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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 14, 1896. 



All-Philadelphia Won. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7.— The first of a series of three 25-men team 

 races arranged between Philadelphia shooters and trap shots from the 

 State of Maryland took place to-day on the grounds of the Keystone 

 Shooting League, of Philadelphia, Pa., at Holrnesburg Junction. 



Two teams of 25 men each makes a large number of shooters for an 

 all-day shoot, and as a natural result, with two sets of traps, a large 

 number of targets were thrown— the scores showing that about 3,500 

 were shot at. The sweepstake events were well filled, but, of course, 

 the team race was the main thing after all. 



The two teams were captained respectively by Harry Thurman, of 

 the Keystone Shooting League, and Charlie Fehrenbach (Bilderbach), 

 of the Wilmington, Del., Rod and Gun Club. The Blue Hen State team 

 was a strong one, but the boys did not seem to be able to gauge the 

 speed of the empires, which were thrown hard and fast, as success- 

 fully as did the Philadelphians, the result being a win for the latter by 

 a comparatively small margin of 27 breaks. As a proof of the difficult 

 nature of the shooting it is only necessary to point out that only one 

 man out of 50, R. Miller, of the Delaware contingent, accomplished the 

 feat of breaking 25 straight. There were two 24s, both Philadelphians 

 (Blondin and J. Peterman), while there were also onl three 23s. The 

 shooting must have been hard. The scores were as follows: 

 Philadelphia Team, . 



HBlondin 1011111111111111111111111—24 



J Peterman llimioilllimilimill— 24 



Landis 11111111111011111 11111110— 23 



J Burton 111110111111111 1101110111— 22 



David ..1101111110111111111101111—22 



JTredway lOllllOllliliiiOllliillll— 22 



Jas Oowen 1110100111111111110111111—21 



H French 1111111011011011111011111—21 



J Learning 1010110011111 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1—21 



S Weaver 1101011111111111111101011-21 



Anderson 0111011111101111111001111—20 



Duke , 1111110111 11 1110101110001— 20 



M Henry lOllllOinillOlll 111111011—20 



HBuckwalter 011111l011110110nill0101-19 



A Peterman 0111111001101111101111011—19 



H Thurman 110111 llllllOllllOlOlOOll— 19 



Yeakel 1111010111101101110111110-19 



WPack 1100011101011110011111111-18 



H Ridge 0111101 1 11110110111010101— 18 



JThurman 1 lOOllillOOlOill 1 1 11001 11— 18 



FHoagland 0101100011111111110001111—17 



DLongnecker 1110100101011010111101011—16 



Whitcomb 1100001111100111110001111—16 



Morrison lOlllOlOHOOlOllllOOOlOll— 15 



Beyer lOlllOlOlOOHOlOOOlllOlOl— 14-489 



Delaware State Team, 



P Miller lllllnilllllllll 11111111-25 



Evans 0110111111111111111111111-23 



Maul 10111U101111111111111111—23 



G Huber OlllllllllllIimillllOOi-22 



Ewlng , llllllUOOOlllillllliniO-21 



King , 1111110111110101111011111-21 



Marshall 1111110111110101111011111—21 



Springer 0111111111110111111011110-21 



Burroughs 1111111110010111011111110— 20 



C Buckmaster 1111101101111111011110100-19 



Cleaver lOllilOillioiiiunOOOlll— 19 



Creadon UllOllloiOlliOOllOiiini— 19 



Springs 1111101111111101101010110—19 



Hartlove 1111111101111001110110011-19 



Young 110101 1 1010111101 1 1111011—19 



Fehrenbach 0111110111011111C01001111— 18 



JGaughan ,..1001111111010110111011101-18 



Lyman lllllOOlOOllOOllllllllOll— 18 



Stout 110110111011001 1 1 1101 1010 -17 



Bird .01 0110110111 Oiooiii 101101— 15 



W Buckmaster 1100100110110010010111111—15 



Mason , 11 101 101001 lnioOOllOLlOl 1 — 1 5 



Martin 0101011001 lllOOOOlOCOUll— 13 



Caldwell 0100110101100101100010110-12 



Huber 00101000010 1 10100001001 11— 10 -462 



The sweeps resulted as below: 



Events: 12 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 13 3 4 5 6 7 

 Targets: 10 10 IS IS 91 10 10 Targets: 10 10 IB 15 SO 10 10 



Or Huber 9 8 14 14 19 7 7 Maul 8 10 15 .. 16 ,, .. 



Peters 9 7 14 13 15 8 .. Caldwell...... 6 .. 11 



Longnecker... 7 7 11 11 16 .. .. Paddock 8 7 4 .. 



Stout. , 5 6 Springs 5 12 . . .. 



Ridge 9 8 9 J Huber 8 .. 8 ,. 11 .. .. 



Duke 6 5 11 ,. 17 .. 9 R Miller 8 .. 15 



Boileau 5 .. 11 .. 13 .. 7 JCfeedon.... 6 



French 10 8 11 15 18 10 8 H Thurman . 8 7 .. 13 16 .. .. 



B Brink 6 6 10 " Learning 9 8 10 8 14 ., 10 



J Burton.,,,, 9 8 13 12 . . 7 .. Martin 10 



G Anderson. . 7 9 ., 11 .. 8 .. Landis , .. .. 12 13 18 .. .. 



HBlundin.... 7 .. 13 .. 16 8 7 Brown 8 



Tredway 9 6 12 Cowen 15 



THoagland,. 9 Sanderson 14 



C Springer,.. 7 Marr 13 



J Evans 8 10 12 11 16 .. .. Felix 10 . . 17 6 .. 



8 Weaver 10 8 13 12 13 . . . . Henry 10 . . 17 8 7 



Burroughs... 5 Morrison 12 .. 7 .. 



TEwing 9 6 12 7 McDaniel 10 .. 7 .. 



J Cleaver 9 9 13 12 19 .. .. Heist 11 15 7 6 



W Bird 8 8 11 12 17 7 6 J White 13 17 10 10 



Hartlove 5 8 10 Boweroft 11 17 .. 7 



Gaughan 10 7 .. 13 18 ., .. JThurman 10 . . 9 9 



Capt Ware... 9 WPack 4 



Bilderback . . . 5 David 15 4 . . 



Buclimaster. . 7 ,. 11 Whitcomb 7 .. 



Peterman 8 .. 14 



1 a side, 30yds. boundary, Inter- 



King again Defeats Messncr. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 6.— The third and final match of the King- 

 Messner series was decided to-day, King winning by the score of 91 to 

 88. There was a good wind that blew strongly at times, but the bird3 

 were only an average good lot of flyers. The attendance was small 

 owing to the difficulties that met those on their way to Brunot's 

 Island, the river baing on a boom and full of floating ice, while the 

 ferry was represented by a solitary skiff. 



It will be noticed that the race was a close one throughout. Both 

 tied on 22 out of their first 25, Messner going ahead on the 46th round, 

 when King's bird fell dead out of bounds. At the end of the 50th 

 round Messner led by 1—44 to 43. In the third string of 25 King killed 

 24 to Messner"s 23, the score at the end of the 75th round bing 67 all. 

 The last 25 was where Messner lost the match, as he had three birds 

 drop dead out of bounds and slipped up on his 83d, a driver from No. 

 2 trap. King scored 24 out of his last 25 -48 out of his last 50. The 

 longest runs were: King 29, 14 and 13; Messner 19, 19 and 11. 



The traps fell to each shooter as follows: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 



King 19 19 25 16 21 



Messner 18 15 20 29 18 



37 34 45 45 89 



Jn describing the ira'ch the Pittsburg Dis2)atch says: "Alex. King 

 yesterday defeated Messner for the second time this autumn in a very 

 Close match, the score being 91 to 88. It was a rattling good racd 

 from start to finish, so closely contested that the backers of each 

 were on pins and needles until almost the very last. Not until the 

 shooters were pretty well along on the last 25 birds did the King men 

 begin to feel as if they were on "easy street." Messner certainly 

 made a good run for the money. He took the lead at the start, and 

 though he was tied at the 25th bird he soon led again and retained the 

 advantage until the 66th bird, when King again caught him. Mess- 

 ner's 77th bird died out of bounds, and this gave King a lead which he 

 never lost. Messner seemed to lose his nerve sligntly, and that settled 

 it, for King never weakened for an instant. He was shooting stronger 

 At the fini8hthan at any other time, and his record of 48 birds out of 

 the last 50 is one that is hard to beat. 



"The match itself was for $200 a side. The first match between 

 these two occurred at Brunot's Island about a month ago, and was for 

 glOO a side. As it resulted in a tie— 88 birds each— it w as decided that 

 the second match should also decide the first, and should consequently 

 net the victor $200. This race was shot at the Country Club and went 

 to King by a score of 79 to 75. Yesterday's event was under the same 

 conditions. 



"There is little to be said about the details of the match. The bii ds 

 were fairly good— probably better than the average around here— 

 though not so strong by a good deal as those in the previous match. 

 King thought the first 50 were not as good as the last 50, though his 

 record on the latter was the best. 



"Each man lost 4 birds which died out of bounds, 3 of Mesaner's 

 being in the last 25, and it was these 3 misses that lost him the match. 



"Elmer Shaner was referee and Wm. McCrickart trap puller. At 

 the conclusion of the match Shaner announced that he was authorized 

 by W. G. Clark, of Altoona, to challenge the winner for from $250 to 

 |500 a side. King did not accept the challenge, and probably will not 

 do so. It is generally conceded that Clark is a little bit too good for 

 gny of the men abouthere," 



Conditions, 100 birds per man, { 

 state Association rules to govern: 



Trap Score Type— Copyright isac by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



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A H King 2 22*122222222222 2 20 2 2021 2-22 



32253855 2 432 3 313255213253 

 2222 2 20l2 2»122221102»212 2-21 

 14 3 4313 313 13413 2351242352 



T^l-vfr^S'/" T-»\->T t :Jv<-\-»->\/ ,, ^\T\ 

 22222221 2 1*2222222222222 2—24 



542813551421524251 1 5 5 3 5 4 2 

 2* 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2-24-91 

 1344224415522544521441343 

 J G Messner. ...2*2222222021221001222222 2-22 

 24 5 434 5 343545445234311111 

 2 2a222222*2»202U2222222* 2—22 

 1335235511544543441431434 

 212222222102222U12222222 a-23 

 8423312224533521552441231 

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 2»22«12022222»22*22*12*1 1—21—88 



On Long Island. 



CONEY ISLAND BOD AND GUN CLUB. 



Dec. U— The monthly shoot of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, 

 which was held this afternoon, was well attended, twelve members 

 taking part in the shoot for the Hughes diamond badge. Hugh Mc- 

 Laughlin, the veteran of the club, won the badge without a tie, beiDg 

 the only one to kill his 7 birds. The club shoot is at 7 live birds per 

 man, handicap rise, gun in any position (except at the shoulder) until 

 the bird is on the wing. Score: 



H McLaughlin (27) 1111211-7 Wm Rial (30) .0012112-5 



HKnebel, Jr (28) 0111211-6 J B Voorhies (28) 1011022-5 



F McLaughlin (27) 1210122-6 J E Lake (28) 0112120-5 



H Muller (25) 0121211—6 Dr Parker (25) 0022:212-5 



Dr Raynor (25) 1011112-6 Dr Van Ord (30) 1002101-4 



Dr Sherwell (25) 2211102-6 F Ibert (25) 0112001—4 



The tie for third money was shot off at 3 birds; Lair being the only 

 one to kill his 3, he took the money. 



A 3-bird sweep was won by J. E. Lake, who Wiled his birds; the 

 scores were: Lake 8, Lair, Muller, Ibert, Van Ord and McLaughlin 2. 



PARKWAY ROD AND GUN OLUB. 



Dec. h— Several members of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club met at 

 the Old Mill, near Jamaica, this afternoon. These members were 

 divided into two teams, the teams being composed respectively of the 

 Class A and Class B men of the club. Each man shot at 10. the result 

 being a tie with 46 kills for each team; on a shoot-off at 2 birds par 

 man the Class A men won, Class B paying for the birds, dinners for 

 the crowd and all expenses of the excursion. Following is the score: 

 Helgans's Team— Class A (23ydP.). Tie: 



E Helgans 222222?»22— 9 22-2 



J Bennett 1111220212—9 10— 1 



H J Bookman .221211212-9 11—2 



Van Wyckoff 1222122022-9 21—2 



A Andrews •120211110—7 11—2 



J Mehl 0220000001-3-46 00-0—9 



Selover's Team— Class B (:28yds.). Tie: 



WRSelover 1101211122-9 10-1 



D S Van Wickien 22221202:0-8 2»— 1 



J Wye 1201211022 - 8 00-0 



H J Bramwell. , ... 2020111232—8 21-2 



E Frost 1201122100-7 11—2 



H J Selover 1020102012-6-46 01—1—7 



CRESCENT GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 5.— The Crescent Gun Club, of Brooklyn, was but poorly rep- 

 resented at its regular shoot at Dexter Park this afternoon, Capt. G. 

 W. Coulston, L. C. Hopkins and W. D. Gilman beingthe only members 

 present. The club shoot was at 7 live biros, and this was won by 

 Coulston with a straight score. Nine sweeps were shot off, honors 

 being about even up. The club shoot score was as follows: 



G W Coulston (30) 2221111—7 W D Gilman (28) 2121101—6 



L C Hopkins (28) 1211120-6 



PHCENIX GUN CLUB. 



Dec. — The Phoenix Gun Club's monthly shoot was fairly well 

 attended, eight members putting in an appearance this afternoon and 

 shooting their string of 15 live birds in the club event. All stood at 

 the 25yds. mark, Botty and Gardner tieing for first place with 12 out 

 of 15. Scores: 



A Botty 120111002212121-12 J Smith 110101011100212-11 



P Gardner 201220211111112-12 E H Madison. ...110211112101012-11 



D Freleigh 021111220022102-11 J Akhurst 000210120021111— 9 



M Brown 120111101111100-11 A Rutan 100101000012011— 7 



A team race, 5 men to a side, 10 targets per man, was then shot, the 

 team being captained by Peter Gardner and Moses Brown, Brown's 

 side winning easily. Scores: 



Brown's team. Gardner's team. 



AEutan 1111110111—9 E H Madison 1101110111—8 



M Brown 0110111111—8 A Botty 1010111100—6 



H Hous«man 1111011011—8 J Smith 0101100101—5 



S J He:d 1110110011—7 H Bramwell 1011100010—5 



D Freleigh 1001011010-5-37 P Gardner 0011100100—4—28 



EXCELSIOR GUN CLUB. 



Dec 6 —Fourteen members of the, Excelsior Gun Club faced the 

 traps on the North Beach grounds this afternoon. The club shoot is 

 at 10 live birds, handicap rise, and for the third time in succession 

 Samuel R. Williams won the diamond badge, with the score of 9 out of 



10. Scores: 



S R. "Williams (27). . .1201221112 - 9 A J Siegel (27) 200.U1001-5 



George Orion (28). . .2101121102 -8 W H Archer (S6) 1020000111—5 



James Odell (27) 0«21121111-8 L G Wilson (26) 0010101110-5 



H Heinberger (28). . .1001201221—7 D J Kingsland (27). . .0001001201—4 



REDeegman (27). . .10010:20111— 6 D G Nelson (26) 0110220000 -4 



B G Williams (27). ...0122000112— 6 T L Henderson (26). .1110100000— 4 

 Thos Richards (27) . .•201100110-5 H K Jackson (26) 0110001000-3 



ROCK A WAY PARK ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 7 — The Rockaway Park Rod and Gun Club held its monthly 

 shoot on its grounds at Rockaway Park this afternoon. There was a 

 good attendance at the traps, everybody getting all the shooting they 

 wanted. The nine events shot outside of the team race included 

 events at expert rules (Nos. 3, 8 and 9), pairs (No. 6), walking match 

 (No. 7), unknown angles (Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 10), known angles (No. 1). 

 The team race was at 10 known and 15 unknown angles. Schorty's 

 side winning by the narrow margin of one target. The day was cold 

 and raw, with a strong wind in the face of the shooters. Scores: 



Events: 123456789 



Birds: 10 15 7 9 25 20 10 10 10 



Schorty. 9 11 6 7 22 12 7 10 6 



Wash 9 11 6 9 19 14 5 9 9 



Held 8 9 4 9 23 .. .. 4 6 



Woods 8 11 5 4 20 .. .. 8 10 



McKenna 4434 13 11 542 



Edwards 9957 15 13 854 



Waters 8 4 . 



Coleman 4 9 8 2 



Gray 5 .. 3 1 7 



D.ffiey 18 10 8 5 .. 



Loeble 11 4 5 5 4 



Burke ,. .. , 8 5 6 



Trees 4 4 



Kelly 



Jennings ,, 8 



Team race: 



Schorty's Team. 



L Schorty 0111101111110100011101111-18 



R Woods lllOHOllonOlOl Ullllliii— 19 



E Edwards 1111111001001010010110110—15 



J JenniDgs 1110111110110111011111000—18 



T Diffley 100] 100001000101 100110001—10 



E Bourke 1010001 1 10101 01 01 1 0011 1 11 — 15 



Johnny 0001001010000111101100100-10—105 



Wash's Team. 



C Wash 1111111100111111111110111—22 



B Jem ings 1111011101000110011111111 -17 



S J Held 0011110011110111110111011—18 



F Co.eman 1010000101110000010011100—10 



J Loeble 1001011111011110001111011— 17 



V Wilkes 1000000101001011000110111—11 



B Waters 0000111010001010000001011— 9—104 



Eddie Bourke, the south-paw expert of the club, brought the day's 

 sport to a close with two 10-target matches. The first was against 

 held, Bourke winning with 7 to 6; in the second Wash was his oppo- 

 nent, and again was. Bourke the victor, winning by 7 to 5. It should 

 be mentioned that both of his opponents gave him a handicap of two 

 misses as breaks; but in neither match did he need his handicap allow- 

 ance, winning without any trouble. 



NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 7.— Several members of the New Utrecht Gun Club met at the 

 Bay Ridge grounds this afternoon. The main event was a match be- 

 tween Capt. Money and Dr. Shepard Tor the Challenge plate, Dr. 

 Shepard being the holder, Capt. Money as a Class A man shot at 30 

 targets, known angles, and 10 pairs; Dr. Shepard, of Class B, shot at 33 

 targets, known angles, and 11 pairs; Capt. Money scored 24 out of his 

 30 singles and 10 out of his 10 pairs, while Dr. Shepard only totaled 22 

 out of 33 singles and 10 out of his 11 pairs. Scores: 



Capt A W Money (A) 111111101011111001011111111101-24 



^_ „ 10 00 10 10 10 10 01 10 10 11—10—34 



Dr Shepard (B) 001110101000110111111101110111101—22 



00 11 00 10 10 10 00 10 10 01 11—10-32 



Eight sweeps were also shot for nominal entrance moneys, the 

 resultB being as follows: 



Events: 12345678 Events: 12345678 



Targets: 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 Targets: lo 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 

 WFSykes. 9 5 5 3 6 3 4.. Shepard.... 8 5 5 3.. 3 . .. 



Adams 89748488 Deacon 5 7 3 1 7 4 8 



Money 95647389J Lott 3 4 . 4 5 



No. 1 was at known angles; No. 2 at reversed order; No. 3 at 5 pairs; 

 No. 4 unknown angles; No. 5 known angles; No. 6, back to Uap, both 

 barrels; Nos. 7 and 8 known angles. 



Toe club shoot, which is at 20 targets, everything resulted as below, 

 Class A men allowing those in Class B two extra targets: 



W F Sykes (B) 1011011111110101111111-18 



P Adams (A) 11001001111110011011 —13 



Capt Money (A) 11001111101111101111 —16 



Dr ^hopard (B) 1111111011101011001110-16 



D Deacon (A) 01111110000111111111 -15 



Trap Around Buffalo. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 27.— To-day was I he regular weekly afternoon 

 shoot at Smith's grounds, Buffalo Plains, open to all. The main 

 event was quite a sporting affair: 25 live birds per man, $25 entrance, 

 three moneys, class shooting, all at 23yds. rise. For this event there 

 were nine entries, quite a good number for this class of sweepstake 

 Among the shooters were some of the best shots in the city. 



The winner proved to be C. S Burkhardt, who scored 22 out of his 25 

 birds, after losing his first bird dead out of bounds. His brother (E. C 

 Burkhardt), Keisey and Kirkover were all three close after him with 

 21 each, E. C. Burkhardt being unlucky enough to lose three of his 

 birds dead out of bounds. Keisey knocked down his 13th bird with 

 his first barrel, and thinking that the bird was stone dead, broke his 

 gun and went into the club house; when the man went to retrieve the 

 bird it rose and flew out of bounds, when it was gathered. The full 

 scores were as follows: 



No. 1, open sweep, 25 birds, $25, 28yds. rise, three moneys, class 

 shooting: 



O S Burkhardt •110221122221111211212021—22 



E C Burkhardt I»22113131»2210g222t2321»-21 



Hy Kirkover 22I1220222122220»21222?«1— 21 



F D Keisey 11212012121001222«2222«21-21 



E Andrews ?«012202222i2210222200231— 19 



Warren 2111222111201120111001001-19 



O Besser 2.12210111121200120.22201— 18 



Koch 221001212221212220«1101C»-18 



Krotz 3101110021030003380210000—14 



No. 2, 7 birds, $5, 2 moneys: E. W. Smith 7, Andrews, Besser, Kirk- 

 over and Warren 6, C. S Burkhardt 5, E. C. Burkhardt 4. Smith shot 

 only for the birds, first money being divided among the four men with 

 6, C. S. Burkhardt taking second alone with 5. 



Nov. 2S.-The Thanksgiving Day shoot at Audubon Park did not 

 draw many shooters. Seven sweepstake events at targets were shot, 

 the entrance fees being nominal. The scores made were as follows: 



Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 



Targets: 10 10 15 90 SO 15 15 Targets: 10 10 15 90 90 15 15 



Edwards 4 5 12 17 15 9 11 Jones 7 7 ll 16 16 10 10 



Williams 8 6 .. 11 14 11 13 Werlin 3 11 10 



AHeinoId.... 8 5 13 18 17 13 11 Meyers 13 10 ii ' ' 



Northrup .... 10 8 13 19 16 15 12 Besser 7 "' 



Bronx River Gun Club. 



Baychester, N. Y, Nov. 30.— A half dozen members of the Bronx 

 River Uun Club met this afternoon at Miller's grounds, Baychester 

 N. Y., the occasion being the monthly shoot of the club, In the club 

 shoot, which is at 25 targets, all the contestants used W-A powder 

 M. Herrington won the medal with a score of 22 out of 25 Scores- 

 Club shoot, 25 targets: 



Herrington 1111111111101110011111111-22 



Cathcart lOlOilOOHOnoil jlOOOOlll— 15 



Duane 001 01 1001 0001001(1] 0100000— 8 



Zortu 1100111111111001^1110011-19 



Nichols nooimoiiuoniioiioiii-19 



Loomia 11100101101 11 1 1 101 1 01 1 ill -19 



The four following sweeps, $1 entrance, were also shot, No. 5 beine 

 a match at 15 targets: 

 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 



Nichols 9 9 7 8 13 Breidenbach 7 7 



Loomis.... 9 8 6 8 .. Duane 4 7 " 



Herrington 8 10 8 8 14 E.P.Miller" 



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