July 31, 1875. 
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Thoa Bex 1 1110 0 11111111 0-12 
S H Tucker 111110 11111*11 0—12 
E Earl 0 110 111110 0 1*1 1—10 
C R Steves 1 110 1110*11*11 1—11 
H R Jones 11111*11*111*1 0—11 
Hiram Twist 1 1000011111111 1-11 
8 H Turrill * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 1—13 
J Manning 1 *1111*1111011 1-12 
L P Hubbard 1110 11110 10 110 1—11 
P W Deesz 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1— 9 
R P Flower 111110 11111111 0—1.3 
N M Smith 0 101 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 0*0—9 
R B Harmon OOOlllOllOlOlDl— 8 
J Bedford 1 1010101011*11 1—10 
H C Tanner 1 1111101111101 1-13 
G McKinley *1110 111110*10 —10 
Ties of fifteen. 
C F Wheal 1 1 1 1 1-5 
Chas Parker 1 1 1 1 1—5 
The result of the contest caused quite a commotion, 
and the friends of each felt confident of success. The 
shooting was, however, a little wild, as will be seen 
below : 
Second tie, 31 yards. 
C F Wheal 0 10 1 1-3 
Chas Parker 0 1 0 1 0—2 
Wheal, having killed three birds to his opponent’s 
two, was awarded the first prize, ^125. 
Ties of thirteen. 
This team was a strong one: 
Sherman 
0 1 1 0 0—2 
Kleinmaii 
1 1 1 1 Turrill.... 
Hadson 
1 1 1 1 1—5 
Hinsdale 
Second tie, 31 j-arde. 
0 1 1 1 0—3 
Sherman 
1 0 0 1 1-3 
Tnrrill 
110 11—4 
S. H. Turrill, of Chicago, “took in” the second 
prize, $83.50. 
Ties of twelve. 
Gale 
1 1 1 0 1^ 
Barnaul 
0 111 0—3 Bex 
Smith 
110* 0—2 
Nichols 
0 1 0 1 1 — 3 Manning.. 
Second tic. 
0 1 1 1 1—4 
Voorhees 
Third prize, 
, $62.50, to Manning. 
Ties of eleven. 
« 1 0 1 1—3 
Barr 
Kimber, Jr 
* II 1 1 1—3 Twist . . . . 
0 0** ♦— 0 
Abbey 
Sleeves 
0 0 1 1 0—2 
1 1 0 1 1-^ 
A. J. Abbey, of Chicago, took fourth prize, $44.50. 
Ties cf Ten. 
Hamilton 
10 10 1—3 Bedford.. 
0 n 0 0 0-0 
Earl 
0 110 1—3 McKinley 
1 1 1 1 1—5 
Geo. McKinley, a member of the 
men’s Club, took fifth prize, $24.50. 
Onondaga Sports- 
This ended 
the regular contest of the day. A sweep- 
stake purse, three pair of birds each, 
was made up. 
Score. 
twenty one yards. 
Sherman 
10 10 11^ 
Hinsdale .... 
00 *1 11—3 
Nichole 
Kleinman 
Tarrill 
00 1111—4 Twist 
10 01 00—2 
Saturday, the last day, was a regular gala day, and 
the great feature in order was the match between eight 
from the Chicago Gun Club and eight picked men from 
the Onondaga and Central City Clubs. Sweepstakes 
were indulged in during the forenoon, and the Consola- 
tion match was next in order, and those who had not 
won any prizes had an opportunity. 
SCORE. 
A C Hinsdale 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1—9 
P Denison 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0—5 
FEHeyer 111111111 1—10 
JJKleinman 0 111111111—9 
J A Nichole 110 0 1110 10—6 
W S Bamnm 11110 0 10 11—7 
E Lodder 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1—9 
Jae Holloway 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1—9 
Jas Blcwer 0111111110—8 
T. E. Hyer, of Monmouth, N. J., winning first money 
without a struggle. 
Ties of nine, 26 yards. 
Hinsdale 0 10 1 1—3 Lodder 0 110 1—3 
Kleinman 10 11 0 — :i Holloway 1 10 1 1 — 1 
Mr. Halloway, of Syracuse, taking the second. 
The great match of the day was next called. T. E. 
Hyer, Monmouth, N. J., and C. Link, of Rome, N. T., 
judges. T. C. Banks, of The Rod and Gun, referee. 
The honor of Chicago vs. Syracuse was the stake to be 
shot for, and a warm contest expected. Mr. Barnum, 
of Syracuse, seated himself near the judges and referee 
to do the challenging for Syracuse, and F. J. Abbey, of 
Chicago, did his work well by watching their competi- 
tors, as well as shooting and pulling the traps. The 
match was the most exciting ever witnessed in that vi- 
cinity. 
SCORE. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
8 H Turrill 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11-19 
A J Hamilton 01 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 11—16 
FJ Abbey 11 11 11 ii lo 11 11 11 10 11—18 
JJ Kleinman 11 10 11 01 11 10 11 11 11 11—17 
H N Sherman 11 01 01 11 11 11 11 10 11 11—17 
C F Wheal 11 11 11 il ii ii il ll ll 11—20 
Green Smith 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 li 11—16 
N C Hinsdale 11 00 01 11 10 11 11 11 11 10-15 
Total i;J8 
*Deadoat of bounds. 
Hamilton lost twelfth bird by having gun above the elbow. 
Kleinman claimed his twelfth bird on a foul by talking, bnt it 
was not allowed. 
Syracuse Team. 
E Lodder 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 00—16 
C Parker 11 00 11 11 10 11 11 11 01 11—16 
E Mann 11 01 01 11 01 00 01 11 10 01—12 
Chas McKinley 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11—19 
E Hudson 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11—20 
Jas Manning 01 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11—18 
.Tas Holloway 01 11 11 11 11 11 01 11 01 11—17 
J A Nichols 11 11 11 01 11 10 11 11 11 11—18 
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Parker missed his eleventh bird, and the judges gave 
him another on a foul, and he lost his seventeenth bird 
by having his gun above the elbow. Nichols shot his 
eleventh bird on the ground and it was scored against 
him. 
At the tenth round S^Tacuse was ahead one bird, and 
two birds on the twelfth. The thirteenth was a tie, and 
on the fourteenth Syracuse was three ahead, and gained 
another on the sixteenth, making them four ahead; but 
after this round there was a steady gain for Chicago, and 
they closed the match by two birds ahead. Cheers upon 
cheers were given and as heartily returned. 
.lulj' 24, 187.’). 
Chicago. — Kennicott Club practice. Shoot at T. 
Stagg’s grounds ten single and five pairs each to select 
a team to shoot against Prairie Club in match, Thursday 
29th inst. 
Sinele. 
Double. 
Sherman . 
-1 
1 
1 
0 
0-8 
10 
10 
11 
11 
11— 8 
Kleinman. 
.1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1— T 
11 
n 
11 
11 
n— 10 
Dow 
.1 
1 
0 
0-8 
11 
11 
10 
01 
If— 8 
Phillips. . . 
.1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1—7 
11 
10 
11 
11 
01— 8 
Bates 
.0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1—7 
n 
00 
n 
10 
10— 6 
Bernard . . 
.1 
1 
0 
X 
1 
o 
10 
11 
10 
11 
10— 7 
Squires. . . 
.1 
0 
0-8 
5:^ 
10 
10 
10 
(Ml 
11- 5 
52 
A Price . . . 
.1 
1 
1 
1—10 
11 
11 
10 
11 
10-8 
Ed Price . . 
.1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1— 7 
10 
11 
01 
11 
11—8 
Thomas. .. 
.1 
0 
0 
1— 8 
00 
11 
11 
11 
11—8 
Hieeins . . 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1— 7 
10 
10 
11 
10 
K)— « 
McCormickl 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1— 6 
10 
01 
10 
11 
11-7 
Kenney. . . 
.0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0- 4 
Dropped out. 
Price 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1— 6 
48 
01 
11 
11 
01 
10-7 
44 
The next match was for the Kennicott Club gold 
buck’s, head, now held by Mr. Abner Price, ten singles 
and five pairs each. 
Sherman...! 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1—8 11 10 11 10 01—7 
Price 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1—8 11 11 10 00 11—7 
The tie was postponed for Thursday, .Inly 29. 
HmsoN, Wi?.— A shoot came off at River Falls la.st week. J. E. 
Bartlett and S, Porch chose sides. 
The following was the .score: 
Bartlett 10 
MeShane 7 
Balsom 8 
Hicks 4 
Tozer 5 
Bates 5 
Stevenson 9 
Page 5 
Porch 7 
Sanders 6 
O Holmes 8 
Bringman 7 
Blinker 9 
R Holmes ."> 
Merrick 9 
Campbell 6 
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Six of the Hudson Clnb then shot again.st six of the River Falls 
Club, three birds each. 
The score was as follows: 
Hudson. 
Bartlett 2 
MeShane 2 
O Holmes 2 
R Holmes 3 
Balsom 3 
Bunker 3 
River Fails. 
Merrick 2 
Stevenson 2 
Sanders 3 
Bringman 3 
Porch 1 
Campbell 2 
15 
13 
Chamberts' Journal tells us that the Parisian gourmands 
are given to cat-eating. It is a standing joke against 
restaurant keepers that they serve up cat in ragout, but 
it is stated in apparent good faith that cat is a recog- 
nized article of diet. A ceriain amiable naturalist who 
has tasted almost everything under the sun, says that a 
well-fed cat is superior to an Ostend rabbit. Prodigal 
as we are of cat-life, kittens were recently quoted in ihe 
New Zealand price-lists at from £1 to £3 each, and a 
grown cat from £4 to £7. A tortoise-shell Tom exhib- 
ited in Piccadilly a few years ago was valued at a hun- 
dred guineas; and Rev. A. W.' advertises one for sale in 
ihe Animal World, of February, 187,5. “A eat, perfectly 
black, nine months old,” is likewise offered for sale on 
April 1 in the same journal. As long ago as the days of 
“Howell the Good,” in the year 948, that Welsh King 
enact' d that the price of a kitling before it could see 
was to be a penny; till it caught a mouse twopence; and 
when a skillful mouser, fourpence. Those who stole or 
killed a cat that guarded the royal granaries were to 
forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb, or as much 
wheal as when poured on the cat, suspended by its tail 
(the head touching the floor), would form a heap high 
enough to cover the tip of the tail. A short time since 
“ the rage set in so strong in Brussels for Angora cats 
that fabulous prices were asked, and dealers stole the 
cats that were bought from them one day and sold them 
again the next, to satisfy the demand.” 
filFLEJWTES. 
George Ross has been appointed In.spector of Rifle 
Practice of the Thiity-second Regiment, Brooklyn. 
The American Off-Hand Rifle Club held its fir.st 
tournament at Union Hill, N. .J. , last Thursday after- 
noon. 
Col. iliTCHELL, Inspector of Rifle Practice, who acted 
as referee for the American team, has returned home. 
It is expected that the team will return by the City of 
Berlin, which will leave Liverpool August 12. 
The Canadians won the cup given by the Rajah of 
Kolapore at AVimbledon for volunteers, colonial and In- 
dian competitors. The Canadians won by a total of 635 
out of 840, against COl British. The score by ranges 
was: 
200 yards 
500 yards 
•KX) yards. 
Canadians. 
.... 241 
.... 207 
.... 187 
British. 
•224 
201 
176 
Total 635 601 
Leather-Stockings Club had a mutch for champion 
badge, .Inly 13, 200 j'unls stiinding, 500 yards any 
position, no artificial rests, 7 .shots each range; Robert 
R. Murray, winner. Score, 41 out of possible 70. 
Murray. . 
Moore. . . 
Hock 
Tnthill. . 
Coleman. 
Wood... . 
Pooler. .. 
Howell... 
- 200 VARDS . Total 
-500 YARDS — 
Grand 
Total 
. 0 
4 
5 
0 
5 
4 
3 
21 
3 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
0 
41 
4 
2 
3 
3 
0 
0 
4 
16 
3 
3 
4 
3 
5 
4 
2 
40 
3 
0 
4 
0 
2 
3 
15 
5 
4 
2 
3 
5 
3 
3 
40 
4 
4 
3 
2 
3 
0 
19 
2 
0 
5 
0 
2 
2 
4 
U 
0 
3 
0 
0 
5 
3 
13 
5 
3 
2 
0 
4 
0 
0 
27 
. 0 
5 
0 
0 
4 
2 
0 
11 
4 
2 
2 
3 
3 
0 
0 
25 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
6 
0 
3 
2 
2 
2 
5 
3 
2:3 
. 0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
3 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
4 
2 
0 
0 
11 
The sevenil regiments in the Fifth Brigade will prac- 
tice at Creedmoor, by detachments, on the following 
dates: Friday, July .30, under command of Major 
Samuel Richards, of the Thirteenth Regiment; Friday, 
Aug. G, under command of INIajor .lohn Rappenhaven, 
of the Fifteenth Battalion; Friday, Aug. 13, Major 
Anthony Wills, Twenty-eighth Battalion ; Friday, Aug. 
20, Major Harvey W. Mitchell, Fourteenth Regiment. 
A surgeon will be appointed each day from the regi- 
ment to which the officer of the day is attached. Capt. 
Edward J. ^Maxwell has been appointed Acting In- 
.spector of Rifle Practice of the brigade. The follow- 
ing officers will command the corps on the specified 
dates: Lieut. Col. .lohn Rcuger, Thirty-second Regi- 
ment, Thursday, July 29; Major John N. Partridge, 
Twenty-third Regiment, Thursday, Aug. 5; Major >[. 
J. Petrj', Thirty-second Regiment, Thursday, Aug. 12; 
Major W. H. Brownell, Forty-seventh Regiment, Thurs- 
day, Aug. 19. 
The several regiments in the Second Brigade will 
practice by detachments at Creedmoor as follows: Com- 
panies A and G, Fifth Regiment; D and K, Sixth Regi- 
ment; I and G, Eleventh Regiment; K, Eighty-fourth 
Regiment, and K and H, Ninety-sixth Regiment, under 
command of Col. Unbekant, Eleventh Regt. Company 
H, Sixth Regiment; Companies C, D, E and F, Elev- 
enth Regiment; B and C, Eighty-fourth, and A and D, 
Ninety-sixth Regiments, will praetice under command 
of Col. Stauf, Ninety-sixth Regiment, Monday, August 
2. Companies B, H, I and K, Fifth Regiment; I and C, 
Sixth Regiment; A and K, Eleventh Regiment; E and 
F, Eighty-fourth Regiment, and C and B, Ninety-sixth 
Regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. Van Wycke, 
Sixth Regiment, will practice Monday, August 2. Com- 
panies D and E, Fifth Regiment; B and F, Sixth Regi- 
ment; H, Eighty-fourth Regiment; F, Ninety-sixth 
Regiment, and B and H, Eleventh Regiment, under com- 
mand of Lieut. Col. Kraeger, Fifth Regiment, Monday, 
August 16. Companies F and C, Fifth Regiment; Eand 
A, Sixth Regiment; A and K, Eleventh Regiment; I 
and A, Eight)--fourth Regiment, and £ and I, Ninety- 
sixth Regiment, under command of Lieut. Col. Beattie, 
Eighty-fourth Regiment, Monday, August 23. Captain 
Charles E. Orvis, Brigade Quartermaster, will act as In- 
spector of Rifle Practice. 

The catch of menhaden on the coast of Long Island 
is reported enormous this season. The new Suffolk 
Company 1,500,000; the Cove Company 1,000; Coot & 
Modoc' 1,500,000, and numerous smaller fishermen in 
proportionate numbers. The menhaden are a very unc- 
tuous fish, and after the oil is expressed the residual 
animal matter is used for manure. Other fish feed freely 
on menhaden, and our fish supply depends a good deal 
on the abundance of menhaden. 
Correspondents will please note change of address lo 
New York City. 
