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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 6, 1895. 



Baltimore Shooting Association. 



Baltimore, June 24.— It seems rather incongruous, with the sun 

 pelting its red-hot rays upon the earth and the denizens thereof, and 

 with the temperature at 98° in the shade, to see two score or more of 

 men, presumably with their due proportion of intelligence, standing 

 on a small platform dripping with perspiration, their only canopy The 

 blue vault of heaven, holding in their hands steel tube's whichever 

 and anon belch forth flame and smoke, thereby increasing the burden 

 of the already overheated and stilling atmosphere. If this were a 

 species of torture to which men were subjected, the victims thereof 

 would be the recipient of our warmest sympathies. These men, how- 

 ever, are not the victims of torture, inflicted against their will; they 

 are enjoying themselves; this is sport, fun. pleasure. Trap-shooting, 

 when once it gets its tentacles around its votary, never lets go. The 

 poor fellow becomes mesmerized, hypnotized, and if he does not keep 

 his weather eye open, pauperized. No sacrifice is too great for him to 

 make; no opposition but what can be overcome; whether the weather 

 be freezing or baking, wet or dry, it is all one to the man suffering 

 from the temporary aberration occasioned by "artificial birds" on 

 the brain. 



Baltimore has had its full share of equatorial heat and oppressive- 

 ness, but the Baltimore Shooting Association has gone right, ahead in 

 the good work, adding constantly to i's already large membership list, 

 opening its new club house, giving tournaments, both at targets and 

 live birds, and altogether demonstrating that the odor of burning pow- 

 der is still pleasant in the nostrils of the natives of "Maryland, my 

 Maryland." 



On May 22 the Association gave a house-warming, on the occasion 

 of the opening of the new club house. A description of this club 

 house was given in a previous communication; suffice it to say that 

 we think we have a club house and grounds complete, with all the ac- 

 cessories, that has not its superior anywhere in the United States. 

 The morning hours were devoted to trap-shooting, and in the after- 

 noon the boys demonstrated how easy it was to part with their 

 money in an endeavor to stop the seemingly heedless yet rapid course 

 of the wily pigeon. 



The more I see of shooters the more I wonder how it is possible for 

 any man to shoot well. The ordinary public have no conception of 

 the tremendous difficulties to be overcome, the obstacles to be sur- 

 mounted, by the aspirant for honors before She traps. It is about as 

 uncertain as striking the winning policy combination. 



I have jotted down a few of the reasons why shooters have not been 

 able to break targets: 



No. 1 misses because he allowed a friend to shoot his gun in the 

 first event; will never loan it again. (The friend, however, happened 

 to break every target; how could he put an evil hoodoo on the gun?) 



No. 2 always shoots in an old slouch hunting hat, full of holes; he 

 forgot it and couldn't hit the holes in a sieve. (We presume he is hot- 

 headed and needs the holes for ventilation.) 



No. 3 has been unable so far this season to find his "gait." (His 

 missing excites no surprise. We often hear of the man who can't find 

 the keyhole on a dark night, but when a man can't find a gate in the 

 daytime, we can hardly expect him to see a flying target, much less 

 "find" it.) 



No. 4 broke his first two birds, but some one spoke to him, mak- 

 ing a suggestion, and this "broke him all up." (We suggest that after 

 this the party make his suggestion to the targets instead of to the 

 shooter and perhaps it will break them up also.) 



No. 5 said his breakfast did not agree with him; therefore, 

 could'nt shoot. (We suggest that he change his boarding house or 

 else settle up, and perhaps she'll give him the tenderloin instead of the 

 choice "rump" cut.) 



No. 6 never could shoot on Saturday, anyhow. (We presume 

 Friday night is club night; not yet recovered from the nervousness 

 superinduced thereby.) 



No. 7 is going to apply to legislature for change of name or for 

 privilege of changing same when occasion requires. When he shoots 

 at live birds, always gets white ones and can't hit them; thinks the 

 antithesis of white, viz., black, will break the spell, therefore enters as 

 "Black." When he shoots at targets, they being black, he enters 

 "White." (Who says there is nothing in a name?) 



No. 8 is a bicyclist; can only shoot in bloomers. On one occasion 

 recently he found himself in long pants; couldn't break a target, laid 

 down his gun, rolled up his pants, displaying his stately Trilby pro- 

 pellers and after that broke everything he shot at. (Great feet.) 



There are a hundred and one other reasons why birds are missed, 

 and every man always has a satisfactory excuse, at least to himself; 

 but we are of the opinion that you never get the real facts in the case 

 until you get down to the green amateur, who is just beginning to 

 shoot; he has not been at it long enough to acquire the art of scien- 

 tific lying. He tells you he missed because he did not point his gun 

 straight. That is the reason the balance of them missed; they simply 

 employ different terms for stating the same proposition. 



Here are the three club shoots to date: 



May 25, the regular weekly club shoot was held. The score was as 

 follows, 25 targets to each man, handicap by distance: 



Twelve yards: Bussell 21, Thomas 21, Harrison 19, Heiskell 19 

 Field 18, Parker 16, Woodward 14, Baker 13, Herbert 12, Henry 11, Col- 

 lins 1. 



Fourteen yards: Antique 22. Hamilton 21, Zolliner 21. 



Sixteen yards: Claridge 24, Hall 23, Hartner 23, Lupus 23, Storr 22, 

 Malone 21, Penrose 19, Cook 16, Ooe 15. 



On Saturday, June 1, the regular weekly club shoot was held, with 

 the following scores: 



12 Yards: Evans 22, Thomas 22, Russell 20, L. D. Thomas 20 Parker 

 18, Field 18, Law 16, Baker 12, Pryor 2. 



14 Yards: White 24, Williams 22, Zollinger 20, Hamilton 20. Antiaue 

 20, Vance 13. ' * 



16 Yards: Penrose 24, Claridge 24, Hawkins 24, Coe 22, Bird 21, 

 Hartner 21, Storr 21, Malone 21, Hall 20, Hood 20. 



On Saturday, June 8th, the club score was as follows:— 



12 Yards: L. D. Thomas 22, Thomas 21, Heiskell 21, Goldsboro 21, 

 Henry 18, Parker 17, Russell 17, Fields 16, Gallagher 7. 



14 Yards: Brown 24, Antique 23, White 23, Vance 17 



16 Yards: Claridge 24, Hartner 23, Coe 23, Hall 22, Penrose 21, 

 Hawkins 18, Malone 15, Cook 15. Stanley 



Newburgh Beat Passaic. 



Passaic, N. J., June 20.— On this date a team of 10 men came down 

 the Hudson River from Newburgh, N.Y., for the purpose of upholding 

 the honor of the Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association before the 

 Passaic traps. Ten men of the Passaic City Gun Club met them and 

 shot a match, the first of "a series of shoots for sport," at 25 targets 

 per man, 250 to the team, everything known. "Wanda" (Mrs M F 

 Lindsiey) was official scorer. The totals on the score sheets show 

 that the visitors won by the narrow margin of 5 targets. The scores 

 were as follows; 



Passaic. 



Lenone 1110100111011011111010110—17 



Conan 0110010111101000110010111—14 



Ferguson OlOOlOOOOlOOOOll 110101110— 11 



Kevitt 1001111101111101111100001—17 



Bowes 1110111111101011110110101—10 



Jelletne , Ill 1011011111110011111011—20 



*elly 1100001101111011010101101—18 



Palmer 1111111111111111101110010—21 



Abbott 1111111110011111110001011—19 



Wise 1111111110101110101011111-20-173 



Newburgh. 



Taylor 1110111111111110111111111-23 



Mkely 1011111110010101011110111—19 



Wood 0111101111101110111111011—20 



''eicht 001 01 1 0100000010010111 100- 10 



IviSBam 1001010110101001010111011—14 



Uonahue 101lini011011111110101l0-l9 



Taggart 00100111101 11110011110111—17 



Halsted , 1111110111111111111011011-22 



Mitchell 1111111110001110111001110—18 



Higginson ,.1101110011010110100111101—16—178 



Meadville Gun Club. 



Mkadville, Pa., June 26.— No. 1, at 16 known angles 10 unknown 

 angles, entry targets, A. S. A. rules: 



Hayes 1011111111111111111111111-24 



H A Johnson , llOOlOllllOlllOllllOlllll— 19 



See 1010101111111010111111101—19 



E L Affantranger HllUlOOllOllllOOlOllOll-18 



Reisinger 00111001 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00100111—17 



Cnder 0011011111011011100010000-13 



No. 2. 25 targets, unknown angles: 



H A Johnson 1111011011011111111111111— 22 



Reisinger 1 1 0001 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 1—20 



Hayes llOllOOOllllllllllOOlllll— 10 



See.. 1110001110010011111111111-18 



E L Affantranger 01 1 1 1 1 1 ] 001 1 011 1 1 0001 1 1 1 1—1 8 



Crider 0101 0000001 1101101011011 1-13 



No. 3, 25 targets, unknown angles: 



Hayes 1111111111111111110111111-24 



HL A Johnson , 1111111101101111110111111—22 



Reisinger , 1111111111111101111011011—22 



E L Affantranger OlOliOlOlllOlllllOllOOOOl— 15 



Choke Bore. 



Trap-Shooting in North Dakota. 



Fargo, N. D., June 14.— The first annual tournament of the North 

 Dakota State Sportsmen's Association which closed to-day was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all that took part in it. The attendance was 

 fully equal to the expectations of the management with respect to the 

 number of shooters. The weather was almost perfect for trap-shoot- 

 ing. Bluerock traps and targets were used ; the targets being thrown 

 past the 50yds. flags, the shooting was hard enough to suit an expert. 



The shoot in all respects was a gentleman's tournament. No dis- 

 putes or wrangling occurred; no gambling or liquor drinking was ob- 

 served, and the management had ihe details of the tournament at all 

 times well in hand. Mr. C. W. BowerB's decisions as referee were un- 

 questioned. The scores were kept in a systematic manner, and the 

 cashier's duties were attended to with promptness by Secretary Smith. 

 It was the universal opinion of the shooters that they never attended 

 a better managed tournament or bad so pleasant a time. The visiting 

 shooters claimed that they never saw as even and regular work on the 

 part of trappers and puller as at this tournament, and to show their 

 appreciation they made up a purse of $10 and presented it to the trap- 

 pers and puller. The Fargo Gun Club takes considerable pride in these 

 boys, some of them have been drilled in this work for several years, 

 and the club claims that for quiet, quick and conscientious attention 

 to their duties they have no superiors. This report would not be com- 

 plete without a mention being made that there was no "dropping for 

 place." Every shooter tried to break as many targets as he could, 

 and, while some shooters were not up to their average, there was an 

 entire absenoe of combining for positions. No blackboard scores were 

 kept and many of the shooters did not know their total score until it 

 was announced by the secretary. 



The scores made by all who shot in the ten programme 15 target 

 events are given below. The scores of those who shot only part of 

 the programme are omitted: 



Events: 



Duck. 

 Fox.., 



Hill... 

 Hub.. 

 Holt.. 

 Lane . 



1 



s s 



A 



6 



6 



7 



8 



.9 



10 Total. 



12 



13 *15 



♦12 



14 



*9 



10 



7 



6 



14 



112 



13 



*10 *13 



13 



13 



14 *14 



12 



*13 



*IJ 



126 



15 



11 14 



'12 



14 



*14 *12 



10 



10 



14 



123 







7 9 



10 



11 



11 



9 



11 



13 *12 



99 



10 



8 11 



11 



10 



11 



8 



9 



10 



8 



96 



13 



*8 12 



ia 



10 



10 



10 



*13 



7 



11 



106 



10 



10 15 



*14 



*8 



12 



11 





7 



12 



106 



10 



14 *10 



13 



11 



12 



13 



♦18 



*fl 



11 



118 



12 



12 13 



13 



12 



14 



*14 



*13 



*12 



12 



127 





11 11 



8 



10 



12 



10 





4 



10 



88 



12 



10 10 



11 



11 



!) 



8 



10 *18 



12 



106 



7 



9 8 



9 



11 



10 



12 



7 



9 



10 



92 



14 



*13 *12 



15 



+15 *14 



*10 



13 



*12 



13 



131 



9 



11 13 



8 



12 



12 



14 *10 



9 



14 



112 



10 



12 11 



9 



14 *11 



12 



11 



15 



*11 



116 



10 



10 12 



13 



12 



7 



10 



10 



11 



14 



109 



12 



9 11 



10 



9 



10 



Id 



13 





10 



103 



10 



10 10 





11 



11 



10 



9 



5 



10 



93 



8 



14 *14 



12 



14 



♦10 



14 



*11 



13 *13 



123 



12 



12 13 



13 



12 



13 *18 *10 



13 



*9 



120 



10 



9 15 



*9 



11 



12 



13 



*8 



11 



11 



109 



6 



11 11 



9 



11 



6 



3 



5 



7 



5 



74 



10 



12 13 



7 



11 



34 



*7 



13 *10 



9 



108 



The longest run made during the tournament was by Mr. Robbins of 

 the Fargo Gun Club, who broke 84 targets straight. Photographers A. 

 A. Bentley & Co. were on the grounds and have finished some fine 

 pictures of all the shooters in a group. 



The election of officers of the Association for the ensuing year was 

 held last evening. The officers elected are as follows: C. E. Robbins, 

 Prescdent, Fargo, N.D ; J J. Gokey, Dawson, N. D., 1st Vice-President; 

 R. Ducke. Larrabee, N. D., 2d Vice-President; W. W. Smith, Fargo 

 N. D., Sec; H. E. Magi«l, Fargo, N. D , Treas.; W. P. Miller, Fargo, N. D., 

 Att'y. Fargo was selected as the place for holding the next convention 

 and tournament. 



LAST EVENTS OF THE TOURNAMENT. 



The team shoot for traps donated by Fargo Gun Club. Same regu- 

 lations as in the special event No. 6. First day resulted as follows. 

 Two teams only competed. 



Crookston Gun Club. St. Cloud Gun Club. 



Morrisey 17 Theilmann 21 



Thompson 18 Hill , 15 



Fuller 19 Landis 17 



Vine 13—67 Flynn ".16—69 



The extra shoot for 500 loaded nitro shells, donated by a member of 

 the Fargo Gun Club. Entrance, targets only, was won by a score of 

 22 out of 25 single targets, known angles. Score— Schirrman 13 Duke 

 22, Holt 20, Burke 18, Wapahasa 21, Whitla 20, Gokey 18, Roberts 20 

 Carpenter 18. 



Special events were shot as follows: 



ffirst Day. 



Special No. 6, team shoot, 25 bluerocks, known angles, entrance 84 

 per team, for targets (no money). The North Dakota Sportsmen's 

 Association will give to the winning team in this event a set of three 

 b'uerock traps and electric pull, 1895 model, value §45. This event is 

 open to all teams of four members of a regular organized gun club 

 from any State. The shooters composing each team may be certified 

 to by an officer of its gun club if required: 



St Cloud Gun Club. Crookston Gun Club. 



Thielman 23 Morrisey , 22 



Hill 21 Thompson 19 



Flynn ...18 Fuller 20 



Landis 21—83 Vine , '•' 16-77 



North Side Gun Club. Brainerd Gun Club ' 



Schirrman 16 Lane , 16 



Rentschler 21 Walters.., '17 



Smith 18 Fox "83 



Bowers 14—63 Willis ',' 14—70 



Fargo Gun Club, 



Lyon 22 Carpenter , n 1 



Roberts 20 Robbins 25—86 



Seeond Day. 



Special No. 6, State championship contest, open only to members of 

 the North Dakota State Sportsmen's Association, 25 single targets 8 

 known traps, known angles, $2, divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent 

 among shooters making second, third, fourth and fifth highest scores 

 The Association will give a Lefever hammerless gun, value $60, to be- 

 come the personal property of the member making highest score at 

 this event. No handicap in this event except as to guns: Robbins 19 

 Roberts 19, Gokey 21, Stratton 18, C Smith 20, Ducke 17, Carpenter 23' 

 Schirrman 14, Rentschler 13, Magill 15, C. Bowers 14, E. Bowers 17* 

 Scofield 16. " c. E. R. ' 



Endeavor Gun Club. 



Jersey City, N. J., June 22 —The Endeavor Gun Club held its 

 monthly prize contest on the club grounds at Marion, N. J, this after- 

 noon. The weather was favorable, but the scores were not as large 

 as usual, owing to the hard flight of the targets and the acute angles 

 at which they were thrown. All the events, the scores of which are 

 given below, were at unknown angles, with the exception of No 7 

 which shot under expert rules. Scores: 

 Prize shoot, 25 targets, unknown angles: 



Fry 1111111000010011101111101-17 



Fletcher 1111110110100011101110011-17 



Strader llOllOlliiOllllOl 10111011-19 



Bijur 0001101011111000010011110-13 



GPiercy 1111111111111111111110110-23 



Creveling 11 101 11010100100000001010— 11 



Collins 1011111001111111111111101—21 



Polhemus lOlOllOHOllllOlOl 1001111—17 



No. 2. No. 8. 



L Piercy 0111101001— 6 0011U1111— 8 



Meyer 1101110001— 6 1100101111— 7 



Bijur 0011100101— 5 1111010001— 6 



Creveling 0011111100— 6 1010100101— 5 



Fry 0111111011— 8 0111111111— 9 



Strader 1110000110— 5 1111101001— 7 



Fletcher 001 1111110— 7 0111111011— 8 



Polhemus 1110101011— 7 1111111101— 9 



No. 4. No. 5. 



Wanda 1011011111— 8 1101011110— 7 



Fletcher 0101101110- 1001101001— 5 



Strader 1011101111— S llllllllll— 10 



Polhemus 11011111U - 9 1111110011— 8 



Bijur 0110100001— 4 1011111111— Q 



Meyer 0101111111— 8 0111011011— 7 



Creveling 0000101110— 4 1111111011— 9 



No. 0. No. 7. 



Wanda 0101111101— 7 1001111111— 8 



Fletcher 1110101100— 6 0110111011— 7 



Strader 0110001111— 6 1110111111— 9 



Bijur 1011001111 — 7 1111011101 — 9 



Polhemus 1111111111—10 1111111101— 9 



Meyer 1110101001— 6 1101011010— 6 



G Piercy lOllOllllO— 7 1011111001— 7 



L Piercy 1111110111— 9 0111101011— 7 



Collins 1110101100— 6 1111101111— 9 



Creveling 1011111111— 9 1111110110- 8 



J. A, Creveling, Sec'y. 



New Utrecht Gun Club. 



Brooklyn, N. Y., June 22 — The E. O. Powder Cup contest this after- 

 noon brought out ten entries. After a long struggle C. Furgueson, 

 Jr., won the cup by killing 14 straight, Dr. Wynn and Coulston drop- 

 ping their fourth birds in the shoot-off. In the $1 optional sweep 

 which was made up after the shoot had commenced, Meyer and Fur- 

 gueson divided the money. Other sweeps followed, the scores beins 

 as below: 6 



E. C. Powder Cup, club handicap, 10 live birds, $3 entrance, also SI 

 optional sweep: 



Trap score type-Copyright isss, by Forest and Stream Publishing C 



C Furgueson, Jr % 2 2^~i ^2 2 _ 



Dr Littlefield Tl^iTtiYil _io 



GW Coulston ^1'T^Kl'l -10 



DrWynn ' - 10 



GE Nostrand % V 2 iWfftf. l-io 



Stuart ! 



CMMeyer .l^Kl^^l _o 



CW Floyd JM^Ti^ - 9 



Connie Furgueson . 



,•12220.22 1-4-0 — 7 



JLott 1 1 1 a Ow — 4 



Ties for cup and sweep: 



C Furgueson, Jr .2~2~1 ^2-5 Dr Wynn 'Xt'Vm —3 



Dr Littlefield 



GE Nostrand. 



—0 



GW Coulston Jito -3 CMMeyer ll^g-S 



Furgueson wins cup; Furgueson and Meyer divide optional sweep. 

 Other sweeps were as follows: 

 „ „ , No 1. No 2. No. 3. 



C Furgueson, Jr 12.22-4 22.21-4 222211-6 



Stuart 21102—4 2112.-4 



Conny Furgueson 22102-4 22.21-4 



Coulston 12101—4 11212-5 21126'— 4 



F'oyd 11102-4 21112-5 



Wynn 21112-5 11110 -4 



Lott 10201—3 



Dr Littlefield .... U2"-2 



C M Meyer 211222—6 



Nos. 1 and 2 were 5 birds, $1 entrance, 'birds extra';' No. 3, 3 birds, 82 

 entrance, miss and out after third round. 



Weir City Scores. 



Weir City, Kan., June 19.— The m- dal contests of the Business 

 Men s Gun Club at this place brought out nine shooters last week 

 The club medal allows known traps and angles, giving a bird allow- 

 ance to even things up. Mcllhany and Calhoun preferred to shoot 

 unknown angles, and as the targets were quite swift this was in itself 

 a handicap. The President's medal was won by Calhoun at 5 un- 

 known traps and unknown angles. Should he or Mcllhany win at 

 doubles the medal will become their property. Below are the scores- 

 Club medal: 



Mcllhany * (0) 1111111111111011111100011-21 



Calhoun * (0) llllOmi 1011111011011101-20 



Kmg (5) 0001011110111101111111111-24 



Goddard (5) 011 10011 1001 11 1 01 1 101 1 1 10 -22 



Histed (5) lOllOlllllmiOllllllllOO-25 



Morrison (4) 1 1 1 001 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 01 1 —23 



Abbptt (6) 1011011110111111001110100-28 



Beadle (7) 0011 100011110101110110101-22 



Granat (8) 1100011010111101011001100-22 



* Mcllhany and Calhoun shot at unknown angles, the others at 

 everything known. 



President's medal: 



Mcllhany (12 pairs) 01 00 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 11—18 



Calhoun (5'unknown) 1011111011111111010111111—21 



King (3 unknown) OlOOlllllllOlimOlllOlOl-18 



Goddard (known) 110111111100111 1011101110—19 



Histed (known) 1111011101111011111110010—19 



Abbott (known) 1111101111110011111011011—20 



Morrison (known) 1011111011100111110101111—19 



Beadle (known) 1000111110111110111111001-18 



Granat (known) 1111111000110110101101100—16 



1 Mamaluke. 



Naromake Gun Club. 



Norwalk, Conn., June 22.— The scores made by members of the 

 Naromake Gun Club this afternoon were as follows: 



Events: 12SU56789 10 11 1S 



A Sandford 8.. 99587797 5 



Martin 8 7 6 5 7 6 9 2 .. 9 8 6 



ELockwood 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 9 8. 7 8 7 



GFerris 6 6 10 10 7 9 7 8 .. 



HGehrman 7 10 6789 9 10 9988 



Ingersol....,, 10 6 7 6 7 .. 5 7 10 



Coleman 6 , , 



Gerard, , ,. 8 3 4 3 



Fields 5 7 7 8 9 '8 6 



Barry 6 5 .. 



F. E. L. ' ' 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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