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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dko, is, 1896.^ 
In New Jersey. 
ZWIKLKIN'S SHOOl' AT TRBINTON. 
The big shoot engineered by Cbarlie Zwirlein, of Tardvllle, N. J.« 
tooK place at Trenton, N. J- as adveptiaed, on Deo. 1-3. The weather 
was all against the success of the affair, but the race on the la.st day 
redeemed It from going down on the pages of history as a failure. 
That one battle was enough to satisfy anybody that saw it. Never 
before have the four shooters named in the scores which are given 
'below met as a quartette of rivals on an equal footing. We have seen 
them entered for the Grand American Handicap, but shooting from 
'difiterent marks. At the Interstate Fair grounds on Dec. 8 it was 
"all on the same mark— 30yds." If for no other reason than the 
Ijringing off of this contest, Zwirleln deserves infinite credit at the 
ihanda of the trap-shooters of chls country. We treat of the match in 
(detail in its proper place. 
THB INTKBSTATB FAIR 6R0UNDS, 
where the match took place, are easily reached from the city of Tren- 
ton by a line of electric cars that land shooters and spectators right 
Inside the grounds themselves, and within two minutes'' walk of the 
score. The oval inside the race track is as level as a billiard table 
and could readily be laid out to accommodate three sets of traps in a 
straight Jine. As a claimant for Interstate Association recognition in 
the matter of the Grand American Handicap of 1897, there are several 
things to be said in favor of Trenton. The hotel accommodation is 
ample, Trenton's hotels being numerous and first class, while their 
prices are decidedly reasonable. The street oar company is accom- 
modating and, as st&ted above, transports its passengers from the 
center ot the city to the fair grounds in about tltceen mlnutex, per- 
haps less. Fast trains are frequent on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
and an hour and a half by rail from New York cincluding ferry to 
Jersey City), or one hour from Philadelphia, is the limit. 
In pointing out tJie facilities for runnibg the Grand American Handi- 
cap on these grounds, Charlie Zwirlein showed us his plans for erect- 
ing a temporary club house in rear of the dead line, amply BufiBcient 
to accommodate 150 shooters and their friends and attendants. The 
only drawback that we see to choosing these grounds as the scene for 
the next Grand American Handicap is the distance from New York, 
:and we do believe that shooters who compete in that great event 
would prefer to sleep in New York to any other place. Barring that 
lone drawback, Trenton can offer as many set-offs as any other city in 
the country. 
UNFAVOEABLB WBLATHSSa 
marred this meeting, a heavy snow, the first of the season, falling a 
few days prior to the shoot, and making it unpleasant under foot on 
the first day. The air loo on the first two days was raw and cold, cut- 
ting right "through the warmest clothing. The small tent set apart 
nominally for the shooters, warmed with a small oil stove, was appro- 
priated by the public almost to the exclusion of the shooters; and both 
classes nearly froze to death anyhow. The accommodation was far 
too limited even with such a small crowd of shooters; what it would 
have been had another dozen shooters and a good crowd of spectators 
put in an appearance we hesitate to say. 
The birds were good ones all through, while the all-blue ones trapped 
in the big race were as fine a lot as we have ever seen leave the trap 
on a calm day ; many of them were screamers without more than a 
breath of air to aid tnem. Anticipating at least ten entries, Zwirleln 
had scoured the country for first-class birds, and bad gotten together 
1,800 all-blue pigeons, small in body and strong of wing; no peeps, 
When brought to the score in crates their tail and wing feathers were 
as clean as i£ they had never been cooped up. 
The story of the three days' shoot must be told in detail, and only 
briefly at that, as there is much demand on otu* space this week: 
First Day, Dec. 1. 
The chilly nature of the day had its effects upon the spectators who 
stood around in the yellow sandy mud of the Trenton soil and watched 
the shooters step to the mark, shoot and retire with but little display 
of enthusiasm. The glare from the snow was not hard on the eyes, 
but It bad a tendency to make the birds slower to start than- they 
would have been had the sod been bare. Some excellent scores were 
made. The two Winchester experts, Jim Elliott and Ferd Van Dyke, 
were on top with 47 out of 49 and 34 out of 35 respectively; Aaron 
Woodruff, of Elizabeth, scored 35 out of 38; Class 33 out of 36, and 
FultordSa out ot 35; the best Brewer could do was a3 out of 27, his 
gun handicapping very seriously, apparently making no pattern and 
having bttle penetration. Fultord's work was not clean, but it must 
be said that he was using a new gun, a beauty, a high-grade Greener, 
that he was neither accustomed to and which the load did not suit. 
He got bis birds, it is true, but there were several slobbers among 
tliem. 
To-day's events consisted of a 25-blrd handicap, $35 entrance, and 
two miss-and-outs, $3 entrance, all at SOyds, The scores of these 
erents follow: 
Handicap. No. 1. 
EDFultord (31) 202-ii22ii2tim-42n22i22i2—U S22S'30 
F Van Dyke (39) S2132233323320ai3a3333333-24 232<J812331— 10 
JAR Elliott (32) , .2a2022ii2a212a220222^32121 -23 2232232323—10 
Frank Class (31) . . .2222222223-<l3322«2022232a0— 23 
A Woodruff (29) 123202ul232222^2222ni2d2-23 2213232213-10 
J L Brewer (32) .20223223201i;3322332023il2-22 
B M C (28) 0122111210121212332^11201—22 
Wledmann (28) 1111211221201232200213112 -23 
JCTimmons (38) .2222323383000222323223-.i03-21 20 
J L Winston (39).,.. 2203222033^01023320122203-19 
PMurphy (29) •,......2202312210312012303202001—18 2110 
C Zwirlein (39) 2320220333038330303 vyf 
NHAstfalK 1211232210-9 
IWBudd 2112122111—10 
No. 1 was a mlss-and-out, $3 entrance. 
No. 2, miss-and-out, $2enirance: P. Murphy, Elliott and Winston 
14, Class 10, Zwirlein 8, Budd 6, Astfalk and Cubberly 4, Fulford 3, 
Woodruff 2, Timmons and Brewer 1. 
Second Day, Dec. S. 
The weather on the second day was somewhat better than that of 
the first day, with the exception of the cold wind, which was pene- 
trating and raw to a degree; under foot the groimd was ail right, 
being frozen solid as a rock. The attendance was naturally small, a 
fact supposedly due to the cold weather, as the class of shooters on 
^aad called for more outside interest than was displayed. 
Five miss-and-outs at $2 each were shot, and also a race at 10 birds, 
flO entrance, all at SOyds. rise. The best work was done as follows: 
lUiott, 34 out of 37; Fulford, 34 out of 38; Woodruff and Cubberly, 30 
out of 33; liOtt, 22 out of 25; and Brewer, 15 out of 16. Ferd. Van 
Dyke, whose shells had not shown up, had enough left to take part in 
the lO bird race, and used them to such effect that he scored every 
(bird, making his record for the two days 44 out of 4B. The scores in 
'to-day's events were as follows, re-entries being allowed in the miss- 
And-outs in the first round: 
Match; Brewer vs. Murphy, 25 birds, $25, 31yds. rise, gun below the 
<elbow, H and T traps. 
Brewer 111111 111 110111111111 1111— 23 
Murphy 0111101001111111011101010-17 
Match: Murphy vs. Hill, 10 birdi, S>10, aOyos. rise: 
Murphy 212S22332-9 Hill 10211?»12 w 
Other sweeps were shot as below, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 being $2 miss- 
and-outs; and No. 5, 10 birds, $10, birds included. Scores in these 
events were as follows: 
No. 1. No. S. No. 8.- No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 
Fulford.. 212111-6 11— 2 21111213-8 1120 - 8 2133111022- 9 222122 -6 
mil 1110 —3 20-1 113al223-8 233310-5 2210332202- 8 111320 
Elliott.. .222322-6 23—2 2331:1330 -7 233333-6 2233222232 -10 2330 
Woodr'fl 112220-5 12—2 21231223—8 221322-6 2122223123—10 
I,ott 221220-5 10—1 23220 -4 112223-6 238323—6 
Cubberly 112121— 6 20-1 11122122—8 113211-6 3122212012— 9 
ZwirleIn..22lllO-5 10-1 1232220 —6 120 —2 122002310 w 120 
Daly 20. —1 2132022208— 8 212228-6 
BMC 21—3 31320 - 4. 
Van Dyke ..... 2282333233—10 - 
Murphy , 20 —1 2320320802—7 21220 
Class 03220100 w 
Brewer 2288'380121— 9 212222-6 
Timmons v.w.,. ...... 2288888332—10 
Apgar, 2108021202— 7 223820-5 
147.. 0222820282— 8 330 
In No. 1 Fulford lost his first bird and re-entered. Fulford, Elliott 
and Zwirlein lost their first birds in No. 2 and re-entered. In No. 4 
Zwirlein re-entered, Murphy re-entering in No. 6. 
2%ird Day, Dec. 3. 
This was the finest day of the week so far. The sun was bright and 
warm, but there was still enough snap in the air to make it advisable 
to hunt for a spot warmed by the sun, but sheltered from the gentle 
northwest wind that blew across the fair grounds. It was a pleasant 
day for shooting, but one that was decidedly in favor of high scoring, 
no matter how good the birds might be; the wind was of no use to 
them; it hi as too light, although its direction was all right. Then 
again, the snow on the ground, with the bright glare of the sun, was 
bound to dazzle and bewilder many a bird that would under other cir- 
cumstances have left the traps like a streak. To do away as far as 
possible with any trouble from the snow, Zwirlein had had it swept 
•way from around the traps, but It was still well In evidence, and un- 
queitionabl^ bothered tbe birds not a Uttle. 
It was fully 11:15 before all the principals showed up on the grounds 
to-day, although the majority of them had been eager enough the 
night before to make a start at 10 A. M. prompt. Jim Elliott, accom- 
panied by Ferd, Van Dyke, were the only ones on hand at the hour 
mentioned. When we reached the grounds at 10:20, Elliott, Van 
Dyke, Charlie Zwirlein and George Cubberly, together with a few of 
the trapper boys, were the sole occupants of the little tent. 
When Class, Fulford and Brewer arrived with their respective 
backers there was a good deal of preliminary talk, and the conditions 
were changed from '•one gun to take all" to two moneys, 75 and 25 
per cent. Nate Astfalk was ofaosen referee, while the official scorers, 
who had to work in relays on accotmt of fee cold, were: Will Park, 
of Sporting Life; J. K. Starr, of the Philadelphia Public Ledger; and 
the representative of Forest and Sxekam, who also relieved Mr. Ast- 
falk when it became necessary for that gentleman to retire for the 
purpose of warming himself and eating bis luncheon. Charlie Zwir- 
leln and George Cubberly looked after the birds. The retrieving was 
done for the most part by Pete Murphy's Irish setter Dan, a dog of 
four years of age, but lull of centuries of good sense. Zwirlein's 
black setter dog. Nig, relieved Dan when it became necessary to give 
the latter's sore foot a rest. 
The order of shooting was as follows : Fulford, Elliott, Class and 
Brewer. The first shot was fired at 11:40, Brewer firing at the 400th 
bird and finishing the match at 3:05, a matter of only 3 hours and 25 
minutes for the 400 birds, or 400 birds in 205 minutes— nearly 120 per 
hour. This fast work was due to the promptness with which the 
men stepped to the score, and also to the quality of the birds, loafers 
being the exception. There was very little slobbering, consequently 
there was no waste of time In retrieving, and only two no birds were 
CBLlled; perhaps 12 or 15 others required scaring up with balls, one 
of such birds, his 62d, fooling Elliott by its quick work when it got 
off. It is impossible with the space at our disposal this week to 
describe this shoot as fully as its character desel-ves. We must do 
the best we can, for it was a great shoot. The luck of the birds was 
about even, nothing much to choose on either side. 
BRKWEE, 
Brewer showed what a really magnificent shot he Is by his work to- 
day. (Solng to the score with a 7141b. Francotte, Nate AstFalk's gun, 
with li4in. more drop to it than any gun Brewer ever shot before, he 
made sume wonderful kUls and used splendid judgment, particularly 
on towering incomers. So impressed was he with the capabilities of 
this gun and (of course) of himself that he declared many times that 
be would kill 97 out of his 100. As a matter of fact he scored 98, with 
three dead out of bounds. Only one, his 58th, an extremely fast bird, 
got away without joining tbe vast majority laid out on the snow to 
cool off. Brewer's load was 48grs. of Du Pont Smokeless with l>4oz. 
of No. 7 shot in a U. M. C. trap shell. In addition to being haudi- 
capped by using a strange gun, he had the misfortune to break the 
plate of some false teeth he now wears, and the kicking of the 
gun under the heavy load drove the plate into his cheek at each shot, 
causing blood to fiow freely inside bis mouth almost tbe entire time 
of the match. He shot the race of his life, an up-and-up race, and 
finished by running out with an unbroken string of 43 kills. His long 
runs were 12, 35 and 42 unfinished, scoring 80 out of his last 82. 
KLLIOTT. 
Elliott, as usual in an important match, lost his first bird, a fast 
right-quartering driver from No. 4 trap that towered rapidly as it left 
the trap . Apparently centered with the second barrel, after being 
undershot with the first, the bird fell dead just over the track. Then 
bu settled down and ran 33 before slipping up on an almost similar 
bird to his first, but this time from No. 2 trap. After running 15 
straight he unexpectedly let off an easy bird from No. 4 trap in the 
59th round, scoring 47 to Brewer's 48 out of the first 50 birds. In the 
58th round it will be noticed that his string of second-barrel kills is 
broken by a solitary figure 1. The bird was an easy incomer, and 
when Elliott pulled the trigger for the first shell the cartridge missed 
fire; he then did what was really a foolish action and pernapa bad 
judement— he ejected the faulty shell and scored the bird with his re- 
mainiHE cartridge. In the 62d round he was badly tooled by a sitter 
tbat dodged a couple of balls thrown at it, and then jumped suddenly 
into the air and went away like an English snipe up wind on a wild 
day. Alter that he settled right down to work and ran out with 88 
straight. His double-figure runs were 32, 15, 11 and 38 unfinished. Of 
course he shot a Winchester repeating shotgun, weight 73.^lbs., Leader 
shell, 48grs. E. C. powder, l^oz. No. 7 shot, Winchester factory- 
loaded ammunition. The way i.e bandied the "pump" pleased every- 
body, his bodyguard and valet, Ferd. Van Dyke, smiling all over his 
face as Jim landed bird after bird. 
FULFORD. 
Fulford shot in excellent form, and centered his birds well with his 
first barrel. How well he did his work in this line is shown by his 
string of one-barrel kills, 61 of his 100 birds being scored with a single 
shell. He was compelled to be chary of the use of two shells by being 
short of satisfactory ammunition, some of his loads not being suited 
to his gun, a new high-grade Greener, a beauty that weighs just Bibs. 
This one-barrel work is very taking, and pleases the spectators, and 
speaks well for both shooter, gun and ammunition; but it is very apt 
to make a man slow with his second just when he needs it on a fast, 
driving bird. The loss of some of his birds being attributed to this in 
a measure, notably in the 15th, 4lBt, 48th, 78th and 79th rounds. Some 
of his kills with the second barrel were on the phenomenal order, but 
were decidedly of the class that "cant be done every time," even if 
the gun is pointed just right. We doubt If Fulford ever shot much 
better than he did to day. His score of 93 out of 100, with 5 others 
dead out of bounds, shows that he was in great form. Tbe loss of his 
43d bird was a remarkable one. The pigeon was a dark bird that 
circled in to the left from No. 1 trap, flipping about as it flew; it 
flinched as tbe first barrel went off, but did not seem to be touched 
by the second; both times the gun went off the bird could not have 
been more than 28yd8. from the shooter, but not a feather left it; yet 
it fell stone dead on the track j ust back of the dead line, dying in mid - 
air. Fulford stepped to the score each time when his turn came and 
Shot along with an unruffled air from start to finish, realizing that he 
was in a shooting match and determined to be as near the top as he 
could get. His load was 54grs. of Scbultze, lJ4oz. of No. 7 for the 
right and the same amount of No. 6 in tbe leto, in U. M. C. factory- 
loaded Trap shells. Fulford's runs were 19, 25, 34 and 31 unfinished. 
CLASS. 
Frank Class performed his part In to-day's shoot in an entirely dif- 
ferent manner to the way the others went to work. He was deviling 
Brewer all the time, pointing out Elliott as a sure winner, and offer- 
ing all sorts of bets that Brewer would not win. Before tbe match 
began be offered Brewer toe odds of 50 to 40 tbat he wouldn't finish 
first. No takers! He handicapped himself badly in the first 23 
rounds, losing his 1st, 5th, 9th, 15th and 23d birds, the first three dead 
out of bounds. Then he struck his gait, and those who have seen 
Class shoot know whao that means. Out of the last 78 birds he 
scored 75, losing 3 others, his 64th and 78th, dead out of bounds. He 
got into his old slap- bang style, filling a bird full of shot with the first 
barrel and landing the second into it with a precision and rapidity 
tbat was remarkable. On his day be is as dangerous a man as any- 
body in the country; some of bis scores in the past few years show 
this. He shot a 7J^lb. Francotte, 48grs. of Schultze, V/ioz. of No. 7 in 
a V. L. & D U. M. 0. shell. His double figure runs were 31, 13 and 
23, unfinished. 
A REMARKABLB FINISH. 
The last string of 25 in this match was a remarkable one. Zwirlein 
culled his crates carefully for the best birds he possessed, cnoosing 
those that he knew would best test the skUl of the shooters. They 
were a rattling lot as a whole, and those who were looking on saw 
some great shooting, Fulford and Class lost their birds in the 78th 
rounds, and then Fulford lost his 79th dead out of bounds. This was 
the last bird that was not gathered in bounds during the remainder 
of the match, the next 87 birds being scored without a miss, although 
Brewer had a narrow escape m the 87th round. The bird, a good one 
from No. 4 trap, was hit, out not very severely. Brewer elected to 
gather it himself. He went about it very carefully, nearly two min- 
utes expiring before he made an attempt to gather it. Then the bird 
. rose about two feet from the ground and made for the boundary line 
where the spectators were standing. When within about 16 yards of 
the deadline, and looking very much like a sure lost bird, its wing 
snapped and down it came, being easily gathered by Brewer as a 
result. 
The traps fell as below; 
No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Total. 
17 
25 
27 
14 
17 
100 
26 
30 
30 
6 
100 
;i4 
23 
28 
13 
100 
20 
21 
21 
19 
100 
71 
95 
91 
88 
55 
400 
Tra^ score type—Copyright, -ism, by Forest and Stream PubUsMng Co. . 
5311333518321435314115255 
J li Brewer. ...12 2 2 2 228222 2 «2232«S2 2 32 2 2—23 ' 
244132315485131334 2 2 84423 
322221221221112228221222 3-25 
454 3 22252332312 5 533222543 
231»1220222122111212212a 2—23 
2232116 25414 5353333334211 
^t^l;^ H-Kt->4. H^'^~v^- «^^r \^;";^-s" t ^ 
123 2 313 2 1 122121312212322 2—25—96 
4521413532321421214 2 4 5444 
JAR Elliott. ..• 3222222222222223a222322 8—24 
242381232243212132413 3 844 
w^/« S/ 4: t T -TH ^ 1 1 -»;^ <- ? 4^ t 
23222322«325i382332322832 0—23 
1251443424135342112343443 
233832212220228222222222 »-24 
14 4 3 15 118 4 2 8 4 8 2 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 
832222222223282332222222 2—25—96 
4 511343443454455441 41S4 33 
E D Fulford ...2 111111!iil22222U122321111 1—24 
2342455221414123251445341 
\ /T" ^ T i 1^ T T \ \ t 
lllllliaillllll»ll»821»2 2—22 
31S23281S13125328S3333335 
*~+-4^4-<-t t t<-'^-4^N<-/t.H7' 
11«2 2111111188 a 1215ill221 2—24 
31 '4 5212443432533233311422 
t / >^ t i t v^'-^ T ^-^/i 
120»28 2 111 2 111111112 1111 1—23-93 
44324348531828 3 5 512515445 
Frank Class....* 222»312»228130188221021 1—80 
8 5 53122321144141114424533 
111221011111111323111 •-} 21 1—24 
1432581513538334131311454 
1121313223212»2333212132 2—34 
334235 8354254415235533431 
-4 4.7'->->->t<— ^->t T/^ x^/ "h^/^^i — 
21»8328 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2—24—92 
Other sweeps were shot as below, Nos. 1 and 4 being shot on the 
lower (match) set of traps; Nos. 2 and 3 being shot on the upper set 
while the match was in progress. Scores in these events were: 
No. 1. No 8. No. 3. No. 4 
Fulford... 1212-4 11112121101828211111—19 
Brewer.... 10 —1 ..».,. 
Elliott 8328—4 
Zwirlein.. 1110 -3 3811222—7 282322—6 
Winston 2223222—7 20 —1 22233220223022222331—18 
HUl 10 —1 220 -1 2220 —3 2212U22112111213828— 8U 
Lott 3113188—7 232332-6 
Cubberly. 1310-3 1221180- 6 122888-6 38111131111200088332-17 
Woodruff 1113-4 1822128 -7 822822-6 31812820302100321121—16 
Apgar 80 -1 0 -0 
Harris,.., * 222880-5 
Pence ....... 02222331332823202883-18 
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were miss-and-outs, $2 entrance, with re-entries In 
the first round. In No. 1 Zwirlein re-entered four times; in No. 2 
Zwirlein and Woodruff re-entered once each. Apgar twice; in No 3 
Apgar re-entered once. No. 4 was 20 birds, $10, birds extra. 
Edward Banks. 
blackbirds at blkwood park. 
Dec. I.— A trial was given the new traps and grounds at Elkwood 
Park to-day, a few blackbird sweeps being shot. The birds proved 
good flyers, and about 50 per cent, of them got away to resume their 
journey to the South for the winter. The first sweep was a three- 
cornered affair at 10 blackbirds, $5 entrance. Phil Daly, Jr., won with 
8 out of 10, A. L. Ivins and Wooiey scoring 7 each. Then Johnson 
and Grover shot a race at 5 blackbirds, Johnson by 2 to Grover's 
straight score of 5 ciphers. No. 3 was a handicap event, 10 blackbirds, 
$5, Grover and Johnson allowed 2 misses as no birds. In No. 4, 5 black- 
birds, $5, the same two shooters were allowed a miss as no bird. The 
scores were as below: 
No. 1. No. 3. No. 4. 
Woolley(27) 0022103181—7 8888330101 —8 08300 —2 
Daly (88) 8812033202-8 0202002 w 22203 —4 
Ivins (28), , 0288320110-7 2001121110 —7 01108 —3 
Grover (24) 202020220080 —6 00200 —1 
Johnson (25) 2800810200120— 7 081000—2 
WALSHODK QDN CLUB. 
JVbi) 26 — Below are the scores made by the members of the Wals- 
rode Gun Club at Its annual Thanksgiving Day shoot. The main event 
was a race at 25 targets, handicap allowance of extra targets, the 
prize being one of Laflin & Band's silver kegs of W-A powder. The 
keg was won by B. Schork, who broke 21 out of 28, being allowed 3 
extra targets to shoot at. Scores: 
Winters 1001111111111011111011100 —19 
Luedecke ., lllllOllllllUlllOllOlOll —21 
Young ..1111111110011131111101111 —22 
Alexander 0110111110111001111111011110—81 
Reinhardt , 1010001110010100110000101 —11 
Then OOlOOlOOlOOlOOlllOlOOlllO —11 
Waldmann 1111110101101101010110100 —16 
Ferment , llOllllllllOOlllllOOw 
Baar . .lllUOilOllOOUlllllOw 
Schork .1111111011110101110111111111— 24 
Practice sweeps were shot as follows: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 T Events: 1 )i 3 4 5 6 7 
Winters 9 7 10 9 7 4.. Waldmann 4 5 4.... 
Luedecke 8 8 8 7 8 2 8 Schork 8 6 3 ., 
Reinhardt.... 6 5 6 ., ,. Baar 10 6 9 
Alexander.... 7 8 7 4 6 ,, 9 Perment..... 6 9 8 
Young 7 9 8 8 6 
H. Reinhardt, Sec'y. 
No notice taken of anonymous commnnicationB 
Some peculiarities will be noticed in the above figures, particularly 
Jim Elliott's scarcity of the figure 5. It will be noticed also that al- 
though the average for each trap would be 80, Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were 
much above their average. No. 6 being away below that average. The 
even manner in which the traps fell to Class is also specially marked. 
The race was shot under the following conditions: 
100 live birds per man, SOyds. rise, SOyds. boundary, A. S. A. rules 
to goTero, firat to reoelre 75 per cent, of tbe purse, second to save bis 
iitakke: 
G. S., Great Barrington, Mass.— My dog is five months old, and is 
trained under Hammond's rules. He seems to have a splendid nose, 
and I have taken him in the field for partridges several times. At 
first he would go but 10 or 12in. ahead of me, and now he does splen- 
didly, all but tho pointing. This afternoon I started a partridge and 
followed her up. The puppy only looked at her as she flew, and never 
made a sign of pointing. I followed her up, anti saw her on the 
ground. The pup seemed to be trailing something, but he ran within 
2ft. of the bird, causing it to fly. He has never pointed a partridge, 
and I ask you whether you think him worth bothering with. He is 
Llewellin stock, and cost me a good deal. Ans. Your puppy is too 
young either to train or to perform well on birds. Let him have his 
own way largely till he is more mature mentally and physically. 
About next fall he will be about the right age for field work and field 
training. Only very precocious puppies point at his age, and it is 
then no sign whatever of future excellence. 
0. D. E., Allen, Mich.— While cleaning out the church spire at the 
M. E. Church, in this place, among some tame pigeons was killed one 
with a silver band on his right foot bearing the inscription, "J. L., 
'94, 10." Can you give any inlormation regerdinS the bird? Ans. A 
stray carrier pigeon, but we cannot idenwxy owner, 
W. MoD. P.— Will you kindly, in your Answers to Correspondents, 
^ve me some information as to the best place on the Gulf Coast of 
Florida to go for tarpon flsbingr Ans. Funta Qorda; write to F, B, 
^bbott, BtAUger Puntt Ctorda Hotel there. 
