-jSKPT. 28, 1895.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



283 



The Four-handed Match at Elkwood Park. 



In our last Issue we gave a full and complete account of the four- 

 oanded match which took place at Elkwood Park, N. J., on Aug. 30. 

 [t will be remembered that the contestants in that match were: A. 



Ivins, of Seabright, N. J., and Bland Ballard, of Louisville, Ky ., on 

 one side; and Fred Hoey. of Hollywood, West End. N. Y., and Edgar 

 Q. Murphy, of Long Branch. N. J., on the other. It will also be re- 

 , tmembered that the former pair won by the united score of 185 to 183, 

 Jthe scores being Ivins 92, Ballard 93, Murphy 93 and Fred Hoey 90. 

 '} While each man was shooting his practice birds, we took a snapshot 

 {with the intention of obtaining some negatives which would show 

 their positions while at the score. Owing to the intervention of Labor 

 Day (Sept. 2), a day on which no man other than an editor, compos- 

 itor or railroad man, would work, we were obliged to hold them over 

 1 until this week's issue. 



I It will be noticed that, as usual, each man has his own distinctive 

 :i Style. It is very goldom that one sees two shooters who stand in any- 

 I thing like the same position when facing the traps. This was partic- 

 i ularly noticeable when we gave a reproduction of photographs taken 

 of every man In the Grand American Handicap at Paterson, N. J J., last 

 April. It is just as noticeable in the four pictures that appear in this 

 Issue. 



The South Side Gun Club. 



Thk governing committee of the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, 

 N. J., consisting of Major R. Heber Breintnall, president of the club, 

 W. R Hobart, its secretary-treasurer, and I. H. Terrill, the manager, 

 i has issued a regular programme, which will be carried out every Kat- 

 I urday afternoon during the fall and winter season. Shooting will 

 < commence at 1:30 P. M. each day. This programme holds good until 

 1 March 31, 1896. 



1 The shooting grounds are located at Newark, on New Jersey Rail- 

 I road avenue, opposite the Lehigh Valley coal depot. They are very 

 I easily reached from New York, the committee giving the following 

 » directions as to "how to get there:" "Take the D., L. & W. or the Gen- 

 ii tral R. R. of N, J. (Newark branch) to Broad street, Newark, and 

 I thence by trolley cars south; or take Pennsylvania R. R. to Emmett 

 > street station, five minutes' walk from the grounds. All street car 

 9 lines transfer." 



I As stated in a recent issue of Forest and Stream, the club has 

 I increased its shooting capacity and roofed over its platform, thus per- 

 j mltting shooting during any iind of weather. Its club house, though 

 } not so large as some, is still commodious enough for all purposes and 



is exceptionally warm and comfortable when the rigors of our wintry 



climate set in in earnest. 

 | One of the features of this "every Saturday's programme" Is a team 

 j match. The conditions of this race are "sporting," and will cause lots 

 I of fun: "Two teams to be chosen from all the shooters on the 

 I grounds; 25 empire targets per man, known traps, known angles, the 

 I winning team to have birds without charge." Another feature is the 

 I "individual championship match," of which the programme gives 

 | the following details: 



"Open only to amateurs, 50 single empire targets. The first match 



ft** 



Below are the scores of those who got in for money: 

 First Day. 



No. 1, 12 entries. 10 targets, all amateurs: Best 10, Mcllhany 9, Ser- 

 geant 9, Fry 9, Calhoun 8, Hamilton 8, A. Dixon 8, Leeman 8. 



No. 2, 12 entries, 15 singles. Experts— Best, Mcllhany, Sergeant and 

 Fry; balance amateurs: Calhoun 15, Cragin 15, C. Dixon 15, Leeman 

 14, Huffman 14, Mcllhany 13, Best 13, Morgan 13. 



No. 3, 10 entries, 25 singles. Experts— Calhoun, Cragin, C. Dixon, 

 Leeman and Huffman: Mcllhany 25, C. Dixon 23, Huffman 23, Best 

 23, Leeman 21. 



No 4, 12 entries, 20 singles. Experts— Mcllhany, C. Dixon, Leeman 

 and Huffman: Calhoun 20, Sergeant 30, Mcllhany 19,Liles 19, A. Dixon 

 18, Morgan 18, Huffman 18. 



No. 5, 16 entries, 10 singles. Experts— Calhoun, Sergeant, Mcllhany, 



FKED HOF.V 



Liles: Mcllhany 10, Sergeant 10, Green 10, Fry 10, Best 9, C. Dixon 9, 

 Calhoun 8, Huffman 8, Cragin 8. 



No. 6, 11 entriep, 25 singles. Experts— Mcllhany, Sergeant, Green, 

 Fry: Calhoun 24, Mcllhany 23, Leeman 23, Liles 22. Morgan 22. 



No. 7, 11 entries, 20 singles. Experts— Calhoun, Mcllhany and Lee- 

 man: Calhoun 20, Huffman 19, Best 19, Mcllhany 17, A. Dixon 17, C. 

 Dixon 17. 



No. 8, 12 entries, 25 targets, all at reverse pull: Mcllhany 24, Huff- 

 man 28, Leeman 22, Best 21. 



No. 9, 17 entries, 20 singles (experts from event No. 7)— Calhoun, 

 Best and Huffman: Morgan 20, Mcllhany 19, Liles 19, C. Dixon 19, 

 Horn 18, Leeman 18. 



No. 10, team shoot, 3 men to a team; 10 singles, all known; 10 sin- 

 gles, unknown angles; 10 singles, unknown traps and angles; 30 to 

 each man; 7 teams (21 men), entered. 



Weir City. Galena. 



Mcllhany 26 Horn 26 



Calhoun 25 Huffman 27 



Best 25—76 Leeman 21-74 



Joplin. 



Sergeant 27 



Kinmouth , 26 



Liles 21-71 



Joplin. 



JAR Elliott.. 30 



Fry 21 



Thornton 21-71 



a. l. iynjs. 



Second Day. 



No. 1. 15 singles. 12 entries, all amateurs: Calhoun 15, C. Dixon 15, 

 Liles 14, Sergeant 14. A. Dixon 14, Huffman 13. 



No. 2, 20 singles, 16 entries. Experts— Calhoun, C. Dixon, Liles, Ser- 

 geant, A. Dixon; balance amateurs: Horn 20, Mcllhany 19, Liles 19, 

 Calhoun 18. 



No. 3, 10 singles, 18 entries. Experts— Horn, Mcllhany and Liles: 

 Horn 10, Kinmouth 10, Calhoun 10. Best 9, A Dixon 9, Mcllhany 8, 

 Parks 8, Huffman 8, Sergeant 8, Fry 8, Leeman 8 Davidson 8. 



No. 4, 25 singles, reverse traps, no handieip, 14 entrias: Sergeant 21. 

 Calhoun 23, Mcllhany 21, Huffman 21, C. Gixon 20. 



No, 5, 20 singles, 17 entries. Experts— Horn, Kinmouth, Calhoun, 

 Best and A. Dixon: Calhoun 19, Leeman 19, C. Dixon 19, Mcllhany 18, 

 Sergeant 18, Cragin 18, Sumner 17, Huffman 17. 



No. 6, 25 unknown angles, no handicap, 16 entries: Mclhanv 23, Cal- 

 houn 23, Sergeant 23, Huffman 22, Kinmouth 22. Best 21. A. Dixon 21 . 



No. 7, 20 singles, 23 entries. Expert3— Mcllhany, Calhoun, C. 

 Dixon, Leeman, Sergeant and Cragin: Kinmouth 20, Best 19, A. Dixou 

 19, Mcllhany 18, Cox 18, Huffman 18. 



No. 8, 10 singles, 27 entries. Experts— Kinmouth, Best and A. 

 Dixon: Best 10, Mcllhany 10, Kinmouth 10, C. Dixon 10, Fry 10, Sum- 

 ner 9, Carney 9, Calhoun 9, Bryant 9, 8ergeant 9, Morgan 9, Davidson 

 8, Porter 8, Weber 8, Horn 8. 



The Altoona Gun Club. 



Altoona, Pa., Sept. 21.— To-day was the date chosen by the Hunting- 

 don (Pa.) Gun Club for the return team race between members «f 

 that organization and members of the Aitoona Gun Club, tn be shot 

 at the Wopsononock grounds. The Huntingdon people neither put in 

 an appearance nor sent any excuse for not doing so. 



The day, although extremely warm, was such a delightful one for 

 an outing on the mountain top that a few of the Altoona boys went 

 up to the grounds and indulged in the following sweeps: 



Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 910 



Targets: 10 10 to 10 10 lo lo 10 lo 10 



Clover 10 10 5 10 4 9 8 10 7 8 



Klllitts 7 7 10 5 7 8 9 



Forney , 6657.. 88878 



Fay 8 7.. 6 4 9 



Sands , 9877 7 8 10 798 



Shifer 



K'oeiliker 2 . . 4 4 2.. 1. 



Harry 8 



Event No. 3 was a walking match, with use of second barrel, which 

 if used scored 



No. 5 was 5 pairs of doubles. 



Nob 9 and 10 were at unknown traps and unknown angles. 



The other events were kDown traps and unknown angles. 



A two-men team race at 100 live birds per man between two well 

 known Altoona shooters and two prominent Pittsburg shooters is 

 being arranged and will likely be shot off the coming week or the first 

 week in October. 



A match at 100 live birds each for $100 a side between the two well- 

 known amateurs, H. S Vandegrift and Joseph A. Glesenkamp, of 

 Pittsburg, was shot at the Country Club grounds on Thursday of this; 

 week. There was quite a large attendance and the contest provoked 

 almost as much interest as a stronger race would have done. The 

 birds were a fair lot. Glesenkamp is a better shot than his score 

 shows, but he has not had practice. The scares: 



H S Vandegrift 2222212210112032201212212—22 



2022020221 1 21 0120020'. 01 1 2—17 

 1210111220320210122111000—17 

 1210021212212202102322^22—21—7?' 



, . .0220221202220000102200210—14 



1200000120031010000021 101— 1 1 

 01221 0200221 22200222001 On— 1 5 

 122210222?011102211121121— 22-62 

 A. H. King was referee, John G. Mensner and E. B. Vandegrift, 

 scorers, and W. J. McCrickart, trap puller. 

 The following 10-bird race followed the match: 



A H King 2202222222- 9 McWhorter 1222101112—9 



John Shaffer 1121201111—9 Bessemer 2222220222-9 



TWall 1121222020-8 Parker 0101001 —3 



W S King 2121220111-9 H S Vandegrift 200 -1 



D Martin 0002100 —2 



A match has been made between John H. Shaffer, the well-known 

 Pit tsburg hotel man and member of the Country Club, and John G. 

 Messner, winner of the Grand American handicap, at 100 live birds 

 each for 8100 a side, to be shot at the Country Club grounds on Fri- 



J A Glesenkamp. , 



will be at known traps and angles, after which the shooters will be 

 classified; those who have made 43 or better will shoot in the next 

 match at known traps and unknown angles; between 42 and 37 at re- 

 versed traps, and those balow 37 at kDown traps and angles. The 

 prize will be the 'Essex County Cup.' The winner in each match will 

 be entitled to his birds free in the next cup match in which he sbootp, 

 and the cup will become the property of the shooter winning it the 

 greatest number of times during the season." 



-The club asks shooters to "remember," among other things: "That 

 we are the oldest inanimate bird shooting club in the world. * * * 

 That our grounds have been open every Saturday afternoon since 

 March, 1881. * * * That you can be calling 'pull' in less than one 

 hour from City Hall, New York. * -+ * That we do not want the 

 earth, but we want shooters to come and see what talent, experience, 

 and good fellowship can do for them. * * * That shooters from a 

 distance are particularly welcome." 



There are many other details and matters of Interest in this pro- 

 gramme that could be read with advantage by the management of 

 any gun club. We have the greatest respect for the management of 

 the South Side Gun Club, and believe that it can run a shoot of any 

 kind with as little friction as any club management in the country. 

 This is no mere flattery. The secretary, W. R. Hobart, will be pleased 

 to furnish any further information; his address is 246 Mount Pleasant 

 avenue. Newark, N. J. Send to him for a copy of the above pro- 

 gramme if you want pointers on how to excite additional interest in 

 club practice shoots. 



The Joplin Shoot. 



Joplin, Mo., Sept. 12.— The Business Men's Gun Club, of this city 

 closed a three days' tournament to-day. Its succass was very grati- 

 fying to everybody. Everything was done to make the shoot attract- 

 ive and interesting. The club was fortunate in securing the services 

 of J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, to look after the running of the 

 traps and pulls. It is hardly necessary to state that empire targets, 

 traps and electric pulls were used. 



The tournament was strictly an amateur one, all professionals and 

 manufacturers' agents being barred. The scores of some of the par- 

 ticipants, however, were very "professional " Mcllhany's average 

 was over 90 per cent, for the three days. Huffman scored 98 out of 

 100 in the big team race, missing his first and third targets, and then 

 breaking out straight, making the fine run of 97. Calhoua also figured 

 very much in this race, scoring 97 out of 100. These are records that 

 any professional would feel proud of. 



There were ten events each day. The principal event of the first 

 day was the three-men team race; the conditions were 30 singles per 

 man: 10 known angles, 10 unknown angles and 10 unknown traj s 

 and angles. Seven teams entered this contest. Weir City won first 

 on 76, Galena and Joplin team No. 1 tied for second on 74, while Jopl a 

 t earn No. 2 won third. Jim Elliott was permitted to thoot with this 

 team, and his straight was a big factor in the race, as it put his team 

 in for money. 



The big event of the second day was the 50 target race; in this event 

 Best captured first with 48, Calhoun was second with 47 and Sergeant 

 third with 46. 



The most interesting event of the tournament took place on the 

 third day. This was a three-men team race, 100 targets per man. 

 This was also won by the Weir City team, with an average of 96J^. 

 This was also Hve-bird day. Only two events were shot, however, as 

 the birds were a very inferior lot. One event was at 10 and one at 15 

 birds. Mcllhany and Best carried off the honors in these events, each 

 scoring 24 out of 25, 



E. G. MURPHY 



No. 9, 50 unknown angles, 12 entries, no handicap: Best 48, Calhoun 

 47, Sergeant 46, Mcllhany 43, Huffman 43. 



No. 10, 40 reverse traps. 11 entries, no handicap: 'Mcllhany 38, 

 Huffman 36, Calhoun 33, Best 33, Sergeant 33, Kinmouth 29, Horn 29. 

 Third Day. 



To-day the three-men team race, 100 targets per man, referred to 

 above was shot off. The scores as a whole were remarkable, 844 tar- 

 ges out of 900 Bhot at being scored, making a general average of 93.7. 

 Weir City won by two breaks, Joplin being third, one additional miss 

 behind Galena. The scores were: 



Weir City. Galena. 



Calhoun 97 Huffman 98 



Mcllhany 95 Kinmouth 92 



Best 91—283 Horn .91-281 



Joplin. 



C Dixon , 95 Sergeant 92— 28Q 



A Dixon , ,,.93 



The live-bird scores were: 



No. 1, 10 live birds, $5, 14 entries: Best 10, Mcllhany 9, Calhoun 8, 

 Dixon 8, Carney 8, Sergeant 8. 



No. 2, 15 live birds, $7.50, 10 entries: Mcllhany 15, Sergeant 15, BeBt 

 14, Carney 14, Bryant 14, Calhoun 13, Horn 13. | 



day, Sept. 27. Both men will shoot from the 28yd. mark. This event 

 is creating a great deal of interest. Shaffer is a good steady shot arid 

 has won many races from some of the best shots in western Pennsyl- 

 ania. Mpssner has been shooting well up in the nineties in his recent 

 races and the winning score is naturally expected to be a high one. 



Grant. 



Watson's Park. 



Chicago, Sept. 15.— Audubon Gun Club: 



Chas Morris 211222001210021—11+5—15 



L M Hamshire 102311111110202—12—3—15 



C S Wi cox 202212220020011— 10- -3— 13 



Chas Kern 110200C01012211— 9--4— 13 



J E Price 01121102101 Ow 



J H Amberg 022111110010121—11+3—14 



D Frothingham.. 021112220222110—12+2—14 



H B Foss 211111101112222-14+2-15 



FAPlair 01U1220102w 



Ties on 15. 



Chas Morris 212201 1 11112122- 14+5— 15 



L M Hamabire i 121011110021111—12+3—15 



H B Foss 212020112222112—13+2—15 



The tie will be shot off in the next monthly shoot. Ravilrigs 



San Antonio Gun Club Tournanient. 



San Antonio, Tex.. Sept. 12.— Editor Sorest and Stream: I am afraid 

 our friends in the East have possibly underrated the possibilities of 

 Texas, and have not given our little club in this far -awav spot the 

 credit to which it is entitled. 



We propose to make this event the greatest tournament ever held in 

 Texas, and wo are in hopes to make it one of the grandest held in the 

 South. If we can possibly do such a thing we propose to go Memphis 

 one better, although we are not able to get up quite as large a guar- 

 anteed purse. 



It is also our purpose to organize an association, and when I state to 

 you now that I have a list of almost 2,000 shooters in the State of 

 Texas alone I think possibly you will realize what we have here and 

 what kind of an association we can form with a proper effort. 



Willard L. Simpson, Secretary S. A. G. C. 



New Utrecht Gun Club, 



Woodlawn, L. I., Sept. 21.— Event No, 1, E, C, Powder eup, bird« S3 

 entrance, two moneys: * 

 Class B 



CT Pennington •100010100— 3 J N Meyer., . 202111°201 ft 



Conny Furgueson. . .«21U10«20- 6 ■ • * 8 



Class AA. 



C M Meyer •2221.1222— 8 O Furgueson, Jr. 



Three birds, then miss and out, §1 entry: 



Same: 



Conny Furgueson gog 0lw 



Wm Rail ".n m 



C Furgueson, Jr , , . . gj>g 23 o 



J N Meyer..... \\\ m 22u 



G M Meyer m U1 



1-10 



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 220 

 122 

 220 

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 122 



