9 



Ft' st money div. by Batoheler and Laflin. second div by G. M. 

 Lefllngwell, Wooster and Smith, third Budd, fourth Reese. 



Feb. U. — Ten live birds, same conditions: 



Duer 121121oil2— 9 Spencer 1121212111-10 



Ht-ece 1212221131—10 Anson ,2ol22H203— 8 



O P Ankeny 1211213122-10 Batoheler 1121121)121— 9 



W D Leffingwell . , ,021211122o— 8 Strawn .2000]02o30— 6 



Reicster ;1131232011— 0 Laflin 1101121111— 9 



How^ard 311102o221— 8 Wooster o331222011- 8 



Keeler 2100031221- 7 Jerome 2023223203 -8 



McMurchy 1112011111— 9 Stice 1112110121— 9 



Quim*.y 0233102313— 8 J B Smith 02102300w— 4 



Cropper 211o3110]0— 7 B F Ankeny . . 1031323103— 8 



Budd 1133311323-10 G M Leffingwell, . . .323322o322- 9 



Ties div. 



Fifteen live birds, same conditions, 815 eutranf-'e: 



Budd 111123133om31-14 GMLefflngwell22223o30S23?o33— 13 



Reese 113131102201100—11 Anson 211332003213202—13 



McMurchy. . 011111231111131-14 Wooster in03ol013Ll301— 11 



Quimby 113311310203323-13 O P Ankeny. .,Iolll21101:ili 21-13 



Spencer 220321221310o23— 12 Barnes 1222312011.2.3313—14 



Duer .322312oni12311— 14 J B Smith 131131133321133-15 



Jerome 013ol31IS21ll22— 13 Howard 1113imi013101-13 



Stice 212213112311123—13 B F Ankeny . ..322102322110113— 13 



Batcheler . , .111131113122133-15 Ruble 2323302oll21ooO— 10 



Lafli n 1211 1312 1 Ho 10 i-13 



Batoheler and Smith div. first. 



Feb. 5.-15 live birds, SOvds. rise, 815 entrance: 



Davenport 231311122311o32-14 Wooster o] 1113232212213— 14 



Batoheler oO 11112211 11100-11 Orapuer Ci03031201o -v —5 



Lindsley 22133232olo03-23-13 Quim'by 33221232ol22323-14 



Duer 223011110111113-13 B P Ankeny. ..331032222111035-13 



Stice 3221 331 15223o30-13 Anson Ilolll302101 111-12 



Bud d 231321 313 1 31 1 02-14 Eic h 101 1 3 13m31312-14 



Jerome o3133132020 033-11 Barnes 3221213o-.-133031— 13 



O P Ankeny... 2321 1303l2ol023-13 Reese 111022111121131-14 



Laflin 10113231 oo 12023-11 J B Smith 101130131110112-13 



G Leffingwell .322212222323200-13 iVIcMurchy. ...1012122310101ol-ll 



Moneys divided. 



Feb. 6,— 10 live birds, 30yds. rise, $10 entrance: 



Batoheler 12011ollll— 8 B F Ankeny 1131133132—10 



Elliott 1222131121—10 O P Ankeny Un2oll21— 9 



Duer 1321111331—10 Tucker 110311.2110— 8 



Budd Iimi3111-10 Jerome 1333110313- 9 



GlvHeinman 31311311,31-10 Barnes 201303:3220- 7 



Anson 1111001131— 8 Laflin 0231111110- 8 



Ties on 10 shot off, B. F. Ankeny and Duer dividing. Other ties 

 div. 



Team match, at 35 Peorias, 5 traps, 18yd8. rise, American Asso- 

 ciation modified rules, $50 a side: 



Ruble 1111011111111101101101111-31 



Strawn : 0111111111100111111111111-23-43 



Spencer 1 01111 1 01110111101 1 1 11101—20 



G M Leffingwell 1111111101111111101111111-23-43 



The tie and match was shot oflE, same conditions: 



Ruble 1111111111111111111111111-35 



Strawn 1111111110111101110111111—33-47 



G M Leffingwell 1111111111111111111111111-35 



Spencer 1 1111111111 10 111111111101-23-48 



Feb. 7.— Shoot 1, at 10 live birds, 5 traps, 30yds, rise, SOj'ds. 

 boundary, A. A. modified rules. $5 entrance: 



W B L'-fflngwell. . . .1021011210-7 Strawn 1313111111—10 



Laflin 0311101110-7 Batcheler . 1220111111— 9 



G M Leffingwell . . . 3222203233-0 B F Ankeny 2113303311— 9 



Smith .1212101111-9 Barnes 3ol20H121- 8 



0 P Ankeny 1312011211-9 Divided on 9 and 7. 



Shoot 3, same conditions: 



W B Leffingwell. . . . 1111222320-9 Strawn _ 1013131121—9 



Laflin - C011101311— 7 Batcheler oll0210211— 7 



G M Leffingwell . . ..121ol22I10-8 B F Ankeny 003202U11— 7 



Smith 323111om— 9 Barnes 1313110000 -6 



0 P Ankeny 1113101313 - 9 Divided on 9 and 7. 



Shoot 3, at 10 live birds, 5 traps, 30yds. rise, SOyds. boundary, A. 

 A. modified rules, $10 entrance: 



Batcheler 1121133311—10 Barnes o31o333320-r 



J B Smith 1113ol3332- 9 G M Leffingwell , , . , 120o333233— 8 



Budd lllUimi— 10 Ties on 10 divided 3 moneys. 



Feb. 9.— Oq last Saturday after the closing of the more import- 

 ant sweepstake sbooting in the big tournament here, a most inter- 

 esting contest of individual nature transpired between Mr. J. A. 

 R, Elliott, of Kansas City, and Mr, C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, The result was something remarkable. 98 and 96 in a 100 

 bird raf-e is not likely to be seen again. Mr. Elliott tied the score 

 made by Mr. Budd in liis match with Frank Kleintz, and Mr. 

 Budd's score of 98 is so remarkable a one of itself that there can 

 be no sting in his defeat, though his many Iowa friends would 

 have liked to see him win. Tbe sveather was cold and disagree- 

 able, following the halt blizzard of earlier in the week. The birds 

 were the best obtainable. A very large crowd of spectators, per- 

 haps 1(X10, witnessed tbe shoot. The performance of each man was 

 magnificent, and better work with 13-gauge guns under Slbs, was 

 never seen anyvvhere in the world. Both shooters seemed in good 

 form, as indeed they must have been, Mr, Budd has been s'eadily 

 gaining in this respect during the past year, and is doing good 

 shootins now rignt along. He used a 73^1b. L. U. Smith, Mr. 

 ElLott a 7J^lb. Greener. A little luck either way might have 

 a tered the result, but it was a pretty race, and no complaint was 

 he%rd an > where. Mr. S. A. Tucker as reieree was perfect. Fol- 

 lowing is the score: 



Elliott 1333H2211333211211133102212;?23211121]0S3212I31313 



23133233123212311112131 1 2311 1 122131223211211331111—98 



Badd. llol33]3113313-'3113121221223322321123 llolSll .3213 



23311131111132211311130121213331221221113123123102—96 

 J AT Bee. 



N. y. STATE ASSOCIATION.— The convention and tourna- 

 ment of the New York State Association for the Protection of 

 Fish and Game, at Rome, N. Y., occurs June 15 to 19, inclusive. 

 The outlook now is lhat the convention will be the largpst in the 

 history of the association. We are pushing tbe matter, and 

 thoioughly advertising it, and we wan' every one in the State 

 who is interested in trap shooting to "send bis address on a postal 

 to the secretary, and he will receive something that is of interest 

 to him regarding if. Our programme will be attractive in every 

 way, and ^\y■ want every one to have the benefit of it.— M. K. 

 Bingham, Secretary. 



TUCKAHOE, N. Y.— The annual shooting tournament of the 

 Tuckahoe Gun Club will be held on their grounds Feb 33, with 

 shooting at blue rocks and live pigeons, to begin promptly at 10 

 o'clock, pooi lively no postponement on account of the weather. 

 The programme includes 15 events, as follows: Five bluerocks, 

 entrance 50 cents; 10 bluerocks, $1; 15 bluerocks, 55150; 30 blue- 

 rocks, $3; 4 live nigeons. $8; 5 bluerocks, 50 cents; 10 bluerocks, $1; 

 1.0 bluerocks, S1.50; 20 bluerocks, $2; 5 live pief ons. S5; 5 bluerocks, 

 oOcenis; 10 bluerocks, §1; 15 bluerocks, §1.50; 30 bluf-rocks, $3. 

 Closing event, 10 en'ries to fill, 3 prizes only, 8 live birds, entiauce 

 §8; first prize, Parker hammprless gun; second, leather Victoria 

 gun case. Shooting from 5 traps. Keystone system, American 

 Asso'-'iation rules govern biuerock shooting, Hurlihgham rules 

 govern live bird shooting. Ten eutries, purses divided, Qsat, 

 second and third moneys, except at elcsin.^ event. 



