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[Feb. 12, 1898. 
fully loaded for cycb sci re (or eiiouKli clianibers to complete ;i 
score) and they must be dlseiiarg^ed consecutively, 
f>. Dates (if matches: All riiatehcs will be open on Monday, 
March 14, and will dose at 6 P. M,, Saturday, March 26. 
7. -Hours: The raiiRc will lie open daily at 10:30 A. M., and 
will lie closed at 10:30 P. M. 
8. Targets: Competitors will be -assigned targets in the order 
ill which tlieir score tickets are received, and no one may oc- 
cupy a target for a longer time than^ i.s allowed far the completion 
of two scores, when others are waiting to .shoot, except in chani- 
pionsliip matches. 
!>. L^se of targets: Contestants niay shoot their championship 
matches at any time during the two weeks the range is open by 
iitwt notifying the oiificer in charge. 
W. 'Penalties: No weapon shall be teadetl except at the firing 
point, and any one foimd violating tliis rule — or •acting in a way 
prejudicial to tlie safety of other.s — shall be warned by the 
officer in charge, who may (at his discretion) prohibit the offender 
from further shooting on the range, in which case he wnll be con- 
sidered to have forfeited his entrance money. 
11. Ties: In all chamviionship matches any tics which may 
occur will be sbot off .Saturday, March 26, between fi and 10:30 
P. M. 
12. Change of targets: In the any revolver championship 
match targets will be changed every six shots. 
In the military revolver championship match targets will be 
changed every six shots. 
Tn .22cal, pistol championship match targets will be changed 
every ten shots. 
In the rifle championship match targets will be changed every 
live shots. 
13. Range committee: The gallery will be in charge of tbe 
range committee, who will decide any questions which may arise 
, ap(1 interpret all rules. Tlieir decision will be final. 
14. Scoring: A shot must clearly cut the line to count. 
15. Scorers: The non-shooting members of the range com- 
mittee -will count the scores as f^sf as they are returned from the 
pits. 
Prizes: In addition to the prizes offered in the above-mentioned 
matches, special cups and merchandise prizes, which will be an- 
nounced later, wilt be added, 
l-'nlvies, inclosing entrance fee. may be mailed to V. Crown- 
inshield, Pierce lUiilding, Copley siniare. P>oston, or will be re- 
ceived at the range at any time during tlie tournament. 
Rifle Notes. 
A GRE.^T many riflemen know John R. ITcgeman, Tr, ^fr. 
Hegeman is a firm believer in small calibers, and has experi- 
mented to a great extent with the .'clOcal., particularly on deer. 
His latest exploit, however, was on cattle \\'ith a .2311. These are 
his words: "Not long ago 1 had an opportunity of shooting a 
wild steer (bull), and .shot him about 60ft. from the muzzle of 
the gun with a .236, using the soft-nosed bullet, striking him 
.at a point making a triangle with tbe eyes. Thus the bullet struck 
him just about V?in. below lhe top of the hcrul. It smashed the 
skull into about thirty or thirty-two pieces, and drove parts of the 
bone into the neck and tbe forward shoulder of the near side." Tt 
is needless to say that i\lr. ITegenian''s tielref in small calibers is 
stronger than ever. 
-. We understand that a match has been arranged between Ignatz 
Martin, of the V^'illiamsburg .Shooting Society, and C. S Dietrich, 
of M\mich. Germany, the conditions being 100 shots per man. 
strictly off-hand. $riO a side. The juatcb is to come olT un July 12, 
immediately after tbe clo.se of the National Bnndes .shoot at Olen- 
dale .Park, U, I. Mr, Dietrich showed up W:-ell in the recent 
tournament at Madison Square Garden, his style of off-hand shoot- 
ing being tnnch admired. 
The daily press gave a great dc:d of space to the c<nnpetitinns 
held in Madison Square Garden during the Sportsmen's ICxpo- 
sition. The attention given by the ijress to these contests was 
largely due to the excellent manner in which the reports were 
banded into the piress room by von Wussow, the assistant 
official scorer during tbe tournament- Forf.st akd StriSAM also 
ow'es Mr. Von \\'u.>isovs a vote of tlianks for many of the scores 
and detsfiss given in its report of the tournament, 
L. P. Ittel. of tbe Pilt.sburg Rifle Cluli. w-ent out to lhe cluli s 
range at Wilkinsburg. I'a., Friday, Jan. 38. anil maile a record of 
f-ifi at the 200yds. range, averaging 80^4 for fotir strings. Taylor 
was second Lest with 80''n, 
Pittsburg Rifle Club. 
PiTTSBt'iir,. Pa.. Jan. 28. — The Pittsburg kitlc Club menibers 
went out to the W'ilkin.sbiirg range lo-<lay, some fine shooting b,;ing 
done at the 200yds. range. J , P, Ittel made the s))!endid total 
of %, and averaged 89%, for four strings. Scores were: 
Av. .\v. 
Ttlel nn 89 S7 86—89% Oavis SI 78 77 70—78 
Tavlor 89 86 86 80— 86% liell 79 73 77 70—75 
Sorg 84 81 80 79 -81 
Feb. 1- — At to-day's practice shoot on the indoor range of the 
Pithsimrg Rifle target, 25yds., I'nivcrsal target, tlie following 
scores were made: 
Av. Av. 
Ittel 7.4 *?! 70 70—71% Tlnbbanl ....6.3 6n TiS .S7— 150% 
Hoffman 7j 65 68 65—67% .Shore 56 55 56 68—58% 
liwing 70 6fl 64 64—66% Miller 5S 58 .53 56—57% 
?,rad.shaw ....70 64 61 60—63% Schmidt 61 58 55 SI— 57 
Leading dialers in i<portsmrn' a supplies have advertised 
iv oiir colnmris ermtlnuously fnr almost a (iiuirter centiir]/. 
♦ 
If you want your slioot to be announced here send in 
notice like tfae following: 
Fixttifes* 
Feb. 10-11. — Indianapolis, Inu. — ^I'oui'nament of the Limited Gun 
Club. First day, sparrows; second day, handicap race at tar- 
gets; handicaps 100 to 110; $10 entrance, targets extra. 
Feb. 12. — Hackensack, N. J.— 50-target race for ^silver cup; un- 
known angles; open to all; no handicap. C. O. Gardner, Sec'^, 
Feb, 12. — South River, N. J. — Tournament of the South River 
Gtin Club: live birds. H. H. Stevens, Manager, 
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 ill, Hot Springs, Ark. 
Feb. 17. — Lyndhurst, N. J. — Open sweepstake , at live birds on 
the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association; 25 birds, $10 
entrance, birds extra. Take Erie to Rutherford, or the D., L. ik 
W. to Lyndhurst. T. W. Alorfey, Sec'y. 
Feb. 18-20. — Davenport, fa. — Merchatidise tournament of tbe 
West End Gtm Club. L. Haneman, Sec'y. 
F'eb. 20-22, — Tucson, Ariz. — Filth annual tournament of the .\ri- 
zona State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Blue Rock Gun Club, of lucson. 
Feb. 22. — Atchison, Kan. — Tournament of the Atchison Gun Club. 
Live birds and targets. 
Feb. 22. — Buffalo, N. Y.— Invitation target shoot of the Bison 
Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — Sistersville, W. Va, — Tournament of the Sistersville Rod 
and Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — Pawline, N. Y. — Tournament of the PawHnp' Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — New llaven. Conn. — Toiu-nament of the New Haven 
Gun Ckd); targets. W. IT. Hazel, Sec'y. 
Feb, 22, — Worcester, Mass, — Tournament of the Worcester 
Sportsmen's Club at North Pond Shooting Park; targets, V. D. 
Eenerson, Sec'y. 
lii'eb. 22. — l^ound Brook. N. J. — Opening shoot of the Bound 
Brook Gun Club. Live birds. 
Feb. 22-23.— Lexington. Kv. — ^Tournament of the J.^exin^tOn Gvtn 
Club; targets, crows and pigeons. V. K. Dodge, Sec'y. 
Feb. 22-23. — Buffalo, N. Y. — Second annual midwinter tourna- 
ment at Audubon Park, under the management of E. W. Garoe. 
Targets. $50 added. 
Feb. 22-23,— Henry, 1 11,— Tournament of the Henry Live Bird 
Club at the Big Four Driving Park. Targets and live birds. 
Alarch 8-10.— St. Thomas, ( ;nt,— Tournament of the SL Thoinag. 
Gun Club. Targets and live birds. .'Xdded money, and an in- 
ternational live-bird trophy. Under the management of Jack 
Parker. 
March 15-18.— Utica, N. Y.— Tournament of the Oneida County 
Sportsmen's Association. Live birds and targets. Open to all, 
Henry h. Gates, Pres. 
March 22-24.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— Interstate As- 
sociation's si.v;th annual Grand American Handicap. 25 birds, $25, 
birds extra; $1,500 guaranteed to the three high guns; $600, $500 and 
*1U(|; all surplus added. 
March 29-Apnl 1.— Reading, Pa.— Annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of 
the Independent Gun Club, of Reading. A. Knauer, Sec'y. 
April 5-S.— Baltimore, Md.— Annual spring tournament of the Bal- 
timore Shooting Association. Geo. L. Harrison, Sec'y-Treas. 
April 7-8. — Platte Citv. Mo. — Annual spring tournament of the 
Platte CiU' Gi_m Club. " S, Redman, Sec'y. 
April 7-9. — St. Louis, Mo. — Tournament for amaletirs only at 
the Du I'cnt shooting park, under the management of J. .\. 
Corry. 
April 13-15.— Atchison, Kan. — Manufacturers' fourth annual tour- 
nament^ Added money later. Jack Parker, Manager; Lou Er- 
hardt, Sec'y. 
April 19-22.— Des Moines, la.— Charley Budd's shoot. First three 
days, targets: $350 added. Fourth day, live biras: 25 birds, .$25, 
handicap. $50 added. 
April 27-28. — Peru, Ind. — Second annual amateur tournament. 
Jack Parker, manager. Address all communications to J. L. 
Head, Peru, Ind. 
May 17-20.: , . — Tournament of the New Jersey State 
Sportsmen's Association. T. H. Keller, Sec'y. 
May 18-19. — Crawfordsville, Ind. — ^Tournament of the Crawfords- 
ville Gun Club. C. E. Lacy, sec'y. 
May 18-20.— Waterloo, Ta»— Annual tournament of the Waterloo 
Gun Clnh. 
May 24-27- — Omaha, Neb. — Twenty-second annual tournament of 
the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association. F. S. Parmelee, 
Sec'y. 
May 30. — Canaioharie. N. Y. — Decoration Day shoot of the Cana- 
joharie Gun Club. Targets. Charles Weeks. Sec'y. 
June 8-9. — Findlay, O. — Annual tournament of the Magautrap 
Ciun Club. O. B. Marvin, Sec'y. 
June 8-10, — Parkersburg, W. Va, — Second anntial tournament of 
tbe West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association. Address all 
communications to Ed O. Bower, Sec'y, Sistersville, W. Va. 
June 14-15, — Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual tournament of the In- 
diana Trap-Shooters' League of Indiana, on the grounds of the 
limited Gun Club, 
Tune 14-15,' — Stillwater, Minn. — Tournament of the Stillwater Gun 
Club. 
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 Gmi Club. Live birds and targets. 
June 21-23. — Sioux Citv, Ta.— Fourth annual amateur tournament 
of the Doo Gun Club. Three sets of traps. W. F. Duncan. Treas. 
July 19-21, — Palmyra. Mo. — Eighth annual tournament of tbe 
Missouri .'\mateur Shooting Association, under tbe management 
of the Palmyra Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Added money 
annoutvced later. W. N. ^jates, .Sec'y. 
After sorvinK on the Fore.^t AMD SxREAfti ^tafif for 
more than three years in editorial conduct of the Trap 
department, Mr. Edward Banks ha.s resigned the field 
of journalism to become secretary of the American E. C. 
& Schultze Powder Co.. of this city. Under his capable 
charge onr Trap columns have won universal recogni- 
tion, popularity and respect for their admirable news, 
service, technical accuracy, originality, impartiality arul 
conceded influence. No more felicitous wish could be 
framed for him than that a corresponding success may 
attend him in his new field, and that his relations with 
his associates there may be as cordial and pleasant as 
those which without exception have characterized his 
connection 'M'ith the Forest and Stream and its staff. 
EoinoR Eo'&EST AND Stream. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Citid secretaf-i'es art: invited io send their iicibrei- for pttblicniion in 
these colmiins, also any news notes they may care io have pririted. Ties 
in all events are considered as divided uttless 0. heriuise reported Mail 
all such matter to Forest <tnd Stream Publish >ig Company ^ Droad- 
way, New York. 
Writing from Lake Charles, La., A. \\' . du Bray says: "I have 
had a splendid lime here shooting with my old friend, Mr. J. C. 
lilstner. On the first day. leaving town' about 9 A. M., and 
returning before (! P. M.., we bagged 29 (]uail and IS snipe. On 
the -second day we left the hotel about 7 A. M, and returned 
by t) P. M,, bringing wifli us 91 snipe and lli quail. On this day 
we had with us Mr. Roberts, cashier of the Calcasieu Bank, of 
this town; it was his maiden attempt at snipe, and he bagged 
7^ We woidd have killed a gt:iod man_y more birds hacl not Mr. 
lilstner soon run out of shells with snitaule loads for snipe, ancl 
had to use No. 5 shot, which seemed to scatter so badlv tliat 
his shells were very ineffective at anything at over 35yds," The 
snipe were very wild from the beginning, and as we found them 
all in one old rice field, they became worse and more so after 
e\-cry turn up and down, I am not trying to make any apologies, 
but am merely stating the facts as they were. There is always 
a certain amount of uncertaintv about finding sni]3e, but none at 
all as regards quail. Any good shot can come here with a good 
dcg and bag from 25 I0 50 quail a day, and keep it up at that 
rate, Jor they are very abundant. At some distance from here, 
say 15 or 20 miles, we can still find prairie chickens, bags of from 
10 to 20 being occasionally niade as late in the season as Febru- 
ary. This is a beautiful country — level roads, hospitable people, 
and a great game section. ^Vbove and beyond all this, one eaii 
be most comfortably housed and extremely well fed at the Holef 
Howard; and you can take my word for it that you will always 
find Mr. Pierre Theaits, the proprietor, a most complaisant host, 
and one who is always ready to make his guests feel at home. 
T have had a good deal of experience in this line, and I l<now 
how essential it is to find just such a place as this. On this hunt 
I used for the most pjart my heavy 16-bore, full-chokcd Parker, 
with Sdrs. of Du Pont .smokeless and loz. of Tatham's SVo chilled, 
in a 2% I'. M. C. smokeless .shell. I found this a great c<nnbi- 
nation, and will refer any doubting Thomas to Mr. J. C. Elsttier, 
who can testify as to the distance at which the gun and load can 
and do upset a snipe." It certainly seems to us that our good 
friend Du Bray has more of the good things of this life than 
ought to fall to his lot. Why should we be up here, etc.? 
.So Bill Clark has not quit pigeon shooting, but is only laying 
low for champions and others. Here is an item from the Pitts- 
burg, Fa.j Leader of Feb. 2: "William H. Hill, the champion 
live-bird shot of New Castle, and W. G. Clark, the champion 
of Ellwood' City, shot a match at New Castle yesterday afternoon 
at 25 live birds. It was witnessed by a crowd of 500 people. 
There was a heavy wind blowing at the time, and the snow was 
f;dling the greater part of the afternoon, ('lark liad killed 2o and 
Hill 22. The two will shoot again under more favorable weather, 
after which they expect to challenge any two shooters in .\lle- 
gheny county." 
The Pawling, N. Y., Gun Club has grounds within 90 minutes 
of New Y'ork city, the route being via the Harlem River branch 
of the New York Central. This club announces that it will hold 
a target shoot on Feb. 22, Washington's Birthday, the shoot com- 
mencing at 9 A. iNI. sharp. The programme consists of six 10, 
three 15, and three 20-target events, at a uniform entry .fee of 
10 cents per target. All events will be shot at unknown angles 
from three traps, set Sergeant system. LTnder twelve entries, three 
moneys; over twelve entries, four moneys. Special rates will be 
made at the Dutcher House to 'all visiting sportsmen. 
c It" ^■''^'^''^^ Offerman, president of the Jcannette Gun Club, 
isf New Y'ork, and a member of many another gun and rifle or- 
'g^hization in this city, died on Thursday last, F©b. aged fifty- 
one years. One of Mr. Offerman's very many friends sends us 
the following note: "He was one of the most wdiole-souled sports- 
men who ever put a fowling piece to his cheek. Charley (Jfler- 
man Avas president of the Jeannette Gun Club and a member of 
tjic Newr York Schuetzen Corps and of the New York City 
Schuetzen Corps, Jn person he was about 5ft. 5in., and weighed 
soraewdiat oyer 2001bs. His jollity at every shoot that he at- 
tended was sufficient to drive away any attack of the blues; it 
was impossible to be sad when he was around. Although he sel- 
dom made big scores, he was a most faithful member in the 
matter of attendance, and his influence and means were alwaj^s 
at the command of the clubs of which he was a member. He 
owned many a good dog and many a good gun. He had a fund 
of anecdotes of adventures on flood and on field, and his comical 
way of relating these experiences will be missed very much by 
those who were fortunate enough to accompany him on any 
of his hunting trips. It is only a little more than a month since 
he was unanimously re-elected president of the Jeannette Gun 
Club at the annual meeting of that organization, the members 
jircscnt being his guests after that meeting at a game supper, as 
related recently in the columns of Forest and Stream. 
The London Field in its issue of Jan. 8 has this to say regard- 
ing Mr. Donald Mcintosh's account of his exneriences over Eu- 
ropean traps: "Mr. Donald Mcintosh, the successful Australian 
pigeon shot, has been relating in the Melbourne Sportsman bis 
recent experiences, of European pigeon shooting. The English 
marksnten shoot, he says, very quickly and get marvelous re- 
sults, the second barrels being exceptionally fine. In Italy the 
boundary is 17 tneters, .and elsewhere on the continent it rarely 
exceeds 23 meters, thus making snap-shooting a necessity. The 
Italian shooters mostly use barrels ranging from 26 to 28in. long,. 
Mr. Alcfntosh was nearly always shooting from the limit mark, and 
at Ostend, where the record number of 233 competed, he was the 
only man shooting from 29 meter,s. Throughout the tour, extending 
over two years, he used Schultze powder and a Greener gxm, and 
his wins, which totaled over .$3,500, included the Gun Club 
(T-ondon) challenge cup (210oz. of silver), Amberite cup. a silver 
trophy presented by Prince Schirinski, of Russia; the chanipion-- 
ships of Ostend, Cannes and Rome, and ■ a large nundier of 
medals and trophies. Mr. Mcintosh speaks in warm terms of 
the hospitality extended to him by Lord \V estbury, Mr. Roberts, 
M. Journu and others, and in conclusion expresses the opinion 
that England and Scotland are the finest game shooting countries 
in the world." [Note. — A meter is about 39 l-3in.] 
"A mystery solved'' would perhaps be a more fitting , title for 
the following than that of "Drivers and Twisters:" On Wednes- 
day last, Feb. 2, Capt. Money w.-3s one of the first to arrive _at 
the club bouse of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, 
N. J. On his way from the station to the club he came upon a 
track that looked just as if some one had wheeled a bicycle through 
the deep snow dovvn to the shooting grounds. These grounds 
face the meadows that run down to the Hackensack River. Across 
tbe meadows went the track, with the footprints of two men along- 
side. Capt. Money and John Rock, the club's manager, looking 
at the tracks, agreed that here was a mystery. .Some one had 
stolen a bicycle, and had made ofif across the meadows with the 
stolen property! When we arrived Capt. Money pointed out 
the tracks and gave us his theory of the reason for their appear- 
ance. It did look suspicious. Just as we were going in to .get 
some lunch two men apipeared on the meadows, and it soon be- 
came evident that here were the bicycle thieves. One man had 
on bis shoulder a gunny sack, wdiile the other trailed behind him 
an eel spear! They had been spearing eels through tbe ice! As 
soon as they had passed the house it looked as if a two-wheeled 
cart bad been driven across the meadows, and the stolen lu'cyclc 
ilieorv was as utterly shattered as were Capt. Money's 48 out of 
his .53 targets in the prize shoot that same afternoon. 
A\'e^ are told that the proposition made for an English and 
American team race at the trans, mentioned in last week's Drivers 
and Twisters, was for a tureet race, not for one at live birds. 
It looks as if this were so. judging from the following letter written 
to the London Field of Jan. 29 by IVfr. Max Biiker, secretary of 
the Inanimate Bird Shooting Association of Great Britain: "I 
tlOtice with much interest the propo.sa! made in your columns 
that encouragement should be .given to a team "of .American 
shopters to come over to this country and take part in the annual 
championship nieetin.s: of the Inanimate Bird Shooting Associa- 
tion, f feel sure that this proposal will be most f;ivor;thlv re- 
ceived by the members of our association, though until after our 
annual meeting, the 31st inst., no steps can be taken to deal with 
the matter in a formal way. The great interest which is always 
shown in team contests, where the competitors arc fairlv well 
matched in strength, has frequently been noticed at the different 
championship meetings of this association, while the .smaller 
contests, which take place at the meetings of private clubs, ser\'c 
in an equal measure to illustrate how popular an English ver.sus 
y\merican team event would prove as ati item in onr forthcoming 
championship programme." 
E. D. Fulford has sent us a blue print showing transverse and 
longitudinal .sections of the trapper's pit to be used with his 
system of underground trapping and retrieving. The scheme 
was put in practice to a certain extent at the last Baltimore shoot, 
and was a very great improvement over the old style. By means 
of his latest improved system, which will be in full operation 
at the Utica tournament, March 15-18, he claims that it is pos- 
sible- to trap and retrieve 300 birds per bom". Fulford is also 
bringing out a ne>v live-bird trap that he claims is "the best on 
earth.'' 
Aliss .Annie ( lakley now possesses one of the best trained horses 
in the world. We have the word of others For this fact, besides 
that of Frank Butler. This horse was a blue ribbon winner 
at the late horse show in i\tadison Square Garden, and is, of course, 
as perfect as they make them. ^liss Clakley is going to vary 
her programme with a high school act, and this horse is to be 
her assistant. Mistress and horse so thoroughly understand each 
other now that when the time conies there will be no prompting 
l^eeessary. 
Saturday next. Feb. 12, is Lincoln's birthday, and on that oc- 
casion the Bergen Countv (iun Club, of Plackensack, N. J., has 
arranged to have a field day at targets. The first event scheduled 
for the day is a merchandise event. The next is the contest for 
tbe President's C\\\y. a silver trophy donated for competition by 
the president of the clid.i, "Mr. Geo. P. Griffiths. The conditions 
are 50 targets, unknown angles, $1.50 entrance, cup to become 
.absolute property of the winner, 50 cents to be deducted front 
each entry to form a fund to be divided into three monevs, 50, 
30 and 20 per cent., to go to the next three high guns. The cup 
race will be started at 1 P. M. At 3 P. M. there will be another 
merchandise event. The club has just placed in position a set 
of bluerock expert traps. Lunch will be served on the grounds 
free of charge to the club's guest.s. In its announcement the club 
says: "We can guarantee you a good time and lots of shooting." 
The Keystone Shooting League, of Holmesburg Junction, Pa., 
announces that it will hold a 25-bird race, handicap, open to 
all. on Feb. 22, Washington's Birthday. There will be $1.50 guar- 
anteed as follows: $75 to first, $50 to second and $25 to third; 
■class shooting. For every two entries over 15 there will be an 
additional money of $20. Entries $10, of which $2..50 must be posted 
with George XL. Pack, secretary, by Saturday, Feb, 19, before the 
handicaps are announced. Entries received after this date will 
shoot at the limit, 30yds. Shooting in the event will .start at 
10:45 A. j\T., and in case the shoot is not finished by night it 
will be continued at 2:45 P. M. Wednesday, Fell. 23, the following 
day. Shooters who arrive late, on the grounds will be allowed 
to shoot up until the completion of the third round. Tlie handi- 
cap committee is made up as follows: W. H. Wolstencroft, W. 
M. Pack and H. L. David. 
The Middlesex Gun Club, an organization in New^ lersey that 
has grounds at South River, N. J,, will hold a live-bird .shoot on 
Feb. 12, Saturday next, Lincoln's Birthday, Stages will meet 
the trolleys from New Brunswick and Milltown from 9:30 .A. 
until 3 P. M. Shooting commences at 10 A. M. sharp. Birds fur- 
nished at 25 cents each. The shoot will be managed by If. 11. 
Stevens, who has gotten up an interesting programme for the. 
day's sport. The main event is the Middlesex Club prize shoot, 
10 birds, $5, birds extra; high guns, one man to one money; 
four entries, two moneys, and one money for every tidditional 
four entries or fraction thereof. Ties to be shot off at three 
birds, then miss-and-out. Professionals barred. The management 
will give handsome prizes to the two high guns in this event. 
Mr. V. D. Kcnerson, secretary of the Worcester Sportsmen's 
Club, writes that his club will hold an all day target shoot at 
North Pond Shooting Park on Feb, 22, Washington's Birthday. 
A good programme be arranged, and everybody is to con- 
sider himself invited. 
The Bound Brook, N. J,. Gun Club will hold its opening shooi 
at live birds on Feb". 22, Washington's Birthday. The shoot wiU 
begin at 10 A. M. 
