£64 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 11, 1892. 



rent., and then where would the amateur's chances be? lam 

 fain to say that at present the expert rules are a little too hard. 

 The idea of handicapping is to place all on an eaual footing, i. e., 

 to give all an equal chance to win. but after close study I am in- 

 clined to think that those in the expert class are handicapped to 

 be sure losers in the long run. Of course where there are hut two 

 or three experts competing two of them hare a chance to par- 

 tially save tnemselves on average money, but the others have to 

 zo to the wall. What is needed is a rule that will be a compromise 

 between the present expert and semi-professional rules, and the 

 sooner such a. rule is drafted the better. The semi-professional 

 rule is all right and none of the men in that class are likely to 

 complain. 



The crowd at the grounds grew much larger after dinner, and 

 the numuer of entries ran from thirty to forty, the Beores also 

 being up to the average. At one time during the af terr-oon there 

 were fully six hundred spectators on the grounds, this being a 

 good showing when it ia considered that the shoot was held over 

 three mile9 from the city of Baltimore. It was intended to run 

 off a portion of the first day's programme after the current events 

 were finished, but as the regular events ran up to 6 o'clock this 

 project had to be abandoned. Daring the afternoon Dr. Weyman, 

 while shooting in the amateur class, had a close call from a 

 serious accident, tne chamber of his gun being blown entirely 

 out. Fortunately be escaped without a scratch. 



A feature of the day's work was the splendid form displayed in 

 the expert class by "Little" Nea t' Apgar, who broke 89 3 J0 per cent, 

 of his targets. This is a remarkably hi??li average under these 

 rules, and is seldom rear-bed. W. R. Fieles also distinguished 

 himself by running up 88 5 10 per cent, in the semi-professional 

 class. Willy Wolstencroft was away off in form, and did not 

 seem able to pull himself together. During the day 4,460 targets 

 were thrown. There was a auirantee in each of the ten events. 

 In one of these the entries fell 20 per cent, short of the amount 

 guaranteed, this being the only shortage. The unanimous opin- 

 ion of those present, both subscribers and contestants, was that 

 the future success of the association was assured. Had the first 

 day been clear, there would certainly have been an average of 

 fifty or more entries in the events. Below are detailed scores of 

 the first day's work: 



No. 1, 10 singles, §1 50 entry, $20 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 1111011111-9 Apgar 1011011111-8 



Wol s ten croft 0001010 1 10—1 



S' mi-ProfPssional Class. 



Feiles 1111111101-9 Bond 0101110110-6 



Breininail llirjnoiliO— 0 Blackburn 1011001 on— 6 



John ...101C011111-7 Jones 0101100110—5 



Amateur Class. 



HiU 0100100101—5 Haddox 0011101110- 8 



WGClark 111l0tUll-9 North 1111100111— 8 



Stevens 111U11101-9 Park OUOilllll- 8 



Hartlove 1111111001—8 Barcus 1111100111— 8 



Cleaver • . .1111101111—9 Turtle 1111111111—10 



Evans 1111111110—9 Fulford 1011111111— 9 



Mack 1110101101-7 Terry 1111111010- 8 



Mover 0010110101-5 Malone 0111001110- 6 



McVicar 0011001011-5 Jack 1111111010- 8 



Summerson 11110U1U-9 Weyman 1011111011- 8 



No. 2, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $20 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 1101001111-7 Apgar 1111111111—10 



Wolstencroft 1100011110-6 



Sptui- Professional Class. 



Breintnall 1111100111-8 Blackburn 0011010101-5 



Bond .1111011101-8 John 0011101011-6 



Fieles 0 101 01011 1-6 Jones 0101001 100-1 



Amateur Class. 



Fulford 1001110111- 7 Summerson H01000H1— 6 



North 0110111111-8 Barnes 1111110101-8 



Clark 1111111111-10 Cleveland 0101000101-5 



McVicker 1111100 J01- 6 Terry 1111101111—9 



Nover 1100101103— 5 Weyman ]0m01111-8 



Cleaver nOOllllll— 8 Howard 0010000100-2 



Evins ,1101011011- 7 Park 1111111110—9 



Wilb .1101011111— 8 Tuttle 1111011111-9 



Zach 1011011100-6 



Daiikmeyer 1111110011—8 



Fuller milOllli-9 



Anderson 1110101111—8 



Hartlove 1111111111-10 



Jack 1111101011- 8 



Haddocks 10.;0100011— 1 



Stevens 1011111110- 7 



No. 8, 15 singles, 81.59 entrance, §50 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 111011111001111-12 Apgar 111111011tllll0-13 



VV olstec crof t. . 110111001101111- 11 



Semi-Prot'essional Class. 



Brientnall 111110111111101-13 Bond 101111001111001-10 



Feiles 111111111111111-15 Blackbird 011111101111101-12 



Johns 011011111111111-13 Jones 001100011001110- 8 



Amateur Class. 



North 101111 1111 10 100-11 Cleaveland. . . .101110111110111— 12 



Clark milllllllllil-15 Mack 111001111111111-13 



Nover 000001011111110 - 8 Stevens 001101101100101- 8 



McVicker 101001110011001- 8 Evans 111001111111011-12 



Haddox 110111110111100-11 Barcus 011111111000010- 9 



Fulford 101011111011111-12 Terrv .110100111 100000— 8 



Park lOinilOOllllOOl- 9 Dankmever. .. .111000111110111— 11 



Summerson... .001110101011011- 9 Hartlove 111111011111001-12 



Tuttle lOmiimiim-14 Anderson 111011111111110—13 



Fuller OOinnilllllll— 13 Jack 100011011011010 - 8 



Weyman 01H00001110011— S Cleaver 101111101111001—11 



Wiebley 1111000 11110101-10 



No. 1, 20 singles, $3 entrance, $50 purse: 

 Expert Class. 

 Miller 1111011 lOimilOUOl-16 Wolsten- 



Apgar 11101111110111101111—17 croft. . . .11111001111110100101—14 



Sem -Professional Class. 



Fielf s 11111011111111' 11110-18 Johns 1101110C 011111111 111-16 



Breintn'il 11110111001111011101-15 James . . . .00111011011100101111-13 

 Krueger . .000111 1 11011111 11111—10 



Amateur Class. 



Fuller iioimioonmonii-15 Clevland.llin0mmillll000-16 



Had dock. 11011010 OOJ010000U— 8 Tatham. . .00100001010011010011- 8 

 Summer- Anderson.llOlOlllHOOimillO— 15 



son .. .11111011111011101111-17 Mack 11111111111000110111—16 



McViekarlllOOllOOlllOOOlllU -13 Stevens. ..01111111110110101011— 15 



Clark 11101011010111109111—11 Terry... .110111011101 11111111—17 



Nover OlOlOOOOOnOOllOlOOO— 7 Weyman . 10001111 01 11 11101 111— 11 



Tuttle .... 11 1 1 111 1 1 0101 01101 11-10 Cleaver . . .11101001011011111101—14 

 Fulford... 10111001100101111101 -13 Hartlove..ll00111011 100111110— 11 



D'ameyer 00110111110111111010— 14 Jack 01111111011111011111—17 



Park 01010011111001110111-13 Brelsford .01011111101111010110— 14 



Willey. . ...11011011010001103001-11 Gordon.. . 0 1 1 00OOL110 1 1 111 11 10 -13 



No. 5, 15 singles, £3 enirauce, $80 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 011011101111111-12 Apgar 111011111111111-14 



WolstencrofclllOlllOOCOllOl— 9 



Sf-mi-Professional Class. 



Brein tnall 11101112101 1111-13 John 011111101110111- 12 



Fieles 0110H110111111— 13 Paul Nortn.. . .011111110101101—15 



Kcuger 011001000001101- 6 



Amateur Class. 



Fuller 101111111110111-13 Tatham 110110110110011-10 



C.ark lOlOliOllOllOOl- 9 Terry 011101111111001—11 



Bond 11100111 110110 1—11 Dankmeyr ....111101101111110-12 



McVicker. .. llOOlOOllOOlOil— 11 Barcus 10011110111 1111—12 



Tuttle 1101101 lllOilll— 12 BreKford 011111101101111-12 



Dncker 00101C001110111— 8 Hartlove 100110110110110— 9 



Baugbman. ...101001111011010- 9 Evans 111111101111101-13 



Haddox 101111010010111-10 Willey 101000011011111- 9 



South 010011101111011-10 Gordon 111111111101110—13 



Summerson.. ..101111111111111-11 Anderson 111101111111100-12 



Fulford nUllllOlOMOl— 11 Jack 01011101 1110111—11 



Stevens 111110101110110-11 Franklin 1101111011111 H-13 



Jack 010110100101010- 7 Cleaver 001110101111101—10 



Jame3 1101111 10011011- 11 Weyman 11101 101 H0001O- 8 



Clevland lllimOlllOlll— 13 



No. 6, 20 singles, $4 entrance, §70 purse: 

 Expert Clas*. 



M Her . . ..11111111100111101111-17 Apgar 111111 11111111001 011—17 



Wolsten . . 1111110111013001111 11-15 



Semi-Professional Class. 



Breintn'il 11110011111111001111-16 Johns 1111111 111100UC0110— 15 



Kru-er. . .11011111011110011111-16 Brooks. . . 10110101101011100110-12 



Feiles . . . .11031111111101111111-17 Noitu OlllOOOllOllllOiniO-13 



Amateur Class. 



Clark . ..11111101011001110111—15 Terry 10100111110011110000-11 



Summer- Stevens. . .111011111111 luOOolll— 14 



son 10110000111001111111 - 12 Haddox . . .llOuOlOHOOllOlOlOlO— 10 



Tuttle.... 110111 mom 11111 11-18 Willey. .11111101111011111111-18 

 Fulford... 11111111111001111111-18 Dankm'yrUin011inil0111000-15 

 Fuller 11101000111111110011-14 Cleaver. . .11010110111001100010-11 



Bond .... . 11101111111111111111-19 

 Gordon. . .11011111111110111111-18 

 B relsf ord .010011111 10111111 111-16 

 Franklin. 00011111111111111111-11 



Cleavl'd.. m01100ll0011111111-15 

 Tatham . .11111101110101110110-15 

 Barcus . . . .0011111111110011 1111—18 

 Hartlove . 00011110011011 101101 -12 



Mc Vicar,. 11010101111010111110-14 Evans. . . .01111111011111011101-16 

 James K, .11010111001111011101-14 



.minim— 10 



10 

 - 9 



Clevland 1111111011- 



Tatbam ] 010 1 10111- 



Evans 1011111111- 



Barcus 1111010010- 



Franklin 11 111 10 Ill- 

 Cleaver 0110111111- 



...1101033111- 

 ...1111111010 

 ...1110001101 



. ...muiiioi 



Malone 1011011101 



Mack 3011111111- 



Hovvard llll 110011- 



No. 7. 10 singles, $1.50 entrance. §30 purse. 



Expprt Class. 



Miller 1011H1110- 8 Apgar. . . . 



Wolstencroft nooniHl— 8 



Semt-Professional Class. 



Breintnall 1111111011— 9 Fieles lllUlllll 



Hicks 1011011100— 6 Kruger 1111011100- 



•John 1110111111- 9 Paul North 1111111110 



Brooks noonnoi- 7 



Amateur Class, 



Mack lllimiOO— 8 Clark 011 0100011- 



Ducker 1101011011— 7 Willey 1011111101 



South onmuoi- s oiafieia 0101011010 



Brehm, ( '01 0001000— 2 Howard OulOoOOuil- 



Horneek OuOlOOOOOl— 2 Wevman 1111101111 



Baughman 0111001010- 5 Cleavland 0100111111- 



Fuller 0111111101— 8 Tatham UllulOlOO 



Tuttle 1111111110- 9 Terry 0101100111- 



Franklin 1111111111-10 Heaver 1110111010- 



Brelsford 1111101111- 9 Hartlove U01033010 



Ful' ord Umimi-10 Evans 1011101110 



Bond 1100100100— 4 Jack 1010111101- 



Summerson H01110100— 6 Cox 0111111111- 



Park 101000001C— 3 Stevens HlOlOllOl- 



Gordon lo'lllllll- 9 Barcus HlOlOim 



No. 8, 20 singles, $4 entrance, $75 puree: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller ... llllllimioi 1001010-15 W r olsfen 



Apg*r ... .oniioiiioiiini u n-17 croft. ...lmiinoiminiiii- 



Semi-Professional Class. 

 BreintnanoilJ imomilOHlll-17 Brooks. .0..3101110101H1100111- 



Fieles 11110011111111111101—17 Kruger.. ..11011101111111111111- 



John 11011111111111111011-18 



Amateur Class. 



Clark OlOimnilOlOOmil— 16 Gordon . . . 1101101 loOllll 111110- 



TuUIp 10110101111 11 1101111-16 Weyman. .11111101111110011111- 



Fulford. . 11011111111111111111—19 Franklin. . 11011010001111111111- 



Brelsford .llOOlOimillonuil-16 Terrv 11111110101 1 1 1 100111- 



Fuller... .01011111 1111001011011-14 Cleaver. . .11111110111101110110- 

 Summer- Cox 11011111011101111111- 



aon 11011 111101011110011—15 Greener. . 1000101 OlllllOOOOlil- 



Bond 01101111111011111111-17 



No. 9, 10 singles, .11.50 entrance, $£0 purse: 

 Expprt Class. 



Apgar 1111111111—10 Wolstencroft 11 HI01101- 



Miller 1011011111— 8 



Spmi-Professional Class. 



Fieles 1111111111-10 John 1101110111- 



Hicks 0110001111— 6 Brooks 10IU100H- 



Brientnall 1111111031—8 Kruger.... 1011111110- 



Amateur Class. 



Bi-eh:n i ;i. ;i «; :.:.)! lit L—l Price 1010101111- 



Horneck 0101100001— 4 Terry 0111013111- 



Willey llllOlltOO- 6 Tuttle 1111111111- 



Marley 1010010101- 3 Mack 101110U11 



South 091 '1000 11- 5 - 



Tucker 0011111101- 7 



Malone 1111111111—10 



Jack 1111111111-10 



Brelsford 0011111111— 8 



Bond 1110111111—0 _ 



Fulford 11111H111-10 Weyman 1011111101- 



Sumruerson 0111111111- 9 Howard 1111010011- 



Clark 1111111111-10 Cox 1111111101- 



Fuller 1111111111-10 McVickar 101101 1 1 10 - 



Gordon ..1110111011— 8 Haddox UOlOOlOOO- 



No. 10, 10 singles, $ 1.50 er trance, $.'0 nurse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 1111111111—10 Apgar 1111110111 



Wolstencroft 1011111011— 8 



Semi-Profeasioual Class. 



Breininail 1111101111-9 Krueger 1111100111- 



John 1111101101- 8 Brooks 101 1001101- 



Fieles 1111111111-10 North 1011111111 



Hicks HllllO.'ll- S 



Amateur Class. 



Smytbe 0111110111—9 Terry 



Brelsford 0U0111011— 7 Gordon.. .. 



Ducker 1111111110-9 Tuttle 



Fulford 1011000111-6 Summerson 



McVickar llunn> id-: ~ 



Haddock 1110100010-5 



Clarke 1110110111-8 



Bond HOmi'U-8 



The Secorid Bay. 



On Thursday morning the air was chilly and damp and the 

 clouds heavy and threatening. There was that in the atmosphere 

 that would tempt the traveler to equip himself with rubber boots, 

 umbrella and other storm paraphernalia before venturing far. 

 The crowd was at the Park at an early hour and soon the events 

 were being boomed along in great shape. At noon one-half the 

 programme was all but finished, when lo! there came a change; a 

 sudden, startling change, not unlike that which came over Hal 

 Penrose, when on the previous night, in the bathroom of the Car- 

 rolton House, after enjoying a refreshing douse and rub down, 

 and donning fresh linen he accidently pulled the wrong knob and 

 was treated to a cold shower bath, in this case, however, no 

 knob was pulled, it was simply a matter of dropping the bottom 

 and catching a flood. It began raining lightly shortly before 12 

 o'clock, but about twenty minutes after that hour the wa*er be- 

 gan to fall in torrents, driving everybody to shelter and keeping 

 them there for the best part, of an hour and a half. Shooting was 

 out of the question. Then the mercury fell, and instead of rain 

 there was a veritable blizzard, the snow being fine and dry and 

 seeming to almost cut when the forty-mile wind sent it against 

 the face. This lasted for half an hour or nmre, when the mercury 

 took another jump, this time upward, and the '"Dakota sand" 

 changed to the wet soft flakes that are a cross between snow and 

 rain with the character of both and good qualitses of neithpr, 

 just the kind to soak through shoe-leather and clothing and bring 

 on an attack of pnuemonia. Everybody waited patiently for a 

 lull in the storm until 3 o'clock, when, after a consultation it was 

 decided to close the tournament. This was done without any 

 blare of trumpets or roll of drum. 



And here was the party, 3>£ miles from their hotPl and no con- 

 veyances at hand. The only thing to do was to "hoof it," and 

 what a nice prospect. The wind was blowing a gale from the 

 northwest, the wet snow was falling so fast that one could 

 scarcely see across the river, and in order to reach a horse car 

 line to take us to the city we had to cross an open bridge one mile 

 in length, and have the merciless snow beat against our unpro- 

 tected left cheeks all the way. But there was stern stuff In this 

 party and they resolved to reach the horse cars or— stop for a 

 smile. The trip across was made in safety and soon after the 

 party had reached their hotels and were preparing to start for 

 home. Up to the time the storm stopped the fnn 1,750 targets had 

 been thrown, this making a grand total of 6.210 for the two days. 

 Everything went along in nice shape, and but for the weather the 

 tournament would ha^e been one of the most successful on record. 

 The Baltimore Gun Club members workedhard lor the success of 

 the affair and deserved a better financial showing, but, of course, 

 the chances of good, bad or indifferent, weather have to be taken 

 at all times. S. J. Martinet. Jr.. the efficient secretary of the Club, 

 performed the duties of cashier in a praiseworthy manner. Other 

 membors also exerted themselves in efforts to cater to the success 

 of the shoot. Below will be found scores of the five events shot on 

 this day: 



No. 1, 10 single, §1,50 entrance, $20 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Miller 011111H11— 9 Apgar.. 1110111110- 8 



Semi-Protessioual Class. 



Breintnall 0011111111- S Tuttle lllimni— 10 



North 1110111101— 8 Kreuger 1111111111—10 



Fieles 1111111101- 9 



Amateur Class. 



Franklin 1111111111-10 Cleaver 0010111101— 6 



Balzley 1111111110-9 Brelsford 1011111100— 7 



Fulford 1110111101— 8 Ducker. 1100111111— 8 



McVickir.... UUllOllOl- 7 James IhiOlllOlO- 6 



Summerson 1111111111-10 Park 1111U0101- 8 



Bond 11111110 0— 8 Wilson UOOHHOO- 6 



Terry 1101101001— 6 C!ox 0001110101- 5 



Kinzler 1111111111—10 Cantler 1H1111111— 10 



Evans 1101111111—10 Gordon 1011001101— 6 



Barnes 1111131111—10 Brown 0010000111— 1 



Fuller - 1111111011-9 



No. 2. 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $20 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Apgar 1111001100-6 Miller 1111111011-9 



Semi -Professional Class. 



Breintnall 1111111111-10 Tuttle 1111111111-10 



Fieles 1111111010-8 North Ul 111 13011— 8 



Krueger 1101111111— 9 



Amateur Class. 



Fulford millim -10 Barcus 0010100001-3 



Terry 110111001 1- 7 James 1101110110-7 



Bond . limOllOO- 7 Evans 1110110111-8 



Franklm OniUlllO- 8 Park 1111110011-8 



Fuller liomim- 9 Cleaver 1111111010-8 



Cox 1111111111-10 Brown 101C010000-3 



Summerson 101011H01— 7 Cantler 0111111101— S 



Bartzley OllllF'000- 5 Brelsford 0111111011— S 



McVicar 010101UOO- 5 Gordon 1101111111-9 



Kinzter 0011111011- 7 Wilson 1110111001-7 



Ducker. linilOlll— 9 Malone 0000010111-4 



No. 3, 20 singles, $3 entrance, $50 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Apgar llllllllimilOmil— 19 Miller OUimol 11001111111—16 



Semi-Professional Class. 



North lmnnilllllOlim-lft Hicks U0101 111 11111000111-16 



Br'intn'll.limiOllllOlllllllO-17 Krueger. .11010111110111111111-17 

 Fieles . .11111110111111111111-19 Tuttle ... .13111111111111111111-20 

 Amateur Class. 



Summer- Fuiford . ..10101111010111111111-16 



son 01111101100111111110-10 Fuller . . . .11111011111111010111-17 



Bond.. ..11101111011101111111-17 Cox 11110011011010110110-13 



Terry 10111001011111111311-16 Gordon. .1101011 111001 L111111 -17 



Tanker.., J 1101111111011111000-15 Park 01111111111110111111-18 



Kinzer.... 01011100111011111110-14 B^elsford.niniOOInmiOlllll-lB 

 No. 4, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $20 purse: 

 Expert Ola^s. 



Apgar 3001101100- 5 Miller .lllimill-10 



Semi-Professional Class. 



Brientnall llllionil— 9 Krueger lOlllUOOl- V 



North 0111101101- 7 Hicks 0110100000- 3 



Tuttle 1101111011- 8 Fieles 1101111111- 9 



Amateur Class. 



Brown 0101010101— 5 Kinder 0111110011— 7 



McVickar 1010111011— 7 Gordon 1111110111— 9 



Falter 0110111111- 8 Smith 0001011110-5 



Baltzley 1101001011- 6 Hartlove 0111010111- 7 



Cantler 1101101111- 8 Barcus 0100111111- 7 



Ducker 0111011001- 6 Cleaver 1111101100- 7 



Fulford ...1111111111-10 Brelsford 1111111110- 9 



Summerson 1111110111— 9 Howard 10 ■ 0000110— 4 



Park 1110110111- 8 James 1011010111— 7 



Cox 0101100111- 6 Wilson 1111111100- 8 



Evans 1011111111— 9 Bond 0101111103 - 7 



Terry 1011111110-8 



No. 5, 20 singles, $3 entrance, $50 purse: 

 Expert Class. 



Apgar. . . .10111101111111101100-15 Miller 01101inill01111Hll-17 



Semi-Professional Class. 



North 11111011111110111110-17 Tuttle.. . .11111010111111001011—15 



Krueger.. U1101111imil01<10-16 Fieles lHOllllOlOlllOllllOr-15 



Breintn'il 11011111111110111101-17 Hicks lOllOOUOCK) ill 1 111100—1 1 



Amateur Class 



Brelsford.il 101101111111011011-16 McVickarlllOlOOllHllOllOlOO-13 

 Summer- Bond llOllllOOlllQOlllllJ— 15 



man. . . 11111111101111110111—18 Tucker. . .101111110111 10011000-13 



Bal tzel . . ..111111011 11 LllOOnOl— 16 Smith 1101101011110111010.-13 



Fulford . . .101111111111011101139-15 Gordon. . .11101101111110110001—14 

 Fuller. . . ,11011103 1 1 D3 UllOlll— 10 Kinzer, ...10101011000111111111-14 

 Cantler... 10111101111101X111111-15 Park 11111110000111001110-13 



A number of the snooters remained in town over night and on 

 Friday They went out to the grounds and amused themselves by 

 smashing targets in a very strong wind. O. H. T. 



Frank Class will Shoot the World. 



"1 wii/l back Frank Class against any man in the world in a 

 100 bird match for $250 a side," said Harry Piper, the Morristnwn 

 bonifaee, on Tuesday, after the Class-Helgens match at Dexter 

 Park, Long Island. And the genial Harry is iully justified in 

 throwing out the above bold and broad challenge considering the. 

 brilliant form in which the New Jersey champion is grassing 

 pigeons. He has shot three matches within a few weeks, killing 

 in the first and second 94 each and on Tuesday he killed 92, this 

 giving him an average of 924-jj out of 100. Beside this he has killed 

 32 and S3 in two matches at 85 birds each. In the first and second 

 of the 100 bird matches the birds were a fair lot, but on Tuesday 

 they were, with a few exceptions, a cracking lot of match birds. 

 Frank has come back to nis old form for a certainty, and if he 

 can be persuaded to stick to the gun and load he is now using he 

 would make an exceedingly close race against even "Captain 

 Jack" Brewer. 



The match shot on Tuesday was at 100 live birds each. Class's 

 opponenent being Elias Helgins, a member of the Parkway Gun 

 Club and one of the most popular sportsmen on Long Inland. The 

 match was for $100 a side, the loser to pa v for the birds. Class 

 used a 12-boregun and Helgins a 10-bore gun, both men shooting 

 from the 30yds. mark. The race was witnessed by over 200 people, 

 nearly every club on Long Island being represented. Jacob Pentz 

 of the Sporting Times was referee and John Biggotts, of Rocka- 

 way, N. J., acted as official scorer. 



Class was the rirst man to the score and he made a pretty first 

 barrel kill of a fast left-auartering driver, Helgins following 

 with an equally good first on a right-quartering driver. Helgins 

 scored a miss on his fourth bird, a driver. His eighth and ninth 

 fell dead out of bounds, as did his thirteenth. His twentieth and 

 twenty-second soared away to freedom. Class' only loss on this 

 round was his eighth bird, a rather soft incomer to the left, 

 which fell dead just over the stakes. Score, Class 24, Helgins 19, 

 and no chance for anyone to get a bet. 



Class's first bird on the second round was an uglv zigzagging 

 left driver, very fast, which was killed by a well-timed second. 

 He lost his fourth and fifth, both drivers, which he should have 

 stopped with single barrels. His eighteenth fell dead out of 

 bounds. Helgins's first was a left-driving twister, which was hit 

 hard, but went outside to die. His eleventh was another vicious 

 twister that went away; his thirteenth fell dead outside; his fif- 

 teenth, twenty-first and twenty -third went over the hills and far 

 away. Score, 46 for Class, 38 for Helgins. At this point it was 

 seen that Helgins was outclassed (no pun) through his inability to 

 shoot his second barrel effectively. He was also slow in getting 

 on to his birds. 



On the third round Class lost his ninth, tenth, fourteenth and 

 twenty-fifth birds, the latter falling dead out of bounds. His 

 workup to this time was of a brilliant character, his first being 

 quick and effective and his quick second very accurate. Helgins 

 on the other hand seemed to be gradually falling off, being ex- 

 ceedingly slow and getting behind his biids. He lost nine one of 

 the twenty -five birds, his first, fourteenth and eighteenth falling 

 dead justoutsidn the stake line. The scores on the 75 was Class 

 67; Heigins 54. 



On the last quarter Class killed his 25 straight, while Helgins 

 lost 6, this ending the shoot with 92 kills for Class as against 73 

 for Helgins. While Helgins is a fairly good shot, about an 85 man, 

 he was out of his latitude in shooting against the Pine Brook ex- 

 pert, who is now shootiug the pace of his life. It is not likely that 

 the t wo men will again come together at the traps. 



The birds, as I have said, were a good lot. Some half dozen or 

 so had to be put up by the roper, but these were all flyera once 

 they found their wings. Some of them were veritable "scream- 

 ers," birds that no man has any license to kill. From the fiftieth 

 to the seventieth rouud Helgins had a trifle the hardest birds, but 

 during the rest of the race the luck was about even. 

 The detailed scores of the contest are given below: 



da«8 12222 21.-22 22211 21121 11221-24 



22200 U112 23211 ol211 2332i-22 

 23113 222C0 11202 i'2212 2221o-21 

 12113 11222 22212 22222 12221-25-92 



Helgins. 11101 22ool Uoll ~ 



B o?211 21111 02o;0 



o2210 21220 131 ol 

 20200 12211 10H1 

 The direction of flight of the birds was as follows: 



21110 20211—19 



22222 01012-19 



02o00 22220-16 



11021 11120-19-73 



Classs. . 

 Helgins 



....11 



4 



S H O 

 5 .. 16 

 3 .. 28 



C. H. T. 



Frank Class Still a Winner. 



Fhank Class, of Pine Brook, shot a 25-bird match at Patersou 

 on March 8. his opponent being J. Vermoral, one of the leading 

 shots of the city of silk mills. The match was for $50 a side un- 

 der Hurlingham rules. The score: 



Frank Class (30) llllliminiOllliniOlll— 23 



-1 Veimoral (28) 1111011111111111110110111—22 



On March 29 the two men will shoot a 50 live bird match at the 

 same place. 



XJtica Tournament. 



The Oneida County Sportsmen's Association will give a grand 

 shooting tournament at live birds and targets at L'tica, March 29. 

 E. D. Fulford and W. H. Booth shoot 100 live birds, exhibition 

 match. H. L, Gates, Sec'y. 



