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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 8, 1891. 



ilTHE INTER-STATE LEAGUE. 



The llnal struggle for championship honors between the clubs 

 comprising the Inter-State League, occurred on the grounds of 

 the Fountain Gun Club at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, on 

 Tuesday last. The contest was the most hard fought of any of 

 the series, and as a result of the contest it was necessary to shoot 

 off previous tie between the Centrals and NTewarks in order to 

 determine who should secure first honors. In the first contest of 

 the series the Newark Club scored a victory. The second resulted 

 in a tie between the Newarks and the Centrals. The third was 

 won by the Fountain Club, and in the fourth of the series the 

 Newarks again scored a win. The victory of the Centrals in this, 

 the final match, made it necessarv to shoot off the tie. The day 

 was cold, and the grounds of the Fountains are somewhat hard of 

 access, yet fully 300 spectators viewed the contest. Among the 

 lovers of the sport upon the grounds were noticed A. C. Hunt, W. 

 R. Hobart, Fred Bader, J. B. Voorhees, Frank Wooley, Ahel 

 Crook, Wm. VanDerveer, A. S. Jimerson, M. Madison, Frank 

 Love, W. B. Proctor, Fred Bea), Ne^f Apgar, Hugh McLoughlin, 

 Charlev Dollar, Roht. Hooper, Jos. Zeglio, Louis Miller, Al. Cub- 

 herly. J. Price, A. Sussmar, Goo. Kihgsley, Harry Wooley. and 

 the Newarks mascot Tom O. Inling. The Long Branch delega- 

 tion was a large one, and early in the contest they declared them- 

 selves out for blood. This team was a strong one and they justly 

 earned the victory. 



The match began at U A. m., with the regular referee, Mr. Hugh 

 Goodwin, as presiding oiflcer. The Newarks led off, as they have 

 done in all the previous races. The Coney Islands were second, 

 next the Centrals, then the Fountains, and last the Atlantics. The 

 rules that have governed all the contests have been modified 

 Hurlingham, 28 and 30 yards rise, according to gauge of gun, five 

 ground traps, the shooter knowing from which trap the bird was 

 to be liberated, practically making the shooting from one trap. 

 The birds, which were furnished by H. Blattmacher, were a some- 

 what mixed lot, but as a whole were above the average. The 

 shooting of the men individually, with few exceptions, was good. 

 Of those who did particularly good work might be mentioned 

 Fred Pfaender and I. Hyde, of the Coney Islands; Jumbo Dettlef- 

 sen. Dr. Kuowlton and Dr. Wynn, of the Fountains; Lee Helgans 

 and Jim Bennett, of the Atlantics; Eli Price and Eo Francis did 

 clean work for the Centrals, and Fulford, Dr. Zeglio, Jotn Rig- 

 gott and Mi 1 1 Lindsl v carried off the honors for the Newarks. AU 

 of them put up good scores, and each of them had good hard 

 birds, particularly Pfaender and Helgans. The presence of E. D. 

 FoKord upon the grounds was a welcome surprise to the Newark 

 men, as they were somewhat crippled hy the absence of such 

 cracks as Fred Quimby, James Smith and H. A. Penrose. In fact, 

 only nine mpn were on the grounds to select a team from, and 

 when it was proposed to shoot Fulford a second time, there was 

 considerable ob.ieotion raised by the captains of the other clubs. 

 As a precedent had been established in pre\'lons contests, it was 

 finally agreed to nllow him to shoot. There is luck in pigeon 

 shooting as in all things, and the result of Fulford's second string 

 netted only eight kills to his team total, much to the seeming 

 gratification of their opponents. Score of the contest: 

 Central G. C, of Long Branch. Coney Island R. and G. C. 

 Capt. J. L. Price. Capt. Hugh McL^ughIin. 



Geo Cubljerlv (28). .1221101111— 9 C Plate (30) 2131311201— 9 



E Francis (28) 1111110111— 9 J Adam Eppig (30). 0223202301- 7 



C E Morris (28) 0120122111— S E H Garrison (30) . .o0323;i2220- 7 



W C Price (28) 1133023233- 9 J Hyde (30) . . . . .1132211112-10 



W R Joline (28) 1310102211— 8 Dr Van Ord (30). . . .2131101022- g 



D Slocum (28) 21i;a30320 - 8 Fred Pfaender (3S) .3331133222— 10 



C Wooley (28) 3320333312- 9 W Lair (m 1112031333- 9 



F Lumbreyer (28). . . 3313131133-10 S Northridge (28). . .0101112322— 8 



Elisha Price (28). . .3313231313-10 C Morris (30) 2112131210- 9 



J Van Dyke (38) ... . 33330111o3- 8 J Scbliermann (28) . 1211202ol2- 8 



88 85 



Newark G. C. 

 Capt. J. H. Brientnall. 

 C M Hedden (28) . . .2231232203— 9 



Sam Castle (38) 21211o0110- 7 



W Green (38) 1101111113— 0 



Dr Zeglio (28) 3022322113- 9 



G Freche (28) 20221ol021— 7 



E D Fulford (28). . .1311111111—10 

 JohnRiggott (28)... 3133102122- 9 



Ed Collins (28) 03221332o2— 8 



Milt Lindsley (28). 2021112322- 9 

 E D Fulford (28) .... 111203211o- 8 



Fountain G. C, of Brooklyn. 

 Capt. Ben West. 

 L Davenport (30) ... 2232020231- 8 

 Adford Eddy (30;.. 01 12031000- 5 



C Fisher (28) 2I0112o33o- 7 



C Dettlefsen (28) . . . .1233123112—10 



J James (28) 3110ol0131— 7 



Dr Knowlton (28) ...3333212211-10 



Ben West (28) 2111121o31- 9 



Dr Wynn (28) 1133311311-10 



C Wingert (30) 3131011311— 9 



H Blattmacher (28) .1212021220- 8 



85 83 

 Atlantic R. and 6. C, of Brooklyn, Capt. W. A. Webber. 



W A Dwver (30).... 0200220111- 6 JBennett (30) lI2111ol21- 9 



A Boyle (30) oil?031012- 7 E Helgans (28) 1212111113—10 



W A Webber (38).. 0331032203- 6 R Sutherland (30). .1033020310 - 6 



R Newton (28) 00000020o0— 1 AS Jimerson (28) . . 0002200120— 4 



D Monsees (28) 2012001120- 6 Geo Kleist (28) 1022232000- 6 



ttl 



At the announcement of the result there was loud cheering. 

 Referee declared the contest in favor of the Centrals and declared 

 the standing of the clubs in the entire scores as follows: Newark 

 Club two wins, Fotmtain Club one win. Cent' al Club one win and 

 one tie with the Newarks. In order to decide the ownership of 

 tlie first prize It was in order to have the lie shot off, the captains 

 of the interested clubs agreeing to a shoot off of 3 birds per man. 

 The Newarks shot the same team as in the flrst race, the Cen- 

 trals substituting Dr. Wynn for C. E. Morria, who had left the 

 grounds. The tie was not finished until dark, with the result as 

 follows: 



Newark Gun Club. 



C M Hedden 102—3 



S Castle 010—1 



W Green 111-3 



Dr Zeglio 123-3 



G Freche 011-3 



E D Fulford 111-3 



J Riggott... 332—3 



E Collins 311-3 



M Lindsley 332-3 



Central Gun Club. 



Geo Cubberly .101—3 



E Francis 131-3 



Dr Wynn 131—3 



W Price 220-3 



W Joline. 031—3 



W Slocum OU— 2 



C Wooley 323-3 



F Lumbreyer. 121-3 



E Price 310—2 



E D Fulford 111-3-26 J Van Dyke 320-3-24 



As soon as the last man had shot the contestants and their 

 friends repaired to the Woodlawn Hotel, where as the guests of 

 the Fountain Gun Club fully 2.50 hungry sportsmen did .justice to 

 the appetizing menu provided by F. B. Proctor, the popular res- 

 taurateur of Pine street. New York. Fully two hours were con- 

 sumed at the table; at the conclusion of the repast speeches were 

 in order, and Messrs. Abel Crook, Hugh McLaughlin and Jacob 

 Pentz each made a few remarks. Mr. Crook said that the series 

 of contests had provoked a feeling of good-natured rivalry, and 

 the meetings of the league had undoubtedly been enjoyed by all; 

 he declared Swith this meeting the Association dissolved. The 

 Newark Club had fully earned the first position hy superior skill. 

 The second place was a tie between the Central and Fouutaiti, 

 but it gave him much pleasure to announce that the Fountain 

 Club waived all claim to the second trophy in favor of the Cen- 

 trals. The majority of those assembled met later in the evening 

 at the club rooms of the Fountain Club, and the prizes, which 

 were two massive silver cups, were presented to the winning 

 teams. Tee Kat. 



BROOKLYN TRAPS. 



BrookJvVN, Nov. 25.— A cool wind blew over the Atlantic Rod 

 and Gun Club's ground, at Coney Island, to-day when the club 

 had its regular monthlv shoot. Thirteen members were present 

 and shot for the two club badges, the '"Engeman" and "Boudpn," 

 first and second. The club shoot is at 7 live birds each, modified 

 Hurlingham rules, club handicap. Three tied for the Engeman 

 badge, and J, B. Voorhees won it by killing 3 straight. Six lied 

 for the Bondeu badge, and Judge Newton won it in the shoot-off 

 by killing 4 straight. President R. Dwyer won the third prize. 



A match at 10 birds each for $Zo a side was shot by C. H. (3-ai'ri- 

 son and C. E. Morris, 3Jyds. rise. Garrison had to kill 14 to win. 



R. J. Sutherland and G. F. Kleist shot a match at 5 birds, 25yd8. 

 rise. Sutherland killed 5 straight and won. 



A sweepstakes at 5 birds, six entries, was divided by J. B. Voor- 

 hees and D. Monsees with 5 straight. 



Nov. 26— The sweepstakes shooting of the Dexter Park Shoot- 

 ing Association yesterday was considerably interfered with by 

 the weather. In a sweepstake at 10 single bluerocks, Dr, J. G. 

 Knowlton of the Emerald Gun Club won with a score of 9; J. 

 Taylor. 7, was second. A second sweepstake, under the same 

 conditions, was won by J. Taylor. The third sweepstake, at 15 

 bluerocks, was won by Dr. Knowlton, who broke 14. The other 

 scores were: T. Short 9, J. Greenville 10, J. Taylor 13, J. Finch 6, 

 A Stengle 10, 1. Hyde 8. Another bluerock sweepstake. 15 birds 

 each, was won by Dr. Knowlton with 13 kills. A51iye-bird match, 

 entrance $3, brought out 7 shooters. A. C. Hunt. H. Knebel, Jr., 

 T. Short and Dr. Knowlton killed 5 straight and divided. A 

 second sweepstakes, similar to the last one, was divided by A. C. 

 Hunt and Dr. Knowlton^ and in a third sweep. Dr. Knowlton, R. 

 Woods, A. G. Hunt and I. Hyde tied with 5 straight and sltot off. 

 A, O. Huttt MBad 10 straight to Dr. Knawlfcon'ij 5^ Hyde 9 aiut il» 



Woods 6. Hunt's record for the day was 29 out of 30 shot at. and 

 Dr. Knowlton's was a trifla less. The Doctor make his mark on 

 the hluprocks. Shooting at 10 bluerocks was started just before 

 dusk. T. Sliort won first money with 8. H. Knebel, Jr. taking 

 second money. A second sweepstake at 5 bluerocks was won hy 



H. Knebel, Jr. 



The Monaban Guu Club had its regular monthly shoot yester- 

 day. The conditions werft 10 bluerocks each, 21yds. rise. J. 

 Bennett broke 9 out of 10 and won the gold medal of the club, 

 healing H. W. B-amwell 8, H. Selover 6. W. Mnnahan 5, J. Mona- 

 han 6. J. Oberoloth 5, G. Blake G, J. Elliott 3, .John Anderson 5, 

 Jas. Anderson 3, A. Van Sicklen 1, A. VanSicklen, Jr. 7, J. Sopars 

 6. Referee, W. Monahan. 



Nov 27 —The members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club held 

 their regular monthly shoot at the West End grounds, Coney 

 Island, to-day. C. E. Morris, E, H. Garrison and J. B. Voorhees 

 tied for the Emerald badge with 7 birds each. The latter killed 3 

 straight on the shoot off and won. Judge Newton won the Bon- 

 den trophy, R, J. Dwyer won third prize. C. E. Morris and E. H, 

 Garrison shotoff a match at 10 birds each, SOyds. rise, for |25 a 

 side. Garrison won. 



It took the Prospect Heights Gun Club, of Brooklyn, nearly two 

 days to finish their Thanksgiving Dav shoot. This was on account 

 of the rain. The club shoot is at 50 bluerocks, but to-day they 

 finished a score at 100 bluerocks each, 3lydp. rise, at ParkviUe, L. 



I. , and some fine scores were made. Tbe winner, Capt. Nichols, 

 broke 85, VV. H. Atkinson 80, C. S. Reynolds 78, G. A. Soiners 60. 

 The latter had to pay for the ohampgne dinner for the other three. 

 Referee and scorer, J. Purvis. 



jVoy. as.- So few members appeared at Dexter Park,Long Island, 

 to-day that the events I'esolved themselves into a series of matches 

 between T. T, Edger ton, captain of the Gienmore Rod and Gun 

 Club, and Dr. Shiels, of the Fountain Gun Club. The first match 

 was at 10 live birds, Dr. Shiels shooting at 28yds. and Edgerton at 

 SOyds., for $10. Di-. Sheils kUled 10 straight and won. The next 

 two matches were at 5 birds each. Dr. Shells won both, killing 5 

 straight in each event to Edgerton's 8. 



THANKSGIVING TRAP. 



GiiEjS Cove, L. I., Nov. 36.— The members of the Recreation 

 Gun Club held a prize shnot on Thur.sday at their grounds, near 

 Glen Cove, L.I. Mr. L. V. Wilson, the youngest member of the 

 club, carripd off the honors of the day with the first prize, killing 

 23 out of 25 shot at. The scores were; L. V. Wilson 33, T. W. 

 Wheeler 22, W. H. McLaughlin 21, A. C, Lewis 30, W. Ball 20, T. 

 B. West 17. 



West Farms, N. Y., Nov. 2C.— The Bronx River Gun Club held 

 their club shoot at West Farms on Thanksgiving Day, for the 

 yearly gold medal offered by E. P. MiUer, at 10 live birds. The 

 following is the score: Gi. L. Nichols 6, J. 'Murphy 7, J. Duane 8, 

 R. Constantine 7, C. Zarn 8, W. Breidenbach 7, J. P. Adams 10. 



Harrison, N. J., Nov. 26.— Every Thanksgiving Day the mem- 

 bers of the Harrison (N. J.; Gun Club form' themselves into two 

 teams and shoot for a troptiy. The conditions of the last event 

 were 10 bluerocks each, unknown angles, 30yds. rise. The results 

 were: Manigan's Team— J. Manigan 8, P. Ryder 0, W. Few 5, T. 

 Grogan 0. J. Weslow 7, C. Maher 5, R. Toland 5. Total 43. Gro- 

 gan's Team— W. Grogan 8, .1, Ryan 6. B. Few 5, F. Weslow 9, R. 

 Shaw 5, .1. Collins 5, O. Scott 6. Total 44. 



Weehawkek, N. J. Nov. 36.— Teams of five men from the 

 I'nion and Greenwich Gun Clubs shot a match on Thanksgiving 

 D.-iy at Monitor Park, Weehawken. The conditions were: 15 blue- 

 rocks each, under American Shooting Association rules. The 

 stakes were gSO a side. The results were: Union— Bell 12, Will- 

 iams 10, Hunt 8, Losey 13, Wright 11. Total 54. Greenwich— 

 O'Donnell 10, Ryan 11, Johnson 13. Battin 10, Keach 7. Total 51. 



TUXEDO, N. J., Nov. 26.— The live pigeon shoot for the Tuxedo 

 Championship Stakes took place to-day. Eleven gentlemen com- 

 peted, and William Kent, secretary of the club, was the victor. 

 T. S. Dando, of Philadelphia, was second and Fred Hoey, of Holly- 

 wood, N. J., finished third. It was an interesting competition. 

 The match was open to members of the Westminster Kennel 

 Club, the Country Club, of Westchester; the Larchmont Yacht 

 Club, the Carteret, Philadelphia and Princeton Gun Clubs, and 

 guests of the Tuxedo Club. The conditions were Tuxedo Club 

 rules. 31yd8. rise and 50yds. boundary, 4 misses out. There were 

 14 entries. When the match began, however, there were only 11 

 men ready to score. Captain Money arrived after the first round 

 had been shot. He had entered the corapetition, hut supposed 

 that it would not begin until noon. Captain Money was anxious 

 to shoot, and contended that in England it was customary to allow 

 a gentleman to start in a pigeon "race" provided he put in an ap- 

 pearance before the second round was over. Mr. Hoey, the referee, 

 would not decide the point, and it was finally put to a vote. Capt. 

 Money lost, and he contented himself with entering several 

 "sweeps" after the event of the day was concluded. The birds 

 were not a fast lot. A few, however, were particularly speedy, 

 and Mr. Macalester, Mr. Edgar Murphv and Mr, Thompson ap- 

 peared to have the wildest of the lot. Mr. Macalester did not ap- 

 pear to be at his best. He used a new gun and failed to kill an in- 

 comer, his eighth bird. He continued the favorite, however, even 

 after he lost his eleventh pigeon. Mr. Thompson's showing was a 

 surprise. After his fine exhibition at the Carteret Gun Club it 

 was thought he might give the cracks at Tuxedo a hard race for 

 the honors, but he was the first to retire, having lost his second, 

 sixth, ninth and sixteenth birds: 



W B Smi th ■-'■.'2-.'-.' I fl-. i2 >3()2222( )30222 w —31 



E G Murphy 21223yi2202022320w -IS 



F Hoey •.'20v;22ii;.'.'2322222f)233-'223322233220 -39 



T S Dando 1010211] 11101;>l'122I2220333132333331331]0 —36 



W Kent 202;?32;i222333123012223 i222223122232221202-38 



O F Jones 12222:.'()22-;3;;()03121 vv -15 



W Williams 1,2312201213121 131(K)w -16 



C Macalester 23,23;illfi31iil2321()320w —16 



W G Murphy 1 11121 1;il)n('203nw —15 



HYaleDolan 131 2103 il2,220ri023i] 2323 w —31 



L S Thompson 10121011023231 lOw -12 



WATSON'S PARK.-Burnside, 111.. Nov. 17.— Practice shoot- 

 ing. 50 live birds, Amerif-m Associ.t.iion rule-: 

 W.P. Mus8ey...23-i(li ' i "111210220322112—41 



Cap Ansoii 03131 i •.'I31113001030300-40 



IW Dukes 3112(11- - l ,1031112332001303-41 



J L Wilcox 222O10i2iio:i::00e::i2:i222033203-;i2:i2oO2O33212120132133-39 



Votj. i.''.— I''t. IJearborn ( iun (.'lub, 15 live birds, American Asso- 

 ciation rul(!n; 



Gap Anson ...113033210010132-11 H'y Ehlers.... 101112220102332— 12 

 Andy Thonias.212212222021020-12 F O Griffin . . . .111023310222101— 12 



J E Price 020)22123133310-11 *F R Bissell. . .10122100rJ2l2221— 12 



Geo Farmer. . .210011032331012-11 

 * Not a member. 



Twelve* will shoot off for medal in next club shoot. 



Five Live birds, S3.00 entrance, American Association rui<»8: 



Cap Anson 11133-5 F R BIpsbII 00301— S 



H'y Ehlers 01023-3 J? O Griffln , 01313-4 



Geo Farmer 03111-4 J E Price 0101 1- 3 



Sscond divided. 



RED BANK, N. J., Nov. :ie.— The members of the Riverside Gun 

 Club, of Red Bank, N. J., shot at both live and clay birds to-dav. 

 The storm kept many of the members away, but the sport was 

 interesting. The fijst shoot, at (i live birds eacb, was won hj' Jas. 

 Cooper, Jr., with 6. John Cooper and Fred Beale scored 6 each, 

 and Edward Russell and Daaiel Carney 3 each. A match at 10 

 Keystones was won by .John Cooi)'='r wiih 9, Edward Cooper and 

 James Cooper were second with S each. Beale won third prize 

 with 7. Edward Coopar won a sweepstakes at 10 Keystones, scor- 

 ing 9. Albert Ivins and James Cooper were second with 7 each, 

 and .John Cooper third with 6. 



FULFORD— BREWER.— The next contest between these truly 

 wonderful pigeon shots is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12. The 

 match is for a stake of il,000 a side, and is practically for the 

 championship of the world. Should the weather be at aU favor- 

 able the grounds of the Fountain Gun Club at Woodlawn Park, 

 Long Island, will hardly accommodate the spectators who will be 

 there to witness what should be the greatest match in the history 

 of the sport. Both men are reported to be in good form, and both 

 are practicing daily. I understand that special trains ai-e to be 

 run direct to the grounds, and I will endeavor tc give the exact 

 time table in next week's issue, so that the readers of Forest ksu 

 Stream may be able to take the most convenientand direct route 

 to the grounds.— Tee Kat. 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS CLUB.-Nov. ,28.— The third series 

 of live-bird shoots of the Washington Heights Gun Club, for gold 

 medals, took place to-day on the club's grounds, 170th street and 

 Fort Washington avenue. Hurliugham rules governed. Each 

 contestant shot at eight birds. The scores were; Charles H, 

 Preyer, 7; Edward Roe, 7; Matthow Cox, 6; H. Harrison, 6; W. H. 

 Oliver, 6; John Organ, 6; O. R. Terwilliger, 6; David Wagner, 6; 

 J. P. Maloney, 5; W. F. Rittenbush, 5; James Vettel, 5; H. F. 

 Laporin^*; Charles Powers, 4; George Snook, 4; Andrew Winke- 

 iaao«4£ H. F. StodtBoaa, 3; A. Desbieaiie. 2,. 



PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Nov. 3-5.- At Perth Amboy this evening 

 a most novel and interesting shoot at live pigeons occurred be- 

 tween two of NeAV Jersey's crack phots. Captain Jame.s M. (llenn, 

 of the Perch Am boy Gun Club, and President Wm. F. Dacker- 

 mann, of the Elizabeth Gun Club. The conditions were a moon- 

 light shoot at 7 birds each, 25yds. rise, SOyds. boundary. This is 

 the first sboot of this character known in this or any other coun- 

 try and interested all the various gun clubi in the State. A 

 large delegation from the prominent clubs was present. The 

 match was for SlOO a side, 7 birds each, and onlv one was killed 

 out of the 14 shot at. This was the unlucky 13th, a white in- 

 driver, which v\ as pulled down by Captain Glenn, of the Central 

 House, at Perth Amboy. Dackermann missed on the 14fh and 

 Dr. Wm. Ramsey, of Perth Amboy, the judge of the match, 

 decided in favor of Cap;. Glenn. Nearly 500 enthusiasts of shoot- 

 ing wei-e present and a large amount of money changed hands on 

 the result. Another match between the same shots has been 

 arranged for an early date. The sports, upon arrival at the 

 grounds, found themselves an hour too early. The moon had 

 just appeared, and after h.ilf an hour's wait, the spectators be- 

 coming clamorous, the judge decided to proceed with the shoot. 

 Much dissatisfaction was evidenced by the spectators at the poor 

 showing oE these crack shotf, and the return match is largely the 

 result of this displeasure. It is intended that the next match 

 will be shot at full moon. 



NEVVARK, N. J., Nov. 28.— The old Stone House grounds of 

 John Erb have always been famousfor good birds, but all previous 

 records were cast in the shade by those furnished for the Newark 

 Gun Club at their monthly shoot yesterday. Previous to the 

 regular club race a number of four-bird sw«eps were shot that 

 resulted as follows: First event, Collins, Biientnall and Hollis 

 divided flrst money on straight score; Erb took second money on 

 three kills, Wheaton third on two kills. Second event, Collins, 

 Hollis, Brientnall and Smith quartered flrst pot on four each; 

 Symes, Erb and Wheaton divided secmd. Third event, Hollis, 

 Collins, Wheaton, Brientnall, Erb and Lindsley divided first 

 money after killing all their birds. The regular monthly prize 

 shoot, 10 birds a man, modified Hurpngham. |t entrance fee, I'e- 

 sulted as follows; Collins and Lindsley killed 10 straight and 

 divided first money; HoUia and Symes killed 9 each and divided 

 second mnney; Erb, Griffen and Bruen killed 8 and divided third 

 money; Brientnall killed 7, Wheaton 6, Smith 5 and Leddy 4. At 

 7 birds. |5 entry, the first money went to Griffen and Collins, who 

 grassed all their birds; for second money Symes was alone with 6 

 kills. Third money went to Brientnall and Hollis on 5 kills each. 



A. D. GREENLEAF is not satisfied with his flrst trial with 

 John H. Outw-ater at Monitor Park, and has challenged Outwater 

 for another under same conditions. At the recent match, when 

 it is kuovvn that Outwater was backed and coached by ,Tere Maher, 

 and that the birds (of the old trained kind) for Greerleaf to shoot 

 at were furnished and handled by L. B. Campbell, of Little Silver, 

 old trap shooters are not at all surprised at the result. 



Canvm Canoes anci liow to Bund Them. By Barker B. Field. 

 Price 6U centH, Canoe aniJ Boat Bunding. By fV. P. Stephens. 

 Price 32.00. Came EandUmj. B\i G. B. Vaux-. Price $1. Canoe 

 and Camera. By T. S. Steele. Pncel.C>0. Four Months in a Sneali- 

 box. By N. H, Bishov. Price $1.60. Canoe and Camp Cookeru- 

 By "Seneca." Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., ot 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all 

 items relating to the sport. 



THE REGATTA PROGRAMME.— The new regatta committee 

 has begun its work in good season, the proposed programme for 

 the races next August being published herewith. If members, and 

 especially the racing men, will give a little time to the considera- 

 tion of the programme and send their comments, favorable or 

 otherwise, to us, the work of the committee will be greatly facili- 

 tated, and at the same time a very satisfactory programme may 

 be obtained. If canoeists do not like the programme, now is the 

 time to say so; if they do not say so now, they will have no excuse 

 for complaint over this part of the work when they come to the 

 meet. 



MORE BEAM FOR CANOES.— Doming from an old canoeist, 

 one who has always championed the modern canoe as possessing 

 certain advantages above all other small craft, the suggestion to 

 add more beam to the standard racing canoe i.s quite a startling 

 one. So far as ballast and a sliding seat are concerned, there is 

 no reason why both should not and would not be used in a canoe- 

 yawl or Class C canoe, such as would result from the removal or 

 extension of the present limits of beam; and a heavDy-hallasted 

 and over-aparred canoe-yawl, carrying sail by virtue of a sliding 

 seat, would be no better than the present canoe. The great charm 

 of the canoe is due more to its narrow beam than to any other 

 feature, this making the boat ao small as to give the sensation of 

 skimming the water unaided by any artificial appliance, a sensa- 

 tion greatly increased by the use of a long slide, the man fairly 

 flying through the air. Easy to paddle, to house, to transport on 

 shore and to ship by rail, the canoe of 30tn. or under has certain 

 advantages which it shares with no other class of boat. The 

 superiority of t he wider canoe, or canoe-yawl, for certain work is 

 conceded; but it can never displace the narrow canoe. It is be- 

 yond question that canoeing would Inever have reached its pres- 

 sentpjpularity in America or England had the first canoe been 

 of such a type that it had to fight its way in competition with 

 small sailing craft instead of offering a most charming and novel 

 means of traveling and racing. The general meeting of the Royal 

 C. C, which is somewhat equi valent to the meeting of the execu. 

 tivR foommlttee of the A. C. A., was held in London Nov. 19. 

 and some important, changes have no doubt been made, but we 

 have no idea that British canoeists have gone so far as to break 

 down the barrier between the canoe and canoe-yawl. 



THE WRONG WAY, -The proposal lately made to remedy the 

 blunder which has been made in a number of cases in electing 

 more members of the executive committee than a Division is en- 

 titled to, is a very good instance of the fact that two wrongs do 

 not make a right. The requirements of the constitution in regard 

 to the number of members representing each Division are very 

 plainly stated, and were carried out for some years, but of late 

 have been clearly disregarded in a number of instances, mainly 

 through carelessness and hurry at the meetings of the Divisions; 

 two, we believe, at present having one more member than they 

 are entitled to. It is now proposed to remedy the matter by 

 changing the constitution so as to legalize this blunder, in which 

 case two of the Divisions will be left until next November with 

 one luember less than their allowance. It is not contended in 

 making this change that the present number is too small or that 

 a larger number wUl facilitate business, but the sole reason is that 

 as members have been elected in the face of the fact that the 

 limit was being exceeded, the limit is to be changed to make the 

 matter regular. While the matter is in one way a trivial one, it 

 is most important in another; if the .Association cannot live up to 

 rules which are good in themselves and plainly printed in its 



I book, but must continually change the rules to make them fit the 

 wMms at membei's and committees, then there is no uae la 

 atteiBpting any fixed aysteoiof govacnoiaat, Anotbec iQ8tanc< 



