480 



FOHEST AND STREAM. 



[t>W. 8l, 1891. 



T.r-r-'.iirii'.stftaftjB:?^ 



Christmas at Honeoye Palls. 



Tbb Honeoye Falls Lrxm Cinb held an interesting shoot on Dec. 

 25. Among the shootars was Daniel M. Lefever, of Svracuse. 

 TJie scores of tlie various events are here given: INo. 1, $1 sweep- 

 stakes. 10 kiopbirris. known angles, rapia firing system: 



EJ Wilkinson 1111110111-9 W Gregg lllillUll-lO 



A W Starr lOllOllOOl— 6 Dr Ferner OOiHOllulL— 5 



P Gates - 1011111111— 9 Dr Weller .0111111111- 9 



No 3 . tnrkoy shoot, 10 kingbirds, entrance SO cetit.-:; 



Wilkinson 0111111110—8 Weller 1111111110- 9 



Gates 1101111101—8 Starr. lOllUllOl- 8 



Gregg - . . . 11111 11111—10 Ferner 1001010110— 5 



Gregg won first choice of turkeys, Weller second; ties of S bhot 

 oil, Wilkinson won third. 



No. 3, turlcey shoot, 10 kingbirds, conditions the name as before: 



Wilkinson .1111101111- 9 D MLefcver 1111111111-10 



Ovegg. 1111111111—10 Starr IIUIIUOO- 8 



Gates - 1110111111— 9 Wellpr llllllUOO- 8 



In the slioot-ofC ot 10 Lefever won first choice of turkeys; ties of 

 9 phot off, Wilkinson won; ties of S, Weller won. 



No. 4, tiirkey shoot, fondltinns ttie same as before: 



Wilkinson . . . ." 1111111111-10 L«f ever 1111111111-10 



Gregg - 1111111111-10 Weller 1111111100- 8 



Gates 11 101 lion- 8 Starr 1111111110- 9 



Ties of 10 shoot-off: 



Wilkinson 10111 1H11 11111 lllU 11111 



Gregg 11101 mil mil 11111 11110 



Lefever 11011 11111 11111 llUl illlO 



Wilkinson won first choice, Starr takes second. 



Weller and Gates shoot-oft on ties of 8: 

 Weller 11111 11111 11110 Gates 11111 11111 11111 



Gates won third chmce. 



Ko. 5, 81 sweepstakes. 10 kingbirds, unknown angles: 



Wilkinson 101011 1101-7 <J Jegg 1111111011-9 



Weller 1011111111—9 Ferner imilUlO— 9 



Lefever 1101111101—8 



No. 6. $1 sweepstakes. 10 kingbirds, unknown angles: 



Wilkinson 1010111101—7 Gregg ..1111111011—9 



Weller 1011111111-9 Ferner 1111111110-9 



Lefever 1101111101—8 



No. 7, ffil sweepstakes, 10 kingbirds: 



Wilkinson 1111111111— lO Weller 1111111110- 9 



Gregg 1001111111— 8 Lefever 1111111111—10 



Ferner .1111111001— 8 



No. 8, £1 sweep, 10 kingbirds: 



Wilkinson 1111111111-10 Ferner .1101101001- 6 



Lefever llllllim-10 Weller lllOllllll— 9 



Gregg OllllOim- 7 McKenzie 1110111110- 8 



No. 9, SI sweep, 10 kingbirds: 



Wilkinson 1111011011— 8 Weller 1111111111-10 



Lefever 1111111001- 8 



No. 10, $1 sweep, 10 kingbirds: 



Wilkinson llllllllU-lC Weller llimim-10 



Lefever 1111111111—10 Starr 1111011011— 8 



Spring Hill Gun Club. 



BlauveltviTjX.e, N. Y., Dec. 25.— Owing to an epidemic of grip 

 in Rockland county the attendance of local shooters was small. 

 What was lacking in numhers was made up in enthusiasm, and 

 resulted in one of the best shoots the club has ever held. The 

 medal shoot was hotly eonteslod, Simpson, Baker and J. Bogart 

 tying on 10 straight. On the shoot-oflE Baker and Bogart each 

 dropped one, and Simpson, by scoring all, won the medal for the 

 third consecutive time, therefore it becom^es his personal pro- 

 perty. As he holds the Lsfever medal for New York State cham- 

 pionship he is well ou the way to a collection of trophies. He is 

 very popular with the club and the best shot in it. Schortemeier 

 shot well in the live bird events. Only three birds had to be put 

 up. They were a good lot, but in the absence of wind were not 

 "clinkers.'' The usual substantial dinner was served at noon, a 

 huge joint of fine roast beef, sweet potatoes, lima beans, fine 

 hread and excellent chocolate. Good appetites soon made a huge 

 hole in the supplies and the boys theu resumed shooting, .lames 

 Bogart, the veteran of 1 he club, crawled out to "look on," as he 

 hau been very sick, but in less fban half an hour could stand it 

 no longer, sent for his gun and g-ave the boys a hustling, by 3 

 o'clock he was looking the picture of health. The day's scores 

 follow: 



Event No. 1* 9 singles and 3 pairs of targets: Simpson 12, 

 Schortemeier 10, Hathaway 3, Allen 6. 



The nest five events were at 10 targets each, and the scores are 

 summarized as follows: 



Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. 



Simpson 9 8 10 10 9 



Schortemeier 9 9 0 6 7 



Hathaway 7 9 7 0 8 



Allen 0 7 6 9 6 



Moeller 5 7 4 8 



Lydecker 3 8 5 8 



Bogart 10 5 10 7 



Fleming 0 4 10 



Blsuvelt,Sr .. 9 4 .. 



Raker .. 6 10 4 



Duryaa .. 0 6 



Blanveit, Jr. (IHyrs. old) .. 8 9 7 



At thi:^ .stitge the targets gave v/ayto live birds, and the follow- 

 ing swetps were shot, tbe conditions in each heing 6 birds per 

 man. 28 and 80yds. risp, $3 entry; dead birds to the shooters, bound- 

 ary SOyds. each side, BOyds. front boundary: 



l8t 24 3d 



Hathaway 131113 220o23 011111—15 



Moeller ^ HOloO 131201 211011-13 



Simpson 132101 311101 111101-15 



Allen oOOOll 112110 llo211-13 



Schorl emMer .133211 U2121 212211—18 



Lydecker 011122 113100 031001—13 



Claremont. 



Ci.jtaEMOiJT.N. J,, Deo. 36.— To-day's wretched weather some- 

 wliat fepoiled the elaborate progj amcao of holiday sport at clay 

 pigeon cracking which the marlwmen of the New Jersey Shooting 

 Gluh ha:i arranged to enjoy during the forenoon and early after- 

 noou ou the club's range at Claremont. Six matches were shot, 

 however, fail ly good scores being made by all the competitors. 

 The cont'.'Sts and their results are subjoined: 



First, evi-nt, 20 singles, Keystone a.vstem: .SohaefTer and Moore 

 30 each, Bigoncv 18, J, Berdan 10, Purdy 15, Hunt 14, Compson 13, 

 Vi edenburgh lu, T. Berdan 7, Griefl 5. 



Second event. 20 liluerocka, imknown angles; Vredenburgh, 

 Bigo-iy and Schaffer 30 each, Moore 19, Purdy 18, Vincent, Hunt 

 and .1. Berdan 17 each, Oompsou 11, T Berdan 6. 



Third evovit, a walking match at 10 birds each: Vincent 10, 

 Purdy and Moore 9 each, Grielf and Hunt 8 each, Compson and 

 Vredenburgh 7 each. 



Fourlh event, Keystone syslein, 15 targets: Bigoney 15. Purdy 

 14, Pop« and J. Berdan 13 each. Hunt and Vredenburgh 12 each, 

 Moore 11, Compson 8, Orieif (i, T. Berdan 5. 



Fifth event, 10 disks, Kevsrone system: Hunt 10, Bigoney 9, 

 Compson and Purdy 8 each, Vincent and Pope 7 each, Gi ieff 5. 



Sixth event, the sixteenth match of the series at 20 pigeons each. 

 Keystone system, for a Marlin rifle: Vincent shot a clean score 

 of breaks and won first honors for the third time. The other 

 scores were: J. Berdan 19, Moore. Pope and Smith 18 each, Comp- 

 son and GripJf 13 each, T. Berdan .5. Vincent's teat ties him with 

 Smith and Pope for the trophy, each having won three matches. 

 They will shoot off the tie next Saturday. First honors in the series 

 were also won by the following: A. F. Compson and W. J. Simp- 

 son twice each. Elmer B. Bigoney, J. D. Berdan and C. Hathaway 

 once each. 



Smitli vs. Frecbe Again. 



The day after Xmas was not one on which a man would, expect 

 to witness a cricket match, nor would he care to stand upon the 

 promenade deck of a Sound steamer to see the sights. From 

 early morn until 9 P. M. the air was close and murky, and oc- 

 casionally the clouds would open and down would come a torrent. 

 Even these disagreea.ble conditions, hovTever, did not deter a 

 number of hardy sportsmen from visiting John Erb's grounds, on 

 Bloomfleld avenue, Newark, to see a little shoot-ofC of a tie. A 

 week before Harry Smith and Cius Freche, both of the Esses Gun 

 Club, had shot a hundred bird match at Marion for $50 a side, the 

 match resulting in a tie on 77 kills each. Saturday's race was 

 also at 100 birds, the agreement being that the winner should 

 take the purse of $100, and the loser should pay for the birds used 

 in both match and shoot-oflf— 100 in all. The race began shortly 

 after 1 P. M., and about two-thirds of the time the rain fell at a 

 lively rate. The birds, much to the surprise of everyhody, flew 

 well, some in fact being regular "clinkers." There were "duf- 

 fers," as a matter of course, but taken as a whole the birds were 

 hetter by far than could be expected in such weather. The result 

 o£ the match was a surprise to nearly all the spectators, although 

 there were some who were willing to '*go" a Uttle on Smith's 

 ^banges. It wag tbougbt, liowever, by tHe gja^oidty, that Fregbe 



by virtue of his numerous contests would be likely to outne rye 

 Smith, who a year ago was scarcely a 60 per cent. man. During 

 the Hst few months he has pulled himself together iu great form 

 and is shooting a good gait. .Both men shot 12-bore guns, SOyds. 

 rise, Hurlingham rules. Smith used a Greener hammerless 

 ejector, and Freche a Lang hammer gun. Wm. H. Green offici- 

 ated as referee, white the mysteries of the score card were solved 

 by John Erb, the latter also manipulating the die and pullin.g the 

 traps. The scores in detail are appended": 



Smi th ] 101 10212111231011 U2201 1—21 



Oi 1 22i.'2 till 221 2 1 22 1 1 1011 1—23 

 1 131 01 01011211 1 1 222 1 2100 1—20 

 31211122121HKt2:!llalil211— 23— 87 



Freche 102231 1 V.m^?) 1 1;:'2] 1 22022-22 



;^0|r,|,r^- . ; - 1 I -J'JSO] 10 -21 



ll:,'ii" . . ' , :!idi 1310-21 

 231), ; ill lUlO— ,20-84 



Smith used liis second barrel 32 timea t o kill, r reciie 31 times to 

 kill. 



SWEEPS TTINISHED THE DAT. 



As usual the people who had been standing aroxmd looking at 

 the above matcn became possessed of the idea that they were all 

 experts, and In order to prove the fact a numoer of sweeps were 

 shot, the results of which are appended. The sweeps were all at 

 4 birds each, $3 entry. In the first three there was one money 

 each, and in each of the last two there were two money.'': 



Erb ,..1131—4 0131—3 3201-H— 10 



Hedden 0211-3 1031—3 1212—3—10 



Freche ...1102-3 2311-4 1112-4—11 



No. 4, same as above: 



Mack 1121-4 Hedden .... 1201-3 



Castle 2112—4 Freche 211o-3 



Erb 0311—3 Francis 1011—3 



Ties: 



Erb 11122 Freche 22110 



Hedden 13110 Francis 10 



First div., second won by Erb on shoot-off. 



No. 5, same: 



Ties. Ties. 



Mack 2111-4 11 Hedden,... 2ol2— 3 1 



Castle 1122-4 13 Francis 3210-2 0 



Erb 3111-4 10 



Mack first, Hedden second, both on shoot-oflf. 



The New Illinois State Rules. 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 34.— As was stated much earlier. Forest 

 AND Stream had the first and the only accurate copy of the com- 

 mittee report on the new trap rules of the Illinois State Sports- 

 men's Association, but at the time the report was sent our criti- 

 cism or comment was impossible. Now. when opportunity ofl'ers 

 for that, the necessity does not seem easily apparent, for the three 

 thoughtful gentlemen, Messrs. P.. B. Organ, M. J. Eich and Col. 

 Chas. E. Felton, who had this matter in hand, seem to have 

 formulated a good consensus of opinion in their draft, and it is 

 safe to say that their report will be adopted in practical entirety 

 by the association at its annual convention next June. 



The shooters of the Illinois Association are nothing if not con- 

 servative. The old rules were adopted in 1376, .and were clung to, 

 iu spite of innovation all around, ever since that time till now, 

 quite unamended since 1886. The SOyds. boundary is now no more, 

 and the march of time has now made the old duck shooters admit 

 the passe quality of the 10-gauge as a standard for these days, and 

 caused the substiiution of the modprn 12-gauge as the standard 

 arm. These changes, and the re-ad.iu9t.ment nf the handicap, are 

 the principal alterations of the old rules. The new biundary is 

 unique and distinctive, and I do not see what objections, other 

 than fanciful ones, can be urged against it. It is probable that 

 the Chicago shooters will shoot on the kite-shaped track for some 

 years to come. 



And yet, after all reports, all criticisms, and all sayings of 

 wise men and foolish are in from all over the world, what set 

 of rules is perfect, and which one of the Total number is there 

 that actually covers all the exigencies of a pigeon match? No 

 such set of rules exists. We may all be unable to find iu our 

 minds an incident or point left unprovided for, but let one referee 

 pigeon matches, and some day there will arise a question that is 

 not covered by the rules. Thus we once saw the case of a bird 

 held by the wing in the trap after the trap was sprung, although 

 its feet were off the ground, and there was much discussion over 

 the common-sense decision of the referee of "no bird." What 

 rules specifically cover that case? Others may arise in any race, 

 for a pigeon match is a long and devious way. We are safe in say- 

 ing, however, that the new rules, as given, represent well the art 

 of trap shooting as interpreted here, and the committee, than 

 whom an abler could not have been selected, deserve the thanks 

 of the' craft throughout the State. E. Houqh. 



Lively Woi'k on Dexter Park. 



Bbooicltn, Dec. 25.— The following events were shot at Dexter 

 Park to-day: 



No. 1,15 bluerocks, SI entry: J. Lyons 14. H. Seymour 13, C. 

 Johnson 11, J. Vincent 10, F. Short 10. F. GriiTen 10, J. Borel 8. 

 No. 2, same: Short 13. Greenville 10, GrifTen 10, Lyons 10. 

 No. 3, 10 bluerocks: Short 9, Greenville 9, Knebel 9, Coleman 8. 

 Five live birds, $3 entry, 4 moneys, ties div.: 



J Lyons 13121-5 J Vincent 01111—1 



H linebel, Jr 11131—5 A Andrews 10111—4 



" ' EDoeincb .02111—4 



J Bond..- 00011-3 



J Simpson 01222—4 



„ .. . E Griffin 20111-4 



W C Levens 03101—3 H McLaughlin 02211—1 



J Floyd 21112-5 



C Hubbell 2122,2-5 



B Pfister, Jr 1,32,22—5 



A Loeble 22122-5 



J Skillman 00011—3 T McLaughlin 12032—4 



Seven live birds, $4 entry, three moneys: 



C Hubbell 1213222-7 W Skidmore 1031001-4 



R Pfister, Jr 1022222—6 A Andrews 2101131—6 



W G Levens 0213121-0 F McLaughlin 1232022-6 



J Simpson 0012310-4 A Loeble - 1210O23-5 



The Country Club. 



THf! Country Club, of Westchester, held several shooting 

 events on Saturday, Dec. .26, on their club grounds. The events 

 were open to all members and their guests. The scores were as 

 follows; First event, sweepstakes; B. B. McGregor 3, T. A. Have- 

 meyer 1. Second event, cup or $50. unlimited number of birds, 

 distance 24yds,, handicap, three mtsses out; 28yds, and under, two 

 misses out; all others one miss out; entrance $5: [I. T. Rcynal 11, 

 O. Thorne 10. B. B. McGregor 8, C. Thorne 6, N. 0. Reynal 4, T. A. 

 Havemeyer 3, P. H. Adee 3. Third event, cup or $50, miss and out, 

 entrance S5: T. A. Havemeyer 8, O. Thorne 9, B. B. McGregor 6, 

 M. Reynal 1. The other two events failed to fill. The annual 

 club shoot, open to the members of organized gun clubs, will take 

 place on New Year's Day. 



Hilton Club's Initial Shoot. 



Tht: old baseball grounds in the rear of Becker's woods, a 

 famous old picnic spot iu Hilton, was the scene on Christmas 

 Day ot the initial shoot of the newly organized Hilton Gun Club, 

 which comprises the trap shooters of Irvington and Hilton. Each 

 man shot at 25 bluerock targets, under American Shooting Asso- 

 ciation rules, the result being as below: 



FCompton 1101110111111111111111111-23 



N B Compton 10111011110(11111110101011—18 



Ph Becker 0111111010111110010110111-18 



C Boschen 0110111001011111100110110-16 



Geo Howard 0101010010101111001011111-15 



Ed Howard 0110011010111011011010110-15 



S R Headley llOOllOOlOlOill 1010010111—15 



Geo Kent 0110091101101001111101010-14 



D Knight 1010010011011111000011001—13 



Thos Smith OOlOOlOlOOOOOlllOOOllOOlO- 9 



The West Side's Monthly. 



Xmas Day was the date of the regular monthly live-bird shoot 

 of the West Side Gun Club, of Newark, but, as a number of the 

 members preferred roast f-urkey to live pigeons, the attendance 

 was light. In the shoot for the club medal each member shot at 

 10 live birds. 28vds. rise, under Hurlingham rules. The score: 



J Lamb ...10 TBratsch 7 A Freund 4 



E Astfalk 9 G Burkhardt 6 A Wagner 4 



S Spann 9 T Freund 6 



Next came a shoot at 30 bluerocks each, the scores being as 

 appended: 



E Astfalk 15 WHeadkopf 12 OStanbremer 10 



J Lamb 13 SBpahn 12 T Bratech 10 



At the Brooklyn Traps. 



Brooklyn, Dec. 22.— The regular shoot of the Erie Gun Club at 

 Woodlawn Park, L I„ to-day brought forth the shooting capa- 

 bilities of the club. Tae club shoots at 7 live birds each, modified 

 Hurlingham rules, club handicap, for a gold medal and extra 

 prizes. Five tied for its possession with, straight ,=cores, and H. 

 Dohrman won it by killing 9 more in succession. F. Graef took 

 .second prize with 6, and C.Plato I bird with Skilled. H. Dohr- 

 man by winning this :ime was entitled to shoot off with C, Jeri- 

 cho for the absolute possession of the medal. This he won by kill- 

 ing 6. 



Harry Blacklcy. of the Tramont Gun Club, has been keeping a 

 special lot of half-bred Aniwerps for a shoot among members of 

 the club. To-day the shoot came off at Parkvillo, L. I., and four 

 of the best shots in the club chipped in $2 each for a Qwpcpgtakes 

 at 10 birds, 25yds rise, modified Hurlinghuin rules. Nine birds 

 got away out of the forty shot at. B, at-iite won the pot with 9. 

 Tne other scores were: H. Meiasner 8, H. Blackley S and J. 

 Held 6. 



Dec. Pigeon shooters from all parts of Long Island congre- 

 gated at Dexter Park, Long Island, to-day, wuenMillM- had his 

 usual Caristmas Day shoot. Bluerock shooting was first in order. 

 Sweepstake, $1 entrance, 31yds. rise. 



The first was at 15 bluerocks, 12 entries. President J. Lyons, of 

 the Northside Gun Club, won with a score of 14. 



The .second sweepstakes, 10 bluerocks. was divided by J. Lyons 

 and H. Seymour, 9. 



Third sweepstakes, same conditions, was won by T. Short 

 with 9. 



Fourth sweepstakes, 15 bluerocks, was won hy T. Short with 13. 



Fifth sweepstakes, 10 bluerocks, E. Dounch 8, won. 



Sixth sweepstakes, same conditions, resulted in T. Short, J. 

 Greenville and H. Knebel, Jr., dividing with 9 each. 



The live bird shooting took place in tiie afternoon. The first 

 sweepstalie was at 5 live thirds, 25 and 37yd.s. rise, S3 entrance, 16 

 entries: J. Lyons, H. Knebel, Jr., R. Woods, J. Floyd, O. Suipa 

 and A. Loeble made straight scores and divided. A second sweep- 

 stake at 7 live birds, same handicap, was won by Dick Snipe with 

 7 straight. 



Just as the crowd wsis leaving the Dark Secret Gun Club shot 

 for the medal of the club. It has to be shot for after the setting 

 of the sun. Dick Snipe, who is a member of the club, won the 

 medal with a straight score of 5 bluerocks, beating R. Woods by 

 one target. 



Dec. 26.— The Duryea cup, value $250, the principal trophy in 

 the Fountain Gun Club, was shot for to-day at 'tVoodla.wn Park, 

 L. I., in very wet weather. Blattmaoher had a fine lot of birds 

 ready for the event, but the wet stopped them from flying as they 

 would have done on a good day. Two ties were shot off. The 

 first one was between C. Fisher, 28yds ; C. W. Wingert, 28vds.; 

 Dr. Shells, 28yds,; R. Pfister, 28yds., and L. T. Davenport. "The 

 latter named gentleman is the donor of the cup and ueclined to 

 shoot ofl: for its possession, so it resolved itsi^lf into a match, 3 

 birds, miss and out, between the others. Dr. Shells killed 15 

 straight and won to K. PHster's 14, C, Fisher 14 and C. Wingert 

 14. The final tie was between Dr. Shells, C. Fisher and B. H. 

 Garrison. The latter was the first one to drop out on his third 

 bird and Dr. Shells followed suit on his fourth. Fisher killed his 

 four straight and won the cup for good. 



The wet weather did not prevent the Prospect Heights Gun 

 Club from going to Parkville, L. I., at the regular shoot. G. A. 

 Somers had his revenge on the others present by winning the gold 

 medal of the club. 



WESTERN TRAP EVENTS. 



BuRNSiDE, 111., Dec. 28.— On Tuesday the following scores were 

 made at Watson's Park, 10 live pigeons, S5 entry, two moneys, 

 ties div.: 



C E Latshaw 1210221122— 9 R O Heikes 3021110110- 7 



G Hofmann 3122121221—10 B Rock 1111212022- 9 



R Merrill 1100131323— 8 G M Lefflugwell. ...1223112:212-10 



Same day, 15 live pigeons, for cost of birfis: 

 G Hofmann. . .200111231101211-12 G Leffingwell. .31201113212212-13 



Heikes Defeats Mussey. 



On the same day a match at 50 live birds each for $60 a side was 

 shot between ftolla O. Heikes and W. P. Mufsey, the birds being 

 a selected lot of fivers. The scores: 



Muasey 0ll3121o0222oI2221 13133l222312.':22102o2i'l? ( 1 i ) i 



Heikes 11120320o3imi21112212o2312223?02132322--.v. i5 



On Dec 24 Rolla Heikes shot at 35 birds for praci i _ : - . 

 tory to his coming match with Ralph Morris, the Muvt aukifc ex- 

 pert, and killed 24, Ms sixteenth bird falling dead out ot bounds. 



To-day's Events. 



Shooters were here in force to day, and despite the fact 

 that the weather was cold and disagreeable, and a heavy 

 wind blowing, everybody was full of shoot. A large number of 

 spectators were present. A light fall of snow visited tis during 

 the afternoon. The first event was a match at fifty selected 

 pigeons between J. L. Wilcox, of Chicago, and H. B. Tet't, of Mil- 

 waukee, the stake being $50 a side and cost of bir.is. Am. S. A. 

 rules governed. The scores follow: 



Wilcox 032213223,32202,22220002220320002100022222,2,202222212—3: 



Tefft 022100Ct)0120221232203122000220,222120(112;20222220200- 32 



The next event was between i. W. Dukes and P, F. Stone, fifty 

 birds each for i^SO a side, same ruff s. The score: 



1 \V Dukes 223211131 121101I2ui.l22201131202220102221122232120;22-43 



P F S tone 32222 11 2012 1U10110121 101101212] 2i!121022310012 12211—41 



Twenty-five live birds each, same rules: 



Boh Wh i te 012222213121111311 1112011-23 



G M Leffingwell 1000212221222222,20 il22102— 20 



A C Anson 1011202132012111112122212—22 



Frank Meixner, of Milwaukee, vs. W. P. Mussey, of Chicago, at 

 50 live birds (selected), for S''0 a side, A. S. A. rules: 



Mei xner 1211 01232101 2122222103110200212102212223302:;022 300-39 



Mussey 01122222000232211113,222202222222322022112121232200-41 



Same day. P. Carmichael, of Milwaukee, vs. C. B. llicks, of 

 Chicago, at .50 live pisreons each, S50 a Pir'e. A. S, A. rules; 



Carmichael 001223«1222203022ul011232122ol0230222322221020221-:i9 



0 B Dicks. 10113Ci3-'3o31321321223.'1332233..'j:23-i]132ijii22;313tllll-44 



Sweepstake at i live pigeona each, .155 entry, two moneys. A, S. 



RO Heikes .2111233-7 Bib White 1320322-6 



G M Leffiingwell 1200213—5 I W Dukes 330202w. 



AO Anson 3102223-6 



Tif'S on 6 for second money, miss and out: 



Anson 11111 2212 10-10 W hi te 3112221 IsSa-ll 



Miss and out, $3 entry: 



Heikes HO Leffiugwell ; 13131!; 



Anson 221111 RAYElhicjq. 



"Woi'ds of Appreciation. 



Editor Foresi and. Stream: 



I have been a constant reader of Fobest ajjd Stream for the 

 last ten or twelve years, or soon after it app'iared under its prps- 

 ent name, and in all that lime I have never seen so complete a 

 report of a shoot or match appear in your columns. Mr. Hough is 

 a very entertaining writer, and his report of the United States 

 Cartridge Company's team was a masterpiece, hut still iloes not, 

 come up to this. You have certainly the best report of any of the 

 papers. 



As to the work of the two men, I think that Fulfordtiid all that 

 he was capable of, while Brewer certainly did not shoot up to hi.^ 

 form, being at times so slow that the chancas with that class oi 

 birds were all in favor of the birds. Fulford declared early in the 

 match that it would not do to take any time, and .shot very 

 quickly with both barrelF. 



I consider Brew^er in form 3 per cent, better than Fulford. 



New York, Dec. 22, M. F. LiNosLay. 



Editor For cut and Streavv 



Your report was certainly very exhaustive and <leticiled. The 

 photo sketches were excellent, and a glance at them w<nild enable 

 any close observer of the two men at the trsip to recngiii;;e tbem 

 in their original attitudes. The reading matter vms clear and 

 descriptive, and all does credit to your rpporter. However, a lit- 

 tle inside and ''hindsight" history of this match could not he 

 touched upon by your camera at the time, and should he pub- 

 lished for the benefit of your readers, as such publication can only 

 tend to have a beneficial influence on future professional matches 

 and guard the public against some of the uncertainties of such 

 matches. 



I voice the sentiment of thousands of shooters when I say that 

 this match WHS a great disappointment. I have never heard so 

 much "hard talk" aa the outcome of this m-itch in all my shoot- 

 ing experience. Poor misguided or over-confident Jack Biewnr 

 is buried and annihilated by friend and foe alike, whereas Mr. 

 Fulford comes out, aa he should, with flying colors, full purse 

 and unscfttbed reputation. The at one time very low thermome: 



