Middlesex County, Mass. 83 1872 June 17 Jun 17 Had our Pigeon Shoot at Concord 176 wild birds and fourteen shooters. Henry H. Chase, C. Smith, D. and myself went up with the birds on the early train. The shoot was on the old common field and commenced at 11 o'clock as follows: Pigeon Shoot June 17 Concord Mass. Wild Birds "Ground" trap 21 yds. min 60 yds. body, first barrel only to count. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Total E. Simmons 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 7. H. Pierce 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 5. B. C. Shaw 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 7. C. M. Curtis 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 - 7. G. Mackey 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 5. Aldrich 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2. Richardson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 - 6. G. E. Melvin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 - 10. G. Mixer 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 - 7. Bash 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3. R. Dean 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 6. C. Maley 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 - 5. C. Lombard 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 9. H. Bruster 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 - 9. W. Butterick of Concord came in at the 8th shot and finished Mr. Lombards score from that point. I used my Tarks, b. b. and was much pleased with its execution. I had specially good luck in the field bagging both then and at the trap 21 birds. June 19 Went up to Concord on the 4 P.M. train with Dan and spent the evening with him on