200 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[MabcS 2, 1893. 



Nine members of the tTnioii Gun Chito of Springfield, participated 

 ill the. regular club badge shoot, which was held on Feb. 21 on the 

 club's grounds on the Mountain road. The members were divided into 

 three classes, and each man shot at 30 artificial targets thrown from 3 

 traps at unknown angles. The following are the scores of the win- 

 ners: Class A— Smith 39, Miller BS, Drake 27; Class B— Brian 23, Geo. 

 Pudney 19; Class C— Sopher 31, V. Sayre 17, Dr. T. J. Jackson 10. 



There was a shoot by the Morristown Gun Club at the grounds of 

 the Morris county Driving Park, on Feb. 32. The first sweepstakes of 

 5 birds each was divided between Arthur Dean, of Morristown, and 

 D. C. Clark, of New York. Mahlon Pitney who won the inaugural cup 

 and divided the third sweep with M. Y. B. Davis with 5 straight. The 

 fourth and final sweep was divided by Dun and Davis, with 3 killed 

 each. , 



An open to all tournament at live birds wiU be held on John Erb's 

 "Old Stone House" grounds in Newark on Tuesday, March 31, begin- 

 ning at 1 1 A. M. The programme will be as follows: No. ] , 6 birds, .|5 

 entry, 3 moneys; No. 3, 15 birds, £13 7o entry, over 13 entries, 4 

 moneys; No. 3, 6 birds, $5 entry, 3 moneys. Other events if time wiU 

 permit. Rises 28 and 30yds., ground rules to govern. 



The second of the series of five matches between ITnion Gun Club 

 of Springfield and the Boiling Springs Gun Club of Rutherford will 

 take place at Rutherford on Blarch S. Each team will comprise 13 

 men, who will shoot at 33 targets each. There wiU be open s^N eep- 

 stakes from 9 A. M.. and the team shoot will begin at 1 P. M. The first 

 match was won by the Union team. 



Lai'endo Spann, of the West End Rod and Gun Club, and Henry 

 Mebush, of the West Side Gun Club, shot a match at 35 bluerock tar- 

 gets for a $50 purse on Feb. S3, on the grounds of the former club. 

 Spann won by breaking 21, Blehush scoring 19. 



The newly organized Columbia Gun Club, of Newark, shot at 50 

 bluerock targets, on Feb. 23, in a driving snow storm. A. Elhs broke 

 39, K. W. Rembe 34, C. Pitt 33, J. Smith 29, Geo. Clark 29, E. Shroud 27, 

 Baldwin 26, Geo. Briskill 26, A. Baldwin 25. 



The cars are the only wheeled vehicles that can be seen in Utica. 

 Everything else is on runners. The town has had 80 days' sleighing 

 thus far this winter. In every street in the town can be seen snow 

 from 4 to 6ft. high on either side. 



Thomas W. Morphy, of Paterson, is matched to shoot at fifty live 

 birds against an -'unknown" on Erb's Newark grounds on Saturday, 

 for a stake of $50 a side. 



During the Brewer— Ful ford shoot at Utica on Feb. 83, each man 

 went to the score and shot the 5 traps down before retiring. 



The scores of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club's "22d" have come 

 too late for this issue and must be deferred. 



Several Pennsylvauians will take part in the 25 bird sweep to take 

 place at Springfield, N. J., on March 15. 



The monthly shoot of the Newark Gun Club will be held at John 

 Erb's on March 9. 



Miss Annie Oakley will open with the Wild West show at Chicago on 

 AprU 15. 



0. H. TOTiVK.SEND. 



Mid- Winter Shoot at Utica. 



The committee in charge of the mid- winter shoot scheduled to take 

 place at Utica, N. Y., on Feb. 21, 22 and 38, might travel from Maine to 

 California, and from Minnesota to Texas, and if they found three days 

 with weather conditions any more unfavorable than those encountered 

 on the above dates they could consider themselves fortunate CI} indeed. 

 The U. S. W. B. must have a decided grudge against the Uticans and 

 the half a hundred of contestants, or he certainly would have sand- 

 wiched in a few clear ho.m-s. 



On Monday, the day preceding the opening, there was a driving snow- 

 storm lasting until late at night -without any let up. This was a handi- 

 cap of itself "as many who lived at distant points were deterred from 

 Starting for the scene of battle for fear of being snow-bound en-route. 

 On Tuesday morning the prospect was still gloomy, the clouds being 

 dark and heavy filled with moisture, which was hable any moment to 

 descend in the form of either rain, hail or snow. Later in the day it 



f-ew excessively cold and standing at the score was almost torture, 

 otwithstanding the drawbacks the shooters kept at work until the 

 light grew too dim for sightiag. 



The grounds were about two miles from the-center of the citj', with- 

 in 100yds. of the West Shore depot, an unoccupied dwelling house be- 

 ing utilized as a shooting box. About 200yds., from the grounds on 

 the opposite side of the turnpike is Davis's Cottage Hotel, and here a 

 number of the shooters held forth. Mr. Davis knows well how to cater 

 to his guests and no one had any fault to find w^th the treatment re- 

 ceived at .his hands. He is not only a capable boniface and a capital 

 shot, but is likewise an ardent dog-fancier and was one of the prime 

 movers in the last dog show held in Utica. 



The attendance on the opening day was far above what was antici- 

 pated, considering the weather. Amoug those present were "Denny "' 

 Richardson, the famous ball player, who for some time has been "on 

 the fence" as to whether to spend the 1893 season with New York or 

 Broolilyn, and in the meantime passes his time in trying to siu-pass 

 "Pop" Anson's scores at the trap; John L. Brewer, of Bridgeton, N. J. ; 

 "Uncle Dan" Lefever, he with the beard of a patriarch and a great 

 reputation in connection with the Lefever guns; Ferd. Van Didce, 

 Yon Lengerke & Detmold's most expert shooting representative, who 

 is able to hold his own in any company and who was never known to 

 lose his temper; George Luther, the well-known SjTacuse expert; 

 W. A. Holt, president of the Michigan Trap Shooters' League, who 

 came all the way from Sa,ginaw to take part in the shoot; the "only 

 Jack" Parker, of Detroit, Mich., manager of the Manufacturers' Trap 

 Shooting Association and one of the most popular all-round sports- 

 men in the country; Thomas Peacock, of Westfield, N. Y., one of the 

 old-timers who still retains a goodly amount of his sldll; George W. 

 Hollo way, the well-known Syracuse shot and drug compounder; Seth 

 Clover, of Erie, Pa., as full of hfe and spirits as in his younger days 

 and who stiU regrets his failure to "blow up" the "old woman" of the 

 Wild West show; M. F. Lindsley, he who abides in Hoboken, N. J., 

 and who presides over the destinies of the American wood powder, 

 and who was accompanied by Mrs. Lindsley ("Wanda'") who lets 

 nothing in the way of bad weather deter her from indulging in five 

 bird shooting; Miss Annie Oakley "(Little Sure Shot".'),;who made the 

 trip to shoot an exhibition race against H. L. Gates; her manager, the 

 genial Frank Butler, w^ho is looldng for the man who started the re- 

 port that on Jan. 6 Miss Oakley started to ride a bicycle from Chicago 

 to New York over roads where in places the snow was four feet deep; 

 W. R. Hobart, of Newark, N. J., and Jacob Pentz, of Fanwood, N. J. 

 Besides those above enumerated there were several from surrounding 

 towns and a dozen local shots. The number on the grounds on this 

 day was close to forty, although, on account of the bad weather, none 

 of the events had more than twenty entries. 



There were in position one set of five kingbird target traps, one set 

 of five bluerock expert traps, and a set of five of King's automatic 

 live-bu-d traps. On this day tliere were shot five kingbird target 

 events, three at bluerock targets and two live bu-d events. The live 

 birds, under favorable conditions, would have been a rattling lot of 

 flyers, but becoming chilled and bothered with the snow, they were 

 only an average lot. The scores of the day's work are here detailed: 

 No. 1, 10 kingbirds, entrance $1.50: 



Van D3'ke 0301111111— 8 Meyer 1011110100— 6 



Seete " 1011111111— 9 Gates OOllOlllll— 7 



Peacock 1010111111— 8 Fidford 1111111111—10 



Harris 1111111111—10 Luther 1101111111—9 



W A Hunter .0111110111— 8 Magn 1011111111—9 



Holt 0010111111— 7 Lefever 1101110101— 7 



Kallies .1111111110—9 Forsythe 1011111111—9 



Richardson 1111111110- 9 HoUoway OOlllllOll— 7 



Hunter 1111111111—10 



No. S, 10 bluerocks, entrance $1.50: 



Kallies ..... 0111111111—9 Van Dyke 1000111111—7 



Leete 1011000111—6 Meyer 1010110111—7 



Peacock 1011111111—9 TSTieeler 0110110111—7 



Richardson 0111111110—8 Harris 1 01 1011001—6 



W A Hunter .....0011110011—6 Hunter ilOlllllll— 9 



Holt .0111000011—5 



No. 3, 15 kingbirds, entrance $3: 



Gates 11111 UOl 101 110-13 Mann 111111111111111-15 



Wheeler OlOOlOHlllOlU— 10 Lefever 011111111111110—13 



Van Dj'ke ...111111101111111—14 Harris 111111111111111—15 



Meyer 111111111110110—13 Fulford 111011111111111—14 



Richards 111011111111111—14 Peacock. ..... . .111111111111111— 15 



Holt .. . . 011111011111101—13 Forsythe 111111111110111—14 



Kallies . . .111111111111111—15 Hallowav 110011011100011—10 



Hunter 111101111110101—13 Seele 101111111010101—11 



Luther 111111111111111—15 Hunter 111111111111110—14 



No. 4, 15 bluerocks, entrance $3: 



Kallies 000101001110111— 8 Clover 011111110101101—11 



Meyer 110110111111111—13 Apgar 111111111111111—15 



Van Dyke 011011111101111—13 Wood 110011101111001—10 



Luther 111101111100111—13 Elliott 111100111110111—12 



Holt 011010111101110—10 Hollowav 01 1 loninoiiiO- 11 



Mann 110111000111111-11 Peacock ii ji: ' ' uni— lO 



Fidford llllumiOUOU— 13 Wheeler ' ' ' i i i jLh- 9 



Lefever OlllOlOilllOlll— 11 Harris i i ..... :_ .ij.ii:jil— 13 



Richardson 111111111111110—14 Hunter lllliinMrilOli— 1.3 



Parker. . . . 



Kallies 



Richards'n 



Clover 



Peacock... 



Elliott 



Wood 



Gates 



Apgar 



11010001011111101001—12 

 11111113111111101101-18 

 10111111111111111111—19 

 01111101101111110111—16 

 .11101111101111111111—18 

 11111111111111111111-20 

 11101101111011111111—17 

 11101101111111111011—17 

 ,11111110111111111110—18 



Lefever. . . 



HaiTis 



Kilboume. 



Holt 



Luther . . . 

 Hunter. . . 

 Fulford... 

 Clover, 



.10111001110110111111—15 

 .11111111111011111111—19 

 .11111111111101111110-18 

 11111111111101111111—19 

 10111111110111101111—17 

 11110111111111110111—18 

 .11111111111111111111—20 

 01101101111111111111—17 



Kallies 111111011111111—14 



Mann 111110001101111—11 



Elliott 011111111111110—13 



Apgar 111111111110111—14 



Harris 110011011111111—12 



Holloway 3022222-G 



AS Hunter 1322323—7 



Luther 1110031—5 



Harris 3300000—2 



Gates 2322220—6 



Parker 0231111—6 



Fulford 3331311—7 



Holt 0110123—5 



Gates 3030033-4 



Wood 3331224—7 



Van Dyke 1223211—7 



Mann 2211210—6 



KUbourue 0223122—6 



Parker 1021031—5 



Wheeler , 0101 103—4 



No. 5. 20 kingbirds, entrancte $3: 

 Fulford. .. .1111111111111111 1 1 U— 20 



Meyer 11111111111111111111— ,30 



Van Dyke. 11111111011011111111— 18 



Mann 01111111111111111111-19 



Harris 11111111111101111111—19 



Lefever. . ,.00011111001110111111-14 

 Hunter. . . .Ill 11111111111011110—18 

 Luther . . . .11110111011111111111-18 

 HoUoway . . 11 111011001111111111— 17 

 Lindsley.. .01100111111111111011— 16 



No. 6, 20 kingbirds, $3 entrance: 



Apgar 11111111111111111111—20 



RichardsonllOOOlOlOlllllllllll— 15 



Mann llOllllllllOllllllll— 18 



Van Dyke. 01101010111111100110— 13 



Meyer 11111110111111111111—19 



Kallies 10111111111111111111—19 



Elliott 11110111111110111111-18 



Wood llUlllOiiilililUli— 19 



No. 7, 15 kingbirds, $2.50 entrance: 



Fidford llllOinillOlIl- 13 



Meyer 111111111011111—14 



Kil bourne 111001011111111—12 



Richardson lOllllllOllllll— 1 3 



N S Hunter,. , . .111111111001111—13 



No. 8, 7 five birds, $3 entrance: 



Lindsley 1210020—4 



Clover 2031120—5 



Richardson 2] 32111—7 



Wanda 1111310—6 



W A Hunter 0302001—3 



Peacock " 0100101—3 



Wheeler 1010111—5 



No. 9 7 live birds, $5 entrance: 



Fulford 2321202—2 



Lmdsley 1233030—5 



Peacock 1200101—4 



Hunter 2221020—5 



Richardson 2111032-6 



Lefever 0001210— a 



Holloway 2223311—7 



Apgar 3111122—7 



Clover 0133312—6 



Wednesday, tM Second Bay. 

 Washington's Bu'tliday was ushered in with a driving snow storm, 

 which took only one intermission during the day, and that for only a 

 short hour abovit the middle of the day. There were a number of new 

 arrivals, among whom were Messrs. Higginson and Rayland, of the 

 West Newburg Rifle and Gun Club: Charles H. Mowry, the champion 

 target shot of Syracuse and editor and proprietor of the Sporting 

 Goods Gazette, and M. M. Mayhew, one of the old-time "gun below the 

 elbow" men. 



It had been announced that Miss Annie Oakley and Henry L. Gates, 

 of Utica, would at 1 P. M. shoot an exhibition race at oO' live birds 

 each, and that at 2 P. 3L E. D. Fulford and J. L. Brewer would shoot 

 at 100 live birds each. Miss Oakley, however, was feeling far from 

 well and was afraid to brave the storm, so this contest was postponed 

 to the foUowing day. The shoot between FiUford and Brewer took 

 place, Fulford killing 98 and Brewer 93, the latter losing three birds 

 dead out of bounds. The birds flew fairly well for the day. 



In the evening Brewer, Clover, Peacock and several others got 

 together in the St. James Hotel, and naturally the talk took a 

 "matchy" turn, the upshot of which was that Seth Clover made a 

 match for Thomas Peacock to shoot a race on the following day 

 against John L. Brewer, Brewer to shoot at 100 hve pigeons and to 

 allow Peacock 20 dead birds, the latter thus to shoot at only 80 bh-ds 

 against Brewer's 100. The bet was understood to be $1,000 a side. 

 John Parker was decided upon as stakeholder, M. F. Lmdsley as 

 referee, and Messrs. Pentz and Hobart as scorers, and with this 

 understanding the party retu-ed for the night. The day's work is 

 given in detail below: 



The management deducted Ave per cent, from all tai-get purses, the 

 amount derived being divided into 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent, as prizes 

 for first to fourth best averages nine stated events, the number of 

 targets shot at being 105. First average went to Meyers on 96 breaks; 

 A S. Hunter got second on 95 breaks, and Harris third on 94 breaks. 



No. 1, 15 kingbirds, $2 entry: 



Hunter ,.111111111111111—15 Holt 111110100110111—11 



Gates 111111111111111—15 Van Dyke 111111110111111—14 



Cauey 111011101111111—13 Pegnim 100111111111111—13 



Meyer 111111111111111—15 Richardson 011111111111111—14 



Harris 011111110111111-13 



No. 2, 15 Icingbirds, $2 entry: 



Gates 111111111011111—14 Meyer 111101111110111—13 



Mayhew 111010111011111—12 Hunter 111111111111111—15 



Richardson 111111110111111—14 Harris 110111111111110—13 



VanDvke 111111110111311—14 Holt 111101111111101—14 



Pegnim 101110101110111—11 Thome 111111111011111—14 



No. 3, 15 Idngbirds, $3 entry: 



Caney 111111111111011—14 Richardson 111111111010011—12 



Mever 011111111111111-14 Niepe OllllOOlllOOlOl— 9 



Parker 011011011110101-10 Stale Illllllililiiil_l5 



Hunter 111111111111111—15 Mayhew 100111111111111—13 



Richardson Ill 101 1 1 11 11 1 11— 1 4 Holt 1111 10111 101011—12 



Kallis 111111111011111—14 Rayland 111110111111111—14 



Mowry 110111111111111—14 Higgenson 111101011111111—13 



No. 4, 15 kingbirds, entry $2.- 



Rayland 1101 1 110111111 1—13 Parker 1 1 11 01001 011111—11 



Baney Ill 00011 1010111—10 Kallies 111111101111011—13 



Van Dyke 111101111111111—14 Harris 101111110111011—12 



Richardson 111111101111111—14 Neipe lOlOllOllOOllOl— 9 



Riche 101111011011101—11 Steele 111111101111111—14 



Holt 101111111111101—13 Meyer lllllllllllilil—is 



Hunter 101111111110111—13 Pegnim 101111110111011—13 



No. 5, 15 kingbu-ds, entry $3: 



Richardson 111110111111111—14 Higginson 011111111111111—14 



Holt 111111111101111—14 Hunter 111111111011111—14 



Steele 1111110«31111001— 11 Gates 111101000101011— 9 



Van Dyke 111111111111111—15 Kissam 111111111111110—14 



Meyer 101111010111111—12 Rayland 111111111111111—16 



No. G, 7 live birds, entry 85: 



Gates 1031210—5 Rayland 3111102—6 



Pegnim 0110101—4 Higginson 2221332—6 



Richardson 0102202—5 Steboth 0320111—5 



Mayhew 2200213—5 Thorn 1 1 1 lU 1— r 



Hunter 111^13—7 Kissam 1021100-4 



Harris 0231011-5 



Fulford vs. Brewer: 



Fulford 1111121212211111111231111—35 



mill 1 0-Jl ] 1 1 U--n 1101111 2—24 



111 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 ] .1 1 1 1 1 1 2111 n— 25 

 111 1 1» 1 1 11 1 1 2 21 11 3 11111—24—98 



Brewer 211211 31 221 20«1 1 1 1 31 12123—33 



122111313113111121 1211111—25 

 1,2101 12111111.121 22310111— 22 

 13imi3133«332ll23011311— 33— 93 



Thursday, the Final Day. 



Another beautiful (?) day, with the snow fatUng from 9:30 A. M. un- 

 til late at night. But the party was there to shoot, and shoot they did, 

 although it must be confessed that then- hearts wei-e beginning to fail 

 them after the treatment the weather- prophets had dealt out to them 

 during the preceding days. Among the new comers were Geo. Corn- 

 ing and Jas. Carr, of the Auburn Gun Club, and Messrs. Taggart and 

 Smvthe, of Newburgh. 



At 11 A. M. it was decided to shoot the exhibition race between Miss 

 Oakley and Mr. Gates, and this resulted in a victory for Mr. Gates, who 

 kiUed'44 to Miss Oakley's 41. Some of the birds flew well, but as a 

 whole they were hardly up to the average, the snow being responsible 

 for this. E. D. Fulford acted as referee. 



At 2:32 P. M. was started the hanrh'^ap match between Brewer and 

 Peacock. Brewer went to the score and shot at 20 birds hi succession, 

 losing 3 of them, these being his fith, 11th and 13th. Peacock was 

 scored 20 dead birds and kiUed his next 5, this giving him a lead of 3 

 on the fli-st quarter; on his next quarter he kiUed 23 and on the third 

 quarter 24, this giving him a score of 73 out of 75. In the meantime 

 Brewer had been mowing down his birds, making a run of 67 straight, 

 which put him even with Peacock on the thii-d quarter. 



At this stage it was announced that only 16 bu-ds remained in the 

 crates. These wei-e trapped, each man kiUing 7 out of his 8 and leav- 

 ing the match a tie, 79 kiUs each, on the 83d round. Some time previ- 

 ously Mr. Davis had started out on a quest for birds, but before he re- 

 turned it was too dark to shoot. After a consultation between the 

 priacipals it was decided to let the tie and the stakes remain as they 

 were and to shoot off the race on the following morning, each man to 

 shoot at 50 pigeons, the stake to be increased to 81,400 a side. In the 

 above match the retrieving was done by Fulford's pointer dog Tele- 

 phone, and at the commencement of the shoot it was insisted by 

 Brewer that if the dog drove any of his birds over the boundary he 

 shotdd get another bird. He was given two "no birds" under this 

 agreement. 



"Below will be found scores of the above matches as weU as the open 

 events of th^ day: 



No. 1. 15 bluerocks, $3; Meyer 14, Lansing 13, Van Dyke 14, Hunter 

 12, Havier 9, Walraph 14, Richardson 14, Holt 8. 



No. 2, 15 bluerocks, entry $2: Higginson 14, Richardson 15, Lans- 

 ing 11, Hunter 11, Van Dike 12, Rayland 13, Meyer 18, Holt 10. 



No. 3, 15 kingbirds, entrance $2: 



Higgerson 111111111111111—15 Lansing 111011011111101—12 



Sibley 111111111101111—14 Rayland 110111111111111—14 



Taggart 111110010001101— 9 Hunter 111111111111110—14 



Rickerson 111111111110111—14 Mayhew 111110111111101—13 



Wood ..011111111111100—12 Holt 111110100111011—11 



Van Dyke 111111111111111—15 Steele 111101111111100—13 



Meyer 1 1 1 1111 11 111 100—13 



No. 4, 7 live birds, entrance $5; 



Rickerson 2111133—7 Gates 2001210—1 



Fuller 2120111—6 Holt 0202101—4 



Wood 1032222—6 Mayhew 2210221—6 



Higginson 1100220-4 Rayland 1220312—6 



Hunter 1011121—6 Meyer 1022201—5 



Walroth 1101103—5 



No, 5, Annie Oakley vs. H. L. Gates: 



Gates 2.22111211212121112121201— 23 



• 3101131203111301312112210—21—44 



Oakley ..111133021123233.102202101— 20 



21 1 1121110210120320211212— 21-^1 



No. 6, 15 kingbirds, entry 83: 



Holt OllOilllllOllll— 12 Mayhew 111111001101101—11 



Hunter 111111111111101—14 Gates 111111011111111—14 



Sikeley IIUIIOOIIIIOIO— 11 Higginson 111111111111111—15 



Meyers 101111101111100—11 VanDyke 311111111111111—35 



Lansing 001111111110111-12 Richardson 101111111111111—14 



Armstrong 111011111111111—14 Rayland 110111111111111—14 



Harris 101111111011111—18 Wood 111011110111111—13 



No. 7, 15 bluerocks. entry $2: Richardson 14, Meyer 13, Gates 13, 

 Wood 10, Higgerson 13, VanDyke 14, Rayland 15, Lansing 15. 



No. 8, 15 bluerocks, entry $2: Richardson 13, Meyer 1.3, Wood 13. 

 Cummings 8. Kalhs 14, VanDyke 12, Carr 14. FuUer 10, Holt 12. 



No. 9, 15 bluerocks. entry $2: Meyers 13, Cummings 6, Richmond 11, 

 KaUis 13, Carr 13, Holt 11, Wood 10, French 10. 



No. 10, 15 bluerocks, $2 entrance: Myers 9, Kallies 13, Carr 14, Arm- 

 strong 5, Holt 11, Richardson 9, Gates 9, Hunter 11, Fulford 14. 



No. 11, 15 bluerocks, $2 entrance: Rickerson 15, Meyers 9, Fulford 

 11, Lindley 6, Corning 10. Holt 10. 



No. 13, 15 bluerocks, $2 entrance: Rickerson 13, Corning 11, Holt 10, 

 Carr 12, Meyer 12, 

 No. 13, Brewer vs. Peacock: 



Brewer 21331»1212010122m-3-2-2212— 22 



2111121212133212 1 121 12312-25 

 2111121111121222222111112-25 

 1,2333»21 — 7—79 



Peacock 11111111111111111111.21211—25 



211111112-21.2.12,2102111111— 23 

 1121 1,31,321 1 121 1021 1 222,222— .24 

 1122.111 — 7—79 



THE BRE^\^IR — PEACOCK TIE SHOOT. 



On Friday morning the 50 bird shoot-off of the tie match bet ween 

 Brewer and Peacock took place with a lot of birds, the majoiity of 

 which were veritable "screamers." About 30 of them were Antwerps, 

 and these started off like rockets the instant the trap was sprung. 

 Brewer was in good form and won almost in a "walkover." In several 

 instances Brewer stepped to the score and remarked: "1 think this 

 will be a hard bird," and then when the trap was sprung he would let 

 the bird get 30 to 46yd3. from the trap, when he would kill it as dead 

 as a stone. The same officials acted as on the previous day. The 

 score: 



Brewer 11123.30012221.2223222222-21 



12121.2122332222221222323— 24-45 



Peacock 101001222201211.122202023— 18 



0211020112100110313111100—17—35 



C. H. TOWNSEND, 



[An attack of siclmess which has kept us jjractieally off duty since 

 Jan. 36, prevented us from being present during the entire time of the 

 above tournament, and during the time that we were there the weather 

 prevented us from leaving the shelter of the hotel. Through the 

 kindness of Messrs. Jacob Pentz andWm. R, Hobart, however, we 

 were furnished not only with complete scores of all events shot during 

 otu- absence, but OTth many "pointers," which assisted us in m-iting 

 up the shoot. These gentlemen will please accept our sincere thanks 

 for then- fraternal courtasy.— Trap Editor.] 



Falcon Gim Club. 



The members of the Falcon Gun Club are about the only ones that 

 still adhere to the old Long Island rules, H and T traps, Soyds. rise, a 

 bird kiUed with the second barrel to be scored as half a bird. Eight 

 competed at Dexter Park on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 10 ;birds each for 

 the best average scores to count at the close of the season for the dub 

 medals. The score: 



Sweep- 

 Killed. Scored. stake, 



JMoUer 1111110111—9 9 1111113 



J BohUng 1210010010—5 



C Meyer 1122030021-7 5' 1111110 



GMoller " 0010101100—4 4 0 



SVan Staden 1100111222—8 6J.^ 

 MiUer 1110101111—8 8 0 



JVagts 1001011001—5 5 



J Meyer 3311101111—9 8 1111111 



Washington's Birthday at Erb's. 



The storm which raged on the birthday of the Father of Our 

 Country did not deter some half a dozen shooters from visiting the 

 "Old Stone House" grounds in Newark and trying their slciU on John 

 Erb's pigeons. Amon^ the shooters were Geo. Raynor, of Orange, 

 and Jockey Goodale, of New^ York. 



The first event was a $10 match at 10 birds each between Samuel 

 Castle and Goodale. On the tenth round each had killed straight, so 

 they concluded to shoot off miss-and out. On the seventeenth round 

 Goodale lost a bird and Castle kiUed, thus securing the money. 



Then came a series of sweepstakes, the first seven of which were at 

 6 birds, $5 entry, two moneys; No. 8 was a miss-and-out, $3 entry; 

 No. 9, a 5-bird sweep, $5 entry, one money, the tie for which was shot 

 off at 5 birds and won by Raynor. The scores: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 



Castle 111121-6 101111—5 111111-6 101212—5 111211—6 lllll0-5 



Goodale 120201—4 211102—5 103201-4 122-212-6 



Cannon 220010—3 011110^ 1,33013-5 131002-4 1'3'3-221— 6 111223—6 



Hedden 211032—5 210110—4 111111—6 113132 -0 10ul-,il-^ 



Hollis ....11111,2—6 212-211— 0 331101—5 31U11— 6 111110—5 012-3n— 5- 



Schraft 313131—6 201211—5 111123—6 113220—5 130121—5 133111—6 



Raynor OlOnO-3 



No. 7. Tie. No. 8. No. 9. Tie. 



Castle 210221-5 



Canon 111331—6 22 0 1-2100— S 



HoUis 211131—6 0 10 



Schrafft 13-3111—6 20 11 



Raynor 001331-4 .. 



12101^ 

 21201-^ 



010 ^ 

 10111 



Mr. Bre-wer Wants to Shoot. 



Bridgeton, N. J., Feb. 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: Will you 

 kindly allow me a short space in your next issue? I wish to inform 

 you that I was at the Utica tournament, wliich opened on Feb. 21, 

 where I met with Mr. Fulford. 



He told me of the wonderful experience he had had in the past week 

 and what remarkable shooting he did, which I could scarcely credit, 

 knowing Ml-. Fulford's shooting so well. 



I have .just finished looking over Mr. Fulford's scores, where he shot 

 two matches with Mr. Geo. Work, one with Mr. Thompson and one 

 with Mr. Smith, and find too many goose eggs and stars to make me 

 think any one a shooter who cannot do better than this. 



While in Utica I leai-ned from a very dear friend that Mr. Fulford 

 had stated briefly that he thought he could beat me now. I ap- 

 proached Mr. Fulford and informed him that I had heard such a state- 

 ment, and that I inteJided to issue a challen,t;:e direct to him. He re- 

 pUed that he would not shoot for money of his owu, but if some club 

 would put up a pm-se or any one would back him he would shoot me 

 the match I proposed, which was ,300 first-class birds per man and any 

 sum he himself should name up to $1,000, but he openly declined. 



Now, I wish to say, if Mr. Fulford is depending upon clubs to fur- 

 nish him money to shoot for, that I wiU shoot him a 200-bird match 

 before any cluh he (Fulford) may name that wUl put up the simple 

 sum of $250, or even less, and 400 first-class bu-ds for the occasion any 

 day between the lOlh and 25th of 3Iareh and tuiy place within 100 

 mUes of New York city, and I wUl openly tell you 1 consider him a 

 third-rate man, and if I fail to place him thei-e I \\ ill foi-feit aU honors 

 I have obtained with the shotgun. I wish two weeks' notice, and, as 

 I said before, bh-ds strictly first-class. John L. Brewer, 



Champion Wing Shot of the World. 



Owing to the extraordinary demands on our 

 space this week many trap reports have been de 

 ferred to next -nreek. 



