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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 13, 189«. 



making bad weather of it. As they put her helm up. heading straight 

 for the entrance, the wind increased to the fury of a Uving gale. And 

 then the glorious pictui-e presented by the straining, heaving vessel ) 

 One could see the emerald water leap from the drift of snow at her 

 forefoot and fly high o'er the knightheads. To leeward her rail was 

 buried in a smother of foam agamst which was outlined in dehcate 

 tracery every liue of her rigging, strained to the utmost tension, but 

 holding firm, as though it realized that it alone must aceoimt for the 

 safety of craft and crew. On the beach wc fancied we could almost 

 hear the hoarsely shouted words of command, the roar of the tum- 

 bling seas, and above all else, the thunder of the slattmg canvas! 

 They seemed to have let everything go on the run. The foresail came 

 down properly, but it was a long wait of breathless anxiety before the 

 great straining mainsail could be controlled. No doubt there were 

 glad hearts aboard that low-lying, treacherous hull, when finally she 

 swung clear to her anchors. We could see them working at the pumps 

 for several hours. , , . . , 



We remained three days at the Island Harbor waiting a turn ot the 

 wind, but the time passed only too quickly. When other resources 

 failed, when we had inspected the Ughthouse, and wearied of bathing 

 in the sm-f and wandering in the piney woods, we went over to the 

 wharf and idled with the engineers of the gravel carrier They were 

 going south Thursday, and oifered to tow us if the wind continued 



Wednesday night all turned in, no anchor watch Ijeing customary, 

 with the gale as strong as ever to the southwest. It was about 1 m 

 the morning when the skipper roused them out to set sail and clear 

 harbor. A fresh, cool wind from the north was blowing so no time 

 was lost in tripping anchor. Our course to Point Bptsie, leaving 

 grim Sleeping Bear over the port quarter, was a fearfully rough 

 stretch of water and we could not crowd her through it faster than 

 five miles an hour. At daybreak we had doubled Point Betsie and 

 were heading due south to our home port. Soon the sun broke 

 through the dark clouds and gave a cheerful glint to the whitenmg 

 wave crests, changmg the dark water between from gloomy gray to 

 vivid green. , ^ 



Wing and \sdng and teai-ing through the seas at a merry pace, all 

 hands grouped aft to see the last few mUes of the cruise. 



"Well, my chi-onometer is still with me," said the mate, trying to 

 dispel the "feeUngs of regret awakened by the scene of the old 

 familiar shores, "but I don't beheve . there 's a dollar in the whole 

 hoat." . „ , , , 



"Say, fellows, what a lark to v,Tite up this cruise. We've had some 

 experiences that would make quite a yarn," from Dan. 



"Yes, the trouble would be in leaving out what we ought to keep to 

 ourselves," answered the skipper. 



"We might want to cruise to Charlevoix next summer." 



"And we wouldn't care to tell how we promenaded the piazza of 

 the Grand at Mackinac Island." 



And Vag looked wise and thought: ' 'They wouldn't dare tell which 

 one of us it was that bit the sojer boy from the fort." 



miasTEE, Mch. Herbert Lincoln HABiKy. 



Model Yachting. 



The fifth annual meetlngof the American Model Y. C. for the election 

 of officers took place at the residence of Mr. Geo. W. Townley, 107 

 Henry street, Brooklyn, on April 7. Before the election some unfin- 

 ished business was attended to, namely, amendments to sailing courses. 

 The first class yachts will sail over a half-mile course to windward and 

 return in heats, best two out of three, they heretofore having sailed to 

 windward only. The second will sail the same course, they heretofore 

 sailing over a triangular course. The third class will sail over the tri- 

 angular course, one-half mile, in heats, best two in thi-ee, they hereto- 

 fore sailing over a course making two turns completing a mile, this 

 deciding a race. One new member was proposed and elected. The 

 following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: Com.. W. V. 

 Hanson; 'eice-Com., Geo. W. Lyons; Treas., Geo. W. Townley; Sec'y, 

 Harry Melvin; Meas., Frank Nichols. Regatta Committee, Harry 

 Melvin and Frank Nichols. Before adjom-ning Mr. Fisher read a num- 

 ber of chppings from the Sun in regai'd to a new automatic steering 

 device for model yachts on the wind, which roused considerable dis- 

 cussion as to its merits, ^, ., ^ , 



On AprU 1 the opening cruise and spring meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Model Yacht and Cruising Club took place on New Lake, West 

 Fairmount Park. 



The racing schedule as arranged by the sailing committee for the 

 season is as follows: April 15, third class yachts. West Fairmount 

 Park; April 29, second class, West Fairmount Park; May 13, first 

 class. West Fairmount Park; May 20, steam yachts, SchuylkUl River; 

 May 37, first class and corrected length and sail area yachts, West 

 Fairmount Park; June 10, third class, West Fairmount Park; June 24, 

 second class, West Fairmount Park; July 1.5, steam yacht race on the 

 Schuylkill River; Julv 22, first class and corrected length boats, Dela- 

 ware" River; Aug. 12, first class yachts. West Fairmount Park; Aug. 26, 

 second class. West Fairmount Park: Sept. 2, steam yacht race, Schuyl- 

 kUl River; Sept. 22, second class sailing boats West Park; Oct. 7, first 

 class. West Park; Oct. 21. fii-st class and corrected length, Delaware 

 River; Nov. 4, closing cruise. 



All races must be started at 3 P. M. Inter -club races may be substi- 

 tuted for any of the above dates at the discretion of the sailing com- 

 mittee. The match race between Mr. Porter's Tadpole and Capt. Bid- 

 die's Fawn was won by the former, which scored two out of the three 

 heatg. 



Tarpon Springs IT. C. Regatta. 



AS SEEN FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW. 



A LIGHT S. W. wind and perfect weather made it an ideal day to sail 

 small yachts for the inspection of ladies, who crowded the fine boat 

 house around the Spring Bayou. All of the racers were under way 

 except the Commodore's Silver King and Imp, both being kept out by 

 a senous accident to their owner. The Lucy B. rushed off ahead, as 

 usual, quickly followed by the Dennis and Tacony. Dr. Reed having 

 delayed a little to force up his peak, the Topsy started behind but 

 soon struck a favorable slant of wind that placed her well up with the 

 leaders. Part of this gain was lost bjj striking hei' board on a sandbai-. 

 The Dennis and Lucy B. were fighting for the lead with varjing suc- 

 cess until the two boats rounded the first stake, when the little Dennis 

 set her jib. took the lead and kept it, winning first prize. The Lucy B. 

 is now hauled out to be polished up for the Union regatta to be sailed 

 April 8 out in the Gulf of Mexico, for large prizes subscribed by the 

 members of the F. S. Y. It was reported that barrels of tears of 

 regret were shed by the owners of the yachts that the Commodore's 

 accident prevented him from sailing the Imp in this race. The weather 

 is simply perfect here. Come down and sample it, The times of the 

 race were: 



Length. Start. Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 



Gregg, Capt. Gregg 20.00 2 16 48 3 03 30 Did not finish. 



Topsy, Capt. Clemson 16.00 2 17 15 3 59 10 3 48 55 1 31 40 



Dennis, Vice-Com. Diston. . . .15.00 3 16 01 2 57 00 3 44 20 1 28 19 

 Lucy B., Rear-Com. Noblet..l8.06 2 16 00 2 57 40 3 45 55 1 29 55 



Tacony, Dr. Tom Reed 19.00 2 16 40 3 01 30 3 56 30 1 39 50 



J. P. Phinney. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal, has elected the following 

 officers: Honorary-Corn., W.A.Morris, M.P.P.; Com. C H. Levin; 

 Vice-Corn., W. A. C.Hamilton; Rear-Com., R. R. Stevenson; Sec- 

 Treas.. J. C. Almond; Measurers, G. R. Marter and E. P. Sherwood; 

 Committee, J. C. Monk, A. F. Mitchell. G. H. Duggan, R. C. Nelles, W. 

 S. Clouston, E. Kirk Green, Wm. Marter and J. Simmons. Mr. Mitchell, 

 proposed Sir Donald A. Smith and Hon, 0. A. GeofErion as honorary 

 members of the club, as a small recognition of the many favors they 

 had accorded them. 



The Stamford Y. C. on April 15 elected the following oflacers: Com,, 

 WUliam A, Latimer, sloop Fenella; Vice-Corn., Schuyler Merrett, cut- 

 ter Kathleen; Rear-Com., Henry K. McHarg, sloop Sagitta; Sec, Mal- 

 colm R. Pitt; Treas., Chas. H. Leeds; Meas.,T. Frank Wardwell; Fleet 

 Surgeon, Henry P. Geib, M.D.; Directors, James D. Smith, Samuel 

 Fessenden, James T. Raymond, W. W. Skiddy, Edward C. Hoyt, Albert 

 C. Hall, A, H. Watson, W. D. PhlUips, John V, Hecker and Walter M. 

 Smith. 



The Jamica Bay Y. C. on April 2 elected the following ofhcers: Com., 

 H. F. Hewlett; 'C'ice-Com,, L. Bossert; Rear-Com., Wilham Scheer; 

 Sec., Samuel GUinore; Treas,, F. A. Meyer: Meas., E. G. Babcock, 

 Fleet Surgeon, Dr. C. Fulda. Trustees, H, P, Hewlett, Louis Bosset. 

 William Scheer, H. Althof, 0. L. Schweneke, J. G. Landman, C. E! 

 PearsaU, L. M. Pearsall and J. C. Lefferts. House committee, J. 0. 

 0. Lefferts, O. L. Schweneke and Samuel Gilmore. 



Com. Morgan, New York Y. C, has appointed the following eom- 

 mittaes; New Club House, Mr. Ogden Goelet, Mr, Frank T. Robinson, 

 Mr. C. Oliver Iselin, Mr. S. Nicholson Kane and Mr. George L. Rives; 

 Reception to Viking Ship, Mr. S. Nicholson Kane, Mr. Chester Griswold 

 and Mr. J, G. Beresford; Club Sites. Stations and Floats, Mr. W. H. 

 Thomas, Mr. F. T. Robinson, Mr. Clarence M. McKim, Mr. Charles 

 Clark, Mr. H. A. Tucker and Mr. Gouverneur Kortright' 



The American purchaser of the steam yacht Barracouta is now re- 

 ported to be Gen. Wiiloughby Weston, owner of the cutter Wenonah, 

 and not H. L. WiUoughbx' as first reported. 



The large §tea.m yacht Norseniafl, S. H. Piatt, will visit America nest 

 spring. 



Mr, George C. Pease, who has been for some years in charge of the 

 yachting news of the New York Times, and who has made a reputa- 

 tion as an able and vigorous writer, has retired from newspaper work, 

 being engaged in other business. 



Au Revoir, steam yacht, built for Wm. Dupont by the Harlan & Hol- 

 Imgsworth Co., was launched at Wilmington on April 6. She is of 

 steel, 160ft. over all, 23ft. 6in. beam, with triple expansion engines 16, 

 20 and 40in. by 26in., and a Scotch boiler 12ft. 6in. diameter, and lift. 

 6in. long. 



Mr. W. A. Slater has abandoned his intention of immediately replac- 

 ing the Sagamore by a larger yacht, and Capt. C. W. Scott has gone 

 to England to charter a large steam yacht for a cruise to Norway this 

 summer. The new yacht wiU be started next winter. 



mamng* 



A. C. A. Membership. 



Atlantic Division; J. Hamilton Braine, G.P. Lockwood, E. Brenton 

 Boggs, M. A. Freeman, Newark, N. J. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The annual meeting of the lanthe C. C. was held on April 5, the 

 following officers being elected: Capt., Barron Fredericks; Mate, 

 Alexander Archibald; Purser, Richard Hobart; Meas., E. B. Boggs; 

 Trustees, George W. Baxter (three years), Lincoln B. Palmer (one 

 year); Reg. Com., George P. Douglass, Chairman, George W. Baxter, 

 E. B. Boggs; House Com., James Duguid, Jr., Chairman, Percie W. 

 Hart, Harry S. Farmer ; Delegates to Associated Canoe Clubs of the 

 Passaic River, George P. Douglass, Chairman, Harry S. Farmer and 

 E. B. Boggs. 



At the annual meeting of the Arlington C. C. on April 5 the follow- 

 ing officers were elected: Com., G. L. Growell, Jr. ; Capt., W. H. 

 Geib; Purser, B. R. Roome; Treas., R. E. Molloy; Trustee for three 

 years, C. V. Schuyler. It was decided to hold the annual regatta on 

 the morning of Labor Day, Sept. 4, as heretofore. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



The New York Schuetzen Corps, Capt. H. Offerman, will open the 

 season shoot for 1893 at Union Hill Park on April 14. This corps is 

 one of the most prominent of New York's many German- American 

 shooting societies. Smce Jan. 1 of the present year the society has 

 taken in 70 new members and at the present time it has 300 active 

 members. It has also on its roU some two score honorary members, 

 who, having retired from active participation in the pleasures of rifle 

 shooting, still retain their connection with the society, and on all 

 occasions where there is any shooting going on these veterans can be 

 seen hovering around the shooting house, deeply interested in the 

 work of the younger members. The society's treasury is in a 

 healthy condition, having a balance of over |2,500. At the monthly 

 meeting of the society on Thursday evening of last week, when the 

 matter of the new bund and the festival for next year C1894) was 

 brought up for consideration, the members voted unanimously to 

 work for the organization of the bund. 



The Harlem Rifle Club would be pleased to match three of its mem- 

 bers against three members from any of the other clubs in or about 

 New York, the conditions to be 100 shots per man in the gallery. The 

 members of the Harlem Club have a "crankj^ ' notion that the 

 aperture sight is a httle ahead of the pin-head for fine holding, and 

 for this reason they would like to meet three of the best of the New 

 York shooters who pin their faith to the pin-head. Why not give the 

 Zettlers a trial? 



The patrons of the Greenville Schuetzen Park will find this well- 

 known resort, under the management of Wm. Armbruster, to be in 

 first-class shape when the season opens on May 1. There will be many 

 improvements in and about the shooting house for the comfort and 

 safety of the shooters and the public who visit the park. 



Don't forget the gallery prize shoot of the Harlem Rifle Club, at its 

 headquarters, 2,100 Third avenue, on the 15th, 16th and 17th inst. 

 The club offers a programme of 20 cash prizes, ranging from S30 to 

 S2. Tickets, 3 shots for 50 cents. The fact that M. Ellis and J. A. 

 Boyken are connected with the shoot is a guarantee that all visiting 

 shooters will receive an hospitable reception. 



The many friends of that genial sportsman and expert rifle shooter, 

 Capt. Gus. Zimmerman, will be pleased to learn that since his return 

 from Europe last month he has settled down to business again, having 

 pm-chased the St. Omer Hotel, on Sixth avenue. New York city. Mr. 

 Zimmerman's collection of trophies, which, represents his victories in 

 many matches in America and Europe, are worth a day's travel for an 

 opportunity of a casual inspection. It is doubtful if there is another 

 collection of the same magnitude either in Europe or America. 



The Greenville-Hudson team match which is to come ofl: on the 

 range of the Excelsior Club in Jersey City on the 19th inst. is creating 

 quite an interest among the fraternity in Hudson county, N. J. The 

 Excelsior's headquarters wUl hardly accommodate the many that are 

 hkely to be present to witness this match. 



One of the ex-officers of the late National Rifle Association, when 

 asked the other day as to the probable disposition of the trophies left 

 on its hands, and which were competed for at Sea Girt last season, 

 said there was a possibUity that some arrangement would be made this 

 season with the New York State authorities. Speaking of these tro- 

 phies leads me to the query as to what sort of a programme the New 

 Jersey State Association have in view for Sea Girt this fall. At the 

 close of the meeting there last year Gen. Spencer, in speaking of the 

 probabilities for the coming year said that he should exert his influence 

 in the direction of a liberal programme for both the miUtia and the 

 private citizen with the sporting rifle. 



Beideman Rifle Club. 



Beideman, N. J., Aprfl 5. — The following completes the weekly scores 

 of the Beideman Rifle Club, week ending April 1, 100yds., strictly off- 

 hand, standard American target: 



HJMehard 6 8 10 8 8 10 9 9 10 10—88 



AJYergey 7 10 8 10 7 7 10 7 7 7—80 



A L Gardiner 8 6 6 (i 10 8 6 7 7 9—73 



J L Wood 7 7 5 9 9 6 5 5 10 8—71 



W Gflbert 8 10 6 5 4 7 5 4 6 7—62 



Twenty-five yards, M-ring targets, possible 350: E. L, Gardiner 346, 

 W. Gilbert 335. 



April 9.— Scores of the week ending April 8: 



8 9 8 9 8 9 10 9-89 



9 8 10 7 9 10 9 6-87 



7 8 10 8 9 7 10 9—81 



8 0 10 9 7 9 5 9—76 

 0 10 10 0 8 9 9 7—67 



8 9 10 10 8 10 10-94 

 8 10 5 10 6 .9 5-^72 



HJMehard 10 9 



A J Yergey 9 10 



J L Wood 6 7 



A L Gardiner 8 8 



Gilbert 9 5 



Pistol score, 50yds,, possible 100: 



HJMehard 10 10 



A J Yergey 7 7 



Twenty-five yards, target, Min. ring, possible 250: 



J L Wood 338 W Gilbert 235 A Gardiner . ,233 



Walt. Gilbert, Sec'y. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery shoot for class medal of the Excelsior Club was 

 held at its "headquarters on Tuesday evening the 4t.h inst. .John 

 Speicher with his handicap of 6 points Hoated to the front again. This 

 is another, illustration of the hmnbug of handicaps in club rifle shoot- 

 ing. The scores are as follows: 



First Class. 



J Speicher 342-j-6— 248 L P Hansoii,scratch 228 



W J Hennessey 243-{-4— 218 



Second Class. 



J O Boyce 240 C Bauchle 237 



Jas Hughes ......228 



Third Class. 



C Thomas ^0+ 6-286 R H Duff, scratch 227 



J Bums ..• 319-1-11—230 



Cincinnati Rifle Association. 



Cincinnati, O.. April 9.— The C. R. A. held its regular practice shoot 

 at its range to-day and made the scores as appendeii below. Condi- 

 tions: 200yds., off hand, at the standard target. A special feature of 

 the day was the phenomenal shooting of Capt. Gindele, who shot in 

 excellent trim, making four 90s out of his seven scores, as follows: 93, 

 90, 93. 91. Also mailing three clean scores of buUseyes. "Hurrah for 

 Cap,'' say the boys. 



Gindele 93 98 91 WeUinger 82 77 73 



Wemhehner 77 73 71 Marthi 69 60 66 



Payne 76 76 73 Puthofl 22 60 41 



Brumback 78 74 72 . Nagel 31 39 33 



Speth 71 71 78 



The Greenville Rifle Club. 



The Greenville Club, of Greenville, N. J., brought its winter gallery 

 shoot to a close on Friday evening, April 7. Owing to the absence of 

 the committee the winners of the class medals were not given out. 

 At the next weekly meeting of the club the total scores for tbe season 

 will be ready for publication and all doubts settled as to who are the 

 medal winners. The following appended scores were made in the 

 competition this evening. 10 shots, possible 250, distance 75ft.: C. 

 Scherlein 235, Geo. Vreeland 234, Wm. C. Collins S'S. Jas. Boag 232, 

 Hy Gotthardt 2:sy, Jas. Dodds 231, Colin Boag 3:30, Edward Barr 327, 

 Geo. Purkess2]S. 



Harlem Rifle Club. 



At the weekly shoot of the Harlem Club, held at its headquarters, 

 2,100 Third avenue, on Friday evening, Aj.ril 7, the foUowing appended 

 .scores were made: 10 shots, possible ^'50. disracee 75ft.: Val Krayer 



246, J. A. Boyken 246, C. Hutch 241, W. Weeks 241, C. H. Denpgar X'38, 

 R. Busby 235. 



Zettler Rifle Club Gallery. 



The members of the Zettler Rifle Olulj interested in the M'eekly gal- 

 lery shoot met at headquarters oa Tuesday evening, April 4. Messrs. 

 Holges and Dorrler divided the honors for the best score for the 

 champion medal, each making a score of 34 per cent. 



The foUowmg appended scores were made by the members present: 

 10 shots, possible 250, distance 2,jvds.: Henry Holges 847, M. Dorrler 



247, B. Zettler 245, M. B. Engel 244, George W. Plaisted 243, B. WaPhp-r 

 245, C. G. Zettler 244, Gus. Nowak 242, F. Schmidt 241 , R. Busse, 240. J. 

 Hemtz 230. 



Communications for puhlication relating to business 

 should be addressed to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. If 

 addressed to an individual thcy^vill be subject to delay in 

 that indi/viduaVs absence. 



The Zettlers' Summer Practice. 



Cypress Hiixs Park, L. I., April 9.— The Zettler Rifle Club opened its 

 nineteenth annual summer practice shooting in this park this morn- 

 ing. The attendance was fairly good for the opening day, and the 

 scores of several of the marksmen were highly satisfactory, showing 

 that the want of outdoor practice has not left them entirely out of 

 form. The honor for first place in the competition to-day fell to one 

 of the younger members of the club, Mr. R. Harman. This wfll be his 

 second yeai- with the Zettlers, and his shooting to-day shows that he 

 will in the near futiu-e give some of the experts in the club a good deal 

 of trouble to retain their leadership. The weather conditions in the 

 morning were quite unfavorable for high scores, but as the day ad- 

 vanced the conditions became more favorable, and, as the appended 

 scores show, some of the marksmen made flrst-class scores. Ten 

 shots, off-hand, possible 250, distance 200yds. : 



F C Ross (.32-40 SchaUc) 25 32 17 31 34 25 32 23 25 22—220 



23 30 35 30 34 20 24 24 24 20—224 



23 18 24 24 23 21 23 22 21 23—322 

 Richard Harmon C.38-55 Bal.) 24 2:^ 22 24 23 19 23 34 22 24—228 



24 23 30 22 34 23 24 19 21 19-219 



22 18 20 21 23 20 22 25 24 24—218 

 Geo W Plaisted (.38-55 Bal.) 34 31 24 21 19 19 23 23 21 20—215 



33 33 24 18 26 22 20 22 19 21—216 

 24 24 23 33 20 21 22 30 23 34-223 



Louis Flach (.32-40 Schalk) 23 17 24 33 23 32 18 20 30 33-212 



15 25 15 19 25 2s 24 24 84 20—216 

 81 21 24 22 22 21 33 32 22 22-220 



H Holges C.83-40 Schalk) 31 19 32 25 18 15 22 22 22 22-209 



33 22 21 21 22 20 25 17 23 18-218 

 21 24 22 22 19 20 25 23 20 18-215 

 ..20 82 14 21 21 25 32 10 34 81—301 



23 24 17 80 82 23 23 23 15 23-211 

 17 23 83 20 22 23 23 24 23 22—219 



P F Schmidt (.38-55 BaJ.) 31 31 I S 83 22 15 33 34 28 30-309 



20 20 81 17 88 14 33 34 24 25-210 

 30 17 84 80 CHI 22 24 20 33 33—318 

 80 17 84 88 88 18 20 20 17 33—303 

 20 l(i 80 88 84 80 84 20 19 20- 205 



83 K) 8;-! 8;-! 80 16 24 23 21 22—210 

 .14 17 81 l.-i 8:^, 83 18 18 13 ^—184 



88 15 80 80 80 17 23 23 23 18—201 



84 82 IS 17 18 17 88 18 34 23—193 

 .18 16 83 ?0 23 13 85 4 19 19—179 

 32 13 83 23 18 18 22 23 15 18-194 

 15 15 85 19 34 21 21 15 20 23—198 



J Glinthar (.88-55 Rem.) 34 20 21 8 23 12 19 10 19 16—173 



• IS 16 23 9 16 14 14 16 34 24 184 



23 18 24 15 19 23 17 82 17 15—193 

 F Fabarius (.38-5S Bal.). . , , 10 16 16^9 H 16 3 8 10 34-116 



GKrauss (.38-55 BaJ.) 



M B Engel (.38-55 Bal.) ... . 

 B Zettler (,33-40 Bal.) 



G W Downs (.38-55 Bal.) . , 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following: 



April 19-20.— Springfield (Ohio) Gun Club tournament, 

 April 19-21.— Waverly (Iowa) Gim Club tournament. Professionals 

 barred. 



April 25.— Eastern New York Trap League tournament, under 

 auspices of the Johnstown Gun Club. 



April 25-27.— Third grand tournament of the Wilmington Rod and 

 Gun Club, Wflmington, Delaware. C. C. Kurtz, Sec'y. 



May 2-3.— Independence (Ind.) Gun Club tournament. Added money. 



May 2-4. — ^AViUiamsport (Pa.) Gun Club annual tournament. 



May 9-11.— Ohio Trap-Shooters' League tournament, Columbus, O. 



May 9-12.— Saratoga Springs (N. Y.) Gun Club tournament. 



May 10-11.— Interstate Manufacturers' & Dealers' Association target 

 tournament at Passaic, N. J. 



May 16-17.— Manufacturers' Trap-Shooting Association, Lansing, 



May.— .—North Baltimore (Ohio) Gun Club Tom-nament. 

 Mich." 



May 16-19.— Michigan Trap-Shooters' League tournament, at Lan- 

 sing, Mich. 



May 17-18.— West Newburg Gun Club spring tournament, at New 

 burg. N. Y. 



May 20-21.— Anaconda (Mont.) Rod and Gun Club tournament. 



May 23-85.— KnoxviUe (Tenn.) Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added to 

 purses. Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



May 2.3-25.— MinneapoUs (Minn.) Gun Club tournament. 



May 23-25.— Nebraska State Sportsman's Association, Omaha, Neb. 

 F. O. Parmlee^ Sec'y. 



May 25-26.— Putney (Vt.^ Rod and Gun Club tom-nament. 



May 30.— Eastern" New York Trap League tournament, at Canajo- 

 harie. N. Y. 



May 30.— Maplewood vs. Union Gun C!lubs, team contest at live birds, 

 at Maplewood, N. J. 



May 30- June 1.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, Clear Lake, la. 



Jime —.—Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, annual tourna- 

 ment at Victoria, B. C. 



June 5-10.— Elinois State Sportsmen's Association, cadcago. 111. 



June 13-16.— New York State Sportsmen's Association tournament, 

 at Rochester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 412 EUwanger & Barry Build- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y. 



June 20-81.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's Association tourna- 

 ment, at Vermillion, S. D. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Lansing, Mich., April 8.— I see in yom- issue of Aprfl 6 a pubhcation 

 of what was claimed to be the rules under which the Michigan Trap- 

 Shooters' League would conduct two of the four days of the shoot 

 that is to be held here in May. The "Michigan system,'' as so-caUed. 

 has not been adopted by the authority of the League or its directors, 

 and nothing will be done as regards the rules under which the League 

 tournament wiU shot, untU the retui'n of Mr. John Parker from 

 Greensboro, North Carolina, which is expected to be about the 14th. 

 From what correspondence I have had with the directors and other 

 officers of the League it is very probable that the system known as 

 the Parker system, adopted by the League and used at all its tourna- 

 ments last year wiU be shot, unless perhaps the so-called "Jack Rab- 

 bet" system may be indulged in some ot tlie events, I ask space ir\ 



