The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

PIGEON SBOOTING.

One of the most interesting events of the season came'off
on Saturday at the Gun Club Ground, Wormholt Scrubbs.
The members' handicap for prizes given from the funds of
the club —lst, £lOO ; 2d, £5O; 3d, £25; and in addition
there was an optional £1 sweepstakes. There ware 236
handicapped, and of this number 88 came to the post, the
threatening aspect of the weather in the morning no doubt
deterring a great many who had promised to attend. Tho
conditions were, five birds each, those missing one not to
be called up again. In the first round 29 went out and
in the second 21. The third call disposed of 14, and the
fourth of five, while at the end of the fifth round seven
more "retired." There remained 11 who bad killed their
five birds, and became entitled to shoot for the prizes,
which they did as follows :7_

Mr. Charles Hammersley 111 1 1 1 Ict prize, £lOO
* Mr. J. Joe, V.C., C.B. 111 1 1 0 2d prize, £5O
Mr. J. P. Smith 1 1 1 1 0 3d prize, £25
Mr. Garnet Braithwaite, Captain Harrison, *Mr. Spof-
forth, *Viscount Parker, *Mr. Reginald Herbert, *Major
Whittingstall, *Mr. W. Gregory, and Mr. F. Wise were the
other competitors in the ties. Those marked thus*were in
the optional £1 sweepstakes, Mr. J. Joe being the winner of
£43.. He shot remarkably well with one of Grant's, of St.
James's-street, best cantral fire breech-loaders. The suc-
cess of Mr. Hammersley was much cheered, inasmuch as it
was totally unexpected except by a chosen few, who put
faith in his practice "at another place," and considered him
weighted very favourably, namely at 221 yards. After the
great event a sweeptakes at £1 each was shot, Mr. F
Norris taking the first share, £35, and Col. the Hon. Hugh
Annesley, M.P., winning the residue, £l2. The general at-
tendance was very large, and the betting extremely heavy,
"the ring" having a rare good turn, the leviathan book-
maker netting about £1,500. The arrangements and the
handicapping, by Mr. G. Battcock, the secretary, were
admirable, and it may be mentioned that at a committee
meeting before the shooting, Viscount Stormont in the
chair, eight new members were elected, making upwards
of 50 elected this season. The next event will be on Satur-
day next, the IS cummer handicap on the 30th. The Chal-
lenge Cup will be competed for with a £5 optional sweep-
stakes, and on July 4th there will be a £lO swoop-
stakes at 30 yards, for which there are already nearly 80
entries.

Some months ago President Johnson purchased
a farm of 500 acres, containing two flour mills, distant
about six miles from his Greenville residence, Tennessee.
The name of the post-office at the place has been changed
from Henderson to "Home." It is said that Andrew
Johnson will have to pay the counsel he employed unless
his friends do it for him, as the Government is not liable.
We confess wo think this "hard lines," and that the
country, having failed to prove the charges, ought to be
cast in damages. We would like to know how the Ma-
nagers are paid, and whether it would be worth their
while to get up another case, because if they are well fee'd,
whether successful or not, they might find impeachments
the most secure and profitable jobs they could undertake.