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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jtot 94, 1897. 
Aupr. 4-5.— Lewiston, Me. — Tournament of the Interstate Associa- _ 
tion, undPr the auspices of the Androscoprgin Gun Club. 
Aug. 4-5.— LsDiAif A MrNKHAL Spbings, Ind.— Indiana Mineral Springs 
tournament Ben O Bush. Manager. 
Aug- 11.— Haokensack, N. J.— Fifth contest for the Eecreation cup, 
E. A. .Jackson, Sec'y. 
Aug. 17-19.— Toronto, Canada. — Tournamentof theR. A. McCready 
Co., Ltd. Targets. $1,000 guaranteed. Open to all. Write for pro- 
grammes. 
Aijg. 18-19.— WaRvSaw, Ind.— Tournament of the Late City Gun 
Club. W. A. Wineberer. Sec'y. 
Aug. 19.— Warren, O. —Fifth tournamentof the Pennsylvania and 
Ohio Border Gun League. Geo. H. Jones, Sec'y; 
Aug. 25-26.— MoNTPEiiiER. Vt,— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, undor the auspices of ttip, Montpeher Gim Club. 
Sept 6.— Mbriden, Conn.— Third annual Labor Day tournament of 
th« Parker Gun Club. 
Sept. 6, — Marton, N. J —Annual Labor Day tournament of the 
Endeavor Gun Club. A. R Strader, Sec'y- 
Sept. 7-10. — Detroit, Mich —.Tack Parker's annual tournament. 
Sept. 14-16— Kansas City. Mo,— Tournament of the Schmolzer 
Arms Co. Merchandise ard amateurs. 
Sept. 14-16 — Dks Moines, la.— Toui-nament of the Capital Gun 
Club. 8. C. Quimby. Sec'y. 
Sept. 1&-16.— PoHTSMOtTTH, IST. H.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. 
Sept. 28-99.— Indianapolis. Ind.— Tournamentof the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Limited Gun Club. 
Koyal T?,obinpon, Sec'y. 
Sept. 38~Oot. 1. Annual tournament of the New 
Jersey State Sportsmen's Association. First two days, targets; last 
two days, live birds. W. H Huck. Rutherford, N. J. 
Oct. Newburgh. N. Y.— Aunualfall tournamentof the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association. First two days, targets; third 
day, live birds. $50 average money to three high guns in all pro- 
gramme target events. Open to all. 
Oct. 18-14.— GBEENSBraG, Ind —Shooting tournamentof the Greens- 
burg Gun Club. Web. WoodQll, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication In 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported- 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 3Uff 
Broadway, New York. 
Some people take no stock in the marvelous properties that are 
coticealed beneath the soft fur that covers the bony part of the leg- of 
a cotton tail! But there are some that do. For instance, Fred Gil- 
hert carries with him the most disreputable-looking rabbit foot we 
have ever seen; but, disreputable as it is undoubtedly in appearance, 
it's a "peach," according to Fred in all other respects. And W. P. 
Mussey. in our issue of July 10, tells, under the head of ''New Muscal- 
longe "Waters," how John Haskell's rabbit foot, although "partly 
eaten and somewhat odorous," worked wonders in the 'lunge-pro- 
dui^ing line, We also could tell of a certain forefoot of a Mississippi 
swamp rabbit that is a power in itself. But a clincher for the unbe- 
lievers comes from thp Oil City shoot. The dramatis personam are 
Rolla Heikes and O. W. Budd. Charlie has a hindfootof a snow- 
' white jack rabbit in his right-hand hip pocket all the time, and Rolla 
managed to secure it somehow, and sped off up the trail and through 
the brush, with Budd in hot pursuit. Rolla did outrun Charlie, and 
the latter returned disconsolate. " All my luck's erone!" Then RolSa 
appeared and mendaciously told Charlie that he'd lost the foot "It 
must have fallen out o£ my pocket as I ran through the brush." said 
he. They set off together to look for it, but of course it couldn't be 
found, a? it was then rftposiug In Rolla's left shoe! Now comes the 
climax. Budd was called to the score for the first 25 targets in the 
E. C. cup race; he went to the score, but all broken up; Restarted 
badly, and actually missed something like five or six targets straight. 
How many more he would have missed had not Rolla handed him the 
foot just then, it is hard to say; the fact remains, however, that he 
finished that string of 25 with only one more miss to his credit. From 
the above it will be gathered that a graveyard rabbit is not a sine 
qua noil in the foot-producing lirte; any old foot '11 do. 
Jim Elliott has done just what we have always been hoping socae- 
body would do, yet scarcely expecting that our hopps would be 
realized. He has challenged Charlie Budd for the Du Pont trophy, 
Charlie Grimm for the Cast Iron, aud Sim Glover for the Kansas City 
(Star, and has put up the necessar^v foi'feit to bind each challenge. 
This insures a considerable awakening of interest in live-bird trap- 
shooting circles, and has put a pleasing quietus upon all the windy 
tallt we have bad to wade throueb recenily. What a delicious con- 
tract was the method pursued by Fred Gi'hert in challenging Rolla 
Heikes for the E. C. champiousbip cup. Th«re was no prelirniu-ary 
talk, and everything was arranged in less than twenty lines m any 
Dpwspsiper. When people really want a match there is absolutely no 
difficulty at all in the matter with so many championship cups going 
the rounds of trap shooting circles. And by the way, when is the tie 
for the "reversed order championship" between Heikes, Van Dyke 
and Charlie Young to be decided? Wouldn't the shoot-off be an 
attraction at Jack Parker's shoot nest September? 
The fifth contest for the Recreation cuj} will be held at the Bereen 
County Gun Club's grounds, Wednesday, Aug. 11. at 'I P. M. This 
cup represents the amateur ch&mpionshiD of the clubs of New Jer- 
sey, all amateur members of such clubs being eligible to compete for 
the same. The conditions are 100 targets per man, 50 at known angles 
and 50 at unknown angles, entrance price of the targets, with an 
optional sweepstake on ea^ h S.'i tarjjets. In addition to the contest 
above mentioned, there will only be two more competitions for the 
cup (in October and December) beifore the trophy becomes the 
property of the shooter who has won it the greatest nuoiber of 
limes in the seven contests that will have been held with the com- 
pletion of the shoot in December. At present the score stands: 
Remsen and Sinnock, two wins eaeh out of the four contests. In 
this race all are at scratch, and the cup goes to the high man ; the 
club donates g5 to the second high gun and $i to the third high gun. 
Entries can be made up to the end of the first round of 25 targets. 
Yale Dolan, of the Riverton Gun Club, celebrated the Fourth of 
July at Hurlingham (on July 5, of course), and divided £164, the purse 
in the July £i Handicap sweepstakes, with A. W. Blyth. There were 
thir'y-six entries, Mr. Dolan scandium- at 293^yds , Mr. Blyth at 28yds. 
On July 6, at the Gun Club, Mr. Dolan, on tue aSyds, mark, divided 
£i7 with Count Robiano, who was placed at 27yds The conditions of 
this event were: £'i entrance, handicap, one barrel only. There were 
nineteen subscribers, of whom only three managed to score 4 straight. 
These were the two above mentioned and M. Journu, the great French 
shot, who was placed at 33yds.. a tremendous handicap, when it is 
considered that he had only the use of one barrel and was shooting at 
true biuerocks. M. Journu missed his 5rh bird, and Dolan and the 
Count agreed to divide if either Killed their birds. Count Roblana 
killed, relieving Mr. Dolan of anj- further anxiety. 
So far as we can learn from the colnmns of the Loudon Pield, C. 
H. Mackay, of the Carteret Club, was the only American who took 
part in the programmes carried out at HurJin?ham and the Gun 
Club during: the International Week, which ended on Saturday, July 
3, Mr Mackay's record for the week compares very favorably with 
that of manv belter known men who competed during the week 
This is his record: Won first prize, £100, and cup, value £25, in 
31yd8, rise sweepstakes (thirty-seven competitors), at Hurlingham 
Club, on Tuesday: won second prize £60, m :i2yds. rise sweepstakes 
(40 competitors), at Gun Club, on Saturday. la the event on Saturday 
Mr. Mackay tied with Mr. R- M Hawker, an Australian, with 7 
atraaght. On the shoot oft Mr. Mackay lost his first bird. 
'• In' view of the number oC letters we have recently received on the 
suiJject, it may noT be amiss to state that we always hold that the 
term ''amateur," which appears so frequently in tournament pro- 
grammes of the present day, includes all who are not "profi's- 
si.onoAs." Our detmition of what constitutes a professinnal has 
always been as follows: "Any person who makes his livelihood in 
whole or in part by shooting at the trap; that is, any person who re- 
ceives a salary or remu Deration in cash from a firm of manufac- 
turers of sporting goods for shooting a certain make of gun, a cer- 
tain brand of powder, or a certain shell, for the purpose of sbowine 
the merits cf the same, is a professional trap-shooter. Also: Any 
person who shoots exhibition matches for gate receipts, or who re- 
ceives pay for taking part in the same, is a profe-^sional trap- 
shooter." Per contra, all who do not come under the above heading 
are amateurs. ; ■ . , 
G, W. Sergeant, of JopHn, Mo., tiiuat be thoroughly puzzled as to 
how his name is realJyspelled. When he writes to us he always signs 
it '-Sergeant," but when other people refer to tbe system of three 
traps designed by the Joplio shooter, they generally call it the ' Sar- 
gent system." We remember well how, at the Pittsburg tournament 
last June, Sergeant told us that he didn't know whether in wouldn't 
save him trouble if he just took to Che phonetic spelling of his name. 
Perhaps he has done so, but to date be has not notified us of any 
Change, so we spell it still "Sergeant" And the name of the "bicycle 
trap" is magautrap, not magfiutrap, maugau trap, nor anything elsa 
but magautrap; the word means ?iia;;azine automatic trap, the itali- 
cizdd letters formiug the compound word, with the eiopha^iis oa the 
'mag," Now will you be good? 
"The decision of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association (for 
that is now the title of the reorganized body) to hold a tournament 
Sept, 28-Oct. 1, Is an excellent one. The tournament will help to gal- 
vanize new life into New Jersey trap.shooting circles, and will be 
well attended if the programme is made an attractive one. With 
less than ten Tveeks for preparation, the committee having the tour- 
nament in charge has commenced work at once. We feel a special 
pride in this reorganization business. Forest and Stream having 
done more than all the other sportsmen's papers put together, to 
try tb give the State of New Jersey a State Association worthy of the 
name. 
By the time this issue appears on tbe news stands. 8 Murray street 
will no longer be the address of Von Lengerke & Deimold. The 
handsome store at tbe corner of Broadway and Pearl street, 318 
Broadway, the ground floor of the building that was the home of 
Forest and Stream for many years, is where the firm of V. L. & D. 
has now hung out its shingle. In this .store the firm will have ample 
room and light to make a good display of its Francotte guns, besides 
leaving plenty of space for John Wright's department (fishing tackle) 
and Carl's department, the Humber bicycle. 
The New Utrecht Gun Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., shot a race with 
the Brooklyn Gun Club on July 10, at the Brooklyn Club's grounds, 
and met defeat by only 2 breaks, the scores siianding ViS to 140 in 
favor of the home team. The last team race at targets that we re- 
member the New Utrecht Gun Club to have taken part in, was a 
match with the Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, N, J., in 
1896, On that occasion, if we remember right, the teams were 
twenty-one men a side, the shoot being held at Rutherford. In that 
race, with 525 targets for each team to shoot at, the New Uirechts 
were unlucky enough to lose by just 2 breaks ! 
On Wednesday of this week, July 21, tbe Riverton Gun Club, of 
Philadelphia, will hold its "first invitation target shoot." This de- 
parture of the Riverton Club from the beaten paths of its past history 
tells very forcibly of the gro-n-th in popularity attained by target 
shooting Hitherto the Riverton Gun Club has been a live-bird club 
only, at least so far as we have ever learned, and has always had the 
reputation for furnishing fast birds and fast grounds. It was at 
Riverton that Yale Dolan recently made the great run of 84 consecu- 
tive kills on the last 84 birds in a match with L. Finletter, 
The team race shot at Marion, N. J., on Saturday last, July 17, be- 
tween the Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, and the Bergen County 
Gun Ciub, of Hackensack, N. J., resulted in a victory for the Endea- 
vors. The victory was rather in the natm'e of a surprise, the Bergen 
county team being a strong one on paper, and favorites before the 
start." The weather was very warm, but favorable for target shooting, 
wind being conspicuous by its absence. 
From Montpelier, Vt., we learn that the programme of the coming 
Interstate tournament at that city is atsout ready for distribution. 
The local gun club is going to add S300 to the purses, aiid will spare 
no efforts to make the shoot a pleasant one for all its guests. Any- 
body desiring a programme or other information relating to the 
shoot, should write to Geo. B. Walton, secretary of the gun club, 
Montpelier, Vt. The dates for the tournament are August 25-26. 
Last -week we gave a short notice of a new idea in handicaps, show- 
ing its weak points. In its issue of the 17th inst. a cotemporary also 
gives an account of: the same system from the pen of i's father or 
godfather, and makes a rpqucst that some one would call its attention . 
to any weak points in the system. We take pleasure, therefore, in 
directing our cotemporary's attention to what we ■wrote on the sub- 
ject last week. 
As an outcome of the Interstate tournament at New Haven, Conn., 
and the visit of John L. Winston to Boston, Mass., a match at expert 
rules was shot between Winston and Dickey on Saturday last, .July 
17. We do not know what tho scores were, but a telegram from Win- 
ston to a friend of his in New York winds up with the following: 
"Beat Dickey easily." 
This week there are two good shoots in progress in different parts 
of the country, and under different conditions. The Indian Wolf 
shoot is open-to-all, no handicap and nobody barred: the Arkansas 
State Sportsmen's Association's tournament, at Pine Bluff, is also 
open-to-all. but professionals must shoot into first or second money 
or be out of a place. 
Jack Parker writes us that he will hold his annual tournament at 
Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 7-10. As Jack is always giving us something 
novel in the line of programmes, we shall look eagerly tor the ad- 
vance copies of his issue for 1897. He will probably get a line on some 
of the details for th^ same at the Indian Wolf shoot at Clear Lake this 
week. 
Preparations for the Emerald Gun Club's merchandise live-bird 
shoof, at Dexter Park, July 29, are going merrily along. Prom pres- 
ent indications there will be a good day's sport at this Long Island 
resort on the above date. Proprietor Lippack promises to f lynish 
extra good birds for the occasion. 
On Friday of this week, July 23, the Catchpole Gun Club, of Wol- 
cotr, N. y., will hold its "first midsummer tournament" on the 
baseball park and shooting grounds at Wolcott. Targets will be 
thrown at 11^ cents each. Purses divided in the old style— 40,30, 20 
and 10 per cent. 
It is confidently expected that the Interstate shoot atLewiston, Me. 
Aug. 4-5. will be as popular as the Portland, Me., shoot last August; 
and that's saying a great deal, for the Portland shoot was one of the 
best on the Interstate circuit for 189G. 
July 21. Edwabd Bawks. 
New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association. 
In our last issue we told briefly the business transacted at the meet- 
ing of the New JerseyState Sportsmen's Association, held a.t Taylor's 
Hotel, Jersey City, Tuesday, July 13. 
At that meeting the committee on constitudon and by-laws re- 
ported and hauaed in a draft of a constitution and by-laws, with a 
recommendation that the same be adopted. The meeting showed its 
confidence m tbe capabilities of that committee by adopting the 
result of its work without having a line of either the constitution or 
the by-laws read to it. In order that every member of the Associa- 
tion may know just what was adopted, we give below the constitu- 
tion and by-laws in full: 
CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 
This organization shall be called the New Jersey State Sportsmen's 
Association. 
ARTICLE IT. 
This Association is formed for the purjjose of securing and main- 
taining proper legislation for the protection and propagation of wild 
birds, game fish and game animals, throughout the State, for the 
vigorous enforcement of game laws, and for the promotion of kindly 
intercourse and generous emulation among sportsmen at the traji. 
ARTICLE m. 
Section 1. This Association shall be composed of all regularly 
organized clubs within the State of New Jersey, that have been duly 
elected to membership, and each club shall be entitled to three dele- 
gates to represent them at all meetings; proxies to count as dele- 
gates. 
Section 2. Individuals may become members of this Association as 
provided for in Article IV., Section 3. 
ARTICLE IV. 
SBcrioNl. Any club desiring membership in this Association shall 
present to the secretary or any officer of the Association a written 
application signed by its . president and secretary, setting forth the 
name of the club, date of its organization, names of its officer.* and 
delegates and the number of members comprising it, which shall be 
acted upon at any meeting of the executive committee. 
Section 2. No shooter will he considered eligible to compete t'oranj' 
prize offered by this Association, except he be an individual member 
of this Association or a bona fide member of a club or association 
that is also a member of this Association, and he shall have been a 
member of said club or association and a resident of the Stale one 
month prior to the date fixed for the State shoot. 
Section 3 Any individual, a resident of the State and not a member 
of a club which is a member of this Association, wishing to become a 
member can make applieatiou for membership to any member of the 
executive committee accompanied by the initiation fee of $t, thereby 
becoming eligible to compete for individual prizes upon the approba- 
tion of said committee. 
Section 4. The membership fee for clubs shall be S3and tbe annual 
dues $1— individual dues $1, payable at any time previous to the an- 
nual tournament. 
ARTICLE V. 
SecjtionI. The oflScers of this Association shall be a president, 
three vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer and a board Of seven di- 
rectors, which shall include the president and secretary, four of said 
board to constitute i quorum. 
Section 2 The offii^ers shall be elected by' ballot at the annual 
meeting, held the evening of the first day of the annual tournament. 
The officers then elected shall respectively hold oEflae until the close 
of the nest annual con ventioii or until their successors are respect, 
y^ly elected, 
Section 3. Any vacancy in either of the offices may be filled by ap- 
pointment by the president. 
ARTICLE VL 
Section 1. It shall he the duty of the president to preside at all 
meetings and to call extra meetings whenever he shall deem it neces- 
sary. 
He shall have no vote, except on equal divisions, when he shall 
have the casting vote, and shall appoint, all committees unless other- 
wise ordered 
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the vice-presidents in order to 
perform the duties of the president in his absence. 
Section 3. It shall be the duly of the secretary to keep an accurate 
record of all the proceedings of this Association in a book; to notify 
cluDs and individuals of their election, to issue notices of meetings, 
to take charge of all communications, to reply thereto in accordance 
with such instructions as he may receive from the Association and to 
keep a record thereof in a book, and he shall deliver to his successor 
in office all books or other property bfelongmg to the Association in 
his possession. 
Section 4. The treasurer shall receive and hold all the funds of the 
Association, and shall disburse the same by check as he may be 
authorized to do by a vote of the Association or by order of the presi- 
dent. He shall keep a correct and detailed accouut in a book of all 
moneys recived and disbursed by him, which book shall at all times 
be open to the inspection of any of the officers of the Association, or 
any committee duly authorized therefor, and he shall report at each 
annual meeting a full statement in detail of all receipts and disburse- 
ments during the year. The treasurer, upon entering his office, shall 
execute a bond to the Association in the sum of $500 with sureties to 
be approved by the president, interest on said bond to be paid by the 
Association as compensation for the services of such treasurer.' He 
shall deposit all moneys received by him in any National bank and 
credit all interest accruing upon such deposit to" the Association. 
ARTICLE VII. 
SffCTioN 1. The annual meeting of the Association shall he held at 
such time and place as may be designated from year to year. 
Section 3. Special meetings may be called by the president, pro- 
vided that at least one month's notice of such meeting shall be given, 
ijy deposiiing written or printed notices thereof in' the post-office, 
directed to the secretary of each club as well as to individual mem- 
bers at their respective places of business or residence. 
Section 3. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by 
vote. . 
ARTICLE Vni. 
Five clubs shall constitute a quorum for the transactfojj of bii^- 
ness, but a smaller number present at any adjourned or regularly 
called meeting may adjourn to any specified day. 
ARTICLE IX. 
No delegate shall be admitted into the Association unless he shiiU 
have handed or-f or warded to the secretary a certificate of his elec- 
tion or nomiiiation, signed by the president or secretary of the club 
he may represent. 
ARTICLE X. 
Immediatel,y after the election of officers at the annual meeting, 
the president elect shall appoint two committees of five delegates 
each, who shall constitute respectively the executive committee and 
the legislative committee, who shall hold office for one year, or until 
their successors are appointed. 
ARTICLE XI. 
Section 1. The executive committee shall have charge of all busi- 
ness matters not otherwise i^rovided for in this constitution. 
Sbotion 2. The legislative committee shall have charge of all mat- 
ters relating to the fish and game laws of the State, as well as to any 
legislation which concerns the best interest of this Association. 
ARTICLE XII. 
All proposed alterations, additions and amendments to the consti- 
tution and by-laws shall be submitted in writing to the executive com- 
mittee, at least one month before the annual meeting, and shall be by 
said committee reported at said annual meeting with its opinion 
thereon ; and no such alterations, additions or amendments shall be 
adopted unless it shall have been so proposed and repotted, nor un- 
less two-thirds of all the members present at such annual meeting 
shall vote in favor of such alterations, additions or amendments. 
ARTICLE Xltl. 
In the case of individual members attending meetings, each such 
individual member shall be entitled to one vote, the same being regu- 
larly qualified members. 
BY-LAWS. 
Section 1. The order of business at all meetings shall be as follows: 
1. KoUcall. 2. Reading minutes of previous meeting. 3. Reports of 
committees, 4. Proposal and election of new clubs and members. 5. 
Unfinished business. 6. New -business. 7. Election of officers. 
Sections. No member shall be allowed to discuss any question un- 
der aebate without rising and addressing the chair. 
Section 3. No member shall speakmore than twice on any one ques- 
tion nor more than five minutes at any one time, vmleas by imanimous 
consent. 
Section 4. Every member present shall be required to vote on all 
questions, unless he is directly or personally interested or excused by 
toe vote of a majority of the members present. 
Section 5. Any member belonging to this Association behaving in 
an ungentlemanly or unsportsmanlike manner may, by a vote of two- 
thirds of the members present, be expelled. 
Section 8 All charges against any member or club must be sub- 
miited in wriiing, and notice of such charges furnished sucb memtier 
or club so chargecl, who shall be entitled to submit a written de- 
fense. 
Section 7. No oujside shooting whatever shall be permitted within 
the inclosure where the trap-.shooiiDg takes place, nor shall there be 
any contests for money on the grounds of the Association during the 
days advertised for the annual contests, until the termiuation of the 
convention, other than such as have been advertised to take place on 
such days in the usual announcement of prizes. 
Section S. Any change of rules of shooting that may be made, shall 
not apply unless one month's notice has been given to the different 
members of the association. 
Section 9 No person shall be permit" ed to contend for prizes who 
is not eligible according to the ctnstitution 
Section 10 No betting of money, either on individual skill or on the 
result 01 matches, will be allowed on the ground where the shooting 
by members is taking place. 
The Interstate Association at Portsmouth, N. H. 
By one of those peculiar acfidents which will occur in even tbe best 
regulated newspaper officfs, we overlooked in our i.ssue of July 10 the • 
interstate tournameuc to ta^ given at Portsmouth. N. H.. Sept: lE-lti. 
Wp, therefore, take pleasure in giving space to the following com- 
munication from Mr. W- I. Philbrick, secretary of the Portsmouth 
Gun Club, dated July 17: 
"In the issue of Fohkst and Stream of July 10 1 find in Drivers and 
Twisters the following: "The list of tournaments for eastern shooters 
is fast dwindling down to the elimination points, but July 14-15 at New 
Haven, Conn., Aug. 4-5 at LewMston, Me., and Aug ifi-?" at Mont- 
pelier. Vt., still remain to make the trap-shooter's hearts glad.' 
"Why do you omit Portsmouth, Sept. 1E-16V Wears still on the 
map; please do not wipe us off entirely; we have kept our place in 
the list of fixtures, and it ueems strange we were not included in your 
remarks above quoted. 
"Our programme is nearly completed, and will bp ready when 
called for by Manager Shaner. We have engaged the Bicycle Park 
for our shoot io being more convenient than our shooting grounds 
for the occasion, and affording a fine background. It is ea.^y of 
access from ihe i'otels and depot, and provides ample accotvmioda- 
tions of all kinds for the purpo^^e, such as. covered grand stands, etc., 
with dance pavilion, which we shall possibly utilize, to give the boys 
a good time on ihe evening of the 15ih. And we hope, it proper 
arrangements ean be made, to have exhibition shooting on that even- 
ing, by electric light. 
'• We also expect Miss Kirkwood, the skiUful lady shooter of Boston, 
to be present. I was much pleased to read your complimentary refer- 
ence to her, as she fully deserves it all. 
"Portsmouth is a pleasant little town liy the sea, and all who visit 
it once are glad to come agalu. We should be more than pleased to 
entercaln our favorite trap editor of Forest and Stream, could it be 
possible for him to be with us in September-. 
"Please do not overlook us again, as every indication points to our 
-having some fine sport on the allotted dates, and giving all who 
attend a grand good time." 
At Watson's Park. 
Chicago, III , July 14.— In a match at 50 live birds per man, shot to- 
day at Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, E. E. Niel defeated Dr. 
Fiothingham by two birds, scoring 46 to 41, as below: 
E i Neil 2021121222323^20312221202— S2 
2222i2222i22322220^2i2322— 24— 46 
Dr Frothingham 33U01122il2iJni2200220121— 20 
^ \ J282112011113121213212n2— 24-44 
Ravelrig. 
