Dbo. 30, 1898.] 



FORK ST AND STREAM. 



877 



Frank Mason, an old-time attachS of Forest and Stream and now- 

 connected with the Mayflower, was at Erb's on the day of the Class- 

 Elliott match, looking in fine health. Mr. Mason is immensely popular 

 among trap-anooters and received a hearty welcome on all sides. He 

 was in company with "Tee Kay" Keller, "Dutchy" Smith and "Wild 

 Jay Eye" Beebe, and the quartette had a great time. 



To the Clubs Composing the New York State Sportsman^s Associa- 

 tion — Gkeeting: We return to you our best wishes for a Happy and 

 Prosperous New Year, and our smcere thanks for your great kindness 

 in adopting our King Bird Target for seven years, and trust to meet 

 you all next June in the city of U. T. K. Yours with respect, 

 Crtjttbnden & Card. — Adv. 



The Manufacturers' Trap-Shooting Association will, undoubtedly, 

 retain John Parkei' as their manager during the coming year and 

 Elmer Shaner will be found looking after the interests of the Inter- 

 state Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. They will be the right 

 men in the right places. 



Shotgun matters have been very quiet on Long Island the past 

 week, several club events went by default for lack of members to 

 make up a shoot. The approaching holidays and the hard times that 

 have been with us for some months are responsible for this unsatis- 

 factory condition. 



Copake, N. Y., has a rod and gun club. The organization consists 

 of thirteen members. The ofidcers are as follows: C. H.Biu-ch, Presi- 

 dent; F. Sherman, Vice-President; F. C. Rain, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer. They contemplate having a shooting match every Thursday 

 afternoon. 



Louis Jliller informs us that Armin Tenner, the gun and powder ex- 

 pert, whose interesting articles have of late added much to the knowl- 

 edge of our American shotgun shooters, has decided to locate in 

 Brooklyn, and will fit up his proving house upon the Dexter Park 

 grounds. 



The usual New Year's bay shoot at live birds will be held on John 

 Erb's grounds in Newarlc, and as this will be a "day out" for all sports- 

 men, a good attendance is looljed for. An extra strong lot of birds 

 will be at hand, and good sport is assured. 



John A. Hartner expects a big turnout of target shooters at his 



grounds, Orangerille, Baltimore county, Maryland, on New Year's 

 lay. These holiday shoots of Mr. Hartner's are esrablished fixtures 

 and are invariably well attended. 



The third and final match between teams from the Auburn Gun 

 Club, Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club and the Rochester Rod and 

 Gun Club will take place on the grounds of the last-named club at 

 Rochester early in January. 



James Dodds and R. Daniels, of the Greenville (N. J.) Rifle Club, had 

 a successful three-days' hunt last week in the northern part of New 

 Jersey; they report partridges and rabbits as being qnite plentiful in 

 the locality visited. 



Make an early decision as to the dates for your ]894 tournament, 

 send them to us for insertion in our list of fixtures, and thus avoid 

 conflicting with other clubs. 



The programme of the 1891 shoot of the Chamberhn Cartridge and 

 Target Company will be out in about a fortnight, and will be an 

 artistic piece of work. 



J. A. R. Elliott will probably remain in the East until spring and in 

 the meantime will doubtless "be willing to try his hand against all 

 comers. 



' The "consideration" for the New Jersey vs. Kings County shoot are 

 SIO per man, losmg team to pay for the birds. 



The Raritan CN. J.) Gun Club has put in an outfit of electric traps. 



Wesleyan and Trinity Colleges have each organized a gun club. 



Don't forget to send in the result of your club elections. 



C. H. TOWNSEND 



Elliott's Great Trap Work. 



HE ESTABLISHES A RKOOED. 



It was a great day for a shoot; a great day for the birds, which had 

 all tbe conditions in their favor; a great day for John Erb, as it 

 attracted the biggest crowd seen on his grounds for years; a great 

 day for J. A. R. Elliott, who placed to his credit the best record ever 

 made in a 200-bird match on winter birds; a great day for Prank P. 

 Class, as it clearly proved to him that on good birds he was out^ 

 "classed" by his Kansas City opponent. The day referred to was 

 Thursday, Dec. 21; place, John Erb's famous "Old Stone House" 



f rounds, on Bloomfleld avenue, Newarlt, N. J.; attraction, match at 

 X) live birds each, for S300 a side; principals. Frank P. Class, of Mor- 

 ristown, N. J., and J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo. 



This match, which was the outcome of the five 100-bird contests 

 between these two experts, was arranged at, Paterson on Dec. 8, when 

 Elliott killed 98 to Class's 91 birds, thus winning three out of the five 

 contests. It was stipulated that the match should begin at 10 o'clock 

 A. M., but it was an hour and a half later before the first shot was 

 fired. John Riggott, of Rockaway, N. J., had been named as referee 

 and stakeholder, and when the match was arranged a forfeit of $50 

 was placed in the hands of T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, who was in 

 turn to pass it to Mr. Riggott. Mr. Morfey, however, depended upon 

 somebody else notifying Mr. Riggott of his appointment as referee 

 and stakeholder, and the result is that Mr. Riggott received no notice 

 at all. The start of the match was put off from time to time in the 

 hope that Mr. Riggott would apper, but at 11:30 o'clock the hope was 

 abandoned. 



The day was an ideal one for the season; the wind coming down 

 strong and cold from the direction of the Orange Mountains, its force 

 being sufficient to make a fair bird good and a good one better, while 

 the clear, bright sun threw just sufficient heat to temper the keen 

 edge of the wind and make it possible, with the aid of great coats, to 

 stand about out of doors without shivering. The attendance was 

 much heavier than durmg any of the previous matches shot between 

 these men, there being close to 300 people on the grounds. 



Prominent among the spectators were noticed Elmer E. Shaner of 

 Pittsburgh, manager of the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' 

 Association, who came East to attend the Association meeting held 

 in New York on Dec. 19.; Paul North of Cleveland. O., full of busi- 

 ness connected with the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Co.'s 

 business; Jas. I. Beebe, better known, perhaps, as "Wild jay Eye 

 See," who came up from Trenton "just tc see the boys and shake 

 off a little dust;" Charles W. Tuttle, captain, prime hustler and lead- 

 ing shot of the Auburn (N. Y.; Gun Club, down East on business 

 and pleasure combined ; I'rank E. Butler, manager for Miss Annie 

 Oakley; W. Fred Quimby of New York; M. F. Lindsley of West 

 Hoboken, full of the merits of American wood powder; Eddie Col- 

 lins, another one from West Hoboken; Frank Mason of Brooklyn 

 formerly business manager of Forest and Stream and now con- 

 nected with 2"/ie Mayflower; "Tee Kay" Keller of the United States 

 Cartridge Co. and his side partner, the great "Dutchy" Smith; Neaf 

 Apgar, who looks after the cartridge-loading and shooting interests 

 of Henry C. Squires & Son; George Raynor of Orange, who has lust 

 returned from England, bringing along with him an attack of rheu- 

 matism; Howland Gasper, the newly Hedged author, who is pleased 

 at the success accorded "The Complete Sportsman," his initial lit- 

 erary ventm-e; Hugh Leddy of Montclair, a prominent member of 

 the Essex and Emerald Gun clubs; Dr. P. J. Zeglio of Warren ville 

 N. J., who has, since jolniag the Newark Gun Club,, developed into 

 one of the best shots in the State; Al. Heritage, the well known 

 "Old South Paw" of Jersey City, on whose Marion grounds the Nhw 

 Jersey vs. Kings 'County shoot will take place on Jan. 9- Robert 

 Boyle of Willard's Park, Paterson; T. W. Morfey of the Paterson 

 Gun Club; John Leonard, Fred Class, .John R. and Frank Piper of 

 Morristown; "Uncle Jack" Harrison cf Dover; Wm. H. Green and 

 Fletcher Walters of Harrison; Jolxn Cockefair of Bloomfleld; E D 

 Fulford of LTtica, the famous shot who did such great work in his 

 series against Brewer and Elliott and against the amateurs of the 

 Larchmont Yacht Club; J. W. Hoffman of German Valley, N. j' 

 who is anxious to arrange another match with Newark's one-armed 

 expert: Wm. Courier, the popular host of the American Hou.se 

 Bloomfleld, and Frank Frye, a well known detective from Jersey 

 Oity. Newark was represented by C. M. Hedden, Samuel Castle R 

 H. Breintnall, Jas. E. Wiieaton, G. L. Freche. L. E. Meeker G O 

 QeofCroy, Fred. Canon, Wm. Erb, R. S. Cromelin, Abe Wheaton and 

 Alfred Whatton. 



When it was found that Mr. Riggott was not likely to appear the 

 principals requested "Uncle Jake" Pentz to act in his stead and after 

 considerable urgmg he reluctantly consulted to act. C. H. Towuaend 

 trap editor of Forest and Stream and Major J. M. Tavlor kept the 

 oflScia! score while W, H. Green looked after the throwing of the die 

 and puUing of the traps. Class won the toss and at ll:on went to^ the 

 score and shot at his flrst bird a flipper, from No. 4 trap whicla went 

 to grass when the flrst barrel was fired. Elhott followed with a 

 double on an incomer from the same trap and also scored. Thus the 

 big match started and it had not progressed far when the observers 

 arrived at the conclusion that EUiott was in the better form center- 

 ing his bu'ds in flne style and kUhng them clean, Class was by no 

 means in poor form, but was simply a litUe inferior to his opponent 

 The ih'st miss was by Class on- the fifth rouud when he got a twisting 

 right-quartering driver from No. :j trap, not an e.\Ltra fast bird hut 

 one of the kind that delights in dodging shot. This went over the 

 fence, as did his eighth, a twisting towerer. Elhott's only loss on this 

 round was his :4ih bird which was just fast enough to pass both 

 charges. Class's 3d was a fast driver and neatly killed; his 10th failed 



to fly, was called and another bird allowed, flew like a streak, but 

 came down to a pretty flrst; 13th, very fast and a good second; 14th, 

 another screamer calling for a long second; 16th, best of the round, 

 awfully fast and needed the good second used. Elliott got a hummer 

 on his 3d, round, another on his 7th which necessitated a good second; 

 9th, an ugly twister and good flrst barrel kUl; his 13th was expected 

 to go out, but fell a yard inside the fence; 14th, a fairly fast one, but 

 should have been killed; 17th, a fast towering driver killed with a 

 neat first; .53d, a towering driver to the left, caught the first full, 

 twisted on second but came down in good shape for pot. This ended 

 the first round with a total of 24 kills for Elliott to 33 for Class. 



ON the second ROtWD 



Class set the pace by making a clean miss of a fast driver to the right, 

 lost likewise on the third round; killed 17 straight and lost the next 

 two, both incomers to the right. Elliott allowed his second, an or- 

 dinary paced tailer, to get away. Elliott's tenth was a fast one and 

 well killed, as was his twelfth a fast one and tricky; his seventeenth a 

 circler and fast, twenty-first and twenty-second both fast ones. Class 

 put in a pretty second on his fourth; his tenth and twelfth were both 

 twisters that required skiUful shots; his eighteenth and twenty-fourth 

 were very fast.^On the close of this round the scoi-e stood 48 for Elliott 

 to 44 for Class and there was no betting. 



The birds had been several yards better than in any of the previous 

 matches, but this seemed to be no handicap for Elliott, who retained 

 the good form shown at the start. Class was plodding along, shootiuj 

 what was conceded to be a losing race. And yet he was kilhng enougl 

 birds to win a match against an ordinary shot. 



DURING THE SECOND ROUND 



Class braced up to fine form and ran straight. On his third bird, a 

 lightning flyer he put in a beautiful second at long range; fourth a 

 good kill of a circler; sLsi h, killed on ground and allowed another 

 bird, which was a fast one; twelfth was another mean circler; seven- 

 teenth, very fast; twenty-first, fast and tricky and a good second. El- 

 hott's third was a hot one, killed in great shape; eighth, fast driver to 

 the right, which got the full benefit of both barrels, flew^about 40yds. 

 and fell seemingly dead. Just as the dog reached it, however, it arose 

 as if unhurt and took flight across the fields and far away; fourteenth 

 good first on fast bird; seventeeth, twister, brought to grass with a 

 quick flrst; sixty-ninth, awfully fast incomer to right, dodged first, 

 but was brought down with flne second. At the end of this round 

 EUiott's total was 73 and Class's 69. 



THE FOURTH ROUND 



was opened by Class with a miss of a driver to the right. He made a 

 flne kill of a very fast bird on his eleventh round, using a good second 

 at long range, the bird towering. His sixteenth was another good 

 one, twenty-second, ditto; seventy-eighth a fast driver to the left and 

 missed clean with both barrels. Elliott caught a tartar on his third, a 

 very fast driver, which got a portion of the flrst charge, but was 

 missed clean and clear with the second: he killed a hot twister with a 

 quick first on the twelfth round; thirteenth, another fast one, which 

 got the second in good season and died; nineteenth, a hot incomer, 

 killed with quick flrst; twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fifth, 

 all hot ones and good shots. This ended the first 100 with a tx)tal of 96 

 kills for Elliott and 92 for Class, and at this an intermission of 15 min- 

 was decided upon. The time for the first 100 was Ih. 40m. 



THE START ON THE FIFTH ROUND 



was made promptly at 1:25, Class starting in by losing a hard-hit 

 driver to the left, fairly fast, which would have been scored dead out 

 of bounds had it not been riddled by the army of outside bushwackers 

 as soon as it crossed the boundary. His fourth was agood bird; sixth, 

 an elegant flrst barrel kill of an ugly zig-zagging lef t-quarterer ; 

 seventh, towered out of first, but caught the center of the second; 

 eleventh was awfully hard hit with both barrels and went to grass, 

 but like a flash it rebounded and went off to be a target for the bush- 

 wackers; fourteenth, another of the sort that fail to make up their 

 minds which way to go, but could not get away from the second 

 barrel; seventeenth, fast towering incomer to right, needed second 

 and got it full, a good kill; nineteenth, a fast one; twentieth, a tow- 

 erer, got center of second; twenty-fourth, one of the fast birds of the 

 day and stopped with elegant se.cond Elliott's third was a terribly 

 fast zig-zagging driver to the right, which failed to stop after getting 

 the flrst, got the second full and fell near the fence; fifth, a fast one; 

 seventh, towering right quarterer, good second; ninth, fast and tough 

 right-quarterer, got both barrels, flew to boundary, came down and 

 hit the fence above top rail, falling dead inside, but scored dead out 

 of bounds in accordance with a previous agreement that any bird 

 bitting the fence on or above the top rail should be a lost bird." This 

 was a condition that was nonsensical but still had to be observed. His 

 thirteenth was another of the same kind, and lost for the same reason ; 

 nineteenth, a splendid second barrel kill of a very fast zig-zagger, 

 caught at long range; twenty-second, good kill of fast bird; twenty- 

 flfth, another twister and finely killed. At this stage the game stood 

 119 kills for Elliott against 115 for Class. 



THE SIXTH ROUND 



was begun with a clever kill by Class of a fast incomer to the left. 

 His third was shot on the ground and another bird allowed; fifth, n 

 fast twisting driver to the right, ftit which he should have killed had 

 he used better judgment in use of second, instead of putting it in in 

 slap-bang fashion, the charge being away under the bird; seventh, an 

 elegant second on an ugly twister and at long range; forty-second, 

 fast enough for any one to miss; fifteenth, extra quick in leaving trap 

 but not fast enough to get away from first load; sixteenth, twister 

 and very fast, long second: eighteenth, a hummer; twenty-third, a 

 fau-ly fast bird, caught both loads behind and went away. Elliott's 

 second was a vicious zig-zagging driver to the left, got out of flrst, 

 caught second and carried it to within 2yds. of boundary; eighth, fast 

 bird; thirteenth, long second on tough twister; fourteenth, a cripple, 

 could not fly, called and another bird allowed; eighteenth, required 

 long second to stop it; twenty-flfth, very fast and good second. Score: 

 EUiott 144, Class 137, The end of this round gave EUiott a straight run 

 of thhty-seven kills, and neither man showed any signs of tiring, 

 although both were under a strain. Betting had ceased long before, 

 and the only thing to interest the spectators was the chance of EUiott 

 killing out straight. 



THE SEVENTH ROUND 



was a flne exhibition by both men. Class caught a hot one on his 2d 

 round and another on the 5th, but in each case his second barrel did 

 its work; his (ith was a daisy cutter of a driver, which was hit with 

 first but overshot with the second, getting away; 9th, fast driver to 

 right, stopped with good second; 10th, fast and a bad twister, well 

 stopped, quick first; 12th, fast bird, well hit with both barrels, but hit 

 the fence above the rail and scored lost; 17th, a rattling fast one, 

 caught with long second; 21st, fast, tricky and a good lead carrier, but 

 could not get two charges of shot to the boundary ; 23d, very fast and 

 towering enough to get over first, but had to stop at command of the 

 second. Elliott's 3d was a hummer; 6th, very fast and got BOyds. be- 

 fore second stopped it; 10th, a twister and one" likely to fool any one, 

 but came dowTi to a weO directed second; 14th and 13th, very fast; 

 18th, a really double-star bird, circled to the right, then straightened 

 and fell on the arrival of a charge from second, long shot; 21st, another 

 of the twisting order, very fast and kept low, first barrel was enough 

 to stop it; 24th, fast and badly needed second. Score at end of this 

 round, Elliott 169, Class 160. A run for EUiott of 02 consecutive kills. 



ON THE EIGHTH ROUND 



Class caught a fast and ugly twister on his 5th, hit it hard with both 

 charges, but lost it by having it strike boundary fence above the top 

 rail; 7th, fast driver and long second; 41th, another long second on a 

 fast bird; 16th, ditto; 17th, same; 21st, quick first on a fast starter; 

 22d, got out of first, but came down to second; 23d, a fast driver to 

 the right, which got ahead of both loads; 25th, fast, to right, got first, 

 but passed second. Elliott got a screamer on his 4th, but got it down 

 on the flrst shot; 6th, long shot on fast bird, which got ahead of flrst; 

 ISth and 14th, both mean twisters and w ell kiUed ; 16th, a hummer and 

 another flne flrst; 19th, a circler to the right, which was hit with first, 

 but turned out of second and escaped. This broke his run, which was 

 80 straight to this point, a wonderful showing on these birds. 



The end of this round was the end of the match, and EUiott was 

 declared the winner by a score of 193 to Class's 182. Although beaten 

 Class had nothing to be ashamed of, his average of 91 being above the 

 ordinary on the kind of birds shot at. During the last half the birds 

 were a trifle better than in the first half. There was no change in the 

 weather during the day, the wind blowing a steady pace from start to 

 finish. The handling of the bu-ds was carefully attended to. while 

 Lem and Duke, Mr. Erb's famous black retrievers, did their work in 

 fine form. These dogs are world-renowned, and their sagacious mnn- 

 ner when endeavormg to retrieve a doubtful bird is always interesting 

 to spectators. 



The match was one of the quickest ever shot off in this country, the 

 actual shooting time being 3h. 22m. The time by rounds (25 birds each 

 for each manj was as follows: 23m., 27m,, 25m., 25m.'. 23m., 24m., 

 24m. and 31m. It is doubtful if this time has ever been equalled, and 

 there is not much chance that it could be on any other ground. 



Elliott's grand total of 193 kUls out of a possible 200 is another 

 record that is hkely to stand for some time to come on this class of 

 birds. And had it not been for the foolish proviso anent birds hitting 

 the fence his score would have been two better, as would have been 

 Class's. The expressed opinion of some of the ncited sportsmen pres- 

 ent was that on good birds Elliott was considerably the better shot. 

 On an extra good bird he is much more careful than Class, who is 

 given to using his second altogether too quick to be effective. There 

 are a few men in the pigeon-shooting ranks who can use a very rapid 

 second, but Mr. Class is not one of them. It must not be thought that 

 we are tiTing to disparags lUr. Class as a skillful shot and aa exoeed< 



ingly hard man to beat on any kind of birds, under any rules. We 

 believe that he has always been under-rated, and this belief has been 

 substantiated by his work in the six matches with EUiott, during 

 which he shot 725 birds and averaged 93.103 per cent. 



Class used his second barrel 82 times to kill. His best runs were 18, 

 17, 17, 17, 28 and 21. 



Elliott's second barrel was used 99 times to kiU. Best runs, 13, 30, 19. 

 30 and 80. 



Below will be found the detailed scores, shown as only the greatest 

 journal on earth can show them: 



Trap score type— Copyright by Forest and Stream PuMishing Co. 

 4345351345454243455533543 



Class 1 21101101212221211121211 1—23 



85483344323341325312523 53 

 0202212122 2 1121112110012 1—21 

 18 554 3 3113233522551234432 

 \ J" <- T -> 1^ \ \H \ 4- i/^'i \ \ N t 

 2122121111212 2 21111S2 2 2 2 1—25^ 



2545323 5 31221121224355513 

 0122221 2 1 111212212112103 2—23. 



33213 12244 3334335 3 1434411 



<^ t < — >-> w^«-< t N <-< — >< — 



021221211201221221222112 2—23 



31325314 3 22 11353138344331 



212102212110111211111101 1-22 



45322333 3 412331433 4 3 5142 8 



V 2 "^"2 "2 T2 W 'TTl^'^'TTl 2^ 1^^—23 



3 5 414 8 33231312 3 5522123534 

 ->^i/<-.s" \ \ ->« — — >-> ^ 4, \ t 

 1112 . 2 1 211211112 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0—22—182 



4453455223338 3 3 4344444542 



ElUott 2 12122222231201212111122 2-24 



5434 3 443425314325253232 3 2 



20112112222211 2 201 111122 2—24 



3353531231442 

 1 2 2 3 2"2^'^~1^ 1 2^1 i 2 Tl 2 2 1 2'2 



15224154231 



1 2-24 



31344133222 3 5132235421453 

 220221222211211111113212 1—24 

 243223433423418343532358 3 



't^/^Txx 2 2"t'^ll'2"l'2^'2^^'2'2^*2~12'2-23 

 3343322342 2 3 54322 3 2313352 

 221221111122211212111112 2—25 

 3541332211521224444233244 



"l"! l*2'l'2'l"3^'2^^'2^ 'l"2'2'l 2 ^"2^3^-25 



545238383 313342211133 3353 



221112111111121112011221 1—24—193 



After the big match the following sweepstake was shot, 7 live birds 

 per man, ^5 entry, 3 moneys: 



Beebe 0112121—6 Fulford 2122111—7 



Cullen 2200101—4 Lindsley 2122020—5 



Castle 1111110—6 P J 1111111—7 



Smith ... 0112122—6 Cromelin 2021000—3 



Hedden 2210121—6 Morfey 2211211—7 



HoUis 1101010—4 Griff en 0200102—3 



C. H. TOWNSKND. 



Midway Gun Club. 



Mattawan, N. J., Dec. 20.— The regular shoot of the Midway Gun 

 Club was held here to-day. Before the shoot the annual yearly meet- 

 ing was held and the yearly prizes were awarded as follows: .James 

 Vanbrakle flrst prize, having won the gold badge the most number of 

 times during the year, $50. The second best score, .John lerhune, S35. 

 The following board of directors was elected for the year who elect 

 their president: James Vanbrakle, John Terhune, P. Applegate, Chas. 

 Muirhead and David Heyer. 



No. 1, 5 live birds, entrance, classified, two moneys, $9 to flrst, 87 

 to second: 



J Terhune .10111—4 H Holznazle 11111—5 



J Vanbrakle 11110-4 F WorreU 11111—5 



H White ; . .11011-4 W Kel«ey , 01110—3 



A Ivans 11111—5 H Davis 11111—5 



First divided, second on shoot-off Vanbrakle and H. White divided. 



No. 2, same conditions, |6 and $4 : 



H Davis 11111-5 W Kelsey 10111—4 



A Ivans 11111—5 P WorreU 01111—4 



H White 11111-5 



Miss and out, fl entrance: H. White 6, A. Ivans 5, Worrel 1, Davis 

 Vanbrakle 4, Kelsey 5, Laird 1, Hesse 1 ; SS divided between White and 

 Ivans. 



Among the large number of visitors I noticed the following oldtime 

 shooters: Hank White, Albert Ivans, Leander Campbell, who shoots a 

 find, handle and trap match next Saturday at Perth Amboy with Wm. 

 Hartman for SJlOO, and Oscar Hesse, all of Red Bank; James Laird and 

 Harry Davis, of Freehold; Wm. Kelsey, of Chadwicks, of clay-pigeon 

 and glass ball fame, also the best ducking"groundsin the State of New 

 Jersey in Barnegat Bay. The birds were a good lot, going with the 

 wind, which was blowing across the traps. The birds at these grounds 

 are always retrieved by P. Worrell's English setter Ned, pronounced 

 one of the best retrievers in the State. 



Colt Hammerless Gun Club. 



Habtpokd, CJonn., Dec. 16.— At the shoot of the Colt Hammerless 

 Gun Club the rain fell in torrents and only Ave members appeared. 

 The medal was won by M. F. Cook. Since the Yale and Harvard gun 

 clubs shot their match on our grounds the Wesleyan College, of Mid- 

 dletown, Conn., has formed a gun club and intends to prepare a team 

 for competition with other colleges. Also a number of Trinity boys, 

 from Trinity College, of Hartford, are intending to join om- club and 

 see if they can get a team good enough; they have several flne shots 



CC WiUiamson lliOinilOllOlOOUOOOlllO— 16- 



J Melrose 1101111101111111111111111—33. 



M F Cook ll]]]]lin21llinillll011-24 



M White 0111111001111110111111111—21. 



A E Pitkin 0111011011110010101010101—15, 



Falcon Gun Club.' 



The monthly shoot of the Falcons at Dexter Park, on Deo 81, 

 brought together 6 members in the club event. The club event was 

 foUowed by a team shoot three men a side, at 5 birds. This club is 

 one of the few who still cling to the old style sport of gun below the 

 elbow, and the second barrel to count J/o bircl. The scores are ap- 

 pended: 



Herrmann.l 0 10 1110^ 0-,5i-^ JMoller....l 111110101-8 

 Van Stadenl 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0-4 C M Meyer. OJ^i^J,^ 1 1 OJ^ 0 0—4 

 J Bohling. .1 0 1 i;,^ 1 0 11^ 0—6 J N Meyer. 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 o-5 



Judges, H. Van Staden and J. Bohling. Referee, J MoUer. 



Sweeps in teams, low team pay for birds: 



J N Herrman..O 1 0 1 1—3 J Bohling J^O 1 0 0— IM 



J Moller 1 1 1 0 0—8 C M Meyer 0 10 1 0—2 



John N Meyer. 1J« 1 1 l—4}4-10]4 H Van Staden. .0 0 0 0 1—1 — 414 



A Begging Letter. 



NuTLEY, N. J., Dec. Z4.— Editor Forest and Stream: As I have 

 just moved into my new house here ('about ten mUes from New York 

 cityj I beg of aU friends and sportsmen not to pass by without stop- 

 ping. They wUl flnd the latch string on the outside. No matter if 

 they shoot a $30 or a S300 gun their welcome wiU be just the same. 

 In this house I intend having one room to be known as the sports- 

 men's room. For it I want a coUection of mounted birds, animal heads, 

 skins or anything suitable for such a room. I ara going to beg of 

 the sportsmen to contribute to this collection, which I will prize more 

 highly if their own shooting. The giver's name will be put on each 

 specimen. Trusting I am not asking too much, and that you wiU pull 

 the latch string when coming this way, I am, very truly, 



Oakley House, Nutley, N. J. Aniok Oakust, 



Wells Fargo Express. 



