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Los Angeles (Cal.) Revolver Club. 
Los Angeles, Cal., July 27.—A pistol contest between 
the Smith & Wesson Pistol and Revolver Club of 
Springfield, Mass., and the Los Angeles Revolver Club 
was held July 11. The Smith & Wesson Club made the 
fine score of 1,565, defeating the Los Angeles Club by 
41 points. 
The conditions were six men on a side, thirty shots 
per man at fifty yards on the Standard American target: 
U. S. R. A. match B rules. 
Following are the scores: 
Smith & Wesson Club. 
Dr Calkins . 89 94 96—279 
F H Wakefield. 89 93 90—272 
G Chandler. 88 87 91—266 
C S Axtel. 85 89 83—257 
Dr Armstrong. 82 84 82—248 
Dr Smith . 84 74 85—243—1565 
Los Angeles Club. 
Will A Wright. 91 86 87—264 
Dr L M Packard. 82 83 92—257 
A B Douglas. 79 93 84—256 
H D Thaxter. 89 83 80—252 
J E Holcomb. 74 92 83—249 
I C Douglas . 83 78 85—246—1524 
Smith & Wesson Club won by 41 points. 
A contest between the revolver marksmen of the 
Philadelphia Rifle Association of Philadelphia, Pa., and 
the Los Angeles Revolver Club took place July 18, the 
Los Angeles Club winning the contest by 87 points. 
The conditions were four men on a side, sixty shots 
per man at fifty yards on the international pistol and 
revolver target. Either revolver or pistol being used, 
as preferred. 
This match was shot under the same conditions as 
the American revolver team shot at Bisley, England, 
when the American team defeated all comers. 
George Hugh Smith of the Philadelphia team made 
the excellent score of 501. v 
Following are the scores: 
Philadelphia Rifle Association. 
Geo Hugh Smith. S4 88 81 79 S4 85—501 
Harry L Reeves. 81 77 63 64 71 82—438 
Nathan Spering . 75 66 74 74 66 81—436 
Dr R L Dubbs. 73 69 73 67 59 S6—427—1802 
Los Angeles Revolver Club. 
A B Douglas. 78 86 76 86 81 84—490 
Will A Wright. 79 80 81 69 78 83—470 
H D Thaxter. 79 82 73 75 80 79—468 
I C Douglas. 72 74 75 83 81 76—461—1S89 
Los Angeles Club won by S7 points. 
The regular monthly revolver medal shoot for the 
gold, silver and bronze medals took place July 25, and 
the medals were won by H. D. Thaxter, I. C. Douglas 
and Dr. L. M. Packard. This being the third consecu¬ 
tive time that Thaxter won the gold trophy, ic became 
his own property. Following are the scores: 
H D Thaxter.... 
I C Douglas. 
Dr L M Packard 
W E Smith. 
Oscar Lillemo_ 
J E Holcomb... 
Will A Wright.... 
A M Smith. 
. 85 92 87—264 
. 90 90 81—261 
. 87 82 87—256 
. 82 87 87—256 
. S6 87 79—252 
. 83 81 73—237 
. 64 78 S5—227 
. 76 76 69—221 
I. C. Douglas, Sec’y. 
THE GRAND OLD BLACKCOCK. 
We have had many a glorious day together 
-—he and I. He has royally entertained me, 
among the lieather and the bracken, on steep 
hillsides where there is no sign of human 
activity save the distant misty scene far down 
the valley, of woods and tracts of green, and 
the long-drawn wisp of smoke from a pass¬ 
ing train. We have pretty well had the world 
to ourselves up there, and we have met each 
other in a conflict of wits, of ambuscades, 
surprises, flank movements, advances, and re¬ 
treats, and he has generally had the better of 
me. I have stalked him, driven him, walked 
him up; I have tried to intercept him, to sur¬ 
prise him in a gully, or come suddenly upon 
him over a knoll. And he has met me by 
his unceasing watchfulness, by his powers of 
disappearing altogether, by unaccountable 
changes of his line of flight, or by a sudden 
swerve to the right or left. And, again, he 
has the advantage of me in his knowledge of 
the ground, which extends to a perfect under¬ 
standing of the significance of the march 
fence, and the comfortable immunity upon the 
further side, while I am hampered by my 
miserable powers of locomotion, my hopeless¬ 
ly inadequate eyesight, my pitiable want of 
observation. But then, of course, I have my 
gun. 
“Thae blackcocks,” I have heard the old 
keeper remark, “have a private history of their 
ain; and it has never yet been printit.” 
And so I have often had to leave him up 
there, knowing well, as I climb into my trap 
for the homeward drive, that from somewhere 
on the hillside above me his eye rests com¬ 
placently upon the retreating expedition. And 
