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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Afril 28, 1891. 



ment feature in them enables a quick determination of the tot«.l 

 number of inches in the six shots. 



Any winner of tlie trophy shall hold it subiect to challenge tor 

 a term of two year?, after which it shall become his personal 

 property. Upon receiving achallenge the holder shall agree with 

 the challenger upon a place and date for their meeting not later 

 than six weeks from the receipt of the challenge, of which meet- 

 ing at least two weeks' notice shall be given through Fobest and 

 Streaji, and the shooting at said meeting shall be under the same 

 conditions as the original competitions for the championship 

 trophy. In case of a failure to agree upon a time and place of 

 meetlug they shall be lised by Fobest and Stream. 



The trophy shall be deposited in the custody of Fohest and 

 Stream at least one day prior to any challenge meet, and If re- 

 quired, holders must give bonds to Forest and Stream for its 

 safe return. 



The holder shall not be required to accept a challenge pending 

 the determiua+ion of a challenge shoot already under date. In 

 case of any dispute nbout the right of priority in shooting chal- 

 lenges. Forest Asd Stream shall determine the order of shoot- 

 ing. All expinses of targets and gallery will be borne by Forest 

 AND Stream. Contestants will defray all other expenses. 



THE TRAP. 



'.cores for publicaUon should be made out on the printed MankB 

 p spared by the Forest and Stream, and fivrnished gratis to club 

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

 t cularly requested to write an one side of the paper oiUy. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 sand in notice like the following: 



April 28.— Tournament of the Eastern Xew York League, at 

 Saugertie- Driving Park. 



April 28-30.— New Haven Gun Club, assisted by the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Assooiarion. S1,000 guaranteed. 



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

 John G. Smith, Sec'y. 



May 5-7.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club Tournament. S500 guaran- 

 teed. Professionals barred. Chas. W. Brister. Sec'y. 



May 5-'.'.— Brunoi's Island (Pittsburgh, Po.) Tournament, under 

 management of Shaner, Davison and Orow. E. T. Shaner, Sec'y, 

 PJttsbureh, Pa. 



May o-9.-Orand Tournament of the Hill City Gun Club, Vicks- 

 bure, Miss. Open to all. Geo. H. Hill, Sec'y. 



May 12.— Eastern New Yoik Trap-Shooters' League Tourna- 

 ment, held under the auspices of the West End Trap-Shooting 

 Association, of Albany, N. f.. at their grounds on Colvin avenue. 



May 11-16.— Fourteenth Annual Tournament of the Texas State 

 Sportsmen's Association, at San Antonio. W. L. Simpson, Sec'y. 



May 13-14 —Grand Tournament of the South Side Gun Club, at 

 Watertown, N. Y. Open to all, L. H. Prentice, Sec'y. 



May 13-15.— Meridian (Miss.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to 

 all. .L R- Alexander, Sec'y. 



May 13-16.— Harris burg, Pa., Shooting Association Tournament, 

 assisted by the Inter-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Associ- 

 ation. Three days targets. One day live birds. H. M. F. Worden, 

 Sec'y. 



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

 by luter-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Aseo- 

 ciation su^r intees Sl.OOO. 



May 26-28.— Wm. H. Wolstencrof t's Second Annual Tourna- 

 ment, at Faconv Driving Parli, Philadelpliia. Pa. Address Wm. 

 H. Wol t?ncrofr, Frankford, Philadelphia. Pa. 



May 30.— Canajoharie (N. Y.) (iun Club Tournament. T. C, 

 Pegnim. Sec'y. 



June 2-5.— Saratoga Gun Club Sboot, assisted by the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers* Association. Association guarantees 

 81.000. clnb adds S2,000. total S3,000. 



June 3-5.— Rocky Mountain Sportsman's Association Tourna- 

 ment, at Denver, Col. C. M. Hamrison, Sec'y. 



June 9-13. -Regular Annual Touruament of the Illinois State 

 Sportsmen's Association. W, L. Shepard, Sec^y, Chicago, 111. 



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

 Slate Ass.ociation for the Protection of Fish and Game, at Rome, 

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



July 2-1.— Third Annual Touruament of Canastota (N. Y.) Gun 

 Club. E. B, Roberts, Sec'y. 



BROOKLYN TRAPS. 



BROOKt.yN, N. Y., April 13.-The regular monthly shoot of the 

 Long Island Sportsman's Club to-day was well attended, and some 

 good shooting was done in the bluerock contest for the three club 

 badges. The first medal went to M. Sehottler, the second to Major 

 Gaeniber and the third to E. Bieber. Sweepstakes shooting occu- 

 pied the rest of the afternoon. The scores: Regular club shoot, 

 20 bluerccks each man, Lone: Island rules, ISyds. rise — M. Sehott- 

 ler 1«, 0. Wiascl It, Bieber 16, Fluegel 15, Haferl3. Schrengauer 11, 

 Kunzsveiler 15, Kress 11, Thielll, Guentherl6, Silber 5, Freseo, 

 Gnetz 9. Ranch 13, Gentzlinger M, Sfurtzle 8. In the shoot -oft' for 

 choice between second and third prize, miss and out, Guenther 

 broke 2 and Bieber 1. 



First sweepstakes, 6 bluerocks each man, club rules, 3 prizes— 

 Kunzweiler and C. Wissel each broke 5 out of 6; in the shoot -DtT 

 the former won. 



Second sweep, same conditions, Gentzlinger took first prize. 



Live-bird sweepstakes, 7 birds each man, moditied Long Island 

 rules— Kunzweiler 6, won first money; Silber and Wissel 5 each, 

 divided second prize. 



April Ik. — F. Leibinger, the well-known member of the Coney 

 Island Rod and Gun Club, and E.Helgans, a crack shot of the 

 Parkway Gun Ciab, met at the Dexter Park tc-iiay in a live -bird 

 match which had been arranged at a very short notice. The con- 

 ditions were 50 birds each man under moditied Hurlingham rules, 

 Leibinger to stsnd at 28yds. and Helgans at 30yds. rise, for ?100 a 

 side. The scores; Helgans 10, Leibinger 44. 



At the conclusion of the contest arrangements were made for a 

 return match tn be shot at Dexter Park, each man to shoot at 100 

 birds, for $100 a side, under modified Hurlingham rules, Leibinger 

 to stand at 28yds. and Helgans at 30yds. 



Ai>Hl i?.— Jeannette Jagd Club held its regular shoot at the Dex- 

 ter Park grounds tc-da.v. The meeting was well attended, but the 

 absence of Capt. H. W. Cordis, the popular president of the or- 

 ganization, who is justrecovering from an attack of sickness, was 

 felt by all present. S^me good shooting was done in the live-bird 

 event. 



Club shoot, 10 birds each man, 5 unknown traps, gun below the 

 elbow until the bird is on the wine, both barrels allowed: Class 

 A, SSyds. rise— C. Boesch 6. J. F. Rottmann 8, J.'Bohling 7. J. Vagts 

 7, C. SteffensS, H. Etien (SOydp.) 7, C. N. Brunie 7. C. Meyer 10. 

 Cla'JS B, 25yd3. rise— H. Winters 7, J. A. Christen 7, L. Eibsen 9, J. 

 ScharfC 8. H. Eibsen 8, C. Disch 8, J. F. Kroeger 8, H, Muess 3, C. 

 Reicbardt killed 3 out of 8. Class C, 21yds. rise— R. Russe 4, W. 

 Buenger 7. W. fiomhofl 8, H. Noble 4, H. Hoops 4, H. Straatmann 

 5, C.Mohrmann 7, L. Lehing 3, G. Loable 5, C, Adhers 8, 0. Wi!- 

 kens 8, A. lilee shot at 8 and killed 6. 



First sweepstakes, 5 bluerrcks each man, unknown angles, 

 31ds. rise, 3 prizes— Brunie and Reichardt 4, div. first money. 



Second sweepstakes, same conditions, but 18yds. rise — Steffens 

 5, look first prize. 



Third sweepstakes, same conditions as in the second event, all 

 ties div.— Winter 4, H. Eibsen 4, Muess 4, Mohimann 3. Loeble 3, 

 Busse 3, Meyer 3, Brume 2, Vagts 3, Steffens 3, Otten 1, Noble 1, 

 Bomhotf 1, Reichardt 1. 



BLOOMING GROVE PARK ASSOCIATION.— The Blooming 

 Grove Park Association opens the season with the intention of 

 making things a little more lively ftr their memVers. A number 

 of tournaments are annr.uuced for the following dates; April 25 

 and 27, May 30 and June 1. July 4, 6 and 7, Aug. 8 and 10, Sept. 5 

 and 7. Oct. 17 ardl9. On the first days there will be contests at 

 live birds and clay-pigeons and on the second days rifle shooting 

 and fl\ -casting, the latter only in the months of May, July and 

 Ociober. The live bird contest is for a $50 cup, at 10 birds each, 

 handicap rises. 28, 27 and .26ydf . men allowed or e miss to be 8C« r- d 

 as no bird, and 25yds. men and under allowed two misses to be 

 f cored as no bii-ds. Entrance fee .?5. The clay bird contests are 

 lor a $1.5 nrize at 25 clays each, entrance $3. The nfle shooting is 

 tor a S£0 cup, at 200yds.. ofl'-l aTid, only open sights allowed, 

 riesimal target, entrance $5. The tournan^ent committee is com- 

 posed of the following gentlemen, who will give full infonuation 

 to inquiring meanbers: Robert B. Lawrence,Frede.rick EixgJe, A. 

 L. Crommelin. D. A. Keyes and E. M. Youmans. 



WATSON'S PARK.— Burnside, 111., April 8 —The Lake County 

 Club's prac'ico shoot, at 10 live pigeons, Illinois State rules, small 

 sweep added: 



W J Edbrooke 2132113312-10 Hv Koehler 2111222110-9 



Nink Ford 0130123103- 7 J H Donnell 2210010210-0 



Col Bond 0223312120- 8 W L Shephard 2112221220—9 



L W Flasher 1231022120— S W O Scott 0300221111—7 



Ties on 9 divided second. 



Sweep at 5 live pigeons: 



Edbrooke 11323-5 Koehler 01211— t 



Ford 32310—4 Shephard llO^S'v— 4 



Col Bond 31111-5 W G Scott 11130-4 



Donnell 20220-3 Gabbus 00100-1 



Flisher 32001—3 



On shoot-nff Scott and Ford divided second. 



April The Gun Club of Chicago, for club medal, and added 

 sweep, at 10 live pigeons. Illinois .State rules: 



B Rock 1001031223- 7 M L Parker 0021003020- 4 



Hy Ehlers 1002:01010-5 F A Place 1000103000 -3 



Geo Hamline 0000222013 - 5 P Patterson 0110133000-5 



J L AVilcox 1200203103-6 



Blackbird medal: 



Rock 10100100100000111010-8 Wil cox . . , .011 1101 CI 11110000001— 14 



Hamline. ..OOlOiOllOlOOOOOOllll -9 Parker . . .00001110100000010101— 6 



Wilcox won medal. 



April ii.— The Pullman Gun Club, for club cup, and added 

 sweep, at 10 live pigeons, Illinois State rules: 



G tT^ardner 3002213311—8 Ike Watson 221123?m— 10 



Jim Finn 1011101210-6 M Wolf 131?233102— 9 



W Dallyn 0122122101-8 J Hackenbroch . . . .0110„'20100— 5 



C O Williams 0202232(i01-6 A Schootler 13020O00OO - 3 



F Teiple CO2111110O-6 Joe McConnell 0101211002 - 6 



CScleelh 1002231100-S AVanselow 2200301012- 6 



L Pickett 10300100:i— 5 



Thu-d divided. 



Match at blackbirds: 



Finn .1111110001— 7 Leiple 1001100011-5 



Gardner 1111111111—10 Hackenbroch 0000100001—2 



Williams (HlOOlOllOO- 3 Wolf OllOliniol— 6 



Dallyn IHllllllO— 9 Scleeth 0001010011-4 



McConnell 1011100100 - 5 



April ,9.— Match Jfor the Sporting Review Trophy, 20 live 

 pigeons, use of one barrel only, otherwise American Association 

 rules: 



Williams. 000130010000110110001- 6 Torking'nOOOOllOllOlllOlOOllO-10 

 J Finn . . . .11101100010011101110-13 Kleinm'n.01011110110000111100-11 



Five -bird sweep, $2 entry, one money. 



Abe Kleinman 11120—4 C O Williams 01013—3 



Jim Finn 00100—1 A Torliington 31121-5 



April The Fort Dearborn Club, tor club medal and added 

 sweep, 2 moneys, 15 live pigeons, Illinois State rules; those marked 

 (B) not in sweep: 



A Kleinman.. .110130122122100-11 *J L Wilcox. . .1120201(10202211-10 

 C Willard (B)..0312012l2002n0— 10 *A Steaford . . .110000021200011- 7 

 J Hutchinson, 201222211222200-12 *H Farnum (B)noO':0220IOLll]2— 9 

 Hf^nry Ehlers..2100222ni2mi— 13 *L M Hamline. 1020 11130023203— 10 



J E Price 310120201111131—13 *M Parker (B). 322212202132220— 13 



Al Hofmann... 010202112112212-12 *B Harper (B). 3301 20301100011- 9 

 W L Shepard ..00121 UtX)2111323-10 



Blackb'rd medal: 

 Kleinman llOllllllllllllHlll— 19 *J Wilcox.Ullin 11111 1111 0111-19 

 Hutch 'son OOTO11000200101011 01- 8 *B HarperUlllOllllllllllOOll— 17 



* Not members. 



Blackbird sweep, 1 money: 

 Kleinman lllllOllllfKllllOllll-16 B Harper.OOlllllllllllllOlOU— 16 

 J Wilcox . .OlOlOlllOlffiillOlllOl-12 



Ra^vtilrigg. 



NEWARK, N. J., April 15.— At Erb's this afternoon there were 

 nearly .300 onlookers, [and they were well rewarded in seeing 

 some good work. The first event was a match at 100 live birds 

 each between Charles M. Hedden, of thi.s city, and E. D. Fulford, 

 of Harrisburg, Pa., for a purse of S800 a side, the loser to pav all 

 expenses. Hurlingham rules, Hedden 30yds., and Fulford 38yds. 

 rise. M. P. Lindsley was referee and J. E. Wheaton and C. H. 

 Townsend scorers. The birds, taken as a whole, were a good lot. 

 The match was close in the first half, Fulford kiUing 49 to Hed- 

 den's 47, but in the latter end of the race Hedden seemed to lose 

 control of his gun and was shot out on ihe ninetv-third round 

 Falford 1I1212211111111121123110]1211121132I21121121U1:.'11 



3111122212111310111311103330213I03111I11111 -83 

 Hedden 12211031122221111121132221131120ol2U2212212231113 



1111012ill2212111122ll0102o030011313020U01 —SO 

 As birds were scarce and Hedden could not possibly win, the 

 match was ended at this stage. The next event was between 

 Chris. Reinhardt and W. G. Hollis, at .50 live birds, 30yds. rise, 

 31yds. boundary from center trap for $100. The match resulted 

 in a lie, as did both the match and shoot-off between the same 

 men two weeks ago. The same officials as in the previous match 

 were chosen. The score: 



Reinhardt 01()1001o231001330112nolo22130230220113210go3201ol-3a 



HoUis 000102o3211211ool022002ool01ool21233o222o211121211~33 



The tie was shot off at 15 birds each, Reinhardt winning by the 

 following score: 



Reinhardt 1112103roll]Q21-]2 Hollis 213131003100233— U 



A five bird match was next shot between Class and Castles, in 

 which each grassed 5 straight in the 31yds. boundary. The rest of 

 the afternoon was devoted to crockery smashing. 



TORONTO. April 14.— The West Toronto Junction Gun Club 

 held a shoot tc-day at 60 bluerocks, 30 singles and 10 pairs, double 

 rise, for a handsome silver cup, presented to the club. Sixteen 

 members turned out to try their skill on the long string of birds, 

 and some good shooting wa.s done considering the mis.erable 

 weather, Mr. P. Wakefield winning'- the trophy with the good 

 score of 41, closely followed by Mr. F. Henry with ^0 out of 50. 

 Following is the score at 50 birds from 3 unknown traps: 

 P Wakefield - 



loiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimi 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 ii 10-41 



G Henry- 



oiiioiiniuoimiiinniiioio 10 10 11 10 11 11 01 11 10 11—40 



G Jones— 



oiiiiiiimimuomooioiiiii 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 00 00- 36 



D Walton— 



iiiioiiiioimioiiiioiiouoni 01 lo 01 01 10 10 10 10 11 10-35 



T. Boswell 34, W. Dodge 33, T. Sawden 33. E. Dollery :30. C. Sin- 

 clair 30, J. Davidson 28, George 28, T. Charlton 38, W. McDowall 

 J. Fisher 26, D. Blea 33, W. Blea 23. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., April 18.— The thermometer reached 

 the highest point of the season to-day and the shooters were 

 forced to shed, not only their overcoats but cardigan jackets as 

 well. The score shooters put in their time at the firing points 

 and participated in the events, the winners being as follows: Six 

 targets- Gore. Six targets— Bradbury and Amsden. Five targets 

 —Moore, Six targets— Moore. Three pair targets— Bradbury. 

 Five targets— Bradbury. Six targets— Cowee, Gore. Am?den and 

 Bradbury. Fifteen targets-Barrett. Five pairs targets— Gore, 

 Barrett and Bennett. Six targets— Bradbury, Barrett and Ams- 

 den. Fifteen targets— Ban-ett. Nine targets— Cowee, Barrett 

 and Amsden. Five pairs targets — Barrett and Bennett. Seven 

 targets- Moore and Amsden. Threp pairs targets— Gore. Six 

 bluerocks— Cowee. Five bluerocks — Cowep. Three luirs stan- 

 dards—Porter, Cowee and Bradbury. Six hubs— Bond, Amsden, 

 Barrett ard Moore, Five hubs— Bund. Six targets- Bradbury, 

 Cowee, Barrett and Moore. Six hubs— Bond and Bradbury. Five 

 pairs bluerocks— Cowee and Bond, Fifteen hubs— Barrett. Nine 

 bluerocks— Bond. Six hubs-— \Yarren. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 13.— Champion Jim Elliott was shoot- 

 ing for the championship cup to-day against Charles W. Budd, 

 the crack shot of Des Moines, la., and tl;e way he knocked over 

 the pigeons filled the hearts of his admirers with joy. Just one 

 bird of the fifty did he miss and that fell dead out of bounds. 

 Despite the gloomy weather a large crowd was present. Budd 

 was slightly ihe favorite in the betting. The match was .50 birds, 

 30yds. rise and 80yds. boundary. Elliott used his old Greener and 

 Budd a Smith gun. Elliott had a little the worst of it in the birds, 

 but they were to his liking— fast flyers. Elliott's only miss was 

 the 21th, a right quarterer. The sr-nre was: 



Bud d 2222:222232313121110221122221230222122222121222002—46 



Eihott 3333211221211321222222:?022112111222S13223221232222- 49 



RED BANK, April 17.— The Riverside Gun Club held their 

 monthly live bird shoot to-day. The opening event was the club 

 handicap, 17 birds, S3 entrance. Phil Daly, Jr.. H. C. White, E. 

 M. Cooper, James Cooper, W. H. Little a^ d J. B. Bergen each 

 made straight f cores. In shooting off at 5 birds Daly and Little 

 each killed 4 and divided. M. F. Cornwell, John Cooper and A. 

 Ivins each got 6 for second money, ane in shooting off John Cooper 

 won. Second event— A ma' ch for SlObetween L. B. CampbeU and 

 P. Daly, Jr , S birds each. Campbell made a clean score, and Daly 

 tilled 4. Third event— Ten clay-birds, . I ohn Cooper won with 8, 

 A. Ivins and \V. Little each got 7. In shooting off Little won. 



WOLSTEKOROFT'S SECOND ANN UAL.-Franlsford, Phila- 

 delphia, April 17.— Will you kindly insert in your Trap Fixtures 

 for 1591 Che foUoii^ing dal t-s of my tournament: May 26. 27,38, 

 Wm. H. Wolstencroft'8 second annual tourjiament, at Taoony 

 Driving Paj-k, Philadelphia, Pa.— Wm. H. Wolstenchoft. 



PITTSBURG TOURNA.MBNT.-The fourth shooting tourna- 

 ment at Brunot's Island, Pittsbtrrg, Pa., will be held May 5-7, 

 $300 cash in guaranteed purses, and also a number of valuable 

 merchandise prizes. Management: Elmer E. Shaner, F. F. Davi- 

 son and Jim Crow. They guarantee..'R300 this vear and add all sur- 

 plus money, besides the guaranteed money. In addition to mon-^y 

 prizes, there are anumber of valuable merchandise prizes ofllered. 

 There are 23 gun clubs within a radius of 83 miles of Pittsburg, 

 comprising a membership of 454 persons. This alon-^ assures the 

 success of the tournament. All purses shall be diviiied into four 

 moneys; 40 per cent, to first, 30 per cent, to second, 20 par cent, to 

 third, and 10 per cent, to fourth. In ease of a tie any one in the 

 tie can ask for a divide, where their interest amounts to as much 

 as their entrance, and the balance can shoot ottt after the interests 

 of those asking for a divide have been deducted from the purse. 

 For further information, address Elmer E. Shaner. 122 Diamond 

 Market, Pittsburg, Pa , or F. F. Davison, 49 Federal street, 

 Allegheny, Pa. 



W0ODSlDE,L. I., AprillO -Vice-President H. Flegenheim-r, 

 of the Ma.nhattan Gun Club Invited his club mates to a shoot at 

 live birds and bluerocks and a subsequent dinner at Woodside, 

 L. I., yesterday. Seven men participated in the live bird contest, 

 7 birds each man, under modified Long Island rules, second bwrel 

 allowed. The results: F. Lambrecht 4, M. Litchenberger 7, H. 

 Flegenheimer 6, J. Bayer 7, A. Lucas 3, H, Bailer .5, G. Messer- 

 schmitt 5. In the following bluerock contest H. Bailer v/ou first 

 prize on 9 broken out of 10. 



SYR ACUSE. April 17. -The Syracuse University Gnn Club h«M 

 its first annual shoot on the campus this afternoon. Most of the 

 boys were out of practice, but the scores are quite good in spite of 

 that fact. The contest was a sweepstake at 15 clay-pigeons. J. 

 W. Young took first with a score oE 9, Miller second with 8, and 

 Darbonnier and Richardson tied for third with 7 each. The club 

 is fairly launched and a number of other students have promised 

 to join. Prof. Frank Smalley and several other members of the 

 facidty will also go in. Next week a meeting will be held, when 

 the club will be formally organized and arrangements made for 

 regular meets. 



TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., ApriTlS.-What proved to be the final 

 match at the live nigeon shooting contest for the Tuxedo Club 

 Cup, valued at Sl,003 took place to-day, and the cnp became the 

 personal property of Mr. Fred Hoey, this being his third consecu- 

 tive win. The contest which has been waging for the past four 

 years narrowed down to a trial of skUl between' Mr. Wm. Kant, 

 W. Breese Smith. Captain Money, Philip Allen, W. W. Wattroua 

 and. the winner of to-day's match. The contesti caused consider- 

 able excitement among the club members, and was witnessed by 

 a large crowd. The cup was presented to Che club by Mr. Pierre 

 Lorillard. 



INTER-STATE ASSOCI ATION.-The second shoot of the In- 

 ter-State Association will be given at New Haven, Conn., on the 

 grounds of the New Haven Gun Club April 28, 29 and 30. A large 

 attendance is expected and should be on hand, as the association 

 guarantees a large amount of money, and under the new system 

 of shooting protects the amateur. Shooters who want to send 

 their guns, shells or other ti-aps on ahead may forward them in 

 care of M. D. Folsom, New Haven, Conn., and they will be deliv- 

 ered on the grounds. 



INTER-STATE ASSOCIATION SHOOTS.— New York, Api il 18. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream; Please change your fixtures as fol- 

 lows: New Haven Gun Club, assisted by the Inter-State Manu- 

 facturers' and Dealers' Association, New Haven, Conn., April 2^^, 

 39 and 30, §1.000 guaranteed. Change amount of money to be 

 given at Washington to S1,000, and kindly note that this has b^en 

 changed at the request of the Inter-State Manufacturers' and 

 Dealers' Association. The Capital City Gun Club had offpred to 

 guarantee $1,000 more, but the association thought it would be'too 

 much money to ofl'er and it has therefore been withdrawn. Add 

 $l.t)00 to be guaranteed al Harrisburg by the association.— Inter- 

 State Association. 



TE.\ASTOURNAMENT.-The 14th annual tournament of the 

 Texas State Sportsmen's Association will be held at San Anlo",io, 

 May 11 to 16, Reduced rates on all railroads.- W. L. Simpson, 

 Sec'y. 



MISSISSIPPI.— The 8th annual tournament of the Meridan 

 Gun Club will be held Mav 13 to 15. Shooters from all parts of 

 the ljuited States are invited. National rules to govern all 

 matches.— J. R. Aeexander, Sec'y (Meridian, Miss.), 



EASTERN NEW YORK LEAGUE.-The tournament of the 

 Eastern New York League of Trap Shooters will be shot under 

 the auspicps of the Saugerties Gun Club, on the Driving Park, 

 next Tuesday. 



DENVER TOURNAMENT.— Denver, Col., April IS.-The third 

 annual tournament of the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion will be held in Denver, June 3, 3, 4 and 5.— C. M. Hampson, 

 President. 



HARRISBURG SCORES, received just as we are going to press^ 

 will be given next week. 

 WATCH our fixture notices at head of Trap. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoein« are 

 requested to forward lo Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all 

 items relating to the sport, 



THE CRUISE OF THE SHENANDOAH C. C 



AS DETAILED BY THE COMMODORE. 

 PART IX. 



We reached the deep gorge in whose depths Overalls Creek found 

 its way down from the mountains into the river. Another 

 gigantic, spidery trestle bridge appeared, springing from the tree- 

 tops on the summit of one lofty bluff, soaring over the gorge 

 apparently away up into the blue depths of the sky above us and 

 losing itself in the treetops on the other side. 



No signs of a station or other human habitation appeared. The 

 banks were densely wooded as before, and no spring was to be 

 seen anyivhere; while the twilight was rapidly deepening its gloom 

 around us, and the lofty bluff which faced us at the end of the 

 river vista in the bend below was growing indistinct in the purple 

 haze which shrouded it. 



•'I say, fellows, this is getting serious," said Lacy. "It's getting 

 dark and we must camp here, but we're no better off than we 

 were before. " 



"yes," said I; "we can't go any further to-night, for it wiB he 

 dark in a very short time. Here's a fairly good place for a camp, 

 barring the water, and I know there is a station up on the bill 

 there, and it can't be far away, and there must be water there; so 

 I'll tie up here and go and see," said I, as I opened my hatches, 

 picked up a camp kettle and sprang ashore. 



"All right," said George. "Lacy and I will drop on down to the 

 mouth of the creek, a hundred yards below there, and see what 

 we can find." 



I found a little path leading back from the river up a little 

 ravme and at once started out to follow it in the hope of speedily 

 finding the station. I followed it up the hill and through the 

 woods and up the ravine and over the fences and across a field or 

 two and down the road and along the railroad and I don't know 

 where all for half a mile until I finally reached the one house 

 which constituted the station, only to learn that they procured 

 all their water from a spring down in the bottom of the gorge 

 under the Ms trestle, along whose level top, as I now looked, the 

 shiniijg rails converged to a point almost before they were lost in 

 the dense shadows of the heavj^ trees on the further side, and that 

 this spring was but a hundred yards or so from where the boys 

 had landed- 



The people of the house, however, among whom were a number 

 of young persons, evidently visitors or summer guests, and all of 

 whom were assembled in a noisy, chatting group on the front 

 verandah and eyed me curiously as 1 approached in my strange 

 and not prepossessing costume, very kindly gave me all the water 

 they had. including a big lump of ice, with which I made my way 

 back to my canoe as rapidly as possible over the devious route by 

 which 1 had come, where, as soon as 1 appeared in sight, I was im- 

 patieiitly hailed by George and Lacyfrora below and informed as 

 I paddied briskly down to them in the gloaming— my bucket of 

 ice water on the hatch in front of me— that they had fotmd the 

 spring and a good place to camp; and I found their canoes already 

 in position for ibe night, up on top of the sloping clay bank Just 

 above the mouth of the creek, where, in a very short time, the 

 Frsjikie reposed comfortably by them. 



