Feb 10, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



131 



Hillside Wins Two Matches. i 



Philadelphia, Jan. 27.— To-day saw two matches shot to a finish on 

 the grounds of the Hillside Gun Club, at Chestnut Hill. The grounds 

 of the club are about a mile from Wyndmoore station on the Chest- 

 nut Hill branch of the Philadelphia & Reading R. R. and about the 

 same distance from Chestnut Hill, which is a suburb of Philadelphia 

 eight miles from the center of the city, and are very pleasantly 

 located on the farm of M. Bisbing, next to the celebrated Overbrook 

 farm, where some of the finest foxhounds in this country are kept. 



This club will hold an all-day tournament on Feb. 22, the big event 

 of the day being a 50-target race, $5 entrance, open to all; for pro- 

 grammes address Wm. Lysinger, Hartwell avenue, Chestnut Hill, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



The first match to-day was started at 2 o'clock, Hillside vs. Penn 

 Gun Club, of Norristown, this being the second of the series of 

 three, and it is the second win for the Hillsides, both by verv slim 

 margins— this match with only three targets to spare out of 375 shot 

 at by each club, or 25 per man, fifteen men each club. It was very 

 exciting all the way through, first one club being on top and then the 

 other, and when the result was announced the Penn Club men sent 

 up three hearty cheers for the Hillside Club, and the will with which 

 Ibey were given shows what good feeling exists between the two 

 clubs. The next match will be shot on tile Penn Gun Club grounds, 

 at Norristown. 



While this match was in progress the Ashburne Club arrived in a 

 large sleigh, and as soon as possible the match Hillside vs. Ashburne 

 was started. The Ashburne Club is one of the youngest clubs 

 around Philadelphia, their grounds being located on the North Penn- 

 sylvania R. R. just outside of the city iimits near the old Jay Cooke 

 mansion (Ogontz), wbich is now a young ladies' seminary. 



A little nervousness and a bad light, will account for the poor show- 

 ing made by this club, as from shooting at other times noticed by 

 your correspondent he knows that they are capable of putting together 

 a great deal better score than they did to-day, and as soon as they 

 get a little more experience at match shooting will give some of our 

 Best clubs a good race They are a first class genial lot of gentlemen 

 and any one that will pay them a visit on their grounds will receive a 

 hearty welcome. 



After this match one sweep at 5 targets, 50 cents entrance, was 

 •shot, but it was so dark that you could hardly see the targets and 

 this ended the day's sport. 



Penn Gun Club. 



Or Keeper .. . . .0010001011111011101111101—16 



FUross 1101111011100001110110011— 16 



JOa*sell 1011111011111111111111011-22 



H J Taney lOOOOOlO] 1110010110100001-10 



JR Yost". 1111111111101011111111101—22 



J Kohl 1111011000111110100011101—16 



R Sheetz 0110101101000010110111011— 14 



J Righter 10001 1 01 000 1 111! 001011100—13 



P Yost 1110111101111111011111110—21 



MHaas 1011010011011111000001010-13 



B F Place 001 10011 1 1001 1 1 00 1 01 1 1011— 15 



& Krieble . .01011101110100111 01000111—15 



C Ritter 1101111011110100100000111—15 



S Brieble 1110011 1 111 101 1 101 1101 111 — 20 



MMack 1110011101111111011111111-21—249 



Hillside Guu Club. 



A Reinard .0110111011100010011101100—14 



J Unruh 1000110000111000011000001—10 



D Yeakel 0110011111011111110110101—18 



JFertch 0011111111110111011111110-20 



R Bisbing 1111110001101 0000001 1 1011—14 



LNewton 1011011111111001111011110—19 



W Lvsing*! , J ) J 01 J i."' 1 1 i !'.'': ! '■}' O:.: 0 l— ::: 



HThurman 1111111111111111011111111—24 



A Cair 1111110110011111111110111—21 



M Bisbing lllillOOOOlOOOllOOlOlOlll 14 



J Peterman 1110011000110101111011110—16 



T S Carlisle 1111111111111001111101111—22 



C Johnson 0111100000010001011101101— 12 



WAiman 0111110111111011010111110-19 



A Unruh 1000111011000101001111010-13—252 



Ashburne Gun Club. 



W Hollowell 1110111101000101111111110-18 



W Mineh 0101100010111110110110000-13 



A Hallowell Ill 0001 0101 101 001 00001010-12 



W Ellis 0001100010100000101100010— 8 



R Hollowell 1000111010111111010000000—12 



H Pierson 11100101011 1 000 00 1 1 1 0101 0—13 



C Linson 1011101110000000101100000—10 



P Bitting 11001110010000100101001QO— 10 



y: ' Oi'i;0i)uiju:ji:i:.'ijo-iju..'0iou jii.:- 5 



F Helleman 1001100000000000000010011— 6 



K Tomlinsr.D t.i>X'-)>KX)i.W(.ii;M000u:u0iX>- 3 



JHallowell 1111000010011111000110110— 14— 124 



Hillside Gun Club. 



J Return 1110110101101011100111110-16 



J Unruh 1001100001110111111111000—15 



D Yeakell OlOOlOOOllllOiOlOllllllll— 16 



R Bisbing OOOUIOOIIOOIOOOOHOIOOIO— 10 



A Cair .0011111110111111111011011—20 



LNewton 1110110101101011100111110-17 



Lysenger OOllllOOlllllOllllllllllO— 19 



S Peteman 1110111111101101111110111—21 



M Bisbing 111110010110100100001111 1—15 



J Fertsh 1111110111010111111111010—20 



T S Carlisle 0101011110110110110111010—16 



WAimen 0111010111111000111101110—17—202 



Sweep, 50 cents entry, five targets: D. Yeakel 4, W. Hallowell 9, B. 

 Bisbing 2, A. Cair 1, J. Peterman 3, H. Thurman 5, H. Miller t, T. Car- 

 lisle 4. __________ H ' T - 



Anaconda Gun Club. 



Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 30.— Herewith find scores of our weekly 

 shoot for medal and sweeps. Two by, the holder of A medal, and Ash- 

 ford, holder of B medal, were not to be headed and both shot extreme 

 good races, winning without a struggle. 



It was an off day for some of the shooters, who can generally do 

 better than the scores show, but the system of shooting from the 

 center at known angles and unknown traps has a tendency to pull 

 most any one's score down a few points. However, we think it the 

 fairest way to shoot and conducive of making better field shots. It 

 is rather annoying to be in a tie with the foremost men and see one 

 of them go down the line and kill the whole string on account of 

 having easy birds, and then step up yourself and have a complete 

 string of hard quartering bird, perhaps getting three, and so feeling 

 that luck was against you instead of skill; and that happens time 

 and again, whereas the other system every one has the same birds 

 at some time during the race. To be sure it does not use as many 

 birds and as mucn ammunition, but the shooter is receiving far 

 more benefit, even if the target manufacturers and ammunition 

 dealers are not, and some time we hope to see the old style iu vogue 

 again. 



No. 1, iO singles: Twohy 5, Cruger 8, Tuttle 5, Bartlett 8, Ashford 8, 

 Burnham 7, Dr, McKenzie 4, R. D. Smith 1. 



Medal shoot— A medal: 



Twobv 1111111011111111100111101—21 



Cruger 0100110000111100001100111—11 



Bartlett HlOlllOOOlllOllllOOOOllO— 15 



Dr Rocky OOOlOllOllllllOllllllllll— 19 



Tuttle 1101100111101010111101011—17 



B medal: 



Fulford 1111011011110101111111101—20 



Burnham OlOlOllOlOOllllOOOllOOlOl— 13 



McKenzie HlOll 11200000U0100010111— 13 



LSwir.h 0110111100100111000101100—14 



No. 2, 9 singles and 3 pairs, unknown traps: Twohy 11, Tuttle 8, 

 Cruger 5, Bartlett 6, McKenzie 7, Burnham 5. 



No. 3, 10 singles, $2,50 sweep, unknown traps: 



Cruger 000111111010100— 8 McKenzie 110010101110011— 9 



Twohv 110101001111111—11 Ashford 010011101010101— 8 



Tutt'o OOlOOOOOlimiO— 7 Burnham 101110101010011— 9 



Bartlett IIOHOIIOOIOOOI— 8 Smith 01)010000100001— 5 



C. A. T. 



Charlestown Gun Club Tournament. 



Wilmington, Del., Jan. 24.— Charlestown, Md., is a small town situ- 

 ated on the P. W. & B. R. R., 28 miles south of Wilmington, Del., and 

 about four miles north on the Northeast River of the renowned 

 Chesapeake Flats, one of the greatest duck shooting resorts in the 

 country, famous for eanvasbaeks, redheads, blackheads, etc, 



From Charlestown to Turkey Point on the North East River you 

 also have excellent fishing, such as shad, perch, rock, herring and 

 pike, the catch often running into the thousands. A few members of 

 the Wilmington Rod and Gun Club own the handsome club house 

 known as the WilU)W Grove Club House, on the river front at Charles- 

 town, and hearing that a gun club was about to be organized, encour- 

 aged the idea, and in three days' time a club was organized, with 40 

 members. The venerable storekeeper, Wm. T. Richardson, was 

 elected President, R. R. Gibson Secretary-Treasurer, and Mayor Jos. 

 Helsler Captain of the Riverside Rod and Gun Club. 



At their second meeting Jan. 11 it was decided to give an all day 

 shoot and to invite the Wilmington Rod and Gun Club to shoot a 

 friendly match on Jan, 20. So accordingly on Saturday, the 80th, we 



boarded the train here for Charlestown, Md., arrriving there about 11 

 o'clock, Arriving at the shooting grounds, we started the "ball 

 a-rolling" with a little sweep of 7 targets, 25 cents entry, 2 moneys, 12 

 entries: first money to Bilderback and Marr, 6 each; second money, 

 Hartlove and Grubb, 5 each. 



Team race, 10 men, 15 targets per man: 



Wilmington R. and G. C. Riverside R. and G. C. 



Bilderback 6 VV Barnes 6 



Cooper 6 R Barnes 7 



Grubb 9 D Barnes .. 6 



Jersey 0 P Barnes 5 



Wood 4 W Heverin 6 



Hartlove 9 P Heverin 12 



Marr 8 H Richardson 5 



Clark , 3 Mayer Heisler 11 



Pyle 6 E Murphy 3 



Wagner 2—59 RR Gibson 6-67 



No. 2, 7 targets, 25c, entry, 25 entries, 3 moneys: First money, P. 

 Heverin and Mayor Heisler on 0; second, Bilderback, W. Barnes, W. 

 Heverin, Gibson and Wilson; third, Wood, Marr, Grubb; Lynch and 

 Steele. 



No. 3, same as before, 24 entries: First money, P. Heverin, Wagner, 

 Lamar, 6 each; second, W. Barnes, W. Heverin, 5 each; third, Steele, 

 Richardson, 4 each. 



No 4, same as before, 24 entries: First money, Lamar, Marr, Steele, 

 W T . Barnes, R. Barnes, 6 each; second, White, Sutman, Waguer, 5 each; 

 third. Lynch, Gibson, W. Heverin. H. Barnes, J. Heverin. 



No. 5, same as before, 16 entries: First monep, P. Heverin, H. White, 

 6 each; second, W. Barnes, 5; third, Steele, Algard, T). Barnes, 4 each. 



No. 6, same as before, 2 moneys: First money, W. Barnes, W. Hev- 

 erin, Lynch, 5 each; second, Steele, White, 4 each. 



No. 7, same as before, 11 entries, 2 moneys: First money, R. L. 

 Barnes, 7; second, W. Barnes, 6. 



No. 8, same as before, 8 entries, 1 money: Mayor Jos. Heisler, 

 straight score. 



No. 9. same as before, 8 entries, 1 money: N. Grubb, straight score. 

 No, 10, same as before, 7 entries, 1 money: W T h'ite, 6. 



Twenty-nine Grains. 



Syracuse Gun Club Shoot. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 27.— The weekly competitive shoot of the 

 Syracuse Gun Club was held to-day on their Croton street grounds, 

 the weather being clear but cold. We have a nice warm club house, 

 however, and find this convenient when the mercury crawls down 

 toward the zero mark. Of course it is taken for granted that the 

 "trappers are tough" and need no fire in their pits. 



The outlook here seems the most promising tor the coming season, 

 brighter in fact than for a number of years. Another nice club has 

 been organized in the second ward, comprising over 100 members, in- 

 cluding many solid business men, and they are doing good work. 

 There is also a good club at Giddis ("eleventh ward). The membership 

 of the West Shore Gun Club is comprised largely of engineers and 

 conductors of the New York Central road, and their shoots are well 

 attended. Then we have the Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club, 

 which holds forth at Maple Bay, the Salina Gun Club, and onr own 

 and only Syracuse Gun Club. With this list one may get all the 

 shooting he wants, and if he follows the rounds will be kept busy. All 

 the shooters here have passed the age of "soft coal," and the majority 

 shoot "E C," which gives general satisfaction and is destined to 

 become "the powder" of this country. 



In to-day's contest Charles F. Ayling_ broke the record for the 

 grounds i y making a run of 49 consecutive breaks. He also pulled 

 out the top score with a margin of one break over Colonel Courtney. 

 Frank Lefever made his first appearance as a shooter to-day, and 

 made a creditable showing, coming very near to defeating the score 

 made by "Uncle Dan," his father. 



C F Aylhig (100) ..11111111011110001111101102111111110101111111101111 



11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011110-88 

 G Courtney (100).. 1111 101011 11111101 11101111111111111111101111111011 



11111111001111111110111111111111100111111110011111-87 

 CHMowry (100). . 111111111110111101011110111111111101 HllOlllOlllOl 



11111010111111110101101111010111111110111101111111—83 

 DM Lefever (100).1101111111101I11110011011111111O00U10111010001111 



11111111111101011111100111111011101110111011111111—79 

 Willards (100) 1111111101111101110011 101011 11011100101001 11101101 



01111111111111 111011 101 100111101 101111011001110110-74 

 G Mosher (100). .. .11001011 11110110101011110111 lllOOiOlIllOO] 11011000 



11101110111001101111111010111010101111101111110110—70 

 Dick King (80) 01000110111110101011110111101111010111111101011111 



111111111111011110111110111111 —63 



h Willis noo) oonooi 101 lOiuooouoi ioioi ioioi wioi nioonoioiioiio 



11001110000101111101000111111111111110100110111111—60 

 H White (105) 110101110101111110011 101101111111111011111101 1111 1 



00111101111111111011011011110111111100011001111111 



11111 —82 

 F Lefever (100). . . .OlOlllllllOllOllloinOlOlOlOOllOllllllOlllOlOOllll 



10011001011010111101101011100111111001001011101111—67 

 H Duguid (50) .,..01101100011011111101100100111101111010110110100001—30 



G Larned (50) 11110100110111101101011100111001111010100101000100-29 



O Brown (50) lOOOlOOlllOOOOOOOlOUOOOlOOOOlOlOOOOlOOllOllOlllOO— 19 



J Eddy (50) llOOOlOOOOlOOOllOOlOOlOOOluOOlOOlOOOlllllOOOlOOlOO— 18 



Fallstaff. 



Maplewood Gun Club. 



Orange, N. J. Jan. 29. — Inclosed find scores of the medal shoot of 

 Maplewood Gun Club, held on Saturday, Jan. 13, and also scores of the 

 cup shoot held Saturday, Jan. 27, each contest at 25 bluerocks. key- 

 stone system. 



Jan. 13.— Monthly medal shoot: 



Warren Smith 1101011111111111110101111-21 



0 L Yeomans 0111111101011001111111110—19 



E Pierson 111010000)011111011101111—17 



Van Iderstine 0110101011111001111100111—17 



H Quad 1001111110111100011000111—16 



Niek Smith 11 OOIIOUUUOI 31001 1111 01 10 — 13 



F Reeves :< i •u':« n ; 1 1 U l KH 1 n<i-r; 



S B Tillou 1100000010001101011011100—11 



Warren Smith won Class A, D. W. Van Iderstine won Class B, E. 

 Reeves won Class C. 



Sweep, 10 birds, $1 entrance: 



Warren Smith 1011111111—8 Nick Smith 0110010111—6 



Yeomans. 1101111110—8 Suad 0111011.011—7 



Pierson OUOUOOll— 6 Siggins 0011011110— 6 



Van Iderstine 1101101101—7 TUlou 0101001101—5 



J«n. 27.— Monthly cup contest: 



H Quad 0111111101111101110111111-21 



J Siggins 1111111111001101111110110—20 



O L Yeomans , llllOlllOOlOnOlOIllllin— 19 



D W Van Iderstine 0001111101011011111110111—18 



Warren Smith 1100101100110110101111110—16 



W N Drake 0101111001010100110111111—16 



D Wolff ..1001011)01011001010101100—13 



E Reeves 1001010000111001100010010-10 



Nick Smith 101000011010100001 0010011-10 



MOHEGAN. 



Vernon Gun Club. 



The monthly shoot of the Vernon Gun Club, at Dexter Park on Jan. 

 30, had a light attendance, only five men being on hand to participate 

 in the club event. The weather was cold, and to add to the discomfort 

 of the day a strong gale of wind was blowing across the grounds. The 

 birds were good and with the assistance of the wind to help them along 

 they were up and away as soon as released from the traps. Dr. 

 Lamadrid and W. H. Thompson tied with 5 each for the club trophy. 

 Dr. Little was handicapped with the element of hard luck that follows 

 live bird shooting at times. Dr. Wischerth was a victim to the com- 

 bination of good birds and strong wind, killing only two of his 7. A 

 sweep at 3 birds followed the club evfnt. This was followed by an in- 

 dividual race between Dr. Little and F. A. Thompson, in which Thomp- 

 son won. Scores: Glut shoot, 7 birds: 



W H Thompson 1120202—5 Dr Wischerth 1200000-2 



Dr Little 1001101—4 Dr Lamadrid U011.0— 4 



F A Thompson 011«322— 5 



Sweeepstake, 3 birds, $1, 3 moneys: 



Dr Little 010-1 F A Thompson 202—2 



Dr Lamadrid 210—2 Dr Wischerth 021— 



W A Thompson 101-2 



Five birds, miss-and-out: 



Dr Little 21011—4 00-0 10—1 



FA Thompson 00l«l— 2 01—1 11—2 



Norwood vs. Ottawa. 



On Jan. 31 the Norwood Gun Club shot a match with Ottawa on the 

 Ottawa's grounds. The day was miserable, cold, damp and blustery. 

 The bluerock targets were wet and hard to see, as the day was cloudy 

 and dark, and we had a timber for background. The clubs were com- 

 posed of ten men and shot at 25 birds each. Norwood scored 156 

 birds to Ottawa's 157. There will be a big turkey shoot here Friday, 

 Feb. 2 and ODe Feu. 22; aiso, ou tue 22d there will be a shoot for a 

 mule in connection with the turkey shoot. H. B, P, 



CH1CACO TRAPS. 



FAMILY CLUB. 



Chicago, HI., Feb. 1.— Elated by the pleasure of their little socia 

 shoot this week, each man paying for his own birds, and the low man 

 to invite the others to supper, Messrs. Mussey, Hamline, Dicks and 

 Wilcox, whose scores appear elsewhere, are now talking of forning a 

 little family club of their own, to shoot once each week or fortnight on 

 the foregoing basis. 



CUMBERLAND JUBILEE. 



There will be a monster shooters' festival and a winter carnival of 

 sport at the grounds of the Cumbprland Club, near Lowell, Ind., Feb, 

 22-25 inclusive, under the patronage of a number of the leading Chi- 

 cago sportsmen. This is billed the "first annual winter carnival," and 

 it is to be hoped that it establishes a precedent not soon to be let go 

 and inaugurates a pieasaut and sportsmanlike custom. The date 

 claimed falls on that of old Cumberland Club's annual celebration, and 

 the combination offered is one to invite all who are tired of winter and 

 of warm rooms and want a breath of air. Full-numbered committees 

 on executive, reception, shooting, entertainment, transportation, and 

 prizes and awards have been appointed, and an attractive progamme 

 is offered. Shooting events will b<i on hand for all four days, both 

 at live birds and targets, witb plenty of handsome prizes. There will 

 also be a "rabbit round" on the club marsh, with beagle hounds under 

 the charge of P. F. Glassmere, of Mam'sree, Mich., aid very likely some 

 duck shooting if the weather is open. There are also ranges for rifle 

 shooting, 60, 100 and 500yds. Railroad fares will be offered in reduced 

 form, there will be clam chowder, a lot of comfort in every regard, 

 and a general old-fashioned Cumberland good time. It should be a 

 merry party, and let us hope the Lodge will be crowded. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. E. Hough. 



Knoxville Gun Club. 



Knoxville, Tuesday Jan. 24.— The numerous inquiries by letter from 

 clubs relative to details of the trophy contest adopted by the Knoxville 

 Gun Club for the year 1 94, is the excuse to publish same in your valu- 

 able paper. The" plan devised has aroused the boys to obtain a 

 certificate ("to jump on one" who already has one, and thus get two) 

 and rub it on the defeated member is just a little more than he can 

 stand, hence each Friday P. M. sees a large contingent of the members 

 out contesting for that little pasteboard weekly certificate. The plan 

 is as follows, subject to any changes to suit individual clubs: 



Prize offered is 850 cash, or $50 silver bowl suitably engraved by the 

 club for the winner. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Class A, members shooting 85$ and over=16yds. known traps and 

 unknown angles. 



Class B, members shooting under 85% to 75% = 16yds. known traps 

 and known angles. 



Class C, members shooting under 75% = 14yds. known traps and known 

 angles. 



CONDITIONS. 



1. Trophy contest held every Friday, if rain, following Tuesday. 



2. Members must be in good standing to compete. 



3. The first 25 targets snot at constitutes the trophy score. 



4. All ties to be at second 25 targets and if again tied then third. 



5. The club will issue (one each weekly contest) 52 certificates num- 

 bered from 1 to 52 consecutively, showing date of contest, name of 

 winner thereon and signed by Secretary. 



6. Any member holding a certificate may challenge another holding 

 a certificate, to be contested at the next weekly contest. In which case 

 they will each hand the Secretary a certificate and specify the event 

 in which they are going to shoot for same. The Secretary will then 

 indorse the name of the winner on the certificate of the loser, and it 

 will be the winner's property until lost. 



7. The challenged party must shoot or forfeit his certificate. 



8. But one challenge can go to any one member for the same day 

 unless the member receiving same desires to accept more. 



9. The member who challenges must deposit $50 with the Secretary 

 and this goes towards a second prize, and it same exceeds $35 to go 

 towards a third, etc. 



10. The right of challenge belongs to right of merit, i. e., the party 

 who first wins. 



11. No higher class can challenge a lower class, but a lower can a 

 higher and each class challenge its members. 



12. A member winning two weekly certificates advances him to next 

 higher class. When losing same it is optional with him to return to 

 his former class, but no expert can go below class A under any cir- 

 cumstances. 



13. No excuse for absence from weekly shoot allowed, except "out 

 of city." In this event the member can shoot this lost score at next 

 shoot after his return, against the winner of this next shoot, if he is 

 the winner he carries it to next weekly contest, etc., etc. 



14. The member at last weekly contest in December holding the 

 largest number of the 52 certificates issued, won by merit in shooting, 

 will be presented with the trophy as offered by the club. 



15. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a record of all 

 weekly winners and challenge contests, and said party's certificates 

 when presented, must correspond to said record, subject to any cler- 

 ical error. 



The Knoxville Club would recommend the scheme to all gun clubs, 

 as the greatest original idea to promote interest and friendly rivalry, 

 and thus get up a higher reputation for skill with "the smoothbore," 

 as no one can stand the pressure of a fellow rubbing a certificate on 

 him. 



The club ask all to bear in mind and send names for the big May 

 22-25 1894 shoot, when $1,000 will be added in cash to purses. 



R. Van, Sec'y- 



Johnstown Gun Club. 



Johnstown. Pa., Jan. 30.— Inclosed you will find the scores of the 

 members of the Johnstown Gun Club. There has been a club raised 

 here for the purpose, of restocking land and water. They have 100 

 quail that they received from Alabama that they will put out as soon 

 as the weather will permit. 



The Mineral Point Rod and Gun Club of Mineral Point, are restock- 

 ing the waters with trout, bass and other game fish. As soon as I can 

 see one of their club I will send full particulars. The sportsmen of 

 Cambria county are coming to the front. They are doing now what 

 they ought to have done several years ago. 



The Johnstown Rifle and Gun Club has decided to offer prizes to its 

 members for 1S94. To draw out the less efficient shots they have 

 placed a handicap by allowing the less efficient shots a larger number 

 of targets at each monthly shoot, to be held the third Thursday of 

 each month, the better shots shooting at 50 targets while the weaker 

 or less efficient shots be allowed from 50 to 65 targets, as placed by a 

 committee. The highest number of targets scored by any member in 

 any 5 of the 12 monthly to run 1st, 2d and so on, except no one will be 

 allowed to score over 50 in any one shoot if a member has scored be- 

 fore he shoots at the number allowed, his handicap thereafter will be 

 the number he shot at to score the 50, shooting to be known traps and 

 angles, 12-gauge guns 16yds. rise, 10-gauge guns lSyds. rise, American 

 Shooting Association rules 1st prize Belcher cartridge loader; 2d 

 prize leather gun case; 3d prize ideal loading flask; 4th prize set of 

 ducking scenes. The latter donated by W. J. Raplln. 

 J B Holsinger 50 birds, 1110111011111111111110111 



1110111111110101111110111 —43 

 H Horner 50 birds, 0111111101111011110110111 



1011110110011011011111110 —38 

 ED Kenney 50 birds 1111001111111001011111110 



1011011110001100111000101 —33 

 S A Shook 52 birds, 11111011111101110111111100 



11011111111011110100111111 —42 

 J A Rhoades 54 birds, 1001 10111 1 11 1101 101101 1 1 110 



llOlllllllllllOlOlllOllloll —43 

 J C Condon 55 birds lOOlOlOOOiOlOuiOlOlllOllOHO 



010001000010001000000101110 —22 

 *WBNifkins (Buckskin Bill) 1 100 1 1010001 111 1111100111 



1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 HJ HJ 0 0 3 01 1 1 01 1 —30 

 *A Heine llOlOlUOlllllOOOOlOllllll 



OOOlllOllOtlOlOOlOOllOlOO —28 

 *Jarhle 0000000101101010001000001 



0100100100110001010100010 —16 

 *Guests. C. L. C. 



\nnwtr$ to (^omspondqnts. 



No notice taken of anonymous communications 



F. G. S., Tolsorn.— I am about to purchase a rifle and would like to 

 get a Ballard, but was told by a gun dealer that they were not being 

 made any more, I thought he must be wrong, and therefore come to 

 you for information. Ans. The dealer's statement is correct. 



C. C. V, — 1. Where can I procure modified Hurlingham rules? 2. 

 What are the best rules for pigeon shooting? Ans. 1, There are no 

 recognized "modifications" of Hurlingham rules. They are modified 

 to suit occasions, 3, We consider the American Shooting Association 

 rules as good as any, 



