March 17, 1892.] 



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Trap at Watson's Park. 



Btjrnside, HI., March 9 —The following is the score made here 

 to-day by the South Chicago Gun Club, 20 live pigeons each, A. A. 

 rules, for club medal: 



FE Willard 0031000100200201001w 



A W Reeves 2C002I00102022102081-U 



L C Willard 00000100202020001211- 8 



Ben Fosli 322100100100202020?0-10 



Doc Larkin - 12221U02110020022110-13 



Same day, same club. Peoria blackbird medal, 30 each: A. W. 

 Reeves 6. L. C. Willard 11, Ben Fogli 11. - a * 



Same day, sweep, 20 live, pigeons, entrance $15. 60 and 40 per 



| e D*Fn\i^?. 6 . S: , 12221223222211000221-17 



RO Heikes 20S1^123%21122021S-18 

 J L Wilcox ?01112Q001CC2llia222-15 

 S S Cox. Jr 00121121212011211001-15 



Five birds, entrance $6 25 60 and 40 per cent.. A. A. rule?: 



Fulford 11211-5 Wilcox 21»}0-4 



Heikes 11221-5 Cox 00111-3 



First miss and out for $5 each: 



Fulford 110 "Wilcox 10 



Heikes 0 Cox ...223 



March 10.— Score made by the Peoria Shooting Club for John- 

 son medal, 15 live pigeons each, American Association rules: 



Gib Harris 2O2222222O021H-12 H Megers OlB.2?OK332120l— 11 



Henrv EBlerf..220201601{»2000- 6 *M J Eich 101222111222002—12 



A Stafford. . . . 000112301022101— 9 



The medal is now Mr. Harris's personal iiroperty, he having 

 won it three times: 



Same race for handsome mantel clock: 



G Harris 210102111212220 -12 H Megers 0O0H220122O012- 9 



H Ehlers 000203112022 w *M J Eich 131112101011111-13 



A St afford 020010100200202— 6 *C Lansdon . . . .000200112112311—10 



*Guests, Ravblbigg. 



The Newark Gun. Club's Shoot. 



The monthly club and open shoot of the Newark Gun Club was 

 held at John Erb's grounds in Newark. N. J., on March 10. Among 

 the contestants was Allen Willy, editor of the Hartford Gluhe. 

 who came away down from bis wooden nutmeg home to have a 

 crack at live feathers. The club event was at 10 birds a man, 

 handicap rises, each putting in a five dollar note and shooting 

 for three moneys in addition to the club prizes. The scores: 



Castle. 1101011111- 8 Collins 1212112121—10 



Wilier 1112111111-10 Lindsley 2322222310— 9 



Smith 1012111211- 9 J Smith ,. .1112211 122-10 



Hedden 1221100111- 8 Bruen 0211111201- 8 



Hollis 1211111121-10 Erb 1110112310- 8 



P Jay 1311211110- 9 



The following series of sweeps were also shot, Nos. 1 and o being 

 at 5 birds, $5 entry, the others at 4 birds, S3 entry: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 



Castle 11101—4 1U2— 4 1123-4 0111-3 



Collins 21121-5 1212-4 3122-4 1010-3 



Sinclair 02010- 3 1210-3 1008-2 2000—1 



1211-4 0111-3 

 2203-3 2222-4 

 1112-4 2110-3 

 2013-3 2201-3 



Hollis 02011—3 



Lindsley 21031-4 



Willey 10111-4 



Hedden 11120-4 



P. Jay 



J Smith 



0210-3 

 0220-3 

 1100-2 

 1012-3 



No 5. 

 11111 -S 

 31212-.= 

 12111- c 

 11110-4 

 23023-1 

 10012-L 

 21120-4 

 21212-5 

 02111-4 



Shooting- in a Hurricane. 



The live-bird match which took place at Yardville, N. J., on 

 March 11, between Ed Hill, of Trenton, and M. H. Ruppell, oi 

 Milford, was shot in a terrific gale of wind, the weather beiug in- 

 tensely cold as well. The conditions of the match were 100 Jive 

 birds per man, 8150 a side, 21yds. rise, H and T traps. The trap? 

 were set in an open field on the outskirts of the town. James C. 

 •Beebe was referee, Frank Mason official scorer, Mahlon Fox judgf 

 for Ruppell, and Chas. Huston judge for Hill. Ruppell reached 

 the stamping grounds alone, and none of bis friends, who bad 

 promised to be present, put in an appearance. This uoset him 

 from the start, and he was unable to pull himself into form, the 

 result being a dire defeat. The scores follow: 



Hill 111111 100' 11 1111000111101-19 



11010011 001 01111011110011-16 

 1011001101111101111011111-19 

 1111011111 - 9-63 



Ruppell f 1100000011001 00111111111-14 



11110U1001 0010!. 0100011 li'-l 3 

 1110 1O111OU0O00O tOlOlOllO— 12 

 0011000111 — 5-44 



Plenty of Sport at Essington. 



Philadelphia, Pa., March 10.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 few of us that took the early train for Essington yesterday morn- 

 ing were well paid as we saw three very good matches, not that 

 the scores were extra high, but the matches were close and ex- 

 citing all the way through. There was only about twenty spec- 

 tators at the first match. Among the earlv arrivals were J Al- 

 berger, R. Irvin, J. Watts, John Hanner, Mr. Hunsicker, and his 

 daughter Rvchel, (better known as Little Hawkeye,) Dick Wood 

 and Ward Youug. 



The day was cloudy, with a good breeze blowing across the 



traps and the grounds being right along side of the Delaware 

 River, and right opposite the famous rail and reedbird grounds 

 (Tinicum Island), the air was very damp and anything but pleas- 

 ant. 



The first match was between W. Greenwood of German town, 

 Pa., and A. Sheets of Camden N. J., for $50 a side, 50 birds each, 

 Hurlingbam rules. 30yds. rise. For this match they had a poor 

 lot of birds, the most of which bad to be scared up. 



Greenwood llllo210m212121111211110210l2lll2211oll211111100-43 



Shee ts 22111222232022121111122121120311 230312111130310330 -44 



R. Irvin referee, Horace B. S. Young scorer, 



By the time this match was through dinner was ready at the 

 club house, and we all got clean scores at that. Another match 

 was here made between the same two men at 20 birds each, for 

 $50 a side, and.as twenty pairs of birds had just arrived in one 

 crate, they were taken out and they proved 10 be "rattlers," as 

 good a lot as any one could want. As the start, in the second 

 match will show they were too fast for the shooters. After shoot- 

 ing at a lot of duffers, Greenwood again went first to the trap, 

 and his first bird was a surprise party, for it went so fast that he 

 hardly saw it, and as Sheets had one of the same kind both 

 started with lost birds. It looked like another defeat for Green- 

 wood, as he missed three out of his first four, but he was the first 

 to learn the pace of the birds and pulled out winner by one bird. 

 R. Irvin referee, H. Young scorer, same rules as previous match. 

 The score: 



W Greenwood 0100211021121 2321012—15 



Sheets 0330222220202022023 —13 



Sheets shot only at 19 birds. 



While the above match was in progress, J. Rothaker arrived on 

 the grounds with a party of friends, among whom I noticed A. J. 

 Rust and W. Garvin. 



The third match was between J. Rothaker and Prof. Mench, of 

 Essington, on whose grounds the matches were shot, for $50 each 

 at 50 birds apiece, Hurliugham rules, 30yds. rise. After a little 

 argument the following arrangements were completed: W. 

 Greenwood, judge for Mench, A. Z. Rust judge for Rothaker, and 

 Win. Garvin referee. The money was put in the hands of H. 

 Thurman, who also pulled the traps, and at 3:05 o'clock the first 

 gun cracked for Rothaker with a clean first barrel kill, but 

 Meneh started off killing his first three birds with his second and 

 both missed their fourth. At the finish of the first half of the 

 match Rothaker was one bird in the lead, but his second half was 

 miserable; he only killed 15 out of 24, not shootiDg at his fiftieth 

 bird, while Mench ended up strong, killing 21 out of 24, and win- 

 ning the race bv 6 birds as follows: 



Mlnch 222012202223 102021 221 3220-20 



01113L203123210232222222 —21—42 



Rothaker 112001122213212222 1 1 1 0101-21 



11O12002O121O001113S010O —14-35 

 After this Greenwood and Sheets had another short go at 5 

 birds each for 810 a side. The score: 



Green wood 01100—2 Sheets 01120-3 



H. T. 



A Much Shot For Hog. 



On Saturday, March 12, occurred the third and fourth contests 

 for the historical 1001b. porker which was the bone of contention 

 on the Marion grounds for a couple, of weeks. This time the scene 

 of battle was shifttd to John Erb's "Old Stone House" grounds, 

 at Newark, N. J., and the attendance was rather light. Harry E. 

 Smith won the hog the previous week at Marion, and as he was 

 not particularly in need of lard (which is not a necessary adjunct 

 to the pearl button industry) he concluded to give the country 

 another chance to contest for it. Upon reaching the grounds it 

 svas found that owing to a miscarriage of a consignment of 

 pigeons, John Erb's lofts were nearly empty, consequently the 

 contest was cut down to 7 live birds per man, 87 entry, the hog 

 being first prize, while a portion of the pot went to second and 

 third men. The scores: 



Collins 2122221—7 Hilfers 2002231- 



Lind sley 1332222—7 Castle 00 1 0101-3 



J Fulford 1122102-6 Hedden 2212210-6 



Erb 1011120-5 Hollis 0031201—4 



Smith 1102123-6 



The two winners, like the previous owner, had no need for the 

 hog, as Milt Lindsley declared that wood powder and pork are not 

 a good combination, while Eddy Collins likewise declared that 

 unless he could train the Fan wood animal to aid him in loading 

 shells it was useless to him. So up goes the porker for the fourth 

 time, this being,a 4-bird shoot, $4 entry, first prize the hog, second 

 prize some cash, third prize some more cash. The result: 

 Tie. 



Erb 2231-4-22 Fisher 1210-3 



Fulford 2122—4-11 Collins 0201-2 



Hedden. . ; 2222-4-21 Hilfers 0U0-2 



^mitn 1112—4—21 Castle 0101-2 



Lindsley 4232—4—20 



On the second round of the shoot-off of the tie the birds were 

 gone, and the men in the ruck were obliged to cry quits, until the 

 coming Saturday, when they will again try their luck. 



The rest of the day was filled in with target shooting, the condi- 

 tions being 10 targets per man, SI entry, 2 moneys in the first and 

 lash events and 3 moneys in each of the others. The results: 



No. I: Collins, Hedden and Fulford 7 each, Lindsley 6, Smith 5. 



No. 2: Hedden 8, Lindsley 7, Castle 5, Collins, Hollis and Smith 

 4 each, Griffen 3, Erbl. 



No. 3: Hedden and Lindsley 7 each, Castle 6, Collins, Smith and 

 Hollis 2 each. 



No. 4: Collins 8, Castle and Lindsley 7 each, Hedden 6, 



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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



N. C. L., Salem, Mass.— Who has hydrid trout for sale, espe- 

 cially in Massachusetts? Ans. Try J. W. Hoxie & Co., Carolina, 

 Washington county, R. I„ or the Berkshire trout hatchery, C. H. 

 Sage, secretary, Great Barrington, Mass. 



T. M. B., Lockport. — How far down the St. Lawrence River 

 from Quebec are porpoises plentiful? What is the market value 

 of a porpoise skin and oil ? Ans. In 1890 twenty porpoise skins 

 were taken at He aux Coud res; at St.Simeon eleven were obtained; 

 in the Saguenay division 125 were captured at Tadoussac. The 

 entire number of porpoise skins taken in the Province of Quebec, 

 exclusive of the Gulf division, was 474. The value per skin was 

 $4. The amount of porpoise oil was 27,360 gallons, valued at forty 

 cents per gallon. 



ANGtiEU, Elizabetbport, N. J.— Where are the most sturgeons 

 caught outside of New York, and what bait and tackle are re- 

 quired for its capture? Ans. Hallock has truly said, in "The 

 Sportsman's Gazetteer," "As a game fish the sturgeon is not a 

 success." If we are going in search of sturgeons, we should vipit 

 the Delaware River with clam bait and tarpon tackle. The reel, 

 however, will be more ornamental than useful, since the fish when 

 hooked is hard to start and harder to snub— a log moving in a 10- 

 mile current is about as easy to handle. It is difficult to say 

 where the most sturgeons are caught, because several kinds in- 

 habit on seas on both coasts, ascending rivers, and one species 

 lives permanently in fresh waters. The Delaware River is a 

 famous sf nrgeon river and the fish are common down the coast to 

 Florida. Sandusky, Ohio, and Green Bay, Wis., are celebrated 

 localities. Sturgeon abound also in the Sacramento, Columbia 

 and Frazer rivers. 



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