Sept. 34, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



103 



Penn and McDonald dir. first, Odborne aad Saliford div. ssooncl, 

 Pieremi rliird, iind Shorty fourth. 



No. 6, 15 siiiglpp, $l.f)0 rutry: 



Courtney lllllllKinill— M Davenport. . . .111110101110111—13 



Mtimma 111011111010101- 11 Shorty 111111101111111-14 



Hanford 111011111111011—13 PeTin IlimnimilU-M 



Yontig 111011101111111-13 J W ooinioiooioiu- 9 



Osbome 111111111111111-15 McDonald Ill 111101111110-13 



Taylor... 011011111111111-13 Hike lIlUllimiHIl-W 



Osborne first, ?ecoDd and third div., Davenport four! h. 



Extra aweop. 15 singles, -ISl Wl entry: Courtney 11, Osborne l."). 

 Young 11, Saiiford 14, Small Weed 10. Rike 14. BroAVu 13, Stone, 10, 

 Pennl3. Mumma 11, McDonald 12, Albert 10, Pier.son U, J. W. 9, 

 Sborty 11. Ties div. 



Ext.ra Pweep, 15 pintrles, Sl-RO entry: ('ourtnrv 14, Sauford 15, 

 Osborne 11, Penn IS.-Vuimj; 15, Rikp, ]J, piereou 13, ll.'mna 7, Stone 

 11, Shorty 14, Mcnonald It:, Mumma. 11, Poriertiekl 11, Taylor 10, 

 ,laracR r,, Parkt?r 13, Nestor 9. Bro^-n 11. Ties div. 



]< xti-.'i. r wf,ep, 10 Binglep, f 1: Oonriney 8, Sanford 0, O.sborn 10, 

 i'ciiJi S, Xnnvg 10, Rike 9, Piorson 10, Davenport 8, Stone 7. .1. W. 



McDonald 8, Shorty 10, Munama. 5, BroAvn 10, Parker 8, Brubaker 

 .5, Hanua 5. Ties div., Smne fourth alone. 



Extra sweep, 10 singles, $1: Courtney S. Stone (i, Sanford 10, 

 Young 9, Rike. 10, Penn 7, Shorty H. Brown 6, James 4, Bagga 7, 

 McDonald Tie.'^ div,, Yoinis Eecond alone. 



Kxtra swoop, 10 .Hiunlen, SP Courtney 7, Sanfnjd 10, Ophorn 9, 

 Pt-nn 8, Riko 7, Youns^ 10, Taylor 9, Protzman K, Sni,all Weed 0, 

 Mumma McDonald 8. Ties div. Tbis closed tbe sbootlng tor 

 the day. 



We6m.esduv, SMoM Hay^ Sept. 16. 



Tbe weather was clear and bright, becoming very warm in tbe 

 afternoon. The shooting attendance was about the .saruR, though 

 many more spectators were on baud. Tbe gu'irantees were by 

 consent moditipcl, so that the managemeut w'U bo, protected. Os- 

 born again wnnfirst daily aversge, 81 out of Si iti ihe i^narantees. 

 Sfnborn, 2d, SO. Scott McDonabi chased theiu boih f.ir awhile in 

 the average. Courtney, a trifle used up by a coll, fell down below 

 Average pretty often, though bis name "wa.s the fir.st in everventry. 

 Penn and Osboru left for home to-nigbt. The battery of 10 trap.s 

 \vas of 5 bluerock and ,5 Keystone traps, eacb throwing its own 

 bird. Tbe ecorp : 



Esira sweep. 10 singles, SI: Courtney 10, "Riko 6, Young 7, Penn 

 8, Pierson 8, McDonald 9, Stone 4, Mamma 7, Brown ,5, Sanford 9, 

 Artz9, Court DPv first al07ie. Ties div. 



Extra sweep, 10 singles, SI: Courtney 0, McDonald 8, Mumma 8, 

 Stone 7, Brown 7, Sanford 10, Young Artz5, Penn 10, Rike 9, 

 Piereon 9. All ties div. 

 No. 11, 10 singles, %V. 



Oourlney IIOIOUIOO— 6 Brown lllOllllll— 9 



McDoiiaid 1111111111-10 Craig 0001100000-3 



Young , Iirimoil— 9 SmallWeed 1011011111-5 



Sauford 1111110011-8 Stone OlllOOlUl- 7 



Penn ,.1011111111— !) J W ....0001110111— 7 



Mumma UlUlllOl— 9 Davenport 0011111110- 6 



Osborne 1101111111- 9 Albert U110U1111- 



Shorty 1111111011- 8 



Pieison 1010101111- 9 



Barrs 0001000110— 3 



Protzman 1001101111— 7 



Wa,lil 1UHI000100— 8 



Bunt 0111101101— 7 



RiJse 1111111111-10 



Porterfield 0101010111— 6 



Ties Hiv. 

 No. 13, 15 singles. $1..50: 



Oonrtuey 111111110101010-11 Bike lllOllimilOflO-11 



McDonald 111111111111111-15 Smill Weed ..lOlUlOnOlUOl- 11 



Young 101111111111110-13 Brown 111010111111101-12 



Penn llllllOOllllUl-ia Shorty lUlUlllOlllll-M 



Osborne 111110111111111-14 Stone 011111100011111—11 



Sanford 011111111111111—14 Porterfi eld, .. .000101101111111— 10 



Bunt Oil 111 101001 lU-U Pierfon 111111010111111-13 



Mumma lOOOlUlUlllOl-U Wall 011010101110000- 7 



Craig 011111111011011—11 Barrs 011001110111001— 9 



Ties div. 



No. 13, $76 guaranteed by Parker Gun On . 35 singles, S3: 



Courtney .01101001111001011100110101—15 



Oaborne lllllOnillllllOlUllllll— 23 



Small Weed 10l1]lH101t)llimill0101-20 



Penn. 1100111111111111001001011-18 



T H Craig « OOtlOlltl UOIOIOOOOIOOOOOO- .. 



Young lllllb.'OllOUlllOOlinill— 20 



Sanford IllOlllUlOlllllUllllUl— ^'2 



Burt luomiioiiiiommiioo— 15 



WaUl 100101 OUOi lOUllOOOOnilOll— 11 



Rike lllimillil.')Ullllllllll-34 



McDonald niOllllllimilimoiiOl-22 



Mumma 1 lOlllUlOl lllllOllll 1 1 11—23 



^''horty lllllllimilllOllllOUlO— 22 



Pierson 1111111110111001100111011-19 



Brown 11011 11 1 llt)101101110(X)1 11—18 



Stone lOlOlllOLlOlOl 11101111011-18 



Albert., 1101111111111111111111110-33 



Barrs 101 lOlllll 1111 111 01000010-17 



Craig 0111110010(300010010000111-11 



J W 00101011 llllOlOtl 1 llllOll-lS 



Hike first, Osborn and Albert div. second, Sanford, McDonald, 

 Mumma and Sborty div. third, Young and Small Weed div. 

 fourth. 

 No. 14, 15 singles, $1 50: 



Courtney 111011101111010-11 Shorty. . . . . . , .111111110111111—14 



San ford Ollll 1111 11 1 11 1-14 Pi^Tion OlllUlOHllOlO-l 1 



Albert lOllKHJlllOllll-ll McDonald 011111111111111-14 



Penn 010111111111111-13 Brown 111111111101101—13 



Osborn llOllllOlllUll- 13 Mumma 111111111011110-13 



Young 111111111111111-15 B.iggs 111111111101010-12 



Wake OlOUtiOOllOlOlOl- (5 



Voung fir't, aloue; second and third div.; B.iggs fourth alone. 

 No. 15, ,S30 e:uaraui> ed. 30 singles, $2: 

 Courtney. 11111111011111111000— 16 Pierson .. .01111111111111111111— 19 



Osborn... .11111111111111111 111-20 Hike 01110100011011111101-13 



Young. . . .11101101011110101111— 15 MeDonaldlllllllOlllllllOllll— 19 



Penn 11111111110111111111-19 Albert.... lOUIOOllO^illlllOlOO-lS 



Wake II 010100111001010 1 10-1 1 Barr ^ OtOOlllOOllOl 1001000-10 



Sand ford . .111 Ulllllllll 101111 -1 9 Mumma - , 1110110110111111011 1 -16 

 Sm'lWeedlllOniOllOlllllllOO -15 Brown.... 01111111011011101100-14 

 Shorty.... 11111111111110111011-18 Stockert .01000080101101100000— 6 

 Osborn first, alone: second div.; Shorty third alone; fourth div. 

 No. 16, 15 singles. 81 50: 



Courtney lOOlP 101010110- 8 McDonald.... 110111111111111-14 



Sanford 1111 11011111111 -14 Rikfi 111111110010111—13 



Parker 101111101111111-13 Shorty 111011111010111-13 



Penn lllllllllUll 10 -14 Pier,-=on 111110111101010-11 



Osborn 111111101001101-11 Mumma 111011111111111-14 



Young OlllimilUlOl-13 Brown 100111111111111-13 



Barrs lUlOOOOiOl 1010 



Stone 111111111111101-14 



Albert 011111111100111-12 



Ellieott first aloue; ties div. 

 No. IT, 20 singles, $2, $30 guaranteed: 



S Weed llllOtliailOlOO— 9 



Oonek liaKXilOOlOOOlO— 5 



ElUco tt llllllllUlllll-15 



Courtnev.lOllllOillllllOOOin-lO 

 Osborne . .11111111011111111011-18 



Rike ioniioimiioiiiiio-16 



Penn 11111111011111111111-19 



Sanford ..11111111111111111111-20 



Shorty.... 11111111111111111101— 19 

 P lerson ... 100 1 0101 1 1 1111111011—15 

 McDonalfllllllllOllllOlOlllll— 17 

 Mumma.. lOlOlllllllllinilOl—1' 

 Stone 01111111111011011111—1 



Young. . . .OOllOlllOllOlllllUl-lo Barrs 1000000111111001 1100-10 



Port'rfl'ld llllOllllllonillOlll-16 Brown. . .. 01011111011000111111-14 

 Protz man 10*1<J1111110101 110100 -13 



Sanford first alone, Shorty and Penn div. second, Osborne third, 

 McDonald. Mumma and Stone div. fourth. 



No. 18, 15 singles, S1.50: 

 Courtney IIIIIOIIOOIOIOI-IO Parker 011000111111000— 8 



...011111111111111-14 Stockert 001100011011100—7 



...111111111110011—13 McDonald 101111111111011—18 



Osiiorn 011111101111110—12 



Mumma 111111111101001—13 



Sh.irty 100111111101111-12 



Brown llOlOOlllllOllI -11 



Young 

 Albert 



Penn 011111011110110—11 



Sanford 111111111111111-15 



Birrs Oil 0001110 i KfW- 7 



S:one 010111' 01001111- 9 



Swford first. Young .second; tie= div. 



No. 19, $30 euarH.riteed. 20 single.s. $2: 



Courtney. 0)110001111101101111-14 Rike 10111111111011110111-17 



Young ... .11111111111111111110-1!) P^nn 11001110111111111111-17 



Osborn... .1111 1111111111111111—20 McDoDaWllOlllllOmmiOlll-17 



Albert. . IKXlUOllllllllllOll— 18 Mumma. lOOOOmiOOUlOllill-lb 



P' rt'r field lOlOlOOllOllllOOOOlO— 10 S tone 11 1111 0110101101 1000—13 



S Weed . . .IIOIOIOKKMOOII 1111—12 Shorty. . . .11111111111111111111— 20 



Sanford ...1111111101111111 1111—19 Brown . .10111111100111111110—16 



Bunt 11101101111111101111-17 Barrs 11110011110110001111—14 



Osborn and Sliortv rtiv. first. Young second; ties div. 



No. 20. 10 singles, |1: 



Coun.ney llllllllol- 9 McDonald lllllllPl— 10 



Wabl - tiioiululll— 6 Shorty 1111110111— 9 



Ba'rs OnillOOOl- 0 Albert 1111011111— 9 



EUicoic lOllinilO- H Osborn 1111101110- 8 



Parker OlloiiMOU- 5 LC 1111111101- 9 



Stone.,.., imiiniO— 9 Kirbv 0101101111- 7 



Sanford 1111111111-10 Brown 1111111111—10 



Young lion i nil- 9 Rike OlUllOiU— 8 



Mtimma 1011111111— 9 



All ties div. 



Exh'a sweep, 10 singles, fl: Courtnt^v 0, Stone 8, Young .S. Elil- 

 cott 7, Mumma 0. Oonk 7, Sanford 10. Fievsoi: 7, Small Weed 6, Mc- 

 Donald 10 Portertield 8, Barrs 5, L. C. 7, Kirh,v 0, Wabl 4, Albert 

 8, Osborn 9, Browu 9. All tie? div. 



Extra sweep, 10 sint'leF, ,1i5l: Stone 9. Young 10, Kllioott 8 Brti- 

 baker 8. Sanford 8, L. C. Brown 7, Strong 9, McDonald 9, Bunt 8, 

 Osborn 9. Young first. Brown fourth. Ties div. 



This clfised tbe shooting, which had been pretty steady all day. 

 To-morrow the shooting will be alto.tcetber at Entrlish sparrows, 

 at which class of sport Da.yion probably rjiuka lirst in the 

 country. 



A number of the shooters were very pleasanth entertained in 

 the residence of Mr. and Mrs. S.vlvester Tronp. Master Mark 

 Troup, aged 11, violinist ,'ind Master Carl, a';ed 13, cornetis', ar- 

 companied by Miss Emma Rhunk, n-xi'd 1 i>' ; ii"3t, discour.«ed 

 some very taking melody. These Hf no tyros or 



bunglers, but musicians, and ■'isplayi ii < j'j- ^. Mf one could not 

 have expected. Mr. Havlcy Troekmorton, ot (JniUicotbe, who, by 

 the way, is doing the oflicial scorine, was also called upon and 

 kept the audience delighied rr convulsed for over two hours. 

 Mr. Throckmorton plays 22 di iferent, ioptrumeuts. including every 

 stringed instrtiment known, and in an of cxcepiional merit 



at. guitar and violin. He \^ sometlniuf oi a celelinty. and bas 

 traveled upon the theatrical roa.d v,'itb various cnLunauies. His 

 imitations of the negro .-md other dialects were pure fuu, notably 

 in the song whore he described the ethnological and pliysiolngical 

 reasons why tbe negro, the 'possum and the ban.jn are always 

 found in close .iuxtaposition. The most charming of this young 

 man's bp cialties. however, is that of the musical glasses, at which 

 old but ever charming feature he is simply delightful. If tbnre be 

 music in heaven, surely it must be thethi". sweet, weird music of 

 the trembling crystal. Mr. Scott McDonald also asaisted with the 

 violin and guitar, on each of which he is an adept, and a favorite 

 among those who "follow the circuit." Allin aU. the evening was 

 unique and friicilous in id^a aud performance, and Mr. aid 

 Mrs. Troup I'l ^ '- '- •■■^■rY hearty thanks for their courtesy. The 

 following w i Messrs. A. G. fjimrtney, Syracusp, N. 



Y.; Harry I'a i . i : i , , fliio; j . H, Strone and C. A. Young, Sprine- 

 field; J. H. Bninaker, E. Hardy, Phil Wall, M. Langdon, Dr. J. A. 

 Romspert, L. K. Buntain and Scott McDonald, Dayton: G-eo. C, 

 Osborne, Toledo; M. C. Sanford, Town.send, Oaio; W. J. Pierson, 

 Tipp City; Harley Throckmorton, Chillicothe 



Tliwrsfiay, 1 Mrd Day, Sept. 17. 



This was sparrow day. The targets were laid aside, and tbe 

 attention of the shooters was confined to the Dayton specialty, 

 the big-beaked Eaglish birds. To those not thoroughly familiar 

 with this form of sport, souae detailed moation of it may prove of 

 interest. In many feattu'es it is as clearly entitltd to the name of 

 sport as either target or live pigeon shooting. 



In the first place, tbe English sparrow is an unlovely bird, pes- 

 tiferous, quarrelsome and mean of habit. No sympathy attaches 

 to him either in his capture or his taking off. States offer 

 bounties on his bead. He is execrated as a nuisance and a fraud. 

 If then we use such a bird as a target, it is quite as well, let us 

 say, as that we should use so gentle and lovable a bird as the 

 domestic pigeon. Sentiment might, possibly in some minds attach 

 to tbe latter bird; to the sparrow, none whaiever. 



In tbe next place, the sparrow lias elements of gameness. 

 Naturally pugnacious and very hardy, it is prompt from the 

 trap, and a vigorous flyer for its size. This and its diminutive 

 size make it a difficult targ'^t. The scores show this to-day. It 

 takes practice to make a good sparrow shot. 



In the third place, the sparrow keeps fairly well in confinement. 

 Nest, it is easy to handle. L tstly, it is abundant and reaoy to 

 be oaugh', if you know how to do that. They know bow to do 

 that in Dayton, the art having been thorouebly mastered by that 

 genitts, Mr. L. K. B'.intain, (^ne of the best known figures of Day- 

 ton sportsmanship. Mr. Buntain is county game warden, and 

 was lately State warden. It was be who fisured Tbi^i summer in 

 the shooting scrape reported in ForeoT ak^d Stream, ho being 

 obliged *o shoot twn roughs who resisted arrest and assaulted 

 him. One of these fellows bid fwir to die. and was reportpd as 

 dead, but botli are now recovermg. Mr. Baniaiu gave himself up 

 at once after the shooting, but within an hour there was a bond 

 of 8150,000 waiting to see bim released, !i,nd that was the last of 

 that trouble. "Next time you take a Winchester," said the chief 

 of polire, ' and shoot 'em harder." Well, Mr. Buntain, besides 

 bis diiiies as warden, has found time to study the sparrow ques- 

 tion closely. He will some day wri*e a paper for Forest and 

 Stream, and tell what he has seen of their hatiits. It is Mr. Buu- 

 tain's sparrow traps which have caught most of the sparrows 

 shot in D.^yton, though some few of the birds are imported from 

 Indianapolis, The way in which these traps work was shoivn 

 me. 



Sparrows can be caught in two ways, by the wall net or by the 

 ground trap. Tbe wall net is a rolling net, run up on a high 

 square frame against the ivy walls where the birds roost. It is 

 used only at night. The frame is placed against the wall and the 

 net then drops down from above, rolling on itselt aad scraping 

 the birds from the wall into the bottom of the net. This is not so 

 interesting as the ground trap, for daylight use, which is Mr. 

 Bnntain's own device. 



This trap, as shown to me, is a wooden frame, say 5ft. square. 

 At two sides are strong spirah, which work just like those on the 

 double-end rat trap, and operate, each, two sticks which serve as 

 stretchers or supports for the netting which makes the bodv of 

 the trap. This net is made of two sections, which meet in the mid- 

 dle when the trap is sprung, making a cover over the imprisoned 

 birds, which is precisely like an A tent of netting, about 18in. or 

 so in height. When the trap is set, the supporting sticks are laid 

 back, end to end, and stuck into the hollow frame of the ground 

 work. The net is alsri tucked neatly into the hollow frame and 

 the burlaps flaps are drawn over all. All you can then see is a 

 frame 5ft. square, its sides say of 4in. section, the top covered 

 with a strip of gunny sack. Bury tuis frame if you like, or cover 

 it with straw, and cover tbe ground within with bait, and you are 

 ready for tmsiness. This trap Cau be made large or small and can 

 iDe extended indefinitely by adding more net. Mr, Buntain has 

 one covering Misq. ft. He sets this big trap in an orchard, and has 

 caught 3.000 sparrows at that one place. He has caught 53 spar- 

 rows at one haul in the little 4X5f t. trap. 



"At first sparrows are very shy of the trap," said Mr. Buntain, 

 "unless you bury it or cover it very well, but they soon get used 

 to it and will get to lighting on the frame. I bait with cracked 

 corn, and after a while they will get to feeding there in flocks. 

 When you see a lot of birds in the trap yon just pull the string and 

 you've got 'em. Not one escapes the net." 



"You have to be very careful in getting the birds out of the net, 

 and not let any get away. If you let a bird get off, he will sit 

 around there all tbe time, and give the thing away in sparrow 

 English to the other birds. You won't catch anymore sparrows 

 till you kill that bird. I keep a Flohert for those fellows, though 

 very few ever get away. Sometimes I have an opening in ihe 

 net, and put a box with a false bottom in it next to this opening. 

 The birds go into this, thinking thpt is the way out. It is easy, 

 however, to get them out of the net by hand. I just reach in and 

 take them out, 5 or 6 at a handful." 



In captivity the sparrows fight a great deal and injure eacb 

 other, but tliey are hardy. Cracked corn is the best feed for 

 them, aud plenty of air is necessary. Birds kept for a week or so 

 after netting are better flyers than when handled on the same day 

 they are taken, as in the latter case they are weak from efforts at 

 escape. 



In the shooting to-day the handling was done by Mr. Buntain, 

 assisted by 5 boys who put the birds into the traps. The birds were 

 in t wo-story boxes. 50 in each compartment,. Mr. Buntain thrust 

 his hand in through the wire gate (or snmelimes ilirough an old 

 stocking, arranged eel-lrap fashion, for a door) and brought nut a 

 handful of birds at a time. The boys were instructed to hold the 

 birds by the neck, the body below tbe thumb, and the head eui. 



The traps for the shooriug « ere ,5 in number, very neat little 

 things, a*- out 4 .•; Bin. Tnej' are the invention of Dr. Parker, of 

 Dayton. Bach cotisists ot two sectious, closing together, box form, 

 by two spiral springs inside. The pull on tie cord draws the springs 

 apart, the box falls in half, leaving the bird on the bottom. IE at 

 all normal, tne bird starts at once, and the. sharp clap of the trap 

 closing together behind it gives it a good scare to make it go 

 ahead. This it does very often successfully. At 26ydft. rise the 

 bird looks about as big as a bumble-hee. Out of No. 1 and No. 5 

 traps it IS only 45ft. to the 25 yd. boundary (measured from No. 3 

 trap). You must stand dose behind the shooter to see the fun 

 clearly, but fun enough it is to sec tlie wiry little rascals dust 

 out of it. The scores will show how often they do that. 



The proper load for sparrows would seem to be No. 123, Most 

 of the shooters used No. lOj. I liked the sliooling of Mr. Sanford, 

 of Townsend, very much, and he told me he used 12? in both bar- 

 rels. The birds should be grassed close to the trap.-, as their 

 twisting flight will save them, as the fine shot do not always by 

 any menus knock them down, aod the Tiattern rapidly spread's 

 and weakens after 30yds, Fine shot have not tbe velocity of large 

 and need some driving power behind them. Mr. Sanford told me 

 heu^ed 41r8. of 10-bore trap \''ood piwder, about ISxrs., in his 13- 

 gauge guns. This because he could not get tbe li.'-bore grade at 

 nand. Mr. Young, the clever trap shot from Springfleld, verv 

 successful at targets, haa hard luck at the sparrows, and so did 

 "Shorty" Brown, the pride of the Miami Valley. All in all, star- 



row shooting is a crado of sport in itself, ond needs study, experi- 

 mKot and nractice, Scott McDonald, Dv. Parker, and others of 

 the Dayton mm are good at it. I ahould like to see the sport take 

 hold in Chicago. We have liirds cnougit there, nnd they can be 

 caught. At the next Illinois Si;,ate tournament this sport should 

 have a showing, and to in.stire amoothnefis Mr. Bnnlain should ba 

 induced to take charge of the details. As conducted here at Day- 

 ton to-day, sparrow shooting is a sport and one which should be 

 fostered. 



The usual price paid at Dayton f ir the sparrows is 3 cents a 

 piece. The Slate offers a bounty of 30 cents a doz^n, I believe. 

 Illinois pays 3 cents a head during December ami January. The 

 birds were shot to-day at 10 centR a I'ird, wliich makes this shoot' 

 ing a very good thine for a management. At Scents a bird if 

 that were possible, this target would be more popular, but the 

 slowness of the shooting would render that price impossible, 

 doubtless, though, it is far more ra,pid than pigeon shooting. 



Following are the scores: 



No. 1, 10 sparrow.^. p2 iiird^ extra: 



Mumma :.'IOOluiJll3— 6 Sanford 1111111111—10 



Dv Parker 2il:.'12ll21-10 Protsman 1202t)02001— 5 



Rike 0101212101-7 McDonald 1111210211-9 



Young.. 0111211001— 7 Hannah 1011213101— 8 



Troup 1101111001— 7 Shorty imilllU— 10 



Parker, Sanford and Short y div. first. McDonald second alone, 

 Hanna h third alone, Riko, Yountr and Troup div. fourth. 



No. 3, special. 15 sparrow?;, S3, 50, birds extra: 



Hannah 011102121121001—11 Mumma 010220110322110—10 



RtKe 11U11012L1201 1-13 Shorty 011011110113100—10 



Tronp. 010100100132010 - 7 McDonald 1312311 12021110— 13 



Baggs 111101011011111—12 Sanford 100111211110111-13 



Dr Parker 021121011210113—13 Young- lOOOOOlOlUOllO- 7 



Craig 11210inH21]01-i:3 



Rilie, (Jraig an't McDonald div. first, Parker, Baggs and Sanford 

 div. second, Hannah tliird aloue, Mumma and Shorty div. fourth. 



No. 3, .special, 10 sparrows, $1, 3 moneys, birds extra: 



McDonald 1111110111- 9 Rike 1010111111— 8 



Young 1220000101- 5 Kirby 112100010L— 6 



Troup. 1102001001- 5 Mumma 1000111112— 7 



*Ne3tor 0000201 1 4 L C 11 11111122—1 0 



*^mall Weed 0001110011- 5 Sanders 1103100020- 5 



Sanford. 1111111111-10 Hannah 0001101120-5 



C A Johns 2002011111- 7 Biges 1110111011— 8 



Sandford md L. C. div. first, McDonald second alone, Rike and 

 Baggs div, third. 



*Not in sweep; paid for birds onty. 



No. 4, 10 sparrows, S2, birds extra: 



L C 1110101101— 7 Baggs 1210111000— 6 



Parker 2101111111— 9 Potterfield 0102111011— 7 



McDonald 1111112210- 9 NO 0013020101— 5 



C S Johns 2101110212— 8 young 2212121000— 7 



Kirby 3111211112—10 Hanna,. 1102112202— 8 



Sanford 1111111011— 9 R ke 3110111111— 9 



G .Sanders 01.22022111— 8 Shortu- 1100201132— 7 



Kirby first alone, Parker, McDonald, Sanford and R\k6 div. 

 second, Johns, Sander and Hanna div. third, L. C, Porterfield, 

 Young and Sborty div. fourth. 



No. 5, S50 guaranteed, 25 sparrows, $5, birds extra: 



M' Dona Id .-. . .0112111111 1131 122111 11111—34 



Rike 10101 1 312201 1 5011111 1111 1—22 



1. C 10000131101o2ni222111301— 18 



Parker 211313m3211312H0121331— 24 



B q ggs 10011111 111 2113111 111 1100-21 



Hanna 21 031 3101 1 1311 211 2 11 1 1001-31 



Sander 10ln012212112200110£ni02-18 



Sanford 11 1 111 3111111 Ul 111011111—24 



Youn g 2U111103201011 1 U 1111110-21 



Kirby U21011121133112111111110-23 



Shorty OUlOllOll 122011120111111-20 



McDonald, Parker and Sanford div, first, Kirby second alone. 

 Rike third alone, Boggs, Hanna and Young aiv. fourth. 



At the close of the 25-bird event it was nearly sundown. Con- 

 siderable dissatisfaction was expressed among the shooters that 

 the 1.5-bird event, ©75 guaranteed purse, was not shot as pro- 

 grammed. This could have been shot as billed, instead of delay- 

 ing it till so late it was impossible to shoot it; but as other guar- 

 antees had been left out or modified by con.i^eut, and as several of 

 the shooters had expressed a willingness for that courso out of 

 courtesy for the management, tbe latter availed itself of the sug- 

 gested relief and the heavier guarantee was not shot. It will have 

 been noticed that the 875 purse gnarantepd by the Parker gun 

 people was not modified, hnt shot. This seeming unfair to a non- 

 resident and simply courteous firm, I inquired of the management 

 whether the Parkers would be asked to foot the loss, and was told 

 that the management would make good all or part of such to 

 Parker Bros. This, under the circumstances, wouid be thH only 

 fair thinf to do Trap-shooting as a sport is governed only by a 

 loose and indeflniie code, having no such firm rules, for instance, 

 as has tbe turf for guidance. Shooters come to a tournament, 

 allracted by good guarantees advertised. A guarantee is no guar- 

 antee, and not, therefore, good faith, unless paid or modified by 

 consent. Such consent should be general and unmistakable, and 

 this alone is the 1 est of the ethics in the case. I have no doubt in 

 tho world that so fair and generous men as these thought that 

 consent absolute, nr they would themselves have insisted on a 

 strict following of the programme. There seems but small moral 

 in this, except that managements should be extremely careful 

 in offering guarantees. I fancy, for instance, that the Interstate 

 Association has had to foot its euarantees when they did not fill. 

 It is the supposition that this is to be done in any such case and 

 under any management. 1 think the boys will all be back next 

 year at Dayton, however, and will have a good time again. 



I have not figured the individual winnings very closely. San- 

 ford told me be was about £50 ahead at the close of the second 

 day. He won also to-day. Osborne must have been something 

 like that ahead on his two da\s, as he and Sanford shot close to 

 each other. Penn, McDonald, Young, R'fce and others must have 

 oeen substantially ahead of tbe game. Besides the four moneys 

 each event had one or more special merchandise prizes, the total 

 of these footing .S200. These were apportioned finally as follows: 

 Young and Weed a pair of vases; Courtney, Porterfield and .T.W., 

 a pair of trousers, ownership not yet concluded, though Courtney 

 claims them; Prot/.man, a whisk broom and holder; Parker, a 

 box of cigars and a picture, a hunting scene, Ralston, a Heikes 

 baud protector; Taylor, a silver cup and a silk bat, Courtney pre- 

 senting his half of the latter; Mumma and J. W. each a quart of 

 whisky and a band protector; "I'ouog, a hand protector; Weed, a 

 hunting coat; Buntain, Craig, Mumma, Stone. Rike and Qf.ne. 

 eacb a hand protector: Pierson. J. W., Siofie and Brown, each a 

 quart of Col. Pepper's firewatei; Pierson. a hand protector; Pier- 

 son and Osborne, a shell case, ownership not yet settled; Rike 

 and Porterfield, a hat between them: Penn and Brown, a silver 

 cup, not decided; Courtney, a silver cup and a lot of perfume; 

 Barrs and Wabl. a hand protector; Mumma, a hat; Shorty, a 

 bamboo rod; Baggs, a hunting coat. AU these various things 

 were contributed by tbe generous local merchants, after the 

 ancient and inexplicable custom by which trap-shooters and man- 

 agements go begging and get something for nothing from tliose 

 who often have no interest, financial or other, in the sport. 



Dayton as a trap-shooting city is of the best, and her promise 

 for the future is good. The town is also the center of an excep- 

 tionallv strong game protective society, and the observance of 

 the law is enforced for a large section thereabout. Dayton has 

 further a strong kennel club and a good rifle organization. 



E. Hough. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 13.— The meet this week at Coal . 

 Mine Brook range of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club was the 

 last before the opening of the bird season. The principal event 

 was the last of the series of the classification series. Each man 

 had a possible 30 clay pigeons in the classifleation and 10 in the 

 class. The work of each follows: G. J. Rugg26, M. D. Gilman 34, 

 J, K. Tolmau 34, The money was divided according to the stand- 

 ing of the ihr» o men. Following is the classification and class B 

 shoots, thp first at 30 birds and the second at 10: 



Edward Welsh 20 8 Chas Forehand 30 5 



ABRClaflin 14 8 A L Gilman 15 5 



B S Knowles 17 7 G P Harvey 17 4 



A B F Kinney 16 7 H H Gabeler 8 t 



Geo Holden 31 6 Edward Parker 14 3 



EFSwan 12 H .Joseph Bertels 10 .3 



GeoMcOlellen 5 6 



BOSTON. Sept. 20.— The weather conditions were perfect for 

 shooting this afternoon, and there was a good attendance of mem- 

 bers of 'he .Jamaica Plain Gun Club at its range at Clarendon 

 Hills. Some excellent scores were made by the marksmen. The 

 merchandise match was the first event, tbe scores resulting as 

 follows: Ten bluerock=: Snow 8, Moore 8, Needham 7, Adams 5, 

 Barrett 8, Wadsworth 5, Wetherbee 9, Swan 4, Welister 1, Heiiner 

 1, Johnson ti. Wethei bee first. Snow, Barrett and Moore second, 

 Needham third. Seventeen sweepstake matches were shot im- 

 mediately at the conclusion of the merchandise match. 



PHiLADELPHL\. Sept. 12.- The orack Pencoyd Gun Club, of 

 ManayunV, was defeated by the Modoc tiun Club, of Clifton 

 Heights, in an exeiiing contest on the latter's grounds tc-day, at 

 25 Keystones per man, 6-man teams, by a seore of 108 to 101. 



