tjA». S, 1898. 
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staysail, jib, small jib, small jibtopsail, second jibtopsail, spinaker,. 
two gaff-topsails, small maintopmast staysail; blocks of white ash; 
iron work of all kinds of best iron, galvanized; awning stanch- 
ions galvanized; joiner work to be of tongued and grooved stuff, 
wh«re it will not be seen, and the rest to be paneled, of white 
pine, all to be of % stuff; to be painted with three coats of paint. 
Massachtjsetts Y, R, A, 
The special meetiirpr of the Massachiiaetts Y. I{. A. was held on 
Dec. 30, with Pres. Clark in the chair. A proposition to establish 
an associate membership was eoiisidei'ec|' and voted down, 11 to 7, 
thus failing by one of a two-third? ma,j-6rity. The following was 
omitted from Rule 12, Article III.:- No fextra spars, booming Cut 
or whisker poles, except a spiaaker boom, shall be used. Rule 
18, Article 11., was changed to its old form: If any part of hull 
or spars of a yacht be across the line when the starting signal is 
g'iven, she must return and recross the. line when ordered by the 
judges. ■ I i. 
The following was also adopted: "The judges shall not recog- 
nize any yacht not having racing numbers in position, and such 
yachts shall not be entitled to any rights on the course. 
The greater part of the evening was given up to the allowance 
question. The first resolution— "That the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion declares itself in faver of time allowance" — met with the "hap- 
py despatch" at the hands of sixteen out of twenty-one delegates. 
Mr. S. N. Small presented a list of seventy-one names in fayor 
of the permanent retention of allowance, with fourteen opposed to 
it. 
Com. Sanborn, Quincy Y. C. explained his plan of allowing 
time to the extent of 1ft. to all yachts for the year of 1898. After 
discussion a proposal was made to give allowance to all existing 
vachts for 1898, but it was voted down by 11 to 10. .Com. San- 
born's plan met with the same fate, after wliich no further pro- 
posals to amend the rule were made, leavwg all yachts without 
allowance for the future. - „ '. 
Gilberts Bar Y^ C. 
Waveland, Fia., Dec. 2S.— Editor Forest aiid S-trcam: The Gil- 
bert's Bar Y. G. held the grand opening day. of their new club 
house on Tuiesday, Dec. 14. The results ;of- the' races; which were 
sailed in a t^efing breeze, are as follenvs'! 
First Class. 
Britannia . . 
Winner, Albatross. 
Second Class. 
Actual. 
Corrected. 
0 42 20 
, .0 45 46 
. 0 44 40 
,..iO 46 10 
0 44 52 
0 51 42 
0 50 14 
..0 52 14 
- 0 51 53 
. ,f) 54 05 
0 53 20 
1 04 36 
0 54 06 
Eclipse i , Did not finish. 
Winner, Swallow, Paul M. Aston, Sec'y. 
YACHTHSTG NEWS NOTES. 
The new fleet of Seawanhaka knockabouts is growing steadily at 
Stearns's yard; the first yacht was launched on Dec. 14, and a 
pheto, for. which we are mdebted to Mr. Stearns, shows jl very 
handsome ship. As they are launched they are taken across the 
neck at the head of Marblehead Harbor and hauled out under a 
big storag^e shed. Mr. Stearns has an order from the Corinthian 
Y. C. of Philadelphia for a similar design, from which a number 
of yachts will be built on the Delaware. • ; 
The wooden steam yacht building in South Brooklyn for Thos. 
L. Watt will be named Osceola. She will be launched this month. 
A. C* A. Membership. 
Atlantic Division. 
Dr. Nathan T. Beers, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Richard S. Foster, New York. 
Frank S. Grant, New York. 
Itfle ^^nge mtd ^Merg. 
The Sportsmen's Association Rifle Tournament. 
There is now every prospect that the rifle tournament of • tli'e 
Sportsmen's Association in Madison Square Garden, Jan. 13-22, 
under the auspices of the Sportsmen's E.Kposition, will be a grand 
success. It is very evident that New York and New Jersey will 
not have things to themselves, by any means. New England and 
Pennsylvania will be well represented at the galleries in the Gar- 
den, while scattering representations will be recorded from other 
States. 
Instead of only four ranges, as last year, there w'ill be six 
ranges. This number, with the additional two days for the tourna- 
ment, will make it quite possible to accommodate all who went 
to shoot in the individual championship 100-shot matcli, or in any 
of the other competitions. 
Mr. Plaisted will again occupy the cashier's seat, while Messrs. 
Zetller Bros, will have charge of the ranges and will look after 
the rifles, ammunition, etc. It should be refnembered that, whereas ' 
last year only 22-short ammunition was allowed, this j'ear the ' 
tournament rules permit the use of the 22-long cartridge. This 
change will suit many riflemen who do.,not approve of the 22-short 
for the best gallery work. 
Fixtures. 
Jan. 18-20. — Hamilton, Ont. — Grand Canadian Handicap. Live 
birds; $1,000 guaranteed. For full information write secretary, H. 
Graham, American Hotel, Hamilton, Ont., Can. 
Jan. 26-27. — Orange Lake, Newburgh, N. Y. — Tournament at Pine 
Point. Open to all. First day, targets; second day, live birds. 
Feb. 15-19. — Hot Springs, Ark.^ — Second annual midwinter tour- 
nament. First four days, targets ; last day, live birds. $1,100 added 
money. Programmes ready Jan. 15. Send your address for one to 
Jno. J. Sumpter, Jr., Box 111, Hot Springs, Ark. 
March 15-18. — Utica, N. Y. — Tournament of the Oneida County 
Sportsmen's Association. Live birds and targets. Open to all. 
Flenry L. Gates, Pres. 
March 22-24. — Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J. — Interstate As- 
sociation's sixth annual Grand American Handicap. 25 birds, $25, 
extra; $1,500 guaranteed to the three high guns; $600, $500 and $400; 
ell surplus added. 
March 29- April ' 1.: — B.eading, Pa. — Annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, undef the auspices of 
the Independent Gun Club, of Reading. A. Knauer, Sec'y. 
April 5-8. — Baltimore, Md. — Annual spring tournament of the Bal- ' 
tiniore Shooting Association. Geo. L. Harrison, Sec'y-Treas. 
June 15-17. — Cleveland, O. — Fifth annual tournament of the 
Cleveland Target Co. Bluerocks thrown free of charge. Profes- 
sionals and manufacturers' agents barred from programme events. 
June 20-24. — Rochester, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the New 
York State Association, under the auspices of the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club. Live birds and targets. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
As so many daily papers have given publicity to the "thirty 
days' shoot at Baltimore in February, 1899," article which ap- 
peared in one or more Baltimore papers about a week ago, we 
may as well refer to it too. From this article we gather 
that it is proposed to have a thirty days' shoot, the actual 
shooting taking place on the alternata days only. There are to 
be six sets of five traps, ihree sets on each side of an open space 
that is to be filled with "cashiers' tents, bookmakers' booths, and 
the like." All events are to be high guns or miss-and-outs, with 
entrance fees of $5,' $10, $15, $25 and $40. There are to be events 
for professionals and amateurs mixed, and also events "for the 
gentlemen shooters of America— men Who are seldom or never seen 
at a regular tournament." It is also said that "a total of $5,000 
has been subscribed to be added to the stakes. Before the date 
of the tournament this amount, it is believed, will be doubled, at 
least." In regard to the birds, the writer of tne article has this 
to say: "There has been mwch correspondence with persons who 
supply birds, and these are now on the hunt for such as will 
be needed. Only the best strong birds will be accepted, and 
every one of them will have to go through a ring measure to 
insure their being in a strong flying condition, Arrangements are 
also being made for a large consignment of wild pigeons, and it 
is thought that they will be secm-ed. Offers of large, black birds, 
of the crow variety, have been made, and it is possible that some 
of these may be used." When they talk about "lai-ge consign- 
ments of wild pigeons," they would more properly talk about 
"large consignments of wild ideas;" such would be in perfect 
keeping with much of the article referred lo. In conclusion, we 
_ would make use of another item in the article, which states that 
"H. A. Penrose, the president of the Coast Pigeon Manufacturing 
Company, has supervised, all of the correspondence in relation to 
this tournament, and he says he is convinced that not one thing 
. will be left undone to make it the grandest tournament ever con- 
■ ceii'ed." . d - 
An interesting and exceedingly clcfse match was shot on Thurs- 
day last, Dec. 30, on the grounds of the Crescent Athletic Club, 
Bay Ridge, L. I. The contestants were John L. Lequin, secre- 
tary of the Hazard Powder Co. and of the Interstate Association," 
and A. W. Higgins, Secretary of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 
and of the Crescent Club, too. Ben Norton and Johii J. U. M. C. 
Hallowell looked after Mr. Lequin, and riianagcd to pull their 
man throitgh by the narrow margin of one break in a 50-targe,t" 
contest. Mr. Higgins was attended by Ed" Taylor, find it is 
worthy of note that neither of the two last-named gentlenicn at- 
tribute the defeat to any fault of W-A powder, (The detailed 
scores have been suppressed for cause.) 
The 1897 season for the Hell Gate Gun Club, of New York, 
closed at Dexter Park on Dec. 28, when the club met for the last 
shoot of die season. Before the shoot commenced Conrad Weber 
was one point ahead of his nearest competitor, Henry Forstcr., 
The club shoot is at 10, live birds, and on the above date Forstcr 
scored 9 to Weber's 8. As . both were handicapped at. the same 
points, viz., 6, Forster added. 3 points to his score, tieing Weber, 
who only made 2 points. The tie .for first prize was shot off at 10 
birds; again they tied with ,7 kills each; then they shot off 
miss-and-otit, Weber winning in the fifth round. 
Elliott has still another match on his liands besides his one 
witli Gilbert. " This match is, a one-barrel affair, or rather one-shell 
affair (for fear some one might thhik it was a match with Win- 
chester repeaters only!) with Peter Murphy, of Philadelphia. The 
match is to be at live birds, Rhode Island rules, and will be shot 
at Gloucester, N. J., on Jan. 8. Rhode Island rules call for gun 
below elbow, 21yds. rise, and permit lO-gauges and V/soz. of shot. 
Elliott, however, means to show that his Winchester with its 
vSchultze powder and IViOZ. of shot is all that he needs; at 
least, such is his intention. 
The Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, announced a 
handicap at 20 birds per man, $10 entrance, birds extra, for New 
Year's Day, the shoot to take place on its grounds at Holmesburg 
Junction, Pa. The advertised starting time was 1 P. M., but with 
23 entries it was impossible to get through befoi-e night came on. 
At the close of the aay there was only one possible straight, J. H. 
Vandergrift, who had scored all his 16 birds. The match was then 
postponed until the following Monday morning, J-an, 3, that being 
the regular annual shoot of the club. 
Tom Keller has found qviarters for himself and the interests 
of the King Powder Co. and the Peters Cartridge Co. in the 
building at 88 Chambers street. New York city. He hangs his 
shingle out there and wants his friends to know where he can be 
found. It looks to us like a very wise move on the part of 
the above companies to tie Tom down to New York and her 
neighboring States, so that we can know where to look for him 
when we want him. 
In Western Trap will be found a copy of a letter written by 
Mr. H. T. Ilearsey, of the Limited Gun Club, Indianapolis, to Mr. 
Hough. The subject of the letter is a proposed tournament at In- 
dianapolis, to be held the week prior to John J. Sumptcr's shoot 
at Hot Springs, Ark. Besides the inducements ol a coujjle of 
days at sparrows and targets, the club can offer a cheap rate to 
Hot Springs and return, together with the attractions of a special 
parlor car to St. Louis, and a special sleeper trom there to Hot 
Springs. 
but over seventy shooters were out at the grounds of the Florists' 
Gun Club, Wissinoming, Pa., that date being the one set for the 
ninth monthly shoot of the League. Ten targets were about all 
that a man could fire at without getting too chilled to handle his 
gun; there was a northwest gale blowing, and it wasn't good 
for either man or beast to be out - and standing about. Yet the 
teains went out and shot strings of anywhere from 26 to 40 targets 
per man without coming into the shooting house to warm i\p. 
Truly those Philadelphians must be made of "hot stuff'." 
Visitors to the Sportsmen's Exposition will have a chance on 
, Saturday, Jan. 15, of seeing Elliott and Gilbert shoot at Dexter 
Park for the Du Pont trophy. The match will commence at 12:30 
prompt, in order that those whose business it is to attend the 
Exposition may have a chance to see the match and get back 
early to Madison Square Garden. Elsewhere in these columns 
we give some figures on the recent matches between these two 
experts that will be of interest, in view of the coming match. 
W, H. Wolstencroft has set Jan. 15 as the date for the match 
between himself and B. A. Bartlett for the "expert rules cup," 
now held by Wolstencroft. The match will take place on the 
grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, at tlolrnesburg Junc- 
tion, P. R. R., Pa. It is rather unfortunate that tnese dates should 
clash with the ones set for the Gilbert-Elliott match at Dexter 
Park, but such things can't be helped occasionally. 
Those people who started in to make big averages on the first 
day of the year did not calculate on the kind of weather the 
youthful '98 was going to provide for them. Zero weather, with a 
forty-_five-miles-an-hour gale back of it, is not the sort of weather 
that is favorable for "over 90 per cent." averages on either targets 
or live birds. 
The Herron Hill G un Club, of Pittsburg, elected the following 
officers for the coming year: President, Charles A. Painter; First 
Vice-President, W. S. King; Second Vice-President, H. B. Mohler; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Louis Lautenslager; Board of Directors, 
7. G. Messner, A. H. King, O. L. Hcrtig; Field Captain, H. L. 
Born. 
In its issue of Jan. 1, our Western cotemporary publishes a 
letter on^"good form," and gives in an editorial foot-note its idea 
of what "good form" means. As common or ordinary "good form" 
is alone dealt with, wouldn't it be a good plan for our cotem- 
porary to go a little further, and tell us what constitutes "usual 
good form"? 
The Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' League is made up of clubs 
whose, members don't care whether it rains, snows, freezes or 
scorches. No matter what the weather is, the eleven clubs com- 
posing the League turn out in force and eleven teams compete for 
the honors of first position. New Year's Day, 1898, was a freezer, 
A prominent figure at the shoot of the Philadelphia Trap Shoot- 
er^' Leagu», on Lew Year's Day, was Charles Edward Mink, the 
"shell man," from Shannon's store, 1020 Market street, Philadel- 
phia. Mink carries his sign on his back and in his gun— for he 
shoots, those "hand-loa^.ed shells" just as well- as he talks them. 
So Rolla Heikes keeps the cast-iron medal, and that heirloom 
has left the old family that brought it up and fostered it so long 
and so carefully. The scores look well, too; 93 to 90 is not bad 
work, for the Ohio pigeons were not summer birds or squabs. 
In another column" we give the programme for tne Apgar benefit 
shoot at Orange Lake, Newburgh, N. Y. The slioot promises to 
be a success both financially and socially, Neat's popularity with 
the shooters of this section being well assured. 
The Baltimore Shooting Association has changed its dales from 
April 4-7 to April 5-8, Tuesday-Friday of the week following the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association's annual shoot at 
Reading. 
J-'^N. 4. Edward Banks. 
Pawtuxet Gun CItib. 
Peovidence, R. I., Dec. 25.— At the annual Christmas shoot of 
the Pawtuxet Gun Cuub for turkeys and chickens, the following 
scores were made. Conditions, 25 blue rocks; 
Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 
Dr Hammond 19 23 19 C Adams 11 15 . 
R C Root 20 20 .. - W Waterman 17 19 
W Sheldon •.17 15 17 W Hankins .. 15 
J Armstrong 12 19 17 A Hankins .. .. 15 
F Arnold 19 17 . . S D Greene, Jr. 17 , 
C Stenich ,.,.38 15 10 
J W. H. Sheldon, Sec'y. " 
The Heikes-Grimm Match. 
Dayton, O., Jan. 1.— In the match to-day for the cisl-iron 
medal emblematic of the live-bird championship, Rolla O. Heikes, 
of this city, successfully defended the trophy and title agamst his 
challenger, Charles M. Grimm, of Clear Lake, la., by a score of 
93 to 90. The conditions were 100 pigeons per man. 
On Dec. 31 a preliminary shoot was held at McCullough's One 
Mile House, but on account of the inclemency of the weather the 
attendance was small. A number of events were shot, Heikes 
doing the best sh.oo.ting, making the highest average, and by. his 
clean work still further strengthening the belief of his friends that 
- he would certainly be the winner to-day. Grimm did not take 
part in the shoot' on Friday, for the reason that his trunk con- 
taining his gun, ammunition, etc., had not arrived, It was unfor- 
tunate that he did. not get any practice, as lack of the same be- 
came decidedly manifest during the early part of the championship 
race to-day. ' 
Up to midnight of Dec. 31 it was generally conceded that the 
race on ' the following day could not take place. Snow covered 
the ground to the depth of at least %ft., and large flakes were 
-still falling so thickly that it was impossible to make out any- 
thing across the street. It was the general opinion of the visitors 
who came to witness the race that everything looked to a post- 
ponement. We were all agreeably surprised when we arose early 
on New Year's Day and found that the sky was a blue and Old 
Sob was shining in all his glory. Every one appeared in a good 
hixmor. 
■ The match took place at Fairview Park, where everything was 
in readiness for the great event. Without a moment's hesitation 
Messrs. Heikes and Grimm consented to appoint C. A. Young, of 
Springfield, C)., referee; R. L. Trimble, of Covington, Ky., score- 
keeper, and Harry Aultic, of this city, to act as puller. 
It was generally admitted that Grimm had a shade the worst of 
it in drawing hard birds, but such is the luck of duck shooting, 
and the intimation of hard birds must not be construed as an 
effort to detract from Heikes's extremely brilliant work. He was 
in splendid form, and from the beginning he started in determined 
to win. Dr, L. C. Adams looked after Heikes's personal comfort 
and wants. 
Promptly at 2 P. M. Grimm stepped to the score and drew a 
swift right-quartering incomer from No. 5, which he killed with 
the second load. Heikes's first bird was a swift left-quarterer from 
No. 4, which he scored. Heikes was the first to miss; this 
occurred on the second round. He drew No, 3 trap and received 
a swift driver, which was not, to all appearances, touched. Grimm 
followed suit by drawing an easy bird from No. 1 trap, which fell 
dead just over the boundary. Grimm also missed his sixth and 
twenty-fourth birds, which gave him 22 out of the first 25. Heikes 
missed his second, fourteenth and twenty-fourth birds, which made 
a tie on the first 25. During the next 25 Grimm failed to score 
the thirty-first, thirty-fifth and fortieth birds, while Heikes allowed 
his thirtieth and thirty-seventh birds to cross the boundary. The 
match was then half over with Heikes one bird ahead. 
The third 25 was shot and resulted in Grimm losing the fifty- 
sixth, fifty-ninth, sixty-fifth and seventy-fifth birds. It was during 
this series that Grimm allowed two easy birds to get away un- 
touched. Heikes saw his chance and profited by scoring 24 out 
of 25, losing the sixty-seventh bird, a swift right-quartering in- 
comer. He was then four birds in the lead, and victory was as- 
sured. Before startuig on the last 25 Grimm asked "Shorty Bacon" 
for a chew of tobacco, which he stated would help him greatly. 
His words were verified to the letter, for it was a caution the way 
he went after that last string; drivers, twisters, towerers, in- 
comers, right or left quarterers — it made no difference; he, cen- 
tered them beautifully and finished with a clean score, making 
90 out of his 100. 
Heikes still remained unrufHed, and demonstrated that he is 
worthy the title_ of champion. Of the last 25 live birds he scored 
24, losing the eighty-fifth, which was a swift outgoer from No. 5. 
This gave him a total of 93 out of 100 as against 90 for Grimm; 
therefore Heikes was declared the winner, aild ftll Pa^totl was 
put in a much happier frame of mind. 
Readers of this letter who were not present may perhaps think' 
the scores made by Messrs. Heikes and Grimm are rather poor; 
but a word to the wise will be sufficient. The traps were set facing 
south by southeast, the sun shining brightly on tlie great expanse 
of snow, and to add to that, the day was exceedingly cold; puffs 
of wind blowing across the park and chilling spectators and 
contestants to the bone. The birds were a selected lot, and took 
wing readily, only one bird refusing to fly when the trap was 
sprung. Another item: It took just two hours and ten min- 
utes to trap and finish shooting at tlie 200 birds. All retrieving 
was done by trappers. Following ai'e the scores showing number 
of traps and flights of birds: 
Trap score type—Copyriaht, isos, bii Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
5 2 1 4 4 .0 4 1 1 1 2 ,5 3 2 3 4 '8 4 8 2 5 2 :j 1 1 
Grimm .■...2 2 *3202 222333233 2 2 3 22220 2—22 
4 2 8 44432325412524 4. 8 4 11 4 3 3 
1! 2 2,2 2 * 2 2 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3— 23. 
1 5 2 4 4 .5 2 :3 :3 1 5 5 4 1 5 3 1 4 5 4 4 2 .5 4 
.2 1 .3.2 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 -21 
8 4 2 4 5 3 5 2 5 3 3 5 3 5 4 3 .'j 3 3 1 a 4 5 4 3 
2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2—35- 90 
Heikes. 
4 3 2 2 S 3 3 3 8 2 8 2 2 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 4 
\ t ? J- \N 4. t♦^"i^.^-^;«/^ ? ;^ ? ? 
..2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 0 1—32 
2 2 2 4 4 4 8 3 1 .5 5 5 3 2 ,5 4 1 2 4 S 4 4 3 4 1 
3 222* 2 2322202222222 2 2 232 2—28 
4 3 .'j 2- 4 4 4 6 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 2 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 1 4 
1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2—24 
J 4 5 1 1 5 4 5 ,5 2 1 4 4 1 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 5 
1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2— 24— £ 
Lestes. 
Haverhill Gun Clubi 
Havekhill, Mass., Dec. 25. — Christmas Day in this section was 
a remarkably pleasant one from any point of view, and particu- 
larly fine for winter trap-shooting. Some of the members of the 
Havei-hill Gun Club met to-day, and below you will find the scores 
they made : ' . , . . - 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 iS 10 10 20 10 15 15 15 10 10 10 20 5 
Bryan 8 3 8 13 13 8 7 16 7 14 13 13 10 9 5 15 2 
Wright 6 7 3 11 11 6 5 16 5 9 14 7 7 
Merritt 4 4 4 6 7 9 5.. 3 15" $ ' 
Miller S 7 6 9 5 7 6 11 8 7 .. 11 3 
Short, D S 11 S. 5 1 
George S 9 11 10 9 18 8 9 9 10 S 6 7 14 . . 
Short, E B 10 .. 8 
Sprague 6 1 5 13 9 10 7 9 7 
bernald 7 6.. 6.:.. , 
Leighton 3 11 10 9 7 6 4 15 3 
Osborne 6 10 10 5 4 . . 11 . . 
Ingham " 6 9 12 8 .. 2 -. .. 
Brooks .. 9 7 5 6 .. 3 ., .. 
Flarley ; 7 
Siegars (J 
Crepian 4 . , 
Brown ., 7 7 7 .. 14 3 
Orne 9 5 .. 3 .. 2 
Griggs 8 6 6 11 3 
The last, a 5-bird event, one man up, was at unknown traps and 
angles, use of botk barrels allowed. 
George F. Stevens, SeC'y-Treas. 
The Wolstencroft— Bartlett Match. 
Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I hereby accept Capt. B. A. Bartlett"s challenge as pub- 
lished in your issue of Dec. 25, and name the Keystone Shooting 
League's grounds, Holmesburg Junction, P. R. R., Pa., as the 
place, and Jan. 15 as the date for the match. Inclosed please find 
$25 to cover the amount deposited in your hands by Capt. Bartlett. 
, W. H- , W.OtSTENCROFT. 
[$2S received from both- Capt. Bartlett and W. H. Wolstencroft.] 
