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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 14, 1898. 



sail was hoisted, while Valkyrie went straight out to the Liightsbip, 

 netting her sails when well down the Bay. Aftpr sending up lier 

 largest club topsail, the sail was lowered and the halyards bent on 

 anew, after which it was again sent up. Vigilant set her second club 

 'topsail, throwing over the big topsail yard to be picked up by the 

 ■Commander. 



A thick haze covered the water at 9 o'clock, but it lifted before U 

 and the sun shone from a clear i=ky. The wind had been increasing 

 all the morning and ranged from lO' to 12 knots at the time of the 

 start. The three strings of course signals set on the May read: 

 Southwest by south, east south and north northwest J/g west, each 

 10 miles, naut.. the first leg being dead to windward. The May 

 anchored east of the Sandy Hook Lightship and the Luckenbach was 

 sent away to log and mark the first leg, another tug starting for the 

 second mark. Lord Dunraren's elder daughter was on board of Val- 

 kyrie, while the younger, with Lord Wolverton, was on board the 

 Luckenbach. 



With a start to windward, the weather berth was worth warki ng 

 for, and after the first gun fired at 11:15 the pair circled cautiously 

 around, with headsails set and small jibtopsails aloft in stops. 

 VigUant ran along on port tack above the line, with Valkyrie just to 

 leeward, and as she ran ahead Valkyrie passed under her stern and 

 out on her weather. Vigilant jibed over and Valkyrie, crossing her 

 bows, went on starboard tack near the Lightship with about 3m. to 

 go. As Valkyrie ran ahead Vigilant swung about on her weather 

 quarter and the two headed for the Hue together, with Vigilant in the 

 coveted weather berth. The times over the line were: 

 Vigilant 11 25 19 Valkyrie 11 25 21 



Both broke out baby jibtopsails and the windward work was fairly 

 begun. Vigilant was held very high, her headsail^ shaking and the 

 head of her staysail showing very badly. Valkyrie was sailed a little 

 freer and her sails showed full and hard, without a flutter or a wrin- 

 kle. From the time she crossed the line she began to foot ahead, all 

 the time holding a good wind. In a few minutes she was clear ahead, 

 and a little later she had opened quite a gap. For twenty minutes this 

 slow but certain gain continued, and then Vigilant was eased a little 

 and her staysail began to do better work after a man was sent up the 

 leech in a bo'swain's chair to do something to the sail. 



At 12:05 Vigilant took in her jibtopsail. and a couple of minutes later 

 Valkyrie went on port tack. Vigilant at once going about with her, 

 being now to leeward but ahead. VigOant could have forced Valkyrie 

 about, being on starboard tack, but she made no effort to do so. 

 From this point on VigUanfs gain was steady and rapid; she drew 

 clear and at the same time held better to windward. The sea had an 

 easy roll and the wind was freshening, the two were heeling to nearly 

 the same angle, each carrying her sail easily; but in spite of lower free- 

 board, Valkyrie showed quite as much side to leeward. Neither was 

 now carrying a jibtopsail, but at 12:42 Vigilant again sent up her baby, 

 taking it in at 12:48, when she went on starboard tack, Valkyrie having 

 tacked a minute before. 



They had now gone about 6 miles, and the mark w^as plainly visible 

 under the Jersey shore off Long Branch. Valkyrie went on port tack 

 at 12:52, half a mile astern of Vigilant, the latter tacking a moment 

 later. At 12:.58 Valkyrie made a short leg on starboard tack, only 

 holding it for three minutes, and then she stood on in Vigilant's wake 

 for the first mark, around which the steamers and tugs to the number 

 of at least 50 were lying. Vigilant made her last tack at 1:04:30, jib- 

 ing around the mark at 1:06:35. The large jibtopsail was set in a 

 couple of minutes and then the balloon foresail. 



Valkyrie made her last tack about a minute before she rounded the 

 mark, her time being 1:11:30. In the beat of ten miles, with a wind in- 

 creasiag from 10 to 12 miles per hour at the start up to 15 at the turn. 

 Vigilant had beaten Valkyrie just 4m. .S5s. 



It was now a reach before a strengthening breeze and in a little lop 

 of sea on the weather beam. The steamers kept further from the 

 yachts than on the previous days, and there were fewer of them; 

 while no intentional harm was done, the following boat probably suf- 

 fered some from the wash on each side. Valkyrie was for once slow 

 with her sails, the jibtopsail was sent partly up the stay and hung 

 there for some time, being broken out six minutes after she had < 

 turned; two minutes later the ballon foresail was sheeted home. 



Vigilant took in her jibtopsail at 1:26, but set it again at 1:45, send- 

 ing it up flying. When near the mark, at 1:53, she lowered the sail 

 again, jibing round at 1:59:55. Valkyrie was now a long way astern 

 and losing steadily, taking in her jibtopsail at 2:02 and jibing around 

 at 2:05:52, or 8m. 57s. after Vigilant, the latter having gained 4m. 12s. 

 in the reach. The wind had now got up to about 20 m'iles per hour, 

 and was still increasing, blowing about 25 miles on the last half of the 

 third leg. Vigilant set her baby jibtopsail at the turn, but took it in 

 at 2:16 and shifted to balloon foresail. The wind had been drawing to 

 the westward for some time, and on this leg was about S.W. by W. 

 Valkyrie set her jibtopsail at 2:09 and caTied it for over half an iiour, 

 until well up with the finish. Over the last five miles Vigilant was 

 heeled well down, and the wind was more puffy, her jib was shaking 

 at the head but the other sails were sitting well, and she was traveling 

 very fast. On she came, crossing the line at 2:50:01, and leading 

 Valkyrie by 12m. 2:3s. elap.sed time, having gained 3m. 26s. on the last 

 ten mile leg. Valkyrie finished at 3:02:24, making the official times: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Vigilant 11 25 00 3 50 01 3 25 01 3 25 01 



Valkyrie 11 25 00 3 02 24 3 37 24 3 35 36 



1st Mark. 2d Mark. 



Vigilant 1 06 35 1 56 65 



Valkyrie 1 11 30 2 05 52 



TIGriiANT'S GAIN. 



First leg 4m. 45s. 



Second leg 4m. 12s. 



Third leg 3m. 26s. 



The elapsed times of Vigilant were: 



Time. Average Speed. 



First leg to windward 1 41 35 6 knots. 



Second leg free reach 50 20 12 knots. 



Third leg reach 53 06 11.3 knots. 



Whole course 3 25 01 8.7 knots. 



After the race it was announced that Vigilant had sprung her bow- 

 sprit, though the extent of the injury and when it occurred was not 

 given out. The tug Commander towed Vigilant to Bay Ridge and 

 then started for City Island for the duplicate bowsprit. She returned 

 to Bay Ridge at midnight, and Mr. Wintrlngham with a force of ship 

 carpenters went to w-ork to finish and fit the spar, which was only 

 roughed out. It was completed and shipped on Tuesday morning, so 

 that the yacht was ready for the third race on Wednesday. Lord Dun- 

 raven, Messrs. Watson and Ratsey and Captain Cranfleld conceded very 

 freely the merit of Vigilant's performance and her great speed, the 

 only complaint made being against the wash and interference of some 

 of the tugs and steamers with the second boat. 



The illustrations are from photographs taken from the steamer St. 

 Johns on the second day. 



The Zettlers ,at the Target. 



The bi-monthly shoot of the Zettler Rifle Club, at Wissel's Cypress 

 Hill Park, on Oct. 8. brought together the usual quota of the regu- 

 lars. The weather was fine, and the air of just that temperature to 

 make the day's outing one of extreme pleasure. There was not 

 enough wind to carry off the smoke from the rifles, and the conse- 

 quence was the shooters at times found it hard to get a clear view of 

 the bull's eye. The two lay members, Schmidt and Plaisted, who met 

 defeat at the hands of the two experts. Messrs. Ross and Holges, in 

 the 50-shot match two weeks ago, were on hand again looking for sat- 

 isfaction. The satisfaction which was tendered to the two worthies 

 was of such a nature as to encourage them to look for something 

 easier in the future. Ross's score of 1106 points in ,50 shots was good". 

 Harmann made a fine score of 229, his lowest shot being 22. 



The next and last shoot of the present season will be on the 22d inst. 

 Ross has a safe lead for the first prize for the best 50 scores. Har- 

 mann, Holges and Plaisted are rushing each other for the second posi- 

 tion on the prize list; there is at the present time only 19 points differ- 

 ence between them on a total of over 10,.500 points. The next meeting 

 will be of interest to these three shooters at least. 



The scores of the 50-shot match are appended, 10 shots, German tar- 

 get: 



G Plaisted . .196 211 204 220 222—1053 F C Ross. ..226 228 S18 223 211—1106 

 F Schmidt. 212 192 212 201 109—1016 H Holges. ..218 214 212 202 275—1061 

 The scores of the competing members for the club prizes are ap- 

 pended below, 10 shot scores, German target, three scores to count: 



F CROSS 228 226 223 L P Hansen 220 209 206 



GW Plaisted 222 220 216 B Zettler 216 209 208 



H Holges 218 215 214 P F Schmidt 212 212 211 



CG Zettler 218 216 215 M B Engel 207 206 199 



RHarman 229 212 209 G W Downs 193 191 179 



DrJABoyken 226 212 211 .Tos Gunther 165 164 15,3 



The A. C. A. Board of Trustees. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"The proposal which is brought up again this year for a permanent 

 board of (A. C. A.) governors or trustees" bj- Mr. Wilkin in your 

 issue of last week is certainly "interesting." Personally I did not 

 know it had ever been brought up before, and therefore I was some- 

 what surprised to find no explanation from Mr. Wilkin of the reasons 

 which led (him to propose thej amendment. This amendment, if 

 adopted, would radically change the methods of managing the Am- 

 erican Canoe Association, and before being adopted it should be 

 carefully thought out in every detail and the reasons for making such 

 a change fully explained. In your editorial, Mr. Editor, j'ou mention 

 one advantage of a permanent governing body, viz; the power it 

 would have to make a contract for the publication of a year book 

 for a period of thi-ee or more years. This point I fully appreciate. 



It is less than a month to the time of the executive committee 

 annual meeting, certainly a very short time in which to fully digest 

 so Important an amendment. I presume an earnest desire for the 

 permanent good of the A. C. A. is alone responsible for this proposed 

 change, and therefore I would call attention to the fact that the 

 executive committee is an unwield.y body even now. I have believed 

 for years that the work would be better done if there were fewer 

 hands to do it. If there are good reasons for the establishment of 

 a board of trustees with terms of four years each— and there may 

 be excellent reasons for it which have not as yet appeared — why not 

 economize in men b.y making the vice-commodores or the rear-com- 

 modores the trustees? 



The amendment as it stands is a reflection on the management of 

 the recent commodores. It says in so many words that they should 

 not have been trusted. Adopt it without modification, and it seems 

 to me nothing but confusion will follow. Certainly some changes 

 must be made in other articles of the constitution if this amendment 

 is passed in its present shape— the article covering duties of commo- 

 dore, for example. If the board of governors is "to have general 

 control of the Association" what is the use in electing a commodore, 

 vice-commodores and an executive committee? I ask the proposer 

 of the amendment this question. C. Bowyeb Vaux. 



The Forest and Stream is put to x>ress eacli week on Tues- 

 day. Goi-r^esponclence intended for publication should reach 

 us at the latest by Monday, and a^s imich earlier as practioatfle. 



Championship Shoot. 



On Election Day, Nov. 7, at Cypress Hills Park, Long Island, there 

 will be an individual sweepstake match with the rifle at 200yds., be- 

 tween our prominent riflemen, residing in and about New York. 

 Chas. Wissel, the proprietor of the park, in order to forward the in- 

 terests of shooting and also to bring together the best shooters in an 

 individual match, has kindly donated a trophy for the shooters to 

 compete for. 



The management of the shoot will be left to a committee of the 

 riflemen engaged in the contest. 



The match is open to any rifleman who desires to enter the race. 

 The entrance fee will be .$5, and after deducting the expense of the 

 targets and one of Mine Host Wissel's first-class dinners for contest- 

 ants the balance of the cash will be divided among one-half of the 

 contestants. Or, in other words the match will be half winners and 

 half losers. 



The Wissel trophy will be presented to the rifleman making the 

 highest 10-shot score in his hundred shots. The match will call for KlO 

 shots per man at the German ring target C12in. bullseye). We trust 

 that many of our prominent riflemen east and west of New York will 

 avail themselves of the opportunity to enter the competition. The 

 conditions of the match are such that even the non-winners will feel 

 that they have had a good day's sport. In fact, it will be a match that 

 will be worth going a long way to witness. It will be an opportunity 

 for a rifleman with aspirations to get his proper measure. All who 

 flesire to enter can do so by communicating with the Zettler Bros., No. 

 239 Bowery, New York. 



A Match at Paterson. 



A MATCH between the East Sides and the Columbias was shot on 

 the Bunker Hill East Side range on Oct. 8 at 100yds.; 



East Side. Columbia. 



C Gallagher 140 R McColloch 171 



C Vermorel 162 J Irons 170 



T W Murphy 161 J W Johnson 169 



J C Welcher 162 W Qreeg 152 



ItMaskell 144 T Kelly 162 



A T Newby .155 H Wolffe 149 



A McKenzie 138 R Gunn 132 



J M GaUagher .157 C Bradley '. 116 



W S Newby. 154 W McColloch 167 



J H Foster .17^1545 W Butcher 16.3—1555 



Greenville vs. Piiritan. 



The return (Gallery) match between teams of ten men each from 

 the Greenville and Puritan Clubs, was shot off on the range of the 

 Puritan Club at Newark on Tuesday night Oct. 3. The previous match 

 which was shot on last week on the Greenville range resulted in a 

 victory for the Greenville Club by a margin of 127 points. The Puri- 

 tans professed to have some hope of defeating the Greenvilles when 

 they got them on their home range, but the Greenville team would not 

 have it that way. The scores are appended; 10 shots each, gallery 

 distance: 



Greenville team: Kaiser 226, Robivoux 235, Purkiss 241, Chavant 

 234, J. Boag 226, Dodds 226, Agneu215, Collins 235, C. Boag239, Dorrler 

 243. Total 2,320. 



Puritan team: Hauselman 222, Helb 238, Miller 233, 0. Weiler 213, 

 Lambert 219, F. Weiler 232, Tauer 213, Woods 208, J. Kopf 809, C Kopf 

 340. Total 2,216. ' . ' 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Club, for class medals, on 

 Friday night, Oct. 6, was fairly well attended. Capt. Robidoux is get- 

 ting back into his old form and is making some good scores. Collins 

 keeps on rolling up first-class scores, and as a consequence at the be- 

 ginning of the next series he will receive the promotion to which he is 

 entitled, Geo. Purkess retainsa lead of only 5 points over the next 

 best man. He feels comfortable, however, with even this small mar- 

 gin. The scores are appended: 10 shots, possible 250, distance 25 yds.; 

 Capt. Robidoux 241, W. C. Collins 240, Geo. Purkess 239, G. W. Plaisted 

 239, Cohn Boag 237, John Spabn 230, C. H Chavant 229, Jas. Dodds 227, 

 J. Boag 226, John Hill 223, A C. Agnew 223. Scores of Oct. 6 at Green- 

 ville, also of gallery shoot of Oct. 3; Long range, 200 yds. : L. P. Han 

 sen 223, W. Weber 204, C. Thomas 200, Jas Hughes 199. Gallery L. P 

 Hansen 238, C. Thomas 238, 1. Speicher 235, R. H. Duff 227, J. Binus324' 



New York Rifle Club. 



Only three members of the New York Rifle Club put in an appear- 

 ance at Cypress Hills Park on Saturday, Oct. 8, for the regular prac- 

 tice. Dr. Chadburne has just returned from his summer vacation at 

 his old home in the Pine Tree State. Major Geo. Shorkley was out 

 Saturday accompanied with his pet .25cal. rigged out with the tele- 

 scope. In a string of thirty shots on Saturday he made seventeen 

 consecutive (Sin.) btillseyes. Dr. Chadburne tried a new ..38-55 Sharps- 

 Borchard, but it being unfamfliar to him he did not give it much of a 

 trial. The Bcores are appended. Standard American target: George 

 Shorkley, 87, 88; Hamilton, 86, 74; Dr. Chadburne, 76, 82. 



MUler Rifle Club. 



The members of the Miller Rifle Club of Hoboken are doing some 

 good shooting «n their gallery range. At the weekly practice shoot on 

 Tuesday the following appended scores were made, 10 shots, possible 

 2.50, distance 75ft.: Geo. Schlicht 246, Capt. Fisher 229, Kloeppiog 239, 

 D. Miller 337, Meyer 239, Kruse 233, LeiU 233, GoeJ 230, Vanderheyden 

 221, H. F. Meyer 2}8, Pet«rs 282, Dewey 213, Will 213. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The annual meeting of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club was held at 

 the club house, corner of Van Siclen and Belmont avenues East New 

 York, on Oct. 6. The secretary and treasurer of the club both 

 reported that the organization was in good condition, and has just 

 closed a successful season. The election of ofQcers for the ensumg 

 season resulted as follows: President, Henry J. Bookman; Vice- 

 President, James Bennett: Secretary. David J. Cummings; Treasurer, 

 Elias Helgans; Captain, H. J. Selover; Scorer, Thomas Short. 

 Executive Cammittee; A. Lehman, E. Scheeler and Louis iVlllllerf 

 Steward, Martin Meyer." It was proposed to donate a handsome gun 

 valued at $100 to be competed for as the flrst prize for the highest 

 number of birds killed during the next twelve shoots. E. Helgans 

 was the winner o^ the last season's prize, with 73 killedout of 84 snot 

 at. J. Bennett was second, with A. Botty third. It was proposed to 

 incorporate thQ club, and the following were appointed as a committee 

 to carry out the arrangements. E. Bejgans, David J. Qummings and 

 Thomas Sbprt. 



Lynr, Mass., has been selected for the last tournament of the seaf on 

 of the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Being but 

 a short distance from the metropolis of Massachusetts, with which it Is 

 connected by both steam and,electric railroads, and as it is one of the 

 largest towns in the State, it offerg unusual advantages to visiting 

 sportsmen of New England. The city of Lynn has long been 

 celebrated for its famous shoe factories, while amone its many other 

 mdustries are the large works of the Thotopson-Houston Electric 

 Manufacturing Company, the products of whose plant are in use in 

 various parts of the civilized world. The beautiful grounds of the 

 Lynn Fish and Game Protective Association, where the shoot will take 

 place, are located on the Lynn and Boston Turnpike, near the old 

 Turnpike House, Saugus, Mass., and the accommodations and means 

 of reaching them are unsurpassed. A hearty welcome is extended to 

 all marksmen by the Lynn Association, in the expectation that their 

 visit will be one of pleasure as well as profit. The programme is 

 practically the same as those used at the other shoots during the 

 season, and the same rules will obtain. The Oxford Hotel, on 

 Monroe street, will be headquarters for the shooters. 



Crack shots among ball players are few and far between, but what a 

 few there are may come together shortly in a match of unusual 

 interest. Tim Keefe called at the Sxin oflice last night and said he 

 would back Billy Herbert, the old Metropolitan catcher, against 

 Roger Connor or any member of the New York Club for $100 at 

 shooting quail, woodcock, or partridge, in the woods. He also ex- 

 pressed a desire to meet Roger Connor himself in a similar contest. 

 As German and Baldwin are better marksmen than Connor, either or 

 both of them may accept Tim's challenge. Keefe and Holbert begin 

 a hunting trip in a few days so that they may be ready to meet their 

 rivals. Keefe stipulated that if Connor would meet him the contest 

 should not take place in the woods near Waterbury, as Roger has 

 things fixed there.— 77ie Swn. 



The Iroquois Rifle Club of Pittsburgh, Pa., announces a rifle ahd 

 trap tournament to be held on Oct. 24, 25 and 26. On the first day 

 there will be a members' match of .50 shots each on the galler.y range 

 in Pittsburgh. On the second day the attraction will be a contest at 

 50 bluerock targets for the club championship, this to be shot at 

 Howard Station, Monou Division, Pennsylvania Railroad. On 

 Thursday thethu-d day there will be a 100yd. rifle contest and 10 target 

 events at Howard Station, these events being open to all. 



The O. K. Gun Club of Kansas City, Mo., held its monthly clhb shoot 

 at Bennett's Park on Oct. 3, the birds being a fair lot. in the compe- 

 tition for the first and second class trophies, the flrst went to J. Keene 

 on 10 kills and the second to Dr. W. K. Jones on 9. J. Granger kiUed 

 8, F. J. Smith 8, W. Williams 9, "Judge" 7, J. H. I Thompson 0, F. 

 Mason 7, L. Ross 7, H. B. Preston 6, J. Bradley 6, H. P. Stewart G, W. 

 Mayor 5, J. Hubbard 5, E. Hickman 4. 



An interesting three-cornered match at 50 Uve pigeons each, for :g50 

 a corner, will take place at Willard's Park, Paterson, on Tuesday, 

 Oct. 1/, the principals being Thos. W. Morfey of Paterson, Chas. 

 Vermorael of Paterson and J. Frank Class of Morristown. The match 

 will begin at 2 P. M. The Paterson Gun Club will hold its monthly 

 shoot on the same day and there will be a supply of pigeons for 

 sweepstake shooting. 



We have before us a neatly arranged and well-printed catalogue, 

 descriptive of the leather goods manufactured and sold by M. Isenstein 

 & Co., of 424 Broome street, whose advertisement appears on another 

 page. The pages show about everything needed by a sportsman, and 

 the prices are reasonable while the goods are all of fine quality. A 

 postal card sent to the above address will secure one of these 

 catalogues. 



J. Frank Class of Morristown, wishes Forest and Stream to state 

 that he stands ready to shoot a match at 100 live birds for 8250 a sitle, 

 against any man in New Jersey (J. L. Brewer excepted). 



The Helgons-Phister vs. Morris-Ferguson team match, mentioned in 

 our last issue wiU be shot at Dexter Park on Mondaj'. 



The members of the Parkway Gun Club are competing for a glOO 

 gun, to be awarded for the best out of 12 shoots. 



The monthly shoot of the Essex Gun Club will be held on Al. 

 Heritage's Marion grounds next Thursday. 



The Boiling Spring Fishing and Gun Club have arranged a tean\ 

 match with the Newburg Gun Club. 



The usual open sweepstakes will take place on John Erb's Newark 

 grounds, on Saturday afternoon. 



WATSON'S WORLD'S TOURNAMENT. 



Monday, First Day, Oct. S. 



Chicago, 111., Oct. 2.— When John Watson calmly announced to the 

 shooting world that he was going to undertake the hard task of hold- 

 ing a world's shoot after all, and hold it right at Chicago during the 

 World's Fair, it seemed that he had put up a hard game for himself as 

 well as for the shooters. Yet he went right on, and to-day it really 

 seems as though he was to be fortunate or Iuck,y or wise enough to 

 win on his undertaking. One does not find many shoots in this neck 

 of woods this summer, where there are 27 entries in si live bird event 

 the first day, especially when that day is as unspeakably abominable 

 as to-day has been by way of weather. The Chicago climate— but of 

 course Chicago would not have a climate unless it were the greatest 

 on earth. The climate outdid itself to-day. It shook out a loop or 

 two and let go about seventeen different sorts of weather, all worse 

 than any other weather in the world. The aggregation was too much 

 for the exuberant spirits of even John Watson's hard birds, and some 

 few of them acted as if they didn't care whether school kept or not. 

 The shooters were merry in spite of all. and a great lot of shooters 

 they were, too. A good contingent of Western cracks were on hand, 

 and more will he in to morrow. Capt. Money appears from New 

 York. Mr. A. F. Delecroix, of Monte Carlo experience, is another 

 facenotyetvery familiar in the West. Mr. Crittenden Robinson of 

 San Francisco, is another, not a stranger here, but too rarely seen 



The Uve bird arrangement* require little comment; John Watson of • 

 course refereed. The only new feature was the use of the two re- 

 trievers, a pointer. Cyclone, and Mr. Watson's older field dog, a setter, 

 Hector. The latter is slower and more methodical, from long work 

 on the marsh Cyclone is only 15 months old, but though he is crazy 

 to retrieve, he waits for the word and has made no mistakes. This is 

 the prettiest way of retrieving at a pigeon shoot, and the speediest, 

 when the dogs are good as these. 



A HARD TARGET GAME. 



Carrying out the traditions of the park, John Watson makes the 

 target game a bard one too, and shows his contempt for the old walk- 

 around by giving it no place at all in his programme, and making 

 every event at unknown traps. The target programme is to be the 

 same for each day, all bluerocks. North electric pull. Under this 

 system John Watson will throw perhaps a third as many targets as he 

 would under the old walk around, known angles, but he isn't figuring 

 on that. If there is any one man in the country who has done more 

 than John Watson, to make good shooters shoot their best, I do not 

 know who he is. Actually, the first one knows, one will be taking an 

 interest in some of this shooting this week, because it may have had 

 some finishes, some gameness and therefore some sporting Interest to 

 it. and be a bit free from mechanical monotony. If so, let us thank 

 the Chicago Scotchman, who isn t afraid to stand in his own light 

 when the time comes; and who, let us hope, will cast a long shadow 

 in the opening of a better day in the history of trap-shooting than the 

 old mechanical, sure thing days against whose regime there is now 

 prevalent mutiny and rebellion. And so, prosper Watson's Park, and 

 may it live forever, the home of hard birds and hard games, and the 

 meetmg ground of the hardest of hard shooters. Scores: ^ 



THE LIVK BIRDS. 



Preliminary shoot, 5 live bu-ds, entrance S3, two moneys, 60 and 40 

 per cent.: B. White G, G. Kleinman 3, H. W. Eager 2, A. Willey 5, C. 

 Robinson 4, E. A. KimbaU 5, C. H. Burbidge 5, A. W. Reeves 4, C. W 

 Budd 4, F. Parmelee 5. J. W. Batcheller 4, R. O. Heikes 5, C. A. Young 



5, M. F. Cook 4, F. S. Mead 4, A. E. Mead:3, J. S. Sedam 3, A. Kleinman 

 4, W. Money 5, B. Jack 4, M. Collenberger 5, F. D. Alkire 4. A. Harris 4, 

 L. WiUard 4. Ties on flrst decided in 7 bird shoot following, and 

 divided by B. White, R. O. Heikes, W. Money. Ties on second decided 

 by 7 bird shoot also, and divided by C. Budd, B. Jack and A. Kleinman. 



Seven live birds, entrance $5, three moneys. 50, -30 and 20 per cenc - 

 F. S. Mead 6, E. A. Kimball 6, A. E. Mead 4, C. A Young 6, F. Parmalee 



6, W. Money 7, J. S. Sedam 6, C. H. Burbidge 6, A. Willey 4, M. Collen- 

 berger 6, R. O. Heikes 7, B. Jack 7, J. W. Batcheller 6, B. White 7 Q, 

 Klemman 7, F. D. Alkire 5, L. WiUard 7, A. W. Reeves 7, A. Harriss 5» 

 A. Kleinman 7. A. Thomas 7, A. L. Bennett 5, C. Robinson 5, H. Mo 

 Murchy 6, 0. W. Budd 7, C. Grimm 7, M. J. Eich. Ties on 7 shot off 

 decided on flrst 6 birds in the following shoot, and divided by A. 

 Thomas, O. Kleinman, L. Willard, A. W Reeves, C. Budd and 0. 

 Grimm. Ties on 6 decided in the same manner, and divided by Collen- 

 berger and Parmalee. Ties on 5 same, divided by Harris, Bennett and 

 Robinson. 



Twelve live birds, entrance SIO, four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10- 



W Money 320231 100-213— 9 A W Reeves 211212122013—11 



F Parmelee 111121011122 -U B White 221210221310—10 



0 Robinson 111121111113—13 R Heikes 011031122111—10 



B Jack 102211112112—11 F S Mead 211112002120- 9 



J S Sedam 011311212223—11 McMurchy 001111121012— 9 



A L Bennett 212211122012—11 C Grimm 321112211122—12 



A Thomas 221222122223-12 M J Eich 121110112110-10 



M Collenberger. . . .113221012122—11 F D Alkire 120122221213—11 



A Harriss, , . , 11911322011^11 G Kleinman 113112333311^-13 



