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Chas 
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MAI?UFACTI'RER op 
PLODS ^ISTD 
PLEEDS. 
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reel, also to make it light and keep it free from sand. The reel is very light, very strong, and holds from 40 to 50 yards of line. It is 
more compact and less cumbersome than ordinary !W yard reels. It is quite narrow and takes np line rapidly. PRICE, INCLUDING 
CASE. $5. WITH CLICK, $6- Sent by miil postage prepaid. In sending orders please mention ROD AND GUN. 
pmEon 
MATS 
— 8 
— 4 
Chicago Gun Club— Match for diamond badge; came off March 
16. The report arrived too late for our last. Gen. Strong referee; 
30 yards rise, 5 ground traps, 2 misses ont; wind blowing at rate of 
52 miles an hour and snowing: 
Abbott 1 1 0 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 0 -10 
Turrell . ._ 111111101110 —10 
Hinsdale 1 0 11110 — 5 
Wilson 0 0 — 0 
Gillespie 11101110 — 6 
Stflgg 1101111101 
1 0 1 1 1 0 
Hoffman 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 
Orvis 0 1111111111111 1-14 
Bolon 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—14 
Philliifs ....01010 —2 
Edwards 1 1111110 0 - 7 
Tie, first miss out. 
Orvis 1110 — 3 
Bolon 1111 — 4 
Milwaukis.— There was a small shoot jnst to mark time and 
open the season. Score was had but the weather was worse: 
Jones 0 1110 1 1—5 | Stamm 1 0 10 0 1 1—4 
Shea 0 0 1110 1—4 | Allis 0 0 0 1 1 1 0—3 
Toleoo, O., March 24.— Three cash prizes; first prize $22, second 
$ 20 , third $18, purse $30. Score: 
Pheatt ...1 11111111 1—10 I Moore ... 0 111111111-9 
Brown ...1 10 10 0 1110—6 ZCPheattl 111111110-9 
Raitz .0111111011—8 Fanstock.l 111111011—9 
Jones ....1 011111111—91 Hall 1 111110110-8 
Ties on 9. 
Moore 1 0 1 0 1— 3 | Fanstock 1 10 0 1—3 
Z C Pheatt 1 10 0 1—31 
Ties 
Moore 0 1 0 0—1 | Fanstock 0 1 1 0—2 
Z C Pheatt 1 1 1 1—4 1 
Ties 
Hall 1 1111—51 Raitz 0 0 0 1 0-1 
Sweepstakes, two best shots to decide — 
Moore 1 1 1 1 1—5 I Hall 1 1 1 1 1-5 
Z C. Pheatt 1 111 1—5 I Fanstock 1 111 1—5 
Gid Pheatt 10 1 1 0—3 | Raitz 1 0 1 0 1—3 
Ties 
Moore 1 1 1-3 I Hall 1 1 1—3 
Z. C. Pheatt 1 1 0—2 I 
Purse devided between Hall and Pheatt. 
Pistol.— Qceess, L. I., March ^.—Fourth competition for the 
Pistol Challenge Badge by the Queen’s Sportsmen’s Club, Condi- 
tions, 10 shots, :I0 feet, string measurement. 
1. Thos. Lloyd, 15 inches, handicapped, 3 inch, total, 18 inches. 
2. .John S. Creed 18 5-16 ” 
3. Ben. Doughty 18 7-16 “ 
4 W. L. Wood, 20 3-16 in handicapped 3 inch 23 3-16 “ 
5. J. H. Kelsey 23 4-16 “ 
6. Gilbert Creed, 20 6-16 handicapped 3 inch 23 6-16 “ 
7. S. E. Johnson 25 1-8 “ 
8. Ben Lane 26 6-8 “ 
9. John Kleine 33 5-8 “ 
East New York, L. I. — A shoot came off March 16, between Mr. 
Thomas Broadway, and Mr. Humphrey Hartshorn, Ira Paine trap- 
ped for Hartshorn, and I. P. Robertson for Broadway. Broadway 
used a 10 gauge Parker and Hartshorn a Dongall breech-loader. 
The match was for $10 1 and the birds; 25 birds each, 21 yards rise, 
IM oz. shot, 80 yards bjundary. Long Island rules. 
Broadway. ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 l o 1 1—2:1 
Hartshorn 1 11011101111001011101101 —17 
Bridgeport, Cosn. — An important shoot came off on Friday, 
March 26, at which a large number of leading men of the city and 
neighborhood were present. The first match was between Frank 
Burratt. a one armed man and A. B. Laws ; stakes $100; 10 birds 
each; 21 yards rise; 80 boundary; 1 trap; IM oz. shot; Long Island 
rules. The score was; 
Burrett 0 0 11111 1—6 | Laws 1 1 00000 -2 
Next came a sweepstakes, 3 birds each; $5 entrance, same condi- 
tions as belore, $25 first, $10 second, $5 third. 
Bavlis 1 1 1—3 I.Burrett 0 1 0-1 
Ireland 11 1—3 I Tapscott 0 0 1-1 
Hall 0 1 1—21 Langdon 0 0 0—0 
Borden 0 1 0—1 1 
Bavlis and Ireland divided— took first and second prizes. 
Abbott and Hyde tied, and in shooting off, Abbott won. 
The next match was for $450, 25 birds each, rules as before, be- 
tween F. Burrett and L. Abbott. Messrs. Ireland and Langdon, 
judges, Jas. Stewart, referee. Score; 
Bnrrett 0 111111111*111'! 100110*10 1—18 
Abbott 1 00111010010100011101101 0—13 
ABVEBT^SEMEI^TSs 
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Sporting Scenes 
AND 
SUNDRY SKETCHES; 
BEING THE 
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 
op 
J'. CYFPLESS, JPL. 
EDITED BT 
FRANK FORRESTER. 
I3Sr TATVO •V^OTjTJlvrES. 
NEW YORK: 
PUBLISHED BY GOULD, BANKS & Co., 
No. 144 ^assau St. 
The above is the title page of J. Cypress, Jr.’s works as advertised 
by os. The book has long since been out of prints but, we 
are happy to inform the sportsmen and those interested in 
reading deliehtful sketches of sporting scenes, such 
as C)T)re88 Jr, knew how to write, that some time 
since, w'hile in New York, we found some fifty 
copies or so of the original sheets and plates 
printed in but not bound: we ee 
cured them at no small cost, have 
had them bonnd, and now offer 
them at $.500 for the tw’o vol- 
umes. For the benefit of 
those unacquainted with 
the work we give the 
table of contents 
as follows* 
AT-OHi, X. 
Memoir *of Wm. P. Hawes, and the tribute, to the memory of 
Cypre98^\iy Frank Forrester. 
Fire Island Ana, or a week at the Fire Islands, Chap's. I, II, III, 
IV, V, yi,vii, vui. 
Controversy conce ning the Genera, etc. of Qnail and Partridge, 
being a controversy carried on through the columns of the 
^^AkERiCAN Turt Register and Sporting Magazine,” 
BETWEEN 
J. Cypress, Jr., H. of Marietta, and Frank Forrester. (6 pieces). 
Bear— 1 chapter. 
Callineomania,— Chap’s I, II, HI, IV. 
Legends of Long Island, — Chap's. I, II. 
■VOXi. IX. 
Classic Rhapsodies— Chap's. I, II. 
Random Heminiscences — Chap's. 1, 11, HI. 
Miscellanies— (16 different pieces). 
Poetical Parodies — (9 different pieces). 
(The above 2 vols. mailed to any address on receipt of price.) 
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