Aug. 5, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Ill 



The summer tournament of the Reading Shooting Association, at 

 Harry Matz's Three-Mile House on Aug. 15, 16, 17 and 18, is sure to at- 

 tract a bisT turnout. 



Don't forget tliat during the tournament at Charlotte, N. C, the 

 Charlotte Gun Club wiU add SlOO to each day's purses. 



The Endeavor Gun Club, of .Jersey City, will hold a tournament on 

 its grounds at Marion on Sept. 4. 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



Coney Island Athletic Club Tourney. 



The seventh and last shoot for the championship cup given by the 

 Coney Island Athletic Club for competition by the Kings Qounty Gun 

 Club was held at the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club's grounds at West 

 End, Coney Island, on Tuesday. July 25. Only four of the original 

 eight clubs entered put in an appearance for the final contest. At the 

 start it was generally concedea that the New Utrechts would win the 

 $500 trophy, they having a lead of 7 birds on the aggregate total 

 score, with the Atlantics next and the Coney Island third. On the 

 third round of 15 birds the Atlantics caught up and made a tie, with 

 the New Utrechts having a case of rattles. This was soon changed. 

 I he two best shots on the Atlantic team, W. F. Quimby and H. Balzer. 

 tailing to be on band at the stipulated time, and the captain having 

 put in two substitutes, they lost the cup by 7 birds, the Coney Island 

 team beiog third and the Parkways fourth. The latter team' led the 

 day's score with fi6 out of 75, the New Utrechts and Atlantics with 64, 

 aud the Coney Islands with 63. The following table gives the standing 

 of the teams at the close: 



STANDING OF TEAMS. 



1 2 S U 5 li 7 



New Utrecht 58 66 63 67 64 72 64—453 



Atlantic 65 64 50 62 68 73 64-446 



Coney laland 58 6--i 60 64 61 71 63—439 



Vernon 46 65 61 60 64 69 W-.365 



Parkway 56 60 54 61 58 68 66-4'23 



Glenmore 54 58 59 67 51 w —289 



Crescent 49 55 £8 55* 55 w —■irJ. 



North Side 54 55 54 38* lOf w —211 



* Only 70 birds shot at. t Only 10 birds shot at. 

 Score of last week: 



Coney Island Rod and Gun Club— No. 1. 



FPfaender 001121]0v!122l01— 11 Ur Van Ziie... .111111121112121-15 



S Norihridge...22iai2ni2n]a2-15 I Hyde 110021101011201—10 



C Plate 12210121 1 l»l 101—12 — 



63 



New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club— No. 3. 

 D C Bennett.... 121011011001111-11 G E Nostrand. .1010-22nill]212— 13 

 G W Oropsey...2lll»u0lli21-210-ll CFurguesen Jr.23<;illll2102an— 14 

 D Deacon Illl5illll2l2]12— 15 



Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. 



JBVoorhees...2111«l 101210211—12 G Morris 010111011112110—11 



0 E Mori is 22122U1 12..2122— 15 A A Hegeman.. 012011110111211— 12 



D Monsees 1122»12lllll:il2— 14 — 



64 



Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



EHelgans 12-2221321211112— 15 A BoUy 1121211022022.1— 12 



W Hartye 11100^121201202—11 H J Seiover ]121122«122l222— 14 



J Bennett 2123l»12<;112211-14 



• Dead out of bouuds. 



Referee, Mr. Hugh Goodwin. Scorer, C. A. Deller. 



An iuiproiuptii shouting shooting match between two amateurs 

 with the .shot gun look place at Cnney Island on Tuesday after the 

 team shoot. The condition ■ were 10 birds each for $25 and the birds, 

 the loser also to pay for a basket of wme. The score: 

 J Armstrong 0002010120 —4 Kid Benson 1121010110— ■; 



Sweep; 5 birds. 28yds rise, $2 entry: C. Furgueson, Jr., 5, C. M 

 Meyer 4, C. E. Morris 3, G. W. Cropsey 3, E. Helgans 5, C. Dellefsen 4, 

 C. A. Sykes 4, P. Hegemaa 5, A. Boity 3. 



Hell Gate Gun Club. 



Twenty-five members of the Hell Gate Gun Club were present at 

 Defter Park, Long Island ' n Tuesday, July 25. It was the reyulai 

 monthly shoot tor ihe best percentage of scores under club and clas,- 

 handicap, ten bii ds each, association rules. E Doelnck was the onlv 

 straight scorer with ten. The birds were a good lot and fast. The 

 members of this young club are rapidly improving and making fan 

 scores at such good birds. The score of shoot: 



J Linck OlinOlllO— 7 R Under OOlOOOllIO— 4 



J Sehm 0101110122- 7 H Petersen 110-2010020- 5 



P V\oelfel 0221102111- 8 HKnodel lOlOOOOlll— 5 



J Schubert 0]00l002.;i— 5 J P Dannefelser 0122U212I0- 7 



C Webber 1212U12221— 9 E Doelnck... limillll— Id 



J Brode 0100100210— 5 HThan 1110211122— 9 



C Rabenstein 1211000211— 7 H Boonekamp 0000020220— 3 



J H Voss 1111111103- 9 G Daniels 2102120002— 5 



F MoUenbach 1100201202— 6 A liiechle 21212(11010- 7 



FDrostel 2212101111— 9 W Hogan 0021230011— 6 



J Siralman 0111003103— 6 C Beck 1210221000- 6 



R Stadifeld 2101101121— 8 C Rieger 0220022102— 6 



H W Voss 00210020U- 5 



Sweeps at 15 clay birds: Drostel 8, Riger 6, Schuber 6, Than 12, Fitz- 

 gerald 8, J. H. Voss 13, Doeinck 12, Hogan 5, Webber 6. Rabenstein 3 

 Brode 4, Dennis 4, Stralman 7, Woefel 3. 



Linden Grove Gun Club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Linden Grove Gun Club was held 

 at Dexter Park on Friday, July 28. Only four shot at 10 birds each for 

 the club's gold medal. P. J. Eppig, the pn sident of the club, shot in 

 good form, winning the medal and three matches with Frank Ibert. 

 He also shot 22 out of '-ib picked birds. The score: 



J Bermel 102aon2v;i — 8 HWisman 1210101112—8 



P Eppig 1 2 1 3- fl F Ibert 1001222010-6 



Shooting matches. SU) each and birds: 



12 3 1 S 3 



P Eppig 8 10 10 F Ibert 7 g 7 



Atlantic Kod and Gun Club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club was 

 poorly attended ou Thursday at Coney Island, only six entering for 

 the club's two cups. A. A. Hegeman won the first, and H Knebel 

 Jr., the second. A good match followed at fifty birds each wlilctl 

 T. B. Langcake won. The scores: ' 



No. 1, club shoot, 10 birds: 



M Van Brunt, . 1111121021—9 H Knebel, Jr 2311121010—8 



A A Hegeman 1121201213—9 Ira McKane 0(i3002-2223-6 



J B Voorhees 0112111221—9 M Bonder 0300210020—4 



Sweepstake, $1 entry, 3 birds: M. Van Brtmt 2, A.'a. Hegeman 3 

 J, B. Voorhees 2. ' 



Shooting match, §.50 each and the birds: 



JB ColliuB 22111101111221010011011011210111111111001010021222—88 



TB Langcake 121211011112l001011l2ini03101101ini02111lll0111l— 41 



Glentfood Rod and Gun Club. 



OwiNO to the death of the wife of Assistant District Attorney Ma- 

 guire, of King county, the Glenmore Rod and Gun Club, of which he 

 is a member, had a very small attendance at their regular monthly 

 Shoot at Dexter Park, on Wednesday, July 26, only eight members 

 competing for the three monthly prizes at 7 birds each. Two small 

 njatches followed for $10 each and the birds, between J. Gastieger and 

 T. T. Edgerton. Honors were about even. The score: 



W Levens , 2121222—7 HKnowlton.. . 1111121—7 



TT Edgerton 1011111—6 W Sinnington ""212i;110-6 



E Vroome.,, 1101112—6 J Gastieeer .... 1012031-5 



R "Woods .,,..2111222—7 J ScWichtner .1001020— 3 



Charlotte Interstate. 



The programme of the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' As- 

 sociation tournament, of Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 16-18. will be as fol- 

 lows: Aug. 16.— Event No. 1, 15 targets, entrance $2; No. 3, 15 targets 

 S2, $10 added; No. 3, 15 targets. $2. $10 added; No. 4, 15 targets. $2! 

 810 added; No. 5. 25 targets, five-man daily jeam race, enti-ance for 

 thrae days $10 $50 added; No. 6, 20 targets, $2.50, $10 adked; No 7 20 

 targets, three-man daily team race, entrance for three days. •> 15 $30 

 added; No. 8, 20 targets, $2.50, $10 added. Aug ir.-No 1 15 t^ro-ets 

 83; No. 2, 15 targets, $2, $15 added; No. 3. lo t.nJ i'ets, $2. $10 added" 

 No. 4, 15 targets. $2, $15 added; No. 5. 2,=. car gets, ri\ e-man dailv team 

 race; No. 6, 20 targets, $2.50, $10 added; No. 7, 30 targets three-man 

 daily team race; No. 8, 20 targets. $2..^6, $10 added Aug. 18.— No. 1, 

 l"i targets, $2; No. 2, 10 targets. $2. $10 added; No. 3, 15 Urgets, $3, 

 815 added; No. 4, 15 targets, $2, $10 added; No. 5, 25 targets five-man 

 daily team race; No. 6, 20 targets, $2.50, $15 added; No. 7, 20 targets, 

 three-man daily team race j No. 8, 20 targets, $2.50, $25 added. 



The Summer Shoot of the Pot Covers. 



Thk Pot Cover Trap Club, of Fredericton, N. B., held its midsummer 

 shoot on the twenty-sixth birthday of the Dominion, at Camp Comfort. 

 Hart's Island, about five miles above the city. The camp is the prop- 

 erty of an outing club, a number of whose members belong to the gun 

 club. The beauty of the location is only surpassed by the quality of 

 the hospitahty dispensed there, and fortunate indeed" is the outsider 

 whose lines fail in so pleasant a place. On tlie Saturday of the shoot, 

 and the day following, the club entertained about a dozen guests. 

 Among the ladies who honored the event with their presence were 

 Mrs. A. Moore, Mrs. W. H. Moore, Mrs. W. H. Lawrence and Miss 

 Bertie Cremin. .loe Raul, the Indian guide who named ihe bluerocks 

 '•pot covers," presided over the culinary department, and everything 

 passed off in good order and with considerable dispatch. 



The day was one of those hot, grilling biisterers which are aU very 

 well to read of, but somewhat disagreeable to encounter. Early in the 

 morning the "lord of day" sent down a select assortment of "unmiti- 

 gated rays " After a startled pau.se the mercury went at a bound as 

 far up the tube as it could get without chartering a step-ladder. But 

 if at any place, and under any circumstances, such a day could be 

 passed agreeably, it would be under the shady groves of Hart's Island 

 in the company assembh d there. 



The boys being out of practice, high scores were scarce. The heat 

 of the sun softened the targets to such an extent that they did not 

 break readily (this is not a joke), and some that lay on the ground an 

 hour or so after being thrown were warped to the shape of a floor 

 cloth. Two-thirds of the unbroken jbirds that were brought in from 

 in front of the traps were punched, and one with four shot-holes in it 

 preserved its original shape and w as scored a lost bird. This was not 

 so vexatious as it seems at first sight. Evidently some one did very 

 good shooting; and in his fond imagination each of us can be that 

 person. 



Our Uncle Adam Moses was in the thick of it with his big 10-gauge 

 hammerless, and at first so good seemed his prospects for a straight 

 score that some one spoke of asking Chief Justice Allen, who was one 

 of the spectators, for an injustion to restrain our friend from beat- 

 ing the rest of us too badly; but he slipped up on the ' soft tar" and 

 merely puhed out a comfortable winner. It is said that he gained an 

 advantage over the rest of us by browning his gun barrel with iced 

 lemonade, thus neutralizing the glint that troubled the rest so sorely. 



Harry Chestnut has still some of the healthy tan accumulated dur- 

 ing his five months' camp out in Florida last winter, in whicn he killed 

 a deer and a lot of ducks, and one day missed a whole lot of ducks. 

 He did not shoot in his last autumn form, fc r he actually missed a 

 60yds. incomer, and he never was known to do the like before. Bui 

 then how can a man shoot in his autumn form on a blistering day in 

 midsuumner? 



David Cremin, sometimes known as "Second Trigger David," was 

 one of the fortunates who braced up and finished strong. For some 

 time it has been a standing joke that he can kill nothing except with 

 his second barrel; but on this occasion he showed his ability to pound 



MK. bi".si::ham. 

 Winner Board of Trade Badge and Live Bu-d Championship of lUinolB, 189.S. 



out four out of five at unknown angles with'his first. His critics ac- 

 count for this by gravely asserting that he has lately acquired the 

 habit of "pulling the second trigger first," David shoots a hammer 

 ijun, and 1 will back him against any other man in the universe to 

 cock both hammers with one hand and at one motion. 



William Chestnut was on deck with a new Lefever. lie is always 

 ready for around wiih the target, ana if between times, any one 

 wishes to order a Lefever. he can accommodate on as favorable terms 

 as any other man. His house (R Chestnut & Sons) will import any 

 style of gun its customer era es; but William believes that in the 

 Lefever you get the best value for your outlay, and that is what many 

 are after. He has shown his faith by ordering still another of that 

 make for field shooting. 



He says that it is all nonsense for any one to get the idea in his head 

 that it costs $5 a day to enjoy one's self in Florida, for if a man is 

 willing to camp out and rough it, he can get along comfortably on $2 

 a week. Although a young man. he has hunted in nearly every quarter 

 of Nortn America, and is now planning to revisit Dakota after geese. 



The majority of the shooters suffered from the severe punishment 

 inflicted on them by their guns, and W. H. Lawrence was one of those 

 who had to pull out before" the shoot closed, for this reason. He says, 

 ihat hereafter he w iU shoot a half dram less powder in hot weather. 



W. H. Moore has been recently "hitched double," as the metaphor 

 goes, and his "other half" was among the spectators. It is needless, 

 therefore, to say that he was especially desirous of showing off his 

 best clip, which would have been a much easier feat had he been less 

 anxious. Many of us know how to sympathize with him. 



Mr. Stewart Campbell made his maiden attempt at target smashing 

 and the congratulations show ered on him when he broke his first 

 bird seemed to lack nothing in heartliness. Mr. Barter was especially 

 demonstrative, and paid an eloquent tribute to the patience and per- 

 severance of his friend. But when Mr. P. was cleaning his gun. Mr 

 Campbell cotdd detect a pit in the barrel, where no one else could see 

 a speck. Thus does one good turn beget another. 



Mr. Byron Phair shot the oldest, the best fitted and the nicest 

 feehng gun on the gi ounds. He loads his cartridges on the "average 

 system." Some are regular canned earthquakes, and must contain a 

 small shovelful of powder. When one of these gets after a target, it 

 is all day with it. But others sound like a loosely tamped firecracker 

 and cannot have more than a pinch of the explosive. These were 

 probably intended for use on inc mers, His spaniel pup Mag was one 

 of the regular institutions around camp, and as a mascot divided the 

 honors with Harry Chestnut's Gordon, Pedro, which same Mr. Camp- 

 bell persisted in calling McGinnis. 



Mr. Adam Jackson is well up on everything pertaining to shooting; 

 but there are other matters on which he seems to be not so well posted. 

 For instance, when he takes a seat in the war canoe, by the side of 

 and to the left of an attractive younglady, he should nottiold his right 

 band above his head in a stiff and constrained posiuou- He ought to 

 reach boldly out and grasp firmly the opposite gunwale. Irlmeet 

 him this fall at the annual hunt of the Caiawampus Club, I hooe to 

 direct his feet in the proper path. 



Mr. Arthur Porter tried a new Lefever at this shoot and found it not 

 wanting. BiUy Chestnut says it was a ten-bore originallv. but was an 

 eight when he got done cleaning it after the shoot. Mr. Porter fore- 

 swore the use of black powder and evinced his faith in the nitro by 

 ordering five pounds of S. S. For the first time in the history of the club 

 the spiteful crack of the nitro mingled with the roar of the "soft coal.". 

 The Messrs. Chestnut and the writer had some shells loaded with 

 American wood, and our Uncle Adam pulverized them withS. S. 



The programme included nearly every form of shooting that the in- 

 genuity of man could invent. There was a team race, the sides being 

 captained by A. Moore and W. Chestnut. Moore's team won by three 

 targets. It was in this match that Cremin got in his finest work. 



At the close of the shoot the traps were loaded and a "flock" of in- 

 comers thrown at a line of shooters ranged 60yds. from the trap, each 

 firing in turn from right to left. 



Mr. Phau- fired the last shot of the meet. The event was not on the 

 programme. About 10 P. M. the word was passed around that a por- 

 cupine had treed right over the camp-fire. Nearly everybodj' rushed 

 to verify the report, and Mr, Phair did not forget to take his gun. In 

 a couple of seconds there was one "hedgehog" le^^s. Phair did not 

 want "Mag" to contract the vain habit of wearmg feat hers at so tender 

 an age. 



Mr, Porter protested that the visitor had met scurvy treatment. 

 The incident, he said, could be so construed as to be a severe reflection 

 on the hospitality of the club. He thought, when Mr. Phair saw it in 

 its proper light, his conscience would trouble him for many days to 

 come, "I have in my time," said he, "done many wicked acts, out I 



was never so base as to slay a poor, innocent, confiding porcupine 

 that merely came to pay me a friendly call." Phair thought the an 

 mal could not reasonably find fault with the warmth of his reception 

 L. I. Flower. 



Chicago Trap News. 



At Watson's Park, Burnside, 111., the open sweepstakes on liv 

 birds and targets will continue Thursday and Saturday of each week 

 till Sept. 23 inclusive; Aug. 5 and 10 the sweepstakes will be on live 

 birds, the following "Thursday and Saturday on targets; so on each 

 week alternately five birds and targets. Shooting commences at 1 

 o'clock P. M. each day. The Watson instantaneous live birds are 

 interesting phantoms to watch with a charge of shot in hot pursuit 

 of them. They afford great tests of skill These events wiU afford 

 visiting sportsmen a fine opportunity to test their capabilities against 

 each other and against the local shooters, under the best of conditions 

 fair play, good grounds and the best of birds. 



In a conver.sation with Capt. A. H. Bogardus. at his shooting schoo 

 6.068 Stony Island avenue, close by the Exposition grounds, he assured 

 me that the match with the unknown would suiely come off in Sep 

 tember. He has not the sligh est idea who the unknown is, but he 

 suspects it is some Englishman. He w-ould prefer in this mate 

 some one of the young shooters who have sprung into prominence a 

 skilful performers, so that there might be a test between the o 

 school and the new. 



The Captain deplores the action of the Fair management in refusin 

 him space for performances inside the grounds, before the Exposi 

 tion opened, their refusal being' for the reason, as they said, that 

 nothing would be allowed in the Exposition to which an extra admis- 

 sion fee would be demanded, yet. the Captain justly observes, "There 

 are now admission fees charged from one end of Midway Plaisance to 

 the other." 



The match, the Captain says, under the conditions governing it, 

 will as near as possible resemble actual fieid shooting and will be a 

 far greater test of skill and good judgment than simply snapping a 

 bird the moment it op^ns its wings from a trap. He preoicts a most 

 interesting competition. B. Waters. 



The Keystone Sixth Annual. 



New London, Conn.. J\i]y 39 — Posters announcing our sixth annual 

 tournament to be held during the fourth week in August, 21st to 26th, 

 have been mailed to gun clybs and the trade throughour the country 

 du'-iug the past few da) s the famous Pequot House, which is beauti- 

 fully located at the juTiction of the Thames River and Long Island 

 Sound, will be headquarters this year, and as the managers of the 

 hotel are enthusiastic sportsmen nothing will be left undone for the 

 comfort and entertainment of visiting shooters. The score at the 

 shoi ting grounds will bi- covered with canvas to protect participants 

 from the sun aud every detail that will add to the pleasure and com- 

 fort of our visitors will receive our careful attention aud we will be in 

 readiness to receive as many of the trap-shooters of the country as 

 may favor us with theii- presence on the 21st of August. From all in- 

 dications this will be the largest tournauient ever held here. W e have 

 purcbased a very handsome diamond ring, which wid become the 

 prope'ty of the shooter winning the Individual Championship for 1891 



A trophy race will be sh. t each day, as m previous years. The 

 national team race between the East aud West for the championship 

 will be the event of the season, as usual. Mr. M. F. Liudsley, of 

 Hobok-pn, N. J., will captain the Western team, and Mr. H. L. Eilgarton, 

 of Willimantic, Conn., will captain the Eastern team. Both captains 

 are confident, of winning the ■ ace, and the teams will consist of the 

 l3est trap shooters in the" country. The State team race this year is 

 attracting a great deal of attention. The following Slates have 

 entered tr-ams: Massachusetts, O. R. Dickey, Captain; Connecticut, 

 J B. Sava<e, Captain; New Jersey, Noel E. Money, Captiin; New 

 York, Gus. Grietfe. Captain; Pennsylvania, Wm. E. Wulsteocraft, 

 Captain; Maryland, J. A. Uarin<-r, Captain. Any State is at liberty to 

 enter one or more teams. Entries wiJ be . eceived up to the day of 

 the race. 



Thi-re will be a team race between the New Jersey and Connecticut 

 Trap-Shoot<=rs Leagues. The former will be captained by E. D. Miller, 

 of Springfield, N. J., and the latter by C. E. Longden, of New 

 Haven, Conn. 



I will personally manage this tournament and have an efficient 

 corps of assistants. H. A. Penrose, j 



Utica Sweepstake. 



The O. C. S. A. will give a grand sweepstake shoot on Saturday, 

 Aug 5. at Utica, N. Y. The principal feature will be a sweepstake at 

 100 kingbirds each man, known traps, unknown angles, entrance $12.50 

 per man for the 100 bird champion.sh!p of central New York, and 

 money divided as follows: 50 .' to be di\idi-d 30. 25, 20, 15 and 10. the 

 remaining bO% to be divided into four pui ses as follows: Each 25 birds 

 laj^^of the %vhole purse, which will lie divided into 3 moneys, To 

 illustrate suppose there are 30 entries, this m-^kes $'20o in the pool, 

 50^ of this or $100 goes on the 100 birds m>. S'^o, .520, .fi5, $10. The 

 remaining $100 is divided into 4 purses of $3.^ each; eacii $35 goes on 

 each 25 birds in the 100 bird race and is divided $13, ,S8 and $5, this 

 prevents all dropping and really makes 17 moneys. Other sweeps 

 during the day. Called at 1 P. M. W. S. French, Sec. 



A Dupont Smokeless Powdor- 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It may interest your readers to learn that there is a new nitro pow- 

 der offered trap and wing-shooters, manufactured by the well-known 



Chicago, by Messrs W. L. Shepard and M. J. Eich, both of whom have 

 an extensive acquaintance among shooters and are known to be com- 

 petent to make the t' st. The ne.v smokeless powder was tried for 

 penetration with a 12-gauge gun, 3drs. struck, IJ^oz. No. 7 Tatham's 

 chilled shot. The results obtained were superior to all previous tests 

 with other nitro powders and under identical ci'-cumstances and con- 

 ditions. For pattern the result was absolutely perfect, regular and 

 evenly distributed. Recoil was scarcely percepUble. As to smoke, it 

 proved what is claimed for it— smokeless. As to quickness, the test 

 was made on live buds. King's traps, 30yds. houndarj% same load 

 as for penetration. Results were most perfect and satisfactory. 



A. Hyndman. 



Watson's Park. 



Jm.Y 18.— Chicago Shooting Club, miss and out for diamond ring: 

 R B Wadsworth 111120—5 L M flamliue 211211—6 



Julii j;/.— Audubon Gun Club, handicap shoot: 



Chas Kern 022210110102112- ll-H-15 



Chas Morris 022000200001210 - 64-5—11 



C S Wilcox 000110002021212— 84-3-11 



R B Wadsworth 22222102w 



L M Hamline 3302222lll22111-14-|-3-15 



McAuley 2-222l2l33311102-M-|-2-15 



M L Shepard 112201 2212112!0-1.3-(-:3-15 



F R BisseU 032011221102121— 13-f 3— 15 



Ravklrigq. 



Team Shoot. 



A TEAM shoot between members of the Ridgewood Gun Club was held 

 at Deckeiman's Ridgewood Park, on Friday, July 28. The eondiiioua 

 being $10 a side and a win« supper— ten birds each, Long Island rules. 

 Kramer's side won bv four bii ds. Tlie score: 



J Kramer IIIIOOOIOI— 6 CLagger 0101110010— 5 



0 Nicols llOnimi— 9 I Mariin lOlOOlOlU- 6 



J Welz 0110111110— 7 G Durst 1110111111— 9 



A Schneider llllllllOl— 9-31 J Wiegold lllOOllOll— 7—27 



Stray Carrier Pigeon. 



Bradley Beach. N. J., July 27,— On Sunday, July 16, at half past 

 7 P. M., a carrier pigeon came to my pigeon coop, it had been shot and 

 was fagged out. I have it caged, and as it is pretty near well, if you 

 know w ho it belongs to, they may have it by seuding me their address. 

 There is a band on its leg marked "W. 8686." I would like to know 

 where it came from. H. D. Green. 



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