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A Fine Programme for Washington. 



Below will be found the full programme for the second annual 

 tournament of the Capital City Gun Club, to be held at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, on M»y 76 to 19 inclusive. The shoot will take place at 

 the Ivy City race track. 



First Day.— No. 1, 10 bluerocks, entrance SI, $10 guaranteed; No. 

 2. 15 bluerocks, ent. $1.50, $15 guar.; No 3, 15 bluerocks, ent. $1.50, 

 $15 guar.; No. 4, 20 bluerocks, ent. $2, §20 guar.; No. 5. 15 bluerocks, 

 ent. $1.50. $15 guar.; No. 6, 15 bluerocks, ent. $1.50, $15 guar.; No. 7, 

 10 bluerocks. ent. $1, $io guar. Second Day.— No. 1, 10 bluerocks, 

 ent. $1.50, $20 guar.; No. 2. 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $30 guar.; No. 3. 20 

 bluerocks, ent. $2.50, $10 guar ; No. 4, 25 bluerocks. ent. $3, $50 

 guar.; No. 5, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $30 guar.; No. 6, 10 bluerocks, 

 ent. $1.50, $20 guar.; No. 7. 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $30 guar.; No. 8, 

 25 bluerocks, ent. $3, $50 guar.; No. 9, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $30 

 guar.; No. 10, 20 bluerocks, ent. $2.50, $40 guar.; No. 11, 15 blue- 

 rocks, ent. $2, $30 guar. Average Money— 10 per cent, will be de- 

 ducted from all purses each day for averaee money, divided as 

 follows: 30 per cent, to first and 20 per cent, to seeond average in 

 expert class, to thoso shooting in all guaranteed purses this day; 

 25 per cent, to first, 15 per cent, to second and 10 per cent, to third 

 average in amateur class, to those shooting in all guaranteed 

 purses this day. Third Day.— No 1, 10 bluerocks. ent. $1.50, $25 

 guar.; No. 2, 20 bluerocks, ent. $2.50. $40 guar.; No. 3, 15 bluerorka. 

 ent. $2, $35 guar.; No. 4, 25 bluerocks, ent. $3, $60 guar.; No. 5. 15 

 bluerocks, ent. $2, $35 eua.r.; No. 6. 10 bluerocks, ent. $1.50, $25 

 guar.; No. 7, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2.50, $40 guar.; No. 8, 25 bluerocks 



ent. $3, $60 guar.; No. 9, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $35 guar.; No. 10, 20 

 bluerocks, ent. $2.50; $40 guar.; No. 11, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $30 

 guar. Fourth Day.— No. 1, 10 bluerocks. ent. $1.50, $25 guar.: No. 

 2, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $35 guar.; No. 3, 20 bluerocks. ent. $3.50, $40 

 guar.; No. 4, 15 bluerocks, ent. $2, $35 guar.; No. 5, 25 singles, team 

 race. 6 meD, entrance $20 per team; first prize $60, $35 of which is 



fives by J. T. Moylan, proprietor Owen House; second prize, 

 arker nammerless gun.and other valuable prizes to be announced 

 during tournament. The shooting will commence at 9 A. M. sharp 

 each day. All purses except No. 5 (team race) will be divided 30 

 and 30, 20 and 20 per cent. Target money deducted from purses 

 when entries will allow. Extra events if time permits. 



Rules Governing.— American Shooting Association rules, except 

 the following changes: The gun may be held in any position: the 

 load of shot for both 10 and 12-gauge guns must not exceed lJ4oz. 

 struck measure. Disposition of ties— All ties divided. Bluerock 

 targets will be need. The Amateur Protected— All experts will be 

 classified, and amateurs will have an equal show for winning 

 purses with the best shots. Ten traps will be used and contestants 

 shoot in squads of 11. The experts must shoot first at known traps 

 and unknown angles. All experts will be debarred from entering 

 the contest after the last gun of the first squad has been fired. 

 While rotating from No. 1 to No. 5, these traps will only be sprung. 

 After passing No. 5, the shooter will get birds from Nos. 6 to 10. 

 After all the experts have finished their score, the amateur 

 squads begin firing and shoot at known angles from the trap 

 directly in front of them. All teams must be composed of bona 

 fide members of the club they represent. Any club may enter oDe 

 or more teams, but a member can shoot on only one team. 



^mwt\z to ^amspandmts. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, 



H. W. H., Covington, Ky— What black bass flies should I use 

 on Kentucky River in June? Ans. Professor, silver-doctor, the 

 hackles, grizzly-king, royal-coachman, scarlet-ibis, Parmache- 

 nee-belle, polka, Montreal, oriole. 



M R , Lakewood, N. J.— What trout flies should I use in the 

 southern part of Maine for brook trou'? Ans. Silver-doctor, 

 red-ibis, Parmachenee- h elle, polka, professor. Montreal, coach- 

 man, cowdung, white-miller, the hackles, grizzly-king, great- 

 dun, Jenny-Lind. 



T. W. N. F., Foxburg, Pa.— What is the ^weight and length of 

 the largest speckled or brook trout that you have a record ot 't 

 Ans. Hallock, in his "Sportsman's Gazetteer," mentions one of 

 171hs.; Dr. P.F. Hoy saw one weighing 131bs., caught by Seth Green 

 at Sault Ste. Marie; Geo. Sheparri Page obtained a Rangeley spec- 

 men that weighed ll^lbs. The lengths are not stated. 



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THE SALMON FISHER. 



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CONTENTS : Distribu tiou of the Salmon . 

 Life History of the Salmon. Technologv of Sal- 

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