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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 16, 1808 



The Island City Qim Club, of Wheeling, W. Va., will send its five-men 

 team to Knoxville in May. The Union Gun Club and Independent Gun 

 Club, of New Jersey, will also send teams. 



At a meeting of the Bohemian Gun Club, of Cedar Eapids, la.. Vac 

 Benis was elected President; M. Ilasik, Secretarj--, and J. JM. Svor, 

 Treasurer. 



The shoot of the Foresters Gun Club of Kansas City, held on Wash- 

 ington's Birthday, was won by V. W. Ploweree, who killed 15 birds 

 straight. 



The Rochester Rod and Gun Club will ^o to Auburn on March 23, and 

 shoot a match with the Auburn Gxm Club. The teams will comprise 

 15 men each. 



The Kttsburg Gun Club will hold a live bird tournament at Exposi- 

 tion Park, on March 22. The programme will include a sweep at 26 

 birds, $25 entry. 



Portly Colonel A. G. Courtney, he of Lefever hamraerless ejectors 

 fame, is still meandering through the West, doing lots of business. 



Messrs. "Gilmer and Jordan," .alluded to in this column last week, 

 lives at Greensboro, N. C, and not "Greensboro, N. J,," as printed. 



The Rochester lay press Is giving splendid support to the commit- 

 tee in charge of the arrangements for the Mew York State shoot. 



The Williamsport (Pa.) Gun Club claims dates May 2, 3 and 4 for 

 their annual tournament. 



At the last shoot of the Quakertown (N. J.) Gun Club, the club badge 

 was won by Mr. Shoup. 



The people are wondering if there will ever be a match between 

 Carver and Brewer. 



There will be open sweepstake shooting at Erb's Newark grounds 

 on Satm-day. 



The Terrace City Gun Club of Yonkers, N. Y., is about to erect a 

 new club house. 



The two gun clubs of Savannah, Ga., will shoot a team match next 

 week. 



C. H. TOWUSEND. 



Team Shoot at Rutherford. 



On Wednesday, March 8, under the most favorable of weather con- 

 ditions, a goodly number of New Jersey trap-shots wended their way 

 to the finely appointed gi'ounds of the Bolhng Springs Gun Club at 

 Rutherford to take part ia a team shoot between that club and the 

 Union Gun Club, of Springfield, and incidentally to participate as well 

 in a series of open sweepstake events. The day was delightfully mild, 

 the sun shining bright and clear, and there being no wind to seriously 

 vary the flight of the targets. 



The sweepstake events began about 10 A. M., but it was close to 

 noon before the party assumed any size. The teams were comprised 

 of ten men each, and 25 bluerock targets were shot at by each man, 

 the rapid firing system being used. The scores follow : 

 BoiUng Springs Gun Club. 



Richmond 1001011111111111111111111—22 



Cutwater 1110011111101110111101110—19 



Greifif 1101011111010111011111101—19 



Collins 1101111111010111111111111-22 



HoUister 0110111101011110111101010—17 



Rhodes 1111111011110111111111101—22 



Paul , 1110010101101101011111011—17 



Apgar ..iiiiiiiioiiiininoioim— 22 



Kefier .- 1111110011111101011110110—19 



Law 0100001101010110001110011—13—192 



Union Gun Club. 



BremtnaU 1111111101111011101110111—21 



Van Dyke 1111000111110111111101111—20 



Pudney 1101101101110100111000100— U 



Drake 1011111011100111101111011—19 



J W Smith 1101111111111101111011101—21 



Siekley 1111011110111101111001111—20 



D Terrv 1110011111010100011110011—17 



C Smith 0101110111110111111111001—19 



B Sigler 1101010111110111111111011—21 



MiUer llOOOllllllllllllllllllll— 2^^-194 



All the sweepstake events were at 10 bluerocks each, Kos. 1 to 5 ta- 

 clusive being 50 cents entry and each of the others $1 entry: 



Special match, GreiCf vs. Paul, 25 targets each: 



Greiff 1111101100111110101100111—18 



Paul ; 1111111101110101001010110—17 



Sweepstake No. 1: Ely 8. Greiff 6, Sigler 6, Paul 4. 



No. 2: Sigler 10, Ely 10, Greiff 8, Paul 7. 



No. 3: Sigler 10, Ely 7, Paul 7, Greiff 6, C. Collins 4, Jeanerett 4. 



No. 4: BremtnaU 8, Van Dyke 9, Sigler 10, Greiff 7, MiUer 8, Keller 9, 

 Ely 7, Dutchy 7, Mackepin 8, Richmond 8, Apgar 8, Paul 6. 



>ro. 5: Paul 7, Apgar 8, Keller 10, BreintnaU 7, McAlpin 10, Richmond 

 10, Dutchy 6, Miller 7, Terry 7, Ely 7. Sigler 8. 



iSTo. 6: KeUer 4, BreintnaU 7, Apgar 8, McAlpin 6, Van Dyke 8, Miller 

 6, Sigler 9, Dutchy 4, GriefE 7, RichmoDd 8, Ely 4, Paul 7. 



Dyke 6, MUler 8, Paul 8, Huek 5, Sigler 9, Richmond 9. 



'No. 9: BreintnaU 9, Dutchy 7, Van Dyke 8, KeUar 10, Apgar 8, Ely 4, 

 Sigler 7, Paul 5, Miller 6, Rhodes 4. 



No. 10: Breuatnall 10, Van Dyke 9, W. Apgar 10, Lane 0, E. Collins 7, 

 Rhodes 8. Richmond 10, MUler 8, Dutchy 9, N. Apgar 10, Sigler 10, Paul 

 8, Drake 8, KeUer 6. 



No. 11: BremtnaU 10, Dutchy 8, Van Dyke 8, KeUer 4, Apgar 8, MUler 

 8, Sigler 10, Drake 8, Richmond 7, Rhodes 8, Paul 6, W. Smith. 



No. 12: 



Richmond 0111111111— 9 E Collins 1011111111— 9 



Drake lllllllOll— 9 Cutwater 1011101110— 7 



Ely 1101110000— 5 W J Smith 0010010011— 4 



Van Dyke 1100111110— 7 Sigler 1101111101— 8 



Apgar 1101111111— 9 Coe 1111010010— 6 



Miller 1011101111— 8 C Collins 1011110011— 7 



BreintnaU 1111111111—10 Paul , 0111101111— 8 



Dutchy 0111011110— 7 Wrands 0011001100— 4 



Keller 1100011111— 7 



No. 13: 



BreintnaU 1101111111— 9 Paul 0110001001-4 



E Collins .1111111111—10 Rhodes 1110111011—8 



Van Dyke 1011110011— 7 W J Smith 0111110110—7 



Drake 1111101111— 9 L Lane 1011100100—5 



MiUer ..1101111111— 9 C ColUns 1010111100— G 



Richmond 1101011001— 6 Siekley 1010001110-5 



Eley 1101000000— 8 Laurenson 0010000100—2 



Apgar 1111111110— 9 W Smith 1101111111—9 



Sigler 1111111010— 8 HoUister 1101111110—8 



Atwater lllllUllO— 9 Grief 1100001101—5 



Keller.*. llllllllll— 10 James .1111100111-8 



Dutchy 0101111111— 8 Pudney 0111110100-6 



No. 14: 



BreintnaU IIUOIUOI— 8 WJSmith 1111011111—9 



HoUister 0110111001— 6 Apgar 1111111110—9 



W Smith lllOlllllO— 8 Dutchy 1010111110—7 



Atwater. 0011110011— G Keller 1111101001—7 



Richmond IIOOOIIIOI— 6 Jffller 1111111110—9 



Van Dyke llllllllll— 10 Paul 1111111011—9 



Sealey 1010110010— 5 Eley 0111110111—8 



Coe lOlOllllOO— 6 Lane 1101111010—7 



Drake lllOlllOll— 8 Sigler 1111101101—8 



Siekley 1111111111—10 Latu-enson 0011001000—3 



E CoUins 1111100011— 7 Huck 1101100100—5 



No. 15: 



Apgar 1111111111—10 Richmond 1101110111— 8 



Paid Onilllin— 9 Adison ..1111111110— 9 



E Collins 1110111101— 8 Sayley 1110101011- 7 



Miller lllllOllOl— 8 W J Smith 1011111111— 9 



BreintnaU illlllOlll— 9 Dutchy 1110011011— 7 



W Smith 1110111111— 9 Stevenson 0000101010— 8 



Keller 1111111010— 8 Terry 0111111110— 8 



Van Dyke 1011111101— 6 Lau 1110010001— 5 



Drake 0111111100— 7 Eley 1101111100— 7 



Cutwater 0110111010— 6 HoUister lOllOllOll— 7 



Terry 0100111110— 7 Huck 1000001000— 4 



No. 16: 



BreintnaU 1111001011- 7 Van Dyke 1101110101— 7 



Apgar 1111011101— 8 Drake 1001101010— 5 



Dutchy 1100011010— 5 Cutwater OOOlllllll— 7 



W Smith 1111111111—10 Ely OllOlOllOO— 5 



Miller 1111001011— 7 Laurance 0010000000— 1 



C CoUms 1110111101— 8 S Brown 1111001011— 7 



Paul 0111011111— 8 W J Smith 0010000001— 2 



Coe ; . .1111110101— 8 



No. 17: 



BremtnaU . . 



Miller 



W Smith. . . 

 Van Dyke. . 



Paul miOlUOl-. 8 



E Collins 1011111010- 7 



Sigler 



. 1110111100— 



Coe 



1111100001— 



Huck 



0100100000— 

 1111111001— 





,1011111110— 







S Brown 



lonioiooo— 



Live Birds and Crows at Trembly. 



Quite a fair number of sportsmen assembled at Bender's Grove, at 

 Trembly, N. J., on the line of the Long Branch Railroad on Monday, 

 March 6, for the purpose of tryiug their skiH in shooting five pigeons 

 and crows. The opening event was at 5 live pigeons, $4 entry: Wood- 

 ruff and Apgar kilhng 5 each, C.Jones and Hartman 4 each, S. J.Glenn, 

 LaMott and Erhart H each. 



No. 2, a uiiss-aud-out at crows, $ entry: 



Apgar 12« A Dayton 0 



Hartman. , 0 Woodruff 2222 



Tooker ]2ll Glenn 20 



S Dayton V22i La Mott. 2210 



Jones 122. 



Event No. 3, 4 pigeons, pi entry: Apgar, La Mott andGleim 4 each, 

 Hartman 3, C. Hedden, Jones, Woochuff, W. Terry, S. Dayton, 

 Dolher, Tooker and S. Terry 2 each, Haskard and Henry 1 each. 



Event No. 4, 4 pigeons $3 entry: 



Jones... Ull-U Gleim 1200—2 



Apgar 1111-4 Woodruff 0122—3 



W Terry 1112—4 Haskard 1120—3 



LaMott 1103—3 S Terry 1210—3 



Hartman 1010—3 D Terry 2201—3 



Hedden 1110—3 



Then came a shoot for a sUver cup between Wm. Hartman, repre- 

 senting the Amboy Gun Club, and La Mott, representing the Ehzabeth 

 Q\m Club. The cup was presented by W. J. Bender. Each man shot 

 at 15 five pigeons, 30yds. rise, one barrel oidy to be used, gun below 

 elbow until bird was on the wing. The Elizabeth man won by the ap- 

 pended score: 



Hartman 111110010010000— 7 La Mott 000111111010111—10 



Miss-and-out, ^ entry: 



Jones 21212 Haskard 120 



S Terry 2110 La Mott 220 



D Terry 0 Hartman 2120 



W Terry 21112 Woodruff 120 



Apgar 12112 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



BuENBiDE, lU., March 8.— Score made here to-day by the South Chi 

 eago Gun Club for club medal, 20 live pigeons each, under new Illinois 

 State rules: 



Willard. . . .21111212111212120211-19 Larkin 12221002101220221111—16 



Reeves . . . .01111121012202121221—17 *Kleinman, 11121112111212110121— 19 

 *Guest. 



Target medal, same day, 80 each, 3 imknown expert traps, electric 

 puU: 



J P Watson 16 Doc Larkm 14 



L C Wihard. , 14 John Watson 21 



AW Reeves 11 Geo Kleinman ,13 



Sweeps, 5 live birds, $3, 00 and 40 per cent: 



No. 1. No. 2. Ties. 



Reeves ...02110^ 11211—5 021 



Kleinman 0111^—4 11111—5 111 



Willard 12110—4 21210-^ 



Porter 12021—4 22010—3 



Kleinman, Willard and Porter div. No. 1. 



One-dollar freeze out: 



Reeves 1321112 WUlard 0 



laemman . 1111221 Porter 110 



March 9. — Score made here to-day by Dave Clarke vs. Paul Dennis, 

 25 live pigeons each, new Illinois rules, for cost of bhds: 



Clai-k 1010220321121110220111122—20 



Dennis 2130012202212022200321211—19 



Same day, W. L. Wells vs. W. T. WeUs, 25 Uve pigeons each, new 

 Illinois rules, for birds: 



W L WeUs 1220110212112020221000231—18 



W T WeUs 2122322110111022101122222—22 



March JO.— Scores made here to-day by A. W. Reeves and L. C. AA^U- 

 lard vs. Geo. Kleinman and Dick Deadeye, 25 birds each, $20 a side, 

 new lUinois rules: 



Reeves 1121100102030111100121013-17 



WUlard 2201102100130212222110121—19—36 



Klemman 1112223201111111221221211—24 



Deadeye 201012223] 02020212031223.3—19-^3 



Five-bird sweep, $2, 60 and 40 per cent: 



Ties. Ties. 



Klemman 21210—4 12122 Reeves 21100—3 110 



WiUard 02112—4 11120 Deadeye 23001—3 112 



One-doUar freeze out: 



Reeves 21120 Willard 0 



Kleinman 12121 Ravelrigo. 



Green Ridj^e. 



ScRANTON, Pa., Ma,rch 11.— Inclosed find scores made by members of 

 the Green Ridge Gun Club, of Scranton, to-day at their weekly shoot 

 for practice, 2o bluerocks, 5 known traps, known angles, rapid-firing 

 system. On account of the rain only a few members were present. 



No. 1: 



Spencer' 0111111011111110111111110—23 



Marsh.." 1111001111100111110101101—18 



Davis 1111101110110001111101111—19 



Shotto 1011110110111011010101110—17 



Nichol 1010111111111011110010011-20 



No. 3: 



Young 1101111001110010110111110-21 



Williams OOOOOOOOOlOOOOOOOOlOOOOOl— 3 



Fuller OlOlllOlOOOlOOOlOOOllOOlO— 10 



Spencer 0111111111010011111111111—21 



Nichol 1011110111011111100110111—19 



No 3: 



Spencer 111111111111111—15 Shotts 110111111100000— 9 



Marsh 110111111100110—11 Nichol 011110111101111—13 



Davis 001111111111111—13 



No. 4: 



Spencer 1110111101111111101111111—22 



Davis 1111111111110111111011101—32 



Nichol. 0000111110011111110111110—17 



Mason. OllllOlUllOllllOllOOUll— 19 



Snowdon 1011111011110100111111011—19 



No. 5: 



Mason 01011111111111110111—17 Snowdon.. .00001011111111111111— 15 



J. D. Mason. 



Arlington Gnn Club Handicap. 



Cleveland, March 4.— Below are the scores of the first shoot for the 

 Arlington Gun Club's Parker gun. Quite a large crowd was brave 

 enough to face the cold wind and snow, the wind making good scores 

 almost impossible. Conditions, 30 bluerocks, 5 traps, unknown angles. 

 Jack the winner, with J. I. C. and Packard a close second. 



JIC 001111101010011011011011111111—21 



Packard 011101110110110101101011101110—21 



S S. 001101111001110101111000110000—16 



Bissett 001110110011000100000110011001—13 



Doolittle 000110010111101100001001101001—14 



Hinde . 101101111011111000101011111010—20 



Jack 111110000011011111110011111111—33 



Kirby 111010111100101011010001001111—18 



Trunk 010101010011101100001000001101—13 



Feller 000101000000110011101001011101—13 



Pop 110100001101000010100010101001—13 



Nunn 000000000000000100001000100001— 4 



Mac 100110111010100101101001111100—17 



Nick. '. 001101000100100101010000100100—12 



Louis , OlOlllOllOOnOllOOlOOlllOlOllO— 17 



Two sweeps followed the regular event. 10 bhierocks per man: Doo- 

 little 5 3, Mack 5 3, Hinde 7 5, FeUer 7 5, Jack 6 5, Pop 5 6, J. I. C. 7 9, 

 Nick 3, Bissett 7 9, Louis 5 6, Truuik 3 5, Packard 9 6. Duke. 



Unknown Gun Club. 



Sixteen members of the Unknown Gun Club competed at Dexter 

 Park on Thursday, March 9, for the club's championship trophy, at 7 

 birds each. E. A. Vroome was the winner of the prize and first money. 

 The others were divided. The sco-res: 



H SMdmore 1220020-4 J Blay 1000221-4 



HKnebel, Sr 1101012—5 H Housman 2100113—5 



J Boyd 0321102—5 J Flynn 2300131—6 



H Malborougb 2011230—5 H Merckel 2000200—2 



J Perry 2212203—6 H Van Staden 0000112—3 



I Hyde 2110111—6 W Halstedt 0103002—3 



F Vroome 2221111—7 Dr Little 100211.3—5 



M Brown 1021111—6 H MUler 2101022—5 



Fountain Gun Club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Fountain Gim Club was held at 

 Woodlawn Park, Graveseud, L. I., on Wednesday, March 8, On ac- 

 count of the weather the attiendftuce waa rather slim, only ten mem- 



bers being present. R. Phister, Jr., won the first money with ten 

 straight; lie is shooting in good form. The scores: 



Club shoot. 



Dr Wynn 1131222110— 9 



A Eddy 1112100211— 8 



W Lindsley 3022102022— 7 



J E Orr 0010100211— 5 



W G-ives 1100010110— 5 



Wanda 0002201022— 5 



H W Blattmacher 123^02210— 8 



WSair 0010121100— 5 



R Phister, .Jr 1121211111—10 



W ASkovart 



Ties for second money on second sweep: 

 Dr Wynn 312111121121—12 J EOir 



1st. 



2d. 



23211—5 



12110^ 



i2i26-4 



12211—5 



iii6i-4 



01112—* 





01200—2 



2i6o6-2 



iii20^ 



22i2i— 5 



13113—6 



12211-5 



21003-3 



11003-3 



211111111110—11 



Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. 



The members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club had miserable 

 weather at Coney Island on Thursday, Mnxch 9, at their regular 

 monthly shoot for the two cups given by Judges R. Morton and K. P. 

 Sutherland. C. E. Morris was the only straight scorer with 10. The 



SCOl'SS' 



D Monsees 1201023101— 7 E J Sutherland 1301303333— 8 



C E Morris 2221231113-10 F Goodale 2220230223- 8 



G Morris 2200121001— 6 H KronUia 2133032220— 8 



IMcKane 2211121110- 9 F McKane 2132120313—9 



M Bonden ...1101221323— 7 J Gavin 3233022012— 8 



S Jamieson 1201201222— 8 J B Voorhees 3333031121— 9 



RRichard 1222001012— 7 



The Savannah Shoot. 



New York, March 10.— As previously announced in Fobbst and 

 Stream, the first tournament of the Manufacturers' Trap Shooting 

 Association will take place at Savannah, Ga., on March 28 and 29. The 

 tournament will be under the auspices of the Independent Gun Club, 

 and wUl be under the management of Mr. John Parker, the manager 

 of the associa.tion. Mi-. H. B. Lemcke has charge of the reception of 

 goods shipped to him, and other matters connected with the associa- 

 tion at that end, writes as follows: "Say to the boys that I have 

 obtained reduced rates for them at the Hotel De Soto, the first house 

 in the South, at .1p3 a day. Anyone wishing to attend the shoot from 

 New York and vicinity can take Ocean Steamship Uo.'s ships from 

 New York to Savannah and return; round trip f32,.good for six 

 months." W. Fred QtJiMBY, Treas. 



Detroit, March 9.— Editor Forest and Stream; I have received com- 

 munications from H. B. Lemcke of Savannah, stating that everything 

 is booming in regard to the first tom-nament of the Manufacturei-s 

 Trap-shooting Association, March 2^ and 29, the three gim clubs coih- 

 bining aU theu- efforts to make the tournament a grand success. The 

 Hotel De Soto has made special rates to shooters, and the Savannah 

 steamship line has made special rates of S33 for rotmd trip from New 

 Y'ork to Savannah, good for six months. 



A great deal of interest will be centered in the championship race 

 for the M. T. S. A. Torphy, it becoming the permanent property of 

 winner. 



Have also received encoru-aging reports from E. L. GUmer, secretary 

 of the Greensboro Gun Club, Greensboro, N. C, in regards to second 

 shoot of Association, April 11 and 12, and everything goes to insure a 

 large attendance and a successful toiunament at that place. 



Progi'ammes wiU be out in a few days. They are gotten up in a very 

 tasty and atti'active manner, and can be preserved as a souvenir o£ 

 shoots. The programme of shoot comprises two pages. Each mem- . 

 ber has a full page ad. One page wiU be used as a score card, on ' 

 which each shooter can keep lua score, winnings, losings, average, etc. ■ 



The Association wiU give away $100 a day, and the trophy on last 

 day. There will be four 10 single target events each day ; one of 5 pah ; 

 two 15 single target events, and one ot 20 single targets. On the last " 

 day wUl be the cnampionsldp race 50 singles, ;nid if there is any sm-- • 

 plus it wiU be shot off at 15 singles, at the close of each day's i^ro- 

 gramme. 



EXPLANATION OP" BtANDIOAP DIVISION OP FURSES AND CONDITIONS i 

 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. 



The handicap will be used only in the four 10-bird events; nohandi4 

 cap in the other events, everybody shooting on even footing. Handirl 

 cap is as follows: Everybody starts each day shooting, in first event, 

 at known traps and known angles, at rapid fire system; those who wiB 

 or tie for fij-st money, shoot first in next ten-bird event, at unknown 

 traps and vmknown angles, from traps 1, 2 or 3, or 8, 4 or 5, according 

 to where he is standing, as he walks down the score, he having three 

 unknown traps to shoot from always, indicator to be turned at each! 

 shot; those who win or tie for second money, shoot second in following ; 

 event at known traps and unlmown angles; those below second place 

 are not handicapped; thus a shooter is classified from one event to ■ 

 another, according to the score he is making. 



The two 15-bird events are shot as foUoTvs: One man up at a time, : 

 standing in the centre of 5 ti-aps, unknown traps and angles, indicator 

 turned at each shot. Those who break 15 straight, receive $10 each; > 

 the fourteens, S8 each; the tHrteens, $6 each; the twelves, $5 each; i 

 the elevens, $4 each; the tens, S53 each, and the nines, S2 each. 



The 20-bird event is shot as follows: One man up at a time, stand- 

 ing in the center, 5 unknown traps and angles; 21yds. rise for 12-bores 

 and 23yds. rise for 10-bores, both barrels can he used, second barrel to 

 score same as first. Those who break 20 straight, receive $15; the i 

 nineteens, $13; the eighteens, $11; the seventeens, $9; thesixteens, $7; • 

 the fifteens, $0; the tourteens, $5; the thirteens, $4; the twelves, $3. 

 If there is any surplus accruing from entrance money or what has not 

 been paid out of the $100 which the Association puts up each day, it 

 wUl be shot for in the surplus shoot. Fifteen tai-gets, known traps and ' 

 known angles, rapid firing, entrance price of targets, open only to 

 those who have participated in the two 15 and one 20-bu-d races, to be 

 divided as follows: Seventy per cent, of the total amount to be 

 divided; 50, 30 and 20 per cent, pro rata among the three highest places, 

 and 30 per cent, to be divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, among the three 

 next highest places. AU events except those specified wiU be divided 

 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 



The Individual State Championship Race for M. T. S. A. trophy is 

 open only to residents of State; 50 single targets, know traps and un- 

 known angles; ties to be shot off at 25 targets; to become permanent 

 property of winner. 



As will be seen this will make a varied and interesting programme, 

 combming aU the different styles of inanimate target shooting, and 

 doing away with all pooling and combinations, which have been the 

 bane of shooting tournaments for a nvimber of years. Also, the pres- 

 ence of the expert does not materiaUy affect the interests of the 

 poorer shot, nor is the expert so handicapped that he has no possible 

 show of holding his own. This Association has carefuUy considered 

 the interests of all, and thereby hopes to createTa renewed interest ia 

 trap shooting among the trap shooters of Am erica. 



John Parker, Manager. 



465 Junction Ave., Detroit, Ittich. 



Messrs. Brewer and Ftilford. 



Bridgeton, N. J., March Q.— Editor Forest and Stream: In the 

 Forest and Stream of the 9th inst., I find a letter fTom E. D. Fulford. 

 He speaks about beating me in five matches and tieing me once, but 

 does not say what he won. Now, if I have offended Mr. Fulford I 

 humbly ask his pardon. B. D. has a great big open and good heart.' 

 Perhaps I was rash in classing him third-rate, but I really think he 

 should have done better when shooting Messrs. Elliott, Work, Thomp- 

 son and Smith, having such odds over them as he had, using IV^oz. of 

 shot. 1 have two letters in my i)os3ession to this effect written by him-* 

 self. I wiU bet $.500 1 can beat any man in the world 200 flrat-clas9 

 pigeons, or will allow any one §100 for expenses that wUl shoot me the 

 same match for gl.OOO a side, and am particularly anxious to meet a 

 first-class shot, some one who can shoot well for a good stake; andi 

 will openly tell you that I think I can shoot a better match now than ] 

 ever have in mv Ufe with two weeks' notice, and repeat that I wiL( 

 shoot any man "in the world from one to two hundred birds per man 

 and one hundi'ed to a thousand dollars a side. 



John L. Brkweh, Champion Pigeon Shot of the World. 



Grand American Handicap. 



New London, Conn., March 13. — Entries are coming in rapidly foii 

 the grand American handicap live bu-d race to be held AprU 5, 6 and 

 7. and from present indications we wiU have from 50 to 100 entries. II, 

 there are but 50 entries the first purse wiU be ^vorth §835, as the asso- 

 ciation guarantees to add $200 to the fu'st money, This is undoubtedly, 

 the largest purse that has ever been offered ui America for a handicaj 

 event, and wiU be well worrh shooting for. Now, boys, don't delay 

 entering, as we may be compelled to limit the number of entries. See 

 posters in aU prominent sporting goods hotises for comlltions of tour< 

 nament. 



Any further information will be cheerfully furnished by any mem. 

 ber of the association or by H. A. Penrose, Seo'y, 



