FOREST AN!) STREAM. 
[April t, i^gg. 
Red Dfag-on C« C. 
The Red Dragon C. C, of Philadelphia, suf^jii^ed con- 
siderable loss b}' fire to their club house at Wissiiioming, 
Pa . on Tuesday, March 21 The fire was discovered about 
noon by the janitor's son. The alarm was immediately 
given, and every effort made to save the [jroperty. Owing 
to a tin roof covering the house, the flames made slow 
progress, but the rooms on the third floor were entirely 
gutted and considerable loss incurred before the fire de- 
partment -succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The in- 
dividuals occupying the rooms on the third floor carried 
insurance, which will cover their loss. The damage to 
the property will amount to nearly $1,000, which is also 
covered by insurance. 
The trap-shoofing match between the gun club of the 
T?ed Dragons and the Philadelphia Y. C. was carried out 
as originally arranged on March 25. 
Com. Murray is working hard to place the Red Dragons 
in a more prosperous condition, and the repairs to the 
interior of the club house, when completed, will make it 
an ideal home for a canoe club. The recent fire will 
not affect this, as little damage w'as suffered by the lower 
portion of the building. 
The series of talks to the club members upon "Accidents 
and Emergencies," by the fleet surgeon. Dr. F. O. Gross, 
ended on Wednesday evening, March 22. These talks 
were of unusual interest and value, and w^ere remarkably 
well attended. After the last talk. Com. Murray, in be- 
half of the members, presented Dr. Gross with a hand- 
some gift in appreciation of his generous services. 
The boating season is now drawing near, and soon the 
guns and traps will be laid aside and the canoes, half- 
raters and launches placed in commission. The pi-os- 
pects for a prosperous summer season is very encourag- 
ing, and unusual in,terest is already being shown. 
W. K. P. 
Gjnlra's Tournament. 
Conlin's Jubilee Tournament, at the old stand, Broadway and 
'J'hirty-first .street, New York, was concluded on March 25,_ with 
the following winners. Rest rifle match : First. J. \^^ Christian- 
son; second. J. T. E. Thomas, l^apidity and accuracy match: 
First, Geo. Herrmann; second, Peter IDenise; third, F. E. Haynes, 
Pistol match: First, F. T. B. Collins; second, T. H. Keller; 
third, W. J. Clark. 
The outdoor shooting of the Zettler Rifle Club, at the 200yds. 
range, will begin in April. At the weekly shoot on March 22, at 
the indoor range, off-hand shooting, 50 shots each man. ring target, 
75ft.. possible 1,250 points, the scores were: L. P. Hanson 1,224. 
Fred C. Ross and Michael J. Dorrler 1,212 each, W. A. Hicks 
1.20,3 Charles G. Zettler, Jr., 1.199, C. G. Zettler,, Sr., 1,189, 
Henrv Holges 1,183, Renhold Busse 1,181, Jacob Schmitt 1,174, S. 
W Benton 1,171, S. O. Buzzini 1,164, Barney Zettler 1,156, T. H. 
Keller 1,142, Henry Muenz 1,126, Thomas P. McKenna 1,106. 
The Smith & Wesson gallery in the north side of the main 
floor at the recent Sportsmen^ show was the center of attraction 
to lovers of displays of skill with revolver and pistol. The gallerj' 
was neatly fitted up, and in a case was a fine exhibit of the 
famous products of the Messrs. Smith & Wesson._ Mr. C. S. 
Axtell, the expert, was in charge, giving exhibitions, Mr. C. 
Smith participating, and bullseyes and centers were .so common 
that missing the biillseye seemed to be the real marvel. 
'm^=' ^hooting. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
A new arrival in town last Monday was Jim Elliott's "little 
brother" Dave from Kansas City, who is the advance guard of a 
strong delegation of Grand American Handicap candidates from 
that sporting city. Mr. Elliott, who, by the way, is now practicmg 
on live birds, along with J. A. R. down at Easton, Md., mentions 
the following as having their eyes on first money and the cup m 
the G A Ft., all hailing from Kansas Citv, Mo.: Messrs.- Chris. 
Gottlieb, Ed Hickman, George Cockrell, J. E. Riley and E. Bram- 
hall. Eastern shooters will extend a warm welcome to this bunch, 
none of whom have ever taken part in any Grand American 
Handicap. 
Paul North, of Cleveland, O,, and of magautrap fame, is one of 
the entries in the Grand American Handicap. In making his 
entry Mr. North wrote to the secretary of the Interstate Associa- 
tion i'n the following strain: "It is rather hard that so many men 
who have been trying for several years to win the Grand Ameri- 
can Handicap and who have failed, but who will try again this 
year, should be disappointed. The writer, who has never^ shot in 
it before, will win it this vear. Such things will occur. it is 
hoped that this statement of Mr. North's will not keep many away. 
Second money is well worth winning. 
The exposure to the weather during the two weeks^ tournament 
on Madison Square Garden roof was too much for Elmer Shaner 
and for "Brother Bill" McCrickert, the well-known squad hustler 
of many Grand American Handicaps. Mr. Shaner has been quite 
ill but is now well on the road to recovery; Brother Bill 
was kept in bed several days with an attack of sciatic rheumatism; 
he, too, is understood to be convalescent, and to have retained 
his full' lung power unimpaired. 
Tack Fanning writes from the Coast in good spirits, although 
at the same time lamenting that he has not been shooting quite 
as well as he usually does. Too much sight-seeing and hand- 
shaking must have had its effect on Tom Sharkey s nerves, for 
he does not often lose a live bird. He will be on hand at the 
Grand American Handicap, and will try to overcome that hoodoo 
of "all but one, and that dead out!" 
Under date of March 27, Mr. FI. A. Penrose, Baltimore Md., 
writes us- "I see in 'Fixtures' that you have only claimed from 
the 18th to 22d for our tournament. Please be kind enough to 
change same, claiming the entire week, as we have had inquiries 
from so many live-bird shots who are going to attend that we 
have decided to have live-bird shooting Monday and Saturday, 
which will be April^l7 and 22; the other four days will be devoted 
to target shooting." 
I ouis Harrison, of Minneapolis, wants to know where he is at. 
Our Western cotemporary in its recent issue stated that he 'was 
in Chicago last Week, Saturday, visiting old friends. As a 
matter of fact, Mr. Harrison has not been out of Brooklyn N. \., 
having been confined to the house with a bad cold for the past 
few weeks. He has now recovered, and will be seen at the traps 
this week. 
The Hunters Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y., have manufactured a 
gun of special elegance for Miss Annie Oakley, and to her order. 
It has a fine pair of chain Damascus barrels. On the right lock 
a portrait of the owner in stage costume is engraved, and on 
the left her portrait, familiar to all shooters. Inlaid in gold on 
the guard is Miss Oakley's name in full. 
John Wright of the Brooklyn, N. Y., Gun Club, says that Ws 
dub's shoot last week was so successful, that he will get up an- 
other, and run it shortly after the Grand American has come and 
gone He states that he will again choose the Lyndhurst Shoot- 
ing Association grounds as the scene of the shoot. 
Mr S M Du Val, secretary-treasurer of the Milwaukee Gun 
Club' under' date of March 27, writes us as follows: 'The Mil- 
waukee Gun Club will hold a grand tournament during part of 
the Milwaukee carnival week; date of tournament, July 1 and 2. 
We regret that Mr. Louis Erhardt, . of Atchison, Kap., well 
known and highly esteemed by all, is seriously ill. We hope to 
learn of his speedy recovery. 
PoMrroN Lakes, N, J., Feb. 20.— This table is intended for 
clubs where the average percentage of each member is known 
P'"ui'^'"'^ accurately approximated. In order to explain the 
tshle, lei me give you. an example. 
Suppose two men are shooting at any number of targets, say, 
for instance. 25 Now. let one man's average be 80 per cent., and 
the other one's HO per cent. Of course the man with 80 per cent. 
In his credit is fhf better shot, and should allow the other one 
a certain number of extra targets. Now, take the table and 
run along the top line of figures till you get to SO, and then 
drop down this column till you get to the line that commences 
(on the extreme left) with 60. This will give vou the figure 3:i.2. 
This figure represents the percentage of extra targets that the 
80 per cent, man sbould allow the 60 per cent, man to shoot at. 
If they are shooting at 25 targets the SO per cent, man should 
score 20 of them. The 60 per cent, jnan has 25 targets, phis 
an ext«ft allowance of 33.2 per cent, of 25, or a total of 33.3 
targets. Now, if he shoots his average gait he will score 60 per 
cent, of this number, or 19.98, practically 20, thus tieing the 
score of the 80 per cent. man. 
On the same principle, a 90 per cent, man would allow an 
SO per cent, man 12.5 per cent, more targets to shoot at, and so 
on. You will notice that this table is intended to put the good 
and the poor (no insinuations intended) shooters on a footing 
such that if each man shoots his average gait the number of 
targets scored by each man will be the same. Of course if a 
man shoots more or less than his average, he will win or lose, 
aS( the case may be. I am aware that this matter is by no 
means new, and possibly some one has devised a system long 
before this; but this table seems si., simple Canci Is theoretically 
correct) I offer it for criticism. 
50 
.52 
55 
50 
U 
4.0 
0 
10.0 
5.7 
0 
60. 
62. 
65. 
67. 
70. 
72. 
75. 
77. 
80. 
S2. 
14.0 
9.6 
3.6 
0 
20.0 
15.4 
9.1 
5.2 
0 
62 
24.0 
19.2 
12.7 
8.7 
3.3 
0 
65 
30.0 
25.0 
18.1 
14.0 
8.3 
4.8 
0 
67 
34.0 
28.8 
21.8 
17.5 
11.6 
S.O 
3.0 
0 
70 
40.0 
34.6 
27.2 
22.8 
16.6 
12.9 
7.7 
4.4 
0 
72 
44.0 
38.4 
30.9 
26.3 
20.0 
16.1 
10.7 
7.4 
2.8 
0 
75 
50.0 
44.2 
36.3 
31.6 
24.9 
20.9 
15.3 
11.9 
7.1 
4.1 
0 
77 
54.0 
48.0 
40.0 
35.1 
28.3 
24.2 
18.4 
14.9 
10.0 
6.9 
2.6 
0 
80 
60.0 
53.8 
45.4 
40.3 
33.2 
29.0 
23.0 
19.4 
14.2 
11.1 
6.6 
3.9 
0 
82 
04.0 
.57.7 
49.0 
45.6 
36.6 
32.2 
26.1 
22.4 
17.1 
13.8 
9.3 
6.5 
2.5 
0 
87. 
90. 
92. 
95. 
97. 
80^ 
70.0 
63.4 
54.5 
49.1 
41,6 
37.0 
30.7 
26.8 
21.4 
17.0 
13.3 
10.4 
6.2 
3.6 
0 
87 
74.0 
67.3 
58.1 
52.6 
45.0 
40.3 
33.8 
29.8 
24.3 
20.8 
16.0 
12.9 
8.7 
6.0 
2.3 
0 
90 
80.0 
73.0 
63.6 
57.9 
49.9 
45.1 
38.4 
34.3 
28,5 
25.0 
19.9 
16,8 
12.5 
8.7 
5.8 
3.4 
0 
92 
95 
97 
84.0 
90.0 
94.0 
76.8 
82.7 
86.5 
67.2 
72.7 
76.3 
61.4 
66.6 
70.1 
53.3 
58.3 
61.6 
48.4 
53.2 
56.4 
41.5 
46.1 
53.8 
37.3 
41.8 
44,8 
31.1 
35.7 
38.5 
27.7 
31.9 
34.7 
22.6 
26.6 
29.3 
19.4 
23.3 
25.9 
15.0 
18.7 
21.2 
12.2 
15.8 
18.3 
8.2 
11.6 
14.1 
S.7 
9.2 
11.5 
2.2 
5.5 
7.7 
0 
3.2 
5.4 
0 
2.1 
E, A. Whistler EV-ElgIa?i;, 
Under date of M!arch 20, in a personal letter, Mr. Herbert 
Taylor, one of the Association directors, writes as follows: "The 
amateurs, I hope, will turn out in such numbers at this tourna- 
ment, and be so well satisfied with our programme that other 
tournaments will adopt a similar plan. The twenty acres of the 
Du Pont Park is slightly rolling; it has a creek running through 
it. We have straightened this creek and will use the old bed of the 
.Stream for our target pits. This wUl do away with the necessity 
of a blind, Each trap will be placed on top of a 6in.x6in. post, 
set solid in the ground, with shelves behind for the targets. 
The ground on both sides of the creek is level, with a perfectly 
clear sky for background. Two sets of traps will shoot to the 
Northwest; the third will point a little to the Southwest and 
will be difficult shooting late in the afternoon, on account of 
the sun, but we do not hope for such a large attendance that 
will compel the operation of three sets of traps all day long. The 
only novelty to the average shooter will be the absence of a 
screen; this" may throw him off for a time on account of the 
target being visible from the moment it leaves the trap." 
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat we take the following: 
"Considerable interest is already developing in the trap-shooting 
tournament of the Missouri Stale Game and Fish Protective 
Association, scheduled to be held in this city in May. It is the 
first pretentious tournament projected in St. Louis in many years, 
and the success of the city in securing the tournament was largely 
induced by the splendid scores of- the St. Louis marksmen, who 
won the principal team traphy and broke the world's record 
at Kansas City last spring. To make this interest as 
widespread as possible, quite a number of St. Louisans will 
attend and take part in the Great American Handicap 
tournament, to begin at Elkwood Park, Lakewood, N. J., 
next month. Among those are iir. Smith, who has shown a 
high standard of work during the past year; Sumter, Bert Taylor 
and probablv Billy Nold. Frank Stockton, of Flannibal, who 
shoots a lot here, will also accompany the party, which will join 
hands with the Chicago shooters and go East in a special car." 
Live-bird shooting is lively in every section, the forthcoming 
struggle at Elkwood Park stimulating the gladiators to get into 
their best form. At Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 111., John 
Watson is flying birds quite regularly; those of his famous 
brand, with his trade mark blown in every bird. They are not 
fasy to kill. On March 23. in a very strong wind, Fred Gilbert 
killed 28 out of 30. Mr. Feigenspan killed 45 out of 50. Gilbert 
on M;irch 24 killed 22 out of 26, On March 22, C. B. Dicks and 
Jim Stuart, in a 50-bird match, killed 41 and 46 respectively. 
The wind was straight out, and the ground was covered with 
snow, and it snowed through a part of the race. The birds 
were mostly right and left-quarterers, and very hard to see. 
Two team races were shot on March 21, between S. Palmer 
and E. S. Rice on one side, and T. Stewart and Fred Gilbert 
on the other. First race, Palmer 24, Rice 18; total 42. Stewart 
20, Gilbert 23; total 43. Second race, Palmer 22, Rice 19: total 41. 
Gilbert 24, Stewart 25; total 49. 
Tom Morfey provided some excellent birds for the guests of the 
Brooklyn Gun Club to shoot at last Thursday, March 23. It 
is a pity that the wretched weather of the previous day and of the 
early par: of the 23d stopped so many shooters from gcmg to 
the 'Lvndhurst, N. J., Shooting Association's grounds. Had they 
braved the weather, they wotdd have seen as good a lot of birds 
as were ever trapped, and have enjoyed the fine afternoon. As 
it was there were about a score of shooters present, and only 
one, dapt. A. W. Money^ was able to kill 15 straight in the 
main event. 
Oscar Hesse, of Red Bank, N. J., d'efeatfed Harold B. Money 
in the m.atch for the New Jersey target chantipionship, and 
took the E. C. cup home with him to his residence by the 
sea. Mr. Hesse represents the Walsrode powder interests in 
this country, and was naturally more than pleased at the result 
oi the matcn. He is not to have undisputed possession of the 
title and the cup for long, for immediately after the match, he re- 
ceived a challenge from Capt. Money, and equally promptly ac- 
cepted it, picmising to name date and place in a few days. 
Admiral A. G. Courtney was a visitor at the Brooklyn Gun 
Club's shoot last Thursday, March 23. He was accompanied by 
U M C Thomas, Rolla Heikes and John J. Hallowell, so tli« 
Remington-U. M. C. aggregation was well and strongly repre- 
sented After the shoot the Admiral sailed for Syracuse; Kolla 
Heikes and Hallowell left for Philadelphia, and U. M. C. took 
the train fof his bailiwick on the north shore oi Long Island 
Sound. 
W Cashau and R. L. Packard, both of this city, are matched 
to siioot qune a .sporting race. The former stands at 30yds.; the 
latter at 28. The event is to come off on Thursday of this 
week, March 30, and is at 50 live birds per man, for a stake oi 
$500 a side. This sounds tall, but a forfeit of $100 is already in the 
hands of a stakeholder. The match will be shot at Morfey s, 
Lyndhurst, N. J., and _ nothing but the very best birds will 
be trapped for the occasion. 
Entries for the Grand Ameriean Handicap— that is, regular 
encries— close on April 4, Tuesday of next week. Secretary 
Edward Banks informs us that the entry list is swelling very 
rapidly, and that the number of new men to the Grand American 
Handicap is something astonishing. He confidently looks for 
250 entries, and perhaps more. The man who wins out m 
such a crowd may well be proud of the handsome cup he will 
have thoroughly earned. 
On April 5, at Singac, N- J., commencing at 12 M., there will 
be a 25 live-bird handicap, 24 to 32yds., $10 entrance, birds 
extra. Mr. Arthur Bunn, Singac, N. J., is manager. All 
entries must be sent to him, each one with $5. Sweeps will 
follow the main event. Trains leave Chambers street at 10:30 
and 12 o'clock for Little Falls. Electric cars from Erie Depot at 
Paterson to Singac. Stages meet all cars. 
At Frenchtown, N. J., March 22, John Rehrig, of Leigbtpn, Pa., 
defeated George Cubberly, of Yardville, Pa., in a match at 50 
birds per man, ,$100 a side, cost of birds to be paid by the loser. 
The scores were low, 39 to 34. Cubberly defeated Rehng in a 
match at 25 birds, March 9. Same day and place George Page, 
of Trenton, N. J., tied with J. Warford, of Frenchtown, in a 
10-bird match, each killing 6. 
In our columns elsewhere is a diagram of a target and live- 
bird grounds, designed to give the m.ost economical results in 
the space usually devoted to one or the other of the specialities of 
trap shooting; that is, live buds or targets. The diagram has 
the necessary explanatory matter printed upon it. The whole is 
designed by the famous trap shot Mr, E. D. Fulford, of Utica, 
N. Y. • 
Rolla Heikes is shooting live birds well, and says that nothing 
less than "25 straight" will satisfy in the G. A. H. He is liable 
to do it too. He got there last year, and he means to be the 
exception to the rule, showing.that lightning does some time strike 
in the same place. 
A pleasant companion and a gentlemanly shooter, who has 
been shooting in various matches around New York during a 
number of weeks under the shooting name of Dr. Douglas, left 
for his honie in Wyoming last week, much to the regret of the 
many friends who learned to esteem him in his too short stay. 
May he join us again sooii-. 
It is understood in shooting circles that Neaf Apgar will 
.shortly shoot Du Pont powder and do his best to serve the interests 
of the manufacUirers of that powder at all the shoots in and around 
New York for the next twelve months. It will be quite familiar 
to see the southpaw Jerseyman facing the traps once more. 
On March 31 Mr. Geo. B. Bliss, Stamford, Conn., inform? 
us that there will be an all-day shoot, the magautrap recently 
used at the Sportsmen's Exposition tournament serving to throw 
the targets. The shoot is open to all. The main event is a ten- 
men team race, with the White Plains Club. 
Messrs. Harvey McMurchy and S. A. Tucker participated in 
a hve-bird shoot of the Olympic Gun Club, San Francisco, not 
long since. McMurchy killed 24 straight, 12 in the club event 
and 6 in each of two other events. Tucker killed 10 in the 
club event, losing one dead out. 
A new gun club, the Kingsbridge Gun Club, has been formed at 
Kingsbridge, N. Y, It purposes to hold a live-bird and target 
shoot on the second Saturday of each month. Mr. B. H. 
Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co. is one of the chief promoters 
of the organization. 
Rolla Heikes and Jim Elliott are still circulating somewhere 
in the vicinity of New York, but there is very little, if any, talk 
of a match at either live birds or targets between these two 
good shots. Something of the kind would liven up matters coxxi 
siderably, 
Harold B, Money and W. Cannon, the one-armed shooter, of 
Newark, N. J., are matched to shoot a race at 100 live birds per 
man, for a consideration, but nq -date has as yet been set for 
the match. 
On April 6, Smith Brothers' grounds, Foundry and Ferry streets, 
Newark, there will be an open .shoot at 20 or' 25 live birds, com- 
mencing at 11 o'clock. A wagon will meet the car. Automatic 
traps. 
On Thursday of this week the Riverside Gun Club will hold 
a handicap shoot at 25 live birds, $10 entrance, at Riverside 
tlotel, Carlstadt, N. J,, commencing at 12 o'clock. 
The return match between the Oceanic Guii Club and the 
Fludson Gun Club has been postponed to April 17- 
Bebnard Waters. 
Pawling Rod and Gun Cltib. 
Dover Plaiss, N. Y., March 26. — Herewith are some com- 
plete scores of our tournament. We shot through the programme 
twice and ended with some miss-and-outs at $1 apiece, at which 
nobody got hurt. Elliott and Tallnian shot at 9 in 10-bird 
events; 13 in 15-bird events, and 17 in 20-bird events, after the 
four rounds of extra events. I wish to claim the date of July 4 
for an all-day shoot at targets. Liberal programme; also I am 
going to try and arrange to run a two-day affair Oct. 0 and 7; 
first day at targets and second day at live birds. We will hold this 
on the Pawling Fair grounds, which has large club house and 
perfectly fitted for a big aftair. All income and surplus of our 
shoots go toward stocking streams with trout and the fields with 
birds, and this should appeal to all true sportsmen to help 
along the good work. I claim date thus early so that other 
clubs will not conflict with us. 
No. 11 was at 10 pairs. No. 12 was the merchandise handicap: 
Targets : 10 15 20 10 15 10 15 20 10 15 10 20 Av. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
T 'I'allman 10 12 IS 9 15 9 14 17 9 14 17 18 .830 
J G Dutcher 8 12 15 8 S 5 10 14 8 12 11 19 .700 
E Foster 7 11 14 8 12 9 13 13 6 13 11 16 .720 
H Nelson 5 13 14 3 12 8 11 15 9 10 13 20 .720 
C Blaudford 8 7 15 8 10 6 12 13 7 10 15 15 .680 
C Sutton 7 12 4 9 13 4 6 9 . . .650 
Ceo Holmes 7 9 5 12 14 5 10 650 
F Fry 1 10 11 5 .. 4 .. .. 5 6 ,360 
JAR Elliott ; 13 19 8 15 17 .. .900 
E.Ktra events; Nos. 13-1.7 were $1 misB-and-outs : 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 
Targets : 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 10 
I Tallman 9 11 18 9 10 15 8 13 15 8 10 15 5 3 4 1 2 
T G Dutcher - 8 13 14 5 10 15 8 9 15 10 11 14 3 2 8 9 1 
H Nelson 9 11 17 7 10 16 8 12 17 8 13 15 4 2 ■ 
C Blandford 9 111 12 7 12 14 8 12 14 9 11 12 
J A R Elliott 8 15 18 10 13 17 7 12 17 9 12 15 6 3 8 5 3 
E Foster 5 11 13 7 .. 15 9 11 
C SiUton 5 11 15 6 10 10 10 
Geo Holmes 4 11 9 7 8 .' 
F Fry 4 . . . . 4 . . . . 4 . . . . 5 6 
F C Faber 8 3 7 
H. Nelson. 
Auburn Gun Club. 
Auburn, Me.— At the annual meeting of the Auburn Gun Club, 
March 25, the following officers were elected: President, O. L, 
Barker; Vice-President, H. A. Fletcher; Treasurer, C. E. Conner,' 
Secretary, L. A. Barker. Executive Committee: O. L. Barker, 
H. A. Fletcher, C. E. Conner, L. A. Barker, A. C. Wills. Handi- 
cap Committee: L. A. Barker, H. A. Fletcher, F. E. Francis. 
The club had a very successful season for '98, having an increase 
of 26 new members and a good balance in the treasury. A fine 
gold badge will be secured and shot for during the season of '99 
under a handicap system, 25 targets with an allowance of from 
1 to 8 targets. We sent two teams of five men each to the State 
tournament at Waterville, Aug. 30 and 31 and landed the State 
championship by a score of 219 out of 250, thus bringing the State 
shoot to Auburn for '99. 
We are negotiating for new grounds within three minutes walk 
of the electric cars, and if they are secured, will build a fine 
two-story club house on them. The badge shoots will be held 
every Saturday afternoon. Four fine Parker trap guns arrived 
last week, and there was much rejoicing among certain members 
of the club. 
On Saturday afternoon six of the boys went out to the grounds to 
trp the new guns. After some difficulty the trap house was 
located in a snow di-ift 8 or 10ft. deep, and it was a case of dig 
before any shooting could be indulged in. As the boys overexerted 
themselves, the scores were not very large, but the' new guns are 
all right, and will be heard from later. 
Our second annual tournament will be held th'e last of May 
.or first of June. ^- A. Barker; Sec'y. 
