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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 32, 1893. 



Fulford-EUiott. 



Kansas City, Dec. ir.-The first shoot of the series 'of fivO 

 .matches to be sMot between J. A. R. Elliott and E. D. Fulford, 

 took place in thn Ball Park in this city this afternoon la the. pres- 

 ence of about 500 spectators. As is usual in Kansas City the vis- 

 itor carried with him the sympathy of the audience, and when he 

 was tried out in the latter end of the race he was encouraged to a 

 '•fare-you-well." f verv kill beintj anplaurled. The shooting as a 

 whole was confiiderah) v helow par, Fulford winning the race by a 

 score of 88 to 85 nut of 300. and a' that there is a protest on referee 

 McGee's decision on Fulforrl'a 7:th bird. The bird was a left-quar- 

 teriuB driver and was liit sliehtly in the wing. He circled around 

 and alightPd on a crossbar some twenty feet above the ground, and 

 after balancing for about a m1nut° lost his hold and flew down- 

 ward. Luckily for Mr. Fulford there was a wire screen m front 

 of the grand stand, which the crippled pigeon flew aeralnst and 

 then fell into the Errounds. Keferee Mcfiee had called Lost bird.' 

 but when the bird tell in bounds he changed it and ordered the 

 bird scored "dead." Elliott protested the decision on the ground 

 that it was a lost bird under the rules governing the shoo*", and the 

 match was proceeded with. The score at that time was 64 to fi3 m 

 favor of Fulford. From that time on It was a hot race, Elliott 

 Icslng but one bird while Fulford lost two more, and the disputed 

 bird would have made it a tie if referee MoGee had stood by his 

 original decision. . , 



The rules under which the matches are being shot are a special 

 set of London Gun Club rules, and Rule 10 says: "If a bird which 

 has been shot perches or settles on the top of the fence or on any 

 of the buildings in thp ground higher than the fence it is to be 

 scored a 'lost bird.' " Tbe bird never fairly closed his wings, but 

 was certainly "perched" for probably a mmute. The decision 

 will have to stand, however, as Referee McGee is satisfied that 

 his last declaration was made on the question of the perching or 

 settling of the bird, and he is the sole arbiter of that point, and 

 Fulford is declared the winner of the first match. 



There are five races to be shnt in this series, at S200 a race, and 

 S200 rn a majority of the contests. The next race takes place at 

 Indianapolis' Deo. 19, and the others at Pittsburg, Williamsport 

 and llarrishurg. Pa., in the next iO days, and local sportsmen 

 arefiarfrl that Elliott's way of using wood powder will result 

 disastrously to his shooting record, it being the general opinion 

 among Kansas City Gun Clnb men that his loads were faulty and 

 lacked penetration, as bird after bird hit by both barrels carried 

 the load over the high fence. 



The shoot commenced a few minutes after 1 o'clock, with Capt. 

 .James H. McG' e as referfe and .James Whitfield official scorer. 

 Elliott shot a 7j4-pound new Greener, and the loads for both bar- 

 rels were 47gr.'<. of wond powder and IJ^iz. of No. 6 shot in an Ely 

 case. Fulford shot a hammer Greer er weighing 7lhs. 121^02. He 

 used the U. M. O. shell, loaded with 3p4drs. of Schulfze and I140Z. 

 of shot. No. 76 in the right and No. 6i in the left barrel. 



The day was a typical trap-shooting day, barring the several 

 inches of snow that cov^ered the ground. The birds were a good 

 lot, and while not particularly quick to wing, were of the kind 

 that can carry out of any bounds a good load of shot if it fails to 

 strike a vital part. This can readily be perceived by the scores of 

 t6 and 8.1 out of ICO, under London Gun Club rules, in a base ball 

 park, with "the earth" as a boundary and a year's time in which 

 to gather a wounded bird. 



Elliott was first to the score, and started in by losing his first 

 bird, an easy right-quarterer which scaled the fence, and missed 

 ■his 7th, a fast one in the same diaectlon. Fulford started out 

 like a quarter Horse, grassing his birds in good style, killing them 

 clean with one barrel until the 8th, which he missed clean with 

 both loads; but Elliot lost the next three in succession, leavingthe 

 Easterner four in advance. Thus early in tbe race the inefficiency 

 of Elliott's loads were observed, as Fulford's shot alone was heard 

 to rattle on the back fence. Fulford missed his 13th, 20th and 32d, 

 and Elliott killing straight was only one behind, but his 24th car- 

 ried the load beyound the fence, and at 25 birds he was two be- 

 hind, the score standing 21 to 19 against him. 



Elliott fell behind further in the next ten, losing his 32 \ and .3.3d 

 birds, while Fulford dropped hack on his 36th and 87th, and both 

 missed the 40th bird. Fnlford lost his 41st dead out of bounds and 

 his 43d clean, which left the score a tie until the 45th round, when 

 Elliott missed a hard right-quartering driver which flew the coop, 

 and at the end of the 50th round Fulford was one ahead on the 

 poor score of 41 to 40. 



Elliott lost four out of the next 25. and Fulford but three, which 

 gave the latter a lead of two on the main score, two of Elliott's 

 and one of Fulford's falling dead out of bound--. On the 7rth bird, 

 a& above related, Fulford was fortunate in ha ving a baseball foul 

 tip screen save him from losing a b'rd. He missed his 79th clean 

 and lost his 83d dead out of bounds, which again made the score a 

 tie, without counting the bird protested by Elliott. From that 

 out, however, Fulford shot a good race, killing out straight, while 

 Elliott missed his 86 fh bird and lost the match. Elliott still in- 

 sists that Fulford's 77th bird should be scored "lost," but Referee 

 McGee's decision will doubtless prevail, as he is the sole judge of 

 the question under the interpretation of tbe rules. In his opinion 

 the bird had not "perched." and while up in a balloon and only 

 kept from flying out by a wire screen, he decides that under his 

 construction of the rule it was a "dead bird," and there you are. 

 , .Optl's whole, Fulford was lucky in a marked degree. He got a 

 bird that would have been lost on any other ground, and outdrew 

 JiUiott all the way through. Elliott did not show good general- 

 ship, h9wever, frequently wasting powder and shooting too quick 

 With his second barrel when he had plenty of time for deliberate 

 saooting. His great weakness, however, according to the sports- 

 men who watched the race, was in the lack of penetration shown 

 oy tiis loads, bird after bird going out that was apparently riddled 

 ■withsbot. 



The following is the official score of the shoot, giving the traps 

 snot from (King's trap used), the direction of flight, etc.: 

 Trapsco)-e tvpe-Caiiyrtght, 1S93, by Forest and Stream PuUlshing Vo. 

 533325 5422444233351114554 

 H-'^^^H / ^ T -^f— ^^'^ ? <- 1 ^ \ 

 o2132301o002131121323220 1-19 



Elliott. . 



4215 35435312251335542414 1 

 13112300222113023130322 3 1-21 

 3314543 5 23132 5 44234315 5 33 

 013 313202331; 



3oal23102223 1-3] 



133134512 5 2513455515 31445 



3ll3a31332023a3333323331 1-24-85 



3331411545434153133 43 5 143 



Fulford 11111110111102 211330 203 3 1-21 



3 3 4 14 3 5 5 3 3 5 3 3 5 13 4 5 3 4 13 3 5 4 



3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 o 1 0 ^1 1 3 1 1 i-20 



31434 5 1322433 3 454333433 3 3 

 ^,^^4 \j"-^t /-^NT T^*-/>/'H'^T -^^-^^^ 

 1 1 1 3 1 o 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 3 0 J 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 2-23 



5533341433541355 5 32 5 23151 

 -*t»<-i,->y?'<-*-\-4<-^Si ->H« — >->-^i^>'-*^M-l 

 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 o 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1-23-86 

 It. ■ , ^ T, . , , WmifflBLD. 



[Spc&al to Forest and Stream.1 

 The Eecond, at Indianapolis, Dec. 19, resulted: 



Fulford 2 1iai21313312111];>i2'''^3l •>— 



3 3 2 3 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 a 2 1 ;.' 1 2 1 1 3 

 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 S ;3 ;i :.' 0 2 1 1 2 1 

 1 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2-23-96 



Elliott 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2-25 



1 1 a 1 1 1 1 o 0 1 2 2 2 '> 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 0-23 



r. . 1- 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 o 3 1 1 1-28-93 



o Dead out o£ bounds. ^ i- »o .0 



The KnoxvUIe Gun Club. 



„ ^^J^l^ January meeting, 1B93, the KnoxviUe Hun Club devised 

 a ectieme to encourage a friendly rivalry and create an interest 

 w ^^r^^^ members to attend the regular monthlTshoots as fol- 

 tW i,Tp„^VTnJ''r?%^K^'^ PV^*^^' SIO to first. $7.50 to second?|o to 

 third m each ot the three classes. C ass No. 1 to shoot unknown 

 traps and known angles; Class No. 2 to shoot known traos and 

 Oi*ssNc.3 to shoot kiown traps and known 

 angles. The entire memlsership was classified into clas^Ps ?Cn« 

 2 and 3 subject to be advanced into next higher class as foh^^ 

 Cl^sl No' 1 A^^'^f.f M woufd^ be'' advanced in7o 



wol'ld'be a'dvf^iSd^int'^ ' ''''^'^'''^ ^5 twice. 



To determine the three winners in each of the classes a mBm 

 h?^hPsf*,'i,V^°"' ^^'^ '^■^^'''^^ ^ dett^mine his average The" 

 highest three averages in each class to win respectivlly flrst^ 



second and third prizes in the class in which the shooter was 

 located at the end of the year. After the regular December clnb 

 shoot tbe averages of the best 7 scores were made up and it was 

 found that the following members had won the prizes: 

 Class 1: 



Per cent. 



R. Van Gilder, first, prize $10 19 31 31 33 23 24 35-154 88 



S. Van Gilder, second, prize S7.50. . .18 19 23 33 23 33 33-149 85.3 

 Class 3: 



F. A. Morris, first, prize SIO 20 20 21 21 31 33 23—147 84 



T. C. Eld'-idge, second, prize $7..tO. . .19 20 21) 21 21 31 22—144 82 



G. H. Wilson, third, prize .?5.... .. ..14 16 19 19 19 21 18-126 72 



Class 3: 



C. B. Rnss, first, prize $70 17 18 18 18 20 20 31-133 75.5 



J. C. White, second, prize §7.50 14 17 18 19 19 20 30—137 72.5 



S. B. Dow, third, prize $5 7 9 10 14 15 16 18- 89 50.8 



The lowness of some of the scores can he attributed to the high 

 winds and bad weather at some of tbe meetings. 



Some members In Class No. 4 who had good scores missed shoot- 

 ing on several club days hence they not having 7 scores for an 

 average were barred. 



This scheme on the part of the club has helped to keep interest 

 in the club and has proven beneficial, and I hope other clubs will 

 adopt some such method to revive laeging interest. 



R. Vast Gild eh, Secretary. 



Pigeons and Keystones at Watertown. 



Three members of the Watertown (N. Y.) Gun Club had a 

 seance on the dub grounds on Dec. 15, when they shot at both 

 live birds and Keystone targets. 



The first event was at 18 live birds between Tallett and Pad- 

 dof k, Kingslev keeping them company for a time. The scores: 



Talleft ...231120110111131131-16 Kinglsey 031121030-6 



Paddock . . ..211200111023111111-15 



Then came two f-vents at 25 targets each, all shooting from un- 

 known angles and putting up the following totals; 



Paddock . . .1111110111111111111111111-24 



TaUet^. 1111111111111110111110110-33 



Kingsley .0111011010110111111110111-19 



Paddock 1111111111111111111111110-24 



Tallett! ...1101110111111111111111111—32 



Ki u gsley 111011111 lOlOllllHOlOlOl— 1 8 



Dct'. 17.— The foUowing scores were made at to-dav's shoot: 



Event No. 1, at live birds: Paddock-21H, Ayers-013, Tallett-llO. 



Event No. 2, 25 Keystones, unknown angles: 



Pad dock .■ 1 iniOllOllOlOllOn 011111— 19 



Tallett 10111 not lOOllOin 1 1111101— 18 



Ayers 1111111111111110111010111—22 



Event No. 3, same; 



Paddock 0111111111111111111011111—24 



Tallett 1111111110111101101111011-21 



Ayers 1101111111111111110111010—31 



Event No. 4, 5 pairs: 

 Paddock 01 10 10 11 11—7 Tallett 11 10 11 11 10-3 



No. 5, same: 



Paddock , 10 10 11 11 U-8 



Harry Smith '(Vins the Purse. 



In spite of all predictions to the contrary the big open sweep- 

 stake at 100 live birds per man, $100 entry, shot on John Erb's "Old 

 Stone House" grounds in Newark, on Thursday, Dec. 15, was a 

 success. True, there were only three entries, but these repre- 

 sented precisely three more than were predicted. Then again the 

 weather bureau was not at all kind in the manner of weather 

 conditions dealt out; in fact, until 9:30 A. M. it looked as though 

 there would be a wading match instead of a shooting match. The 

 air was moist and heavy, while the clouds were dark and threat- 

 ening as though ready to send down a torrent at slight provoca- 

 tion, and there was scarcely a su.spicion of a breeze. Long about 

 10:g0 the clouds grew lighter, a little wind came down over the 

 Orange Mountains, and the outlook became more cheering. 



It was about this time that we reached Brb'a place, where we 

 found one shooter in the person of Phil Daly, Jr., of the Holly- 

 wood Gun Club who had been waiting an hour for some one to 

 come along with a gun. It was another hour, however, before 

 any one else arrived, and then came J.Frank Class, of Morris- 

 town, and Harry E. Smith, the promising young expert of the 

 Newark and Essex Gun clubs. After a wait of another half hour 

 and no sign of any accession to the ranks, sweepsta,ke shooting 

 was proposed in order that the guns might be warmed up for the 

 big event of the day. 



The traps were in position, a big lot of birds were on hand, 

 "Lem" was impatient to do some gathering, so at the fun they 

 went. The opening event was at 5 birds, $5 entrv, oae money No 

 3 was at 10 birds, $10 entry, also one money. In this all killed 

 .straight and decided to shoot off for the pot at 7 birds each, the 

 birds to he paid for out of said pot. The results: 



Class 22221-5 2221112311—10 lSllOll-6 



Daly 21003-3 2211121212-10 0121121-6 



Smith 12231-5 1331111131-10 1111111-7 



Here it is thought best to call a halt in order that the lOO-bird 

 sweep might be shot olf before ihe light grew dim. The entries 

 were: J.Frank Class, Phil Daly, Jr., and Harry E. Smith, each 

 of whom put up $100, and decided that the pot less the cost of the 

 birds should go to the winner. Very little time was lost in pre- 

 liminary arrangements. Dr. P. J. Zeglio, of Warrenville, N. J. 

 being chosen to officiate as referee and C. H.Townsend being 

 official scorer. 



It was just 13:50 p. m. when Class first called " pull," and with a 

 neat first grasstd a strong driver. Daly followed by losing a right- 

 quarterer, although it was bit, while Smith sent both barrels into 

 an incomer and scored. At this time there were probably a 

 hundred spectators present, although the crowd kept increasing 

 as the day wore on, until there were fully iliree hundred on the 

 ground. Among the visitors were John Oockefair, of Bloomfleld- 

 Fred. Class, of Boonton; Frank Piper. J. R. Leonard, R. Trim- 



Hedden, W. G. HoUis and others, of Newark. 



The birds despite the unfavorable weather conditions flew 

 splendidly, and what they would have done on a cooler, drier and 

 more sunny day can only be conjectured. Not over half a dozen 

 birds refused flight when the traps were sprung, and of these only 

 two were called, the others starting 03" within an instant. Some 

 few were slow as a matter of course, while a large number were 

 as fast and tricky as eveJ left a trap. As a whole they could 

 fairly be classed a good lot. 



Class shot in good form during the early part of the race 

 killing 34 in the first quarter ; his 9th bird, a twisting left-driver' 

 being hard hit but falling dead just over the boundary. His 54th' 

 a zig-zag incomer to the right, also fell within a couple of yards 

 of the score line. 



Daly's shooting was a puzzle. Nearly every bird was hit, but 

 during the first half he seemed to have a penchant of ptrttino' his 

 charges too low, and did not seem to lead his birds enough? As 

 shown by the score, he lost four out of his first five birds, although 

 every one of these were hit. In the second half he "got on" in 

 better form, and kUled 46 out of the 50. 



Smith shot his same old gait throughout, his deliberate first 

 barrel being effective. Of the 36 times his second barrel was used 

 at least one- third was merely for safety. 



At the end of the first quarter of the race Class led on 24 to 

 Smith's 23 and Daly's 19. Here bets of -30 to 25 were offered on 

 Class with no takers. On the half Class had scored 46 to Smith's 

 44 and Daly's 38, and the odds were made 50 to 25, and still no tak- 

 ers. On the third quarter Class was still in the lead with 70 to 

 Smith's 68 and Daly's 63. On this round Smith lost his first bird 

 and killed the remaining 34. On the final quarter both Class and 

 Smith kept up their good work for a lime, when i-uddenly Class 

 began to let his birds get away. He killed 9 straight and still led 

 Smitn two birds. He then lost his 10th, 13th, 13th and 15th, when 

 it began to look like a victory for Smith, who kept on killin" 

 making a straight run until the 34th round, when he lost a bird' 

 Class also lost his 20th, and at the finish it was seen that Smith 

 had won by the fine total of 92 kills to Class's 90 and Daly's 84 

 Class could not account for his sudden dropping back, as he said 

 all his shells were out of one lot, and he thought he held correctly 

 on the birds he lost. 



Smith's finish was a very strong one. he killing 48 out of his last 

 50, and making a run of 47 straight. He also made another run of 

 19. Class's best runs were 24.13 and 30. Daly made runs of 15 

 and 28. 



The first quarter of the race was shot in 47m,, the second quarter 

 in 39m., this being lb. 26m. for 150 birds. The last half was shot 

 m Ih. i33m., the trapping of the 300 birds constiming 3h 58m dp a 

 little better than 100 an hour. ■, <^ 



Class's 36th bird was shot within a few vards of No. 3 trap but 

 when Lem attempted to gather it the bird showed considerable 

 life, and before the dog succeeded in getting it in his mouth he 

 had to chase half across the field to the right and then back near 

 No. 1 trap, where he finally captured it. One of Smith's and one 

 ot Class's birds wotdd have gone out of bounds had there been a 



low fence boundary, each of them striking against the high board 

 fence. One of Daly's birds settled on the top rail of Ihe fence, 

 from where he was gathered, and under the conditions governing 

 the match was scored. 



Thus was shot the first open sweepstake at 100 live birds ever 

 shot in this country, and as has been before stated it was a suc- 

 cess. The birds were good, the trapping such as can be found 

 only at .John Erb's. and from start to finish not a dispute nor a 

 jar occurred to mar the pleasure of th^ occasion. 



Below will be found the detailed scores of the match, the first 

 line of fi^nres showing the trap from which the birds were sprung 

 and the third line the barrels used: 

 Trap score type— Copyright, iS9e, byWorest and Stream Publishing Go. 



S3355535 5 43 835 2 33333333 5 1 



J ^ Class 13313311olll31311312311 1 3-24 



3224351221S3415 3 5235 53113 



113111210133 0 301113313 2 1 1—32—46 

 331 433431 3 3321 5 14822 3 5234 

 <r-H^^-^^ 'h^-^H<^\ «>/>- 4, 



113ol223 1 1131232 1 1113313 3-24-70 

 343353333352143 435 3 142313 

 t-H 4. 'I \ t<-H i 1 7< i T <— ^w^S, t//4— ^-^ 

 131111333030010231101121 1-20-90 



138321433112131 5. 5. 3134333 3 



P Daly, Jr.. ..003 0013112203 23112ol3332 1—19 

 3341244313333322231343112- 

 J, \ H T^^'i* 1^ J' <- H '^-> T T 



3 2 0132131101323010111030 1-19—38 

 234343514234 3 5 55551 5 415^, 3 

 \-*\/^-^\ 'K->/^ ^ txT t->->N /^->^<-\ N/- \-> 

 0 3 3 3113 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 1 23 1-34-63 

 234S5431323234331 5 3141114 

 4- i /^->->/'<-< — >T^^^->i-^/'<-« — >«-4, 

 3 2 3 1 011 3 3 3 3 1 0 1 3 1 3113110 1 3-33- 84 



3 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 15 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 14 



HESmith... 3 1 3^l'V'o 1 V^3^ O^T 3 0 'l' I's's l"2"2i2-33 

 34424343 335 42 532332353313 



\->\/i\4, k!'<-»i;H\7i7^^<-< — )•^i<-v/<-<-'^\T 



11111111231100 2 3 111113 0 1 1-33-44 

 143325 5 3335 3 1331314 5 54344 

 ^ « — >/'<-\/^ > > W <-4. w?',»;^->/' 

 0 1 3 1 3 2 311113111331113211 3-34-68 

 ■143251334434413 5 141334132 



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331131311211313311111120 1-24-93 



C. H. TOWNSEND, 



Kingbird Target Match at Albany. 



Some time ago a party of Albany sportsmen who were chatting 

 in Elmer Vine's store, got into a discussion as to the relative 

 shooting merits of John R. Sanders, the youngest shooter in the 

 Eastern New York League, and one of the old stand bys who we will 

 call the "Old One.": Glenyl, of the South and West lEnd Gun Club 

 expressed the opinion that young Sanders was the better shot of 

 the two, and this "the Old One," who was present, took as a chal- 

 lenge, the i-psult being that before the party left for hoorie a match 

 had been arranged to take place on the West End Gun Club 

 grounds on Dec. 1.5. each man to shoot at 100 kingbird targets. 

 The match came off as agreed, and the manner in which it ter- 

 minated is shown by Horace B. Derby's story in the ^rgus: 



"The day designated for the match proved a terror m tbe raw 

 air, cold, wet sodden grounds, and a heavy atmosphere wherein a 

 gruesome gray haze pervaded all space and gave to the light of 

 day a dingy character that brought out the best efforts of the 

 sharpest eyes to catch on to the whirling kingbirds and follow 

 them in their swift and long-continued flight. A few fitful pre' 

 cipltations of rain shortly after midday eauspd many sportsmen, 

 who had been given the tip and who were anxious to witness the 

 match, to fear that it would not be shot out, consequently the 

 event was rather slimly attended. 



Leon, Wadsworth, Stone. Glenyl, Barron, Colloton and Shafer, 

 all club members, were on hand, and of the other visitors I noted 

 John MuUaly, of the South End Gun Club, and W. I. Wemple and 

 William Bunn, of Amsterdam, members of the rifle club in that 

 bustling little town. The hoys had all come to see a good race 

 and take a hand in the shooting, and they were gratified in both 

 directions. 



The contestants in the lOO-bird match were called to the score 

 shortly before 3 o'clock. The conditions of the match were, 100 

 kingbirds per man, three traps, known angles. With the wretched 

 light, the chilling air, the swift flight of the birds, and the sharp 

 angles at which they were thrown, tbe shooting of both men was 

 very creditable. The match was closely contested, the shooters 

 hanging to each other with grim determination from start to fin- 

 ish; but the lead the young fellow gained in the first 35 he main- 

 tained to the end, and won the game handily though his margin 

 was a narrow one. Sanders used an L, C. Smith hammerless, 

 13-gauge gun, his opponent using a Colt of the same calibre. 

 The detailed score: 



John B Sanders .. 1111101011111111111111111-23 



1111110111111111110111110—33 

 1111111111111111110111111—24 

 0011 10111 llOllOll 11111111—20—89 



The "Old One" 1110111111100110111111111-31 



0100111111111111110101111-20 

 llllllllOllllllllllimil— 24 

 1110111110111111 111110101-21-86 

 The veteran was not assured by his d^-feat that the young chip 

 was the better man with tbe breechloader, and the victor was im- 

 mediately challenged to shoot another match, under the same 

 conditions, the date to be decided at a future conference. Both m-n 

 are well-seasoned experts, and a slashing race may be looked 

 for. 



The other shooters present shot out several scores, some of the 

 men shooting in excellent form and rolling up splendid totals. As 

 these scores were made only for practice and pleasure, detailed 

 mention is not needed. It would be unjust, however, not to notice 

 the finest aggregate score of the competition, made by Henry R. 

 Sanders, an elder brother ot the winner of the individual match. 

 This skillful marksman, with a 12-gauge Winchester repeating 

 shotgun, scored a total of 91 out of 100 kiiigbirds." 



Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



The last regular club shoot of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club 

 for 1893 was held at Dexter Park, L. I-, on Wednesday, Dec. 14. 

 There was a good attendance of the members, nineteen entering 

 for the club medal, class prizes and the best averages for the an- 

 nual prizes. Each shot at seven birds. Class handicap — Class A, 

 28 and 30 yards : Class B. 25 and 27, and Class 0, 23 and 25. J. Ben- 

 nett. A. Botty and A. Waeldin tied with seven each for the mt dal, 

 and on the shoot off Bennett won it, also the special prize in Class 

 A. J. Link, H. Selover and H. Bookman tied with six each for 

 the Class B prize, which J, Link won on the shoot ofl'. A. Wael- 

 din took the Class C prize. The first annual prize is a hammer- 

 less gun, valued at SlOO, and it is a close race between J. Bennett 

 and A. Botty as to who shall take it, there being a difference of 

 one bird on the best scores. Tbe score of shoot : 



A Botty 2112111-7" A Andrews 0022322—5 



E Helgans 3120101-5 T Short 0113020-4 



J Bennett 2111213-7 ABrower 1131210-6 



J Blake 1011211-6 WSelover 0231011-5 



A Miller 1303130-5 H Le Maire 1331002-5 



Class B. 



J Link imOH -6 M Ellis 0031202-4 



H Selover 0332121-6 H Bookman 1202111-6 



GO Berry 1102110-5 C Rein 1122000-4 



HBramwell 3001311-5 



Class C. 



M Meyer 3121110-6 A Waeldi n 3112112-7 



Shooting Matches. 



A FOUR-HASDED match was shot off on the same grounds and 

 date between four prominent Coney Island hotel keepers at 10 

 birds eacD, 35yds. rise, the loser to pay for the birds and wine. H. 

 Sturdevant was the victim. 



Another match at 10 birds was shot off between Frank Goodale, 

 who has joined the Atlantics, and C. E. Morris. The latter won 

 easily. Scores: 



H Sturdevant 20100»J100— 3 G Vanderveer 2101031112—8 



CStuebenbord 3100002001—4 F Gallagher.. 0220133111—8 



Match for the birds: 

 F Goodale 0001101320-5 C E Morris 112031U1 3-9 



