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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 23, 1898* 



Reading Shooting Association Tournament. 



The second "spring" tournament of the Reading (Paj Shooting 

 Association, held on Feb. 14, J5 and 10, was an enjoyable and success- 

 ful affair througliout. Tlie uew sjronnds of the association. Situated 

 •within the half-mile tracl; u,t H . 0. W, Matz's Three-Milo House, at 

 ShiUington, about four miles from Kearling, are well adapted for the 

 piu'pose and had been placed iu spleudid condition for this sboot, but 

 the heavy snow and rain of Mon<lav and Monday night transformed it 

 into a quagmire, and Harry Mat>; wa,s obliged to use sevoi-;xl loads of 

 lumber in improvising walks and platforms. 



The weather on Tuesdaj% the opening day, was delightfullv mild 

 and the attendance was good. Among those' who were in at, tlie start 

 were L. C. Smith H. McJfurcby. Lefever A. &. Courtnc.y, Francotte 

 G. E. Grieff, Greener N. Apgar, Parker E. 1). Miller, Wilkes Barre W. 

 K. Park,' American Wood Po wder Lindslev. Recoil Pad W. T. Tredway, 

 David Brothers, W. S. Garvin. W. S. Hottiersall, of Philadelphia; H. 

 E. Buckwalter, Royer's Fork; Howland Gasper, New York city; Ti-ego 

 fromManheim; Johnson from Royer's Ford; Rehrig from Wihiams- 

 port; Gichter from Lime Kiln ; S. G. Hpotts from Bu-dsboro, 



Everybody was in a good humor and in condition for shooting, the 

 result being that close to 5,000 targets were thrown. There were ten 

 events on the regular programnio, targets costing 3 cents each, of 

 which cent per target was paid as average money; 25 per cent, to 

 highest average, 25 iner <:eut. to ucxt best and 25 per cent, to third 

 best, and 25 ijer ceiiij. to the sliootei' having the lowest average in all 

 regular events. First average was won by Harvey McMui-chy on 

 94.28 pei- cent., Neaf Apgar got second on 93.57 per cent, and H. E. 

 Buckwalter got third on 92.14 per cent. The scores of tiie day wUl be 

 found below: 



The JPlrsi Dai/s Scores. 



No. 1. 10 singles, $1 entry: 



Matz 1101100110— C Courtney lOOlllllll— 8 



E D BEller 1111111111—10 Cooper 1111111111—10 



Trego 1111110110— 8 Colaren illOlOOUl- 7 



Landis 1111111111—10 Howard lUllluii— 10 



David 0111101111— 8 Tredwav 1111011101— 8 



Evans lOlllOllll— 7 McMurchy 1111111101— 9 



Clark 1111111111—10 Henry 1111111111— 10 



SulUvan , 0111111111- 9 Shaaber :.llinnili— 9 



Cleaver 1111110111— 9 Beyer lllllimi— 10 



No. 3, 15 singles. $1.50 entry: 



Miller 010111111111111—13 Cooper lllini 111 10110—13 



Trego 111011111011111— l:-i Cleaver 1111001001 11110— 10 



Landis 111111111110011— ly Buckwalter 110111111100111—13 



David 1011110101111 10-11 Shaaber Ill 101 1 1 1 1 1 M 11—14 



Howard 101111111111111—14 Mills llOlOllOlOOOOlO— 6 



McMurchy 111111111111011—14 Thomas OOllllllillllll— 12 



Matz 011011111011010—10 HothersaU .101011 1 11 1 ] 1111—13 



Courtney 111010111011101—11 Beyer 111111111010111—13 



Sullivan 011111110111111—13 W WoLsteacroftllllllllllllUl— 15 



Evans 101111111001101—11 Apgar 111111101110111—13 



Goldi-en 110110110011011—10 AVilliard lllllOllllllUl— 13 



Tredway 110111111111111—14 J Wolstencroft.lllllllllllllll— 14 



Henry 111101101111111—13 Grieff 111111111111010—13 



Clai-k llOllOlOOllllll— 10 Park 111001111111011—12 



No. 3, 10 singles, .ilil entry: 



EDMUler llOlllllll— 9 Buckwalter 1111111111—10 



Trego 1110111111— 9 Shaaber OllUllOll— 8 



Landis 1111111011— 9 Matz 0110101011— 6 



David 1111111110— 9 W Wolstencroft 1010111101— 7 



Howard llOlllllll— 9 Henry 1110001101— 0 



McMurchy 1111111110- 9 Clark 1111111111—10 



Courtney IIIOOOIUI— 7 HothersaU 1001111010— 6 



Sullivan oillllllll— 9 Apgar 1111111111—10 



Grieff 1111111111—10 Eitter Ullloilll- 9 



Park 1111101111— 9 Mills 1011101100— 6 



Coldi-en 1111011101— 8 Cooper 1 lllliiiii— lo 



Evans 1111110011— 8 .1 Wolstencroft 1111111111—10 



Tredway 1111111111—10 Williard lUllOlllO— 8 



Thomas llllOOUll— 8 Beyer 1111111101— 9 



No. 4, 20 singles. S2 entry: 

 E D Miller. lllllllillllllUlOOl— 18 WiUiard. . .1 1111110111110111111—18 



Trego 11100011111101111111—16 Grieff 00110111111111 11 11 11— 17 



Landis 11101110111110010111—15 .1 Wolsten-. 



David .01111110111111111101—17 croft 11111101111111111111—19 



Howard....lllllllllll1111in 11—30 Thomas... .01110011 101011111110—14 

 McMurchy.llllinlininn 1110-19 Ooklren.. .. 11011111111111 llulOl—17 



Courtney. .0101111011 10111 li 101—15 Matz 01 111111101111111 1 1 1—18 



Suiyvan"... 11111101011111111111—18 Shaaber. ...1111111 1111110111001-17 

 W Wolsten- Biickwalt'rlllllllOlllllllll I II-10 



croft . . . .01111101110111111111—17 Apgar lllli n 1 lOlKiIll 1 11 1— ih 



Clark 11111110111111111011—18 Mills 000011 Uololljnol 101— 11 



HothersaU.lllOllllllllllllllll— 19 Cooper. .. .0)111111111111111111— 19 

 Tredway . .10111111101111111111— 18 



No. 5, 10 singles, $1 entry: 



MiUer 1111110011— 8 Clark 1111011111— 9 



Trego 0110111111— 8 Henry 1111111111—10 



Landis lOllllll'll— 9 Matz lOlllOOUl— 7 



David 1111111001— 8 Thomas 1111111111—10 



Howard 1111111111—10 J Wolstencroft 1111110111— 9 



McMurchy 1111111111- lO WilUard 1111111111—10 



Cortnejr IlllOlllll— 9 Apgar llOlllllll— 9 



SulUvan Illlllliil— 10 Shaaber lllOlOllll— 8 



W Wolstencroft iniiliiu— 10 Ooldren 1111101111— 9 



Evans OlinillOl— 8 Buckwalter 0110111011— 7 



Grieff 1111111III-IO Mills .......1111010010— (1 



HothersaU 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11—1 0 Cooper 1111 llllll— 10 



No. 6, 15 smgles, eutraace: 



Miher inOlllllllllOl— 13 Tredway 111010011110111—11 



Trego ...110111011001110—10 Grieff" ..101111111011111-13 



Landis 111111011111111—14 J Wolstencroft.llllllOOlOlllll— 12 



David 110101110011011—10 Lindsley 111100110101101—10 



Howai-d 111011110111110—12 Buckwalter 111111001111111—13 



McMurchy 011111111111111—14 HothersaU 111111111110101—13 



Courtney niOlllllllllll— 14 MUls IOIIOOIIIIIO1OO— 9 



SulUvan 111111101110111—13 Gasper 100010101000101— 6 



WWolsteucroft.lllllll 11111110—14 Gre«n ...011101111101111—12 



Clark ' 111101111011111—13 Coldren llOlllllll mil— 14 



Henry 111111111111111—15 Evans 111110111111110—13 



Apgar 111111111111111—15 Cleaver, , 0110111101 10101—10 



Thomas , 111011101000101 - 9 Cooper 1 110111111 1 1111— 14 



Williard 101111111111011—12 Shaaber II 1010011 101 11 1— 11 



No. 7, 25 singles, $3 entry: K iK MUler25, Trego 20, Laadis 24, 

 David 19, Howard 25, McMurchy 24, Courtney 22, SuUivau 2;^, W. Wol- 

 stencroft 22, Apgar 25, J. Wolstencroft 22, Grieff 32, Clark 23, Henry 

 23, HothersaU 21, Thomas 24, Coldren 22, Shaaber 23, WUUard 23, 

 Buckwalter 22, Cooper 22, Matz 19. 



No. 8, 10 singles, $1 entry: E. D. Miller 8, Trego 9, Landis 7, David 5, 

 Howard 10, McMurchy 10, Courtney 7, SulUvan 7, W. Wolstencroft 9, 

 Qfisper 6, Evans 8, Ritter 5, MiUs 4, Green 9, J. Wolstencroft 7, Apgar 

 19, Clark 7, HothersaU 8, Henry 7, Beyer 9, Lindsley 7, Thomas 7, 

 Buckwalter 9, Coldren 10, Matz 10, Grieff 9, Bowman 9, Clayton 9, 

 Shaaber 9, Cleaver 8, Cooper 7, WUliard 7, Tredway 9. 



No. 9, 15 singles, $1.50: MiUer 12, Trego 11, Landis 13, David 9, 

 Howard 15, BIcMurchy 13, Courtney 14, SulUvan 10, W. Wolstencroft 

 15, HothersaU 14, Evans 15, Lindsley 14, Apgar 14, J. Wolstencroft 13, 

 Henry 13, Thomas 15, Coldi-en 13, Matz 13, Buckwalter 14. Green 10, 

 Grieff 14, Shaaber 14, WiUiard 11, Clayton 12, Tredway 14, Cleaver 13, 

 Cooper 13, Gasper 10, Clark 14. 



No. 10 singles, $1 entry: Miller 9, Trego 9, Landis 10, Hobai't 7, How- 

 aid 10, McMurchy 10, Courtney 9, SiUlivan 8, W. Wolstencroft 9, Grieff' 

 10, Green 7, J. W. Hainly 5, Bowman 8, l lotbersall 9, llauvy 10, Beyer 

 10, Evans 10, Apgar 8, DtividS, .1. Wolstencroft 7, Matz G, Clark 9, Col- 

 dren 1, Thomas 9, IVIiUs C, Ritter 8, Shaaber 10. Cooper 7, Clayton 8, 

 Gasper 8, Cleaver 8, WUUard 9. 



THE SECOND DAT, 



On Wednesday the sun shone all day but there was a (Jampness in 

 the atmosphere that made it uncomfortable to stand about unless 

 weU bundled up. There was auite an accession to the ranks, among 

 the new comers being Wm. H. and Jas. Wolstencroft of Franlcford, 

 r; T. Clayton of Tamaqua, Wra. G. Clark of Altoona, SulUvan of Hai*- 

 i-isburg. Cleaver of Camden, Del.; Dr. BeU of Altoona, W. J. Ives of 

 Norfolk, Va. ; McMuUin, Mahanoy City, Pa. ; Howard of Cleveland, O. 

 The averages for the day were won as foUows: Fu'st, Howard, 9f).4S 

 per cent. ; second, McMurchy, 94.28 per cent, ; third. Cooper, 90.71 per 

 cent.; lowest, David, 78.57 per cent. 



Below wUl be found appended 



The Second Day^s Scores. 



No. 1, 10 singles, $1 entry: 



Henry 0001111001— 5 Howard 1111111111—10 



Landis 0111111111— 9 Matz 1101011111- 8 



David IlllOlllll— 9 Ritter lOlOlOOlll- 6 



Trego 1101110111— 8 Shaaber IIOIIOIIIO— 7 



Schmeck. 1111111111—10 Beyer 0110101101— 0 



Courtney 0111110010— 6 Buckwalter. .1111111111— 10 



Apgar 1111111111—10 Melot 1111111111—10 



Gasper 1001011111— 7 Coldren llOlllllll— 9 



Tei-ry. 1010111101— 7 Sheesley llllllOlll— 9 



Evan,s 1110111111— 9 Marquet 1111111011— 9 



Grieff 1101101111— 8 Johnson 1010111110— 7 



McMurchy. llOlllllll— 9 



No. 2, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: 



Henry lOOllOOOlOOOOll— 6 Apgar 111111110111111-14 



Landis 11111111101 111 1—14 Courtney 11 1011111101111—13 



David UlllOlUlllOll— 13 Shaaber 101111111111111—14 



Trego 111111111111111—15 Gasper 111111111110011—13 



Grieff 111111111111011—14 Schmeck ...... .011111111011011— 12 



McMurchy 111111111110111—14 Matz 011111111111111—14 



Howard llllll lllllllll -15 .Johnson 010101111011011—10 



Buckwalter , , . .111111 11 1111111— 15 Coldren 0101111111111110- 12 



Melot 110111111011001—11 Sheesley 101111011001111-11 



Terry 111011110111111-13 Marquet 111111011110111—13 



Evans 111111111111110—14 



No. 3, 10 singles, $1 entrance: 



Henry 0001110000- 3 Schmeck 1110011101— 7 



Landis IlllOlllll— 9 Johnson. 0111100111— 7 



David 1100101111— 7 Terry 1110011110- 7 



Trego 1111)10111— 9 Evans 1111111111—10 



Greiff .0110111110—7 Apgar illlllliil— 9 



Mc3Iurchy 1111111111-10 Courtney 1001111111— 8 



Howard llOlllllll— 9 Ritter lllllOlllO— 8 



BuclJwalter 1111)11111—10 Sheesley llOlllllll— 9 



Melot 011)001010— 5 Coldren 1111110101— 8 



Shaaber llOOlOllll— 7 Marquet 1011111111— 9 



Byer 1 0) 0) 1101 1— 7 Matz 1 1 ) 1 ) 1 11 11—10 



No. 4, 20 singles, $2 entrance: 



Henry 01011101010111010101—13 Johnson. . .1111111)101111101111— 18 



Landis 11111111111101110111—18 Evans llllllOOllllllllllll— 18 



David 10111111111111111111—19 Apgar 11101110111101111111—17 



Trego 11111010111111111111—18 Courtney . .101101111 11101111111— 17 



Grieff 1111111111111)101111—19 Gasper ... .01)11101101111101000— 14 



M -Murchy 1 1 1 111011111 1 1111111—19 Matz 11110011011101111101—15 



Howard... 11110111111010111 111— 17 Marquet. ..11111101111111101111— 18 

 Buckwarr.111111100111 11111011— 17 Coldren. ...11111111101111111111— 19 



Melot 11010001111110)11111—15 Shetsley ...00111011111000111111— 14 



Shaaber. . .11110110001111110111—15 Thomas. ...11111111111110010010—15 

 Schmeck . .10111111110011111110—16 Gechter. ...10111111100010011110— 13 

 Terry 1011 111010101 001111 1—14 



Mo. 5, 10 singles, $1 entry: 



Trego 1111001111— 8 Apgar 1111111111-10 



Landis 1011111110— 8 Schmeck 0111110111— 8 



D ivid 1010111101— 7 Terry (X)l 1 101 1 1 1— 7 



Matz 1110101111— 8 Tredway 1111111111—10 



Greiff llllllOlll— 9 Evans 1111101111— 9 



McMurchy 1011110111— 8 E D Miller 111)111111-10 



Henry 1101101110— 7 Courtney 1110111111— 9 



Howard 1111111111—10 Thomas 1011111111— 9 



Buckwalter 1111111110— 9 Gechter llOlllllll— 9 



Melot 1011110110— 7 Ooldren 1111111111—10 



Shaaber 1110000111— 6 Scheery llllllOlll-- 9 



Gasper lllllOOllO- 7 Marquet llOlllllll— 9 



Johnson 0101111111— 8 Ritter 1101101010— 0 



No. 6. 15 singles, $1.50 entry: 



Johnson 01101)111111111—13 Courtney 011111110111110—12 



Landis 111111110111111—14 Apgar 111101011111011—12 



David 01110)111111101—12 Lindslev OlOOllllOiiOlll— 10 



Trego 110110110101111—1 1 Sheesley 11 loioi 1 1 1 1 101 1—12 



Greiff 111110011110111—12 Tredway' ,.011110111111101—12 



McMurchy 110111111111111—14 Marquet 1 1 11111 1 01 1 11 1 1—14 



Henry 000110111101100— 8 Coldren 111011111101111—13 



Howard 111110110111110—12 Terry 011100000100110— 0 



Buckwalter 111110011111110-12 Schmeck 111111110100010—10 



Melot 111101111011111—13 E D MiUer 111110110111111—13 



Shaaber OllOlWllllllll— 13 Rehrig 111110111111111—14 



Gasper 110010110111111—11 Gechter 111111100110) ) 1—12 



Evans 101111111011111—13 Matz 111100011000)10— 8 



Thomas 110110101111010—10 



No. 7, 35 singles, 83 entry: Schmeck 31, Landis 23, David 25, Trego 

 22, Johnson 23, Shaaber 21, Melot 20, Buckwalter 25, Howard 24. Mc- 

 Murchy 25, Greiff 23, Henry 11, Tredway 22, Evans 33, Matz 20, Linds- 

 ley 20, Thomas 15, Courtney 17, Terry 31, Coldren 23, Gasper 21. 

 Rehrig 20, E. D. MUler 24, Harrison 16, Apgar 34, Scheesley 17, 

 Marquet 22. Gechter 20. 



No. 8, 10 singles, $1 entry: Schmeck 7, Landis 8, David 6, Trego 8, 

 Bever 9, Johnson 8, Shaaber 6, Heni-y 4. 3Ielot 6, Buckwalter 8, How- 

 ard 8, MeMurchey 9, Grieff 8, E. D. MiUer 10. Rehrig 5, Spatz 7, Linds- 

 ley 7, Thomas 9, Matz 7, Courtney 9, Park 8, Tredway 7, Evans 9, 

 Gasper 6, Terry 6, Ritter 6, Green 7, Apgar 9, Coldr-en 9, Marquet 8, 

 Sheesley 7. 



No. 9, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: Johnson 12, Landis 14, David 13, Trego 

 13, Grieff 12, McMurchy 15, Henry 7, Howard 13, Buckwalter 13, Melot 

 13, Shaaber 12, Schmeck 14, Thomas 13, lindsley 11, Spatz 9, Rehrig 14, 

 Matz 13, EvanslS, Tredway 15, (Jortney 12, Apgar 14, Green 13 Terry 

 12, Coldren 12, Park 13, Sht^eltjy ii:, Mai-quet 9, Gasper (i, E. D. Miller 12. 



No. 10, 10 singles, $1 entry: Johnson 6, Landis U, Di..vid s Trfgo 9, 

 Greiff 8, McMurchy 7, Henry 7, Howard 10, Buck.- u ■ I:,t7, 



Shaaber G, Schme-'k S Lindsley 6, Apgai- 10, Green wtv.S, 

 Ritter 8, Dempler 6, Thomas 9, .Evans 10, Coldi-en S, iN.i int-v ii, E. D. 

 MiUer 8, Tredway 8, Beyer 10, Park 9, Gasper 7. 



The Final Day 



was devoted to live bird shooting, the weather being fairly good. 

 Among the new arrivals were A. J. Rust and R. Armstrong, of PhUa- 

 delphla; Dr. Schwartz, of Lebanon; Dinger, of Harrisburg; and Hem- 

 merschitz, of Womelsdorf . 



The birds were a good lot and the shooting was rapid. American 

 Shooting Association rules governed. The scores: 

 No. 1, 6 birds, g4 entry: 



J Wolstencroft 101011—4 Apgar 110100—3 



E D MUler 121113—6 Trego 001200—2 



Clark , .013120—4 McMurchy Oil 111—5 



Hother-saU.- 1 121 12-0 Lindsley 221120—5 



Sidliv an 1 1 21 1 2—5 Henry 10101 1—4 



Smeck 312210—5 Shaaber 001131—4 



Rust 021132—5 Essiek 121112—6 



Thomas ,021111—5 Schwai-tz 011211—5 



Gaspei- 111011—5 Clayton 011122—5 



Cooper 1111)1-0 Green 201120—4 



McMUland. 211113-6 Grieff 032111—5 



Lawrence 020010—2 BeU 001011—3 



Wra Wolstencroft 120010-3 Curtis 102111—6 



Howar4 120011-4 Matz 110010-3 



No. 2, 10 birds, $8 entry: 



J Wolstenci-oft 2131111111—10 McMurchy 1310011021— 7 



HothersaU 1013230121— 9 Matz 2200311001— 6 



E D MUler 1131111211—10 Ai-mstrong 1 111011210— 8 



Schwartz 0312211111— 9 Henry 3101112331— 9 



Gasper 122)110311— 9 Melot (001111120— 7 



Curtis 2032032110— 7 Buckwalter 0011112121— 8 



Clayton 1131100312— 8 Wm Wolstencroft. ..1120111212— 9 



Rust 010(2111 11— 8 Thomas 1011211112— 9 



Sullivan, 1110111111- 9. Howard 1210211120— 8 



McMiUan. 1131121 1 11 -10 Schmeck 1111121111—10 



Clark 1111031112— 9 Cooper 010.111110— 6 



BeU 1001002001— 4 Shaaber 1011201023— 7 



Lindsley 1201311330— 8 Johnson 0101212032— 7 



No. 3, 15 birds, $10 entry: 



Armstrong 212120111113313—14 McMillan 13l3112l01110l2— 13 



HothersaU 1111130.1120112— 13 Sullivan 0103)313131 1030— 11 



Schwartz 131211211201311— 14 G£(,sper noi 1 1 32 1 1 31 1 01—13 



Clayton . . 

 Lindsley. . . 

 ED MUler. 



Clark 



Rust 



Thomas 



Mmnerschitz. . 



Curtis 



McMurchy 



Schmeck 



VV Wolsteni-tol 



Howards 



Hcrirv 



3-14 

 13 



lui. .1.1; II. :o- 6 

 I J -14 



(!! II, M -liii viiiil— 8 



:l ^! !■-'! 111-14 



1-1 Iii---I3irji— 13 

 1313(1220131^001—11 

 31 1 110 10031 U31— 12 



'J-'l'Wl-ll 



.11-'-. ■ ' '<-i—ia 



1:1 ' : ."I I J 1—13 



o-.;]','r.';iiiii:jj-.'3— 13 



111111113111111—15 



J Wolstencroft. 211101313111101— 13 



Essick 21 001 1 101131003—11 



B ack w alter 13113131111111 2—1 5 



Mi 1 o t 21 31 3130 101 1 1 10—13 Shaaber 



Extra No, 1 , 7 birds, $5 entry: 



Lindsley 0,332012—5 Howard 1111111—7 



Buckwalter .1101110— 5 Clayton 123331 1—7 



Armstrong lllllU— 7 G Bechtel ) 113111— 7 



Cooper 11 11223—7 Clark 001 1 023-4 



Schmeck 1 111221— 7 Thomas ...1101311—6 



Rusk 103)211—6 Melot 3120001—4 



HothersaU 1110001-4 



Extra No. 2, 7 birds, .■llj5 entry: 



Schmeeck 1210100—4 Armstrong 2321111—7 



Cooper 2113312-7 Rust 0212133-6 



Claji:on 1313301-6 



Union College Sweepstakes. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— Inclosed please find scores made by the Union 

 College Gun Club. The day was cold and windy, which accounts for 

 some of the poor scores. The main feature of the afternoon was the 

 shooting Of the tie in the third s\s'6epstake. Roy. Miller, Talhnan and 

 Baldwin were tied for second prize. Each shot at 5 birds, Tallman 

 and Miller each killing 5, consequently 5 more birds wez-& let go Tall- 

 man again killing 5, but MUler only got 4. 



Sweepstake No. 1: 



Sanders.. 01101—3 MiUer 11011-^ 



Baldwm 11100—3 Melius 00101—3 



TaUman 00011—2 



Second match: 



Roy 0010110010—4 MeUus 0001011011—5 



Tallman 0111111111—9 Baldwm 100010)101-5 



MiUer 1110010111—7 



Sweepstake No. 3; Sanders 3, Baldwin 0, T«lUnan 5, MiUer 4, 

 MeUus 3. 



Sweepstake No. 3; Roy 3, T^man 3, MiUer 3, Melius 4, Baldwm 3, 



Fulford vs. Thompson at Larchmont. 



The second of the series of matches between E. D. I\ilf ord and the 

 experts of the Larchmont Yacht Club took place at Larchmont on 

 Feb. 16, the club putting up L. S. Thompson. The light was strong, 

 the wind Ught and the birds fair. The New York 'J'iuu^s gives the fol- 

 lowing storj^ of the race: 



The toss sent Mr. Thompson first to face the traps. He was di-essed 

 in dark striped trousers and a grav sweater, and looked every whit as 

 businesslike as his professional antagonist. 



"Are you ready? PuU I" and two birds, by some mistake, darted out 

 of different trajis at the same time. Mr. Thompson asked for another 

 bird, which he dropped almost on the trap, FuU'ord following suit. 

 Thompson's handhng of his 6th bird caused his friends much delight, 

 a very pretty second barrel brought to bear on a right-quartering 

 driver showing that the gaunt young feUow with his right elbow 

 squared up at an ugly and awkward angle was a hard man to tackle. 

 He gave an encore performance at his very nest bu-d, an erratic right- 

 quartering incomer. 



FiUford, who started with the betting at 100 to 60 in his favor, let his 

 9th bu-d, a blue and white chequer, whir away to the right outside the 

 fence. This it did with enough lead in it to give It indigestion for some 

 weeks. Fulford looked as if he might have indigestion, too, when, 

 right on top of his mishap— for his bii'd was hard hit— his rival brought 

 down two "cUulcing" right-tlriver.s with shots to match. The way the 

 professional broug-lit down his 11th, 16th and 17th birds, however. aU 

 low and hard drivers, served as an ample apology for his previous 

 blunders. For his 16th bird Thompson had a strong incomer. He shot 

 over it with his first barrel, but his second nailed it in a style that was 

 a sight for sore eyes. Thompson indeed was at this time doing such 

 pretty work that the betting crept up to almost evens. 



Pulford's 19th bird would have puzzled any one. It seemed to be 

 the possessor of an ornithological ''jag," and the sudden gradations 

 and convolutions of its Uight would nave turned a jacksnipe green 

 with envy. It got away with both legs broken, and its escape led one 

 man to offer S500 to $400 on Thompson, an offer he immediately with- 

 drew when that gentleman came to grief over a right-quartering 

 driver with curves on it like one of Pitcher Rusie's best-throAvu baUs. 



When two good men are shooting together their missns often run in 

 strings. No sooner had Thompson slipped up than I'Ldii;>rd, who is 

 accustomed to shooting with an 80-yard boimdai-y and an S-foot fence, 

 pUed a second barrel into a rushing straight driver that sent it slant- 

 ing through the air like a toboggan dow^n a snow.slide, .just disappoint- 

 ingly over the one-foot high wire that marks the SO-j^a'rd boundary of 

 the Larehmonfs grounds. Thompson then tried "to encourage his 

 opponent by maldng an inexcusable miss of .1. right-quarterer that 

 meandered around the tr;i,p as though it wantud its picture taken. 

 Fulford mended matters by drawing a beautiful bead on a raking 

 left driver, and the first lap ended with his being one bird behind, hay- 

 ingmissed 3 birds out of the 25, as against Thomp.son''s 2. 



Thompson started out on his second batch of 25 birds in a manner 

 that at first encouraged his adlierents, but he did not keep up the gait 

 long, however, but proceeded to play see-saw with his friends' hopes 

 by letting a sleepy right di-iver get away from him. This was his Sgth 

 bird, and his 31st, 36tTi, 38th and 39th all skimmed merrily away with 

 scarcely even a taU feather left behind to show that they had ever 

 come from the traps. FuU'ord meanwhile was pUing up a whole 

 hecatomb of dead, most of them birds that rose more like meadow 

 larks than driving pigeons, and that were dropped almost all with the 

 first barrel, though one, his 45th, a hardy black riglit driver, was 

 dropped like a pancake when right at the boundary lino by a marvel- 

 ous left barrel. 



Thompson's 50th bird was a left quartering di iver, which feU flop- 

 ping to a quickly-crossed second barrel, li, h.ivin.i;' but one wing 

 broken and being near the boundary, Thomji.sou held back the re- 

 trieving dog to the fuU extent of the two minutes aUowed him by 

 rule, in order that the bird might grow too wea.k to Hy by loss of 

 blood. Even at that it was nip and tuck, for it being a lost bird, the 

 dog retrieving it cleveily with a snap as it Uuttered in the air over the 

 fatal fence. The 50 mark was passed with Thompson laboring in 

 what seemed the hopeless rear, there being four more "duck's eggs" 

 to his score than to Fulford's. 



Fulford then got overconfident, so tliat after scoring 33 straight kiUs 

 he tried'the "gallery act" with his 5Sth bu-d, the only result being to 

 reduce his lead by one. Another Idll to his credit and then miss fol- 

 lowed miss in quick sufco.'.sir)ii. Bfi Uii ew ti ir. far forward on one bird 

 and after bringing dow n ,,,,■!-, '.'-<<•_■ , • i]ie 



day, in prett.y shape, -i' ■ 1 11 ■ in 



(h-ivers that traveled ;,,iiL- \ n;,.- , |i_ - - - 1 1 i. -,. 1 

 on Fulford's shooting was marked hy pejleeL Limii 

 headwork, a quality " which, as a rule, is hardly ei 

 work. The most sterling shots of the day were tlui.se 

 his 75th and 90th birds. They both started out to be : 

 and both swerved off at a tangent to the light while t 

 mendous speed. 



L S Thompson , . , :-';.'3-i 1 3 .' 1 1 : 



one of the 

 es on straight 

 m his 63d bird 

 and, exccUent 

 liieuous in his 

 /ide \iy him on 

 aigkfc' drivers, 

 >'eling at atre- 



EDFufford 



-.'31111 I i 

 11111] |i, ■„ 





— 23', 

 -30, 





32-90) 









■1 



,-.i4— 9a 



The Final Match at Larchmont. 



Walter Bheezk Smith was E, D. Fulford's opponent at Larchmont 

 on Feb. 18 in tlio final of the .series of shij.jt,^. lJai«taiii Money was 

 expected to shoot but was prevented by sirknes.-* Fulford had little 

 trouble in winning, as the scores sh(j\'.- : 



ED Fulford ' . i 1 31 m n'i3I3— 33 



:m'UJ II--I ■ I • 'I I h:.il30l3— 20 



■ ■ 1 I i-i'J1311— 21— 86 

 WB Smith iiioi.i v -'13310—19 



ll03ii-JLiV.;|-.':i.:-;--:i.-:''il-J3312— 30 

 003201 1 3333 1 3131 31 3333320—21 

 11132230321.33102313212123—23—83 



Fulford Defeats Work. 



Oh Feb. 17, E. D. Fulford and Geo. Work met on the Carteret gi-ounds 

 in a private match at 100 Uve bii'ds each. The Ijirds were a good lot 

 and were helped by a toisk noi-tUerly breeze. The re;sulfc foUows: 



E D Fulford : 03l»33333l 13 1;:031 3 13130121— 21 



311131 331 1 1 10133 1 20331111—23 

 02133310111.3031 1 111122122—22 

 1101111111111103111111111—2.3-89 



George Work 2031 1031 1 13l 31 1 3 1 1 003301 1—20 



21302llllll30330303ti01221— 19 

 1332112113201133003012203—20 

 SaJOl 1313100132111 1122312— 22— 81 



Herron Hill Old Time Shoot. 



PlTTsauRa, Pa., Feb. 18.— The Herr ^D ITiU ( jnji (_:liib gave one of 

 then- old time 100 U. S. pigeon sIm-, > : 1 ui- imi- -tuft' at their- 

 grounds on Brunot Island, Feb. I ii, 1.1 1 1 , nn i , 1 money.? — 50, 



25, 15 and 10 per cent. TbeA. «. A. rajoj-iu mv ,, ;-:r,i ,u and Dimiek's; 

 revised rules for 1893 governed the mate-h, only sijc shooters anaweriug; 

 the caU foi- entries. Now look them over carefully and see who thejr 

 are. The scores: 



W S Kuig 1110111111111111111111110—23, 



iiilinniiiiiiniliuiil— 35. 



Illlllliil] Hill 1 ] 1 llllll— 2a 

 Illlllliil 0111 1 1 1 1 1 111011—^3- 



A H King 011111111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11111—24 



lllllUlullllll 1101111111—23 



I llOl 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 10101111111—21 



oioniuinunoiniiiiiii- 31— 8a 



J E England uiniliiiKrioiiinUOlOll— 20 



oiini 111 1111111111101111-23 



I I i,a 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 mutt— aa 



lulllllllinulllOinOUlll- 20— 85 

 H 0 Frey LiuiiiliuoilmuilUOllll— 19 



llllll 1111 iimmi 111101— 24 



1110101001111110111111111—30 



III 1001 1 1 1 1 1 001 1 1 1 3111 1 1 1—31— 8# 

 Geo E Painter 1011111 101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 101111—22 



1111111101111111111111111—34 



1111110010001110101111111— IS 



11100111101 noioDoiiion—is-ss! 



C A Painter 1100111111101111111110.111— 21 



- . ^ 1111111100111111110111111-23: 

 1110011111001010110111101—17 

 1011111111001 1011 11111111—21— 81 



Sweeps folio wed as below: 



1 S S U 5 6 7 1 S S k S. 6. 7 



A H King, Jr. .6 2 10 10 10 10 1 J E England, . . 9 4 10 8 8 7 

 GE Painter .,..10 5 9 10 8 8 5 OA Painter... 8 9 7 8 



H C Frey 8 4 8 9 10 9 3 SJ McCai-tney 9 8 10 3 



W S King 9 4 9 9 6 10 W Zunmer. ... 8 8 10 3 



.The Pittsburg Gun Club wiU give a 23 live bu-d match Feb, 33. 



W, et. M, Crickaw^ 



