FOREST AND STREAM, 



(June SO, 1804; 



Montana State Shoot. 



Butte, Mont., June 9.— Editor Forest-and Stream: The first annual 

 tournament of the Montana State Sportsmen's Association, held at 

 Helena, June 7, 8 and 9, was in every sense of the word a grand suc- 

 cess. Every club in the State was represented, aud each representa- 

 tive wore his shooting clothes and a large-sized smile which betokened 

 a determination to have a good time, whether they got a piece of the 

 money or not; and that they had, no one who was present will doubt. 

 Bob Bodgers. of Missoula, who won ljtst year's bluerock champion- 

 ship, was caught in the Hoods on the Northern Pacific Railroad, and 

 the road bed washed out on either side of him for miles, but there was 

 a shoot on, and be there he would. So he left his engine and walked 

 40 miles to Missoula the day before the shoot, and when the first squad 

 was called to the score he was amone them as fresh as a daisy, and 

 ready for the fray. Jack Fisk, of the Helena team, who used to pile 

 up straight score's by the hour and dollars by the hatful, but who had 

 rather deserted the shooting ranks for a year or so, was on hand look- 

 ing like he "would never miss another." Too much praise cannot be 

 given the members of the Helena Club for the way in which they 

 treated the visitors. They were given the freedom of the Montana 

 Club, wbose quarters are one of the finest in the west, and there the 

 evenings were pleasantly spent. The business meeting of the Associ- 

 ation was held on the evening of June 7, and the new officers of the 

 Association were elected: Jno. F. Cowan, President; J. P. Menard. 

 Vice-President; C. A. Tuttle, Secretary-Treasurer; Board of Directors, 

 A J. Fisk, Supt. Finn, C. H. Smith A committee of three were" ap- 

 pointed to loo-lc after amendments to the game and fish laws at the 

 meeting of the next legislature, Butte was selected as the place for 

 the next tournament. . 



The weather for the first forenoon was fine for target shooting, but 

 just as the team contest was called a violent wind and rain storm 

 came up, wbicti accounts for the low scores made in this shoot. Fri- 

 day was cold and raw. but the scores were fairly good. 



The Helena Club won the team contest, while Dr. Pleasants, of the 

 same club, won the individual target championship, with a score of 90 

 out of 100, making the last 55 birds straight. He shot a Leftver gun 

 and used black powder, 



Saturday was live bird day, and a lively day it was, too. On Friday 

 night, while the boys were catching the pigeons, a lantern was upset 

 on a pile of straw in the barn where the pigeons were kept, which set 

 the whole building in a blaze almost instantly. About 200 of the 

 pigeons were lo=t, being burned before they could be removed from 

 the building. There were enough left, however, for the day's shoot. 



John F. Cowan, of Butte, came out winner of the individual live bird 

 championship, with a score of 15 strainght. Messrs. Toohv and 

 Sheard were second with 14, Mr. Cowan shot a Scott gun and 3;4drs. 



5. S. powder. The pigeons a good lot. with now and then a screamer 

 among them. King traps were used, fitted with an electric pull, which 

 is an invention of Mr. John F. Cowan. It is a very simple arrange- 

 ment by which the North pull is adapted to King traps This makes 

 traps which are just as fast as the King automatic trap, and at a cost 

 which is within the reach of any club. It has the advantage, too. that 

 it can be taken up and put down anywhere in a few moments' time. 

 They certsinly gave gr«at satisfaction at this shoot, and gun clubs can 

 now secure live bird traps which are in every respect the equal of the 

 automatic trap. 



Below are the scores of the different events: 



Ten singles, known angles: Fisk 8, Smith 5, Dennison 9, Menard 7, 

 Wright 8. S. Kennett 10, Cowan 9, Harrity 7, Jones 8, Manuel 8, Pleas- 

 ant 10, Cronin 7, Rogers 9, Pickett 8, Perkins 7, Haig 6, O Connor 3, P. 

 Kennett 4. 



Ten singles, unknown angles: Cowan 9, Cronin 8, Fisk 7, B ; cke.tt 7, 

 Rogers 8. Harrity 8, Smith 10, Dennison 9, Wright 8, Manuel 10, Pleas- 

 ants 8, Menard 9, P. Kennett 6, S. Kennett 7, Perkins 7, Searles 8, Jones 

 7, Haig 6, O'Connor 6. 



Fifteen singleB: Cowan 14, Dennison 13, Fisk 15, Walker 10, Bickett 



12, Menard 15, Haig 10, Norris 13, Smith 13, Pleasants 15, Rogers 14, 

 Wright 12, Manuel 11, Farmer 13, Perkins 11, Harrity 14, Searles 15, 

 Cronin 10, H. P. Kennett 11, Jones 12, S. Kennett 8. 



Fifteen singles: Harrity 12. Walker 12, Fisk 13, Cowan 12, Dennison 



13, Menard 18, Wright 9, S. Kennett 11, Farmer 13, Pleasants 10, Manuel 



14, Smith 14, Beckett 12, Perkins 12, Norris 8. Cronin 12, Haig 11, Rogers 

 14, O'Connor 8, Searles 13, P. Kennett 10, Jones 11. 



Team contest, 50 singles per man: 



Missoula team: Harrity 39, Rogers 37, Menard 35—111. 



Butte team: Cowun 34, Wright 42. Smith 34 -110. 



Anaconda team: Dennison 34, Rockefeller 28, Towhy 43—105. 



Helena team No. 1: Fisk 40. Pleasants 37, Manuel 41— US. 



Helena No. 2' Barbour 37, S. Kennett 39, Cronin 35—111. 



Fifteen singles: Menard ;i2, Smith 13, Sheard 10, Fisk 12, Norris 11, 

 xuariuci is, picmbIo j a, Finn 10, Wright 9. r. Kftnnfttt 11. Searles 12, 

 Cowan 13, Rogers 13, Harrity 10, Dennison 14, Jones 12, Bickett 8, 

 Cornin 12, I 1 , Kennett G, Barbour 9, Bryan 6, O'Connor 8. 



Ten singles: Cowan 8, P. Kennett 8, Meard 8, Sheard 8, Rogers 9, 

 Smith 7, Fisk (i. Walker 4, S. Kennett 6, Kessler 3, Norris 5, Reuger 6, 

 Cronin 6, Dennison 8, Bartlett 7, Towhy 8, Wright 8, Woody 7, Rocke- 

 feller 6, Jones 8, Tuttle 8, Farmer 6. 



Fifteen singles: Cowan 12, Sheard 8, Walker 9, Rockefeller 12, Bart- 

 lett 12, Rueger 11, Towhy 11, Woody 6, Dennison 11, Rogers 14, Jones 

 13, S. 'Kennett 13, Fisk 11, Smith 14, Wright 9, Tuttle 10, Searles 13, 

 Haig 8, Norris 9. Cronin 11, Farmer 12, Perkins 11, P. Kennett 12, 

 Manuel 13, Pleasant 11, O'Connor 7, Finn 11, Barbour 15. 



Twenty singles: Cowan 17, Finn 16, Walker 11, Smith 18, Fisk 19, 

 Rogers 19. Rockefeller 17, Woody 13, Sheard 10, Wright 15, Menard 12, 

 Haig 17, B. Smith 12, Dennison 16, Bartlett 14, Rueger 20. Norris 13, 

 Cronin 14, Bickett 17, Kessler 15, Barbour 17, Farmer 14, S. Kennett 15, 

 Searles 18, Pleasant 14, Manuel 19. Bartos 16, Tuttle 17, Towhy 18, 

 Jones 13 



Individual bluerock championship at 100 singles: D. D. Towhy 78, C, 

 A. Tuttle 76, C. E Rueger 81. Dr. Rockefeller 80, A. J. Fisk 83, J .F. 

 Cowan 83, W. F. Sheard 76. M. Wright 81, N. Barbour 86, Manuel 85, 

 K. E. Rogers 80, J. Menard 73, S C Dennison 87, Dr. Pleasants 90. 



Ten singles: Cowan 9, Rockefeller 8, Walker 8, Woody 5, Menard 5. 

 Towhy 9, Tuttle 7, Bartlett 10, Dennison]6,|Jones 8, S. Kennett 9, Bartos 

 7, Morris 6, Rueger 10, Fisk 10, Barbour 8, Searles 8, Andrews 4, Devol 

 10, Manuel 10, P. Kennett 5, Gunn 9, Tleasauts 7, Haig 5, Rogers 8. 

 Wright 10, Smith 9. 



Team shoot at 10 singles, 2 men to team : 



Rueger ,8 Rockefeller 9 Towby 8 



Smith. 9—17 Dennison 10—19 Tuttle , 8—16 



Fish , 5 Barbour , . 8 Devol 6 



Manuel 7—12 Pleasants 8—16 Wright 8—14 



Rogers 9 Menard 8 Bartlett ..9 



Cowan 9—18 Jones 8—16 Walker 5—14 



Bryan 7 Searles 8 S Kennett 9 



Haig .8—15 Firm 4—12 Norris 4—13 



Ten singles: Fisk 10, Walker 7, Cowan 7, Manuel 8, Devol 7, Bart- 

 lett 8, Rockefeller 10, Towhy 9, S, Kennett 10, Andrews 3, Menard 7, 

 Barbour 9, Woody 6, Rueger 10. Wright 8. Kessler 7, Bryan 3, Bartes 



6, Rogers 10, Smith 10, Dennison 8, Gunn 9, Tuttle 7, Jones 6, 

 Pleasants 9. 



Five live birds, entrance $3.25, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: 



Rockefeller 01322-4 S Kennett 20101—3 



Bartlett 10022—3 Rueger 20221-4 



Fisk 11022—4 Dennison 11212-5 



Sheard 00221—3 



Rogers 02112-4 



Cowan 22211—5 



H P Kennett 20222-4 



Nichols 22112—5 



Tuttle 20100 —3 



Devol 21123-5 



Finn 02012-3 



Menard,,, 22002—3 Manuel 0210-. .. 



Woody 00220 - 2 Jones '. .V.'.'.'.'. 02001- 2 



Knight 20110-3 Towby 22002-3 



Pleasants 01220—3 



Individual live bird championship of Montana, entrance $10, birds 

 extra; 60 per cent, to winner, 25 to second, 15 to third: 

 A J Fisk 021S0222210w. — 8 Dr Roekefeller..010121211222ll0-12 



J F Cowan 2221122131 22H 2—15 



D D Towhy 111112112222202—14 



Bartlett 1102102l20w. — 7 



H P Kennett. . „l201102222220w— 11 



C E Rueger 022221022222221—13 



M Manuel 1 012020 w. — i 



R E Rogers 22221012212010 —II 



C A Tuttle 02300 w, 



3 H Kennett. , ,.12t3222011010w-10 W F Sheard. , . .212131111012122-14 



T Knight 11100ll22211Ow— 10 L C Dennison . .2010201110w. — 8 



T Nichols OSOlZlOw. _ , 



Dr Pleasants. ..0221100W. —4 O A Devol 121001110w. —6 



J P Menard 011102210w. — 6 



Calumet Heights Medal Contest. 



Chicago, June 6.— Scores made in our diamond medal contest at Calu- 

 met Heights Club grounds to-day: 



Class A. 



SMBooth OlllllllllllllllOlOllOlllllOHOllOOlOOOl— 29 



AOPaterson oiiioonoiimoomoomoimmiiioiiio-29 



GCLaoopbere UlllllllliOllO'l llllllOlllOimilllllll-36 



H Ferguson llUOllOOlOOl 111 llOlilOuOOlQOOllOllOlOll-24 



Class B. 



A W Carlisle 1 1 0101 0101 1 1 01 1 1 10001 ill n 1C0111 1 1 010010—26 



J E Hmkms 11100111110011001110101)0011001000111011—24 



H George 011110101 llluOOOlOOtH 010001 01001 10001001— 18 



Weseott 01 hoi io 1 01 looooi l orxx) i oom 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 01 —SI 



£ £™' 8 - ■ V " • 1100111101111000111100100111111011000010—24 



E T Elhcott 1011010111111000010100110011100111111111— i 



• „ Class 0. 



A P Harper 0011110100000001110110101101000000000100—15 



W Metcalfe 0000000000000101011000100110001001000010-10 



Secretary. 



Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club. 



Rutherford, N. J., June 13— Scores made at our monthly live bird 

 aud target shoot, also score of 100-blrd race, $5 entrance: 



June 13.— Monthly live bird shoot, 7 birds per man: 



Paul 1101122—6 James 1100022- 4 



Collins 1120010-4 McAlpin 2211012-6 



Huck 1110210-5 Richmond 0222002-4 



June 9.— Monthly target shoot, 25 single empire targets: 



McAlpin 0111100111111111101111111-21 



Beam 1111010110111111111111011- 21 



Lane 0110100110101101010111001—14 



Hollister 1101111101011111101111110-20 



E Collins 0011100110011100111111111-17 



Walsrode 1011111111110111011111111—23 



Griffiths 0011110111110110101100011-16 



Krebs 0111011101011010010111101—16 



Adams 1111010111011010111011001—17 



Lindsley 1101111011111011111111111—22 



Huck 1011101110111111011111111—21 



James 1111101111111101111111111-23 



Paul 1110111011101111011000101—17 



Jeannerette 1101111100011101110011111— 18 



June 16 — 100 target shoot, first half, at single blue rocks: 



Rapid Firing, Keystone RuIps. Semi-Expert Rules. 



Hollister.... 1011111011100111111111111-21 0111001101111111001011100-16 



Beam 0101111111111111111111111-23 1111111010111U0111111011— 21 



Hyde 1111111101111111111110110—22 mill10llHllllllOOOllll-2l 



Paul 0101111011110111110011100—17 1011110011101111111110101—19 



James UllllOimiOUlllOOlllOl-20 0100111111001010011111110—16 



Richmond.. .11111101011111 11111111111- 23 0111111111111101111111110-23 



Huck 1110001111111111111110111-21 0011101100001101101011010—13 



W Smith.... 1111101110111111111101011— 21 1010000111111011100011101—15 

 Outwater ...0110010111011111010010101— 15 1101101011100100111011011—16 



Collins 1111111011110111011111111-23 1101100010101111111110111-18 



Hughes 1101111010100110010111001—15 0010101110000100100000000- 7 



Lenone UlOlOlllOllllOOOllllOllO-17 0111001110110110101011011—16 



Abbott 0111101000100101111010110-14 1111101101010110011101110—17 



Second half at single empires: 



Known traps, unknown angles. Expert ruhs. 



Hollister . . . .0111011111001111111011101- 19 lOOllllllOOlOllOlllOlOOOO— 14 



Beam 0101111110101001110111111—18 1101110111111111101111100-20 



Hyde 1111111111101110110111111-22 1011111101011111111111111— 22 



Paul 1111111011110111011111101-21 1110111111001011011111110—19 



James 1100000010110001111000111—12 OOOIOIOIOIIOIOOIO'00'IOOI— 11 



Richmond... 1111111111111010011110111-21 1 1 10' 001 1 1110111101011001— 17 



Huck lllOlllHllOlllilOllOUOO-19 1111101010111101000111101—17 



W Smith.... 1111101111110011010011010-17 llllllllOllllipOUOlOlllO-19 

 Outwater... .1111111101 110100110110001— 17 1111011100101000101011110-15 



Collins 1111111111110111111111111-24 1111101111111110011111111-22 



Hughes 0011100011001001000000011— 9 0111000010001101011000101—11 



Lenone 1010101 101010101 101100010—13 000110 withdrew 



Abb itt 1010100110101110100011011—14 101101011000101(011101011—12 



Central Gun Club's Medal Shoot. 



The attendance at the last medal shoot of the Central Gun Club was 

 very good though the windy weather caused the scores to be much 

 lower than the standard of those participating. In the A class Dodge 

 won from Day. In the B class McDonald won from Metcalf, and 

 Black won from Little in the C class. Had Metcalf in the B class and 

 Little in the C class won this time, the medals which they lost would 

 have been their property, but the third time seems to be a hard one to 

 win. Dodge also won the Hulberg medal at unknown angles from 

 Moore, who has had it all the season. 



The programmes for our second annual tournament on July 4 and 5 

 have just been issued. They are beauties, and so arranged that no 

 one need fear to compete, aB the poorest shots are assured a winning 

 in the distribution of prizes, etc. We are assured a good representa- 

 tion of shooters, from the outside and locally, and will make it pleas- 

 ant for all who enjoy this kind of sport. 



Medal shoot, 50 singles, known angles: 

 Class A. 



Pearson .1100111110100110101011 1101110101 101000110111111110-33 



Day 0010010001011 110001 i001U101tlOtl0111lOOlllllll001-30 



Dodge OOilllOllOlllOlllOlOlllllinl 1011 111 llllllll 111010— 40 



Nelson lilllll01000011illlllll011101011lOlllilOlllli01111-39 



Class R. 



McDonald.... 1101111111111 II 110111010101 111 1101 lOUOlllOlllOUl— 40 



Metcalf 011 1010111 1 1 1 1001 11 101 01 0100 10 1 111 111 101 1100101010—33 



Moork 1 1 1010110 101001 101 101 1 0000001 1 1 OOOt 001 01 1 1 1 1 10001 1- 20 



Moore liGlOOlOOimoiOOOlOOlll 10111111 11 1110101011000111— 32 



Oluss C 



Tittle lOOHOlOlOOOOOlOOOOloioOOlOOl 110000101011110010011— 21 



Black 10100100011001100111000011101000100111010111111101—27 



Mendenhall lOOlOOlOOOOOOOOllOlOKHOOlOllOl 1010! 11000100100101—21 



Williamson 000101 10000000000 1 000080000001 1 00001 0010100 101 1000—12 



Meadville Gun Club. 



MEADvrLLK, Pa., June 13.— American Association rules: 



HA Johnson 1110111111001011111111000—18 



Steine 100 101 0001 01 00000001 0001 0— 7 



Clemson 0001010101001 101000100001— 9 



Adams 0101111100111111011111010—18 



C Miller. 0000101010101 101000010000— 8 



Yates 0111001111111110111111101—20 



Stein 1011110011011000000110010-12 



See 0111111111100011111110100—18 



Lafler 0000010010110101100111100—11 



Neal 0110001011100001000010111-11 



McGouiry llOilllllOlOlliiOOlilOOlO— 17 



Reisinger 100010001 01 1 1 1 001 00011110—12 



Ehrgott 0011001111110011110111011—17 



WorBt 1001010011011111110001110—15 



Kelso 0101101110100001110010101—13 



yes 1111011110111110000101000—15 



Boynton 011 1010000010011000001001— 9 



T" B Smith OlOlOlOlOOOOiC idlOOOOOO— 6 



Baker 101 1 1 10001 1 10001 00001001 0-11 



H Johnston lOlOllllllOllilOlllllOOll— 19 



Hodge lOHOlOloOOuOlOlOlOCOOlOO— 9 



Dilley OOlOllOOOOllOOOlOMOulOid— 9 



Hotchkiss 1011011001000000111111110-14 



Boehm 0000001 100101000000100111— 8 



J C Boyce 0000000000000010000000000— 1 



Clark 01 1 1 1 1 01001 1 1 1 1011 101 1 11 l—l 9 



Wilmerding Gun Club. 



Wilmkrding, Pa., June 22— The Wilmerding Gun Club held their 

 regular Bhoot to-day, the day being very hot and bluerock targets 

 hard to break. 



No. 1, unknown traps, known angles: 



J Mcintosh 00111110110011101111110011110111110110110101011110 



01101111111110] _47 



McCance OHOlllOiOlllOlllOOllllllOOllOl 1111111011011110111 



0001110001 11110 —dp 



J Qilm 0100011 11 1011 10100001 101 01 1 07 1001 1 1 1 1 II 11001010110 



111110011001110 _40 

 Boyd 10001 1101011 lOlOOlOle 1 011 11 1 1 00 10 1 1 1 10001 1110 —28 



No. 2, novelty, at 10 targets: 



Bishop 5 J Mcintosh 6 McCance 8 



McNaugher 5 J Gilm u F Jewell .'. ..7.7.4 



A Mackert 5 Boyd 6 



No. 3, 5 pairs doubles: 



JMcEntosh 01 11 01 10 11—7 J Gilm 10 10 11 01 01 -6 



McCance 01 10 11 10 00—5 Boyd 00 10 11 10 10-5 



McNaugher 11 01 10 10 10-6 



No. 4, 20 birds, known traps: 



JMcEntosh 14 McCance 15 J Gilm 18 



Bishop 16 Jones 13 A Mackert 12 



Boyd 15 A. A, M. 



Endeavor Gun Club Shoot. 



The following scores were made at the mednl shoot of the 

 Endeavor Gun Club at Marion on June 23, allowance handicap, 25 tar- 

 gets and upward, Empire targets, 2 bluerock traps: 



C W McPeek,, lllllllllllOlllllllllllll —34 



Creveling 1111010111 1 1 1 101 1101 nil ni —22 



Fry 11110011110111011110011(011111 —22 



Polhamus llllOlllllUllllllllllllmni —29 



Dr Fletcher llllllliUOmiOOlinitOllliliOl —27 



Sealey IlllllOln toil lliOllOlOtOtllll _24 



R Strader 0011 1011101011 1 1 )01 101106011 1101 1 1101101-28 



R. Strader is but 15 years old and shoots left-handed. 



E. Hollister, Sec'y. 



Maplewood's Fourth. 



Orange, N. J., June 20.— An all-day shoot will be given by the 

 Maplewood Gun Club on their grounds at Maplewood, N. J , on July 

 4. Shooting will begin at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue all day. Take 

 D. L. & W. R. R. to Maplewood. Trains at 10:10 and 11:10 A. M foot 

 of Barclay street, New York, O. L, Yjjomans, Cor, Sec'y. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



On Aug. 13 to 18 inclusive, John Parker will hold his fourth annual 

 iuternatioual tournament at Des-ohree-shcs-ka Island, near Detroit. 

 The shooting will be under a new system, which is designed effectually 

 to protect the interests of amateurs againt experts. It is guaranteed 

 to prevent all pooling and combinations. Instead of shooting against 

 each other, the contestants will shoot against the management, and a 

 fixed amount of money will be paid for each place. For instance, in 

 a ten bird event, $1.50 entrance, those who break straight will be 

 paid $-■,; those breaking 9, ?3 50; 8, S3; 7, $.1.50; 6, 31, The use of both 

 barrels will be permitted, and the shooting will be [at 21yds. rise, un- 

 known traps and angles. 



Kearnbysville, June 20.— At the regular weekly shoot of the Kear- 

 neysville Gun Team yesterday N. H. Kearfott carried off the gold 

 medal for the second time, defeating Marshall by one target. Blue- 

 rock targets and U. S. traps were used, the attendance was poor and 

 the shooting bad, but our sporting brethren must remember that we 

 are just new beginners, yet all are enthusiastic. The wind was blow 

 ing a pale and' it was very cloudy. The conditions of the medal shoot 

 were 15 targets, unknown angles. The membership of our team is 

 limited to ten. We expect to hold a big shoot on my grounds the 

 first week in August, possibly the 2d and 3d. K. 



The "Hollywood Futurity," at 25 birds, $50 entry, handicap rises, 

 and the "Meet and Chandon" prize, at 5 birds, 30yds, rise, entrance 

 free, will be shot at Hollywood to-day, June 30. On July 4 the great 

 atti action will be the "Red Top" prize, same conditions as above, and 

 the "Independence" handicap, 15 birds, $20 entrance. Next Saturday 

 will occur one of tbe greateets of the season, the "Hollywood Biennial 

 Championship," at 50 birds, 30yds. rise, ties at 10 birds. 



Some time ago a series ofc advertising challenges were issued by the- 

 great Dr. Carver. E. D. Fulford promptly accepted one of the chal- 

 lenges and posted a forfeit. A fortnight ago the forfeit was returned 

 to Mr. Fulford with the statement that Dr. Carver would shoot against 

 five of the leading cracks, one after the other, but would not accept a 

 challenge from one alone. Our opinion is that Carver is more in need 

 of advertising than of matches. 



The enterprising young organization known as the Forester Gum 

 Club, of Newark, N. e.„ held its regular gold medal shoot on June 9, 

 3 unknown traps, handicap allowance, all to shoot at 25 targets and 

 each to be allowed a sufficient number of breaks to make the contest 

 as even as possible. Fleming (scratch) and Wambold C2) tied on 22 

 each for the medal and shot off at 5 targets, Fleming being the winner 

 by 4 breaks to 3. 



The grounds of the Boiling Springs Fish and Gun Club at Ruther- 

 ford will be the scene of a hotly contested live bird match to day 

 between Chas. F. Lenone of Passaic and John H. Outwater of Ruther- 

 ford. Outwater will shoot at 50 birds and Lenone at 40, the latter being 

 allowed 10 birds. The stake is $50 a side. The match will begin at 

 2 P. M., and will be followed by open sweeps at live birds. 



The Dixie Gun Cluk>, of Pensacola, Fla , will hold its fourth annual 

 tournament at Palmetto Beach, on July 11 and 12, and extend an in- 

 vitation to all sportsmen. The events are at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, 

 with entries ranging from 50 cents to $3. Visiting shooters will be 

 served with dinner free of charge. The Plaza Hotel ($1.50) and Mer- 

 chant's ($2) will be shooters headquarters. 



The open target events on the Map'ewood (N. J.) Gun Club grounds 

 on July 4 will be three at 10 targets, $1 entry; five at 15 targets, $1.50 

 entry; one at 20 targets, $2 entry, and one at 25 targets, $2 50 entry. 

 Take 10:10 or 11:10 A. M. trains from foot, of Barclay street, New 

 York, M. & E R. R. 



If trap-shooters wish to gain popalarity they will adhere strictly to 

 tbe truth in announcements of contests in which they are interested. 

 Those who knew the caliber of Frank Class as compared with J. L. 

 Brewer simply staled when the fence pastern said they were to shoot 

 for $500 a side. 



The Wilmerding (Pa ) Gun Club announces a target tournament for 

 July 13. The programme comprises twelve events at 10, 15 and 20 tar- 

 gets, with entries of $1.20, $l.fcO and $2.40 respectively. 



The devotees of the smooth-bore will blow away an immense 

 quantity of powder and shot in celebrating Independence Day. About 

 four-fifths of the gun clubs will hold shoots. 



Indianapolis, Ind., June 20.— The Limited Grtin Club will give a mer 

 chandise shoot on their grounds July 4, consisting of six events of 15 

 clay birds each, ten prizes to each event. M. A. Morris, Sec. 



There will be $1,200 added to tbe purses at the next tournament of 

 the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company, to be held at Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, June 19, 20 and 21, 1895. 



The Washington Park Gun Club, of Kansas City, Mo , Is officered ; 

 President, L. W. Scot 1- ; Vice-President, A, F. Rickmers; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Fred Durrant. 



The Memphis (Tenn.) Gun Club will hold another of its popular 

 tournaments on Aug. 7, 8 and 9, and invites shooters from all over the 

 country to be present. 



The Worcester (Mass.) Gun Club wiirhtive an all-day's shoot on 

 July 4, and will invite all their lady friends to partake of the hospi- 

 tality of the club. C. H. Townsend. 



$nmver$ to jUsomspandqnts. 



No notice taken of anonymous communications 



E. B. Jr., Beach Haven, N. J. —We cannot tell how many bricks a 

 catboat 12ft. keel will float when capsized. Your best plan is to test 

 the boat by a trial in shoal water. 



C. L. R., Houston, Texas.— Will you kindly inform me through your 

 Correspondence Column what the "now famous 10-gauge rules" are, 

 as referred to in your report of the Illinois State Shoot in last issue, 

 Ans. No handicap on gauge, ten-bores shoot on even terms with twelve, 



H. D. S., Scranton, Pa.— At our last Bweepstake we had a funny 

 thing occur, and it was finally decided to leave the Forest and Stream 

 decide it. There were six entries in the sweepstake shooting match. 

 The money was divided into three prizes. 50$, 30$ and 20%. Five of the 

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 that got second money claims there was a certain percentage of the 

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 compelled to shoot off for the first money, and it was decided to shoot 

 at 3 birds, th«n a miss and out. We would kindly like your opinion on 

 this. Ans. It is the unwritten law in cases like the above to add to 

 first money nil unattached prizes. 



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