April 28, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 







North , 1111111011— 9 Ginty 1101101110- 7 



Kalbes 1101010011— 6 Duguid 0000101111— 5 



Peters 1111111111-10 D Walters 0101111110- 7 



Paddock 1111100331- 8 Gibbs 1011101111- 8 



No. 4, 15 birds, §1.50 entry: 



Experts. 



Hobart 111101101110111-12 Wbyte 110111111011010-11 



Whitney in aiOlomill— 18 Courtney 11110111U11111— 14 



Hunter 1110111 llllOt. ,00-10 North ...101111111111011—13 



Lu ther J 11 11110111 0011-12 Peters 10111 1010100111— 10 



Mosher 110111011111010-1] Duguid 100111010101101- 9 



Gates 010010111011111—10 Glbbs 111110101010111—11 



Muwry 1111111111101:1—14, Lansing 10C0001 1000 001- 4 



Hookway 01 lOHOiOHOOll- 9 Lefever 001001110011000 - 7 



Kallis .101100110011111-10 Ayers HlOoOllOOlOOOl- 7 



Pad d ock 1 110 1 1 01111110 3-11 Hudson 10001 111011 1011—10 



Livingston. ... OllOlOUOt'lllOl— 10 Mann 111011110111100-11 



Ginty 111110010110100- 9 Putnam 333U3H3003030-U 



No. 5, 10 birds, $1 entry: 



Experts. 



Courtney 1100011110- 6 Whitney 1111H03H— 9 



Mowry 11U111U0— 9 North 1UH1U01- 9 



Amateurs. 



Hobart 1111111111-10 D Walter 1101111101- 8 



Hunter 11 10011110- 7 Glbbs OlllUllll— 9 



Luther OlllUllll— 9 Lansing 1000011110— 5 



Whyte 0111011111— 8 Lefever 1101111110- 8 



Peters 1001101111— 7 Ayers 0111000110— 5 



Mosher OlllUllll- 9 Hudson .1111101100- 7 



Gales 1011111010- T Mann 1111111111—10 



Hookway 1030101111— 7 Putnam 1101101011— 7 



Kallis 1111111111-10 G*vitt 0100010010- 3 



Paddock 1101001000- 1 Killick 01 010110 iO- 5 



Livingston 101 '010001— 5 Cavana, Sr. OOlOlOllll— 6 



Ginty: 1011101111— 8 Cavana, Jr 1101111011— 8 



Duguid 0H10U0U— 7 Forsythe 1101111110— 8 



No. 8. 15 birds, $1 50 entry: 



Experts. 



Hobart 011 1 1 0111 111110-12 Rallies 00HI1 1101 11010-10 



Mowry 110000111101110- 9 Mosber 101011000001111- 8 



Whitney 111011111111111—14 Mann OUllllllllOnoi-11 



North .....111101011110101-11 Gibbs 101101011011110-10 



Luther OOIOLIOIUOIOOO- 8 



Amateurs. 



Hunter 110000001010001— 5 Duguid 001010110011011- 8 



Whyte 101110111111111-13 Hudson 111110011' 1101 1-1.2 



Peters 111111011101101—12 Lansing OOlOOlOllJlllUl- 0 



Gates 111111111111103-34 Lefever lHlllllOllllll-14 



Hookway 0U101 101300330- 9 Ayres ..110010,10100100-7 



Paddock 001011iniHlll-12 Gavitt 100000001000010— 3 



Livingston.-- 0U010U01 10111— 10 Courtney 1 11 n lOnOlllll-13 



Ginty 111100111111H1-13 



No. 7, 20 birds, $2 entry: 



Experts. 



Whitney.lin 1111110001011111—16 Ginty 11000010011111101110-12 



Gates. . . .10111111111111111111—19 Letever. . .lOOlllK 0110U110111-14 



Whyte.. . .11111100110110101010-13 Courtney. 111100111001111x1111—16 

 Amateurs. 



Hobart . . .111101 11111111H1111— 19 Peters .... 11011100100010000011— 9 



Mowry . . . UlllllllOOllOmiOl— 16 Hookway .1110111) 100111100011—13 



North .11101111110111101111— 17 Paddock. .11101111010110011110-14 



Luther . . .011010010.0111111111-15 Livingston 01101111111110111101-16 



Mosher. . .01 131030301 110013031-34 Strange. . .11111111011011101111— 17 



Hudson.. .10111 ill 111110111001—16 Ayling .... 100111111010 Jill 0001 -13 



Kallies... .lOOlOlOllllllllOloli— 14 Holla way. 1101111 101111 11U011-17 



Mann 01111 00011 10J 10 110 11— 13 Nanido. . ..00110110111010111110-13 



Hunter. . .lOOOOlOOOllllOOOlUl-10 Williams. 1111011011 1010 UOill— 15 

 No. 8, 15 birds, $1.50 entry: 



Experts. 



Ayling 110111111111111—14 Hookway 110111001111101—12 



Prettie OllllOllOOOOlUl— 8 Paddock HimiOOlllOll- 12 



Hudson Olllioiioilloil— 11 



Amateurs. 



Livingston .. . .111111110110111- 13 Wbyte 001111011111111-12 



Duguid Olllllinilllll— 14 Ginty 110011101000110-7 



Vanderloo 100111101.11 OilO— 10 Lefever 111011111110101—12 



C Walters llliniUlllllO— 11 Courtney HlllllOlllllCl— 13 



Lansing 1101011111 10010-10 Mowry .1101U11111H10-13 



Luther lllllOlllOlllll— 13 Gates 111100011011)11—11 



Kallis 111110101111111—13 Hobart 111011101111011— u 



Mann mmU01010H-12 ^orth lOllllllil mil— 14 



Hunter 101110101100110— 9 Strange 001111111111100—11 



Vetera mil OlOUllOlO-n Hollo way .... . .OlllloiiOlOOHO— 9 



Whitney HlHlimOllll— 14 



No. 5, 10 birdf, SI entry: 



Experts. 



Hobart 0011111011— 7 Courtney llllimil— 10 



North 1101H1111— 9 M-iwry OOlllOmi- 7 



Whitney 11001 1100— 9 Luther 1001131110— 7 



.Duguid OlOOiOlllQ— 5 Kallis lloCUllOl— 7 



O Walters OmillHl— 9 Ayling Ollimm— 9 



Gates 1101101110- 7 



Whyte 1011111110— 8 Strange 1110111111— 9 



Lefever 0111111111— 9 Vanderloo 0101111001— 6 



Landing 1111101110—8 Hudson lllOOOllOO— 5 



Holloway 0110111110— 7 Dexter 1110111010— 7 



Mann 1110111111— 9 MeDougal .010100 000— 2 



Hun'er ...... .3150101331 8 Cavana, Jr lOlOllllll— 8 



Peters 1111111010— 8 D Walters 1010000111— 5 



Hookway OlllUllll— 9 Forsythe lOOimOlO— Q 



Paddock lllOOimi— 8 



No. 10, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: 



Experts. 



Courtney 1111 01 111100110—11 Lefever 1"10111 10011110— 10 



North 001001111111111 - 11 Mann 01 11301 OKU Hill— 10 



0 Walters... .110110101110111— 11 Hookway 0101 100 10000110— 6 



Ayling 111111111111111—15 Strange 01 01000111111 10— 9 



Amateurs. 



Hobar t 1001 1110303311 1—11 Whyte 0 1 1 311131 3 10101—12 



Duguid 111001111101111—11 Lansing 100110111100111—10 



Mowry 111111111101111—14 Holloway HOlOllllHlllO— 13 



Luther 111111111011111-14 Hunter 111110110111110-12 



Kallis 11001111111010-11 Dexter 300330303111033—30 



Gates 11111101 1000011- 10 Paddcck OUOlllllllllH— 13 



No. 11, 10 birds, $1 entr>: 



Experts. 



Ayling 1110011011— 7 Luther 1111111113-10 



Mowry 1111111111—10 



Amateurs. 



Courtney 1100111110— 7 Kallis .0111101131— 8 



North 1011130110—7 Gates 1111311311-30 



C Walters 1111111011—9 Whyte 1101110011- 7 



Lefever 1010111001—8 Lansing ... noomooi— 0 



Mann 0100113111— 7 Hollowav llilillioo— 8 



Paddock 1110100110-0 Hunter 1101011101— 7 



Strange 1111101111—9 Dexter lOllftllOlO— 6 



Duguid 1100113333-8 



The Trap at Richfield Springs. 



PiCHFiETiD P-pRHTOS, April 23.— The newly organized Richfield 

 Gun Club i eld a match shoot yesterday afternoon, the losers to 

 entertain the winners with a supper. Some of the contestants 

 -who have a. low score are new members of the club. Below will 

 be found the record of the afternoon's contest: 



Chamberlin's Side. White's Side. 



Cham- White ... .01101100001100100111-10 



benin .. .00010110011100110001-10 Caney ....ilOlimiOimilHOl— 17 

 Derthiek.-OinlliOim nil 1310— 17 Conrad. .. 110110111011001 iOOOl— 12 

 Barker. ..11111110011011111110—16 Wilder.... 10000100030111010010— 8 

 Peek-am ..lOOOOOHiOUOlOlOOlOO- 7 Shoudy...0O001000l0010001il:i— 9 



Hellor lOOOlOGliOOllllllllO-12 Smith . . . .1000000000 HOOIOOOOO— 4 



Hoke OmiOOOOliOllloOlOl-ll Phckham.OOOOlOllOOOluOOlllio— 8 



Mui-'gor. ..lOOOOiOlOllOlQJOOiOO— S 3btotson .OOofiOlOOOOOnooOlOOlO— 3 



Gary nOOlOOOnOlinOOnui— 50 Barker. ...1101111 nOlOllnillll— 16 



Neely OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO— 0 Gary OOOOGOlOOOOOlOlOiiOO— 5 



Goodale...000l0000000t00ollll0— 5 — 

 — 92 



Forest and Stream's Trap Score Type. 



The Fokestand Stream has devised and had copyrighted a font 

 of graphic trap score tjpe, by wbich they show the flight of live 

 birds without using ihe initials RQD for light quartering driver, 

 etc. They used it in tbdr report of the recent flaggerty-Mussey 

 match. It looks very pretty, is a great space saver and is con- 

 venient for the reader. This popular journal has lately been en- 

 larged to thirty-two pages and improved in many ways.— Altoona 

 Gazette. 



In this issue we use T for a towerer and H for a hoverer. 



Fulford in his Old Form. 



The match between E. D. Fulford, of Harrisburg, and Frank 

 Class, of Pine Brook, which took place at Marion, N. J-. on April 

 22, was a hotly contested affair to the finish, both men shooting in 

 fine form. The men shot at 100 birds each for a stake said to be 

 $250 a side. The birds were a good lot. Fulford, for the first time 

 in several months, shot in bis old time form, as is shown by the 

 fact that his second barrel was used only eighteen times to kill. 

 Class shot a game, race and made a score which would win 90 per 

 cent, of all matches shot. Below is the ftdl score of the match, 

 shown by Forest and Stream's famous trap score type: 



Trap score type— Copyright, •/»»*, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



->->\t4-^ < < >< < \\-»-»<-\\NT\Nt\ < - _ 

 Frank Class. .1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 o 2 11 2 2 1 1 2 1 S 1 2-22 



£\*^N^\/T->\TN\<-T<-/ , /< — >->TT^ _ 

 0 22121112223211012221122 2-23 



t/?->/^T\<- ^l^\TWT«-<-;' , HJ 



22 3 111023331121322111111 2—24 



-w-<-^T<-^Tt^^'TT-^' ^ ^<-/ ,, ^'->-^^->->/ , , „„ 



20113122111122212111 1111 1-24-93 



+\->T* 



->TT\\tT< — >?-)-VTT\TT 



E D Fulford ..1 11111111111111131311111 3-25 

 111120212111211121210111 1-33 



L 2 31 i 1112 2 Im— 24 



11 ^l<-T^-?/t<- 



1102111112111 

 111111110121111211111211 1-24-91 



Mux'phy Outshoots Morris. 



An interesting match at 100 live birds each took place at the 

 West, End grounds, Coney Island, on April 21, between C. Murphy 

 and C. E. Morris, the stake being $100 a side. Murphy used an E. 

 C. Higbam 10-gauge gun, weighing 9ibs., while Morris used a 12- 

 gauge, 7Mlbs., L. C. Smith. The score of the match follows: 



Trap score type— Copyright, 1892, by Forest awl Stream Publishing Co. 

 Morris (39yds.).... 2 113210221122 2 1 0 10 1 . 1 0 o 1 2 2-20 

 o01313200il0313222121112 0—19 

 123112110011021221110111 2-21 

 2213011 1 111 0 2 11122212121 2-23 



83 



Murphy (28yds.). .1 11323311111120111213130 2-23 

 1 211131311 2 022 0 2 0 1 123222 2-22 

 20231103312 0 22010121311 2 2—20 

 11111002301123212 2 112211 1-22 



87 



Denny Defeats McWhorter. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.. April 22.— The long-talked-of-match at 50 3ive 

 pigtons eacu for 8100 a side between J. O'H. Denny and E. H. 

 McWhorter took place on the private grounds of the King estate 

 m East Liberty, yesterday, a large crowd of sportsmen being 

 present. The weather conditions were unfavorable for good work. 

 Tne result of the match is appended: 



Trap score tyxie— Copyright, /S92, by Forest and Stream Publishing Go. 



? ^ ^ p P ^ 1 4- 4- T 4. -* t T 4. 1 T s> S <s \ ✓ <- 

 EH McWhorter. .0 2 02 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 o n 1 0 1—18 



210013012002 2 302 0 2000222 1—15 



33 



J O'H E»enny N->i \TT«-«-T-*\'* TT^4.T<-T^ T 



0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0^2 2 1-18 



02002122013 0 3 2 0122110212 0-17 



'»..-„ , A« . * • - * 35 



Humane Officer O'Brien was present and his feelings were so 

 wrought up by the occurrence as to imoel him to thus express 

 himself to a reporter of the Pittsburgh Leader: 



"1 inrend to prosecute Mr. Denny and Mr. McWhorter if the so- 

 ciety directors give me aui hority. I have the facts for a good case 

 against each of them, and if what I witnessed is not cruel under 

 the law then there is no cruelty. It consists of tbis: When a bird 

 fell inside the 60-yard boundary three minutes are allotted for it to 

 rise again or flutter across the limiting line. In That time the 

 gunner is not, permitted to use bis second barrel if the pigeon le- 

 mains on the ground. At the end of three minutes a dog is sent 

 after the bird, which may then flutter over the br.uudar v, in which 

 cage it is accounted as lost and no account is taken ot it no matter 

 what its condition may be. At yesterday's match fully 30 per 

 cent, of the piereons used escaped in a more or less crippled state, 

 but all were able to get beyond my reach except two that were 

 captured by two boys whom I engaged for tne work, if the 

 wonnded birds wer" killed as quickly as possible there would be 

 no cause for complaint, but. absolutely no attention was Daid to 

 those pieeous that cleared the boundary. 



"The gun clubs ate nresuraing on the recent decision of Mr. 

 Justice Paxson in an appeal on a live-bird shoot, but I think they 

 will find that they are making a mistake. Or, if I am mistaken 

 and not they, and Justice Paxson's decision means that what I 

 witnessed yesterday, and what may be seen at all similar shoots, 

 is Tiot cruelty, then dog and chicken fighiing should be legalized. 

 Chicken fignting is a thousand times more Iramane than pigeon 

 soooting, and should be permitted it' live birds are to be mangltd 

 as is the case. However, I intend to see if that decision covers 

 the case I obtained at, the Denny-McWhorter shoot. I cannot be- 

 lieve that it does, and will try to have a test made of P. If that is 

 not cruelty under the law then nothing in the dumb animil line 

 ought to be called inhuman. Dog and chicken fighting is roAned 

 in comparison. I cannot prosecute in the Exposition Park case 

 because I could not, connect the gunners with the escaped 

 wounded birds, but in this case I am absolutely certain of all 



Mr. Denny, in an interview with the Pittsburgh Gazette man 

 says: 



'Agent O'Brien's interview is misleading and placesMr. Mc- 

 Whorter and myself in a false light. In the first place, let me 

 say. no true sports man will wilfully, maliciously or cruelly harm 

 any bird or animal, no matter how insignificant. We both claim 

 to he sportsmen. I can answer for myself, and I think for Mr. 

 McWhorter, that we tried, indeed, were very anxious, to kill 

 every bird, instantly, upon being liberated. Under the act of 

 1879 wilful, malicious and wanton cruelty has to be proven. It 

 would, I think.be a very difficult matter to prove tnis against 

 either McWhorter or myself in the light of the recent decision of 

 the Supreme Court. 1 ' 



If Humane Officer O'Brien feels anxious for a test case the 

 Pittsbmrgn people will probably spend a few dollars to open his 

 eyes to the error of his ways. 



The Tournament at Eagle Grove. 



Eagle Grove, Jowa, April 20.— The tournament of the Eagle 

 Grove Gun Club, held in this city April 19 and 20, was not largely 

 attended, owing to the beastly weather. The first dav the wind 

 blew a strong gale from right to left across the traps, making the 

 shooting very uncertain and good scores impossible. The second 

 day it snowed, hailed, rained and a strong wind still came from 

 tbe same direction. I thinK this the most disagreeable day I ever 

 saw. The Gun Club gave the visiting sportsmen a banquet the 

 evening of the first clay, which was greatly enjoyed by all present. 

 The Eagle Grove boys are royal entertainers, and made everyone 

 happy in spite of the bad weather. Among the visiting sports- 

 men were Hob. J. G- Smith. S. S. Sessions and Dr. Banks, of 

 Algona; Steinhurg and Sundstrum, Bancroft; George Hughes, 

 Fonda: G P. CUristiart^on and Boyd. Randall: Georgeson, Story 

 City: C. M. Grimm, Oleiir Lake; Buchlop*, Iowa FaUs. Inclosed 

 please find scores of events shot: 



Fifteen singles, entrance gl.50: Budd 9, Sundstrom 9, Wood 9, 

 Hughes 33, Wyman 33, Lum 8, Grimm 14, Georceson 13, Smith 10. 



Six singles and 3 pair, entrance $2: Grimm 10, Wyman 7, Lum 

 4, Hughes 11, Budd 8. Geoj'gesou 12, Butholph 6, Christiausou 30, 

 Wood 8. 



Fifteen singles, entrance 82.50: Grimm 10, Hughes 8, Budd 11, 

 Wyman 12, Georgeson 14. Butholph 9, Moats 10, Boyd 3. 



Fifteen singles, entrance 1 F0: 



Huehes .111 1111113 1 K G J — li Grimm 01111H11 111111-14 



Georgeson 103011111111 1 10-12 Wood 110011 U 11111 1 1-13 



Steinburg 100100110110101— 9 Price 11101010C001011— 8 



Christianson . ..3011111H101001— 11 Wyman 101 '11111001111 -12 



Sundstrom. . . .111100010011111—10 Carlton 100011111101011—10 



Budd HlOllOOOOlOOlO- 7 



Miss and out, live birds: 



Grimm 10 Georgeson 0 Carlton Ill 



Session 20 Bodd 110 Moats 0 



Smith 0 Christianson 20 Daily... 0 



Hughs Ill Lineberger 10: Wood 30 



Buttolph 0 AVyman 310 



Same: 



Smith 0 Hughes 2131 Carlton 0 



Budd 1110 Christianson ....0 Moats 20 



Sessions 120 Wyman 1110 Buttolph 20 



Grimm ..........20 



Seven live birds, entrance $5: 



Sm ith 1029102—4 Hughes 32U133— 7 



Grimm 1122221 —7 Moats OlOOolO— 2 



Sissions 1201011—5 Buttolph 0000222-f; 



Daley 3032233-H Wyman 1021121-6 



Budd 3119222-9 Stamburg 1000202-8 



Christianson 2302333—6 Wood 122i«£0-5 



Georgeson 0302101-4 Sundstrom 2122001—5 



CHICAGO AND WESTERN TRAPS. 



Chicago, 111., Aprill23.— Mr. J. G. Schaaf, of St. Louis, has the 

 following libelous comment to make upon the quality of the Chi- 

 cago pigeon game: 



"St. Louis, April 19.— I was very sorry that I could not come up 

 to your city with Haggerty and Dr. Starakloff, but was rather 

 glad that I did not when I saw and heard them talk when they 

 came back. What is the matter with all those winter pigeon 

 shooters in Chicago ? Were they afraid of the St. Louis summer 

 shooters ? as they call them. Any time any of your boys want a 

 race oown here tell them to give us six hours' notice and vv« will 

 have birds and man ready. Good birds, too, and it won't take fire 

 department ( raps to start them either." 



Wait till we catch St. Louis out alone some night, and we'll see 

 about this. 



An interesting but mysterious telegram was received from the 

 East here last night, wbich read as follows: 



"Billy Museey's Madison St. Billiard Hall, Chicago. HI. — Ful- 

 fora ninety-six. Class ninety, three good birds.— C. Tii/lotson." 



At least the above is the construction put on the telegram. If 

 Mr. Fulford and Mr. Class had only 3 good birds in the lot they 

 were in hard luck. 



I'm afraid we'll get tangled up again in the old question of 

 Eastern and Western birds. To-day Mr. Frank Lawrence, of 

 New York, was in my office. Mr. Lawrence was raised at Gen- 

 eseo, Illinois. When a boy he used to trap for the shooters in the 

 Stale tournaments when they were held at Geneseo, in the days 

 of plunge traps, and has since pursued the sport of pigeon shoo't- 

 ing through higher degrees than this humble one, and is, I take 

 it, known about New York shooterdom. Well, Mr Lawrence told 

 me that he had a talk with Mr. Fulford just before he left New" 

 York, and that in a general conversation Mr. Fulford remarked 

 that an 85 gait was a good one on the Chicago grounds, on account 

 of the wind. And yet, methinks, it was but yestreen or so that 

 Mr. Fulford gave it out that the birds in the Woodlawn Park 

 match were 20 per cent, harder than the birds in Chicago. In the 

 words of the G roaan politician, "Yy vas der r-r reason" for dose?" 

 There is about a 40 to 60 per. cent. g*ip to be filled by Mr. Fulford's 

 temporary going off form. He must, be worse out of shane than a 

 last year's baseball. 



By his score of 96 we may suppose one of two things: Either that 

 Mr. Fulford is getting back to his form, or getting back to the 

 place where he can make better scores. 



According to the above Mr. Fulford ought to just about shoot 

 the vermiform appendix our, of every biro that gets up in his race 

 with Mr. Elliott, and also some more. I can't figure it out any 

 other way. If he does not he will have to apologize, as the leader 

 of the vigilance committee did to the widow, when they found 

 they had uung the wrong man. '-Excuse us, ma'm, but the fact is, 

 you've got tbe laugh on us this time." 



If Mr. Fulford can retain his grip on his 96 form, and carry it 

 West, where the birds are 20 par cent, easier, h« stands a show to 

 win against Mr. Elliott. If his form proves but temporary, like 

 the poet's '"snowfall on the river," 



"Or like the rainbow's fleeting form, 

 Evanishing amid the storm," 

 and if Mr. Fulford shoots at Kansas City as he did here, then I 

 fear we shall have to pronounce upon him a verdict like that of 

 The native coroner's jury in India, who sat upon the remains of a 

 victim ot misplaced confidf nee. "Panzo died of being eat by a 

 tiger. There was nothing left of him but a few fingers, which 

 probably belonged to the right or left hands." 



But we can't tell about that, because we can't tell anything 

 about the actual quality of Eastern and Western birds as Cfm- 

 pared„withieach other. As near as I can get at it, there are 5 differ- 

 ent sorts of pigeons-lst, the trained Eastern bird; 2d, the Kansas 

 City drivei ; 3d, the plain cooking pigeon; 4tb, the J. Watson bird 

 (aone genuine without the signature); 5th, the sort of bird a fellow 

 ralks about whi-n he isn't there. 



It occurs to me that possibly the Eastern reference to good birds 

 may be meant as applying to the moral character of the bird. 

 Thus, a bird might not be pretty, but good. This brings addi- 

 tional difficulty into the problem. Iregrettosay that many of 

 our Western birds are of very dissolute habits, and must really 

 decline to press the comparison further. I can readilv see, how- 

 ever, how this theory would explain Mr. Fulford's position in re- 

 gard to the matter. Shall we infer that there were some Sunday- 

 school birds in the Fulford-Class match, and in the mat. hes at 

 Woodlawn Park ? 



A pleasant feature of the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 

 annua' meeting at DesMoines, May 22-26, will be a banouet to vis- 

 iting sportsmen, given by the Highland Gun Club on the evening 

 of the 25th. These banquets appeal to the finer side of the shoot- 

 ers' nature. Tney should he more common at our large meetings. 

 The shooter should not be taught merely to burn powrltr and 

 count his winnings at a shoot. The banquet, in due form and 

 dignity, though not coldly formal, snould be there for the shoot- 

 ers to attend and to remember. Trap shooting is goirg upward 

 in all ways. Let the shooter have the banquet. It helns up. It 

 brings shooters together. It makes them think more'of them- 

 selves and of each other. 



Mr. Geo. W. Rexroat, of Virginia, HI., the plucky young 

 shooter who divided the honors with Capt. Bogardus in the two 

 earlier matches, writes me as follows of the last match, which was 

 shot last week at Virginia: 



"The day was rather favorable, but in the latter part of match 

 it began raining. The birds were, with verv few exceptions, first 

 class, nearly all being straightaway drivers and twisters. There 

 were about 175 or 200 spectators, and all seemed to enjoy the race 

 very much, as it was something novel. The conditions of the race 

 were as follows: 50 live birds each, for a purse of $100 and gate re- 

 ceipts; 35yds. rise, H. & T. traps, with a 10yds. circle drawn around 

 the trap, any bird falling in siue the circle lo be lost: then 80yds. 

 boundary; gun held below elbow until bird is on wing, use of one 

 barrel only. Score, Bogardus 44 and one dead outside. Rexroat 

 41, with one dead inside circle and one out of bounds. — G. W. 

 Rexroat." 



This leaves the old Captain winner of 3 out of the 3 matches, 

 but Mr. Rexroat. is certainly much to be complimented on his 

 close iunning. This last race was pretty nearly the Captain's old 

 game, H. & T. traps, one barrel, gun below elbow. With the 

 10yds. circie clause, and one-barrel shooting, it seems to me that 

 the shooting was extraordinarily good for both men. There are 

 plenty who do not heat it with both barrels. E. Hotjgh. 



The Newark Gun Club. 



The Newark Gun Club held an outing at John Erh's on April 14, 

 half a dozen members comprising the party. The birds were 

 scarce and the regular club contest was declared off until May. 

 The event of the day was a match at 21 birdf each tor $25 a side, 

 between Frank Lawrence of New York and Allen Willey of Hart- 

 ford, Conn. The match resulted in a tie, which was shot off at 5 

 birds each with the following result: 



Lawrence 32320033312022031 33200223—39 00231 —3 



Willey 2vll330333323033001 01121 0—19 11103-2 



The following were also shot, the first, being at 10 birds, $2 50 

 entry, tbe other at 4 birds each, S3 entry: 



Collins 1111111110- 9 



Hollis OllllllloO— 8 



Erb .1111111011— 9 



Riggott 1111111111-10 



Willey lllUlloll— 9 



Lawrence UlolUUO- 8 



2231 



2111 



2312 



2221 



1111 



3333 



i232 



3121 



2311 



32U 



32*2 



3033 



2031 



1330 



0333 



