Oct. 14, 1898.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



8S3 



Heikes OlOmilll 



Young miOlOni— 8 Desor nil 



Smoke 1110101111—7 Spicer 1001 



Carpenter 1111111101-" ~ ' 



MICHIGAN LEAGUE TOURNAMENT. 



Battle Creek, Mich.. Sept. 27.— The last tournament of the Mich- 

 igan State Trapshooters' League was held in this city Sept. 26 and 37. 

 Owing to various reasons the attendance from the State was not as 

 large as it should have been, but we have no doubt the excuses will 

 be satisfactory. We were honored by the attendance of a nuniber of 

 well known shooters from abroad, among whom were the following: 

 Rolla O Heikes. of Chicago; C. A. "i'oung. of Springfield, Ohio; A. G. 

 Courtney and his Lefever ejector: G. C. Coachman, Jacksonville, 

 Fla.; W. ^r. Rosenthal, East Las Vegas, N. Mex., sec'y of the Sports- 

 men's Association of that country. Ammg the Michigan shooters 

 were H. L. Gaskill. of South Bend; President W. W. Holt, of Man- 

 chester; S. E. Kirk. Geo. C. Erwin, G. A. Magoon and Wm. Dison. The 

 Muskegon contingency, as Joe Marks would say. showed John •'Only" 

 Parker. W. Butler, W. Ren wick and Joe Marks, of Detroit, who came t-o 

 win the diamond buttons in the team race and incidentally won nearly 

 everything in sight, including the buttons, the silver trophy, the ex- 

 pert championship and the amateur championship. Then there were 

 Si. K. Walton, the sole representative of Grand Rapids, whose Indian 

 name is Never-Miss-a-Shoot ; Caspar Shilling of Lansing. Wm. O'Byrne 

 of Kalamazoo. J. R. Cotton of Bay City, Wm. Spicer of Vicksburg and 

 F. C. and L. E. Marantette of Mendon. 



Nearly all ihe shooters arrived the night before and the morning 

 opened clear and bright, but a strong, able-bodied wind sweeping 

 across the traps made the scores much lower than they would have 

 been. The principal league event of the first day was the team race, 

 which was won easily by the Detroit team. Following are the scores: 

 No. 1, 10 targets, amateurs: 



" Renwick 1110111111-9 



Desor 1111110111—9 



- -100011-5 



Parker OOlOOIllll— i 



Holt 1111110010—7 Marks lOOIlllOlO-i 



Magoo OOmnin- 8 Howes , . ..110001)111—7 



Walton 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 00 -7 Bu t1 er 0.1 101 111 1—8 



Erwin 1111001010-G P Byrne 1101010111—7 



Court 1011111111—9 Halladay 1011110110—7 



Coachman 0000100001— ?! Willard 1110111100—7 



No. 3, 12 targets: Experts 



Courtney 110110110110— B Renwick 110101100111— 8 



Carpenter 111111111000 - 9 Dixon 111111111011—11 



Semi-Experts. 



Butler 111110110110— 9 Young 111011111111—11 



Heikes 111101101111—10 Magoon 110001101001— " 



Amateurs. 



Spicer 001111111111—10 Coachman 111110011001— 8 



Burns 111111111111—13 Smoke 111101011111—10 



Erwin 101001100111— 7 Marks 01110I110101— 8 



Parker 100111111111—10 Ho"es 111101110011— 9 



Walton 001010101110— 6 Hubbard OlOllOllOlll— 8 



Holt, 111110011011— 9 Bock 011100011101— 7 



Vo. 3, 15 targets: Experts. 



CByrne 111110110101010—10 



Semi-Experts. 



Young 111011110111101—13 Dixon 110011111111111—13 



Amateurs. 



Holt 011101111110111-13 Heikes 111111111111111—15 



Marks 111011111011101—12 Erwin llOOllOOOOOIlll— 9 



Parker 111111001110111-13 Walton OlOilllOOlOOOU— 9 



Courtney 1 11 1 1111 1011 1 11—14 Howes 0001 11 1 1 1 101 1 10—10 



Coachman lOlOlOllllOOOlO— 8 Spicer llOOliOimoilO— 10 



Renwick 011111111100100—10 Carpenter OlilllillliOlll— 14 



Magoon 111110110111111—13 Butler 111111111110110—1:3 



Smoke 101101110111111—12 Hubbard lOllllOOOllOOll— 9 



No 4, 13 birds: Experts. 



Heikes. 0011101011111—1 



Semi-Experts. 



Courtney 1111110111111-12 Carpenter 0011011111110-9 



Amateurs. 



Erwin 0011101000111— 7 Renwick 1011110111101—10 



Youngs 1110111101111-11 Coach 1011100100110— 7 



Walton 1000000011111— 6 Dixon 1011110111100— 9 



Holton 1100011011100— 7 Parker 1101111111110—11 



Smoke 1111110110100- 9 Hubbard 0111001101110— 8 



Osgood 0011 010000000 - 3 Marks IIOOIIIIIOOII— 9 



O'Byrne lOlllOlOlllOl— 9 Butler 1110101100111— 9 



Magoon 1111110111111-12 Spicer 0111110111110—10 



Holt 0111011001111— 9 



No. 5, miss and out; Irwin 0, Walton 9, Young 5, Renwick 2, Magoon 

 1, Coachman 1, Holt 0, Parker 5, Dixon 4, Heikes 5, Courtney 3, Hub- 

 bard 0, Smoke 0, Howes 5. Shoot off: Parker 0, Young 5, Howes and 

 Heikes 6, and divided. 



No. 6, team race, emblematic of State championship, 25 singles, en- 

 trance 75 cents, entrance to sweep in connection with this race g3. The 

 League has purchased three beautiful individual buttons, to be held by 

 the members of themnning team under the same conditions as the 

 former team trophy. Teams may enter in the sweep in connection 

 with this race at their own pleasure. 



Battle Creek Team No. 2. 



Granger 1101110111100110101111110—18 



Hubbard lllOllIlOllllllllllllllOl— 22 



Bryant 100 1 0001001 11 100001100110—11—51 



Battle Creek Team No. 1. 



Halladay 1010111111110111111111011—21 



Howes 1111110110011011111100110—18 



Carpeuter..,,^-*.....,. 1111110110111111011110111-21-60 



Muskegon Team. 



Magoon 1111000010100100110001110-12 



Dixon 1011011110111101111111011-20 



Irwin 1111010011011110111101001—17—49 



Detroit Team. 



Parker , 1111111011111111111111111—24 



Renwick 1111111110101111111111110- 22 



Butler 0011101111111110001111111—19—65 



No. 7, 15 targets: Experts. 



Courtney 110110101010111-10 Magoon 000001101110011— 7 



Semi-Experts. 



Parker ...011111111111111-14 Young 111111111111111—15 



Amateurs. 



Coachman 100100100111111— 9 Schilling 101110111111-101-12 



O'Uyrrie 111111110111110-13 Bramble 100111001110111—10 



Walton 010000111011001— 7 Butler 101001111111111-12 



Marks IIOOIOIOOIIOIOI— 8 Carpenter 011110011011111—11 



Holt 111101101111110-12 Heikes 111111110111011—13 



Erwin 110010110010100 - 8 Renwick 110101111101000— 9 



Smoke 101100011001101— 8 Osgood 010100100000010— 4 



Howes 111101110110111—12 Weickgenant...0010O0oOll0O011— 6 



Hubbard 010100101100011— 7 Willard 010111010111101—10 



No. 8, 10, targets: Experts. 



Young 0111111111-9 



Semi-Experts. 



Parker 1110111110-8 



Amateurs. 



Magoon UllOtlOOl- 7 Holliday 1111111111-10 



Walton lOlOlOOlOl— 5 Marantette 1111111111—10 



Erwin 1101001100- 5 Courtney 0100101111— 6 



Spicer ..0101011011— 6 Schelling 1101111111— 9 



Howes 1111111111—10 Smoke 0101000001— 3 



Dixon 1001100111— 6 Renwick 0101111011— 7 



Holt 1011010110— 6 O'Byrne 1111111110— 9 



Coachman,,.. lllOOlUOl— 7 Butler lOllllllll— 9 



Bramble lOOlOllOOl— 5 Carpenter .1010111111— 8 



Marks ICIOIIOIOI— 6 Orenger 1010111111— 8 



Heikes 1110101111—8 Hubb 1000011011—5 



No. 9, 12 targets: 



Young 111111110101—10 Courtney 111001011001— 7 



Heikes 110111111111—11 Carpenter 100011111111- 9 



Hows OOOOOlinOlO- 5 O'Byrne 101011110111— 9 



Magoon OOlOllllOlOl— 7 Hubb 010010010010— 4 



Holt 111010011110— 8 Butler 111100101111- 9 



Parker 010101011101— 7 Rt^nwick 110110000111— 7 



Dixon 011010010001— 5 Walton Oi 0001000111— 4 



Bramble 100001000111— 5 Erwin 011000010101— 5 



Schellmg 111011010111— 9 Willard OOlOOOOOOllO- 3 



Marks 010011010100 - 5 Spicer 101110101111- 9 



Coachman OOlOlOllilOi— 7 Cotter lOOOllOOiKWl— 4 



Marantette 110011100111— 8 



No. 10, 15 targets: Experts; 



Howes 110111110110001—10 Marantette 111001111110110—11 



Semi-Experts: 



Young lllllllllOnill-14 O'Byrne 011111111100101—11 



Schilling 111111111111110-14 Butler llOOUllOlllOll— 11 



Amateurs: 



Magoon 111100101101010— 9 Erwin lllOOOOOOOllOOO— 2 



Courtney lllOlll 11111101—13 Schilling 111111111111111—15 



Holt 11011 iiitjliOiiOl-lO Smoke OOllOOllOlOIOll— 8 



Marks Oiooniiooioni- 9 Parker OuillilOilliiO— 12 



Bramble.. ......lOlllOOOOlOiOll— 8 Carpenter llllllOlllOlOOl— 11 



Heikes lllllllinillll— 15 Hubb IIOIOOIOIOOOOOO— 5 



Dixon 010100101000101— 6 Granger llOOOUOlOlliil— lO 



Bock OOlOUOlllOlOOll— 7 Cotter 111111101111111—14 



Walton 110101110101110-10 Renwick lllllOUlllOni— 13 



Extra No. 1, 15 targets, entrance Si 50; Heikes 15, Walton 9, Erwin 

 6, Howes 13. Magoon 8, Holt 11. Schilling 14, Dixon 10, Courtney 12, 

 Parjjer 18, Cub M. 15, Cotter lO, Spicer jO, Bramble 8, O'Byrne 13, 



Bock 13, Butler 11, Young 14, Carpenter 9, HaUiday 13, 'Willard 10, 

 BambleS. Bock 13. 



Extra No. 2, 15 targets, entrance $1.50: Holt 13, Young 14, Burns 

 14. Magoon 9. Howes 14, Heikes 15, Schilling 12, Cotter 13, Erwin 6, 

 Walton 12, Parker 12, Courtney 14, Dixon 9, Spicer 12, Marantette 13, 

 Carpenter 12, Bock 8. 



Extra No. 3, same: Halliday 14. Walton 9, Erwin 10, Howes 11, 

 Heikes 12, Courtney 13, Magoon 13, O'Byrne 12. 



The Second Day. 



The second day was a "dandy," clear and bright and with no wind. 

 The League events of the day were the 85-bird race for the silver 

 trophy, which was neatly won by Wm. Bntler. of Detroit, who ground 

 up 24 with his little Lefever. The individual class championships 

 were hotly contested. John R. Parker won the expert medal. Joe 

 Marks of Dptroit won the amateur medal, surprising himself by break- 

 ing 25 straight. Ed Halliday, of Battle Creek, al«o broke 25 straight, 

 but as he was not entitled to shoot in the amateur class Mr Marks 

 won the race. Both Mr. Marks and Mr. Halliday shot Lefever gun.«, 

 as did Sam a Howes, who won the semi-expert championship. In con- 

 sequence Mr. A G Courtney's smile covered his face from view for 

 some time. Following are the scores: 



No 1, 10 targets: 



Smoke 1111011101— 8 Howes 0010100111— 5 



Schilling 1111111111—10 Hubb 0110010111— 6 



Holt 1111101111— 9 Marantette 1111111100— 8 



No. 2. 13 targets: 



Schilling 1101111110010— 9 Howes 0101111111111—11 



Holt 0111011111111—11 Hubbard 1010011100101— 7 



Marantette 1111011111111—12 Young 1110111111111—12 



Smoke 1111111111111—13 Halladay llOllllllllll— 12 



Carpenter 1111101111010—10 Spicer OlllllOOllUO— 9 



Cotter lllOJlllllOOl— 10 



No. 3, 13 targets: Experts. 



Smoke 1100101111110—9 



Semi-Experts. 



Marantette 0011111111111—11 Halladay 1111111111111—13 



Young 1111111111111-13 



Amateurs, 



Schilling 1111110101111—11 Courtney 1111111111110—12 



Cotter 1111001101111—10 Heikes 1111111111101—12 



Holt 1111011111101—11 Erwin 1001101101101 - 9 



Hubbard 1011010101101— 8 O'Byrne 0111111111111—12 



Carpenter 1111111111111—13 Magoon 1111111101110-11 



Howes 1110011111100— 9 



No. 4. open to members of the league only, winner of this race will 

 receive the beautiful silver trophy formerly known as expert clas.*! 

 championship Toph.v. the club will deduct only one cent each in thi« 

 rar-e, givin? the balance toward the purchase of a medal for the expert 

 cla.ss. individual championship: 



Schilling 1111111111110101010111101-20 



Marantette 0011011111111110111111011—20 



Magoon 1 01 001 01 1 01 OOOi 1 001 01 1 01 1—13 



Erwin , 1111011110000010010110101 14 



Carpenter 1 000 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 001 1 01 1—17 



Howes 11101 1 1100000001 11111 1111— 17 



Hubbard 001 00 w. 



Smoke 1111111010111110111100101—19 



Holt 1110110011110111111111111-21 



Dixon 1111101111100111011111111—21 



Parker 1010100111111111111110111 -20 



Renwick 0111111011111111011110111-91 



Willard OOllllOOOOOIom 1011 11110- 15 



Cotter 1101011010111110111100111-18 



Bock 001 10100010011 1 mioionooo— 10 



Halladay 0111111111011110100111110-19 



Marks 1111111101111111101010110-20 



Butler 1111111111011111111111111-24 



No. 5. 10 targets: 



Carpenter 1110100111—7 Smoke 1111111110—9 



Halladay 1111111110-9 Holt 1111111101-9 



Young 1110111001-7 Hubb ...0000000110—2 



Courtney 1110111011-8 Howes .• 110100I0I1-6 



Hpikes 1111011111-9 Dixon 1110110111-8 



O'Byrne 1011110111-8 Marantette ,.. .1110111110-8 



Erwin 1110110111-8 Walton 0011011111-7 



Magoon liniOIIOOl— 6 Parker 1110111110-8 



Dh Wol f 11 0000001 0—3 Cotter 101 1 1 lOOOl— 6 



Schilling 0001111111-7 



No. 6. 15 targets. Experts. 



Halladay 111011001101011—10 Smoke 111010100010100 - 7 



Heikes 111011111101110-12 Holt 111111110111010-12 



Semi-Exoerts. 



Marantette 111111110111111-14 Dixon 011000110111111-10 



Courtney 101111101111111-13 Erwin 101111110010000— 8 



0'B.\rne 111011011110101—11 Parker 111111110111111—14 



Amateurs. 



Carpenter 01111110O10O100- 8 Maeoon 101110011101111—11 



Younff 111111111011111—14 DeWolf 070000000001111- 5 



Schilling 111111011111110—13 Cotter 111111-'110I1110-13 



Walton 010111101001110- 9 Renwick 011110111111111—13 



Howes 111111101110011—12 Erwin llOlOllllOlOw. 



Butler 011111110101111—12 



No. 7. 25 singles, medal race, emblematic of individual handicap 

 championship. Experts: 



Schilling 1010110011111000011101111—16 



Parker 0011111111111011111111100—20 



Marantette 1111101010111111110101011—19 



Cotter 0110110100111110111101101—17 



Semi-Experts: 



Marantette 11111 00001 101 1 00001 1 01 1 1 1—15 



Holt 1011 1001100000111 101 11001-14 



Howes 11101 11111111100111111101—21 



Dixon 1111111111101011001101111—20 



Magoon 1101111001111101100111101—18 



Erwin 0101011110101111110001011—16 



Walton 1111111111011110111111111—28 



Carpenter. OOOOOOw. 



Holliday 1111111111111111111111111—25 



Young 0111111111111111111111011-23 



Courtney 1111011101011111111110111—21 



Heikes 1111011111111111011110111—33 



Butler , 0111111111011110111111111—82 



Barringer 0001111101010111000110010—13 



Marks 1111111111111111111111111—25 



No 8. 12 targets: Experts. 



F C Marantette. . . .101111111111— 11 Parker 111111011111—11 



Young 111111111111—12 



Semi-Experts. 



Renwick 111111111111—12 Schilling 111111110111—11 



Courtney ...111111111100-10 Cotter 110110111101— 9 



Amateurs. 



DeWolf 100111000010— 5 Marks 111111111111—12 



Smoke 111011100001^ 7 Halladay 011101111111-10 



Heikes 110111101111-10 Carpenter 100101011011— 7 



Dixon 111101111111—11 Butler lllIOlOlllll— 10 



L E Marantette.. ..101111001111— 9 O'Byrne 111011101100— 8 



Holt OlOllllUlll— 10 Willard 0011I1111011— 9 



Walton 011011011101- 8 Howes 111111101111—11 



Spicer 111011011111—10 



No. 9, 20 targets: 



Young 11111111101110111010—16 LMar'tette 01111000111011111110— 13 



CMar'tette.lllllHllinilllllll— <;0 Smoke . . . .lOllllOlllOnillllOO— 15 



Parker llllllllinunuilO— 19 DeWolf. .. .1111(X)00100010101IUO— 9 



Schilling... lllllllionoillioni— 17 Courtney,. OllllllllllllimiOl— 18 



Dixon 11111111111111111011—19 O'Byrne. . .11101111001111111110— 16 



Howes 11010001011101100111—13 Butler 11011111101111111101—17 



Heikes 11111111111111111111—20 Carpenter, 11110010111011011110—15 



Halladay . .11111111111111111110—19 Cotter 11111010111111110111—17 



Holt 01110111011111001100—13 AVillard. . . .10110001001111101111—13 



ECHOES. 



A meeting of the league was held in the Williams House parlors the 

 evening of the 25th inst. and the date for next shoot was decided 

 upon, the last week in April at Mason, Mich. The State shoot will be 

 held early in in the spring at Grand Rapids. 



No one ever heard of a shoot in Michigan that George Searles, of 

 Mason, was not in, but George met with a painful accident at Jackson 

 while wrestling with John Parker, breaking both bones of his leg, 

 and he has been laid up ever since. Every one missed him and the 

 league adopted resolutions of sympathy. He will hold the next meet- 

 ing at Mason and not a Michigan man will miss it. 



The traps and targets (bluerocks) worked without a hitch and 

 scarcely a bird was broken by the traps; electric pull was used. 



Rolla Heikes and C A. Young stayed over and took a day's fishing, 

 but the wind was wrong and ihey bad indifferent success, although 

 they enjoyed a pleasant day imder the care of Mr. '^eorge Marsh, 

 who knows just how to go fishing and furnish a pleasant thing even 

 if the fish don't bite. 



We trust that all the visitors will think well enough of Battle Creek 

 to come again. S. A. H. 



Where, oh where were all the crack foreign shooters last week? "We 

 mean the ones who were "steadily practicing" for a year or more to 

 get iQ trim to defeat our American cracks during the World's Fair 

 tournament Can it be possible that they were afraid to measure 

 Bti'ength with our shooters? 



Ferd. Van Dyke is a Winner. 



The ways of trap-shooters are beyond comprehension. Give them 

 a chance to shoot for a big pot on a small outlay and they may show 

 up in force, then again thev may not. Give them a chance to put out 

 a good-sized .«take for the privilege of winning a cheap trophy and the 

 above also holds grood. In fact, the majority of them are creatures 

 of impulse who shoot only when the spirit moves them. 



When it was announcpd that on Oct. 3 the Paterson Gun Club would 

 hold an all day tournament at WiUard'a Park, that the principal evpnt 

 would be at 25 live birds. $25 entry, with an addition of $50 cash for 

 tho high sTun, it was expected that not less than 25 entne.^ would be 

 made. The grounds are known to be second to none, while the club 

 captain, Thog. W. Morfey. is well-known as a lover of the sport and 

 one who will see that every man gets a fair showinsr on his grounds. 

 When the da.y came, however, the big sweep called out only 10 entries, 

 although these represented the creme de la creme of the shooting 

 strength of New Jersey. 



The day was an exceedingly favorable one for trap-shooting, the 

 sun shining clear and bright and there being just enough wind to 

 make the birds feel lively. The shoot was announced to begin at 9:80 

 A. M., and for once within the history of live bird tournament shoot- 

 ing the fun began within an hour of the appointed time. At that time 

 there were on the grounds T. W. Morfev. Henry AVolf. R, Ernest and 

 T. C. Wright, of Paterson; J, R. Richmond, of New York; E C. 

 George, the sporting boniface of Pompton: .John R^ggott, another 

 hotel keeper hailing from Rockaway, and J. W. Hoffman, of German 

 Valle.r. 



The opening event was a $1 miss and out, followed by a sweep of 10 

 birds, SIO entry, and this in turn hy one at 7 birds, »5 entry. By this 

 time the party had been strengthened by the arrival of Ferd. 'Van 

 Dvke. the expert shooting representative of VonLfngerke & Detmold; . 

 .Inhn Leonard, John Timmins and J. Frank Class, of Morristown. A 

 littl" later came Fred Class, of Pine Brook: R. H. Breintnall. of New- 

 ark; the well-known Col Lenone. of Passaic: Ed Collins, of Hoboken, 

 and last but not least, the great international live bird and target 

 champion Charles (better known as "Du^'chy") Smith, of Plainfleld. 

 Of spectators there were probably a couple of hun'lred on the grounds 

 during the day. about one-third of thpse hein'» half-grown boys who 

 proved to be a nuisance on account of their noise and unruly conduct. 

 Below are the scores of the first three contests: 



No 1, miss and out, $1 entrv: 



Wright 2221912 Morfey 221110 



Riggot 21'2121« Bovle 210 



Ernest 1211120 George 0 



Wolf 122110 Richmond 0 



Hoffman 211120 



No. 2. 10 live birds $5 entry, three moneys: 



Richmond 2l211022'n- 9 Hoffman 1111111111—10 



Morfey 10nil2l >1_ 9 Riggott 1121912112-10 



Wright 2222 1 2321 1 —1 0 Frn est 1 01 21 1 2«1 2— 8 



Wolf 2121211223-10 George •021100111— 6 



No. 3. 7 live birds, $5 entrv. three moneys: 



Morfey 2112111—7 Richmond 1211011—6 



Wolf 1121211—7 Hoffman 0112121-6 



Van Dyke 1111321—7 George 1221*12-6 



Class 1111211—7 Wright 20»1210— 4 



Timmons 1212112—7 



Then came the main event of the day. the big sweep at 25 live birds, 

 $25 entry. American Shnoting Association rules to govern. In this 

 contest the Paterson Gun Club j-ddnd $.50 to go to the high gun R. 

 Heber Brpintnall of the Newai-k Gun Cub wa" chospn rpf^-ree and C. 

 H. Townsend. trap editor of Fore.«t and Stream, was official scorer. 

 A new departure was made in this contpst to prevent shooters from 

 choosing their own positions on the score, each man's name being 

 placed on a card, all thp cards being placed in a hat and drawn out 

 separatelv. the position of the shooter being determined by the order 

 in which his name appeared. The birds used in tliis contest were a 

 curiously mixed lot. Home being as good as the best, others good to 

 fair and still others veritable "duffprs," just the class of birds, in fact, 

 to fool thp most expert shooter by their variations in speed. E. C. 

 George had decidedly the hardest lot of birds of any man in thp con- 

 test, in fact be had only five birds out of his twenty-five that could lie 

 called at all ea.sy Of his nine lost birds five fell dead out of bounds, 

 two of them failing Ipss than a yard over the line. For the others the 

 luck of thp birds was more even. 



J H. Richmond was in decidedly bad form, seeming to be unable to 

 properly get on to his birds. 



After the first few rounds 'he old veteran, John Riggott, pulled him- 

 self togpther and shot in his old form. 



Frank Class is as livply as pver in the use of his second barrel, and 

 he manages to put it alwut right. 



J. W. Hoffman had all the luck of the birds, not over half a dozen 

 hard ones falling to his lot. 



Henry Wolf will "get there" after he becomes more proficient in the 

 use of his second. 



E. C. George should certainly do some experimenting with ammuni- 

 tion. To lose 5 birds out of 9 dead out of bounds does not speak well 

 for a load. 



T. W. Morfey is sure to smile whether his bird goes to grass or over 

 the fencp. 



T C Wright wants to Icnow by what right his eighth bird fell dead 

 on the shed. 



Ferd. Van Dyke and his Francotte were in good form, and the qual- 

 ity of the birds made little difference to them. 



"Dutchy" Smith says he tried to kill his twenty-flfth bird. Oh, yes, 

 Charley, we know you did (?) 



First money, including that added by thpi club, was $143 75. second 

 money $,56 35, and third money 837.50. Such a pot with a $35 entry 

 fpe should draw not less than a quarter of a hundred shooters. Per- 

 haps the next attempt will be more snccessful than the last. 



The detailed scores of the big contest follow: 



Trap score type— Copyright 's»3, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



Morfey (E. C.) 1 122112211011322.2212001 1—21 



Richmond >"<— .1. t W*-\/*-^\/'^7^\ \/"/'< — 

 (Walsrode) 0 0121220222»022022012222 0—17 



Riggott (Schultze).2 2100101 12 2 2223023121111 3-23 



^4,e't/"T^'^T T*-^ \<-<-i-»<-Ni h<- 



Wright (E. C.) 1 212220«001203a221211121 2—21 



George (E, C.) • •10001101321»«12«211112 1—16 



Hoffman CE. C). ...1 12121122222102230211211 2—23 



Class (Schultze). ...2 2012212222.222231211212 2-23 



/•/t MH/'H/^\\^-^y^'S'< — >->->i/^H\>^T 

 Wolf (E. C.) 2 22230111 0 20020111122102 1—19 



VanDykeCSchultze)l 11111121211222221011111 2—24 

 Smith -^1^^-^t^'[w^/^\^^-^\■ly!'^^</^\l^'\i-^ 

 (Am. Wood— E. 0.2 221222221121 2 2221011211 0—23 

 The winding up shoot was at 10 live birds, $7.50 entry: 



Ties. Ties. 



Abbott 2101221201— 8 0 CHass 2322121220— 9 



Vermorel 2013033231— 8 310 Morfey 1112111111—10 2 



Money 1011131213— 9 Hoffman 1131111111—10 1 



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C. H, Townsend. 



"Virginia Field Sports Association. 



Richmond, Oct, 5.— The eighth annual meeting of this Association 

 will be hWd in the olfice of the Southern Planter and Farmer, in 

 Wilkinson's Hall, at 10 o'clock on the morning oE October 12 



The association shoot for prizes will take place at 12 o'clock on the 

 same day. at the fair grounds. 



I trust that this meeting will be well attended, as an effort will be 

 made this winter to make some net-ded changes in the game laws of 

 the State, and we would like to have the benefit of advice from 

 members representing every section of the commonwealth. Charles 

 P. Siokes, Secretary. Polk Miller, President. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Anonymous communications are not replied to by newspapers now- 



C. S. W., Highland Mills, N. Y.— Is there any law to prevent captur- 

 ing gray squirrels for pets, not to sell? Ans The New York law for- 

 bids taking in any wav. gray squirrels between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1, 

 There is no law forbidding the capture of squirrels for pets in the 

 opeu season. 



The FORBST AND STREAM is ijv.t to press each week on Tues- 

 day. Correspondence intended for publication should reach 

 MS at the latest by Monday, and as much earlier as practicable 



