The Monaco rules governed throughout, except there was no wire fence to guard the boundary. This difference, however, with the extremely close boundary, made the shooting the hardest ever done, and score made under the conditions was a magnificent one. It was exactly seventeen yards and twenty-one inches from the two outside traps to the line. The boundary line, was a circle, and all birds to count as dead had to fall to the ground and be gathered within the boundary. If a bird crossed the line at all, in the air or on the ground, before it had been gathered in, it was counted as lost.

Mr. G. G. Berry was chosen as trap-puller, Mr. J. M. Barbour referee, and E. A. Anthony official scorer. In addition to these Mr. J. C. Levi acted as scorer for Graham and Mr. A. C. Courtney for Erb. The contestants were to shoot alternately at one bird, each using both barrels if required. Erb used a seven and one-half pound Lefever and Graham the same weight Lang gun. Each used three drains of powder and one and one-eighth ounces of shot.

Following is the score in detail for the first match:

Erb ......

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

-

7S

Graham ...

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

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