July 14, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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The Fourth at Blauveltville. 



The Spritisr Hill Gub Club held a very pleasant shoot at Blau- 

 velivlllfi. N. Y., on July 4, the attpnrlauco being good and ttiB 

 weather bpautiful. Among those present were Mes«ra. Simpson, 

 Moore find Hicbmond, the hard-ahooting *^rio of the New Jersey 

 Siiooting Club, of Claremont, and L. H. Schortemeier, tbo rotund 

 and tall Grerman who made such a fine Pbowing for the Emerald 

 0UU Clnb at Syracuse durius the State shoot. Both live birds 

 and targets were used. The scores in tlie programme target 

 events were as follows: 



1 31 3 h 3 G 1 8 9 10' 11 



Ricbmond 10 13 11 13 15 13 14 13 13 9 .. 



Schortemeier 7 18 13 13 11 U 13 13 IP. 8 U 



Moore - 8 11 14 1+ 7 13 13 13 14 9 14 



Simpson 7 13 14 13 13 14 18 13 11 10 15 



Baker 6 10 11 13 \H .. 7 .. 



Lewis 3 4 ,. 



Fogartv 14 15 .. 15 .. 13 



Farmer . « 7 7 9 7 9 8 



Bogarl 3 .. 14 .. 15 13 13 14 9 .. 



Duryea ^ ft 8 .. 



Allen 5 11 8 .. 



Little .5 b .. 



Nop. I and 10 were at ten targets each, $1 entry, three monRy f; 

 all others fifteen targets each. $1.50 entry, three moneys, except 

 No, 11, in which there was one money only, Nn. 5 was at unknown 

 angles. Bluerocii targets were thrown from Keystone traps 



Special events: Ten pair doubles, $1.50. two moneys: Simpson 15, 

 Moore Ifi, Richmond 10. Schortemeier 17. 



Twenty-live singles, |)3.50, 3 moneys: Simpson 21, Bogart 'J3, Dr. 

 A-llen 16, Moore 31, Richmond 30, Schortemeier 38, Baker 19, Dur- 

 yea 13. 



Live bird events: No. 1, seven birds, $4 entry, three moneys; 

 No. 3, ten birds, $5 entry, three moneys; No. 3, seven birds, %i 

 entry, two moneys. Hurlingham rules, exoot boundary, which 

 was bnt 20yds. eacii side and 60yds. straightaway from center 

 traps, 35yd8. dead line. 



No 1. No. 2. No. 3. 



Simpson 21o'.'010-4 1112011122- 9 2011101-5 



Durve!) 12110?!- B 1020121—5 



Riclimond 1111101-6 1131111111-10 1223110-6 



Allen 0000101-3 1101021110- 7 



Schortemeier 1221112-7 2213123101- 9 o233310-5 



B-ltou 2000001—2 0012013100- 5 



Baker 0111201—5 ?022011121- 8 3113101-6 



Moore 1032111-6 lO^iimOOO- 6 1111110-6 



Ketile 1011113110- 9 



Farmer 13231.. 



Colt Hammerless Gun Club. 



The following scores were made by the Colt Hammerless Grun 

 Club at Hartford. Conn., on July 9, each member shooting at 25 

 Keystone targets: 



No. 1: 



Peard 1001010010101000101101110-13 



Melrose 101 1111101111010110011111—19 



Olmsten d 0001011011 1 00111 110 1 111 1 1—17 



Hills 1110111111101111110111110-31 



Rlsley 1011111111111101111 111111—23 



Groeu ... 0111111001011111111011000-17 



Burbidge 1111111111111111111111101-34 



W hi te UllllOOlOOOOOoOOlOlllOOO- 11 



Decker.. lllUllOlllllllOOOlOlOOOl-17 



M Cook 1101010111100011000000101-13 



Higby lllOOUlOimioOOl 1011111-18 



Wfiley 100i>1010101H110111000111-15 



Alger 1010110111111111010011 111—19 



Vi bberts 1111110000110011111111111—19 



Sterry 1111111111010111111011100-30 



"McGinty" 0101111111111001111111011—20 



Wood 0110111110111111111110011-20 



Nichols 1011010010100011001 111111-16 



J Conk 0010100101000000010110010- 8 



No. 3, for medal priz^is: 



Wille V 1111111 llllUlOlOOlin 1 11— 33 



Treat: 100111 IIOIIOU 1111 1 011100-18 



W Hills. - . .- 1010100000111101010111111—17 



Risiey 111011111 1 11111 11111111 1 1—24 



Olmstead ♦ 110010101001000111011 1101 -14 



Bill , 1110111111111100111111101—31 



Higby 1101001111011000001111101-15 



Hyde 000011010101 0000001000100- 7 



White 10111 0010000 111 0000 1 01 1 00-10 



Parsons lUOOOlOlllLOlllllllOOOlll-lO 



Decker 1 111010100100011101111110—16 



Melrose . . 1011011011001001011111101—16 



Al ge r lin 0101 011110 1101 1 011110-1 8 



xManross - 0010111011110111111111111—19 



M Cook 1011111111100111111111011—21 



Hotchkiss 1111111011101111001011111-19 



Woorl 1001110110111011101111101-18 



Nichols 01110111110101 10101010100-15 



Vibbers 1011110110000011111110111-17 



Oakleigh Thorne Wins the International. 



The international pigeon match for the Gun Club International 

 Cud, whicb took place in England recently, was in many ways an 

 unusual contest. The winner, Oakleigh Thome, was one of the 

 three Americans in a field of sixty-nine competitors, including 

 some of the best snots of England and France, 



Mr. Thorne is the wealthy owner of a stock farm in Millbrook, 

 Dutchess county, this Stat°. He is a thorough sportsman, and is 

 very much interested in trap-shooting, devoting a large amount 

 of his leisure time to the sport. The two other Americans reprf^- 

 sented in the contest for the cup were Charles Macalester and H. 

 Yale Dolan. Among the Frenchmen were M. Moncorge. M. 

 Journu and M. Drevon, wlio are considered to be the best trap 

 shots in Erance. 



The Gun Club international cup is valued at 8)1,000. Besides 

 this. Mr. Thorne won $750 sweepstakes. A foreign paper describes 

 the match as follows; 



"Thanks to the strong wind, the birds left the traps at a rare 

 pace and misses were very frequent, the fielders in the two opsn- 

 ing rounds having by far the best of the betting. The chances of 

 no fewer than twenty-one of the contestants were extinguished in 

 the first tour, this number including several crack shots. Six- 

 teen were dropped out in the second round, and on the termina- 

 tion of the seventh only seven were left in to continue the shoot- 

 ing. Of these Westley Watson was the first to retire, as his 

 eighth bird, struck with both barrels, made a desperate effort and 

 .iust cleared the line of demarcation. M. Journu, the French 

 champion, shot under a rising bird with both charges, and in the 

 tenth round M. Drevon was also beaten bv a similar rock, which 

 went away as if on a special mission. Mr. Dolan's bird looked 

 like going, but was brought to grass by a rattling good second. 



"The scorer now announced four ties, those successful up to 

 this point being Mr. Thorne (31), Mr. Dolan (31), T. Taylor (28]^), 

 and C. Bewicke (28). Now for the battle royal between England 

 and America, Our friends from across the Atlantic looked as 

 confident as possible, but Mr. Bewicke displayed a certain amount 

 of nervousness. The quartette brought down bird for bird until 

 the 13lh round, when Mr. Bewicke was beaten by a. smart ore 

 from No. 3 trap. Success also failed to smile on Mr. Taylor's 

 efforts, for his rock flew ofE to the left apparently none the worse. 



"This left the issue to be fought out by Mr. Thorne and Mr. 

 Dolan. Strange to say, both missed their 14th pigeons, after 

 which Mr. Thorne added two more birds to his score, showing 

 fifteen kills out of sixteen." , , . 



Mr. Dolan missed bis sixteenth bird also, thus scoring four- 

 teen kills out of sixteen shots. It was considered a grand per- 

 formance for Mr. Thorne to beat such a lield at 31yds. rise. Mr. 

 Dolan won second prize of »500, and Messrs. Taylor and Bpwioke 

 divided third and fourth. The scores of the four prize winners 

 were as follows; . , . ^ , , ^ , , , , i i „ > i 



Oakleigh Thorne (31) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j 0 j 1 



H Yale Dorian (31) 1111111111 111010 



T Taylor (SSU) 1 111111111 110 



C Bewicke (i 1111111111 110 



The Machimoodus Fourth. 



Thk Machimoodus Gun Club held an all-day tournament at 

 their p'lrk, Moodus, Conn., on the Fourth, which was attended by 

 ov. r thirty gtmners from all over the State, including a number 

 of Connecticut's best shots. The most exciting event of the day 

 was the second contest for the genuine W. W. Greener breech- 

 loading shotgun, the gift of F. C. Fowler, and sweepstakes. The 

 conditions of the gift were that the gun bf shot for at four tour- 

 naments held by the club during the year 1892: The man winning 

 it at each tournament is barred from shooting for it at any othrr 

 of the remaining tournaments. Then, at the end of the four 

 tournaments, each winner will shoot off the ties and the gun will 

 become the absolute property of the party winning it. In case of 

 a tif at any of the tournaments, both or all parties will stay in 

 and be allowed to shoot for the gun at the final shooting for the 

 gun. Twenty-five targets. Keystone system, entrance $1, targets 

 included. The score in the second contoat was as frllows: 



Cook 101 lllOOlOlllll' 111 110110-19 



Brainard Iiuni01ini111illllllll-31 



Mr^hier 1011110011111011001110111-18 



Bill ■ ■ " ; 1100110000111111111010111-17 



Merriman llOOOllllllllllUH' 10011-30 



Fowler lllllllUmUIOlllOll 111-33 



Edearton lOn 11 1011111 111111111101—23 



Burbidae' 1111111111111110111111111—24 



Dana 1111110101111111110111111-33 



Avery.' linOlO.IOlOllUllllllllll-21 



Pitt 000011 1 imioioiooiool 110-14 



Wi>lev 1011110110101110111111111-20 



Banuing ^ 1.111111111111111111111111-25 



McGlnty 11111110111011111imilll-23 



Bates .." ' 11UU11111111011111111 11-24 



Savage ' 1111111111001111111111111-32 



Olmstead 1 110110111111111111100111-31 



Treat ' '" 001010iai0010l00110100101-10 



On the wlioie day's shooting Bates of New Haven. Edgarton of 

 WiUimantic. Burbidge of Hartford and Brainard of Moodus ran 

 up the highest scores, averaging over 90 per cent. 



The next tournament will be held the last of the present month. 



Machimoodus Club has a membership of 30, and their club 

 house is second to none in the State. Keystone rules, traps and 

 targets. The establishment of the club was mainly due to Mr. F. 

 C. Fowler, proprietor of the well known Oak Grove Kennels at 

 this place, the homerorKildare, Seminole, Duke Elcho and numer- 

 ous others of the aristocracy of the Irish set'er family. 



At the election of oJficers of the club Mr. Fowler declmed the 

 presidency, to which he was unanimously elected, but accepted 

 the none less essential office of captain. While the grounds are 

 four miles distant from the Valley Railroad and tive miles from 

 the Air Line, the fact is no hindrance to visiting sportsmen from 

 attending the tournaments given by the club, as on previous noti- 

 fication to the secretary they are met at either road and con- 

 veyed both ways free of expense, in teams provided by Mr. 

 Fowler. A feature of Machimoodus groitnds not found elsewhere 

 is the '"captain's tent," which is supplied with choice cigars and 

 drinkables from sparkling Ap'^Uinaris to the best spirits Ken- 

 tucky sends forth, which are dealt out free to patrons of the elub, 

 and the captain "pays the freight." Moodus. 



The Crescent Gun Club. 



Dexter Pabu, L. I., July 7.— The members of the Crescent Gun 

 Club bad a fine afternoon's sport on Thursday although the at- 

 tendance was not very large. The contest for the Parker gun 

 was vpry close, C. Mohrmaa killing his seven straight and won, 

 W. Catman winning the second prize after outshooting three 

 others. The birds were fair and shot from five unknown traps, 

 gun handicap 35 and 27yd8. The team shooting was very close, 

 two out of three resulting in ties. The scores: 



Regular monthly shoot for best averages for the Parker gun 

 and extra prize: 



C Hubbell U10131— 6 W Oilman 102mi— 6 



OHillmer 0300S01— 3 J Vagts 3111110-6 



CMohrman 1331221-7 W BoHer 0013131-5 



C Winchester 0100113—4 S Hopkins 1110111—6 



Tie for second won by Gilmer. 



Team shoot, $1 each entrance, losing side to pay for the birds, 3 

 birds each, club handicap: 



First Match. 



C Hubell, Capt 100-3 C Winchester, Capt... .ill— 3 



J Vogts 010-1 C Mohrman ^ 211-3 



W Gilmer 112-3 S Hopkins... 002—2 



OHillmer 120-2 W Bolton 302-3 



C Bandman 111—3-10 H Merrihew lUo— 1— 10 



Winchester's team won shoot off. 



Second Match. 



C Hubbell, Capt 011-2 A Hopkins, Capt 111—3 



C Mobrman 101-3 W Gilmer 110—2 



C Winchester 11.2-3 J Vagts 111-3 



W Bolton 010—1 S Short 201—2 



C Landman 112-3—11 H Merrihew 100-1—11 



The second sweep was to decide the winner of first with both 

 moneys. ^ ^ 



Sweepstakes at 10 targets, $1 entry, three moneys. No. 1: C. 

 Landman 5, C. Hubbell 9, T. Short 9, C. Winchester 7, H. Merri- 

 hew 8. 



No. 2: O. Landman 8, C. Hubbell 9, C. Winchester 8, H. Merri- 

 hew 8. 

 Referee. Mr. C. A. Delia 



P. S.— At the commencement of the shoot the birds were rather 

 slow but improved during the atternoon when a good lot of flyers 

 got away. The Crescents had fine weather for the first day in 

 their change of dates. 



Shooting at Roger's Fort Hill. 



Thk Common Council of Lowell, Mass., appropriated 8100 

 toward a t;rap shoot which wns held at Roger's Fort Hill Park on 

 July 4. Each man shot at 10 singles and 3 pairs of artificial 

 targets, there being 51 entries. The results: 



Edward Hartford 1.5. ,1. E. Burns 14, G. V. Gregg 13, G. C. Bates 

 12, Harry Runels 11, Ohas. Hayes 10, W. L. Gregg 9, Dr. Downs 8. 

 E. A. .Smith 7, S. B- Hall 7, Edwin Ooburn 5. N. W. White 4, W. 

 H. Sp«lding 3, M. Knowles 10, H. Hartford 8, A. D. Bntterfield 8, 

 O. E. Blaisdell 6, .Tames Shepherd 5, Enos Brocker 3, M. McDer- 

 mott 8. Jamps MfCaskin h. Frank Lee 0. A. Lawrence 3, W. P. 

 Edwards 11, W. Bufier 4, Peter Beck h. Mosea Davenport 4, A. 

 Ooburn 4, G. Maynard 13, L. A. Derby 9, J. 0. Wheeler 14, D. D. 

 Snyder 8, N. Brown 10, F. Bramhall 9, A. Maynard 6, E. W. Love- 

 ioy 13. Samuel Greenwood 0, David Foster 3, G. R. Dickey 9, H. 

 W. Burton 8, F. Sherman 9, W. Wiley 4, Henry Boynton 10, W. 

 M. Owen 8. A. Allard 7. I, Allard 4, Geo. O. Moore 8, Geo. Maasey 

 4, G, H, Nutting 8, H. Jones 11, , _^ 



The appropriation of $101) was divided as follows: »15, .fl4. |13, 

 S13, $10, $8, 87, $6, |5, $3, ,$3, $1. This will be presented to the first 

 thirteen named marksmen in the above score. 



Niles Gun Club. 



NiLES, O , July 6.— The second and last day of the Niles Gud 

 Club tournament was a pronounced success throughout. The 

 contests for the various prizes ofl'erpd by the business men of th" 

 city were very exniting and close. The following is the score of 

 the" main shoot of the day: Upman 19, Runnell 31, Andrews 31. 

 Morris 31, Lewis 16, Turner 21, Cremer 19, Cochran 21, O'Connell 

 19, Ward IS, Phillips 20, Fry 20, Wilson 16, Miller 19, Geo, Naylor 

 17, W infield 17, John Naylor 20. 



\mweiiH to ^arrespandmis. 



fW Mo Notice Takea of Anonymoaa Oorreapondents. 



P. E. A., Waterbury, Vt.— Will you kindly give information on 

 following p faints: 1. Weight and size of largest small-mouthed 

 bass on record. 3. Weight and size of largest big-mouthed bass 

 on record. 8. Is the snake commonly isnown as the spotted or 

 checkered adder in this .section a poisonous one, and if rot in 

 there anv poisonous reptile in Vermont, except the rattlfsnakf? 

 Ans. 1. '81b. lOoz., length 3,5in., girih 18-Min.; this was caugi t by 

 Mr. Boynton near Glens Falls, N Y., and wpighed by Mr. A- N. 

 Cheney. 3. 331b8. 3nz., Jleugth 37}^in..;girth 393/^'n. Caught near 

 Altoona, Fla.. by Mr. H. W. Ross. The hf>ad of this fish is now 

 m the FoBEST AND STREAM office. 3 Probably your spotted 

 adder is the snake known as spreading adder and blowing viper 

 {Weferodon plaUjrlilnm), a ferocious looking but harmless species. 

 When alarmed it fla'tens and expands its head, darts out its 

 tc^gue and hisses and sputters for dear life, bnt this is only for 

 its own protection, and no harm is caused by its teeth, Tbe 

 spreading adder is usually brown or reddish, with numeroun 

 (more than twenty) dark blotches on the back and sides and half 

 rings on tbe taiL It reaches a length of 30in. In tbe Eastern 

 United States it is one of tbe commonest of the snakes. The 

 copperhead, a venomous snake, is found in New Erg'ar.d. bitt is 

 comparatively raie. In color the body is brown, the belly yellow- 

 lowish and with 35 to 45 dark blotches on the side; tbo he»d ^« 

 coppery-red abovf; across tie back Uitie ar" Jitin 15 to 25 V- 

 shaped markings. 



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