4S6 
Western Traps*. 
THB IMTEROIIY SHOOT. 
Chica&o, III., Dec. 4.— By the time this readies type the big shoot 
at Chicago will be well uhder way. The programme is out this week, 
detailiDK what has been earUer published in these columns. There 
will be two sets of live-bird traps in action, and a lot of good birds 
from the cold northwest. To resume, Monday next. Dec. 6, will begin 
,the festivities. Sweeps in the morning, and at 2 P. M. the Heikes- 
Grimm raee for the Cast Iron badge. Tuesday, sweeps till 2P.M. 
and the Elliott-Gilbert race for the Kansas City Star cup. Wednes- 
day, sweeps all day. Thursday, sweeps till 2 P. M. and the Elliott- 
Gilbert race for the Du Pont trophy. Friday and Saturday, the ten- 
men team race, in a series of ten individual races between Chicago 
and Kansas City. Saturday night, thfe banquet at the Chicago Ath- 
letic Association club hall. The team and alternates from Kansas 
City are as follows, all of whom are expected to be on band bv the 
close of the match shooting above scheduled: J. A. B. Elliott. J. Eiley, 
C. S. GottJieb, J. L. Porter, J. M. Cutice, J. B. Porter, A. 8). Thomas, 
E, A. Hickman. C. C. Herman. G, W. Stockwell. These are the sub- 
stitutes: Dave Elliott, F. A. Lamb, E. F. Swinney, Nels Jarrett, E, P. 
Barse, J. K. Guinotte, R. K. Campbell, F. J, Smith, Tom Norton, Dr. 
H. J. Whittier. 
THE CHICAGO TKAM. 
The Chicago team of ten, as announced in last week's Forest Anv 
Stream, was chosen first as follows: W. R. MorgaUjDr. H. H. Froth- 
ingham, George EoU, L. E. Williard, W. P Mussey. W. W. Macfarlan, 
E. Bingham, J A. Euble, O. von Lengerke, Dr. W. F. Carver. Alter- 
nates: C. E. Felton, R. B Organ, M. J. Eich, Abner Price, Dr. S. 
Shaw, T. P. Hicks, P. H. Lord, Geo. Franklin, C. B. Dicks, Henry 
Eblers, Geo. Kleinman. 
This will not represent the actual personnel of the team so far as 
can be told at this date, Saturday, the last day before the beginning 
of the races, and only four days before the team race. Mr, L. E, 
Williard has sent in word that he cannot shootjon the team, Mr. Ruble 
has notyet signified his decision of shooting or not shooting, and in 
the practice shoots up to this time Mr von I<engerke has shown up in 
poor form, so that to-day other members of the team stated that he 
would in all likelihood be replaced by one of the alternates, although 
this has not at this writing been done. Mr M. J, Eich is now practi- 
cally certain to be advanced to a place on the team to fill one of tbese 
possible vacancies, and Geo. Klemman begins to receive mention. It 
may happen that the actual team will not be determmed until the 
middle of next week, the men being watched in their work at the 
sweeps. Yesterday Mussey and Bingham were in the front in the 
practice, each running over 80 straight. Gilbert in his practice fell 
below the scores of both these men. George Roll is showing fairly 
well, and Dr. Frothingham has one string of 24 out of S5 to his credit. 
Careful attention to all points of the game may give Chicago a work- 
ing show for the finals, but at present the candid opinion of the aver- 
age Chicago maa is that the visicors will trim us up. They will have 
a lot of fun doing so, if they do, and all in all the week bids fair to be 
one full of interest, and one of the hottest and sportiest events ever 
seen in these parts. 
It is now thought that the Kansas City gentlemen will come unat- 
tended with ladies, so the ladies' committee here will receive its dis- 
charge. Mrs. W. P. Shattuck, of Minneapolis, will attend, and will 
have all the birds she wishes to shoot given her free by the Chicago 
organization. 
SCOHES AT WATSON'S PARK. 
Following are some of the scores recently made at Watson's Park, 
Bumside, by shooters, some of whom will be on the team next week: 
Nov. SO,' 
E Bingham ..,,....,,...2232223222282322222232820—21 
Fred Gilbert ...,...-„;,>. 2222312021131222222222222-24 
B A Bartlett , 222123233232022222201 1222-3.3 
W P Mussey 2333330333330033103223333—21 
McCarthy. 2100121000000010010002010- 9 
Deo 1; 
E Binaham 2122223222222222323022322—24 
Kred Gilbert ,2113332222322332323230322—24 
Dr Frothingham ,23332333322123]2210323212— 24 
B A Bartlett ....,..„.,*........, .,.,...1302233233313320322203333-22 
J S Fanning.. ..,,.,V,,.i,.,V.......V....... 1132221123000131231211123-22 
Wright, , . , f. 2220223033033S23323320322-22 
G R511 , . , 0333033031023320301122232-19 
Emory 12300330313130010102 —13 
Patti 211230S0200001020023 —11 
O von'Lengerke .2022202223200220 —11 
McFarlan.7 212200210102202 -10 
Roll .! ..........2233033301 —8 
GiUespie,...,.; 1110032002 —6 
W P Mussey . .'. .2212322283303222200221022—31 
2223222220123211220221022-22 
1212011223213122123222123-24 
2100 — 2-69 
Morean 2320220233232232333200232-21 
^ 1322222302232022222220200-SO 
20 — 1-42 
E SRlce ...1113311231012103202110002-19 
0101000323381221211002010—16-35 
Dvyyer 0201320111220201111111121 -20 
WESTERN ILLINOIS LBAGtUE, 
The Western Illinois Trap-Shooters' League met at Kewanee in a 
two days' shoot, beginning Deo. 1. Monmouth, Peoria, Galesburg, 
Rock Island and other Illinois towns were represented. High wind 
made the first day unpleasant, Huckins, Baker and Pierce, cf 
Kewanee, did well, as did Hicke.y, of Galesburg. Kewanee won the 
team trophy shoot, getting 61; while Galesburg, the nearest competi- 
tor, made 56. This was a handicap shoot, the actual number of birds 
broken beings Kewanee 57 and Galesbiu-g 51. The scores in the team 
shoot were; 
Galesburg: Hickey 14, Gayer 16, Brechwald 11, Gardt 10. 
Kewanee: Huckins 16, Pierce 17, Dunbar 13, Sharp 13. 
Neponset: Snow 9, Wood 15, Studley 7, Lyle 9. 
BLliTOTT-PABMBLEB. 
Prank Parmelee, of Omaha, on Dec. 2, for the third time defeated 
Jim Elliott, of Kansas City, at a 100-blrd race, the score being 97—91. 
Elliott lost 5 birds dead out of bounds and is reported to have had tough 
luck. A blinding snowstorm made the raee a difficult and unpleas- 
ant one, but this appeared to be good weather for the husky Omaha 
man, who ran well up to the edge of Grimm's score at Chicago last 
winter for the Cast-iron badge, when he defeated Dr. Carver by a 
score of 98, that race also being shot in a heavy snowstorm. 
E. HOOGH. 
1206 BoYCE BuiLDiNO. Chicago. 
IN KEW JERSEY. 
»1SCHEH BEFEAXS HASSISGKR. 
Dec. l.—An interesting live-bird match was held on the East Side 
Gun Club's grounds, 673 Ferry street, Newark, to-day, between Jacob 
Fischer and William Hassinger, two prominent members of the club. 
Gathered at the grounds were a number of local trap-shooters, and 
much interest was centered in the result. The weather was cool 
and sharp, the birds were active flyers. Both men were in good trim, 
and started into the contest with a' determination to come out winner. 
Hassinger started out with a fair chance to win the match, but 
Fifcher kept cool and deliberate, and at the finish had killed 14 out of 
his 15 bii-ds, while Hassinger killed only 13 out of the same number. 
Two sweepstake events followed, one at 7 and the other at 5 birds, as 
well as a miss-and out shoot, after which the assemblage adjourned 
to Henry Henry's hotel, where they partook of refreshments and en- 
joyed a sociable hour. The East Siders have in contemplation a grand 
Christmas Day sweepstake shoot, both at live birds and bluerock 
targets. The scores; 
Match: 
Fischer .....,.,.....4.*.».>.. .110311233111121-14 
Hassinger. , , . . . ..... .... 1 .................. . ..110223121110210-13 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
Thomas 2010211—5 12313-5 
Henry 0111123- 6 10100-2 1111—4 
Hassinger :„...^...i 1120333-6 11111—5 1321—4 
Leulheuser 1111111—7 22112-5 110 —2 
Reiboldt 1221131—7 02111—4 
Perment 1111111—7 
Fischer .........................0118801—5 ..... 
Schroeder 21011—4 
BOILING SPRINOS GttIN CLUB. 
Dec. a— The semi-monthly shoot for the silver tea service donated 
by the Boiling Springs Gun Club was decided to-day on the club's 
grounds at Rutherford, N. J. Huck won with 50 out of 5.5. Scores 
were: 
F Hall (3) 11111111111010111111011111111110311111111110111111 -44 
W H Huck (5).11111111110110111011110111111111110111111111111111-45 
11111 - 5-50 
G H Piercy (6)11111110111110110111010100110101111111110111011101 -88 
Nelson (15).,., 11001101110101011111111111111101101100101111101101-33 
on 110 w — 4—37 
Butcher 1000001010101110001111111001111111011000110011I101 -30 
Neither Hall nor Piercy shot at their allowances, having no chance 
to tie Huclr. Nelson withdrew after losing 3 out of the first 6 of his 
handicap allowance. 
Sweeps for practice, with nominal entrance fees, were shot as 
below: 
Events: 
13345 6 789 10 
Targets: 10 lo 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Huck 9 8 10 10 9 8 10 8 7 8 
Nelson , 47976748 10 8 
Hail 8 9 10 8 10 8 .... 7 9 
Piercy 68 10 899 10 698 
Dutcher 855 3.. 75676 
Piercy and Hall also shot a race at 25 targets. Hall scoring 23 to 
Piercy 's 21. W. H. Htjok, Sec'y. 
Dec. U. — The miserahle weather to-day prevented anything like a 
full attendance at the regular monthly shoot of the Boding Springs 
Gun Club. Only five members put in an appearance, the sixth 
shooter being Mr. C. McL. Clark, of St. Louis, Mo , a gentleman who 
is making a stay of a few days in New York prior to leaving for 
Europe on Dec. 11. There were several sweeps shot during the after- 
noon, but the main event was the club shoot. This was won by Nel- 
son, a comparatively new shot who is fast developing into a good one 
at targets. Below are the scores in this event: 
Club shoot: 50 targets per man, unknown angles. Sergeant system; 
handicap allowance of extra targets to shoot at: 
*Nelson (16).,. 01011111111101111111110110011001101111111110101111— 89 
llOOlllllllOllw —11—50 
W H Huck (0).1110111111101111111111111011111111111111111111110l —46 
E Banks (0). , ,11111111110111111111111111111111111011111010111111 -46 
M Lewis (17). .00111000100100111110011110111110101011101110011101—31 
llllllinOllOlOll —14-^5 
B James (8). . .10111111011111111010010110111011101111111010011110-37 
lOlOnU — 6-43 
OMcLClark(O) 01110000111111011111111111011111100101011111010161 —36 
* Nelson withdrew after shooting at 14 out of his allowance of 16, 
having broken 11, which gave him a highest possible. 
2)ec 4.— The following are detailed scores of to-day's practice shoot 
at Watson's Park, Bumside Crossing, 111., of some of the members of 
the team which are to hold up Chicago's end in the match race of 
Chicago vs. Kansas City, which is to come off on Triday and Satur- 
day next, Dec. 10-11. The honors of the day were won by Dr. Sirembo 
Shaw, who killed his 25 birds, 1 falling dead out of bounds. 
The shootmg was at good birds. The wind was from the left quar- 
ter and blew strong. The majority of birds were left- quartering 
with the wind, and quick judgment was necessary most of the time. 
Gilbert at times did not seem to get on to his birds with the first 
barrel, but killed them well with the second. W. P- Mussey has been 
doing some very clever shooting since he started in on his practice, 
killing from 42 to 46 out of 50 almost every day, but to-day he was 
not among those practicing. 
Of those present it can be said that Ed. Bingham is doing some 
shooting of a good average in his practice. Among those of the orig- 
inal team chosen areLem. Wlllard, who is laid up with iheumatism, 
and John Ruble, with malaria, which will make it necessary to use 
some of the substitutes. Among them we find Dr. S. Shaw, who is 
shooting in good form; also B. Barto, who generally can be relied 
upon for from 85 to 90 per cent. Another we have is H. Wiley, who, 
while a young live-bird shooter, is doing exceptionally good shooting 
at the traps, and can be relied upon for a good score at any time. 
B. A. Bartlett, of Rochester, N. Y., and J. Fanning, of San Fran- 
cisco, are both shooting everyday, and are doing some good work 
with the boys. 
Dr Shaw... .................. 1322225233a23123323220?32-24 
GRoU ..v.. .V.,*..,.,... 8332330323312312221133302-23 
J S Fanning .,, .2102133131123231311202213-33 
H Wiley , 0232212323223333103231133—23 
B A Bartlett 22222-22101322033123333120— 22 
E Bingham.. ■ ., . . 023233220333223222023?222 -22 
F Gilbert 2113321320023320313333023-21 
Dwyer 1222330013113030202111122—30 
Johnson......... ..0021102311113013012233213— 20 
Hollister. 10221 10101021012011003310—16 
M J Eich. 0311111021220130331 —15 
B Barto 223312233331333 —15 
AC Patti ...........................313311303321111 —14 
Stickel ..202333231012131 —13 
Johnson 0333300103211082110 —13 
Goodrich 110132131 100301 —11 
Dr Carson 3113S0310022 — 9 
0 von Lengerke., ' M«».*i*i 3833323302 — 9 
A. C. Patbrson. 
Guelph vs. the Bosedales, of Toronto. 
GuKLPH, Can., Nov. 25.— To-day being Thanksgiving Day, the Rose- 
dale Gun Club, of Toronto, traveled fifty miles to shoot a friendly 
pigeon match with the Guelph Trap and Game Club, of this city. 
On the arrival of the visiting team the members of that team were 
escorted by the reception committee to the Wellington Hotel, where ' 
lunch had been provided for them. After lunch the party was con- 
veyed in a special street car to the grounds of the home club, where 
everything was ready for a start. The toss of a coin sent the visitors 
to the traps first, their genial captain, Van Vlack, being the first to 
call "Pull." 
The weather was very unfavorable for large scores; it rained very 
hard all the morning and also at intervals while the match was in 
progress. The sun came peeping through the clouds just as the 
shoot was about over. There was a good crowd preseni to witness 
the shoot. Scouts were kept at a safe distance from the traps by the 
high constable, who was in attendance for that purpose. A muster 
of the guns used showed the following: Rosedale Club: seven 
Greeners, two Tolleys, one Smith and one Scott. Guelph Club- eight 
Greeners, and one each of the following makes: Smith, ToUey, Ithaca 
and Cashmore. 
After the match a dinner was tendered the visitors at the European 
Hotel. A hurried visit was also paid to Lot Singular at his Victoria 
Hotel, after which the visitors were escorted to their train, 
A return match will probably be shot on the grounds of the Rose- 
dale Club on or about Dec. 17; on this date it is to be hoped that the 
weather will be more favorable for good scores. Below are the 
scores made in to-day's race, each man shooting at 10 birds. As will 
be seen, the home club won by 6 birds. Scores: 
Rosedale Club. Guelph Gun Club. 
M L Van Vlack 9 HA Mallory 10 
ARStell 9 HDMcConochia 8 
Geo Orr 8 J Thatcher.................. 8 
DrPowell '..8 L Singu'ar 8 
W H Qooderham... ......... 8 A R Woodyatt..... 7 
L C A Strother., 7 G Porteous 7 
J ATelfer 7 F Holliday 7 
DS Barclay 6 GQuinn 6 
JMeharge 4 J Johnston.. 6 
WH Banks 3 N CuU,..^...,.,, 5 
J J Palmer 3 FHall....... ............ 4 
E Currie 2—74 W Sleepman 4—80 
Geo Pohteous, See'y Q. G. 0. 
Colorado's State Tournament. 
PoeBlo, Colo., Nov. 25.— The eighth semi-annual tournament oS the 
Colorado State Fish and Game Protective Association was held in 
this city to-day. Among the visiting shooters were: D L Macaffree, 
John y\r. Garrett, W. G. Mason, A. J. Lawton. Arthur Matthews and 
James Hull, of Colorado Springs; A. D. Mermod, E. E Teape and 
John Penny, of Canon City ; T. W. Gibson and A. H. Cawthome, of 
La Junta; and E. C. Deibert, of Florence. The day was cold and 
cloudy, and it was very disagreeable to be out ot doors, but the scores 
made were exceedingly good. 
The Individual State Championship medal -^as competed for, each 
man shooting at 50 targets (40 singles and 5 pairs); the following 
scores were made: 
W G Mason, llllllllinillllllllllllllllllllUllllll 11 11 11 11 11-60 
J WGarrett.llllllinilllllllllliminillinillllll 11 11 11 11 11—60 
D Macaffree.OlllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllll 11 11 11 11 11—49 
CL Funk.,. .1111110111111111110111111111111111111111 11 11 11 01 01—46 
A JLawton.lOlllllllllllllUllOllllliniOlllinini 11 00 11 10 11—44 
J T West.... 1111111111111111111111111011111111111011 11 01 10 11 11-46 
G J Derby.. .11111111110111111111111001)1111111111101 11 11 01 11 11-45 
ADMermod.lllllllllllllIllllllCOiniUllllllllOOOl 11 11 11 11 11—45 
EE Teape.. 1111111111111010111101101111110111111111 11 11 11 11 01—44 
J Penny,... lllllllOnilOlllOlllOUlllllllOlllOlllll 01 11 01 11 11—43 
Cawthorne..lll0111011110111110111101111011111111111 11 00 11 11 11—43 
On the shoot-ofl, at 80 targets. W. G. Mason won with 20 to J. W. 
Garrett's 19. This is the first time the medal was ever won on a 
straight score. 
Id the merchandise event, which was Event No. 9, G. J. Derby won 
first prize, a Winchester repeater shotgun, given by J. M. Killin. The 
ties on the other four prizes wer - settled in the evening at the hotel. 
In the team shoot lor the Salida State cup, four teams competed, 
three men to the team. The Pueblo team was victorious, each man 
shooting at 30 targets (20 singles and 5 pairs). The following scores 
were made: 
Pueblo. 
C L Funk , 11111111111111111111 11 11 11 11 00—28 
J TWest.... inimniiiiiioiiii ii lo ii ii ii— 2» 
J M Killin 11111111101111111111 11 11 11 00 11—27-83 
Colorado Springs No. 1. 
D L Macaifree , llllOlllllllllOlllU 11 11 11 11 00—86 
W G Mason llllllllllOinilOlll 11 10 10 11 11—26 
J W Garrett 11111101011111111111 11 10 10 11 10-25—77 
Colorado Springs No. 3, 
A JLavrton, .110111101111111111111 00 11 01 11 00—23 
J Hull oiiiioiiiiiimiinoo n oi ii ii 11—25 
A Mathews .....111101111011111111111 11 10 11 11 11—37—75 
Canon City. 
A D Mermod 11101111100011111101 11 10 10 11 11—23 
BE Teape... 10111110111111110111 II 01 01 11 11—35 
J Penny 11110100011011111001 11 11 11 11 10—33—70 
The regular programme events consisted of eleven 30 and one 25- 
target event; but on account of darkness all the shooters could not 
finish Event No. 13, which was at 25 targets. The Pueblo Gun Club 
gave, as added money, SlO on each event, which made a very good 
programme. 
The following scores were made: 
Events: 133466789 10 11 12 
Targets; SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO S5 Av, 
C L Funk SO 19 19 20 19 20 13 17 18 18 19 32 91 
J W Garrett............... 19 15 19 19 19 20 17 19 16 18 20 28 91 
DL Macaffree 18 19 17 19 19 18 14 18 18 18 18 34 89,8 
A J Lawton 18 19 19 18 18 17 17 18 17 15 19 23 88.6 
J M Killin 17 19 18 19 18 18 17 19 14 17 14 23 86 9 
G J Derby 16 17 17 19 18 18 13 16 19 15 17 23 84 
W G Mason 16 15 80 17 18 17 16 20 13 18 16 81 84 
J T West .., 16 17 20 14 15 20 14 19 17 17 19 17 .S3. 7 
A D Mermod 18 19 20 20 18 16 13 17 18 16 17 . . 87 8 
E C Deibert 17 18 17 17 19 18 13 16 . . 17 19 17 85.4 
E E Teape 19 17 18 19 19 17 15 18 15 15 15 .. 85 
A H Cawthome ,. 15 18 15 16 15 19 17 19 16 18 13 .. 81.8 
JHull. 17 16 14 16 18 17 ,. 14 17 17 17 17 81.8 
J Penny... 20 19 30 17 13 11 14 16 13 15 13 .. 77.3 
TWGiDson ..,,..,..17 17 17 16 17 10 15 15 16 8 10.. 71.8 
A Mathews 16 17 15 17 16 17 11 15 .. 17 .. ,. 78.3 
OB Austin., 18 19 19 19 18 17 18 ,, 91.4 
The total number of targets thrown was 5,190; on accoimtofthe 
shooters'not getting on the ground till 10 o'clock, this number was 
not increased. 
John W. Garrett and W. G. Mason, the two who tied with 50 
straight in_the Individual championship shoot, both shoot Win- 
chesters. 
The shoot as a whole was a success both to the participants and to 
the club. 
The Pike's Peak Gun Club, of Colorado Springs, will give an all-day 
shoot at that place on Jan. 1, 1898, with SlOO added. C. L. Funk. 
Pawtuxet Gun Club. 
Pawtdxet, R. I., Nov. 25.— The Pawtuxet Gun Club held its annual 
Thanksgiving Day shoot to-day. The glare from the bright sun on 
the snow bothered the shooters a bit, making the scores rather low 
on paper. The main event was at 35 targets, handicap allowance of 
misses as hreaks. Scores : 
Handicap: 
Sheldon (0). , lllllllllllllllOllllllllO-gS fO-^-S 
Q reener (0) .,„.,.,.,..,. . . .101111111 II 11 10001 101 1110 -1 Q+O—i 9 
Armstrong (3) ,...0011111100111010001111101-16-1-3-19 
Smith (I) inOlllOOlOllOOOllOIlllll-17-1-1-18 
Root (0) ....loiiiioninoiiiioooioiu- 18-fo-id 
Mooney(3) .,,,„,.,,.... 0101101010001011111011101— 154-2-17 
Adams (5) 100101 10011 1 lOlOOOOl 00011-12.+.5-17 
Greene (0) , , 0110110111011110101100001—15-1-0—15 
Arnold (2) ...........1011001110001001111100010-13-1-3-15 
Hawkins (8) .001010010101000001 lOw 
Two 15-target events, both handicap ailair*, were shot as below: 
No. 1: Greene (0) and Armstrong (2), 13; Smith (1) 12; Arnold (1) 11; 
Eddy (3) and Adams (4), 10; Greene (0) 9. 
No. 2: Smith (1) 14; Armstrong (3) and Eddy (3), 13; Adams (4) 11; 
Greener (0) and Greene (0) 9; Mooney (1) 6. W. H. Sheldon, See'y. 
Trap in Buffalo. 
AtTDUBON OUN CLUB. 
Nov. 27.— The attendance at to- day's regular weekly shoot of 
the Audubon Gun Club was not as large as usual; neither were 
the scores up to the standard. The badge shoot (No. 3 in the table 
below) had sixteen entries. A. Forrester won in Class A, R. H. 
Hebard in Class B, and Dr. F, Sauer in Class C. Event No. 6 was at 
10 live birds; in this event E. C. Burkhardt won with a clean score. 
Below are the results in all the events decided: 
Events: 1 
Targets: 10 
BTalsma, 8 
E C Burkhardt.. 10 
Phillips 7 
Burke 5 
L W Bennett. ... 6 
RH Hebard 
E P Reynolds 
Jacobs... ....... .. 
Forrester .. 
3 3 4 6 6 
15 SB 13 IB 10 
11 16 
13 30 11 13 10 
9 18 9 8 . . 
11 18 13 9 . . 
6 19 10 13 7 
5 17 9 10 8 
8 12 9 .. .. 
..30 
.. le 9 8 .. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Bird 
W R Eaton ,. ,. 15 
R H Hebard, Jr. ., 4 .. 
J A Kennedy., 10 
G O Miller 12 
G R Wilson , 9 
E W Smith,.,... .. 18 
F Sauer ,,4, 18 
13 3 4 6 0 
10 IS SB IS 15 10 
14 5 r ,. 
6 
Buffalo. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
No notice taken of anonymona conununicatlonv 
J. A. O., Bangor, Me Erythema. Observe th« strictest cleanli' 
ness. Let the bedding be kept clean and dry, and the sleeping quar- 
ters well ventilated. Bathe the dog frequently, and apply oside of 
zinc in the form of an ointment to the nodules. 
Trap at Gibraltar, Pa. 
Rbabing, Pa., Nov. 25 —The shooters at Gibraltar, Pa., had a small 
gathering to-day, some targets being broken. Two of the events de- 
cided were at 10 targets eacn, f 1.50 entrance, two moneys: 
No. 1: Lutz 10, E A. Diefenderfer 9, Gechter and Mountz 8, C. O. 
Eshelman 7, G. L. Diefenderfer 6. 
No. 2: Eshelman 9, E. A. Diefenderfer 8, Gechter 7, Leutheiser 6, 
Mountz and G. L Diefenderfer 5. 
A match has been made between G. L Diefenderfer, of Gibraltar, 
and J. D. Mountz, of Beckersville, Pa., 10 live birds per man, $10 a 
side. The match will take place some time in December, the place 
where it is to be shot being decided by the toss of a coin. 
A. W. Fink. 
Washington. 
HOLIDAY lOXFR VIA PENNBVLVAMA BAILBOAD. 
Dec. 28 is the date selected for the personally-conducted holiday 
tour of the Pennsylvania Rafiroad to Washington. This tour will 
cover a period of three days, affording ample time to visit all the 
principal points of interest at the National Capital, including the 
new Congressional Library. Round-trip rate, covering all necessary 
expenses for the entire time absent, transportation, hotel accommo- 
dations, guides, etc., $14.50 from New York, ,'gl3.50 from Trenton, and 
811.50 from Philadelphia. Proportionate rates from other points. 
Persons who desire may return by way of Gettysburg, and spend two 
days at that point by purchasing tickets at $3 additional, which in- 
clude this privilege. 
SPECJIAL teachers' TOtlR. 
A special teachers' tour, identical with the above, will be run ou 
the same date. Tickets for this tour, covering all necessary expenses, 
including accommodations at the National Hotel, WillarU's Hotel or 
the Hotel Regent, $3 less than rates quoted above. 
For itineraries and full Information apply to Ticket Agents; Tourist 
Agent, 1106 Broadway, New York; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant 
General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.— 4dv, 
Wm. W. Hart & Co, received the American Institute medal for 
mounted rugs, heads, horns and skins. They are particularly proud 
of the honor from the fact that there is no regular medal for the 
laxidejmy and mounted rug branch, A special medal was made for 
them.— .^du. 
H, Clay Qlovee, D.V.S., wiU send gratis his pamphlet on dog dis- 
eases to aoy one who apphes for it. He carries an elaborate line of 
remedies for the diseases of dogs, horses and cattle. Glover's Im- 
perial Remedies are sold by all druggists. Office and depot, 1394 
Broadwayj New York.— -irfiu. 
