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FOREST AMD STREAM, 



[Dbg. 17, 18S1. 



oftheotbprs. F-^r the first time in li's career he shot American 

 wood powder. His friends say he made a mistake in not prac- 

 ticing with thfs powipr previons to the date of the match and 

 arquain'iTig himself wirh its velncitv. He says the penetration 

 W9S perfect but 'hat it was either faster or slower than lie had 

 calf-nlited on. ilie result being t^at he would shoot slightly ahead 

 or behind the birds. For this, of course, the responsibility re ~t8 

 with the man and not with the powder. Another mistalce that he 

 acknowledRed having mnde was in not nsing the same gnn he 

 used whea hp shot against Fulford at Marion. Thf gun he used 

 last Saturday wai his dd one, with which he won his honors in 

 England, a flrst-rlass weapon, but one which he was not accus- 

 tomed to use latelv. 

 In a conversation with Fulford in the Astor House, on Saturday 



night, the writer remarked that he seemed to be sliehtly oflf in his 

 second bari'el. "Yes," he replied, "th^t Is true, but it was the 

 fault of the gun, and not myself. I never shot a better first barrel 

 in my life, and never di-' [hold any better with mv second, but 

 while the former is a perfect shooter, the latter at 50yds. makes a 

 pattern that is open enongh to let a pigeon find more than one 

 loop-hole for eseaps." Hh ig going to send the gun back to Mr. 

 Greeufr with an ord' r for a new one, made to shoot, regirdlpss of 

 cost. His old hammerless gun, which he used at Marion in Novem- 

 ber, had a deadiy second barrel, in which he had perfect con- 

 fidence. 



At the conclusion of the match Brewer turned toward his oppo- 

 nent and said, "'Falford, you're a dandj I" and then turning toward 



the crowd, and raising: liis voice, he continued, "Now, I'd like to 

 make a matc^ for the championship of the world, won bv me in 

 England in 18S8, and I'ave ne^'er hepn asked to defend. I will nhoot 

 for the title and S5,00) or $10,000 a side, under Hurlingham or 

 London Gun Club rules, and *ill bar nobody.'' As he concludpd 

 he looked full a' Fulf 'rd, who quietly eaid, "I ain't in it. Jack." 



Later in the evening Mr. Fulford said to the writer that he 

 would not talk match uutil »fter he had received his new gnn and 

 given it a thoroush trial. "If it is satisfactory," he said, "1 will 

 bereadv for bunines«. After that," he continued, "I will back 

 Mr. Brewer an'i mysplf f"r a team match against any two men in 

 the world for from S5 000 to 110.000 a cr>rnei !" 



During Saturday's match the principals were on the most 

 friendly terms throushou', and occasionally would exchange 

 bantering remarks. On one occasion Brewer's gun was discharged 

 V fore he had said ready, and Fulford in a laughing tone said: 

 "Don'r get rattled. Jack; you're a li'tle nervou&I" Brewer smiled, 

 said "Yps, you're right," and waltiin^ to th" sec e mi de one of 

 the finest kills of the day on a twisting right-quarterpr that 

 caught both v>arrel8 before it struck the ground. As he returned 

 to his seat he remarked that it was a good thing to have a double- 

 barreled gun. When Jick's 1031 bird appeared as though it 

 would scale the fence the crowd began to yell, but thev stopped as 

 it struck fnU against the Inwer p .nel and fell dead. "You shouted 

 too soon that time." said Captaia Jack. His ninety-seventh bird 

 ■was a rustler, and as it went over the fence. Fulf ora's admirers 

 hooted at a great rate. This caused Jack's? dander to rise and he 



snappad out, "Never m'nd, I'll make some of you suckers cry 

 your eyes out before you're six montbe older." 



Duriiie the shoot some one asked Miles Johnson, "Who is this 

 Fnlford?" 



' Don'i know; never beard of him before these matches," said 

 the JSewtown vetprar; "guess he's like the mushroom— came up 

 with the last shower." 



Above will be Jound detailed scores of the great match, along 

 with a photogramiic reproduction of the official score sheet, 

 which shows tte flight of every bird. This is the first time in the 

 history of trnp-shootiog that any such table has been published. 

 The arrow beads denote the direction of flight from the moment 

 the bird left the trap; a dash acros" tlie shaft of the arrow denotes 

 that the second barrel was ueed; a dot on the butt of the arrow 

 denotes a lost bird: a star alongside the arrow shows iliat the 

 bird fell dead out of bounds; where a.n H is shown the bird was a 

 hoverer; T dpno'es 'hat the oird towered in addi-ion to its other 

 course. The figures over the arrows show the trap from which 

 the bird was sprung. C. H. Townsend. 



n71,F"ORJD-BI8.EWER.. 



Set of fourtpen ptio.os. 4x5. hnrtvcc-rif tio i o-itions, ^'3.50; sin- 

 gle pictures, 25 ceilts. J. B. BtTBNHAM, 4(34 W. SOth St., ii.Y.—Adv, 



Captain Money Wins Again. 



Capt. A. W. Money, thp genil-manly experc wlao is represent- 

 ing ttie E. O. powder compi.nv to such good advantage in this 

 couatrv, added another to Me 1 mg list of trap vicories bv defeat- 

 ing Li. T. Davenport at the Carteret, frrnunds, at B^rgeh Po'nt, on 

 Tuesday. The tiirds were a Very floe lot and the Captam in 

 aplsndld fettle, while D ivenpot" seemed to hi out of form. The 

 cond'Tions were 100 bird? pjr maa, ijO/ds. rise, 50.'d?. bjua-lary, 

 forfaJO a side. Jas-U3 Von Lsngerke was referee. Tae saore was: 

 Money 90, Davenport 80. 



THE ILLINOIS RULES. 



ISpeeial to Forest and Stream.'] 

 Chicago, 111., Dec. id.— Editor ForeU and Stream: Here are 

 the new live bird rules as adopted by the Illinois State Sports- 

 men's Association. They are given in the full text, put on the 

 wires directly from the official copy, and now" for the first time 

 published. Thus do the trap-shooters of "Chicago and the West" 

 look not in vain for the freshest news.— E. Hough. 



JjIYE BIHDS. 



Rule 1— An inclosure as a boundary shall be established, its base 

 being a so-called dead line, whicb shall be 100yds. long, the sides of 

 which said dead line shall be 40yd8. long, and phall be at risht 

 angles to, and conrieot with the ends of said dead line, thus forming 

 three parts of an oblong gqaare,and its front being ahalfcircle, eon- 

 npcting with '■he uninclosed sides of said oblong square, thereby 

 forming an inclosure lOOyd?. wide at its base or dead line, and 

 also lOOyds. wide at a point ^Oy^s, distant from either end of such 

 dead linf ; and the extreme length of such inclosure stiall be SOyds. 

 as measured from the center of the dead line over the center 

 trap, as hereafter loca'ed, to the center of the line forming the 

 circumference of the said half circle. 



Rule 2.— The boundary line should be a wire fence not exceeding 

 2ft. in height, or where a fence h»s not been constructed, flags or 

 posts shall be set, not exceedmg 25vds. apart on the straightlmes 

 of the ground, and notesceeding 10yds, apart on the half circle; 

 and such fence when constru':ted, < r suc^h flags or pobts when so 

 set { i line being drawn from post to post), shall be recogniz'-d as 

 constiiutirg the bonudary lines of the grounds. If a fence of 

 greater height than 2ft. is on a line with an^ part of the boundary 

 (as measured as above), a line or fence shall be established at least 



traps may be used, however, when so directed by the Board of 

 Directors. 



Rule 5 —The standard gun sh»ll be a 12-bore weighing less than 

 81h8. Guns of Jess caMher shall receive a handicap allowance of 

 }4yd. for each sized bore less than the standard bore, provided 

 itie weight of such gun shall not exceed GJ^glhs.: lO-gaugeguns 

 shall be pt-nalized 2yds. by handicap. Any gun weighing 81bs. or 

 over shall be classed a.t the handicap distance of alO-bore. No 

 gun of larger caliber than a lO-bore shall ba used. Any gun 



2yds. within such fence, where it so encroa<:hes, and such line 

 shall be recngriz d as liie boundary line. 



Rulf 8 —The center of the deadline s all be called the score, and 

 the traps shall be Ircated on ibe sts'ment of a e'Tcle, set 6* ds. 

 apart, and directly 1n front of and SOyds. from such score, the 

 location of the center trap being at right angles with the line of 

 the deadline. 



Rule 4.— All contests at live bird? shall be shot frotn 6 geoun d 

 traps, which shall be numbered from 1 to 5 inclusive. Plunge 



weighing less than Bibs, shall receive a handicap allowance of 

 Syds. in excess of thar given for reason of its gauge. 



Rule 6.— The standard distance from the traps for the standard 

 gun in single bird shooting shall be 30yds., and at double bird 

 shooting 3.5 . ds. 



Rule I.— The standard charge of shot shall be not to exceed 

 lt4oz as mpasured in a Dixon Cup No. 1,106, or No. 1,10" struck 

 measure. The charge of powder shall not be limited. 



Rule 8.— Two judges and a referee and a scorer, who shall keep 

 the score under the direction of the referee, shall be appointed 

 before the shooting commences. The judges and the referee 

 shall appo'nt a shot judge. One judge shaii call the shooter to 

 the score and shall act. for him, watching hisinterest under these 

 roles. The other judge shall call the attention of the referee, 

 and not of the shooter, to any suoposed violation of these rules 

 by the shooter, as in case ot not holding gun properly, not stand- 

 ing at score, etc.; and the referee shall call the shooter's atten- 

 tion prior to shootirg if possible. The order of shooting shall be 

 determined by drawing for place, and each contestant shall be in 

 readiness within five minuies after his number has been called, 

 unless, for cause, tie is granted further time by the referee. He 

 may exchange places with aay contestant, however, with the 

 approval of such contestant and the referee. In team contests 

 the draw^ing shall be for position of teams. Tlie representative 

 who shall goto the score shall be determined by the team itsei*. 

 All entries shall close prior to the drawing for place, and no 

 guns shall fired umll after such drawirg. 



Rule 9.— The shot judge shall examine one or more of the car- 

 tridges of each contestant prior to their uae, and If they contain 

 more shot than the standard quantity the snootei* shall obtain 



