March 31, 1892.] 



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Shotgun at Walnut Hill. 



Walnut Hill, Mass., March 23.— A year ago the Shooting and 

 Fishing Publishing Co. offered a handsome silver pitcher as a 

 trophy to bn competed for by the gun clubs of America, with a 

 view of settling the much disputed question as to which club is 

 entitled to claim the charonionshipin trap-shooting. In addition 

 to tbe massive pitcher emblematic of the championship, twelve 

 silver tankards were offered, to be awarded to the team winning 

 at fach of the monthly competitions. The result of to-day's 

 shooting settles the championship question very conclusivelv, 

 and eleven of the twelve smaller cups have been credited to the 

 Walnut Hill marksmen -for the team from this cluri has been 

 beaten but once, and that bv but a narrow margin. The weather 

 conditions at to-day's meeting were anything but encouraging, 

 and the attendarce w»s small for this reason, but the champion 

 team reported promptly for duty, and f-omplained of nothing ex- 

 cept tne failure to appear on the part of their opponents. The 

 scores below tell the story of the day's work. Mr. Bowker's 27 is 

 very creditable, when the unfavorable weather is taken into con- 

 sideration. 



Team championship.— For the Shooting and Fisbine trophy, 

 teams of 5 from anv organized gun ^ub in America, 20 singles and 

 5 pairs per man, 12th and final competition: 

 T.l. R. A. Team. 



S Rowker 11101111111111111111-19 10 11 11 11 10-8 



W W Gale 11101111110011001101-15 10 10 10 11 11—7 



J Nichols. Jr 01001101001101111111-13 10 00 10 00 01-3 



O D Black, Capt lOlIOlOllllOOOUlOll-13 11 11 11 11 01-9 



W C Leroy •.11011111111011101001-14 11 11 11 11 00-8-108 



The main feature of the meeting was, naturally, the team shoot, 

 but a few minor sweepstakes were arranged, in which the win- 

 ners were as follows: 



Ten Keystone targets: Brown 9, first; Bowker 8, second; Gale 

 7, third. 



Six Standard targets: Bowker and Gale 5, first; Denney 3, 

 second. 



Three pairs Keystone targets: Harrison and Denney 5, firs*; 

 Black 4, second. 



Ten Keystone targets: Gale and Barlow 8, first; Black and 

 Camp 7, second. 



Ten Standard targets: Bowker 9, first; Brown 8, second; Den- 

 ney 7, third. 



Ten Keystone tarsets: Gale, Bowker and Camp 9, firs'; Brown 

 7, f=econ(?; Bent 4, third. 



Ten Keystone targets, three traps: Barlow 10, first; J. Nichols, 

 Jr.. 8, second; Black and Wood 6, third. 



Fivft pairs doubles: Brown 8, first: Camp and Barlow 8, second; 

 Gale 7, third. 



The series of competitions jast closed has established the fact 

 that the home team need fear no rivals. Strong clubs like thd 

 Jate Wellington Club and Worcester team have been met and 

 defeated, and the shotgun men of the Massachusetts Rifle Asso 



ciation are now able to show a piece of plate well worthy of tak- 

 ing a place alongside the great silver trophy won by the riflemen 

 of the association at Creedmoor a few years ago, and at the next 

 dinner of the association the long table will be graced by these 

 emblems of the Massachusetts marksmen's dual supremacy. 



Trap at Waverly N. Y. 



Team match March 26, between Pwk and VouWcifradt of 

 Athens Pa., and J. W. Adams and D»\ Tucker of Waverly, N. Y. 

 After two ten bird' sweeps had been s ( o% the following scores 

 was made, 50 sineles eacb, kinebirds. rap'd ftrips: 

 W K Park. ...11111111111111111111111111111111111110111111011101-47 

 V Wolf rad t . .10000111010111011111111001111111011 111010016011 1 11-35-83 

 J W Adams. .11011111111111111001111110110011111010111010010111—37 

 Dr Tucker. . .11110101110011010111111111111101111111111101011111-41-78 



Park used S. S. powder and the others black. The day was 

 warm and pleasant and ten bird sweeps followed till dark. 



K. Bird. 



J$nswet[8 to Ugamispondmts. 



Mo Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



L., Washington.— The after mast where more than three are 

 carried is called the jigger or spanker mast, the former term br- 

 ing commonly applied to the fourth mast in four-masted vessels. 

 We believe that the terms used in five-masted vessels are jigger 

 and spanker for fourth and fifth respectively. 



W. F., Wilmington, Del.— Much depends on the type of yacht 

 and her intended use. For racing on a centerboard sloop the sin- 

 gle jib will be faster, but the double headsails will be better for 

 general use, and from their convenience and adaptability to 

 changes may be more desirable even in a racing yacht. 



Yachtsman, New York. There is no irecognized standard of 

 shape lor yachts' flags, but the best usage is the pointed burgee 

 for the club signal and the square or oblong for the officers' pen- 

 nants and alsoforthe private signal. The swallowtail is much 

 used for both, but the plain oblong flag is more shipshape. 



B. M., New York.— "Frazer's Practical Boat Sailing" will givo 

 you 'he desired information. When sailing to windward "close- 

 hauled." or "beating," the boom is hauled nearly fore and aft; 

 when sailing befor» the wind, or 'running," the boom is nearly 

 at right angles with the keel. In "reaching," or sailing with the 

 wicd on the beam, or forward or abaft it. but neither free nor 

 "closehauled." the boom is trimmed to an intermediate position 

 over the boat's quarter. 



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