, 1876-11-26
OTHER SPORTS.
COCHIN g

The effort to make q main OF cocks from Chi
caso and Buffalo is about where it was week
ago, except that Jerry Monroe, the leader OF
the clickcn-fancicrs Of this city, has made an
ultimatum with his Buffalo challenger, Dean
Wilson, OF No. G5 Carroll street. Jerry offers
to fight him twenty-bird main anywhere with
in fifty miles of Chicago for $50 side battle,
and $500 q sidc the main. Inasnuch IS this Is
the only proposition that Jerry will make, 1t
will take only few days to find out whether
the battles will be fought or not.
pEDEsTR1AN1sM
The 300-milc malk between O'Leary and
Grassland for $1,000 was to have been COM
n1cnced over the Lille Bridge Eng.) course last
Monday, but nothing has been known Of the re-
suit here, or even if it was walked.
The London Sporting Life has the following
in its last issue:
tsSome influential members Of the Turf Club
have expressed willingness to. back Weston
against O'Leary for genuine sx-days' walking
match, to take place at Lille Bridge, under the
management of the 4. 4. c., and the Smithtiel0
Club show week has been proposed as q most
suitable time. If O'Learv and Weston desire to
oppose each other in fair and honorable con-
test, the stake on either side could be made
sufficiently large TO overcome even the attfac~
ton OF gate-money exhibitions"
The New York World Of the 10th relates the
experience OF the rifle shots in their first match
at t the running deer" The following dcscrip-
ton will interest Chicago rifemcn:
The first competition in the Winchester company
match at the ttRunning Deer target was shot at
Crecdu,oor yesterday. The distance Vas 100 yards.
and open to any rifle, including rcpeatcrs: bulls
eyes to count four. centres three, and cutters two
A fine Of 10 cents was imposed for each shot fred
when the deer was outside the bonndries. or which
struck the haunch. These fines were added to the
entrance money, and one-third Of the total went
to the highest score and one-sixth to second best
score The prize ia $50, to be won three times
Each competitor had the privilege Of entering four
times but only the highest score to take the prize
Hundreds OF gentlemen from this city anu the
ncighborhood who would never travel ont to
Creedmoor to bang away at still target, now M
running deer. 1t is made OF boller-iron boiteu
securely together, and placed on short
pivot. that gives the deer. when running,
an almost natural swing. An inclined plane
The deer Is on small rollers and two men. placed
at each end Of the track, behind a partition which
protects them from stray bullets, push the deer
down with force enough to run 1t up the opposite
side The distance within the boundar!e es 1s about
ninety feet, and the deer VIII cross this within
the other end turn it about the pivot and send It
spinning back. Good shots at the still targets
failed yesterday to hit the running deer often.
They must aim between four and five feet ancad Of
the deer to hit him. and those falling to do this Of
ten bit hia+ launches The competitors engaged
standing the cold wind, kept up continual roar OF
laughter, as the black disk, showing fncs, was
stuck up more than any other. There were nine
competitors who did not hit the deer once but who
worth Of sport. G. Z. Stetson made the best
score in the dtth competition for the prize offered
By 3Iessrs. Schuyler, Hartley s. Graham for rapdl~
" aud accuracy.