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merable scars, looked as t^hou^h It had passed "through the 

 wars." There was alfo an elegantly constructed JScal. oval-hnre 

 rifle, built for siionting at the running deer target at Bisley. This 

 is a magnificently-built weapon, and in the near future we hope 

 to have the privileere of giving it a trial. A.nother fine weapon is 

 a superbly gold-mounted Smith & Wesson revolver. 



Miss Oakley has probablv the largest and most valuable collec- 

 tion of medals and jewelry ever collected by a markswoman, 

 some of the latter being superb in their style of work. Tiie col- 

 lection comprises, rings, bracplets, pins and necklaces without 

 number, some of which were presented to ber by European poten- 

 tates who were captivated bv her superior style of shooting. 

 Wherever she appeared she received an ovation and had the 

 entree of the best i^ouses. She had, while in England, the privil- 

 ege of shooting with the Hurling ham Gun Club, being the firft 

 profpssional shot who was ever honored thus- In one of the 

 shoots on these grounds she won first paize alone by killing four 

 English bluerocks in a miss and^out event. Speaking of the rela- 

 tive quality of the genuine Erglish hluerock. Miss Oakley says 

 that those which are classed as "medium" are far superior to 

 what American shooters call hard birds. 



Over the mantel in Miss Oakley's parlor is amounted English 

 bluerock wbii^h wa= the winning bird in her match with Mr. 

 Chapman, an English expert. She killed 19 birds to her opponent's 

 18, each shooting at 25. The birds for this match were brought 

 on to the field, each in a separate box, and she says they were the 

 finest lot of flyers she ever saw. This she considers ber best work 

 in England. She bad previously won a big nrize at Milan by kill-, 

 ing 14 straight in a miss-and-out, but the Italian birds she says 

 are not to be compared to the good ones of England. 



"Little Sure Shot" has mastered many difflcult feats since she 

 left American soil, one of the most taking being the breaking of 

 two glass balls, these being thrown in the air and fired at while 

 sitting upright in the saddle on a horse that is leaping a hurdle 

 as the shots are made. She has also become an accomplished 

 rider of the bicycle and makes many difficult shots while propell- 

 ing the machine. 



Mi»8 Oakley is about to purchase a farm somewhere in the rural 

 districts of New Jersey in order to have a place of retreat when 

 off duty. She will remain in Newark until the 9th inst . when she 

 goes to Altoono. Pa., when she will take part in a 25-bird match 

 against "Billy" Clark, of Altoona. From that place she will go 

 to her aged mother's home in Woodland, Dark county, Ohio, for a 

 lengthy visit. 



Teterans at the Traps. 



AxTHOTjGH the town of Bound Brook, N. J., has a goodly num- 

 ber of expert live bird shots very few matches have been shot 

 there of late years. The town has no regularly organized gun 

 club, and when its experts want to enjoy a day's sport at the 

 traps they are obliged to go elsewhere. With the advent of new 

 blood, however, the place Is very likely to claim a full-fledged 

 flub in the near future. One of the most enthiisiastic smooth- 

 boie manipulators of the place is James H. Force, well known as 

 a member of the old Middlesex Gun Club, of Plain field, and as 

 the former proprietor of Force's Hotel iu that town. Mr. Force 

 removed to Bound Brook seven months ago and embarked in the 

 hotel business and is now trying to awaken an interest in live 

 bird shooting in the vicinity of his new home. 



Chief among the live bird shooters of Bound Brook is "Uncle" 

 John D. Voorhees, who is over 70 years of aee but still as enthusi- 

 astic over the sport as in his early days. "Uncle John" is known 

 and lovpd by every shooter in New Jersey and never fails to put 

 in an appearance at nearby tournaments when Jive birds are used. 



Recently "Uncle John" and "Jimmy" Force got into a good- 

 natured discussion as to their own relative merits as live bird 

 shots, the outcome being the arrangement of a match at 20 birds 

 each for $50 a side, the match to be shot at Bound Brook on Oct. 

 24. On the appointed day the principals and a number of their 

 friends put in an appea.Tance as pnr agreement, bringing along 

 with them several crates of good birds. 



The opening event of the day was the above match, which was 

 ohot under Hurlingbam rules, except ttie boundary which was 

 .'jOyds. Both men were in good form and some fine kills were 

 made. The score follows: 



Force 32031202320121320020—14 



Vr OTbees 20022010231010002012—11 



The match was followed by three sweepstakes at 5 birds each, 

 f5 entry, of which the scores follow: 



No 1. No. 2. No. 3 



Forest 00121-3 21002-3 01110-3 



J H Force 12] 03-4 02013-3 00000-0 



O Smith mil- .5 31311—5 11120-4 



VJov 01131-4 01110-3 



J D Voorhees 21123-5 00111-3 



E Shepherd 01100-3 00122-3 



W Anderson 20103-3 00111-3 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The last shoot of the season of the Bemls Park Gun Club, of 

 Omaha, Neb., was held on Oct. 22. It closed a very successful sea- 

 son. Increased interest has been taken in the club, and the regular 

 shoots have resulted in a very noticeable improvement in the marks- 

 manship of the members. The prizes offered at the opening of the 

 season have been awarded, and the first prizes, consisting of two 

 handsome gold medals, were won by H. E. Chubback and Stockton 

 Heth. George W. Loomls and WilUam Salisbury are the winners of 

 second place and elegant shell cases. The special prize, offered for 

 the greatest improvement during the season, a steel fishing-rod, was 

 won by Harry Reed The corduroy shooting coat, offered by the 

 Bemis 'Omaha Bag Company to the member participating in the 

 greatest number of shoots, was won by F. H. Blake. 



The BoiUng Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, N. J., held its annual 

 meeting on Oct. 27 and elected the following officers: Pres., Ed. A. 

 Jeanneret; Vice-Pres., C. H. Coe; Treas., Lewis Lane; Sec'y, P. A. 

 Jeanneret; Cor. Sec'y and Capt , Cornelius Collins. Directors, Ed. 

 A. Jeanneret, C. H. Coe, Cornehiis Collins, W. H. Huck. B. H. Peck, 

 Lewis Lane and E. T. .Jochem. The club will hold their regular shoot 

 on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in each month, begin- 

 ning at 2:30 P M.. for the next three months. The first shoot will be 

 held on Nov. 9 The shoots are for cash prizes, each member to shoot 

 at 25 bluerock targets, known traps, but unknown angles. 



A shooting club has been organized at Monroe, Mich., with the fol- 

 lowing oflacers: President, Austin Wing, of Detroit; vice-president, 

 J. S. Goddard. Chicago; treasurer, F. S. Sterling, of Monroe; secre- 

 tary, L. J. Osborn, Chicago; trustee, W. C Sterling. Jr., of Monroe. 

 The club consists of 12 members, two from Detroit, five from Chica- 

 go and five from Monroe. It has been named the Liberal Shooting 

 Club, for one of the rules is that all game shot must be distributed 

 among the members. The Sterling marsh has been secured and 

 more is to be secured soon. 



To the New Jersey Trap Shootere' League: In your next series of 

 shoots award your championship trophy to the club winning first 

 place the greatest number of times, and award all other team prizes 

 on the basis of the best averages in say, four-fifths of the contests, 

 and don't allow a man to shoot on more than one team during a 

 series. Also arrange one or more individual contests, say at 25 tar- 

 gets per man, these to he continued through the series of touma 

 merits, prizes of fair value to be awarded for the best average in four- 

 fifths of the shoots. 



That little 16 bore Parker shot by A. W. Du Bray is playing havoc 

 with live pigeons in this vicinity. On Tuesday, October 25, at a 

 social gathering on the Claremont grounds, Du Bray shot at forty 

 live birds, 28 and 30 yds. rise, 25 yds. boundary and killed 39. The 

 genial Southern salesman usually holds a gun;pretty steadily when 

 a live bird is in range, and his recent exploits have proven conclu 

 sively that a 16-bore is deadly. 



AV. G. Clark, of Altoona, Pa., will hold a tournament at the 

 Wapsononock Shooting Park, ou Nov. lO-tJ, when both Uve birds and 

 targets will bw used. The great feature will be daily exhibitions of 

 shooting by Miss Annie Oakley, "Little Lure Shot." this being her 

 first appearance in this country since 1889. Miss Oakley and Mr. 

 Clark will also shoot a match at twenty-five live birds each. 



Al. Heritage says his tournament to be held at Marion the latter 

 part of this month will comprise one day's shooting at targets and 

 two days at live bird.s. As an incentive for shooters to take in both 

 the live bird days Mr. Heritage wdl give $15 to first and $10 to second 

 average in all programme events for the two days. 



The Beatrice Gun Club has been organized in Lincoln. Neb., and 

 the followmg officers elected: President, F. E. Kimball; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, E. L. Thrift; Secretary, W. D. .Moulton; Treasurer, Paul Wal- 

 ter. Arrangements were made for a three days' shooting tourna- 

 ment during the first week in November, open to the Siate. 



Enoch D. Miller notifies us that the Union Gun Club will hold a 

 tournament at Springfield, N. J., on November 22-23. The first day 

 will be devoted to Keystones and the second day to live birds of 

 which a big lot will be on hand. Stages will meet at trains at the 

 Millburn depot. 



These oiBcers have been elected by the Middlelown (Pa ) Shooting 

 and Game Protective Association: President, Samuel Gingrich; 

 Vice-President. John Marquart; Treasurer, Michael Sheesly; Secre- 

 tary, Leonard R. Hippie. 



W. B. Hobart would like to correspond with all gun clubs In New 

 Jer.sey in reference to the second series of shoots of the New .Jersey 

 Trapshooters' League. His address is 59 Halsey street, Newark, 

 N J. 



Knoxville and the 1893 shoot are interesting trap shooters all over- 

 the country. It is not often that a club can be found with the hardi- 

 hood to add Si. 000 to the purses for a three-days' shoot. 



One of the "Know-it-alls," who hashes up alleged trap news for an 

 Ohio paper, says that the coming Elliott-Fulf ord matches will be 

 nothing but "gate receipt contests." Bosh! 



The Central Gtm Club, of Long Branch, N. J., intends to call a pub- 

 lic meeting of all Monmouth county sportsmen, for the purpose of 

 discussing a revision of the game laws. 



The shoot of the West Virgiuia State Sportsmen's Association, to 

 be held at Wheeling on Nov. 24, will be a big affair, as every club in 

 the State expects to send representatives. 



The New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League will hold a meeting in a 

 few days for the purpose of settling up the accounts for the seritsof 

 shoots 'just ended. 



The Fairdale Gun Club, of Kansas City, Kas , has elected ofiRcers as 

 follows: Z.W.Drake, General Manager; James Bates, Secretary ; 

 and John Hall, Treasurer. 



Milwaukee will be the center of attraction on the 24th to 26 of this 

 month. The Gun Club property was not destroyed in the recent 

 fire. 



The Newark Gun Club will hold an all day's shoot at live birds on 

 John Erb's grounds on Nov. 17. A big stock of birds will be on hand. 



The initial shoot of the newly formed Connecticut State League 

 will be held at New Haven on November 9. 



The West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Club will hold a trap touma 

 mtnt the Itater part of April or early in May. 



The Riverview Gun Club, of Amsterdam, N. Y., will hold a shoot 

 on Thanksgiving Day. 



Has the New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association gone out of ex- 

 istence? 



The Essex Gun Club will hold its monthly shoot at Marion on 

 Nov. 17. 



What is the matter with the proposed team race at New London? 

 The Newark Gun Club will shoot at John Erb's on Nov. 10. 

 Don't forget the Altoona shoot on the 10th and 11th. 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



A Series of 'Washingtnn Tours for the Fall and 

 "Winter via Pennsylvania Railroad. 



As the various seasons come and go the principal points of 

 interest, as well as those for enjoyment, put in their claims for 

 the attention of the tourists and the tiraveling public generally. 

 The Pennsylvania Railroad Comnany, through its tourist depart- 

 ment, are continually on the qui Vive in selecting for their series of 

 tours seasons and destinations best adapted for the comfort and 

 pleasure of their patrons. These Washington tours which are an- 

 nounced for this fall and winter are among the most select and 

 choicest of Pennsylvania. Railroad tours, and are so well timed 

 that it gives to the tourist the best traveling season and opportu- 

 nity of seeing the National Capital in active operation. The 

 second tour of this series will leave New York in a special train 

 of Pennsylvania Railroad standard coaches ou Nov. 10, and the 

 round-trip rate of $13 00 will cover transportation in both liirec- 

 tious, as well as include hotel accommodations at, the principal 

 hotels in Washington. Tickets, including meals t»i route, $h50 

 additionai. The tours will be of three days' duration. Later 

 tours to this interesting city are announced to depart Nov. 24, 

 Dec. 15 and 29. Application for itineraries should he made to the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents or Tourist Agent, No. 849 

 Broadway, New York — AfJv. 



A New-Subscribeir Offer. 



A bona fide new subscriber sending us $5 will receive for that 

 sum tlie Forest and Stream one year (price .$4) and a set of 

 Zimmerman's famous "Due Uing Scenes" (advertised on another 

 page, price $5)— a $9 value for $5. 



This offer is to nciv subscribers only, it does not apply to 

 rennoals. 



For $3 a 6ona j^detiew subBcriber for six months will receive the 

 Forest and Stream during that time and a copy of Dr. Van 

 Fleet's handsome work, "Bird Portraits for the Young" (the 

 price of which ia $3). 



Messrs. Adolph Isaacsen & Son, of 93 Fulton street. New 

 York, are breeders cf the well-known brand of "Sure Pop" forref?, 

 guaranteed to be rat hunters and k'llers from the word go. They 

 also have on hand terriers that are specially trained to hunt in 

 company with ferrets, and which, while they arc great ratters, 

 will not harm the ferrets no matter how much they are provoked 

 by the latter. The combination is very effective.— ^ric. 



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