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fine condition. I understand Poliquero bagged twenty ducks 
on that day. No snipe have made their appearance here yet, 
nor will they do 60 until frost is entirely out of the ground. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
Scores of Matoiucs.— ' T o insure insertion in current issue# 
of our paper, scores should be sent so as to reach us on Tues- 
day. 
P iConnkotiout — Stamford, April 21. — Glass ball match: 
T R Hoyt 0 01100011110111010111111 0 — 1« 
L L Staples l 101111110111111111111 01 •£" il 
Grbenpoint Shooting Club. — T he regular monthly shoot 
at Monteverdes & Eagleston’s New Shooting Park, Colurn- 
busville. L. I., Wednesday, 17th mat., for gold badge; 
seven contestants at seven birds each; birds furnished were 
extraordinary good llyers, which accounts for the following 
F Santler — 010000 1— 8 
C Keltic 100000 1—9 
J Koine Ice 0 0 0 1 0 0 0—1 
W W Cooke. . l 1110111111111111111®!! l*®-« 
Rlrt Itrav 111(111101111111010111011 l 
puwfc.V.-.V.V.i l i 0 0 0 0 0 1 e 1 1 0 0 1 1 00 0 1 0 01 i-i| 
DlckBraeacar 1 ® \ J « » J So 0 0 10 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 Uw 
Tom ^nara .'.’.'. l 1 0 0 l 1 l 0 l l 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 l 0 1 1 0 1 0 0-13 
Total 
Bowling Green Rod and Gun Club. 
fj w fnokft 111011100110011111011111 1—10 
Ren Cullin *"”! !.l 1 1 1 0 O 1 O 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10011011 1—14 
vi/ ii PhninV n n u li I on Hi l 1 1 o l 1 1 10 l 1 l 1 — 19 
H K Thomas. ... . ' .0 \ 1 \ \ l \ 1 o l 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 l l 1 l 1 1 l-« 
J O Burito 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 o 0— IT 
rp P Smllll .110 111110111111011110111 1—01 
Bill Baker ... /.0 o i l l l oi o i o l l l oo l l o l l i j [ o— l# 
Arch Tinker 1101001111 I 1000011011011 1 — 10 
H L Under Wood. V.O llOOllliOlOlllllOOllOll 0-16 
Watt Baker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0— 11 
Total. 
no 
score : 
Geo Bullwlnkle .,.1 110 0 10-4 
H Parmenter 1 0 0 1 l 1 0—4 
W Krnmbeok o 10011 0-3 
C Passe l 0 0 1 0 0 0—9 
Ties on roar— five birds each. . , „ „ „ „ 
Geo Bnllwlnkle 1 1 HM H Perinenter 1 10 0 1-3 
Second match ; glass balls; ten each : 
Bnllwlnkle.. ® g.““® r I 
Parmenter 8 Kelbe ; 
Krombeok » Relneker 4 
Passe 6 
Good shooting was afterward done by members and 
friends at pigeons and glass balls. H. P. 
Senboa Gun Club.— S eneca Falls, N. Y., April 19.— 
Match for gold badge held by Mr. Geo. Nearpass : 
Wm Parrlih liooillioiiiiiiiioi l-l# 
Wm ...1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1-14 
...1 111111110111111111 1-19 
...1011101111010111111 1—16 
...1 111111111011101111 1—18 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 w 
p w Graf 11110 0 11111111110 11 0-16 
H KIDD 1 011101011111111101 1-16 
J H Way 0 lioillllllllllllll 0-17 
H P Sinclair 10 10 111111110 10 10 1)1 1-14 
H ! i 5 ! 1 i i H ? 1 ? 1 ! > ! « 
N Weatherly 
Ohio — Cincinnati, April 13 — Pigeon match for a hand- 
some Fox gun ; rise, 21 yards : 
M TenEyck 
H Sllsby 
H Twist 
Geo NearpasB. 
G C Marsh, 
MeGraw 1 } 1 i ? J i } 
Sedam \ ® 1 1 ! \ \ ® 
Perry......* l o l 1 l l 1 * 
Thornton..:” 1 \ \\\ \ 1 \ 

Gall * 0 0 w 
Dragoo 1 J J J J } ? J 
Alexander J } } } } } ) } 
McLaughlin 1 1 1 0 l 1 l l 
1 1 l 1-16 
1-16 
0-14 
0110101111111011111 1-16 
F SKtorpMS.V.V.V. 1 1000100010*01010100-7 
!!r~ \ i-,. 
J B Westbrook”..”.”.. l l l l l l l l l 0 l 1 1 0 l 1 1 0 l o-lfl 
A W Baker ..... .110 1110 0 11 * 
Tampa Nl vn'r .0 0 1 0 1 O 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1-12 
.....1 oinmoiiiiooonoo-u 
Ties on nineteen. 
H Sllsby 11111-5 R Klaley 1 1110-4 
Newark Gun Club.— W eekly shoot, April 20 ; glass balls: 
Kay 
....12 
17 
....12 
....22 
Costar 
Putnam won the tie with four straight at twenty-six 
yards The winner shot a “darned old muzzle-loader,' 
killing every bird shot at, and now the boys are peddling 
out their stock of breech-loaders at reduced rates. Will re- 
port another shoot in a week or two. Seoretabt. 
Ohio.— B elle Centre Ball Breakers shot a match April 19 
for the badge and championship of the club; 18 ydB; C. B. 
AjidersorTs trap : 
C R Anderson .... ..*••••••*. ...1 1111111111110 ^ 1 ^ 
A I??®**®..*? !^» 
Pacific Gun Club.— R egular contest for medal ; Ham- 
tramck Park, Detroit, Mich., April 18: 
1 Mlnahan 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 — 1 I) H Tbayer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1—3 
ffm H GWmuVl 10 11111-7 Cbas Brown .1 
J K P Norvell...i liiooii-o T Bi-nnlDgbain..o l o 0 l l l 0-4 
N H Wllllame 0 110 0 10 1 — 4 John Stenion. . ,11111111 8 
Jno Demae™. ::::o OOOOOUM W H BuUtvan....o 0 1 0 0 0 0 M 
Total « Total.... *1 
Dr. Carver at Denveb.— A match at Denver between 
Carver, to shoot with a rifle at balls, 10 yards, and Mr. Gove, 
to shoot with shot-gun at balls, 18 yards, resulted os 
follows : 
.111111110 11 1-11 
.1110 1111111 1—11 
.110 1111110 1 1—10 
.111111011010—9 
T S Cope 
Allen Cope 
H French. 
F Hoops... 
J G Cope.. 
Badge has to be won three times. The winner handicaps 
four yards each time. 
A brush for the halls at 18 yards ; 5 balls : 
Pennsylvania — Carlisle, April 18. — Bogardus trap and 
Bcreen; 18 yards: 
H Noble 
R Shearer 
J C Rupp 
A D Boas..*. 
H Noble . . . T .‘ e8 . 0n 6l Tl*l 111110 11111 1-14 
S SSS?er*.*. i omnnn yn-a 
Amateur Cope Club.— Best scores of match at West- 
chester, Pa., April 12 ; Purdy trap, 18 yards nse : 
fnnlnh Cone 111111111011100101101111 1—80 
Hlninam p l oooooioiliiionooiouu 1-15 
.p 010011000101100110111111 l— IS 
r s C0De 1 10111110011101111011011 1-19 
000101011010010111111101 1—16 
000100010011110111111110 1—18 
;i 10011110111011111110101 1-19 
Ties. 
. Cana 8 T S Cope T 
JG Gope'.'.'.'.'..'. % R French 6 
Northwestern Shooting Club. — Regular competition for 
championship badge, Erie, Pa., April 15; day windy: 
a s Burton 11111111110 110 11110 1-17 
w w Derby .. o i l l 0 l o 1 1 1 l i\ l l o l l l l-ifl 
a W Havward 1010111111011101011 1-15 
T W Jareckl 1 0 l 1 0 l l l i l 0 l o i o l l l l l— m 
H Van Vetaor ,.i i o l l 0 l l l l 1 o 1 i l l 1 l o o-is 
w Tracy .1 uunioonoioonoj-M 
Tovlri/.hnm .... 11111111(10110100101 0-13 
T Lvnch .0 1 0 1 1 1 1 o 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0-18 
i niaVonhaph 0010101011011101011 1-12 
0 o 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - s 
sThompaon .'.'.".i oinooonooooooooio-i 
Capt Koehler 0 ® 0 0 0 w 
Several sweepstake matches were shot. Messrs. Derby 
and Jarecki carried off the bulk of the prizes. 
Washington, D. C., April 13.— The following glass ball 
matches were shot here to-day, Bogardus rules: 
Henderson. 0 l 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 1 1-26 
E L Mills. .0 1111111111 1 '111' 
Peck i ii i oo l o l l i n i i l 81 1 i oon l o —17 
McLeod. ..io 0111101111111!!1®!®!!!!®!!® 1—23 
Match between Mr. Derrick and Mr. Mills, 25 yards rise : 
Derrick 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1—6 
M1U* 1 0 1111110 1-10 
E L Mills— 11 01 01 01 10 11 If 11 11 10 11 11 H 11 10 
11 11 10 01 10 10 10 10 11 10 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 10— 
60. 
The second ball was thrown by hand with all the force 
possible, and not one of these was shot at inside of fifty 
yards. Mr. Mills is the agent here for Messrs. Nichols & 
Lefever, of Syracuse, and shot one of their 12-gauge, full- 
choke guns, with a charge of four drachms Hazard's FG 
sea-shooting powder, and ozs. No. 0 Tatbam chilled shot. 
The chilled shot do not mash when striking the ball, and 
their superiority over soft shot for this kina of shooting 
was never more clearly demonstrated. 
Bowling Green Champions. — A match for the champion- 
ship of Warren County, Kentucky, was shot April 18 ; 18 
yards rise ; Bogardus rules ; score : 
y ’ Bowling Green Gun Club. 
E F W Chell 0 11001100111101111011011 1-17 
11111111 
1 1 1 
rarver 1 1111001111111111111111 11111 
1 1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-97. 
Gove — 1 1111110 1111111111110 11111111111 
11111101111111111 1 — 47 . 
Ban Francisco Rival Shots.— T he foll<*ving match was 
shot April 7 : 
C Robinson... 
J Kerrigan.... 
G W Downey. 
H Mock 
W Spencer... 
T Morrill 
.1 Gregory.... 
J Stack 
J Murray 
CALIFORNIA OLD*. 
Single. 
..lllllllllll l-l® 
loillllilll l—ll 
.lllllllllll i-H 
.1111111110 1 l-li 
.1110 1111111 1-11 
..11111101011 1-10 
.110 11111111 1—11 
.. 100111101111—9 
.111111110 11 1-11 
Doable. 
11 10 11 - 5-17 
00 11 80 - 2—13 
11 11 11 - 6—18 
10 11 11-6-10 
11 11 11 - 0-17 
U 11 10 - 0-16 
01 11 11 — 5—16 
11 01 11 - 5-14 
11 10 00 — 3—14 
Total 
J Kennedy. 
M Wilson.. 
C Tuttle.... 
T Butler... 
H Havens.. 
C Havens.. 
A Havens.. 
M Fuller... 
W O Budd. 
Total. 
ODN CLUB. 
.1110 1111111 1—11 
.1110 1110 0 110-9 
lllllllllll 1-19 
.110 111110 0 11-9 
.111110 11111 0—10 
..110110100110—7 
,.101011110011-8 
.11001011001 1—7 
..110110101110-8 
11 11 00— 4— IB 
11 10 00 — 3—12 
01 01 11 — 4—16 
00 10 11 — 3—12 
01 11 00 - 3—13 
11 11 01-6—12 
00 11 00 - 9—10 
11 11 01 — 5—12 
01 00 00 — 1 — 9 
Robinson, Kerrigan, Downey and Mock used Claborough 
muzzle-loader; Spencer, Merrill, Gregory and Stack used 
Claborough breech-loaders ; Murray, a Daly; Kennedy, a 
Gates- Wilson, Tuttle and H. Havens the Greener; Butler, 
the Scott; C. and A. Havens, the Tippen & Lawdena ; 
Fuller, the Manton; Budd, the Grey & Moncreaf. 
a<tcI(Htig and Ranting. 
HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. 
Dale. 
Boston. 
April 26 .....* 
u. M. 
7 16 
8 09 
S 67 
9 89 
10 19 
10 67 
11 85 
April 28 .. * 
New York. 
u. 
33 
31 
23 
06 
44 
20 
65 
Charleston 
a. 
M. 
•1 
59 
8 
48 
4 
33 
6 
IT 
5 
67 
6 
33 
T 
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STEAM YACHTING. 
The well known firm of Baird, Huston & Co. have a sur- 
prising amount of work in hand at their works in Philadelphia, 
more particularly when the general stagnation of trade or 
the past few years is taken into consideration. In fact tms 
firm is probably the busiest shipbuilding concern in the 
United States with the exception perhaps of the mammoth 
establishment of John Roach & Son, at Chester. Moreover 
the numerous orders the concern is now executing for foreign 
countries is a most encouraging sign to all who wish to see 
American industry take that lead in the world’s manufactures 
which is justly due this nation's boundless resources and the 
restless inventive faculties of her people. Messrs. , 
Huston & Co. have now as a member of their firm the de- 
signer of the famous flyers Continental, Firefly and Minnevla 
and others, and the same gentleman is at present occupied to 
his utmost in answering the demands made upon the estab- 
lishment for the supply of steam-yuchts and other vessels for 
the foreign market. We doubt whether other parties in this 
country have as yet made such a specialty of high speed steam 
launches and torpedo boats of steel and iron os the able naval 
architect Mr. Samuel Holmes, who is in charge of the ship-build- 
ing deportment at the Kensington works. It is a satisfaction 
to know of a firm posted in such matters of modern naval 
science as Froude’s steam lino theory, as well as in the practi- 
cal points of the u&o of steel instead of iron for const ruction 
purposes where maximum strength with minimum displace- 
ment is required, and the rapid ext ension of the reputation of 
the firm m question as scientific designers is evidently 
appreciated by the public if we may judge from the increasing 
prosperity of this establishment. They have only recently de- 
livered to the U. 8. Government a twin scrow steamer for the 
Light House. Board of 153&ft. length, 25ft. beam and lO^ft. 
hold. Ontho stocks and in hand, in various stages of forward- 
ness, are the folhfwlng steamers : One 00ft. long, 18Jft. beam, 
10ft. hold, with surface condensing engines 24x80, for Cuban 
parties ; one iron steamer for Brazil j one iron Bidewlieel tug 
for Bolivia; an iron screw tug and an iron steam-yacht 
for the same destination, and a fine steam-yacht, 40x8x4 
for the West Indies, besides a large amount of homo work. 
The demand for very fast steam yachts with speeds from 10 
to 21 knots is rapidly on the increase and ono cuu see no 
reason why in this country un engineering establishment with 
all the facilities required will not in tune make for itself a re- 
putation of world wide fame such os is the proud distinction 
of the Thorneycrofts and Y arrows of the old country at the 
present day. There has been bo far comparatively little en- 
couragement given to builders of steel vessels, and this iB in 
Am erica all the more remarkable since wo have taken quite 
extensively to the construction of boilers in whole or In part 
of steel, it being nowadays rather the exception to find crown 
sheets or fire boxes of iron ns of yore In any first-class work. 
Likewise in Englaud steel has been kept back in nu unac- 
countable way so far as its application to large ships la con- 
cerned. True, this may be traced with more or less show of 
reason to the inability of our English cousins to turn out steel 
in large quantities of the reliability required for ship building 
operations, though they have of course long ago beeu making 
the very finest brands for consumption in tools and for boiler 
use, as well os for plating small yachts and torpedo boats. 
Since Lloyds have lent a favorable ear to the steel mill owners 
and have established regulations of late permitting the use of 
steel under advantageous and equitable rules in ship building, 
giving this material due credit for Its superior strength aud 
aurauility when properly manufactured, we look for a brisk 
impetus to steel construction both &l homo and abroad. The 
bad odor attaching to steel so long as Lloyds refused 
to recognize it or to grant its just claims us a building 
materiul of wonderful strength and pliability has now been 
removed, and it remains with the ship builder and mill owner 
to show, by close examination and numerous tests by the 
former, and intelligent, scientific, responsible treatment by the 
latter, that the newly begotten confidence in steel for ship- 
building has not been misplaced. • We ore led to theso re- 
marks in consequence of the wonderful tenacity to which wo 
in America have clung to wood as the material for fast Btcam 
yachts. While Thorneycroft whs sending his wonderful 
boats through the water over tho measured mile at a rate of 
twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two miles and over, and his 
engines sustaining these speeds for hours, wo have been 
floundering about with clumsy wooden cruft, their models 
seldom equal to those of Great Britain, und debarred from 
speed through great displacement and too much beum. For- 
tunately, the errors our steam yacht builders have fallen into, 
probably through adhering too closely to the sailing model, 
are gradually being dissipated, and the true science of naval 
architecture is slowly but surely displacing vague individual 
notions and long ridden hobbles. Until designers and model- 
ers will take the trouble to look up Froudo’s stream lino ex- 
periments and consent to follow tho inevitable facts brought 
to light through his efforts, they will be sailing iu u fog with- 
out chart or compass, and are sure to bring up standing on the 
rocks whenever they attempt to pass beyond the set limit of 
fifteen or sixteen miles per hour. There are two IhiugB abso- 
lutely indispensable to the lines of a really high speed launch 
or yacht, and they cannot be circumvented. First, you must 
have fine lines — very fine lines— both forward and uft ; that 
is, the average angle of entrance and exit must be small. 
This involves the first necessity, which is small beam iu pro- 
portion to length. Second, the amount of surface immersed 
must be reduced to a minimum— in other words, tho dis- 
placement and girth be as limited as possible. To this end 
all weights must be restricted to the lowest admissible figure, 
and consequently the use of a material which causes u sav- 
ing in weight over wood to the amount of forty per cent, and 
over iron to something like ten or fifteen per cent., cannot be 
overlooked much longer by that conservative element in nau- 
tical society, which reasons that wood is the best, because a 
kind Providence allows wood to grow, and therefore intended 
it for ships. 
yachting items. 
San Franoisoo Yacht Club.— Mr. Daniel Cook, owner of 
the Tidal Wave, has been elected a member of this club, to- 
gether with several other gentlemen of the Pacific slope. 
The club is financially prosperous, the treasurer, Mr. Under- 
hill, showing a balance of $1,100 to its credit. A location 
for the new club-house bas beeu chosen at Old Saucelito and 
a committee directed to erect a suitable structure at once. 
Contributing members are to be admitted to tho club list here- 
after. At tue meeting, April 4, it was decided to have an 
opening cruise April 27, the fleet to make for Vallejo; low 
water at 2:30 p. m., and do moon, as we are informed. Just 
why it should be necessary to let the public know the absence 
of the moon does Dot appear. Surely It could not be thut the 
blue ribbon element of the club has the possibility of dire dis- 
aster in view should the moon rise over the fore yard, aud in 
selecting the particular date haa made a ruse to do away with 
frequent observations of Dame Luna's altitude ? Not if we 
know the gentlemen from the Paciflc ; where blue ribbon has 
not yet dared interfere with' the strict nautical etiquette of 
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