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White Beat Y, C 
or Paul, Minn.^ Aug, 6. — In the White Beat Y (' 
i -gatta yesterday, over a course of eight knots for the 
2o-footers, six Icnots fot othets (except the larks — 
four knots), a light breeze prevailed. The feature of the 
race was the close sailing of Wierdling and I'Ceewaydin, 
which came in from center to the home buoy side by side, 
Wierdling roiiad the lDuoy one second in the lead, The 
times were: 
20ft. Glass— Start, 3:10l 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Cavite 4 51 &8 1 41 58 
Yankee ... . 4 54 S7 1 44 37 
Mahto Withdrew. 
20ft. Specials— Start, 3:15. 
Harriet E 4 37 33 1 22 33 
Wierdling 4 41 50 1 26 50 
Keewavdin 4 41 51 1 26 51 
Torpedo 4 45 29 1 30 29 
17ft. Class-Start, 3:15. |. 
Xenia 4 39 36 1 24 36 
Goblin ,...4 4117 126 17 
21ft. Sloops— Start, 3:20. 
Falcon 4 46 58 1 26 58 
Jennie R ,...4 47 22 1 27 22 
Pastime ...4 48 15 1 28 15 
Hornet .^,.,...,.4 52 08 1 32 08 
Larks— Start, 3:20; 
Chippy ........4 51 30 1 31 30 
Gypsic 4 52 43 1 32 43 
Broncho 4 53 02 1 33 02 
Starling 4 .57 45 1 37 45 
Mudhen 4 58 26 1 38 26 
If you want youf shoot to be announced here send ta 
notice like the following} 
Fixtures* 
Aug. 15-17.— Little Rock, Ark.— Arkansas State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation's ninth annual tournament; $376 added; two-cent targets; 
Ro.se system. Paul R. Litzke, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16.— Elkwood Park.- All-day sweep.stake shooting. 
Aug. 17.— West Chester, Pa.— First of intercity contests between 
ten-men teams of the Phoenix Gun Club, the West Chester Gun 
Club and the Shuler Gun Club. 
Aug. 18.— Hackensack, N. J.— Hackensack River Gun Club's live- 
bird shoot at Heflich's grounds, Hackensack River Bridge, I'ater- 
son Plank Road. John L. Chartrand, Sec'y. 
A«g. 19.— New Brunswick, N. J.— Central New Jersey Trap- 
Shooters' League contest, on grounds of Brunswick Gun Club. 
Aug. 19. — Elkwood Park, Long Branch, iN. J. — Pennsylvania 
Club cup, 25 birds, $25; 12:30 P. M. 
Aug. 20.— Jersey City, N. J.— Opening shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Club. A. L. Hughes, Sec'y. 
Aug. 22.— Worcester, Mass.— All-day target shoot oi the Worces- 
ter Sportsmen's Club; $40 added. A. W. Walls, Sec'y. 
Aug. 23. — Atlantic City, N. J. — Elliott-Crosby contest for E. C. 
cup, emblematic of tareet championship. 
Aug. 23.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— West End handi- 
cap, 20 birds, $20, birds included; 12 noon. 
Aug. 23-25.— Spirit Lake, la.— C. W. Budd atld Fred Gilbert 
tournament; $300 added. 
Aug 25-26.— Chicago 111.— Tournament of the Eureka Gun Club; 
.$100 added. Dr. C. W. Carson, 3S72 Cottage Grove avenue, Sec'y. 
Aug. 26. — Elkwood Park. — Grand national handicap, 50 birds, $50; 
10 o'clock. 
Aug. 30.— Elkwood Park.— Dewey handicap, 15 birds, $15; 
1 o'clock. 
Aug. 30-31.— Auburn Me.— State tournament on the grounds of 
the Auburn Gun Club. L. A. Barker, Sec'y. 
Sept. 2.— Elkwood Park.— Country Club handicap, 20 birds, $20; 
11:30 o'clock. 
Sept. 4.— Schenectady, N, Y.— Schenectady Gun Club's Labor 
Day shoot. H. D. Strong, Sec'y.' 
Sept. 4. — Brooklyn, L. I.— Fulton Gun Club's Labor Day shoot. 
Sept. 5-7.— Omaha, Neb.— Du Pont Gun Qltft)'S fourth annual 
tournament. G. H. Moore, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6.— Lyndhurst, N. J.— John Wright's live-bird shoot. 
Sept. 6-7. — Portsmouth, Va. — Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. N. 
White, Sec'y. 
Sept. 19-20.— Cherokee, la. — Cherokee Gun Club's third annual 
tournament. J. D. Anderson, Sec'y. 
Sept. 19-21. — Hastings, Neb. — Amateur tournament of the 
Hastings Gun Club; $500 added; 2-cent targets. W". S. Duer, 
Manager. 
Sept. 19-22.— Detroit, Mich.— Jack Parker's eighth international 
tournament; live birds and targets; $500 cash added. 
Aug. 23.— Canton, 111. — Annual tournament of the Canton Gun 
Club. J. C. Thompson, , Jr., Sec'y. 
Sept. 26-27.— Midway Park (Between Warren and Miles), Trum- 
bull County, O. — The Rummell-Gaston tournament. 
Sept 28-29. — Alton, 111. — Third annual open tournament of the 
Piasa Gun Club. F. C. Riehl, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6-7. — Pawling, N. Y.— Tournament of Pawling Rod and Gun 
Club; targets and live birds. 
Oct. 23-28.— Nashville, Tenn.— Belle Meade Gun , Club's tourna- 
ment; targets and live birds; $500 added. W. R. Elliston, Sec'y, 
Nov. 21-22. — Sioux City, la. — Second annual live-bird tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club; added money in every event. E. R. Chap- 
man, Sec'y. 
Brooklyn Gun Club.— Third Saturday of each month Francotte 
gun contest. Fourth Saturday of each month. Grand American 
Handicap free-entry contest. 
1900. 
April 2.— New York Vicinity.— Inters^tate Association's Grand 
American Handicap. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
Tune 3-8. — Utica, N. \'. — Forty-second annual tournament of the 
New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. 
Henry L. Gates. Sec'y. 
June 5-7. — Columbus, O. — Ohio Trap-Shooters' League tourna- 
ment. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
June 11. — New York Vicinity. — Interstate Associations Grand 
American Handicap target tournament. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
June — . — Tournament of Ohio Trap-Shooters' League, first week 
in June. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
CM secretaries are invited to send their- scdries fyr ■ptthlicaiiott in 
these columns^ also any news notes they may care to haiiif printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest 'and Sfre/aM Publishing ComJ>anv{ 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 
On Wednesday of this week the Connecticut State League will 
hold a shoot on the grounds of the Parker Gun Club. Shooting 
commences at 9:30. The magautrap will be used. All shooters 
are invited. There are twelve events on the programme— 165 tar- 
gets—with a total entry of $10. The team race takes place imme- 
diately after the business meeting of the League. The club will 
give $15 to the- winning team. Four moneys — 10, 30, 20 . and 10 
per cent. Refreshments will be provided. To reach the grounds 
take electric, cars at Hanover street, near depot, to Hanover Park, 
Meriden, Conn. Mr. Geo, B. Thorpe, Sec'y. 
The tournament of the Michigan Trapshooters' League,' at Bay 
City, Mich., Aug. 2 and 3, was the occasion of many significant 
wins, the expert championship of the State going to H. Waruf, 
of Kalamazoo, both the semi-expert championship of the State 
and the live-bird championship of the State going ■ to- Frank 
Shearer, and the three-men team State championship was won 
bv Messrs. Parker, Cox and Wolf, of Detroit. The best average 
of two days and the longest straight run was to the cr^it Qf 
Mr, Waruf. All used Peters cartridges. 
Ml', J53lift !Parkei' s eighth atinua! ihterhitiotlSti' toiiniatttent, -epf- 
18-22, at Detroit, Mich . is 'an international event, toward which 
the good will of all shooters centers. "Jack," as the boys endear- 
ingly iiddress this popular mauager, always has some uovel feature 
Avhidi adds interest to the shooting,. This year the programme 
.Tnanged as follows: The Peters Cartridge Company adds $500. 
Tlicrf will be thren d;iy.4 ui targirls, one day ;it live birds. EmcIk 
target day $100 is added ta the prcigrammo cvdiUs; and $100i lis , 
added to the international live-bird event, which is at 25 bird.'^, en- 
trance $25, and international trophy, value .$150, to winner; three 
wins are necessary to constitute a tillc. For the four days' general 
average there are .$100 set apart, divided 35, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. 
Of the ten target events each day four are open to all without a 
handicap; in six event.s the experts are handicapped as follows: 
A special set of five traps is arranged for them; two of the traps 
16yds. from the score and 5ft. apart; two traps 21yds. from the 
score and 11yds, 2ft. apart, and one trap 45yds. from the score, used 
to throw incoming targets. The amateurs shoot on traps at-r,inged 
after the Sergeant system. There will be contested each d.ay at 
targets the individual target tropliy, the individual team trophy and 
a free trip to St. Clair Flats, Where there is shooting and fi.shing 
galore. 
The programme of lin? Lake City Gun Cliilr'.s si.\fh aimual 
Icurnament, Warsaw, Jnd., Au§-. 23 and 24, is alike for each day. 
There are twelve events, of which six are at 10, two at 15, two fit 
20, and two at 25 targets. Shells and guns shipped care of the 
secretary, J. S. Campfield, will be delivered at the grounds free 
of charge. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. Events held open 
lor shooters arriving on forerjoon trains. Targets 2 cents. Purses 
in 10-target events, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.; all other events 35, 
30, 20 and 15 per cent. Ten i)er cent, will be deducted and di" 
vidcd each day among the five high guns shooting through the day's 
programme. Shooting for price of targets not allowed until after 
the. regular events are finished. Magautrap and bluerocks. The 
programme seta forth the following: "Reduced fare can be se- 
cured on all railroads by purchasing your tickets to Winona 
Assembly grounds, which is only a short distance from Warsaw. 
Ask your ticket agent. for rates." 
The programme of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club Aug. 22, 
can be obtained of the secretary, Mr. A. W. Walls, Worcester, 
Mass. There arc ten events, of which the first four have 50 targets, 
three at 10, one at 20, with a total entrance of $3.50. The re- 
maining six events have a total of 100 targets, with a total 
entrance of $10, and in these events (5 to 10 inclusive) Mr. h. B. 
F. Kinney will' give $25 to the si.x. highest averages, as follows: 
$8, $6, .$4, $3, $2, and $2. At 2 o'clock a 100-target race will be 
shot, known traps, unknown angles, between Messrs. E. C. Grif- 
fith, of Pascoag, R. I., and C. E. Forehand, of Worcester. Sweep- 
stake purses divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Take Greendale 
ears; stop off at Pluntington avenue. 
There is an old saying th.at if one cannot eat oats one must eat 
hay; but that saying probably was in vogue before the carriage was 
horseless, or rather before the horse wa.s carriageless. In either 
case the matter has nothing to do with lambs. On Sept. 4 
the Parker Gun Club at its Labor Day shoot offers, in addition to • 
the regular events, a shecpbake. This absolutely solves the in- 
ti-icate problem of an equal division of everything in sight among 
the men who cannot shoot or who can shoot, inasmuch as what 
a contest loses at targets he can in percentage make up on lamb, 
and what he gains on targets he can still more make up on lamb. 
This is an event in which the lambs will get the worst of it, for 
thev will be cooked to a turn and eaten. Paste the date in your 
hatr 
The Fulton Gun Club's all-day Labor Day shoot. Sept, 4, will 
commence at 10 o'clock. Targets thrown at IVz cents. Optional 
sweepstakes. Handicap shoot for loving cup, entrance $1; 50 
targets. Refreshments on grounds. The shoot takes place on Mr. 
Richard Oseing's farm. Crescent street and Plunder's Neck road, 
old Farmers' Club grcunds. Take King's County L to Crescent 
Station. A ten minutes' walk toward the old mill, or the stages 
at the station, fare 5 and 10 cents, will land the visitor at the 
grounds. 
Mr. J. S. S, Remsen, the president of the Brooklyn Gun Club, 
is spending the latter part of his vacation in Clinton county, JNew 
York, a month having nearly elapsed since he began his outing. 
With his father and mother he enjoyed a charming ride on the 
St. Lawrence from Montreal, Quebec, and up the Saguenay. In 
a letter to a friend Mr. Remsen naively adds: "You may tell the 
boys that the two most distinguished presidents, Mac -and J. S. S. 
R., are ruling the northern portion of the State of New York." 
Jas, Cowan, of Philadelphia, defeated Ed Johnson, of Atlantic 
Ci'ty. N. J., in a match at 100 live sparrows per man, 21ydB. rise, 
last week." The match took part of two days, as on the firsti day 
there were not enough sparrows; the second part of the match 
vvas shot on Friday, Aug. 11. Cowan won by 92 to 86. Cowan 
lost 7 dead out, only one bird of his 100 getting away. The 
matcli was for $250 a side^bona fide— with the addition of several 
fat side bets, as both parties were confident of winning. 
Atlantic City, N. J., is likely to have a happy quarter of an 
hour before this month ends, for in addition to the E C cup 
dialectic debate between Messrs. Elliott and Crosby there is to 
be a matter of definition between Messrs. Elliott and Young 
anent the cast iron trophy. This will take place on Aug. 24, the 
day after the E C cup contest. The man who can go through this 
test without leaving any of his epidermis on the barbed wires is 
worthy of being hailed 'as great. 
The Marlin Fire Arms Co,, New Haven, Conn., is building a 
new power house, which will supplement the direct belted steam 
engine with a new up-to-date electric power plant. It will accom- 
modate two compound high-speed engines, rated at 120 horse 
power each, with a corresponding battery of boilers. The. firm 
expects to have the new work completed in October. 
In our trap columns Mr. Edward Banks makes an expert 
criticism on the "N. P. L." system of division of purses at trap- 
shoots, holding that the new system is but a perversion of the 
Rose system. If shooters are in good faith looking for a sterling 
equitable system, there is no improvement to be made on the 
Rose system. On this subject we are ready for debate. 
On Sept. 4 the Parker Gun Club at its Labor Day shoot offers 
in addition to the regular events a sheepbake. This comes nearer 
to solving the intricate problem of a division of everything in 
sight among the shooters, for what a contestant lo.ses in per cent, 
at targets he may make up on lamb, and in this case the lambs 
are literally cooked to a turn. Paste the date in your hat. 
On Saturdav morning, Aug. . 12, Ed Johnson's backers posted 
with Sporting Life $50 to bind a challenge to shoot Mr. Harold 
B, Money a match at 100 live birds, 30yds. rise, SDyds. boundary, 
for $250 or $.TOO a side. The only stipulation made was that the 
match should not be shot on Tom Morfey's grounds at Lyndhurst, 
N. J,, as Mr. Johnson was not in favor of it. 
Mr. T. W. Morfey has made a serious error in providing birds 
of such high quality that a gun, good eye and first-rate skill are 
necessary to snatch them out of the realm of goose eggs in the 
scores. And yet Messrs. Doty and Money made a pretty score 
on them. The real shooter should not hesitate to accept the 
hardest that can be presented. 
At Washington Park, Kansas City, on Aug. 5, there was an 
excellent team race at 50 live birds, between Messrs. J, D. Sweet 
and C. S. Gottlieb on the one side and Messrs, N. Beach and 
W. S, Allen on the other. The first two killed 24 each; of the 
second two, Allen killed straight, while Mr. Beach got 23, the 
teams thus tieing on 48. 
Mr. E. Hough, in "Western Traps," mert-Hons that the Eureka 
Gun Club, of Chicago, has violated some of the solemn tradi- 
tional dogmas of the trapshooting world, inasmuch as it will 
give a tournament entirely free from the usufruct of the sandbag. 
You may read all about it in "Western Traps." 
John Wright has considered that as chief functionary of the 
Brooklyn Gun Club his many pupils, who enjoy a course of in- 
struction at his Polytechnic Shooting School, need a little 
diversion on live birds, so he has fixed on Sept. 6. as the date 
He will announce the curriculum later. 
The Portland' Gun Club, of Portland, Me,, devoted to the Van 
Dvke memorial fund the proceeds of No. 3 event of the first day 
at' its interstate tournament last week. This generous act netted 
the fund $15, and exhibited on the part of the club a measure of 
good will deserving of all praise. 
Dr. W. L. Gardiner, of San Antonio, Texas, will be a visitor 
in New York for some weeks, and the competition at John 
Wright's shoots for the gun and free entry to the G. A. H. will 
be correspondingly warmed up, The Doctor i? a wsrnj -shooter 
when in good form. 
Mh jack farlcEt, of Uie t-'gfcefs Caftrtdge Centlpany, M-as » • i^tor 
in New York on Monday of this week, and reports business as 
being_ first rate His firm's rlevr yhotgun shell, Pete.rs I'deal, he 
de.scribes as being up to date m every particular, 
Messrs. Fannmff and Hallowell are contemplating .1. race of 
endurance and skfll, 500 in 1.000 targets in an afternoon. There 
are others who have, .'in eve uii. tlifs ovctit, whi'eh is likely to take 
place ill th(? near or remoR' fiilure. 
The secretary of the New York State Association for tlie Pro- 
tection of Fish and Game, Mr. Henry L. Gates, informs us that the 
first week in June, 1900, is fixed upon for its forty-second tourna- ■ 
mcnt at Utica, N. Y. 
The next contest for the target championship, of which the E C 
c.up .is the emblem, is fixed to take place at Atlantic City, N, J., 
at ll:oO, bctweeii, Messrs. Elliolit the holder, and tlie chailenger, re- 
spectively. 
At the monthly .shoot of the Stock Yards Gun Club, Kansas 
City^ Aug. 5, ]\fr. R. K. Campbell was the winner, with a straight 
score of 25 kills, 18 of which were made witlr one barrel. 
Mr. G. W. Stockwell killed 24 out of 25 birds at the medal Shoot 
of the Veteran Gun Club, Kansas City, .Au^;, 
^EK'NARD Waters. 
Philadelphia Trapahooters* League. 
A.-ug. 12,— There was rather a light attendance to-day at the 
-fourth tournament of the series of the Philadelphia Trapshooters' 
League. , The shooting was inferior to the real capabilities of those 
present, ^n the team race, three-men, 25 targets, unknown angles, 
the scores were as folloft's, that of the Indepefident. Gun tlnby 
63 out of 75, being the winning score: 
Independent , Grin Club— Ridge 23, Wolstancroft- IS, Longneeker 
22; total,, 63. 
Florist Gun Club Team No. 1— Anderson 21, Cartledge IB, Hallo- 
well 21; total 61, 
Glenwillow Gun Club Team No. 1— Cowan .20, McFalls 17, Free 
22; total, 59, 
Silver Lake Gun Glub Teffm jfo, 1— O'Brien 22, Winchester 17. 
Edwards 15; iota!, 54. 
Southwark Gun Club Team No. 2— Dovvning 12, Fox 20, Peden 
21; total, 53, 
Keystone Shooting League Team No. 1— Johnson 19, Henry 19i 
Franklin 12; total, 50. 
Clearview Gun Club^Fisher 16, S(jnat 16, Miller 17; total. 49. 
Southwark Gun Club Team No, 2— Burt 13, Fisher 16, Wood- 
stager 17; total, 46, 
Florist Gun Club Team No. 2— Harris 18, Bell 13, Smith 15; 
total, 46. 
Florist Giin Club— Hancock 10, Eziah 12, Mills 20; total, 42. 
Southwark Gun Cliib leain No. 1— Wiiert '8, Felix 14, .Ford IS; 
total, 41. 
Individual membership handicap, 30 targets, 15 known, 15 im- 
known angles, the results were as follows: 
Back score: Hallowell 27, Longnecker 25, Franklin 24, Park 23. 
George 17. 
Regular score: Ridge 28, Houpt 25. O'Brien -25, Ford 26, 
H. Fisher 24, Longnecker 24, Smith 24, Cartledge 24, Senat 24, 
Redifer 23, Edwards 23, Winchester 23, Park 21, Russell 21, FcH.x 
21, Hallowell 20, Anderson 20, Bell 19, J. Fisher 19. Burt 19. 
Franklin 18, George 17, McFalls 16, Miller 14, Puff 13, Morrison 14. 
Banks was the only contestant who shot through tne sweepstake 
events, and he outshot his competitors. 
Events : 
Targets : 
Fanning 
Dorp 
Ridge , 
Longne 
Harris 
Hallowell 
Uriari .... 
Bell ... 
Jones . 
Preden 
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1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
10 
15 
10 
15 
10 
15 
10 
15 
10 
15 
10 
13 
10 
13 
9 
11 
9 
15 
9 
11 
10 
11 
10 
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10 
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9 
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6 
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Cowan 13 . . . . 5 . . 
Anderson 8 10 13 10 12 
Westcott 7 3 7 3 S 
Cartledge 7 .. 15 9 .. 
Kirk 9 
Fox 9 ., 
Smith 8 6 .. 
Downing 6 .. 
George 12 
Betson 12 
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Senat 12 10 IS 
Pufi 
Free ,. t..-..-..^^ 5 S 
Raich 12 
10 
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Trap at Baltimore. 
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 10. — At Westport to-day there was a race 
in which was displayed extraordinary skill, the event being the 
■contest for a gold medal given by the management. Theee were 
si.xteen contestants, and the conditions called for 100 targets. A; 
the end of the first 50 Schultze was high man with 49, Malone sec- 
ond, 48; Fox third, 47; Lupus fourth, 16; Storr fifth, 45, and 
Hawkins had 44. At the end of the 75th round Schultze led with 
72, Lupus second with 70, Storr third with 69 and Malone and 
Fox fourth with 68. Hawkins withdrew. The finish was exciting;, 
the three leaders going thereafter to the end without _ a miss, 
bcnuitze won by tne nigh score of 97 out of a possible 100. 
Schultze, who arrived late, shot his last 25 under great difficulty, 
the rain falling in torrents. 
The longest run of the day was made by Capt. Malone. He 
broke 78 straight. A peculiar thing about the medal shoot was 
that all high men had one bad round of 25, with the exception of 
the winner. The winning of the event, a popular one, stamps 
Schultze as one of the finest trap shots in the State. The fir.'il 
four events in the annexed table constitute the lOO-target medal 
race. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth events were races at 
10 targets: 
Targets : 25 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 Targets : 25 25 25 25 10 10 10- 10 
Schultze.. 24 25 23 25 .. .. ..10 Billy 20 19 19 19 7 8 .. 9 
Storr...... 24 21 24 25 10 Higgins... 18 18 18 21 
Malone.... 24 24 20 25 .. .. 6 10 J M Reef. 15 19 19 21 6 7 7 .. 
Fox . . 24 23 21 22 9 8 9 10 Hawkins.. 22 22 22 9 .. 
Leland.... 22 22 22 24 10 9 9 .. Hill 24 21 . . 
Lupus 23 23 24 19 8 Stansbury. 20 19 
Stanley.... 21 20 20 24 Baughman 19 
Reef ...... 17 19 23 20 7 Rooney... 19 .. .. .. 
The order of the three leaders was: Schultze 97,, Storr 91, 
Malone 91. ^ 
On the 29th ult. I had a unique experience on Loch Cama. 
Sutherlandshire. I was trolling a 4in. trout on a No. 8 hook with 
two large triangles. I was winding in my line, and when there 
was about- 20yds, out a sea gull pounced down upon the bait. T 
reeled in quickly, Whereupon the gull flew about 20ft, in the aij- 
with the bait in his mouth. Continuing to reel up, I pulled the 
fish out of his bill, but he swooped down upon it and seized ft 
almost as soon as it touched the water and again bore it aloft, 
when my reeling up dragged it from him once more. The gull took 
the bait'for the third time, and only decided to abandon the chase 
when I had reeled up to within 10yds. of the boat. The trout was, 
of course, very much torn, but I think the gull kept clear of the 
hooks. The common gull on Loch Cama breeds in great numbers 
on the largest island. They are very determined birds, and drive 
all intruders (including cattle, which daily swim from the main^ 
land) very summarily away. Last year I saw a rook, which had 
evidently been too close to the nests, being driven away from the 
island hy over a dozen gulls. The victim tried his utmost to escape 
from hi's pursuers; but they stuck closely to him and beat him 
down into the water, frustrating e%'ery attempt he made to rise 
They continued attacking him for about a quarter of an hour, and 
did not leave him until my boat was close upon them. When i 
picke4 the rook hp it was quite dead,— London Field, 
