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FOREST AND STREAM. 
April 13, 1895. ^ 
their second misses, commencing on Friday morning on what 
was termed "the ragged edge"— another miss being fatal, Ful- 
ford's dead out of bounds was an extremely hard, as well as a 
very curious, case. Fred Bennett and Post each dropped a 
bird also in this round; these being their third misses, they 
were forced to retire. Mr. Post's picture will be a melancholy 
souvenir, I'm afraid. Fred Moore's photograph may be classed 
as a dead out of bounds, the camera unfortunately not having 
centered him; under the circumstances it was great luck that 
he was hit at all I 
■ The rapidity with which straight scores had been paralyzed 
one after another will be readily realized from the following 
statement of how things stood at the end of the 10th round : Out 
of the 58 starters, 15 Uad dropped out altogether; 15 others had 
lost two^birds each, and 17 more had a credit of 9 out of 10; this 
le£t only eleven men with straight scores of 10 ! Considering 
the quality of the entry, this says a good deal for the birds and 
traps. Altogether 518 birds, not counting "no birds," were 
trapped at this set of traps, a good record when the largeness 
of the entry, the consequent difficulty of getting the shooters to 
the score promptly, and the tedious waits while Boyle Bros'. 
Irish setter puppy, Nancy, was chasing herself around the field. 
When Miss Nancy likes, she makes an excellenc retriever, 
being very rapid and absolutely tireless, but when she doesn't 
like —then it's tedious to say the least. While on the subject of 
retrievers it is only fit and proper to mention John Doty's Gor- 
don setter dog, Joe. Although Joe's digestive and secretive 
organs were out of gear, he did some very good work; there 
was no necessity of wnistling or calling when Joe was retriev- 
ing It also made no matter how many birds there were to 
orino- in ; sometimes he would go to the extremity of the 
boundary, pick up his bird and then bring back one of those 
Which Nancy had dropped as well. Two birds at a time were 
nothing to him; once he brought back three, two by the wings 
and the other by the body! The photographs of both Nancy 
and Joe were, unfortunately, failures; both dogs are worthy of 
being immortalized in these columns, each for its own eccen- 
tricities or excellencies. 
THE FINAL ROUNDS. 
Promptly at 11 on Friday morning, April 5, the 11th round of 
the Grand American Handicap was commenced, Edey, of 
course leading off. He began badly by missing a quick flyer 
from No. 4 trap. Higginson killed an easy right quartering 
incomer and then Clark spoiled the looks of his score by losing 
a good bird from No. 1. Lower down in the list another 
straight score, Kelsey's, was also spoiled by his losing a right 
quartering driver from No. 2, dead out of bounds. Thus three 
of the eleven straight scores from over night were reduced very 
quickly to 8. Altogether nine cyphers were totalled in this 
round; Mayhew, Fulford and Eley, dropping out with their 
third misses, and Arnold, W. W. Bennett and Train each scor- 
ing their second goose egg, Arnold retiring from the contest 
with only two misses. This left 39 shooters to commence the 
12th round. 
Three lost birds were all that were scored in the 12th round. 
Du Bray's bird, a low flying driver from No. 3, fell dead out of 
bounds, the captain withdrawing from the contest as it was his 
third cypher; George and Bartlett scored the other misses. The 
13th round saw Bartlett and Lindsley drop out, Clark and 
Heikes scoring their second misses. Both Clark's and Bart- 
lett's birds were rattling good ones, while Heikes' pigeon, 
which fell dead out of bounds, was a strong flyer, that was 
bored through, but managed to reach the boundary. In the 
14th round Wright, Morgan and Burdette fell out, while Melot 
and Taylor each scored a lost bird. There were four misses 
scored on the 15th round, one of them very important and a 
miss that had a good deal to do with the ultimate result of the 
handicap. The miss referred to was credited to Jack Brewer, 
who drew a perfect terror of a bird from No. 1 trap, the pigeon 
getting away with hardly any apparent damage. Cleave scored 
his second miss in this round, while Drake and Melot both 
dropped out. This left seven straight scores of 15 out of 31 
competitors at the end of the 15bh round. 
Glover, who had shot well ever since his first two rounds, was 
the only one to miss in the 16th round; this being his third 
miss, he joined the 2S other shooters who had withdrawn. 
Ivins, who had been shooting well right along, and who looked 
all over a winner, made an excellent kill of his bird in this 
round. Thomas' stop of his bird was also splendid work with 
the gun. The 17th round saw eight men lose biris, Clark, 
Morfey, Cleave and Train dropping out, Higginson and Willey 
scoring their second misses, and Apgar and "Henry" spoiling 
their straight scores. Apgar's loss of his bird was a piece of 
real hard luck. It was a right quarterer from No. 2 which fell 
to the first barrel; his second shell, fired while the bird was on 
the ground, did nothing more than wake it up, the bird rising 
at the discharge and falling dead out of bounds; it looked as if 
Neaf was too sure of his bird and aimed carelessly or else the 
charge of shot spread badly. "Henry" (H. L. Gates, of Utica, 
.N Y.) drew a very hard bird which beat him entirely. Jack 
Brewer's kill of a zig-zagging quartering driver from No. 3 in 
this round v> as honestly applauded. > . 
Bound 18 saw Simpson drop out and Coulston lose another 
bird, this time also dead out of bounds. In connection with 
Coulston's miss,_a rather curious coincidence may be chron- 
icled: John S. Hoey had relieved Jacob Pentz, as referee, 
while the latter went; to lunch; Kelsey, not being on hand 
when his name was called, Mr. Hoey asked Coulston who was 
ready, and who was the next man to the score, if he would 
mind expediting matters by shooting what would have been 
Kelsey's bird. "I'm superstitious, but I'll do it," said Couls 
