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FOREST AND STREAM. 



MILFORD TOURNAMENT. 



The horrible state of the weather upon the dates claimed by 

 MahloD Rupell for a three days' tournaTnent at Milford, N. J., 

 was the only stumbling block to a moat successful meeting. On 

 Wednesday, which was to be the optning day, rain fell continu- 

 ously, and all idea of shooting was out of the q^uesiion. Thui's- 

 d ay the weather conditions were a shade more favorable, occa- 

 slcsnal showers interrupted the sport, but the programme of the 

 first day was shot out. The atten<lance was small, a mere hand- 

 ful of shooters participating, and these were men who had coma 

 the nighr previous in anticipation of fair weather on the morrow. 

 Friday was originally intended to be devoted to live birds exclu- 

 sively, hut previous to the starting of the live-bird events, the 

 target programme for Thursday was complpted. The live birds 

 were not of a particularly high order, a real good fast one being 

 the exception. Scores: 



First Day. Tliwrsday, July 30 



No. 1, 10 single bluerocks, 75 cents entrance: Ayres 8, Stewart 7, 

 Neaf Apgar 6, Bloom 5. 



No. 8, lU single bluerocks, $1 entry: N. Apgar 8, Stewart 7, Bloom 

 5, Ayres 5. 



No. 3, same conditions: N. Apgar 9, Stewart 8, Ayres 7, Bloom 6, 

 Stout 2, W. Apgar 2. 



No. 4. 13 bluerocks, $1.25 entrance: Stewart 11, N. Apgar 10, 

 Stout 10, W. Apgar 9, Ayres 7. Bloom 5. 



No. 5, 15 single bluerocks, .fl 50 entrance: Stewart 13, N. Apgar 



12, Stout 11, Blevin 10, Ayres 10, W. Apgar 5. 



No. 6, 10 single blueroeiss $1 entrance: Ayres 9, Stewart 8, Stout 

 8, W. Apgar 8, N. Apgar 5. 



No. 7, 12 single bluerocks, SUSS entranc'.: Stewart 14, Ayres 12, 

 N, Apgar 9, Stout 8. W. Apgar 7. 



No. 8. 10 singles, $1 entrance: Ayres 7, Stewart 6, N. Apgar 6, 

 Lippincott 3, Stout 3. 



No. 9, 15 single bluerocks, $1 50 entrance: Stout 11, Ayres 10, 

 Stewart 8, N. Apgar 6, Lippeticott 2. 



Second Day, Friday^ July 31. 



No. 1, 10 single hiuerooks, |1 entrance: Apgar 9, Rupell 9, 

 Qnimby K, f^tevvari; 7. '\yres 6, Stover 5, Neist 4. 



No, 2, m singles, $1.25 entrance: Quimby 10, Stewart 9, Apgar 9, 

 Ayres 9, Stover 5, Nfist i, Rupell 8, (iarner 4. 



No. 3, 15 singles, fl.oO entrance: Quimby 15, Stewart 13, Apgar 



13, Ayres 11. Rupell 9. 



No. 4, 12 singles, $1.76 entrance: St«wart 13, Apgar 12, Ayres 11, 

 Quimbv 9, Rupell 8, Smith 8. 



No. 6, 10 singles, f 1 entrance: Stewart 9, Smith 9, Quimby 8, 

 Apgar 8. Rupell 8, Ayres 7. 



No. 6, 10 singles, SI entrance: Ayres 9, liipincott 8, Smith 7, 

 Stewart 7, Rupell 7, Quimby^ 4, Apgar 6. The tie for third money 

 shot off at 5 singlts, and svon by Rupell with 5. 



No. 7, 10 singles, $1 entrance: Quimby 8, N. xVpgar 5, Smith 5, 

 Red day 3, Ayres 3, Stewart 2, 



No. 8, 5 live birds, S5 entrance fee, 3 moneys: 



Neaf Apgar 21213—5 W Apgar 12011—4 



J Smith 11111—5 Stover lliOl— 4 



Stewart 21111—5 Heist 02110—3 



G amer 11122- 5 Quimby o3101— 3 



¥iTst and second dlv., third carried forward to next event and 

 won by Quimby with 7 stiaight. 



No. 9, 7 live birds, $7.50 entrance, 3 moneys: 



Qui uiby 23J2222— 7 Stover 211ol01— 5 



Neaf Apgar 1111112—7 J Smith 0201112—5 



Garner 1121113—6 Heist 222olo2-5 



Stewart 01231 21-6 Van Marten 2022230-5 



W Apgar 1111002-5 



Ties div. 



No. 10, 5 live birds, 85 entrance, 3 moneys: 



Quimby 12212-5 J Smith 121i; 



Neaf Apgar 21121—5 Heist 11011—4 



Stewart 11131-5 Van Marten 11110—4 



Garner 11211-5 W Apgar 11200—3 



Tie for first money decided in next event and divided by Stew- 

 art and Garner. 



No. 11, miss and out, $1 entrance: 



Stewart 221111211-9 Mason 2110 



Garner 111121221—9 Heist 220 



Van Marten 222112210-8 W Apgar 10 



Nfaf Apgar 2211l21o Stryker 10 



J Smith 1112110 Quimby 0 



Stover 1210 Fred Q ....o 



No. 12, miss and out. $1 entrance: 



N Apgar 211—3 Stewart 110—2 



Van Marten 121-3 Heist 0 



Qu imby 120-2 Tee Kay. 



THE ONONDAGA'S TOURNEY. 



The Onondaga County Sportsmen's Association held a two 

 days' tournament on their spacious grounds at Syracuse, N. Y., 

 on July 33 and 24. The attendanf^e was fairly large, and the sffair 

 was a pronounced sucress. Kingbirds were the targets thrown, 

 and the traps and trapping were under the supervision of the 

 only "Cazenovia" Oruitenden. 



First Day. 



First event, 10 single kingbirds, rapid firing, entrance $1.50- 



Luther 9 Mosher 9 Bf cker 



McMurchy. 9 Oarr 8 D Walters '. 7 



C Walters. 9 Lefever 8 Holden 6 



HoUoway 9 



Holloway first, Be' ker second, D. Walters third. 



Second event, 10 single kingbirds, unknown angles, entrance $2- 



Luther.. 10 Becker 9 D Wallers 6 



McMurchy 10 Oarr 8 Holden 6 



Lefever 10 C Walters 7 Holloway i 



Mosher 10 



Lefever and McMurchy first. Baker second, Carr third. 



Third event, 10 singles, unknown angles, entrance $1.50- 



McMurchy 10 Holden 8 Becker 7 



Luther 9 0 Walters 8 D Walters 7 



Carr 9 Mosher 8 Holloway 6 



Lefever 9 



McMurchy first, Lefever and Carr div. second, Mosher third 



Fourth event, 10 s<ngles, rapid firing, entrance $1 50: 



Luther 10 Harwood 9 Carr 7 



C Walters 10 Hudson 9 Ashton... .' 7 



MO Smith 10 Ayres 9 D Walters '. e 



McMurchy, 10 Mowry 8 Holden- 6 



Becker 10 Holloway 8 Reynolds e 



Moslier 10 King 8 Ginty 6 



Becker and Mosher div. first, Hudson second, Mowry third 

 Ashton fourth. ' 



Fifth event, 15 singles, unknown angles, enti-ance $3.50: 



McMurchy 15 Holloway 13 Hudson 32 



Becker 15 O Walters 13 Holden 1] 



Ayres 14 Luther 13 Reynolds 11 



Mowry 13 Oarr 13 King. 10 



Mosher 13 Lefever 13 



McMurchy and Becker div. first, Ayres second, Mowry third, 

 Carr fourth. 



Sixth event, 15 singles, rapid firing, entrance $2.50: 



Carr 15 C Walters 14 Holden 13 



Luther. 15 McMurchy 14 Smith 13 



King 15 Mowry .13 Holloway 12 



Mosher 14 Hudson 13 Becker 11 



Ayres 14 Lefever 13 Harwood 9 



Luther first. McMurchy and Ayies second, Hudson third. Smith 

 and Holloway fourth. 



Seventh event, 15 singles, rapid firing, entrance $2.50: 



Hudson 15 Harwood 13 0 Walters 13 



Luther ...14 Holden 13 Becker 12 



McMurchy 14 Lefever 13 Holloway 11 



Cai r 14 Ayres 13 D Walters '. ". ',11 



Mosher ...14 Mowry 12 Ginty 11 



Ashton 14 King 12 



Hudson first, Ashton second, Ayres and Lefever third, Mowrv 

 fourth. 



Eighth event, 10 singles, rapid firing, entrance 81.80; 



Mosher 10 Hudson , . . .9 Ashton 7 



Lefever 10 Luther 8 Holloway 7 



McMurchy 10 Ayres 8 Reynolds ""'".7 



Oarr 9 0 Walters 8 King 7 



Mowrv 9 Becker 8 



McMurchy and Mosher first, Mowry, Carr and Hudson second, 

 Becker third. 



Second Day. 



First event, 10 singles, unknown angles, entrance $3: 



McMurchy 10 Mowry 9 Richardson.. 



0 Walters 10 Shoecraft 8 King 



Luther 10 Prettie 8 Rohbina 7 



Mosher 9 D Walters 8 Ginty .. ' ' '," '.7 



Ayling 9 Youman..... 8 Hudson '.J 



prettie 9 



0, Walters first, AyUng aecond, Prettie third, Ginty fourth. 



Second event, 10 singles, unknown angles, entrance $3: 



Ayres 10 Mosher 9 King 8 



C Walters 10 Ashton 9 D Walt;er8 7 



McMurchy 10 King 9 Ellis 7 



Frazer 10 Youman 8 Ginty 9 



Luther 9 Hurlson 8 Robblns 6 



Mowry 9 Montgomery 8 



McMurchy first, Mosher second, Hudson third, Ellis fourth, 



Tnird event, 15 singlpa, unknown angles, entrance p,50: 



McMurchy ...... ..14 King 12 Robbing 10 



Mosher 14 Ellis 12 Frazer.'. 10 



Mowry .14 Youman 11 Ayers 10 



0 Walters 13 Ashton 11 Montgomery 8 



Hudson 13 Sboccraft 11 Ayling 8 



Luther 12 



Mowry, McMurchy and Mosher div. first, Walters and Hudson 

 div. second, Lutber and King third, Ashton fourth. 



Fourth event, 10 singles, rapid firing, entrance $2: 



McMurchy 10 Mowry 8 Richardson 7 



Ayres 9 Mosher 8 Rohbins 7 



Montgomery 9 King... 8 Ashton 7 



Youman. 9 Luther 8 Gmty 6 



Hudson 8 Holloway 7 



McMurchy first, Montgomery second, Ltithel- and Moslier 

 thud, Richardson fourch. 



Fifth event, 10 singles, unknown angles, entrance $3; 



Mowry 10 Luther 8 Youmans 7 



McMurchy 9 Ashton 8 Richardson 7 



Ayres 9 Montgomery 8 D Walters 7 



Hudson 9 Mosher 7 Rohbins 6 



Ayling 9 King 7 Ginty 0 



Mowry first, Ayres and McMurchy second, Luther third, You- 

 mans fourth. 



Sixth event, 15 singles, unknown angles, entrance 84: 



Luther.... 15 McMurchy .13 Holloway 11 



Ayres 14 Montgomery 1.1 King 10 



Ashton 14 Mowry 12 Ginty 9 



Hudson 14 D Walters 12 Rohbins 9 



Mosher 13 0 Walters 13 



Lutber first, all other classes of ties div. 



Tenth event, 10 singles, rapid firing, entrance $1.£0: 



Ayres 10 Arling 9 Ashton fi 



McMurchy 10 Luther 9 Williams 8 



Hudson 10 0 Walters.......... 9 Shoecraft 7 



Montgomery 10 Mosher 9 Youmans 7 



Mowry 9 



Montgomery first, Ayling and Luther second, Ashton and Will- 

 iam" third, Youmans 1 ourth. 



Eighth event, 10 singles, rapid firing, entrance |2: 



Mowry 9 McMurchy 9 Gintv 7 



Mosher 9 Luther 8 D Walters 7 



Montgomery 9 Hudson 8 Richardson 7 



Holloway, 9 Prettie 7 Frazer 6 



Mosher first, McMurchy and Luther second, Pi'ettle third. 



GLENMORE GUN CLUB —The regular monthly shooting meet- 

 ing of this crack organization took place at Louis Miller's Dexter 

 Park, Wednpsday, July 29. The members turned out in force and 

 one of the most successful shoots in the history of the club was 

 the re.sult. The Glenmores will put a strong team in the fiel 1 for 

 the Louin Miller tn phy, that is to be contested for ihe latter part 

 of the current month. The Eppig medal is the coveted prize in 

 the monthly meetings of the Glenmores and on this occasion B. 

 Helgens was the successful one, Mr. J, Blake acted as referee. 

 Regular monthly shoot for the Eppig medal, at 7 live birds, club 

 medal, hanriicap rises: 



E Helgens (29) 2111113-7 Dr Bnehme (26) 2002112-5 



W Leven-. (27) 1211211-7 0 Ma.gee (25) 2022102-5 



J Schlierman (27) 3111111-7 FMaier(25) 1001111-5 



J J Edgerton (29) 1211131-7 L Eppig (25) 3011021—5 



R Phister (27) 1211121-7 J A Eppig (29) 0203110-4 



G Pfohlman (29) 1211101-6 W Vorbach (35) 0012001-3 



J Young (29) 1311102-6 W Livingston (23) 000.^320-3 



E Vi oome (39) 1111011-6 W Strasser (25) OOU0121— 3 



P Sutter (27) 1011111-6 J Edwards (27) 1022000-3 



J Still (2.5) 0221111-6 H Schlietner (25) 0002UOO— 1 



J Beuneti (29) 2111101-6 O Englebrecht (25) ... .0001000-1 



E Madison (27) 0012112—5 



Ties for medal, at 5 birOs: 



R Helgens 12122-5 J J Edgerton 001 — 1 



W Levens 21220-4 R Phister 301 —2 



J Schlierman 203 -3 Tee Kat. 



CORTLAND, N. Y., July 31.— The return match between A. S. 

 Schermerhorn and E 0. Rindge. of Cortland, vs. E. B. Roberts, of 

 Canastota, and Will H. Crurtenden, of Cazenovia, took place at 

 the Oanastota Gun Club grounds July -30 during a rain storm, 

 resulting as did the first one, in a victory for the Cortland gen- 

 tlemen. The following is the score, 3 traps, American Association 

 rules: 



E. B. Roberts. 



Singles, rapid firing 111111111111111111111111111111-30 



Singles, unknown angles 111111111101111111111111111111-29 



Doubles.. . .10 11 00 11 10 11 01 10 10 10 10 00 10 10 00 01 11 10 11 11-23-83 

 A. S. Schermerhorn. 



Singles, rapid firing 111101011101111111111111111110-26 



Singles, unknown angles 101111010111111011011101100111-22 



Doubles... .11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 OD 11 10 11 11 11—36-81 

 E. 0. Rindge. 



Singles, rapid firing OOOOlllOllOlOillOlOlinillllOl-20 



Singles, unknown angles 111111111110110111111111110111-27 



Doubles.. . .10 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 01 11 11 11 01 11 1] 10 11 11 01-32-79 

 WillH. Cruttenden. 



Singles, rapid firing 111111111111111110111011111111-28 



Slngle.1, unknown angles llliOllllllOOllOlllOlUlllOllO— 23 



Doubles... .10 10 11 11 11 11 10 01 11 10 00 11 10 11 00 01 10 01 11 H-27-78 

 BOILING SPRINGS GUN CLUB.-Rutherford, N. J., Aug. 1.— 

 Matches at bluerocks, Keystone rules. First match at 13 targets; 

 in ninth Hollister, Collins and Hunt 20, rest 10; in twelfth 15; 

 other matches 10. In tenth matcn Klees, Hollister, Collins and 

 Paul shot expert rules; twelfth also expert rules: 



1 ^ 3 U 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 



Peck 5 9 8 6 8 5 8 8 7 7 



Klees 9 7 8 10 



Collins 



Paul 



8 9 9 9 10 6 10 20 

 6 .. 8 8 7.... 7 



6 9 10 

 5 .. 10 



7 .. 8 





7 





3 7 



8 6 







10 



8 



9 10 



8 10 7 



.. 17 .. .. 





6 





9 7 

 8 6 



9 7 8 

 3 6 7 



6 7 6.... 

 5 





6 



7 



7 7 



7 9.. 



.. 5 



Paul 







6 5 



. . . , 5 



6 



y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.y. 8 



3 



3 7 



4 . 









9 



8 .. 



7 6 7 



7 9 9 7.. 

 9 18 5 . . . . 

 9 5 









4 10 7 













Konski.. 1 8 3 3 4 



HOLLYWOOD.— On the afteraoon of July 35 these popular 

 grounds were the scene of a spirited contest for the possession of 

 a trophy known as the Taknasse cup. The trophy is offered for 

 yearly competition by Mr. Fred Hoey. The conditions, 20 birds 

 per man, 825 entry fee, Hurlingham rules, short boundary and 

 handicap rises, the winner taking the entrance money and pos- 

 session of the cup for one year. Last year the contest occurred 

 on Aug. 15, and Mr. Edgar G. Murphv captured the prize with a 

 straight score, Mr. Pierre Lorlllard, Jr., finishing a close second 

 with 19. This year the trophy was taken by the donor. Mr. Fred 

 Hoey, and the win was a popular one. Mr. John S. Hoey, referee. 

 The score: 



Fred Hoey, 30yds 22322122221232232232-20 



Capt A W Money, 30yda 2:'212122312320132220-18 



E G Murphy, 31yd3 33220322222202231122—18 



Phil Daly, Jr, 30yds 32031112220331132203-18 



During the current week on these grounds will take place some 

 important matches for large stakes. On Thursday there is the 

 first of a series of three matcnes between Edgar G. Murphy and 

 O. O. Klugh Thorn at 100 birds eacn for $3,000 a side, and on Fri- 

 day another 100 bird race for which the stake will be $1,000 a side. 

 The principals in this match are Edgar Murphy and Phil Daly, 

 Jr.— Tee Kat. 



NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio, July 29.-Tbe spirit of sport In- 

 creases rather than diminishes as the warm summer dajs glide 

 like fleeting shadows into the past. This is especially noticeable 

 among the best shots In the Gun Club and cropped out in a long- 

 ^vlnded shoot Wednesday al'ternnon. The mat^h shot was be- 

 tween Benscotten, Caisse, Clark, Hamilton and B. H. Peters, and 

 was for 100 bluerocks, the two lovyest on the score bf^ing required 

 to ante for the price of the rocks. Following is the score: 



. Benscotten 91 Clark 83 Caisse 79 



8 Hamilton 89 Peters 79 



The foUowlDB was made at Thursday's shoot, .July 80: 



CPlfher n Archer 18 D^ake 10 



Kegler 14 Ackerman 15 MC Peters.. 16 



DE Peters. 23 Oalsae 18 Hamilton 15 



gherbroolt SI Sloa».., 17 WJiito i 



ATLANTIC ROD AND GUN CLUB.-This club held its 

 mon'hly shoot on its grounds at Coney Island on Wednesdy, July 

 29. Owinsf to the close proximity of the shooting grounds to the 

 Brighton Beach race track it was necessary, as tue running meet- 

 ing was on, to have the shooting take place in the forenoon. The 

 birds were a fairly eood lot, hut the weather was not conducive to 

 good scores. Mr. J. J. Gavin acted in tbe capacity of referee and 

 scorer. Regular monthly medal contest, 7 live birds each, handi- 

 cap rises, club rules: 



J BVoorheas(27yds),..1022?ll— 6 S Janison (21) 0200000-1 



K F Sutherland (21). . ..0212123-6 G J Kleist (35) 1120112—6 



J Cropsy (25) 1012011—5 H .1 Sutherland (31). . . 0233011—5 



ABovle (25) 0311222-6 H Kronike (2.5) 2011311-6 



J O'Brien (35) ..3112120 - 6 R Monsees (30) 2311201—6 



R Morris (30) 0110121—5 C Mnhrman (25) 0211003-4 



R Dwyer (29) 1012201—5 M Bonden (3d) 0001111—4 



J McKay (35) 1020103-4 



Ties for first medal won by J. B. Voorhees. Ties for serond won 

 by 1!. J. Sutherland. C. Mohrman had to kill 7 straight to win 

 third prizie. 



WATSON'S PARK.-Burnside, HI., July 28.-Score of the Lake 

 County Club for medal and added sweep, 10 live pigeons each, 

 Illinois State rules: 



Nic Ford . 1110211011- 8 J W Donnell 1310210331- 8 



W S Bond 1.201102101- 7 Henry Koehler 1312111231-10 



Nic Lewis 1313321 l.;l— 10 1^ Flerslieim 3102101222 - 8 



A Weis 21232U1112- 9 A L Smith 1100221121— 8 



W J Edbrook 1111123112-10 F Sarther 2201110111— 8 



Edbrook won medal, other ties div. 



Sweep same day: 



Edbrook 11111—5 Ford 11121-5 



Sarther 23112—5 A L Smith 12121-5 



Edbrook, Jr 20211-4 A Weis 11222—5 



Flershelm 10102-3 Henry Koehler .21133-5 



Drvnuell 3210U-3 



Sarther and Ford div. first after killing 9 straight, other ties 

 div.— Ravelrigg. 



SPRINGFIELD. 0., July .30.-The two-day State shooting tour- 

 nameni given by Charles Young, one of tbe best known shots in 

 Ohio, closed to-night, after marked eTi.io\ment and many good 

 scores. About 400 people, of whnm forty were the best known 

 shots of the Sta e. were present. The live-bird shoot was declared 

 ofl", tbe birds failing to arrive by reason of the railroad strike. 

 The lollowing shows first prize winners: First match, 10 singles, 

 Allen, Walter and Sanford; second, 10 targets, Perry, Skinner, 

 McDonald, Allen, Peiin. Pnmprey and Young; third, 15 ta gets. 



tenth, 20 targets, AU.^n, Sanford, Duffy and Pumprey, 



SAN FRA.NCtSCn, July 36.-Tbe most important event was a 

 shoot for the 14 prizes put up hv Kellog and Hall. Thirtepn 

 en 'ered the lists, each to shoot at 60 Dirds. The first prize was a 

 "K. & H." hammerlpss gun, and tbe others were gun implements 

 and ammunition. Theie were also cash prizes, for which the 

 entrance fi-e whs divided, the largest being 40 per cent, se<"ond 

 largest 30, third 30 and fourth 10 per cent. Upon tlte merits of the 

 ffdlowing scores andtwo stioot-offs. the awards were made: Kar- 

 ney 42, Lake 42, Rol 25. Bruns 33, Campbell 19, AIIpu 33. Quinton 

 33, Ciite 36, Daniels 31, Taaffe 32, Ford 38, White 18, Reynolds 27. 

 The shoot-oll for first at 5 birds scored 3 for Karney and 4 for 

 Lake, giving the latter the first prize, tbe hammerless gun. Bruna 

 and Allen also tied on 33 birds and shot off, resulting in the latter's 

 winning the prize. 



PHILADELPHIA.— The Hillside Gun Club, of Chestnut Hill, 

 and the Peun Gun Club, of Norristo vn, shot on the grounds of the 

 former club at Chestnut Hill, on July 2.5, the Penn Club winning 

 by the narrow margin of 3 hirds; each man shot at 25 birds. Hill- 

 side Cluh— J. Landis 20, W. Alm^mlS, H. Kerr 17, R. Aimnn 19, T. 

 Carlylel4. T. Martin 33. A. Oaie 14, C. Johnson 10, \V. Lipinger 16. 

 A. Reiner 14, E. Johnson 10, J. Firch 9, P. Thomson 15 T. Paterson 

 18; total, 228. Penn Club-G. Kerper 16, J. Kite 13, J. Cassel 18, P. 

 W. Yost 14, R. Scheetz 15, H. Taney 19, J. R. Yost 17, K. F^lten 18, 

 C. Stanger 14, M. Haws 12, F. Gross 18, S. Kriebel 20, M. Mack 20, 

 J. Kohl 17; total, 231. 



The Modoc Gun Club, of Clifton Heights, Pa., defeated the 

 GarrettfoTd Club in an exulting contest on the latter's grounds, 

 on Juij 30. The match was 15 K-ystone birds per man. at the end 

 of which the score stood a tie, 44 to 44. In the shoot-off at 2 birds 

 each the Modocs won by 1 bird. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— Conversation among the Buffalo men at 



of 



., — . — — ... « ..-.Lv^i .JLCL.^ ..T*-c*ij a.,^Lu 1 Dxa and 



Dealers' Association, at John Bush's park, Aug. 35, 26 and 37, 

 bids fair to be an unqualified sue -ess. With a few changes, the 

 American Shooting Association rules will govern. The shoot'ng 

 will commence at 9 A. M each day, and of the surplus money 40 

 per cent, will be added to purses, 20 percent, to first, 10 per cent, 

 to second for best average in expert class to those shooting in al' 

 purses; SO per cent, to first and 10 per cent, to second for best 

 average in amateur class to those shooting in all purses. All 

 purses will be divided 80, 35, 20, 15 and 10 per cent., 10 events at 

 artificial birds each day. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y., July 29 —There was a very small attend- 

 ance of members of the Diana Gun Club at Dexter Park to-day. 

 Only 5 shot for the two gold medals in two classes. Secretary O. 

 Munch won in class A and L. Grane in class B, each breaking 9.' 



July 31.— A ma*ch between the brothers Leonard and .1. A. 

 Eppig against J.Simpson and C. Engt-lbrecht at 100 birds. ISyds. 

 rise, for $100 a side, was decided yesterday. It was close and ex- 

 citing, the Eppig brothers winning by the score of 166 to 160. The 

 result not being satisfactory to Simpson and Englt- brecht, they 

 challenged the winners for another match under the same condi- 

 tions. The challenge was immediately accepted. Eppig brothers 

 again won by the score of 179 to 167. 



NEWABIv, N. J.— H. A. Penrose, of Standard Keystone Target 

 Co., states that some time during September he will hold a 

 big tournament at live birds on Fighting Island, near Detroit, 

 and that among other features will be a contest between teams of 

 10 or 15 men each, representing New Jersey and Illinois. Mr. 

 Penrose Is a member of the Newark Gun Club, and says he will 

 back that club against the world, 



CAMDEN, N. J., July 29.— The Berlin Rod and Gun Club, of 

 Camden, was orgHnized to-night with the following offlcers: Presi- 

 dent, Chas. I. Wooster; Se( retary, J. Wrighi; Treasurer, Wm. P, 

 Curl. The club, it Is said, will ert^ct a commodious club house on 

 the property of the Berlin Land Improvement Company. 



TOPEKA, Kansas, July 26.-West End Gun Club, 25 singe Peoria 

 blackbirds, 3 traps, unknown angles, Am. Ass. rules: 



De Bost 23 Mety 19 Bifcoe , 23 



Clark 18 Wickham 14 Dibert 17 



Epps 20 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



A. G. B., Holland, Mich.— The specimen you send Is not wild 

 rice. 



M. R.. Tipton, la.— You will find a good portable boat of great 

 convenience on all fishing trips; and for such use as yours, one 

 should last for many years. 



F. B., Ottawa, Kan.— About what date can a conscientious 

 sportsman begin to shoot plover at this place. Bartramian sand- 

 pipers are the commonest kind here, but there is no law to 

 govern the killing of them. Ans. They should not be shot before 

 Aug. 15. 



J. L. P., Springfield, 111.— Will you please state in your next 

 issue the weight of the largest speckled brook trout of which you 

 have any record? Ans. Twelve pounds, caught by Seth Green in 

 Sault Saint Marie River; weight vouched for to us by Dr. P. K. 

 Hay, who wss present. 



J. S. C, Spring HIU, W. Va.— I have a pet fox which old fox 

 hunters tell me is a "Sampson fox," that is a cross bei ween a red 

 and gray. Is there any such thing in natural history? His back 

 Is gray, shading into red undernea'h, his ears are red, cheeks 

 white and muzzle black. Ans. Yours is probably a "cross fox," 

 so called on account of the dark cross mark on the back over the 

 shoulders. It is a cnlor variety of the red fox. Casps have been 

 reported where a litter of youner foxes from a red mother con- 

 tained red, cross and black puppies. 



C. E.. New York.— It is impossible to name a place near New 

 York where you can be sure of getting good duck shooting on 

 Thanksgiving Dav. Usually at such places near the city there 

 are more duck shoott rs than ducks. Vnu might go to Great 

 South Bay, on Long I.'^land,to Barnegat Bay, in New Jersey, or 

 to some point on the Sound in Connecticut. For information as 

 to del alls about these places write to th'' following partlep: G. 

 W. Howell &Son, AtlanticvUle, Long Island; Capt. John Kelly, 

 Barnegat, N. J.; Samuel Loper, Waretown, N, J.; Geo. M* Neville, 

 Branford, Conn, From some or all of these yon ought to get the 

 iafonnatton you deatre. 



