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FOREST AND STREAM. 
'Jan. 11, 1806 
which they plant their second barrels with lightning rapidity in what 
is technically known as "the right spot." Again, both men are good 
on the fastest kind of birds, and from what we had seen yesterday of 
the birds especially selected from a very large number for this match 
by Superintendent Mott we knew that there was going to be no doubt 
about the quality of the birds. Lastly, while Work has not lately 
been in his usual trim— that is, has not been shooting as consistently 
well as he has done for some years— yet his claim to being as|good an 
amateur on fast birds as any one in tbis or any other country cannot 
be gainsaid; we were, therefore, decidedly keen to see just how close 
one of the coming shooters, H. B. Wright, could keep to him. 
Besides the two principals and the assistants there were only six 
people present during the greater part of the match: Walter W, 
Watrous, of Tuxedo, the winner of yesterday's cup; Fred G. Moore, 
who looked after Wright's interests; Harry Edey, who had ridden 
over on his bicycle from his home at Amityville for the purpose of 
witnessing the match; superintendent Foulk, of the South Side Club, 
where Work had been stopping for a few days; a'representative of one 
of the New York dailies, and the representative of Forest and 
Stream. George Mott, the club's superintendent, acted in the dual 
capacity of referee and trap-puller, the official score being kept by us; 
John and Abe of course trapped the birds, Dandy as usual performing 
the important duties of retriever. As for the birds they were a re- 
markable lot. leaving the traps as fast as any we have ever had the 
pleasure of watching. The wind was strong, but was several points 
to the south of west, nothing like as favorable as yesterday's gale; 
from the way the traps are placed on these grounds, such a wind as 
we had to-day made left-quartering incomers quite numerous. There 
were many such birds to-day, as the trap score type given below will 
show, but they were by no means easy, going down wind with the 
speed of a canvasback; it required quick and accurate holding to stop 
them, let alone a lightning mental calculation as to where to hold. All 
the birds were as blue as a bluerock can be; exceptions were a few 
blackblue birds that were as trimly built as the wild bluerock of the 
east coast cliffs of England. 
The match was booked to commence on the arrival at Babylon of 
the 10:50 train from Long Island City. As a matter of fact it did not 
commence until 1:15, Wright and Moore shooting 20 birds apiece as 
practice for the former. In his practice work Wright showed that he 
was not in his best form, as he lost four birds, three of them being 
left-quartering incomers; ordinarily he is sure on incoming birds— he 
showed that in his 400-bird matcn with W. G. Brokaw, reported in 
Forest and Stream of Jan. 4. Work, on the other hand, who had 
been at the club for a half hour previous to our arrival, had tried his 
hand at 15 specially selected birds, and had scored 14 of them after 
missing his first one. On immediately previous form it looked good 
odds on Work. 
At 1:15 Wright, who had won the toss, stepped to the score and let 
a circling outgoer to the left from No. 3 trap beat him; Work followed 
with a kill. Both men killed their next birds, Work's being an ex- 
tremely brilliant piece of shooting on a very hard bird. Wright lost 
his next bird, which was really not a particularly hard one, the 
pigeon falling dead outside the boundary. Work's bird was also lost 
outside the boundary; the pigeon on being picked showed that about 
14 or 15 pellets of shot had struck it without getting a wing. Work 
then evened matters up by shooting under a rapidly rising bird in the 
fourth round. Out of his next SI birds Wright lost 4, his 8th, 9th, 12th 
and 19th, the last 2 dead out of bounds. Out of the same number 
Work lost 2, his 14th and 17th, the last dead out of bounds also. The 
quarter pole thus found the score 21 to 19 in Work's favor. As a 
matter of interest it may be stated that in this series of 25 birds each 
Work drew 13 extra hard birds to Wright's 9. 
The second 25 saw Work draw still further ahead of his opponent, 
the end of the 50th round showing 41 to 37 in Work's favor. In this 
series Work drew 11 extra hard birds to Wright's 10. The 48th round 
Baw Wright have a hard piece of luck; he called "no bird" on a sitter 
and then drew a perfect screamer from No. 5 that carried his load out 
of bounds. Misses came very frequently; Wright lost his 28th, 30th, 
83d, 38th, 46th, 48th and 49th, 4 of.them falling dead outside the boun- 
dary. Work lost his 28th, 33d, ; 38th, 44th and 49th, the last-named 
dead out of bounds. A curious feature in this series was the way in 
which Work, who followed Wright at the score, dropped 4 of his 5 
birds in the same rounds that Wright did. 
It took precisely half an hour to shoot the 1st 50, and the 2d 50 were 
disposed of in just about the same time, making the rate of shooting 
100 per hour. In the 3d series of 25 Wright decidedly outlucked 
Work; he drew only 6 extra hard birds to Work's 12, 3 of the 12 being 
extraordinarily hard birds. Partly on account of his better luck with 
the birds, and also because he was nowEhaoting more strongly, Wright 
drew up on his antagonist, killing 22 to his 21, the score at the end of 
the 75th round showing 62 to 59 in Work's favor. In this series 
Wright's lost birds were his 52d, 65th and 66th; Work lost his 53d, 62d, 
66th and 67th, the 53d and 66th birds being the result of some rather 
poor shooting on his part. This 50 birds occupied a few seconds over 
the half hour, the rates for each series of 25 birds per man being very 
equal. 
The last series started off in a sensational manner, Work losing his 
two first birds, thus having a' lead of only 1 at the end of the 77th 
round. His 76th bird was an extremely fast one, while his 77th was as 
full of tricks as a pointer pup; it didn't seem to feel a single pellet of 
either charge of shot sent after it. His next bird was a fast one from 
No. 4 that was killed in good time, but his 79th was another screamer 
that required both barrels before it came down. Wright's first 6 birds 
in this series were comparatively easy ones, but he drew a twisting 
left-quarterer from No. 2 in the 82d round that wasn't phased by his 
efforts to stop it. As Work killed in this round his lead was back to 
2 birds. The 86th and 87th rounds Baw two consecutive misses scored 
to each man, the result not altering the positions on the score. 
Wright then lost an easy bird that towered slightly in the wind; he 
appeared to undershoot it. As Work killed his last 13 straight he won 
as above stated by 3 birds, the time for the 200 birds being exactly two 
hours to a dot. In the last 25 birds each, Wright again outlucked 
Work, drawing only 5 extra hard birds to Work's 10. The latter 
shooter made a splendid grand stand kill of his last bird, a fast-rising 
circling outgoer from No. 1 trap, the wind getting under its tail and 
twirling it off to the left like a skyrocket; the first barrel "never 
touched" it, but it shut up like a crush hat when the second charge of 
shot caught it. 
From the above figures it will be seen that although Work only beat 
Wright by three birds, he had by far the worst of the birds, drawing 
46 extra hard birds to Wright's 30, a majority of 16. By extra hard 
birds we mean birds that were above the average of those trapped in 
the match, and in this match that average was exceedingly high. The 
scores, therefore, although decidedly low, cannot be taken as any cri- 
terion of the quality of shooting done by the two men by any one who 
did not see those Westminster Kennel Club birds leave the traps. 
Eight times during the match did Work miss when Wright lost his 
bird. The latter had nine birds drop dead out of bounds to four of 
Work's that did the same. The way the traps fell to each man was as 
follows, the draw in this respect being very even: 
No 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Total. 
19 
18 
22 
24 
100 
11 
20 
25 
20 
100 
41 
30 
38 
47 
44 
200 
The above figures show that Work drew Nos. 1 and 2 traps, the 
hardest traps on this day, a total of 36 times to 35 for Wright. He 
drew Nos. 4 and 5 a total of 46 times to Wright's 45; a very even draw 
altogether. 
There were no long runs made. Work's high runs were 13, 10 and 9; 
Wright's 15, 12 and 9. Work shot a Purdey gun and 50grs. of E. C. in 
a U. M. C. factory -loaded Trap shell; Wright shot a Purdey and 48grs. 
of Schultze in V. L. & D. special shell, loaded by Von Lengerke & Det- 
mold. The scores in detail follow: 
Trap score type — Copyright /sse, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
4 2 5 3 4 5 2 3 2 3 4 4 14 5 3 3 3 5 3 2 3 5 4 1 
G Work (30). ...2 3»0333233323013»323l313 2—21 
5 3 4 4 12 1113 4 4 2 5 5 3 2 3 5 2 4 3 2 2 3 
22032330113103322203313» 2—20 
5354511545444211553214522 
\<- / \ -M-.T \ N N T *V-^\ \ f Si \ T 
220222 2 2222022 2 0 02222222 2-21 
8145523425315415215431451 
00233323130«31323131212 2 2—21-83 
35434143325314542122 13331 
H B Wright (30)0 3«22110031»223222«33332 2—19 
2514454435345413531131514 
12«20 2 2 03223»2333322»2«0 3- 
•18 
4135422354154145155241531 
2»3322332333330033322223 2—23 
1554213533411144134543431 
2331320313-0333022133323 1—31-80 
The following sweeps were shot after the above match had been 
decided: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No .4. 
H B Wright 2201 —3 12122112—8 322222—6 21220-4 
FG Moore 21112-5 22111320—7 210 —3 220 —2 
GWork 120 —2 11122110—7 122210-5 13112—5 
W W Watrous. .. , 8230 —3 330 —3 
No. 1 was 5 birds, $5; Nos. 2, 3 and 4, $5 miss-and-outs. 
swing defeats edey. 
Jan. S.—W. S. Edey and George Ewing shot a 100 live-bird race 
to-day on the Westminster Kennel Club's grounds, Ewing winning by 
2 birds after an exciting race all through the match, the finish being 
little short of sensational. During the first part of the match the 
wind came from the west-southwest, veering later on to northwest. 
The birds were of the best, leaving the traps very quickly. The 200 
were shot at in 2h. 4m., Dandy retrieving the birds; George S. Mott 
was referee, scorer and trap-puller. 
Edey started off in the lead, having 3 birds the best of Ewing at the 
end of the 7th round. At the end of the 25th round he was still 3 
ahead; score 21—18. In the second 35 Ewing picked up one on his op- 
ponent, the score at the half-way mark showing 39—37 in Edey's 
favor. The loss of his 53d and 54th birds, both dead out of bounds, 
brought Edey back to Ewing. the scores being even up. Edey then 
lost his 60th, also dead out of bounds; this put him one behind. Out 
of the next 15 birds each man lost 3, the score at the end of the 75th 
round showing Ewing one in the lead— 60— 59. The last 25 brought 
some curious changes in the score: Edey fell 2 behind when he lost 
his 77th bird, but Ewing promptly gave him a lead of 1 by losing in 
quick succession his 81st, 83d and 84th birds; the score 
was a tie when Edey's 85th fell dead out of bounds. Out of 
his next 5 birds Ewing lost 3 more— his 87th, 88th and 89th. This put 
Edey 3 ahead with only 11 more to shoot at. It looked like bis match 
to a certainty, but one can never tell anything about a pigeon match. 
Edey's 90th, 92d and 96th were all scored lost, while Ewing killed his 7 
birds straight; this made them even again. Both lost their 97th birds; 
no change; still even up. ~ Then Edey's 98th and 100th birds went out 
of bounds, and Ewing won the match by killing his last 3 birds. Dur- 
ing the match Edey had the large number of 13 lost birds scored dead 
out of bounds; Ewing lost 5 birds that way. Score: 
W S Edey 1»1232123303303233232223»-21 
3»22222123»212202»2022002— 18 
23»«33333«311230320222232— 20 
2«2223322«233203«22200«2» -17— 76 
George Ewing 302002«133333012322011201— 18 
0222202«32212233»23»02m— 19 
1222232221220221212222220 -23 
231310300110.032222320222— 18— 78 
After the above match the two shot a 25-bird race, with the follow- 
ing result: 
Edey. 1221121211211120011102222—22 
EwiDg 0120223222202122212030310—19 
Edward Banks. 
new utrecht gun club. 
Jan. 1.— The members of the New Utrecht Gun Club showed up in 
good force at the club's grounds, Woodlawn, L. I., to-day; 16 members 
shot for the Holiday cup, G. Nostrand and Charlie Floyd tielng for 
the cup with 10 straight. The tie was shot of miss-and-out; in the 
the 1st round both men lost their first birds; Nostrand eventually 
won in the 4th round, Floyd losing his bird. In the morning Louis 
Duryea tried to beat G. W. Coulston in a 50-bird match under very 
hard conditions: Both men stood at 30-yds. , Duryea using but one 
hand, his opponent being allowed the use of both hands. Duryea re- 
tired at the end of the 33d round, being hopelessly in the rear. The 
high wind and very fast birds beat the one-handed man who has 
made some big records at this branch of pigeon-shooting. In a 5-bird 
sweep shot this afternoon with 13 entries, D. Deacon won first money 
on 5 straight ; there were 6 in for second money with 4 kills each. 
The scores in the events were as follows: 
G W Coulston (30) 23»'3022233220202221321121-21 
022022 — 4-25 
L T Duryea (30) ••12020100020100w2021230— 11 
301023 — 4—15 
Tie. 
0122—3 
0220-2 
No. 1. 
10221- 4 
202.0-2 
01131 -4 
22322—5 
10222— 4 
22000-2 
22220-4 
22«20— 3 
10222—4 
02202-3 
Holiday Cup. 
G Nostrand (B) 2222122122-10 
C W Floyd (B) 2222322322—10 
Kattenstroth (B) 1112211210— 9 
L T Duryea (AA) 2220222201— 8 
W H Lair (B) 2122222001— 8 
D Deacon (A) 2222*20222— 8 
C Furgueson, Jr. (A A) 2323024320— 8 
R E Gray (B) 2221200112— 8 
Dr Parker (C) 212223«202- 8 
D Bennett (B) 2222201022— 8 
E B Knowlton (C) 21321»2012— 8 
G W Coulston (A) 2001022212— 7 
C Furgueson, 3d (B) 0022022222— 7 
Van Cleaf (B) 0022201220- 6 
Dr Little (A) 00202302«1— 5 
F W Duryea (B) 0»11012000— 4 .... 01«20— 2 
Dr Barber (29) . . , , 11200-3 
J E Lake (27) .... 22110-4 
At the annual meeting of the club held on Monday evening last, Dec. 
30, the following officers of the club were unanimously re-elected: 
President, W. F. Sykes; Vice-President, Jeremiah Lott; Secretary- 
Treasurer, Dr. George W. Pool. The board of directors was not ap- 
pointed, but a board of six members will be appointed shortly, the 
board to consist of three men who will represent the live-bird shooters 
of the club, and three men who will look after the interests of the tar- 
get shooters. 
The medals for 1895 were won by: Live bird medals: first, Cor- 
nelius Furgueson, Jr. ; second, C. N. Meyer. Target medals: Dr. G. 
W. Pool, first; Dr. Shepard and D. C. Bennett tied for second. The 
tie for the second target medal will be shot off shortly. 
AT NORTH BEACH. 
Jan. 1— The holiday sweepstake at the North Beach grounds to-day 
was won by Philip H. Myles, a member of the Eureka Gun Club. The 
shoot wa« open only to members of the clubs that shoot regularly at 
these grounds. The conditions of the shoot were: 10 live birds per 
man, $5 entrance. Scores: 
P H Myles 2220212112—9 R V Williams 0102220210-6 
D G Jenkins 1130320123-8 F S England 1110202001-6 
T H Cameron 2321002111—8 A T Murdock 2120210030-6 
B H Kennedy 1102122120- 8 D W Ryan 0212000210-5 
B G Davidson 2001233013—7 S W Young 1020021010—5 
H P Loomis 1201100212-7 
CRESCENT GUN CLUB. 
Jan. 2.— The monthly meeting of the Crescent Gun Club, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y, at Dexter Park to-day, was poorly attended, only four 
members being present. G. W. Coulston won the club shoot with a 
total of 6 out of 7. He also tried his hand at 50 live birds, scoring 15 
out of his first 25, 21 out of his second 25, a total of 36 out of 50. In the 
sweeps after the club shoot he took the greater part of the money. 
No. 1 was the club shoot. Scores: 
G W Coulston ••21201202110020001221021—15 
21121112«0212110122201121— 21-36 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Coulston 1111011—6 12121—5 10111^1 11111—5 11011—4 
Passmore 202»200— 3 00011—2 01110 -3 00011-2 11000-2 
Hopkins 1310020—4 11100-3 11010—3 01110-3 01001—3 
Sweeney 0111103—5 01222-4 11001—3 10110-3 01100-2 
G Harned , 11101—4 
P Harned 11111—5 
In two $1 miss-and-outs between Coulston, Passmore and HopkinB, 
Coulston came out ahead in both, killing 3 straight in each event. 
Tackawanna Sporting Club. 
Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa,, Jan. 1.— The members of the Tacka- 
wanna Sporting Club celebrated the opening of the new year by hold- 
ing a shoot at 25 bluerocks per man, unknown traps and angles. The 
weather was blustery with snow squalls at intervals; the scores, 
though not high, were really good when the conditions of the weather 
and of the event are taken into consideration. The main interest in 
the shoot centered in the contest between T. J. Francis and Ed. 
Vanartsdalen, two of our most enthusiastic members, Francis win- 
ning, as the score given below shows, by 2 breaks. We are a live 
organization; our strict rules must be observed, and our expenses are 
nominal, as we pay market price for all our birds; we have been shoot- 
ing under the above conditions for some years Scores of to-day's 
event: 
A L Whitaker 1101011011111111110111110-20 
W L Whitaker , 1111111110110111111001110-20 
W E Whitaker 1111011110101010111010001-16 
T J Francis 11001 11010000111001001111—14 
Jos Fields , .0101011110000110111100010—13 
J C Ladders 1110010011101011110000000—12 
E Vanartsdalen 0001010111100101100110100—12 
. W. L. Whitaker, 
Ferd. Van Dyke went to San Antonio after all, his determination to 
do so being arrived at on a very late date. How he got on we will be 
able to tell you in our issue of the 18th inst. Reports from San An- 
tonio, although very meager, tell of a good shoot and a large crowd. 
Trap Around Pittsburg. 
HEBRON HILL GUN CLUB AT BAYWOOD. 
Pittsburg, Pa , Jan. 1.— Several members of the Herron Hill Gun 
Club enjoyed a live-bird shoot to-day at Baywood, the residence of 
the King boys. The shoot was under the management of Louis Lau- 
tenslager, secretary of the Herron Hill Club. The birds were good 
ones, being all that the shooters could ask for. Armstrong— a gentle- 
man whose fancy it is to shoot under that assumed name — killed 33 
out of 34 birds shot at. Scores in the sweeps are as follows: 
Bell 
C A May. 
A H King, . , 
WSKing... 
Armstrong. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No 3. 
1021—3 
2012211001— 7 
1311222312- 
-10 
1102-3 
1101011002— 6 
101112021- 
- 7 
2210 3 
1112111111—10 
2122312212- 
-10 
2101—3 ; 
2230121122- 9 
2222121320- 
- 9 
1221—4 
0111110111— 8 
1111002211- 
- 8 
1001—2 
1200121222- 
- 8 
0132 3 
2120212100- 
- 7 
.1111—4 
1211101110- 
- 8 
2210-3 
3220111030- 
- 7 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. 
.2322232102 
- 9 
121111312 
-9 
12011- 
-4 
0220110223 
- 7 
122111221- 
-9 
10320- 
-3 
..1222212323 
-10 
1133330101 
- 8 
233231222- 
-9 
22332- 
-5 
— 7 
2310 
-3 
33311- 
-5 
1120222112 
- 9 
2003123111 
- 8 
20 
-1 
10110- 
-3 
1211213110 
- 9 
0111202202 
- 7 
No. 1 was a practice sweep at 4 birds; Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were regular 
events at 10 birds; No. 5 was a miss-and-out, No. 6, a 5-bird sweep. 
AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. 
Jan. 1.— A series of live-bird races was shot to-day on the grounds 
of the Country Club, the shoot being managed by W. J. McOrlckart. 
The arrangements were all that could be desired. Bessemer shot very 
well, losing only 2 birds out of 52 shot at; McKee killed 47 out of 52. 
Scores: 
No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. No. 4. 
J G Messner (30). . .0131312—6 2310110211—8 
W H Myers (38). . . ,2301012—5 2020210213-7 .... 
McKee (29) 2211323—7 1002123202 -7 121210 —6 21210-4 
Fleming (28) 1200200—3 1221120010—7 210 —2 210 —2 
O Gregg (26) 2123121—7 3011311312-9 
Bessemer (29) 2330111—6 1013333322—9 1322312 -7 12122-5 
Martin (26) 2012 02201—7 10 —1 
Carrink(28) 3213323310-9 
Smith (26) 1100112222—8 2312112 -7 12120-4 
No. 1 was 7 birds, 85; No. 2, 10 birds, $7; No. 3, $2 miss-and-out;. 
Nos. 4, 5 and 6, $1 miss-and-out. The scores in Nos. 5 and 6 were: 
No. 5: McKee and Bessemer, 10; Smith 8, Fleming 5, Martin 0. 
No. 6: Bessemer 13, McKee 12, Fleming 5. 
Altoona Gun Club. 
Altoona, Pa., Dec. 25.— Several members of the Altoona Gun Club 
had arranged to have a series of live-bird, races to-day, and finer 
weather could not have been chosen had it been the month of June 
instead of the 25th of December. Handier Bastian had secured as fine 
a lot of birds as I have ever cieen trapped; there waB not a real duffer 
among them. Shooting commenced at 9:30 A. M., and all was over in 
plenty of time for the boys to return to the city and enjoy the Christ- 
mas turkey. The scores were: 
Trap Score Type— Copyright isae by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
No. 1. No. 3. 
21432 322 5 3 5134333435 
E Kottman 0 1111—4 12 121201112111 3—14 
21431 533143354315431 
J F Kilhts 2 000 0- 1 020122333 2 2300 2—11 
143 2 1 1343313311 5 5 5. 1 4 
W B Sands 2 101 0- 3 31211300001221 2—11 
21341 453215542241454 
H F Forney 1 102 0— 3 02213100031011 1—10 
43315 154125254244552 
^7>7>*- t^'^/a^\-*\->T\ x *T\/ , / , 
G Bender 2 112 1— 5 11321102111212 0—13 
335351151331114 
WS Bookwalter 11101002111223 1—12 
311531354154345 
W E Bell 11301011133201 1—12 
245543131324311 
E Murray 00312011111020 1—10 
No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
W E Bell 1 112 11111 2-10 12 1 1-4 2 2 1 1 3—5 
->T l^StSWW \-H-fr- <-< — 
E Kottman 0 11323213 3— 9 321 1—4 1 1 1 2 0—4 
W B Sands 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2—10 1 1 3 0—3 1 1 1 1 3—5 
JFKillits 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1— 9 
G Bender 1 11320031 1— 8 
No. 6, miss-and-out, $3: Kottman 3, Bell and Sands 3. 
Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 were miss-and-out matches between Kottman 
and Bell, each event being g2 entrance. No, 7 was won by Bell with 3 
to 3; No. 8 evened things up, Kotty winning by 3 to 1 ; No. 9 saw Bell 
go one ahead, as he won by 3 to 3; No. 10 again evened matters up, 
Kotty winning by 3 to 1; No. 11, and last event for the day, was a vic- 
tory for Bell, who again beat Kotty by the score of 3 to 2. This left 
Bell with three wins to Kottman's two. 
In all the events birds were extra. No. 1 was at 5 birds, $3, two 
moneys; No. 2, 15 birds, handicap rise, $5, three moneys; No. 3, 10 
birds, $5, two high guns; Nos. 4 and 5 were S3 entrance, two high 
guns. Grant. 
The "amateur championship" at the Larchniont Yacht Club's 
shooting grounds will be brought to a conclusion to-day, Jan. 11. At 
$100 a man the purse will be well worth winning, but the man who 
wins the cup will have to shoot away up to get it. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
A Great Train to the Royal Palms. 
The Southern Railway announces there-establishment of its famous 
"New York and Florida Short Line Limited" trains for season of 1896 
—first train Southbound leaving New York Monday, Jan. 6, and daily 
thereafter. 
These trains are composed of the finest equipment that the Pullman 
Company can supply, consisting of the latest design Compartment, 
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The route is over the Pennsylvania R. R from New York to Wash- 
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beautiful and historical Piedmont section of Virginia, North and South 
Carolina, to Columbia, at which point connection is formed with the 
Florida Central & Peninsular R. R., which takes the train through an 
interesting section of the South. 
Leaving New York at 3:20 P. M., Jacksonville is reached the follow- 
ing evening at 6:30 and St. Augustine at 7:40 P. M. The journey to 
Jacksonville or St, Augustine takes only a day. 
Florida tourists should bear in mind the fact that Western North 
Carolina is reached only by the Southern Railway, and that cheap 
auxiliary trips may be made into that delightful country in the most 
comfortable manner en route to or from Florida. — Adv. 
The Royal Natural History, 
Published by Frederick Warne & Co., New York, is issued in fort- 
nightly parts, at a subscription pric^ of %\\ per annum. It has novv 
reached its fourteenth issue, the first number having been brought 
out in May, 1895. Each number is illustrated with two colored plates, 
and numerous engravings and many of the illustrations are drawn to 
scale. 
